The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-03 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

James Arter was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton,
on a charge of stealing several articles of plate from the
residence of Mr. Richard Pittman, No. 6, Kennington-
terrace, Upper Kennington-lane.
Harriet Barwick, a servant to: Mr. Pittman, deposed
that on the evening before, about six o'clock, the pri-
soner came to her master's house, and said he was sent
from Mr. Pritchard's to put in a pane of glass. She
(witness) had not heard of any such order, and told him
she thought he was mistaken ; but he said he was not ;
that he was told to come to No. 6, Kennington-terrace.
Knowing that Mr. Pritchard had been in the habit of
doing some glazier's work for her master, she let the
prisoner in, and accompanied him up stairs ; and, in the
back room of the first floor, found a pane of glass with
a small piece broken. It then occurred to her that
Mr. Pittman had told Mr. Pritchard to send a person to
mend it, and that the prisoner was the person. On
examining the square of glass, the prisoner said, that
to prevent his breaking the upper part of it, he must
have a knife bested ; and he took a knife out of his
basket. He then asked where he could heat it ; and
the witness told him to take it down to the kitchen,
which he did. As soon as he had left the room she (wit-
ness) examined his basket, and finding no glass there
she at once suspected him, and determined to watch him
closely. She consequently followed the prisoner into
the kitchen, where the plate used for dinner was lying
about, and, in the prisoner's presence, collected the dif-
ferent articles, and put them into a drawer, which she
locked. The prisoner subsequently went down stairs
twice for the purpose, as he alleged, of heating the
knife. The last time he went, she followed him half
way down the stairs, when she heard him take some of
the plate which she had left iu the closet, and this in-
duced her to go down the whole way into the kitchen.
but in such a way that the prisoner must have heard
her. Before reaching the kitchen she plainly heard the
prisoner close the plate•closet door, and saw him walk
from it towards the fire-place. Immediately after he
went up stairs, and on his doing so, she (witness) exa-
mined the closet, and missed a silver eream jug, six tea-
spoons, two eggspoons, a mustardspoon, and a teapot-
stand, all silver, and which she hai picked there when
she took the other plate away, and locked it up. She
then hurried up stairs, and opened the hall door to look
for a policeman, and just as she had done so the pri-
soner was coming down stairs. He said, " Well, lam
tired of my job ; I think I shall leave it now, and come
in the morning." She said, " You can please yourself',"
and he went out, taking his basket with him. She fol-
lowed him, and he saw her, and she went into a shop for
a moment. When she came out again he was just turn-
ing the end of Devonshire-street, and when she got
there she saw him running with all his might. She
pursued him, calling out " Stop him, stop him I" and
on turning out of Devonshire-street, he was stopped by
a policeman, and brought back. The cream jug and
other articles produced were the same she had missed,
and were Mr. Pittman's property.
Mr. NORTON, after complimenting the witness on her
excellent conduct, and the manner in which she had
acted, asked her how it was that she allowed the prisoner
to leave the house with the property ?—She replied that,
although perfectly aware that he had taken the property,
she was afraid, from being alone, to stop him in the
house. She, however, had made up her mind not to let
him escape, but follow him until she could obtain the
assistance of the police, to have him secured.
William King, a glassblower, said he saw the prisoner
during his flight throw a basket over a wall, and, sus •
pectin from this he had been doing something wrong, he
followed and secured him. On his doing so the prisoner
drew from his pocket some of the articles produced, and
exclaimed, " Take these, and let me go, or else you'll
get me transported!" At this moment a policeman came
up, and he gave the prisoner into his charge.

Mr. Pritgiard, NO. 4, East-place, Kennington-road,
plumber and glazier, stated that he had been occa-
sionally employed by Mr. Pittman, but had not sent
the prisoner to that gentleman's residence on the day
before, nor did he know anything whatever about the
prisoner.
The prisoner, who declined offering anything in his
defence, was fully committed to take his trial on the
charge, but as it was represented by several of the
officers of police that a number of robberies had recently
been committed under similar circumstances, he will be
again brought up on Monday next, when it is thought
that other charges will be established against him.

DEVELOPMENT OF STEAM NAVI-

GATION AND RAILWAYS IN AUSTRIA.
(From La Presse.)
Eleven years since (May 16, 1836) an unpretending
association was formed at Trieste for navigating the
Mediteranean. Supported by the Austrian Government,
the Austrian Lloyd's Company has succeeded in increas-
ing its steam-boats from 6 to 20, and the number of tra-
vellers conveyed in one year from 7,967 to 124,985. The
amount of merchandise, letters and bullion has increased
in a similar proportion. 35,000 letters, 5,000 cases, and
10 millions in specie, were conveyed in the year 1836,
which increased to 277,000 letters, 136,137 cases, and 80
millions of specie in the year 1846. The preceding de-
tails, which migh t be multiplied, demonstrate sufficiently
that the important establishment of Lloyd's has already
brought to Trieste a considerable number of passengers
and merchandise which formerly took another direction.
It is towards that point the greater part of the mer-
chandise consumed in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, the Da-
nubian provinces, and Persia is directed. In this ardent
struggle, which will deprive France of the advan-
tages to which her natural position entitles her, the
spectacle is at once sad and instructive which is offered
to us by the company of Lloyd's at Trieste, which is
establishing agents in the East Indies, and is stimulating,
by a combined league of British and German interests,
the construction of railroads, and the improvement of the
communication between Trieste and London. Whilst
on the great French line from the ocean to the Mediter-
ranean, 1041 leagues of railroads out of 290 will scarcely
be completed in a year hence—whilst the execution of
the works between Paris and Avignon, a distance of
1851 leagues, is encompassed with difficulties, more than
one-half the line from Trieste to Ostend is opened to the
public. This matter appears to us of such importance,
that we consider it necessary to enter into some details
on the subject. The entire transit from Ostend to Tri-
este, through Cologne, Bonn, Coblentz, Frankfort, Stutt-
gard, Augsburg, Munich, Saltzburgh, and Bruck, is 430
leagues. Of this line, 100 leagues from Ostend to Bonn,
36 from Bierberich to Heidelberg, through Frankfort,
14 from Heilbronn to Ulm, through Stuttgard, and 16
from Augsburg to Munich, are open to the public; 68
leagues, forming a great portion of the line from Bruck
to Trieste. are already finished. Thus of the entire ex-
tent of 430 leagues, 234 are already open, or are about
to be so, and the completion of the remainder of the line
is being actively accomplished. Independently of this
line, the road from Trieste to Ostend, through Breslau,
Vienna, Magdeburg, Minde and Cologne, offers an un-
interupted continuation of completed roads, since of an
extent of 625 leagues 119 only, those portions from
Trieste to Lubiana, and from Murzzuschlag to Glogg-
nitz, are unfinished.

THE DAGENHAM MURDER.—A very handsome
monument, surmounted by an urn, has been erected in
Dagenham Churchyard, over the grave of police-con-
stable Clark, who was murdered by some person or per-
sons unknown in June last, while on duty in the parish
of Dagenham. A tablet on the monument bears the
following inscription:—" Sacred to the memory of
George Clark, late a police-constable of the B division of
the Metropolitan Police, who was inhumanly and bar-
barously murdered in a field at East Brookend, in this
parish, whilst on duty on the night of the 29th of June,
1846, aged 20 years. His uniform good conduct gained
him the respect of all who knew him, and his melan-
choly end was universally deplored. This tribute of re-
spect is erected by the inhabitants of this parish and his
brother-officers of the B division of the Metropolitan
Police."
Ma. J. S. 13UCKINGHAMIS CLAIMS.—Mr. James
Silk Buckingham's claims for compensation are. ag_ati,nr
to be brought under the notice of parliament„ f
having been at rest for some time. Si: De Lacy Evan
has entered a notice upon the books of the fl.o.uosnedaot,
Commons, intimating that it is his intention, on Monday
next, the sth inst., to move that copies be laid before.
that House of all correspondence between the Board of
Control for the Affairs of India and the East India
Company, on the subject of Mr. Buckingham's claims,
subsequent to the report of the Select Committee of the
House of Commons, appointed to consider the said
claims, in the session of 1834, in which they unanimously
usolved " that compensapon ought to be made to Mr.
Buckingham." Also copies of all correspondence be-
tween Mr. Buckingham and the East India Company
and between Mr. Buckingham and her Majesty's, Govern•
meet, or any members ut the same, on the subject of the
said claims, subsequent to the date of the aforesaid re-
port of the Select Committee of 1834, up to the present
time.