The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-27 00:00:00

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, July 26—Meteor, from Riga; Carl Wilhelm,
from Stettin; Junior, from Sundswall ; Merli, from Domi-
nica; Ladona, from Hernosand; Lady Gordon Cumming,
from Dant zic.

Arrived, July 27.—Napoleon, from Hudickswall ; Baron
Osy, from Antwerp; Cypress, steamer, from Cronstadt ;
Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburg ; Earl of Auckland,
steamer, from Rotterdam.

PEAL, Thursday Morning.

No arrivals.

The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson left town
yesterday for Cowes.

DAY AND SON (LIMITED).--The report to the
meeting to-morrow states that the expectations held 1
forth of the profitable nature of the business have been
fully justified. The accounts show that, after payment of
rent, taxes, salaries, management, and all general charges,
and writing off £7l ss. od. from the preliminary expenses,
there remains a net profit on the six months' working of
£5,441 Os. 5d., equivalent to nearly 12 per cent. per annum
on the present capital of the company. The directors re-
commend the payment of a dividend for the half-year at
the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, which will absorb
£2,835 155., leaving to be carried forward-to profit and loss
new account £1,592 2s. sd. In consequence of the unsettled
state of the money market at the time the company was
formed, the capital was not fully subscribed, and there yet
remain 5,590 of unallotted shares.
THE CARELESS SALE OF POISONS.—The liberality
with which careless or ignorant dispensers of medicine
deal out poison sufficient to kill half the inhabitants of a
county has received a fresh illustration in a very bad case
at Glasgow. A poor woman in the Gorbals went to the
shop of a person who styles himself "herbalist" and pur-
chased some cream of tartar and magnesia. Instead of
magnesia she was supplied with arsenic, and, partaking of
it, very nearly sent her little daughter, aged five years,
and herself to their graves. The man alleges that ho has
been selling the same stuff, for the last four years, and that
he must in the course of that time have distributed about
two pounds of it.
Two PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—A woman
named Vauzelle and her son, aged 13, were killed by light-
ning a few days back at Sambadel. (Haute-Loire), France.
They were found at the foot of a treet, under which they
had taken refuge during a storm. Their faces were black-
ened as if from an explosion of gunpowder, and foam had
issued from their mouths. In the centre of the boy's hat
was a small hole, not larger than if made by a spark, while
the brim around was completely burnt.
SUDDEN DEATH FROM THE EXCESSIVE HEAT.—
Yesterday Mr. Edward Kent, of Trevor-square, was walk-
ing along the Westminster-road, when he was observed to
stagger and fall. He was taken to Westminster Hospital,
where he was found to have died from congestion of the
brain caused by the heat.
THE LARGEST SPAN ROOF IN THE WORLD.—The
Building News states that the large roof which covers•the
Imperial Riding-School, Moscow, hitherto the largest in
the world, is about to take its position as second on the list,
as it is intended to cover the new London Terminus of the
Midland Railway Company with a wrought-iron roof of
240 ft. clear span, being sft. wider than the Moscow roof.