The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-01 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERY ET A SERVANT Mary Sullivan, a large
Irishwoman, aged 22 years, and described as having no
home, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with
stealing property of considerable value belonging to Joseph
Salomans, a Jew, the landlord of the Duke of Sussex pub-
lic house, in Rosemary-lane.
The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Salomons
for five months. She left her situation about six weeks
ago. A good many things were lost while the prisoner
was in the house, but she was not suspected. Very re•
cently the duplicate of an article belonging to the prosecu-
tor, and pawned by the prisoner, was found in the house,
and an inquiry was set on foot, and this property was traced
to the prisoner, and she was taken into custody by a con-
stable at a coffee-shop in the Minories, and in her box a
portion of the missing property, consisting of linen, female
wearing apparel, blankets, and towels, valued at £lO, was
found.

„The prisoner said she did not know how the things got
into the box.

The prisoner was identified by one pawnbroker with
whom she pawned some of the missing property.
Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week.

TRUE SHERRY is produced in a district of limited
extent in the neighbourhood of the town of Xeres-
de-la-Frontera, about twenty miles from Cadiz. But an
immense quantity of the wine we drink as sherry in Eng.
lamd does not trace its origin to these favoured vineyards
It is brought either from adjacent districts or from Malaga
and other places along the coast, and is shipped on board
vessels loading in the bay of Cadiz with a bill of lading de-
scribing it as pure sherry. However, we ought not per-
haps to say much on this point, for so long as the substi-
tuted wine is sound and pure, no great mischief is done,
which is more than can be said for other practices to which
it is often subjected before it appears on our dinner-tables,
Like port, the sherry shipped to England is made up for
our market, about ten gallons of spirits being generally
added to each butt before exportation. It is almost quite
pale at first, brown sherry being obtained by the addition of
" doctor."

RAPID GROWTH OF THE IRON TRADE IN ENG-
LAND.—It was not till Cort, in 1783, introduced his pud-
dling furnace and rolling process that we began to be self-
dependent. We are no a• able not only to supply our own
wants, but also to export iron to other nations. The make
of pig-iron increased nearly sixfold between 1800 and 1835,
and fourfold between 1835 and the present time. It at
present amounts to about three million tons a year, being
worth about twelve millions sterling. Britain yields nearly
a twelfth of the whole produce of iron ore throughout the
world.

THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN GLAMORGANSHIRE,
—lt has been ascertained that 14 lives were lost by
the explosion at the Gin Colliery, Macsteg, near Bridg-
end. The majority of the men were married, and leave
large families. The colliery is the property of the Llynvi
Vale Iron Company, and was worked to supply their iron-
works with coal. Mr. Evans, the Government inspector of
mines for the district, has visited the scene of the accident,
and the result of his observations will be made known at
the inqtzst.