The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-24 00:00:00

LIEU MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 23.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise'
drove and walked in the grounds yesterday 10r1/'
ing.

In the afternoon her Majesty drove out again, a
accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended.
by the Dowager Duchess of Athole.

LATEST INTELL WINO%

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AUSTRIA

VIENNA, Feb. 24
The New Free Press of to-day says
Calegari, a confidential agent of the Italian Govern;
ment, is at present, by order of the Italian :Minister nt
Finance negotiating the conclusion of an import°
financial operation on the, seeurity of the eccleson'
tical property.

DESPATCH OF THE AMERICAN 111A11'5'
SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 23.
The North German Lloyd steamer New Vrt
Captain Nordenholt, sailed this afternoon with the
English, French, and German mails for New York
120 cabin and a full complement of steerage Pash
sengers, also a general cargD, including Frenc
jewellery from Havre, value 115,000 francs.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 24•
The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of BalW
more, from New York, arrived here at 4.45 8.11/'
to-day, and having landed mails and passengers'
proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All Well.
She brings no specie.

GREEN CASTLE, Feb. 24'
The Allan steamship Hibernia, which left Pcirt
•
land on the 14th inst., arrived in Llugh Foyle at
9.10 a.m. to-day with mails and passengers. Si':
landed the London mails and proceeded f°
Liverpool.

FRA.
BOURSE, Feb. 23.—Thi
closed as follows :-
41 per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 7l 421
Credit Mobilier 300
End of month 3OO
Credit Fonder l6lO --
End of month —

NICE.
.ee o'clock.--The market

Bank Shares 3OOO
Ital4an Fives 57 s
End of month
Mexican Loan ..• 2° 3
Do. Bonds
„, ..-
Spanish Threes -
Home Debt --
...,
Deferred -
Orleans s. Cash
Northern Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 62li
Western
Eastern
Sardinian • • 585
52
Austrian
6521
Lombard 4B2}
North of Spain 65
Saragossa
Roman 4Bi

RAILWA'

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Dcl.q.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
STEALING £lOO. —Thomas Carter, a young man, rtet
in the employ of Mr. John Langford Webb, cheesereonsr.
of No. 131, Tottenham-court-road, was charged before;
Tyrwhitt with breaking open a cash box and steal 3
£lOO, belonging to his master.
Mr. Webb said that on Sunday, the 6th Deceinln4o
left home about half-past one o'clock, leaving the P"-
ner, who was his porter, in the house. On getting 11°-ut
about half-past 3he found that the prisoner had Pa° ?„¢
without leave, and he never returned. The folioq,
morning, about 7 o'clock, he went to his cash box
he had left the previous day under a feather bed, °Ol4
found that it had been broken open and about £looieg.oo
and notes had been taken away. Ho gave informati
to the police, and last night saw the prisoner in custody
the George-street Police-station. ;010
Sergeant Head, 2 E, said that he took the prisoner: rci
custody at Liverpool yesterday, where he was detelli-r
by the police on his own confession of robbin his I"st'
terhim prisoner was handed over to him,
and 011
him that ho was charged with robbing his mate of £lOO, lie replied that ho did not Clink it W 31,01
much, but that he had not counted the money.
Ile the prisoner how he had spent the money, nothing lee
found on him, when he said that he had been travelling;
going from the Euston-station to Manchester, Manche6tte
to Edinburgh, Edinburgh to Aberdeen o
E , Aberdeen b
Edinburgh, Edinburgh to London, London to Edinburg;
Edinburgh to Liverpool, Liverpool to Now York eu
back, and always as a first-class passenger. the
The prisoner, who made no defence, asked to have
case dealt with by the magistrate, stating that lie tillo
guilty.
t
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should do nothing of the kin". lit
was a serious robbery, and cases of robbing masters oug
to meet with very severe punishment.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

THAMES.
rgo
ROGUES IN GRAIN.—John Cox, captain of the bar
Enterprise, aged 26 years, and John Wickens, 38, lab3tl,,ar;
of No. 1, Shoulder-of-mutton-alley, Limehouso, ."-of
charged with stealing three sacks of malt, the property
Edward H. Green and Co., of Ware, in Hertfordshire.
The prosecutors are maltsters, and had lately entroe'e
tile
Cox to navigate a barge containing 300 quarters along a
rivers Lee and Thames to the premises of Taylor I°l4
Walker, the brewers, in Limehouse. After the delivery
~no"
of the malt at the brewery the prisoners were sees 4'4,
site a public-house called the Angel, in Cable-street, 'ivis
George-in-the-East, with a truck containing three sec
rg
of malt, two empty sacks, and a jacket. The prisosees
were questioned by Inspector Read, and Knight, a T 11913 d 0
police-constable, No. 27. Wickins was standing-Wong'
the truck, and was asked by the inspector if be belosg,a,
to the truck, to which he replied that he did not. .`"),
went into the public-house, came out with Cox, and thud
went away. Reed and Knight conveyed the truck ant
its contents to the station-house. The officers then vi" 00
to the Limehouse-cut, and there found the barge EsterPlo
with sacks containing malt similar to the malt in "„
truck. The sacks were marked "E. H. Green and Se'.
Both prisoners were then taken into custody. ri
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, on the part of the sq. 0
quantity
goners, maintained that the proper of malt
delivered at Taylor and Walker's brewery. There 11.4
no deficiency.
Inspector Reed believed the robbery was effected at Wttr;
through connivance with some of Green and Son's Pe°l'
There were three sacks in the truck and more in the berg,
after the delivery was completed at the brewery.
The Magistrate said there had been a considers a
robbery either at Ware or Limehouse. He would romano
the case for a week to give time to the officers to con3Ple
the case.

THE DUKE OF ARGYLL.—AS a debater be tit:
often distinguished himself in the Parliamentary arts
w
but almost exclusively as a debater. His manner w—,
speaking, his very appearance, the tone of his orate* erto
all
the table of the House of Lords, his shoulders throorn
back, his head erect, his chin in the air, the skirts of 111
broadcloth coat one could almost fancy changed iato,tahr
Campbell tartan. The bright orange-coloured hair festl:
ing up from his forehead is as the eagle plume in the 11
land bonnet. The free, bold gestures are as the brandisht
ing of the claymore. In the very ring of his strile;
voice there is the clang of the pibroch. It is APOaDco,
More who is there before us, rather than G eorge Peeg„.v;
Duke of Argyll. The floor of the House i as his lie;h„.
heather, and his name and his fame aro tho of the -"Iv
hind Chieftain of the great clan of the C
Gladstone Government, by a Templar.
;„,
TILE YORKSHIRE AINSTY HUNT. --S—CI,IJ,
lamentable accident in the River Ure, near Newby ,"-;e t,
the hounds have not had a " meet." Yesterday a 11l the
ing took place at Harker's Hotel, York, to discuss our
future of the Hunt. J. Brown, Esq., of Copgrovo, °lola
pied the chair, and he proposed, in a very eloqueatnart,,
touching speech, "That Sir George 0. Wombwell, sty
of Newburgh Park, be the master of the York and A'
Hunt." The proposition was accepted by acclainatiouJaio.,
Sir George, with his usual liberal and gallant spirits
cepted the appointment.
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