The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-08 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

(THIS DAY.)
John Bird and John 'Williams, very respectably-dressed
young men, were charged with attempting to pick
pockets under the following eircumstances:--
Horsford, one of the constables belonging to
the Mendicity Society, stated that about twenty minutes
past six o'clock last evening: he saw the prisoners in
company with another young man in St. James's-street,
following a gentleman, and suspecting their object, he
watched them into Pall-mall, where the prisoner Wil-
liams, covered by the others, attempted to pick the
pocket of the gentleman they had followed from
St. James's-street. He, however, at the instant
turned into one of the club-houses, and Williams did not
succeed in extracting anything. They then went on
together through several streets, and at length, at the
corner of Glasshouse-street and Regent-street, Williams
made another attempt, and witness distinctly saw him
lift the gentleman's coat pocket up, and attempt to
take out the contents, but he failed in doing so. Wit-
ness then seized both the prisoners. The third twin in-
stantly ran off and escaped. Williams also broke away,
but was pursued and overtaken in Swallow-street. On
searching him a sovereign. and some silver were found
in his pockets. At the station-house he refused to give
his name or address.
A solicitor appeared on the part of Bird, who stated
that he was residing at No. 4, High-street, Whitechapel.
Williams said he was living at Greenwich; they were
perfect strangers to each other.
Mr. MALTBY asked if they were known to the police?
Sergeant Emery, of the C division, said he believed they
came from the east end of the town.
They were remanded, to allow time for making inqui-
ries about them.

SOUTH WARK.-(THIS DAY.)
Two women of the town were charged under the fol-
lowing circumstances :
It appeared that a few weeks since Mr. Shepherd,
landlord of the Surrey Coal-hole was severely bitten in
the hand by a prostitute who was making a disturbance
in his house. The wound became so inflamed that it was
at one time feared it would be necessary to amputate the
hand. The woman escaped at the time, and the two de-
fendants entering his house last evening, and thinking
one of them was the party who so seriously injured him,
he merely looked at them, when they commenced an at-
tack on him, and he was compelled to give them into
custody.—They were committed for seven days, and a
fellow named Taylor, their bully, was fined 5Z for as-
saulting the policemen in taking them into custody.
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LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.)

William Brown, an experienced " mud larks' along
the river side, was charged with stealing a quantity or
coals from the wharf of Mr. Fenton. The prisoner is a
very old hand, and having already been several times
convicted, was committed for trial.
William Draper was charged with fraudulently ob-
taining three cart loads of pantiles, value 11. 12s. 6d.,
from Mr. Bist, a lime merchant of the Surrey Canal-
wharf. The prisoner came with a written order from a
Mr. Ilobbg, a customer of the prosecutor, and stated
that Mr. Hobbs was building some houses at Southamp •
ton-street, Camberwell ; he afterwards disposed of the
tiles considerably under their value to a person in South-
warkbridge•road.
The prosecutor stated that he believed the prisoner
was set in motion by a person of the name of Thompson,
who wrote the order, and that they were acting in
concert. _ _

Mr. HENRY said in that case it would be better to
have Thompson apprehended, when they might be in-
dicted for a conspiracy.
The prisoner in his defence said that he was employed
by Thompson, whose name he thought was Hobbs, who
desired him to say that the tiles were to go to Cam-
berwell.
Mr. HENRY wished to kaow if Mr. Birt thought that,
the prisoner really believed Thompson's name was Hobbs?
—The prosecutor replied that he was of opinion that the
prisoner knew that he was uttering a falsehood.
Mr. Birt said that Thompson put him in motion, and
Thompson sold the tiles. Thompson was a well-known
bad character.
Mr. HENRY said the person who bought the tiles must
be brought to the Court, and give up the titles. Thomp-
son should be apprehended, and the prisoner discharged,
in order that he might give evidence against Thompson.

THE TRADE OF TUE Tysai.--We are sorry to find
that there has been a considerable decrease in the num-
ber of cargoes exported from the Tyne during the past
year, as compared with 1843. Number of ships cleared
with cargoes, in 1843, 3,717 ; in 1844, 2,985. Cleared
in ballast, in 1843, 19 ; in 1844, 135. Of the latter, in
1844, twenty-five cleared for Archangel, thirty-two for
Canada, sixteen to Wyburg, two to Davis's Straits,
twelve to Riga, six to Onega, and the remainder princi-
pally for the guano trade. Among the cargoes exported,
it is worthy of remark that five, consisting of 2,250 tons
of %Vest Hartley coals, were shipped for the Marquesas
Islands, no doubt for the use of the French Government.
The falling off in the exports is another evidence, in
addition to the many already existing, of the injurious
consequences of the pitmen's strike.— GatesheadUbserver.
The Earl of Cardigan has appointed the Rev.
William James Jenkins, 8.A., Fellow of Balliol College,
Oxford, to be one of his Lordship's domestic chaplains.