The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-14 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBING A CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER.—Dennis Cocklin,
James Hurley, and John Bary, three well-known thieves,
were brought before Mr. Yardley, the first named charged
with stealing a black canvas bag containing a uniform coat,
three shirts, looking-glass, brushes, and other articles, the
property of a custom-house officer named Frederick Towns-
end.

:It appeared from th. 9 evidence that on Sunday, the 6th
inst., a young man, named Callaghan, was employed by
the officer Townsend to carry his bag, containing the arti-
cles above mentioned, from a public-house opposite the
London Hospital, in the Wl4techapel-road, to the Fen-
church-street railway station. On the way they were joined
by the prisoner Cocklin, a thief named Carty, and others,
and they adjourned to a public-house in Whitechapel,
where nine or ten pots of beer were drunk at the expense of
the prosecutor, who soon lost all recollection of himself,
and was taken away by two of the party, leaving Callaghan
with the other thieve 3. Carty demanded the bag of Cal-
laghan, and on his refusing to deliver it to him a violent
assault was nage upon him by Cocklin and another. They
beat him in tillEvage manner, and Carty took the bag and
its contents from him and ran away with it, leaving Cal-
laghan bleeding upon the ground. On Saturday night,
two police-constables, named Clements, 210, and Dono-
van, 212 H, took Cocklin into custody at a beer-
shop in "Waterloo-town, Bethnal-green, and they were
bringing him away when the prisoners Hurley and
Barry attempted to rescue him, and Hurley was ex-
ceedingly violent. Hurley made a rush at the constables
and separated their prisoner Cochlin from them, exclaiming,
"Now you are clear, run away." He made his escape, but
was retaken, and Hurley continued his violence and struck
the constables. All the prisoners were ultimately secured.
The prisoner Cochlin made a deter mined resistance, and a
great number of Bethnal-green ruffians and Whitechapel
thieves attempted to drag him the lacers. Barry,

it appears, was not aware that Cochiin was in custody when
he interfered. Hurley had been a thief and burglar for
years, and was eonnected with a desperate gang.
Mr. Yardley remanded Cocklin on the eharge of robbery
until Thursday, committed Hurley to prison for one month
for the attempted rescue, and discharged Barry.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Laodamia is struck out of the Warwick Handicap.

RACING FIXT

RES FOR 1859.

MA'
Liverpool Spring 1
Nottingham Spring 8
Derby Spring lO

',cu.
Warwick Spr;ng 15
Coventry 22
Northampton 29
111..
Epsom Spring 15
Durham 25
Newmarket Craven...... 25
Catterick 27

. _ _
AP.
Croxton Park
Shrewsbury Spring
Ludlow Spring 7
Thirsk Spring
York Spring 12
_ _

Chester Spring
Newmarket F. S 9
Doncaster Spring l7
Shrewsbury 17
Salisbury l9

Ludlow ............19
Bath .................. 24
Harpenden. ............ 27
Ewer • Summer ........ 31

Chelmsford
Beverley, Hull, and E.R 8
Hungerford
Ascot 14
Mrichester l5
He mpton 22
Ju

rm.
Newton ................22
Newcastle .............. 28
Odiham ................ 28
Bibury Club ............ 29
Stockbridge ............30

Winchester
Carlisle
Nev ,2arket July 5
Worcester Summer 7
Abinge on Avg

LY. 13
Liverpool July
19
Nottingham
Stamford 2l
Marlborough
Goodwood 26
UST.
York August
Egham
Radcliffe
Stockton
Lichfield
Derby

Brighton
Brighton Club 5
Lewes
Wolverhampton
: To,. ai Staffordshire
Itead;ug

SEPT:

Warwick .. 6
13
Doncaster
..1
2
Leicester
OCTI

Richmond .. 4
8
Bedford

;M1 ER.
IMonmouth
Manchester Autumn
Newmarket F.O
)BER.
Newmarket S.O
Newmarket H

NOVEI

Worcester Autumn 2

...10

-...24

:DIRER.
I Liverpool Autumn ...

... 9

The French Minister of War has given orders
that further experiments shall be made with fulminating
cotton, to be used in place of gunpowder, according to an
improved plan,