The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-27 00:00:00

THAMES.

A SILLY CAPTAIN.—Mary Miller, a Ratcliff-highway
girl, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with steal-
ing a silver watch, valued at £G, and 30s in silver, from the
person of John Uerfect, the master cf the sloop Ebenezer,
lying in the London dock. She was also charged with
biting Alfred Herbert, No 210 H.
It appeared that Captain Perfect was out on a cruise a
few days since, and met with the prisoner, who took him in
tow, and he accompanied her to a public-house in Ratehff-
highway, where he treated her with lots of grog. A couple
of darheys, as Ethiopian serenaders (white men with
their faces blackened) indulged the couple with music,
and Captain Perfect, who was (pito delighted with
their strains, took frem his pocket 13 or 14 half-crowns
and gave them some money. He fell asleep directly after-
wards, and when he was aroused by the landlord, his sweet-
heart was gone, the musicians had vanished, and his silver
watch, valued at £6, and all his money had disappeared.
His go.d chain was hanging loess in front of him. The
prisoner was subsequently taken into custody. She resisted
being searched by Mrs Crosier, the female searcher, and
assaulted her. Herbert, a constable, No. 210 H, west to
the assistance of Mrs Crosier, and the prisoner attacked
him and bit his hand.

Mr Joseph Levy, the landlord of the Kettle Drum,
Ratcliff-highw3y, said the captain of the Ebenezer was
only in his house a few moments. He was informed the
two darkeys took Captain Perfect's watch, and the prisoner
took his u_oney.

Mr Partridge said the captain was a silly fellow to go to
sleep in a public -house with motley and a silver watch with
gold chain about him. Ile was only surprised that the
gold chain was not stolen. It would be useless to send this
case for trial. He discharged the prisoner as far as the
felony was concerned, and committed her to prison for a
month for the assault.

MT SISTER'S GOLD WATCH, Amelia Harwood, a well-
known thief, was brought before Mr Partridge charged with
stealing a gold watch, value £lO, a silk neckerchief, and' a
silk pocket-handkerchief from the person of Thos. Croxon,
a seamen, of No. 3, Forest-vale, Sydeuhatn.
The prosecutor said he had been at sea seven years. He
lived with his sister in Forest-vale. On Friday he came to
Ratcliff-highway to see the fun and the girls. He borrowed
his sister's gold watch to wear and look Einar.. Ho met
the prisoner, and she took him home to 3, Elbow-lane,
Shadwell. He soon fell asleep, and when he awoke his
sister's gold watch, his neckerchief, his handkerchief, his
purse and 25s in silver were missing. He accused the
prisoner with taking his pioperty and money, and she said
"If I don't give up everything you will say I stole it." She
delivered to him his purse empty, a pawnbroker's duplicate
relating to his sister's gold watch, and another duplicate
relating to his rilk neckerchief. The witness then identi-
fied his property.

,
The prisoner-I.ou gave me leave to pawn the things.
• Witness—No, I did raqt. ; the gold watch is, my sister's.
Edmund Child, pawnbroker, nigh•street, Shadwell, said
the gad watch produced was pawned by the prisoner on
Friday afternoon for 305,, and the silk neckerchief pro-
duced for 2s. 6d.

Jas. Fry, a police-constable, No, 431 K, produced Croxon's
silk pocket handkerchief, and said it was left in a gin shop,
said she had leave and license to pawn the
pdernanuky.worth of gin, which the prisoner and
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Mr. Partridge said the prisoner gave a fictitious name
and address when she pawned the watch and neckerchief.
There was no doubt 8115 pawned everything produced with-
out the consent of the foolish sailor she inveigled into her
ladgings. He fined her 20s. and
watch,for illegally pawning, and in default of payment one
month's imprlsonwent. 410, the value of the

THE FEDERAL AND CONFEDERATE LOSSES IN
VIRGINIA. —Tho Richmond
Dispatch of June 9
gives the following comparative estimate of the losses in the
two armies.—"We think it may be safely asserted that, since
war first became known to mankind, no General over sacri-
ficed his men so recklessly, so remorselessly, and to so little
purpose as Gen. Grant. Ho started from his camp on the
north side of the Rappahannock little more than a month
ago with 130,000 men. He has been reinforced, according to
Y more than 80,000 knee that
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b May; Butler has sent him 20,000,
and prisoners say he has received 40,000 from Ohio and other
sources, making a total of 85,000. Yet his army at this
day, in the olinion of those best qualified to judge, does not
greatly exceed 100,000 men, and is certainly greatly inferior
in numbers to what it was when he started on his crusade.
He lost 75,000 in Spottsylvania, and his losses in Hanover
cannot have Wen very far short of 25,000, Thus he has
sacrificed 100,000 men, the flower not only of his own troops,
but of the whole United States army. In return he has
effected nothing, absolutely nothing. Leo's entire loss since
the campaign oßened does not amount to 17,000, all told,
killed. wounded, and missing. He bas never once been
forced from a position, and has only fallen back when his
enemy, despairing of victory, has attempted to slide off to
his left, and get in his rear, without Int ther fighting. Grant
in the meantime has been brought up before iWClellan's old
lines beyond the Chiekahominy, and is not able to take a
single step in advance. He has thrown away 100,00 men
to obtain what he could have had for nothing."