The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-03 00:00:00

THAMES.

CONVICTION OF A DANGEROUS THIEF.—WiII. Cabman,
aged 18, described as having no trade and no home,
was brought up on remand, before Mr. Yardley, charged
with stealing a large quantity of carpenters' tools. It
appeared that on the night of Thursday, the 25„h
inst., about half-past 10 o'clock, the prisoner was met
by police-sergeant John Cleary, No. 8 H, with a large
basket of tools on his shoulders, and on being stopped
and asked where he obtained them, he eaid that he
had just come up from Newcastle-on-Tyne in the Scotch
steamboat, that the tools were given to him by his
father, who died in that town a month before, and that,
being in want of money, he intended to sell the tools.
Cleary was not satisfied with this story, and took the
prisoner to the station-house, where he repeated his
statement, said he courted investigation, and told such
a plausible story to the inspector that he was about to
be liberated, when Cleary begged that he might be de-
tained until he made inquiry at the wharves. This
proposition was acceded to, and Cleary soon ascert titled
that no steamboat had arrived that afternoon from New-
castle, and this information decided the inspector in
detaining the prisoner. This morning four carpenters
attended to identify the tools in the basket, and one of
them, Tbomas Sparkes, selected 20 different tools from
the basket, and said they were his property, and ho had
been pat to great inconvenience by the loss of them. Jas.
Sparkes identified one tool, and two carpenters recog-
nised other tools. Cleary said the basket of tools was
stolen from a shod in a carpenter's yard, in the Horeferry
Branch-road, Ratcliff, on the night he stopped the pri-
soner. The shed had been repeatedly broken open awl
tools and other property stolen. The proprietcr of the
s'ied believed the prisoner was connected with a gang of
thieves who were contineally pluudeting carpenteri'
workshops.

The prisoner said he would plead guilty to the charge;
and on being asked if -he had anything to say of him-
self, he said he had been a traveller all over England,
Ireland, and Scotland ; that his father died at Newcasti,:',
where he was born, a fortnight ago, and that he came
up to London in search of work.
Mr. Yardley was afraid the prisoner was telling lies,
and he had no doubt be belonged to that dangerous
class of thieves who were continually stealing work-
inen's tools and breaking into carpenters' workshop'.
lie sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for 6 months
in the House of Correction, and kept to hard labour.

SOUTHWARK.
DARING WATCH ROBBERY AT THE BRIGHTON AND
0/107J)QX RAILIYAT Txakuzio,-740101 Maws a well•

known and expert thief, infesting the Lletropolitan. rail.
Way stations, was brought before Mr. Combo, charged
with stealing a valuable watch and chain from the per.
Fon of Luke Woodward, at the Croydon Railway Ter.

_
win riF, London-bridge. -
Thc prosecutor, a powerful-looking gentleman, stated
that on Thursday afternoon, about three o'clock, he waa
in the booking-office of the Croydon Railway Station,
waitibg for his ticket to proceed to Croydon fair. There
were several hundred persons there at the time, and
while he was stooping over to the booking clerk the
prisoner pushed against him very roughly, and snatched
his watch from his waistcoat pocket, breaking the chain.
Witness immediately caught hold of him, and struck
him on the head, completely stunning him, so that he
MAS ea-ily captured and handed over to the custody of
the police.

The prisoner, who exhibited a bruise near the ri g.ht
eye, here said that he thought the gentleman had sttS•
ciently punished him. He hoped his worship would t alta
that into consideration in awarding him his imprison-
ment.

Mr. Combo asked what was known of him I

Thomas Richards, a detective constable in the employ
of the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company,
said he knew the prisoner to be a reputed thief, and
that he belonged to a desperate gang infesting the rail-
way station. On Thursday afternoon witness was on
duty about the terminus, and just before the Croydon
train started he 133 W the prisoner pushing among the
crowd. At the same time a Brighton train was about
to start, so that nearly 300 persons were collected
together. Witness saw the prisoner snatch the gen-
tleman's watch, but before he could make his way to
the spot the prosecutor knocked him down, and while
the prisoner was scrambling up with the watch and
chain in his hand he took him into custody.
Mr. Combe asked whether he had seen him at the
railway terminus before ? . . _

Witness replied that he had, and warned him. away.
Several robberies were committed at the station, and
it was a difficult job to keep the thieves away.
The prisoner said he did not want any more jaw
about tho affair. He did snatch the gentleman's watch ,
and his intention was to prig it.
Mr. Combe—Then you plead guilty t
Prisoner—Yes, sir ; I am guilty.

Mr. Combe—This is a very impudent robbery, and
shall commit you to the HoEse of Correction for six

months.

Prisoner—Well, that's a clincher. (Laughter.)

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)
CORN EX(11-1,A.NGE.

There has been nnly a moderate arrival of English wheat
up to our market this week, coastwise ::412(1 by land car•
rialto. To-day the show of samples was swan. Selected
qualities changed hands steadily, at very full prices, and
the value of other kinds was well supported. _ _

Nearly 18,009 quarters of forei:n wheat have come fresh
to hand. Tne demand for that goin was by no means
active, yet the quotations were well mNjntained.
Both barley and malt were in good requt.sst,
at very full
prices.

We were scantily supplied with oats, for which the de-
mand ruled steady, and good sound corn was :rather
dearer.

Braus, peas, and flew were firm, at very full prices-