The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-19 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

THE EFFECTS OF SKY- LA RK I SG. —Mary Ann
Flynn was charged with stealing, and Catherine
Flynn with unlawfully possessing a watch and
chain the property of the prisoner.
John Sayer, a pensioner from the 104th Regi-
ment, said the prisoners were in the Two Brewer's
on Wednesday last, and he being under the in-
fluence of liquor, got " sky-larking" with Mary
Ann, who sat near him. They got up and went
out together, and then he missed his watch and a
purse containing half a sovereign from
,his waist-
coat pocket.

In cross-examination by Mary Ann Flynn, he
denied giving her the watch to mind.
Mr. Wm. Miller, a pawnbroker, of the Black-
friars-road, produced the watch which Catherine
Flynn offered in pledge ; seeing it advertised as
stolen, he stopped it and gave her in charge ; she
said it was her husband's.

George Powley, 228 B, proved that as the pri-
soner Catherine was being brought into court the
other came in to hear the proceedings, and pro-
secutor identified and charged her. She gave up
part of the chain.

Both denied the charge, and were remanded for
a week.

THAMES.

THE THREE FRIENDLY BROTHERS.—Anthony
Bennett, aged 40 years, John Bennett, 28, and
George Bennett, 27, watch-makers, were charged
with being drunk, disorderly, and fighting in the
Commercial-road, and assaulting Thomas Mackay,
a police-sergeant, No. 20 K. There was another
charge against George Bennett for tearing the
policeman's cape.

A few minutes before 3 o'clock this morning
Mackay saw the prisoners in the Commercial-road.
They were all ;intoxicated, and making a great
disturbance. George and John were fighting.
Mackay separated them, and told them to
go home. They refused, and began fight-
ing again. Mackay again separated them,
and both men struck the officer and he took
both into custody. 'They struggled and got away.
Mackay was pursuing them when Anthony caught
hold of him behind and threw him on the ground.
A general fight then took place, and the constable,
determined to secure one of the belligerents, caught
hold of John. George then attacked Mackay and
tore his cape, which he valued at Bs. Assistance
being at hand the three brothers were secured.

The prisoners, in defence, said they were having
a friendly struggle in the open road when the
policeman interfered and acted very roughly to-
wards them.

Mackay said he did not strike either of the pri
soners.

The prisoners said they were all very friendly--
the most friendly brothers that ever lived.
The Magistrate—And fighting at three o'clock
in the morning ? John and George are fined 255.
each ; Anthony, who is not quite so bad as his
brothers, is fined 20s. only.
John Bennett said he would bring an action in a
superior court against Mackay for tearing his coat.

FILL' 1111 CL ERKENEVELL-7 HIS Di K

Shortly after 12 o'clock this (Saturday) morning
a fire, attended with a great loss of property and
wellnigh fatal results to at least a dozen persons,
happened in the premises belonging to Mr. Curties,
a wholesale and retail cheesemonger and ham mer-
chant, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell. At the time
of the disaster the whole of the residents were in
their beds asleep, and it was with the greatest
difficulty that they could effect a safe retreat. En-
gines, land steam and manual, were quickly in at-
tendance under the direction of Mr. Bridges,
the chief officer of the district, and the Lon-
don Salvage Corps, with Mr. Superintendent
Swanston. With the aid of one of Shand,
Mason, and Company's steam engines, and Beck
and Co.'s patent hydrants the flames were ex-
tinguished, but Mr. Curties's premises were nearly
destroyed, and those of Mr. Stead, grocer (No. 1),
and Mr. Nutford, beershop-keeper, were damaged
by water, &c. The losses will fall upon the Im-
perial and Guardian Fire Lffices so far as the in-
surances are concerned, but the principal sufferer
was not insured.

711EATRICAL AND MUSICAL ITEMS.

"King Theodore of Abyssinia" is to be intro-
duced at the Chatelet, Paris, with un-heard of
splendour.

There is no truth in the rumour that Miss Ada
Swanborough has entered into a matrimonial
alliance.

The title of the Christmas Extravaganza at the
Queen's Theatre is the " Gnome King, or the
Fairy of the Silver Mine," and at the Holborn,
" Turko the Terrible."

We regret to state that Miss Nelly Moore is still
seriously unwell.

Mdlle. Lina Windle, the great danseuse, has ar-
rived in London.

Mr. J. P. Crocker, one of the leading members
of the Christy Minstrels at the St. James's Hall,
takes his benefit on Tuesday next.
Mr. Sothern re-appears at the Haymarket on
Boxing-night.

Miss Elise Holt joins the Olympic company,
New York.

Mr. E. Price will shortly become a member of
the Holborn Theatre company.

A preliminary meeting of music-hall proprietors
has been held to consider the present state of the
licensing system. It was adjourned until the first
week of the new year, when a general meeting
will take place.

(From the Musical Standard.)

The first two volumes of a " Universal History
of the Theatre," by ➢l. A. Royer, have just been
published.

_
The German cities bid fair to be one-half monu-
ments; one is now talked of to the great composer
Gluck.

A new opera, "Le Roi Georges," words and
music by Ehrlich of Magdeburg, has been success-
fully brought out at Freyburg.
The Suabian Mercury, iu its critique on Costa's
" Eli," recently performed at Stuttgart, says :—" It
is a conglomeration of all possible styles, the result
of which is no style at all; it is constantly labour-
ing to attain the oratorio colouring, but never suc-
cetding ; we are ever, and most unpleasantly,
reminded of the opera, and that of by no means a
good species of opera. There is no originality in
the work, but much noise. Mr. Costa is, however,
an excellent conductor."

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