The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Day.

CITY BETTING,—Tms DAY.
CESAREWITCH.
sto 1 agst Mail Train (taken and offered)
sto 1 agst Gratitude (offered)
8 to 1 agst Calista colt (offered)
9to 1 aget Thalestris (offered)
100 to 6 agst Lady Hylda (wanted)
20 to 1 agst Cathedral (offered)
20 to 1 agst Suspicion (offered)
20 to 1 agst Planet (take 25 to 1)
25 to 1 agst Boatrix (offered)
30 to 1 agst Charmian (offered)
40 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered, take 50 to 1)
40 to 1 agst Brewer (taken)
100 to 1 agst Dr Syntax (akon and offered)
100 to 1 mast Lady Travers lily (offered)
100 to 1 arrst Rol) -Poly (uffnte)
SHIPPING—TEIS DAY,

LONDON, Oot. B.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; strong breezy and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, Oc'. 7.—Wind E.—Sailed—Nimrod, for
Melbourne.

OFF CAPE CLEAR., Oct, 7.—Arrived—City of Man-
chester, P crew steamer, from Nov York.

CARDIFF, Oct. N.N.E.— Sailed—Jason, for

Singapore.

OFF THE EDDYSTONE, Oct. 6,—Arrived—Her Alajostj's
ship Vulture, from China.
DARTMOUTH, Sept. s.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Corea, for
Rangoon,

➢Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
PLYMORTH, Saturday, 10 30 a.m.
The wind continues strong from the eastward.
The paddlewheel steamsloop Geyser (6), Commander
Arthur T. Thrupp, left the Sound suddenly yesterday even-
ing to relieve homeward-bound ships in the chops of the
Channel, and then to proceed to Queenstown.
Two shipe-g-war, supposed to bo the Prince Consort and
the Hector, arrived in the Sound this morning.
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVECEND, Saturday Morning.
- - -

Arrival, Oct. 7—Anna, from Dantzic.
Sailed—Holland, steamer, for Ostend—Triton, steamer,
for Bonlogne—Emma, steamer, for Christiania—Velocity,
steamer, for Calais.

A new novel, of the highly sensational school, is
temounced for immediate puiPcation by Messrs. Trubner
end Co. It is from tie pen of the author of Blacifriars,
and is entitled Superior to Adversity. _ _ _

MADAME RDIAND.—Among the victims of the
French Revolution there is scarcely one who has
excited such compassionate interest as Madame Roland.
Her beauty, her great talents, her high cheracter end pure
patriotism, the influence she exercised upon the more mo•
derate and respectable section of the republicans, the forti-
tude with which she bore the sot rows of her imprisonment,
and the intrepidity with which she met her tragic fate—
ell have contributed to render her an object of attraction
and pity. She stands forth among her contemporaries as
a fair representative of what was best in the party that
overthrew the ancient monarchy. In the prejudices
of the party she fully shared, arid her memoirs
speak of Louis XVI. and of his political intentions in terms
which history has certainly not ratified. But, in the gene-
rally noble aims of the Girondists, and in their utter
abhorrence of the excesses of Robespierre and his crew, she
also fully shared ; and when her iriends fell before that
Nemesis of successful agitators—the necessity of governing
in the face of agitators more extreme than themselves—
their fall bore her with them in a common ruin. Able and,
for the most part, upright men, had they e'l possessed her
energy and courage, it is 41) ossible they might have made a
more effictual stand than they did. Be that as it may, few
nobler deaths than hers were the result of their want of
practical governing power.— The _Reader,

MEDITERRANEAN HOTEL COMPANY (LIMITED.)

—The poll demanded by Mrs. Parr on the question, as to
the passing of the acc.unts of the late directors, took place
.o-day, when there were recorded, in favour of the resolu-

tion that these accounts be passed, 616 votes ; and in favour
of Mrs. Parr's amendment, 33 votes. The accounts were
therefore passed by a majority of 583 votes.

The Brest journals announce the departure from
that port of the frigate Sybille, with a convoy of
emigrants for the French colony of New Caledonia, in the
Pacific. The Sybille has already made three voyages with
emigrants, many of whom have since married young wo-
men brought up by public charity in France, and who had
voluntarily gone out. Those females received dowries from
the Empress, and aro so well satisfied with their lot that
several have written to Paris to induce their former com-
panions to follow. Regular communications have been
established between Port-de-France, the chief town ()f the
colony, and Sydney in Australia.
MINERAL WATERS.—The beneficial effects of
mineral waters are generally admitted, but the
cause of their efficiency is declared by the bast practitioners
to be unknown. The only means as yet employed to solve
the mystery has been chemical analysis ; and when a
chemist hes discovered a milligram of iodine or some other
substance in a spring, its efficacy is immediately attributed
to that substance, although it has been hundreds of times
administered in much larger doses without any visible
effect. In a paper addressed to the Academy of Sciences,
Dr. Scoutetten endeavours to show that the real activi,y
of mineral waters is owing to their electricity. Imbued
with this idea he at first attempted to discover traces of elec-
tricity in mineral springs by means of a gold-leaf electro-
scope, but without success. Continuing his experiments,he
found the confirmation of Becquerel's theory, viz., that the
earth in contact with a sheet of water manifests electricity ;
and also that when the latter is impregnated with air, it
takes a quantity of positive electricity, while the earth is
negative. The same is the case with sea water, bnt all
mineral springs are negative with regard to the earth. By
the aid of Nobili's galvano-meter, which is founded on the
principle of the deviation of the needle under the influence
of a galvanic current, Dr Scoutetten found that, if a mineral
water be brought into imperfect contact with common aerated
water by means of a porous diaphragm, and if platinum elec-
trodes be used a regular pile is formed, and the galvano-metes
shows the mineral water to be negative, and the common one
positive. Extending these experiments to the human body
he found that mineral waters determine a current always
passing from the water to the patient ; they are therefore
negative with respect to the latter, and the galvanometer in
their case marks 70, 80, and as much as 90 degrees. Hence
Dr Scoutettin explains the efficacy of mineral springs by the
three following propositions-1. That mineral waters all
determine phenomena of excitation owing to the electricity
they develop in contact with the human body ; 2. That they
exercise a therapeutio action, which varies according to the
nature of the mineralising elements; and 3. That they oc-
casion a topical action which provokes eruptions on the skin.
REGENERATION OF BONE.—In a paper addressed

;0 the Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sedillot examines

the influence of the vital functions on the structure and
form of the organs. Without entering into the stricay
professional part of the paper, we will glean a few parti-
culars which may appear interesting to the general reader.
Dr Sodillot states that if, of the two bones which constitute
the leg or the arm, one of them be partly cut away, and not
afterwards reproduced by the periosteum, the other bone
increases in size so as to acquire a volume equal to that of
the two bones taken together. This phenomenon is parti-
cularly evident in the case of dogs whose tibia has been cut
away. In these animals the peruse is is almost filiform,
and scarcely measures the fifth part of the thickness of the
other bone, and yet it soon acquires the volume of the lat-
ter, and may e.yen exceed it. In one of Dr Sedillot's expe •
riments the peror sous shich, in its normal state, had a
diameter not exceeding three millimetres, increased to ten
at the point where the tibia had been cut away, and the
same is observable in the cubitus and radius
when one of these bones has been partially removed.
These facts, however singular, are easily explained.
Whenever our locomotive organs are kept in great activity
they acquire greater size and strength. Thus the right side
of the body is generally more developed than the opposite
one, and in left-handed persons the reverse is the case.
Boxing and fencing masters have their right arms much
more voluminous than the left. Motion, in fact, accelerates
innervation and circulation, and renders nutrition more
active. The density of the osseous tissue is equally im-
portant. All animals that have to support considerable and
prolonged effarts have very compact boner, nearly approach-
ing to the density of ivory—an observation which is con-
firmed on inspecting the skeletons of several horses cele-
brated for their swiftness, which are preserved at the Ana-
tomical Museum of Alfort. All perforations and other
operations on the living bone cause the formation of new
strata of bone.

A HOUSEBREAKER SHOT AT BIRMINGHAM.—
Yesterday, at thb Public Office, Birmingham, a man
named John imith, was charged with breaking into the
warehouse of Mr J. Randall, jeweller, Llukley-street, and
stealing 14cz. of gold and 5s worth of postage stamps;
total value, £2B. The prisoner was suffering from the
effects of a gunshot wcund, and had to be brought from the
General Hospital where ho had lain some days, to appear
before the magistrates. A few nights ago the prisoner
and three other suspicious-looking fellows were seen
loitering about the proseciVor's premises; and Mr. Green,
the landlord of a neighbouring publichouse, and
his man Grice, set themselves to watch their movements.
Grico armed himself with a gun loaded with blank cartridge,
but did not perceive in the hurry that the ramrod was left
in the barrel. After watching the men for some time they
saw the prisoner coming out of the warehouse. They called
upon him to stop, but he made off at the top of his speed.
Grice pursued him, threatened to shoot him if he did not
stop. The prisoner did not heed the threat, and at last Grice
fired. The ramrod struck the prisoner and passed through
his thigh, but fortunately the wound i. flitted was net of a
dangerous chareekr. The prisoner immediaLly rose and
showed fight and was only secured atter being knocked
down with the gun. The prisoner's companions escaped.
The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mine pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.321 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £0
178.100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about 3-1 f the per cent. dearer in London than iJI I'aria.

The Last Scene is the Windsor Tragedy.

Yeg'erday 'ng, at 9 o'cleel , .aneral of the mur-
derer kuicido, Joba Richard Coo, end the four mur-
dere:l children, y I —a, Agnes Josephine, Eugenie, end
LouicA EJ'zALeth, took pl _se at Old Winetor. The dreaci.ul
rift:Aire of the ei eumatr Dees in. e,r ,exiort with the deaths of
the suffercr3 d a 'orge urmber of persors, notwith-
stn.d4•g• the hor- _c.9f7 for the per ro:issn, e of the Fad
ant, mor

rf•
Tiie "ir.; of 0-3 fit't.-r rod eh"dren we-a pl fn neat
elm c flies •:•; pl:-• ..'t- ble c iptiors, trd
wer, . a ri :1—.2. by -he p- h, at t'.o 9e of which the
funer.'' v, •• .1 I out. The 'c--ds tad rela •v-3 of Cook
and rea .•- - at t'.:c cott-ge at Old
W; •-o Z or -dr d a _a- e-
ra/ :yr . . :,.n f ; -„/ o: C the caile. f
c'tv.•r- • !‘ V ", 1,17 e t, on t'oe
shoo'c! •• : I ' r-- r.'s mr • Nea-, c nie e
f 0..; 1-, '
..,; )12" 3'• o. o: ..r e`7
•v. • a wi elort : Itole on I !_e
ci ii tor- t.,• ;„m tiro v
Th.' W 1" 0 Iby • :v. o: the II( co-s.'2,
bi-,' , •'se , ► :tble L ho cl:9covered
the mrri-r, : ;n ••, c which w-s
f°1113c7.-1 b
a . y
r-o T:hr
pi,- :on pr e.-:# 1 t 3:: V;(1-1,(1: 3 roai in tlic.b.*cut
rho.a •", rn y 1 'um t'le so /ate"), 'he
sron, r set, ar.q-trr,t'a on of to the Old Wine. or
churchyr- 'e 3 of COo'7 end his c'•ildren wire
to be The churchyard is about a mile from :he
hors:a of Coo!'. :A was reachrd about hale-pi st nine, when
the to :y o: the mvrdersr, by the . •iiness of the amiable
v:ear, i'te Rev J. Blv . whose C.:: ,it'n feeling of chttiy
pro-opted h'm do a'l at a 's' the Gospel could
to spr a the ter -gs of /ie relative' , was t: ken tb :ough the
west dcor int, the body of the eliv rh ; the coffin contain-
ing the boJ 'e, o: the MT Alerrd clAdrea being token round
the chu ch to the uent etc or on the south side of the sacred
bpi. d 'ng, where the Rev. J. Blut,t,havir,g previously met the
pro- c-ssion, comm-nerd reading the Burial Service,the coffins
pieced in the body of the church, wt ile the serv:ce
we't cinti,,ued. On lea%i,g the church the coffin containing
the 1-k3y of Ccok was !Ai i to ead placed in a brave or hole
wt'cla liu bee.- dug r• I obscure comer at the west ex-
t;erf,; y of the tharchy rd near the wall which separates the
anti 'ha road. There it WP3 deposited without
ar..3- • • 7' wony, while Cie fou 7 litt'e elm coffins of the girls
wen.: one common l,reve, over which the remainder
of the se v:co was por:orm-ti by Cie vier r, the relatives end
crowd ror od end listen.- 3 most attentively to this
her:ll4l-J . ad onciii-'g seri:ce, wb'e me iy an eye was wet
at tezo..cmlit.r..rc of the slice'.•
!:•; rata which had cut shot t
the :eat...cer -tent ',yes of :or- poor innocents.
To d a the coaclusfon of the . ervic a t',o V:CPY bliefly but
el -at addrest••• l the crowd around the grave, and ia doing
so rent. -1 hat hot glt be did not w:sh to say anything to
blachea thu dc2l, he wo..:10, exhort them to p.uy
ea' to God, who, o: His great mercy, would t.,:atot
them tae epc t tee for t`-e'-:• rr Si, eld he begged the
you g roe r whom he ; rt-ott 'd him rot to play with
for 1; per. ift'c: 7 i'• weu'd Iced them to eie depths of he't ;
and fi :ly eoncludc I c.-remc.iy in he usual winner,
atter wi•ich the crowd of v:llager- r td bpectators left the
chit rd, mu7hiropr to t 1 the very fc,ven
adds . they hrd ju t -3 to.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening,

WAR-orFic;:, OCT. 7.

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