The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-27 00:00:00

THAMES.

DARING ROBBERY OF TEA IN A WAREHOUSE.—John
Holby, a young man, was brought before Mr. Partridge
charged with stealing a chest of tea in a warehouse of the
Midland Counties Railway Company in Rosemary-lane,
Whitechapel.

Thomas Moorcroft, a watchman, said that last night at
fifteen minutes past 11 he was going his rounds in the
Midland Company's warehouses, of which he had charge,
and found the prisoner in a shed concealed among some
bags on which he was lying. The prisoner affected to be
fast asleep. He laid hold of the prisoner's legs, pulled him
out of his hiding place, and asked him what he was doing
there. The prisoner made no answer. He told him to get
up, on which the prisoner said, " Oh, dear, Mr.
Moorcroft, let me go," to which he replied, "No ;

if you was my own father, in the position in
which I have found you." He then called Mr. Harrison,
one of the clerks,who asked in the prisoner's hearing what
he had been doing. The prisoner replied, " I have been
doing nothing." There was an overcoat belonging to the
prisoner lying close to where he was found. Every pocket
was filled with tea. The pockets of the coat which the
prisoner had on were also full of tea. Tho whole of the
tea was taken out of a caddy in the shed. The caddy was
broken open. . . . .

John Oldfield, porter, received the caddy of tea out of a
van. It was then perfect. He knew the prisoner, who was
formerly in the company's employ and dismissed three
weeks ago. The prisoner had no business on the com-
pany's premises last night.
Alfred Friend, clerk, in the service of the Midland Rail-
way Company, said the caddy of tea, weighing 321b5., had
been broken open and emptied of its contents. There
was about 171 b. of tea found in a bag at the head of the
warehouse. It was tea of the same quality as that in the

chest.
Edward Bilson, a police-constable, who received the
prisoner in custody, gave corroborative evidence, and
The prisoner, who offered no defence, was remanded for
a week.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A HOT BATH.—Thomas Wood-
cock, aged 28, and described as a grocer's assistant, was
brought before Mr. Partridge charged with attempting to
commit self-destruction in a hot bath in the public baths
and washhouses, East India Dock-road, Poplar.
John Matthews, an attendant at the Poplar Baths, said
the prisoner paid for and went into a warm bath last
night, and that he soon afterwards heard a gurgling noise.
He went into the bath-room and found the prisoner with
his head under water, and had some difficulty in saving
him. The prisoner said he intended to suffocate himself,

and would do it.
The prisoner, who appeared very ill and desponding,
said he had a very bad wife, who was constantly inebriated;
she came to the house where he had a situation, made a
disturbance, and caused his master to discharge him. He
had offered his wife a separate maintenance to keep away
from him, but she would not accept those conditions.
Mr. Partridge directed that inquiries should be made
about the prisoner, and remanded him until to-morrow.

A FRUGAL MINISTER.—The following amusing
story is told in a Paris letter :--It is the imperial
custom to send occasionally to members of the Corps Dip-
lomatique the key of the imperial box at the Grand Opera.
This is usually done soon after the arrival of a new mini-
ster. There is an embassy here in which great changes
have recently taken place, and a "pro tem." ambassador
reigns. Last week he received the key. Perhaps he looked
at the bill and did not like the performance ; perhaps
he was engaged ; at any rate, he did not go ; but being,
like the late Mrs. Gilpin, "of a frugal mind," he liked
nothing to be wasted, so he sent his servants ! Imagine
the astonishment when the house turned its glasses to see
who was coming into the box ! Picture to yourself the
wonder of the housekeeper when, leaving the arm of the
butler, she advanced into that red velvet bower ! I wonder
what they thought of the gilded bees stuck all around
them, and how they enjoyed the performance.. - Report
says that, however much the recipients may have been
delighted, the donors were not pleased, and it is believed
that next time his Excellency the Minister goes to the
opera ho will have to pay."
The Imperial Court of Paris has just reversed the
judgment of the Civil Tribunal of Versailles on a demand
for judicial separation by Mrs. Trelawny, better known by
the name of Countess de Beauregard, against her husband,
and has accordingly pronounced the separation,