The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-26 00:00:00

THAMES.

CRUEL ROBBERY —THE EFFECTS of DRUNKENNESS.—
Efirtbeth Davis, an elder y woman, was br tight bdure
Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a 51. Bank of
England note, and 21. 10s. in gold, the monies of an
industrious Irishman, named James Costello.
The pro.iecutor said that he lived at No. 4, Ann-
street, Bromley. He had been at work ever since the
25th of Jute on board the ship Hurricane, in the
East India Dock, and on Friday evening the cap.ain
of that vessel paid to him 801. 15,. 6d., the greater
portien of which be paid a way to other men who had
been at work with him. He then went home and
handed 91. 10-. to his wife. The prisoner was the
landlady of the h use in which he liVed. Oa Satur-
day night he was in his room, nearly asleep, and
heavy with drink, when he heard his wife accuse the
prisoner of robbing her of 71. 10s. There was no one
in the house but the prisoner and her daughter, and one
of them roust have taken the money.

Mrs. Costello, wife of the prosecutor, said that she had
a 51. note and two sovereigns and a bait beneath the
bed and the mattress in h.r room, on Saturday at eleven
o'clock, and went upon an erra• d. The prisoner was
then standing at the street door. Oa her return she
looked for her money and it was gone. She accused the
prisoner of stealing her money, which she denied. At
one o'clock in the morning she found the piece of rag in
which she had wrapped the money in the water clo,,et.
Tne prisoner vehemently protested her innocence
of the robbery, and said that Mrs. Costello was
drinkinz with several persons on Saturday night, and
was unable to manage her infant, and gave it to her (die
prisoner) to mind.
Mrs. Costello said she was drinking on Saturday
night, but was not ,:runk.
Mr. Yardley—Did you leave your child with the
prisoner
Mrs. Costello : I did not, sir.

The Prisoner—You did, and I can prove it,
A police constable proved that Mrs. Costello was
very drunk on Saturday night, acd accused another
woman of the robbery. The prisoner was not given
into cu-tody until yesterday. -
Mr. Yardley suspected the proFecutrix had lost the
money in a drunken bout. Here was the wife f a re-
spectable mechanic entrusted with his hard earnings,
and she had lost them or been robbed of the money. He
discharged the prisoner.

There is still a degree of uncertainty as to whether the
session of Parliament is to be closed by the Queen in
person, or by commission. The Queen, however, once
prorogued Parliament in person in the afternoon, and
tie same evening was at the Nore, on board her own
yacht, where she passed the night. This was en the
occasion of her first visit to Germany.— Court Jounial.
Last week, a very neat martle tablet was erected in
the char cel of Cottenham church, having upon it. the
following inscription :—"ln memory of John Sher-
brooke Banks, Major 23d Bengal Native Infantry, Pre-
visional Chief Commissioner in Oude, who was killed in
he discharge of his duty, durine the seige of the Res”i
dency at Lucknow, July 21et, 1857. Aged 45 years.
A BRAVE Bor.—A few days ago a child aged. four
years, son of Captain Cranner, of the sloop Eliza, of
Chichester, fell from the quay et Llanelly into the copper
works dock, a distance of at least twenty feet. The
little boy rose to the surface, and was about going down
a second time when a young lad, belonging to the Gipsy,
of S uthampton, named George Green, aged 16, sprang
overboard, and brought him safely ashore.
The Era states the late Mr. Bartley was present with
a friend at a performance of the Christy's Minstrels,
when he was suddenly seized with paralysis. Being
immediately conveyed home to his house in Woburn-
aqua, e, he remained speechless till, he died, on Thursday
night lot. The only interval of sensibility that be had
durieg the time enabled bias to be aware of an inquiry
from her Majesty as to his health.
DETENTION of THE INDIAN MAIL.—On Saturday
notice
was :issued at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-
Grand, that the mails for Calcutta, Bombay, Madras,
India, and China, to be forwarded via Marseilles' were
detained, and that all letters and newspapers would be
in time this evening (Monday), the 26th inst. Notice
was also issued that the mails fr ern Calcutta and China
would arrive in London ori the 28th instant, and from
Bombay on the 3rd proximo, and that an additional
mail would be forwarded by the Australian mail packet
to 33 )wbay on the 12th and 16th proximo.