The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-08 00:00:00

IX PCDENT ROBBERS.

Georg,. White, a strong, powerful looking young man,
who had the appearance of an excavator, was charged with
stealing half•a.quartern loaf from the shop of Mr. Job
George, a baker, of High-street, Wandsworth.
The prosecutor was the same baker who received the
young lady end the groom into his house on the day of
their marriage. In the case of the prisoner he entered Mr.
George's shop on Monday and took the loaf. On being
stopped be anid he had not tasted bread for two days, and
that be would have some. _ _

Mr. Ingham—ls there a relieving officer in Wandsworth?
The constable—Yes, sir.
The prisoner in defence said he could not get any work,
and he was hungvy.
Mr. Ingham—You knew where to apply.
The prisoner was then remanded.

GALLANT CONDUCT OF A CLERGYMAN. A Cor-
respondent at Dyinchurch (says the Kentish Gazette) gives
us the following interesting details of • shipwreck which
happened there on Sunday morning, and the gallant con-
duct of the rector of the parish, who, in the most
praiseworthy manner, went off to the wreck, and
was the means of saving the life of the last man
who was left clinging to the rigging. Our corre-
spondent says :—" Dyinchurch, Sunday. Last evening
the wind blew a gale from the S.E. dead on
shore. About 9 p.m., a large barque was seen close in
shore. The signal for • vessel on shore was instantly
given, and the Volunteer Life Company with the coast
guard in this village were soon on duty with the life ap-
paratus, and a line was thrown off to the ship, but she was
able to hold her own and came fairly on shore with appa-
rently little damage done to her. Her name was the barque
Towey, of Llanelly, Wales. On Sunday morning, at day-
light, a vessel was seen in the offing, waterlogged,
and men hanging in the rigging. Manby's ap-
paratus and the services of the Life Company were
again called f or, but it was found that the vessel;was beyond
reach of the apparatus. The next resource was the
lifeboat from the Littlestone station, three miles to
windward, but the crew by some extraordinary arrange-
ment were found to be in attendance on the barque Towey,
which was then high and dry on the beach, and it was an
hour and a half before any move was made to get the life-
boat down. In the meantime the men were seen dropping
one by one from the rigging, as there was then little hope
of any a:mit:ince from the lifeboat. Continued attempts
were made to throw • line to the vessel. At last a line was
thrown tierces the rigging, but by this time all but one of
the crew hail disappeared, and it was soon seen that he
stood but little chance of getting to the shore without
further help. In this emergency the Rev. C. Cobb, rector
of this parish, volunteered in a most gallant manner to
go off to the vessel, which had now drifted to within 50
or GO feet of the shore. In company with one of the
coastguard, lie safely reached the vessel, got the man out
of the rigging, and safely to land, amidst the plaudits of
hundreds on the shore. The lifeboat made its appearance
in an hour or two after the man was fairly and comfort-
ably housed. The vessel proved to be the Courier, from
Dunkirk. One man was found dead on board, and the
others were lost, the vessel being • total wreck."
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