A gentleman was robbed of a diamond pin in the
Vice-Mine. noes Court on Monday, while in conversation with Mr. Russell, a barrister. Robberies have so frequently occurred lately ill the Courts, at West- minster, that it has been found necessary to station several Policenies to be constantly on the look-out for the thieves during the sittings et the Judges.
- Lord Bathurst's steward has not been traced. In addition to the ap- propriation of nearly 9,1lt4g. of his master's money, he has been success- ful ill other rogueries—namely, forged cheeks on bankers, and over- drawing accounts. The Cirencester firm are losers of 7461.
The interior of the warehouse occupied by Messrs. Ilulse and Fox, chemists, in Noble Street, Cheapside, was destroyed by fire lass Satur- day night. The adjoining houses were injured, but to no great exteo. Two servants, a man and his wife, took care of the premises after busi- ness hours. Those persons narrowly escaped being burnt. They had retired to bed, but were roused by the cry of fire, and first showed them- selves at a window of the second floor. The man, with great preeence of mind, dragged the bedstead to the window, and fastened a rope to it. of sufficient length to reach the street, and then got out and sat on the window-sill. A general cry was raised to him to come down; but he replied that be wanted his wife to go down first. It was some minutes, before she ventured; and, assisted by her husband, with nothing upon her but her bed-dress, trusted to the rope, which was held down hy a person in the street. She slid along it with safety till within abote eight feet of the ground, when she let go; but sustained no injury: being caught in the arms of two bystanders. Her husband cc:evaded almost immediately afterwards. As a little girl, the daughter of a gentleman residing in the Brixton road, was returning, from school one day last week, some malicious person threw a large quantity of sulphuric acid on her silk cloak, by which, within a very few mintes after she reached home, it was reduced to tatters.
An accident occurred on Tuesday, from the furious driving of two con- lames, the Sovereign and the Holloway Empteoe which were p roceed- ing dawn the City Road. A little girl, about six, was crossing the road, when the Emperor struck her and knocked her down. The Sovereign, which was following, had not time to pull up before the vehicle passed over the body of the child. She was immediately reamved to a sur- geon's, where she expired within ten minutes. The driver of the Etn- pow was When, and held to bail to await the Coroner's inquest.
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