The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-04 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE

AN OLD DODGE.—The Lord Mayor has had before hlna
tne case of one Charles Underwood, who was charged with
going into a licensed victualler's, ordering an expensive
dinner, and then saying that he had left his purse at home.
It was said that this was not the first time the prisoner
had done the same trick. In answer, he pleaded that the
Lord Mayor had nb jurisdiction ; he ought to be sum-
moned to the county court. The Lord Mayor, however
did not appear to see it in that light, and though the
prisoner said it would be a week's false imprisonment, he
was remanded for a week.
AN IMPETUOUS HOUSEBREAKER.—FraTICiS Patrick,
Charles Jones, alias Page, and William Axted, oft-con-
victed thieves, were indicted at the Surrey Sessions for
breaking and entering 111, Upper Stamford-street, Black-
friars-road, and stealing from the roof upwards of 3cwt. of
lead, the property of Joseph Walker. The prisoners were
discovered by a policeman on the top of an empty house.
The alarm was given, and all the prisoners endeavoured to
decamp. One of them, hoWever, in his impetuosity
jumped from a flat right through the skylight of a car-
penter's shop. All the prisoners were captured imme-
diately afterwards, and upon examination 2cwt. 0? lead
was found rolled up on the roof. It having been shewn
that they were old offenders, Patrick was sentenced to
ten years and the other two to seven years' penal servi-
tude.

MIIRDERORS GAROTTE ROTBERT.-At the Nottingham
Police-court, yesterday, Francis llattewell was charged
with garotting Mr. Henry Clarke, gentleman, in that
town. The prosecutor was returning home late at night,
when he was attacked by two men. The first struck him
a tremendous blow under the chin, from which he fell,
and they then kicked him most savagely. Blood flowed
freely, and he was becoming insensible, when assistance
came up, and the ruffians made off. The prisoner, how-
ever, was pursued and captured. A valuable watch be-
longing to the prosecutor was nearly smashed to pieces in
the struggle. The prisoner was committed for trial at the
assizes.

STABBING BY A PUBLICAN.—WiIIiam Topping, a pub-
lican, at Wigan, has been charged with a serious assault
on a collier, named Lester. The complainant and several
other persons were drinking on New Year's Day at defen-
dant's house, when a quarrel took place. Topping seized
a knife, and with it inflicted seven wounds on Lester's head
and neck. Lester was unable to appear, and was reported
in a dangerous condition. The prisoner was rem6lndO.

Anson—A person named William Skeels has" been
charged, on his own confession, with setting fire to saw
mills at Deiby, belonging to the Midland Railway Com-
pany. It was proved that the mills referred to were de-
stroyed by fire some time ago. The prisoner, when he
gave himself up to the police, made a statement shewing
how he set fire to the mill. He was remanded,

THE LATE BARON IVIA.nocnETTI.--At the Palace
of the Tuileries throughout the reign of the Orleans dynasty
the sculptor was as much at home as at Turin. With
more than courtly affection, hoWever, Marochetti followed
the adverse no less than the prosperous fortunes of his royal
friends, and upon the downfall of Louis Philippe he cast
in his lot with the exiled family, and gave up in Prance a
splendid position with no other prospect than that of
beginning life anew in this country.—Times.
EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT A WORKHOUSE,
—EIGHTY BOYS SALIVATED : ONE DEAD.—An extra-
ordinary occurrence has been brought to light at an inquiry
at the Preston House of Recovery, held before Mr.
Myers, coroner, in reference to the death of a boy named
Patrick Burke, son of Stephen Burke, who was executed
at Lancaster in September ISGG, for the murder of his
wife. It seems that the deceased was an inmate of the
Walton-le-Dale 'Workhouse, near Preston, and two days
before Christmas Day the governor thought he would
make the boys perfectly clean when inspected by visitors,
and obtained from the surgery a pot of " blue ointment,
which contains a considerable quantity of mercury." Haif
a tablespoonful of this ointment he rubbed on the head of
each boy in the workhouse—between eighty and ninety—
and about foui or five hours later washed them and sent
them to bed. Next morning they all felt unwell, and the
day following the attention of Dr. Smith was called to
four of them, wtto were salivated and suffering from great
exhaustion. By his direction they were removed to the
House of RebS#* at Preston, but it was not until the
death of one of them (Burke) that the doctor was informed
of what had been done. He then made an inspeCtion of
the whole of the boys, and found it necessary t 9 confine
nearly forty of them to bed, The iury returned a verdict
of accidental death, but cautioned the governor against his
practices for tliq future.