The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-26 00:00:00

THE ROBBERY OF £2,500 AT FALKIRK.

SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 25 (Evening).—The two
persons for whose apprehension warrants had been
issued on a charge of robbing a gentleman of £2,525
at Falkirk, have been discovered at Southampton
by detective Peter Brown, of the Glasgow force,
and Verge, a detectiv6 of the Southampton police.
On Monday, the 7th inst., an English cattle dealer
attending Falkirk Tryst, which he had visited for
a series of years, was accosted by a woman, who
was accompanied by a young man, and robbed of a
pocket-book containing £2,525 in drafts and bank
notes, viz—£l4o in £2O notes of the Commercial
Bank of Scotland; about £5O in £lO and £5 notes of
other Scotch banks; about £lB5 in Bank of England
notes; drafts on the Royal Bank, Falkirk, for
£1,300, £4OO, and £250; and a draft for £2OO, also
on a Scotch bank. A description of the parties
being given to the Northern police, they were recog-
nised as Thomas Cox, alias John Jones, alias Charles
Lukeman, and about 29, and Mary Ann Jones,
alias Jane Rose. or Cox, about 28 years of age ; and
it was ascertained that they left Glasgow for Eng-
land by the Caledonian Railway on the Wednes-
day night following the robbery. A reward of
£5O was offered for their apprehension, and detec-
tive Brown started on their track. That officer
spent eight days in London, but failed to discover
the fugitives. He returned to Scotland, and as,
certained that £235 had been deposited at two
of the Edinburgh banks. At Falkirk, a
middle-aged man, who gave the assumed name of
Cox, was apprehended. This individual had gone
with the thieves from Falkirk to Edinburgh, where
the woman deposited the money, and he subse-
quently endeavoured to effect its removal with a
view to transmit it to them. A fresh clue was ob-
tained; the thieves were clearly traced from Edin-
burgh to London, and thence to Southampton, to
which place detective Brown pursued them. The
man Cox, who gave the additional alias of James
Jones, was apprehended on Thursday evening; he
had only £7 in his possession. Brown and Verge
then commenced a yet more active search for the
woman Jones, and obtained from the magistrates a
warrant authorising them to search the lhouse, 8,
Kingsfield-street, and the residence of a woman
named. Byles, in Weymouth-terrace, in either one
of which she was strongly suspected to be concealed.
This afternoon the detectives entered the house in
Kingsfield-street, the back of which is accessible
from the rear of the house in Weymouth-terrace, a
row of houses erected on the esplanade upon he
cannot be overlooked from that side.
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IHE NAVY.

The Warrior, 40, screw, Capt: the Hon. A. A.
Cochrane, C. 8., made her trial of speed with re-
duced power at the measured mile, in Stokes Bay,

yesterday, in charge of Capt. Broadhead, com-
manding the reserve at the port, Mr. Miller, of
the factory department, and Mr. Murdoch, in-

spector of machinery afloat, superintended the work-
ing of the machinery and other details of the trial.

The weather was as favourable as could be wished
for the occasion. Four runs were first made over

;he trial ground with six boilers (the ship at full

power uses 10), and the following results were oh-
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,ained:—First run Pressure of steam, 211 b ;

vacuum, forward engine, 261 ; after do., 261 ; revo-
lutions of engines, 43 ; speed in knots, 13,183. Second

run—Pressure of steam, 201 b. ; vacuum, forward

engine, 26; after ditto, 26; revolutions of engines,
44 ; speed in knots, 11.013. Third run—Pressure
of steam, 181'1b. ; vacuum, forward engine, 27 ; after
ditto, 26 ; revolutions of engines, 43 ; speed in knots,
13.235. Fourth run—Pressure of steam, 201 b; va-
cuum, forward engine, 27 ; after ditto, 25 ; revolu-
tions of engines, 44; speed in knots, 11.077. The
mean speed of the four runs in knots was 12.186.
Two runs were next made with four boilers as fol-

lows : First run—Pressure of steam, 201 b. ; vacuum,
forward engine, 27; after engine, 28; revolutions
of engines, 372 ; speed in knots, 12.080. Second
run—Pressure of steam and vacuum the same as in

the preceding run; revolutions of engines, 38;
speed in knots, 10.000 ; mean of the two runs,
11.040. Temperature, engine room—Max., 92; min.,
85. Temperature, stokehole—Max., 113; min., 98.
The indicator cards showed favourably. The above

figures will speak for themselves. A very short time
and we shall know what the ship can do at sea, for
as at present arranged the Warrior will leave Spit-
head at daylight on Tuesday morning, and, calling
in at Portsmouth to embark some of the members
of the Board of Admiralty, will proceed on her ex-

perimental sea trip, during which we may fairly
be excused wishing that she may meet with toler-

ably rough weather, as there can be no doubt, from
their antecedents, that both her captain and com-

mander are well qualified to handle her under any

circumstances.

By direction of the Controller of the Navy, acting
under the instructions of the Admiralty, a modifica-
tion is to be made in the construction of the stern
portion of the Royal Oak, 50, iron-plated frigate,
building at Chatham, by doing away with the aper•
ture, or screw well, at the stern of the frigate for
raising the screw when not required in steaming.
This will add considerably to the strength of the
vessel, as the opening between the rudderpost and
stern will be filled up, with the exception of the
space for the working of the screw. By the adoption
of this principle any defects in the screw can only
be remedied on the steamer reaching the harbour,
The Admiralty have also under their consideration
a suggestion for the adoption of headless rudders and
some other improvements which are likely to be
used in the construction of this class of frigate.
The armour plates which will protect the exterior
of the Royal Oak are not to be tongued and grooved,
but are to be of an uniform thickness throughout,
experiments having shown that grooved iron plates
present less resistance to shot than the plain plates.
Yesterday a number of the new description of
armour-plates were landed at the dockyard. They
are of immense weight and substance, each plate
being 16 feet in length by 3 feet 3 inches in breadth,
and 41 inches in thickness, while the weight varies
from 79cwt. to 82cwt. each. Instead of being

forged, the plates are all rolled, the Admiralty
having entered into a contract with the Parkgate
Iron Company, Yorkshire, where powerful machi-
nery for manufacturing them has been erected. The
Royal Oak is now completely framed. During yes-
terday the shipwrights commenced laying the beams
for her main and lower decks. Every effort is
being made to hasten forward her construction, for
which purpose there are nearly 300 shipwrights,
caulkers, and labourers employed on her. The
alterations ordered to be effected in the Royal Oak
are to be adapted in the Royal Alfred, the Ocean,
and the Caledonia, 50-gun iron-plated frigates,
under construction at the other Royal dockyards.
The paddlewheel steamer Wildfire, Mr. Brock-
man, master-commander, left Chatham yesterday,
having on board the Hop. R. Dundas, Storekeeper-
General to the Navy, who is on a visit of inspection
to the various naval establishments.
• The paddlewheel steam-sloop Medea, 6, Comman-
der D. Preston, from Portsmouth, en route for the
West Indies, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday
evening with supernumeraries from the Donegal, 09.
The screw steam gunboat Skipjack, Lieut. and
Commander Horatio Packe, from the West Indies,
arrived at Plymouth yesterday.
The crew of the sailing frigate Cambrian, 40,
Commander M'Cleverty, at Devonport, were paid
off yesterday.
Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., M.P.
for Devonport, accompanied by his late Flag Captain,
M. K. Hall, visited the gunnery-ship Cambridge,
Capt. Jerningham, in Ilamoaze yesterday, and,
after inspecting the ship, witnessed target practice,
at various ranges up to 1,200 yards, with shot and
shell, the ship being rolled heavily during the prac-
tice. Concentrated broadsides of shot, shell, and
double shot were also fired with great precision in
the presence of the gallant Admiral, who expressed
his great satisfaction with what he had seen.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Capt. J. R. Cockburn, to the Ser-
ingapatam, to be naval officer in charge of the dock-
yard and victualling establishment at Simon's Bay ;
Capt. W. F. Burnett, C. 8., to the Orpheus; Lieuts.
D. D. Yonge and W. T. F. Mudge, to the Orpheus;
Mr. A. E. Kay has been promoted to the rank of
lieut. ; W. D. Strong, master, to the Orpheus ; A.
B. Bradshaw, midshipman, to the Orpheus ; A.
Anderson, midshipman, to the Edgar ; G. M. Man-
sel has been nominated to a naval cadetship; the
Rev. C. A. Haslewood, chaplain and naval instruc-
tor, to the Orpheus ; Dr. J. M. Trouson, surgeon, to
the Orpheus : T. Craig, promoted to the rank of
surgeon ; W. D. Longfield, assist.-surg., in the Fire-
brand; M. Coates, assist.-surg., to the Orpheus; T.
Dobbin, second master, to the Doterel ; W. H. Ad-
lam, second master, to the Fisgard, additional, for
the Investigator; J. Leigh, confirmed as second class
assist.-engineer in the Revenge ; E. A. Amphlett,
paymaster, to the Orpheus; W. H. P. M. Gillman,
assist.-paymaster, to the Orpheus ; J.Kiddle, assist.-
paymaster in charge, in the Terror ; G. V. Gruzolier,
assist.-paymaster, to the Indus ; and F. L. Roberts,
assist.-clerk, to the Revenge.