The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-04 00:00:00

itIARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Cecilia Kelly and Margaret Williams were charged
with stealing a purse of a gentlemAn, who gave the
name of William Russell, Craven Hotel, Strand.

It appeared that Mr. Russell met the prisoners in
Waterloo-place, about twelve o'clock the over night.
He went with Kelly to her lodgings, in Henden-
street, where he engaged a room for the night, and
ordered and paid for a bottle of champagne. In the
course of the night he missed his companion, and
hearing voices he asked Williams where Kelly was,
Rho replied they were having supper in t'f;e next
room. He went to sleep again, and on awaking tte
next morning he immediately dressed himself, and on
looking for his purse be found it had been taken
from his pocket. He was not certain as to the amount
in it, but he knew there was a sovereign, and two, if
not three 101. notes. He accused the prisoners of
stealing it, but they denied it, and he sent for a con-
stable and gave them into custody. He was certain
his purse was safe when he entered the house, as 11.1
paid for the wine out of it. On being searched at the
station-house nothing was found to criminate them.
The prisoners, who still denied the charge, were
remanded to Wednesday next.
WESTMINSTER.

James Barrett and James Golliker, two bad
ranters, were finally examined, charged with stealir.g
a glass case, containing a number of brooches, pens,
pencil-cases, and articles of that desci
The robbery was of a most impudent character
The two prisoners entered the sh,.p of Mr. L a to-
bacconist and dealer in fancy articles, George-Areet,
Chelsea, and Golliker having called for half an ounce
of tobacco, Mrs. Leo was in the act of weighing it for
him when Barrett suddenly seized the glass-case,
which was standing on the counter, and both the fel-
lows ran off tog,ther. Mrs. L?(.4 pursued them, but
they escaped at the moment. Smith, a constable of
the B division, however, succeeded in capturing them
in the course of the same evening.
Golliker, in reply to the charge, said "he never
knowed he was in the shop at all ;" and the other
pretended innocence of the charge.
Mr. BURRELL committed them both for trial.
CLERKEN WE LL.

SHOCKING AFFAIR.— George Perkins, aged &even
years, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with setting
tire to the clothes of Clara Can, five years of age,
whose life despaired o.
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It appeared from the evidence of a lad named Brett,
living in Reform-place, St. Luke's (where also the
mother of the unfortunate child lives), that on Monday
last he saw the little girl playing in the court, when
he noticed the prisoner and a youth named Walborn
go up to her, and the latter put some brimstone into
her pinafore, which the prisoner immediately took
hold of, and fired with a Weiler match, and the
sufferer was instantly one mass of flame. Val
born has since absconded; but the police are in search
of him.

Mrs. Can, the child's mother, had sent her out to
buy some pins, and a few minutes afterwards hear-
ing screams, she looked nut, and saw her in flames
crouching under a water-butt, the tap of which she
was trying to turn on her burning body and
clothes. She rushed to her assistance, and ex-
tinguished the fire, but in doing so she set fire to her
own clothes, and showed her burnt hands and arms
all bandaged up. . She appeared in agony of body and
mind, and nearly fainted in the court. The poor
child is lying senseless at Bartholomew's Hospital,
and the poor mother said one of its arms was nearly
burnt off.

Mr. TIRW HITT having cautioned the prisoner, asked
him what he had to say, when he denied having
touched the child, but said he saw her burning, and
tried to put out the flames, but she escaped from him.
The prisoner was remanded, and Mr. TYRWIIITT
gave directions that the police should make every
effort to capture Walborn.