The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-05 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBING A SAILOR OF HIS WATCH AND MONEY.
—Caroline Hayward alias Auld, and Jane Goding,
were charged with stealing 22 sovereigns and a
silver watch from William .Nomson, a sailor, at No.
1, Gun-lame, Limehouse.
The prosecutor and a shipmate named Levi
Honet met with the prisoner Hayward on Friday
evening last, and accompanied her and another girl
to the house of the woman Goding. Honet had no
money about him and very little property. He
borrowed some silver of Nomsou, and asked him
to take care of it, but Nomson said he was able to
take care of his own. He was " put to bed" like a
child, and fell asleep directly. He awoke next
morning and made the unpleasant discovery
that all his money, 22 sovereigns, had been
taken from his trousers pocket, and his watch
from his coat pocket. He demanded his watch and
money, and the old woman Goding abused him, and
shoved him out of the house. He made known his
loss to the police, and Henry Hayward, No. 401 K,
went to No. 1, Gun-lane, and found the sailor's
empty purse, his necktie, and pipe on the bed on
which he slept. He afterwards arrested Hayward,
who said, " I am taken into custody again inno-
cently." She was tried for a similar offence some
time ago, and then acquitted. Goding came to the
vicinity of the court this morning to inquire after
the other woman, and Hayward took her into cus-
tody. He found £2 2s. 4d. on her, and ss. 4d. only
on the younger woman.

In cross-examination, Nomson said he had given
the girl Hayward a half-sovereign, and then had 22
sovereigns left. . .
The prisoners were committed for trial.
ALLEGED CRUELTY AT SEA.—Mr. Charles Young,
solicitor, applied to Mr. Paget for five summonses
against Captain Neilson, the master of the ship
Cingala, lying in the West India Dock, for assault
ing five of his crew at sea ' • one man was savagely
beaten on the head with a bar of iron and severely
wounded. He was laid up two months afterwards,
and was not entirely recovered now. Four other
men had been kicked and knocked about. He
should ask for five summoner that the whole of the
cases should be inquired into. Nothing occurred
on the voyage to justify the ill treatment of the
sailors.

Mr. Paget granted five summonses against Cap-
tain Neilson.

SOUTHWARK.
ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND MISTAKEN
IDENTlTY.—AaronAlusworth, a young man who de-
scribed himself as a labourer, was brought before
Mr. Woolrych for final examination, charged with
assaulting William Godings in the Waterloo-road,
and attempting to rob him of his watch and chain.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor
that a little before one o'clock on the morning of
Sunday the 26th ult, he was passing the -York
Hotel, at the corner of the Waterloo and York-
roads, where there were several men standing. One
of them rushed at him and made a snatch at his
watch and chain, and they had a struggle, but he
did not succeed in robbing him. Prosecutor was
then proceeding along when the prisoner rushed up
to him and struck him a violent blow on the mouth,
and at the same time seized hold of his watch chain.
They had a struggle at the corner of -Tennison-
street, and the prosecutor secured his watch, when
the prisoner ran down the street into the Waterloo-
road. He pursued him and caught hold of him,
when they had another struggle, but the prisoner
got away, and ran towards the bridge. He followed
him, and meeting a constable, he gave him into
custody.
In cross-examination by the prisoner, the prose-
cutor said he was rather intoxicated at the time,
and might have rolled against some of the men at
the corner of York-road, but he was positive that
one of them snatched his watch, and after he left
the prisoner came up and struck him. They then
had a fight, and he gave the prisoner the worst of it.
The prisoner here denied the accusation. He was
going along the Waterloo-road towards home, when
the -prosecutor suddenly pounced upon him, and said
" You have got my watch." He told him he
knew nothing about his watch, when the prose-
cutor struck him in the mouth. He (prisoner) then
ran for a constable, and seeing one near the bridge
wanted to give the prosecutor in charge for assault-
ing him, but the prosecutor charged him with
attempting to steal his watch, and he was taken to
the station house.

189 L said that both of them were bleeding about
the mouth as if they had been fighting, and the
prisoner first asked him to take the prosecutor in
charge for assaulting him. The prosecutor then
charged the prisoner with attempted highway rob-
bery. The prisoner was very drunk.
Mr. Woolrych was positive no jury would convict
on the prosecutor's testimony ; therefore he dis-
charged the prisoner.

NEW THEATRE, EDINBURGH.--The Theatre
Royal, successor to the Queen's Theatre Royal, which was
destroyed by fire in Edinburgh a short time since, was
opened for the first time on Saturday evening. There was
a tremendous "house," and the lessee and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs.Wyndham' were received with the warmest wel-
come as they came forward to speak an opening address.
A new act-drop by Mr. Telbin was received with universal
expressions of delight.