The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-12 00:00:00

TIIAMES.

TilE HORRIBLE DEIVP IN THE EAST.—TWO infamous
women named Mary Wilson, aged 65, and Catherine Carey,
23, *ere brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with steal-
ing a costs the property of Jacob Johnson, a seaman, in a
den of the worst doEcription in Cock and Neptune. court,
Wellclose-square, whets many atrocious outrages and rob-
beries have been daily and nightly committed for a long
time past. Mr. W. W, King, of College hill, solicitor to
the East London Association for abating that class of pub•

lie offences, which consistd in sets of indecency, profanity,
and drunkenness, has already commenced proceedings
against the occupiers of many houses In Cock and Neptune-
court, where no policeman will venture alone, and where
many have been seriously illused and maimed.
The prosecutor, Johnson, was inveigled into one of the
hovels in Cock and Neptune-court by the prisoners. They
immediately stripped him of his coat, and would have turned
him into the street in a state of nudity, as they have many
other sailors, if ho had not by a desperate effort got away
from them and rushed out of the place. He made known
his loss to a police constable named Archer, 101 K, who
obtained assistance, and took the prisoners into custody.
Both women protested they knew nothing of the sailor or
his coat. They were searched by a female in the Leman-
street station-house. The sailor's coat was discovered on
the person of Wilson. It was fastened round her crinol
ti me ine. s
Archer said the old haridan had been in custody 20
for stealing sailors' jackets, and esc +ped.
Mr. Partridge, on hearing
articles and was about to proceed to sea, disposed of the case
that the sailor had signed
summarily, and sentenced the prisoner to six weeks'
silver
prisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction.
ANOTHER SEAMAN PLUNDERED.—Mary Ann Bennett,
a woman of the town, was charged with stealing a
watch, tt gold Albert chain, a silk handkerchief, and a
shirt, valued in all at £6 65., and 30s. in money, from
ffHighway,
and hwaNye St. George,
the person of Thomas Daly, a seaman, in a house of bad
Neptune-court,
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and in the same parish.

The sailor was induced to accompany the prisoner to
one of the dreadful haunts in Bluegate• fields, lie was
immediately beaten and robbed of his watch, money, and
other property by the prisoner and a ruffian who is wel►
known to the police, and WU described as her bully.
Mr, Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week, and
directed the police to look after the man concerned in this
audacious outrage and robbery.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 11.
The Queen walked and drove in the grounds
this morning.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, at-
tended by Baroness Dobeneck, took a carriage driive•
Her Serene Highness Princess Hohenlohe Lauen-
bourg honoured Mr, G. Kobeirwein with a last
sitting for her full length portrait.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

WINDSOR, Dec. 11.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales entertained their Royal Highnesses the
Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia last night at
Frogmore House.
Sir Thomas and Lady Biddulph, Colonel Keppel,
the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, and, the Lady and Gentle-
man in Waition on the Crown Prince and Princess
had tha honour of being invited.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at-
tended by Colonel Keppel and Mr. Fisher, went
out hunting with the harriers this morning, and
enjoyed some excellent sport. His Royal High'
ness after the hunt returned to Frogmore House.
Her Royal Highness the Princes of Wales droll)
in Frogmore grounds to-day.

HER MAJESTY.—Yesterday the Queen attended
evening service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and
oc-
cupied the royal closet. Her Royal Highness the Princess
Helena was also present, and occupied the stall of the late
Prince Consort as Knight of the Garter. Her MajestY9'
the Princess were attired in deep mourning. The Crown
Prince and Princess of Prussia have attended Divine ser-
vice at the chapel several days during the week. Dr. WI
presided at the organ.

Their S3rene Highnesses the Prince and prince°
Edward of Saxe Weimar will join the company visiting the
Mai quis and Marchioness of Bath at Longleat, Wilts, 011
Monday next.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Apponyi leave town early in the ensuing weal; en
a tour of visits.

The Duke of St. Albans has left London for
Skutterskelfe, Yarm, Yorkshire, on a visit to Viscount
Falkland.

The Marquis of Bristol, who arrived in town °II
Monday, left yesterday for Ickworth Park, where a larg,e,
family circle have assembled, and will remain alit'
Christmas.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have been
entertaining during the week the Marquis and Marchioness
of Ailesbury, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Yiscouo
Canterbury, the Countess of Ellesmere, and other visitors.
The Earl of Dudley has left his house in Park'
lase for Scotland.
The Countess of Derby left town on Thursday
for Knowsley, Lancashire. The object the countess bad in
coming to town for a few days was to visit Lady Ert,°9'
Talbot.
The Earl and Countess of Darnley have returned
to their seat in Kent, from Ireland.
We understand that Viscount Powerscourt is
about to be married to Lady Julia Coke, eldest daughter 0'
the Earl and Countess of Leicester.
Lady Lyndhurst, has left town for the residence
of Mr. Du Cane, M.P., and Hon. Mrs. Da Cane, in Ess°-
Her ladyship is in better health.
Lord Stanley, M.P., has left town for Knowell',
after visiting the Marquis and Marchionees of Salisbury} t""
Hatfield House, Herts.

general meeting held on Monday last, it
THE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE--At it°
was an
nounced that the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, the Duke of Devonshire, Lordßroughen4
and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer had accepted
office as vice-presidents of the association. The general
body were also informed that Lord Stratford de Redclife,
General Knollys, Captain Knollys, 93d Highlanders, Sir
Roundell Palmer (Attorney. General), Sir Hugh Cairns,
QC., M.P., Mr. Sergeant Parry, the Marquis d'Azeglio,
Professor Delins, Professor Ulrici, Professor Elze, Colonel
Sykes, M.P., Sir A. H. Elton, Bart., Sir Lascelles Wrak•
all, Bart., Dr. Charles Beke, F.S,A., Professor Masson,
and other distinguished men had joined the committee
during the past month. Edward de Bunsen, Esq., Coma"
cillor of Legation, and Antonio Panizzi, Esq., have engaged
to act as foreign secretaries to the committee. The follow-
ing resolution was unanimously adopted by the general
body:—" That the following gentlemen be requested to act
as a site committee, with instructions to consider the prin-
ciples which should govern the selection of a site for e
Shakspeare Memorial, to'inquire into the number of appro-
priate sites, and ascertain which of them may be ebtaineid,
and on what conditions, for the purpose of erecting'
monument of a large and noble character, namely, th , Duke
of Manchester, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper,
lthj7.Tite,
,
Attorney-General, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. tri;ton,
M.P., G. R. Goschen, Esq., M.P., W, Hepworth a ppubkree
Esq., and J. 0. Halliwell, Esq,"
A MATTER OF TASTE—BARON ALDERSON AN .D
THE LADIES.—At the Winter Assize at Chestel':
there was, upon one occasion, a considerable noise in the.
passage, caused by some ladies endeavouring to obtain act"
mission into court. Baron Alderson—Let the passage be
cleared. If I were a lady I should have no desire to cone!.
and hear a man tried for his life, but that is a matter of
taste. At any rate, if they want to gratify their curiosity,
let them do so quietly. The Usher—But they can't do it,
my Lord. His Lordship—l know they can't.
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL, in imitation of his august
parents, has also his list of invitations made out
while at Compiegne, and has this week been entertainiog
the sons of General Fleury, M. de Bourgoing, and of the
Doctor Conneau. Besides these small intinses, the yotOg
Prince amuses himself by asking to the chateau the enfants
de troupe of his regiment of the Grenadier Guards, where
he holds the rant of corporal, and with them goes through
the exercises and a series of military manoeuvres. If the
weather be fine, these are performed in the open air in the
court of the chateau, and on rainy days in a large hall in
the interior, after which the 3 oung soldiers are invited to
join their messmate at dinner, who is reported to do the
honours of the table admirably, and to gain thereby greatf
popularity among his youthful comrades.--
to-day.
MINERAL WEALTH OF CANADA.--A few days
ago we
noticed the discovery of antimc
‘ny in the
township of Ham, of gold and silver quartz at Tyendinago,
in the county of Hastings, and of further deposits of copper
The Queen, o
in the rich belt of country which extends northward frothl
Lake Memphremagog to Point Levi. We now hear et
lead deposits, said to be of unusual richness, in the' eat°
county of Hastings. In the short space of half an hour
401 b. of pure soft lead was taken from a hole about 2ft. deep
and 3ft. in circumference. The prospest reems favouranSez
and there is scarcely any doubt that a mine of great weolt:
has been tapped. We also learn that the Marraora
it
and copper mines are again about to be worked by a /1,
company, principally from Quebec, who purpose CO
mencing operations with a capital of 1,000,000 dollars,
e
will endeavour to float half of it off in the moneyed centrece
in the Northern States. The mine in question will prod;
ore of good quality—equal in fact, to any imporied.
mineral wealth of the country promises in time to t`O'Pliiieb.
large proportion of that hardy floating population. States
has in the past been attracted to the neighbouring cai
by the apparently high prices offered there.--. M-0,411

Gazette.
RIVER SLIME.—The proverbial fertility of tile'
deposits which the Nile annually leaves on the plain.
of Egypt, and the success of draining operations, nattiralll
call the attention of agriculturists to the advantages 01';
tainable from the judicious use of the solid matter cavrico•
along by rivers. The problem of inundations belono tp,
the same subject, and the idea of turning them to acct teal,
has been often put forward by eminent men; but unto rttv
nately no researches have as yet been made on the quail'
tity and nature of the slime deposited by some of the
principal rivers. M. Herve-Mangen has taken up the Buie
ject in a recent communication to the Academy of Scie"ern
irni et
isaFnt hrciae
thequestionnee
plied:2Cna i imlttihociehft tohenra,iCarpentras,
irrigation,xr aivmriver
o n a large
eteha Durance.
lee.w Eighteena t
e r s Tohf ewli:
laitteethrearal irdser pipl i
borrow 69 cubic metres of water from it per second, for the
purpose of watering land. From the let Novena bar, 1859!.
earth, the sidewoefitgvhhiinegh i51722n10
solid
the 31st October, 1860, it deposited 10,770,313 metres of,
away from the upper parts of the banks, and carried t 0
inilliLotnrces,owfastuthnosi..efot
wcual;eol
the lower strata, and thence to the sett. If this slime wet
entirely deposited on the soil it would cover the enorniciaa":
surface of 107,703 hectares with a layer of the thickness . it
a centimetre, and if it were carried to the Camargue it 'l,_
fill up its marshes and transform it into the most erg
for°
plains in less than half a century. In the course of
tills
_,
the Canal of Carpentras deposited 137,217 cubic me relay':
slime, weighing 218,403 tons, 119,588 of which we4roe_
car,
81,978 were carbonate of lime, 223 nitnogen. and 1, 1
bon.(2 a c Fromres) of
lother
willexperimentsretain t 0
ni it
,arp(ippette.kr:t ratinghat
o_an;rveeertiibil
a°,
depth of coating of about two millimetres. I'llerJ,,
theie ..,...
its effluents yield similar results. To uuderstairdr a i '7,
portance of the advantages
year transports culture, M. 1-Mangos-Mangoia states that
.it
100,00
which slimythrievejr)suraaneved
evg:r'y
tons of guano, and as much carbon as might
47,000 hectares of forest laud•,—Gaignatii.
as much nitrogen as is coiataibn:dabi
sorbetlYol