The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-22 00:00:00

THE WO-ODEN-P-A-VEIIIENT.

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Yesterday the Old-Bailey whkh had for some days
been closed in consequence of the improvement of the
wooden blocks already laid down, and tha extension of
it tower's Newgatc-street was re•orrened. The pave-
ment has also -been extended up to the gaol of New-
gate, and from the success attending the plan yester-
day there is every reascn to believe that all obstacles
have been done away.
The vestry _of- St. Marylebone have ,determined on
,paving with wood the whole of the" carriage-way of
Ox-
ford-Street, from Rathbone-place to Wells-street, Lelog
a space of 4,000 superficial' yards, the Paving Corn-
mittee met yesterday to consider the matter ; and, after
considerable discUssiOn, it was resolved to invite all the
known projectors of plans for wood paving to lay down
specimens of their different modes of performing the
works within the above-named spade. A variety of
specimens of wooden blocks, some of a most singular
character and appearance, have already teen deposited
at the Court House, and the Committee have extended
the time, for those of other projectors to be sent in,
until Thursday next, when they will'again meet to hear
the proposals, appoint the space to be allowed to each
experiment, &c. The issue of these experiments will
be conclusive as to the eligibility of rood paving for the
streets of this metropolis, as this portion of the work
will be subjected to the severe test of the wear and tear
of 'Oxford-street for the space of• one year. The expe-
riment already laid down will then have been, at the ter-
mination of that period, subjected to- a trial of two.
years, and the question of durability, slipperiness, and'.
faciolintlypaonfietsa,king .
all be baenddetreerinaLine-d2.. water-, after gas and.

The
wea,::ler for the last two cr three days
has become much ,I"armor. The differeflce in the tem-
perature this morning, Compared with Saturday's, is
full four degrees. The Irish papers have cccounts of
extensive and destructive floods in some pacts of the
country.

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The Insolvent Debtors' Court sat yesterday
to hear cases. There were 21 applications 1:-01,1
persons confined in London prisons, and seven front
country. gaols ; the letter were heard tor the first time,
under the amencied act. Neither the insolvents nor the
sureties attended the recognizances were signed and
presented to the cotn't for adoption...
On Mr. Handley, MT., going into the Re-
.Barristers', Court lass week, a Conservative gen-
tlenian who had been crigagca ;in lessening the number
of thei:tion. Gentleman's supperte.r.s, asked him to take
a scat. .Mr. Handley immediately replier!, " No, I
thank you, I have. a seat, and intend to keep it.—
Linealit lifercury.
SCHOOLMASTER.—Mr. Sheepshanks,
ecar .Spalding, Lincolnshire, Lad a bill brought iniv
him, irom a village blacksmith, as, follos :-9 To'
menden to broken sorspuns-4punse. To handl to
a kleffer-6. To pointen 3 iren skures-3. To re-
paircn a lanton-2. A hopper to a bel-8. Medsen
atenden a cow sik. the nu norman a bad 1-6. To
arf ada &pen a fillup a taken in 41:.itdc--1 shillin. To
a hole day elpen a tilinp a taken is a'vist-2 shillins.
Totte 4 shilEns and flipunse."
ALL THE DzvcratElN6.---21'he other day
many influential members or a re;igiotis society in this
neighbourhood were equnily.surprit:ed isnd delighted .4r)
receive manuscript circular:4i .tating:` that after the aer-
vices en certain days named;" will be taken."
Judge of their disappointment, obeli they were in-
formed .at,the propel time,„ ..that,," clitla.tions' had been
nccidcntally written for f‘ coliectious..'—Syndcriand

•uUDDEN DEA-Tll,-011-!.-Tutsda y afternoon.
about four o'clock, Eieanor, the -wife lof IVr.
Cope, razdtster,OUNewport, was found lying 4.. n the bed
quite dead. S',.:eteek her dinner well and ilea rty, and
was ikion,l spirits ; after which she 14ent s,'airs to
dress, with .an' intention of going out.: About Leif an
hour, afterwards, st;,e„was found by het husbanc3 ;as de-
scribe-1r Sim wat aliatit 37 years of ale, and h.-t$ :left
two chi Pron to lament her death.—Cantbrian.

A Doclr_ c --o_.-Ll'OiCrirePtii, iitst, an ox vtcn t
In up none steps into the shop of Mr. Se'Coot!, perfurner..,
in the High-street, Southampton, th :rice through a
connecting passage to the dressing rop ' behind, whcro
Mr. Sel!wool, jun., was writing. Mr.' S. opened the
door lesdieg to the garden, when fl)e six turned round
in the room, walked into, and to tile bottom of the
g-am'ieu, and back through a long paticage out at the
side door, down the steps, and into the street, without
doing the slightest damage whatever. l.

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SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On tli 11th instant,
a son of Robert Bagshaw, butcher, f Chapel-ea-lc-
Frith, was employed in a factory belonging to Mr.
Dickenson, Waterside, to take care !of two carding
engines, and whilst arranging the eqine strap was
caught by it, and taken round the shaft of the drum,
and had both his right leg and arm brollen in a dreadful
manner.—Derbyshire Chronicle..
Great indignation has .been cau+cl here by the
infamous conduct of an English capOiti of a Tnerellant-
man, lately arrived from England -,t4 Soryrna, who
brought out two married women aspassengors under his
charge, on their way to join their husha 'as, employed as
' encrincers by the Austrian Company, an to whom they
made complaints of a series of indoec ; and disgusting
assaults perpetrated on them durio,gpr .. voyage by the
captain. Application for redress .11., s made to the
Consul, who expressed his desire;- but nahility, to act.
Surely Consuls should have' suflicieot Tower given to
them to take cognizance of such -glatting instances of
profligacy, and punish the Offenders. ' This is only a so-
litary case of many instances that. havie occurred here,
in which females have been subjected th the most gross
attacks of captains on their passe hut, and under
whose charge they had placed thesis ves for protec-
tion.—Letter front Consiwilimple.
WINTER MANAGEMENT ci, ': IE DAHLIA.
i
—We have more than oace had' ocea ion
_to speak of
the cultivation of this. splendid g0v,.0.. 'rite facility
with which it is propagated, as wed
always rentter it a decided
ll cslite well•known
gem in the
blooms the.- brigh).est
fbaevaouutryi
toe f: the, I
tp l
na
on tw,
parterre ; and a more splendhl, or a greater acquisi-
tion to any collection of plants,. is not sit present known
in the annals of floriculture. To. tho 4, therefore, who
admire the dahlia, any remarks calculated to improve
its cultivation, or enhance its wortb4; will no doubt
prove acceptable. The object at 'present aimed at,
bovrever, is the 'preservation of the! root
during
the
winter season. As the roots of this ILeve seriously
injured, ant seriously
injured, and not tinfrequet I
it y killed l'-
f they ace once
suffered to be affected by the frost, it becomes indis-
pensably necessary that means be employed to prevent
its ingress to the place in which they arc kept,
and at the same time to prevent the roots from shri-
velling, and protect the vital principle. To accomplish
this requires the exercise of care and skill on the
part of the cultivator. The plan we adopt, thougi; at
variance withl•general practice, has never yet disap-
pointed our expectations ; it is as follows :---Wilen the
stems are destroyed by frost, they should be cut down
and removed, but the roots should be left in the ground, i
as experience proves that the roots so disposed of pro-
duce their flowers much earlier in the succeeding season ,
thin if 'they were taken up and preserved in a house..
To prevent the frosts from injuring the roots, they
should be covered all winter with coal-ashes, saw dust,
or dung, sufficiently thick to prevent the frost from in-
crustating the ground beneath. In order to preverft
their becoming too bulky in the plant--a circumstance '
which follows this practice, all the shoots as they name
up must be pruned off, except one or two, according to
circumstances; and this pruning should be continued
during their whole growth, so as to :model them into,
any size or form that may be requireO. By adopting;
this plan, as we have just observed, 'excellent and very
early flowers may 100 obtained---ntlssinvise, it is of little
consequcucc where they are kept duritire winter, so that
they be dry, and secured from frcif.-=-Weekly Paper.
BEES:— Such has again been the unfavourable
nature of the season for this interestiog. insect, that at
the late Leominster AgrieultitialitNeting there was no
trial for the prize offered-for tho•larst hive, and many
..colones have been depopulated.—Hereford Times.