The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-20 00:00:00

THAMES.

Doc STEALING. John Flinn, a coalwhipper,was brought
before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing a valuable
black retriever bitch, the property of Mr. Henry Holt, the
landlord of the Hoop and Grapes publichouse, and naval
rendezvous, in Ratcliff-highway.
Mr. Holt missed the dog, which he called Nell, at break-

fast time yesterday morning, and gave immediate informa-
tion to the police. Yestcrday afternoon a police-constable
named Proctor, No. 60 K, saw the prisoner in a place
called the Shadwall Gap, near the High-street, leading the
retriever with a piece of cord round its neck. Proctor
immediately recognised the dog to be the one Mr.
Holt had lost, and said to the prisoner, " What are you
going to do with that dog ?" to which he replied,
that he was about to take the dog to the Three Crowns
public-house, in Hackney, and that a man named Thomas
Stevens told him the dog belonged to the landlord of that
place. Mrs. Proctor said why the dog is Mr. Bolt's, at
the naval rendezvous, the Hoop and Grapes, in the
Highway.

Mr. Holt and Nell recognised each other, and the prose-
cutor said he lost another valuable dog, worth £25, a few
week's ago, and offered a reward of £5 for its recovery.
He believed the dog in court was stolen, in expectation
that a reward would be offered for it. He had not recovered
the first dog he had lost. Re would offer no more rewards.
The prisoner, in defence, said that he heard two men
call the dog Nell, and they told him if he took the dog to
the Three Crowns at Hackney he would got paid for it.
William Doyle gave the prisoner a good character, and
said he had been at work as a coal whipper out of the
office in Shadwell for 18 or 19 years.
Roche, the gaoler of the court, said I know the prisoner,
he is an industrious man, and is a coal-whipper. I know
but this, I must say if there is a dog worth 4d. hanging
about the coal-whippers will have it.
Mr. Partridge directed that inquiries should be made
about the man named Thomas Stephens, and remanded
the prisoner until to-morrow.

HIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

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LONDON, July 20.—Wind this day at noon —North-
Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, July 20—Fairy Queen and Granite—both from
Archangel; Emmanuel, from Stolpemunde; Cambyses,
from St. Vincent; Louisa Marie, from CLristiansand ; F
Edward and Orest—both from Christiania ; Marie, from
Wismar; Marie Margareth, from Krageroe ; Persia, from
Sydney ; Rosa, from Sulina ; Stadeworcum and Kornelia
—both from Worcum ; Pallion, from Stettin ; Sir J. Law
rence, from Calcutta.

Sailed, July 19—Breeze, for Malta; Oliva, steamer, for
Dantsic.

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed—John Harley and Remo, from London, for Car-
diff; Jubilee, from China, for London; Gulnare, from
Sunderland, for Constantinople ; N. H. S. D. Commercial
Code, from the west, for tne north.

Passed in tow— Indian Empire and Stratton Aubley,
from Calcutta; Eliza Laing, from Colombo—all fir
London.

The first general meeting of the Scottish Com-
mercial Insurance Company was held in Glasgow
on the 17th inst. The report stated 3,443 fire
policies had been issued in the nine months the as-
sociation had been established, yielding premiums to
the amount of £9,954 ; the losses during the same
period were £3,157. The directors propose com-
mencing the business of life assurance.

The directors of the London Financial Associa-
tion have issued a report for the past half-year
which states that there is a balance of £76,581,
after paying current expenses at the credit of profit
and loss, which amount, as well as the reserve of
£lOO,OOO, has been placed to a special account to
meet any depreciation of securities and losses,
when ascertained. It is stated that 211 obligations
of the association have been duly met, without the
sacrifice of any securities at present low prices. The
directors do not advise the payment of a dividend. ,