The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-31 00:00:00

THAMES.

HEARTLESS AND SHAMEFUL ROBBERY.—Mr. J. Angell
an officer of ibe City of Loudon Union' introduced to
Mr. Yardley a poor man, named John Thomas Gale,
who has lest one eye, and cannot see much wi-h the
remaining one, f.,r the purpose of giving informadon 0
a most 0ru.,1 robbery.
Mr Widdle, the second usher of the court, stated that
the unfortunate man Gale had been in the army, and
nerved his country in the 54th Regiment, in the Crimea,
where he was wounded. O. leaving the 54th Regiment
hisoomrades presented him with a very handsome cornet-
a-pi-tun, awl tieing an excellent mmec;ac, jilLtd two
other rn n, AeLii w Davison and John Maclean,
and they roamed the country dressed in dark
green uniforms with red braiding. Their career
as musician was pretty successful, until the Bth April
last, when they left Windsor for London, intending
to proceed ti toe south west of England. They
stopped at Hnncslow on their journey, and Gale went to
the barracks there to visit an old comrade in the 11th
Hussars stationed there, leaving his bag of clothes and
his curvet-a-piton wish his c Anpanions. When Gale
returned tote place where he left his brother musicians
they were gone. The rascals took advantage of his
temporary absence to decamp with his instrument ea'
clothes. Gale proceeded towards London, and
became dh stitute, and was admitted into the City of Lon-
don Union-nouse. Toe guardians had offs, ed a reward
of 1/. for the apprehension of the two thieves Davison
and Maclean,and the recovery of the instrument. If the
poor fellow could recover hie cornet-a-piston, he would
be enabled to obtain his own living The editor of the
Rae and Cry and Police Gazette intended to insert a
de-criptiou of the thieves and a reward for their appro.
11,-nsion in that journal, but it was necessary before that
was done that Gale should swear to the truth of his
statement and exhibit an information before a magis•
trate.

Mr. Yardley commiserated the poor fallow and re-
ceived his information, upon which he would grant a
warrant fur the apprehension of the villains who had
stolen the musical instrument.
Mr. Angell said Gale was a well-conducted man, and
that he had three brothers now serving in the army is
India.
SUPPRESSION OF INFAMOUS HOUSES —Margaret

James, alias the Bloater, a fat and vulgar-looking wo-
man, Monis Sheedy, her brotocr, Elizabeth Martin, and
Mary Martin were brought up in he custody of Mr.
'stock, beadle of Wapping„ and Kitty, a police;-oonstable,
130 H, who aperehendeu them last night, charged with
wilolesale trafficking in vice and prostitution. The pm.
s n ra are the proprietors of upwards of 100 infamoult
. brothels t St. George-in-the-East, Wapping, and White'
eLapel, and the most horiiole outrages and robberies
have been committed in their house. The evil has be.
(nate so great that a society called the Rist London
Association has been founded to repress profanity axe'
vices in the district, and on Friday the parish otficeri
entered into toe necessary rec,tgnisances to prosecute,
and warrants ere granted for the apprehension of the
offenders. There was a warrant against Benjamin Jame..
the husband of Margaret James, but the fell- w absconds('
on Friday directly of er the warrant was granted.
Mr. Sidney, solicitor, on the part of the defendant*
Benjamin and Margar-t James, said if the prosecutioll
were abandoned then 25 brothels should be closed withlS
12 hours.
Mr. Yardley—l have nothing to do with it at all'
Any neg-tiations of that kind must be carried on with
the overseers at the sessions.
Mr. Sidney tendered bail to the amount of 101. for
each of the four prl,oners.
Mr. Yardley—They are wholesale keepers of brothels
of the worst description, and I must have four Burette.
of 401. each.
Tne• wholesale traffickers in vice and blasphemy were
committed in default of bail.

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