The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-05 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE HONE§T WAGGONER AND THE BOW-ROAD
THlEF.—Robert Bradley, a Spitalfields thief, who has
been for some time past loitering about the Bow-road, with
a lawless gang of ruffians, was brought before Mr. Selfe,
charged with stealing a cheese, weighing 281b5., and
valued at 175., from a cart belonging to George James
Harvey and Co., wholesale cheesemongers and buttermen.
George Beasley, of No. 14, Roupell-street, Lambeth,
said he was a carman in the employ of the Great Western
Railway Company. Last evening he was proceeding west-
ward with his van, containing 3 tons 15 cwt. of goods, and
on reaching Bow Church, he saw a cart and horse
proceeding eastward. The prisoner followed the cart
and took from the tail of it a large cheese,
with which he started off at full speed down a
side street. He stopped his horses, and said to his
companion, "I'll have that fellow." He pursued the pri-
soner and soon came up with him with the cheese in his
possession. To make sure of the prisoner he said to him,
" Read this direction for ins, is it right," and put a piece
of paper before him. While the prisoner was looking at him
he said, "You are the man that stole the cheese," seized
him by the collar, and conveyed him to the station-house.
Samuel Holland, servant to George James Harvey and
Co., identified the cheese which was stolen from his mas-
ter's cart in the Bow-road.

The prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. Selfe said the witness Beasley had acted most
creditably and discreetly, and would make an excellent
police-officer. He should award Beasley 53. for his good
conduct; mteneed timtprisonar to be

1011 r.

, DARING ROBII;MY AT A LINEN-DRAPER'S SHOP.—
Ann Collins, a morose and dissipated-looking girl, aged 18,
was bro•sght up on remand before Mr. Selfe, charged with
stealing a roll of flannel measuring ten yards, and valued at
205., from the shop of Mr. John Sanders, linen-draper, No.
127, St. George-street, alias liateliff-highway.
On Tuesday evening last, shortly before sunset, the pri-
soner and another female entered the prosecutor's shop,
looked at some goods, and then left without making a pur-
chase. Directly afterwards Mr. Sanders missed a roll of
flannel, and immediately left his shop and followed the pri-
soner and her companion. The girl Collins exclaimed,
" Here he comes," threw down the roll of flan-
nel, and ran away. She was soon overtaken,
and she then turned round, put herself in a fighting atti-
tude, and struck at the linendraper. A struggle ensued,
and the prisoner was overpowered and secured. The roll of
flannel was recovered. On the first examination, on Wed-
nesday, the prisoner said she had been staying two or three
nights at 3 French-alley, Geswell-street, a very question-
able locality. She was remanded, and a policeman stated
this morning that she was a person of very bad character,
and had been in custody before.
Mr. Selfe—l suspected as much.
Police-constable—She is connected with a gang of shop-
lifters.

Mr. Selfe said the prisoner had committed a most auda-
cious robbery, and as she had pleaded guilty on the first
examination, he should now dispose of the case by sentencing
the prisoner to four months' imprisonment with hard labour.

THIS DAY'S SILIPPING.

LONDON, Oct. s.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze with fog.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 4.—Wind E. to E.S.E.—Sailed—
H.M.S, Chesapeake, for Sheerness.
SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 4.—Sailed—Pena, steamer, for
Alexandria.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 3.—Wind E.—Sailed—Tiptree, for
Sydney; Sunrise, for Philadelphia.
BRIDGEWATER, Oct. 3.—Arrived—Advance, from
Quebec.

GLOUCESTER, Oct. 4.—Arrived—Jane Derrell, from
Montreal.

CARDIFF, Oct. 3.—Sailed—Atlas, for Singapore ; Ken-
net, for St. Thomas.

SWANSEA, Oct. 4.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Leonie,
from Camillas.

LONDONDERRY, Oct. 3.—Arrived—Zened, from Phila-
delphia.
WATERFORD, Oct. 2.—Sailed—Eliza, for St. John's,
Newfoundland.

STROMNESS, Oct. 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Emma,
from Davis Straits, with 20 whales-150 tuna of oil.
HOLYHEAD, Oct. 4.—Wind S.—Sailed—Marys, for
Cuba.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
At.•ived, Oct. 4—Petrel, from Denia ; Hebdar, from
Jamaica.
Arrived, Oct. s—his, from Guernsey.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Nova Amizade Mesquite, from London, for Lis •
bon ; Harmonie, steamer, from New York, for Hamburg.

THE FRENCH PRESS AND THE

WARRIOR.

A letter from Paris says :—Tho Patrie devotes
as much of its nautical knowledge and metallur-
gical and engineering science as can be condensed
in three columns to the examination of the iron
sides of the Warrior, and its internal arrange-
ments. On the whole it must be admitted
that the observations of our French con-
temporary are less disfigured than usual with the
absurd contradictions, inaccuracies, and ignorance,
'which are its wont. It comes, however to this
conclusion—hitherto France has only been able to
keep on terms of naval equality with England by
combining its naval forces with those of the smaller
Powers, but these iron ships, like the Warrior,
cost some £500,000 each, an expense which the
smaller States will be unable to bear—" France,
therefore, finds herself standing alone before her
adversary. She must henceforth rely upon no
assistance, and at whatever cost it may entail upon
her, she must be prepared for all eventualities.
This is a national necessity, before which no Deputy
will recoil, not one citizen will haggle. There
must be an equality of armament between France
and England; and, unless England will resign
herself to this agreement, the two millions which
Lord Palmerston has just extorted from her will be
but an infinitesimal fraction of what she will be
called upon to spend."

Now, then, pet:fide Albion. France tells Britan-
nia that if she wishes to retain her rule over the
waves she must pay dearly for her whistle. France
here announces her intention to continue her game
of " beggar my neighbour," which Punch lately
represented her Emperor as playing with Lord
Palmerston. It is a game at which he who can
hold out the longest invariably wins, and France
has yet to show that her resources are equal to
ours.

This is evidently a sore subject with France and
her journals. She cannot refer to it patiently. It
is the red flag which exasperates the bull. The
Patrie flies at the Warrior; the Constitutionnel,
to-day, at the Portland Breakwater, and at the
limes for its congratulations to the country on this
additional rampart against the perpetual menace
of its powerful neighbour. Such gratulations aro,
according to the Patrie, as futile as the millions
which England has thrown into the sea to complete
her breakwater. The Constitutionnel does not
favour us with its opinion respecting the many
more millions which France has thrown into the
sea at Cherbourg for the same purpose. Should it
entertain the same opinion of that expenditure it
would be imprudent to express it ; so the Constitu-
tionnel contents itself with this display of its ser-
pentine frolic of " biting against a filo."
"Give a toy to a child and he will occupy himself more
in showing it to be admired than in using it. If it con-
tains some surprise—such as a Jack in the box, which
jumps up on touching a spring, and if the child imagines
that he has frightened you by showing it, his joy knows
no bounds, That old baby, the Times, has given an ex-
ample of this, by calling on the universe to admire the
breakwater and fortifications of Portland. The roadstead
of Portland is very near to Cherbourg, the distance being
only 117 kilometres (about 73 miles). No doubt this
vicinity inspired England with the idea of closing the
roadstead by a breakwater, and of surrounding it with de-
fences. It is a sort of pendant to our maritime arsenal—
an imitation of the breakwater and fortifications of our
port. The English have taken from us the screw for ves-
sels, rifled carbines, rifled cannon, and iron-plated frigates;
and they have resolved to complete the list of their bor-
rowings by taking the model of a port. In all this, there is
for us nothing new, nothing surprising, and in partienlar
nothing alarming, and we cannot understand why the
Times should express so much joy. That journal had no
need of Portland to be reassured, if, indeed, it should think
fit to show itself reassured.

"We will not carry further this monotonous enumera-
tion of cannon, fortresses, and breakwaters. What we
said is sufficient to prove that Portland is, so to speak,
only an article of luxury, and that before the termination
of that port, Great Britain was surrounded by ramparts
sufficiently strong to defy any attack and to give confidence
to the most timid. But the Times is like the woman of the
Bible who will not be comforted. The access of joy which
it had on learning the completion of this new port of refuge
will, no doubt, be followed by articles on the volunteers, on
iron-plated frigates, the Armstrong gun, fortresses covered
with iron, Enfield rifles, and the rest. All this constitutes
a mania which falls within the domain of caricature. In
the meantime, it has already cost England something like a
milliard. (Llo,poo 000 _ sterling), and in the midst of the

American crisis and of iiiiiiltYcipateid defied in the supply
of cotton, the price is rather high for a whim."

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

COVENT GARDEN.
Our market to-day has been moderately supplied with both
fruit and vegetables for the time of year. Generally speak-
ing, the trade has ruled steady, as follows :

FRUIT.
S. d. 8. d.
Pine apples, perlb 3 0 to 5 0
Colonial do., each 1 0 to 3 0
Grapes,per lb 2 0 to 4 0
Foreign do 1 0 to 2 0
Melons, each
Peaches, perdoz 4 0 to 10 a
Nectarines, per dz 3 0 to 6 0
Apples, per sievel 6 to 3 0
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100 0 0 to 0 0
Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0
Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0

s. d. sd.
Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb 1 3to 1 6
Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0
Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0
Strawberries pun. 0 0 to 0 0
Gooseberries hi sv 0 oto 0 0
Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per do.
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries, pr pt 0 oto 0 0
ARLES.

VEGET.
Greens, dz bunch 2 6 to 3 01
Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9 to 1 3,
Savoy do., pr bh. 0 2 to 0 4
Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0
Brocoli, per bush. 0 0 to 0 01
Potatoes, per ton 80 to 110 0
New ditto, pr ewt. 0 0 to 0 01
Peas, per sieve 0 0 so 0 0
Turnips, dz bunch 3 6 to 5 0
Carrots, pr do 3 6 to 5 6
Cucumbers 0 2 to 1 0
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0
Spinaah, hf. -sv 0 0 to 0 0
Brus. sprouts, h.s 0 0 to 0 0
Onions, hf. sv 0 0 to 0 0
New Do., dz bun 1 6 to 2 0
French beans, h.s. 1 9 to 2 9
Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0

Shallots, per lb .. 0 Bto 0 10
Horseradish, pbn 1 6to 2 0
Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4
Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Beet, per doz. .. 1 oto 2 0
Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0
Mushrooms.p ptl. 2 oto 3 0
Artichokes, pr dz 0 oto 0 0
Cabbage lett,score 0 10 to 1 3
Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0
Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0
Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0
Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0
Asparagus, pr do. 0 0 to 0 0
Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0

NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.
Turkeys, 4s Od to 7s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ;
geese, 5s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ducklings,
Is 9d to 2s 9d ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8d
to is ld ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 8d each ; large Surrey fowls,
6s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od; barn-door fowls,
3s Od to 6s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ;
grouse, 2s Od to 3s Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ;
partridges, is Od to 2s ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes, Os
Od to Os Od; teal, Os 8d to Os Od ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od ;
widgeons, is 6d to Os Od; plovers, is Od to Os Od each;
guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 6s Od to 9s Od
each; Ostend fresh butter, lid to is ; English, is Od
to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 10s Od to Os 3d ; French do.,
8s Od to 9s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s 6d to 3s 6d each.