The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-22 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

A young man named William Durant, who held some
subordinate situation at Addington Park, Surrey, the
country residence of his Grace the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, was placed at the bar before Mr. Ellott on a
charge of robbing his most reverend master.
Mr. Roger, an inspector of the L division, deposed,
that about ten o'clock on the night before, while he was
on duty at the Tower-street station-house, the prisoner
and a• woman named Sarah Wall came there, and the
Lermer said he had been robbed of 55., at a house kept
by the latter, in Buckle's-buildings, Waterloo-road.
The woman expressed her doubt of his having been
robbed, but said that on searching the room in which he
had been she found seven duplicates, which she accord
ingly delivered up to him. Witness asked the prisoner
for a sight of the duplicates, and on examining them he
observed that they referred to property similar to sense
that had been stolen from Addington Park, the resi-
dence of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. On
making this discovery, witness told him he should detain
him on a charge of stealing the property ; upon which
the prisoner, after a few moments hesitation, exclaimed
" Well, I did (13 it, and I don't care a d—n ; I may as
well be transported as not."
Mr. W. Humphrey, house steward to the Archbishop
of Canterbury, deposed, that on Monday morning last
it was discovered that in the course of the proceeding
night the house had been broken open, and various arti-
cles o•f property carried off. Witness could identify the
wort:box and other articles then produced as a part of
the missing property.

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Mr. Matthews, a pawnbroker in the Princess-road,
Lambeth, produced two taper candlesticks, and a bronze
image, which the prisoner pawned at his house on the
Monday, representing them to be his own property.
The prisoner also pawned his coat with witness on the
same day.
Mr. ELLIOTT here asked if there was any further evi-
dence, when Sergeant Goff replied in the affirmative, and
put in the witness-box a woman named Keys, who keeps
a coffee-house in Lambeth-walk. _

This witness deposed, that the prisoner had slept at
her house on Monday night, and left there a bundle,

containing a pair of silver Candlesticks and other articles:
a workbox, and other things, then produced.
The prisoner, who declined saying anything, was

remanded.

Vo-
LORD NELSON'S LETTERS AND DISPATCDISPATCHES,EunE Vll.—This volume forms the conclusion of this
truly national work. for if any publication merit the
name of " national," a complete biography of Nelson is
deserving that title, Nelson bring, to use the words of
Sir Harris Nicolas, the greatest of all the heroes that
adorn the naval history of Great Britain, and his career
of. unprecedented triumphs, which was consummated by
his death in the arms of victory, renders him for ever a
paramount object of national pride, gratitude, and affec-
tion. As we have before noticed, this history of Nel-
son is comprised in his Letters and Dispatches, the nar-
rative being aided by notes from the editor. The letters
show, in an eminent degree, the beautiful simplicity and
high integrity of Nelson's private character, which, with
his public dispatches, present a truthful portrait of a
public man—for what can produce a more faithful pic-
ture of a man in all tho relations of life than his own
letters, written at all times and at all seasons, in which
are contained. the simple expressions of his thoughts,
conduct, and intentions. The editor has published the
letters unmutilated, and the hero now appears for the
first time in his own writings, as he himself did in his
life-time, without concealment or disguise ; and the
public will find in them Nelson's own generous and im •
petuous spirit, free from the alloy of editorial adultera-
tion, or editorial squeamishness. Such is the general
character of a work which should be found in every
public and private library in the kingdom. With refer-
ence to the seventh volume, we perceive, in addition to
the completion of the letters, that a variety of informa-
tion has been inserted which renders this volume the
most interesting of the set.--Plymouth Herald.

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STATE OF TRADE.
MANCITESTETt, TUESDAY, Ocr. 20.—A very small
amount of business has been done at our market to-day.
grinners and manufacturers have generally raised their
prices, in consequence of the continued advance in cot-
ton, but purchasers have given an advance with great re-
luwance, and only to supply immediate and pressing
wants. There seems now, however, to be a fair pros.
pect of some considerable diminution of production.
‘Ve have seen a list, which we belive to be authentic,
of twenty-six factories which have begun to work short
time ; generally four days a-week. Of these, six are
in Manchester and the immediate neighhourhood, five
at Preston, five at Oldham, three at Bolton, three at
Stockport, two at Bury, one at Heywood, and one at
Burnley. In addition to these, a number of others are
under notice to commence next week ; amongst them,
we believe, all the remaining factories at Bolton, with
the exception of two or three. Meetings have also been
held of the spinners at Oldham, Ashton, and one cr two
other places, to consider the propriety of diminishing
the hours of labour ; but we believe that no decisive re-
sults were arrived at.

ROCHDALE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19.—There is no im-
provement to report in the flannel market, either as to
prices or the quantity sold. In the wool market prices
are stationary, and the dealers complain of having little
to do.

HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20.—Our market
is again flat, and not much doing in the Cloth Hall.
There have been rather more buyers than for some
weeks past, but they purchase with great caution. In
the warehouses more business has been done ; and there
is some movement in the fancy trade for winter patterns.
Wools are much the same as last week—almost unsale-
able. In woollen yarns very little is doing, the demand
being nearly over. A few small orders have been re-
ceived by the last vessel from America, but not to the
extent of former years.
LEEDS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20.—We are sorry to
say our this day's market does not present any tendency
to improvement ; and that we are compelled to report in
the same desponding tone which we have had to adopt
for so many weeks past. Luckily the manufacturers are
acting with great caution ; and, by reducing their pro-
duction, keep the stocks lower than they generally are at
this time of the year.—Manchester Guardian.

THE LATE SUSPICIOUS DROWN-
ING OF A FEMALE.
On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at
the Sportsman, Margaret-street, Shoreditch, upon the
body of Sarah Whithorn, aged 19, the circumstances of
whose death have already appeared in The Sun. The
inquest-room was crowded, and the greatest interest
manifested throughout the inquiry.
Ann Neal, deceased's mother, deposed that her
daughter was married to Whithorn three weeks ago,
against her father's consent. They resided with his mo-
ther at 23, Goring-street. Frequent quarrels ensued be-
tween deceased and accused's mother, whose harsh con-
duct compelled deceased to seek refuge with witness last
Friday night, at Dave-row, Goldsmith's-place. At eight
o'clock on Saturday night deceased went to Goring-
street, to obtain some money of Whithorn, who pro-
mised to call upon her at ten. He came at eleven, and
witness, who was in bed, heard them quarrelling
seriously. Whithorn swore violently, when deceased
called him " a good for nothing vagabond," and said she
would not be a burthen upon her family while he
could support her. Whithorn replied that he had
earned only 12s. during the week, and was
unable to keep himself. Witness went down
and appeased them. Deceased upbraided him with
representing himself as a single man, and alleging
that she was only a servant to his mother. Whithorn
then said she had better make herself comfortable with
witness, and he would leave and sleep at a coffee-shop,
as on the Friday night, when a girl had robbed him.
Deceased became still more incensed, and avowed her
intention to follow him for assistance, and, after more
high words, Whithorn left the house, pursued by de-
ceased, whom witness saw alive no more.
By Coroner and jury—Never heard deceased com-
plain of unkindness on the part of Whithorn. His mother
had applied opprobrious epithets to her. Deceased was
only nineteen. Her marriage certificate represented
her of full age.
John Whiteman, lock-keeper, deposed to finding the
deceased's body by a drag at the first throw. Her bonnet
was found upon a post some feet from the water, and her
shawl and handkerchief were picked up on the canal
bank, seven or eight yards from the bonnet.
After other evidence, the Coroner thought it useless to
pursue the inquiry in the absence of direct evidence.
There seemed no possibility of dealing with the case
other than by a verdict of temporary derangement, or
the more painful one of
.felo dc se.
The Court was cleared, and the inquiry adjourned.

THE PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL
COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIP RIPON.

Another new iron steam-vessel, belonging to the
fleet of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company, arrived at the Motherbank, from the river
Thames, on Sunday last. This ship is a sister vessel to
the Pottinger, with engines of the same high character,
on the oscillating principle, from the same eminent en-
gineers, and it must be admitted that it redounds highly
to the credit of Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill that in this,
the first trial of the machinery, the working of it was
found to be so perfectly correct that without hesitation
the Ripon was taken right off at once from the river.
We believe that it was only intended that the trial
should be one of the ordinary nature—a trip to Graves-
end and back; but the vessel having attained to full
speed before she reached that place, making seventeen
strokes per minute without the least stiffness or friction
of any kind, with the concurrence of the Government
engineers on board, they made the trial a part of the
passage, and so proceeded. This is a❑ instance worthy
of record, in so far as it relates to the present position of
the mechanical arts of the country. The engines of the
Pottinger and the Ripon are of the same size, 76-inch
cylinders, with a seven feet stroke. They are, as we
understand, entirely from new patterns, and, besides
being the largest oscillating engines in use, they have
some important novelties in their construction; yet, not-
withstanding these disadvantages, which might reason-
ably induce some doubt as to the success of a first trial,
a few turns only of the engines having been made the
night previously to the trip, she performed to the highest
satisfaction the passage from London to Southampton.
The measured mile in Long Reach was passed in 5 min.
39 sec., or at the rate of 12.30 miles an hour; but a
greater speed than this was obtained subsequently,
the vessel being remarkably steady, and free from the
unpleasant vibration we too commonly find in fast
vessels.