The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-11 00:00:00

THANIES.

STEALING PAVING STONE.—John ll.)bs-)n, aged
30 years, a carman, of No. 5, Love-lane, Shadwell,
and Matthew George Sharpley, 32, cowke.per, of
the Model Dairy Farm, Wnitehurn-street, Brum-
ley, were brought before Mr. Benson, charged, the
first with stealing, and the other with receiving,
knowing to be stolen, 3G feet of paving stone, the
property of Mr. George West, paviour, of No. 91,
Cannon-street-road.

Mr. Gomm, clerk to Mr. Holpon, solicitor, de-
fended Sharpley.

It appeared that Mr. West had been paving a
new thoroughfare called Woobnore-street, Stepney,
where a good deal of Yorkshire stone was lying
about. He had missed large quantities of it. Hob-
son was in the employ of the prosecutor, and it was
proved by a young man named Yelling, of No. 1,
Blackthorn-street, Bromley, that he had seen the
prisoner go into Sharpley's yard with a cart-load of
stone on Tuesday last ; there was another man with
him. On Saturday, the prosecutor, accompanied
by a police-constable named Joseph Ssrgent, No.
322 A R, went to Sharpley's premises, where
they discovered 36 feet of Yorkshire stone,
valued at 225., which Mr. West believe 1 to be
his property. It was only a small portion of the
stone missing. Sharpley said he did not know how
the stone came into his premises, and that he was
not at home when it arrived.

Mr. Gomm said, in the defence of Sharpley, that
there was no evidence against him, that he was not
present when the paving material arrived in his
yard, that it was not proved that he ordered it to
be brought there, or that he had ever paid for it.
Mr. Benson—The property was in his cow-yard.
He has been here recently ?
Mr. Gomm —Yes, as a prosecutor.

Mr. Benson—l recollect he was here as a prose-
cutor. I will take his own recognizance to appear
here on Thursday. Hobson is remanded.

SHIPPING INTELLEGENOE—This Day.

(BY
FALMOUTH,TEL 1. )
Monday, 10.15 a.m.
A bark-rigged steamer, supposed to be the Tasmania, is
now passing this port to the eastward.
_ _

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.

Arrived, May 10 —John C. Munro, from Foo-chow-Foo ;
Aurora, from Memol ; Cissy, from Nelson ; Mary and Ann,
from Dinan.

Arrived, May 11.—Sree Singapore, from Singapore ;
Fyenoord, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Orion, steamer, from
Antwerp ; Pioneer, steamer, from Havre ; Doa Pedro,
steamer, from St. Michael's ; Soino, steamer, from
Boulogue.
Sailed.—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, in tow—St. Marnock, from Calcutta ; Lammer-
inuir, from Bangkok—both for London.
Passed—Hellenis, screw steamer, from Alexandria for
London ; Ouangondy, from London for Quebec; Biafra
of Teignmouth, from the west for tho north.
Sailed—Nearly the whole of the outward bound, to the
westward.

FIRE IN MANCHESTER.—Yesterday afternoon a
fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Shaw, Jardine,
and Co. in Butler-street. The fire was caused by the
friction of machinery in the blowing-room, and it was not
extinguished until the building and contents had been
damaged to the extent of £3OO or .C4OO.
PETROLEUM AS A FUEL FOR LOCOMOTIVES.--Oa
April 21st, in Boston, Massachusetts, a number of gentle-
men, largely interested in the utilizing of fuel upon loco-
motive engines, were invited by Colonel Henry It. Foote
to witness Lis apparatus adapted for this specific purpose.
The party was mostly composed of railroad engineers.
The experiment was made upon a stationary boiler of the
locomotive typ., in one of the largest machine shops in the
city. From the time that the fire was first kindled steam
was generated at the rate of two pounds per minute, and
in 20 minutes the engine was working under a pressure
of sixty pounds of steam and blowing off. Tho simple
and expeditious process of making and extinguishing the
fire was exhibited to the engineers, eliciting their greatest
admiration. The fire produced was pronounced to be the
must perfect over witnessed by these practical men, and
was far more intense than anything they had ever wit-
nessed before. This exhibition wis simply illustrative of
the fire that is shortly to be kindled under the boiler of
a locomotive en the Fitchburg- Railroad.—Wall-street
Journal,