The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day.

MARLBORO UGII-S FIZEET.

WHOLESALE AND SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY.—James
o:liver, of 11, Beauchamp-street, Holborn, cabinet-
maker, and Win. Wallace, of 1, A bercrombie-
court, Ili:Von-garden, were charged before Mr.
I)'Eyncourt, with stealing six bags of cloth cuttings
of the value of £l6, the property of Mrs. Marian
Kitchen, general dealer, of No. 3, Cross-street, St.
James's.

Mr. Sayer, from the offica of Mr. Edward
Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for
the prosecution.
Mrs. Kitchen said that in consequence of having
on several occasions when the prisoners called at
her shop to purchase mixed rags missed large quan-
tities of cloth cuttings, which were locked in a place
away from the mixed rags, and knowing the pri-
soners were going to call yesterday, she got the
services of an officer to watch them, and after they
had taken six bags of what was supposed to be
mixed rags and placed them iu the cart the officer
stepped forward and examined the bags, which the
prisoners had brought with them, and found that
they had secreted in them a large quantity of cloth
cuttings of the value of

In answer to Mr. D'.eyncourt, the prosecutrix
said that every time the prisoners called on her she
had missed property, the last tiine six weeks ago,
and to the total amount of about £2OO.

Police-constable Borifax, 190 C, said that after
seeing the prisoners load their cart yesterday even-
ing he went down into the kitchen, which he had
previously seen locked, and found that 6 bags Of
cloth-cuttings out of 14 bags had been taken away,
and he afterwards found the bags placed in the
bags the prisoners brought with them, and sur-
rounded with mixed rags, and he found that the
way the prisoners had got into the kitchen was by
removing the staple of the lock. He then, with the
assistance of Grenham, 132 C, took the prisoners
into custody and to the station.

Sergeant Fox, C Division, applied for a remand,
which Mr. D'Eyncourt granted.

THAMES.

ILLICIT DISTILLATION. George Williams, a man
about 40 years of age, who was formerly a com-
mercial traveller, was brought before Mr. Paget
charged with keeping a private still in an unentered
place.
Yesterday afternoon two officers of Inland Re'
venue, named Pargiter and Ballen, proceeded to
the house, No. 1, Merchant-street, Bow-road►
Bromley, and upon the former knocking at the front
door he was answered by the prisoner, who n°
sooner looked at Mr. Pargiter thaa he retreated
to the back of his house, where he was caught
by Mr. Ballen, who had anticipated a retreat
in that direction. The prisoner said, " I'll offer
no resistance." "'You had better not," replied
the officers, for we have plenty of help. You have
a still here. The prisoner said " Yes, I have," and
conducted the officers to a back room, where they
saw a large copper still set in brickwork in full ope-
ration, charged with molasses, wash, and a fire under
it. There were 80 gallons of molasses and wash
in the tubs, and all the utensils and materials for
carrying on the distillation of spirits. Some very
strong " jig stuff," unrectified spirits, was found 011
the premises. The worm end of the still was -work-
ing off spirits. In a room upstairs the officers
found another still of the same ditnens oni
the other, but not at work, nor was it
set up for action. The prisoner said he
was guilty, and that he worked a private still for
another man who was the proprietor of the con'
cern. lie worked it to get a bit of bread for ilia
wife and family.
Mr. Pargiter—lle will not divulge the name awl
address of his employer. We want the proprietor
of the stills.

Mr. Paget said the case did not admit of 3
doubt, and fined the prisoner £3O, and in default
of payment three months' imprisonment and bard
labour. The stills, molasses, wash, and all tho
utensils and materials would be forfeited for the
use of the Crown.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—Nut the least attractive
pJrtrait models, taken from life, to the numerous visitors
at Madame Tussaud's wonderful exhibition, in Baker-
street, is that of the celebrated Madame Rachel, and We
presume that most of our fair readers are anxious to ob
tain a glance of one so noted for her numerous cosmetia
as to make even those of a certain age to look " beautify
for over."

THE PLANTING OF YEW TREES in churchyarcl6
and elsewhere was encouraged by the English kings f°r
the supply of the peculiar weapon of the English yeonieu"
In the same way, by a law of one of the early Scotch
kings, we are informed, that every man who built
cottage was bound to plant a certain number of ash tree'
for shafting spears, the weapon with which the Scott;h
withstood the heavy armed English knights, before whose
impetus the stoutest swordsmen would have gone dool!
like grass before the mower. In many parts of Scotlaya
clumps of ash are found with no cottage near, but they
almost always indicate the site of a homestead. Probably
in both countries the customs continued after the necessity
for them had happily ceased.—The Rook. _ _

The London, screw steamship, Capt. Hall, be-
longing to Messrs. Hall and Son, of London, sr"
rived at Spithead on Monday, about 2 p.m. fr°o
Gibraltar, with troops and Government stores from
that garrison, comprising Capt. Stehelen, 83d 111-
fantry, in command of the troops on board ; Assist'
Surgeon Power, 74th Infantry, in medical charge,
with 60 time-expired and 19 invalided soldiers frail,
various corps, accompanied by 15 women and Si
children. Her Government stores consist mainly 0.1
cases, &c., of gunpowder returned as obsolete either
in quality or form. The London brings news of he:
Majesty's screw (armoured, wooden) corvette Faust
having caught fire at her anchorage in Gibraltar
Bay at the moment of the London leaving the
A
Mole on her voyage to England. It is believe'
the fire was suppressed before any very seriel
damage had been done ; but the only ff'ett
known on board the London are that le
the time she was being hauled off from the ge:o
on the afternoon of the 31st ult. under steaO
start on her voyage homeward, the embark:at°tt ,
of the troops and stores having just been cerer
pleted, Lieutenant-Commander Collins, of be,
Majesty's screw gunvessel Skylark, ceme aleeg,
side the London and requested that she might 1/8
teed to the Pallas to render what assistance 8a
could, the latter baying caught fire somewhere lo
the vicinity of the bread-room. 'With so larger,
quantity of gunpowder on board it was, hoWev.ei
impossible to lay the London alongside a bur°l
vessel, and the London was started on her voyage'
As she left the Mole, what appeared to be stem
:i,
was rising in light columns above the Pallas's b
warks, and her fire engines were evidently at nor
upon the fire. As the London crossed the Pay
the Straits appearances on board the Pallas ten
er.
to the inference that the fire was entirely got allad
A private letter, written-hurriedly at Gibraltar, the
received at Portsmouth yesterday,
occurrence of the fire on board the Pallas'
states that water to the depth of eight feet `vas `up,
mitted into the vessel's hold, when the fire was rye
pressed witnout injury to any one on board.. of
London sailed from Gibraltar on the evenlec .ao
the 31st ult., and called in at Lisbon a the
on her way home for cargo, &c. In crossing
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Bay of Biscay she had to contend with very
dono3
north and north-east winds and a hea 30
The troops will disembark from the. Loairfter.
Spithead. this morning, and the ship w
cargo.wards resume her voyage to Loudon to deliver the