The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-10 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

SHA AYERS OUTWITTED.—Two well-dressed men, named
George Mumford and Charles Jarvis, were charged, con-
jointly with Henry Lovitt, a simple-looking countryman, with
having been concerned in an attempt to rob Mr. Thomas Wil-
son, a builder, residing at Upminster, in Essex.
The prosecutor stated that he had come to London to trans-
mit some business, and, on the preceding afternoon, was pass-
ing through Norton Folgate, near the terminus of the Eastern
where
he was accosted by the prisoner
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as he himself was about to engage a place by the four o'clock
train. Witness replied that he intended to go by the five o'clock
train; upon which the prisoner said that, as he had plenty of
time to spare, he should protract his stay for an hour, that he
might have the pleasure of his company. After some further
conversation, the prisoner proposed an adjournment to a public-
house, when the stale trick of inducing every one in the room
to exhibit his money was resorted to. The prosecutor was
asked to exhibit what he had, to show his respectability.
He apparently agreed to the proposition, but said
he had some urgent business to transact in the
neighbo.urhood, and would return in a few minutes.
He then left them and proceeded at once to the station-house,
where he obtained the assistance of a policeman, with whom he
returned back to the public house and gave the prisoners, toge-
ther with Lovett, whom he found in their company, into
custody.
The policeman produced a roll of dash notes which the pri-
soner Mumford had thrown from him on. their way to the sta-
tion-house, and also a purse containing 19 sham sovereigns,
which was found concealed underneath the sleeve of his coat.
Sergeant Coleman stated that the prisoner Lovitt had been
ascertained to be a highly respectable man, who had acciden-
tally fallen into the prisoners' company. He therefore wished
to withdraw the charge against him.
Mr. William Shurey, cashier at the establishment of Sir H.
Meux and Co., the extensive brewers, stated that the prisoner
Lovitt held the situation of bailiff to Sir H. Meux, and was a
person of unimpeachable integrity. He had come to town to
settle his annual accounts, and had 63/. in his pocket, of which
he would no doubt have been speedily dispossessed, had he re-
mained much longer in company wits the prisoners.
The MacisraaTe instantly ordered Lovitt to be discharged,
and on asking him how he got into the prisoners' company, he
said that he entered the public-house to procure some refresh-
ment, and found the prisoners in the parlour, who were in
the act of relating a story, when the recital was cut short by
the arrival of the policeman, who conveyed them all to the
station-house.

Sergeant Coleman applied to the Magistrate to remand the
prisoners, as he expected to be able to establish other charges
against them.—The prisoners were accordingly remanded.

XAR.LBOROUGH7STREET.

Joseph Brown, a cab-driver, was charged before Mr. Maltby,
with furious driving while in a state of intoxication.
On Saturday night the defendant was seen driving at a
furious pace through Piccadilly, and, after proceeding a short
distance, he came with terrible force against a cart, in which a
man and his daughter were seated. The shaft of the cart
penetrated the body of the cabman's horse, and it was necessary
to kill the animal, which was valued at 10/. Damage was also
done to the cart-horse to the amount of 31. The case having
been fully proved,
Mr. Marmric said he should inflict a fine of 10/. for the
public offence, order the defendant to pay 31., the damage done
to the cart-horse, and prevent the defendant from again en-
dangering the safety of the public by at once revoking his license.
QUERN-SQUARE.

Sarah, Elizabeth, and ✓ane Hopwood, three sisters of re-
spectable appearance, were on Monday placed at the bar, charged
with having stolen a quart of coffee, and about 141 b. of coals,
from the residence of Mr. C. Bague.
At about a quarter past eight o'clock on Monday morning a
policeman saw the prisoners Elizabeth and Jane go to the area
railings, where they had not stand many minutes when a hand
from the area gave them a basket and jug, with which they
walked away. He followed, and stopped them, and found in
the possession of Elizabeth a basket contailting coals and a
quart of coffee.
Mr. Bague proved that the prisoner Sarah was in his ser-
vice, and that there ♦vas no other person below to hand the
pia; erty through the area railings..
The prisoner Sarah admitted her guilt; Elizabeth made no
defence ; and Jane alleged that she was innocent, as she bad
merely gone to the house to bid her sister good-by.
Mr. Bague was very desirous that the magistrate should dis-
pose of this case summarily, but
The IlwatsintATE considered it one of those eases which
ought to be sent to a jury, and committed the prisoners for trial.

UNION-HALL.
Morgan Jones, an athletic man, was charged with com-
mittinc, a violent assault on James Fox, who is confined tc the
hospital owing to the serious nature of the injuries he received.
It at, pear,d that en the preceding day the defendant was seen
passing ,!i.1•.; Kensington-lane, followed by a man much his
inferior in point of stature. The defendant, addressing the
latter person, was heard to exclaim, ‘, If you follow me any
longs r, I will settle you !" 'The man continued to go after the
defendant, who turned upon him and gave him a desperate
blow in the face, which knocked him into the road, and in-
flicted a most extensive wound down nearly the whole length of
his cheek. The man was taken up in a state of insensibility,
and conveyed to the brspital, where it was found tLat the in-
jury he had received was of such a serious nature, that he
was not in a fit state to enable him to appear against his
assailant, who was remanded.
Edward May was charged with stealiag a twelfth cake from
the shop of a pastry-cook in East-lane.
T
the complainant'sisonewitho other boys, was observed lurking
b oshop, and after a little time he was
seen teo snatch the cake, weighing nearly 301b5., and run off.
clerkaAehth in the Bank of England happening to witness the
transaction, gave pursuit to the thief, wh finding that he
was overtaken, turned round on his pursuer and threw the
cake at his head. The clerk, however, secured the prisoner,
who was committed fur trial.

By the death of Mr. Arthur Hume, late Teller of
,he Irish Exchequer, a retired allowance of 1,0001. u year falls
a to Government.
A MEMENTO OF MORTALITY.--The Chinese, it is
lnli
nisters seem to have accu-
rately a coffin along with their
copied this custom of the Celestials ; for no sooner were
sits lsaid, as soon as they come to years of discretion, snake provi-
ositohnerfofrurtnhietiurre.
they placed in a position to exercise their discretion, than they
made the surest possible provision for their deaths, by hiring
the hearse on which their predecessors were borne to their
deaths, nl
Her by Majesty's laying
graves. Free trade was the coffin of the late as it threatens to
be of the present Administration.—Post.
SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM.— ROCHESTER, MON-
DAY.—Yesterday afternoon, about half-past three n clock, an
express arrived at Pocheeter, bringing information that an in-
cendiary fire had broken out in the stackyard of Mr. Allen, who
holds the Buckhulm Farm, at Hi •
gh Ilalstow, in the hundred
of 800. Mr. Batten, the agent of the Sun Fire-office here,
immediately ordered not his engine, and about four o'clock pro-
ceeded to the spot, which is about six miles distant from Ro-
chester. Very judicious steps were taken to suppress the
flames, and to these and the fortunate circumstance of the
wind setting off the barn and house, which immediately ad-
join the stackyard, may be attributed the preservation of the
rest of the property. Directly in front of the farm-house is a
large horse-pond, from which the engine obtained a plentiful
supply of water, which was poured on the burning mass, while
a number of labourers from the adjoining hamlet of High
Halstow spread the materials of the stacks upon the ground,
and removed into the adjacent turnip field the small portion
which they could from time to time save. Mr. Allen steed
that the property destroyed Consisted of two stacks of oats
and two of beans, the whole being the produce of 26 acres.
From information gathered from Mr. Allen and upon the
spot, there appears but little doubt that the fire was the work
of an incendiary. The farm servant of Mr. Allen, going ac-
cidentally out of the house between two and three o'clock in the
afternoon, saw smoke issuing from the farm-yard, and on going
to see what was the matter, found one of the stacks alight, but
no one was to be seen near. The discovery was made at the
same time by the people at Halstow Church, which is within
sight of the farm, when Mr. Lewis, the clergyman of the
parish, was about to commence divine service, and that gentle-
man, wit h a praiseworthy feeling, at once dismissed the congre-
gation, urging them to assist in putting out the fire, setting
them an example in his own person. Some Lucifer-matches
were found shortly after the fi.e broke out near the spot, and
the constable of the parish, who had been making inquiries,
said that he had sufficient information to call for an investiga-
tion. The general opinion seems to be that the crime was
committed by a stranger, as Mr. Allan has always been on the
best terms with his vi orkpeople, and is universally respected.
Mr. Alleh is insured in the Globe Fire-office, but it is doubtful
whether or not to the full extent of the damage sustained. At
nine o'clock last night the flames were so far subdued that no
further danger was apehended.
BLUNTISHAM.—INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Monday
evening last, about seven o'clock, a fire was discovered raging
in the homestead of Mr. Asplen, farmer of this place, and one
of the guardians of the poor; the flames spread rapidly, and
in spite of the exertions of the neighbours and the presence of
two engines, were not subdued till all the stacks in the yard
(but one), and a barn containing threshed corn, were con-
sumed. The dwelling-house was saved, as were the imple-
ments and stock on the premises. There is no doubt as to
the conflagration having been caused by an incendiary, as Mr.
Asplen has for some time past been subjected to a system of
annoyance. The evening before the fire, the manes and tails of
some horses were cut off, and very lately all the gates on his
farm were despoiled of their hinges.— Cambridge Independent.
DR. MAGINN.—" Talking on one occasion about
his ' Shakspeare Papers,' I asked him why he did not write the
character of Hamlet ? I have often thought of it,' he said,
'but never could make up my mind to it. I'm afraid of him.'
'Of all the Roman poets, Horace is the fellow for me. His
recommendations is what
gene rally spoils all other poets—the
real ecaamon sense he displays in all his poems.' Take the
best novels of any of the living novelists of the day, and you
will find that all their after works have the same traits of com-
position and plot as the first. There is not one that can be
compared with Fielding or Smollett. Filling three volumes
appears their principal object.' I would give a vote to every
ane man, whose age exceeds one-and-twenty—but no ballot.'
—Dublin University Magazine.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning a
house painter and decorator, named James Fry, 42 years of
age, who was at work at the town residence of the Duke of
Devonshire, in Piccadilly, sustained the following shocking
accisleet, which at the time, was much feared would have been
attended with fatal results. It appears that the unfortunate
man Fry has, together with several other workmen, been en-
gaged for some time past in repairing and embellishing the
above princely mansion ; on Saturday, however, whilst stand-
ing upon a lathier, between thirty and forty feet from the
ground, lie suddenly slipped and fell upon the gravel and loose
stones in the area in front of the premises. The poor fellow,
when raised, was found to be in an apparent state of insensi-
bility, and no time was lest in conveying him to St. George's
Hospital, where upon examination by the house surgeons, it
was discovered that he had sustained a shocking fracture of the
vertebrae of the back, besides other serious injuries. The
patient received every attention from the medical gentlemen
and others of the institution, and although he still lies in a
state of great suffering, hopes were given of his ultimate re-
covery.