The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-,

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Mr. Willis Clare proved the posting of the letter at the
Head-office, and giving directions to Swain, the inspector,
relative to it. He also said ho saw the prisoner leave the
office with the letter in his possession. Swain said he
took the letter from the box, and placed it amongst the
letters prisoner had for delivery.

The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, was fully
committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

USEFUL CAUTION TO LADIES SHOPPING.—Mary Ann
Ward, a female of about twenty, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with attempting to pick pockets at Montanare's
was-doll shop, Charles-street, Soho-square.

Charles Cole, sergeant, 23 C, said that on the previous
afternoon, about half-past three, he saw the prisoner in
Oxford-street, wearing at the time a black fall over her face,
and knowing her as a thief, he followed her into Charles-
street, Soho, where he saw her thrust herself between two
ladies, who were looking in the window of Montanare's
wax-doll shop. Having watched her for a few minutes, he
saw her place her left hand in the pocket of one of the ladies.
He then stepped` by and spoke to the lady, and finding she
had not lost anything he walked into the shop, and watching
the prisoner saw her try at least half a dozen pockets, some.
times by putting her hand in, and sometimes by rubbing her
hand down the outside of the ladies' dresses. An old lady
and a young one then came up, and he distinctly saw her
put her hand under the old lady's shawl. He spoke to the
lady (ef the name of Litford, residing at Clapham), but as
she stated that she had lost nothing, he followed the pri-
soner, who was in front of Mr. Flint's linen drapery ware-
house, in Soho-square. On afterwards taking her into
custody, she exclaimed, " Oh, Mr. Cole, don't be hard,
I'll square you with half-a-crown. I've done nothing for
the last three months." There had been two ladies robbed
that morning at the same place ; one of £6, and the other
of £4, The prisoner had been twice before convicted of
robbery, once with a man named Coe, who severely assaulted
Sergeant White, who took him into custody.
The. conviction on a former occasion having been proved
by Welsh, the gaoler,

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should commit her for three
months. She was a regular thief, but had not this time
the luck to get anything.

THAMES.

A CASE FOR THE BENEVOLENT.—A poor widow, named
Mary Fielding, and dwelling at 28, Londoa-street, Rat.
cliff, came before Mr. Yardley to make known her destitu-
tion and bereavement, in the hope that the magistrate
would render a little assistance from the poor box fund.
Her late husband was a coal porter, and while employed
upon a wharf in Ratcliff, about a month since, he was sud-
denly attacked with illness, was carried home, and died a
few hours afterwards. The poor woman, thus suddenly
deprived of her husband and the support of her house,
and only previously living " from hand to mouth," was in
serious difficulties. She had five young children to main tain,
and was far advanced in pregnancy. It was represented that
the whole family were in the most destitute condition, and
that the woman, whose aecouchement was hourly expected,
had no means of procuring a meal.
A gentleman in the court represented to the magistrate
that the applicant was a deserving woman, and that her
late husband was an industrious and sober man.

Mr.
usher,
fund;
night,

Yardley kindly directed Mr. Livingston, the chief
to give the woman a sovereign from the poor-bOx
and said that, if she called upon him again in a fort-
some further assistance would be rendered.

2'H_IS DAY'S SIIIPPINCi.

LONDON, Oct. 13.---Wind this day at noon—South.
Westerly ; rather fresh breeze, and dull cloudy weather,
with rain.

PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 11.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Jacob
A. Stamber, for New York.
DEAL, Oct 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Dolores Nor-
beta, from Havanna ; Bracet, from Quebec for Hartlepool;
Cataban, from the River for Sydaey ; Hastings, ditto, for
Swan River.

QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 11.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—
City of Washington, screw steamer, from Liverpool, and
sailed for New York. Sailed—John Smith, for St. John's,
Newfoundland.

FLEETWOOD, Oct. 12.—Wind
carry, from Quebec.
OFF HURST CASTLE, Oct. 13.—Wind N.—Arrived—
Atrato, steamer, from the West Indies.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Panama,
from Honduras ; Eliza, from Quebec ; Eliza Jane, from
London for Algoa Bay.

CILYDE, Oct. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ocean Fa-
vourite, from New York. Sailed—Revenue, for San
Francisco.

PILL, Oct. 12.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—La Grande,
for Cuba.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.

Wind W.N.W.

Arrived, Oct. 12—Speedwell; from Jersey; Heber, from
Shields ; Hero, and Lamplighter, from Seaham; Tagus,
steamer, from Lisbon; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Con-
stantia, "Wear, Alma, and Euroclydon, from Sunderland.
Sailed—Eilora, steamer, for Alexandria; Speedwell, for
Jersey; Alliance, steamer, for Havre.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GI; AVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind. W.S.W. ; weather fine.
Arrived, Oct. 12.—Renzi, from Riga ; Queen of Shaba,
from Archangel.
Arrived, Oct. 13.—Lebra, from Archangel; Tiger, from
Riga ; Talisman, from Stettin.
Sailed—Bilboa for Bilboa.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Wind strong, and thick, with rain.
Passed—H.M.S. Rhadamanthus, from Portsmouth, for
Woolwich.

CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday morning Mr. Wm.
Payne, the coroner for the City of London, held an inquiry
in the board-rsom of the West London Union respecting the
death of a female child, whose body was discovered on the
ruins in New Victoria-street, Holborn, exhibiting such
dreadful marks of violence upon it as to leave no doubt of
its having been brutally murdered. It appeared from the
evidence, that a man named Gunn discovered a bundle on
the ruins, and on opening it the body of the deceased was
exposed to view. The body, which was wrapped in four
pieces of stuff, was conveyed to the union. Mr. Burt, sur-
geon, of Farringdon-street, said he had examined the body,
which was that of a very fine female child of full growth. On
examining the neck, he discovered a dark mark, about half
an inch wide and three inches long, caused by the pressure
of a piece of tape, producing strangulation, which had been
effected with great violence, and it had doubtless been mur-
dered. Verdict—Wilful Murdtg against some person or
persons unknown.
We are informed that the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor Elect has written to Mr, Thwaites, Chairman of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, and has placed his seat at
the Board again in the hands of the Common Council. He
has taken this step in consequence of the many onerous du-
ties which will devolve upon him as chief magistrate of the
Cit;.

ALLEGED PIRACY BY GARIBALDIANS.—It will be
remembered that considerable stir was made a few weeks
ago about an alleged seizure of an English vessel by some
Garibaldians, and upon the allegations of the complaining
party a steamer of the Mediterranean squadron was sent to
capture the "pirates." The Malta Times has the follow..
ing on the subject :—" Captain Paul Pilotti, Signor Settem-
brini, and others who were sent here as prisoners on board
the Caesar, charged with seizing and running away with the
English steamer Orwell, have been set at liberty, the home
authorities having confirmed the opinion of the local Go-
vernment, that no lawful ground existed for their arrest and
detention."

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTItERN RAIL-
WAY.—An accident, fortunately not one of a serious nature,
occurred at Peterborough on Tuesday to the up Edinburgh
express due at King's Cross 935 p.m. The accident oc-
curred through the mistake of the pointsman whose duty
it was to allow the train in question to pass out of the yard
to the main line, but having turned the train into the
goods siding a collision instantly. took place, the express
running into some trucks of grain standing there. The
train just starting was fortunately going slowly, so that,
with the exception of a few trifling hurts, we are glad to
hear no one was injured. The station-master, Mt. Smith,
was immediately on the spot, seeing that every attention
was rendered to the passengers, and the traffic, after about
30 minutes delay, was again proceeded with,

BOW •STREET.
POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. - /Martin Denzaher, letter.
carrier, 712 G.P.0., was charged before Mr. Henry with
stealing a letter the property of the Postmaster-• General.
Mr. John Gardner, a senior clerk in the Post-office, said
the prisoner was a letter-carrier. He delivered letters in
Rosomond-street-walk, Clerkenwell. There have been a
great many applications for morning letters addressed
to persons in that district. I received directions
to test the honesty of the prisoner, and accordingly
yesterday I made up a letter containing a half sovereign,
an American half dollar, a silver coin called a dime, and
six penny postage stamps, all of which I had previously
marked. The coins were fixed to adhesive gum paper, and
the whole having been marked, the letter was fastened up
and directed to " Mrs. Green, 13, Lloyd's-row, Clerken-
well." The letter was
_given to Willis Clare to post, and
it would come into the prisoner's hands for delivery at 12
of the same day. From certain information I received I
called the prisoner into my room and asked if Lloyd's-row
was in his delivery ; he replied yes, and then I told him a
money letter which ought to have been • delivered
to Mrs. Green was missing. The prisoner said he knew
nothing about it. The police-officer was in the room, and
I directed him to search the prisoner, and he took from his
pocket Bs. 6d. in silver and some copper money. Mr.
Clare afterwards showed me half a sovereign, which was
the same that I had enclosed in the letter. I asked the
prisoner if he had changed any gold money that day, and
he said he had not. I asked him if he knew the Hope and
Anchor, in Lloyd's-row, to which he replied, yes ; and said
he recollected that he had changed a half sovereign there. I
told him that half sovereign was the one that had been in
the marked letter, and asked him how he got it. He said
not out of the letter. I told him I should bo able to prove
that the coin was in the letter he had to deliver, when
he remained silent for a few minutes, and then tossed
up his head, and said " four years." Ho was then locked
up.