The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-15 00:00:00

£4B. On the 7th of December I was walking
in the Strand, when I was accosted by a
man, who asked me the way to St. Paul's.
He entered into conversation with me, and I told
hini that I was going to Westminster Abbey and
the Houses of Parliament. He said he was, like
me, a stranger in London, and if I would allow him
he would like to accompany me. We went together
as I assented, and he proposed having some-
thing to drink. I told him I did not want any-
thing, but would go with him. A man who
was in the room we entered, and who pre-
tended to be unacquainted with the first man,
began talking about the sufferings of the poor,
and while this was going on the prisoner came in
and appeared to have been drinking, or pretended
to have been, and he said that he had had a large
sum lately bequeathed to him which he wished to
dispense in charity. He then spoke about having
offered to place a sum of moneyiatthe disposal of a
man for that purpose, if he would produce an
equivalent amount to show that he did not covet
it ; upon which the first man said he should
like to have some more ;ii)ney to give away
on the same terms, and p..isoner replied that
he might. The prisoner asked prosecutor if he
would also like some to dispense, aul prisoner then
said they must go with him to some place where the
matter could be arrange]. They went to the Gun
Tavern, and there prisoner said stamps were re-
quired to give him receipts for the money he ad-
vanced. He was about going out for them,
when one of the others said, " Suppose he should
not come back." Prisoner then volunteered, in
order to insure his return, to leave his pocketbook,
which he placed in a hat on the table, and went
out. When he returned ho had only been
able to got one receipt, and it was proposed
that I and the first man should go out
for the necessary stamps, and as the pri-
soner had had confidence enough in us
to take his pocketbook as a guarantee of
return we should do the same. The first man
and I went out after leaving our books. He seemed
to be going the wrong way, and I began to feel
unwell. He told me to wait a few minutes while
he got the stamps, and I did. When f returned to
the public-house they were all gone, and my pocket-
book too.

Mr. Arnold—Where were you born ?
Prosecutor—ln the United States.
Prisoner was remanded till Tuesday.

THAMES.

ROBBERY BY LOOSE WOMEN.—A STUPID SCOTCH-
MAN.—Sarah Lucy, Hannah Pedrick, and Eliza
Smith, were brought before Mr. Paget charged
with stealing a silver watch, value £5, from the
person of Archibald Campbell, a clerk, of No. 1,
Victoria-terrace, Grove-road, Mile-end-road.
The prosecutor, a Scotchman, without any of the
caution or tact of his countrymen, was passing the new
Globe public-house, near the canal bridge, Mile-end,
last night, and went with the prisoners and
another woman, ever intent on preying upon any
one who thought proper to join their company. He
selected one of the lassies, Lucy, but refused the
solicitations of the others to talk with them, The
Scotchman walked a few yards with Lucy on his
arm, the other prisoners following them. 11e turned
down a narrow street, and was talking to Lucy a
few minutes. She suddenly left him and joined the
others. He directly missed his watch. It was in
his coat pocket when he met with the women. He
went after the three women and gave them in
charge.

James Toulmin, a police-constable, No. 425 K,
said—This morning about half-past 12 the prisoners
passed him in the Mile-end-road, and directly after-
wards he met the prosecutor, who said that one of
them had taken his watch. He went up to the pri-
soners and said, " One of you has taken this gentle-
man's watch." They all declared they had never
seen him before. He observed Smith and Pedrick
handing something to each other, and shuffling their
hands about their dresses. At last the prosecutor's
watch was dropped on the ground between them.
He picked it up, and Mr. Campbell said it was his
watch. He was almost positively certain that Smith
dropped the watch—she was quite close to Pedrick
at the timr.

In answer to Mr. Paget, the witness said that
Pedrick and Smith had been convicted before, and
were regular thieves.

:Mr. Paget committed all the prisoriers for trial.

NAVAL AND 111ILITA1?Y INTELLIGENCE.

Th^ Bristol screw frigate, flagship of Commo-
dore G. T. P. floruby, arrived at Spithead late on
Sunday evening from the west Coast of Africa.
Yesterday morning she exchanged salutes with the
Victory, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief at
Portsmouth, Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley. She brought
a few naval invalids, who were removed to the flag
ship. The Bristol proceeds this morning to Sheer-
ness, to be paid out of commission.
The paddlewheel steamer Gladiator, Capt. D'O
D'A. Aplin, went into Portsmouth harbour yester-
day to coal and make good defects.
The Danae, screw corvette, Captain Sir Malcolm
M‘Gregor, went into Portsmouth harbour yester-
day to have her machinery examined after her
late cruise, and before she has another trial of
speed.

The troopship Orontes, Capt. Phelps, went into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday. The naval in
valids were removed to the flagship Victory.
Those of the military and also time-expired men
will disembark this morning. The Orontes requires
new boilers and repairs to her machinery, which
will occupy some four or five months, and the Lords
of the Admiralty have consequently decided on
paying her out of commission.

Rear-Admiral Sir George G. Wellesley, C. 8.,
Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard,
has recently received au address from the workmen
and others belonging to the dockyard at Ports-
mouth, expressing their detestation of the late
Fenian outrage at Clerkenwell, and the loyal
feelings which animate them in asking permission
to raise a penny subscription to assist the suf-
ferers from the late atrocious outrage. The fol-
lowing is a copy of the address presented to
the Admiralty Superintendent :—" The workmen
belonging to this establishment are of opinion the
time has now arrived for themselves and others in
this and all other establishments to show unmis-
takeably their feeling with regard to Fenianism. It
has therefore been suggested that a penny subscrip-
tion be raised to assist in relieving the sufferers
from the late outrage at Clerkenwell, the amount
being as mentioned, so as to give an opportunity to
all of showing their abhorrence of that dastardly
crime, and as an additional proof on their part that
they have an earnest desire to assist the Govern-
ment in suppressing such acts of villainy. We,
therefore, beg of you to be pleased to grant us
permission to collect the same in the yard, and to
place a few notices to the above effect at the mus-
ter stations, &c.—We have, &c."
We understand Rear-Admiral Wellesley laid the
address before the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, and that the First Lord, Sir Alexander
Milne, and the other members of the Board have
not only granted their permission, but have also re-
quested the Admiral Superintendent to convey to
the workmen of the yard the expression of the gra-
tification their lordships have derived from the
proof of loyalty and good feeling manifested by
them in reference to the late Fenian outrage.

We learn by the Bermuda Royal Gazette that the
armour-plated ship Royal Alfred, 18, Capt. Hon.
Walter C. Talbot, flag of Vice-Admiral Sir George
R. Mundy, K.C.13., Commander-in-Chief on the
station, which arrived at the island from Halifax
on the Bth ult., again left on the 14th for the West
Indies. It was understood at Bermuda that the
Admiral would return in about seven weeks. The
paddlewheel steam sloop Sphinx, Capt. Richard V.
Hamilton, left in company with the Admiral. The
screw steam sloop Fawn, 17, Commander Charles
Heysham, left Bermuda on the 11th for St.
Thomas. The iron troopship Urgent, 4, Captain
Henderson, from Plymouth, November 17, via
Madeira, where she remained three days, arrived at
Bermuda on the 11th of December. She brought
32 naval officers, 40 seamen, 150 boys, and 80
Royal , Marines Light Infantry, to join different
ships ou the North Alined= and West