The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-02 00:00:00

CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.

A respectable looking young lad, named John Galt,
was charged with stealing 21 watch chains, the property
of Messrs. Edward Walker and Sons, of Red Lion-street.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, who
was an apprentice to Mr. Parkinson, of Red Lion street,
entered the prosecutor's shop yesterday afternoon, about
three o'clock, and asked to see a watch chain, which he
bought, and went away ; soon after which 21 other
chains were missed, and information having been given
to the police, it was ascertained that the prisoner had
offered some of the chains at a very low price to a fel-
low-apprentice, when the former was taken into custody,
and the property found upon him. He was fully com-
mitted for trial.

Charles Sharpe was charged by Mr. Dodd, the dust
contractor, for the district of Clerkenwell, with stealing
a quantity of dust. The prisoner was observed by the
complainant's foreman to remove a cart-load of ashes
from the Chalk-road, Islington, which they took to the
premises of Mr. Stuckey.
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In his defence, the pr'isoner said he was in the employ-
ment of Mr. Stuckey, who had built a great many houses
in the Chalk-road, and he was sent to remove the ashes,
Owing to the carelessness of the contractor, heaps of
dust and ashes had accumulated in such a manner, as to
be a perfect nuisance to that neighbourhood ; and al-
though Mr. Dodd was strict when any person interfered,
for cleanliness sake, the dirt and rubbish might remain
there for ever, for all he seemed to care about it.

The foreman stated that his master paid 1,000/. a year
for the right of taking away the dust, and he was very
frequently plundered.
Mr. COOMBE said he should only fine the prisoner a
shilling, but trusted that would be a warning to him and
others that they acted illegally.

RAILWAY LABOURERS WORKING ON SUNDAYS.—
At the Town-hall, Horsham, on Saturday last, the en-
gineer to the Horsham Branch Railway made an appli-
cation to the bench of magistrates, to grant permission
for the labourers employed on the line to work on Sun-
days. He said it was necessary for a portion of the
labourers employed on the line to work on Sundays,
to prepare the temporary roads for the removal of
earth, which would prevent a number of men remaining
idle on Mondays. Applicant had found that when the
men were not enabled to commence work on Monday
mornings, it was with the greatest difficulty that they
could be got to work at all, as they began drinking, and
seldom returned for a week. The practice was adopted
on nearly all the lines at present in course of construc-
tion, and had been found to prevent, in a great measure,
intoxication. Sir Charles Burrell, the chairman, most
positively refused to grant the application.
NARROW ESCAPE —On Tuesday morning, about
two o'clock, M. Perrier, French messenger, in going on
board her Majesty's packet Dover, Mr. A. Hammond,
acting commander, missed the steps and fell into the
vatv., but fortunately caught bold of a pieee of iron pro-
jecting from the quay. A rope was promptly thrown
from the vessel, but ineffectually, as M. Perrier would
not relinquish his " iron grasp." Police-constable
Saunders was on duty near the spot, and hearing the
alarm ran to the quay, on reaching which he knelt down
and attempted to reach the messenger, but could not.
He then allowed himself to be let down head foremost to '
the water—his legs being held by Mr. Gibbons—and
by this means Saunders succeeded in reaching and
holding M. Perrier by the collar until a ladder was
brought and speedily lowered, when C. Chonradi,
steward of the Dover, and T: King, steward of her
Majesty's packet Onyx, descending and suc-
ceeding in rescuing him from his perilous situ-
ation, he having only sustained considerable fright and a
thorough drenching. M. Perrier then went on board
the Dover, where every attention was paid by the
steward to his comfort on the voyage to Calais.—Dover
Telegraph.
ACCIDENT AT WINDSOR.—An accident occurred
yesterday afternoon to James Hopkins, Esq., a gentle-
man residing at Earl Grey's mansion at Datchet. He
was riding a spirited young horse from Datchet to
Windsor, attended by his groom, and on passing by the
castle gates, in the Frogmore-road, the animal took
fright, proceeding along Park-street, at a tremendous
pace, into the town. Instead of making for the High-
street, the horse dashed into the stables of the New
Inn, the left side of Mr. Hopkins's head coming into
violent contact with a large iron lantern which was sus
pended in the centre. A severe wound was inflicted,
trom which the blood flowed profusely, and Mr. Hopkins
was rendered for a time insensible. Mr. Pearl, surgeon,
of Windsor, was speedily in attendance, and the sufferer,
in the course of the afternoon, was conveyed to his resi-
dence at Datchet.

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ing one of the ends, when, to his astonishment, he foopuennd
it stored with honeycombs, beautifully arranged accord-
ing to the nicest rules of bee architecture. On consult-
ing an invoice that was afterwards handed in, he then
learned that his Strathtay customer had had a thriving
summer bee trade—so much so, indeed, that the number
of swarms went beyond his usual quantity of skeps, and
compelled him, as a last resource, to scrub the barrel in
question and convert it to the purposes of an apiary.
The bait took, a noble swarm, careless of its uncouth
appearance, entered into immediate possession, and
throve so well, that before bud and flower had left the
hill side and " lea rig," the colony was " put down" in
the usual barbarous way, when it was found that the
barrel had increased in nett weight 841bs. From such
a favourable result, we suppose that next season old
herring barrels will not be at such a heavy discount in
the B ighlands as here t ofore.—Perth Advertiser.
GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY.—The half-
yearly general meeting of the company of proprietors of
the Grand Junction Canal was held yesterday, in the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand. The report which
was submitted to the meeting stated that the nett ton-
nages for the half-year ending the 30th of June last,
amounted to 41,6131. 3s. 7d., being 16,5261. 19s. 11d.
less than for the corresponding six months of the pre-
ceding year. This decrease, it was stated, had been
caused by the reductions which it bad been found neces-
sary to make in the tonnage rates, as also by a diminu-
tion of the thoroughfare trade. At the same time, how-
ever, the local traffic had materially increased, notwith-
standing a very considerable reduction of the local coal
trade, and while the whole traffic on the canal within
the last six months stated had decreased, as compared
with the corresponding period in the year 1845, it had
tone nevertheless exceeded by 22,985 t the
is average traffic
of the last seven years. The committee had investigated
various projects for the improvement of canal navigation,
fin' the amalgamation of
existing canals with railway
companies, for canal companies undertaking to be their
own carriers, and these important
subjects would con-
tinue to occupy th • ' their serious attention. Th
eluddeclaration
ed by recommending the e report con-
-365L (
of a dividend
of 31. per share, amounting to 34 from which the
income-tax would have to be deducted), to be paid on
Friday, the Bth day of January next.
The report was
adopted by the meeting, and ordered
to be circulated
among the proprietors.

Notwith-standing the heavy gale which was felt
so severely at Plymouth and other ports on the coast, on
the 21st and 22d instant, eves y vessel in the outer and
inner roads of Falmouth rode it out with the greatest
case, and not a single accident has occurred. The gale
began at S.S.E., which is directly in to the harbour,
and continued for many hours from that point.—Fal-
mouth Packet.

ELGIN CATIIEDRAL.—The Commissioners of Woods
and Forests have resolved to effect a great improvement
in the close vicinity of this ancient and beautiful ruin,
by the removal of the line of old houses at the south of
the principal entrance, which have so long been an eye-
sore to the community and to strangers visiting the town
—Caledonian Mercury.