The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-02 00:00:00

THAMES.

DARING BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.—SamueI Parmenter,
aged 35, of No. 1, Angel-gardens, Shadwell, carman, and
Thomas Carey, 26, of No. 25, Norfolk-gardens, Shoreditch,
shoemaker, were brought before Mr. Paget charged with
burglariously breaking and entering the counting-house of
Mark John Tompkins, contractor and proprietor of saw
mills, Green-bank, Wapping, and stealing £52 in gold, £1
2s. 6d. in silver, £2 14s. 3d. in copper, and two £lO Bank
of England notes.

Mr. Wm. Stephens said he had a till in the counting-
house of Mr. Tompkins, in which he kept cash belonging
to that gentleman and his own. There was £65 7s. 6d. in
that till on Friday night last. A man slept in the upper
part of the dwelling-house attached; to the premises, and
there was a private watchman there all night. The office
was on the ground floor, and it was fastened up and secured
in the usual manner on Friday evening. Next morning it
was ascertained that the office had been broken into, the
till forced open, and all the money abstracted.
Edward Dillon, a police-sergeant, No. 19 S, took the
prisoners into custody yesterday. He found Parmenter in
a house of bad repute in Angel-gardens, and said to him,
"You told me on Saturday what was not true. You said
you were in bed drunk early on Friday evening. I have
evidence to prove you were seen near Mr. Tompkins's pre-
mises. I must apprehend you ; you know what it is for."
He found about 15s. upon the prisoner, and in his room 22
pawn-tickets. There was some now clothing in the room.
On Saturday the prisoner told him that he had not the
value of a pint of beer or a halfpenny in his pocket. He
afterwards went to the dwelling of Carey, in Shoreditch,
and told him he was suspected of being concerned
in the burglary and robbery on Green-bank. He asked
the prisoner if he had any money, to which he replied,
"All that I have here is mine." He searched the prisoner's
room and found three purses containing money. On turn-
ing over a bed there was a purse containing £lB in gold.
There were small sums in the other purses, on the mantel-
shelf, and in other parts of the room. He also discovered
in the same apartment four keys ; one of them was a skele-
ton key. The prisoner Carey bought £8 or £9 worth of
new clothing on Saturday, and would give no account as
to how he became possessed of the money found in his

Mr. Stephens said that there as an Australian sove-
reign and a bent half sovereign among the £lB found in
the purse which he was able to identify.
Frederick Morris, saddler and harness maker stated that
he saw Parmenter loitering near the prosecutor's premises
on Friday night.
Mr. Paget remanded the prisoners for a week.

ADELPHI THEATRE.--MR. J. W. ANSON'S BENE-
FIT.—At this gentleman's benefit to-morrow (Wednesday)
and following day (for Mr. Anson's many claims upon pub-
lic and professional appreciation can only be exhausted by
a continuous entertainment), Miss Russell, the favourite
English Soprano, will sing one of Verdi's scenas, and
Flotow's adaptation of " The Last Rose of Summer," from
the Opera of " Martha."
It is stated in the Kreutz Zeitung of Berlin that
the work of determining the boundary line between
Schleswig and Jutland is now determined, as well as the
financial arrangements with Denmark connected there-
with.