The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-06 00:00:00

less against an organised army. It was only by
cbse:p.ine and organisation that they could hope
to resist a well-trained army in the field. (Hear.)

EXTRAORDINARY .1111 POSITION.

It has often been said that truth is stranger than
fiction, and the following narrative of facts that have
transpired relating to the charge made a short time
back against a woman named Elliot and a man

named Johnson, of having stolen a child named
Ciara Ti_son Smith, five years of age, under very
singular circumstances, will to some extent bear out
the saying.

It seems that a short time back a young woman,
meanly dressed, but who exhibited the appearann
of having been brought up as a gentlewoman, and
whose manners were ladylike and pled sing, called
at fhe residence of Sir R. W. Carden, at 8 o'clock in

the morning, and requested particularly to be
allowed to have an interview with the worthy alder-
man. He had only just come down to breakfast,
but he consented to see the applicant, who was
accordingly admitted. She then, in a very earnest
and pathetic manner, related a pitiable story. She
was the daughter of Captain --, of Southampton,
an old and meritorious officer, and had married
without his consent, and, cast off from her friends,
.and having no resources, her husband being away
from her, she was reduced to a state of the utmost
distress and misery. Sir Robert kindly put some
questions to her, and asked what her intentions
were, and what she wished him to do in her behalf.
She replied that she was most anxious to return to
her father at Southampton, who she believed would
forgive and receive her, but all her clothes were in

pawn, and she had an infant, and no money to pay
for her fare to Southampton or to redeem her clothes.
Sir Robert put several questions, and the answers
she gave and her manners had such an effect that the
worthy alderman, whose experience readers him a
very unlikely subject to be deceived, was completely
impressed with the belief of the tale that was told
him; he therefore very kindly gave the applicant a
couple of sovereigns, and told her immediately to
redeem the articles of clothing for herself and child,
and proceed at once to Southampton, and he at the
same time requested that she would write to him
when she arrived, and inform him of the result of
her interview. The applicant gave Sir Robert the
address of her father, and promised to do as he re-
quested, and after thanking him earnestly for his
kindness she left. Time rolled on and no answer
was received, and at length the worthy alderman
began to imagine that he had been deceived and
imposed upon. About this time the woman Elliott
and her pretended husband were under examina-
tion upon the charge of stealing the child above re-
ferred to, but of course no idea was entertained that
the woman had anything to do with the imposture.
that had been practised upon the worthy alder-
man, and the fact was discovered in a very strange
way. The woman Elliott had been admitted to bail
to appear and take her trial at the Central Crimi-
nal Court with Johnson, and just before the session
Six Robert Carden,who is one of the visitingjustices
of Newgatei, happened to be at Newgate in the
course of his official duty, when Mr. Jonas, the go-
vernor, handed him a letter addressed to Johnson,
and signed Sarah Elliott, in which she announced
her intention to commit suicide, and said that be-
fore the letter would be revived she should be dead.
The letter was dated ". -terrace, Southampton,"
and Sir Robert at once recognised the address as
the same given by the woman to whom he had ren-
dered assistance under the circumstances above
stated, and also the handwriting, and there was no
doubt that she was the same person. From fur-
ther inquiries that have since been made respecting
her, it turn 3 out that she really is well con-
nected, and that her father was formerly an officer
in the navy, but it seems that in consequence of her
misconduct she has long been discarded by her
family, and her career has been one of a very ex-
traordinary nature.
Of course inquiries were instituted, as the pri-
soner did not appear at the trial, to ascertain
whether there were any grounds for supposing that
she had really committed suicide, but nothing what-
ever was ascertained that in any manner confirmed
her statement, and the belief is that it was merely a
trick resorted to by her to account for her non-ap-
pearance to take her trial, and to throw the officers
off the scent.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING,

FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 5.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Spencer
Dickson as Consul-General in London for the Argentine
Confederation.

BANKRUPTS.

Frederick Johnstone, boarding-house keeper, Eastbourne -
terrace, to surrender Oct. 11 and Nov. 16, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
George Wrigh;,. coach manufacturer, Northampton, Oct.
17, at two, and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.

James Arthur Montpellier, boarding-house keeper,
Marylebone-road, Oct. 16 and Nov. 20, at eleven, et the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Louis Guiraud. coffee-house keeper, Le:cester-square,
Oct. 15, at two, 'and Nov. 16, at half-past eleven, at tho
Court cf Bankruptcy.
Jahn llawley Sharpe, contractor, Denby, Derbyshire,
Oct. 23 and Nov. 22, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.

Thomas Jarris Harris, mercer, Plymouth, Oct. 20 and
Nov. 19, at half-past twelve, at the Exeter District Court.
George Swales, hotel keeper, Doncaster, Oct. 20 and Nov.
17, at ten,at time Sheffield Distract Court.
Henry Broadbent Gaskell, broker, Liverpool, Oct. 15 and
Nov. 12, at eleven. at the Liverpool District Court.
James Watt, canvass merchant and baker, Mark-lane,
Oct. 17, at half-past one, and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
John Wee, butcher, Lupus-street, Pimlico, Oct. 16, at
half past twelve, and Nov. 22 at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Thomas Short, tailor, Park.street, Camden Town, Oct.
16 and Nov. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Charles Barrow, jun, wine merchant, Coleman. street,
City, Oct, 18 and Nov. 16, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Wilkins and Joseph Wilkins, builders, Coven-
try, October 19 and November 16, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court.
Michael Hewison, hosier, !Nottingham, October 16 and
November 13, at half-past eleven, at the Shirehall, Not-
tingham.