The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-10 00:00:00

THAMES,

DARING CAsn-Box rtOBBEIZY.—John Hampton, a
man about 31 years of age, with a long beard and
moustache, and wearing a shabby genteel suit of
black, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with
stealing a cash-box containing 12 sovereigns and
£1 17s. hi silver from the Three Crowns public-
house in the Mile-end-road.

Miss Sarah Ann Myers said she was the daughter
of the proprietor of the Three Croiins. Yester-
day afternoon about five o'clock she was in the
bar, and serving two gentlemen with cider, and
it was for payment of which they tendered a sove-
reign, which was placed on the counter. The pri-
soner, who looked faint and ill, was in a side box,
and called for some gin. She served him with the
gin, and then took the cash box out of the cupboard
in the bar to procure change for a sovereign.
Having given the change to the two gentlemen she
returned the cash box to the cupboard and locked the
door. Soon afterwards she heard a noise behind
her, and saw the prisoner on his hands and knees
creeping out of the flap door in the bar, and at the
same moment observed the cash-box under his arm.
She said to the prisoner, " What are you doing?'
and he walked sharply away. She screamed out for
help, and said, " He has got my father's cash-box."
The gentleman followed the prisoner and overtook
him, and brought back the cash-box, which con-
tained £ll in gold and £1 103. in silver.
Two gentlemen, named Bowman and Cook, said
the prisoner threw the cash-box away when they
overtook him, and he made a determined resistance.
A police-constable, named Bannister, said he
found a bunch of skeleton keys on the prisoner.
There were two others with him, who made their
escape.

Mr. Paget said the prisoner would be committed
for trial to-morrow (Thursday) week, June 18, until
which day he remanded him.

MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—The College of Maynooth
is erected on land in perpetuity, containing 123 a
lr 28p., for which the college pays the annual rent
of £194 10s. Gd. As tenant at will, the college also
holds a farm from the Duke of Leinster, containing
218 a Or 4p, the rent of which is £3OO per annum.
The only land for which the college receives any
rent is the Dunboyne estate, containing 438 a Or
35p, let under fee-farm grant at the gross annual
rent of £461 18s. 2d. The net rent received varies
with the taxes, and may be taken at an average of
£420 per annum. There are no fines levied in the
college, and the only fees aro those payable by
students at entrance, and which amount to Bs.
The average receipts under this head have, how-
ever, during the last seven years amounted to
£766 16s. per annum. The sum voted for the
college from the Consolidated Fund this year was
£26,251 10s. 11d., which is a slight decrease on all
the grants made since 1847. The number of
students registered on the Ist of January last was
524.

THE ITALIAN ORGAN BOTS.—A remarkable re-
port, prepared by M. Cavaglioz, a member of the
Socia6 Italienne de Bieufaisance de Paris, on the
abominable traffic in Italian children, has happily
resulted in attracting the attention of some mem-
bers of the Italian Parliament to the subject.
Messrs. Guerzoni and Oliva have notified their in-
tention to question the Government on the matter,
and General Menabrea is understood to have fro-
wised his cordial support to the propositions to be
submitted by them. It is sincerely to be hoped
that before long an end will be put to this disgrace-
ful trade. The poor children are literally bought
from their relatives by the padres, who fatten on
the proceeds, and are exported to furnish street
musicians and mendicants all over the world.
A wonderful feat of pedestrianism is stated to
have been achieved on Monday morning at 5 a.m.
by a man named Woodhouse, who undertook, for
s b, t of £2O, to run forty miles in five hours. The
course selected was the high road from Newington
to Croydon, a distance of ten miles. Woodhouse
ran from Newington to Croydon and back in two
hours and fifteen minutes. The next ten miles,
from Newington to Croydon he performed in one.
hour and twelve minutes, and completed the whole
distance by 9.53 a.m., having seven minutes to
spare, without exhibiting any distress.