The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-05 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERY IN A LODGING-HOUSE.--SaMUel Fitzherbert,
a ship's carpenter, was brought before Mr. Woolrych,
charged with stealing £ll in gold, 255. in silver, and a gold
watch valued ten guineas, in the lodging-house of Mr. VT.
Smith, Broad-street, Ratcliff.
It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Eliza Smith, wife
of the prosecutor, that five weeks ago the prisoner lodged
in her house for two days and three nights only, and at
that time there was £ll in gold in a purse, 255. in silver
loose, and a gold watch in a drawer in her bed-room. The
money consisted of the hard earnings of herself and hus-
band, and was put by to pay the lent, rates, and taxes of
the house. The gold watch was an heirloom. It had
been in her possession twenty years. The prisoner came
down stairs early on the morning of the third day he was
in the house and teft it unperceived by Mrs. Smith, while
she was in the yard in the rear of the house filling a tea-
kettle with water. His disappearance created no surprise
until the middle of the day, when Mrs. Smith went to the
drawer in her bedroom to obtain some money to satisfy the
demand of a tax-collector. On opening the drawer she
discovered that all her gold and silver and her gold watch
were gone. She ran down stairs much agitated and scream-
ing, and as soon as she recovered herself made her loss
known to the police. The prisoner was not apprehended
until yesterday afternoon. He was taken into custody
by John Fry, a police constable, No. 320 K, who asked him
what he had done with the money he had stolen, to which
he made a statement in reply that he had squandered it in
drink and dissipation, and that money illgotten was never
saved.

Mary Ann Seymour, described as an unfortunate girl,
dwelling in Richard-street, Commercial-road East, said the
prisoner " took up" with her five weeks ago, and gave her
a gold watch. On Friday last he told her to get £2 on it.
She obtained £2 15a upon it, and sold the duplioate after-
wards.

Alfred Gard, assistant to Mr. Lewis Laumberg, pawn..
broker in Broad-street, Ratcliff, near the prosecutor's
house, produced a gold watch, which the last witness
pawned at his master's establishment. Yesterday the
woman Seymour came to the shop and paid the interest on
the watch. At the same time she changed the name and
address on the duplicate relating to the watch, and she said
ehe had sold the duplicate.

Mrs. Smith identified the watch as her property. It was
the one stolen.
In answer to a question, Mrs. Smith said—The money
was all we had—our hard earnings, sir. It has distressed
us very much.
Mr. Woolrych—lt is very unfortunate, indeed. I am
sorry for you.
Fry said when he met the prisoner yesterday he ran a
mile before he could catch him.
The prisoner was then asked by the magistrate whether
he would have the case disposed of here or tried at the ses-
sions ?
The prisoner—Settle here at once, your worship.
Mr. Woolrych—Are you guilty or not guilty ?
The prisoner—Not guilty.
Mr. Woolrych—Very well. I shall remand you for a
week, and then commit you for trial. I cannot dispose of
it myself if you plead not guilty.

THE PARIS SLAUGHTERHOUSES.

The Conservator of the Paris slaughterhouses,
being of opinion that the mode of slaughtering oxen
- by knocking them on the head with a heavy metal
instrument must cause the animal excessive pain,
endeavoured to discover another mode to avoid this
suffering, and at the same time to preserve the
slaughtermen from the danger to which they are
exposed in the performance of this disagreeable
duty. He thought that enervation would accom-
plish his object, and his opinion was founded on
the doctrine taught by physiologists, who assert
that the separation of the spinal marrow at once
destroys animal life. Experiments were tried on
more than 100 oxen, and it was demonstrated that
although the ox was more quickly put to death, his
sufferings were not the less excruciating, inasmuch
as his entire vitality was preserved, and that death
did not ensue until after an agony of 16 or 16
minutes. These experiments were repeated on
calves and sheep, and in place of merely cutting the
spinal marrow, the head was separrted from the
body in order to observe the degree of vitality which
would still remain in each of the separated parts. A
calf was suspended, and a butcher's boy cut his head
off with a knife. This operation was accomplished
in a quarter of a minute. The head was imme-
diately placed on a table, and it lost two ounces
and a half of blood in the space of six minutes.
During the first minute all the muscles of the face
and neck were agitated with rapid convulsions, and
during the two following minutes the convulsions
assumed another character. The tongue was
stretched out of the month, which opened and
closed alternately ; the nostrils opened as if the
animal experienced a difficulty of breath. The
convulsions became more active when the tongue or
nostrils were pricked with a needle. When the
hand was applied to the mouth or nostrils, respira-
tion was felt to be continued by the air entering
and coming out. When a finger was brought within
an inch of the eye, in the direction of the pupil, the
eye was quickly closed, as if it wished to avoid the
touch of the finger, and the same result followed at
several intervals. At lsngth the eye did not close
until the eyelid was touched. It was remarked that
the eye remained closed as long as the finger re-
mained in contact with it. These phenomena be.
came gradually weaker, and ceased entirely after
four minutes. Even then, when the spinal marrow
was pricked with a needle, the convulsions recom.
menced in the entire face, tongue, and eyes.
After the sixth minute all contraction ceased.
While these experiments were being performed, the
body, which remained suspended, was greatly agi-
tated. The agitation ceased gradually, and wits re-
placed by febrile contractions, which continued
more than an hour. Bat this was always observed,
in whatever manner the throat was cut. Forty
calves and 50 sheep were decapitated, and they all
presented the same phenomena. The Director of
the Paris slaughterhouses convinced himself by these
experiments that an ox suffered more by being
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an immediate stupefaction, prevents the animal
g, while the bleeding, immedialy effected, deprives him of life before the headte re-
covers sensation.

EXPENSE OF THE CHINA WAR.—From a return
, and the ex-
issued on Sturday, it appears that the total amount
issued from e
th Exchequer i 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862,
on account of the China war,n was £4,680,000
penditure was £4,652,003, leaving a balance of £28,097 in
the hands of the Paymaster-General. The claims by the
Indian Department, after all deductions, amounted to
£1,962,852, out of which £6,089 is the amount still un-
settled,