The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-08 00:00:00

AIARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AN APPRENTICE CHARGED WITH ROBBING HIS
MASTER.—Henry Clark, apprentice to M. John
Evans, of Mmint-street, Grosvenor-square, was
charged before Mr. Knox with stealing four gold
and four silver watches of the value of £45, the
property of his master.

Mr. Evans said that the prisoner was his ap-
prentice, and that in consequence of missing some
gold and silver watches, he taxed the prisoner with
stealing them ; the prisoner denied doing so, .but on
his again taxing him with the robbery, he admitted
that he had taken the watches and pledged them.
Sergeant Nathan Leech, 17 G, paid that on tak-
ing the prisoner into custody, and telling him the
charge, he made no reply. lie received some du-
plicates from the prosecutor, which the prisoner
bad given up, and they showed that the watches
had been pledged for £ll.
_ _

Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner for the attend-
ance of the pawnbrokers.

THAMES.

ALLEGED ROBBERY FROM A POOR IRISHWOMAN.
—James Stewart, aged 21, bookbinder, and Cathe-
rine Stewart, his wife, 25, were brought before Mr.
Benson, charged with stealing 9s. from the person
of Eliza Savage. The complainant said her hus-
band was Michael Savage, an Irishman, who was
in the American naval service. A few days since
she left Cork in search of work here, which she was
unable to obtain ; and having fallen into distress,
waited upon the Lord Mayor at the Mansion
House for assistance. His lordship kindly
gave her 10s. to enable her to pay the
fare, per steam, to Cork. She spent only
7d. of the money to procure food for herself
and little girl, and owing to there being an Irish
row in the house where she lodged, at No. 116,
Rosemary-lane, she went to the dwelling of the
prisoner* whom she knew, at No. 34, Crown-
couft, 'in the same locality, and asked them for a
lodging. They allowed her and her child to lie
down in their room. When she awoke in the morn-
ing she found 9s. of her money gone, and only sd.
left.

In answer to questions by Mr. Benson, she said
the prisoners were Irish, the sta.me as herself, and that
was the reason she went to them. The silver in her
pocket consisted of two half-crowns and two florins,
It was safe when she hid down on Thursday night,
and she missed it on Friday morning.
The prisoners strongly denied having robbed
their poor countrywoman, and s tid she was tipsy
when she came to them on Thursday night, and
must have lost the money before she entered their
dwelling.

Mr. Benson remanded the prisoners, and directed
Police-constable Bell, No. 182 11, who had charge
of the case, to minutely search th 3 prisoner's room,
and every cupboard, box, or closet, in it.
On the prisoner being again brought before Mr.
Benson,

The constable said he had found no money on
the prisoners or in their room, and that they had
spent nothing on Friday morning.

Mr. Benson said there was no evidence to justify
him in detaining the prisoners any longer; and dis-
charged them. It was much to be regretted that
the Lord Mayor, instead of giving the woman
Savage 103., had not paid the fare for her and her
child, and directed an officer to see them on board
the steamer. If the woman hal been robbed it
was a most cruel act, but he saw nothing in the
case to attach suspicion to the prisoners.
STEALING OATS IN A LOCK.—Alfre Banckland,
a labourer, aged 3), of No. 12, Glengall-road,
Manchester-road, Poplar, was brought before Mr.
Benson charged with stealing one peck and a quart
of oats, value 2s. 61, which had been stolen or
unlawfully procured. Sergeant Roberts, an officer
belonging to the New Millwall Deck police, stopped
the prisoner as he was leaving the dock with a large
stone bottle in his hand. He asked him what there
was in the bottle, to which he said " Nothing,"
and was-passing on when the officer said "T hat will
not do for me," and unlocked the bottle, which was
full of clean oats. There were many grain ships
loading in the docks, and he believed the oats were
stolen.

The prisoner saki the oats were given to him by
a man in the dock, and the bottle was his own.
Roberts believel the bottle was stolen as well as
t he oats.

Mr; Benson said there was no attempt at con-
cealment in this case, and the prisoner was the
worse for drink. The very fact of his bringing the
bottle containing the oats from the dock might
have been done with a view of escaping observation
by appearing to be open and above board. He had
no doubt the oats were stolen, or unlawfully pro-
cured.. -,He sentenced the prisoner to 14 days' im-
prisonment and hard labour.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Aug. 7.—England's Rosa, from the Cape of
Good Hope; Caroline, Hutchinson, from Calicut ; Burton
Strather, from Port Natal; Andrses, from Shanghai;
Firm, from Jamaica; Shorasun, from Calcutta; Miri-
michi, from Mirimicbi; Azel, from Quebec ; Choice, from
St. John's ; Taurus, steamer, from Tanning ; Richard
Cobden, steamer, from Lisbon.

Arrived, Aug. 8. —Amber Nymph, from Dominica;
Cairn, from Melbourne ; Alexandrina, from New York;
Lady Milne, from St. Vincent; Eider, steamer, from
Touning ; William and Clara, steamer, from Ilussum ;
Tonning, steamer, from 'fowling ; Princess Royal, steamer,
from Hamburg; Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp; Con-
cordia, steamer, from Boulogne.
Sailed.—Dover Castle, for Port Phillip; St. Lawrence,
steamer, for Quebec; Louisa, for Marseilles; Holland,
steamer, for Ostend; Panther, steamer, for Boulogne.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed.—Florence, screw steamer, from London, for
Cardiff; Pride, from Lagos; Colombo, barque, from
Colombo; Jury, barque, from Taganrog ; Inverdurie,
from Tellicherry—all for London.

Anchored—Princess Royal, from Villauova, for Copen-
hagen ; Concordia, from Rotterdam, for Buenos Ayres.
Sailed—Most of the outward bound, to the westward.