The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-25 00:00:00

(The; trial was proceeding when oar report left.)

NEW CO (IX T.
(Before the Commix Saaalwarr.)
A powerful young man, named Michael Carroll, about
or 35 years of age, was indicted for feloniously killing or slrl;
ing James Bristow, by striking him on the head with sn
poker, and inflicting an injury whereof he lingered and cyt—o.
Mr. Robinson, in the absence of Mr. Clarkson, defenoe
prisoner.
ea From the evidence of a number of witnesses, it nail°
that the prisoner, who is -a laboureOvorking at St.
Stratford, bad a quarrel, on the morning or-tt,.- acia"ltogoo-,
about one o'clock, with another labourer named f
• whirls. .n or mart( words, terminated m a .5
Several persons of 'Williams' party came to his assistance,
amongst them the prisoner suffered a severe beating. As soon
as he could get away he went in search of a weapon, and haying
procured a poker, he returned to the scene of action, loudli
vowing vengeance. Thus armed and raging, he walked about
for some time brandishing the poker, until The unfortuast
deceased, who was peaceably going home, and bad nothn
whatever to do with Carroll or the previous row, tame in II
infuriated man's way, and was struck twice upon the head wit
the poker. Of these wounds he died at eight o'clock on th'
.same morning.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The COMMON SERGEANT, in sentencing the prisoner
seven years' transportation, expressed his opinion that he oug)
to have been indicted for wilful murder.

BOW-STREET:—(THIS DAY)
A;TEETOTA LLER.—James Wilton and William Cooper
charged with being drunk and -disorderly, and the latter,lal'°'
with assaulting a policeman. It appeared from the statemgn!'
of policemen 154 and 33 of the E division, that the two Pr;
loners were fighting in Alfred-street, Tottenham-court-ros",
and the witnesses interfering, the prisoner Cooper struggle.',
violently, and knocked 33 down several times. The other
loner made no resistance, but went quietly to the etation.house
with 154.

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The prisoner Cooper said that he had made a le wow
months ago, which he had carried out by abstaining from
" strong drink of every kind" until Saturday night, when the
term of the said " wow" expired, and he took advantage
.iintne-
diately of his liberatiou fiom the self-impesed bond. Nat being
used tolthe effects of " licker," be did not know what Iry
enough for him, and was overcome before he was aware of it.
Mr. Twv FORD said that the confinement of last night
sufficient punishment for the priioner Whitton (wbo bad ve
assaulted the policeman), but he would fine the prigsff
Cooper 51. for the assault on the constable, and, in default
payment, commit him to prison for one month.
LA T

E HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE
NEAR ROUEN.
(From the Memorial de .Rouen of Friday.)
The clearing away of the ruins of the three manufactories°
completed, and the detachments of the troops of the I°l6
returned into the town yesterday.
The final number of the dead bodies dug out from the rids,'
is 75. The cumber of the wounded, as we said yesterday, "
from 150 to 170. Besides the 75 dead bodies dug out fress,_a
among the ruins, we have to add a certain number of woluor'_,
who have died, and many others are so dangerously hurt that
there is little hope of saving them.
It hi impossible to praise too highly M. Slawescki, the cif°
engineer belonging to the administration of the mines at Ileasp"
He directed the labours of the workmen and soldiers at
Picquot's manufactory with the greatest seal. He was
hours on the spot, and did not go away until it was micertainl
that no more victims could be found among the ruins.
The search was not finished until 3 o'clock r.m.,
upon reference to the registers of the establishment, it vi‘g
ascertained that no more persons were missing.
The examinations having been most scrupulously made, 3
was found that at the moment of the misfortune there were163 persons at the time of the disaster in M. Picquot's ,
lishment. Among the details of this melancholy calculation
are the following :—.33 dead, three of whom were found on the
night of the 19th, four on the 20th, and one yesterday;
very severely wounded, and the rest saved; or at least few of
them very seriously hurt. The wounded in this establislintr"t
were the most numerous, and, in general, the most severely
injured.

I In the midst of this calamity it was, uwe have already said,
' most consolatory to see the zeal and devotedness which evenci
one who came to the spot displayed. We have already state
' that a great number of citizens and public functionaries dir
tinguished themselves by their activity. Assistance of tine
kind came to us from all quarters to such an extent that Ira
cannot record the instances. Besides, it is not the notice ib's
journal that can recompense such acts—it is only the self-sotto"
tion of having done well. We must, however, not omit to too,:
tion the master of the Black Horse Hotel a Monville, w"e
opened his hewe and placed all his linen, towels, and nsPitine;_.
at the service of the victims. The cloths were all used or '"
up, as found necessary. The director of the hospital of Rotten
also placed everything at the disposal of the medical attendants'
The English labourers employed on the Havre &air°
eagerly hastened to give their assistance.
111. Dupont Delaporte arrived from Eu during theAtigh!:
He was very much fatigued by his journey,
and was obliged
.
go to rest. He rose, however, soon, and accompanied by 'l—
Touard, coun,ellor:of the prefecture, visited all the points of To
disaster. He gave orders at the hotel to furnish everything ler
the service of the unfortunate sufferers. Just as he got al'e,.`.ll
so.
the ruins two victims were found. He afterwards visited to
sufferers in their beds. and spoke to them with the greate!!
affection. Accompanied by Doctors Blanche and Hellot, he
visited all the private houses to which the wounded had been
carried. He then visited the owners of. the destroyed et
tablishments, and promised to interest the Government in their
favour. He begged the Mayors of Malauney and Monville o
spare nothing for the comfort of the sufferers, and told them .t
e
would obtain the sanction of the Government for deft eying af
the expenses. On his return to Rouen, he found a letter from
the Ministry, approving all his proceedings, and promising
prompt succour.
Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers have been opened
at Monville and all the neighbouring towns.

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ALLEGED MURDER AT ROTHERHITLIE.--This
sag, at eleven o'clock, Mr. C. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey'
and a jury, empanelled' to inquire into the cause of death of
Ellen Tyrell, aged 40, the wife of a labouring man at East
Greenwich, and who 'was found dead near the Halfpenny
Hatch, Rotherbithe, under very suspicious circumstances, re-
assembled at the New`Cross Inn, New Cross, Deptford. The
inquiry was proceeding when we went to press.
ACCIDENT ON THE MARYPORT AND CARLISLE
RA ILWAY. —On Thursday last, as the morning train fro.t
Marypert to Carlisle was passing along the portion of the reVe
way about five miles west of Wigton, owing to one of the
switches being wrong it was thrown completely
but, we are happy to add, without occasioning injury. to any 01
the pa....engers. A delay in the arrival of the train of about s°.
hour was the consequence.— Carlisle Journal. • tea
UURFD PROVICiONS —Saturday a return was printed
,howinl the importation of cured provisions for six monthii
ending on the sth ultimo. Of salted beef there were 461414
cwt.; or salted pork, 23,860 cwt. ; of Immt, 2,423 cwt. ;
of bacon, 16 cwt. cif the line;

DAI.)

OLD
(Before Mr. Baron PLATT).
STEALING FROM THE CUSTOM-HOUSE..— William Strick-
land, aged 37, victualler, Edward Lewis, ironmonger, 37, Wi -
liana Bonham, 36, coal-dealer, and Henry Osborne, 36,
victualler, were placed at the bar, the three first indicted for
stealing five watches, the property of Joseph Savory and
another, aml the latter for feloniously receiving the earner
knowing them to have been stolen.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Clarkson, and
Mr. Ballintine were for the prosecution; Mr. Sergeant
Jones, Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Hurlstone, and Mr. Wylde for
the defence.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opened the case by detailing the
circumstances, which would be afterwards proved by witnesses.
The box, containing the five watches, had been addressed to
Bombay. and before it was shipped it. was examined at the
dock, and then resnldered. Afterwards, however, it bad been
re=opened, and these watches abstracted. Two years having
elapsed, the Messrs. Savory were informed by the corres-
pondent who had received the case that such a loss
had been sustained. Icquiries were made as to who had been
on duty on the L3cl July, 1842, and the prisoners being impli-
cated were indicted for the offence,
Mr. Robinson, clerk to Messrs. Savory and Co., proved
a case., marked A. B. S. in a diamond, had een for-
warded to Bombay, and that it ought to have contained the
watches which had been afterwards stolen. He had himself
seen them safely packed, and the case taken to the dock, in
order to be shipped on board the Coromandel.
Edward Scanlan was a searcher in the Customs, and in
June, 1842, was stationed at the West India Dock. On the
23,1 of that month ne was on duty. and received a case in the
Searchers'-office. The case was marked A. B. S. in a dia-
mond. The case was to have been shipped by the Coromandel.
He examined the case, and it contained the watches stolen.
The case was examined in presence of two clerks and five
watchmen.

Mr. Robinson was recalled to identify the watches stolen.
He did so by the number and the maker's name.
Mr. Savory—ln 1842 had an order from Bombay, which
he understood to be executed. Subsequently he bad a com-
munication from India, and sent out five watches instead of
five watches he supposed to have been stolen.
` Henry Richard Turner was a Custom-house weigher, and
was on duty at the West India Docks, in June, 1544, ss
searcher's cooper. He had received that appointment on the
Ist of the month. Bonham and Lewis were also coopers 14_
that same month. They were stationed in a portion of the
shed No. 1, which was appropriated to the use of the searchers
and their 'men. That was the regular station, but they
went through the docks in the course of their,
business. The duty of . the coopers was to open
any packages by direction of the searchers and to fasten tiler
afterwards. He remembered a case being brought there in
the middle of the month, but he did not know who attended
the examination. He did not. He remembered- coming in
one day and finding the case open, and Lewis and Bonita,
putting the lid on again. The case was of fir externally and
lined with tin inside. One of them said, " Come, Harry,
lend us a hand." Strickland was outside at the time. Strick-
land was the shipping officer. He (witness) did assist is
driving the screws in like nails, not screwing them in. It was
then delivered to the Dock Company. It would then be
Strickland's duty to get a receipt from them for Its
safe delivery. He (witness) thought that Lewis and
himself put the case outside. When he returned he
saw Strickland with the others, and be had a parcel in lris
hand containing five watches (one gold and four silver watches).
A consultation took place as to what should be done with tbenn
One said sell them. Strickland said he should like to ken)
the gold one, but this would not be agreed to. Witness area
Lewis then went to a Jew, named Moss, and he aftgrwardgs
on the next day, came to the dock. He believed thatfor that
night the watches were kept in Strickland'' desk. -' 'He saw
Lewis also with the package, or what he thought
to be such. Moss came down on the following
day and the watches were produced to him.
offered 16/. for them, but that sum would not be given.
was asked 201. and Lewis went with him to a place he
seribed, but afterwards came back, not having agreed to
purchase. In the course of the week Strickland prod!
151., and gave each of them (that was Lewis, roam
witness) 51. He ( witness) afterwards heard from Le wis_
the watches had been " rechristened," and sold by Strickland
among his own relations in the Isle of Wight.
Cross-examined by Mr. PRENDERGAST—It was not an
frequent occurrence to drink brandy and water in the dock.
did not expect •to see watches, but he did not express his
prise. It was la a sense of duty that prompted him to be q1114‘..,
It was the very. opposite. It was the first transaction g"
was connected with ofthe kind. He was suspended on Nichol'
son's wharf for stealing wine. He knew a Mrs. Eastmeer
received Si. from her in consequence of a letter he sent
her husband, who was a landing-waiter at the Customs.
To questions from the Learned JUDGE, the witness 4
pressed that he was suspended in consequence of what be
in following up the instructions of Mr. Eastmeer. As he
lost his pay during that period, Mr. Eastmeer promised hir
and that was the money alluded to. He knew of an artrfil
flower which he was charged with stealing, but which. "
actually presented by a Mr. Austin. He was never disallow!
from the spirit proof room at the docks. Knew a perso!'
the name of Samuels. - Had had dealings with him as well
with Moss in spirits and cigars.
By the COURT-..lie had no recollection of having bed tollY!
nes: transactions with any other tradesmen besides Samnelllo
Moss.