The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-22 00:00:00

THAMES.

TWELVE TIMES CONVICTED.—WiIIiam Jones, an active
fellow., aged 19 years, with a good many aliases, was
brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing three
packages of pearl barley, each weighing 31bs., from a cart
in High•street, Whitechapel.

Micah Harvey, a police-constable, No. 174 H, stated
that he saw the prisoner and another thief following a
horse and cart along the High-street. The cart contained
a large quantity of parcels of grocery and other goods. The
prisoner and his companion went behind the cart, raised
the lid of a box that was on the cart, and took from it three
parcels, with which they crossed the road and went upon
the footpath. He went after them, and collared both.
They dropped the three parcels, and a fierce struggle took
place. The prisoner's companion escaped, and only one of
the parcels was recovered. The other was picked up by some
of the numerous thieves and ruffians who assembled directly
he seized Jones and his confederate. The cart went on, and
the driver of it was unconscious of having lost anything.
Joseph Deeble, a police-constable, No. 195 H, said he
knew the prisoner well, and he belonged to the Keate-
street gang in Spitalfields, and had been convicted at least
12 times. There was not a more hardened thief in the dis-
trict. The prisoner was convicted at the Worship-street
Police-court 15 months ago, when he was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment and hard labour for a robbery. The
prisoner was convicted in the Thames Police-court seven
months ago, and again sentenced to six months' imprison-
ment and hard labour. The prisoner had been in custody
since his liberation.

The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, said,
" Settle it here, sir,"

Mr. Selfe—lndeed, I shall not ; you will go before a jury
this time. You are committal for trial.
CATERING FOR CHRISTMAS FARE.—Matilda Gatter,
alias Gutter, Ann Davis, Martha Blumsden, and Eliza
Sport, all aged 17, who have been known to the police for
a long time, were brought before Mr. Selfe charged with
stealing a piece of beef, a piece of pork, a britannia metal
tea-pot, and a hair broom, from various shops in the Cora-
mercial-road and vicinity.
Copping, a detective pike- sergeant No. 3 K, stated that
he met the prisoners in the Commercial-road, and, know-
ing them to be thieves, watched them, and saw them visit
and loiter about many butchers', grocers', and cheesemon-
gers' shops, where there were large and tempting displays of
Christmas fare. They did not succeed in taking any things,
although they made many attempts, until they came to
the shop of Mr. Charles Holland, oil and colourman of
No. 12, Bedford-row, Commercial-road, where one of
them stole a hair broom exposed for sale outside the
shop, while the others stood around her and covered her
operations. He then stepped up to them, and with the
assistance of a constable took them into custody. He
found upon them the broom, which was identified by Mr.
Holland, a jug, a piece of beef, a piece of pork, and a new
metal teapot. The prisoners refused to give any account
of themselves, or where they purchased the articles found
upon them. They were all bad characters, and had been
in custody before.
The prisoners made a good deal of noise in the felon's
dock, frequently interrupted the officer, and stated they
were hard-working girls.

Copping—l never knew them to do any work—they
are all thieves.

Mr. Selfe said the prisoners were on a predatory excur-
sion, and were properly looked after by the officer. He
convicted t hem as rogues and vagabonds under the Vagrant
Act, and sentenced them to two months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

According to a statement prepared by Mr. James
Low, the shipments of specie from Great Britain to the
East in the year 1860 have amounted to £9,425,787. This
is £6,191,003 below the total of 1859, but £1,205,114 above
the average of the last 10 years. The proportion of gold
shipped this year and included in the above has been
£1,612,891, a larger amount of that metal than has been
sent to the East in any previous twelve menthe. From the
Mediterranean ports there have also been shipments of
specie to the amount of £3,529,192, making the grand total
from Europe to the East £12,954,979, of which £2,378,029
was geld, and £10,576,950 silver. The proportion to China
was 4835,341, the whole of which, with the exception of
£9OO, was silver.