The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-17 00:00:00

THAMES.

This MOrning, on Mr. Yardley taking his seat on the
bench, he announced that ho had just received £2O from
du) Goldsmiths' Company for the poor-box fund. Directly
afterwards the court was filled with poor and destitute
women, thinly-clad, applying for relief. Among them
were many widows, with families dependent upon them for
support. They all put in letters of recommendation from
the clergy of the respective places of worship they attend,
or from respectable tradesmen known to the officers of the
oourt. Mr. Yardley relieved several of the most pressing
with ss. each, for which they expressed their gratitude.
There is a large amount of poverty in the district, which
has been much increased by the severity of the weather.
AN ODD C. SD OF PICKING POCKETS.—A largo headed,
rough-looking Irish boy, with an immense quantity of red
carroty hair, who gave the name of James Bary, and sot
up a dismal howl, was charged with stealing a cotton
handkerchief.

Alex. Mannith, a foreigner, said he kept a shop in the
West India-road. He was passing along Ratcliff-highway
last night when the prisoner took his handkerchief out of
his pocket. He said to the prisoner, "Why, that is only a
cotton one ; give it me back, it is of no use, and I don't
like to b• without a handkerchief this cold weather." (A
laugh.) The prisoner dropped the handkerchief, and wit-
ness put it into his pocket and walked on. A few seconds
afterwards the prisoner again " prigged" his handkerchief,
and he said to him again, " Why ;steal cotton handker-
chiefs ?" and toak it away from him, on which several boys
pushed against him, and one of them struok him a violent
blow and nearly stunned him.
Mr. Yardley--Then your recommendation to steal a silk
handkerchief, for your words amounted to that, did not
succeed?

The prisoner, who whined dreadfully, said, "please your
wortohip, I was scratchiug my leg and that ugly foreigner
knocked me down and bate me and kicked me."

Childs, a constable, No. 193 H, said the prisoner was a
notorious young blackguard, the associate of thieves.
Mr. Yardloy remanded the prisoner until. Thursday next.

IRON FRIGATES FOR HOME DEFENCE.--The
Admiralty have decided upon building two new iron frigates
in addition to those now in course of construction by the
Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company and Messrs. Napier,
of Glasgow. The new frigates are to bo of a similar con-
struction to those already in progress, but of smaller ditnen-
along. Contracts for them have just boon taken, ono by
Messrs. Palmer, of Jarrow, and the other by Messrs. West-
wood and Baillio, •f Millwall. It may be as well to state
that the two new frigates aro designed exclusively for home
defence.—Mechanics' Magazin*.

TELEGRAPH FROM LONDON TO CALCUTTA.--It
is now possible to send a telegraphic message from any
Indian station to any station of the United Kingdom at
the rate of £2 175., or 28 Brs., for not more than twenty
words, including the address. Until the cable is laid be-
tween Bombay and Aden the message for that distance
will be sent by post. Three months hence this break will
be removed, when wo presume the charge will be slightly
higher. Still, even 2rs. a word for a message from Calcutta
to London is singularly cheap. Tho line of the Rod Sea
and India Telegraph Company runs at present only from
Alexandria to Aden, for which the charge is 26rs. for a
message of twenty words. Meanwhile the messages to
and from Alexandria are transmitted by the Electric and
International Telegraph Company Via Trieste or Mar-
seilles. For repeating the message half the usual price is
charged in addition. For messages of more than twenty
words half the price is charged in addition for every ten
words or fraction of twenty words in excess. Mr. Ritchie,
the Peninsular and Oriental Company's agent, at Bombay,
receives messages for transmission by post to Aden and
thence by telegram up to one p.m. on the day of the depar-
ture of the mail steamer.—Friend of India.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS
s eo rt ihfia c
sate
been
f successfulappointd
IN THE Civil, Sitavics.—War-office--Mr. George Alfred
Jolly has been appointed a temporary clerk in the Military
Richhairsd certificate
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nationiDep ar ;
Mr.DF.
and received
F.
a temporary clerk, and passed his examination. Admiralty
—Mr. Francis Lambert Percival Todd has been appointed
to a temporary clerkship, and passed his examination.
General Register Office._Mr. Frederick Ecstein has been
appointed a clerk in London, and passed his examination.
Customs.—Mr. Albert Walker, clerk in the Examiner's
Office, has been appointed a supernumerary clerk in the Con-
troller General's Office, London; Mr. John Chalmers has
been appointed a landing-water at Grangemouth ; Mr. John
J. Mackenzie has been appointed a clerk at llartlepool ; Mr.
Henry S. Worsfold has been promoted from second to first-
class clerk in the Legal Quays Department, London; Mr.
sneiftio.em fourthsixth ctolafissftchlecrlkass in
cledriktto in ;
Wm. Scott from third to second class clerk in ditto • ' Mr.
John N. Fennings from fourth to third class clerk in ditto;
rie George "Still
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E. kin
• ditto.—Cial &nice Gazette.
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