The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

THAMES.

STEALING AND SWALLOWING MONEY.—Rebecca Crack-
nell, a woman of the town, who displayed a good deal of
levity while in the dock, was brought before Mr. Corrie,
charged with stealing £4los. in gold, Bs. 6d. in silver, and
a knife, from the person of Thomas Gleed, a mechanic, re-
residing at " Water-cress-cottage," Manchester-road, Isle
of Dogs, Poplar.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor had
been paying a visit to same friends in Wapping last night,
and finished his holiday in a publichouse, where he met the
prisoner, who asked him to treat her, and he did so. On leav-

ing the publiehouse the prisoner followed the prosecutor for
half-an-hour. He frequently endeavoured to get rid of the
prisoner, but all his efforts were in vain. She clung to him
for some time until they reached the \Vestferry-road, Pop-
lar, when she suddenly. left himand run awair. He immediately
missed his money and ran after the prisoner. Upon over-
taking her she made a determined resistance, and " showed
fight" like a man. the prosecutor called out police, and
Summers, police constable, No. 372 K, soon made his ap-
pearance, on which she spit from her•mouth a half sove-
reign and said, "That is all I have belonging to him." The
policeman stuck herunderthe chin while she was attempt-
ing to swallow some money, and she disgorged from her
moutt, Ss. 6d. in silver, and said "That is all I have got."
She was taken to the station-house and searched
IV a female, who found upon her a sovereign
and a knife which the prosecutor identified as his property.
The female searcher said, " There are three sovereigns still
missing, what have you done with them ?" The prisoner
said, " The rest of the money will be found—l:have swal-
lowed it."

The prisoner, in defence, said the half-sovereign and the
silver belonged to her ; it was her own money ; the sove-
reign was given to her by the prosecutor.
Gleed said he gave the prisoner no money, and he did
not court her company.

The prisoner, declaring her innor;cnce and refusing- to
plead guilty, was committed for trim,

TRADE OF TAS3I/INIA AND NEW
ZEALAND.

A review of the trade of Tasmania and the
islands of New Zealand will complete our notice
of the antipodal colonies. The blue-book shows
that on the 31st of March, 1857, the total popula-
tion of Tasmania was 81,492. The births in the
year 1856 were 2,956 ; the deaths, 1,338 ; and the
marriages, 933. There were 3,717 scholars, and
70 schools, the contribution of the Government to
such schools being 3,587/., and the voluntary sub-
scriptions, 15,439/. The public revenue (including
the land-fund) in 1856 was 415,9131., and the pub-
lic expenditure, 439,708/. Customs' duties yielded
to the revenue 133,826/. • licenses, 26,156/. ; port
and harbour dues, 5,5151.; and the receipts from
the Immigration Commissioners, 100,0001. The
sum expended on immigration in 1856 was 7,851/. ;
on education, 12,194/. ; on works and buildings,
37,1491. ; and on roads and streets, 26,074/. " Con-
vict discipline" cost the colony 2,329/. 934 vessels,
of 157,826 tons, entered inwards in 1856, and 945,
of 156,396 tons, cleared outwards. There are no
returns (for 1856) of the vessels built and regis-
tered. The total value of the imports was
1,442,106/., and that of the exports, 1,207,802/.
The principal exports were flour, 143,388/. ; fruits
and preserves, 42,455/. ; gold ore, 21,025/. ; grain,
118,425/. ; horses, 37,326/. ; sperm oil, 53,640/. ;
potatoes, 19,581/. ; timber of all kinds, 112,753/. ;
and wool, 319,961/. The produce of the soil in
1856 was 1,253,892 bushels of wheat, 124,283 of
barley, 513,918 of oats, 13,799 of peas, 2,141 of
beans, 29,415 tons of potatoes, 22,094 tons of
turnips, 1,508 bushels of tares, and 18,498 tons of
English grasses. The live stock included 13,019
horses, 88,608 cattle, 1,614,987 sheep, and 30,074
swine. Domestic labour was worth 25/. to 30/.
a year, and trades 10s. a day. Of New Zealand
the population (1856) was 43,193—viz., 27,418
males and 20,775 females. 61.62 per cent. of the
poplation could read and write, 13.55 could read,
and 24.83 could not read. The total number of con-
victions in the Supreme Court for all sorts of
offences was 28 ; 40 civil cases were tried by the
Supreme Court ; 7,386 civil and criminal cases were
disposed of in the Resident Magistrate's Court, and
2,091 convictions took place. The revenue was
188,328/. ; 326 vessels, of 85,748 tons entered in-
wards, and 323, of 82,991, cleared outwards. The
imports were 710,868/., and the exports, 318,433/.
The exports from the colony included 30,0001. of
bullion and coin, 21,108/. of wheat, 18,591/. of
Kauri gum, 10,958/. of copper ore, 10,5151. of oil of
all kinds, 19,958/. of potatoes, 23,008/. of timber,
146,072/. of wool, and 57,040/. of wood ware. There
were 2,884 horses, 91,928 cattle, 990,988 sheep,
25,683 swine, 10,074 goats, and 65 mules and asses.

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