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

THAMES.

IRE GREAT ROBBERY OF SlLK.—William Crane,
porter, who was apprehended in London on the 25th 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. Woolrych
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 Vales of China raw silk, valued at £l,OOO, the
property of the St. Katharine's Dock Company.

- This investigation has extended to a length almost un-
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, in justice to the prisoners or the prosecutor',
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 frinn
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 why 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 he approached the termination of this
ease with great diffidence, and he was actuated by
a subdued spirit. He, however, felt confident of an acquit-
tal when all the facts would be laid before a jury.
He (Mr. Leech) might have brought forward evidence
which would have relieved Mr. Newton of much of the
odium attached to him, but he knew the megistrate'sjudg-
ment was formed by facts and facts 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
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deny magistrate had only one course to pursue,
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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 inch 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 blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ' • h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain, S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

211 IS 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.
DEAL, May 7.—Wind N.E.—Afrived—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 of Good
Hope ; Athens, screw steamer, from Southampton for the
Cape of Good Hope.

(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—Catarize, from Rangoon; Galled, from
Terceira ; Isabella and Jane, from Guernsey.

Sailed—Sea Star, for Adelaide.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed, May 7—Avon, for Trinidad ; Stellal 'steamer, for
Genoa—both from London Majesty's sips Cyclops
and Rhadamanthus' from the West for the River; Busy
Bee; from NeViill4 191* LOUdVai