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

THAMES.

DARING BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.—George Ellis,
aged 23 years, and Matilda Wright, also called Ellis,
25, describing themselves as hawkers, were brought
before Mr. Benson charged with feloniously and
burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-
house of Mr. James Nathan Salmon, oil and colour-
man, of No. 4, Whitehouse-lane, Stepney, and
stealing a large quantity of property therefrom.
On the afternoon of Thursday last Mr. Salmon
locked up his house and premises and left the key
with a neighbour. He returned at half-past two
the following morning and discovered that his house
had been forcibly entered, and a large quantity of
property stolen, including 12 white aprons, two
white flannel shirts, eight linen sheets, 12 cotton
shirts, two pairs of calico drawers, 6 pairs of
socks, four handkerchiefs, two coats, four vests,
three pairs of trousers, one jacket, three blankets,
four linen sheets, four pillow cases, a counterpane,
three window blinds, two tablecloths, and a silver
guard-chain--in fact, everything portable had been
taken from the prosecutor's dwelling-house. The
bedroom window, which the prosecutor had fas-
tened inside with two wedges, had been forced open,
and there were marks of footsteps outbide. All the
linen in the house was t tken away, a silver chain
removed from the mantel-shelf, and every other
thing. The thief or thieves, after effecting an
entrance, opened the back door from the
inside, .and their egress was then easy.
The prisoners were at once suspected when the
police received information of the burglary. Ellis
has been convicted several times, and is a despe-
rate and daring burglar. Wright has also been
in custody, and she has long cohabited with Ellis.
James Briden, police-sergeant No. 4 K, and Thos.
Venables, police-constable No. 141 K, took the
prisoners into custody last night at No.
16, Regent-street, Mile-end. No portion of the
stolen property was found upon them. Briden and
Venables entered into circumstances of suspicion
against the prisoners, and John Richard Lilley, a
cabman of No. 17, Friendly-place, White Horse-
lane, was called, who gave very important evidence.
He saw the prisoners near the prosecutor's house on
Thursday, and saw them bringing in bundles of
property into the dwelling of Ellis's father, a short
distance from the oil and colour'shop. The female
prisoner entered the house of her paramour's father
twice, and each time with a bundle. She came from
the direction of Mr. Salmon's premises.
The officers asked for a remand. _ .

Mr. Benson—Certainly. I shall remaad the pri
soners until Monday next for inquiries and add
tional evidence.

THE AGRICULTURAL GANG ACT.—This act comes
into operation to-morrow. The act prohibits tho employ-
ment of children under eight years of ago in agricultural
labour, and also enforces a separation of the sexes in field
work. Gang masters and gang mistresses are to be
licensed, applications for licences at is. each being granted
at the discretion of two justices of the peace, with right to
appeal to the Quarter Sessions in case of the refusal of ap-
plications. Penalties are prescribed in case cif 11cm-com-
pliance witlA the act.