The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-30 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

NOVEL CHARGE.—Charles Maple, in the garb of a
cabman, was charged with stealing water.
Sergeant Large, of the D division, proved that at
half-past 12 this morninc, the prisoner was at the
hackney carriage wand at Fulham-load, opuo3ite St.
George's Workhouse. He had a key and was draw-
ing water from the tap used by the Commissioners of
Police, and rented from the wat r company. There
was a regular waterman appointed. in the day-time,
and at night, if water was wanted, it was fetched
from a neighbouring public-house. The prisoner
when taken luto custody sail he thought there was
uo harm in earning a few pence.
The magisti ate told defendant he had no right to
act as he had done, and inflicted the nominal fine
of ls.

THAMES.
DEXTEROUS ROBBERY OF A WATCH.—Jane Hart,
aged 19 years, and John James Jones, 21, lighter-
man, were brought before Mr. Lusbington, charged
the former with stealing, and the other with felo-
niously receiving, knowing to be stolen, a silver
watch, value 505., from the person of Daniel Macey,
a mechanic of No. 5, Manchester-terrace, Millwall,
Poplar. The prosecutor, an elderly married msn,
committed two indiscretions last night. He became
intoxicated, or, as he expressed it, elevated, but not
in morals. He met with Hart, and was talking to
her a short time in a street in Millwall. She invited
bim to her dwelling. He would not accept of her
invitation because he was afraid of his watch, and
she left him. A few minutes afterwards he missed
his watch from his pocket. '1 he watch was found at
the lodgings of the prisoner, who was committed for
trial.

Major-General George H. Thomas, a most popular
officer in the American army, and who was regarded by
military men as the safest, died on Monday of apoplexy in
San Francisco.

Mr. Bright's health has very much improved since
his arrival at Brighton. He takes carriage exercise almost
•very day and walks as much as he is able.

Twenty-five hired hands were discharged at
Chatham on Saturday, hut there are many established
hands yet to be superannuated.

Mr. George Knight, harness maker, of Richmond,
abed 82, has been burned to death through the curtains of
his bed catching fire, , The fire was confined to the room
in which it originated.

Rudolphe, the billiard champion of America has
challenged Roberts, the cx-champion of England, to play
for the championship of the world. If Roberts be not
champion of England, how can he claim supremacy over
the world ?

The Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dock-
yard is empowered to grant free railway passes to all dis-
charged dockyard hands whose cases he may consider pre-
sent special grounds for such help.

A Mr. John Carsey Chittock, of Norwich, solicitor,
has petitioned to make enquiry into the truth of certain
offensive expressions which he complains, were used to-
wards him by the Election Commissioners who recently
sat in that town.

The girls in the employment of Messrs. Young,
Strang, and Co., Glasgow, have struck work in conse-
quence of the reduction of their wages, and have resolved
not to resume operations until the recent reduction was
abandoned. There are in all about 700 women who have
quitted their employment.

The whole postage (2d.) on newspapers for Canada
vid the United States, instead of ld. in this country and
Id. in Canada, will in future have to be paid in advance.
Any newspaper so addressed on which the whole amount
is not prepaid will be forwarded by the direct Canadian
packets.

A large fire took place at Spalding on Sunday,
and resulted in the destruction of property worth from
£S,OOO to £lO,OOO.
THE. JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AND THE
CHRISTIANS.—Two out of the three Japanes steamers
employed to convey the native Christians from the
Empire, have met with accidents and disaster is predicted
for the third.' The Governor Higginson, struck on the rocks
near Sped Straits, after she had discharged her passengers,
and the Feelong, on her return voyage, also ran on shore.

The natives consider that these-disasters are due to a
special interference of Providence.
COMMUNICATION WITH THE EA ST.—The esta-
blishment of telegraphic communication between Constan-
tinople and the Princes Islands by a submarine cable from
Kartal to Prinkipo is again under consideration. It is
expected to prove serviceable and remunerative. The
telegraph administration in Turkey has established a
service in foreign languages at the station at Kastamonni,
the price of a single twenty-word message to, or from the
capital, being fixed at 25 francs.
A NEW SAILORS' HOME IN BOMB AY.—The sugges-
tion to erect a new Sailors' Home in Bombay, as a me-
morial of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit, has attracted
favourable attention. The Governor paid a visit to the
present home, and was fully impressed as to its unsuitable-
ness. There will be no difficulty in raising the amount
necessary for the purpose, as the Nawab of Joonaghur
and the Rajah of Bhownuggurhave each promised £lO 000
towards a fund for the erection of some building to be
permanent memorial of the visit of the Prince. It is pre,
posed that the Duke should lay the foundation-stone of
tale buildinz. _