The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-06 00:00:00

THAMES.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY. - James Featherstone; alias
Brown, alias Smith, a tall, powerful, and active fellow,
about 23 years of age, was charged before Mr. Yardley
with stealing a coat, the property of Mr. Wm. Johnson, an
oil and colourman, of 243, High-street, Shad well.
The prisoner has been summarily convicted five times,
and once convicted by a jury, and sentenced to 12 months'
imprisonment and hard labour.

Yesterday evening, Mr. Johnson left his horse and cart
in Elm-street, Back Church•lane, St. George's-in the-
East, while he went into a shop to obtain orders for goods.
In his absence the prisoner, who was accompanied by
another man, took a coat belonging to the prosecutorout of
the cart and ran away with it up Providence-street. Mr.
Johnson returned to his cart immediately afterwards, and
was informed of the robbery by two girls. While the
prosecutor was making inquiries and relating his loss to a
crowd assembled about him, the prisoner made his appear-
ance, and was pretending to listen to the news, when one
of the girls, who saw the robbery committed, said there is
the man, and the prisoner was immediately secured. He
denied, most vehemently, thit he was the thief; but two
girls swore positively to him, and that he ran up Provi-
dence-street with the coat. _ _

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The prisoner (loudly)—I did not run up Providence-
street at all—it is a lie. I was not there at all.
Mr. Yardley said he would not suffer a witness to be
abused or intimidated. He committed the prisoner for trial.
and directed that he should be brought up again to-morrow,
and that the former conviction by a jury should then be
given in evidence formally.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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HOUSE OF L9RDS—(illis EVENING.)
Tho LORD CnaNcELLort took his seat on the woolsack
tt five o'clock.

NICE AND SAVOY.
The Earl of ELLENBOROLIGH asked how it was that
in the correspondence respecting the proposed annexation
of Savoy and Nice to France, recently laid on the table, no
mention was made of any negotiations between this coun-
try and Russia, Austria, and Prussia ?
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he had no difficulty in
answering the question-of the noble earl. The views of her
Majesty's Government had been transmitted to the three
Powers mentioned by the noble earl. Those communica-
tions consisted of the despatches addressed by Lord John
Russell to Lord Cowley, and also the answers written
thereto by Lord Cowley. The dates of the despatches re-
ceived from Lord Cowley were the 23th of January
and the 13th of February. The communication to
Berlin was dated the 13th of February, and that to St.
Petersburgh the 25th of the same month.
The Earl of DERBY asked if a despatch alluded to by
Lord Cowley in one written by him on the 25th could ba
given to the house. It was not at present included in the
correspondence produced.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the despatch was
looked upon as of no importance, but there could be no
objection to its production.

Lord WODEHOUSE laid the de=pateh in question on
the table.

THE NEW FRENCH TREATY.

The Duke of NEW-OA:STa iaTd,l;;;;;seciu:ence of the
adjournment of the debate on this subject in the other
house, the motion for an address to her Majesty on the part
of their lordships would be postponed unil Thursday week.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
('n tho motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following
bills were read a third time and passed :—The Belfast and
Ballymena Railway, Carrickfergus and Larne Railway, and
Great Northern and Western Railway (Ireland).
IRISH RAILWAYS.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition
against the Grand Canal, Midland Great Western and Great
Southern and Western Railways Bill. The noble marquis
said he should, when the bill came before their lordships,
give it his moat determined opposition.
The Earl of LUCAN considered the bill a most mis-
chievous one, and he trusted their lordships would inter-
pose and not allow the bill to pass to a private committee.
Lord MONTAGUE said he had a great many commu-
nications from Ireland on this subject, but in not one of
them was there a word in favour of the measure. The bill
was certainly a public one, and ought not to be considered
in a private committee.

Lard REDESDALE rose, and was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(rIIIS El-ENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, and Llan-
gollen and Corwen Railway.
The West Dorset Railway Bill was read a second time.
NEW WRIT.

On the motion of tlr. BEARD, a new writ was ordered
for the borough of Worcester, vacant byMr. Laslett having
since his election accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern
Hundreds.—Ordered.

SAVOY AND NICE.-THE TREATY WITH

FRANCE,

Mr. KINGLAKE gave notice that on Mon-
day next he would move that a humble address be
presented to her Majesty, thanking her Majesty
far having ordered to be laid on the table the
correspondence relative to the annexation of Savoy and
Nice. Also that a humble address be presented to her
Majesty expressing, on the part of that house, the deepest
concern at the contemplated annexation of these provinces,
and thanking her Majesty for the part she had taken, in
concert with the other powers of Europe, in reference to
this subject, which had caused the greatest alarm and
distrust in Europe. (" Hear, hear," from the Opposition
benches.)