A fellow named Allen, suspected of being a cat and
dog slaughterer, was brought up to the Mansiouhouse on Thursday. The immediate offence was emptying a bag full of dead cats and dogs in Angel Alley, Bishop:satte. The charge being sworn to by a boy who had seen the sack emptied, Mister Allen was examined—
Alderman Sir C. Marshall—" How du you get your living, Prisoner ?"
• The Prisoner—" I'm a hard-working young onto, your llonottr's Lordship, as wouldn't eat nothink but a honest hit of' bread. I Yorks at Mackfriars Bridge in sum- mer as Jack of the rater, and in rioter I takes my sack itud pieks op old hones and any thing else as comes handy—here's the hole fact o' the matter. I vent out to get a few taters fiat supper, Yen up (vines this young varmint. who owes me a spite, wilt two ha.; firers, and they lugs me albre your Vor,hip for a crime vich I'm a pert" tet innocent on.''
Alderman Sir C. Marshall—" But how do you account for the dog's logs which were found in your room ?"
Prisoner—" Lord bless your Vorship, them are coral no dog's legs; they vent the legs of a donkey 1" Mr. liobler—" Pooh ! the officers must know the difference; besides, where coal& you pick up donkeys?" Prisoner—"! never knows rot I picks up sometimes."
He was discharged, on a promise to leave off trade.
At a quarter to four o'clock on Monday morning, a policeman dis- covered Mr. Bywater's house, a grocer, No. 16, Oxford Street, was ort fire. He immediately sprung his rattle and alarmed the inmates : the had but sufficient time to effect their escape in their night-clothes.
boy who slept in the attic got out on the leads, where he was rescued by Mr. Hewison, a neighbour. The fire made such rapid progress, that in a short period Mr. Bywater's house, and the one adjoining, in the oc- cupation of Mr. Lavender, blind-maker and glass exhibition, presented an entire blaze ; and by six o'clock the two houses in Oxford Street were completely gutted. The two adjoining houses, right and left, were materially damaged. On Friday night last week, a baker of Old Kent Road was found lying near the turnpike with his head under or close to a drain ; he was quite dead. It was at first supposed that some foul play had taken place ; and there were two adjournments of the inquest, in order to ob- tain evidence if possible, but none was forthcomiags It seems probable that the deceased died of apoplexy.
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