The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

Th'lS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Feb. 28.—Wind;_this day at noon, West;
blowing a heavy gale.
CLIMB, Feb. 26.—Wind S.W., strong gale Arrived
W. H. Jenkins, from St. John's, N.B.
SWANSEA, Feb. 25.—Arrived—Stately, from Cuba.
rixmonTir, Feb. 27.—Wind W.N.W., strong—Arrived
—Le France, from Havre for the Brazils.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 25.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—
Euryalus, from the Mediterranean. 27.—1 t blew
a hard gale all last night, which still continues.
FLEETWOOD, Feb. 27.—Wind N.W., -strong gales.—
Airived—The Favourite, from Savannah.
CHATHAM, Feb. 26.—Wind S.W., strpng—Arrived—
Marie, from Moulmein. -

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THE IMPERIAL LINEN COMPANY.—There
evidently existed during the last three or four years a grow-
ing tendency amongst the manufacturing interests to direct
the stream of the retail trades again, as was once the cus-
tom, into special channels, from the store system and the
selling of everything; specialitds, as the French have it,
are now the order of the day, and another of these has been
added to the many, under the title of " The Imperial
Linen Company," the head office of which the large Man-
chester manufacturers, from which it dates its origin, have
opened in Wigmore-street. Let them proceed as they have
commenced, and many thousand housekeepers will erelong
eagerly seek the advantages that their prices offer—prices
which this company confess are fairly remunerative, and
which it is fully determined to adhere to.
HAMPSTEAD HEATH AGAIN TN DANGER.—On
Saturday, at the weekly meeting of the Council of Maryle-
bone, at the Court-house, Mr. Nicholay drew attention to
the fresh attempt being made in Parliament, with regard
to building in the vicinity of Hampstead Heath. A bill
has been introduced to repeal the clause of the Leases and
Sales of Settled Estates Act, which prohibited the Court of
Chancery from granting powers to persons to build on
estates where applications had been previously made to
Parliament for such powers, and such application had been
rejected upon their merits. This bill was introduced into
Parliament last week, and stood for a second reading on
Wednesday last. Some one, however, called the attention
of Mr. Edwin James to the circumstance, and through his
interposition the second reading of the bill was put off till
Wednesday next. The council adopted a petition against
the bill. The leaseholders and copyholders of Hampstead
and the parish of St. Pancras have also petitioned against
the measure.
DESTRUCTION OF AN EASTERN TOWN.—The
Clyde steam-packet, which has just arrived at Marseilles
from Syria and Smyrna, brings an account of the almost
total destruction of the town of Dardanelles by fire on the
night of the 19th inst. Ihe part of the town in which the
conflagration commenced was that where the foreign con-
suls and the principal commercial men reside. The French
consul, M. Battus, had barely time to escape and to save
the books and papers of his office. The house of the agent
of the Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales was torn
down in order to prevent the flames from reaching that of
the Pacha. Five children are said to have been burnt, but
nothing positive is known.
THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP AND PARO-
CHIAL RlTEs.—During the time the Great Eastern
Steamer was lying in the Thames, off Deptford, the chains
in connection with her moorings were attached to fasten-
ings in a piece of land or wharf within the parish of St.
Nicholas, Deptford. This was held by the parish authori-
ties to be a beneficial occupation on the part of the company
to which the great ship belonged, and an assessment to the
poor and other rates was accordingly made. The amount
claimed (the rates being made quarterly) was £9 6s. Bd., and
the demand for payment not having been complied with, a
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THAMES CONSERVANCY. —A curious case con-
- nected with the conservancy of the river came before the
magistrates atto theeonYseertrtay
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structing one of their officers. Mr. Metcalfe, barrister, at-
tended on behalf of the conservators. It appeared that the
fisherman was taking shrimps when the officer entered his
beat to see that he avoided taking spawn, 'hen the fishei-
man obstructed him, and denied his right. The conse-
quence was these proceedings, under the Act of George 11.
Mr. Metcalfe said the only object sought was to protect the
' fishing for the benefit of those who, engaged in the same
trade, duly carried out the regulations of the law; but the
magistrates decided, that although under the old act the
conservators were empowered to protect the fishing, the
' duty of so doing had not passed to the present conservator*,
inasmuch as the Thames Conservancy Act of 1857 gave
them power over the river itself simply, but did not allude
to fishing. AMe was stated for the opinion of the Court
of Queen's Bench.