The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-01 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—An unreformed woman,
Lucy Jane Edgar, described as a prostitute, of No. 16
Oxford-street, Stepney, aged 25, was brought before Mr.
Selfo, charged with stealing £l5, the moneys of Mr. Joseph
Willis., a gentleman residing at 37, Beaumont-square,
Mile-end-road.

The case was a peculiar ono. Upwards of three years
ago Mr. and Mrs. Willis, who are very respectable and
philanthropic persons, were in want of a servant, and were
recommended by a friend to engage the prisoner, who was
represented to have been a fallen woman, and to have been
reformed in an asylum for penitent females in Pentonville.
Mr. Willis, from charitable motives, determined to give
her a trial, because she was homeless and destitute. She
conducted herself with great propriety in the house o
Mr. and Mrs. Willis for two and a-half years, and
her master and mistress placed great confidence in her. On
Easter Sunday last Mr. and Mrs. Willis wont to chapel as
usual, leaving the prisoner in charge of the house. In their
absence Mr. Cole, a young gentleman lodging in the house,
returned home, and found the front gate and street door
open. Upon entering the house no me was to be seen, and
Mr. Willis was immediately sea for, who, upon his arrival
at his residence, was astonished when he discovered tkat a
drawer containing his keys had been forcibly broken open
and his keys removed. llis cash-box, containing £72, had
been opened, and 15 sovereigns abstracted. The prisoner
was missing, and was not seen again for mural weeks,
when Mr. Willis met her in the Whitechapol-road. She
ran away directly she saw him. This was repeated several
times, and Mr. Willis, having ascertained that she was in
the habit of regularly frequenting the Whitechapel and Mile-
end-road, took with him a police-constable named Abraham
Cooper, 27 H. They met the prisoner last night, and
Cooper immediately seized her and took her into custody.
He said to her, " You know what I want you for ?" to
which she replied, "I can guess."

The prisoner said she would plead guilty to stealing/10,
but as to the other a she knew nothing at all about.
Mr. Willis said he was quite sure £l5 was taken out of
his cash-box.

Mr. Selfe—Has she ever been convicted before ?
Mr. Willis—l am not aware she has ever been convicted.
I know she has been in an asylum for fallen women.
Mr. Selfe said he would, on the plea of guilty, dispose of
the case himself, because there were two things in the pri-
soner's favour. For two years and a half she had resisted
temptation, and she had some compunctions for she left £5
in the cash-box. He convicted the prisoner of larceny, and
sentenced her to six mouths' imprisonment and hard
labour.

SPORTING NOTES.

STEEPLE •CHASING AT CROYDON.

Jack Frost seems about to mar a pleasant day's sport at
Croydon. Should he renew his visit to-night he will ren-
der the ground so hard that the practicability of holding
the meeting will become a serious question. Jolly and
hearty as he is, however, it is to be hoped that he will de-
lay his presence until after the " little out" which has
been arranged for metropolitan turfites and pleasure folk
for to-morrow.

I have already referred to the attractiveness of the pro-
gramme prepared by Mr. Hibburd, and stated the moans
which have been employed to bring the sport to a success-
ful termin%tion. My latest advices fully warrant the
terms of eulogium which I have employed For the ac-
commcdation of the visitors Barnard's commodious stand
will be erected on a suitable site ; and, so far as the officials
are concerned, nothing will be wanting to increase the
comfort and amusement of the spectators. The list con-
tains four items, two of which close this evening. On the
Grand Open very little betting has taken place, and until
the numbers are displayed on the telegraph it is improbable
that any extensive operations will bo made by backers of
horses—whose experience has taught them to deal cau-
tiously with jumping events. The Curate may be a little
more fortunate than he was at 'Warwick, and may win the
Grand Open, but Goldsmith won last week with such ri-
diculous ease that lam scarcely inclined to desert him. I
am half inclined to couple The Curate with him to represent
my interest, but so much uncertainty seems to exist respect-
ing Mr. Barling's intentions with regard to his horse, that
I shall give the preference to Topsy, who is leniently han-
dicapped enough.

One of Green's—either The Physician or Friar of Aps-
hall—may carry off the Croydon Plate.

A FRESH MAN.

'RACING FIXTURES FOR 18G0.

FEBR.
Lincoln Spring 15

LTA RY.

Nottingham Spring ....21
:cu.

Liverpool Spring 6
Derby Spring l5
Warwick Spring 20

Cnventry
Northamptou 2B

AP.
Newmarket C 9
Thirsk l9
York Spring ..17
M.
Chester 1
Doncaster Spring 8
Salisbury
Bath l5

Epsom Spring 20
Newmarket F S ..23

Harpenden
Epsom 22
Manchester ..30

Jul
Ascot
Hampton l3
Newton 13
Odiham 19
BR:fury Club 20

Stockbridge 2l
Winchester 22
Chelmsford 26
Newcastle 26

Ju
Newmarket J
Worcester
5
Liverpool
Nottingham 17

Stamford
Marlborough 2O
Goodwood 24

Au(
Brighton
Brighton Club .. 3
Wolverhampton
Reading 8
York l5

Egham 2l
Oxford 23
Stockton 23
Derby 29

THIS DAYS SHIPPING.

LONDON, Doc. I.—Wind this day at noon, North ;
strong breeze and cloudy, with rain.
Dovnit, Nov. 30.—Wind, N.N.E. to N.—Arrived—San
Miguel, from Terranova, for Newcastle, with loss of anchor
and chain, and part of cargo thrown overboard. Off port—
Peter Goddefroy, from Hamburg, for the Cape of Good
Hope.
PLYMOUTH, Nov 30.—Wind, N.N.E.—Arrived—Queen
of Sheba, from

Wind N.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.

Arri♦ed—Alfred Ray, from Riga; La Cubana, steamer,
from Havannah ; Dispatch, steamer, from Jersey ; Alceste,
steamer, from Cardiff; Rebecca, from Plymouth ; Lamp-
lighter, from Siinderland ; Rainbow and Contender, from
Soaham.

Sailed—Woodlands, for Sunderland ; Bremen, steamer,
for Now York ; Courier, steamer, for Jersey ; Mercure,
Alliance, and Nord, steamers, for Havre ; Speedwell and
Dart, for Cardiff.

LivnnrooL, Thursday Morning.

Wind N.
Arrived—Excelsior, from New York; Hero, from Prince
Edward Island.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Wind N.NV. ; tide, five hours' ebb; weather fresh and
fine.
Arrived—Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam ;
Mend, from Riga; Russian steamer, from Petersburg ;
Sea Gull, steamer, from Antwerp.
Sailed.—Albion, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Wind N.N.W., fresh.
Passed.—Her Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus, from the
west, for Woolwich ; Violet, from London, for St. Mi-
chael's; John Bagshaw, from London, for Malta; Abel,
schooner, from the north, for the west.

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