The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-18 00:00:00

THAMES.

ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A BURGLARY.—Henry Edwards,
aged 22, and John Wilson, 31, both well-known thieves,
were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with attempt-
ing to c,mmit a burglary.
Mr. Charles Cowley, grocer and beer seller, of No.
11, Anthony•street, St. George-in-the-East, said he made
his doors fast and secured the windows at one o'clock
this morning and went to bed. About 20 minutes after-
wards he was disturbed by the bre...king of glass, and,
on opening his bedroom window, saw the prisoners on
the roof of a kitchen at the hack of the premises. The
sky-light in the roof had been broke”, and the prisoners
could have obtained admission through the aperture
into the kitchen and plundered his house. Directly be
saw the prisoners he called out, "That's your game,
is it and the prisoners immediately got over a wall
into the street, and fled. He went to the front win-
dow, and called out "Thieves, thieves, and police."
Benjamin Buckle, 31 K, heard a cry of thieves, arid
saw Edwards running in Anthony-street, and saw him
throw away a screw driver and a piece of candle. He
also saw Wilson running, and saw him stopped by
another constable.
John Howe Richards, 277 K, saw Wilson running
down the back road, and stopped him, and found upon
him a quantity of inciter matches and a broken knife.
The prisoners were committed for trial.

THE JERROLD FUND IN PRESTON.—The admirers of
the late able author and dramatist, Mr. Douglas Jerrold,
in this town have determined to furnish some local con-
tributions in aid of the fund now being raised for his be-
reaved family. Already the lessees of theTbeatre Royal,
Messrs. Seaman and Burt, have announced their inten-
tion of giving a benefit night' for this purpose. The
piec's to be rendered are "The Rent Day" and " Black
Eyed Susan."
The Rev. Edward Walker, A.M., has been licersed
and 'admitted by the Lord .Bishop of Gloucester and
Bristol, to the perpetual curacy of St. Mary, Chelten
ham, vacant by the promotion of the Very Rev. Francis
Close to the Deanery of Carlisle. Patrons—The Rev.
Dr. Marsh, the Rev. Wm. Carus, the Rev. John Venn,
the Rev. Edward Hollond, and the Rev. Edward Auriol.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SoCIETY.---At the meeting on
Monday next, the 22d inst., the following papers will be
" A Dsscrip•ion of Vancouver Island," by
Lieut.-Colonel W. Colquhoun Grant; 2. " Extracts
from the proceedings of the North Australian Expedi-
tion ;" 3. " Report of the Expedition for the Explora-
tion of the Rewa River and its Tributaries, Na-yite,
Cire, Fiji Islands," by Dr. J. D. Macdonald; R.N., Stc.
ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER'—Yesterday, Moses Mor-
gan, a surgeon, surrendered to take his trial as the Cen-
tral Criminal Court, upon the coroner's inquisition, for
the manslaughter of Mary Bingham. The deceased, it
will be recollected, was the wife of an assistant warder
in Milbank Prison; and the defendant was a surgeon,
who was called in to attend an accouchement. It
was alleged that Mrs. Bingham died in consequence of
the itcompetencY of Morgan. The judge stopped the
case, and the jury returned a verdict of acquittal.
BRAVERY OF AN ITALIAN Giatt.--The Duchess Re-
gent or Parma has just confeirskl a gold medal upon
Luigina Spazzina, a girl of fifteen, as a reward for the
spirit which she exhibited in defending herself and-the
household against a robber who broke in while Luigina
was left alone there. She attacked him with a knife,
wounded him, arid put him to flight. When her father
returned home she went with him and a man named
Gobbi in pursuit the robber, who was overtaken, cap-
tured, and convicted.
Memorials have recently been addressed to the Go-
vernment by some of the leading Chambers of Com-
merce in the provinces, as well as by the East India and
China Associations of London and Liverpool, urging
the
the expediency of every step being taken to promote
new railway and telegraph route to India via the Eu-
phrates. Three months back the public were surprise
at
d
by an announcement of its having transpired th
Russia had long previously entered into a contract for a
telegraph line towards India from NichOlaieff across the
Caspian, which was suspected to be already in active
progress ; but, notwithstanding the popular feeling on
the subject, nothing appears to have been done to hasten
the realisation of a similar advantage for this country.
• RAILWAY COMPETITION.—Mr. Schuster, the ch
man of the Brighton Company, says, out of 300 millions
sterling of capital spent on our railways, 100 millions
have been wasted in competing lines, Parliamentary ex-
penses, Ste. The additional 100 millions being extra
capital, must have been raised under difficulties, and,
per cent. per
therefore, at not less than an average of 5
annumre,
interest, which would form a perpetual interest
charge on our railways of not less than five millions per
annum. Now, as the sum paid away in 1856 in ordi-
nary stock was (omitting fraotione) 5,800,0001., here
Would have been, had not the extra 100 millions of
capital been squandered, 10,800,0001. for dividend on
ordinary unguaranteed capital (instead of 5,500,000/ )
which would have given a fairly remunerat dividend
instead of the paltry 3i per cent (or thereaive bouts) paid.
The most numerous class of Russian travellers this
year appears to be youlsg military men. Whoever has
rank and pecuniary mean s applies now for leave of ab-
sence to such an extent tt%at pit-is difficult to provide
for the performance of the ordinary routine of business.
Though these gentlemen do not travel officially, it
is well known that their visiting foreign parts is
and that they have
agreeable to the Emperor,
been invited to send into the the
superior officers on
their return an account of all they have seen on their
d and Sardinia
glum, France, and sometimes Seel tse.r a
travels. The route appears to be alway: Germany,
.Bel-
but hardly in any
aver, does not appear to be the result of any prohibition
case England or rustier. This, how
or-intimidation from high quarters, but rather the con-
sequence of the political Antipathies engendered daring
and glace the late war.