The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-17 00:00:00

THAMES:

ROBBERY ON SOARD SHlP.—Michael Watson, the chief
mate of the ship Ceres, lying at Pickle Herring-stairs,
Horsleydowp, and nephew of Mrs. Robinson, of Sunder-
land, the owner of the ship, and connected with respectable
families, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with
breaking open a desk in the cabin of the vessel, and stealing
£29 in gold therefrom.
It appeared from the evidence that Captain Wm. Catch-
pole, the master of the Ceres, left the vessel yesterday
morning on business, and upon his return in the evening,
at half-past 6 o'clock, he found the prisoner was gone, and
upon going into his cabin, discoiTred that his desk had
been broken open, and all the money, 28 sovereigns and two
half-sovereigns, abstracted. The captain quickly directed
the whole of his crew to proceed in various directions in
search of the prisoner, and in the course of the same night
the carpenter, cook, and a seaman belonging to the Ceres
found him in the Gun-Boat beer-shop in High-street,
Shadwell, very tipsy and lying with his head upon a table
in the kitchen.

It appeared from the statement of Mr. Michael Cook, the
landlord of the Gun-Boat—who will described by Mr.
Yardley "to have acted very properly, and with as much
care as honesty"—that the prisoner wss a schoolfellow of
his 18 years ago, and he had seen him very frequently
since. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was with a girl
at the Bell, in Ratcliffe-highway, and she took his watch
from him and suspended it to her own neck. On leaving
the Bell they went to another public-house; and then came
to the Gun-Boat. The girl said the prisoner had a deal of
money about him, and he insisted upon the prisoner, who
was very tipsy, giving it up to him. The prisoner did so,
and the money, 26 sovereigns and two half sovereigns, was
counted out upon a table. The prisoner then went to sleep,
and upon the crew of the Ceres arriving at the house and
giving information of the robbery, he took the prisoner to
the station-house. Mr. Cook previously searched his
pockets and took from them 18s. more, so that only £1 12s.
was lost to the prosecutor.
The priconer, who pleaded guilty, hung down his head
and said he was very sorry for what he had done, he was
intoxicated when he committed the robbery or he should
not haverdone so.
Mr. Yardley, after enlarging on the fearful effects of
drunkenness, convicted the prisoner of larceny, and sen-
tenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour.
SINGULAR CHARGE OF Rol:limn-Jr.—On Friday last a
person named Isaac Brewer was charged at the Thames
Police Court, with stealing a hat-box, the property of
Samuel Marks, who had been formerly prisoner's employer
Mr. Lewis-appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Beard,

Basinghall-street, for the prisoner.
It was shown that prisoner, a most respectable man,
was now in the service of a rival house.

Mr. Beard proved that ,the hat-box had first been bor.
rowed and then given.

The Magistrate said no man in his senses could suppose
prisoner stole the box, and he would be discharged.

It was mentioned that an action for false imprisonment
would be brought.

THE WEATHER IN THE CHANNEL, &C.—DOVER,
Tuesday, 7 p.m.—The weather moderated this morning ;
but it now blows a sharp, biting wind from the east. The
mail packet Alliance with two mails left for Calais at 6 a.m.,
and the mail packet Queen with two mails arrived from
Calais at 7 40 a.m., and took her departure this afternoon
at the usual hour with the French mails. The Prince
Frederick Williansarrived with the mails twin Ostend this
morning at 4 o'clock, but was not let into harbour until
6.30. No mail for the North of Europe via Ostend sine.)
Saturday night, for the Belgian Government mail packet
that ran to the leeward yesterday morning and landed her
mails at Newhaven has not come up to -Dover vet. The
Prince Frederick William goes with the mail to Ostend to-
night at the usual hour. Her Majesty's steam yacht B lack
Eagle, Master Commander Petley, arrived here to-day in
readiness to embark to-morrow his Royal Highnessl. the
Prince of Wales for Ostend. His Excellency Lord
Bloomfield will cross over to Calais to-morrow morning by
special packet en route to Berlin.