The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-16 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

INTEMPERANCE AND DISHONESTY.—A respectably-dressed
man, named Plummer, described as a clerk, was charged
before the Lord Mayor with embezzlement. His employer
said he had been in his service as cashier for four or five
years, but he had lately given way to habits of intempe-
rance. .The employer found the cash-book in an irregular
condition, and ordered him to make it up, which he refused
to do, being dismissed in consequence. Soon after a defi-
ciency of ever £2OO was discovered in the accounts. He
was remanded, in order to allow time for a complete inves-
tigation of the books.

°animus RIVALRY.-At Guildhall a driver and con-
ductor, in the employ of the General Omnibus Company,
were summoned for conspiracy against the proprietor of a
rival omnibus. A system of " nursing " was proved to
have been carried on, but Alderman Owden said he did not
think the charge of conspiracy was proved, as the men
wcro only servants acting under orders. It was then

decided that the summonses should be withdrawn, and an
action at common law should be brought against the

company,

THE PAWNBROKER'S Acr.—A pawnbroker, named Meyer,
was summoned at Marlborough-street, for carrying on busi-
ness on Sunday. Another summons was for not having
his name put over the door. The defence was that no
pawubroking was was done on Sunday, only buying and
selling. Mr. Knox inflicted a fine of 40s. for the omis-
sion of the name, and £lO for the Sunday pawning. Notice
of appeal was given.
STOLEN PROPERTY.—A watchmaker, named Byworth,
was charged, at Lambeth, with a burglary at Regent's
Park. In a room at his house was found a large quantity
of plate and jewellery which seemed to have been stolen
from various places. Bank notes identified by the owner
of the house in Regent's Park were also discovered. The
prisoner was remanded for a week, in order to trace the
owners of the other property.

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ROBBERY AND ELOPEACENT.—John Tomlinson, a butcher,
was charged before the Blackburn magistrates with the
robbery of £33 from the Fleece Inn. He had been brought
up on the same charge a month ago, but was then dis-
charged. He was afterwards observed to spend a great
deal. of money, and the other day eloped with a young
actress. The mother of the girl gave information to the
police, and the chief constable has since been able to
complete the charge of robbery. The prisoner was re-
manded.

CARDIFF ABDUCTION CASE.—TWO summonses were
appointed to be heard before Mr. Leman, the chief clerk
to Vice-Chancellor James, as to the guardianship of Miss
Esther Lyons, of Cardiff. Mr. Emanuel applied to appoint
her 'uncle and brother as guardians, which application was
opipsed by Messrs. Townley and :Verde for the young lady,
on the ground that she had become a Christian. The case
was adjourned, in order that Miss Lyons might be examined
by the Vice-Chancellor.

The potato disease is spreading rapidly in Cumber-
land in the district around Carlisle. Farmers are hurrying
their crops into market and selling them at comparatively
low rates.

The New Free Press gives an account of a furious
attack made by a body of young Roumanians upon a gather-
ing of Jews at Jassy. Many of the Jews were most severely
beaten, but the police declined to interfere, and the Rou-
manians; who were mostly students, e.capcd.

An Exeter contemporary states that the offer of
the' Bishopric of Exeter to Dr. Temple "proceeded abso-
lutely upon the supposition that his essay was devoid
of any sceptical character, and did not involve him in any
degree in complicity or sympathy with the remaining
essays."

It is understood that the annual ocean tea race has
been won by the Sir Lancelot, Captain Robinson, which left
Foo-choo-foo on the 18th of July, and arrived in the East
India Docks on Thursday morning—a passage of 89 days. The
Sir Lancelot was first in the tea race of 1867, and only lost
it last year by a few hours.

On Monday last the steamship Wakefield arrived
at Grimsby, having on board 200 sheep, which on being exa-
mined by Mr. George Wentworth, the veterinary inspector
under the Board of Customs, about seven of the number
were found affected with a contagious disease, and in conse-
quence the whole of the sheep were detained and slaughtered
on the docks.

A melancholy accident occurred last week in the
Commune d'Augy, France. Fifteen persons, men and women,
Were at work in a field, when a terrible thunder storm broke
out. Some of them took refuge under a large walnut tree,
which was struck by the lightning and fell on five persons.
Two men were killed and a young woman paralysed by the
shock, but two children escaped unhurt.
An inquest was held on Thursday upon the body of
George Morton, one of the men suffocated by the Jiro in the
Retford Tint Coroner atated that the Government
inspector, who had exanlued the pit, was of opinion that it
had been eet ou tire wilfully. After some discussion the jury
returned a verdict to the effect that deceased died from suffo-
cation, but that there was no evidence to show how the
smoke was forthcoming.

On Thursday, before the Sheffield Borough magis-
trates, Alfred Tingle, of the Victor is and Albert kills,
Brightside, was charged with having unlawfully adulterated
flour, &c., with alum. It was proved thot defendant hadpur-
chased from a druggist no less. than 6001bs. of alum„ with
which he had adulterated about 800,0001bs. of 'flour.
Defendant had three retail shops besides his mills, and
carries on a large. trade. The magistrate said it was a ver.cy
bad case, and fined the defendant £lO and costa, with the
alternative of a irnoutles imprk:ontnent ; particulars of the
°Noce to be putished in the neirepapors in addition. Tho
hyuono cAti4rd LP, s4-'Lit 131.100141 k court,

THE GREAT EASTERN.

The bottom of this ship has been cleaned by divers from
the diving smacks Sealark and Ann Elizabeth, of Whit-
stable, under the superintendence of Mr. John Pierce, of that
town. Thisis the first occasion that the bottom of the ves-
'Eel has been cleaned by divers. The bottom of the ship was
in a very foul state, mussels having gathered on it at some
places more than a foot thick. After the bottom was cleaned,
it was found that the iron hull was very little rusted, and
the surveyors from London wont down and expressed
their satisfaction at the able manner in which the work
of cleaning had been performed. It is estimated that
50,000 gallons of mussels and rubbish were removed from
the bottom beneath the water line. Yesterday upwards
of 1,700 miles of the Anglo-Indian cable had been coiled
on board in the iron tanks. The filling of the main tank
was completed and the tank itself fastened down on Tues-
day. It contains about 1,100 miles of line. The after tank
at present contains over 600 miles, and the men are now
busily engaged in completing this part of the work, after
which the fore tank will be taken in hand, and the re-
mainder of the cable coiled away. The Great Eastern, in
consequence of the heavy load in her after part sets very
low in the water at the stern. The tests which daily pass
through the wire in the tanks prove the cable to bo in
excellent condition. The utmost exertions aro being used by
Captain Halpin, Mr. Beckwith, and the officers and men
under their command to get the ship ready for sea by Satur-
day, the 23d inst., the date fixed for her departure from
Sheerness en route to Aden. The ship is being coaled from
brigs which are now alongside.