The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-12 00:00:00

erlitrb bition.

READING RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH )

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Prestige
Hambletonian

The Reading Stakes.

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Innkeepers' Plat?.

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SHERIFFS' COURT._(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. W. BURCHELL )
BAIL V. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE INSURANCE COMPANY.

This was ariinquTry—to—a7ssess damages in an action
brought on a policy of insurance granted by the Royal
Exchange Insurance Company. The plaintiff now car-
ries on business as a bu'e,ner in Tot"mham Court-yard,
but, in 1848, was a farmer at Dagenham Hill Farm, near
Hemel Hempstead. Plaintiff insured his stock for 800/,
and a fire having cccurrc I on the premises, the steel( of
wheat, oats, &c., wee completely consumed. A family
dispute arose, in consequence of which proceedings
were taken in the Court of Chancery, which
prevented the plaintiff f:om clearly End satisfactorily
making out his claim on the company, who at first
n the them;
present
ese but, i
ntq
uir3, con-
sidered that the plaintiff had made fraudulent
n
represen-
tations as to the value of the property destroyed, and so
pleaded on an action broullit againston
consideration, ()Mottled a Judge's order to withdraw after
the pier, and leave the plaintiff,
to prove the value of the ate ;k.
The evidence adduced was on mere conj •
ecture, and
was totally devoid of in' :rest' butthe crse was likely to
take up the whole of the day, el a
witnesses were to bo called on either
sidgereat number of

The Electric Telegiaph is comp'ete to Exeter.
There Pre eix wires—two for the use of the railway compa-
nies, two "or commercial and other inHligence, and two for
the Admiralty, Who will thus be enabled to communicate
with the great naval arsenal at Plymouth, and have the
means of asceitainieg the sl'ipping intelli,,ence of the port.
As the electric tele.;ranh has been inste.nnental in facili-
tating the adoption oF Greenwich or railway time in those
towns situated on or ner Cie (:)'•er great trunk lines in the
Unit.':d Kingdom, we exp: e : long, 1) hear that all the
towos c ,vnected w:th the lines of the Great Western,
'List-A, rid Exetc-, and Souca Devon Raiways, will also
adopt Greenwich time. At it the .e ex is such aq
anomaly in the wr t Er7l- id in the time question, that
the meat inteligent pi ins in '}e larva towns—such
Bath, Br lstol. Exeter, rid Ply mouth. r, &shoes
"national" or Greenwich rime should be t' ‘e only time
teatused.

__...,„.....,...
How A COAT WAS IDENTIFIED.—At the justice
couirt in New Orlon- a C 290 wes recently decided in a most
novel way. A c-iat was in &spill), end the evidence wrs
direct and positive for both chin- nts ; both pai ti:-9 were
big], and " full of gif,-," ready to snend all they had rather
then " give up beat," The affair had been careiully exa-
mined, and the Cmrt was " in a quandary," not knowing
who had the best claim to the garment. However, a mo-
ment before his Honour was to sum up his evidence Patrick
Power, one of the claimants, made the following promyiition
for Battling the affair :—" Timothy Maguire," said Patrick,
"now you say that coat belongs to yerself intirely; 1 say it
is me own. Now, mind ye, Timothy, the both V
iv us will
trke the coat en' lcok it all over; the man that finds his
name on it shall be the owner. Will :ye stick to that bar-
gain?" asked Patiick: "To be sure,''
you can
bTeimfiontdbiny:
theto
whom the coat was g,ven, and who vainly searched eveiy
eauspohne threewgab garment."
knife
Dart for his name, and then pc s ' it over to Patrick, boast- 1'
drew
ri
innagriy sa3,ing, "And now let t 9 sea if
" Then howld
ifetwand opyened a
ocl ivionkrneasebr i it n'Y e'''trhl ownle Pcoanl tl
aaJurc, Patrick,
and taking therefrom
peas, he exclaimed, as he held them out in his hoonvde'" There,
1
d'ye see that?" " Yes; but what ivitthat ?" said Timothy-
,, A mighty dee it has to do with it;
sure—pea for Patrick, and pea fcl p is my name to e
Pitzick g9t 1+ .Q cot —la did. 9er2 De jaberir be,

LITERATURE,
A PI L: Bentley.
e.
nll ;14ey.G E to the LAND of MY
FA 7'HERS. By the Rev. Moses Margolioutk.
2 v 0
The relation of his travels and adventures in his
fatherland, written by a Christian Israelite, is not
often to be met with, and consequently is always ac-
ceptable to those who take an interest in Eastera
travels. But the present work, coming from the
mesterly pen of Moses Margoliouth, is doubly attrac-
tive. The work consists of a series of letters written
by the author to various friends during his travels,
describing and expressing his sentiments concerning
the incidents that came under his observation; the
contents of the letters vary according to whom they
are written—for instance, to the bishop he speaks of
religion, to the statesman of politics, to his brother of
the Jews, and to his other friends, according to their
character, of general matters. Throughout the whole.
work the writer shows goad practical knowledge, and
many curious revelations are to be found, among
which we learn that the celebrated Dido who buil!
Carthage was the niece of the infamous Jezebel ; so
Mr. Margoliouth cont3nds from this cause theDiYid
ne
idon
curse that caused the destruction of Tyre and S
fell also upon Carthage.
-- -
REPORT of the MORTALITY of CHOLERA
in ENGLAND in 1848 1849. C/otres
This report of the mortality of cholera in Engl,Bl).
in 1848 and 1849 has been furnished by 0.
Graham, the Registrar •General. It contains
tory of the Asiatic cholera, its course and progryti:
the dates of its reaching different places, with 6tltiBces
cal details of the mortality from cholera and diarrLi
in the various districts of the United Kingdom.
in varto
extraordinary difference in the mortality
districts forcibly demonstrates the evil effects aristl
and Sons. d
from the want of proper sewerae and ventilation, and
the effect produced by the use of waters which
~aog
tainted by the sewers of towns, as an inStailtias
which, in one district, out of 1,000 children under,' n
age of five years, only 40 die, and in another one ,11:32:
dred and twenty die out of the same number.
when the town of Hull was scantily 531 PP 08
with water, but from a pure source, the mortalitY 'vs;
but slight, and confined chiefly to the poorer Oslo
but, in 1849, when the greater part of the tow bated
ted
supplied'by the new water-works, which distribiu- f
the waters of the river Hull, into which one'b':,,i.°ty
the sewers of the town were emptied, to the lArion
of the inhabitants, the epidemic was more fatal tf
of
,
in almost any other town in England. As 8 Prcw 00
the ravages which it made there is the
fact that,
Sept. 6, 1849, 1,130 persons died of cholera al°ne'

INSTINCT AND REASON .D.epu 4117 e d
FROM ELECTRO-BIOLOGY. fig 'r
Smee,F.R.S. Rave and Benham. being
Mr. Smee informs us in his preface, that fOO2
prevented by indisposition some time hack ;jots
prosecuting the study of the more important sulv of
gotion
of
on which he was engaged, he, at the ellg
his friends, resolved to demonstrate the beariogatio
electro-biology on the various matters which jog
comprised within the range of electro-biologoce
research. In this interesting and abstruse seie
the author has shown himself fully
which embraces every form of life, whether r loot
or vegetable. Mr. Smee, in his comparison of 9Terence"
dill
table,
and Reason, describes the similarity and
between the human sceci' and the animal, vegeta di.
estraor_.
and mineral productions. In fact, in this
nary volume subjects the most dissimilar are eered
pared and the result of the comparison comm e°o
upon by the author. The book is illustrated vrtis.
many well drawn plates and diagrams. The
nations
equal to the t. 80701
piece represents the inhabitants of the various oalded
in their native costume. All the chapters arl relates is
into sections, and the subject to which each
to be found in the contents.

EVERY JIAN BIS OWN BUTLER' d leg-
Cyrus Redding, author of the "History ali j.ijog.
scription of Modern Wines." Second -Dui"
William Tegg. a for
This clever and useful little volume i 3 designe-, t
everybody who buys wine, and desires the arti,c,;eno-d°
be good. The author considers that as the "Is— ,
old days of three-bottle men" have passed oval, gas
quantity decreases quality should increase; and, Will,
the laudible desire of bringing about this object,
has presented the public with this work, which con,
tains explicit and valuable directions as to bt„tkiiingc;
decanting, serving, and drinking wine. I° 61----ne:
marks, that "at public dinners,
of the baneful effects of bad wine gr.
sevenths of tavern wine great hazards are run, :...
large companies, where the individual is thrown 11,,
his guard by speeches, tonstg, and Clap-trap of 01_1
kinds, it is far better, if it agree with him, to order;
round. Many would this decanter of weak cold punch, or of very weak brill' /
and water, and pass the ' 1 it comes
With sit;
old'
!ft! can be obtained, or even lemonade,
Wherßeeddiag F
ache.t A decanter
may be sub.
ituted. It is at public dinners that bad wine is g_,,
off, just as bad champagne and genuine gooseberr;
resrt,
pass unnoticed at balls and places of public
where dancing and exercise, or the heat of the ron,°:;
may make any liquid grateful to the palate." -1 a
work is well written, and must prove valuable to 11
those who prefer drinking good wine to bad.
I,

IIOIIIOE OPATIIY IN 1851. Edited ,
vg
Rutherford Russell, 111. D. James Hoggf ,din'
burgh.
In this work Mr. Russell has certainly done
best to support the doubtful theory of home3opatby.
opposition to the established medical practice. -I"i°
although we by no means approve of the
monopoly of a medical university in refusing
a certificate to a student, because " he annlni „worn
intention of devoting himself to the studywith
dealt
pathy," yet we consider that the author has treat'
unwarrantable harshness upon the established
cent of . physic. The book consists of series of
letters, extracts, &c., &c., in support of hointeePasl
with comments thereon, and will be
ell
received by all its advocates. despotnt

BELFAST. „
If the extraordinary ruins and ancient monument
which we have already referred speak eloquently °f 4"t
Iceland of the past—dead Ireland, so to speak
in the north, illustrates no less forcibly and flatteringo
the Ireland of to-day—li, :ug Ireland. The Pr4r,,eito
that has been mado there within a few years is it1,,00
marvellous: within less than a century the pop
has increased from 8,549 to 110,000. Numerous l'''rp°6l:
tant buildings have be n erected and are in Pr°g,r;ec-
improvements in the town are being made in every 0100
Lion: the docks are full of vessels, the streets alive this;
activity. The cotton-trade is at the bottom of all
Out
oat
but it would be useful if all the springs were solig,,eoe•
and laid bare to view. Belfast should prove a reiF;3ofly
rating centre: let its inhabitants endeavour efflfif,tiiti
to execute their mission. As it happens that the toeo
Assr2iation for the Advancement of S'Jience are waders
here on the Ist of next month, many of our redoing
will be led to see it fcr themselves. There i 5 mere he last
here than in any other part cf Ireland. Within toi. to
six years the town council have spent from Auci oes:
60,000/. in opening new streets and vvidening 01 ediogs
quays have been formed, and all the necessary brut se is
for municipal purposes built. The new Court' °nes II
lust now compler2d: it is • Scotch stone, ,/ .it
built of
Corinthian portico of large size, and cost 20,0r:o'r•
contains a shire-hall, court of record, and crircuna,,
The architect was Mr. Charles Lan on, the coulloviv,
veyor, who has had the go( fortune to create the bad
her° 5
architecturally. Foundations are nearly everywbuilditigi
in Belfast, and require great care: even thtlp want Of
a,
are found to sink bodily several inches. ilgefor
hydraulic lime, C 3 we understand, prevents to y
concrete, and piling is therefore usually res°riore °alio
large edifices. It is a brick county, and heret%yer, itc)rrt
very bad bricks have been used: recently, 11°..t, Therrt°
improvement has been me to in this rest'' of
0f..,9111
:emus to be at present but little real appree . Do"
but the E:ihoot of Design, and other agenele d, "c 3
operation, will have their effect, it may be hope
'i92o.—Builder.
he
A GOOD RIDDANCE.—The em,gralion Oft
~at celC-
is called an Exodus. We wish its resemblance flaLtPai joiers
bratcd egm's could be completed by their facet °
heading the expedition. Punch,
Sabb°9
BRACELETS FOR THE SEASON.--It- few;Ara-,1 13
r,
ago a " lady gay" entered a certain church in the rLeseriouo
hood of Invergordon, end not a little disturbed hoe on°
mood, if she did not excite the envc, of a group
erring
in the neighbouring pew, by the display of °cued so riwie
and intercAing in the bracelet department. 'Deice r 00 the
so beautiful, and elegmt did these oinaments aPP" wei
lady's wrist, that the curioeity of the neighboni3, sbs
tersely excited. What could they be_iebere "„otiors
have got them—what might be their vioue—were (1,7,ii0 et
thouge, butspoken, red much lct:s ersNver-l•
d r° "
ent eitseitloetn3d,
boyaf
naadpnrieitrldoie7Buri
crgeed::, em l
ahni
sw,ds;
sacirsiem
iantat rtaincgt e aticrurs
to discover that the bracelet(swhlvi
Lel:: of your iapaz—
Yeur diamond—your arne
eneetol
even yove Koh-i-necr—let thetee end all such " ice uPt
nale their ray, end dim their brilliancy: do y.ou gor„,,fere
cerhe—heawyeip,
carat
flotrwthetrebe,Pt.shfr_eyreit.ehd
jr-i end blushing reader ?—they were a double string 'la
gooseberries;—lricernefs Aciveri<ser,
for and the
lsirtaefirbergd,reist
steOlioul
leya riiit:hat Mr. ITrqubPrt, late ALF.
TETE MOORS, &C.—Tile tweli.h rpproacb. L,,rhood,
influx of strengere into Inverness and its negeuri,e.
cn rote for shooting (11mq:ere is at present corsk!
e
coitt'si o, dent rends the tiillowing 'rom the Ns'
oerd3 tte.
other
ore
vold
shire:f
are re— Th
and romantic bit's state that the yovng birds e
e\s‘triej
?enes e happywhor e
tto i
n t
he announcehabi that tt
i!ahveesrshienpgh n
re
steePle
hills cf Torlidon were brought into c dehrity year,l)
~nd by
from Ireland, who bad the shooting here last
_,m' sof to
merot's end stronger on the wing than informer
his many acts of kindness and generosity endeared
the
!Le of
angler."—l, nilglerrr. raeeting
The
rivers and ere afford excellent spore
UNION BANS OF AUSTRALIA.--
end a re
tend
^ 0001. 193 •
]titian was passed for giving the directors 0,
serve
es
annum as the remuneration for their
the Union Bank of Australia was held yesterday', ,
2,0001. per
commencing from Ist July in the present year.
'trrisbur
leave
w sconill he postal service
nsietirvveilcyeorbgeant wiseede.n
Irhaermisaial
Paris every evening at half-past seven, and &rive
Dar; B,t 25 Pljautit; aught aest saorailig• ntrdiou 4tral.