The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-20 00:00:00

THAMES.

TILE LATE ROBBERY or A TOLL COLLECTOR.--Alfred
Gordon, a stout, able-bodied man, was brought before Mr.
Partridge charged with being concerned with Stephen
Gordon, his brother, William Shepherd; and John Bruce,
in stealing a £5O Bank of England note, 20 sovereigns, a
gold ring, a silver watch, and a gold chain from the person
of Alfred Auger, a toll collector on the Commercial-road
trust, on Wednesday, the Bth of the present month, in
Poplar. _

Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the poosecution.
The prisoner, Alfred Gordon, was arrested yesterday
afternoon in Poplar, by Franklin, a police-constable, No.
667 IC, and he said to a man he mot on the
station
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to
Gurdon, Shepherd, and Bruce have been already commit-
ted for their share in the robbery. The four mcn met
my wife
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with Auger while he was helplessly intoxicated on Wed-
nesday morning the Bth August, at 11 o'clock. They took
him to several public-houses, hustled him and ill-used him,
and robbed him of £7O, part of £2OO he had lately received
out of a building society, his watch, guardchain, and ring,
and, lastly, put him into a cab. He was driven to his
home, the two Gurdons and Shepherd accompanying him.
On the way to his home Bushbrook, the cab-driver, saw
the prisoner Shepherd tear Auger's breeches pocket away.
The cab-driver did not interfere, and Mr. Partridge directed
Inspector Griffin to report him to the Chief Commissioner of
police. Auger now related the circumstances of the rob-
bery for the fourth time, and said he was robbed of all the
money and property he had about him. His gold ring was
restored to him the morning after the robbery by Stephen
Gurdon, who said " That is all I had to do with it." His
watch and chain, which Bruce had pawned,were recovered,
but he had no tidings of his note or gold.
Ann S weetman,
the prisoner and three other men
leading the prosecutor
of 6, Richard-street, Limehouse, saw
along Orchard- street on Wednesday, the Bth of the present
month. Two of the men held up the prosecutor, who was
doubled up. One man took Auger's umbrella from him.
Tho prisoner took away Auger's hat and put it on his
Own head. The four men were-rifling Auger's pockets,
and unbuttoning and buttoning his pockets.
Mr. Partridge—Hers is a helplessly drunken man plun-
dered in the streets and in a cab in open day of a large sum
men
committed s
of money and valuable property, and no one interferes.
Ann Berry, a married woman, said the prosecutor was
doubleden who up,
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prisoner The threeweie
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all leading him along, putting their hands in his pockets,
and hurrying him along. They led him to the "Market
House," Rundall's Market, Poplar. She distinctly saw the
prisoner put his hands in Auger's pockets.
.o.lr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial.

Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day.

Le market is quiet. Sales probably 8,000 bales,

MADAME TUSSAUD's.—There is now added to
Madame Tussaud's exhibition, Baker-street, a full length
portrait model of Count von Bismarck, Primo Minister of
the King of Prussia, and who, we understand, is about
being created a prince for the counsels ho tendered to his
Sovereign on the occasion of the war just ended between
Prussia, Austria, and Italy.
PROPOSED REFORM 13A.NQuET AT MANCHESTER.—
It is proposed to have a great Parliamentary Reform Ban-
quet in Manchester during the month of October. Mr. J.
Bright has accepted an invitation to be present, and it is
expected that Earl Russell, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Gibson,
Mr. Villiers, and other eminent reformers will bo present.
A CERTAIN CURE FOR WHOOPING COUGH.—
(Phenol or Carbolic Acid.)—lt is now pretty well
known that the emanations of gas-works are an admirable
specific for whooping-cough, but it is not always conve-
nient
when the distance is consider-
able. to
g.o s hhenraet
cases recommends phenol
tcler in especially
such
(carbolic acid) as an excellent succedaneum. Ile states
that whooping-cough having lately , broken out in
an epidemical form at Maisons-Laffitte, a village
not many miles from Paris on the Rouou Railway, he
caused some phenol to be poured into three or four plates
in the house of a friend of his whose children were attacked
with the disease, and in the course of a week they re-
covered completely. After this success a dozen more
children were treated in the same manner, and with a
similar result.
A snails
NASTY
—The peasantry of Ireland have great faith in the efficacy
of a
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personsON S
inU Ma P
decline, or consumption
I° —(Snail Syrup.)
writes a correspondent of Land and Water, but they do not
sa
cure C UR
forEF
in all places use them in the same way. A. lad_
y in Tippe-
rary, who has aslargo a practice as the regular doctor, tells
me that the way to administer snails is to " boil them in
veal broth," and says that she herself know a lady, who was
taking cod liver oil with no result, grow strong by trying this
remedy. But a daughter of a clergyman in Galway writes
thus:—" The snails used for the broth, as you designate my
vary fine syrup, are the common large things that creep about
the garden with their houses on their backs. They are col-
lected and placed on a large dish, and plentifully sprinkled
with dark sugar, then another dish is turned over to pre-
vent them running away, and next morning the syrup
which has been made in the night is to bo drained off, and
a table-spoonful taken three times a day ; a little lemon
peel may be added to flavour the broth. The same snails
should not be sugared twice. It is a really good thing, but
of course will not cure in a day, but I know a lady who
attributed her own cure to it.
The body of the woman, a Mrs. Croull, that died
on board the Wild Duck last Thursday, on the passage
from London to Plymouth, was buried at sea, off the
the Start, that night. On Friday afternoon the Wild
Duck having been subject to a medical inspection, and a
certificate given that all the remaining passengers and the
crew were in perfect health, the ship was, with the con-
sent of the local sanitary authorities, released from qua-
rantine. The deceased, who was about 44 years of age,
has left a daughter on board aged 14.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S.
—This (Monday) morning a fire broke out on the premises
belonging to Mr. Thomas Jackson, wine and spirit mer-
chant, Golden-lane, St. Luke's. The fire originated in the
bar, which, with the contents, wore completely destroyed ;
the other parts of the house being damaged by fire and
water, and part of the roof destroyed. Fortunately, Mr.
Jackson was insured in the Sun Fire-office.