The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-08 00:00:00

THAMES.

IRE GREIT ROBBERY or SlLK.—William Crane,
porter, who was apprehended in London on the 26th of
March last, and Joseph Barker, a shoemaker, Peter Debock,
his brother-in-law, calling himself a silk dealer, and John
Newton, silk throwster, who were apprehended in Derby,
on the 19th of March, were brought before Mr. Woolrycb
for the last time this morning, for the purpose of being
committed to Newgate to take their trial at the next Old
Bailey Sessions. They are charged with stealing and re-
ceiving 10 bales of China raw silk, valued at £l,OOO, the
property of tho St. Katharine's Dock Company.

This investigation has extended to a length almost nu,-
precedented in the annals of police reports, and has neces-
sitated the examination of a great many witnesses. The
evidence closed yesterday, and the prisoners were re-
manded, to avoid going before the Grand Jury, who had
not then terminated their labours at the Old Bailey, it being
agreed on all hands that a case so important and compli •
cated could not, injustice to the prisoners or the prosecutors,
be tried until the next Old Bailey Sessions.

Mr. Angell, solicitor, applied to the magistrate to accept
of bail for Debock, and urged that there was no real evi-
dence against him except what the police had extorted from
him, and there would be a time when his character would
be cleared of the serious imputations suggested by some of
the witnesses, and an account given wi.y he was in pos-
session of three £lOO notes paid to Agg and Hunter by
Newton for the silk. Mr. Angell also urged that the pri-
mer had been in custody seven weeks, and that it would be
a great hardship to detain him in custody until the next
sessions.

Mr. Woolrych—l can't accept bail. I consider the case
against Debock a very strong one, but I will not prejudice
him by making any further remarks.
Mr. Hudson asked the magistrate to take bail for Crane,
and said he attended there to watch the interests of the pri-
soner at the request of Messrs. Drakeford and Co., the
eminent silk merchants in the city, to whom Crane had
been a faithful and honest servant for many years .
Messrs. Drakeford had often entrusted Crane with an
immense amount of property, and had the highest opinion
of his integrity.
Mr. Woolrych also declined to take bail in this case.
Mr. Leech, solicitor of Derby, in a very eloquent
address, said ho approached the termination of this
a suoaued NO it. no, however, tclt evufitlcut of au acquit-
, and he was actuated by
case with great diffidence
tal when all the facts would be laid before a jury.
He (Mr. Leech) might have brought forward evidence
which wouLl have relieved Mr. Newton of much of the
odium attached to him, but he knew the megistrate'sjudg-
went was formed by facts and tacts alone. He denied a
good deal that had been advanced against Mr. Newton by
the Derby police, and that denial would be supported on
the trial by many respectable persons. He did not mean to
deny that the magistrate had only one course to pursue,
and that was to send this case before another tribunal. The
case at present looked suspicious, but at the proper time
and place everything would be made clear, and Mr. New-
ton would bo relieved of the imputation of having received
the silk with a guilty knowledge. After alluding to the
large trausactions in which Mr, Newtpri had beeil pgaged,

This Day,
t etween 8 and B. E. AL D. P. C. X. S.
9 a.m. e
Nairn 30.01 38 3i N.N.W. 8 3 c. 6
Aberdeen
Leith
Berwick 2992 46 43 N. 4 5 C. 3
Ardrossan
Pear' ,sh
Shields
Galway 29 99 48 45 E. 6 9 o. 4
Scarborough
Liverpool
Valentia . 29.93 51 48 E.N. E. 2 9 f. 1
Queenstown... 2993 51 50 I'N. E 4 5 o. 3
Yarmouth 29 95 42 41 N.N.E. 4 6 o. 6
London 29 96 II 42 39 N.E. 1 9 0.
Dover 29.90 45 42 E. 2 7 0. 1
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymonth
Penzance
Jersey .. .....

EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an ifich diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., ram ; a., snow ' • t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, May B.—Wind this day at noon, North-
Easterly ; light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather, with
rain.

PORTSMOUTH, May 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Mars,
transport, from Hong Kong.

DEAD,, May 7.—Wind N.E.—Anived—King of Italy,
from the River, and sailed for Port Phillip ; Concordia,
from Rio Janeiro for Altona ; Sylph, from the River, and
sailed for Gibraltar; Anglia, from the River, and sailed
for Calcutta.

DARTMOUTH, May 7.—Wind S.—Arrived—Berenice,
screw steamer from Amsterdam, and lett for the Mediter-
ranean, alter, coaling.
PLYMOUTH, May 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Northern
Light, screw steamer, from London for the Cape if Good
Hope • Athens, screw steamer, from Southampton for the
Cape of Good Hope.

QUEENSTOWN, May 6.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—
Europa, steamer, from Liverpool, and proceeded for
Boston.

GRIMSBY, May 7.—Wind N.—Arrived—Sir James Mel-
ville, steamer, from Newcastle for Calcutta.
GLOUCESTER, May 7.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Von
Laffect Lehson, from Baltimore.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, May 7.—Elise, from Amsterdam ; Aurora,
Frederickshall; Pride of the Ocean, from Bombay; Re-
form, from Arendal; Venture, from Dantzic ; Persian,
from Alexandria.

Arrived, May B—Catarise, from Rangoon; Galled, from
Terceira ; Isabella and Jane, from Guernsey.

Sailed—Sea Star, for Adelaide.

DEAL, Wednesday ruing.
mos_ for
Passed, May 7—Avon, for Trinidad ; Stella, los 'l'
Cyclops
Genoa—both from London; her MajestY'e j3usy
and Rhadamanthus from the Wen for the
Dee, from Mosina for Loudon,

Mr. S. ESTCOURT brought up the Friendly Societies
Assurance Bill, which was read a first time and ordered to
be printed.

NOTICE OF MOTION.

Mr. MAGUIRE gave notice that to-morrow he should
ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would
consent to the appointment of a select committee to inquire
into the operation of the export duties on foreign rags as
affecting the manufacture of paper in Ireland ?