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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL. SOCIETY'S
MEETING AT LEWES.
GLASS, &c.—ln no case were we more pleased than
in tae many new inventions in glass, introduced by
Messrs. Cogan and Co., of 48, Leiceeter-square, who
have at last succeeded in perfecting their original
notionin producing every article of glass for the
dairy. All who keep dairies are greatly indebted to
Captain Stanley Carr and other gentlemen for their
ende avours in bringing this cleanly material before
the consideration of the society and the public at a
chen per price ; And we think much credit is also due
to .; etessra. Cogan and Co., for the readiness with
wEa .h they adopt any really useful and practical sug-
gest: ion. On looking at the German pans, recom-
meaded by Captain Carr, and now imported by this
hone e, we perceive they are made of bottle glass,
souiewhat deeper, though of smaller diameter, than
the English ones generally used, and are sold at 21e.
per doz., instead of 365. English pans were also
shoa,rn, of the same size and price, of the light green
meta ,1. Stout pans, made of plate glass in its
roti;h state, and now reduced to the same price, ap-
pear to us more durable, being the same
sub!,tence throughout. In different degrees of
teelaperature there must be less breakage, as
the expansion and contraction is equal through-
out. ; their stoutness must also make - them
less; liable to the electricity of the air, and, in every
res pent, we should pre!er thefu for our own use to
an3r ether kind we have yet seen. Than, they have
cre aompeee; ; Le:et Camoys' syphon, for separat-
ing. milk from cream ; lactorneters, for testing
',ha richness of milk ; a most; ingenious glass
psi', of the ordinary size, protected at the hot-
ton i with a loose basket, and with a portable
bal e and hoop of wood, an accompaniment to
the it patent glass churn, which was also exhibited;
the principle is the same as the one shown by them at
the Great Exhibition, but much improved as to
stre eogth and working ; after which we were shown
but ter slabs, mada of glass; butter presses; butter
dlst les, dairy shelves, glass veutiletors. bee glasses,
an;l a variety of ocher articio, fur which vie
have not acne. On the Castle-green a Flower
Shay` 1 wars held, and here was erected
' Mem rs. Cocan's glass pavilion, that attracted
the, 7 iotice of her Alttksty so often at the Crystal
Palace. On the counter were displayed flawer vases,
fr. is i is. to 12 guineas the pair ; glass for hothouses,
cf all substances and sizes ; cucumber, grape, striking,
aril other garden glass ; their small models of the
Gra at Exhibition ; and the glass pen, of which 20,000
WEI a sold in 1851. Altogether forming a most ele-
gaeet and useful collection. It is their intention to
exit ibit the same at the Yorkshire and other meetings.
---Vrom the Agricultural Maga.zine, Plough, and
Fcs"mers' Journal.

PIRACY AND GOLD 0,OBBERY•
(From the Melbourne Argus of April 3.)
Yesterday morning (April 2), at an early hour,
tw o boats, with muffled osrs, containing twenty-two
met., araied to the teeth, proceeded from the beach at
Son dridge to the barque Nelson, lying off the light-
house at Williams Town. This vessel, which has
re contly arrived from Geelong, en route to London,
had. on board 8,183 ounces of gold. Not-
wi tilstanding so large an amount of treasure was
dept sited in her, no watch was kept, and the
pireetes succeeded' in boarding her, and securing
two men and a boy, who were in the forecastle,
bef sere they could raise any alarm. Having (Es..
per,sed themselves over the vessel, some went aft
and. seized the chief officer and a friend, together
with the carpenter, who were asleep in the cabin,
whi ist others employed themselves in throwing over-
baird all the small arms within their reach, as well
as i•Je e swivel-guns mounted on the poop deck. Mr.
Draper, the chief officer, received a slight wound in
the 'thigh, from a shot fired by one of the robbers,
before they succeeded in overpowering him and
his companions., which they soon did, and
having lashed their hands together, they com-
menced plundering the lazarette, of the position of
which they appeared to be well acquainted. Captain
Wright, the commander of the vessel, was ashore, and
seven only of the crew remained on board. Having
seclimd the treasure of which they were in search,
and deposited it in the boats, they took the precaution
heti ire quitting the vessel of imprisoning all hands in
the lazarette, where it is difficult to conjecture how
long they might have remained had they not been
reler eed by a seaman, who, in the early part of the
fray, during the confusion which ensued, succeeded
in secreting himself, and who emerged from his
hiding; place when well assured of the departure
of ttie assailants. So soon as the chief
officer was liberated from his confinement
he proceeded to Williams Town, and gave informa-
tion to the proper authorities of what bad occurred.
The harbour master's and water police boats were
nothing
immediately manned and proceeded to sea, in the hope
of ov srtaking the plunderers, but they could discover
until daylight, when they found one of the
_boat,;( half a mile from the beach towards St. Kilds,
bran aside on the sand tceeether with the tracks of dray
wheels brought there to convey away the plunder.
Another boat was found on the beach at Williams
Town.
Uponpol the arrival of Mr. Level, the inspector
withythee the
of water
in-
telligence :fee in town yesterday morning, with
thef occurrence, Captain Sturt started
off with a hod
country,mounted police, and scoured the
the dray had taken after of discovering what direction
leaving the beach. Up to
the time of going to
no tidings had been lress last night, we regret to say,
heardtheir
irture, some of their of them ; but it is expected
that, in the event of ta
num-
ber could be recognised, tcbaop
the lower part of their faces gh many of them had
disguisede in black hand-
kerchiefs, with caps over their
(From the Argu.s of April
6.)
There is little to addto the daring act
reference
of piney committed on board the Nelson. Yesterday
morning as a compositor in our employment,
named
Mr. Masters, was proceeding to the beach, within
half a mile of the hotel, at a short distance
from the land, he stumbled over the empty boxes
which had contained the gold, and which were
concealed in the tea-tree scrub. They are now lying
at the watchhouse. A fancy pipe was also found
close by, as well as a blue shirt, which perhaps
may afford some clue to the perpetrators of this
daring deed. In the hurried division of the spoil,
spilt about the place,
some of the gold bad been
and several people were employed yesterday after.
noon in carrying away the sand for the purpcse of
washing it. A bag of gold dust was found formed a
on Satur-
day morning, which is believed to
portion of the plunder.
The following is an extract from a private letter,
dated Melbourne, the 19th April :
" Several persons have since been apprehended on
suspicion of the robbery of the Nelson, and one man
cas been committed for trial."

THE WRECKERS AT THE MORE.
The subjoined protest has been entered by the
master of the schooner Renown (which vessel W-IS
pillaged by wreckers on the Nore Sand), with a view
to ulterior proceedings in the Admiralty Court :
" That at iiP. ae , while steering acourse W.N. W. N.,
the ship struck on tho Ziore t.'sad, end immediately filled. 1
It being then the last quarter ebb, and, after repeatedly
striking heavily, the water flowed in from the after part
of the vessel. The pumps were'et on, and continued pump-
ing. Finding the leak increasing on the pumps, and also
finding no hopes of keeping her, they made preparations
fie getting the boat out. That at twelve o'clock at mid-
nighttoey got the boat off, and hung by the ship till
two o'clock A.M., when, in conseqzr,nce of the boat being
loaded with the clothes and provisions, and beginning
to make water, and the sea running' heavy, they (the
crew) wore compelled to leave the ship and take to their
boat, and pulled into Sheerness to procure assistance.
That at about four A.M. they reached Sheerness, and