The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-01 00:00:00

SOUTIIWARK.

THE SWELL MOB AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE RAILWAY
STATION.—AIfred Geeror, a fashionably dressed young
fellow, with a long sandy-coloured beard, was brought
before Mr. Combs, charged with being in the Crystal
Palace booking office and Brighton Railway platform,
London-bridge, for the purpose of committing a felony.
Thomas Richards, a detective officer in the employ of
the London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway Com-
pany, stated that on Saturday morning the booking office
of the Crystal Palace line was crowded to excess by
persons about to 'proceed by railway, and witness re-
ceived information that several persons had been robbed
of their watches and purses. Ho entered the booking
office about two o'clock and saw the prisoner pushing;
among the people in a very abrupt manner. He
had a square paper parcel under his left ants
about the size of an Atlas, and as soon as he
saw witness he in to his way out of the place as quick
as possible. About an hour afterwards witness wont
on the platform to see the departure of the busy trains
for Brighton, and then l.e heard that a lacy ha 1
lost her watch. On looking round he saw the pri-
soner again forcing his way among the passengers, when
he went up to him and asked him what he was doing
there. He replied at first that he was going by the
train to Brighton, but when witness said he not believe
him the prisoner said he lead been seeing a friend off.
Knowing the prisoner to be an. associate with railway
thieves, witness took him to the superintendent's office,
when his parcel was opened and found t) contain an old
piece of card hoard and a portion of a broken hat box.
In fact, the parcel was made up for the purpose of faoi-
litating him in committing the robbery.
Mr. Combo asked whether he nary the prisoner put
his hand into any one's pocket 1
Richards replied that he did not, as he pnt the parcel
in front to cover him while he did hie work. He, how-
ever, had no doubt that he way connected with the rob-
beries that had taken place, and if he was remanded he
should be able to produce further evidence against him.
James Winstauley, ticket-collector, said he saw the
prisoner in the Booking-office on Saturday afternoon,
and from what ho heard he gave information to last wit-
ness.

In answer to the charge, tha prisoner said he had seen
a friend off to Brighton, and. the reaon of his having
such a parcel was that his fri end had taken his shirts
from it and put them into his portmanteau, which he
purchased near the railway station. He said he was a
printer, and lived at 22, Fell ow•street North, Islington.
Mr. Combo remanded hi: n until Saturday, to enable
the police to make some inq' liries about him.

PACKETS FOR EGYI'T.—In ocinsequence of an altera-
tion in the arrangements fir despatching from Mar-
seilles the French mail packet{ on the Egyptian line, the
mails for Alexandria intended, to be forwarded by those
packets will in future be rora s up in London on the
morning and evening of every alternate Tuesday, calcu-
latinm from Tuesday, the 19th u ist.

STOCK IN TRADE EXEMPTION,.—Ainong the acts of th•
the late session was one exeropl Ang stock in trade from
being rated to the poor-rate. The exemption ie to ex-
tend from the let October neat for one year.