The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-02 00:00:00

THAMES

TOBACCO SMU GGLING.—George Turnbull, a young sailor,
swllsbs. broofugfohrtebigefno'm.e alniurfalClrt°u°rehlch charged with smuggling
tobacco.
Mr. Win. Mullett, an offices of Customs, stated that he
searched the ship Waterwitch, from Montreal, off Black-
wall yesterday, that the prisoner denied four different
times that he had anything liable to duty concealed in his
berth. He search his (prisoner's) berth and found there
silbs. of tobacco of foreign manufacture. The value and
duty amounted to £1 10s. 3d.

The prisoner—l have nothing to say.
Mr. Woolrych— Then you must pay £1 10s. 3d. o: be
imprisoned 14 days.

CHOLERA IN COURT.--Police-Sergeant Saunders, No.
50 K, reported to Mr. Woolrych that a woman named
Mary Drummond, charged with being drunk and disor-
derly, was in the yard behind the court and in groat pain.
She was labouring under choleraic diarrhoea.
Mr. Woolrych—Then do not bring her into court. That
will make her worse.

Police-Sergeant Smith No. 47 K, said that Mr. Horton,
the divisional surgeon of police, of lligh-street, Stepney,
had been sent for to see the womax. Would his worship
be kind enough to discharge her, and order her rembval?
Mr. Woolrych—Yes, how are you going to remove her ?
Smith—ln a cab, sir.

Mr. "Woolrych—Send her to the workhouse, under Mr.
Horton's directions, and let her be taken care of. As far
as I am con cerned sho is discharged.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LONDON, Aug. 2. —Wind this day at noon South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, August I.—Young England, from Montreal ;
Arctic, Miramichi ; Ann Falcon, from Demerara ; Indus,
from Calcutta ; Sarah Ann, from Guernsey.
Arrived, Aug. 2.—The Equity, from Porto Rico ; Row-
land Evans, from New York ; Meggy, from Sulina ; Re-
nate, from Alexandria ; Reward, Emma, Triton, Zuma,
Esther, Mary Jane, Vivid, Rover, Young Louisa, and
Sarnia, from Guernsey ; Leonne, from Abbeville ; Argo-
naut, from Montreal ; Vir, from Faro ; Von Haedon
Cartlon, from Leghorn; Cato, from Archangel ; Seropta,
from Cronstadt ; Besidido, from Lagos ; Raven, from
Montreal; Henrich, from St. Petersburgb ; Stefano Opa-
nach, from Trieste ; Anna. from Montreal ; John, from
Dunkirk ; Ledskneff, from Quebec ; Gratitude and Mait-
land, Montreal; Winsome,
from Haniburg.
Sailed, Aug. 2.—The Onega, for Petersburg.
Passed.—llebe
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
ship, from the
from Rio Grandy; Germania,
, from London, for Miramichi; Delhi,
west,
Myrtle, of Whitstable, from the north, for the west.
for London; Dailey, of Chester, and

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market quiet. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000
bales.

DESTRUCTIVE
this (Thursday) morning several serious fires occurred
FIRES. —D uriug last night and
in the metropolitan district. One fire took place in the premises belonging
to Mr. Miller, a clothier, situate at No.
167, Edmonds-place, Bethnal-green" The building was
two stories high, and the shop contained a great amount of
stock. The discovery was made by a police-constable of
the K division, who succeeded in arousing the inmates,
who happily effected a safe retreat. Conductors McCul-
loch,:Beer, and Beaton promptly attended with two of the
Royal Society's escapes,
Falcon-square.
belongingalcNovna-ss
qm a k i n g
Shand, Mason, and Co. attended, under the command of
Mr. Gatehouse, the chief officer of the Eastern district.
Plenty of water having been procured, under the direction
and several land steamers by
of Mr. P. Edinger,
Another fire took place in the premises belonging to Mr.
Gomm, a dairyman, No. 14, Alpha-place, 'Kilburn. The
the steamers were set to work.
discovery was made by police-constable 188 of the X divi-
sion. Conductor ilutchin arrived with the Royal Society's
escape, and was followed by the Kilburn Volunteer engine
and the land steamers, as .well as a strong body of the
Salvage Corps. Some of the neighbours managed to save
the children, and the other persons effected their escape.
Owing to the combined exertions of all present the fire was
extinguished, but the damage done was considerable.—A
to Mr. Bunting, wholesale stationers, No. 8,
fire likewise broke out in the extensive range of premises
uare. The flames commenced in the basement,
rapid progress When
and Conductors Mellott
and Shaw arrived with two of the Royal Society's escapes,
and the land steamers followed from Whitecross-street and
other stations. The fire was not extinguished until the
basement and ground floor were severely burnt, and the
upper part
damaged by heat, s!icc. The origin of the dis-
aster is unknown.

that, just as our
Considerable
ridiveerarsbloefsuspeoplty-
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rall:the
now carried on,
chid dealer in
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is
derivedierufgar ifhir.lo:o
as much as £lOO, indeed, has been ob-
tained the
511;(3 specimen. It is not unlikely, I think,
payst
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tradees,i
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yaoortoleadannvuodeuf
as
, chiefly
peasantry pearl-producing
rivers, for these Caledonian gems,
.many of which are of
great individual value, the best kinds ranging in
price
fromtfar oi
nme dt4hse fortior i. 1
given to the fishery b
-Y the dealers, that
the streams of Scotland will speedily be exhausted, for
mussels in Scotland are not found in beds, as in the sea, but
individually or in very small cluster; which, of course, are
greedily seized upon and at once destroyed in the hope of
obtaining a few of the gems. As regards the productive-
ness of the Scottish pearl-mussel, a practical hand tells us
4apetus
that one pearl is on the average found in every 13 shells ;
but as only one pearl in every ten is saleable, it requires
the destruction of 130 Shells in order to find that one gem.
Of course, shells are occasionally found that contain a
great many pearls, but these aro an exception to the rule,
and it may be easily calculated how long the capital stock
of any river will stand out against the determined efforts
of the peasantry surrounding it when they know that by a
little exertion they can pay their rent by collecting pearls.
—Cornhill Magazine for August.
The Owl understands that Lord Cowley his sent
in his resignation as ambassador at Paris, and that he
merely holds office until the Government have decided on
his successor in a post which it is far from easy to fill.
ETON COLLEGE ELECTION.--The following is the
result :—F..Armistead, C. BiTans, J. G. P. Mackenzie, J.
E. C. WellOon, G. C. G. Milman, F. J. Tuck, C. G. Brown-
ing, H. S. Salt, F. E. Grainger, E. W. Collin, R. C. Reade,
C. A. D. Clark, J. H. J. Ellison, R. T. Richardson, J. B. T.
Hill, C. M. F. Mundy, F. Froth, E. F. IL Gould.