The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-08 00:00:00

THAMES.

STTEALING WOOL.—Oliver Dodd, a strange-looking
fellow, aged 58, and who described himself as a labourer,
was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing
21b. of wool.

George Maine, a Thames Police-constable, saw the pri-
soner yesterday afternoon in the London Docks looking
in a cow-house containing some foreign birds, and he made
remarks as he passed respecting the beauty of the birds.
He went on his way a short distance and then watched the
prisoner, and saw him go to a stack of Australian wool
under a shed, cut open a bag, and take some wool out,
which he stuffed up his back, about his legs and arms,
and in the front of his person. Ile rushed upon the prisoner
and took him into custody. Ho. took 21b. of wool from the
prisoner.

The prisoner said ho was a most unfortunate man. He
mot with an accident, both hie logo were smashed, and he
was in the St. Bartholomew's Hospital for six months. He
was in great poverty with a wife and family to keep, and
he did take a little wool for the purpose of selling, to pur-
chase bread for his family.
Edward Ellis, a dock constable, said the prisoner was
an old thief, and he believed his statement to be a pure
invention, ;The prisoner had been summarily convicted
five times for stealing wool, sugar, currants, indigo, and
other things in the dock. Ono conviction and a fine of 40s.
was for stealing 2jlb. of sugar, and the last one month's
imprisonment for stealing slbs. of currants.
Mr. Partridge said valuable property and merchandise
was necessarily exposed in the docks, and that the pri-
soner appeared to be a common thief. He sentenced him
to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. The next
time the prisoner was before him, and a charge made out,
he should commit the prisoner for trial.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,

Mlles Opened. Receipts.

Railways.

1865. 1864.

1865 1864
4 Z
Belfast and N. Counties 135 135 2,019 1.939
Belfast and County Down 49 49 897 760
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2, 23 2,255
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian 2Bll 2- 11 20,320 19,778
Cambrian ,.. 91 81 3.046 1,477
Cock ermouth K & Penriih ... 3ll - 383 -
Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9 387 355
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 401 397
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 (4 276 121
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 654 654 1,805 L 9.8
Deeside ~ 17 17 531 44+
Dublin & tlelfast Junction.... -63 63 1•351 1.365
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,10 1.852
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO7/ 91i 4,341 3 522
Forth and Clyde Junction .. 30 30 322 291
Furness, 52c BO 5 ) 3,292 3 571
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern pH 365 35,8.3 32,869
Great North of Scotland 99 99 3,060 3.251
Ut. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 479 535
rit.Southu. & Westn.(Lrlnd.) 3873 8874 9,627 7.448
Great Western
Hull & Hornsea ........ 3 - 222 -
1
Inverness & Aberdeen June ll7l 1171 1,448 2,071
Inverness & Perth Junalon 1191 1191 1,927 1,870
Irish North-Western . 145 145 1,793 1.769
.....
Kent Coast ..".. . . . ....... 27 27 2,520 2,400
Lancashire & Yorkshire...... 403 403 44,554 41,470
Limerick and Ennis... ....... 241 244 125 183
Limerick and Foynes ....... . 2 2 82 83
Llanelly .. .................. 46' 4 799 757
Llynvi Valley .... . . ....... 20 20z 342 242
61
London & North-Western ... 1274 12641 119,14 s 115,67
London and Blackwall ..... 54 51 2,140 2,, 79
London & South-Western ... 4904 4541 30,041 28.264
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast.., 272 2671 23.302 21,435
London, Chatham, & Dover., 721 721 7,599 7,5 i 6
Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 101 2,8;0 2.41
Lou., Tilbury, & Southend .. 421 421 2,552 2,345
Man.,Sheffielci, &Lineoinsh .. 241 2121 19,712 18,319
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham„ 9 ul 1,537 1,334
Maryport and Carlisle ....... 28 28 1,480 1.473
Metropolitan
33 203 ,386
Midland (incl. N.-Western),. 6031 641 18,,3923 12 914
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 262.. 262 5,251 5,054
Monkland
713 711 15s8 ,7t3
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44
44 2,891 2,28 ,
North British, Edin.. Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart lllO 1095 69,009 65 868
North London 9 9 3,433 3,476
North Staffordshire 258 258 8,417 9.319
Rh ymney l9! 191 1,114 LO3O
Scottish Central, ll' 1 1131 5,788 6.03
138 138 5,701 5,391
Scottish North-Eastern
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 977 825
South Devon
308793 751 4.322 3,984
South-Eastern
Tatf Vale
Ulster
Clwyd. w
10ai 110 051 2,605 2 417
Vale of 2 i 8
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 461 201
269
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,471 966
West Cornwall 274 271 824 913
Vir.l.lsxtlepool Harbr.&Rail.• • 52 521 5,010 4.613
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10
763
Whitehaven Junction l3 1 512 3 899 1,001
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 as
783 1,001
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian 8.,2,..9„ 828 31,720 30,420
Belgian and San FranciSco •• • • ,02 761 8 5 420
Belgian Eastern J unction 244 20e
1132 354
Bombay, Baroda, & Col. India 306
1851 4,853 2,650
Detroit and Milwaukic 169 185 6,996 4,340
Dutch Rhenish l9Bl 1(81 6,193 6,361
Eastern 01 France
7i,187 620 59
Eastern Bengal
East Indian - -
Grand Trunk oi Canada l. 77 1435 26 413 25,018
Great Central of Belgium... • 295 212 6,485
Great Indian Peninsula 529 Great Luxembourg lB4 5531 21,412 13,130
131 5,215 4.5; 0
Great Southern of India
642 483
Great Western of Canada... • 845 315 11,659 0,347
Madras 571 448 7.3 6 5 935
Madrid, Saragossa SrAlicant.• 680 600 16,472 20 397
Northern of Canada ... .....
Northern of France 7lB 728 68,190 64,608
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman - -
Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1967 1781 137, 87 131.551
Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 6 ,9.:3 63.081
Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 774 1,418 823
Scinde lO5 105 1,101 1.78;
Do. Punjab, &c 32 32 ZO2 550
South Austrian, &c .. 2296 1127 78,002 53,755
Southern of France 623 770 27,833 26,987
Victoria - -
Welland.
West & N-Wn. of France

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THE OIL WELLS.—It is estimated that upwards
of 9,000 steam-engines, for oil wells and other purposes,
have passed over the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
into Pennsylvania "Oildom." The engine-builders hayo
certainly "struck iie."—Missouri Democrat.