The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-01 00:00:00

Curvis, a cordwainer, residing in Broadwall, Blachfriard-
road; and the other with feloniously aiding and abetting
the said Mary Kirwan, after she had committed the
felony, he well knowing she had done so.
It appeared from the evidence, that on Saturday night
the prosecutor was passing over Tower-hill, and upon
reaching a place near where the sentinels were upon duty,
he was accosted by the prisoner, who caught hold of his
arm, put her arms round his waist, and asked him to
give her something to drink. He told her to go away,
but she kept her hands and arms about him, and he
found one of her hands immediately afterwards in his
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crowns emerging from the pocket, and exclaimed " You
are robbing me." She laughed and ran away. Curvis
instantly missed one half-crown and three shillings
from his pocket, and ran after the woman, who was
soon overtaken close to the Woolpack public-house, at
the Tower-hill end of the Minories. Curvis had no
sooner laid hold of the woman than O'Leary ran
out of the public-house, and said, " What are you
doing with my wife?" Curvis replied, " She has
robbed me ; she has taken away a half-crown and 35."
O'Leary said that would not do for him, and after strik-
ing the prosecutor dragged the woman away from him,
and she immediately retreated into the public-house.
Curvis ran after her and got hold of her again. O'Leary
pulled her from him a second time, and she got away.
Curvis then gave O'Leary into the custody of a City
policeman, named Flashbourn, No. 522, and said he had
rescued a man who had robbed him. O'Leary said he
had only protected the woman from the violence of Cur-
vis, who was about to strike her, and he pulled her away.
The policeman fortunately knew O'Leary, and locked
him up. On Sunday night the woman was apprehended
by Orams, an active police-sergeant, No. 18 H, close to
the spot where she had committed the robbery on the
preceding night, and where she was on the look-out for
other victims. It was stated that similar robberies had been
of frequent occurrence on Tower-hill, and that a horde of
dissipated women were constantly waylaying men on their
way hom2 after sunset. A former conviction against
the woman was proved. She was tried and found guilty
of robbery at the Clerkenwell sessions in February, 1845,
and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard
labour.
The prisoners were committed for trial, the woman as
a principal, and her paramour as an accessory after
the fact.
On Tuesday Elizabeth Balder:, aged 25, who keeps a
lodging-house in High-street, Wapping, was brought
before Mr. Ballantine, charged with stealing four sovee
reigns, one pair of small shoes, one silk handkerchief,
and a towel, the moneys and property of David Smith,
a porter, and also with stealing two pieces of cotton, and
two wreaths of flowers, the property of Maria Wall, a
servant.
It appeared from the evidence that Smith, his wife
and children, and the young woman Wall, has just ar-
rived in the Royal George from Port Philip, in which
colony they had been staying five years. They landed
on Monday, and were recommended to the house of
prisoner. The greater portion of their property was
deposited in a press in a bedroom in the house. The
twe women and the children slept in one bed, and
Smith reposed on a shake-down in the same room.
In the course of the night Wall, who happened to be
awake, saw the door open, and the prisoner enter the
bedroom with a lighted candle in her hand. She
went to the press where the travellers' clothes and
other things were deposited, and opened a parcel
containing two pieces of printed cotton, which the pro-
secutrix had purchased only the day before. The pti-
sonar remained near the press some time, until Wall
made a movement in the bed, on a hich the prisoner
came to the bedside, seated herself on a chair, and re-
mained there some time. Wall continued watching her,
and saw her put her hand underneath the pillow. The
prisoner, on leaving the bedside, went towards the
shake-clown, where Smith was sleeping. Wall now
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put his hand into the
pocket of his trousers, where his gold and silver were
deposited, and feeling money there believed all was
right. It was then agreed nothing more should be said
or done until they got up in the morning, when Smith
counted over his money, and missed four sove-
reigns, a pair of shoes belonging to one of his
children, a towel, and a silk handkerchief. The
travellers also missed various other articles. The pri-
soner, without admitting she had stolen anything, said
she would sell her press rather than have her house ex-
posed, and requested the parties would remain in the
house till eleven, when everything would be made right.
She then took Mrs. Smith and her felloe -voyager,Wall,
into several rooms, under pretence of looking for the
I,,st money and property. At last their patience be-
came exhausted, and Smith called in a police-constable,
named Gifford, No. 169 11, when the prisoner again re-
peated that she would restore everything in the course
of the day. The travellers, who were anxious to get to
their respective homes in Ireland and Scotland, did not
wish to give the woman into custody, but Gifford would
hear of no compromise, and began to search the house,
when he found several of the articles concealed. Giff..rd
took her to the station-house, where she was strictly
watched by Lowe, 37 H, who saw her drop a sovereign
on the ground. She was about to pick it up, when
Lowe anticipated her, on which the prisoner said, "If
you are going to keep that, you may as well take the
rest," and delivered to him 17s. 6d. more, which was all
she had.
The prisoner, notwithstanding the weight of evidence,
said she was quite innocent of the robbery.
Mr. BALLANTINE committed the prisoner for trial.
John Campbrll, a young man, was brought before Mr.
Ballautine, charged on a Custom-house information with
smuggling 131 b. of foreign manufactured tobacco, by
which he had incurred a penalty of 100/.
James Jones, a Thames police-officer, stated that he
was on the Brunswick-wharf, ta Blackwell, and saw the
prisoner go ( n board the Triton, from Ostend, lying
alongside the quay, where he remained for upwards of
an hour and a halt. Soon after sunset he saw the pri-
soner come up out of the forecastle of the vessel, get
over the paddle-box, the top of which was then nearly
level with the wharf, and jump on shore. The prisoner
was about to go to the railway terminus, and pay his
fare for London, when he was stopped by witness and
asked if he had any goods liable to duty about him.
The prisoner dgehred he had sot, but his assertions
failed to satisfy him, and witness caused him to be
stripped, and found his body and legs covered with half-
pound papers of compressed tobacco fastened to him
with twine. There was another paper of tobacco in
his hat. He found upon the prisoner twenty-three
parcels in all.
Mr. Cornell, appraiser of condensed goods, said foreign
manufactured tobacco was liable to a duty of 9s. sd. per
lb. The duty upon that taken from the prisoner was
61. 2s. 101., and the value l3s. only.
The prisoner had no defence to make, and Mr. BAL-
LANTINE sentenced him to pay lOW., and be imprisoned
till it was paid.
Mr. Beverly, cleric to the Solicitor of Customs, said
the prisoner had often been convicted before, on which
a woman in the court said, " He works very hard, gen-
'lemon."

Mr. BALLA.NinoI—We know he does—at smuggling,
WORSHIP-STREET.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —A decen t-loolt ins
countryman, named Benjamin Daniels, was placed at the
bar Lefore Mr. Broughton, charged, in the language of
the police charge-sheet, on suspicion of having absconded
and stolen the sum of 341., the property of Mr. John
Baxter. a master butcher residing at Norwich.
Thomas Ashton, an inspector of the Eastern Counties
Railway, stated that between one and two o'clock on
Saturday afternoon a communication was received at the
Shoreditch terminus, through the medium of the electric
telegraph, from Norwich, to the effect that a man named
Benjamin Daniels, whose dress and person were circum-
stantially described, had left that place by the e;ei en
o'clock train, and directing on its arrival in town that
he might be given into custody. The nature of the
offence he had committed not having been specified, a
telegraphic dispatch was at once transmitted back for
further particulars, the answer to which was, that the
accused had absconded with 341, and that the prosecutor
would come up by the next train to substantiate the
charge. About three hours after the above interchaF,ge
of communication, which occupied only about five
minutes, the train in question arrived at Shoreditch, and
as the person of the prisoner, who was one of the pas-
sengers, corresponded exactly with the description they
had received, he was given into custody.
Mr. John Baxter stated that he had had frequent deal-
ings with the prisoner, who was also a master butcher at
Norwich, and about a week since sold two bullocks to
the latter for 341., which the prisoner promised to pay
when they met at market on the following Saturday.
The prisoner, however, failed to keep his appointment,
and having ascertained that he had started by the rail-
way that morning for London, witness instantly hastened
to the office of the electric telegraph and gave the neces-
sary instructions for the prisoner's apprehension.
In answer to the charge the prisoner denied being ac-
tuated by any fraudulent intention, and expressed his
readiness to satisfy the prosecutor's claim, notwithstand-
ing the harsh and injurious treatment to which he had
been subjected.
Mr. 1311°110=0N considered that the prosecutor had
been very ill-advised in the course he had adopted, as
the transaction amounted to a mere matter of account
between the parties, which ought not for a moment to be
made the subject of criminal proceedings, and he should
therefore order the prisoner to be discharged.

ENLARGEMENT OF THE GOODWIN SANDS.—In con-
sequence of the extraordinary extension of these sands
in the direction of the " Bunt Head," it has been found
necessary to move the light vessel half a mile further to
the westward, in order to cover the shoal ; and the buoy
that marks the extreme end of the Bunt Head sixty
fathoms further in a south-westerly direction. A shoal
has also sprung up in the Gull Stream, in the direct
track of the navigation.
MUSQUITOES IN ENGLAND.—Many persons have
complained that the flies and gnats bite more severely
than usual this year. A gentleman who has resided
long in the test assures us that ho has seen several mus-
qttitoes both here and in London. It is not improbable
that they have come over from America and the West
Indies in goods and passengers' luggage, and that the
unusual heat of the weather here has induced them to
wander merrily abroad in search of adventures.—Liver-
pool Albion.
ACCIDENT TO THE I'm( STEAM-uoAT.—Yesterday
afternoon, as the Pink steam-boat, belonging to the Old
Westminster Company, was leaving the Shades Pier,
London-bridge, she came with a tremendous crash on
one of the abutments. The passengers, some of whom
were thrown down by the concussion, were terribly
frightrned, but with the exception of her bulwarks being
stove in, no other damage was sustained, and the vessel
proceeded on her journey.

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From tie Official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
LONDON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29.
JOINT-STOOK BALNILS.

Dividend Amount e
Name of Company. per of Pall Price ,
Annum. Share. I
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£ a. d. X a. d. f
.ustralasia • - 1
Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - I
7:ommercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
':.olonial.. .. .... -
Londn and Westminstr 6/. par cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 1
London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - 1
Metropolitan •..•• • • • • - -25 0 0 710 0 1
rovincial of Ireland Bl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New B/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New. •.•• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Union of London : 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
- - -
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum Share.
-- ---
X a. d. £ s. d.
Mbion ............ • • 31. 103. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18%
Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. pet cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
".tlas ... .. .. .. ... •• • • 135.6 d. pr sh. 59 0 0 5 0 0 -
British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 4
ilericl,sled.&Gen.Life 51. pd cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6%
Zounty ...•••• • • • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
tagle ...... ........ • • 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 27i
European Life ••• • • • 514 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
Freemasons' .• •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe - 135
Guardian .... ••••• • • • ' 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48%
Imperial Fire •••• • • • • W. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240
Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 31
Law Life ...... • • ...• 11. is. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 64
London Fire ••.•• • • • 101. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14%
London Ship .... • ... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14%
Marine.. •••••• • • • .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10%
, Med, Invlid & Gen. Life 4141. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
, National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
National Life..
Palladium Life . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21. Os.
6 Phcenix 3/. p. et. & bs. - - 205
Protector Life- -• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 -
Provident Life •.•• .. • . 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
' Rock Life
', Royal Exchange U. per cent. Stock. - -
Sun Fire . - - 210
1 Ditto Li% • • - - 49
I Universal Life -
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,s Ashtn & Oldh 97 i 51.58. p e 70 MonMontliSh 190 81. I -
AShbpd-la-Zlll3 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. ; -
, 0 Barnsley.. 1601 121. 180 Macclesfield . 100
d Easingstoke.,.!loo; -. - Neath .. .. • . 100 171. 340
a. Brknk&Abrg 150 516 89 Nottingham. 150 121. -
~,, Cromford.... 100 14/. •,•-• Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
'` Dudley, lOO, 4/. - lidgBiit's .. .. 33 11. ss. -
te Derby ... •• • 100, 61. 73 Rochdale.... 85 41. -
ie Ellsmre&Chs 1331 4/. 55 Shropshire .• 125 81. -
~,i Erewash •• • 100 321. - Somrsct Coal 150 71.103. 130
' Forth & Clydloo, 41. - Do.LkFelSt 12 61. p. c. -
el DrandJunciti, 100 11. 89 StiTrd &Wore 140 28/. 295
,),. t‘rand Union'llooi 11. 10s. - Stire*sbury.. \ 125 151. -
i,. Glamorgnsh .11721 13%1. - Stour-bridge.. 145 201. 315
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„ i iistr & Brkly, 00 - - Strtfffl oh At \79 IL 10s. -
Grantham . 1130 121. - Severn and
er Huddersfield.: 571 --- Wye Rail.
e- 31 25 11. B'l. 32
Kennt & Avii' 39i Is. 6d. - Trnt & Mr-1
50 301. .-
Lancaster .• • 47, 1/. 10s. - sey, 4 sh.
'r, Leeds& Livrploo 341. b2O Thema &Med 19 -
he Leicester • . 140 101. 105 Worestr & 7
52 liirMlng.3 78 21- I
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