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

THI 811 N, LONDON; gATURIOAS EVE.NING, JULY 9, 18640

POLICE INTELLIOENCE—This Day,

THAMES.

THE WOMAN WHO ROBS THE POOR —Mary Ann S miry,
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 Magrath,
of Vail •passage, Broad-street, Ratcliff, and one pair of boots
from the room of another poor woman named Ann Rally, in
the same lccality.
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 were,
entered, and the boots stolen. In one case the boots stolen
were worth 35., and the woman said her child had only
worn them one day, the previous Sunday, and her poor
husband was a coal whipper, ashore 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 he 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.

LUCKY FELLOWS—St VISIT TO THE PRINCE AND
PRINCESS or 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 tne corner of the New-road and Whitechahel•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 ruse 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, and' kicked and plunged
violently. The constables on duty under Superintendent
Howie, of the K divisioa, were too numerous and active to
allow such villains to escape, and they were soon locked up.
Joseph Skeats, No, 428 IC, said each prisoner had a hole
in his lett.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 s)me time ago for felony, convicted and sentenced to
12 months' imprisonment.
Jones—That's a lie, I can prove it to be false. It'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 ban robbed a lady,
but as she was not forthcoming, the prisoners must be dis-
charged.

The prisoners (una voce)—.•lVe are 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 Vali; the Right Hon.
the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, Lord Lyttleton, F,R.S.,
Lord Stanley, M.P,, Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P.,
Mr Alderman Waterlow, W. Blanchard Jerrold, Esq.,
George Godwin, 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 Gama 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 reall did die
he 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 Atha mum of Paris 10,000 f.,
the interest of which at 5 per ccnt. will be 500 f, Half of
this interest to be paid to a professor of natural history,
who shall lec'_ure on the influence of colours and patterns
of dress son the character of animals," Again :—" iily
funeral shall take place at three p.m, the hour when
the rootes of the Louvre come home to dinner." The
Portuguese attaché was devoted to tame birds, and
he desired that many stuffed specimens should
be placed in his coffin—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 day of his funeral ; also that his horses
should follow the procession, but not draw any carriage.
There was another droll codicil :—" May 26, 1859,—8ad
weather, and I can't get out; so I will do a little good.
I leave M. de 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.—dome of the journals re-
cently mentioned that among the prisoners made on the
island of Alsen were 400 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 Charley has announced in
an order of the day of the 3d, that in future in such cases
the soldiers will he tried by a military court,—Galignan.;,
At the first meeting of the present e:"011 of
the Society of Arts since their election, Mr. la; illiam
forchairman
the current year.

D
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Lii iv YDP:,,pnouLt._On Thursday
ThomasydoEpAhobi% Abor.
erpool dock gateman, died from
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six months ago a police °filen re-
pr'dodle dog from the Canning graving dock,
alenadsedtooaklitittle
co the gateman's hut. Shortly afterwards
Morris w ent into the hut, and was patting the the dog on
the h'Jad when it growled and snapped at him, biting him
eli.ghtly 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 eminent
medical men he died on, Thursday morning, after suffer-
ing great agony.

A Russiaramerehant, M. Sidorow, who has ac-
quired an enormous fortune et Siberia, has given
the sum of 120,000 roubles and the produce of a vast aurie
ferous territory towards the foundation of a university at
Tobolek. 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 wo huge gold nuggets to the government towards the
ftertherance 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 ISO 3 (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.
CLEVLRSPIDERS.--Spiders can do more than they
have yet received credit for. An observer, of whose
ace,nraey no ono who knows him will entertain a doubt,
cold 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
ssgacity and shiftiness which, in man, is called intelligence.
The tent of Clotho Durandii deserves special mention
among the specimens ceemplifying 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 outside sheet is soiled to conceal 01.;
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 with fastenings of which she alone
possesses the seeret.—.Diekens's "411 the Tear Round.":
GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY MEETING.—The ad-
journed meeting of the proprietors io 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-
litan Bill and the Junction Bill. The solicitor (Mr, May-
nard) then read the heads of the two bills referred to, en-
titled respectively "A bill to authorise the Great Eastern
Railway to make several railways in and near the metropolis
in connexion with their existing railway, and to purchase
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 pus-
p ses." On the motion of the Chairman, resolutions ap-
preying of the biiie were peseed uuenimoueiy.

THE BOMBAY MAIL,

By the arrival of the BlrnbaY mail we have
!
papers from Bombay to June 8, and MEI c4loutta
to May 31.
The following is from the Mazes of India :

"The headquarters of the Bombay Government
and army are still at Mahableshwur. 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.

" Affghanistan is now plunged into civil war.
Auzim Khan has lost his game. Almost the whole
of his force deserted him on the eve of an engage-
ment with the Ameer'n troops under Ruffeeh Khan,
completely routed tho remainder of his force.
The A meer has marched on Balkh to attack Afzul
Khan, with every prospect of success.
" An eastern frontier brigade has been formed,
comprising such troops as may be stationed in
Assam, the Cossyal:, and Jynteah Hills, and Sylhet ;
and the Bhootiahs, and other eastern frontier
peoples and tribes, are henchforth to be dealt with
as the Puojaub Government, by means of the Pun-
j Force, deals with the Euzufzyes,
:111°bialuFil
tractdiesl'dan
and
similar tribes.
" The of land situated at the foot of the
Bhootan Hills, called Ambarree Fallacootah, is to
be immediately annexed to the British territories.
The sum of 10,000 ra , hitherto paid as a subsidy
to the Bhootiahs on the frontier of Assam, has been
ordered to be discontinued. The Bliootiahs are to
bi 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
the Hill States depend on our territories for most
of their supplies.

"The Akhoond of Swat addressed the people of
Jellalabad, urging them to declare against the
Ameer of Cabul, who, although a Mussulman, had
formed a friendship with Perunghees.
" Shere Da Khan, ruler (usurper) of A helat, was
massacred in the Hoola Pass, on May 20, by a
Patan in his service.

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

'Tiny cffinrs of the lice are about to return
to the local army.

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

" Sixty of Mecham's irregular cavalry kit Pesha-
wur have been dismisied for insubordination.

"A cruel suttee recently took place at Beygoon
in Meywar. The son of the Rajah died and was
cinerated on the 28th of April ; his widow was
thrown on the funeral pile 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 treffie towards the end of the year."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day,

CITY BETTING—Tuis DAY.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
7to 2 agst The Clown (taken)
Bto 1 agst Tippler (taken)
g 1 agst Black Deer (taken)
Bto 1 ags, Thalestris (taken)
10 to 1 agst Dollar (taken)
14 to 1 agst Teddy (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
7to 2 agst Thalestris (taken)
9to 1 agst Bally Edmond (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 Canzonetto (taken)
16 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn colt (taken)
ST. LEGER..
7to 2 asst Blair Athol (taken)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.—FRIDAY•
The Queen's Plate.

Baron Rothschild's Evelina, 3 yrs. 7st 91b (J. Daly) 1
Mr Perry's Gold:lylocks, 3 yrs, 7st 91b.... (J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr R. C. Naylor's Equinox, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Challoner) 3
Captain Machell's Vindictive, 4 yrs, 9st 7th.. (Edwards) 4
The betting opened at 5 to 4 agst Equinox and 7 to 4 agst
Evelina, hut closed at 11 to 8 a-8-st Evelina, 7 to 4 agst
Equinox, and 6 to 1 agst Goldylacks.

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, Guldyloaks
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, Bst IUIb(J. Goater) 2
Betting-7 to 4 and Bto4 on Saffron.
Saffron made all the running, and won easily by three
parts of a length.

Match

Mr Savile's Clairvoyante, 3 yrs, Sat (Challoner) 1
Mr Conolly's Wild Thyme, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Fordham) 2
Betting-5 to 2on Clairvoyante, who led throughout
and won by three parts of a length.
A Handicap Plate.

Mr Wodson's Deerfoot, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Hibbeid) 1
Mr U. SAViIO'S Figaro, 3 yrs, Est 2tb (carried 6st 41b)

(Morris') '2
Mr Rochester's Alea, 3 yrs, sit 71b (Barker) 3
The following also ran—Wingrave, Fanfreluche, Dr.
Syntax, Nebula, Zcloo, Village Belle, and Newminster filly.

Bettißg-5 to 2 agst Nebula, 9 to 2 each agst Wingrave
and Figaro, 6 to 1 agst Village Belle, 8 to 1 agst Zeloo,
and 20 to 1 offered agst Dr Syntax, Fanfreluche, and Deer-
foot.

Nebula and Village Belle alternately made play for half
a mile, Alea, Deerfoot, and Figaro lying close up, with
Wingrave at the head of the second division. Nebula and
Village Belle ware beaten off upon reaching the Plantation
corner, and rising the hill Deerfoot took a slight lead, and
with Alea and Figaro close up raced home, winning by a
neck. Half a length separatel the second and third. Dr
Syntax was a bad fourth, Village Balls fifth, Zeloo sixth,
Wingrave seventh, and the last two were Fanfreluche and
Nebula.