The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-05 00:00:00

THAMES.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Charles Macarthy, a dirty ruf-
fianly looking fellow, well known to the police was brought
before Mr. Yardley, charged with committing the following
daring highway robbery :
. .

John Pinks a police constable No. 384 K, stated that at
one o'clock on Sunday morning he saw the prisoner accost
a man who was intoxicated, at the corner of John-street,
Jubilee-street, Stepney, and knock him down with his fist.
While the man was on the ground the prisoner fell upon
him, put his hand into his pocket, and took from it a purse.
The prisoner then ran away as fast as he could He over-
took him at the entrance of a most horrible neighbourhood
called John's-place, which was full of infamous houses,
thieves and prostitutes, and then seized him and conveyed
him to the station-house.
Robert James Martin, a little man, who had been previ-
ously arraigned on a charge of being drunk and incapable
of taking care of himself, said he was dwelling at No. 3,
Catherine-court, Jane-street, St. Georg6's..in-the-East,
and was intoxicated on Saturday night. He lost his purse
and money. It was in his pocket at ten o'clock. He
lie hbeau-
no recollection whatever of seeing the prisoner.
lieved there was ss. in his purse besides bal
fPenced. that he
The prisoner made a long defence, and declare
was assisting the last witness to his home, and observing a
policeman approach he was frightened and ran away.
Mr. Yardley committed
the prisoner for trial at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court.

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The news given
The Opiniote of Turinueat Asauysatria:; objection to a
some time ago u
aonfirmed. In the Conference
Congress isimpossible to draw up a
fullyt s efoon d
at Warsaw
programmewas
of the Congress, and at Vienna
general
bris said to have declared to the
Count Reck France and England, that, before de-
Envoys of
tiding, Austria must be made acquainted with
the intentions ON
of their respective G '
ernments,
nuot accept a Congress if the theory
of since she ca
accomplished facts is accepted by the other
Powers. h
On the other and, it is said that Baron
de
Bach has, from Rome, informed Count Rech-
berg that Cardinal Antonelli is by no means
favourable to the proposal of a Congress. It
is certain that atßome the intervention of Austria
would be preferred ; but the probabilities
of an aggression have diminished, and France and
England having asked the Cabinet of Vienna for
explanations touching the reinforcements of troops
sent into Venetia, that Cabinet has replied that it
was a merley precautionary measure, rendered ne-
cessary by the situation and by the threats of the
Italian revolution. We learn that the Conference
at 'Warsaw has led to no result, because both
Austria and Prussia were opposed to the revision
of the Treaty of 1856 relative to Turkey. Nego-
tiations for this revision had been opened between
Russia and France, and we believe they are not
vet interrupted. It is well known
that Russia
of that
attaches great importance to the revision
to be the
treaty, which is, besides, acknowledgedbr
owers,
source of great difficulties by the otherti.
ification
whose only reason for opposing any rao - . ,
ootaPlica-i
of it is that of avoiding still greater
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