The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-23 00:00:00

" TO THE WOMEN OF ITALY.

" In the name of our country, I proffer you a
word of sincerest thanks. Amongst your many
benefits shines most brilliantly the foundatio❑ of
this school at Torre del Greco, where you seek out
the son of the poor man, feed him and clothe him,
end train him up for the duties of a citizen. In et
short time you will found similar institutions, first
at Palermo, and then everywhere where want calls
for them. May God bless you, ye women with an-
gelic hearts ; may God bless you and your foreign
associates, who so lovingly and so nobly began, and
co-operate in, this holy work. Ye are striving te)
restore to our country that highest Christianity
which selfishness and deceit cast down into the
mire. Yes, from the day when the rich of the earth
shall regard the poor man as their brother there
will be an end put to those terrible but unavoidable
revolutions which, at undetermined epochs, frighten
and wound humanity. Therefore, also, honoured
ladies of the committee, continue to extend the
benefits of your association even to the most remote
villages of the peninsula, where such a want is felt
in a still higher degree. Permit me to bow rever-
entially before the female liberators of my country,
who are at the same time conferring a service on all
humanity, " G. GARIBALDI."

LONDON COFFEB AItD EATING;
HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.

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Yesterday a dinner took place at the Freemasons'
Tavern in aid of this institution. The Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex, Messrs. Cockerell and
Twentyman, jointly presided, and were supported
by about a hundred gentlemen interested in the
charity. The society was established in 1837. and
its object is to provide a fund for the permanent
support of those of the body of coffee and eating
house keepers who from reverse of fortune might
be reduced from a state of comparative prosperity ;
and it also extends its benefits to the widows and.
orphans. It has received a considerable amount of
assistance from members of the trade, and so tar as
its operations extend is in a position of prosperity.
The receipts of the last year exceeded those of the
previous one by nearly £lOO. The invested stock
•amounts to £3,839 7s. 7d., which produces £l4O
a year ; and there was at the end of the year a.
balance in the treasurer's hands of £lO5 Is. 2d.,
making a total of £3,944 Bs. 9d.. after all demands
on the association had been satisfied. There are at.
the present time fourteen pensioners on the funds of
the society. It is intended as soon as the funds of
the institution will permit to extend its objects to
the establishment of a school, where the orphans of
deceased members may be educated, clothed, and
foi, and rendered capable of making their own
way in the world. It may be stated that the insti-
tution has taken a firm hold on the sympathies of
the trade, and that its progress is on the whole
most satisfactory, On the present occasion meri-
torious efforts were made on the part of the chair--
man and the officers of the institution to promote
its interests and the result was a subscription,
which, all things considered, was creditable to those
who assembled to for ward the interests of the asso-
ciation, and who were chiefly members of the ma-
ing from which it takes its name.

SINGULAR CASE OF BURGLARY IN

B ELFASI'.

, On Monday morning, a young man named Jameet
M'llwaine, 17 years of age, was arrested, and'.
charged with having broken into the premises of
Mr. George Phillips, bookseller, Bridge-street. The
case is most unaccountable in many ways. The young
man was a boarder in one of the principal seminaries;
in the town, and is very respectably connected, his
father being an extensive farmer in the county
Down. The cause which led to the commission of
the crime with which he is charged is at present a
complete mystery,as previously he had shown no dis-
position towards such a course of life, He had been
in the habit, it appears, for some time back of at tend-
ing Mr. Phillips's shop, and has been seen on several'
occasions to peruse books at the counter for perhaps.;
an hour at a time. On Saturday he was in the shop
for a considerable period reading, and as there is
no public library attached to the shop, his parti-
cular business there was not clearly understood,
although he was not ordered to leave, or his busi-
ness then inquired into. However, be was not
to leave, and it is supposed he secreted
himself somewhere atout the premises, and re-
mained there hidden until after the shop was closed,
when he commenced operations by " blinding" the
chinks in the window-shutter, so that the
parties passing along the street might not observe
the light, and that he might not be detected.
Sheets of brown paper were pasted over the
interior of the windows, and the letter-box, which
is merely a small opening in the door, was coveeed
with a double paper wrapper. He must have been
on the premises, it is supposed, for at least twelve
hours. It is evident he endeavoured to escape by the
shop front,and failed in making his exit by that mode.
On Monday morning, about 11 o'clock, a womans
servant in one of the neighbouring houses, ob-
served a man at one of the windows at the rear of,
Mr. Phillip;' shop, and she gave information to the.
constable of the beat, who at once had the premises
searched, and M•llwaine was found concealed in the
coal cellar. He had in his possession upwards of
..-t., several packs of playing cards, and a number
of gold rings. On examining the premises it was-,
found that all the drawers i❑ the shop had been
I rummaged, and that in one of the drawers a num-
ber of bank cheques were left untouched, probably
as the burglar supposed he could not make use of
them; and in another drawer some packages of
coppers were also left behind, as they would be too
heavy to take away, or not worth the trouble of
carrying off. On Saturday night Mr. Phillips took
from one of the drawers which had been broken
open Xl5O, and it is supposed that the accused, on
his visit, to the shop on Saturday, saw this money,
and that the object of his second visit was to secure
it. All the drawers were opened in a most scien-
tific manner, quite in accordance with the doings of
trained hands to the business. The whole affair •

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has created considerable interest in the town,

taking into consideration the position of the y oun g
man, the respectability of his family, and the un-
likelihood that a person of education would adopt
such 'a mode of life.