The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-14 00:00:00

THAMES.

STEALING BREAD.—Three boys, who gave tho names of
James Ling, Thos. Beer, and Joseph Brown, were brough'
before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing a 21b. loaf of
bread.

Matilda Fenn, of 35, Minories, said the prisoner Brown
came into her master's shop last night, reached over the
brass guard in front of the window board, and took away
the loaf produced. On leaving the shop he was joined by
the other boys. They were pursued by three City police
constables, who overtook them. A loaf was taken from
Brown.

Mr. W. W. Ruckstone, baker, said he had lost hundreds
of loaves. The boys put him at defiance. They mounted
the counter, leant over the brass guard, and carried away
the bread with impunity. Ho was determined to prose-
cute every boy who was detected. He should be obliged
to shut up shop if this system of plunder was not checked.
The City police-constables, who gave chase to the pri-
soners,lwere severally called and gave evidence of the cap-
ture. The prisoners were searched, and Gd. was found on
Ling—nothing on the other prisoners.
Ling—The 6d. was my lodging money.
The prisoners all pleaded distress, and said they wanted
bread.

Mr. Partridge —You should have gone to the parish
officers if you were in distress. They aro bound to re-
lieve you. None of you appear to be in distress, and 6d.
was found upon one of you.

All the prisoners said they were above 16 years of age,
and Mr. Partridge said they should not come out of prison
at one time. He sentenced Brown to nine days, Beer to
10 days, and Ling to 14 days' imprisonment with hard
labour.

Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day.

The market quiet, but firm. Sales probably
10,000 or 12,000 bales.

THE MAN KILLED FOR BEING A TEETOTALLER.—
The Secretary of State has offered a reward of £lOO for the
apprehension of the men concerned in killing Henry Eb-
worth, whose death was reported a few days ago in these
columns under the above heading. It appears that the
offer of the reward was the result of the action of the com-
mittee of the National Temperance League.
EXPERIMENTS WITH " FENIAN FlRE."—Experi-
ments were made yesterday, at the Liverpool Fire Police
Station, for the purpose of testing the qualities of the so-
called " Fenian (or Greek) fire." A bottle of it was in the
first instance flung against the wall, and a loud explo-
sion immediately followed. Next a quantity of the liquid
was thrown upon cotton in a wet and' dry state. In each
case the cotton instantly ignited, but the fire was quickly
extinguished by water poured upon it from an engine.
ITHE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES.—We (Exeter Gazette)
understand that a letter has been received from one of the
Abyssinian prisoners, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Fox, of this
city, addressed to his relatives in London. Tho letter,
dated September, states that they are well treated by King
Theodorus, but that Mr. Rassam himself, and another, are
severally chained by the ahcle to prevent their attempting
to escape. They are very weary of reading their few books
over and over, and of constantly playing at whist. He
writes, on the whole, in good spirits ; but as the letter has
evidently .been written with great caution, and has no
doubt been examined, it is impossible to tell the exact state
of affairs.

THE WORKING OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—
An illustration of the revolution which the Atlantic cable
is working in the business relations of the country is
afforded by the fact that English orders upon the San Fran-
cisco market for the fine wheats of California have passed
through this city by Atlantic cable, and hence by over-
land telegraph. We are informed that " these orders were
promptly executed, and considerably within limits, and
advice of purchase returned to and received by the Lon-
don merchant who sent the orders in the morning on the
evening of the same day."—N 0 York Tribune.
CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE.—We
yesterday published a series of suggestions which had been
agreed to by the council of this infant and promising in-
stitution as the basis of a permanent arrangement for pro-
venting the further introduction and spread of contagious
and infectious diseases. The fourth suggestion included
the wilful exposure of animals suffering from "foot and
mouth disease" in the category of offences to be punished
with a fine or imprisonment ; but on this being submitted
to the Chamber the words quoted were struck out, and, so
amended, the resolutions of the t.lnuncil were confirmed.