The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-26 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE SMOKE NUISANCE.—At the Clerkenwell Police-
court a manufacturer was charged with using furnaces
which did not consume their own smoke ; and it was even
alleged that they were constructed as if on purpose not to
do so. The Government officer stated that this problem
had now been most thoroughly and completely
solved, and he mentioned a brewery which he inspected
last week, in which were nineteen furnaces in full opera-
tion, consuming from 8,000 to 9,000 tons of coal, and from
700 to 800 tons of spent hops annually, and yet there was
not a particle of smoke emitted. lie also cited other
similar cases. It thus appears that by a strict adminis-
tration of the smoke nuisance may be got rid of entirely
without hardship to those who require furnaces. Defend-
ant was fined £3 and costs.

DRUGGING WITH SNUFF.—The charge against a seaman
of having drugged the ale of Mr. W. Dore, foreman of a
building firm, by putting into the liquor a quantity of
snuff, with a view to robbing his victim, has been again
before the magistrates at Woolwich. Evidence was given
that Dore was still in a dangerous state, and as he
appeared to be sinking fast, prisoner was again remanded
to await the result. _

STREET Mum.— In a case heard at the Westminster
Police-court Mr. Selfe stated that if a person encouraged
street musicians to play after they had been ordered
by another to leave a particular locality, he or she was
liable to be prosecuted and fined equally with the street
players.
STEALING CARROTS•—At the St. Albans Petty Sessions,
a poor, wretched-looking labourer was charged with stealing
thirteen carrots. The man pleaded hunger; he was out of
work, and had no food. The carrots were said to be worth
2d. He was fined £3 7s. Gd., including costs, and was sent
to prison for twenty-one days in default.

At the instance V the judge of the Leeds County
Court, the Council of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce have
expressed their readiness to undertake the arbitration of
cases in which the dispute is principally as to custom of
trade, when referred to them by his honour.

The man Andrew Perkin, charged with being con-
corned in the outrage near Bewley, which resulted in the
death of Mary Taylor, has been sent to prison for six
months by the Wellington magistrates for an aggra-
vated criminal assault.

The electoral roll of the Cambridge University
after revision has just been promulgated. It contains 293
names, and is headed by his Grace the Duke of Devon-
shire as Chancellor and the Right Hon. the Earl of Powis
as High Steward.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, who is 74 years
of age, has been suffering from severe indisposition for
several days. The latest medical report relative to his
grace's condition states that the symptoms of oppressed
breathing, which lately returned with increased severity,
are not so unfavourable as they were during the early part
of last week.

Captain Roberts, of the 4th Foot, was the only
officer who was seriously wounded in Abyssinia. For tho
gallantry with which he led the two companies under his
command, an. the occasion of the first meeting with
Theodore's troops, Captain Roberts is to be appointed to
the paymaster.ihip of the 51st Foot, after having been per-
mitted to realm the price of his present commission.
COURT NEWS EXTRAORDINARY.—The Moniteur
of Saturday contains the following, announcement at the
commencement of its summary :—" Her Royal Highness
the Princess Tlt .yal of Prussia arrived yesterday evening at
the royal resicli :nee of St. Leonard, where Queen Victoria,
her mother, is at present staying. The princess was
warmly welcon ed by a population amid which she passed
part of her yx.uth, and which remains much attached
to her."

DESTRUC TION OF A METHODIST CHAPEL.—Loss
OF FOUR TIFIrDS.—A telegram from Newcastle is as
follows :—" Methodist Chapel and house at Ball
Quay, Gate she ad, were blown down on Saturday night.
Husband, N 1 'Rt., and child, named Brown, were killed, and
also a girl r stied Westgarth. Fqur others injured, with
little hopes jof recovery.

HEALT it DI-' THE EA.F.L OF DERBY.—The Earl of
Derby h: A ,ag.,,a. in been suffering from an attack of gout in
the han J, which confined him to his bed on one or two
days If
Qt weer';. It is to be hoped for many reasons that
this a ttack of the noble earl's old complaint is merely
temp' Prw:v, and that he will be fully restored to health by
the `lnd November, the intended date of the arrival of
their f
Loyal Ilighnesqes the Prince and Princess of Wales
"Ar 4owsley,