The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JWNE 4, 1844.

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday, Caroline Smith and' Ann Davis; two pros-
' tittues, in the habit 'of frequenting the Kent-road, were
brought before Mr. Traill, charged with highway rob-
bery. .
Mr. William Ealing, a mercantile man; liVing in the
City, was walking along the Old:Kent-road, on the pre-
ceding night, towards the ElePhaht and Castle, when he
observed the two prisoners and another woman standing
together near the Green-man gate. lie 'crossed over to
the ..Opposite side of the road, and was followed by
Smith, who came up to him, pressed her conversation,
and wanted him to go hoMe with her. lie refused the
invitation, and. desired her to gO away; but she still
continued to press upon him, and at length thrust her
hand into his trousers pocket, and pulled out his purse,
containing two sovereigns and twenty shillings in silver,
with which she ran to her .companions. 'The complain-
ant pursued her, and when she got up to .the other women
she stopped, and he then charged' her with robbing him
of his purse and ;money. The moment, however, he
uttered the worth, Davis, a woman of masculine appear-
ance, rushed at him, struck 'Mtn in the face, and, repeat-
ing the blow, Stretch-ed him on the road; in which con-
dition he was' found by a policeman, who,,on hearing
his cries for help, went up and succeeded in securing the
two priaonerS,,but.the other Woman:who is suspected of
having the purse and money, escaped.
In the course of the examination it was stated that the
prisoners had been frequently-in custody for robbing
men on'that side of the water, but generally escaped
conviction owing to 14,, parties whom". they plundered
being intoxicated at the time. In the present instance,
however, the complainant was described to have been
perfectly sober when he was robbed.

Mr. Team. said that it was a very daring robbery;
and that he should remand the prisoners until the other
woman who was with them at the time was taken into
custody.
Harriet Smith and Mary Jones, two women of the
same class as the former prisoners, were also charged
with rubbing Thomas Wilson, a mechanic, on Sunday
night.
The complainant was walking down the Walworth-
road on Sunday night, when he was accosted by Smith,
but he refused to have anything to say to her, and de-
sired her to go about her business. She still persevered
in following the complainant, and at length thrust her
hand into his pocket, and drew out 135., amongst which
were three half-crown pieces, and then ran away. Com-
plaicant ran after her, and in the course of the pursuit she
was observed to pass the money to her companion.
They were both taken into custody, and the chief part of
the silver was discovered secreted in Jones's hair, and in
her shoes.

The prisoners, who denied the charge, were committed,

BROMLEY.

An old man, named William Reeves, attended to an-
swer an information laid under the Game Act, charging
him with having unlawfully set a wire for the purpose of
snaring game, without having a game certificate, and
for which offence he had subjected himself to a penalty
of five pourrds.
The presiding magistrates were the. Rev. Sir C. Far-
naby, Col. Long, and Messrs. Chapman and Goodhart.
A keeper, named Tye, employed on the estate of Mr.
Wells, deposed, that he saw the defendant in a field, and
observed him cut. a branch from a tree, and tie a wire
to it, and he then set the wire in the track of the game.
Witness upon observing him complete the snare, went
up to him, and took it sway, and he now produced it.
The defendant denied that he had set the snare. He
admitted that he had gone into the field, but declared
that what the gamekeeper said about his setting the
wire was false.

The BENCH inquired how the defendantgot his living,
and they were informed that he was a labourer.
The keeper said that the defendant had been removed
off the ground before, and a written notice had been
served upon him not to trespass. The notice was not
only signed on behalf of Mi. Wells, but also by several
other gentlemen, and he believed Sir Charles Farnaby
had himself signed it.
Sir C. FARNABY said he did not recollect it, but it was
very possible that he had.
The Bench having consulted together, said that they
considered the offence of an aggravated nature, and they
should inflict a fine of 2/. 10s. and costs, amounting alto-
gether to 2/. 195., and in default he would be committed
for six weeks to hard labour.

The defendant asked for time to make up the money.
Mr. CHAPMAN said the Magistrates could not give him
time. If the money was not paid forthwith, he must go
to gaol.
It was stated that the amount of the fine and costs
was eventually paid, and the defendant was then dis-
charged.

An incident of a very singular character, and
Which, but for almost providential interference, might
have been attended with most fatal consequences, oc-
curred to the Rev. Mr, Crook,• of Bromley, on Sunday
evening. The Rev. Gentleman had been to officiate at
Keaton church, and was returning- home about ten
o'clock in his chaise, when,. after he had gone- a short
distance, the horse from some cause or other became
tinmanageable,•and started off at full speed, going down
the steep descent called Mason's-hill at a furious pace.
He proceeded in his career to the Bromley turnpike, the
gate of which was shut and fastened, and before any
alarni could be given, or the turnpike-keeper had an
opportunity to open it, the animal clashed against the
bar and shivered it asunder, dragging the chaise through
after him. The Rev. Gentleman kept his seat,•and the
horse continued at the same speed to Bromley, where he
was stopped. It was found upon examination that nei-
ther- the; horse, chaise, nor- harness had received the
slighte4t injury, and the only mischief done .was the
damage to the toll.bar

SALE OF GuArro.—Yesterday at two o'clock, a
sale by auction; took place at the auction rooms, Mark-lane,
of a large quantity of guano, in antidpation of the arrival of
the cargo which is at present on board a vessel in the Downs,
that has imported it from the coast of Africa. There were
about 450 tons, this being the largest importation in one
vessel, and which was brought from the island of Ichiboe.
The analysis of the guano wasstated to be about as follows:
Volatile ammoniacal salt, consisting of phosphate oxalite;
carbonate and humate of ammonia (containing seven-and-
half per cent. of free ammonia), twenty-six per cent., and
organic animal matter, eight, together thirty-four per cent.,
fixed alkaline-salt principally phospate,muriate, and sulphate
of potash, eleven.per cent. ; phosphate of lime and mag-
nesia, and oxalite of lime, thirty per cent.; with only half
per cent, of sand, and of moisture 24•50 per cent. There were
sixty lots of five and ten tons each ; the average prices of
which were 91. 7s. Gd. per ton. The whole wat-ditiosed of
for about 4.2301, which, as the only expenses were freight,
insurance, the pay and the support of the crew during the
voyage to and fro, would leave very large profits to the
owners,