The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-07 00:00:00

ROBBERIES IN SALFORD.

During the holiday season the criminal popula.
tion of Salford has been in an unusual state of acti

vity. Several houses and shops have been broken
into, and the boldness with which two or three of
the robberies were committed is remarkable. On
Thursday evening, between five and six o'clock,
three gold watches were stolen from the shop win-
dow of Mr. Renk, Chapel-street. A small piece of
one of the window panes was removed with a dia-
mond and a chisel, and the thief must then have
drawn the three watches through the strong wire
guard by means of a pair of nippers or a similar
instrument. Traces of blood were left on the broken
glass ; but the theft was managed so adroitly, that
not only was' no person in the shop alarmed, but
the passengers in the street, who must have been
numerous, were not aware of the transaction, and it
was not discovered until the thieves had got away.
On the same night a pane was removed by a similar
process from the window of a tobacconist's shop
in Oldfield-road, and 15j-lbs. of tobacco were
stolen. Two houses have been broken into, one in
Gore•street and the other in Pendleton. In the
first case, a cash—box containing £25 and a number
of valuable articles, were stolen ; and in the
other a considerable sum of money. A determined
attempt has• been made to break into the shop of
Mr. W. Joule, grocer, Chapel-street. The doors
and shutters at the back of the premises were
greatly damaged by the desperate efforts of the
gang to effect at entrance, but the bolts and
bars withstood the test, and Mr. Joule
was saved from experiencing a heavy loss. In
Broughton-road an eutrance was effected into a
shop, but the thieves, who broke through doors and
windows in order to get into the place, found that
the proprietor had left only a very small sum acces-
sible. Both iu Salford and Manchester there are
gangs of rascals, aided in many cases by women
of the lowest class, who render it unsafe to send
children out on errands with money, or wearing
decent clothes. A considerable number of cases
have been reported lately, in which children have
been stripped or robbed. The loss usually falls upon
very poor people, and the police are making special
efforts to break up the gang. The thieves who
frequent places of public resort have netted a con-
siderable booty during the week. In Manchester
sixteen gold and silver watches were reported stolen
in one day.

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Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 74
Kid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock,
Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent.,
Ditto, 4i per cent. rd., 95
Ditto, 4i per cent. irrd.. 944
FOItEIGN KAILWAYr.
Bahia and San Francisco, gua. 7 per cent., 141
(ireat Luxembourg' 84
Sambre and Meuse, 5¢ per cent. pf.,
.tlan Paulo, lila., qua. 6 per cent., 191
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, in

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Anglo •Brazillan Gold, 7-18
Chootales Gold and Silver Mining, :Jim., 3 5-!6
on Pedro. Islor,h Del Rey, pin
Port Phillip, le
Roma Grande, 9.16

DOCE S.
London and St. Katharine, 51

SANft,_,

Alliance, Um., 13/
Australasia, 62 1
British North American, 48
Consolidated, lira., 4I
London and River riatc, 411
London and County, 54i
London and %% estrainster, 701
Ditto, Scrip, 40

BATHING IN VICTORIA PARK.—The First Corn-
missioner of her Majesty's Works, &c., has decided on in-
creasing the bathing lake in Victoria-park to nearly dOuble
its present size. The works will be commenced imme-
diately, and following the best precedents of the public
works carried on in Lancashire during the cotton distress
will bs done by task work. In this way, while employ-
ment will be given to many in the east of London willing,
but at this time unable, to find work, a permanent
public improvement will be effected with economy and
despatch.

SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. —Visitors during
the week ending January 4 :—On Monday, Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, and Saturday, free from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 11,010 ;
on Thursday and Friday (admission 6d.), from 10 a.m. till
4 p.m., I.ooo—total, 12,070. Average of corresponding
week in former years, 8,084. Total from the opening of
the Museum, 7,156,824.

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oppressive pain on the heart and left side, accompanied
with dimness of sight and loss of appetite, with no rest day
or night, enduring sufferings more than 1 can describe ; and
after using all the means prescribed by the best of the
faculty with no benefit, I tried your Pain Killer, and am
perfectly cured.--Yours, &c., ISAAC Pluurrs.—Dudley,
Jan. 17, 1860. Perry Davis and Son, 17, Southampton-row,
Holborn." Beware of fraudulent imitations. None genuine
without the proprietors' trade mark, .1:4,1N IiI4LER: on
tlo Govoramout stpapc—LADywA