The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-12 00:00:00

THAMES.

STEALING GOODS IN TRANSIT.--Ilenry Wedge and
Samuel Lynch, carmen, were charged with stealing goods
from a bale.

This morning the attention of Inspector Alstin, of the
Thames Police, was called to Lynch, who was loading
goods, at the Aberdeen Wharf, in Wapping. After load-
ing ho drove away, pulled up at the Hermitage-bridge,
over the lock of the London Dock, and waited there a
short time, and then drove his team to Hermitage-street,
and was there joined by Wedge, who was driving a horse
and cart. Wedge got into Lynch's waggon, and both ap-
peared to be doing something to the bales of goods there.
After some time Lynch handed something in a bag to Wedge,
who put it in his cart, and then drove off. Ho stopped
the horse and cart, took Wedge into custody, and asked
him what he had taken from the other van, to which he
replied, "Nothing." He seized the bag, and found its
contents to be 14 pairs of woollen hose. He asked the
prisoner how he accounted for them, to which he replied,
"Lynch gave them to me." He overhauled the goods in
Lynch's van, and found a bale had been tampered with.
One bundle of hose had been removed from a bale, and
two others were deficient. On reaching the station-house
Wedge said that Lynch gave him the property, and had
taken it of a bale. The 14 pairs of hose were the pro-
perty of the Aberdeen Steam Shipping Company.

- The prisoners were remanded.
A FOOL AND HIS Mossy.—Two young women, named
Fanny Willoughby and Sarah Jones, were charged with
being concerned with another woman named Ann Halli-
day, in stealing £22 in gold and silver, from the person of
an elderly man named Henry Morris, in the service of Mr.
George Imsley, licensed victualler, of the Black Lion
public-house, in New Montague-street, Whitechapel.
The prosecutor had been collecting money for his master
at Old Ford, Bow, on Friday afternoon last. He neglected
his master's interests, became intoxicated, and lost his way.
Ho met these women in Bow and took them to the Bow
Bells public-house, and treated them to rum and pork pies.
He fell asleep with his head on the table, and after he had
been asleep some time he was aroused by Halliday, and he
missed £22, his master's money. It was in his left hand
jacket pocket when he entered the public-house. He made
no complaint whatever to the people in the house, or any
inquiry about the three women, but went straightway to
the station-house in the Bow-road, where he made his loss
known and gave a description of the women. Halliday
was taken on Friday night, and remanded by Mr. Partridge
on the following day. The prisoners Jones and Willoughby
were taken on Saturday night. The prosecutor swore
positively to them as being two of the women who ac-
companied him to the Bow Bells.

Mr. Paget remanded the prisoners until Saturday next.

WESTMINSTER.

A CONVICT NOT REPORTING HIMSELF.—Edward Killery,
a ticket-of-leave man, was charged with neglecting to re-
port himself to the inspector on duty at Westminster sta-
tion, according to the terms of his license.
Mr. Inspector Humphreys, of the B division, said the
prisoner was a convict on license. It was his duty to re-
port himself to 'Westminster station once a month ; he re-
ported himself to witness on J uly 20th, and on the 19th of
September for the last time. He failed to report himself in
October, and has not been seen since. His license would
expire on the 3d of January next. Since the granting of
his license he had removed, but both his residences were
in this district. The prisoner knew what he was to do,
as the terms were with the license.
Prisoner said he went to Brighton to work, and could
not get back in time to report himself. He thou went to
work at Bow and Stratford, and was afraid to go near the
station. He had lost his license.

Mr. Humphreys said the prisoner must have known that
he was suspected about a month ago, and had since kept
out of the way.
Prisoner requested that inquiries should be made about
him at Brighton and Bow.
Mr. Selfe said ho did not know how true the story might
be, but he could make no inquiries. All he could do was
to commit the prisoner to Milbank to undergo the remain-
der of his sentence, according to the Act of Parliament.
Prisoner was committed accordingly.

THE DIOCESS OF ROCHESTER.—A conference of
the clergy and laity of the diocess of Rochester—one of a
series organised by the Bishop—was held on Friday at Hal-
stead. The following resolution was adopted :—" Having
regard to the spiritual wants of the population, this confe-
rence thinks it desirable that lay agencies should be more
extensively employed, especially with regard to the orga-
nisation of lay-readers and co-operators, with a view to
bring all lay agency under the direct sanction of this Bishop
of the diocess."

THE ROYAL VISIT TO NORWICH.--Load Stafford,
who entertained the Prince and Princess of Wales on their
visit to Norwich, has acceded to a request made to him by
the Norwich Town Council to sit for a commemorative
portrait to be placed in St. Andrew's Hall. The accounts
of the Norwich festival are still not finally made up, but it
may be observed that further examination on the part of
the secretary and treasurer show that the actual receipts
were something more than amounts already published,
some of the wealthy patrons of the festival having pur-
chased tickets without using them. It is now calculated
that the combined concert and ball receipts of the festival
of 1866 exceed those of the festival of 1863 by the sum of
£450. On the other hand, the Royal visit entailed on the
committee an extra expenditure of £6OO or £7OO, so that
the surplus available for the local charities is Dot likely to
exceed £l,OOO, as previously estimated,