The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-24 00:00:00

TdE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY

the highest point of our course, small star-shaped
crystals of snow of perhaps 1-25th or 1-30th of, an
inch diameter were seen falling (possibly their appa-
rent fall was due to the rise of the balloon). Ob-
servations of the thermometer, hygrometer, and
barometer, were taken at very short intervals during
the ascent, and during the first portion of the de-
scent, until it became necessary to provide for
the safety of the instruments. Specimens of the air at
different elevations were taken for analysis. The
descent was accomplished with much ease, at about
twenty-five minutes past five P.M.; and the balloon
was secured with little trouble near the village of
Swavesey, in Cambridgeshire, about 60 miles north
of London. This distance was passed over in about
an hour and a half, showing that an immense mass of
air was moving rapidly from the south. Accounts
received from various stations seem to show that this
strong south wind was prevalent over a large portion
of country. The thunder-storm which broke out on
Tuesday evening had not commenced during our
voyege, nor was any indication of it visible except a
shower at some distance. The sun was obscured dur-
ite almost the whole period.
z'At the elevation to which we attained
no personal
inconvenience of any moment was experienced ; I
only perceived a slieht oppression about Coe ears and
temples—but no di fliaulty in breathing. Mr. Nick-
ling perceived, besides, a very slight ditlicul,y in
breathing before reaching the greatest height, but the
feeling went quickly off, even before ,we began to
descend. So light was any inconvenience which
we experienced from the rarity of the air,
r wthatoirtk o
did
not in the least interfere with our regular
observing and recording. The cold would, of course,
have become disagreeable had we continued long in it.
should be considered chiheafldy
any
sya
The first voyage
preliminary and educational one; neither the ma-
naging
committee norhtahteevoer sienrvaeerrsoshstaahrtoiiuonlngd.
previous experience w
It will
xfpbt
but
tui
miensedsatartyau instruments
thists a n
nd
not be surprising, therefore, if the experience ga-
lead to
thered
nature.
bonsconsiderable
e fromrab it
es
of alterationstomhibneutacfaihnns etevnedancnut
fromei
experiments
this first attempt are
we are in hopes that
oTd observingfobue bt ee:
by some alterations in our mode of procedure a
greater amount of instruction may be derived from
subsequent voyages.committee have been peculiarly fortunate
The
iiew
in obtaining the zealous co-operation of Mr. Green.
His great experience and well-known ability and
caution afford a guarantee that the risks attending
these expeditions will be reduced to a minimum. The
confidence which his dexterous management of the
immense but beautiful instrument cannot fail to in-
spire, will contribute much to that calmness in the
observer which is so necessary in the presence of un
usual phenomena.—l am, &c.,
Kew Observatory, Aug. 19.

JOHN WELSH.

THE MONEY MARKET.
(From the Derbyshire Courier.)
The depression of every description of securities
which has occurred during the past week, forms a
noticeable comment on the unsettled state of monetary
affairs, and on the principles to which such fluctu-
ations may be traced, and which have been so repeat-
edly brought before our readers. If we were to credit
certain writers, the state of this country is rapidly
advancing towards. unexampled prosperity. We
have had the advantage of being long secure from the
social and political disturbances which have so inju-
riously affected our continental neighbours; the great
masses of our population are rendered contented and
peaceful by the cheapness of all the necessaries of life,
emigration is drawing off in a continuous stream the
unemployed portion of our own people, and fast
emptying Ireland of a race apparently unim-
provable under the circumstances with ethical
they are surrounded in their own country ;
wo have an active trade, and agriculture itself
is recovering, in some of its branches at least,
from the depths of its depression. Now under
these auspicious appearances a most unexpected and
powerful auxiliary has presented itself in the dis-
covery of large amounts of that precious metal which,
in the eyes of many political economists, seems to be
regarded as the great arbiter of the wealth of nations.
Not in. California alone, but in our own colony of
Australia we have the promise of a return of the golden
age. It is true that few attempt to explain to us
how the discovery of a certain yellow metal is to be
fraught with the predicted wonderful advantages, but
that such will be the case is very generally believed.
How comes it then that nothing appears too incon-
siderable to shake the public confidence ? In such
a nation as ours there is, as a matter of course, no
Period without some cause of public anxiety.
Just now we have the Kafir War and the
dispute about the American Fisheries both
subjects deserving of attention, but certainly
neither of themtdestined to exercise a very powerful
effect on the nation's prosperity. But there is another
cause which during the last week has been depressing
the mercury in the money market. Recent reports
speak much less favourably of the coming harvest
than did former accounts. We have had also u
few showery days ; the men of corn immediately
begin to ask for a rise in wheat, and the men of
money simultaneously augur a fell is the funds. Now,
can it be supposed that all our vaunted prosperity is of
so flimsy a character, and that England is a country
living so very near its means that a deficiency in the
cereal crop to the value of a few millions of money,
should excite serious apprehension as to the con-
tinuance of the nation's prosperous condition ?
Yes : the philosophers of the Stock Exchange have
reason and experience on their side. 'What have the
gold discoveries so far really done fur us ? They
gave done this. They have enabled the Bank of
England to get out and keep out an amount of paper
circulating medium greater by two or three millions
than has fora considerable time been in the hands of
the public. The effects of an increased circula-
tion have been witnessed again and again in
this country during the last half century.
Whenever it has occurred, the money finding its
way from the Bank of England through private
bankers, into the hands of traders, is employed by
those trader 4 in enlarging their transactions, carrying
on their affairs with more spirit, Pm ;
37,
--P-00g more
hands, increasing production, and thus stimulating
consumption. With an Abundance of money every
branch of industry thus improves, and the improve-
ment of each branch acts upon and increases that of
every other trade. The poor man finds a readier
market for his labour, the clever and intelligent find
a more active demand for their abilities. The
nekton is pronounced to be "prosperous." But,
as we said, the Salons of Change-alley know how
so en all this may be reversed A bad harvest comes ;
a few millions of quarters of wheat came into the
csuntrv. A few millions of gold are withdrawn
from the Bank. Then the Bank reduces its issues.
money becomes scarcer. The Landon and provincial
bankers are less ready to accommodate traders.
Every kind of industrial pursuit receives a check.
The evil tendency of a restricted circulation makes
itself felt from one end of the country to the other.
Toe depression of one kind of trade injures another.
Things get worse till a commercial panic ensues.
Now all this is well known in the money market.
And in spite of all favourable appearances, as it is
evident that if we have to buy corn, gold may go
out faster than it n find its way into the cou
ca
thelturnf
try, and .
me • that if the gold goes out, our circulating
diura
wing
mewdta be diminished, and that if our circu-
the least be diminished distress and ruin will
result
their depreee-
,,theoore, the mere whisper of mildew, and
of a thunder-storm in harvest, produce
metropolis. ing effects on the money-market of the

The ancient custom of
ORNAMEN TA
atent findsval
LpleTting cemeteries and duo-
CEMETERIES.
the practice
cittiewet
rating I:oollaw4mts with
rnioforeigu countries, was
uttieir vrills, and were
parts of England.
nrevailing at different per'" °f
flowers, strongly
observed that the
Ern2trhitleands "FloratolusdoemiDe
toome
robated by the
otroDgly rep . primitive Chrieigme b
the time of Prudentaus the latter had adopted ' ,but in
mentioned both by St. Arab it, which
is expressly .
end rosaand Jerome.
in German
At the present time
the tombsySwitzerland
, it is
very usual to observecultivated with shrubs
and the monuments adorned with fe a,
and flowers, .
ne. In the beautiful little 3urt°°-
of roses and, jessaml
almost the whole of the greohnhdet
seawytz
tho na
yard at
' 1, • but amongst morons spots
covered with ple-s,
noses of cemeteries there is none
appropriated to the purr - fi ' the valley of
d of %%Jr n, in the
equal to tho churchyard
Seize. The tombs are
ornamented with arabesque
which are placed flowers,
forms, with pendant vases, is _
shrubs are planted,
and on either side perennial
and, in addition, some graves are daily strewed
by friends or
over with fresh-gathered
flowers,
me parts of this
relatives of the inhabitants.
In
some
last century, the
country, about the middle of the
practice was very prevalent of strewing
ti)riol of rose-
mary upon tombs, particularly in the north, and likewise
to place a basin of sprigs of boxwood at the door of any
hou,e at which a funeral was to take place, as -ll -uded to
in the following by Wordsworth :
" The basin of boxwood just six months before,
Had stood on the table at Timothy's door;
A coffin over Timothy's threshold had passed,
One child did it bear, and that child was his last."
While i n 11 a uzion to the practice, we may exclaim with
Sheistone, " Oh customs meet and well!"—Builder. •

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Liverpool, Aug. 23.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice AVIGEtritAN.)

CRUICKSIIANK V. FOSTER.

was not finished on Saturday,
waTi\sihri.sscsgn commenced
which
a t to-day.
Wilkins and Mr. Addison appeared
for the plaintiff; Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Ma-
nisty for the defendant.
It appeared that the plaintiff resided on his pro-
perty at Radcliffe, and that the defendant was a corn
and flour dealer, carrying on business in Hulme,
Manchester. In 1847 the plaintiff purchased a pro-
perty in Radnor-street, Hulme, and the defendant in
1851 purchased a plot of ground in Walnut-street,
and erected a large baking concern, which extended
before the houses in Radnor-street. With the baking
were connected eight tall chimneys and twenty
ovens, and there were also twenty-eight small win-
dows in the building, from which the steam was
allowed to escape. Large quantities of coal were
used instead of coke, and the plaintiff complained of
the stench, filth, and soot, which, he allege] ' made
0 intolerable to reside in the neighbourhood. Before
cho establishment of the bakery all the houses were
occupied at rents of 201. per annum, while, after its
erection, they were almost untenanted, although the
?eats bad been reduced to 161. per annum.
A number of witnesses wore called on both sides.
His LORDSUIP having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
D:unages 40/.
This case concluded the civil business of the
Northern Circuit, with the exception of two cases
which are likely to be settled.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Aug. 23.
The sittings of the Court for the August adjourned
general session were resumed this morning at
Clerkenwell, instead of at Westminster, before Mr.
WITHAM (who presided for the Assistant Judge),
Mr. Turner, Mr. Warner, and other magistrates.
There are 109 prisoners fur trial-99 for felony, and
10 for misdemeanour.

Mr. WITHAm explained to the grand jury that the
reason of the Court sitting at Clerkenwell instead of
Westminster was, that the Sessions House at the
latter place was under repair, and had been so recently
painted that it would have been very unpleasant for
the Court to have at there this session.

George Doubleday, 16, was indicted for having
stolen 151. tb., motleys of Christopher Lamb, his
master. He pleaded guilty.
Mr. SPICER said he appeared for the prisoner, and
it was by his advice that he had pleaded guilty. The
evidence clearly made out the charge, but the offence
was committed, according to his instructions, under
these circumstances :—The prosecutor had threatened
to discharge the prisoner without a character, and in
consequence the latter made up his mind to go to
Australia, and having no money of his own, be had
at various times stolen small sums from his master,
wbicn he regularly deposited in a savings bank to
form a fund to carry him to the gold diggings, of
which such almost fabulous accounts had been re-
ceived. He hoped the Court might see occasion to deal
mercifully with the prisoner.
Mr. PARE!, said the prosecutor was a
pawnbroker
in Sloane-street, and the prisoner had committed the
thefts with great art and cunning, having by destroy-
ing some tickets and keeping back others, screened
himself from detection. There was the sum of 51. in
a savings bank, which the prisoner acknowledged he
had stolen from his master, and which would, if the
Court made an order to that effect,
Mr. 'WITHAM then sentenced •the
Mr. Lamb. be given up to
prisoner to be
kept to hard labour for six months, and ordered the
money to be given up to the prosecutor.
Joseph Smith, 22, was indicted for having stolen
I,Boot. belonging
to Maximilian Lamiot.
Mr. W. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Parry. and Mr.
Metcalfe were for the prisoner.
It appeared that the prosecutor, who is a French-
man, became acquainted with the prisoner through
staying at the same hotel, and eventually they took a
lodging jointly, in a house kept-by a Frenchman in
Frith street, Soho. On the 2d of August, he went
out, telling the prisoner that between ten and eleveny
o'clock at night, he should be. at M. Poitien 8, a
mutual friend of theirs, and about that hour the pro-
secutor went to Poitier's expecting to meet the pri-
soner there. Shortly afterwards the prisoner returned
to the house, and iaquired if M. Lamiot was absent,
and he received an answer in the affirmative from one
of the servants. He then went up to the room and
remained for about ten minutes, after which ho again
left the house and repaired to Polder's, where he ar-
rived about half-past eleven. He found the prose-
cutor there, and they walked home together, and on
entering their room, it was found that the prosecu-
tor's trunk had been ransacked, and I,Boof. in notes
of the Bank of France had been stolen from a hand-
kerchief, in which they had been tied. The prisoner
was given into custody, and a policeman examined the
trunk and a box belonging to the prisoner, which also
had been opened, and he came to the conclusion that
the latter had been opened by a key, whilst the
prosecutor's had been wrenched open. The prisoner
said thus eleven sovereigns had been stolen from his
box, and in conversation with the prosecutor, at the
police station, he said that, rather than be subjected
to the disgrace of being taken before the magistrate,
he had no doubt his friends would pay the amount
that had been lost. The prosecutor was a baker, and
about to sail to Australia, where he intended to start
in that line of business. It appeared that all persons
in the house had access to the room. None of the
money had been found.
Mr. Panalr addressed the jury for the prisoner,
andg h adlrishman,
most
wealthy had beenand r educatedespe e
ta.
contending that the facts were perfectly reconcileable
with the prisoner's innocence. He stated that his
o n clientthe
ble connexions.
was
a continent,you

A number of witnesses, including Mr. R. F. Max-
well Fox, M.P., county Longford, were examined as
to the character of the prisoner; but most of them
were acquainted only with the family to which he be-
longed. It appeared that be arrived in London on the
7,,h of July, and that for the past two years and a
calf he had been a student, for the Church at a semi-
wry at Paris. Whatever money he had required his
friends would have supplied.

The jury pronounced the prisoner Not Guilty.
(Before Mr. TURNER.)
William Rose, 68, was placed at the bar to receive
udgment.

i'ne prisoner was convicted last week of committing
frauds by representing that be was an officer of the
Court of Chancery, and that the persons he defrauded
were entitled to property which h© could recover
for them.

Mr. TURNER said the prisoner had been remanded
in order that inquiries might be made, and those
inquiries led him to the conclusion that it was full
time a stop was put to his career in this country.
The sentence was that he be transported for seven
years.
Eliza Price was indicted for stealing a travelling-
v,llue 245., the property of William Day and
:mother ; and Charles Edwards was indicted for
having feloniously received the same.

The prosecutors are portmanteau-makers in the
Strand, and the female prisoner was in their service
as a domestic. In consequence of a considerable
quantity of property having been missed, a watch
was set, and on the morning of the 7th inst. police-
const.ble 142 F detected the female in the act of
handing a travelling-bag to the other prisoner. The
constable followed, and took him into custody, and
found on his person at the police-station 49 duplicates,
of which 15 related to property identified as belong-
ing; to the prosecutors.
The prisoners were found Guilty, and sentenced
each to six months' hard labour.
Mr. Birnie was for the defence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

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fa‘cmvhNeaTsrotgh.
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gao naudtgeee
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Jur. ael ni
rn,.teiwTni
edhhrtoamopr
Lord
pri-
soner alonzicil.
4;d.
Mr, of goods to the amount of 581.
Loyd, the solicitor to the prosecutor, in
briefly stating the circumstances, which were borne
immediate
evidence, represented that the property had
Obueetnhoybtained under the false pretence that the pri-
ever fworaaro.
Mr. Hall
at contractor and a creditor to the Govern.would 'isrgeoqh)ugire
a Ipr
!ale ti
',lieundt
ing that his son
uf ,rholant he was about to receive the
oftfuioDrdnance, there being no pretence what-
the BoardQt a large sum of money due to him from
said
a statement.
the In consequence of a letter which I
was
srisoner on the 22d of June, stat-
ing
written on paper having
account he tao
number Australia,
of articles,
cwlebs i, chl
house at West Ham. The letter
called upon hi
• 13--- him at h
order, nrl,anilagcnreda:nh ell vtthaosel told
ahuiirs Pt7h agwtlllls:7bsloiuklnle-rhPw:ataso:det,tsohssetis:aßtiiiilliooogafrndthtlh:7estf
; that it would not be
evYeforlarpge sum of money
auntil the 7th of that
cloitnvOern2iednotf
tJ:lypafyorthAeurastroanleia
month, when he was to receive
from the Board of °ulna
which be bad contracted to supply J;eu"asglnlges with
brought me at the same time one of the sponges
He
which lie had engaged to supply, and I agreed to send
the goods to him.
The LORD MAYOR—Did you, upon the faith of the
statement that there was a largeto him by the Government for gun-sponges, supply
sum of money due
him with the goods he ordered ? witness—l did.
The goods consisted a hosiery and haberdashery. Ho
told me that he purchased them for his son end family,
who might, if they did not use.them advantageously,
dispose_. of them as a speculation. Oa the 29th July
I.,saw him at his house at West Ham, and he then
but he
°-41s1 he had been put off by the Ordnance,