The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-21 00:00:00

THAMES.

DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—John Rose, a no-
torious thief, aged 19 years, and described as a
wire-maker, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged
with being concerned in a daring highway robbery.
The victim is Captain William Henry Moore, of
the barque Comet. He had just left a shop with a
parcel in his hand in Upper East Smithfield, when
the prisoner accosted him and struck him and made
snatch at his gold watch and chain, which he car-
ried away. Captain Moore pursued the villain,
who rah down a narrow passage. Captain Moore
entered the passage, when a confederate of the pri-
.soner's tripped him up, and the prisoner escaped.
Information was given to the police, and a few
hours afterwards George Foster, a constable of the
11 division detective department, took the prisoner
into custody. He placed him in a room with nine
other men, and Captain Moore at once selected him
and now clearly identified him.
Mr. Paget intimated that he should send the c ,se
before a jury, and remand,d the prisoner for the
completion of the depositions.

CRUEL ASSAULT UPON A NlOTHER.—ElizTheth
Carter, a very dissipated woman, wai brought
before Mr. Paget charged with being drunk, di3.
orderly, using obscene languftg, and blTAting, Ellen
Sullivan, her own mother, with a poker, fire shovel,
And a candlestick, at No. 11, llean-street, Shad-
well. '1 he prisoner wag intoxicated and making a
disturbance. She acted like a mad woman and
used fearful language. Her mother, who is ad-
vanced in years, remonstrated with her, and she
beat her simultaneously with a poker, shovel, and
candlestick, and severely injured the old woman.

Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to six weeks'
hard labour in the Westminster House of Correc-
tion.

WESTMINSTER.

MURDEP.OUS ASSAULT WITH A HA3INIER.—John
Baylis, a billiard table-maker in the employ of
Messrs. Cox and Yeman, 209, Brompton-road, was
chrrged on a warrant with unlawfully wounding
James Skelton, a fellow-workman, by striking him
on the head with a hammer.

Mr. W. 11. Smyth defended.
The assault was committed nearly a fortnight
ago, and the iujured man is still unanle to at-
tend. It appears that they had both been drink-
ing in the workshop, and as the prosecutor
passed the prisoner he slapped him hard on the
back and went to his bench, whence for twenty
minutes he abused him ; and, finally, as he
was leaving the shop struck him with an umbrella.
Upon that prisoner turned round and struck him on
,he head with a hammer he was using at the time.
Prosecutor was able to go out in four or five days,
but he became worse, and for a time his life was
despaired of. The surgeon at the Charing-cross
Hospital now considered he was much better.
When prisoner was apprehended he said he wanted
the matter cleared up.

Mr. Smyth said be could put bail in to any
amount.

Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week,
and accepted bail to the amount of £6O.

THE GREAT EASTERN.

A communication has been forwarded by Capt.
Sherard Osborn on the part of the Telegraph Con-
struction and Maintenance Company, stating that
Captain Young, of the ship Calcutta, just arrived
in London, reports having spoke❑ an American
whaler which, on the sth December last, had met
the Great Easter❑ on the Equator, in the Atlantic,
steering south, all well. 'lbis intelligence, it is
added, agrees perfectly with the positiou the ship
should have reached on that day.
It will be noticed that the date referred to in the
foregoing brings down the record of the movements
of the Great Eastern to only ten days after she left
St. Vincent. The greet ship was expected to reach
the Cape of Good Hope on the 18th December, and
as the mail steamer expected at Plymouth about
Monday next was to leave the Cape on the 19t,b, it
is by no means certain that she will bring news of
the Great Eastern. It appears that the Great
Eastern is insured for £140,000, and her cargo for
£540,000, the latter being the sum actually paid
for the cable to the Telegraph Construction Com-
pany by the British Indian Submarine Telegraph
Company.
We learn that the ship Calcutta referred to,
arrived in the Downs as far back as the 4th inst.