The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-03 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

The business in this coast was confined to the hearing o,
mint cases, none of which possessed the slightest interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ROBBING FURNISHED LODGINGS.—Frederick Fletcher,
described as a gardener, and Mary Fletcher, his wife, were
charged before Mr. Beadon by Sergeant Cole, 23C, by whom
they were brought from Sevenoaks, with robbing their fur-
nished lodgings of several articles, the property of Mrs.
Jane Duff.

It appeared that the prisoners had risen at a very early
hour and decamped from their lodgings, taking with them
several articles, and without paying some weeks' rent.
The male prisoner said his wife had no hand in it.-he
alone being guilty.

Mr. Beadon said he should discharge the female prisoner,
but it was a very bad case as regarded the male prisoner,
for besides owing the rent of his lodgings he had robbed a
poor widow. He should therefore commit him for six
months with hard labour.

THE SIXTH ATTEMPT TO UTTER COUNTERFEIT COIN
AT A LICENSXD VICTUALLER'S IN A WEER.—Sarah Davis
and Rosina Schmitz, both of whom refused their addresses,
were charged with uttering a counterfeit crown piece at the
house of Mr. M. O'Neil, the Three Doves, Berwick-street.
Mr. O'Neil said that at a quilt ter to 11 the previous night
the prisoners came in, and Schmitz having. called for some
gin, Davis threw down a counterfeit crown piece. He then
gave them into custody. Ho had only been in the house
a week, and this was the sixth case of uttering bad coin in
his house, but he had let the persons go free.
Mr. Beadon said it was the worst thin: he could do.
Schmitz said that she tendered the coin, but this was
denied.

The prisoners, one of whom (Schmitz) was said to have
been at the court before on a similar charge, were remanded.

THAMES.

WINDOW BREAKING.—DanieI Duggan, an Irish boy,
about 13 years of age, was brought before Mr. Yardley,
eharged with wilfully breaking a pate of glass on tho pre-
mises of Messrs. Conbro and Potter, ship-chandlers, in
Goodman's-yard, Minories.

The prisoner was seen to pick up a stone and deliberately
xow it at a window in the prosecutors' warehouse.

A gentleman from the firm of Conbro and Co. said the
boys in the neighbourhood had broken 150 panes of glass
on their premises, and the nuisance had nearly become
quite alarming. Other persons' windows had also been
destroyed by the boys.
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Mr. Yardley—lt is most abominable. Stone-throwing
in the public streets has beoome quite intolerable.
The prisoner, in defence, said that a boy threw a stone
at him and insulted him, and he picked up a stone for the
purpose of retaliating upon the boy, and the stone, by acci-
dent, went through the window.

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Mr. Yardley—You had no right to throw stones at all,
sir. You are a raostmischievious urchin. Stone throwing
in the streets of London is dangerous both to life and pro-
perty. You are fined ss. ; and if it is not paid, five days'
imprisonment.

The boy set up a loud roar, and was led away by the
gaoler and committed to prison.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS OF
.LIF.E.---(THis DAY.)

This (Tuesday) morning between the hours of twelve and
one o'clock a fire, involving the loss of a serious amount of
property and the loss of life, took place on the premises of
Messrs. A and C. Brown, tallow melters, No. 14, Wilsted-
street, Somers-town. At the time of the outbreak of the
fire the inmates were in bed and asleep, and as police- con-
stable John Pallet, No. 80 S, was passing the premises he
noticed smoke issuing from the building. He immediately
raised an alarm, and managed shortly to awake the inmates.
He, having gained admission, succeeded in getting
the servant and Mrs. Brown out of bed, and their
escape from being burnt to death may be
termed truly miraculous, as they both fell on the
staircase, being overpowered by the heated smoke. Ser-
geant Mulvany, No. 8 S, and police-constable Edward
Chatfield, No. 205 S, rushed in and rescued them. The lat-
ter officer again entered the burning building and was met
upstairs by such a huge body of sparks and fire that he was
unable to quit the place, and as a derider ressort, to avoid
perishing in the flames, jumped from the upper window,
and although not fatally injured was much hurt. The
scene at this moment was one of fearful grandeur, the fire
illuminating the metropolis for miles round. The Royal
fire escapes and the engines from Holborn, Crown-street,
Farringd on-street, and Chandos-street, werepromptly on the
spot, and got to work with numerous auxiliaries, and vast
streams of water were poured on the blazing pile, but with-
out
making the least impression, when the building fell in
with a tremendous crash, nearly burying the firemen ; and,
unfortunately, bringing with it Henry Brown, aged four
years. After great exertion on the part of the firemen, it
was subdued, but not until the premises were entirely
gutted and the houses adjoining considerably damaged.
Mr. Bishop, printer, is a considerable loser. As soon as
the ruins were sufficiently cooled, Engineer Wilkinson and
Fireman Baker went in search of the missing body, and
found it in the centre of the building burnt to a cinder, with
the arm and leg off.