The Sun. — 1847-06-24 (London, England)

ROBBERIES BY ENGLISH SERVANTS IN PARIS. Two English servants, named Templeton and Mackenzie, were on Saturday tried by the Court of Assizes of the Seine, for robbing the proprietress of the Hotel Vic toria, in the Rue Chaveau-la•Garde. At the beginning of 1846, Templeton, who was then in a state of great distress, was kindly received by the lady of the hotel as one of her domestics. A little time utierwards he was observed to be flush of money; and as this caused suspicions, the plate was examined, and it was found that several forks, spoons, &c., had disappealcd. Oa being questioned, Templeton admitted that he was the thief, but urged that he was in great poverty. Although this was notoriously false, he possessing an exc.-Aleut situation, his employer, touched by his appeals for pardon, consented not to place him in the hands of justice, and contented herself with dismissing him. shortly after repaid this kindness by a shameful participation in the robbery of his benefactress. On the night of the 28th of December, a young Englishman arrived at the Hotel Victoria with a handsome portmanteau. lie requested the porter to give him a bed without delay, and to call him at an early hour the next day. On going to the room the following morning, the porter was astonished to find that the visitor had already departed. and it it was evident from the disorder of the bed, that he had laid on it without undressing. The man, fearing that a robbery had been committel, descended to the diningroom of the hotel, and found the windows standing open. He also discovered that some plate, which had been used on the previous evening had disappeared, as also some jewellery belonging to the lady of the hotel, which had been left in an adjoining parlour. There was no doubt that the young English visitor was the thit and his handsome portmanteau, which he left, was accordingly broken open, when it was found to contain nothing but a large stone. A rubbery on an extensive scale had evidently been planned, and there was every reason to believe that the portmanteau had been destined to take away the booty. Fortunately, however, the thief had not had time to attack the plate closet, in which the greatest quantity of plate was kept; and, having no doubt been alarmed whilst in the perpetration of the theft in the dining-room, he had been compelled to make a hasty retreat, leaving on the table a silver cruet-stand, a silver bread basket, and several other valuable articles. Fur some time no clue was obtained to the thief, but at last Templeton fell into the hands of the police for another robbery, and this led to his lodgings being searched, when some articles that had been stolen from the hotel Victoria, and pawnbrokers' duplicates for some others, were discovered. The prisoner Mackenzie lived with Templeton, and both passed by assumed names. On being confronted with the domestics of the hotel, Mackenzie was recognised as the person who had entered the hotel with the portmanteau on the night of the robbery, and it was also proved that he had been concerned with Templeton in disposing of the stolen 'articles. The jury declared Mackenzie guilty of a robbery in an inhabited house during the night, The Court • andto°r tun 1:o1 ent mudl understandinght tuoi t tysvoof French,ya edaot, ms tsmi nt iirobbery .etr. Temple had to be •employed. A professor of E.;gfish was chosen, but he created immense amusement throughout the trial, from the groat deafness with which he is afflicted preventin, him fro u clearly undorstanding what was said, and also from his continually confounding English with French and French with English, he talking to the Court in English and to the prisoners in French.—Galignoni.  DETERMINED the wife or a man named Pasc a SUlClDE.—Tuesday foremanDE—.l'u eisnd tae St. Katharine Docks, committed suicide under the following eireninstances:—The deceased lived with her husband in Holmes-street, Stepney, and had be,:n for so,„ thee past in a Very low and nervous state. Tuesday morning her husband rose at the usual hour, and went into an adjoining room for a short time, leaving his wife in bad and apparently asleep. On his return, a few minutes , he hade saw made f h her suspendedsttoabed post. He cut her down by the flock to a rope, wfhteicrhwa h . immediately, and called in a surgeon, who pronounced her to be quite dead.