The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-06 00:00:00

ESCAPE FROM NETVGATE.

LONDON, May 6.—Wind this day at noon--Westerly;
light breeze, and very fine weather.
QUEENSTOWN, Hay 5.--Arrived—Crown, from Liver.
pool, tor Montreal, leaky.
WEYMOUTH, May s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Phsonix,
from Teignmeuth, for Hull, leaky.
CLYDE, May 4.—Arrived—St. Georg 3, screw steamer,
from New York.
SCILLY, May s,—Arrived—Leone, from Ca; diff, for DR-
boa, very leaky.
from J
LEITH, May 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—James Duncan,
amaica,
• for Quebec. POOLE, May s.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Henry Duncan,

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(HY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAnPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—Britannia, from Montrose; Borussia, steamer,
from Hamburg.
Sailed—Sakalin, Russian war steamer, for China.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning,
Arrived, May s—Dashing Wave, from Minititlan ;
Mathilde from Hamburg ; Daniel Ranken, from Trinidad ;
Margareita Louisa, from Stettin; Emma, from Havannah ;
Olga, from TJddewalla.
Arrived, May 6—Alma, from Christiana ; William and
Susannah, from Dunkirk; Grace Darling, and William and
Mary, from Guernsey; Henrietta, from Volo ; Victoria,
from Villa Nova; Chamois, from Trieste; Familien, from
Frederick stadt,

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed-11;11,o., ISCI, Sir ?nit:W.)lP from/. 13,JrCTOU T
don ; Ringhorn, from London fo'r Rangoon; Jane Smith,
from London, for Swansea.

FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.
Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19.
via Marseilles May 13.
draail and Cape Verds, by British packet. June 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 19.
via Marseilles May 1:3.
Falkland Islands .................... June 4.
Gibraltar, via Southampton ......
May 11.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19.
-- via Marseilles May 13.
' India (Bombay), via Southampton May 11.
via Marseilles May 20.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 11.
via Marseilles May 14.
Newfoundland Ma 11.
Oporto and Vigo .... • y
U. S. and British N. Am May 11.
America Ey Brit. •
packet
by U.S. packet
_ b Cana
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Ty eneriffed ian packet. May 14. May 10.
including Chili, Peru, t
Bahamas, via New York May 8.
Mexico .................................... May 29.
All parts of West Indies,
14,
California, and British Columbia.. .......... I May

The Court of Assizes of the Seine, the day before
yesterday, tried a woman named Laureau, aged 38, and
totally blind, on several charges of robbery. The table of
the Court was covered with an immense variety of stolen
articles found in her lodgings. How a person deprived of
sight commit so many thefts appeared inconceivable to the
audience, but the mystery was soon explained • for it was
stated during the trial that her blindness arose from a sud-
den determination of blood to the head produced by the
shock she received when caught in the act of plunder ng
apartment in the Rue Rossini, occupied by a married couple
named Frette. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty,
without extenuating circumstances, and the Court sen-
tenced the prisoner to 20 years' hard labour.
The Madras Atheneum of the 18th of March con-
tains an interesting account of the opening of the line of the
Great Southern of India Railway Company by Sir William
Denison, the governor. The event seems to have gone off
with great eclat,

THIS DAY,
An escape of a prisoner from Newgate now-a-
days is a circumstance of such rare occurrence that
when an event of that kind occurs it is now looked
upon as something extraordinary.
All the prisoners, last night, at six o'clock, were,
according to -the regulations of the gaol, locked up
securely. Amongst them Philip Craw, a German
sailor, who was committed for trial from the
Thames Police Court on the 10th of April, for
stealing a quantity of tea from the East and West
India Docks.

On the arrival of Craw at Newgate he was
placed in No. 2 ward, which is situate in the west
front of the gaol.

On either side of the debtors' door, the one
before which the scaffold is placed on the occasions
of public executions, a small portion of the immense
walls of Newgate outwardly appears very low,
not more than 20 or 23 feet in height, but at the
back of that wall, out of sight, on the right hand
side runs the exterior wall of No. 2 ward, in which
Craw was confined. His cell was, according to
the usages of the prison, visited at different hours
of night, but this morning, shortly after daylight,
it was discovered that he was not in his cell, and
further that the panel of the door had been by some
means cut out. The blankets of his bed were also
missing, and from that circumstance it was at once
surmised that he had used them in making his
escape. In a few minutes after, the blankets were
discovered torn outside the walls, near to the
Debtors' dcor, and from the marks made on the
outer wall, there could be no doubt but that the
prisoner had succeeded in effecting his escape at
that portion of the building.
The Governor was at once apprised of the cir-
cumstance, and information was instantly dispatched
to the visiting mag!strates, who were very early in
their attendance at the prison.
A very minute examination and a strict inquiry
is now being made into this circumstance which
has created the greatest surprise amongst all parties,
as the gaol of Newgate, which but a few months
ago was to a great extent remodelled, was looked
upon as a place from which escape was impossible.
Up to a late hour this afternoon nothing had been
heard of the man.
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SHIPPING---THIS DAY.