The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-15 00:00:00

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and though she expressed dissatisfaction at not receiving
money, she went off.

Mr.Norton—What did the second prisoner do
Witness—She merrily stood nearly opposite my mas-
ter's house with the child Robinson now has in her arms,
and on leaving the house Robinson joined her.
Mr. Norton—l suppose the prisoner's threat amounted
to this, that unless you gave her 51. she would have you
apprehended for stealing the tea and other things you
gave her from your roaster ?

- Witness—Yes, sir, that was it ; and she said that
if I was taken up my master would know it.

Mr. Norton—And in consequence of these threats you
gave her the 7s. 6d. and the articles you mentioned ?
Witness—Yes, sir. I was so alarmed that I scarcely
knew what I did.

Mr. Norton—Has the prisoner Robinson ever offered
to tell you your fortune ?
Witness—No, sir, never.

Police-constable 61 P said that while on duty in the
Grove-road, Brixton, on the preceding evening ho saw
the prisoner Rohinson come from the house of Mr. Brie.
cow and join her companion, who held her chill. He
asked her what she did at the house, and she replied that
she merely went there to beg. Observing something
bulky under her arm he approached to take her into
custody, and she instantly dropped the pair of stays and
gown piece subsequently owned by the last witness.
The prisoner Robinson, in reply to the charge, said
the articles arid the money had been given to her volun-
tarily by the young woman Aldis ; and May said she
happened to pass the house at the time, and, at the re-
quest of Robinson, she merely held her child while she
went in.

The constable contradicted the'statement of May, and
said he had frequently seen her in the company of Ro-
binson.

Mr. Norton said that the offence was not only of a
most serious but scandalous character, and much feared
that it was one that had- been carried on to a consider-
able extent. He then remanded the prisoners. „,

WORSHIP-STREET. —Anne Williams was brought
up on remand before Mr. D'Eyncourt,stipon a charge of
hocussing and robbing Mr. Isaac Brown, a fringe manu-
facturer, in Bethnal-green.
The prosecutor stated that between ■even and eight
o'clock on the morning of Wednesday se'nnight, he en-
tered a public-house in Holywell-lane, Shoreditch, and
called for a glass of pale ale, at which time he observed
a number of low characters of both sexes standing on
either side of him in front of the bar. As soon as the

liquor was placed before him, he was induced to turn his
head on bearing a sudden exclamation, which was evi-
dently intended to divert his attention, but he drank the
ale immediately afterwards, and the instant he had
swallowed it he became perfectly stupified, and he had
not the slightest recollection of anything that subse-
quently occurred until the lapse of several hours, when
he found himself in bed at his own house in a state of
extreme stupor and exhaustion, and discovered that he
had been robbed of about 4/. in gold and silver, together
with his gold signet ring, pencil case, and watch and
guard, the latter of which articles was now produced by
the police.
The prisoner was again remanded.

ANAPA, TAGANROG, AND MARIOUPOL.

Anapa the last is also in every sense the most
important of the towns and fortresses on the litto-
ral of the Black Sea, abandoned by Russia since
the commencement of this war. The town, situ-
ate on the north-east coast of the Euxine, at the
northern termination of the Caucasian range, 47
miles south-east of Yenikale, is inhabited by a
miscellaneous population of Circassians, Tartars,
Greeks, Jews, Armenians, Russians, and others, to
the number of about five thousand. The adverse
relations of its masters with the tribes inhabit-
ing the mountain country in its rear have al-
most neutralised the great advantages offered
by its situation, and prevented its growth.
Its exports are at present grain, tallow,
butter, hides, peltries, wax, &c. It is, however, as
a military post that it has been most prized by
Russia, most deplored by Turkey,. The fort, built
by the Turks in 1784, was taken by the Russians
in 1791 and in 1807, and only given up with the
greatest reluctance. In May, 'lB2B, a detached
Russian corps, assisted
.by the fleet, and commanded
by the redoubtable Menschikoff, laid siege to
Anapa, and with great difficulty surrounded the
place with a long line of circumvallation, inter-
secting the neck of land 'on which Anapa is ,itu-
ated, and extending on each side to the sea. In a
few days the works were advanced to the glacis,
and three breaches hiving been made, the gc,vernor
was summoned to surrender. The garrison had
consisted of three thousand men ; they had de-
fended the fort for forty days ; Navarino had de-
stroyed the fleet which might have brought them
relief, and nothing remained but to surrender.

Upon the conclusion of this war Anapa was not
restored; at the peace of Adrianople it was ceded
to Russia, with all tho coast towns and forts, from
the Kouban to Fort St. Nicholas. The name of
this last fort will be remembered (although its
Turkish denomination of Shaf:katil is, perhaps,
better known) as having been taken by the Turks
at the opening of last year's Asiatic campaign.
Anapa, at the other extremity of the coast line,
closes the list. At any other time the transfer of
this military position from the Russians to the Cir-
cassia.no-the most vigorous and constant of their
enemies—might have been deemed art event of con-
siderable importance, but its evacuation at the pre-
sent moment is peculiarly interesting as a sign M
the severe pressure under which the power of Rus-
sia is visibly collapsing.
The Guide Maritime dans la Mer d'Azoff gives
the following details of Taganrog, against which
the successful expedition has just taken place :
" The greatest depth of the basin of Taganrog, si•
tuate very nearly at the bottom of the gulf of the Don,
is 10, 11, and 16 feet from the channel of the Pereve-
loki, in a south-west direction to the extremity of the
Petrouchina bank. The soundings given here are, all
those of the Don, almost fictitious, as the land-winds
reduce them considerably, and in some places down
t) zero. Every sort of vessel lies during that period
embedded in the mud, and occasionally for a ong
time. The port owes its foundation to Peter the
Great. Even in his time the diminution of the waters
of the Sea of Azoff was remarked, and the pre-
sent site of Taganrog was chosen on the declivity
of a promontory or cape, in the hope that a sufficient
anchorage should always be found. The new port ac-
quired at its commencement some commercial import-
ance, but its disadvantages RCM became apparent. The
Don, which empties itself with impetuosity at the bot-
tom of the gulf, drags down with it the sands which
the south winds heap up on the coast, and it is
owing to this that the water is so shallow near
Taganrog and in all its basin, It has been before
observedpoforthose
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vans, following the tongue of Arabat, up to the only
privileged port. What only sustains now the commerce
of Taganrog are the transports of munitions of war and
of provisions from the Caucasian provinces. A consid-
erable number of vessels for that' special service con-
stantlythe the
Swatersea ( )off
which are each day becoming more shallow, and which
threaten to disappear altogether."
Of Marioupol it says, that

"It is a place of much commercial activity. In it
is gathered the grain brought from the interior, and
taken by Genoese merchantmen, who have not forgosten
this route, which was so well known to their ancestors,
and where the Genoese flag was at one time so powerful.
Beyond Marioupol the coast, bordered with cliffs, run
94 miles to the south-west and terminates at Cape Bie-
lossrai, at the foot of which is formed a tongue of sand,
seven miles in extent, to the south-west, curving towards
the west. There are 14 feet of water at about a mile
from the shore, from Marioupol to Cape Bielosarai. The
same bottom is foand the whole length of the tongue at
half a mile from its eastern shore. It changes to the
south-west of the lighthouse and successively throughout
the whole western part, when only 14 feet are found at
two miles from land. From the north-west of the light-
house along the coast which runs towards the west sea
gets deeper, and at a mile it is 16 feet."

Mn. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE ON THE ABM BEFORE
SEBABToPoL.—The committee assembled yesterday, for
the 49th time, for the purpose of still further consider-
ing their report. All the members were present at 12
o'clock with the exception of Col. Lindsay, who did not
arrive until some time afterwards. They sat until 4
o'clock, not then baying agreed to their report. In con-
sequence of Mr.- Layard having to prepare for his mo-
tion in the House of Commons to-night, the committee
again adjourned until Monday next.