The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-23 00:00:00

THAMES.

EXTRAORDINARY AND IMPUDENT ROBBERY.--Two
rough-looking fellows, who gave the names of John Long
and William Glynn, were charged with entering the dwell-
ing house of William Walker, at No. 3, Orchard-place,
Ratcliff, and stealing a quantity of linen.
The prosecutor's wife, Ellen Walker, is a laundress. On
Saturday afternoon she left her parlour and went upstairs.
A few minutes afterwards she heard a noise in the lower
part of the house, and hastily returned to the parlour, where
she had pinned 9 shirts and 2 handkerchiefs some time
before. The whole of them were gone. She instantly
called aloud for help and ran through a kitchen into a wash
house, where she found the whole of the linen in a bag. The
prisoners were at that time in a retiring place in the yard,
and finding they were detected immediately assumed
drunkenness aad began tumbling against each other.
On being asked what business they had on the premises
they impudently replied, "We have only come to the
closet." Directly afterwards Mr. George Wischar, a
:foreigner and commission agent, rushed into the house, and
/assisted in securing the prisoners. He saw them enter the
!house a few minutes previously, and Long had a bag on his
arm. He heard a " great row" five minutes afterwards,
and suspecting thieves were in the house, went to the as-
sistance of Mrs. Walker, and helped to secure the thieves.,
The bag containing the linen was the one he saw Longi
;enter the house with.
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The prisoners said they were both so drunk they could
not stand when they were taken into custody, and on being
(told that drunkenness was no excuse for crime, they cross-
examined the witnesses at great length. Long said he had
been a soldier, and gone through the war in the Crimea,
served in India, wen several medals, and was discharged
on the 24th May last.
Mr. Selfe said there had been many brave and honour-
able men in the army who went to the bad on leaving it,
and became the worst of thieves. If Long had been in the
army, and served his country as represented, be would have
had no difficulty in obtaining employment. .He sentenced
'Long to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, and
Glynn to four months' imprisonment and hard labour,

A letter from Paris says :—A gentleman who ha_
just arrived in Pat is from New York says that whet:
he left no one supposed England would take up th,
Trent affair so seriously, and " certainly," he add:.
the Americans will not go to war on that subject.'
He declares that " the ultimatum will surprise then,'
amazingly, for they have been accustomed to thin]; ;
they can do pretty much what they like with tht
English." These assertions are confirmed in a letter ;
I have read from a French merchant at New York I
He says that the seizure of the Southern Corn
missioners creates no fears in commercial
circles, and then he speaks of l'aspect le plus
pacffique of the Government and peopl,
towards foreign countries, and insists, abovt
all, that the Washington Cabinet wishes to keep wel'
with England. I think we may at least come to thi:
conclusion, that neither the Government nor tht
people of the North had the least idea that Euglant
would take up the violation of the flag with so mucl
promptness and decision ; and up to the presen
moment we know not what the expression of feel
Ing will be when Lord Lyons' instructions art
known. It is calculated here in Paris that Monda'
next may bring us the first indications of how tht
ultimatum has been received—that is to say, Oat
tone of the American journals may be telegrapher
to London and Paris on that day, whilst the officia
answer, it is supposed by Americans here, will ge
to Europe about the time when New Year's gifts art
exchanged, as it declared that the Washington
Cabinet will not make a hasty reply. It is but jusi
to say that most Americans in Paris, including OD
Minister and Consul, consider the boarding of gat
Trent illegal and a political error, and they furthe)
calculate on the Washington Government taking tht
same view. I find that a strong conviction continue:
to prevail amongst Northern Americans that wa)
will be avoided. I should observe that, on interrogat
ing the gentleman referred to above (who has just,
arrived from New York) as to why the Norther'
army does not show signs of action, he ob-
served :—" The Northern generals have agree('
not to make any grand attack on the Sontheri
army, and the Southern generals have decided ti
remain on the defensive. The plans of Oat
Northerners are tot filter' through the country when
'no large bodies of Southern troops are to be found
and gradually close round their enemies. This we:
General Scott's plan." The authority to whom 3
refer seems to think that the North must triumph.
but it must be remembered he comes from the im
mediate atmosphere of New York and Washington.
where confidence, to use a measured word, blind
reason, and often leads to false conclusions.