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

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE FOREIGN PROSTITUTE NUISANCE NEAR THE
COUNTY FIRE OFFICE.— Caroline do Lacy, a most elegantly
attired German prostitute, was charged before Mr. Knox
with disorderly conduet, and making use of obscene lan-
guage near the County Fire Office, corner of Glasshouse-
street, Regent-street.

Henry Rough, 310 A, said—Yesterday afternoon, about
half-past five, I saw the prisoner, with several other women
of her class, collected near the County Fire Office. I told
them to go away, saying that she had had one police-
man's coat off his back and she would have another, Fnd-
ing she would not go away, and as a crowd of 500 persons
collected and caused great confusion, he took the prisoner
into custody. The prisoner was the most troublesome of
all the foreign prostitutes at the West-end.
Mr. Henry Gabell, of Glasshouse-street, said—l heard
the disturbance, and went down and heard the constable
desire the prisoner to go away. She refused to do so, and
abused the constable in a vile manner. The prisoner was
the most audacious, nay, indecent, of all the women col-
lecting at the place. She had a large crinoline and had a
peculiar knack of swinging it round so as to show halfway
up her legs. The nuisance is so great that we can scarcely
we can scarcely live in our houses.
Mr. Knox—l am bound to say, from my own observa-
tion, that you cannot pass down the street of an afternoon
without seeing 19 or a dozen of them about.
Mr. Gabell—l feel sure it would not be tolerated in any
other city in the world. It is intolerable and disgraceful.
Prisoner—l do not like to be insulted by a constable. It
is no use my saying anything. I have been three years
here, and it is the first time I have been here.
Mr. Knox—You are the greatest nuisance of the district.
I never pass the place without seeing a gathering of you.

Mr. Gsbell—And she is the worst of the lot. She will
never let a gentleman pass without stopping him, and an-
noying him by her solicitations.
Mr. Knox—l will not, as it is the first case of the kind
that has been brought before me, put tho law in fall force.
I shall commit her for 14 days. I will put the nuisance
down if I can.

The prisoner was then committed for 14 daye.

Cart, tirmlat

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 drive.
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 Biddulpb, Colonel Keppel,
the Hon. Mrs. S tenor, and, the Lady and Gentle-
man in Waition on the Crown Prince and Princess
had the 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 Princess of Wales drove
in Frogmore grounds to-day.

HER MAJESTY.—Yesterday the Queen attended
evening service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, mad 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 Majesty and
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. EINeY
presided at the organ.

Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe Weimar will join the company visiting the
Marquis and Marchioness of Bath at Longleat, Wilts, on
Monday next.

His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Apponyi leave town early in the ensuing week on
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 on
Monday, left yesterday for Ickworth Park, whero a largo
family circle have assembled, and will remain until
Christmas.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have been
entertaining during the week the Marquis and Marchioness
of Ailesbury, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Viscount
Canterbury, the Countess of Ellesmere, and other visitors•

The Earl of Dudley has left his house in Par-
laLe for Scotland.

The Countess of Derby left town on Thursdal
far Knowsley, Lancashire. The object the countess had ill
coming to town for a few days was to visit Lady Emma
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 of
the Earl and Countess of Leicester.

Lady Lyndhurst has left town for the residence
of Mr. Du Cane, M.P., and Hon. Mrs. Du Cane, in Essex.
Her ladyship is in better health.

Lord Stanley, M.P., has left town for Knowsley,
after visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Et
Hatfield House, Herts.

THE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE—At its
general meeting held on Monday last, it was an"
nounced that the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, the Duke of Devonshire, Lordßroughalo,
and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer had accepteti
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,
Q.C., M.P., Mr. Sergeant Parry, the Marquis d'Azeglio,
Crofeßsor Delius, Professor Ulrici, Professor Elze, Colonel
Sykes, M.P., Sir A. H. Elton, Bart., Sir Lascelles Wrax-
all, Bart., Dr. Charles Beke, F.S,A., Professor MRSSOD,
and other distinguished men had joined the committee
during the past month. Edward de Bunsen, Esq., Coun-
cillor of Legation, and Antonio Panizzi, Esq., have engage&
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 a
Sbakspeare Memorial, to inquire into the number of appro-
priate sites, and ascertain which of them may be obtained,
and on what conditions, for the purpose of erecting
a public:
monument of a large and noble character, namely, the Dukthee
of Manchester, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, AL
Attorney-General, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., William
M.P., G. R. Goschen, Esq., M.P., 'W, Hepworth
Esq., and J. 0. Halliwell, Esq,"
A MATTER OF TASTE—BARON ALDERSON ANDTHE LADIES.—At the Winter Assize at Chester
there was, upon one occasion, a considerable noise in the
passage, caused by some ladies endeavouring to obtain ad"
mission into court. Baron Alderson—Let the passage be
cleared. If I were a lady I should have no desire to cora°
and hear a man tried for his life, but that is a matter of
taste. At any rate, if they want to gratify their euriositYp
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 otrt
while at Compiegne, and has this week been entertaining'
the sons of General Fleury, M. de Bourgoing, and of the
Doctor Conneau. Besides these small intinees, the young
Prince amuses himself by asking to the chateau the enfants
de troupe of hie regiment of the Grenadier Guards, where
ho holds the rani: of corporal, and with them goes through
the exercises and a series of military manomvres. If tile
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 ) 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 great
popularity among his youthful comrades.—The (2146674°
to-day.

MINERAL WEALTH OF CANADA.--A few days
ago we noticed the discovery of antimony in the
township of Ham, of gold and silver quartz at Tyendinag/P
in the county of Hastings, and of further deposits of copper
in the rich belt of country which extends northward trot'
Lake Memphremagog to Point Levi. We now hear o 1
lead deposits, said to be of unusual richness, in the sahle.
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 prospect teems favourable,
and there is scarcely any doubt that a mine of great wet,"
has been tapped. We also learn that the Marmara. iron
and copper mines are again about to be worked by a no*
company, principally from Quebec, who purpose C off'
mencing operations with a capital of 1,000,000 dollars, an'
will endeavour to float half of it off in the moneyed cene,"ea
in the Northern States. The mine in question will produo
ore of good quality—equal in fact, to any imported. 'DI°
mineral wealth of the guntry promises in time to emploY a
large proportion of that hardy floating population which
has in the past been attracted to the neighbouring States
by the apparently high prices offered there.—.2lrentreal
Gazette.
RIVER SLIME.—The proverbial fertility of tb.o
deposits which the Nile annually leaves on the plains;
of Egypt, and the success of draining operations, naturally'
call the attention of agriculturists to the advantages ob..'
tainable from the judicious use of the solid matter carried
along by rivers. The problem of inundations belongs t( ►
the same 'subject, and the idea of turning them to accoun t
has been often put forward by eminent men ; but unfortu
nately no researches have as yet been made on the van
tity and nature of the slime deposited by some of th
principal rivers. M. Ilerte-Mangon has taken up the sub •
jest in a recent communication to the Academy of Sciences
in which he examinee the question as regards the Loire,th 3
Canal of Carpentras, and the Durance. The latter is per-
haps the only river in France the waters of which are 01,—
plied to irrigation, on a large scale. Eighteen lateral drains
ghin 17 millions of tons. A cube of
borrow 69 cubic metres of water from it per second, for the
purpose of watering land. From the Ist November, 18595
to the 31st October, 1860, it deposited 10,770,313 metres of
solid matter, wet
earth, the side of which is 220 metres,was therefore washed'
g
away from the upper parts of the banks, and carried to
the lower strata, and thence to the sea. If this slink° were
Y 1? deposited on the soil it would cover the enovraouo
surface of 107,703 hectares with a layer of the thicknosis 4_
a centimetre, and,if it were carried to the Camargue it ire:_t_D-.!
fill up its marshes and transform it into the most
plains in less than halt a century. In the course of a 3,seor,
the Canal of Carpentias deposited 137,217 cubic asetreclay:
sliele, weighing 218,403 tons, 119,588 of which were_
car.
84,978 were carbonate of lime, 223 nitrogen, and leOle
bon. From other experiments it appears that a bvee
(2:1. acres) of land will retain 10 tons, repres‘nting anfiLte
depth of coating of about two millimetres. The Ldot !-...
its affluenta yield similar resales. To understand
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the Durance every
culture, M. licrv6-Mangos states that
pot tance of the advantages which slimy
ery
in 100,000
year transports as much nitrogen as is contained
bzorto4 tir
tons of guano, and as much carbon as might a •
rivers a r
47,000 hectares of forest natile