The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-09 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, SA.TUNDAY &ENING, JULY 9,1864 e

LUCKY FELLOWS—A VISIT TO TUE PRINCE AND
PRINCESS OF WALES.—Three well known and active thieves
named Thomas Jones, aged 23, Henry Archer, 17, and
John Webb, 19, were brought up on remand before Mr
Paget, charged with felony.
On Monday afternoon last, on the occasion of laying the
foundation stone of the London Hospital, the prisoners were
at the corner of the New-road and Whitechapel•road, and
were busy at work among the pockets of the well dressed.
A very respectable and intelligent woman, named Mary
Ann Smith, the wife of William Smith, a butcher, saw the
prisoners dive unsuccessfully into the pockets of several
persons. At last two of them stood in front of a lady while
Archer put his hand into her pocket and .drew something
out, which he at once handed to Jones. A rush, a push and
a shout was the next fuse of the three thieves, who were
closely watched by Mrs. Smith. She gave information to the
police, and the prisoners were taken into custody. They
made a desperate resistance, dnd kicked and plunged
violently. The constables on duty under Superintendant
Howie, of the K division, were too numerous and active to
allow such villains to escape, and they were soon locked up.
Joseph Skeats, No, 428 K, said each prisoner had a hole
in his left-hand coat pocket, through which they " worked "
under cover. He had been unable to find the lady who was
robbed.

John Clark, 491 K, said that Jones was committed for
trial same time ago for felony, convicted and sentenced to
12 months' imprisonment,

Jones—That's a lie, I can prove it to be false. L's a
regular lie, I was only paying a visit to the Prince and
Princess of Wales on Monday last.
Mr Paget had no doubt the prisoners has robbed a lady,
but as he was not forthcoming, the prisoners must be dis-
charged.

The prisoners (una voce)--lire era lucky fellows. Good
morning.

DINING HALLS FOR THE WORKING CLASSES.—
The following noblemen and gentlemen have be-
come patrons of the association just formed, for the purpose
of establishing cheap dining depots (on the plan of the
Surrey Cooking Depot.), throughout the metropolis :—The
Right Hon. the Lord Brougham and Vaux, the Right Hon.
the Earl of Shrewsbury and Tslbot, Lard Lyttleton, F.R.S.,
Lord Stanley, M.P,, Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P.,
Mr Alderman Waterlow, W. Blanchard Jerrold, Esq.,
George God win, Esq., W, Hawes, Esq., Chairman of the
Council of the Society of Arts.
AN EXTRAORDINARY WILL.-,A curious family
lawsuit has just been settled at Paris. One Senor
Jose Joachim da Game Machado, gentleman of the bed •
chamber to the King of Portugal, and an attorney in wait-
ing to the Portuguese Embassy, finding himself about to
die, made a will, and then was so long before he really
" gave up the ghost" that he added 71 codicils to the ori-
ginal instrument. Having signed the 71st, he realty did die
La the summer of 1861, and from then till now his estate
has been food for lawyers. Many of the codicils were strange,
For instance :—" I leave to the Athena um of Paris 10,0001.,
the interest of which at 5 per cent. will be 500 f, Half of
this interest to be paid to a professor of natural history,
who shall lecture on the influence of colours and pattons
of dress,s on the character of animals." Again :—" lly
funeral shall take place at three p.m, the hour when
the rooks of the Louvre come home to dinner," The
Portuguese attache was devoted to tame birds, and
he desired that many stuffed specimens should
be placed in his calla—that his servant should carry to
the ceremony "one of my favourite birds in his cage"—
that certain birds should be let loose in the Bois de
Boulogne on the thy of his funeral ; also that his horses
should follow the procession, but not draw any carriage.
There was another droll codicil :—" May 26, 1859.—8 ad
weather, and I can't get out; so I will do a little good.
I leave M. do Chevalier 10,000 f and I increase the annual
pension of my servants I,ooof a head." Senor Machado
had during his life erected his own tomb, on which were
engraved a sun, a bird, an ox, a dog, an egg " proper" sur-
mounting them. Beneath was inscribed, "Here reposes
the author of the ' Theory of Likeness.' " This was one of
his crotchets. "He was born a stammerer and short-
sighted, and he died blind. Passer-by, admire the bounty
of nature." The heir-at-law disputed the validity of the
will, but the law has decided that the deceased was only
vain, not insane, and therefore had a right to will away his
own property, which it was proved he had managed with
excessive caution during his life.

THE ALLEGED MASSACRE OF FOUR HUNDRED
SWEDES IN ALSEN.—Some of the journals re-
cently mentioned that among the prisoners made on the
island of Alsen were 100 Swedes who were all put to death.
The statement is now contradicted : " There are, indeed,
among the prisoners," says a Berlin letter, "some soldiers
who have not taken oath to King Christian IX., and some
officers who could not produce a Danish commission; but
the Prussian authorities have thus far not applied military
law to them." Prince Frederick Charles has announced in
an order of the day of the 3d, that in future in such eases
the soldiers will he tried by a military court,—Galignani.
At the first meeting of the prevent council of
the Society of Arts since their election, Mr. William Hawes,
vice-president, was unanimously re-elected chairman for
the current year.

DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.--On Thursday
Thomas Mortis, a Liverpool dook gateman, died from
hydrophobia. About six months ago a police officer re-
leased a little poodle dog from the Canning graving dock,
and took it to the gateman's hut. Shortly afterwards
Morris went into the hut, and was patting the the dog on
the head when it growled and snapped at him, biting him
slightly on the hand. He thought no more of the matter,
and continued at his work until Tuesdey last, when his arm
began to swell. The usual symptoms soon came on, and
though Morris had the attendance of several dminent
medical men he died on Thursday morning, after suffer-
ing great agony.

A Russian merchant, M. Sidorow, who has ac-
quired an enormous fortune at Siberia, has given
the sum of 120,000 roubles and the produce of a vast auri-
ferous territory towards the foundation of a university at
Tobolsk. A Russian journal which seemed to throw some
doubts upon the realisation of his scheme only produced
the effect of making him send another sum of 20,000 roubles
and two huge gold nuggets to the government towards the
furtherance of the plan. There is no reason why, with this
enormous sum and the 50,000 roubles contributed for the
same object by M. Demidoff in 1803 (a sum which, un-
touched since, has now increased to 75,000 roubles), a
Tobolsk university should not in reality be founded soon.
—The Reader.

CLEVER SPlDERS.—Spiders can do more than they
have yet received credit for. An observer, of whose
accuracy no on© who knows him will entertain a doubt,
told me that he once saw a garden spider busy stretching
his line from one shrub or bush to another. The wind being
rather strong., the line oscillated more than the spider ap-
proved, and he accordingly steadied it to the ground by
threads which he attached between it and small pebbles
lying beneath it on the earth. This looks very like the
sagacity and shiftiness which, in ncan, is called intelligence.
The tent of Clotho Durandii deserves special mention
among the specimens exemplifying the ingenuity of spiders.
This tent is formed at first of two sheets of the finest taffeta,
to which the spider adds additional coverings when hatch-
ing her eggs. The cutsitte sheet is soiled to conceal the
tent; the inside is white, clean, downy, and warm. When
compelled to leave her tent in search of food, the spider
fastens the outside sheets wittfastenings of which she alone
possesses the secret.—Dickeiis's "All the Year Round."'
GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY MEETING.—The ad-
journed meeting of the proprietors to consider the
remaining bills before Parliament, was held yesterday, Mr
Goodson in the chair. The Chairman said he was happy to
inform the meeting that there would be no necessity for any
further adjournment. There were only two bills now requir-
ing the sanction of the proprietors, namely—The Metropo-
ID an Bill and the Junction Bill. The solicitor (Mr. May-
nard) then read the heads of the two bills referred to, en-
t"A bill to authorise the Great Eastern
Railway
e d respectively
o on
make i
w several railways in and near the metropolis
in connexion with their existing railway, and to purchase
ti
c oti
lands for a station in the City of London," and "A bill to
authorise the Great Eastern Railway Company to make
several short junction railways for connecting different rail-
ways in their system, at various points, and for other pur-
poses.' ' On tho motion of the Chairman, resolutions up-
proving of the bills were passed unanimously.

2OLICE INTELLIGENCE—Tthis Day.
THAMES.
THE WOINIAN WHO ROBS THE POOR —Mary Ann Santry,
a vulgar and dissipated woman, aged 23, and lately dwell-
ing at 4, Sun and Sawyer's-court, Poplar, was brought be-
fore Mr. Paget, charged with stealing two pairs of boots
from the apartment of a poor woman named Mary Magratb,
of Vail 'passage, Broad-street, Rateliff, and one pair of boots
from the room of another poor woman named Ann Hally, in
the same locality.
The prisoner was described by George Pullin, No. 10 K,

as a very mischievous thief, who prowled about very poor
neighbourhoods early in the morning, and sneaked into
rooms, carrying off anything she could lay her hands on
The value of the property was trifling, but a serious loss to.
the poor creatures she had robbed. On the morning of the
21st of June, the dwellings of the parties abovenamed wera
entered, and the boots stolen. In one case the boots stolen
were worth 35., and the woman said her child laud only
worn them one day, the previous Sunday, and her poor
husband was a coal whipper, whose labour was hard and
earnings scanty. In the other case two pairs of children's
boots were stolen, and they had been under the necessity of
going without since. Pullen found the three pairs of boots
at a pawnbroker's shop. The prisoner had raised money on
them and spent it on gin and beer. Her love for strong
drinks was proverbial, and she was known by the inelegant
cognomen of "Lushy Poll." She was seen in the imme-
ciate vicinity of the two places the boots were stolen from
on the morning of the 21st of June.
The prisoner, in a whining tone, said, " Pray be merciful,
sir, I am a poor lone woman, I am guilty."
Mr Paget said the prisoner deserved no mercy at all. She
had committed very cruel robberies—both robberies were
very heartless and cruel. He sentenced her to be impri-
soned for six months' in the House of Correction and kept
to hard labour.

THE BOMBAY MAIL,

"The Akhoond of Swat addressed the people of
Jeilalabad, urging them to declare against the
Ameer of Cabal, who, although a Mussulman, had
formed a friendship with Ferunghees.
" Shere DilKhan, ruler (usurper) of Khelat, was
massacred is the Hoola Pass, on May 20, by a
Paten in his service.

" The Umballa conspizators are still in a state of
suspense, and will proably get off with their
lives.

"Many officers of the line are about to return
to tho local army.

" Major Light's practice with the Armstrong
guns at Peshawur has produced a marked sensation
on the envoy from Cabul.

" Sixty of Mecham's irregular cavalry frit Pesha4
wur have been dismisEel for insubordination.
" A cruel sutteo recently took place at Beygoon
in Meywar. The son of the Rajah died end was
cinerated on the 28th of April ; his widow was
thrown on the funeral pie and held there until
force was no longer required.

"The line of rail over the Thull Ghat is now
wholly laid. The incline will be available for pub.
lie traffic towards the end of the year."

Female Orphan Asylum.

A quarterly court of the glardians of this charity was
held on Thursday at the Female Orphan Asylum, West-
minster-road, for the purpose of confirming the resolution
of a special committee, recommending the removal of this
institution to Beddington Park. The Rev. J. Lingham,
M.A., was called to the chair. The minutes of the last
court were then read. The recommendation of the com-
mittee was to the effect that, alter having inspected several
sites, they considered the most eligible to be a large man-
sion, with 22 acres of land, at Beddington Park, which
could be purchased for £15,000. Eight acres might be re-
sold, leaviog ample space for all the purposes of the asylum.
The necessary alterations could be made, so as to accommo-
date 200 children, for about £6,000.
On the motion of the Chairman, the general minutes
were confirmed.

The Rev. H. Mackenzie was elected a life governor, hav-
ing preached the last anniversary sermon.
The consideration of the report with reference to the
amendment of the bye-laws was postponed for the present.
The report of the special committee on the duties and
salaries of the secretary was then next brought up. It
stated that the salary at present paid the secretary is
inadequate to the duties performed, and ought to be
increased, bat inasmuch as the proposed removal of the
hospital involved several alterations, the consideration of
the duties and remuneration had better be deferred until
the subject of removal and its various contingencies were
finally settled. The previous secretary at each triennial
dinner was presented with £5O, but this had not been done
during Mr. Booth's period of office, and the committee
therefore recommended the payment of £2OO to Mr. Booth.
This recommendation was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. CLARKE then moved :-44 That the Female Orphan
Asylum has been established upwards of a century in the
metropolis, and that the health of the inmates has been
uniformly good ; that the institution—by reason not only
of its intrinsic claims on sympathy, but from its obvious
prominence in London has gained largely aecnualated
funds and continuous support, which support by removal
will be endangered ; and as such removal of the institu-
tion from observation. will militate against reasonable
popular control—Resolved, that any change of the site is ,
undesirable, and should not be proceeded with, unless au-
thorised by the majority Of the
guardians."
Mr. BREYER seconded the motion, which was negatived
by a large majority.
Mr. CURLING was then abous to bring forward his
motion relative to the bye-laws, which required all the
minutes and proceedings to be read at the quarterly court,
when, at the suggestion of several gentlemen the subject
was deferred until the report on the byelaws was brought
forward for consideration.
A vote of thanks to the chairman brought the proceed-
ings to a termination,

:APING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, July 9....,Wind this lay at noon—North-
West; raodera:;e breeze and fine weather, but a little
cloudy.

QUEENSTOWN, July B,_.
Wind S.W.—Arrived—Edin-
burgh, steamer, fr:oro Liverpool, and proceeded for New
York. Sailed—GlLAY) for Quebec.
FALMOUTH, July „
-4ed—Scotia's Queen, for Alex-
andria.

from OFF
Ber Fmuda. ALuouTH, July 9._
Arrived—lndex, steamer,
SWANSEA, July 7.—Wind B.—Arrived—Hecla, from
Cuba.
LEITH, July
—Arrived--Envoy, from
Quebec. Sailed —Monarch
, for Quebec.

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FIRST SURREY RIFLES...—
ThiNsregiment was
inspected by Colonel
M'Murdo, at their headquarters on Thursday night. They
mustered ---e entnmand of Col. Macdonald.
There was a very large gathering of the friends and sup-
porters:
tbal
tei
ground, including a consider-
London Rifle Brigade were
entrance gate to the quar-
-298 strong, under th
iFee ns THE
or lAnEtt hteh 0
kindly told the when the inspecting
ne that they were a sol-
dierlike lot of lads, The regiment 8
wa put through the
usual battalion evolutions, all °f which were performed
conclusion of the drill,
oteffiracetrhaerrciavdeedt
he
eorps of the
ur,
and
with the greatest credit, the march _.
in, wheeling, and firing
the men respecting
the present state of the vo unteer force and their own
efficiency. He specially dwelt upon the fact that, to render
Cbeoilnegnepl particularly good.
ri y Aadtidtrhosesed
volunteers as valuable as possible, all
those living in town
ought to reside within a certain radi 11F1 of their particular
regiments. It was a great mistake for men belonging to the
same regiments tohmoeungtstto h
livee so ih
miles apart; because the districts for
regiments uted
;that; in case of the
volunteers being suddenly required for Government they
could easily be called together. With respect to the drill of
the First Surrey he could assure theta
were that they had per-
fectly satisfied him. They in an excellent condition of
chill. He only wished they were wore numerous. Colonel
M'Murdo concluded by expressing his wish that they
would wear the " Ho had been told
that, as the badge efficiency
ofie n
se
gold, there was some difficulty felt ; but nevertheless he ad-
vised them to wear it. It was said that the badge was very
rlv berad and their
their facings were of
aertit,'rbut insist upon all corps ugly or pretty, Earl de
G
"ugly" and therefore there was au objection to it. He,
with the sanction of the Secretary of
State for War, ap-
proved of its being ugly, because then it was more con-
spicuous,
Ripon Ile hlovpoeucll
would
that,
alter ,
whether
wearing the same. The regiment gave three hearty cheers
for tho inspecting officer, and three for Colonel Macdonald.
Aiter the
drill-shed, inspection
theirthee
el
in
regiment took supper together in
their
g OM.cer presiding, Sr.
Doulton, M.P. for Lambeth, being also present, Colonel
M'Murdo was prevented from accepting an invitation.
DEATH FROM A WAGER.—Yesterday morning,
Wm. Harvey, a compositor, living in Granby-
street, Waterloo. road, undertook, for a wager of £l, to
swim across the Thames from /Milbank to Lambeth within
12 minutes, and got in the water for that purpose at eight
o'clock. The unfortunate man reached about 200 feet from
the shore, when he gave a loud shriek and instantly sank.
The party with whom he made the wager were hastening
over the bridge to meet him on the opposite shore, and
could render him no assistance. The poor fellow, who, it
is supposed, was seized with cramp, perished. .

By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have
papers from Bombay to June 8, and from Calcutta
to May 31.
The following is from the Times of India
" "The headquarters of the Bombay Government
and army are still at Mehableshwur. The Viceroy
and Governor-General is at Simla.
" The resignation of the chief command of the
army by Sir Hugh Rose, and the appointment of
Sir William Mansfield as his successor, are stated as
coming events near at hand.
" Affghanistar, is now plunged into civil war.
Auzirn Khan has ion his game. Almost the whole
of his force deserted him on the eve of an engage-
ment with the Amea's troops under Ruffeeh Khan,
who completely routed the remainder of his force.
The A meer has nuareiaed on Balkh to attack Afzul
prospect of success.
"Anan easternfrontier brigade has been formed,
comprising withisingsuch every
troop as may be stationed in
Assam, the Cossyab, end .Ty nteeh Hills, and Sylhet ;
and the Bhootiahs, and other eastern frontier
peoples and tribes, are henchforth to be dealt with
as the Punjaub Government, by means of the Pun-
Momunds, and similar tribes.
, deals with the Euzufzyes,
jaab Field Force
" The tract of land situated at the foot of the
Bhootanbe immediately annexed to the British territories.
irh
000 ra , hitherto paid as a subsidy
totesußni Hills,
of 0
hooitlillashl Called Auabarree Fallacootah, is to
Bhootiahs on the frontier of Assam, has been
ordered to be discontinued. The Bliootiahs are to
be hemmed in by posts established along our fron-
tier, the garrisons of Which are to prevent supplies
of any kind reaching Bhootan from British India.
These measures will soon humble the Bhootiahs, as
of their supplies.
the Hill States depend on our territories for most

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day,

CITY BETTING—Tins DAY.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
7to 2 egst The Clown (taken) '
to 1 agst Tippler (taken)
Bto 1 agst Black Deer (taken)
Bto 1 agst Thalestris (taken)
10 to 1 apt Dollar (taken)
14 to 1 agst Teddy (taken)
20 to 1 agst LDrd Zetland (offered)

GOODWOOD STAKES.
7to 2 agst Thalestris (taken)
9to 1 agst Bally Ed Bond (taken)
10 to 1 agst Blondin (taken)
10 to 1 agst Fisherman's Daughter (taken)
12 to 1 agst Claxton (taken)
16 to 1 agst Canzonette (taktn)
16 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn colt (taken)

ST. LEGER.
to 2 agst Blair Athol (taken)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NE WMARKET JULY MEETING.—FRIDAY.
The Queen's Plate.
Baron Rothschild's Evelina, 3 yrs, 7st 91b .... (J. Daly) 1
Mr Perry's Goldylocks, 3 yrs, 7st 9W.... (J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr R. C. Naylor's Equinox, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Challoner) 3
Captain Mitchell's Vindictive, 4 yrs, 9st 71b.. (Edwards) 4
The betting opened at 5 to 4 agst Equinox and 7 io 4 age
Evelina, but closed at 11 to 8 apt Evelina, 7to 4 agst
Equinox, and 6 to 1 agst Goldylocks.
Vindictive made play at a very slow pace, followed by
Equinox, Goldylocks, and Evelina in the crder named, till
they arrived at within half a mile of the finish, when Equi-
nox took a slight lead of Vindictive—Evelina, who had been
lying off, at the same time drawing to the front, and at the
end of the Plantation she obtained the lead, Goldylocks
taking second place. Equinox and Vindictive having
dropped hopelessly in the rear, the finish was left with the
Baron's filly and Goldylocks, the latter of whom was
rapidly left in the rear ascending the hill, and was beaten
fifteen lengths. The other two cantered past the judge.
Match.
Admiral Rous's Saffron, 2 yrs, 6st
Lord Westmoreland's Voluptas, 4 yrs, Sat 101b(J. Goater) 2
Batting-7 to 4 and Sto4 on Saffron.
Saffron made all the running, and won easily by three
parts of a length.