The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-12 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 12.
The Peninsular and Oriental Companyts steamer
Sultan, Capt. Cook, with the above mails, passed
Hurst Castle at 12.20 p m,

THE KING OF PRUSSIA'S HEALTH.—The last
accounts from Potsdam are very melancholy (says a Berlin
letter of the 7th). Tho journals speak of the daily proms..
nades taken by the king, but unfortunately his Majesty can
take no exercise worth mentioning, as, having almost lost
his intelligence, he is lifted into a carriage, and driven
slowly about the grounds, and that is all.
Lord and Lady Southampton arrived at tb.
Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Tuesday.
His Excellency the Ambassador of France and
the Countess do Persigny loft Albert-gate House yesterdaa
for Paris.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are recei
big a SINCOB3iOla of visitors at Goodwood

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.)

BOW-STREET.

Prisoner said he had just come from the play and was
locked up.
Mr. Dingham—But about the watch ?
Prisoner said that he knew nothing about that.
Mr. Bingham said he should remand the prisoner for a
Nyack for proof of former convictions ; but at the request of
the prosecutor, who said he was going to Scotland, ulti-
mately, on prisoner pleading guilty, committed him tor aii
months with hard labour.

THAMES.
THE POPLAR DISTRICT BOARD OF WORKS AND THY
GREAT CENTRAL GAS COMPANY.—Robert Harris, the
manager of the Great Central Gas Works, on the east side
of Bow Common-lane, Bromley, St. Leonard, appeared be•
fore Mr. Selfe to answer a summons taken out by Mr. Ed-
ward Fulcher, inspector of nuisances and sanitary inspector
to the Board of Works for the Poplar district, under the
Metropolitan Local Management Act, for permitting the
existence of a nuisance.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, appeared for the prosecu-
tion. The nuisances on Bow Common, including the Gas
Works, have been frequently prosecuted by the Board of
Works, and considerable abatement of the compound of
villainous smells arising therefrom have been the result.
There is, however, still much to complain of, and many
chemical manure and alum works are still carried on there,
and are highly detrimental to the health of the inhabitants.
The greatest nuisance in this now thickly-peopled locality
is undoubtedly the gas works, and there have been several
prosecutions of the company to which they belong, and
orders made by the magistrates of this Court. The nui-
sance, as is alleged by Mr. Fulcher, and by Messrs. Ansett
and Ellison, the medical officers of the district, has been
revived, and is now far worse than ever.
The summons charged that upon the gas-works "there
is a large accumulation of refuse, lime-water, called Blue
Billy, giving off offensive effluvia, so as to be a nuisance
and injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood, and that the coke upon the premises is slacked
with foul water, also giving off offensive effluvia, se as to be
a like nuisance, and injurious to the health of the inhabi-
tants of the neighbourhood."

Mr. Harris said he only received the summons ea Tues-
day night, and had not had time to meet the complaint.
He requested a postponement of the ease, and urged that
any material interference with the operations of the Gas
Company would be attended with serious consequences.
Mr. Young, on the part of the Board of Works, said it
would bo unfair to resist the application for adjournment.
Mr. Ansell, as was understood, wished the magistrate to
visit the Gas Works before adjudicating upon the case.
Mr. Selfe—Why should' I have all the nuisances OR Bow
Common thrust upon me ?
Mr. Young—You made an order on a former manager of
the Great Centre] Can iVoil►s to abate the nuisance now
complained of some time ago.
Mr. Selfe—l have visited the nuisances on Bow Com-
mon once. You don't wish me to go again, I hope. One
visit to Bow Common is quite enough in a man's lifetime.
After some discussion, the hearing of the case was post-
poned until Thursday next.

Count Jauceart has left town for Paris.
The Right Hon. Sir W. G. and Lady Hayter are
expected in town in a few days from Brighton.
. The railways seem to be making hay in goldest
splendour during these holiday times, and that in
spite of the weather. The Brighton and South-
Eastern have done well, and the London and North..
Western has even done better, nearly £lO,OOO for
the week more than the corresponding one of last
year !

MONSTER PADDLE-WHEEL STEAMER.—Mears.
Palmer Brothers, the celebrated shipbuilders at Jarrow-
upon -Tyne, have nearly completed a monster paddle-wheel
steamer for the Royal Mail Steam Company, which is of
such dimensions that when launched it will be the largest
vessel afloat, with the exception of the Great Eastern. She
is 370 feet in length, and has a depth of 32 feet from the
top spar deck. Her width is 40 feet beam, and 71 feet
over the paddles. She is provided with three oscillating
engines on the main shaft to drive the paddles, besides
several auxiliary engines, giving an aggregate of 800-horse
power. She will stow 1,200 tons of coal, and is guaranteed
to run 20 miles an hour. Berths for 700 passengers are
provided, and her crew will number 100, so that provision
is made for 800 souls on board. Otte of the principal por-
tions of the fabric is the saloon, which will be large enough
to dine 250 persons, that being the number of berths con-
structed in the after part of the vessel, where the saloon
is situated. The fore part of the vessel is fitted for emi-
grants. The saloon and its furnishings are of the most costly
Hungarian walnut. A handsome range of mahogany
description. The panels are of bird's-eye maple, inlaid with
stretches all round the saloon ; two bath-rooms are situated
at one extremity on either side of the vessel, and the
saloon is beautifully lighted from theroof through ea"
partially stained. The entire cost of the vessel will be abet;
£lOO,OOO. The masts, of which there are two, are of
wrought iron ; she is provided with the whole of _
machinery, and at the time of her launch she will have aro.
loss than 3,000 tons on board. She is of 4,000 tons register.
The launch of this noble vessel is fited for the 21st inn
tables
She is to ply between Galway and New York, and is Flitai:
the Connaught. Messrs. Palmer are also engaged in the
construction of a sister vessel, of similar dimensions,
same company, to be called the Leinster.

ADVERTISING AND SELLING-MADDICR V. OLDFIELD.
This was a claim for advertisements inserted in the
Shareholder, a publication now non-existent.
Defendant said that he had to complain of plaintiff, who
had inserted two advertisements in the same periodical, ono
counteracting the other.

A file of the Shareholder was handed up, and by de-
fendant's advertisement it appeared that a gentleman having
a large and carefully assorted cellar of fine wine would part
with the same a bargain.

Plaintiff—That is the way he catches the people.
The other advertisement referred to South African wine,
which defendant said he did not sell. He certainly
ad ver;
tised South African, but sold " real port and sherry.
(Roars of laughter.)

Defendant wished to explain how he came to alter his
advertisement. He had occasion to move his business, and
he thought he would act honestly. He had made a good
bit out of the "bargain" advertisement, and thought when
he got to his new premises he would put on new manners,
but the honest advertisement would not pay.
His Honour—l see you advertise South African.
Defendant—Ah ! but people don't always sell what they
advertise. [At this candid confession there was a perfect
burst of laughter, in which defendant joined.] Then Mr.
Alfred Maddick had three bottles of wine.
Some mistake being discovered in the dates, plaintiff
elected to be nonsuited, each party accusing the other of
sharp practice.

WATCH ROBBERY.—John Hill was placed at the bar
charged with stealing a silver watch.

George Croft, a youth, aged 14, residing at 16, LEW"
rence Pountney-lane, City, said this morning, about II
o'clock, I was near the Horse Guards witnessing the evolu-
tions of the soldiers, and as one of the regiments was
leaving there was a rush of people, and I then felt a tug
at my watch-guard, and I saw a man in a brown coat
going from me very rapidly. I found I had lost
my watch, and I followed the prisoner, never once losing
sight of him. A gentleman captured him, and when I came
up he (prisoner) handed me my watch saying, " Here you
are." He said he had picked it up.
Alfred Nisbet said—l was going from the Treasury,
through the Park, just as the guards were being changed.
After I had proceeded some distance I heard the trumpets,
and a carriage proceeding toward -Whitehall induced me to
look round. I then saw the prisoner coming towards ms,
at the same time hearing a cry of "stop thief." The pri-
soner tried to make his way through Spring •gardens, but
I stopped him until the youth came up, when he said the
man had stolen his watch. The prisoner immediately
took the watch out of his pocket, and begged to be let go.
I detained him until a policeman arrived, when he was
given into custody. I then informed the constable that I
thought I saw the prisoner throw something over the gar-
den wall, upon which tho prisoner struck me a violent blow
on the cheek.

Mr. Hall—But the boy had got his watch.
Police-constable A 56—Yes, your worship, but we thought
he had thrown something else away. The gardens were
searched, but nothing was found.

Police-constable A 526—1 took the prisoner into custody
on a charge of stealing a silver watch. The prisoner took
a watch froth his pocket, which was immediately identified
by the youth Croft as his property.
The prisoner, in answer to the magistrate, said—l live at
the Coal-yard, Drury-lane. I have been a drummer in the
Elthom Militia. I picked the watch up. I heard a cry
of " Stop thief," and I ran, as I thought, after the thief. I
did not steal the watch,
The prisoner was remanded for a week.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
STEALING ♦ MERCHANT'S WATCH.—DARING
BERM.—John Jones, described as a carpenter, of No, 19,
New Compton street, but who is well known to the police,
was charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing a watch of
the value of £B, the property of Mr. John J. Sutherland, a
merchant, residing in Golden-square, St. James's.
Mr. Sutherland, of 15 A, Golden-square, said that about
half-past 11 the previous night he was in the Haymarket
talking to some friends, when the prisoner stretched out his
hand and seized his watch chain, and tore his watch from
the chain at the swivel, the watch dropping at his ffet.
The prisoner then started off, and the watch was picked up
by a gentleman, and he (prosecutor) pursued the prisoner,
never losing sight of him for a moment, and at len'th
caught him, and on charging him with stealing his watch,
he denied all knowledge of the robbery.
Sergeant Yates, in answer to a question from Mr. Blue
ham, said the prisoner had only just come out of prison,
where he had been for 18 months for robbery; and Gordon,
336 A, said there was not a more notorious thief in Zug-
land than the prisoner, and that he spent most of his time
in prison.