The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-01 00:00:00

THAMES.

EXTENSIVE RODISERY.—THE YOUNG TIIIEF AND THE
OLD RECEIVER.—AIfred ruling, a youth about 18 years
old, was charged with stealing upwards of 110 pairs of
boots and shoes, the property of Mr. Fraser, of No. 172, St.
George-street, alias Ratcliff highway,
a journeyman shoemaker, 60 years of age, was charged with
feloniously receiving the property, he well knowing
it to be
stolen. and William Elliott,

The younger prisoner had been in the service
of Mr.
Fraser for about 6 years. For some time
past the_shoesandprose-
cutor had been continually missing new boots
from his stock. A. clever detective officer, named
Porter
William Dunaway, No. 129 11, was instructed to trace the
.„.,..
r.-1,--*:-, --a 2"--"'-- r —4" -----." Su"—i.d a large
Dunaway ascertained that the lad Puling had 8°
number of his master's boots and shoes to Elliott, who wochcoupdiiesr-
posed of them again to a woman named Leary,
John-street,
Commercial-road a house and chandler's shop at the cornrof
Commercial-road East. Mr. Dunaway
Leary's shop. There were 20 pairs of ew
boots exposed
all identified by
searched Mrs.
IL
for sale in her shop window. They
were
in
Mr. Clark, foreman to the hisprosecutor,ars,,
private mark
pro-
perty. Each boot contained his master's
the bottom of each.
master's -
side, and the foreman's own figures
at e
20 pairs of boots of
Mrs. Leary said she bought
_ea her
to believe he was the
Elliott, a pair at a time, which I
maker of them. Elliott into custody at
t St. George-in-the-
East,yiniam-stree ,
his-dwelling, No. 28, 1
bought a few pairs of boots of the lad
bad
ney,
Dunaway stated that on taking
he said hepair of side-spring boots and a
Paling.
He eclofothullesa,
The
aecently purchased, in the possession
new suit of
~p,. two pairs of boots were a portion of
of each Prig°--; Mr. Fraser's premises, He took from the
and he admitted that he had robbed his
those stolen from
because his wages were low. The
master,
asked for a remand to enable him to trace
witness then
lad £2
of the stolen property and obtain other evidence.
latclinhacdasdhOne so
moreThs prisoners made no defence, and they were remanded
until Thursday.

It is currently rumoured that Ph -11 .1
of a journey by coach, if the distance be considerable. The
way has been sold for the .....ymney—ai, Report dwells with iterated emphasis on the "concussions"
£93,000, and is likely soon to pass occasioned by the vibration of the locomotive. But as far as
into the possession of a powerful railway company.— our experience goes, an hour's jolting over the street in an
Umbrian.
omnibus is far more trying than an hour's railway journey.
CULTIVATION OF COTToN IN NEW SOUTH People look back fondly at the good old coach days ;" but
WALES.---A Company has been established in New South if they will try the effect of a long journey in a diligence, in
Wales for the cultivation of cotton in that colony. The those parts of the Continent where diligences still ply, andb
company has solicited from the local Government the con- compare it with a journey by rail occurying an equal number
cession. of 5,000 acres of waste land for the purposes of cul- of hours, they will be disabused, and will admit that, spar
veryp
tivation of the plant. :The company asked to have the pos- from the gain in time, the gain in comfort on :thee rail, 1
' concus-
session of the land on certain conditions which were clearly ' considerable. We do not deny the fact
and definitely stated. In case, at the expiration of the five sions," but we are reminded that when the
Years the design should not succeed, the losses sustained bell first travelled by coach
ttoL York,o
[
from Scotland, ho
as the rapidity of the
thoroughgoing passengers to
Were proposed to be covered by the sale of the whole or part was advised to stay a
several
ala late Lord Camp-
of the land that had been occupied. If, on the contrary, the motion "had c7,u,seds
The
point is this : if you live out of
scheme succeeded, the lands, as cultivated, were to return die of apoplexy
to the State. A bill, presented to the Legislature on this town Tdoeuime
fatiguing,us t ride, either by rail, coach, or omnibus ; a
and in some cases even dangerous.
subject, has been greatly opposed, but has at length passed,
and the company is about to commence its labours with the
tllosntgher advantageiva of your country residence great enough
Q muter aim this ?—Corn/A litagazine.
hope of irameditito return of profit,—eSoeial §ckno ,Revtow,