The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-07 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER

DARING ROBBERY.—Bridget Gellighan, an Irishwoman,
without bonnet or shawl, was placed at the bar, charged
with the commission of the following daring robbery :
Miss Fanny Wright, of 8, Green street, Marlborough-
road, said—This woman robbed me last night near Albert-
gate, Knightsbridge. I had, in consequence of the rain,
come late from Kensington in a cab, and got out of it at
half-past 12, with an umbrella in my hand. I was walking
away towards my home, and wearing a black silk mantle,
fastened by a brooch, when the prisoner, who had a child
slung behind her, came behind me, and, seizing my mantle,
stripped it off my back, and I lost my mantle and brooch.
The prisoner crossed to the other side of the way, and I
kept her in sight, and told a policeman what had happened,
and ho went one way and I went another. When he spoko
to the prisoner she said she had not got it, and after she
had crossed the road she dropped it from her person, but
I have not found the brooch.

Prisoner declared that he knew nothing whatever about
the mantle, and that it was all a mistake to suppose that
she had had it, as she had no opportunity whatever of
concealing it about her person.
The police said it could bo shown that the prisoner did
drop it.

Joseph Walker, a cabman on the stand opposite the
Alexandra Hotel, said that as the prisoner crossed the road
with the policeman she dropped the mantle in the road.
A policeman proved taking her as described. She had
been drinking, but knew what she was about.

Mr. Selfe—ls anything known of the prisoner ?
Police—She has been charged hero several times with
felony and other things, and has been committed to prison.
She was remanded.

The Cholera in Egypt•

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
ALEXANDRIA, June 28.

The deaths from cholera yesterday were 208.
For some days past the variations in the tempe-
rature have been followed by corresponding fluc-
tuations in the rate of mortality, which confirms
the prevailing opinion that the epidemic arises from
the state of the atmosphere in the city. Yesterday
the heat was much less than ordinary, and even
during the hottest period of the day there was a
strong breeze from the sea.
Nubar Pacha, the Minister of Public Works,
who recently directed that the numerous labourers
working upon the railway embankments should be
exempt from labour during the hottest time of the
day, has now ordered rations of wine, soup, meat,
and rice to be served out to the men on the Govern-
ment works morning and evening. Thanks to this
timely nourishment. No case of cholera has occurred
among the numerous working population depend-
ing upon the Ministry of Public Works.

IRON SHIPS.—The French Royal Mail Company
—"Service Maritimes des ife-ssageries Imperial"—after a long
trial of various " anti-fouling " compositions for keeping
the bottoms of their iron fleet efficient and clean in India,
&c., have just sent a largo order to Messrs. Peace& and
Buchan, of Southampton, to be forwarded to Alexan-
dria, for their depot at Suez. The success of this com-
position over all competing preparations has been exem-
plified most practically and satisfactorily in H.M. navy on
H.M. troop-ship Himalaya, and other ships where it has
been tried ; and as a proof of its commercial success, which,
after all, is perhaps the best test, we are informed that these
gentlemen have orders on hand for supplying the depots in
India and China of the largest iron steamship company in
the world, and also largo orders on merchants' account for
Hong K
Sydney, New Zealand, the Medi-
terranean,ngo&
on their a
c.SillaVneghcane but congratulate Messrs. Peacock
and Buchan well-merited success, the result of
more than twenty years practical study and perseverance,
ofe
a h w
this haveow from the Nautical Magazine,.
given many
many instances in the
g
Ist July, 1865.
THE FIRE AT MARLBOROUGH Ho USE.—The fol-
lowing is the official report of Captain Shaw, the
chief of the Fire Brigade, respecting g the recent fire at
Marlborough House, with the amount of damage, &c. :
"At half-past 2 o'clock p.m., on the 4th inst., called to a
fire at Marlborough House, Pall-mall, the residence of his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, caused by a lighted
swinging gas bracket in a ventilator shaft coming in con-
tact with its wooden casing. Extent of damage :—Floor-
ing, jointing, and partition on second and third floors burnt
and damaged, and 20ft. of roof cut away over east wing;
ceiling and passages underneath damaged by water.
Building not insured. Fire extinguished by inmates and
firemen." It should be mentioned that Captain Shaw was
telegraphed for from Marlborough House, and on arriving
there made a thorough survey of the place, and convinced
the Prince and Princess that all danger was at an end,
and the place was safe, the Prince thanking him for his
attention.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION ON THE ESTATE OF
THE LATE PRESIDENT.—Letters of administration on the
estate of the late President Lincoln were issued on Thurs-
day by the Probate Court of Sangamon county to the Hon.
David Davis, of Bloomington, Judge of the United States
Circuit Court for the southern district of Illinois. Hon. J.
F. Stuart is surety upon the bond. The estimated value of
the estate is $75,000.—American paper.