The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-19 00:00:00

SEWS PAPER'
about the head with the poker. He !
her violence, and took her into custo pdcka
sault and the , firposipaiiVif ke.lcAk: ithp ; pv7.
drunk and incapable. 'She th: s. f• ' 741;
through Taylor taking'up the OWE, . 4 t
child, 'which was lying on the bed; A4?)14-_'
'Sr
having clOne anything Of the .kind
ing prJfii=ely from cute onithq head,Vr W(ga.7,;
dressed by the surgeon at the station, ; ;
The defendant made a statement to :the-jury-with
a good Ilea' of apparent'aincerity, which sill Te"
pgated her assertion to the, policeman that the pro-'
seouttir 'first took up the poker 'l6 strike her child,
and that in struggling to get it from _him, she
struck him with it on the head. The proaecutor
was drunk at the time. -
The jury found iher not guilty.

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POLICE I.NT.E'LLIt*Tai May;

MANSION-HOUSE. La.lernan Soloman was
brought b fore the Lord Mayo, charged with hav-
ing robbed Mr. Edward Coker of 'a. silver wa‘ch,
value Si.,: in- the Clothes .Exchange, . o,l:said.ay„l Est.
The prosecutor Said—l Went into the"Eieharisi;
and as there were crowds of auspicious-lookin
people about, I took my watch guard from around.
my neck, and put it with.my watch into my Waist..
c 'at pocket. It began to rain violently; and nor'-tied
undera-Tgateway where there were several other
pers.nrs.- I was not. long there *boo the.fel'Ows
crowded, about one,, and kept pu,hi,ugh.and when I
clapped' my hand ou my .waistc34 pocket lifult.
that my wat,l, was ;one. The.;prisOner wee-, the
next peraon to me, and I seize;,7l4,oi awl -Saw my
chain in his hand, and took itirouriaituoudat.the
same moment saw him .hand something, whioh I
have no doubt.yFas watch,,to one of the crowd.
prinner said 'he was tnistakeii for' another
person, .apd. ;that the chain, was p4P§eS,l abolt the
crowd without his knowledge.
The Lord Mayor—l shall-ComMit you fottriag
the Old Bailey..
The prosecutor—Ho kicked;nie in
.the legs, ,and
others in the crowd did the same,,
The Lord .Mayor—lle is committeli for havine,
perpetrated the robbery with the -aid and aseistabee
of others. •

09RSEDifi-§irltiftl4:—. r.g?' iiiaili4rnir4d an in. E'
nocent-looking girl, 18 yeats agerrivaa charged'
before *Nir. D'Eyneourt with 'the following rob-
beries

Mr. Cripps, landli r.rof th's WeatinorelandArms,
Ci!y-r6 ,d, said the prisoner .wasinhisaervice, and
occasionally•employed as barmaid. Having suspi-
cion of her dishonesty, he, on the 3d inst., marked
tour sixpences, and placed them .in :.the till. The
fo lowing morning he missed three oi those coins,:
and at ones accused .her'of purloining them. This
she'denied, and expressed a .willingneis to hive her
boxes and bedroom searched, -Leather, au officer
of the N division, and prosechtor, with the girl,
then proceeded to her private: apartment, where one
of th- sixpences was found on the dravii?rs,--and an-.
other in her purse, while a bottle containing aitnill
quantity of brandy and a second one empty, as
also about 3s. in copper, were discovered between
the bed and mattress. She denied all knowledge
of the latter articles, and insisted that the Gd. had
been given by her mistress. She was, hoviever,
given into custody, and at the station some biscuits
were found in her pocket.
A lad in prosecutor's service stated that on the
day the prisoner was charged he found a marked
sixpence on the kitchen grate, and also some
coppers.
On being asked by the magistra'e whether she
wished the case to be decided there or before a jury.
the' prisoner said, " I am not guilty, and I .do not
see why I should be midis to suffer in this way''
(at the same time bursting into tears); but I wiliba
judged by you, sir."
Mr. D'Eyncourt said be believed her guilty, ;but
in consideration of her youth would only scud her
for six weeks to the House of Correction.

Mr. Thomas Beard then said that he had for-
borne mentioning, not wishing to prajudibe the
ease, that a second charge of robbery was clear
against the prisoner, whom, despite her assumption
of innocence, he could prove an adept in guilt.
In her boxes were found books andwea!iug apparel,
the property of Mrs. Woolard, a -former, mistrtas
of the prisoner' and landlady of the Fountain pub-
lie-house, in the Borough. This laiy had actually
given her a character to Mr. Cripps, and was now
ready to identify the property alluded to ; but the
charge of robbery would n t bo proceeded with,
if the pr's )ner was willing to give them up.
The articles were produced, and again the girl
strenuously denied her guilt, accounting in different
whys for her possesdou of them—of course, how-
ever, she would be willing to give them up, rather
thaii be prosecuted.
Mr. Bard observed that more consideration for
the pi isouer he believed could not have been eihi-
an.l
Mr. D'Eyncourt, remarking that robberies of
this class upon publicans, by those placed in a posi-
tion oft uit, were very serious and very frequent,.
the prisoner was sent for the term of imprisonment
named.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE:

The depot cmnuanies of the 24th, 35th (Royal
ii Sus ex), and 53d Regiments, quartered at Chatham
gar iou, vacated their barracks yesterday after-
noo , and took possession of the tents which have
1 bee erected for the Ist battalion inside the Spur
Bat ery. Previously to the men being encamped
the eats w( re inspected by Col. H. Eyre, the com-
mandant of the garrison ; Col. H. Jervis, com-
manding the battalim ; and the other staff officers,
iu drder, to enable the authorities to aQoartain that
all the arrangement; were complete for the comfort
and convenience of the troops under canvass. A
large tent has been erected for a canteen ; there are
I
also washing tents for the use of the men. The
foo for the troops who are encamped will be cooked
in t e present cooking-house. The wives and fami-
lies 1 the married soldiers are to remain in barracks.
A 1 rge extent of ground inside the Spur Battery
has bean set apart for an exercise ground for the
trops.

in Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
mship Company's screw-ship the City of Man-
ter, Captain James Kennedy, left Portsmouth
erJay for Gibraltar and the Cape of Good,
,e with troops, con-isting of 41 officers, 6 offs-
' wives, 9
,childreu, (i female, and 1 male •3r- .
k 935 men, 64 soldier.' wives, 68 childreu, 92 •
r, inri4l3,ring- a total of 1,220 percnis. She
t out in the teeth of .a fresh west-south-wester.
Iplace alongside the ji- ity will be occupied to-
l)
y the Vulcansteamer, troop-ship, Commander
S acombe, R.N., to prepare for another voy-
The Urgent steam troopship, Commander
onald, is alongside the jetty i repaying for the
rice of troop again on the 24th.
e apparatus for obtaining superheated steam
fitly introduced by Mr. . Patridge, inspector
aachinery in Woolwich Dockyard, having been
i'ally ordered by the Lards of the Admiralty to
t.ed on board her Majesty's troopship Dee, em-
d on particular service, was tested yesterday
Monday, under the superintendence of Mr.
in, assistant to the chief engineer of the yard.
Dee left Woolwich at 1 o'clock on Monday,
pteawed down the river, re:aiming yesterday
ing at 7. Captain Sasso, a Swedish naval 0f1i-
.,,
ccompanied the vessel, by permission of the
ralty, in order to wituess the trial, the result
h ch was repotted as follows :—The economy
el alone amounted to from 25 to 39 per cent. ;
together with the additional power obtained
oa plain
differencer( )
hour i 1 1
le lesser quantity of coals, realises an adyahne-
of upwards of 38 per cent. in favour of t
st
to
oti Of of
luolt.f
b. per hour, and with
power oe fa cehadcs Illitincapeclanngal us ,
1°
with ith superheated superheated
s te
asintea m The
amountedcull
of 39016.
ordinary steam
lout 1,3701 b., shTWing
is 100 horses.
)t
nominalion
Master-Corn-
ir Majesty's ship Rha .
wich basin to prepare for returnvoyageherAbrassto
was yesterday_ hauled into Wool-
with
"am.
sear.
brought to ..ol 24-pounder
gun, captured at Canton, and
Ell g aud
e, turdee,
Ron. Charles tot, of her
by Portsmouth
eoi er
ship Sybille, was yesterday landed from
Majesty's .
'thus said to be intended for presen-
the Rhadamar ,
taticln to the Queen. It is spiked and damaged in
zle by a gun-shot, and presents the appear-
ance,the
of the most inexperienced or hasty workman-
ship still retaining the ridge and excrescences cre-
ated by the mould.
idivasddual ;a:
far Malta
J am e s;
the Shepherd,sir G G.
Ti e following freight-ships were yesterday ap.
t
poin ed to ship war stoles from Woolwich Arsenal
Ttpreei:nUi
for Hobart
IfT(i)l.ri esltrylolpna
Valparaiso
off o.o;iii
Percy,
Town ; and the Sophia, for Corfu.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieut. P. G. Nettleton, to the Royal G
T. I:3 additional Wells, master; George ;
F. RI Child, master, to the Archerto
. the.li Exmoutho br ee ;
master, additional to the Blenheim ; T. H. Hay-
man, acting second master, to the Dee ; and A.
De Denne, assistant-clerk, to the Marlbourgh.

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The Pacific steamship
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THE MILITIA.
took in the baggage of tbo
Roscommon Militia alongside Portsmouth Djck-
yard yesterday, and will embark the regiment this
evening for Dublin, on the way to county head-
quarters to be disembodied. The Wexford Militia
will move from Aldershot to Portsmouth .on Fri.
day.