The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-18 00:00:00

IGENCE.

CLETIFE-7;'-.7-ELL(TILTS
• •A- Young man ua neti liens, said to L.
4.._ -4 Yeller' vas charged with knocking at the door of Mr.
Bod •
dington, an ironmonger, residing in Liquorpond-street,
Gra-inn-lane. He was further charged with damaging
the cell at the Bagnigge Wells station-house.
The defendant went to the complainant's door on the pre-
lious night, at which he knocked so loudly as to disturb the
• inmates and cause a crowd to assemble. He was taken into
-custody. About two o'clock in the morning the constable on
~,roe at the station-house heard a noise in the cell in which
"ie Prisoner was locked up, and on opening the door saw the
Prisoner cutting the door-post, which the carpenter said he
wmaged to the value of 2s.—The prisoner was fined 7s.
Samelt Ropen, a surgeon, residing in Gray's-inn
'evoke, was charged with having been drunk and assaulting
police constables 106 and 113 G.
The defendant was found . drunk in Gray's-inn-lane and
Leksed to go into his own house when the door was opened.
4" Struck the officers, one of them he kicked, and broke his
stick over the shoulders of the other, although they bad not
given him the least provobation.—He was fined 1/.

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
.Rlizabeth Thompson, dressed in style, late in the service of
Mr. Z ancaster, a gentleman holding a situation in the Censor's
,Office, was charged, before Mr. Trail!, with stealing a pocket-
book, covtaining five five-pound Bank of England notes, the
Property of Mr. Marten
It appeared that the complainant missed his pocket-book,
containing the above sum of money, on his return from his
°wee at Whitehall, and thought he was either robbed of it,
Or had dropped it 011 th 9 way home. lie had bills circulated,
"fignng a reward, and had also given notice at the Bank of the 1
tullrs of -the notes. One of the . notes was paid in at
_0
k, and this led to the detection of the prisoner as the
tvil,l!who had stolen the money. Suspecting a discovery,
~,:4 Llepr hastily left her situation, and was taken into
;'' on atnrday night, having expended a considerable
.
•... Sthe monk pn expensive articles of dress. She also
t We a portion of the onm to a female of her acquaintance.
.fie pocket-book witish contained the money was subse-
takly found to have been thrown down the water closet.
wooner, who said nothing in tug defence, was remanded.
Ireary,Poe, a policeman of the L division, was charged
ith embezzling various sums of money, the property pf Mr.
Freeman, the lrayor of Norwich.
The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Freeman at
at Norwich, and ha;'ing left his situation it was discovered
. •,, . ,mat . I 4 had embezzled various sums of money, the property
.employer. . The prisoner came up to town, mud being a
lula
'''ut young man contrived to get into the L division of the
-metropolitan police, inwhich he had remained until his ap-
Aehension on the present charge.
,lint TRAILL said that as the offence VAS committed at
°Mich, he should send the prisoner there. The prisoner,
:rho said nothing in answer to the charge was then taken off
elastodv..

QUEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Henry Cook, a young man; was charged with creating
a disturbance yesterday afternoon in Queen-Square Yard, and
Ifi,th drawing's; small clasp knife and threatening to rip up
f,‘_ Policeman who took him into custody ; Mr. Cook, his
;Pe; with endeavouring to rescue him; and George Crawley,
'ad about 13 years of age, with throwing dirt at the police-
muul,.." and using disgusting language.
r. H. Cook was fined 21. 10s., Mr. Cook, 1/„ and
"411Wley 11,

„..IVIARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.)
,-Luichael Lawless, a lawless Irishman, was placed at the bar
"ntrged with having been drunk on St. Patrick's-day, and
!lisaulting Ann Finnigan.
The complainimt, whose head was bandaged and her dress
tiered .with blood, stated that the prisoner Caine drunk to-
'in lodgings, and; after kicking and abusing her, he coin-
- :111,°:!Iced an attack upon the complainant, first attempting to
Strike her with a shovel, which however she caught hold of;
e then kicked her with dreadful violence in the forehead,
d repeated the kick a, second time on the face. The land-
, r.y. Who was unable to be present, was aleo kicked with
.rittal force on the body.
Albidget Franklin, living in the same house, corroborated
olnplainant's statement as to the prisoner's violence.
b azn RAWLINSON—Is this conduct for al Irishman on St.
‘aklriek's-day ? Prisoner—lt was'nt me, yer 'Worship, it was
(rink that was in me.
114%-imtsos—For the assault on the woman you are
'tett 24!. Ws., or six weeks in the house of correction.

AWFUL FIRE.
t_.I4VERPOGC, SATURDAY NIGHT, TWELVE P.M.—At a little
70re six otek,e2( this evening a fire broke out in a shed, the
Vierty of W. p, Freme, Esq., situate between Hoyle-street
Vendre-street,.cast of the Victoria Dock. The first in-
oirtien of this occuirence was given by a watchman, who
it'erved the south end of the building in flames ; and in less
Zan half an hour afterwards the roof had fallen in, and the
' igterior was a mass of flame. In the shed was stowed about
poo bales of cotton, and, strange mixture,. from 100 to 150
x.of sulphur, which two commodities made a blaze which
.2y? up a lurid glare into the sky which must have been
.ea for miles around.
• Pll the alarm being given, the doors of the shed in Hoyle-
the southern end of the building, were broken open, and
,408enana of blazing sulphur ran down the street towards the
which was not extinguished until it was drenched
ti'th water from the first main opened. The attention of
firemen was then directed to the mass of burning mate-
1s inside, of which scarcely anything can be said to have
Zvenl, awed, with the exception of that portion of the mid-
, "ur which may be left beneath the charred surface of the
s. Of ,the building itself nothing remains beyond the
' kit
er walls ; And these, especially on the west side, must be
men down, the Tv-Ind, blowing from the east, having driven
er,!thole force of the fire against them.
the origin of the fife nothing is known. The last oe-
, was
at the shed previous to the breaking out of the fire
der
the loading from it of a cart with sulphur, and before the
ill.ter had reached the bottom of Oldival-street, a distance of
Cale above a/quarter of a mile, his attention was called to
rLe fire at the place which he had just left. That it must
ve been connected with. this delivery of sulphur is apparent
Ih.nl the fact that the fire was first observed at the and of
shed where the sulphur was stowed. NO suspicion is ex
itaiiBBed"., of anything like incendiarism. It may be re-
, pertru_ as a fortunate circumstance that the building was
,NarletsY isolated. The shed itself, which is about sixty
fe—G,ln length, is understood to be insured ; but it is pos-
k2.. that, even if insured, which is most likely. a :question
*rim with respect to the property destroyed. Thy da-
207,,,Kerelusive of the building) cannot be Axed at less than

•
24,---°ItaINLE MURDER AT WEDNBSBURY, STAFFORD.
a /7„following is an extract of a late! receiyed by
1/4 WTI, from Wednesbury, hi Staffordshire, this morning :
(e.„,lt_iave been startled from our usual quiet here. yesterday
hili-'4Y), by one ef the most daring and horrid murders'
half ever heard of. It was committed, it is supposed, about
eloh Past 10 to 11 o'clock yesterday morning, at the house of
te„._ll Crowther, Esq., who lives at Oakswell End in this
the unfortunate victim being the housekeeper of that
t_tlierian, a
female of about 38 years of age. The crime
rtlut. have been committed first by beating her about the
41(!* apparently with a hammer or axe, and then
ler,:'ng her throat, or rather sawing it to the bone
a desert knife. The murder was not discovered
tato
bwo o'clock, and no conjecture can ybe
ho wiz() the miscreant is. It is supposed, however,et that
was disturbed by the butcher, who rang the bell at half-
' r ten, but could gain no admittance. There is very little
erti,kiissing at present, mid that, it is supposed, may be
Mr. Crowther is a gentleman of very secluded
11,-'4ts, and the house in which he lives, which Is very large,
• oeearly built round with high walls, and stan back from
tt°,B4l, which is greatthoroughfare, and notes more than
150 to 200 yards from our market=place, and close to
~et 441 other buildings. There are gates opening to the fields
the back, and those fields are 4150 very pubtae, witb a
Oerc‘s3'ard not far off; and how the villain escaped is a won,
N, Unless he did so between ten and eleven o'clock, when a
...heavy storm of snow took place, and iffehably pre-
t',3 his being seen. It is thought, from the apperwatiCe of
4Yfthat he must have been nearly covered with bIoPC?
Did
the Manchester and Leeds meeting an inueased
Didd'totid of 31 per cent. for the half-year was declared on. OP
ou „LP capital of the 100/. and the 501, shares, the
pertdivdend
Ithe"l imarter shares remaining, as before, gt 5 cent.
ter,,,wlstitii:g of this railway is improving in a veey petisfac •
kahner, and the total income for the last six month
pljeached 132,345/. The revival of trade le stated to have
eZt,,,ced a desirable change in the traffic retort., Which have
el4y showed an incrcztse since the hut report, while the
,scats of receipts as compared with the Met half-yw
ti;.lllitee to 13,2311., of which 11,533/. had accrual fro an
liase in the carriage of merchandi.o.—Tinies.
• "cl 6 194 TinE.—Yesterday afternoon at high water
Ntr,:tinutes past one), there was an unusually high tide, the
/4" 14 the outer lock of the St. K.atharine's Dock, being 29
srit-tra,,lioth above and below London-bridge, many low lying
d°,...11s on both sides of the Thames were partially flooded,
the Wapping, Shadwell, and other places on the hanks of
kiteillver, the cellars of several licensed victuallers, end the
trtiat'es of a few householders, were inundated: but the pro-
tle
!ham
the rise of the tide being nalrowly watched, little or
!thm--zi a_ge Wau done to property. Fortunately none of the
to the along shore were flooded, The high 00 is attributed
he
violent westerly gales. ,As the spring ti4ka are
14thr there is reason to apprehend p partial overflow
311enti 'names, and parties having property on its embank-
veti,t Will doubtless adopt every necessary precaution r Pre-
Tlose damage.
lye Ht ROYAL Buc Hotalps.—The Earl of Ross.
Lord Sheffield, several officers of the 13th Light Dra-
r, :rota Hounslow, Captains Seymour and Bailey, A.
*ere 4°, Esq., and a field of between 200 and OfX) horsemen,
'4Ol the filet at Littleton, near Staines, on Friday. The
toin..'ob Roy, was uncarted on Sunbury Common, and after
l'0101:11waY for Felthem-hill, leaving Bedfont on the left, it
hakth the river, and away to the powder-mille On Hounslow-
Ike tl,doWri to Hayworth, where it again crossed the water,
for I,lLeace to Kempton Park, UM' sunbury, doubling away
`0,14.4," Hampton to TwickenhameeoMm9n, eild into the
4104i3,7, Rob Roy then made away betweitg Islewerth and
an 1, "Law, through the market-gardens, to SmtillburyegFfe:n,
lir.ttt early
H
to Osterley Park, crossing the canal and the rIYPT
iiCgtou anwell and Perivale, where it mem over the Pad-
canal,i and the hounds were then drawn off, the run
3002 Point having lasted about three hours. The stag
..ta. The afterwards secured at Greengard on the eppOsite
lake ,•Le meet on the by-day this week (Wedge/14Y) will
' itk-7e at Redgerley, and on Friday at Bitching's Faris,
444531 AIR AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.—In Dr. Reid's
ttneo,j,,Puhlished work on ventilation, he adshices some very
QireZ,tacts, to prove the effects and advantage' of the free
•Of --"1/4.1011 . •
fresh Some of the edronlages are, indeed
leetZptionatle character, since he asserts
,that improved
toes, huon
than
the appetite, and makes a mu
‘ingry than he is in vitiated atmosphere. Are":
ata° far as
at, s to state that many of the popular disco&
strikes" of workmen for higher wages may be
-reek --Tu to the increase of their Appetites by additional
or tint This, these 4'r• _ indeed, offers but little inducement in
the...7relor improving the ventilation of the dwellings
. who will not thank the Government for
tiZrig there mare "hungry erav_
.ungry unless also prepared to satisfy
er;,lnit, ;LK appetites. Air seems to be, by Dr. Rees
u ary expensive luxury, for it prodocos thirst as
tZei 'lnger, and enables a man to drink four time,s his
k Doctor
_tY of wine without knowing it. In proof of this,
tb_n!ntions a trick, or as he calls it, "an experi-
,".ioidiohish4l'veihthile performed on a conclave of fifty philosophers
e got them to assemble in a roam fitted
atjug apparatus, and after dinner he plied them
`vitutintifullY with fresh air, which was sometimes perfinned
111410Zanege flower
Proe• P-ers dr s, and sometimes with lavender, that the
, ieed fo_,, ank four times more wine than their host had
Zifttia to and it became necessary to send convey-
to supply, the extra demand, The Doctor
3-;:i:uhnet—fliiiiiiner:xoefe3Bwas not followed by any headoc4e, nor
tavern-keeper
science aware they had drank. more than
a, fe__ ern-keeper presented his bill.
'Ate. triten7suoji; (says the Commerce) Marshal Soult
'Ate.
1765 Year, having been born on the 29th of
oje `la titer
•Chioness of Hastings was safely delivered
h'et6l street
--groe-street. aY, 16th inst., at her mansion, 10,

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