The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-21 00:00:00

rilE SUN, LONEON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, lEEE.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A STRANGE CHARACTER.—Thomas Blackwell, a crazy-
looking man, was charged before Mr. Knox with being
drunk and disorderly. _ _

Edgar Adims, 148 C, said that about one o'clock that
morning he was passing through Silver-street, when he
heard the prisoner making use of bad language. He told
the prisoner to desist, and asked him what the was matter,
when he replied that he was looking for his walking-stick,
and again began making a great noise, being at the time
drunk. As the prisoner refused to go away and disturbed
the inhabitants of the street, he took him into custody,
when he set to making use of the vilest expressions, and
said if he could only get a knife he would cut his (wit-
ness's) - fingers off.

Barnes, the gaoler, said he did not think tho prisoner
was in his right mind. All the property ho had with him
was a bag full of rubbish.
The prisoner, who appeared to be lame, said he had been
bitten in the knee by a dog.

Barnes said the prisoner had once before been charged at
the court and sent to the House of Detention that the state
of his mind might be inquired into, and he believed it was
then stated that he was sane.

The prisoner said he had nowhere to sleep.
Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 10s. or seven days.

THAMES.

THE SMOKE NUISANCE ACT ANOTHER Bow COMMON
NUISANCE.—AIfred Vosper, the proprietor of oil works
and a brimstone refinery in Bow Common-lane, Limehouse,
appeared before Mr. Paget to answer an information and
summons taken out by Mr. Edward Worels, the superin-
tendent of the K division of police, for using a furnace so
constructed as not to burn or consume its own smoke.
Mr. William Sandison, engineer, by direction of the
Home Secretary, inspected the defendant's works on the
28th of June last, and again on the Ist November. There
were fifty furnaces under evaporating pans. There was
no smoke consuming apparatus attached, and smoke poured
out in volumes. There would be no difficulty at all in
applying a smoke consuming apparatus to the furnaces.
The defendant promised to make the necessary alterations
when he made the first inspection, and nothing had been
done.

Inspector Bean of the K division, who accompanied Mr.
Sandison on the Ist of November, said that dense volumes
of black smoke issued from the centre shaft of the defend-
ant's premises. It was the greatest nuisance on Bow-
common. He had seen the road opposite covered with
smoke. The nuisance continued up till yesterday.

A Solicitor, on the part of the defendant, said that his
client had suggested improvements and had tried various
plans for the consumption of smoke, but they failed. The
cost could not be abated all at once.

Mr. Paget thought there had been very gross neglect on
the part of tho defendant, and fined him £4, which was
paid.

MARKETS—This Day.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was a large supply of beasts on offer here to-day,
in fair average condition. All breeds met a dull sale, at a
decline in the quotations, compared with Monday, of from
2d to 4d per 81bs. Scots and crosses sold at 4s 8d to 4s 10d
per Blbs

Sheep, the show of which was seasonably good, moved
off heavily, at 2d to 4d per 81bs less money. The best
Downs changed hands at 6s 4d per 81bs. The demand for
calves was in a depressed state, and prices gave way 4d
per Blbs. The top figure was 4s 8d per 81bs.
Pigs were very dull, and 2d per 81bs cheaper than last
week. In mulch cows next to nothing was doing.
Per 81b to sink the offal.

d s d s dad
Crse. it inf. beasts... 3 2 3 6 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 4 5 lu
Second quality do ..3 8 4 2 Prime s'thdown uo 6 u 6 4
Prime large oxen ..4 4 4 6 La, ge coarse calvcs 3 8 4 2
Prime Scots, etc.... 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 4 4 8
Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 8 4 4 Large hogs .4 4 6
Second quality do ..4 6 5 2 Small porkers- 4 8 5 0
Lamb....os Od to 0, Od.

Suckling calves, l9s to 2.s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s
to 32s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 2,010 Beasts
Cows. .. 110 Cows
Sheep
Calves 2:O Ca ves l6O
eigs 370 Pigs