The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

MAR LBOROUGH-STREET.

CURIOUS CASE OP PICKING POCKETS.—INQUIRING
FOR APARTMENTS.— Samuel Connor, a tall man, wearing
under his coat a blue Guernsey frock, was charged with the
following cases of picking pockets :
Miss Rosalie Tench, a governess, 9, Charles-street, St.
James's, said she was in Mr. Chester's trimming shop,
Tottenham-court-roa•i, the previous afternoon about half-
past four, when feeling omething at her pocket she put
her hand down and caught the prisoner's hand in it. She
seized him by the coat, but he got away, and she then
spoke to a man, but ho refused to go after him. He was,
however, caught and taken into custody. She missed from
her pocket her purse containing half• a• crown.
This case being proved,

-Mrs. Ann Whitehouse, of 39A, Howland-street, said
that at four the previous afternoon she opened the street
door, in answer to a knock, when the prisoner, pointing to a
card in her parlour window, said, " I see you have apart-
ments to let." She said she had, but not liking his ap-
pearance she said she thought they were too expensive for
him, as they were 18s, a week. He replied, "Oh I am
sure they will, as lam a clerk in the Bank." She asked
him what bank, and he said, " The Shilling Bank in
Fenchurch-street." Ho was all this while standing close
to her on the top step, and she thought her dress rustled.
Ho then asked her to let him see the rooms, but she told
him, being frightened, that if he same the next morning at
nine, he could see them. He then left, and as soon as he
had done so she thought of her purse, and on putting her
hand into her pocket she found it was gone. She called
the prisoner back as he turned into Russell-place, but he
still went on, and she then asked a man to stop him, but
he refused, saying the man had done nothing to him, The
prisoner then ran through London-street. Her purse con-
tained half a sovereign, a shilling, a sixpence, and a three-
penny piece, a small note, and a piano key.
The constable said he found on the prisoner two half-
sovereigns and a threepenny piece.
Prisoner asked the witness whether she was positive he
was the man.

Mrs. Whitehouse said she was, though she had stated
that it was another man the previous night to the in-
spector.

Mr. Beadon said he should remand the prisoner, who is
well known to the police, for a week.
CLEVER CAPTURE.—Richard Price, address refus:d, was
charged before Mr. Beadon with being concerned with
Samuel Lyons in stealing a revolver of the value of £3
from the shop of Mr. Beattie, gunmaker, Regent-street.
It appears that the man Lyons was tried yesterday at the
sessions, and while the trial was on the prisoner Price was
observed to be very anxious as to the fate of Lyons. After
the trial fie made off hastily, when Sergeant Joy, 9 C, and
and Shillingford, 141 C, went after him, and took him into
custody; and on Mr. Thomas William Dobson, jeweller,
of 32, Piccadilly, being sent for he indentified him as one of
the men he had watched and seen with Lyons. When he
was taken into custody, he offered great resistance, drawing
a knife, and trying to escape.

Mr. Beadon remanded the prisoner, but he will be corn-
milted for trial.

TERRIBLE MURDER IN IRELAND.---A farmer,
named John Quinlan, residing near Portanein, in the
county Limerick, when returning home on Saturday even-
ing, was shot dead near his own residence. He had been
transacting some business, and left by the six o'clock train
for Oala Station, where a car was in waiting to convey him
home. When passing his sister's house on the road, he
alighted, for the purpose of paying her a visit, and was
immediately fired at from the opposite side of the road.
Ten slugs penetrated the heart, and he fell dead. A man
recently evicted is in custody on suspicion.
MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS.—The fourth sea-
son of these concerts began last evening, as formerly, at St.
James's-hall, and, also as formerly, under the able direction
of Mr. Arthur Chappell. The new series promises to be as
successful as the preceding ones have been. The entertain-
ment was of the same high quality ; and the hall was filled
tothodoorsi,nthoue
our musical
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ceinrcelleusd.ing many individuals dis-
tinguishedA
master well-digger, named Lardin, met with
his death the day before yesterday under the following cir-
cumstances :—Several of his men were engaged in sinking
a well for a person residing at Villejuif. and had reached
the depth of 60 feet when he went down to examine the
work, and while there the sides fell in and buried him
under nearly 20 feet of sand. It required 20 hours' incessant
labour to reach the unfortunate man, who must have been
auffoeated instantaneously.]