The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-11 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Sarah Ann Forward, a ser-
vant. girl, aged 17, and Margaret Phillips, 18, were brought
before Mr. Paget, charged the former with stealing, and
the other with receiving, knowing them to be stolen, 5
waistcoats, 8 pairs of kid gloves, 2 hair nets, 2 common
brooches, 2 neck ties, 1 pipe, 1 purse, a piece of bed trim-
ming, 4 cambric handkerchiefs, 13 reels of cotton, a linen
collar, a crotchet hook, a quantity of belt ribbon, 4 coloured
cotton handkerchiefs, and some other articles, the property
of Mr. John Longworthy, draper and haberdasher, of No
1. Cannon-street, St. George-in-the-East.

The prisoner Forward had been in the service of Mr.
Longworthy for three weeks only, and he had daily
missed articles sinco she had been with him. He called in
a police-constable named Childs, No. 193 11, who searched
the girl's box in her presence, and found a portion of the
above named articles iu it. She said, "My sister-in-law,
Mrs. Phillips, is the cause of this." The constable then
proceeded to the prisoner Phillips, No. 56, Caroline-street,
Ratcliff, and asked her if she had anything in her posses-
sion, to which ,he replied in the negative. Childs searched
a box under her bed, and found six kid gloves, neck ties,
coloured neckerchiefs, and other property, comprising the
remainder of all the stolen articles not found in the ser-
vant's box. Phillips said to the constable, "The things
were given me to take care of, and I was not aware they
were stolen."

In answer to the magistrate, the constable said that Mrs.
Phillips told a woman to deny that she was at home when
she saw him and Mr. Longworthy turn the corner of
the street.

Mr. Longworthy identified all the property now pro.
duced by Childs.

The prisoners were committed for trial.

IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING,

WOLVERHAMPTON, July 10.
The usual quarterly assemblies of the ironmasters
of this district commenced in this town this after-
noon. The attendance was small, it was confined
almost exclusively to those connected with the trade
in the locality. The great exporting firms were al-
most altogether unrepresented, and scarcely any
business was done. Transactions are all reserved for
the meeting at Birmingham on Thursday, but every-
body is prepared for a quiet quarter-day. On ac-
count of America the demand is comparatively small;
and there is no anticipation that any improvement
in that respect will take place at present. In other
departments the foreign demand is below the ave-
rage, and home consumers are charyabout contract-
ing engagements for finished iron except for just
sufficient quantities to enable them to carry on the
moderate amount of business they are doing.
With respect to the actual condition of the trade
at this moment, there are half-a-dozen makers who
are doing pretty well, some of them from the almost
unvarying regularity of their trade ; others have
got a supply of what may be regarded as excep-
tional orders ; but the " rank and file" of the trade
have not on the average sufficient to keep their works
going more than three days in the week.
The market for pig-iron is reported quiet, but the
make has been so much reduced that last quarter-
day prices are maintained.

This was also manufacturers', factors', and mer•
chants' quarter-day, and the bad state of trade, pass
and present, was the subject of general complain
and comment.

KING THEODORE.—It will be interesting to the
friends of the prisoners in Abyssinia, and to the public in
general, to learn that Brigadier-General Coghlan's proposal
to the Cabinet is that a force of 10,000 men should be pre-
pared at Bombay ready to land iu Abyssinia in October
next. Meanwhile an officer should be soot with full poli-
tical powers and a largo staff to Massowah, to make pre-
parations for the coming army, buying up food and cattle,
&c. Tho hope is that King Theodore, seeing that we are
in earnest, will bo induced to surrender the prisoners into
our hands. In case of a refusal, we are informed that a
hostile movement would be the result.—The Owl.

EUROPEAN COLLEGE AT PEKIN.—The Imperial
decree establishing an European college at Pekiu is an
amusing document. Tho Minister Ouojen, it seems, op-
posed the founding of this college, and the decree argues
with him and disposes of his hostility. The memorial of
Ouojon says that " in a country so vast as China every
talent can be found. If astronomy and the other sciences
are necessary, Chinese letters will be found by means of
which they can be taught." Thereupon the decree rejoins:
" Let Ouojen, then, seek for the letters of which he speaks.
We hereby entrust, him personally with the duty, and give
him authority to open a school, overwhich he will preside
and teach the things taught in the Eurcpoan school. The
examinations will show at a later time the relative merits
of the scholars of the two schools."

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