The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

THE LATE FIRE AT GREEIVWICH.

At the Greenwich Police court, yesterday,
Richard Roper was finally examined on the charge
of attempting to defraud the Kent Fire Insurance
Company, by sending in an excessive claim.
Further evidence was taken as to the - removal
and pawning of articles of furniture, fcc. Mr. Traill
said—" I have endeavoured to keep entirely free of
any prejudice against the prisoner, and have not •
been actuated by any of the facts which have trans-
pired in the coroner's court. It is now my duty to
send the prisoner for trial, and I must say that the
Kent Fire Insurance Company have acted wisely
in taking these proceedings. The directors of such
a company have a difficult duty to perform. They
arc responsible to the shareholders and wish to
deal justly with the public. The directors of such
companies are not desirous of resisting such claims,
but in this case there is ample grounds for doing
so." A conversation then took place between the
magistrate and Mr. Ingle respecting the discharge
of the prisoner upon his former sureties to appear.
Mr. Traill ultimately decided. that the prism'. -
must be detained in custody pending the result of
the coroner's inquest, the adjourned meeting for
which would take place on that afternoon. The
prisoner was then removed in custody, the pro-
ceedings having occupied the court for five hours.
THE CORONER'S INQUEST.--The inquest in this
case, which had been adjourned at the request of
Mr. Ingle, Mr. Roper's solicitor, was resumed at
the Rose and Crown, Greenwich. The inquest had ,
been adjourned for the production of the person
who it was alleged had written from Bedford, and
who Mr. Roper stated had paid him £2 deposit on
a verbal agreement to take his business. This
person vas not forthcoming. The coroner stated
that he had receiv;xl private information of a most
important nature in connexion with the case, which
would be presented to the jury' on Wednesday next,
to which day the inquiry was accordingly
adjourned.

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ARCILEOLOGY NEAR WiTNEY.—The researches at
Brighthampton, near Witneyt under the direction of Mr.
Akerman,.Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, have this
rutumn been still more successful than the last. Forty
,graves have been explored, nearly all of them yielding relics,
comprising beads, ilbalte of various forms, the whirls of
spindles, buckets, kniveet, toilet implements, &e. Many
instances of urn burial were also 'brought to light, showing
that this mode of sepulture was observed by our Anglo-
Saxon forefathers on their first settlement in that locality.
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The chief diseovety, however, a
s made in the grave of a
man whose skeleton measured seven feet. It was accom-
panied by a magnificent sword,ih theh guard being ornamented
with embossed silver.
massive bronze inlaid with teh e aPe of the scabbard is of
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