The Sun. — 1851-01-20 (London, England)

NEBMODE OF PLUNDERING.— On Saturday i ght last an elderly simple man, who has been long in the employment of a writer in the city, was accosted on the way some :rby two or three fellows in the garb of carters, who uslY asked his professional /idvice on some point or 'r, and requested that he would write a letter for them.n . ue old man good-naturedly allowed the fellows, four unber, to accompany him home to College-street, when a dram,sd that they should send out the servant girl for din requital of his courtesy. So soon as the girlhad teerted, one of the men moved up to the gas, on the.prhetwAtithat I:hienidrling his pipe, and immediately put out the light withiezt and instantaneous move was to seize everything reach, which was easily portable, and make l off IEBB _fore Plunder. The poor old writer was, of course, he had kept bachelor's hall, and, as the girl was out, ha ratti. one to assist him. The servant, however, had had her ,snicions somewhat excited by the appearance of the visin_res, and while she stood in the shop, on the opposite side ofd the street, she kept her eye fixed on those who entered an 41:e out of her master's close. Immediately the fellows artie seen scampering off in a row, each carrying some ez. article of stolen property, when the woman bolted out and ooesed the street, in order to intercept the flight of the hind. st thief. This she did effectually, fixing on an athletic andn, more than six feet in height, with singular courage hi tenacity of grasp ; and, despite his struggles, she held turn fast till the watchmen came up, and took the fellow sela rtehlY off the .girl's hands. The old man's coat was found o the Possession of the thief', a person named Hill, who had r3' recently been liberated from six months' imprisonment theft. lcleanwhile his three companions have escaped.— ulus9olo "Jerald. Sy.• rictousCIECUMSTANCE.—The American packetfrom Old England, which arrived at Havre on Saturday t New Orleans, was immediately placed under seguesStratinu, in consequence of one of the passengers, a person tained Hahn, having disappeared at sea, under circumNnces 'which cast some suspicion on the part of the crew. Investigation it appeared that Hahn, shortly after leaving iievi Orleans, acted as if his mind were affected ; at times P rofo was in a state of great agitation, at others he displayed und melancholy. He had no luggage, but wore a belt "itainlng gold and bank-notes • and these, after a while, he confined to the care of one of 'his fellow-passengers in the presence of witnesses. On the 10th, when the vessel was off harnenr, Bahn disappeared, but it was not known at what to At five o'clock in the morning, however, he took a te-pkef "free. As there was a trace of blood from his cabin t,,e side of the vessel, it was at first assumed that he had 'usep murdered ; but no proof has been obtained of this, t 8n 0 one could have any interest for committing a crime bi's posedSUP that the man committed suicide by throwing inself must have the sea. On the supposition of suicides he cut his throat, and then gone on the deck to leap into the water. The vessel was, on Sunday, admitted to free lil3leaertiegruthe'elausnsd the passengers were allowed to disembark. , the judicial authorities are proceeding with r investigation and some gendarmes and policemen passed the night on' board. The money, which Hahn gave to his fellow passenger, was ascertained not to have been touched. Three other passengers, and two the crew Mahe Old England, died from sickness on the (passage.4,,tcte Paper. Are P n - -,