The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-05 00:00:00

MARYLEBOAE.

Mr. A. Richards, a tailar, carrying on business in
Henry-street, St. John's-wood, and whose father is a
prof?ssional gentleman residing in Kent, was chargA
before Mr. Broughton with having stolen a valuable
spaniel dog, the property of Mr. Skrymsher, houEe-
agent, Thrrison-street, Gray's Inn-road.
Mr. Hindley, from the office of Messrs. Davies
and Co., solicitors, Portman-square, attended for the
defendant.

A gre It deal of evidence was gone into, and it ap-
peared that on the night of the 231 October last de-
fendant, whose aunt was a lodger at the house, the
landlord of which was Mr. Oldridge, called to see
his relation, and played a few games of cribbage in
the kitchen ; he quitted at ten o'clock, and almost im-
mediately after he had h-ft: the dog was missed. It,
was ultimately, owing to much judicious manceavring
on the part of Mr. Skrymsher, found by him in the
possession of the defendant, who had it with him in
his garden at some distance from his dwelling. lie
alleged that he bought the animal, six months ago,
for ten shillings, of a man in a fustian jacket, whom
he met in Gray's Inn-road. He was then given into
the custody of Glenn, 323 S, who accompanied com-
plainant to the house in plain clothes, and by whom
he (defendant) was conveyed to the station.
Many respectable persons came forward to give the
defendant a good character from the knowledge which
they had had of him fir several years.
The case—the hearing of which occupied upwards
of an hour and a half—was at length decided by the
magistrate fining defendant 151., in addition to 5
guineas, at which he should put the value of the dog ;
in default of payment, hard labour in the House of
Correction for four months. Had the offence been
committed by one of the numerous men known to Le
regular dogstealers, he should, without inflicting any
fine at all, have sent him to prison for the full period
of six months.

The sum of 201. was speedily paid, and 1 fondant
and his friends then quitted the court.
Yesterday Mr. Broughton received from "111,.
Bond" IL, and from " IV. R. II." half-a-sovereign, for
the young man Rollin', who, by the intrepidity which
he displayed a week ur ten days ago, succeeded in
rescuing from drowning in the Regent's-canal Elizl-
beth Higgins and her three children, one of them an
infant seven months oil The reporter was re-
quested to acknowledge the receipt of the donations
alluded to.

CLERKEN WELL.

Two boys named, Perkins and Walfourd, were
placed at the bar, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with
having been concerned in setting fire to Clara Carr, a
girl five years of age, by which her life is placed in
imminent danger.
It will be recollected that some boys were playing
together in Reform-buildings, St. Luke's, when a
man, connected with a manufactory, threw a lump of
brimstone into a dusthole, with which they com-
menced playing, and having lit a portion of it, they
flung it on the child's clothes ; she was instantly en-
veloped in flames, her person was dreadfully injured,
and her arms nearly burnt to a cinder. 11.er mother
ran to her assistance, and in attempting to extinguish
the flames her hands and arms were also severely
burnt. The child is now in St. B irtholomew's
Fatal,' and the mother an outpatient cf that establish-
ment. Perkins, who was the principal in the affair,
was apprehended on the spot, and he was remanded for
the apprehension of Walfourd. Tae poor mother al.-
tended with her hands and arms bound up, and in
great agony.
After a lengthened investigation the prisoners were
liberated on bail, and delivered over to their parents,
to appear again in a week, when the fate of the in-
jured child will be made known.
SO U7ll NARK.

Stephen Boxhall, sen., and Stephen Boxhall, jun.,
father and son, were brought up for re•examination,
charged with causing the death of a man named
Prestage on Monday night last.
The circumstances which led to the death of the
deceased young man occurred in a beer-shop called
the Horns, in Bermondsey, on Friday evening. They
were altogether in the above house, and some words
having arisen between them, during which Boxhall,
jun., used language of an offensive description to-
wards Mrs. Prestage, her husband resented the insult
by threatening to strike the offender if he repeated
the calumny. The latter did repeat the offensive ex-
pressions and struck the deceased, and, according to
the evidence of the witnesses, acted towards the de-
ceased with great violence by running his head
against the lower part of his abdomen, thereby
causing a rupture of the unfortunate man's bladder, of
which he died in the hospital on the Monday evening
following. Since the occurrence an inquest has been
held on the body of the deceased, and a verdict of
" Manslaughter" returned.

The pri-soners, who declined saying anything at
present in their defence, were committed.
WANDSWORTH.

Thomas Day, William Clark, and George Biden,
had their fourth hearing, before Mr. Beadon, on a
charge of being concerned in the death of Ely Wing,
late toll-collector at the Robin Hood-gate, Kingston-
bottom.

At the last examination Biden was allowed to be
sworn as a witness, but some circumstances trans-
piring which led to a suspicion of his testimony, the
case was abruptly closed for the production of a
younger son of Biden's master, who was in attend-
ance yesterday, and from the evidence he gave not
only proved that Biden had told a tissue of falsehoods,
but cleared up this mysterious and contradictory case
in a very extraordinary manner ; as, however, an-
other witness of au equally important character was
required, it was deemed politic by the magistrate that
the evidence given should be withheld until the other
witness was examined.
Mr. Alfred Taylor, the chief clerk, then proceeded
to take the voluminous depositions of the numerous
witnesses, preparatory to the committal of the pri-
soners for trial. The depositions, which occupied
upwards of two hours in the taking, were afterwards
read carefully over to the prisoners by the chief clerk,
to which they offered no defence, and the whole of
the witnesses were bound over to appear at the next
assizes to be holden at Kingston, and there prEfer a
charge against the prisoners of,
feloniously stabbing
and slaying one E'y Wing.
The prisoners were then formally committed, but
will be brought up again to-morrow.

THE CASE OF THE REV. ME. ROOKES.—The Bishop
of Exeter has entirely removed the Rev. Charles Rook(s
from the diocese of Exeter. The time allowed for the
, appeal having now gone by, the Bishop ha) just insti-
tuted the Rey. Thomas Rutherford Dickinson, M.A., to
the rectory of Nyinott Rowland, which the Rev. Mr.
Ro dies hr1(1.
The Earl Fitzwilliam has been unanimously elected
High Steward of Cambridge, in the room of the late
,
Lord Godolphin,.