The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-11 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.—SERIOUS CHARGE OF IN-
CENDIARISM.—A mean, dirty-looking fellow, who
gave the name of Wm. Dorrell, was charged before
Mr. D'Eyncourt with wilfully setting fire to two
stacks of straw, of the value of £3OO, the property
of Mr. Henry Rydon., brickmaker, of the Green-
lanes, Stoke Newington.
Police-constable Kidd, 339 N, staid between the
hours of one and two on Thursday morning I was
proceeding down the Green-lanes with a brother
constable to a fire that had just broken out. We met
the prisoner, and I said to him, " Where is the fire?"
and he said "Down there; oh it is just below." I
said, " What is it ?" and he said " Two stacks of
hay or straw close to each other." I observed parti-
cles of hay or straw about his hair and whiskers,
and also on his clothes. I said " You have been
lying in the straw," and he replied, " Yes, I have."
Another constable then came up, and lie said to the
prisoner " I am suspicious that you have set fire to
the hay." He said "No I have not, I am sure."
The other constable then said " Have you got any
matches about you?" and the prisoner replied " No.'
The constable said, " I will soon see ;" and putting
his hand in the prisoner's pocket palled forth a box
of lucifers. I said, " I shall take you to the station
on suspicion of setting fire to this hay." The pri-
soner said, " Pray don't hurt me ; I will tell the
truth ; I did do it." On the way to the police-sta-
tion he told rue how he got the matches, and said he
bought them for a farthing. He was told the charge
at the station, and he said it was a bad job.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Was the prisoner sober ?
Witness—The prisoner was sober, and said it was
a bad job,
Police-constable Johnson sail he was hastening
to the fire and saw two constables speaking to the
prisoner. He saw that the prisoner had been lying
in the straw, and asked him if he had any matches
in his possession. He said " No, none at all." He
searched the prisoner and found on him a box of
matches. When he had found them the prisoner
said, " Well, I did set fire to it, don't hurt me."
The prisoner was then asked his reason for doing
so, and he made no answer.
Mr. Edward Webb, foreman to Mr. Rydon, said
the stacks were of the value of £3OO. The stacks
were not insured.
The prisoner said he had been respectably con-
nected but he was now in great distress.
Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded the prisoner for a few
days.
It was stated that the prisoner is half .witted.

M ARYLEB ONE. —EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBERY
AT LADY MOORE'S —Two respectably-dressed men,
the first of whom gave the name of John West,
aged 26, who described himself as a tailor, residing
at 27, Allen-street, Bermondsey, and the other, W.
Smith, IE, also a tailor, of 4, Whitechapel-road, both
addresses supposed to be false, were brought up be-
fore Mr. Yardley, charged with, on the sth inst.,
stealing a quantity of plate from the residence of
Lady Mary Moore, 11, Hyde Park-gardens.
Sophia Cole stated that she was daughter to her
ladyship. About a quarter past two on the sth
inst. she was at the dining-room window, and saw
the two prisoners in front of the house. West went
down the area, and looked in at the pantry window.
Whilst he was down she lost sight of him for two
or three seconds, and when she saw him again she
tapped at the window for him to go away, not think-
ing that so respectable-looking a young man could
commit a robbery. West then came up, and being
joined by the otter prisoner they both`went away.
She rang the bell to ask the butler if he had not had
some friends, and on his replying that he had not,
they went down, and on examining the plate eloset
they found that silver plate to the value of £2O had
gone. She had no doubt that the prisoners are the
same two men that she saw in the front of the house.
Emily Cole, sister to last witness, also spoke posi-
tively as to the prisoner West. He had a round
wide-awake hat on. (He had a similar one now.)
Police-sergeant Charlewood, 30 D,, said that about
' a quarter past one, that 'Scrturclery) afternoon, he
was in Clifton-gardens, when he saw the two pri-
soners go a distance of about 50 yards and look
down every area that they came to. West then went
down the area of 24, and after being absent about a
minute, returned to Smith. They then left Clifton-
garden, and went into Portadown-road, whither
they were followed at a distance by witness. Here
they went down one side of the road, looking down
the areas, but did not go down any. They turned
round and came up on the other side of the way,
and Smith went into a garden, whilst West re-
mained outside. Witness at this moment met James
Collop, 185 D, to whom he communicated that he
believed the two prisoners, from their description,
were the parties that were wanted for the robbery
in Hyde-park-square. They then followed and took
them into custody.
Mr, Yardley—ls anything known of the pri-
soners ?
Doble, 147 D (plain clothes officer)—l think they
,will both be found to be known. When I had a
prisoner at the sessions for plate robbery, West
brught the money for counsel to defend him.
Mr. Yardley remanded them both till Saturday
next.
None of the property has been traced.
The prisoner West was only a short time ago
acquit: dat the Surrey sessions on the charge f
plate robo,?ry, when he was taken to Hampsteaod
Petty Sessions' by Inspector Webb, S division, on
a similar charge, but the proof of identity being
deficient he was agtan ischarged. On these occa-
sions he gave the named of John Taylor, of no fixed
residence, tailor.
CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.--.THE CART TIIIETES_
AGAIN.—john Mensey, 22, who described hiicnelsf
as a painter, residing at 21, Lucham-bui g ,
Holborn, was cliarged as under :
A few days ago a man named Dominic Martini,
the driver of a horse and cart, pting to
two other men not in custody, with
was charged with
rob several tradesmen's shops,
t
being deemed sufficient to convict him h
but th:tet_vele'ncles4cse
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charged.
Police-sergeant Boden, 11 D, said that, on the
P
the present pri-
evening of the 30th ult., he saw
Boner and two other men in a cart in Crawford-strelie
et,
and from what he hAd preyiously obgervedy