The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-06 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER,

" PAROCHIAL HUMANITY."—A very creditable-
looking wowan entreated the magistrate to relieve
her necessities under the following distressing cir-
cumstances : _

She stated that she had three young children,
and owing to her continued poverty had for some
time received an allowance of bread from the parish
of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster.
On Saturday she succeeded in obtaining half a day's
work and sent her little girl to the workhouse for
her bread. Mr. Catless, the relieving officer, asked
where her mother was, and on her reply that she
had gone to half a day's work, he said " She eould
not want bread then," and refused to give her any,
and when she got home she found her children
starving. In addition to this she had a child lying
very ill at home, and was unable to obtain an
order for medical aid for it, or for the necessary
sustenance.

Mr. Ingham—Your remedy is to go before the
Board and make your complaint. When does the
Board meet ?

Applicaut—l don't know, and if I did it would
be of no use. I should not be allowea wgo beroLu
them.

Office-keeper—Thursday is the Board-day.

Applicant—What am Ito do till then? I have
not got a bit of anything for my three children.
Are they to starve?

Mr. Ingham—Have you no husband ?
Applicant—No, I have not. I have been a
widow these two years, left with these three poor
children to strive for. The bread is given for them.
I want an order for a doctor as well as food, and
I shall not get it without your worship is good
enough to interfere for me.

Mr. Ingham sent a note with the poor woman,
requesting immediate attention to her case.

TIIA .11ES.

MAD DRUNK.—James Rose, a labourer, of Ball's-
buildings, i n gWhitehorse-street, Ratcliff, was brought
before
Mr. Benson charged with being drunk and
disorderly
and assaulting Joseph Fenton and
ti 1
Henry Knott, police-constables of the K division,
and 96.
Nos. 263

The prisoner's head was severely lacerated,
and the front of it coverel with a sur-
gical plaister. He was mad drunk at half-
past one o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning
and
making a disturbance in Ball's Buildings.
There
a disorderly mob, principally Irishmen,
and
the was
place was in a sad state of turmoil and
con-
fusion. Fenton expostulated with the prisoner and
otlicrs and persuaded several to retire to their
homes. ,
The prisoner and another man, called
Jack Briant, an Irishman, came out of their
dwellings again, one armed with a pair of
the other with a piece of wood, with
which
they attacked Fenton and Knott. Fenton
tongs,was struck with the tongs, and his eye blackened,
and Knott also received a blow from Briant. The
mob shouted " Give it them," and a violent
struggle took place, in the middle of which
Police-Sargeant Freeston, No. 58 K, made his
appearance, drew his staff, and dealt the
prisoner such a tremendous blow on the
head that he fell as if shot. Jack Briant then ran
away, and the mob of roughs and blackguards then
dispersed. The prisoner's head was dressed by Dr.
Ross of Shadwell and his assistants. The wound
was a severe one.

Mr. Benson sentenced the prisoner to one month's
imprisonment and hard labour.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.

Arrived, April s.—Cuba, from Sagua la Grande ; Zantjo
Kliei, from Groningen ; Agnetho, from Anelum ; Narva,
steamer, from Alexandria; Britannia., steamer, from Vigo.
Arrived, April G.— Orion, steamer, from Antwerp; Forth,
steamer, from Havre ; Fyenoord, steamer, from Rotter-
dam; Denia, steamer, from Valencia; Bolderaa, steamer
from Konigsberg ; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne ; Ash-
ford, steamer, from Alexandria.

DEAL, Monday Morning.

Passed, April s.—Knight Bachelor, ship, from Shields,
for Calcutta ; Eclipse, from London, for Guernsey ; Ata-
lanta, screw steamer, from London, for New York ; Great-
ham Hall, screw steamer, from Loudon, for Lisbon.
Passed, April 6.—Varuna, from Loudon, for Calcutta ;
Hero, of Weymouth, from the west, for the north ; Van-
guard, from London, for Port Philip (in tow).
Anchored—Emily, from London, for Algoa Bay; Rapid
brig, from London, for 'Wexford ; Shealtiel, from London,
for Brest.

PETROLEUM FOR FUEL.—A long-promised trial
of the liquid fuel burning steamer Island City took place
in Boston harbour on the 4th of March, and was a com-
plete success. The experiment shown with oil for fuel on
the Government steamer Pales last summer was eclipsed
on the Island City. The engines, machinery, and
fuel apparatus were all fresh from the shop, and had
nut been used; consequently everything was stiff,
and Colonel Foote did not feel justified in crowding on
either his steam or flame. lie also used only one of his
immense air pumps employed in completing the combus
tion of the general elements in the retorts. The trip fairly
demonstrated that a maximum amount of steam could be
maintained with oil, at a saving of about 73 per cent. over
the use of coal. The safety ut the use of oil for fuel in
ocean navigatio❑ was also shown most satisfactorily, and
continued the opinion of those who have faith in liquid fuel
for steamers iu ocean navigation.— Wall-street Journal.

ARES.
85j

rItEFERENCE
Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock,
lireat .‘orthern, 6 per cent., 11l
Great Northern, 5 per cent. rd. at 1,
Ditto, 41 per cent. pref., redeem.
Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. atOCK,
Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent.,
Ditto, 44 per cent. rd., 9ii
North Eastern, Cons., 4 per cent.,
Ditto, 44 per cent. rd., 93}

► per cent. pm.. 107
lble at 10 pm., 97

ritErkatiol 11AL Icr AND_STOCKS.
Midland A and B £5 per cent., lot

FOIMIGN KAILWAYI.
Pahl& and San:Francisco, 11. n., gua.l,7 per,ocnt., 151
Dutch Rhenish, - -
Ditto, all, 231
Ditto, new. 51

Great. Lu.XembOui7g, 91
Mexican, lim., 4
Recite and San Francisca, Urn., gua. 7 per cent., 91
South A.ustrian and Lombardo Venet►an, 15
FORMIGN AtINICts.
Dan Pedro, North Del Rey, 2i Pin
r rontino and Bolivia Bold, Um,
St. Jol►n del Itey, lim , 23
United Mexican, lila., If

BAN'S 5.

Agra, lim., A,
Ditto, B, 7}
Alliance, Bin., 124
Chartered kler. 01 India, London, and China, 29
Consolidated, lirn., 4i
Imperial Ottoman, 101 ;
Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 1
Loudon Joint Stock, 3i4
Loudon and 11 estruinster, 63}
Ditto, Scrip, 404
Oriental Bank Corporation, 42j
Union of Australia, 41
Union 01 London, 314
.01.13CELI.L.NEOU13;
An; to American Telegraph, 224
Credit Foncier of England, lira., 3
Electric and International Telegraph, 185

Ditto, new, 14
Fore-street Warehouse, litn., Ay
Home andWolonial A ssurance, 1i

THE ADVANTAGES OF INlAcinNEßY.—Amongst
the loading jewellers of the West-end must be named Mr.
Elwin W. Streeter, of 37, Conduit-street, Bond-street,
whose machine-made jovellery, when first introduced by
him, was favourably noticed by the Times, and has since
become widely appreciated for its artistic finish and cheap-
ness; that journal also observing: "Mr. Edwin W.
Streeter has ;or some time marked upon his goods the par-
ticular quality of the gold, and purchasers may
always protect themselves by requiring its quality
to be stated iu the invoices " As a skilled
worker in the precious metals, Mr. Streeter has
hardly a superior, his productions having obtained first-
class prizes. Persons about buying golden trinkets for
themselves or friends, to whom they desire to offer a suit-
able yet inexpensive present, should read his instructive
manual, entitled "Hints to Purchasers of Jewellery,"
and then visit his establishment, where is shown a multi-
plicity of floral and geometric forms enfolding the purest
gems.

BilocoLL—Nearly 150 tons of brocoli were sent
from West Cornwall to Loudon during the east week.