The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-15 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS —John Farmerr
keeping a small broker's shop in Charles-street, Drury-
lane, and Susan Farmer, his wife, were charged with steal-
ing several cases of surgical instruments under the follow-
ing circumstances :

Sergeant Franklin, 20 E, said from information he re-
ceived he went yesterday afternoon into Endell-street, and
saw the female prisoner leave Dr. Falconer's shop. He
stopped her and asked what she had in the black bag, and
she replied " Nothing." He then took the bag from her
and said, " What is this," and she said—" Only some sur-
gical instruments I have to sell." He then asked her who
sent her, and she said her husband gave them to her, but
she did not know where he got them. He then took her
into custody, and on examining the bag found in it three
cases of surgical instruments, and under her arm he also
found the large case produced covered with her shawl. The
erena produced he also found in the bag. He asked her
where she lived, and she said at 7, Charles-street, Drury-
lane, and on his proceeding there he found the male prisoner.
He asked him if he had sent his wife out with some surgi-
cal instruments, and he said he had. He (Franklin) then
told him his wife was in custody and that he must search
the place, and asked him whore he got the instruments
from, and he said a youth had lodged with him and left
them behind in his debt, and as he had never called for
them he wanted to sell them. On searching the place he
found in the shop nine skeleton keys, a life preserver, a
quantity of hair, and about 30 duplicates.
Mr. Huntley Bailey, surgical instrument maker, of 418,
Oxford-street, identified the four cases of surgical instru-
ments produced by the sergeant as his property, and they
being a portion of a large number stolen in a glass case from
his shop. The value of those produced was from £5 to £B.
At the request of the sergeant the prisoner was remanded.

THE ORGAN-GRINDING NUISANCE.—Antonio Parente,
an organ-grinder, was charged with annoying Mr. Joseph
Jennings, surveyor of the southern district of Marylebone,
and refusing to kayo when desired.
The case having been proved, Mr. Tyrwhitt, in fining
the defendant 2s. 6d., said if the organ was detained, and
the prisoner put to a little trouble in getting it back, it
would have a good effect. Ho had often thought if the
magistrates had the power of detaining the organs for a
period of, say six months, the nuisance would soon be
stopped.

DEEENCES AT TENET.—Tho town and vicinity of
Tenby aro to be strengthened by the immediate erection of
several defences. A battery of heavy guns is to be erected
on St. Catherine's rock at Giltar, and it is reported that
defences of importance are to be raised on the Castle-hill
and the southern extremity of the town walls, for which the
levels were taken some weeks ago. The batteries for-
merly erected for the defence of the town have long ago
been dismantled, but they were in the southern part of the
town.

THE TONNING EXPLOSION.—It is hoped that no
further lives will now be sacrificed to the late explosion on
board the Tonning, as the wounded men are now doing
well. In the report of the evidence of the intelligent second
engineer one word was mis-written. The thickness of the
" shell" of the boiler was stated to be one and a half inch;
it should have been the thichliess of the stays."