The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-19 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Yesterday Alfred England, a notorious thief, and
who had been remanded from Thursday last on a
charge of breaking the shop-window of Mr. Miller,
a watchmaker and jeweller, and stealing watches
chains, and other property, of the value of 50/., was
finally examined before Mr. Norton.
The robbery, it will be recollected, had been corn.
mitted in the most impudent manner, at sever,
o'clock in the evening, and in one of the most lead
ing thoroughfares in London. The thief, in the firs,
place, tied the shop-door to the scraper; and though
Mr. Miller was engaged behind the counter at the
time, he (the thief) had sufficient time to help him
self to eight watches, eight chains, and other pro-
perty, and got round the corner into Penton-plac(
before Mr. Miller could get the shop-door open.
Three witnesses, who were close on the spot at the
time, and saw the man break the window and take
the property, made no effort to secure him, nor
could they speak to his identity.
The prisoner called his father and brother as wit-
nesses in his favour, but though their statement dif-
fered somewhat widely from his, Mr. Norton, taking
into consideration the fact that the prisoner had de-
livered himself up at the station, and other circum-
stances, believed him innocent cf the charge, and dis-
charged him.
A Wow WITH Two liusnArms.—A man named
Sharp was brought up on a warrant for refusing to
support his wife ; but the latter having admitted that
she had been married upwards of twenty years ago to
another man in court, while she had only been married
fourteen years to Sharp, Mr. Norton dismissed the
complaint.

THE RUSSIAN LOAN.—THE MEETING IN THE
CITY.— We are glad to perceive that the proposed loan
of five millions for the service of Russia—a power which
has crushed for a time, by the most treacherous and ty-
rannical proceedings, the rising liberties of the continent
—has not been taken by the great Jewish capitalists.
Some short time ago, a leading journal published most
grievous daily Jeremiads about the impropriety of rais-
ing large sums in the London money-market for railroad
purposes, even though the outlay was expended at home,
and to that cause ascribed the panics we have just sur-
vived. Now, however, it suits the policy of that journal
to advocate the propriety of the new Russian loan of
five millions, ostensibly brought forward to complete a
Russian railway. Whether thet be the real purpose of
the loan or not, it is not our business to inquire; but we
may be permitted to rejoice that a Jewish house has not
had the negotiation cf a loan for a power so adverse to
every principle cf civil and religious liberty. Further,
we have to :say, that if our own railroads "absorbed our
capital" to the destruction of so many eminent houses,
it is to be hoped that it will not bo really " absorbed" in
a Russian railroad, and tend to bring about a fresh dis-
turbance of our money market, so leading the unwary
trader to endure another excruciating process for the
" correction of the exchanges," and the especial enrich-
ment of those who are denounced by the prophet
Ezekiel as having "taken usury and increase, and
greedily gained c f their neighbours by extortion"
xxi. 12). Whatever may be the issue of the
meeting called in the City, as suggested by Mr. Cobden,
it will have one good result-, being an open proof of the
inert acing influence cr higher principles than the mere
sordid love of gain.—Jewish Chronicle.
TuE Jaws AND GENERAL LITERARY AND SCUM-
aI lo
I tooks Ti Tu
placeTi o INSTITUTION.—The
sudnanyi anniversary sa
Willis'sbllof
Rooms.thi s insti-
tutionT The
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ebject of the institution may be gathered from its title.
It. extends to the members of the Jewish community,
about confirm% to them those benefits which are ren-
dered by the literary and scientific institutions now so
generally spread throughout the metropolis. An extee-
bioa library, reading-rooms, classes foe the study of lan-
guages and general branches of ii,firmation are open to
the members; and lectures are periodically delivered by
competent persons, among whom may be found some
distinguished names. The ball was extremely well at-
t nded, and dancing was kept up to a late hour to the
music of an excellent band, provided by the übiquitous
Jullien. Among the company present were the Baron
Mayor de Rothschild, Mr. Nathaniel Monteliore, Mr.
George Cruikshank, &c.
THE LATE HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR BIRMING-
HA3L—It was Mr. Scott, see., the accountant, and not
his SOD, upon whc,m this daring robbery was committed.