The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-04 00:00:00

GUN COTTON. BY MR. MONTAGITE L. PHILLIPS. As gun-cotton is now soon likely to be offered for sale as a substitute for powder, some remarks upon its pre paration, prop er ti es , an d use may not be altogether un acceptable. Nobody need trouble themselves to make it, as Schonbein's gun-cotton can be purchased shortly from the makers ; but perhaps the following observations will be interesting to those who m Upon the first mention of thisay u se discovery, it I commenced a variety of experiments, with the object of discovering its mode of preparation, properties, use,andhat paper, theory. if It has been long known to . c h e mists t steeped in strong nitric acid for a short time, becomes converted into a tough parchment-like substance, which is so inflammable that it may be used for tinder. This seems to have suggested the idea of gun-cotton. t is possible to prepare gun cotton by steeping the cotton for a few minutes in very stro ng nit r i c ac id ; b ut so much of the cotton is converted into a tough felty matter, like the paper spoken of, that very little explo sive cotton is obtained by the process. I have tried nitric acid of all strengths without good results. Suspecting that the partial success was owing to the presence of sulphuric acid in the nitric acid distilled, I made experiments by adding sulphuric acid gradually. I found the cotton more and more explosive, and at last came to the conclusion, which was afterwards arrived at by others, that the best gun-cotton was obtained by using a mixture of equal measures of strong sulphuric acid and nitric acid of about 1500 specific gravity. The cotton is immersed in the mixed acids fur half a minute, and then immediately thrown into a large earthen pan of clean water. Whenever the action has been right, a large quantity of red fumes escape from the cotton. To get rid of the acid which would prevent the cotton from exploding, and would rust the gun, I wash it four times in four fresh quantities of clean water. After this I immerse it for about two or three minutes in water to which ammonia has been added—about a table spoonful to half a gallon of water. This neutralises any acid left in the cotton, and then, after washing the cotton twice in clean water and drying it, it is ready for use. In this way we obtain a perfect gun -cotton. It does not heat the barrel ; it does not rust it ; and has eight times the force of powder. The cotton increases one fourth in weight by the process. It increases more if not washed in ammonia, but then it is not good s and rusts the gun ; for it always contains acid, from which water alone cannot free it. My experiments have been made with quantities of cotton weighing from one to three ounces at a time. Prepared with acid alone, the gun-cotton frequently misses fire with the copper cap. Prepared as I described it, it never misses fire with a copper cap—has more force and suits the patent breach as well as powder. I can state this from having fired it more than a hundred times in charges varing from 2 to 100 grains. To try the force and range of this gun-cotton, I have tried a variety of experiments—using equal weights of cotton and powder against each other—and find the cotton eight times as strong as the powder. 20 grains of cotton fired l oz. of shot, at 44 yards, and buried them out of sight in a wooden target. The same weight of fine powder only just stuck the shot in the surface. I made a number of experiments with the assistance of the chief boatman of the Hove Coast Guard Station. We used one of their large heavy muskets, firing with charges of 60 grains, the balls weighing between one and two ounces. The range, as nearly as we could mea sure it, was one mile—how much farther the ball went we could not tell. We fired over the sea, which was smooth and calm along shore, and found the range by knowing the distances of various objects along shore. ' To try the force of the cotton, we fired at targets of various thickness, our distance being 44 yards, that being as far as any accurate aim could be taken with the musket, so as to ensure the target being hit. At that distance the ball passed quite through a target five inches in thickness, and then flew about a quarter of a mile out to sea, when we lost sight of it. At 44 yards, the ball would have passed through two such tar gets. It will easily go through an oaken log six inches thick. In these experiments, a great deal of force was lost owing to the balls being rather loose, and the vent of the musket large. The musket was a flint and steel one. We primed with a grain or two of powder, as the explosion was too rapid in the pan to fire that in the barrel when cotton was used for priming. The musket which had been first cleaned with warm water and dried, was quite bright and clean inside at the end of a week, and a gun which I have used now constantly for a month with gun cotton is quite clean inside. My next experiments were in its use for shooting ; but having no license for game, I have only shot small birds like starlings and fieldf ares . I used charges va rying from 10 t o 20 grains ; 15 grains make a good charge for a range of from 70 to 100 yards, at which distance it kills readily, using 11 oz. of shot. Iri loading the gun, the cotton should be put in loosely, a little at a time, and gently rammed down, not hard, or else it does not go off well. Then a wad is to be rammed down as usual, not too hard ; then shot ; then another wad, which may be rammed down rather harder upon the shot. Put on a cap as usual, and then it will ex plode just as certainly as powder in the patent breach, without any trouble. When no ammonia has been used in the preparation, the cotton frequently misses fire in the patent breach. The gun may be loaded with perfect safety directly after firing, as I have proved this by firing a dozen tunes rapidly, loading as fast as I had fired. The cotton occupies about a finger's breadth in the grin when there is the proper charge. During my experiments, I found that grease, particu larly palm oil, entirely destroys the explosive property of the cotton, so that it will not explode, or even fire, in a greasy gun-barrel. This has led me to propose its use for making snufliess candles ; and having made se veral candles with gun -cotton wicks, I find them answer perfectly. Palm-oil makes the best. The various explanations given of the explosive pro perty of gun-cotton are not at all satisfactory, owing to the presence of nitric acid in all the specimens operated up m. My explanation of the explosive property is derived from the results of my experiments. Cotton fibre, when purr, is chemically nothing but lignine. Lignine con sists of equal weights of water and carbon combined. The sulphuric acid has the property of removing water from organic bodies. Its use, therefore, in the prepara tion is to remove water from the cotton. The loss of water is immediately replaced by an equivalent quantity of oxygen gas, derived from the nitric acid, which under goes decomposition. The gull cotton is thus only oxidized carbon, or nearly so, or idized cotton from which the greater part of the constituent water has been removed by. the sulphuric acid. It undergoes a chang e in the I shape of its fibre, which from vesicular becomes cylin ical and plump. 'I he lignine of the cotton, thus chemically and physi cally chan ge d, i s easily exploded, because it contains nearly enough oxygen to convert all its carbon into car bonic acid gas in the open air, or into carbonic oxide gas in the gun-barrel. As the result of its rapid combus tion is entirely gaseous, its explosion can be no mystery. That this is the true explanation is proved by the deco-.n position of the nitric acid during the preparation of the gun cotton ; for no good cotton is obtained unless ortnage coloured fumes escape during the process. Indeed, the euttun when taken out of the acid and opened under water for the first time, saturated with nitrous gas. Good gun cotton produces only carbonic acid and a very little Yearn during its explosion. When the cotton is loose]) rammed, as I have said, its fibres are mixed with air, which improves the explosion. Souse time ago I proposed it as a motive-power instead of steam, for which I think in many cases it might be substituted. I certainly was the first to try it and to pro pose it publicly for this purpose. During the experiments with the muskets, the reports was insignificant, and the recoil almost nothing. The expense on the small scale, using the best sea-island cotton, would be about 7s. 6d. to prepare a pound of the cotton; but the prepared cotton would weigh 1-4-lbs., furnishing 1,000 charges. So that, in practic e , i t will be nearly f our t i mes as cheap as the b est ' gunpowder, while it is much cleaner, saner, and leaves the gun clean and nice. Any vegetable fibre or matter containing lignine, such as tow, flax, or paper, will do; but nothing excels the best sea island cotton. The gun -cotton made as I describe may be exploded on the hand with a warm wire. It will explode on powder without firing the powder; will not rust the gun; or pro duce steam. I consider it perfect, and adapted for every purpose to which gunpowder may be applied. It leaves e n almost imperceptible stain upon white paper. —Brighton Herald. THE FOREIGN SORCERESS AND THE BRITISH MINISTERS. At Paris, daring the early part of the year 1827, and the autumn of 1828 and 1829, resided a lady whose pre tensions and performances caused no slight sensation among the novelty-seeking coteries of that gay capital. Madame de Strzelecki was a woman advanced in years, plain in appearance, and grave in address. She spoke in the tone and dictation of one who had been accustomed to more in the higher grades of society ; but of her descent, connexions, plans, and resources, no one seemed able to glean the slightest information. She professed to unveil the future ; and though her fee was gold, and though she saw those only who waited upon her with a formal introduction, from a previous client, the equipages that were found loitering near her spacious dwelling in Rue de la Paix chez la Barriere du Roule contained half the beauty and haut ton of Paris. And yet the information she gave was partial. It related to two epochs only in the life of those who consulted her—death and marriage. She would place before you the lively scene and gay appendages of the cne, and the langour, gloom, and restlessness of the other. On neither spectacle was it her custom to offer one single syllable of remark. She left her visitant to draw his own moral from the scene. Among the strangers in Paris at that period were two Englishmen of great, though opposite talent—both ambitious men—each ido lized by his respective party—each the sworn champion of a certain set of opinions —both high in the favour of the Sovereign whom they served, and aspiring to the most enduring rewards wnich talent and energy could win. They heard from fifty gay voices the fame of Madame de Strzelecki; and as a mere whim of the moment— an impromptu extravaganza—they resolved to visit the mystic in disguise, and to test her pr e t ens i ons . They were d e s cr ib e d, i n the note of introduction which they presented, as " two American gentlemen, whose stay in Paris must be, under any circumstances, short; whose errand there was some commercial speculation, the issue of which might recal them to Philadelphia at a few hours' notice. They entreated, therefore, the favour of an im mediate audience." It was granted at once. She re ceived them, as was her wont, in silence. But upon the first who entered her apaitment (the younger, and by far the most intellectual-looking of the two) she gazed long and earnestly. " You are married, and have two sons and a daughter ;" was the off-hand declaration with which she met his bow : " the scene of your nuptials, therefore, you cannot well have forgotten ! That of your demise is the spectacle which I presume you wish to have brought before you ?" " You anticipate me, madam," was the reply ; but such is, undoubtedly, the object of my present visit." " And you, Sir," said she, turning to his companion, "are married, but childless. Do you wish to gaze upon the closing scene of your busy life ?" " Per haps," added she, with more of interest and feeling than she generally exhibited, " you will abandon your intention ? Reconsider it." "By no means ; the ordeal which is gaily courted by my companion I would also brave."" Have you firmness and resolution ?" demanded the lady ? " Have you nerve to gaze upon a very har rowing spectacle ?" " Without it, ought I to have come hither?' "I am answered: follow me. She led the way, as she spoke out of the apartment, and the English men followed her. They crossed a small, low passage; passed through a narrow portal; a second, a third, and then found themselves in a hall of very considerable ex tent. It was paved with black marble, and decorated at each end with four slender pillars of the same material. In the centre rose a very large jet-black basin, filled with dark water to a considerable depth. A cupola, or lantern, admitted a tempered light from above; and the deep basin was so placed that whatever daylight the dome ad mitted fell upon it. But, despite of the noble propor tions of the hall, and the lightness of the pillars, and the fairy tracery of the cupola, there was an air of gloom over the whole apartment. It seemed a' fitting scene to communicate tidings of approaching sorrow, sepa ration, sickness, silence, death. " Look on this dark water," said their conductress; "it shall speak to you of the future. If death be at a distance, it will sink - some feet in every second that you gaze upon it. If your parting hour approaches, it will rise rapidly ; and if the very last sands in life's hour-glass be running ; will mount till it be checked only by the margin. If it be fated that death shall approach you in the guise of vio lence, the water shall instantly bubble up. If caused by accident, it will change colour once, twice, fast as the hues of the rainbow meet into each other and vanish, even while you gaze on them. If death overtake you by gradual decay, and in the common course of nature, other than a gentle ripple over its surface, no change will the still water know or tell. You understand me?" " I do." " Fully ?" " I conceive so." " Approach, then. Gaze steadfastly on that dark surface, and it shall mirror to thee, fully and faithfully, the future." The calmer, and graver, and sadder of the two ad vanced slowly to the margin with a look of mingled curiosity and incredulity, which sat strangely on his heavy, massive, and somewhat passionless features. In an instant the water rose at least two feet—changed colour rapidly, and evidently more than once— and then became daik and motionless as before. "Ah ! not far distant—and by accident!" The mystic made no reply, but merely motioned him by a gesture to gaze on. He did so, and ai he looked he beheld a mimic representation of a scene of great con fusion. Countless multitudes were assembled—there was running to and fro—horsemen were riding in all directions—the spectators were conversing eagerly with each other—and deep dismay sat on many a countenance. This faded from the surface, and there was presented to him a small room in what appeared to be a road-side inn. Three or more individuals it contained, to whose persons he was a perfect stranger. But there was one present whose features he instantly recognised--one who was ever dear to him—his wife. Her countenance was calm, but there was stamped on it deep and indescribable distress. Propped up with pillows in the foreground, was a figure which he instantly admitted to be his own. But how painfully was he pictured I The eye was wan dering and restless —every feature bore the impress of in tense agony—and the face was overspread with that cold grey tint which so surely foretells impending dissolution. He looked at it steadily for a few seconds. A sort of mist seemed to come over his vision. He withdrew his gaze for an instant from the fountain, and when he again resumed his observation the painful scene had wholly disappeared ! His inquiring look of astonish ment and emotion the mystic returned with apathy. The agitation manifested in his countenance was strangely contrasted by the fixed, rigid expression of her's. His appeared a painful struggle with conflicting feelings ; her countenance wore-its usual air of cold and impassive indifference. " What ! it's past a joke ?" said the younger of the two, advancing gaily towards the fountain; "the answer of the oracle is not palateable, eb ? Take your favourite poet's advice henceforth :- --. Quid sit futurum, eras Fuge quexrere! But now of me and to me what says the future !" The water rose a few inches and b nar On its surface next appeared a then small ecame chambestatior, limited y. in its dimensions—humble in its accommodation, antique and clumsy in its furniture, and altogether pretension less in its comforts and appointments. Gardens seemed to stretch around it of considerable extent ; and on the mantel-piece he remarked a small bror.z • clock of sin gu l ar s h ape and constructioldni.bnugt evidentlyCharles,fullyouth,vigourofwaslife,lineamentssickd racked with bodily agony. "The other figure I con. yes, that of Charles's painful spectacle," added he sieve to be that—that" —continued he, speaking slowly and after a lengthened pause—" dying father! 'Tis a turning from the fountain, " and I know not what benefit is to be derived from a lengthened contem plation of it. Come, the day wears, we will leave this clever, disagreeable, and certainly most puzzling ex hibition." Ile took his friend's arm as he spoke, and advanced to pay his parting devoirs to the mystic, and aith them, her fee. The first she returned coldly : the latter she peremptorily rejected. "I am already remunerated, amply remunerated ;" was het' unexpected and startling declaration.--" Sufficient honour for me if I have ad ministered to the amusement—the passing amusement ,• the bitter emphasis placed on this last word conveyed a meaning which those whom she addressed seemed to feel and shrink from—" of two such distinguished State servants of his Britannic Majesty as Mr. Huskisson and Mr. Canning ! " Again, with exquisite mockery, she curtsied deeper and more deferentially than before, and, ere they could recover from their surprise, left them.- Literary leaves from a Freemason's Note booh. We have been favoured with a copy of the following letter, dated her Majesty's steam-sloop Salamander, Otaheite, June 1, 1846: " The natives here and at lluahine have proved them selves better men than the French, having beaten the m out of the field at that island, added to which they re pulsed La Uranie, a heavy frigate of 60 guns, and she returned to Otaheite without having effected a single advantage out of the many which they anticipated by the attack and capture of the island. The natives here, no doubt stimulated by the example of the lluahineans, made a smart and very effective attack on the town; they came in, burned the houses of the French officers who had made themselves most obnoxious, killed and wounded a great many soldiers, and retreated without losing a single man. This put the French in a most awful flut ter; they stationed outposts on all the hills surrounding the town, and these unfortunate wretches afforded prime sport for the natives, who picked th em o ff every d ay. Upon the arriv a l of the French Admiral in a 60-gun frigate, they marched o u t t o attac k P apeno with 1,400 men; hey were beaten, and returned :without having done anything but burnt a church and stolen a few horses. They returned after nine days' absence, and the solders were allowed two days to recruit their exhausted strength before marching upon Bonnalia, which they did last Friday. They attacked the native fort at six o'clock A.M. on Saturday, and were cut up dreadfully. The steamer Phaeton came up on Saturday afternoon with 54 wounded, amongst whom were several officers, in cluding the commander-in-chief of the forces and the governor's aide-de-camp: they are expected back to-day (Monday). There is no other news of consequence, ex cept that her Majesty's brig Osprey ha s su ff ere d total shipwreck at N ew Z ea l an d . " P. S.—The Phaeton has just arrived with another cargo of wounded and dying; they are taking them on shore as fast as possible; there are, I believe, about 50. There is not at present the least possible prospect of our getting out of this, let alone coming home." RYE, ITS CHEMICAL COMPOSI TION AND NUTRITIVE VALUE. (From the Northern Whig.) The recommendations which have lately been given, in various public journals, with respect to the introduction of rye, as a crop to succeed potatoes, render it important that we should notice its value as a source of food. It would be interesting to trace the change which has taken place in the opinions that formerly prevailed respecting this grain ; for at a very early period, we find, by the testimony of ancient writers, that, either by itself, or mixed with wheat, it formed the general food of the people of England. As, however, the agriculture of the country improved, the more nutritious wheat gradually assumed its place t and it was only in times of scarcity, that the English labourer would willingly submit to change " the white loaf for the brown." But, even in the latter part of the sixteenth century, the use of wheat as a bread-stuff, had not by any means, be. come general. An old writer, speaking of that period, says,—" '1 he bread, throughout the land, is made of such grain as the soil yieldeth ; nevertheless, the g en tiliti e commonlie provide themseves sufficiently of wheato for their own tables, whilst their household and poore niegh• hours, in some shires, are inforced to content themselves with rye or barlie." In 1689, the proportion of wheat and rye cultivated for food, in England, will be seen by the following statement, made by the celebrated statist, Gregory King : Wheat Rye Whilst, however, since that time, the cultivation of wheat in England enormously increased, less attention was every year directed to the growth of rye. But on the conti nent, as is well known, rye continues to form the staple bread-stuffofthe people of Russia and Northern Germany, and is extensively cultivated on the sandy plains of the countries which border the South of the Black Sea. The small quantity of rye, at present grown in Great Bri tain and Ireland, is chiefly consumed by the distiller. In Holland, this grain is extensively employed, at Schie dam, and other places, to mix with barley, for the pre paration of " Hollands Gin." The straw of the ripe grain is not , well adapted for fodder, and is chiefly used for thatching and for the manufacture of hats ; but when cut green, in May or June, it may advantageously be employed for soiling cattle. In Germany, the schwarz brod, or black bread,- so much relished by all classes of the people, is prepared from rye. When fresh, this bread has a peculiarly sweet and agreeable taste, which is supposed to depend upon the presence of an aromatic substance in the husk of the grain, as it has been found, that bread made from very fine flour, from which the husk bad been removed, did not possess it. But upon this, and many other subjects connected with our culti vated grains, careful experiments are yet required. Rye is supposed to be a native of Crete, but it has been cultivated in these countries from the earliest times. There are several species known to the botanist; but that usually grown by the Irish farmer is secale cereale, of which there are two varieties —Sprin g and Winter rye. With regard to the amount of nutritive ingredients contained in rye, the late investigations of Professor Ilorsford, condu..ted in the laboratory of Liebig, show us that soil and cultivation exercise a great influence upon its composition;--thus, while one sample of meal, from Vienna, contained only 104 per cent. of what we are ac customed to describe as muscle-forming materials, another sample afforded nearly 16 per mit. A sample of rye, of superior quality (secale cereale stauden roggen), from the celebrated agricultural Institute of Hohen hein, in Wurtemberg, examined by Horaford and Krocker, contains(', of nutritive materials and water. us follows: Nitrogenized matters (muscle-formin g ) , 15 27 per cent. Starch3B 72 Water By comparing the above numbers with the analyses of wheat, oats, and Indian corn, given in precedibg papers. it will be seen, that though inferior to " the stout oat cake," the black bread, prepared from rye, must be well adapted as a sustaining food. Like the potato, the cultivation of rye requires but little agricultural skill, and it will flourish in situations where no other grain would be capable of affording food. This circumstance, however, though it may prove of importance to a slovenly and ignorant people, should not be regarded as an inducement to substitute it for the more nutritious oat. A dry sandy soil is best adapted for its growth; though, as we have remarked, in will flourish in almost any farm. Experienced farmers advise, that if the land be damp, it should be ploughed in ridges. It is sown either in autumn or spring, and managed as the other grain crops—from two to two and a half bushels of seed being usually required to the statute acre. Formerly, an early kind of wheat and rye were sown and reaped together ; and the bread made from the mixed grain was termed meslin, a name supposed to be derived from the Latin miscellanea. The average produce of rye is about 25 bushels per acre ; the quantity of straw obtained is usually from three to four times the weight of grain. The following analyses of the grain and straw of rye have lately been published by Will and Freseneus, of Giessen, and will be interest ing to the farmer, as exhibiting the kind of ingredients which this crop selects from the soil, and which, conse quently, a field must contain, to bring it to perfection :- I,ooolbs. of the grain of rye, in its ordinary stale of dryness, usually contains 101bs., and the straw 301b5., of ash. One hundred parts of the ash of the grain and straw were found to contain, respectively, as follows : Potash ... Grain. S traw, •.. ... 31.89 17.03 Soda ... ••• ... 433 Lime 2.84 Magnesia ... ••• ••• 9.86 Peroxide of iron ... ... 0.80 Phosphoric acid ... 46.03 Chloride of sodium ... Chloride of potassium Sulphuric acid ... ••• •••••• 1.42 Silica Charcoal and sand • 2.66 8.98 2.39 1.35 3.80 0.56 0.25 081 63.89 0.94 JOHN F. OGES, A 1.1). T.Alboratory of th e Chemico-Agricu H l D tural Society. FOREIGN GREEN PEAS.—A small importation, as sample, has already been received in this country, by the Royal Tar steamer, from Lisbon, consigned to Keeling and Hunt, being the precursor to a periodical supply. Those sent bear a fresh appearance, the pods being quite green, and the peas are of good flavour, although inferior to those that are usually "forced" in our country to supply epicures at two or three guineas the quart, in the early spring months. This is a commencement of an importation which is to follow on an extended scale, t() embrace early fruits, vegetables, and other luxuries which from the cold character of our climate are not obtain able until an advanced period of the year, affording another favourable evidence of the new scale of import duties aided by steam conveyance, by which the people of this country are enabled to partake of them at moderate prices. The Royal Tar brings several cases of " mandarin" or scented oranges, which are rare in this country, and which on opening throw out an aromatic flavour, and are sweet to the taste. The tree is supposed to have been originally e g brou ht from Chin a , an d trans planted in Malta, thAzores, and Lisbon, fro m w hi c h places small q uant i t i es are occasionally brought to this I country. DEATH IN Tile STREET ANDtwief:ARTLESt ROB TIERY.—On Friday, shortly after a man of very respectable appearance was obae%OeCellock, and fall near the corner of Water -street andtoVragger street, Whitefriars. A female who witnessed the Lilian '_ rence immediately ran for medical assistaneo, and fOcoeuir: nately met Dr. H u t c hi nson, of Bridige-street, Blartckl friars, who hasten e d to t h e spot, and had the unfortu, nate man removed into the shop of Mrs. Devonshire, r, grocer, in Water-street, when it was ascertained the t life was extinct. In the hurry of removal, some heart less ruffian decamped with a blue merino bag, which the female before alluded to had observed in the deceased's possession. As this was supposed to contain papers by which the deceased could be identified, a pursuit was instituted, but in vain —the miscreant got clear oIE After Dr. Hutchinson had left, the deceased's pockets were searched by the sergeant of police, End a large sum of money in gold and silver found upon him, by which, and the blue bag, it is supposed that he was a:town com mercial traveller. The body was soon after removed in a shell to await a coroner's inquest. It is understood that the Mutine brig has been de ta'ned at Spithead, to take out Mr. Mandeville, who is to be charged by Government to proceed to the River Rate to endeavour to settle affairs in that part of the world. TIIE GREATEST STAND EVER MADE I OR CIVILISA TION.—The ink stand.—The Man in the Moon. We see by the Belgian papers that a magnificent banquet was given on Tuesday, the 29th, by the English resident at Brussels, to his Excellency Sir Hamilton Seymour, G.C.11., who is upon the eve of quitting that city for Lisbon. The chair was taken by the Marquis of Westmeath, Sir E. Ilaggerston acting as Vice -Presi dent. A more well merited tribute of esteem and re spect was never offered to any British diplomatist than ass thus proffered to the talented and amiable gentle man whose departure from Brussels will bo long and deeply deplored.—Morning Paper, FEARFUL DEATH OF A BRIDE.—OH Saturday, as Mr. and Mrs. Jacques, of Jarrow, who had been married only five days, were proceeding along a coal railway, near to Newcastle, they came to an inclined plane, up which Mr. Jacques proposed they should ride upon the waggons. his wife assented, and on attempting to get into the waggons, she fell, and seven of them passed over her. She was immediately taken up and conveyed to the Newcastle Infirmary, where she died shortly after. Mr. Jacques had conducted a school in Jarrow, and he and his wife were on the eve of going to a more extensive field of labour when this fearful accident hap pened.—Sunderland Herald. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE. --- About eight o'clock on Wednesday evening a young woman named Elizibeth Eddy, of 43, Molyneux-street, Edgeware-road, attempted to destroy herself by delibe rately jumping into the Serpentine, at the east end, near the aqueduct. She was promptly extricated by police constable A 17:;, and conveyed to the receiving house, was restored, after the usual remedies. On her recovery she immediately exclaimed, " Why did you not let me st•p and die!" She was conveyed home, and was found to be a servant for some time out of place. WOBURN CATTLE FAIR, BEDS.—Friday being New Years' day, Woburn fair, according to ancient custom, was held, but the late great supply of stock at the co un t ry fairs made the cattle trade dull. Mich cows for dairying sold well, but fat cattle and store stock remained on. h:.nd, and the chief portion was turned out unsold. A lively business was done among straw plait. 'Dee best plaits were bought by London dealers at an advanced price. The Emperor and Empress of Austria have this year, as they did . the last, made donations from their p di r ifren i e vyPurses of 1( ),000 florins f or th e re li e f o f the poor of Vienna. Tho oth e r members of th e I m p er i a l F amily hav e contributes' towards the same benevolent p ur p ose uPIP... - araounting to upwards of 14,000 florins, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1847 EXTENSIVE HORSE STEALING. On Saturday an elderly man, named James Robinson, described as I} horse dealer, but who was formerly a grocer at Blackwater, Hants, was brought up before the Rev. R. Wright and Mr. Theobeld, magistrates of Hampshire, at the office of the magistrates' clerk, oppo site the gaol at Winchester, for further examination, on al fewer than eight charges of horse stealing. The pr:- loner was apprehended at Hammersmith, and after a short examination before Mr. T. Paynter at the Ham mersmith police-court, was sent down to Winchester, it being more convenient to the witnesses. It appeared from the evidence gone into that the pri soner had, for the last three months. been in the hab.t of going, backwards and forwards to the Raven p iblic house kept by Mr. William Beasley, in the New-road, Hammersmith, generally staying two or three days in a ne?k, and several times bringing horses with him. On the 19th of November last he brought with him a grey gelding, nearly thorough-bred, which he kept there a week. During that time the prisoner offered it for sale to several persons at sixty guineas, telling them that he was a small farmer and had bred it. On the 19th of December (Saturday) policeman Graves, T 195, while passing th e R aven , saw the prisoner there with three or four persons, and heard one ask him if he had sold his grey horse. The prisoner said that he had, but had only got 431. when it ought to have been 60L, as it was nearly thorough-bred. The policeman, suspect. ing something was wrong; spoke to the landlord on the subject, who gave him a description of the horse. Graves immediately communicated the circumstance to Sergeant Mount, T 29, who went to the Raven on the following morning, having in the meantime ascertained that a horse answering the description had been stolen from a stable on the premises of Mr. William Saunders, Cran bourne Farm, near the Andover station, Hants, and questioned the prisoner if his name was Robinson ?—if the grey horse was his property, and where he had bought it ? The prisoner answered yes to the first question, but made no reply to the other questions. Mount then asked him if the bay horse he was feeding belonged to him, and whether a grey horse in the next stall was his also? The prisoner said both were his, and that he had bought them, and, after some hesitatian, added, " I sup pose you are going to take me." He was then secured, and it was ascertained that the grey horse stolen from Mr. Saunders, which the prisoner said had gone into Yorkshire, was at the commission stables of Mr. Shackle in Oxford-street, where it was found by Mount and identified by Mr. Saunders. Evidence was then gone into proving that the grey horse, which Mr. S aun d ers va l ued at 801., was safe in the stable on the evening of the 17th November last, and was missing on the following morning, when the door was found shut, but not pinned by a chain as it was on the previous evening. Mr. Charles Lee, of Coldrey, Hants, indentified the bay cart gelding, valued at 251., found by Mount at the Raven, as the property of his mother, Mrs. Harriet Lee, of :Coldrey, which had been stolen from his stable on the night of the 14th December last. There were two other horses in the stable which was broken open, but were not taken. A stable adjoining had also been broken open, but the door having a chain like a street door, the thief could not enter • in that s t a bl e were four valuable hunters, th e l eas t of which was worth 100 guineas. Mr. 'l'. Webb, of Dogsmerfield, near Odiham, Hants, identified the grey mare also found at the Raven, and %sew d at thirty guineas, as having been stolen from his premises on the night of the 2d of December. The BENCH said it would be unnecessary for them to go into the other cases against the prisoner, as the evidence in the three cases in which the depositions were taken were so clear as to ensure a conviction. The prisoner was nominally committed for trial at the Spring Assizes. but will be again brought up on the attendance of Mr. Shackle, for whose presence a sum mons was issued, as also a summons for the attendance of a person named Tinely, at Hanger Farm, Ealing, who is said to have purchased Mr. Saunders's horse at Mr. Shackle's for 43L The BENCH complimented the officers of the T divi sion for the ability they had displayed in the case. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—On Friday the institution was closed for a week, in order that the periodical cleansing might take place. BRAZILIAN SUGAR.—A cargo of 300 tons, direct from Rio, is daily expected to arrive at this port. This will be the first cargo brought into Liverpool, and the second into the United Kingdom, under the Bill of last session, imposing a differential duty upon colonial and foreign sugars. The duty at which this cargo will come in will be 21s. per cwt. (reduced from 635.); colonial sugar of corresponding quality pays 135.—Liverpoo, Mercury. Upon an extensive review of the last two months of the year, it will be found that the value of money has not much changed. Good bills at three months can be dis counted at 31. The prevailing opinion seems to be that money will keep the same value for some time to come. The dividends are on the eve of payment, and even if anticipated to some extent, must still assist in making money plentiful. The exportation of bullion is still going on. The next American steamer will take out 400,000/. to buy bread stuffs, and the exchange being at present in favour of the Americans, it is a question whether the exportation of money may still go on. It so, the Bnnk, to defend itself, may be forced to raise the rate of interest on discounts. But all this for the time being is problematical, and the best opinions lead to the probability that no upward movement will take place for the neat two months, and may not be necessary then . The drain to Ireland is not to be left wholly out of con sideration. On the other hand, it must be taken into account that a very large arrival of bullion from South America—to the amount, it is said, of a million and a half sterling—has taken place within the last day or two, by the Daphne sloop. Opinions vary as to the in. tentions of the " Old Lady," in Threadneedle-street ; and matters there are, of course, sub rosa. Still the b( st opinions are, that matters will be allowed to remain as they are—for the present. —Observer. LMEUTE AT THE FRENCH OPERA.—The long an nounced representation of Robert Bruce took place on Wednesday at the Grand Opera. Of course the house was crowded to repletion. Could it be otherwise, to hear once again the new inspirations of Rossini, the mas ter of masters ! We leave to our ordinary critic the task of rendering justice to the piece and to the execution. We shall here merely say a few words on a very disagree able incident which disturbed and threatened to interrupt the performance. A certain degree of opposition wa, evinced in the second act with a view to cause the failure of Mme. Stoltz, who appeared to be suffering and agitated; but who, nevertheless, sang in such a manner as to merit the applause which she received. The actress, yielding to a movement of ill-humour, tore her handkerchief in pieces, and her agitation was extreme; the minority be coming more turbulent, afterwards began to hiss, and Madame Stolz, interrupted in her part, was about to g ar r e ea u t n t m um an u l l y t, e i n n o w ug h h ich to , accompanied these words with sig. quit the stage , but was h eld ex b h ac au k s b te y d, M a a n d d e l m c o a is n e n ll o e t c N o a t u l. . She exclaimed, loud enough to be perfectly heard, applause greatly predominated, which ii insult nfi ue ea t a t woman . hgues.sur ess ei I n a th m e "This is insupportable . iml however, the liTstheoyf proved that the great majority of the audience did not join in this ungenerous manifestation. Several, who bad not before applauded, then began to do so, in order to mark their disapprobation of what had been done.— Galignani. It is supposed that the expenses of the enlargement of the Euston-square station of the London and North- Western, now in progress, will not be short of 50,000/. LABOUR TO MAKE A WATCH.—Mr. Dent, in a lec ture delivered before the London Royal Institute, stated that a watch consists of 902 pieces, and that 40 trades, and probably 215 persons are employed in making one of these little machines. The iron of which the balance wheel is formed, is valued at something less than a farthing ; this produces an ounce of steel, worth 41-2 pence, Which is drawn into 3.250 yards of steel wire, and represents in the market 13/.3,=. ; but still another pro cess of hardening this originally a farthing's worth of iron renders it workable into 7,650 balance springs, which will realize at the common price, of 2s. 6d. each, 7461 51., the •effect of labour alone. Thus the mere labour bestowed upon one farthing's worth of iro n , g i ves it the va l ue of 9501 55., w hich is 75,680 tim es it s or i g i nal value. A RARE BIRD.--About a fortnight ago, a large and uncommon bird made its appearance in the nursery ground of Mr. Faulkner, near Kersal Moor, and was seen afterwards almost every day ; but though many attempts we re made to shoot it they all failed, owing to its extrem e Wariness, until Thursday last, when a person named S m i th contrived to get within shot of it, and brought it d own, when it proved to be a remarkably fine male bit tern (ardea stellaris), a bird now rarely seen in England at all, and almost un k now n in this neighbour hood. Indeed, we never heard of more than one other having been seen near Manch es t e r for some years p as t, —Man c h e . stcv and that w as on Chatt Moss about twelve months ago. Guardian. AN ELECTRIFIED OWL.—The transmission of messages by t h e New York and Philadelphia electric telegr a ph was recently the following curious incident. A large owl was found suspended from the wires, with his talons entangled suspended for several hours by among them, the copper wire having been twisted round the iron cords. The owl was dead when discovered, and it is cods. T hat he had lighted upon the iron received a shock of the electric fluid, wire, and whiledn that poki t i on t h e other was blown against him, and a connexion being thus formed, he him of life. which deprived EXPECTED ROYAL VISIT TO BADMINTON.—It is stated th a t h er Majesty Will, in all probability, ho nour his Grace the Luke of Beaufort with a visit at Ba'Jminton House, at an early period after Christmas. We have heard that th e " note of preparation" has been already sounded amo ngst t h e Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, of which hi s G race i s colonel, with a view to their being ready mounted, mustached and all, as a kind of r o y a l guard for the Queen.—Cheltenham Chronicle. MYSTERIOUS DIS APPEARANCE OF A LADY.—Dur ing the past week much conversation and excitement has been occasioned throughout the c neighbourhood of Twick nham e, ara c m Richmond of a , &c., in conseque g nce of the mysteri ous sapp lady sevent y years of age, named di Smith, the wife of a gentleman residing at Twickenham. It appeared that she went to bed with her husband in her usual health and spirits on the night afterChristm2s day. On his awakening in the course of the night, he saw what he supposed at the tim e to be his wife's head his getting up the follow °tulle pillow had been dressed alitt is supposed, by the lady herself to represent her still ying there, and although every search was made after her, both on and off the premises, she was nowhere i o n n g t he m o i ll ia o g w hnae found a h a i d s but tha that to be found. Since that time a description of her per• son has been forwarded tc all the divisions of the metro p ditan and City police, and the river, both above and below Twickenham, has been dragged, without any trace of her being dinovered. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. THE ROBBERY OF THE WARWICK AND LEAMING TON BANK.—It will be recollected that in July, 1845, a clerk in the Warwick and Leamington Bank, named William Hudson Blayney, was stated to have stolen a parcel containing one hundred 10/. notes, with which he had been intrusted by the firm to deposit in the post office at Warwick ; and that Daniel .Forrester, act oat. panied by Superintendent Roby, of the Leamington police, apprehended the accused at Calais, but were pre. vented from taking him away with them by the defec tive condition of the international law between the two countries.—Blayney this day suddenly gave himself up to John Forrester, stating that it was his determination to meet the charge before the Lord Mayor, and, if ne cessary, before the Central Criminal Court. He ap peared to be very much distressed, and was exceedingly dejected. Immediately after Blayney had been taken into custody. at Calais, application was made to the au thorities by Forrester to convey him to England, but re jected for the before-mentioned reasin. H.iwever, the accused having travelled in the name of Brown, Has locked up for two months in consequence of the misnomer, and the authorities not being able to do anything more in furtherance of the object of the officers, he was discharged at the end of that period.. Exhausted with fatigue at:d privations, he at length resolved to come over to England and take his chance of a trial, to which it was supposed the hankers would not think it necessary to subject him, as he is not only without money, but it is considered that he had received no share of the booty. It is rather an extraordinary fact, that at the time he was giving himself up to John Forrester, that officer's brother was receiving directions from the plundered parties to be on the look out, as it was sup posed that Blayney was in London. George Blayney, the brother of the prisoner, was taken for the robbery soon after the commission of it, he having, it was be lieved, received the parcel from his brother, and a man named Jennings was apprehended on the charge of. hay ing been rece i ver , an d b ot h were at the ensuing assizes convicted, and sentenced to a limited term of transporta tion, while the prisoner, who has thus given himself into custody, escaped to France. John Forrester having stated to the Lord Mayor the fact that the prisoner had call e d u p on hi m t o g i ve hi m . self up for trial, the prisoner, in answer to the question of the Lord Mayor, said he was ready to meet the charge. The prisoner was remanded for a few days, and direc tions were im me di a t e l y f orwar d ed to the arwick and Leamingtcn Bank to send witnesses to town. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—Edmund Webber, who was some days ago charged with having embezzled several sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Giles and Co., Fowkes's-buildings, Tower, was brought up for final examination. Mr. nobler appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine for the defendant. The prisoner had been long employed as collecting clerk by Messrs. Giles and Co., and one of the sums of money he was charged with having embezzled was 7181. 11s 6d., for which Mr. Aste, a customer of the house, residing in Tottenham-court -road, paid him a cheque for his employers. The prisoner was committed fur trial upon three distinct charges. He had, unfor tunately, been tempted to deal in railway shares, and having been successful in two or three experiments, he fancied he should hare it all his own way, and made a dash with his employer's money to make his fortune. GUILDHALL. The case of Keys,, the messenger to the Court of Bank , ruptcy, came before the Court on Saturday morning. Nothing material was added to the evidence already given, although it was understood that other cases could be established against the prisoner. The depositions having been read over at great length, he was fully com mitted for trial. BOW-STREET. Thomas Johnson was charged before Mr. Jardine with stealing a looking-glass, the property of John English, a broker, in Great Earl-street, Seven Dials. The prosecutor stated that he was going towards his own house, having been out on business; he met the prisoner coming out of his shop with a looking -glass in his hands, looking at himself in it. The prisoner put it under his arm and went on, and witness passed him and went into the shop. lie asked his wife what she had sold the glass for? and she replied that she bad sold no glass ; but as one was gone from the shop it must have been stolen. Witness immediately ran after the prisoner, and overtook him a short distance off. The orisoner said he had bought it. The prosecutor's wife was examined to prove that she had not sold the glass, and also to identify it as her husband's property. She had placed it in the window but an hour before. Mr. JARDINE, after giving the prisoner an opportunity of sending for a witness to prove his defence (which he declined, saying, that he could not, as he did know the number), committed him for trial. A young man named Essmond, a messenger at the General Post office, was charged, on suspicion (and partly on his own confession), with stealing a large quantity of valuable property, chiefly consiating of jewellery, from letters which had passed through his hands. Matthew Peake, constable at the Post-office, said that on Friday morning he took the prisoner, who at tempted to make his escape, in charge. On searching him witness found two gold rings, two gold pencil-caws, two purses, and a gold chain. He said he had taken them out of letters at various times, and had thrown the letters into the water-closet. In the purses were 14 foreign silver coins and one gold coin (English) of the reign of William and Mary ; and on going to his lodgings on Saturday morning, he found there a quan tity of property of a similar description to that found on him, including a number of gold rings and pins. Thomas Thorns, , plumber at the Post-o ffi ce, exam i ne d the letter-carriers water-closets, and had found two letters, one directed to " Miss E. S. Matthews, Barton end, Ailsworth, Gloucestershire, " and one dated from Tottenham-court-road, and signed " Emma," the enve lope of which was lost. The letter contained mention of a purse enelosed. The prisoner, who made no defence, was remanded till Tuesday week. CLERKENEVELL. An old man, named Henry Allen, was charged with assaulting and wounding Alfred Bloom, a boy, about 13 years of age, under very aggravated circumstances. It appeared from the evidence of the police and other witnesses, that on Friday evening the prisoner was very drunk, and by his conduct attracted the attention of a number of idle boys, who followed, hooting and other wise annoying him. He made several attempts to catch them, but without effect, when the lad Bloom chanced to pass on an errand, and was immediately seized hold of by the prisoner, who raised him up and dashed him again to the ground, when he commence a kicking him about the head and face in the most save g manner, until ho was at length dragged away by some men who fortunately came up at the moment. Upon raising the poor boy he was perfectly insensible, the bridge of his nose was broken, and there were several severe wounds about his eyes and side of his head, caused by the iron in the prisoner's heavy nailed boots. He was removed as speedily as possible to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, where he now lies in a very bad state. The prisoner urged in his defence that he was con stantly annoyed by boys. Mr. GREENWOOD said ho should remand the prisoner for a week, when the lad might be able to leave the hospital ; however, as there seemed to be no immediate danger, he should accept bail for the prisoner's appear ance until the next examination. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Francis William Schultze was brought up before Mr. Long, from Leeds, charged with having feloniously stolen 93 Bank of England notes, of the value of 6901., be sides divers gold and silver moneys, amounting in all to about 8001., the property of the University Life Assur ance Society,24, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East. It appears that the prisoner, who was formerly a clerk on the Eastern Counties Railway, but lost his situation, became a clerk in the employ of the Secretary of the University Life Assurance Society. On Christmas-day he got into the office, broke open the safe and cash-box, and abstracted a large sum of money and absconded. Information was given immediately at Scotland-yard, and Shackle, inspector of the detective police force, sent out a Hue and Cry into different districts. Read, the chief-constable of Leeds, after receiving this hand-bill, heard of a young man who had been changing Bank of England notes in payment of purchases at different shops in Leeds. Read traced him to the hotel where he was staying, and took him into custody, and found 6901. in possession of the prisoner. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Humphrey's clerk, attended for the defence, and Mr. Talbot, solicitor, for the prosecution. Charles M. Willick, secretary and actuary to the Uni versity Life. Assurance Society, said the prisoner was employed by himself, as a clerk, at his own private house, next door to the company's offices. Witness placed about 700/., part notes, part gold and silver, in a small tin cash-box, and enclosed within a deal box. He saw the money safe about four o'clock on the 24th Dec. last. On Christmas-day some money being missed from a drawer, led him to inspect the cash-box. He found the outer deal box locked ; but on opening it the small cash-box was gone. He afterwards found it in a bed room at the top of the house, occupied by the prisoner, with the bottom partly Flitches' off, and the money gone. Edward Read, chief-constable at Leeds, said he took the prisoner into custody at the Royal Hotel, Leeds, on Monday last, in consequence of i n f ormat i on which' he had from the landlady of the hotel. The constable found the prisoner in his bed-room, and on the dressing table loose silver to the amount of 121., and a bag con taining 320 sovereigns. The witness described the search instituted—the finding of various large sums of money in the prisoner's boxes and pockets, and of ar ticles of jewellery and clothing recently purchased with the money stolen by the prisoner. William James, superintendent of police at Leeds, searched the prisoner's room at the hotel, and found several sums of money, and also a key, which opened the safe in the office in Suffolk-street George 'William Spencer, chief clerk to the Life As surance Society, deposed to having received at Messrs. Drummond's bank, on the 24th December, in ray ment of a cheque, and certain Bank notes, which he saw deposited in the cash-box which locked itself, and placed in a deed-box, which was also locked, and that was afterwards locked in the safe below.. The key of the safe lay in a drawer beneath the counter, which could be opened by one of the keys found on the prisoner, which key was not the proper key of the drawer. The prisoner had no acces to the keys whatever. William Sprott, clerk to Messrs. Drummond, the bankers, deposed to having given the last witness the notes in question, the numbers of which he gave. He could not give the dates of notes without returning to the book. Mr. Clarkson begged, on the part &the prisoner that lie case might be remanded. The sessions would come on on Monday, and there had actually been no time to investigate the case on the part of the defence. Mr. Lorzo st length consented to the primer being 100.00 100.00 TIIE C ONDE DE MONTEMOEIN.—The Conde de Montemolin, attended by his Excellency the Marquis of Villa Franca and Col. Merry, and by Mr. Sheriff Ken bard, proceeded at an early hour on Friday, to the Model Prison at Pentonville. The Conde de Monternolin and the party h ere received at the prison by the governor, Mr. Huskg, the secretary, Mr. Weaver, and the assis tant chaplain, the Rev. J. P. Bust, by whom they were conducted over the various departments of the establish ment. The Conde de Monternolin expressed the very highest interest in the system, of discipline and in all the arrangements adopted in the prison. Teonde re- peatedly ob serve d t h at he had seen nothing so complete Or so likely to be effectual for the great moral and social purposes intended. The Conde was pleased to express his great obligation to the governor and officers for their polite attention, and for the trouble they took to afford the fullest information 'upon the numerous and minut e points into which he inquired, in order that his idea of the whole might be complete. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE 01 GRAIN.—III the corn market at Wakefield yesterday, wheat advanced 4s. per quarter. A correspund',ng advance took place in the price of other grain, a'i will be seen from our Wakefield corn letter. In the Liverpool corn market, on Tuesday, the business done - was unusually large, and the orders were veryconsidc,eable. On wheat, the advance since that day week was rignal to Gd. the b us h e l o f 701b5., or about 3s. Gd. the qufirtf.r. On flour the advance was equal to Is. Gd., or 2s. a barrel. Indian corn sold freely at 70s. to to 21. or per ro ter ; and on oats th e a d vance WAS equal 3d,,, per bushel.—.Lcede Mercury. LAND 'Sur AT FLAG HEAD.—On Tuesday se'n night one, 'of those earth slips for which the coast of this e'llritY . ivas of late years been remarkable took place at the C re.st-guard station, half miles from this town. The summit of the cliff rises Flag 'load, about three-and-a- a "Jonsiderable height above the British Channel, arid is ".suite exposed to the winds and waves. It had been re marked that the edge appeared unsettled for some days previously, and it was expected that in the next high 3giv:ininvede wawa;idm,tfahalllloipnrogrtion might fall. On the afternoon of th e day in questisounto,riathchoeewb:ehvtol nearly 30 feet of the cliff station-house. So imminent shore, had leaving th i. e i p m r e e b d c u i i p a t i t c e e aboutand family, til the e danger become, that Lieutenant A drich and his family, residing in the house, wteorealciomax.eiied to vacate, and re tverreestuichrlenneede. more their furniture further fall taking place, this officjearcehna to his old abode. It is not improbable, however r . t at if heavy weather makes its appearance, a further disruption will happen.—Poole Herald. PIGEON SlioOTING.—The crack matches which have so long engaged the attention of sporting men and which were between Ben Caunt, the champion' pugilist, and Tom Spring, tbe ex-champion, against Butler, the celebrated horse jockey, and Mr. Stevenson, for 100 guineas, has been decided, and Messrs. Caunt and Spring are the winners. Caunt knocked down 24 pigeons, at 80 yards, out of Z:i. THE FRENCH IN OTAHEITE. THAMES. CROYDON. SINGULAR CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A DAUGH TER-IN-LAW OF THE LATE MR. CORBETT. - Mrs. Blaney Blanch Cobbett, the wife of Mr. W. Cobbett, the eldest son of the late well known Mr. Cobbett, was brought before Messrs. Lucas and Wilkinson, the pre• siding magistrates, charged, together with a lad named Alfred Sims, with stealing an iron shutter-bar, the property of Mr. Jesse Oldfield, the landlord of the Red Lion Inn, Smitham Bottom. It may be necessary to explain that Mr. Oldfield was one of the executors of the late Mr. Cobbett, and for several years proceedings have been going on in Chan cery between him and Mr. W. Cobbett, the husband of the lady now under charge. From the evidence of Mr. Oldfield it appeared that on Friday evening, about seven o'clock, the boy Sims came to his house and asked if Mr. Oldfield was at home. He suspected that he had come to serve him with some process, and he therefore inquired his name, and what business he had with Mr. Oldfield ; and, upon his re fusing to tell him, he went into the parlour and shut the door. He then heard a voice, which he believed to be that of Mrs. Cobbett, say, " She would not be done," and that he had gone into the parlour, and an attempt was made to force open the door, which be resisted. He shortly afterwards heard a cry of " Murder !" and " Police !" and on his coming out he found that Mrs. Cobbett and the young man were gone, and he was in formed they had taken away the iron shutter-bar. lie immediately went after them, first to the railway station at Stoat's• nest, where he found that they had left the bar, and he afterwards proceeded to the Croydon police sta tion, where he found them ; and it appeared that Mrs. Cobbett had been making some complaint against him, and he gave them both into custody upon the charge of stealing the iron bar. Mrs. Cobbett, in answer to the charge, said, that the lad accompanied her to Mr. Oldfield's for the purpose of serving a copy of a writ upon him, and she went to point him out. When they went to the house, Mrs. Oldfield came out with the iron bar in question, which she at first thought was a 'gun, and made a rush at them with it, and the bar fell between them, and struck her on the heel, and if it had fallen upon her head it would in all probability have killed her. She took away the bar solely for the purpose of having it produced before the magistrate, to whom she intended to apply for redress for the assault that had been committed upon her. Inspector Bilson, who took the charge at the station, deposed that Mr. Oldfield first came to him and com plained that two persons had stolen a shutter bar, and he wished to have the assistance of a policeman ; and . a constable was accordingly sent out with him to look for the parties. While they were gone, Mrs. Cobbett and the lad came to the station-house, and the former asked his advice how she was to act, saying that she had been to serve the copy of a writ upon Mr. Old held, and that Mrs. Oldfield had thrown an iron bar at h'er, which she had taken away, and left in the charge of the clerk at the railway station. Mr. Oldfield at this moment returned, and he charged the parties with felony, witness telling him that if he made such a charge he was bound to entertain it, but he must understand that it would be upon his own responsibility, and Mr. Oldtield accordingly gave them in charge for stealing the iron bar. Mr. LueAs—And have they been in custody ever since ? Inspector—They have, sir. As Mr. Oldfield made the charge, I had no alternative but to detain them, although certainly, if bail had been offered, I should have taken it, under the circumstances. The MAGISTRATES, after a short consultation, said they were of opinion that, as regarded Mrs. Cobbett, there was not the slightest ground for the charge, and they should, therefore, dismiss it as against her, and allow her to be sworn and make a statement upon oath in reference to the charge against the other defendant. Mrs. Cobbett was accordingly sworn, and she re peated the statement she had made with respect to her being attacked by Mrs. Oldfield with the iron bar, and its being thrown at them ; and she stated that the lad took the bar away by her direction, solely with a view to its being produced before the magistrates. The MA•ISTRATES then dismissed the charge agains the boy, and the parties retired. VERY INNOCENT FOR A THIEF.—A lad named Thomas Johnson, a regular thief, being charged at the Borough Court, on Wednesday, with stealing a box of cigars from the shop of Mr. Goodman, Cooper-street, made the following " innocent " statement to the magis trate in defence:—" I was coming up Tib-street, Sir, and I heard a cry of Stop thief !' and a boy as near my size and as like me as could be threw down this box of cigars and I took them up, and then that man (Mr. Goodman) took me into custoly!" The prosecutor stated that lie saw the prisoner take the cigars, and he never lost sight of him till he was taken.—Consrnitted to the sessions.— Manchester Times. NEW YEA n's-nAr.---Friday being New Year's day, the poor inhabitants of the several City parishes had a supply of coals, bread, and other necessaries dis tributed among them by the respective parochial autho rities. The Ladies' Visiting Societies of St. Marylebone and St. Pancras, in addition to their numerous gifts of meat, bread, tea, sugar, oatmeal, coals, blankets, and flannel clothing during the late inclement weather, have ordered a further supply of coals to the poor inhabitants This gift will make above 250 tons distributed this winter. The parochial authorities of St. Mary-le- Strand and the precinct of the Savoy, St. Clement Danes, and St. Paul, Covent-garden, gave tickets for bread and coals in their respective parish es . Th e clergymen of the extensive parish of St. M ary, Lambeth, distributed coals, bread, and oat mea l to the poor of their respective districts. There were similar gifts in other parishes, and a very large quantity of coals were issued from the City kitchen, and by the inhabi Rants of St. George's, Hanover-square. A RARE LUNAR OCCURRENCE.—In the present year there will be thirteen full moons —two in January, not one in February—two in March, and one in each succeeding month. A phenomenon of this kind will not occur again for many years. RESUMPTION OF THE SUNDAY TRAINS ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. —We stated be fore that the resumption of the Sunday trains on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was virtually settled, and we have now the satisfaction of stating the grounds upon which the public may rest assured that such will be the case, as soon, at least, as a general meeting of the shareholders takes place. The committee for Sunday trains, we understand, have already received answers from the proprietors of 15,000 shares favourable to the re -commencement of the Sunday trains. The whole of the shares in the concern amount to 35,000 or 36,000, one-third of which arc in the hands of the bankers and other parties who never vote or any question. It will be found likewise, on referring to the proceedings of tl • company, that the largest number ever represented in any vote, on any question, was only about 10,000 shares. It is quite evident, therefore, that the cause of the Sab batarians is hopeless, and that they have fairly miscal culated both the feeling of the country on the subject, and the extent of their own influence, and notwith standing the extraordinary demand for single shares of late, it is confidently believed that they will not muster one share against the Sunday trains for every three or four that will be brought forward in their favour.—Glas your Argils. PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES. --The Finland and Talisman, from New York, and Edward Boustead, from New Orleans, were reported at the Customhouse, Liverpool, on the 31st of December, with 4,670 barrels of flour, 28,421 bushels of Indian corn, 4,824 casks of lard, 474 barrels of pork, and 217 ca s k s of beef. a remanded, and ordered him to be brought up on Satur day next. --- THE REV. MR. KING AND THE MAGISTRATE.—The Rev. B. King, rector of St. George's•in-the-Las t , who was complained of on Thursday by a man named Hair garty for refusing to perform the funeral servic e o ver the body of his sister-in-law, came before Mr. Yardley to complain of Haggerty's statement, and make a counter one. The reverend gentleman, who appeared to labour under a little excitement of feeling, held a peper in his hand, and begin as follows :—" I complai❑ of the con. duct of Mr. Yardley, the sitting magistrate on last Thursday, respebing an c.z pure application made by a person named Haggerty, an account of which appeared in the Times newspaper of yesterday. The statement of Haggerty-, that I refused to perform the funeral rites over the body of his sister, is n , thing but a tissue of falsehoods. First, the verdict of the coroner's jury was not ' Found drowned,' as stated by Haggerty, and I have received from the registrar of deaths the true ver dict, which was, ' That the deceased threw herself into the waters of the London Dock, but in what state of mind she was in at the time there was not sufficient evidence before the jury.' Secondly, It was asserted that the corpse was brought into the churchyard, and that I refused to perform the fu • neral rites. That is false, entirely false. As soon as I received the verdict I sent the parish clerk to the par ties to inform them that I could not, consistently with my sacred calling and the Christian feelings I possess, perform the burial rites. Lastly, it was asserted that I received a certain fee for the performance of the service for the burial of the dead, and that I had refused to re turn it. That is entirely false. I never received any fees, and knew nothing about them until I saw the ca:e published in the Times. Having finished reading his denial from the paper in his hand, the rev, gentleman protested against the con duct of the magistrates in countenancinz the applica tion of a person, and allowing him to make a statement prejucial to another in his absence. The system was a most nefarious one, and ought not to be permitted. He then handed to Mr. Yardley the paper he had been reading from. The MAGISTRATE declined receiving it, and said, Mr. King, do you know who you are addressing? The Rev. Mr. King (sternly)—No, I do not. The MAGISTRATE—I am ➢ir. Yardley, and the person you complain of, and whatever my conduct has been I shall not condescend to acquit myself before a private individual. I think any person of common sense on reading the report you complain of would come to a very different conclusion to the one you have arrived at. I neither countenanced nor discouraged the application, but it was my duty to hear it, and I could not ascertain whether I had any jurisdiction in the case until the man had made his statement, when I told him I could not interfere. I might have stopped you before, but I al lowed you to vindicate yourself from any aspersions you might think injurious. The Rev. Bryan King—l complain of the magistrate countenancing the publication of Haggerty's statement. Mr. Yardley —I deny it, Sir; it's false! The Rev. Bryan King —I beg your pardon, if the case is inaccurately reported. Mr. Yardley —I saw nothing in the Times report which was incorrect or unfair, and I shall not listen to anything more you say. The reverend gentleman attempted to address the ma gistrate, but finding no attention paid to him he hastily withdrew. NEWGATE AND LEADENZIALL. Prime Beef and Mutton ,old readily, other kinds of melt slowly, at our quotarions :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s O d ; Mutton 35 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s MI to 4s 8(1; and Pork. 35 8d to 4 s 10d per Sibs by th e carcase. Turkeys, 5 s to 12s; Geese, 4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Tata II Whits, Is 3d to 2s; Wild ditto, 8d to Is; Pigeons, 6d to 10(1 each ; Surrey Fowls, Gs to 9s ; ditto Chickens, 4s to 553 d; and Barn-door Fowls, 3s to 6s per couple. Eggs, E l l' hsh, 158 to 18s; Fresh [hatter, Is Id to Is 3d per lb; Pheasants, 2s 9d to 3s 6tl ; Partridges, is 3d to 2s 9d; Hares, 2s to 33; Woodcocks, 3s to 3s 6d; Snipels 6d to Is; Teal, Is to is 3d; Wild Ducks, is 2d to 2s ; and Plovers, Is each. NEW'' , OUT. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal, 4 . to 4s 8d; and Pork, is to 4s 10d per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. We had only a limited supply of Fish here, to-day, •n d which sold at very irregular prices. - WHITE6II.II-PEZ. Beef, from 23 8d to 3s Sd ; Mutton, 3e 8d to 4s 8d; Ve al ' 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs. HUNGERPORD. The supplies of most articles on offer were by no means large. Generally speaking, the demand was inactive, at but )little alteration in value. RE The prices of Wheaten B Brea AD. d in the metropolis are NO 9d to 91,2 d; of Household ditto, 7d to 8 1 ,4 d per 41bs loaf. Market Market Hides, 561 b HIDE to 641 b, 3d per lC lb ; do. 641 b to 7211), 33 , to 3d ; do. 721 b t(,8011b, 3 1, 2 d to 3 3 4 d ; do.Bolb t o 881b,3'Nu to 4d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4 1 /0 to sd; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5d 6d ; Calf Ski ns , eac h , 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Horn Hides, I3s ; Sheep, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Kent and Half-breds, 4s to 44 MI • and Downs, 33 to 4s 11111.12EZT111. ,„ , S3trinFrar.D. — Meadow Hay, 2/ 5 s t o 3/ 163; Crovcr dit t o, 3153 to 4/ 163; and Straw, I/ 8s to 1/ 123 per load, 1 3 9 t4 Hay and Straw moved off slowly at barely late rates. • CUMBEISLAND.—AIeadov.- Hay, 215 s to 4/; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 41155; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per load. A I°° ' derate supply, and a sluggish demand. WurrEcnArisr..—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31155; Clovg ditto, 3/ 5s t o 5/ ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per log. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.E.C.S. 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Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a Deltic! envelope, • Fried 2s. 6d. or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. la Postage StiutiPs , direct from the Author's residence. Q ELF- PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatite Ly on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and MaturitY Illnerated with Twenty-flve Coloured Plates on the Anatol!! t Physiology, and Dlseasee of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and *the excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Ninon Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and oiler diseases the Urethra. • By SAMUEL LAWERT, `-; ''-'I.TING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University et Edinburgh, Honors/ Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Ball, London, &c., See. CONTENTS OF THE TILEATHIE. CHAPTER 1, On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance' and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions: — CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy acid.* --CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on Uts Animal Economy; the concealed came of Debility of the 'Unctions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Ural., and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. Camels 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness. Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.- , -CIAPTXXB 5 and C . Os the Dloorderr arising from indiscnminate Excess, GonaorhOsit Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. REVIEWS OF TIE WOZIE. 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MARKET NEWS,-(SATURDAY.) COVENT-GARDZN. Pine Apples, 5s to 7s; Hot-house Grapes, 4s to 6s per l b ' Dessert Apples, 6s to 8s per half-sieve ; Kitchen (title+ 4a to 6s per bushel ; Oranges, lOs to 16s ; and Lemons. to 16s per I(X); English Filberts, 25s to 100 s per 100Ibs; Cabbages 8d to Is 6il; lled ditto, 2s to 4s; and 13rocoli , 6s to Its per dozen ; Potatoes, 4s 6d to 85 3d per cwt ; Horse radish, 2s to 4s per bundle ; Turnips, 2s to 4s; and Carrots, 43 to 7s per dozen bunches ; Celery, 2s to 9 5 9d per bundle; Onions, 5s to 8s per bushel; Mushrooms, is 3d to 2s Pet pottle. Belly's In , luale its app ruction sol ute' • neOef L 3 u siness, and , t equires to ki localities of ti book is an ab tog to bring I dense. In ti most to be sti Ittllity of suet quires such a Eons, trades, rllenta of the streets of Lor ton of yariou alodes of tote rectory as ea, ~olacre, more saburl.s. corn The tbrty-t Useful work 1 appearance b the price rem Materials -mu Nit'. Kelly, ti no book ever then " Cornmercla tory," " City Direct 1 )1 rect or , ;,, and valual)le C one in ordim dabbles in tr reeted to the ,Ith a clears tivity of mil ficellently to the aubur Mete a Were' blrectory," t bent, Which It ether thin n Cu t .urprised all the Calm" This annur a Proof that t Pri?ss has no tion tkat the or 'st r. St ewa Pp. 1669 and tiou of till 3 our coronien, r equired In a 1 1 3 detail s . ervades eve to Praise. ('‘ bt ained, a rt •tiolf be anio] A book of woUld b e han t , e is 13, with nl kost ttr authenl su ch a alri and work, can of , 'olutue eYOu cturt, illt e4 of la ""*.Lt extri The he R.] olltai The Diroct alPhab Years, rector host of c-aren,i 4 -11 pos minor tern la