The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-12 00:00:00

WESTMINSTE R.

CRUEL INVEIGLEMENT AND ROLURRY. Rosins
Compton, a girl only 16 years of age,'was charged with
inveigling a poor half-witted young woman to a low
house in Union-court, Orchard-street, Westminster, and
there plundering her of all she possessed.
Matilda L9thia Higgins, a very respectable-!ooking
young woman, about 25 years of age, said that on tht,,
day fortnight she way sitting in the Green-park, when the
prisoner came up and entered into conversation with her ;
after which she invited her ti collie home to her house
to have some refreshment. She consented, and accom
panted her to Union-court, Orchard-street, where atter
some time, on her complaining of being tired, the prisoner
invited her to go to bed. She did so, and on awaking
found the prisoner gone. She got up.to dress herself, and
then discovered that the accused had not only robbed
her of 75., 'which was all the money she possessed, but
had carried off her bonnet, shawl, frock, boots, stock-
ings, and under clothing.
Mr. Paynter—How did you leave the place without
your clothing ?
Pro -ecutrix—Some kind women in the neighbourhood,
when they heard of my distress, lent me things to cover
me, and then I succeeded in gettieg home. My meth-r
told the police, and the prisoner was taken into
custody.
_ _ _

A. young woman proved seeing the prisoner leaving
the house with the poor girl's_ clothing, which was
valued at 30s.

Mr. Pay nter considered it a very cruel robbery and
remanded the prisoner for a week.

THAMES.
STRANGM CONDUCT OF A SAILOR.--Lawrence Thomp-
son, a Scotehman. and recently paid off from the .ship
Glencoe, was brought before Mr. Seffe charged with
assaulting James Hobbs, a boarding-house keeper, of
Strathmore-terrace, Shad well.

It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that
the prisoner had lodged with him five days, and was
very quiet add temperate, and apparently in good
health, until Saturday evening, when be came home and
said he was ill. The prisoner looked very strange, and
vomited a good deal in the yard. Tne prisoner
went up to his bedroom, laid down a short
time, and then got up and dressed himself,
and Bald he was very bad. The prisoner
continual in the same restless state, lying
down for a short time, getting up again, and talking
about things flying in the front of his faoe until about
midnight, when he said he should like to have some
spirits. A. bottle of gin was procured, and he poured
oat a glassful, which the prisoner applied to his lips, re-
fused to drink it, and said "No, no, no; that won't do
for me." He then persuaded the prisoner to go to bed
again, and waited upon him and endeavoured to coin-
pose him. The prisoner appeared distracted in his mind,
and attempted to injure himself and break the property
in the room. This lasted until half-past one on Sunday
morning, when the prisoner rushed out of bed, seized him,
and attempted to throw him over the bannister of the
staircase. A violent struggle took place,and in the course
of that struggle, Mrs. Hobbs, who came to his assistance,
received a violent blow from the prisoner's elbow—with
great difficulty he got away from the prisoner, who
rushed down stairs calling out murder and police. The
prisoner got the street door open, and ran up and down
several streets yelling, raving, and calling out murder.
The police at length seized him and lodged him in the
station-house.

In answer to questions by Mr. S lfe, the prosecutor
said the prisoner wait not drunk on Saturday. He re-
ceived his wages at the Sailors' Home In Well-street,
and left part of them there.
A police-constable said the prisoner was running on
very strangely in the station, and had the appearance of
a man who had been drinking to excess.
The prisoner—l drank many things on Saturday, and
some one gave me poison.

Mr. Serfe remanded the prisoner, and directed that a
surgeon should
,examine him as to his state of mind.

LOSS 01? TilE STEJMER, EMPEROR.

The followiLg is taken li.um the Moniteur of
yes' erday :
" A telegraphic despatch, says the Journal du
Havre of the 9th inst., addressed to the British
Consul residing at that port, and confirming by an-
ticipation a letter from Fecamp, that has arrived
since, announces that this st ainer, bound from
Newcastle for Rouen, with a lading of coal, went
on shore on Thursday evening, at about 9 o'clock,
below the Grainval reefs. Light or nine parsons,
one of them a woman, who tried to save themselves
without waiting for help from the land, fell victims
to their too great haste. The remainder of the
crew and pass,ngers, together with the captain, 13
or 14 persons in all, were saved by means of a rope
with a sliding scat. Among the saved, there was,
it is said, a young man of Rouen.
" Respecting the state of the steamer, the letter
from Fecamp, dated Friday evening, expressed a
fear of the ship's being broken up if the wind con-
tinued to blow with the same violence, but the de-
spatch forwarded this morning encourages the hope
of her being got oil'."