The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-05 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE FALSE FRIEND.—A CRUEL ROTHIERY.—George
Robert Robson, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Part-
ridge charged with Stealing a bag filled with clothes, the
property of Charles Frederick Allen, of No. 41, Coleman-
street, City.

It appeared that the prisoner, a coarse lookieg fellow,
about 30 years of age, with beard and moustache, who
looked very much unlike what he represented himself to be,
had been lodging in the house of the prosecutor's father in
Coleman-street, and represented that he was going away
in the ship John Davis. The prosecutor was anxious to go
to sea, and the prisoner said he could get him a birth as
steward in the same vessel, and they might as well go away
together. The prosecutor, on the faith of the representations,
provided himself with an outfit, consisting of two coats,
two waistcoats, seven shirts, two flannel shirts, two pairs
of trousers, six pairs of socks, two pairs of drawers, five
neck-ties, a blanket rug, brushes, razor, and other articles.
The whole of the prosecutor's " kit " was deposited in a
largo canvas bag. A few days since the prosecutor bade
farewell to his father and friends, and started from the City
for the West India Dock, where the John Davis was said
to be ready for sea. The prisoner took the prosecutor to
the house of a man named Gilpin, Narrow-street, Ratcliffe,
where Allen was advised to leave his bag of clothes while
they went to the shipping office to sign articles of agree-
ment. On reaching the shipping office it was ascertained
that the John Davis was not ready for sea, or at least it
was so represented by the prisoner, who then took his friend
to the Jolly Caulkers, a house of public entertainment on
the Surrey side of the river, where they remained for
three days, and all that time the prisoner lived at the ex-
pense of his friend. On Sunday afternoon last the prose-
cutor gave the prisoner some money to buy a mattress. The
prisoner never returned with the money or the mattress, but
on the same afternoon the prisoner called upon Gilpin and
demanded the bag of clothes and a concertina which
Allen left there on the previous Thursday, and said the
bag and concertina belong to me. He also said Charley,
meaning the prosecutor, has shipped and gone to sea. Gil-
pin delivered the clothes and concertina to the prisoner who
was not seen again until yesterday afternoon when the pro-
secutor's father met the prisoner on Snow-hill and gave him
into custody of a city police, named Edwin Rouse, No.
505, who said to him "No that can't, I have just
come from Gravesend." The constable insisted
on securing the prisoner, who said, " Well, I did take the
bag of clothes and the concertina, and lost them all."
Thomas Gilpin and Mary Ahearn proved the delivery of
the bag and its contents to Robson, who turned out all the
clothes and counted every article.
Mr. Partridge thought the prosecutor had acted with con-
siderable imprudence.

Allen—Well, sir, I am not a suspicious man, and I
thought the prisoner was an honest man and would not rob
me. I have lost everything.
Mr. Partridge was sorry the prosecutor's confidence in
the prisoner was so very sadly abused. Ho remanded the
prisoner for a week, and directed Rouse to make inquiries
about the prisoner, who was a disgrace to the blue jacket.

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Dreadful Tragedy near Coventry.

Much excitement has been created in the vil-
lage of Filler gley, near Coventry, by a very shock-
ing tragedy which has just occurred there. Dur-
ing last week, rumours were in circulation res-
pecting the death of a young woman, named Jane
Dalby, the wife of a labourer residing in the vil-
lage ; and certain information having reached the
ears of the rural police officer, an inquest was
opened on the body by Mr. Alfred Carter, coroner,
on Wednesday week, at the Weaver's Arms, Fil-
longley. The husband of the deceased then gave
evidence to the effect that on the previous Sa-
turday, on going home from work, at about
half-past seven in the evening, he found his
wife seriously ill. She requested him to go for Mr.
La Fargue, a surgeon, who had been attending her
during the previous fortnight. She complained of
great pain in her left side and in her back. Before
going to the medical man he locked the door after
him, leaving his wife in bed. When he came back,
having calied on his wife's mother on the way, he
found the doctor had just arrived, and was waiting
to be admitted. He tried but could not unlock the
door, the button which fastened the latch from within
having slipped down or been placed down, so as to
prevent the door being opened. The door was burst
open, and they went up stairs and found the de-
ceased lying dead by the side of the bed. Police-
constable Pittaway produced two bottles—one con-
taining
a small quantity of laudanum, which the
husband said he took for his complaint, and the
other a lotion, which he said he rubbed his side
with. After this evidence had been taken the in-
quest was adjourned till Thursday. On the fol-
lowing Sunday the husband went to church,
and after the service to the house
of his
mother-in-law, where he swallowed a quantity of
prussic acid, which caused almost instant death. A
letter written by the deceased man was subse-
quently found, in which se stated that his wife had
died from the effects of poison, which he had in-
duced her to take, and that he had promised to
" join her at the Throne of Grace on that day
week." A post tnortem examination will be made
on the bodies.—Birmingham Daily Post.

The name of Bohea, by which the tea grown in
this province is known, is simply a corruption of
the name Woo-he, and the various distinctions assigned by
commerce to different kinds of tea are said to have chiefly
originated with the Canton merchants, all the terms we are
so familiar with, such as " Congo," Souchong," "Flowery
Pekoe," " Hyson," and " Gunpowder," being quite un-
known to the native growers. " Imperial," or " Yu-tien,"
is the only exception, I believe ; and this, which is only
served on occasions of great ceremony, consists of the young
leaves of (not any rare sorts) the tea plant, and is the
same tea as that mentioned by Du Halde, and called by him
" Mao-tcha," formerly stated to have been kept entirely for
the emperor.
The departure of the Emperor Napoleon for
Biarritz is fixed for September 10. The Charentais
of Angoulome has the following
Montijo. :—" The Empress and the
Prince Imperial arrived here at a quarter past six on Mon-
day evening.. Her Majesty immediately entered the re-
freshment room and took her seat at table, having on her
right the young Prince, and on her left the Countess de
p
Covers were laid for 17, and another table of 40
was arranged for the persons of her Majesty's suite. The
Empress was most gracious during dinner, and the Prince
Imperial was in high spirits. The train was composed of
ten carriages, five of whioh co,:npoed the impeTifq
saloons,"