The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-26 00:00:00

THAMES.

"OH WHAT A FALL "WAS THERE,
my COUNTRYMEN."
—JoFeph Shepherd, a cab driver, was brought before Mr.
Partridge, charged with being drunk, and unable to take
care of his horse and vehicle.

William Turner, a police constable, No. 64 H, stated that
he saw the prisoner on the box of his cab this morning at
half-past two in Rateliff Highway. The prisoner was
very drunk, and his horse and vehicle were going from one
side of the road to the other in a zig-zag direction. At last
the prisoner fell off his box into the road. The horse was
sober—(a laugh)—and went on without the driver, who was
stunned by the fall. IT
--e Picked up the unfortunate man
and assisted in carrying him to the station-house.
Mr Partridge asked the prisoner if the injuries on his
head and face were caused by the fall.
The prisoner answered in the affirmative. The fall was
a very severe one. It shook him all over, and his head and
face were cut.

Mr Partridge said it was very dangerous for the public
for cabmen to become intoxicated, but in consideration of
the severe injuries which the prisoner received he would
discharge him without a fine.
The prisoner hobbled out of the dock exclaiming, "What
a fall was this, my countrymen I" (Laughter.)
JUVENILE EMBEZZLEMENT.—SamueI Cowderoy, errand
boy, aged 14, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged
with the sum of Bs. 7id. he had received i'or
andoe:l inabceczozulntgof Mr Joseph Maire, a cheesemonger, of
No. 16, Langley-place, Commercial-road.
The prisoner had been in Mr Maire's service for four
days only, at a salary of 4s. 6d. per week. On Tuesday
evening the boy was sent with a lot of goods to a customer
He received the money, Bs. 71d., and absconded.
His and was supplied with an invoice for the amount of the
goo
fatherds. brought him back to his master.
The father of the boy said his son had been pilfering
money and property at various places, and was dismissed
last week for dishonesty by Mr. Wijdbore, a surgeon. He
did not mention his son's dishonesty to Mr Make, because
the boy made solemn promises to behave honestly in future.
The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. Partridge com-
mitted him for trial.
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WESTMINSTER,
THE DERBY NIGHT AT CREMORNE-GARDENS.—TWO
said that he saw the prisoners
fashionably-dressed young men, who gave their names
John Evans and John Phillips, were placed at the bar
I:heileehY'w3ala7trOnged with company. His charged with attempts at robbery in the crowded gardens
of Cremorne last night.
was a great rush of visitors to the
was carried away. Phillips then
at James
User',
atten-
tion was called to their proceedings, and he watched them,
when be saw the prisoner Phillips go in front of a gentle-
mangentleman and endeavoured to take
and lay hold of his watch chain with his left hand,
while he endeavoured to remove the watch with his right.
this inquiry immediately walked away.
bar,
ri
It that
and aiiat
frontm thecmeonft
gentleman
therenot
h e r
his watch, but did not succeed, and witness spoke to the
gentleman. who said he had not lost anything. The pri-
soners on hearing
occasion while Phillips was trying
commit Wi tn etshs
Mr. Arnold—What did Evans do ? .
to
Evans placed himself directly behind
him, and when they moved, one lost hold of the other's arm,
and, going to the bar, they called for a glass of sherry and
e—rOobabeeraicehs,
a cigar each, when I apprehended them.
Mr Arnold—Did they say anything when you told them
the nature of the char
Witness—When I told Phillips I should take him for
attempting to rob gentlemen, he said " He hoped not, for the
sake of his mother." Phillips subsequently gave a false
address.
James Jones, another constable, partially confirmed the
first witness, and assisted hint in capturing the prisoners.
The accused said that the witnesses were mistaken.
They were quite innocent of the charge.
Prisoners were remanded.

MR, AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN AT BALLARAT.—
The theatre was crowded on Thursday evening to witness
nugget
months ago in New
a repetition of Mr, Kean's ‘'Louis the Eleventh," but the
event of the evening was the presentation of the nugget of
golgdotldo Mr,nrd.
qaunadr AtzlirsioKuned aboutanThe
six . was a specimen
of
Chum Gully, and bought by Messrs. Wittskowski Brothers
and Co., from whom it was purchased by the presentation
committee for one hundred guineas. The specimen mea-
sures 4} inches by 31 inches, and is of a rough oval shape,
the intermixture of white quartz and pure bright gold.—
Ballarat Evening Post, March 4.
The Havre journals announce the death of M.
Gevers Van de Vyer, Belgian consul at that port, at the
age of 57.