The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-05 00:00:00

THAMES,

SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—Fanny Evans, a
huge black woman, with large features and well know°
in the port of London as a laundress for American car
tains, mates, and seamen, was brought before Mr. Safe,
charged with stealing a 10 dollar gold piece, two 5 clol'
lar gold pieces, an English sovereign, and some silver/
from the person of Henry Wilson, a seaman.
The prosecutor said he belonged to the American shlP
Imogene, in the Commercial Dock. Last night he was
drinking in the Red Lion public-house, Whitechapo
and fell in with the black woman, who began talking
about the United States. He was rather the
worse for liquor, and he accepted an invitation
which the prisoner had offered him, who said,
k she had good accommodation for him to go to heir
house and have a bed there. On reaching her dvre''
ling he sent out for more liquor, and soon fell asleer,
When he awoke he missed a leather horse, which
contained a gold ten dollar piece, two gold five dollar
pieces, an English sovereign and a few shillings in
silver. He went in search of a policeman, and gage
the prisoner into custody.
The prisoner, in defence, said that she met the sailor
in the Red Lion, Ratcliff Highway, not, in Whitechapelf
and he changed a ten-dollar piece there. The linciladf
asked him to leave his money in her care, which 111
refused to do. Several girls got about him, and would
have st3len all his money if she had not protectea
him. She took him home, and as. a great many bad girl;
were about him, she took his money for the purpose 0
taking cire of it, and not with the intention of robbing,
him. She offered the money, which consisted of 1 ell
piece, 1 sovereign, and a few shallop to the 'midi tdy of
a puldic house, but she refused to have any thing to d°
with it.

Moseley, a police constable, No. 51 11, said that when
be took the prisoner into custody she dropped an Awe'
rican gold piece from her mouth, and he persuaded bet
to give up an English sovereign, which_ was also in bet
mouth. He took soine Eoglish silver coins in her bane'
It appearing that the prisoner had actual y ffered the
money taken from her to Mrs. Fisher, the landlady of *
public house, and that she was never iu custody bele°
for any act of dishonesty,
Mr. Selfe said he could not accept the evidence of *
drnnken man unconfirmed, and there was no doubt the
sailor had made a mi-take about the ,amount of hi:11
money. He should have liked the case better if the 10';
soner had not denied possession of the rnor ey when Or°
spoken to by the constable. He ordered the money to
be restored to the sailor, and discharged the prisoner.
Fatl), Evans here made an appeal to the sailor 0
give her a shilling to start with.
Mr. Selfe—Yes, do the handsome thing ; give her *
shilling. She has taken care of your money. I dooft
believe she ever intended to steal it.

ACCIDENT AT EUSTON-SQUARE STATION. Yesterdsl
morning a very serious accident occurred at the Distort'
square terminus of the London and North-Westero
Railway. Several of Pickford's vans were unloading at'
the station, when one of them containing four tone
weight, under the care of John Chapman, the, driver'
suddenly got off the road, and going backwards (101
the inclined baulk, jammed Chapman between the tail of
the van and the wall in so shocking a manner that s'
first it was considered he was killed. The unfortuoar
man was conveyed to the University College Hong%
when it was discovered that several of his ribs were
broken, and in other respects he was severely injured.
THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE AT CUMBERLAND,---Durigg
the greater portion of the present year the ship.buildiat!
trade of West Cumberland has been greatly depressed
About three months ago the masters, in c3nsequel3ci
gave their bands notice of a contemplated reduction buo
wages cf from 51, to 4r. per day. A strike was t
consequence, nearly 460 hands voluntarily ceasing vOr
Wiriteliaven, Harrington, Workington, and Marc
p )rt. After a brief period the men resumed work adoa,
paces except Whitehaven, where the strike bag
giednletrstif7e, ra
pneerrioedaboefult2l2::te:
haveAtinsuteh'rlee nmu'paaisititeeordstNivi eailrlerires
s not in want of men, there is
...
prospect of an early termination of the
derlancl Herald.