The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-18 00:00:00

7HE AMERICAN BLOCKADE.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3.—The schooner Emma Col
was captureu ou vet.. is, ~ „f,„4 R.,11,a 91,
Sbe was run ashore when escape Was irtiPrse.
cable. She was got off, and arrived here.rte
NEW YORK, ‘-'ll
Nov. s.—On the 24th ultimo the
_,iik
Stales bark Restless captured the British steamer scuTo.
which vessel was discovered at daylight standing:,,
wards Bull's Bay. The crew of the Scotia were standing,;
state of intoxication when captured. The boats of
the
United States steamer Flag, on the 27th ult., caPtlilroto
the British steamer Anglia, about four l°,l,,tted
the entrance of Bull's Bay. On the 14th ult. the '-oest
States steamer Memphis captured the British Btetipe
Ouachita, from Bermuda, ostensibly for Havant:Ail' het
endeavoured to escape, and threw overboard most
of be(
cargo of arms and ammunition. The character pa
cargo, and the fact that she was far out of her courret
was doubtless making for Charleston, induced the °folk
murder of the Memphis to send her in for -adjudiea-00-
The United States steamer Flambeau, off Charles loon
the English steamer Minho on shore near Fort I%letiltrl the
the 20th ult., while she was endeavouring to tit; she
blockade. Her cargo was floating about loose,
a of
will be a total wreck. The brig Robert Bruce, I‘ll/14of
Bristol, England arrived here on Saturday, in chelheoloi
prize crew. She, was captured on the 2'd ult., eff 5040
Inlet, North Carolina, while attempting to run ate
She
there, with a cargo of medicines and woollen geode' oh
ran the blockade at Wilmington last December, wit,chalifo
and taking out cotton. She was from Hull for 7,
care
On the 23d ult. the schooner Tuilla, Loganson, with isisd'
of salt, from Nassau, got ashore near St. HeleTis 000'
while attempting to run the bloci3de. Captain to Jjef
finding it impossible to get the vess°l off, set fire esete
attempted
in a small boat, but all three of them w©r
riPttir
Federal pickets.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBER 1.
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A robbery has been committed at the residence ',o a•
Wadham Locke (one of the magistrates of Wilts),
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In the evening a loud crash was heard, rind on the i';,.. /00
of the house going out to see what was the matter shill
ascertained that the noise had been caused by the 61339beitii
of some glass in the conservatory. On a searell. ;eit'S
made it was found that the drawer of a room di
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the conservatory had been robbed of its contents' "004
were two £5 notes, one £lO note, andAst t tl3°
sovereigns—in all £32. It was also observed
d°,,,
door of the room was locked, and that the wili,„.oo(
been left open. One of the female servants, •9 ool'
woman named Louisa Newman was missing, but ill:iorej,,
time she made her appearance, and on being rill,:terao9.
about the matter', she made the extraordinarY 91—vos Or
that she had met a young man with whom lie, .scl ill:
quainted, that he had presented a pistol at her beastl7 tott'
sisted on her telling him where some of the vashad :0113.9 a 'oco
des belonging to her mistress were, that olle I tio :
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and that he had then robbed the house.
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at once given to the police, but M
Wolfe from the very first disbelieved the story xj°oeget
young woman, and hinted his suspicions. to 31*00,000
who, however, expressed himself satisfied of the looirir
of his servant. The police thereupon made over/ 0, doittg
with a view to trace the alleged thief, but, so far lr° 010
so, Mr. Superintendent Wolfe was Ix ore firmly convll3°;o II
the thief was the servant girl, and on his recon2ool/..iostil
she was given into custody. Her person was then 04'; vetli
and it was found that she had recently received
ni ft 0 lava'e'
severe cuts, and it is surmised that in attemP—a% en
the room in which she committed the robbery P'W ~,,totP
v o u r etbdhynt to
ts
severely
ecnraieplleeybieynnjaudportion
es of the roof
which disturbed the inmates.rh
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in money, seelTsf,
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forel a magistrate on the charge of robbing her teas'.—: Dee"
certaingi e
she
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and, some merely formal evidence hav'l3:ooloo=',i
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l some evening the prisoner admitted that she corm''
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the robbery, and stated that she had hid the trl° TP
shrubbery, adjoining
police accordingly searched, and found the , ~,er. fa
money secreted in the spot
indicated by the pi:ls°74o thrf,,
prisoner had only been in the service of No). Pr.,witte.ve
weeks and three days when the robbery was °'
cul..ted the
At. the close of the evidence the magistrates corn lb
prisoner for trial

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THE VACANT ALDERMANIC GOWN.--4 sco
of the friends of Mr. Howard, of Leadenball-strec!ow of
held yesterday at the London Tavern, with the /leo to
Sbegning a requisition fur that gentleman to allow hiTsever-
put in nomination as a candidate for the gown 0 liotoji
man for Langbourn ward. The meeting was nuotero opt
attended, and a unanimous resolutions as pass t bed
effect, the chairman and other gentlem present be
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