The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-11 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday Anne Wilkins was, f,,r the fourth tiine,
brought before the sitting magistrates, Messrs, WALKER
a•id HARDWICK, and the Rev. Mr. MATHIAS.

A letter, of which the following is a copy, was received
I,y the magistrates, by that morning's post, in reference to
her case :

"Denny Abbey, near Cambridge, Sept. 8, 1832.
" Gentlemen,—Seeing this morning, in the Ca;nbridge
Independent Press, the Case of Anne Wilkins, I hee to
say that what she has stated is quite incorrect. Her father
never resided at Denny Abbey, nor is he in the slightest
degree connected with any farmer who cvi r did. Nor do
think he ever was a fanner. Her step lather has been
receiving relief from the parish of Waterbeach, in which
it is situate, for a number of years, beine, upwards of 70
years old, and incapable of work, and very poor. The girl
must evidently have come by the money by some unfair
means. She was working for me on the farm a year and
a half ago, since which time I have never heard anything
of her. She and her parents bear the worst characters we
have in the parish. The letter, which was directed to
Anderson, was brought here on Tuesday morning, and
returned to the Cambridge post unopened.

" I remain,. e entlemen,
" Your's respectfully, EDWARD TURNER."
" To the Magistrates at Lambeth-street Police-office,"
After reading the shove in her presence, Mr. «'ALTER
asked the prisoner if she still persisted in her statement ?
The prisoner replied in the affirmative, and denied that
her step father or family had ever received parochial relief,
as they were always independent of it. On being further
questioned, the prisoner's statement of the money (Meted
much from that which she had before given.
Mr. WALKER asked if she had ever been known by the
name of " Cambridge Nance ?" and she replied in the ne-
gative._ _ .

- Shelswell, one of the officers (to the prisoner. )—Do you
know a female who goes by the name of " Dandy Bet ?"
Prisoner—No, I do not.

Shelawell—Nor " Cat's-meat Jack," at Billingsgate ?
Prisoner—No ; I know no such persons.
Shelswell—Don't you know the Black Horse public-
house on Tower-hill. Prisoner—No.

Shelswell—Cin't you tell the magistrate the naitle of the
soldier who was there last with you, and who purchased
the cap you now wear, and how long you lived in Albion -
street ? Prisoner—l know nothing about what you are
speaking.
Shelswell should be able to prove that she must, on a
future day.

Christian, the officer who apprehended the prisoner, was
informed by a gentleman who attended the examination
on Saturday, that a gentleman had been robbed at Cam-
bridge, about the time the prisoner said she had left there,
of 100/. in Bank notes. He, in consequence, made in-
quiries, and ascertained that the notes which be had found
on the prisoner were given at the bank of Messrs. Barclay
and Co., on the day before her apprehension, with five
sovereigns, in change for a 201. note of the Chelmsford
Bank, but he had not time to make further inquiries into
the matter.—Remanded for a week.

FURTHER RESPITE OF KENNEDY AND
BROWN.—" Newgate, Sept. 10, 1832.—A fin ther re-
spite, during his MaaEsTv's pleasure, arrived this evening
for WILLIAM KENNEDY and WILLIAM BROWN, who
were respited until Wednesday next."
THE LATE MURDER ON THE RIVER.—The
melancholy death of Mr. WILKINSON is another illustration
of thesomewhat hackneyed observation, that the most trivial
circumstances often lead to very serious and fatal results.
On the day of his death he called upon his friend, Mr.
SMALES, who was just about to sit down to dinner, but
not liking the dish prepared, which was minced veal, he
proposed going out with Mr. WILKINSON to dinner.
They went to a tavern, and dined together, after which
hey adjourned to a skittle-ground, where they spent the
afternoon, and drank rather freely. On leaving this place,
the deceased gentleman, finding himself a little affected
with the liquor he had drunk, propo•ed walking about, in
order to recover himself before he returned home. On
reaching the water side, towards which they had directed
their course, they agreed to engage a bo it, and take a row
to the river, believing that the coolness of the evening and
the exercise together would operate as an excellent resto-
rative, and they were on the point of landing when the
affray occurred, which ended in the death of Mr. WILKIN-
SON, and has now placed the lives of two other individuals
in jeopardy.
The fire-engine and ship-pump constructed by
Mr. HEARLE, engineer and iron founder, of this town,
which has been fixed for trial in twelve ships of the Royal
Navy, and after a use of nearly duce years, without re-
quiring repair, has proved, from the official reports of
the Commanding Officers, to have fill), answered all
the purposes proposed by the invention. On Friday last
Captain SYMONDS, Surveyor of the Navy, inspected the
pump fitted in his Majesty's ship San Josef, in all its
parts and operation., and from the high opinion expressed
by him of its merits, the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, with Admiral DUNDAS, Comptroller of the
Navy, accompanied by Admiral* Sir CHARLES PAGET
And Sir FREDERICK MAITLAND, went on board the Sun
Josef to inspect the apparatus, immediately previous to
their leaving in the Lightning steamer for Falmouth,
where Captain Cu itxtr, as the first trial, directed the water
to be supplied from the pipes amidships, through the ship's
bottom, and connected with the pump in the well, when
the water in a few seconds was thrown over the fore-top-
gallant.mast head with great force. It was then applied
oa as ttihrreeec
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instantly
broughtl li i thei n t event
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without the aid of a bucket, and with only four men at the
pump, and one to direct each hose. Their Lordships,
After minutely observing the whole of the experiments, its
fitting, and arrangements, on every deck, were of opinion
that it wasr theewieaamsr
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brought
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for
its construction, of any thing of the sort they had ever
time
witnessed. It was found to be a powerful pump from
well
water fo
washing
tht he holdedecks;
fresh
every part of the ship, and on leaving they were pleased
to express their high approval to the inventor of its use-
:illness and benefit in the Navy.—Devonport Telegraph.
BRITISH INCOME AND TAXATION. A
question is often asked, what proportion of a man's in-
come is taken from him in taxes ? Now, the total in-
come of the people of Britain may be estimated, on data
which we have not room to specify, at 250,000,000/.
That of Ireland we may assume at 50,000,0001., making
in the whole for the United Kingdom 300,000,000/. Of
this sum more than one sixth is drawn directly by Go-
vernment. But th it is not the whole. The local taxes
amount to a very large sum. The poors' rates in England
exceed 8,000,0001. Other local taxes and contributions
probably amount to 10,000,000/, more. Then, as we
have already explained, the higher and richer classes are
and
tanks in
exempted, in a great measure, from contributing their pro-
per share of the national taxation. When these different
circumstances are taken into view, it will hardly be dis-
puted that one third of every man's income, is the middle
and lower classes of society, is taken away by the tax-col-
lector. Every man who works nine hours a day is em-
ployed during three of these hours to pay his taxes
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