The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-03 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE BIRD-LIME THlEF.—Thomas Bush, aged 28
years, and described as an anchor smith, of No. 10,
St. Dunstan-road, Stepney, but who is known to
the police as the bird-lime thief, was brought up on
remand charged with stealing £2 Os. from the Bur-
dett Tavern, Burdett-road, Limehouse.
On Monday afternoon last Mr. 11. S. Love,
the landlord of the Burdett Tavern, left his
bar for a few minutes. At that time there was
silver to the amount of £4 on the shelves in the bar.
A communication was made to Mr. Love, which
induced him to leave his house and run after the
prisoner, who was overtaken by him. He charged
him with robbing his till. The prisoner said
nothing, but he put his hand behind him, and a
quantity of silver fell on the ground. Mr.
Love afterwards received 18s, which the by-
standers picked up. A few shillings was
taken from the prisoner. Mr. Love missed 455.
from his shelves. A boy, named George Parsons,
saw the prisoner remove the silver, piled in heaps
of £1 each, from the shelves by means of a stick,
the end of which was covered with bird-lime. He
called the landlord, and the prisoner fled with his
pocket full of stolen silver.

Jonathan Goodburn, 163 K, said that he found a
box :containing bird-lime on the prisoner, who
had lately come out of Maidstone Gaol, where he
had been confined for a similar offence. 'The former
robbery was committed in a public-house in Plum-
stead, and by means of birdlime.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, REGENT'S-PM:K.-
6'mile fine plants of the prickly pear, covered with living
cochineal insects, have just arrived at these gardens from
Madeira. Both plants and insects are in a more healthy
state than thosogenerally imported ; this is nodoubt owing
:o the care with which they were prepared iu Madeira and
shipped by direction of the donor, Mr. H. 11. Temple, us
suggested by Mr. W. Sowerby, the as istaut-secretary.
The specimens are placed in the Economic-house, so
named from its being devoted to tropical plants used in
the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy.

FALMOUTH, Sept. I.—The Cape of Good Hope
Company's steamer Good Hope, Spence commander, ar-
rived at this port this morning from London, and pro-
ceeded this afternoon for the Capo of Good 'lope, after
embarki❑b• 17 mails and 32 passengers.

Great

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Eastern. E. Counties Ex., No. 2,
tt 0, 6 per cent., 104
i‘orthern, 5 per cent.. -
ttO, if.per cent., redeemable at.lo pm., 05
roubaux itALLWAXk.
Dutch Rhenish. 22f

Great.

FOREIGN MINEF.

Vancouver Coal, 7 i

DOCKS
London and it. Katharine, bli

klAkilik..

Agra, lim., A, 131 12
Ditto, B, Si
Anglo Egyptian, lim., 1S
London and County, 50
London Joint Stock, 31}
London and South African, ok
London and ,% estminster.:G6
Oriental Bank Corporation,.44
Union of London, aft
.5

MISCELLANICOI:II9:
Anglo American Telegraph, 201
Atlantic Telegraph, 31
Ditto, 8 per cent , 731
Coma any of African Merchants, lim., 2 11-16
Crystal Palace, 24
Egyptian 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua., 03; A
Electric and International Telegraph, 2220
Nate' L. nd and Colontzatio a Co., Um., if
Peninsula and Oriental steam, 53 21
Dito, new, 1867, Si
iteuter's Telegram, 103
Rio de Janeiro Gas, 21
Submarine Telegraph, 97
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 71&

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
t le short exchange on Loudon is 251.220. per .£1 sterling
On cmparing these rates with the English Mint price of
Ef lis.lold. per ounce tor stAudard g)lol, it appe.srs that
gold is about 240tha per cent. dearer in London than in
l'aris.

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at tIO days' sight was on the last date about I.igi per cent
At this rate there is no profit ou the importation •f gold
from the United states

RAILWAY ENGINES AND TIIE SMOKE NUISANCE.—
The North-Eastern Company wore defendants at Tadcas-
ter on Monday against an information laid by a police-
constable for having emitted smoke from ono of their
locomotive engines on the 12th ult., contrary to section
14, Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 20, which enacts that every
locomotive st am-engine used on the railway shall be
constructed on the smoke-consuming principle, and ren-
ders the company liable to a fine of £5 per day for using
any engine not so constructed. On an undertaking to
remedy the nuisance the Case was dismissed on payment
of costs.