The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-04 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERY BY A TAILORESS.—Mary-Ann Bannatyne, a
young woman of respectable appearance and address, was
brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a large
quantity of cloth, theproperty of Israel Simmons, a Jew, of
No. 38, Anne-street, Stepney.
The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been in his
employ about six weeks as a tailoress, and in the course of
that time he had missed cloth which had been cut off from
the rolls of cloth on the shelves in his shop. He suspected
the prisoner, who had access to the cloth in the morning
before he left his bed. Yesterday he accused the prisoner
with robbing him, to which she replied, " Me, no, never."
He said, " I am sure you have," and she then said, " Yes, I
cut some pieces from a roll of greycloth. That is all." Hetold
her he had missed cloth from other rolls, and she admitted
that she had taken cloth from other rolls and sold two
pieces at a trimming shop, one for 6d. and the other for
Iod. She then produced a pawnbroker's duplicate relating
to a piece of cloth she had pawned, and a police-constable
found several yards of cloth sewn up in the lining of her
mantle. He missed six yards of cloth from one roll, seven
yards from another, and eight yards from a third. He had
also missed remnants of cloth.
Rachel Lublina, an old Jewess, who carries on the busi-
ness of a trimming-seller and piece-broker in Little Pres-
cott-street, Whiteehapel, said she had on several
occasions bought cloth of the prisoner, who she believed
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was a cap-maker—at least she was led to believe
so. The witness then identified several pieces of
cloth which she had given up to the police, and
Mr. Simmons identified them as his property. The witness
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only recovered a portion of the stolen cloth, and that
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could be found. He had been a great loser by the depre-
dations on his property.
Mr. Yardley saw no necessity for a remand.
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At the earnest entreaty of the prosecutor,
however, he
remanded the prisoner till Friday,

LAUNCH OF VESSELS FOR FOREIGN GOVERN-
MENTS.—Two vessels built for foreign governments were
launched yesterday at the Thames Ironworks, Plackwall.
One was a screw called the Quadrant, for the Russian go-
vernment, of the following dimensions :—Length, 130 feet
between the perpendiculars , length of keel for tonnage, 118
feet; breadth for tonnage, 20 feet; depth in midships, 12
feet; and burthen in tons, 251 60-94. The engines are by
Messrs. Ravensbill, Sakeld, &0., from designs by Mr.
times Ash, The other was a screw, built for the Roman
government. She •was named the Immaculate Conception,
and her dimensions are as follows :—Length between the
perpendiculars, 173 feet; length of the keel for tonnage,l6l
feet 5 inches ; breadth, 27 feet ; depth in midships, 16
feet ; and burthen in tons, 627 38-44, Her engines are by
Seaward? of 10 horse Power,