The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-05 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

The market opens with a steady feeling. Saks
probably 5,000 bales.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A BARRISTER.—Mr Charles
Winston, special pleader, of the Home Circuit, died
suddenly on Monday afternoon at his chambers, 3, Harcourt-
buildings, Temple. The deceased gentleman had been stay-
ing in the country for a slint time with his family, and only
arrived in London on Monday morning for the purpose of
arranging some of his accounts, his intention being to retuin
by the 4 o'clock train. His clerk was sent into the City to
get a cheque cashed, and on his return he found his master
lying on the floor apparently dead. He at once called in
the assistance of Mr Broome, gardener of the Temple, and
Mr Brooks, of Fleet-street, who was of opinion that life
had been extinct nearly three quarters of an tour. The de-

ceased appeared to be in excellent health, and the cause o
death is supposed to be disease of the heart. The it ques
was held at the chambers of the unfortunate gentlemen
yesterday, before Mr Sergeant Payne, coroner for the City of
London. Sir J. Reid, Bart., accompanied by the solicitor
of the deceased, was present during the inquiry. It ap-
peared that deceased, who was 49 years of age, had been
deputy judge of the county courts of South Staff ,rdshire,
North Wales, Brentford, Marylebone, and sometimes
Westminster, which he carried on beyond his practice. He
was, moreover, an excellent chemist, and devoted much of
his time to scientific researches. Mr T. Brooks, of 165,
Fleet-street, surgeon, said he had not made a post-mort.en
examination of the body, but he believed that death was the
result of disease of the heart, produced by overwork and
long abstinence from food. He found a bottle of colchicum
in the room. A gentleman said that the deceased had been
taking colchicum for the last nine or twelve years for a pain
in the beck. It was a mixture made up from a prescription
by Dr Crofts. The deceased took a few drops at a Bose. Mr
Brooks said it was a very improper remedy. An overdose
of colchicum would affect the constitution firstly by irrita-
tion, secondly by diarrLoer, and lastly by exhaustion. Sir
John Reid, who appeared much affected, said deceased was
his nephew. He was sure he was overworked. He was al-
ways working, and neglected to take his proper meals. He
had dined with him on Sat-arday last, and he saw him again
on Sunday, when he appeared in his usual health. Sir John,
however, knew that deceased laboured under some internal
affection. The coroner then summed np on the above evi-
dence, and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with
the medical testimony.
How THEY MAKE PERFUMES.—M. Mero drives
us to his laboratory, and with the perspicuity of a
Frenchman—co qui n'est pas clair n'e:t pas Francais—ex-
plains to us the art and mystery of extracting odours from
flowers. Thus illuminated, we can smile with bland supe-
riority on the popular notion (which we entirely forget that
we ever entertained) respecting the process. We nuw know
that distillation is not the only, not even the usual process;
but in the great majority of cases the cd )urs are isolated
by two methods, that of maceration and enflawering
(enfi:urage). It is thus that orange, tuberose, acacia,
violet. jasmine, rose, jonquil, and others are treated ; and
these processes depend on a fact unknown in this
country, at least unpublished, until Mr Septimus Piesse
brought out his work, " Tho Art of Perfumery." We
allude to the property which pure oil, butter, grease, and
fat have of absorbing the fragrant principle from flowers in
contact with them. Fats absorb odours, as a sponge absorbs
water. If the fat thus impregnated be placed in pure alcohol,
or any other spirit, the fragrant principle quits the fat, and
we have then the scented spirit which perfumers sell. Such
being the principle, let us now learn the process. The grease
—beef, suet, or lard—is bought, and purified from all ani-
mal fibre and sanguineous matters by long boiling in water
and nitre. When cold it is again boiled in rose water, to
which a minute quantity of benzoin gum has been added.
It is now allowed to cool and solidify, and it is then fit for
use. Large quantities of grease are thus prepared during
the periods when the flowers are out of season. Tha grease
is enflowered on a frame, very similar to a window sash,
the woodwork being two inches thick, with the glass in the
centre, so that when two or more frames are laid together
there is space sufficient for the flowers between the glasses.
The glass has a layer of pure fat spread over it, each glass
requiring about a pound of fat. On this the freshly-gathered
flowers are sprinkled, and as there are several hundred
frames at work for each kind, the quantity of perfumed
grease prepared at once is enormous. When the flowers are
spread on the grease each frame is piled on another till they
amount to 40 or 50. There they remain from 24 to 36 hours ;
then the old or spent blossoms are removed, and fresh
flowers placed upon the grease ; and this is repeated until
the fat is sufficiently impregnated, when it is scraped off
the glass, melted at a low heat, and strained to remove
stray petals. It is finally poured into the canisters for
preservation and exportation.—Cornhill Magazine.
The journals of Vienna state that three nights
ago a thief got into the house occupied by Lord
Bloomfield, the English Ambassador, situated at Wiedlin-
gen, near that city, and concealed himself until every one
was in bed. About three in the morning Lady Bloomfield
was awoke by the closing of a door. An alarm was given,
and the servant soon found that his lordship's study had
been entered, and a signet ring bearing his arms, two other
rings ornamented with brilliants, a valuable gold watch, a
silver casket, and bank notes to the amount of from 300 to
400 florins, carried off. A number of English bank notes
were left untouched. There was also found in the kitchen
the remains of some partridges with which the thief had re-
galed himself. On following the traces of the thief in the
garden through which he had left the pi eraises, several ob-
jects stolen were found amongst the shrubs. An inquiry
has been instituted by the police.
THE COST OF CAEROWYN. By Mary Howitt.
3 vols.—" This tale is one of unabated interest. Written
to show, which it does most completely, that ill-gotten
possessions do not bring happiness in the long run even in
this world ; it incidentally introduces us to some of the
happiest descriptions of Welsh life and manners that we
have ever come across. The charm of the tale lies in its
perfectly natural character. In the female characters we
are irresistibly interested. We cordially recommend the
book as ono of very considerable merit."—John Bu 3.
DESTRUCTIVE GALE.—Cornwall was visited by
a perfect hurricane of wind on Sunday n'ght, and consider.
able damage was done in the stackyards and to the shipping
in several of the Cornish ports,