The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-19 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT CREMORNE.—DESPERATE
RESISTANCE OP THE OFFENDER.—John Baily, a powerful
young man, was placed at the bar charged with an exten-
sive robbery at Cremorne-gardens.
John Mayhew, 319 D, said that at a quarter to four this
morning he was on duty at Cremorne-gardens, and was
passing by a glove shop or stand there, where gloves and
jewellery are sold, when he observed that the hinges of the
door were unfastened from the post, they were unscrewed
and the screws gone. The door had been placed a little on
one side, and on witness pulling it, it opened and he saw
the prisoner in the shop. He Inquired what he was doing
there, when the prisoner replied he had been there to lie
down, but the door was not well secured. Witness told him
he was aware they did not allow him to lie down there, and
inquired what he had got in his pocket. Prisoner observed,
"It's all right," to which the witness replied, "It is not
all right, and you must go with me to the station." Pri-
soner then struck him a blow on the face, and, with a knife
in his hand, closed upon witness, when they had a severe
and perilous struggle.

Mr. Arnold—How long did it last?
Witness—Above twenty minutes, during which we were
frequently up and down, and he was repeatedly jobbing at
me with the knife. I fortunately warded off many of the
blows, but he wounded me slightly in two or three places,
but I still kept my hold of his handkerchief, but he made
repeated cats at it, and the handkerchief coming in two, he
jumped up free and got away, but he was stopped by
another constable,

Mr. Arnold—What was found upon the prisoner ?

Witness—The brooches, bracelets, pins, and other articles
of jewellery I now produce ; they were found in his pocket.
Mr. Arnold—ls he known ?

Witness—He has been employed for six seasons in Cre-
moms Gardens ; he is ono of the gasmen, and was there
attending to his duty last night, but had no business what-
ever in the gardens at the time I found him; he had his
shoes off when I found him.

Prisoner said he had been drinking freely, and did not
know what he was about,
The police did not assent to this at all.

The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday.

THAMES.

A SHOPLIFTER.—EIizabeth Jones was brought before
Mr. Partridge, charged by another Elizabeth Jones with
stealing a large roll of calico, measuring 58 yards.
The witness, Elizabeth Jones, saw the prisoner in the
shop of her employers, Longworthy and Co., No. 1, Can-
non-street-road, St. George-in-the-East, and suspecting her
watched her closely. The prisoner looked about the shop,
went outside, looked at the things exposed for sale in the
window, and then entered the shop again, and as she went
out took with her a roll of calico standing within the shop
close to the door. The prisoner walked away very quickly,
and was immediately pursued by the witness, her name-
sake, who stopped her, took the property from her, and
gave her into the custody of a police-constable. The
prisoner described herself as a professional singer, declared
she had no home,and had been in the country seeking a living
and that her " relations and friends turned their back with
a frown" because her child, 14 months' old, was illegiti-
mate. In answer to questions by Mr. Partridge, the pri-
soner said she had friends in London well off, but they
would do nothing for her, and she was unable to support
her baby. _ _ .

Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was a strong hearty
young woman, and might obtain a living for herself and
infant if she was so disposed. He sentenced her to 21days'
imprisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possession
of the calico, and directed inspector Hughes of the K divi-
sion to make inquiries about the prisoner. If there was
any merit in her, and if she was not a professional thief, he
would assist her with a contribution from the poor-box, or
put her in the way of obtaining an honest living when she
came out of prison.
A MARINE BURGLARY.—DARING ROBBER!'.—John
Davidson, a youth describing himself as an ordinary sailor,
was brought up before Mr. Partridge, charged with a marine
burglary.
Adolphus Clark, a West India Dock constable, saw the
prisoner coming towards the gateway of the dock fronting
the Commercial-road, Poplar, yesterday afternoon. The
officer noticed that the prisoner appeared very bulky, and
stopped him as he reached the gate and took him into his
box. As he was stripping the prisoner a man of colour
named John Finch, cook of the ship Duke of Wellitgton,
hastily advanced towards the box and said he had been
robbed. The first thing taken from the prisoner was a
black silk neckerchief. "That is mine," exclaimed Finch.
The officer then stripped the prisoner of a new black cloth
coat, a blue dungaree slop, a fancy cloth waistcoat,
two pairs of dungaree overalls, a flannel shirt, a pair of
flannel drawers, a blue Guernsey shirt, and a pair of brads.
The cook said they are all mine, and he now identified the
whole of the property. He said he discovered his chest
in the forecastle broken open, and everything in it removed.
The lashings of the chest were cut, and the lack forced.
The lashings of a bag containing clothes were also cut and
sent adrift. He saw the prisoner alongside the ship yes-
terday (Friday), but he never saw him on board.
The prisoner, who had no appearance of a" salt" about
him, said he was hard np. He came from shields a week
ago. He was discharged from his last ship six weeks ago.
He was an ordinary seaman. He could not get another
ship.
Mr. Partridge—Yes. You are sentenced to one month's
imprisonment and hard labour, for the unlawful possession
of the property taken from you.

EAST RETFORD HOP MARKET.—Hop pulling is
now in active operation in this district, and the
late variable weather has not had so much effect upon the
plant and upon the yield as at one time was expected.
There have been larger growths per acre, but never a better
quality. The weight per acre differs considerably, some of
the grounds which are but indifferently managed making
but Bcwt. per acre, but the general average will be lOcwt.
to 12cwt. The grounds at Bellmoor are superior to what
they have been for many years past, and at the forthcoming
fair Walesby will be well represented by the new crop. At
011erton the plantations are in excellent condition. At
Rufford there is a fine crop upon the ground, and the greater
part is of first-class quality. In this district the yield is
expected to give satisfaction, and to be quite equal to what
has been obtained previously. Some samples of the new
hops have come to hand here, and good prices are paid for
them.

The EMINENT RUSSIAN COMEDIAN, SCHTEPKINE,
the father of the Russian stage at Moscow, where he
had performed for 40 years, has just died at Yalta, in the
Crimea. Schtepkine was born a serf, and made his first
appearance in the company of his lord and master, Tou-
linov. Notwithstanding his obscure birth, he was always
regarded with much distinction even in the most aristo-
cratic circles of Moscow, in which he was always welcome.
His influence on the Russian stageinlasllig imenmteanpsper,eacniadtiaolnl
the pupils instructed by him were always distinguished by
great
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had a goddess whose name was Fides, or Fidelity—
a goddess of "faith and honesty," to whom Numa was the
first to pay divine honours. Her only dress was a white
veil, expressive of frankness, candour, and modesty ; and
her symbol was two right hands joined, or sometimes two
figures holding each other by the right hand; whence, in
all agreements among the Greeks and Romans, it was usual
for the parties to take each other by the hand, as a token
of their intention to adhere to the compact; and this cus-
tom is in more general use, even among ourselves at the
present day, than would at first thought be realised.

A NARROW ESCAPE.—As a cavalry regiment
were exercising on the Champ-de-Mars a lady in
attempting to cross the grounds, contrary to orders, was
suddenly surprised by a charge of several squadrons at full
gallop. An opening in the first line was made for her to
pass, but losing her presence of mind, she rushed in the way
of the horses of the second line. She was thrown down,
and the whole of the horses leaped over her, but without
tout]•„ing her, and the charge having passed, she was picked
UP and found to have sustained no serious injury.

THE HAII.YEST IN THE WEST MIDLAND COUNTIES.
--The ingathering of the corn crops in the counties
of Gloo'ater, Worcester, and Hereford is.now fairly cora-
pletea. Here and there a field of beans or late barley re-
mains ungarnered, but they are small in quantity. The
great bulk of the wheat crop was securei a month ago, up
to which time the weather has been remarkably dry. The
rain which has faller, however, since that period, offered a
considerable impediment to the completion of the harvest,
so that it la not until the present week that it has been
finished. The corn crop is even better than it had been
calculated, and will mole than compensate for the low
price. The barley is generally of a finer quality than
has been gathered for many years, and as hops are
also plentiful and of
good quality some superior beer is
expected to be brewed this autumn. The late-sown
barley, some of which has only been mowed this week,
will be inferior for malting, but fit for grinding
pur-
poses. Vetches are good in quality and yield well. Beans
turn out better than anticipated. This is the last of the
cereal crops to be got in) and farmers are now busy securing
them. The hop harvest in Worcestershire and Hereford-
shire has been a very busy time, At first the weather was
showery, hut for the last few days it has been very suitable
for the wol t. The great hop fair for the district will be held
at Worcester to-morrow (Saturday). The root crops have
been. greatly benefited by the rains, and in consequence of
the early torn harvest a good many stubble turnips have
been plotted, which will afford late keep. The pastures are
alsci looking very green. Potatoes turn out a prolific crop,
v‘ith no disease to speak of.

A silly paragraph is going the rounds to the
effect that a modification is about to be introduced into the
French game laws, prohibiting the killing of hen birds.
" By this means," says the paragraph, "it is hoped to re-
stock the woods with game, of which some species am tend-
ing to disappear in France." A sportsman can distinguish
a cock from a hen pheasant, but how he is to distinguish
between the sexes of other game is a secret which the writer
clots not ravaal.-9a4rtani.

Brecon 2l
Richmond 22
Monmouth 24
OCT,

Coventry
Bedford
Caledonian Hunt
Newmarket S. :►.. l2

Nov

Manchester Autumn ....25
Newmarket Ist Oct. ....29
Edinburgh, &c. C1ub....30
oBER.

Lincoln Autumn 20
Kelso 21
Gloucester 22
Newmarket, Houghton 26
EMBER.

Worcester 3 I Shrewsbury Autumn.„ .16
IRISH.

SEPTEMBER.

Listowel 2l I Jenkinstown Park 23
Limerick ..21

OCTOBER.

Curragh
20

THE " MACHINE LADIES" AND THE FORTUNE-
TELLER.—At the Sunderland Police-court, on Thurs-
day, a little Irishman, named John Butler, was brought up
for telling fortunes to the "machine ladies" employed at
the gutta percha boot and shoe manufactory of Mr. J. V.
Scarborough, in that town, and for swindling them out
of a sovereign. Mr. Scarborough's daughter, Mary Jane,
said that about one o'clock on Wednesday, the prisoner
came into the shop, and offered to tell fortunes.
He said that he was deaf and dumb—(laughter)—that is,
he wrote on his slate that he was, and said that if they put
a sovereign into a teacup he would tell them " two won-
derful things." Witness accordingly put a sovereign into
a cup, and the prisoner put in a crooked pin. He then went
to the window and gazed up at the sky, but soon afterwards
took out the sovereign and went to the door to look at the
sun, for it was not dark enough to "rule the planets." Ho
did not return, however, till about six o'clock at night, and
then pointing to Mrs. Scarborough's plaid shawl, said he
must have that. They would not give him the shawl, but
demanded the sovereign, upon which prisoner wrote on the
slate that he had not a penny. Mrs. Scarborough then sent
for the police, and had him given into custody. The Chair-
man—Now, Butler, we know you're not dumb ; what have
you to say to this ? Prisoner— Well, sir, Mrs. Scarborough
wrote to Durham for me, and said she would give all the
world if I would come back to the town to see them. She
sent for me several times, and said there were seventeen or
eighteen machine ladies wanted to see me and have their
forturce told. As to the sovereign, I never got it nor a half-
penny of their money.—Miss Scarborough denied that her
mother had written for the prisoner.—A " machine lady,"
who had been present at the time, gave corroborative evi-
dence, and said the prisoner took the sovereign out of the cup
when he went up to the table to look at the sun.—Police con-
stable Nattrass said he took the prisoner into custody, and
while he was preparing to wrote the charge upon the slate,
the prisoner said, " It's all right, sir, I'm in custody now.
When eharged with stealing the sovereign, he said, " It's
all right, sir."—lnspector Kent proved that Butler had
been committed from Stockton for three months, and from
Sunderland for one month, for fortune telling.—The pri-
soner begged for mercy, and alleged that Mrs. Scarborough
did not desire his arrest. He knew ho had done wrong, but
did not intend to tell fortunes any more after he had got out
of gaol, only Mrs. Scarborough wrote for him as soon he got
out. lie was sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment.
iVezvcastle Chronicle.
The Social Science Congress will hold its Seventh
Annual Meeting at Edinburgh, on the 7th of Oc-
tober. The President, Lord Brougham, will open the
meeting with an address. The six following days will be
devoted to the different departments in rotation, the pro-
ceedings to begin with au address from the president of each
section.

M. F. de Lesseps (s9.ys the Patric) is expected
shortly to arrive in France from Alexandria. On
his return it is probable that Nubar Pacha will be
able to acquit himself of the ru;ssion to the Suez
Company with which he has been charged by the
Viceroy of Egypt.

MADAME TIJSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY.—
We are glad to be able to state that this magnificent
and unrivalled exhibition continues to be patronised beyond
the most sanguine expectations of its liberal and indefati-
gable proprietors. No expense whatever is spared in con-
stantly adding to its present collection of rare and costly
relics, every object that may be deemed worthy of a place in
the establishment. Life-size models of the English Mo-
narchs, attired in appropriate costume, from 'William the
Conqueror to that of her present Majesty, continuo to be
one of the most attractive features in the exhibition,