The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-22 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

BROTHER JONATHAN DONE.—CORN CUTTING.—An
American, who stated that he had only just arrived from
New York, applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt for his advice under
the following circumstances :

The applicant said that seeing an advertisement in a
paper relativo to cutting of corns, the address—Regent's
Quadrant, and being troubled with them, he went to aso
address, where, finding by an announcement outside that
the person was corn-cutter to her Majesty, he allowed the
person to operate on one foot on which was a corn, which
the operator out into three pieces and showed him. The
operator then said, " You had better let me see your other
foot, perhaps you have one there." He told him that never
pained him, but on showing it to him he found on it a corn,
which he also cut into three pieces. He then asked what
was to pay, and was told six guineas. He did not altogether
feel dissatisfied with this, thinking the person meant dol-
lars,but was afterwards told guineas. He paid six sovereigns,
not being well aware of the nature of English money, when
he was told six shillings more were required. This also ho
paid, not liking, as he was before the corn-cutter to Royalty,
to decline doing so. Ho afterwards, however, feeling con-
vinced he was " done," spoke to a friend, who said he had
been imposed on, and
.he wished for the magistrate's ad-
vice.

In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the applicant said that it
being late in the evening he did not know whether the ad-
vertisement expressed the amount of charge or not.
_ _ _

Mr. Tyrwhitt informed the applicant that ho had better
look again to the advertisement, but he did not think he
could help him. _ . _

The applicant thanked the magistrate and retired.

THAMES.

ROBBERY ON THE My-Ea.—Elizabeth Kesterton, aged
27, and Sarah Austin, 44, were brought before Mr. Yardley
charged with stealing a purse containing five sovereigns
and a half sovereign, the property and monies of Thomas
Smith, an engineer, of 35, Rotherhithe Wall. The prose-
cutor and the two women were ferried across the river in a
boat yesterday morning by a waterman named Richard
Padthow, and as the prosecutor was about to land he took
a penny out of his purse to pay the faro, and dropped Ulm
purse containing the gold on the seat. After he had lei
the boat the waterman saw the purse on the seat, and called
after the prosecutor as loud as he could bawl, and said,
" Here is your purse, come back." The prosecutor
was rather deaf, and did not hear, and walked away from
the plying place. The pri ironer Austin immediately pioked
up the parse, and said—" It belongs to me." She put it
in her pocket, and both prisoners left the boat. Smith
missed his purse soon afterwards, and returned to Execution
Dock-stairs, where he lan dod and made known his loss to
the waterman. Padetow told him what ho had seen, and
the police were comm unicated with. Police-sergeant
Stimpsou, No. 21 K, ascertained the address of the pri-
soners, and went to No. 'l, Samuel-street, St. George's-in-
the-East, where he found the prisoners, and told them they
were in a boat in the morning and had stolen a purse con-
taining £5 lOs in gold. The charge was met with
a blank denial, but on IStimpson informing the woman he
should take them into custody, Austin admitted she had
picked up the purse, az 01 took him to a house in the same
street where shepointed toa placein which three sovereigns
were deposited, and sai id that was a portion of the stolen
money. The officer ascertained that the prisoner Austin
had been making purchases of new clothing with a portion
of the money—Stimpson took 12s. from her.

Mr. Yardley remanded Austin until Saturday, and dis
charged Kesterton.

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