The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-11 00:00:00

John Moore proved hearing the prosPcutrix call out
for lylo—he stir T,cd the cab, and she got out. A con-
st-able at that L.-Ir_L-ien., eamc up end Norris was givqn in
charge. The was wt.:oh agitatid at the time.
Vtricox ran off As fl,t a 4 he could.
Police-constable 131 C said he took Norris into cus-
tody. Wiles,;; got away. bat was takea custody
al:out two hours afterwards.
Norris, in defence, said he had been thinking with
prosecutrix, who asked him to drive her home. She
subsequently invited him into the cab, and was a con"
senting party to the transaction complained of.
Wilcox denied all knowledge of the matter; he Wes
not with the cab at all. Ile merely went to the station
to fetch the cab, when ho tves given in charge. lie added
that he could bring a witness to prove he was elsewhere
at the time.
Mr. BINGHAM asked the officer if he was positive
Wilcox was the man whom ho saw on the cab? The
officer said he wis.
Mr. BINGHAM then adjourned the case, in order to give
the prisoners an opportunity to produce their witnesses.
In about a couple of :louts the barman from the pub-
lic•house where the prisoner and proseentrix had been
thinking made his apper.rance, and proved serving them
with no less tbs.:: 3 or 4 quartens of gin end cloves,
which prosecutrix and prisoner paid for.
Other witrr2ssta also proved serving them with a
similar bE.ver;.:.go.
Mr. BINCIiAII, on hearing decided on disposing of
the case by lining I7orria 51.1,r the os..ault, and We,oz
was remanded, he not 1-.yving his witness prceent.

CRYSTAL PALACE SE zi-BATHING.
A desivn L now lying before the directors of the
Crystal Palace Conar.ny ,'or laying down incorroclible
pipes from the sea at Brighton, for the purpose of con-
veying pure sea water :long the slopes of that railway
to a large reservoir at Sydenbam, where capacious
plunging and svvimming baths will be established, in
connexion with the Crystal Palace, affording to the 111'
dies, gentlemen, tradesmen, and invalids of all classes,
residing. in London, and its environs, the means of ob-
taining, at a cheap r4te, the salubrious rt:ereation of see"
bathing, without entailing upon them the expense, of
the loss of time of r( tiring to the sea coast
Numerous, indeed, we may imagine, would he the at•
tndanee upon such an establishment, united as it wilt.
no with our popular Crystal Palace; persons who have
now no alternative hut fresh water bathing, which is
universally acknowkdged to ha vastly inferior to that Of,
sea water, would eagerly seize noon the opportunity GI
a short, pleasant ride by railway from London, to obtain
at a cheap rate, a luxury hitherto only placed within the
reach of the more opulent portion of the community
And by a simple ex'ension of the plan, the water,
once at the Sydenhem reservoir, could be distributed
throughout the principal rcsidenc3s, pal:: yes, hospitals,
hotels, and pubic baths of our great metropolis, and
employed rot alone for the sanitary purposes of bathing,
but also for supplying the ornamental watars of the
Crystal Palace, which, by the acquisition of sea water,
will surpass the hitherto unequalled jets d'eau of Irer'
sailles or the noble cascades of St. Cloud.
It has been ascertained from careful calculation by
the projector, Thomas Wright, C.E., that the metropolis
could be supplied at tho rate of 3d. per 100 gallons, or
ono good bath for a penny.
It is a rena:l;lable fiet that notwithstanding our
wealth, our boasted civilization, and mechanical skill,
we fall infinitely short of the Greeks and Romans of
ancient, and of most European countries of modern
times, with rrFpect to our national baths; but on the in'
troduction of tho marine water supply the greatest
achievement in hydraulics ever yet attempted will be
acomplished, a, d one well worthy the age we live la
and the justly celebrated mechanical and scientific pre-
eminence of the British nation,

STEAM-BOAT COLLlSlON.—lntelligence was received
at Lloyd's on Wednesday of a most serious collision having
occurred between the Clyde screw steam-ship, belonging to
the Carron Company, and a coaster named the Beehive, on
the steamer's recent trip from the Thames to Grangemouth,
which resulted in the foundering of the smaller ye. sel and
the loss of three lives. According the information Al"
nishEd rt the London depot of the company, it would appear
that the Clyde, Captain Alr=aider Watt, lett., her meetings
off Carron Wharf; Lower Eaet Smithfield, on Saturday even-
ing, and proceeded down the river. The pilot was landed
at Gravesend, and the steamer continued on her c )urrt
At nightfall the usual red, green, and white lights were
hoisted, and the ordinal/ pr: -.cautions t: teen of avoiding se:
cident. About hale-past one on the following (Sunday)
morning, when the Clyde was midway between the
Motile
and Maplin Sands, a ve-sel was siehted two-and-a-half points
on her starboard bow. The master, Mr. Watt, was ';
the bridge at the time, and the chief and second mai'"
were on the forecastle on the look-out. From some unex-
plained circumstance the Beehive is said to have kept the
• course the was making when first perceived. She bet
helm aport and came under the Clyde's bow. A collisioa
appearing inevitable, Mr. Watt ordered the engines to be
reversed and backed, and in other respects did everything, it
would seem, to avert the accident. All failed, however. !eue
vessels cams in contact, and such was the violence of the
shock that the Beehive rapidly went down in ten fathoms
water. The steamer's boats were promptly lowered in tb,e_
hope of preserving the poor fellows who formed the Beehive!
crew. Only one. however, was picked up, the master and
two men perishing. Immediately aster the collision the
Clyde dropped her anchor and remained nearly two hours bl
the scene of te accident, with a view of seeing whether
either of the suffersrs were floating about on pieces of wrect
Nothing, however, was seen of them. The unfortunate ves-
- was laden with iron, and wrs bound from Glasgow to
London. The Clyde continued her trip to Grangernoutbt
where the disaster was reported.
BEER TRADE SOCIETY'S ASYLUM.--The founds.
tion-stone of the asylum, which the members of this metro-
politan association a a about to erect at Peckham, was laid
on Wednesday by the Right lion. Lord Monteagle, F.R.S•
The committee received his Lordship on his arrival, and
escorted him in procession to the ground, where, after the
usual preliminaries observed on those occasions, the Rev. *
G. Stone, M.A., incumbent of St. Mary Magdalen, Peck-
ham, commenced the ceremony by offering up a short
prayer. The coins, plate, and scroll of record, were then
presented by Messrs. Stallwood, Prosser, and Bishop! 1,1
Lord Monteagle, who deposited them in the place appointed
for their reception ; and hev;ng received the trowel. his Lordg
ship, assisted by Mr. Robinson, to whom the erection of th
building has been entrusted, proceeded to lay the foundation
stone. Mr. Bishop then read an address, which stated thats
the asylum was intended for aged and deserving members
the Beer Trade Society, and also pointed out the
prin-
ciples upon which it will be conducted, particularly
was
reference to the selection of the inmatce. The ceremony
yd concluded by a prayer and blessing by the Reveren
In-
cumbent.
WEST CUMBERLAND.--We understand that George.
Moore, Esq., of Bow Church and London, has been_.llv.
with
gently solicited to come forward to contest the Western dll,
comarercy;l_
sion of our county, but his large and increasing
operations, we fear, will preclude him from so doing. 172
are inclined to think, however, irom his well-known sYlf
pathy with the Liberal cause, that if he v ere assured
of a
reasonable chance of success he would fiht the battle of o
in-
dependence with a zeal and energy for which he 15
noted, and would, in all p-obablity, take one seat out of
Lord Lonsdale's keeping. We kr 5w from a private sours
s
that the regis er has been well attended to since Mr. bloor7
suggested, in his speech at the dinner given to our Libel's'
Members at the last general elect'on, that the Registrant?'
Court was the arena to secure one se t for the Liberals in
the West, and it is not too late to make a movement to
effect the independence of the division.—Carlisle Journal.
IRON PAPER.—At the Prussian Industrial Exhi-
bition, Count Renard, a huge proprietor of ironworks, ex-
hibited sheets-iron of each a degree or tenuity that the leave.,
can be used for paper. Of the finest sort, the machinery
rolls 7,040 square feet, of which may be called leaf-iron,
from a cwt. of metal. A bookbinder of Breslau has made an
alb on o: nothing else, the pages of which turn as flexibly
as the finest fain cof linen rags. As yet no extensive an-
plication for this ;orm of the metal has been found, but
manager says the material must precede the use for it. Per-
hapsM books may hereafter be printed for the tropics on these
metallic leavesand defy the destructive power of ants eof
any colour or strength of forceps. We have only to invent
a w _lite ink, and the thing is done.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY,..-..The
directors of this company have announced that there are two
vacant seats at the board to be filled up at the half-yearly
meeting of proprietors in August next. It is requisite that
candidates for the office of director in this company should
give at least 30 days' notice in writing to the secretary of
surprise, as
acsonteheeryn,eldvertehueushaarfuehrmoledre
the company before the day of meeting. So far rs the
their own fault if they do not select suitable ; to fill th
persons •
vacancies at the board. c'sccwaisiiionno not be
i taken
will

THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.—The offering
from Michigan consists of a solid block of massive native
copper, as taken from the quarry, weighing 2,1001bs:, and
is about 3 feet in length by 20 inches in breadth, the sur-
face beautifully polished, having an inscription in rai,:ed 14-
tars of native silver, " Michigan—an emblem of her trust ill
the Union," and in the centre the arms and devices of the
State.—New York Herald.
MARLIED.—On Thursday, the 10th instant, at
Waleot Church, Bath, by the Rev. J. Murrray, Dix(n, Col.
Lloyd Vaughan Watkins. of Pennoyre, Brecknockshire,
Lord Lieutenant for the C ,unty and M.P. for the Borough,
to Eliza Luther, widow of Brigadier-Genera_t Iluglidesa,uCete.r,
Colonel of the 26th Regiment BombayN•l., and daughter
of John Taylor Gordon, Esq.. 1.1.1)., Physician
Majesty and to his late Royal Highness
the Duke of
to his late
•
Cambridge.
the West of England and the cloth trade
has been created in
that the well-known wholes ile firm of
by the announcement
,--hNado ilnittinaleastteidr
Tim CLOTH AND 'TAILORING
Dudden and Company,
o t a retail Te'l ' onng department
their intention to incorporate C°ltoviNenGtrityn-sAtrDeEet.
Ine a circular issued
with their other business., strue as it 18 • universal, that "good
state, the complaint
is
tai.e dear,
clothes are extravaga. considering the reduced price
of cloth," and that although every newspaper and magazine
has its covers crowded wit'i quotations of i. low prices," the
' t is still made that unless
complaint you pay the "old long
price," disappointed in '
you are_ cloth, work, or style, and fre-
quently in all. To meet the complaint and provide a remedy,
employment is to be given to tailors whose work is to be de-
pended upon, Messrs. Dudden charging to their customers
only the workmen's,wages in addition to the wholesale price
of the cloth or other material. The experiment is a bold
and novel one, deeply affecting the interests of the consumer
as well as those of the " middle men," and it will be curious
to notice the result of its operations.
IRISH RAILWAYs.—It bppnrs the Lords of the
Treasury have reduced the rate of interest on the Govern-
ment advances to Irish Railway Companies from five to four
per cent. It is expected that this measure will have
a beneficial effect in promoting the completion of the
Unfinished portion of the railway system in the sister
country.
—.......---.

MAR RIED.
On the 10th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Richard D.
Holland, of Duke• street, Bloomsbury, to Helen, daughter of
Mr. MacGregor, 30, Chs.rtci:bouse-square.

DIED.
On the Bth inst., at Broninton, aged 77, the Rev. William
J. Burford, D.D., rector of Magdalen Lacer, E'iFelC.
On the 6th inst., at Westbourne-park-villas, narrow-road,
Ellen, widow of the Bev. Dr. Richard Caldick, formerly
reader at her 111Rjesty's Chapel, Whitehall.
On the B,h inst., at Croydon, Surrey, Mr. Henry 13iddelL
London: Printt
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Uiddlolol FriclAY, Julie 11,1852.