The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, If-65.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.)
IN RE CAPT. R. E. F. CRAUFORD.

This bankrupt was described as captain and brevet-major
in the Royal Artillery, a prisoner for debt, and to-day was,
appointed for the order of release. The debts amount to
44,400, and amongst the largest creditors are H. E. H. J.
Cranford, Esq., of Belgrave-road, £2,500, an Indian mer-
chant of Bombay, £416 ; Mrs. Hemmings, Ayrshire, £5lO ;
and a great many West-end tailors figuring on the list.
Mr. Reed, on behalf of the bankrupt, stated that there
was no opposition, and his honour granted the order of
discharge as prayed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY BY A BOY.—AN EXTRAORDINARY FANCY FOR
ICES.—Richard M‘Gratb, about 12 years old, was charged
Mere Mr. Knox with stealing about £5 in gold and silver,
the moneys of Mr. Richard Hawkins, a clerk; residing at
No. 133, Great Portland-street.
Mr. Hawkins said—About a fortnight ago I missed from
a drawer about £5, and although I used every exertion to
find out the thief I was unable to do so till I questioned a
little girl (the prisoner's sister), who resides with me, as
to how she became possessed of a half-crown, when she
said that her brother had given it to her. I then sent for
her mother and the prisoner, and the latter confessed that
he first took two sovereigns and a Ss. piece, and afterwards
the rest of the money, having opened the drawer with a
false key.
Mr. Knox—How came the prisoner to have access to,
the place?
The prosecutor—His sister is employed as nurse girl
and the prisoner was in the habit of coming to the house to
take a little boy out in a perambulator.
A constable—After owning to taking the money, the
prisoner said he had secreted it in different places.
Mr. Knox (to the boy's mother)—It is a terrible story
about your child, Mrs. M'Grath.

The mother (a respectable looking female)—lt is, sir. I
never saw a halfpenny of the money. I asked him what
he had done with it, and he said he had spent it in ices.

Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner.

How CHILDREN ARE ENCOURAGED TO STEAL.—Ann
Kane, about 12 years old, was charged before Mr. Knox
with stealing a number of steel stamps, of the value of £5,
the property of Mr. Arthur Haneford, salesman, 7, New-
port-court.
The Prosecutor—Having lost several articles, amongst
others some irons, I taxed the prisoner who, with her
mother, lodges in my house. I told her that if she told the
truth I would not prosecute her, as I believed she had been
led into it by others. She then took me to a shop in
Dudley-street, where, instead of finding the irons I found
a number of stamps, some of them of the value of Ss. each.
Those produced are of the value of £5, but they are only
about half of those I missed. The woman at the shop
said she believed thoy had been sold, but on my telling
her I should get a policeman she produced them.
She raid she kept no books, and was not
bound to do so. I afterwards gave the prisoner in charge
for stealing the stamps, but I feel sorry for her, as her
mother is a dissipated woman.

Mary Ann Lewis, living in Dudley-street—•We keep a
broker's shop. We sell cloths and things like those pro..
duced. I bought the stamps of her at 9d. a lot, as she said
her mother sent her. I did not know the value of tho
articles. I gave Bs. for the whole of them.
Mr. Knox—And their value is £5. Do you keep books ?
Witness—No.
Mr. Knox—You are liable to a fine of £2O. I shall re-
mand the prisoner.

Ellen Kane, the prisoner's mother, was afterwards
charged with being found last night in a bedroom belong-
ing to the prosecutor, supposed for the purpose of com-
mitting a felony.
She was also remanded.

THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

The only intelligence from Valentia yesterday
was a simple repetition of the messages which of late
have caused so much despondency among all in-
terested in the success of this great enterprise. The
tests still show as completely as before that the rope
is parted at between 1,230 and 1,250 miles from
land. The earth currents coming back through it
now are regular and strong though still no mention
is made of battery currents. No news now of any
kind calculated to explain with certainty the cause
of the mishap is looked for till the Great Eastern
herself returns. She is expected off Valentia or
Cape Clear to-morrow night or Thursday morning
at latest. A rumour was very generally current
yesterday that the breakage had been caused by the
failure of one of the cable tanks. As a matter of
course, in the absence of any communication from
the Great Eastern, such a way of accounting for
the loss is one of the idlest of idle rumours. If the
tanks were ever likely to have given way, it was on
the voyage round to Valentia when they had their
greatest weights of cable and water in them, and
.1-ihen their strength was fairly tried by rather rough
summer weather. When the Great Eastern rolled,
the ponderous shorings which supported the tanks
from the main deck to the bottom of the ship did
certainly creak and strain considerably, but when,
on the contrary, the vessel was pitching slightly
they were as noiseless as part of the tanks them-
selves. It is not likely, then, that any of the tanks
would yield when relieved of more than half their
weight of cable and more than half their weights of
water. Another theory put forward is that the
engines of the Great Eastern may have broken down
—a conjecture which is infinitely more probable
than that anything went wrong with the tanks.
Both, however, are mere conjectures, and the only
thing which can be taken as certain is that the cable
is broken. We believe, as we said from the first,
that when the GreSt Eastern returns it will be found
that the fault was paid out some 10 or 12 miles be-
fore it was discovered on board the ships, and that
in the effort to haul it back and repair it the cable
was broken and lost on Wednesday afternoon or
Thursday morning.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.