The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 15.

The local Directory for several years was ex-
hibited, to show that there was only one H. G.
David in New York up to 1856, when he left
America ; and that in the next year's Directory the
name was omitted. A number of letters, addressed
to " H. J. David, 13, Wall-street, New York," were
also put in.

M. Hall, after examining the papers, said the
anxiety of Mr. David to have the matter investi-
gated was very natural, but he had no power either
to compel Mr. Keen to attend, or to punish him for
not attending. The statements of Mr. Richards
were very startling, and seemed to show that Mr.
DaVid had been charged With forging his own
name. No one could have been more surprised
than he (Mr. Hall) was at the termination of the
case, after the repeated assurances given that Mr.
Keen would be present. A gentleman's character
might be seriously affected by such proceedings,
and the Extradition Act used to inflict a great
hardship ; but it was not in the magistrate's power
to afford him any redress.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Edwd. Murray,
of St. Martin's-court, hotel keeper, and Antonio
Bombardini, an Italian, were again brought up,
charged by James Bentley, the officer of the
Sheriff of Middlesex, with assisting other foreigners
in rescuing from his custody a man he had on writ
arrested for a debt and costs, and assaulting him
in the execution of his duty, and another whom he
had called to his assistance, at the house of the
defendant Murray, on the 31st ult.
It had been alleged that this was a case of mis-
taken identity ; and that Bombardini had committed
no assault whatever, and two remands had been
granted to give the defendants the opportunity of
rebutting the evidence against them.
In support of the case, it was shown that the
arrest having been made a cry was set up, which
brought around the officer, the assistant, and the
arrested person a knot of officious foreigners from
the coffee-room, who, insulting the sheriff's man,
enabled their prisoner to escape, and that in the
affray the assault by the defendants was committed.
Defendants got away, but were subsequently taken.
The defendants were committed to the West-
minster Sessions for trial, but bail taken for their
appearance.
Emily Ellen Clifford, Ellen Wills, William Wills,
and Prderick Garcha were again brought up,
charged on suspicion of being equally concerned in
robbing the house of Mr. Edward Fox White, 60,
Brook-street, of plate and jewellery to a considerable
amount during the own er's visit, with his wife, at
a friend's at Notting-hill, on the 23d of March.
Garcha and Ellen Wills being in the prosecutor's
service.

The case was one entirely of suspicion, and there
being no additional or confirmatory evidence, the
defendants were discharged.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Joseph Trayling and
Joseph Barnes, each about 22, and describing them-
selves as costermongers, were charged with at-
tempted robbery.
Mr. John Hill is a hat maker in Squerries-street,
Mile-end, a dull and not well-frequented street,
and had been thrown into something like appre-
hension by noticing two men, who he felt satisfied
were the prisoners, lurking about the street at
night, and manifestly closely scanning his house,
which had been before attempted by thieves. This
was conspicuously the case on Monday and Wed-
nesday nights, and he therefore the next morning
communicated his suspicions of an intended bur-
glary at his house to his son-in-law, a Mr. Ward,
who agreed with him to watch together the next
night for the thieves. At dark on Thursday night
they accordingly placed themselves in Mr. Hill's
parlour, extinguished the light, and waited
patiently for the result. This was not a long time
coming, for they presently after heard two hesitat-
ing knocks at the street door, of which they took
no notice, and these were followed by a key turning
in the lock, and the entrance of two men, whom
they saw through the crevice of the door light a
silent match and advance cautiously along the pas-
sage. Their progress was very speeilily stopped,
however, by Mr. Ward, who rushed out upon them,
and, as he ingenuously acknowledged, struck
Trayling two such blows upon the head with a
poker that he dropped to the ground, shouting
toting
loudly in terror for mercy. Barnes contrived
escape into the street without damage, but was
pursued with the cry of " Stop thief !' and this
rendered the prisoners pace so bewildered and un-
certain that he unwittingly rushed into the arms of
a constable, who found in his pockets a latchkey
and lucifers, and lodged him and Trayling in the
station.

Mr. Hammill remanded them both for a week.

ANOTHER EXPLOSION OF A POWDER
MILL, AND LOSS OF LIFE.

On Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, the
nhabitants of Hastings were startled in conse-
quence of hearing a loud report, very similar to the
explosion of a heavy piece of cannon, and some
even felt their dwellings shaken. It was imme-
diately surmised that an explosion had taken place
at the Gunpowder Works of the well-known firm
of Messrs. Lawrance and Son, near Battle, about
six miles distant from Hastings, and this unfortu-
nately proved correct, information having been
brought in before noon. On proceeding to the spot
we ascertained that the explosion had taken place
in a " corninge-house" connected with Lower Pep-
pernye works, and that a man named Putlarid.
aged 57, who has been employed at the works
many years, had lost his life, his body being
literally blown to atoms. So complete was the
annihilation of the deceased that not one-fourth of
his body has been found, although the ruins have
been carefully searched, as well as the adjoining
land. The two largest portions picked up were a
foot minus the toes, and the skull with the hair
completely torn off. The unfortunate victim had
previously had a narrow escape, and his father also
lost his life by an explosion. His family consisted
of nine children, but fortunately most of them are
of sufficient age to obtain their own livelihood. As
usual on these occasions, not the most remote sur-
mise of the cause of the accident can be given. It
is supposed that the building, a wooden struc-
ture of no great extent, and erected on six small
brick pillars, built into the ground as a foundation,
contained about two hundred weight of powder
and " dust." Fortunately no other person was in
the " house" at the time, the foreman having quitted
it a short time previously. As will be imagined
from the weight of powder exploded, the building
itself was shattered into thousands of fragments,
which were scattered in all directions for several
hundred feet ; the brick pillars in blocks of half a
cwt., were thrown a distance of from 150 to 200
feet. The beatmhse
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fan d building were also deeply
embedded
in
presenteda perfect picture of
desolation The "magazine"t the,
exactly opposite the building destroyed,
but only damage it sustained
was the removal of a few
tiles and the destruction of the windows. The
shock was, of course, felt in the town, about two
miles distant, but
not
severely.
An inquiry by the
coroner is expected to take place to-morrow.

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BOW-STREET.—Mr. Richards, a solicitor, ac-
companied by Mr. Henry J. David, late of New
York, attended before Mr. Hall, and made the fol-
lowing application :—He reminded the Court that
some time ago his client, Mr. David, was appre-
hended, and detained in prison for seven weeks,
upon a warrant, obtained under the Extradition
Act, the operation of which in the present instance
had been most cruel and oppressive. Mr. David
was charged with forgery, alleged to have been
committed in America, and after having been kept
in custody froth. week to week, was ultimately dis-
charged in consequence of the non-appearance of
Mr. Keen, the prosecutor. There appeared to be
no way of redress open to his client ; but it hap-
pened that while Mr. David was dining with a
friend at a public tavern, on Sunday last, Mr. Keen
entered the room casually, took a seat, and called
for a cigar. Mr. David, actuated by a momentary
impulse, rose to inflict personal chastisement upon
his accuser, but was restrained by his companion ;
and Mr. Keen, on observing' him, made some re-
mark to the waiter about his being in great haste,
having to leave London that night, and hurried
out of the room. It had occurred to him (Mr.
Richards) that it might be in the power of the Court
to grant him some assistance in the effort to make
Mr. Keen responsible for the conduct he had pur-
sued towards Mr. David—responsible, at least, for
the contempt of Court, of which he had been
guilty. The solicitor then entered into a state-
ment of some important details, and produced a
number of Mr. David's checks, all endorsed by Mr.
Keen himself, and subsequent to the date of the
alleged forgery. These had been procured from Mr.
David's bankers at Philadelphia, and they amounted
to upwards of £1,400 ; while he held the title-
deeds in his hand to show that his client possessed
freehold property in New York city to the value of
£35,000.