The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-04 00:00:00

THAMES,

EXTRAORDINARY EIGHWAI ROBBERY. -- Nicholas
McGrath and Patrick Doughty, Irish labourers, of Salter's-
alley, St. George-in-the-East, were brought before Mr.
Partridge charged with highway robbery with violence.
The prosecutor in this case is Samuel Sampson, a rigger,
of No. 19, Jamaica-street, Commercial-road. He was
psssing along Finch-street, Wapping., yesterday afternoon
and was met by the prisoners and another man, described
as a very big fellow, and they got before him and said
" You are the very man we want." Ono of them held
him by the collar and another rifled his pockets. Ile
had nothing in any of his pockets, except a pennyworth
of tobacco, which was taken from him. The 4, big
fellow" said, "The - has got no coin ; kick him and let
him go." The prisoners did kick the prosecutor, and
threatened to treat him worse if he said anything. Ho
gave immediate information at the station-house, and
police-constable Reardon went in search of the thieves. Ile
found them all in a public-house in Wapping, smoking the
very tobacco they had stolen. Reardon took them into
custody, and ou the way to the station-house the constable
was attacked, and the " big fellow" was rescued. He is
well known to the police, and will no doubt soon be in
custody.
Mr. Paget remanded the prisoners for a week on the
charge of highway robbery and violence.
Reardon said the prisoners had been in custody before
for assaults, and were very bad characters.
Mary Byrne and Ellen Cullum, two masculine-looking
women, each carrying a child in her arms, were then
charged with rescuing a prisoner, "the big fellow," from
the custody of iieaKdou. The prisoners eeized the con-

stable, pulled him about, and held him, while his prisoner
escaped.
Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoners to one month's im-
prisonment and hard labour.

WESTMINSTER.
UNENVIABLE POSITION OF A LANDLADY.-A very re-
spectable-looking woman besought Mr. Arnold's advice
under the following circumstances :
Applicant said that she was a housekeeper at Chelsea,
and notwithstanding all her care and caution in demanding
the very best reference with lodgers, she recently dis-
covered that she had got "cattle" in her house, in the
shape of two loose women. She gave them notice to quit
and after a great deal of trouble got rid of them as lodgers
but unfortunately found her-self still hampered with them
throut their being encouraged to visit and occupy the
apartment of a male lodger. They were in and out the
house all night, and it was really quite abominable.
Mr. Arnold—You had better get rid of your nude lodger.
Applicant—l should like, but lam very awkwardly
situated. It is my furniture that is in his rooms, but 1
don't know whether I can take it out.
Mr. Arnold—How is that ?
Appliaant—Why, he has undertaken to pay for it at 2s.
per week.
Mr. Arnold—Then it's his own.
Applicant—But it is not to be removed till it's all paid
for, and he has only just begun
paying for it.
Mr. Arnold—Then you can't get rid of him yet.
Applicant—No, that's my difficulty. I don't want to get
rid of him ; it is the women I want to get rid of. It is
quite shocking to have such things going on in one's'
house. Is he justified in having them there ?
Mr. Arnold—l don't know how you are to prevent it
The only mode is by getting rid of him.
Applicant—l am much obliged to your worship, but I
can't because of the furniture.
Mr. Arnold—l cannot assist you.
LACONIC.--I want • your vorbhip's advice.
month's rent.
Mr. Arnold—Pay it.

I owe a

BOW-STREET.
The following appeared in our Third Edition of last
evening:—

CHARGE OF PERJURY. --John Edward Brasher, of 14,
Portsdown-road, Maida-hill, appeared to answer a charge
of making and swearing a _fictitious deed of arrangement.
The additional evidence offered to-day was that of a
witness namectWillitun Courtney, a dealer in old clothes,
residing in Union-place, Marylebone, who stated that he
signed the deed in question for a debt of £365, although
no debt whatever was duo to him from the defendant.
He did it because the defendant told him he only wanted
time in order to enable him to pay his creditors 20s. in the
pound. Ile signed the deed at Mr. Brasher's office, but
he could not positively state that ho was present at the
time, but he believed he was. He got a bill for £65 at the
time from the defendant, but he returned it to Mrs.
Brasher when she applied for it. He did not fill in the
deed, but merely put his name down as directed to oblige
the defendant. Defendant told him that the reason he
was compelled to prepare the deed was because he was
being severely pressed by a gentleman named England.

Evidence was then given to prove.that the deed of ar-
rangement, containing other fictitious entries, besides that
spoken to by the last witness, Courtney, was sworn to as
true by the defendant before Mr. Johnson, of the Bank-
ruptcy Court.
Mr. Vaughan fully committed the prisoner for trial, but
accepted bail for his appearance at the next session of tho
Central Criminal Court. •

MARKETS.—This Day.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

Our market to-day was moderately supplied with beasts
in but middling condition. Prime breeds changed hands
freely at extreme rates ; otherwise the demand was in-
active at Monday's currency. Tho show of sheep was by
no means extensive. Downs and half-breeds were in good
request at very full prices. Long-woolled sheep, however,
were a dull inquiry. We have no change to notice in the
value bf calves, the supply of which was only moderate.
The sale for pigs was steady at very full prices.