The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-23 00:00:00

ROBBERY.

On the evening of Saturday, the 16th instant, the
house of a gentleman residing at 3, Norfolk-terrace,
Bayswater, was entered by thieves, and property, in the
shape of plate and jewellery, to the amount of from 251.
to 301., was abstracted. The robbery was of a most
daring and impudent nature, for it was committed about
nine o'clock in the evening, when the family and servants
were all in the house, and just at the time when the
shutters were about to be closed. It appears that while
one of the servants was closing the drawing-room shut-
ters she observed two men conversing together at a
house two doors off, between which and the one in ques-
tion was an empty one. One of the men entered the
front garden of No. 5, and, quickly passing across it,
leaped over the iron railings between the two houses,
descended the area steps, and opening the window
jumped into the room. The servant, imagining that
it was a person who was taking charge of the house,
made no mention of what she had seen till after her
master bad left the house on a visit to a friend,
who resides close by, when she informed her mis-
tress of what she had seen. The gentleman was
immediately sent for, and, on his examining the upper
rooms, he found that the back bedroom had been
entered, and a dressing-case and two writing-desks had
been carried off, which were subsequently found in the
servants' room, in the attics, on the bed in which the
articles above named wore laid, the locks forced, and the
contents, with the exception of the valuables, strewn
about the room. The drawers in one of the rooms had
been ransacked, and several articles of jewellery ab-
stracted. Fortunately the thieves missed the plate, but
they succeeded in carrying off some valuable bracelets,
brooches, rings, &c. It is supposed that the thief or
thieves entered the house by means of the attic-window,
which was open, having passed through the attic of the
empty house into that of No. 3. It would be well if
householders generally were to look well to the security
of their houses about dusk, for it seems from the police
accounts that more robberies are committed at that time
when the occupants are supposed to be in the lower part
of the house than even during the night, when detection
is more likely to follow, owing to the vigilance of the
police. The hour usually selected for plunder is between
eight and nine o'clock, at which time the night police
come on duty, and an interval occurs between the relief.
The police aro making every exertion to discover the
thieves, and, if this notice does no other good, it may
serve to warn the neighbourhood that their chief security
lies in their own vigilance and in proper caution, espe-
cially where there is much building in progress.

Mr. James Anderson, the tragedian, will not vise
the United States this winter, so at least it is rumoured.
Nothing intimidated by the past, he looks forward with
manly courage to the future, and is at present on a tour
through Belgium, Holland, Germany, and France, in search
of novelties for his contemplated managerial campaign, and
renewed efforts in the drama's cause at ono of our large
theatres this Christmas.
Last evening, about half-past six o'clock, the
Waterman steam-boat No. 4, on its passage from London to
Woolwich, stopped at Blackwell Pier, but on making the
steamer fast to the pier the captain fell into the Thames ;
from which unpleasant situation, however, he was quickly
rescued by some of the crew, with no other harm than a
thorough drenching.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.--CHATHAM, AUG. 22.—
Yesterday evening three sergeants, one drummer, and 47
privates of the 94th Regiment, accompanied by Lieutenant
Halton, arrived at Chatham-barracks, having disembarked
from the troop-ship Adelaide at Gravesend, from Madras,
after a voyage of 5 months and 15 days, during which
period only one man died, Five women and 18 children
were brought home with :them. Having undergone medical
inspection at Fort Pitt, the men were draughted. to St. Mary's
Barracks. The same day one corporal and six, privates of
the 56th Regiment arrived from Bermuda. Ihis, morning
the following detachments marched ea route. to Gravesend,
there to embark on board the Earl of Hardwick for Bombay
Lieutenant Woods and 16 men of his regiment. six pri-
vates of the 64th, 17 of the 83d, and Captain M`Andrew
and Lieutenant Purvis, of the 78th, together with 54 men.
To-morrow (Saturday) Captain Darrock, Ensign Morley,
Ensign Agg, Captain Hamilton, and Ensign Holmes, toge-
ther with 53 men of the 78th and 88 of the 51st ; and
Captain Cassen and Ensign Penton, with 72 men, will em-
bark on board the ship Nile, lying off Gravesend, for the
same destination. Private David Eley, of the Royal Ma-
rines, who was tried by court-martial for casting away his
arms and upon other charges, has been sentenced to 112
days' imprisonment.
RE-OPENING OF BLACKFRIARS.BRIDGE.—The re-
moval of the heavy stone parapet and the immense weight
of soil from the crown of the defective arches, has had the
desired effect, and the subsidence which created so much
alarm has entirely ceased. Massive timbers extending from
pier to pier, thus relieving the arches from all burden, have
been laid down, on these the carriage-way is being con-
structed, and in the course of a few days the bridge will be
re-opened for public traffic.
COUNT DE BOCARME.—A letter from Mons states
that the common council of that city have rejected an appli-
cation made to them by the mother of the late Count de
Bocarme, who was recently executed for the murder of his
brother-in-law, for authority to place
the following inscrip-
tions upon the tomb of her son :—" um meum. Hippolv-
turn Comitem de Bocarme juridic° supplicio neci traditum
die 19 Julii, 1851. Ilic ego meter, Ida Marchissa du Chas-
teller Comitissa de Bocarme, supremum vindicem ex spectare
j ussi."
BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER THAMES.—The body
of a man, apparently about twenty- years of age, was
found in the river on Thursday morning, nearly opposite the
Royal Arsenal, and conveyed to the dead-house. The stock-
ings and a silk handkerchief of the deceased were marked
with the name of Trousciale.