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

WESTMINSTER.

A FEMALE MARAUDING EXCURSION.—EIiza Smith and
Martha Rogers, two young women, described as 17 and 18
years of age, were charged with unlawfully being about the
streets for the purpose of committing felony and with being
found in possession of some plates which it was believed
they had stolen.

Robert Randall, 338 A, proved that the two prisoners, in
company with a third person of the same age and sex came
out on a marauding excursion on the previous night. Ho
first saw the two prisoners together at half-past eight in
the Fulham-road, and they were there engaged in an en-
deavour to rob a linendraper's shop but finding they were
observed, they walked down the street to another shop,
where they endeavoured to pilfer' some goods which were
tied outside the door, but were unable to undo the fasten-
ing. They were then joined by a third girl, who had some-
thing concealed under her shawl, which she showed to them,
and they then, in company together, went to another
tradesman, but did not succeed in getting anything. Wit-
ness, who had searched for another constsble, then ap-
proached to apprehend them, but all three taking different
directions the girl with the plates escaped.
Mr. Selfe—ls anything known of the prisoners ?

Police-constable—Yes ; they are known. The prisoner
Rogers has had six months' a very short time ago for shop-

Rogers—What of it I suppose I was supposing I did go
shoplifting. Did not I suffer for it and is'nt that enough ?
Mr. Selfe—What is known of the other ?

Police—She is the constant associate with thieves.
A police constable of the D division said—All three girls
there seem to start upon their present expedition two hours
before, and it was difficult to say where they had been or
with what success. There had been no time to make in-
quiries at present, but some handkerchiefs had been found
on prisoners.
They wore remanded till Friday.

THAMES.
THE HORRIBLE DENS IN THE EAST.—Two infamous
women named Mary Wilson, aged 65, and Catherine Carey,
23, were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with steal-
ing a coat, the property of Jacob Johnson, a seaman, in a
den of the worst description in Cock and Neptune. court,
Wellclose-square, where 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 consists in acts 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 Both women protested they knew nothing of the sreornan:
his coat. • They were searched by a
female
inditsliceovered on
street station-house. The sailor's coat was
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allwe r atnt £6 68., and 30s. in money, from
person of Thomas Daly, a seaman,
tahaewt watch,
in a house of bad
repute in Bluegate-fields, Ratcliff Highway
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St. George,
which is equa'ly as infamous as Cock
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other property by the prisoner and a ruffian wbo is well
known to the police, and was 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 tho grounds
this mini-ling.

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
Frogrnore 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 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 Princes of Wales drove
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 Majesty ,
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. ElveY
presided at the organ.

Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe Weimar will join the company visiting 010
Marquis and Marchioness of Bath at Longleat, Wilts, on
Monday next.
Marquis

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, where a lair
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 Park"
late for Scotland.

The Countess of Derby left town on Thursday
far Knowsley, Lancashire. The object the countess had in
coming to town for a few days was to visit Lady Emu°.
Talbot.
The Earl and Countess of Darnley have returned
to their seat in Kent, from Ireland.
We understand that Viscount Powersconrt 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 Knowslo',
after visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at
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, Lordßrougharep
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,
Q.C., M.P., Mr. Sergeant Parry, the Marquis d'Azeglio,
Professor Delius, Professor Ulrici, Professor :Elze, Colonel
Sykes, M.P., Sir A. H. Elton, Bart., Sir Lascelles Wrax-
all, Bart., Dr. Charles Bake, F.S,A., Professor Masson,
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 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 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 Duke
of Manchester, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., the
Attorney-General, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., William Tite,
M.P., G. R. Goschen, Esq., M.P., W, Hepworth Dixon,
Esq., and J. 0. Halliwell, Esq,"
A MATTER OF TASTE.—BARON ALDERSON AND
THE 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 coma
and hear a man ti ied 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 oat
while at Compiegne, and has this week been entertaining
the sons of General Fleury, M. de Bourgoing, and of the
Doctor Connoau. Besides these small intintes, the young
Prince amuses himself by asking to the chateau the enfants
de troupe of his regiment of the Grenadier Guards, where
he holds the rank 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 great
popularity among his youthful comrades.—The Queen, of
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 Tyendinagos
the county of Hastings, and of further deposits of copper
in the rich belt of country which extends northward from
Lake Memphremagog to Point Levi. We now hear of
lead deposits, said to be of unusual richness, in the same
county of Hastings. In the short space of half an hour
401 b. of pure soft lead was taken from a hole about 211. deep
and 3ft. in circumference. The prospect teems favourable,
and there is scarcely any doubt that a mine of great wealth
has been tapped. We also learn that the Marmora iron
and copper mines are again about to be worked by a nevi
company, principally from Quebec, who purpose coal'
mencing operations with a capital of 1,000,000 dollars, end
will endeavour to float half of it off in the moneyed centres
in the Northern States. The mine in question will produce
ore of good quality—equal in fact, to any imported. The
mineral wealth of the country 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.—Montreal
Gazette.

RIVER SLIME.—The proverbial fertility of the
rsl of
emdraining
of in undation operations,sb ally
enlaotnu grs to deposits which the Nile annually leaves on the plains
of Egypt, and the success
rob
cces
call the attention of agriculturists to the advantages ob-
tainable from the judicious use of the solid matter carried
along by rivers. The
the same subject, and the idea of turning them to account
has been often put forward by eminent men; but unfortu-
nately no researches have as yet been made on the quan-
tity and nature of the slime deposited by some of the
principal
thileoMangou has taken up the sub-
enDe
ttaieernat hnaceso rAcademyregards
eetl ofhaet t
eLSrec
ser ne;ctechrs..;
Canal of Carpentras, and
haps the only river in France the waters of which are ap-
plied to irrigation, on a large scale. Eighteen lateral drains
borrow 69 cubic metres of water from it per second, for the
purpose of 'watering land. Frotn the Ist November, 1859,
to the 31st October, 1860, it deposited 10,770,313 metres of
solid matter, weighing 17 millions of tuns. A cube of
earth, the side of which is 220 metres,was therefore washed
away from the upper parts of the banks, and carried to
the lower strata, and thence to the sea. If this slime were
entirely deposited on the soil it would cover the enormous
surface of 107,703 hectares with a layer of the thickness et
a centimetre, and if it were carried to the Camargue it might
fill up its marshes and transform it into the most fertile
plains in less than halt a century. In the course of a year
the Canal of Carpentras deposited 137,217 cubic metres of
slime, weighing 218,403 tons, 119,588 of which were clay,
84,978 were carbonate of lime, 223 nitrogen, and 1,401 car-
bon. From other experiments it appears that a hectares
(21; acres) of land will retain 10 tons, representing an averl.
depth of coating of about two millimetres. The Loire 8.11:
its affluents yield similar results. To understand the i
portance of the advantages which slimy rivers afford agri-
culture,
year transports as much nitrogen as is contained in 1 0 out'
bed by
M. Herve-Mangon states that the Durance every
47,000 hectares of forest land.—Galt:ynani.
tons of guano, and as much carbon as might be absorbed