The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

STEALING A CRIMEAN MEDAL.—Oatherine Keefe, a
notorious character, well-known to the police, was
brought before Mr. Burnham, charged with stealing a
Crimean medal lr3in the person of William Moss, a
private in the let battalion of Coldstream Guards.
The prosecutor, a fine looking young fellow, who had
been through the chief of the Crimean campaign with the
Guards, so many of whom were slaughtered by the
Russians at the capture of the Malakhoff, where he was
wounded and for which he received a medal at the hands
of her Majesty, stated that on the previous night he was
with a comrade in Tooley-street, and about 10 o'clock
they entered a public-house at the corner of Meek-court,
to have something to drink. However, previous to going
in, he took his medal off his breast and put
it into his trowsers pocket for safety. Shortly
afterwards they fell in with the prisoner and
another female whom they treated, and witness had occa-
sion to go up the court for a minute or so. While there
the prisoner came suddenly behind him, and before he
eould help himself she stole the medal from his pocket
and ran off. His comrade at that time was in the public
house, and witness immediately returned there and told
him what had occurred. They all went in search of the
prisoner, whom they met in Bermondsey-street, when ho
gave her into custody for stealing his medal. In cross-
examination witness admitted that he was under the
influence of liquor at the time, but he had nothing to do
with any other female, neither could any other have
stolen his medal.

The prosecutor's comrade said he was the more sober
of the two, and he told him before they entered the pub-
lic house to take his medal off hie breast and put it into
his pocket. He saw him do that, and afterwards they
met the prisoner and another female. Tuere was no
other person in their company. Witness saw his com-
rade go out, and the prisoner shortly after wards followed
biro. In the course of a few minutes, his comrade re-
turned and told him she had robbed him of his medal.
They all went in search of her, and gave her into
custody.
Police-constable 72 M said he saw the prisoner in
Bermondsey-street, followed by the prosecutor, last wit-
ness, and another female. She was given into custody
for stealing a Crimean medal, which she stoutly denied,
and said that if the prosecutor had lost it some other
person must have stolen it. She was searched at the
station-house, but nothing was found in her possession.
Mr. Beadon said he should remand her until Monday,
to give the police an opportunity of finding the medal,
as there could be little doubt she stole it.

WRECKS OFF THE IRISE COAST--Intelligence was
received at Liverpool yesterday of the wreck of the fine
American ship Adriatic, near Durgarvan, on Monday
morning, with three men drowned. The Adriatic sailed
from Liverpool for New York on the 30th ult., with 200
passengers, and a crew, including officers, of 50 men.
The ship and cargo are reported to have been worth
100,0001. On the 7th (Sunday) a ship, supposed to be
the J. L. Warner, which cleared from New Orleans for
Liverpool on the 23d of October, was at auohor in dis-
tress off Tacumshin Lough, near Wexford. She had cut
away her masts, and yesterday a cask was thrown over-
board, but it was broken to pieces in the surf. The name
of the vessel was painted on one end of the cask, which
was afterwards picked up. Yesterday it was blowing a
gale off Dublin and Belfast. It is very stormy in the
Channel, and numerous casualties may be expected to
be reported.
SHIPWRECK IN THE CHANNEL AND LOSS Or LIFE.—
A telegraphic despatch received in the Underwriters%
rooms, Liverpool, yesterday, announces that the new
American liner Adriatic, Capt Coombes, which sailed
from that port on the 30th ult. for New York with a
large number of passengers and a full cargo, drove on
shore in Dungarvon Bay on Monday night, and is likely
to prove a total wreck. Three persons were drowned,
but whether they belonged to the crew or the passengers
has not yet been ascertained. The Adriatio was built
in New York during the present year, and was on her
first outward voyage to that port. She was of 1,400 tons
register, and with the cargo on board was worth about
100,0001. She is chiefly insured in New York.
THE POST-OFFICE.—The number of letters which
passed through the Post-office during the last official
year, for the United Kingdom, was 456,216,176. Upon
gathering up the details of which this enormous total is
composed, and comparing one with the other, we find
the following results, which are not only interesting, but
statistically curious :—The country offices, of which there
are 9,57 i, furnished 263,637,827 ; inland, foreign, and
ship letters (London), 59,647,549 ; London district post
45,844,963 ; Ireland, 41,932,834 ; and Scotland,
45,853,002. Hence, it appears that the number
of letters delivered by the district pest letter-carriers
within the twelve-mile circle of the metropolis exceeded
the whole number delivered in Ireland by 4,012,129,
and reached the distribution in Scotland within the com-
paratively small number of 8,039.
THE POST-OFFICE CLOCK.—For several weeks past
the clock at the General post-office in St. Martin's-le-
Grand has ceased to inform her Majesty's liege subjects
of the " time of day." Equestrians and pedestrians pws-
ing along the "Grand" have wondered bow it could be
that the Post-office clock, of all others, had ceased to tell
the hour ; nor could they even form an opinion why the
i"ands of the dial had been so long removed. We can
tell them, and we do so "upon authority." It has been
found to be necessary, and indeed indispensable, to
adopt nceasures for the purpose of obtaining—for
ma
postal
purposes especially—something more than approximate
time throughout the vast establishment in St. Martin's-
le-Grand, and consequently steps have been taken, and
are now in prog'r'ess, for regulating the whole of the clocks
at the chief office ond at the Lobard-street branch office,
by means of telegcaphic communication with the Obser,
vatory at Greenwic.ll. The whole of these critical arrange-
ment.; are conducted, we are informed, under the direc-
tion of the Astronomer Royal, and are now rapidly ap-
proachieg completio n.—Morning Advertiser.
SCIILLERS' RACE.- -The match below bridge between
George Rice and Geo.rge Wade, for 50/., whichh
h.anst ebreeesnt
postponed since July,, and has excited_
m
among sporting men, came off yesterday, d'istance
being from Nortia Woolwich to a boat mooredmouffstLuiumfea..
house Hole. The state of the weathehr wau
vGerable, rendering the water more t anrhsasusall rough.
Betting was pretty even, Wade being pe p rather the
favourite. At 20 miLlutes to 11 both parties got away
.for. some distance. Wade
well together, continuiog so
eriM.olity, which he gradually
then began to gain the eI,P
owing to the rough-
increased, till on reaching
Rice's cutter sank and compelled
nese of the weather, to his opponent.
him to surrender the victor/