The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-03 00:00:00

THAMES.

DARING ROBBERY, AT A RAILWAY STATION.—Edward
Kelly, an Irish labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget
charged with stealing 191bs. of copper, the property of the
London and North Western Railway company, on their
premises, Kaydon-square, Minories.

Mr. Henry Pusey, a shipper at the station of the rail-
way company, saw the prisoner beating up some copper
in the goods department, and after he had done so he
put it under his coat and passed out of the gateway into
the street. He was taken into custody by Mr. Pusey and
Mack Perry, a foreman, and the copper taken from him.
He said a man in the wool department gave him the copper.
It was valued at 7s. Gd.

The prisoner, in defence, said ho had the copper, but it
was given to him. . .

Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial.

IDLE PAUPERS.—Four casual paupers, named James
Clark, aged 37, Edward Lawrence, 21, William Banson,
21; and Charles Skinner, 19, were brought before Mr.
Paget, charged with refusing to execute the task of work
assigned to them in the workhouse of St. George-in-the-
East, where they were provided each with a bed and the
usual rations, and they refused to pick 21bs. of oakum each.
They now said if the magistrate would permit them they
would go back to the workhouse and finish the work
assigned them. _ _ _

Mr. Paget—No, certainly not. You will go to the. House
of Correction and to hard labour for 11 days each.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY ASSAULT ON DOCTOR.—Sarah
Knight and Caroline Galten, two unfortunays, were
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Dr. John
Hamilton, of No. 404, Oxford-street.
Dr. Hamilton said that about 10 o'clock last night, while
leaving his house, smoking a cigar at the time, and not
having quite closed his door, he saw the prisoners, one of
them having her hair hanging all over her face coming
along the street. One of the prisoners then came up to
him and seized him round the waist. He told them to go
away, and his hat• was then knocked off. He stopped to
pick it up and the prisoners flew at him, struck him,
scratched his face, tore his hair, pulled his coat sleeve off,
and, in fact, behaved, like two infuriated beasts. He ran
into a neighbour's shop for protection, and afterwards went
to his own house, and while waiting for the servant to open
the door the prisoners came up and assailed him with a
volley of the most disgusting abuse. The prisoners were
kept away from him by several persons, and when a con-
stable came, up he gave them into custody, the prisoner
Knight having his coat sleeve in her hand. The damage
done to his coat amounted to 108.
Mr. Frederick Brookes, artist, gave similar evidence.

Wilson, 110 C, said that both prisoners had boon drinking
Inspector Bowles said that Knight had been tried for a
murder in Barleycourt and acquitted ; she was committed
for trial for wilful damage in Oxford-street, and sentenced
to six weeks' imprisonment ; and she had been about a
dozen times charged with disorderly conduct and assaults.
The prisoners said they had been out drinking all day,
and were drunk together.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was clear that Knight was one of
the bad characters infesting London, and he should commit
her for a month. The other prisoner would be committed
for IA days.

lIOBCRAFT v. DIXHEIMER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sig,—Your report of the above case, on the 26th ult.,
makes it appear that the defendant detained my Correggio
for rent I owed to him.
1 beg to say that I never had any business with him ;
never was his tenant, and never owed him anything.
The facts aro these. The person that cleaned the picture
for me was his tenant, and the defendant detained my
painting for a debt of his, I believe £l2, in preference to
other security. It was this person that gave the evidence,
and not me ; hence the mistake your reporter has fallen
into. Your correction of this error will oblige your
obedient servant, WM. HOBCRAFT.

Terrific Fire at the Hatchana Wax and
Paraffin Works.

Yesterday evening, about seven o'clobk, a fire of a most
destructive nature broke Gut at the Hatcham Wax and
ParaffineWorks, the property of Messrs. Leech and Hatha-
way, situate at the bottom of James-street, Old Kent-
road, and alongside of the Surrey Canal. Shortly after the
fire was discovered a column of flame, nearly 200 feet in
height, shot forth, and lastednearly an hour, only being oc-
casionally broken by an explosion from the ignition of another
quantity of paraffine, there being an extensive stock both
of paraffine and wax on the premises at the time. One of
the explosions was of such a frightful kind, the flames
spreading to such an extent that the crowd of persons
assembled in James-street ran in a frenzied manner a con-
siderable distance before they dared to stop, and several
persons—there being a large number collected on the
bank of the canal—jumped into the water, fearing the
flames would reach them, but they were all got
out in safety. About half-an-hour after the out-
break a small engine arrived, and after the lapse of
another half-hour some of the land steam-engines
arrived, and, having set to work in a most energetic man-
ner, succeeded in about three-quarters of an hour in ex-
tinguishing the fire. At one time there was great fear
that a high shaft would fall, but fortunately it did not.
Very little of the property was saved, and the loss to the
proprietors of the place must be extensive. Considerable
damage was done to adjoining property.