The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-27 00:00:00

THAMES.

IMPUDENT YOUNG THIEVES.—John M'Grath,
aged 14 years, William Lawson, 12, John King, 12,
and William Wilson, 11, were brought before Mr.
Paget, charged with stealing a leather bag from
the shop of Mr. Charles Craddock, in Hereford
place, Commercial-road, East, who said a person
brought a bag into his shop, and he at once identi-
fied it as his property. It, was stolen from the
door-way in his shop.
Edward Thompson, of 'No. 22, Langley-place,
Commercial-road, saw the four prisoners
opposite his window reconnoitring and planning a
robbery. He then saw them go to his neighbour's
shop, shake severalgbags, which they could not
move until they got one of the nail. He raised an
alarm, and one of the boys was caught by a police-
constable. Ile " nailed" two in the middle of the
street, and the fourth was captured.
A police-constable said he was also watching,
and saw M‘Grath take down the bag, and run away
with it. He knew three of the boys to be notorious
thieves. He did not know Wilson.

Mr. Paget remanded the prisoners for a week.
Their parents must attend the next hearing of the
case.

ROBBERY IN A JEWELLER'S SHOP.—Julia Wil-
liams, aged 16 years, and Margaret Murray, 15,
were charged with stealing two gold lockets in the
shop of Mr. Pettit, jeweller and watchmaker in the
Commercial-road.

The prisoners, who were very dirty aid meanly
dressed, and were never in a condition to
buy jewellery, entered the shop of Mr. Pettit,
last night at eight o'clock, and asked the prosecu-
tor's son to allow them to look at some wedding
rings. He took a card-full of wedding rings out of
the window. The prisoners immediately began to
finger the rings, and Mr. Pettit, jun., said their
hands were very dirty, and he did not want the
card soiled, and begged of them to let the rings
alone, and he would display:the rings. The girls
then said they would not buy any rings, and asked
Mr. Pettit, jun., to show them some lockets. Three
oards, on which were gold lockets, were produced.
The prisoners handled them. While they were
examining them one prisoner concealed two in the
palm of her hand, the other 0130 locket. Mr. Pettit
immediately discovered what they were after, raised
their hands from under the counter, and took the
lockets from them. They were valued at a guinea
and a half. Mr. Pettit, glad enough to recover his
father's property, would have allowed the prisoners
to depart, hut Mrs. Pettit, his aunt, very properly
insisted on their being given into custody.
John Mackway Healey, a boy in the service of
Mr. Pettit, saw the prisoners conceal the lockets in
the palms of their hands while examining others.

Edward Dillon, a police-sergeant, No. 19 K, said
he found 7s. 6d. on one prisoner and no money on
the other. He also found seven eggs on Williams,
which she said she had purchased in Blackwall two
miles from the spot where she was arrested.
Murray had a tin pot in her hand, and she attempted
to drop a pair of new socks. Thirteen cigars were
also discovered on Williams, and 22 on Murray.
There was also a new comb on each of them.

The prisoners pleaded guilty, and were each con-
victed of larceny, and sentenced to three months'
imprisonment and hard labour.

THE ORLEANS FAMILY.—The second anniversary
of the death of the ex-Queen of the French was commemo-
rated on Tuesday. All the members of the Orleans family
were present, and many old and tried friends, the majority
of these last having come from France for the express
purpose of attending the solemn gathering. At half-past
10 a short funeral service was held in the chapel at %Vey-
bridge, under which are deposited iu a vault the remains
of King Louis Philippe, his Consort, and others of the
family. Bishop Grant officiated, assisted by his usual at-
tendants. At the close all present visited the vault, and
then fresh wreaths of flowers were placed upon the tomb
of the illustrious lady. One wreath was especially beauti-
ful, and was brought from Paris by one of the visitors.
OLDEST INHABITANTS.—At Melbourne an address
was presented to the Duke of Edinburgh by Victorian
colonists of not less than a quarter of a century's stand-
ing. Though the timefor signing the address was short,
it had more than 600 signatures, 24 dating hack their resi-
dence in the colony to 1836 or earlier, two to 1834. All
the signatures have been photographed for preservation.
Mr. Henty, the oldest Victorian colonist, road the address.
The Hon. J. P. Fawkner informed the Prince that he wss
in Port Phillip in 1803, and that he was the oldest inha-
bitant of Melbourne, where he settled in 1835, one year
after Mr. Henty settled at Portland. His Royal Highness
declared the address one of the most interesting he had
received.