The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-01 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

ROBBERY IN A PRISON.—James William Pugh, a man
about 40 years of age, was p!ac2d at the bar charged with
a robbery in the Westminster House of Correction, Tothill-

Samuel Gordon, one of the warders of the prison, said
that the prisoner had been employed fur the last few days
in some repairs on the roof of the chapel at the prison.
Last night, as ho descended, the witness thought he looked
bulky, and inquired what ho had got in his pockets•
Prisoner replied " Only a handkerchief," but on prisoner
putting his hand into his pockets, he found a large lump of
lead in each one of his pockets. Witness reported the cir-
cumstance to the principal storekeeper, who ordered pri-
soner to be given into custody. W here ho had been sit-
ting in the porter's lodge while the constable was being
f- tched a further quantity of lead was found.
Mr. Arnold asked what he said when the lead was found
in his pockets ?
The warder replied—" Nothing."
Mrs. Whitlass, the wife of prisoner's employer, a plumber
and painter, said that she was conducting her husband's
business during his absence. Prisoner bad been employed
by them for 17 years. Up to this time he had borne a
very high character for honesty, and being set to look
after other men suspected of dishonesty had been .nsi-ru-
mental in bringing them to justice. She entreated, for the
sake of his wife, that the magistrate would deal leniently
with him.
Prisoner was remanded.

THAMES.
BOBBING A MASTER MARINER. —John Hayes, Mary Ann
Hayes, and Anna Murphy, were brought before Mr. Paget,
charged with stealing £4l, the monies of Mr. John New-
land, master mariner, cf No. 3, St. Paul's-terrace, Mile-end
Old Town.
The prosecutor stated that about a quarter past 12 o'clock
last night he met two women, neither of whom were the
two women in the dock. He accompanied them to a house
in a court, the name of which ho did not know. He there
saw Murphy and John Hayes. T hey asked him for some-
thing to drink. He handed a sovereign to Murphy, and
told her to obtain some drink. Ho remained in the room
while she was gone, with the male prisoner and a girl named
Moltman, and two other females. He shortly missed his poc-
ket-book containing his money. He had taken it out a few
minutes previously to take a cigar out, and returned it to the
breast pocket of his coat. It contained an Irish £lO note,
an English .£5 note, a £3 and a number of £1 Irish
notes, amounting, altogether, to -£4l. Mary Anu Hayes
was not in the house at the time he missed his pocket
book.

In answer to questions by Mr. Paget,
The witness said that one woman was sitting on his
knee. No one had a hand about his person. Murphy left
the house before he missed his pocket book. Ile was sure
Hayes was the man he saw in the house. No one was
sitting on his knee after ho last saw his pocket book. Ho
was perfectly sober. _

Jemima Tiltman, of No. 1, Angel-court, Shadwell, said
she was an unfortunate girl. About 1 o'clock this morn-
ing she went home and saw the prosecutor coming down
the stairs. He sat down on a chair in the back room, and
gave Murphy a sovereign. She went out to obtain some
drunk. After this the two wo:nen who wore with the
prosecutor loft the room. The prosecutor, a girl with a
brown dress, a woman, and witness remained. Soon after-
wards Tolle Hayes came in, and she afterwards observed
him with a lot of bank-notes in his hand, which she told
him he had better put away. She asked the prosecutor if
he was going to treat her. He said yes, put his hand in
his pocket, and missed his money. She and the prosecutor
then went to the corner of Charles-street, St. George-in-
the-East, but she returned to the house in Angel-gardens
for her jacket and bonnet, and John Hayes and Murphy
were quarrelling about some money. She ran up the
court and met the prosecutor, who said he bad been robbed
of his money by the master of the house. Directly after
this she told a policeman about the robbery.
Donald M‘Kay, a police-constable, No. 275; sail the pri-
soners were all infamous characters, and had been i❑ cus-
tody before. At 4 o'clock this morning the prosecutor
and the last witness gave him some information wkich in-
duced him to arrest the prisoners in the court where they
lived. On the way to the stationhouse Murphy said the
Prosecutor "gave me a sovereign to get some change, but
Mary Hayes has it." He charged Mary Ann Hayes with
being concerned in the robbery, and she said she was not
indoors all night. Murphy said, " Yuu know I gave you
a sovereign." Hayes replied, " There is no good in you
telling lies." Murphy said, " You know you hare got the
sovereign."
31r. Prget commented on the extreme indiscretion of
the prosecutor accompanying two loose women to an in-
famous house with £4l loose in his pocket. There was
not sufficient evidence against the two women to justify
him in detaining them. They must be discharged. He
remanded John Hayes for a week.

SIR W. MANSFIELD AND MAJOR JER VIS.

Never certainly have the rights of woman been
more strongly put by any of her advocates than by
the Commander-in-Chief in India. The aides-de-
camp are warned that " when Lady Mansfield is in
India any HINT (sic) which she may give with re-
gard to matters connected with the establishment,
leaving of cards, reception of visitors, &c., is to be
received as if it were an absolute order from the
Commander-in-Chief." The double under-lining
which is represented in print by small capitals, may
perhaps suggest the sex of the commanding officer
by whom this memorandum of military duty was
framed or revised. Again, " whenever Lady Mans-
field may require the personal attendance of an aide-
de-camp, the latter is to be in uniform." Further
instructions are given in the duties of military polite-
ness. "On occasions ol State balls at Government
House or elsewhere, it is expected that the whole
of the personal staff will avail themselves of the
invitation afforded them. They should time their
arrival so as to enter the rooms of the host in the
suite of his excellency." " 'Whenever the master or
mistress of the house enters a room it is customary
for the expectant guests and the sons of the family
to rise, even though they have sat down to dinner.
This and other forms of social ceremony cannot be
too carefully attended to in a military household."
The manual of etiquette was however insufficient,
and a year. after- a second edition was published,
aimed directly at Capt. Jervis by name: He is re-
minded that on the day before, being " Lady Mans-
field's reception day," " many visitors called, and it
seems to have been forgotten by the aide-de-tampon
s
duty that it was part,of his duty to usher .
in ad
or gentlemen why called, and to remain
rni.tli;
drawing-room while the visits lasted ;pedo 1
his part in the entertainment of the visitors, and
showing them out again." After some further
snubs, it is laid down that " his Excelle.ney de-
sires to signify his disapproval of the disappear-
ance of his aide-de-camp from the drawing-room,
after dinner, before the disappef Ance of other
guests." But we cannot quote
gentility.
further from this
curious handbook of head-quarters
from bad
Bad temper bred bad blood, and
blood sprang angry charges s which
conduct
not be sustained, and a cour eof uoduulcdt
which the head of the army has found
vrt necessaryodeplore
But
so emphatically to rebuke..
art of an
and pass over these ebullitions on thandPinerit, we
e
officer of Sir W. Mansfield's rank
are bound to measure out at least
and to show some more ten
aide-de-camp
dcrness theagnutallielGenoiveenrenyl-
ruent has done to the
unfortunater
et, not to say servile,
whose neglect of
pertinacity
duties led him intohidsis7raPee, and who was thence-
forth pursued withT an almost feminine p
di.iniss him from the army is a
of persecution.
hard sequel to a lonog Course of. misfortune originat-
ing in the bad taste of leaving Lady Mansfield's
too early or not obeying with exact
drawing-room ' ~
military submission her ladyship's hints.

ASCENT OF MONT BLANC.—AII ascension of Mont.
Blanc was made on the 20th inst. by Mr. S. Leathe, of St.f
Louis, United States, accompanied by three guides O
Chamouniz. Mr. Leathe left that village on the 18th, an
hed
reached the Grands-Mulets the same day. On the 19th
started for the summit, but being surprised by a violeut
snowstorm at the Corridor was forced to return. The fol-
lowing day, the weather havin6 moderated, accom-
pliahed the feat,