The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-13 00:00:00

THE IRISH POOR-LAW COMMISSION.

A compensation allowance has been granted to
Mr. W. Stanley, the late popular secretary to the
Irish Poor-Law Commission, the office having been
recently abolished by act of Parliament. Mr.
Stanley has been in the public service, in one ca-
pacitror another, for upwards of 40 years, and,
according to the scale of compensation; he is to re-
ceive a pension of 8331. Gs. Bd. per annum ; but, as
this allowance is to be merged in the salary of a
vacant office in the Inland Revenue Department,
to which he has been nominated, the retired allow-
ance granted to him will be saved to the country.

ANOTHER DARING HOTEL ROBBERY.

On Wednesday night or Thursday morning last two
robberie, and a series of most audacious though some-
what ingenious attempts at robbery, were committed
(says the Newcastle Guardian) in connexion with the
rooms of commercial gentlemen at the Turk's Head
Hotel in this town, by a stranger, a " swell mobsman,"
but who, through his gentlemanly appearance and ad-
dress, had been admitted to the establishment to lodge
on Wednesday evening. The circumstances connected
with the robbery are reported as follows :
In the early part of Wednesday evening the person
in question drove up to the hotel in a cab, but without
any luggage with him, and, on going into the
coffee-room, ordered a glass of brandy, and next asked
the waiter in a familiar manner, as if he had known
the house well, if there were any letters for him.
The waiter, not knowing the gentleman, inquired his
name, when he gave one, but it was of so uncommon a
nature, and so difficult of pronunciation as to prevent
the waiter remembering it. The waiter, - however, in-
formed him that there were no letters. Afterwards the
gentleman had tea ; and, finally, was shown to bed-
room No. 26, to sleep for the night. On the same flat
were other six bed-rooms, four of which were situated
on one side—viz., Nos. 32, 26, 27, and 28—and three
on the opposite side of the flat—viz., 31, 30, and 29.
Then beneath thi' flat were other three bed-rooms--viz.,
23, 24, and 5. With the exception of No. 25, all the
rooms were occupied during the night. Previous to
the "gentleman" retiring to rest the waiter, on inquiry,
found that, in consequence of his being fatigued, he did
not require to be called in the morning ; but, to the
surprise of the servants, he wag up early, and about
haltpast five on Thursday morning was standing at the
coffee-room door, making inquiries for an umbrella, as
he wanted to go by the first train to Carlisle. The um-
brella not being at hand when the omnibus drove up, he
left without it, along with another gentleman of great
respectability, and well known to Mr. Brodie, the pro-
prietor of the hotel, and who also had been sleeping in
the house.

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surprised at missing his gold watCh, which, previous to
going to bed, he ha-1 put under his pillow, and also on
tinding his trousers lying on the floor, with some silver
and copper scattered about. At first he deemed that
some one had entered his room in a "laik," but he
soon discovered that he had been robbed. Fortunately
he had wrapped his purse with its contents in his shirt,
and this he found untouched. In a short time after, an-
other gentleman, a native of Spain, who occupied bed-
room No. 30, discovered that his room must have been
entered, as the sum of Si. had been taken away ; and
it was next ascertained, from the door hinges having
been injured, that an attempt bad been made to enter
bedroom. No. 33, but the occupant having bolted as
well as locked the door, had prevented any one from
entering. This was a fortunate circumstance, as the
occupant had left his portmanteau open, containing a
considerable sum of money. As all the parties lodg-
ing for the night were well known to Mr. Brodie, and
as none hied left but the stranger and the other gen-
tleman already alluded to, suspicion was naturally
directed towards the stranger, and the servant who at-
tended him was despatched by the following train in
pursuit; but, in the meantime, it was ascertained by
the telegraph, that instead of the stranger proceeding
onward to Carlisle. he left the train at liexham, and
though the police are on the alert the thief has as yet
escaped detection.
It appears that neither of the gentlemen whose
rooms had been entered had been disturbed, and the
room doors in the morning were locked, and presented
no marks of violence. The case resembles that re-
which two Americans had
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plunder at hotels at Manchester
and elsewhere, and where it was shown that by means
of pliers of a peculiar description, which were found in
connection with those robberies, the key in a door could
be easily turned, the door opened, and again locked,
leaving it apparently in the same state as before.