The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-26 00:00:00

THAMES.

A MOST INCORRIGIBLE VILLAIN. Bartholomew
M'Cabe, aged 26, a morose, dirty, and dissipated ruffian
and thief, was charged with burglary and robbery in his
own father's house, No. 5, Devonport-street, Commercial-
road, Ratcliff.

The prisoner has been frequently charged at this court
with robbing and assaulting his father, a respectable trades
man, carrying on business as a carman and coal merchant.
While at home with his father he frequently plundered
him of money and property, was almost constantly intoxi-
cated, and annoyed all the family by his late hours, irregu•
larities, abuse, and destruction of property. At last he was
sentenced to a month's imprisonment and hard labour, and
on the day he cams out of prison, his father, who appears to
be an industrious and kind-hearted man, provided him with
a coat and some money to pay for a lodging. On the same
night he broke into his father's house and robbed it. For
five nights in succession he ♦isited his father's premises,
and when he did not effect an entrance he destroyed some
property. At last he was again given into custody of a
policeman, and brought before Mr. Cooke at this court on
Thursday, the lOth instant. Mr. Cooke said the prisoner
would be committed for trial for burglary and robbing, and re-
manded him for a week for the completion of the
depositions. His father, with mistaken but kind-hearted
lenity, did not appear on Thursday, and his prodigal son
was discharged. On the SaM9 night he again committed a
burglary in his father's house. He effected an entrance by
breaking down the shutter of the kitchen window, and
opening the window. He succeeded in carrying off two
coats belonging to his father, and a coat, hat, cap, and
other articles belonging to James M'Cabe, a young man,
his brother. Last night the prisoner had the audacity to
again attempt to enter his father's premises. He was de-
tected ty a police-constable named William Hall, No. 425
K, who found upon him one of the coats he had
stolen on Thursday night. He admitted that he had
plundered his father, and said he had as much right
to take things as his brother, It was proved that the brother
was an industrious sober man. He appeared as the prose-
cutor in this case, and said his father had endeavoured in
vain to reclaim the prisoner, but without effect, and that
whenever he was entrusted with money he continued spend-
ing every farthing mail it was exhausted, and when he was
entrusted with goods for sale he appropriated the money to
his own use. The prisoner had robbed his father 100 times.
The prisoner, who was labouring under delirium tremens,
said he had nothing to urge in his defence, and did not care.

The magistrate, after observing that the prisoner was the
most incorrigible villain he had ever met with, committed
him for trial.

We hear that Captain Burton and M. Da Chaillu
have settled to visit the gorilla country in company on a
sporting tour. M. Du Chaillu visits New York before
starting with Captain Burton.
"The Nation," says the Lonzbardia of Milan,
" has announced that the Franco-Italian treaty of
commerce contains a stipulation to the effect that Italian
securities, and among them the shares and bonds of the
are to be quoted on the Paris
Cavour Canal Company,
deevenings
Bourse. We can affirm that no such clause is to be found
in the treaty."
General de Martimprey, sub-governor of Algeria,afewfor the. oo
inaugurated the season of fetes at Algiers,
ago, by a grand ball, at which Marshal the DMala-
koff was present. The salons were decorated e
°aeon is the Moorish style.