The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-25 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Maria Stevens, every showily
dressed servant-of-all-work, was charged with rolibing her
master.

Mr. Edward Collins Lindsay, a brewer, of No. 3, High-
street, Bromley, Middlesex, stated that the prisoner en-
tered into his service on Cluistmas-eve, 1864, and con-
tinued with him until Friday,the 20th of the present month,
when ho left home for the day with Mrs. Lindsay. The
prisoner was in charge of the house, and he put confidence
in her care and integrity. At night, when he and his wife
returned, she could not be found. He then missed a cameo
brooch from a dining table in his bedroom. He also missed
a gold ring, a shawl, two sheets, and other things. The
prisoner had not given any notice and left without permis-
sion. She had been well-treated, and the food was abun
dant and of the best quality.

Benjamin Prior, a police-constable, No. 2 H, said the
prisoner was pointed out to him yesterday, and he took her
into custody. She said nothing. She was wearing her
master's brooch.

The prisoner made no defence, and was remanded for a
week.

THE DANGER OF BECOMING BAIL.—Mr. Charles Young,
solicitor, made an application to Mr. Partridge on behalf
of Mr. Thomas Thompson, licensed victualler, of High-
street, Shadwell, who bailed a man, named Martin Smith,
at this court in October last. Smith absconded, and the
recognisances entered into by Mr. Thompson were ordered
to be estreated.

Mr. Charles Young said that Mr. Thompson had done
all in his power to find Smith, and had offered a reward for
his apprehension. Smith was a Norwegian, and had been
smuggled away to sea. He now respectfully solicited that
the bail should not be estreated.
Mr. Partridge—What is the amount ?

Mr. CharlesYoung—.£2l, sir. My client has expended
£lO over this matter, and has really done all in his power
to arrest the offender.

Mr. Partridge—What was the nature of the charge
against Smith ?
Mr. Charles Young—Assaulting a woman, who would
not appear against Smith if he had surrendered. Mr.
Thompson has been here seven times on this matter.
Mr. Partridge—l wish it to be well understood that be-
coming security for people charged with offences is not to
be treated lightly. At present I will make no order.
Mr. Charles Young—Will you discharge my client from
all responsibility ?
Mr Partridge--No. Let it be entered in the minute-
book, "No order made."

THE KING OF FASHION.—The most lasting and
powerful despotism the world has ever known, viz.,
Fashion, is about, report says, to organise in the Rue de
la Paix an imperial government, presided over by a
crowned autocrat of the Modes. The want of a supremo
central power has long been desired by the milliners and
those superior artistes, the fashion poets, who invent from
plain textile substances these rare conceits and jitntaisies
which occupy so large share of the polite female's mental
occupation throughout the civilised world. In a preliminary
address one of the founders of the new empire of fashion, a
man of scissors, observes—" I believe if it were possible to
estimate the present position le toilette occupies throughout
the civilised world, it would be found the one great despot
of the human race. No mighty sovereign of the most
mighty empire dares question the toilette worn by the partner
of his throne. The most powerful statesmen bends meekly
to the inconvenience or absurdity of robes, which in his
.heart he detests. Youth and age, all over the world, accept,
unquestioning, with a religious reverence, the manifestoes
of fashion which issue periodically from this great altar of
taste and refinement—Paris. We decree, for example cri-
noline ; and lo ! ere long, the very cook in the kitchens--
not only of France, but of Germany, Italy, Spain—but the
very servants of America, New Zealand, and Australia, are
wearing iron hoops anything but convenient for such occu-
pations as the composition of the complicated entrees or the
familiar roast. That such a power should have remained
so long without a recognised and organised sovereignty
is a striking illustration of the imperfection of the human
mind." The orator afterwards adds some practical re-
marks, with a view of electing at once a sovereign
of the empire of fashion. But we have only got as
far as the creation of a " cabinet of consultation."
There will be foreign ambassadors and ambassadresses
at all the large cities of the world. It is further pro-
posed to admit educated hairdressers and ladies' boot and
shoemakers into the imperial government of the Rue de la
Paix. There seems every probability this time of a real
modification of the map of Europe by the introduction of a
new empire of fashion.—Paris correspondent of the Morning
Post.

The Messageries Imperiales Company is at the
present moment founding in Cochin-China a large maritime
establishment on the right bank of the Donal. M. Domergue,
a retired lieutenant-colonel of engineers, and principal agent
of the company, has undertaken the direction of the works.
Buildings for the residence of the principal agent, for ware-
houses, and offices, with forges and workshops, for steam
engines, with coal and wood stores, have already been
erected, and cover a space of more than I,oooft. in length.
With the exception of some Europeans to direct the labours,
all the workmen are Chinese or Annamites. Some details
of ornamentally sculpture have been entirely abandoned to
Chinese artists, whose original talent is really remarkable.