The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-22 00:00:00

THAMES.

SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—Thomas Alcock,
a dissipated-looking man, about 40 years of age, was
brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing £lO.
Eliza Fletcher, a married woman, said she was em-
ployed at the Thames Plate Glass Company's Works, and
her husband was a seamen, and serving in the fleet in
China. On Friday afternoon last she received a remit-
tance of £2O from her husband, at Hong Kong. The pri-
soner's wife knew she had received the money, and sail
"what you don't want at present you had better give me to
mind, for the lock of your door is a very defective one."
She handed £lO of the money to Mrs. Alcock, and that
person promised to take particular care of it. She ex-
pended the remainder of the money in necessaries, and
the payment of her debts. On Saturday after-
noon she asked the prisoner's wife for the £lO,
and she said her husband had taken it from her. She went
in search of the prisoner, and found him at the Crown
public-house, in Blackwell, and asked him for her money.
He said he had not got it. She asked where it was, and
what he had done with it, and he becape very abusive,
and said that was best known to himself.

A young woman named Simpson, the niece of the last
witness, said that she lived with her aunt at No. 4, Ann's-
place, Orchard-house, Poplar, and saw the prisoner take
the money from his wife.

James Stock, a police constable, No. 184 K, said that
when he took the prisoner into custody he said he had lost
£8 of Mrs. Fletcher's money.

The prisoner said that a girl he fell in with cut hie
pocket and took the money away from him, and he could
not help it.

Mr. Woolrych—You had no business with the poor
woman's money at all.

The Prisoner—My wife gave it to me.
_ _

Mr. Woolrych asked the prosecutriz why she entrusted
he money to the prisoner's mire.,

Mrs. Fletcher—Tho prisoner is my landlord, and I
thought hip wife would take care of the money. His own
dm 1 saw him take the gold out of a purse and throw the
purse down.

Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner had better find the
money and restore it t 3 the poor woman. He should for
the present remand the prisoner until Monday next.
The prisoner, who is a glass-cutter, said he did not care,
and left the dock in the most unconcerned manner.

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day, r ,
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Aberdeen
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Berwick 29'92 49 45 W. 2 8 0. 1
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Galway 3o*lo 51 49 W. 4 9 o. 2
Scarborough 29.93 46 44 N. 3 4I c. 4
. Liverpool
Valentia. 3015 49 48 N.N.W. 2 91 o. 3
Queenstown 30.07 53 51 W.N.W. 3 4I o. 1
Yarmouth.— 29•91 46 it N.N.E. 5 3 c. 5
London 29.90 45 41 N.N.E. 2 8 c.
Dover 2983 46 44 N.N,E. 5 4 c. 4
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymonth 29'97 52 48 W.N.W. 3 7 o. a
Penzance 130•.(2 152 51 N.N.W. 2 2 b. 1

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not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
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