The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-01 00:00:00

THE BRUNSWICK DIAMONDS,

The Court of Assizes of the Seine (says Galignani
of Saturday) tried Henry Shaw, aged 26, a native
of Newcastle (England), lately a valet in the sere
rice of the Duke of Brunswick, for having, on the
Bth December last, stolen from his master's:_resi7,
deuce diamonds and other precious stones to the'
value of 2,900,000 f., besides a considerable sum in
aid. Th© eospyg_tiagra9E44..w,lMuswne_4 ttaaskohs
to see the diamonds and their ow ner,lut they were
clis:tppointed, for the duke was unable to attend on
account of indisposition, and the diamonds have
tong since been restored to his keeping. It appeared
from the evidence that the duke, who had been
choosing diamonds to give them to his jeweller for
mounting, happened on the Bth Dec., to leave the
inner door of his iron safe unlocked, and merely
closed the outer door. This fact, by some means or
other, became known to the prisoner, who was
temporarily acting in the confidential situation of
valet, though originally engaged as a footman
from a registry-office, having just before been
in service at an hotel, with 3f, per day
wages. The duke went out about eight in
the evening, after ordering the prisoner to sit up
for him. Instead of doing so, the prisoner went out
and purchased a number of locks, one of the keys of
which be filed down to fit the lock of the safe,
secured his booty, and made cll. On his return,
the duke wes surprised to find that Shaw had left
the hens; after requesting another servant to wait
for his master. Suspecting something wrong, the
duke went to the safe and found that the outer door
had been opened, and pert of his jewels and cash
stolen. He at once gave notice to the police, and
the prisoner wes arrested at Boulogne when on the
point of embarking for England, with most of the
diamonds and the greater part of the money still in
his possession. Tne missing cash the prisoner had
spent at a house of ill-fame, and had given 1,400 fr.
to one young woman. When interrogated by the
Court, the prisoner refused to defend himself, and
was exceedingly free and easy in his replies. The
president having said—" Shaw, give us some ex-
planations; the jury do not know why you are
here." The prisoner replied, " Then let them ac-
quit me." There is good reason to believe that
the prisoner committed a serious robbery at
Warsaw some time ago, but it was impossible
to extract any information from him respecting
his antecedents. He positively refused to state the
name of the woman to whom he had given the
1,400 f., but at last said that he would do so if the
president would pledge his word of honour that she
should not be molested. In answer to a remark on
his extreme generosity towards her, he said, " Oh !
a man does not get hold of millions every day Pi'
M. Wielowglowski, the Duke of Brunswick's aide-
de-camp, depcsed that, though diamonds to the
value of 2,900,0C9fr. had been recovered, others to
the value of more than 130,000 fr. were still mis-
sing. The prisoner, on being asked what he had
done with them, said that he supposed he had lost
them in the house where he passed the night after
the robbery, as ho had them loose in his pocket,
and had droppd a quantity in the bed-room there,
and left them, thinking he had enough and to spare.
M. Lachaud was the prisoner's counsel, but his
client would not allow him to plead. The jury at
once found the prisoner guilty, and the Court sen-
tenced him to 20 years' hard labour.

SIR WILLIAM ATHERTON has not long survived
retirement from the office which ill-health com-
pelled him to resign. In his tedious and wasting malady
we now see the cause of that inability to perform the labo-
rious duties of an Attorney-General, which was erroneously
imputed to mental incapacity. We are bound to make this
acknowledgment to his memory, because we shared and ex-
pressed the doubts that were current at the moment as to
the true cause of his retirement. The melancholy issue has
proved painfully that the assigned cause was the actual one.
A few months ago we were enabled to report an improve-
ment in his health that induced considerable hope of his
restoration to the profession. But those hopes were
speedily doomed to disappointment, and his malady still
maintained its, character of being incurable.—The Law
Times of Saturday.
THE ASSYRIAN SCULPTURES UNDER GLASS !
A portion of the sculptured representations of lion-hunts,
taken from the palace of Konyunjik, in the Assyrian base-
ment room of the British Museum, has been covered with
plate glass. It would be well to extend this necessary
protection against injury by the fingers of thoughtless per-
sons to the whole of the bas-reliefs.

A SKETCH FROM DENMARK.—The lower order of
Danes will bear comparison with that of any other
country for strength of body and brightness of mind. A
Somersetahire peasant would not generally have much
chance of success in a village, such as we have all over Den-
mark, where every one can read and write, and owns a
house and plot of land. It is Mr. Cobden's Paradise rea-
lised. Some of the peasant girls are very pretty, with pale
yellow hair, and rather long noses. We noticed several
faces not at all unlike the Princess of Wales. The country
girls set themselves off with silk hoods and bright gowns,
without much regard to colour. I have seen a yellow dress
worn with a magenta Garibaldi. This last is the most
favourite colour of all. But the costume of the fish-women
is far more interesting than these modern mixtures, being
the genuine old Friesland costume.— Gnu, a Week.
THE FALL OF KENT.—It is true that some of the
glory of Kent as a cricketing county hes of late
departed. Time was when Kent could meet any county of
England, or all England combined, upon equal terms. The
principal match of last season at Canterbury was between
eleven of England and thirteen of Kent. It was one of the
most interesting and best contested matches of the season.
The second innings of England finished at five o'clock in
the afternoon of the second day. Kent only wanted 91
runs to win, and they had made 191 in their first
innings. It they could by cautious play have saved
their wickets until next day, and got to work freshly
in the morning, it would have been no difficult task to
put together 91 guns. But the tide of fortune turned, and
ran against them strongly. When time was called that
evening, they had lost 7 wickets for 20 runs, and next day
the remaining wickets were disposed of by half-past 12
o'clock, leaving England winners by 25 runs. A match at
Lord's earlier in the season, upon the same terms, had
ended even more disastrously for Kent, as England won on
that occasion in a single innings. Two matches between
in
the counties of Kent and Surrey also resulted defeats of
Kent. In the first match, played at Tunbridgo Wells, i
Surrey gained an easy victory in one nnings, with 41
runs over. At K®nnington-oval, ennington_eval, a month later, itlooketdo
on the third day as if Kent would win. They put Surrey
in for 192 to win, and with good luck they might hope
get all, or nearly all, the Surrey wickets before this long
score was made. But the men of Surrey, who had played
wall throughout, played overpoweringly well now. Mort-
lock lost his wicket for 20 runs, and then Stephenson and
Jupp finished the match between them.
[AnvzriTisEmENT.]—Cousumption, all nervous, bilious
liver, and stemach complaints, in every stage, are only ag-
gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but
parry's curable by Du arry's health restoring Revalcuta
Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which nad
been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62' 914.
Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had
abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of
pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration..
exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations hollow cheeks:
emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly
healthy, blooming, fleshy Oa—N. Commissaire; de
Police. Cure, No. 45,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimicy
Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver
derangement, and partial deafness.‘—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss
Elizabeth 'Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion,
gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No.
54,816. 1 he Rev. Jaines T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk,
of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted
all medical reatnient. In tins, 11b, 28 9d; 21b, 4s 6d; 51b,
lls; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77,
Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all
grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom.

There will be an examination at Queen's College
un Tuesday, the 15th of March, and following days,
for three open Schole.rships, tenable for five years
from matriculation, value 1.:75 per annum. Oae of
these will be awarded fur proficiency in rnathena.A.
tics. Also two Eglosfield Exhibitions, open for
this turn to general competition, of the value of
£75 per annum, and tenable far foor years. Then©
lExhibitioners are in all respects on the same foot-
ing as the Scholars of the College. Candidatxs,
who must not have exceeded 20 years of age, must
present their testimonials of age and character to
the Provost on Monday, the 14th, between seven
and nine in the evening. Two of the Scholars
elected will not be required to reside until October.
THE VOLUNTEERS.

TrkE CENTRAL LONDON.RIFLE RANCERs.
The annual general meeting of the members of
this corps was held on Saturday evening at the New
Drill Biked, Gray.kinn-.-34.ejor the lion. iialikUr Wye
Campbell in the chair. There wail a large atten-
dance of the members and the officers of the corps,
among whom were Captains Woods, Iseecs,
Walters, Lowe, Copes, &c.
The report, which wee adopted, states that in
consequence of the Government grant the com-
mittee have recommended that the Lieutenant-
Colonel should, after the let inst., abolish any
further subscriptions from members to the general
fund, officers excepted. After alluding to the
fact of the erection of a drill shed at a cost of
£l,lOO, the report observed that one of the first
results of the increased accommodation has been
the formation cf a gymnasium, in which instruction
will be given on the system in prceess of adoption
in the army. The cost of the apparatus will be
defrayed by the officers of the regiment. The re-
port alluded to the satisfactory state of the regi-
ment. The report then alludes to the satisfactory
musters of the corps on public occasions during the
past year, the annual ball, the annual drame,eic
performance, and the bazaar and volunteer exhi-
bition held at Wiliis's Room, which has in-
creased the funds. Much interest continues V.)
be manifested in the corps by the inhabi-
tants of the neighbourhood, es has been
fully evinced during the past year, when
they subscribed for and presented to the corps a
series of battalion prizes. The committee, it ap.
pears, hare expressed a hope that they will be able
to give a similar series of prizes annually, and one
gentleman has already promised £25 a year towards
the project. The financial statement of the corps
shows that the balance-sheet of the general fund is
£1,124, and the estimated assets and liabilities
£446 Os. ld., the balance-sheet of the band fund.
£284 4s. 7d., and the assets and liabilities .£loB
18s. ld.

At the conclusion of the election of the committee
and auditors, &c.,
Major CAMPBELL made a few observations with
respect to the corps, which, he said, with the evcep.
tion of numbers, was in a very satisfactory Elate,
not only in position but in efficiency.

Votes of thanks were then proposed and passed to
the retiring audztors and committee, the honorary
treasurers of the general and band fund, and tho
hon. secretary, and the proceedings were brought
to a close.

THE 4TH MIDDLESEX RIFLES.—Lord Ttur o,
Lieutenant-Colonel commanding this corps, via
distribute the prizes won during the past year to
the successful competitors on Tuesday evening riext
in Westminster Hall, at nine p.m.

MR. CHAS. MACKINTOSH, the well-known scien-
tific gardener, and author of a number of works on garden.
ing, is dead,

Mr. TRACK RAY.—Mr. Ernest Edwards will
shortly publish a very large photograph of the late
Mr. Thackeray, one of the latest, if :lot the latest, ever
taken. Copies of this on a smaller scale will be issued 'with
Mr. Theodore Taylor's new book, "Thackeray, the Flu•
morist, and the Man of Letters : the Story of his Life," to
be published on Wednesday next. This memoir will give,
for the first time, some account of the curious little maga-
zine conducted by Mr. Thackeray when an undergraduate
at Cambridge.—?he Reader of Saturday.

NATIONAL HOSPITALITIES.-..." In France," says
Mr. Sala, in hie lest letter to the Daily 7elegrapl,

"you get little but sugar and water out of your friends, in
Germany nothing but smoke, and in Italy there are some
grand houses where you can only obtain supper by paying
for it. In Spain you can procure nothing to eat, because,
beyond eggs and chocolate, and garlic, there is nothing to
eat. But in the United States you may ruin your digestive
organs for nothing in a fortnight, If the oyster and the
canvas-back ducks don't give you dyspepsia, the eternal ice—
creams and candied sweetmeats will ; and, when you fall
sick, you will find plenty of kind friends to press Hoch.
stetter's and Drake's Plantation Bitters as curatives en
your acceptance."

HONOURS AT CAMBRIDGE.—It appears that 104
gentlemen took honours at Cambridge this year, of
whom 43 were wranglers. In 1863 the number was 100,
and there were 33 wranglers ; in 1862 tho number was 85,
and there were 32 wranglers; in 1861 the number was 93,
and there were 34 wranglers; and in 1860 the number was
121, and there were 38 wranglers. On the restrictions as
to the Classical Tripes being removed in 1861, the mathe-
metical honour list perceptibly diminished in numbers..
Trinity College this year, in addition to the senior, seconds
and fourth wranglers, claims 13 other wranglers ; seven
iopresentatives of this great college are among the first 12
wranglers. The senior wrangler is Mr. J. H. Purkiss, of
Trinity College, and formerly of the City of London School
and. the University of London. Mr. Purkiss obtained a
foundation szarship at Trinity a few months after coming
into residence, and his university career has been through-
out a brilliant success.

THE APPROACHING COMET, which was first dia.
covered by Professor Respighi at Bologna, on the
28th of December, the same day on which it passed its perpert..lion, will, it has now been calculated, have its nearest
approach to the earth about the Ist of February, being thc,
h
at about one-fifth of the sun's distance (tom us, or cightam
'Mons of miles. Weiss, Stampfer, and Tietjen all infer
from their calculations (published in the 48tronomische
ffachrichten) that it is probably identical with a cornet
which was discovered and observed by Pons at Marseilles
in the year 1810, and that its period is little more than 53
years. Pons then described it as being " extremely feint,
resembling a small round nebula." Professor Littrow, the
Director of the Observatory at Vienna,
thinks that it, may
also be identical with a Comet observed in China in the
year 1490. To its approaching great proximity to the earth
we owe the fact that it will probably soon become visible tu
the naked eye.

•
EXPLOSION AT CAMBERWELL.—On Satin. Say
evening a fatal explosion took place at the shop of
an oilman and tallow-chandler named Tripp, carrying en
business in Havill-street, Southampton-street, Camberwell.
One of his daughters, named Anne, 30 years of age, ws
mixing with a knife a chemical composition, supposed to be
phosphorus and detonating powder, although her sister had
spoken to her several times and pointed out the danger of
using steel in mixing the composition. Suddenly a ta cram-
dons explesior. took place. Two men named Truman and.
Lamb:lt rushed into the place, followed by Mr. Hayden,
dairyman, of Havill-street. Miss Tripp was found with a
knife in her hand, which had been partially blown away.
She was much injured, and blood was streaming from her
head and face. Her dress was in flames. The injured
woman expired before she could be removed to St. Thomas's
Hospital.

GREAT SUFFERINGS OF A SHIP'S CltLw.—By
the S!letland mail we have received information uf
very sad character regarding the buffo Lugs of a ship's crew,
a largo portioh of whom are reported as having died in
consequence. The vessel is said to be a large iron ship named
the Victoria, on her voyage from Calcutta to Liverpool,
with a cargo of coals. Seventeen of the crow landed on
the west coast of Shetland on Saturday from a boat in
which they had been tossed about, at sea for four (?-ya
without food. Two had died and three had lycomeiwane.
Of another boat, manned by the captain and 13
the crew, and who left the vessel at the same time,
not fully au!henticattat when the steamer
been received to the effect that she had reached the
side of Shetland on Monday with only two survivors. T,:o
sufferings of bath crews, exposed without food in open b,,es
for four and six days respectively, were most dreadful,
suiting in the death in all of 14 men and the inFli-C1 y
three.-11 of
cA llrorthern _Ensign.

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