The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-25 00:00:00

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Friday ➢corning.
Arrived, Sept. 24.—Jonadab, from Leghorn; Physe and
Petrel, from Denai; Calder, from Tinidad; Premier, from
Demerara.

Arrived, Sept. 25—Waterloo, from Rotterdam; City of
Norwich, from Tonning; Lady Hilda, from Barbadoes ;
Gustaf War a, from Gottenburg.
Sailed, Sept. 25—Barcelona, steamer, for Barcelona.

THE VIRTUES OF BORAI.—The washerwomen of
Holland and Belgium, so proverbially clean, and
who get up their linen so beautifully white, use refined borax
as a washing-powder instead of soda, in the proportion of a
large handful of borax-powder, to about 10 gallons of boil-
ing water; they save in soap nearly half. All the large
washing establishments adopt the same mode. For laces,
cambrics, &c., an extra quantity of the powder is used, and
for crinolines (required to be made very stiff) a strong solu-
tion is necessary. Borax, being a neutral salt, does not in
the slightest degree injure the texture of the linen; its effect
is to soften the hardest water, and therefore it should be
kept on every toilette table. To the taste it is rather sweet;
it is used for cleaning the hair, is an excellent dentifrice, and
in hot countries is used, in combination with tartaric acid and
bicarbonate of soda, as a cooling beverage. Good tea cannot
be made with hard water ; all water may be made soft by
adding a teaspoonful of borax-powder to an ordinary-sized
kettle of water, in which it should boil. The saving in the
quantity of tea used will be at least one-fifth.
As a waggon, heavily laden with sacks of corn,
was three days ago crossing the suspension-bridge of Saint
Mathurin (Maine-et-Loire), a part of the flooring gave
way, and the waggon and three horses attached to it
fell through into the river. Two of the animals were
drowned, and the third was saved with great difficulty.
The guardian at the end of the bridge had used every effort
to prevent the carman from passing over, as the load
appeared to be too heavy, but the man would not listen to
the objections made, and proceeded. He escaped unhurt,
but seemed almost inclined to throw himself into the river
in despair, when he found the great injury caused by his
obstinacy.
A SIGHT TO SET BEFORE THE QUEEN.—The Duke
of Cotadilla, hearing that the Queen of Spain was
about to pass, wished to pay her proper respect, and desired
all the escort to pmt on clean linen and their best garments.
There was not a single house, not one rock, not a tree, not
a turn in the road which could be used as a drawing-room.
The ladies had due notice given of what was about to be
done, and drew down the blinds. The little Hugo!'' being
boys, remained in the cabriolet and witnessed the scene.
The soldiers made haste to place their guns in piles and to
take off their knapsacks, watch-coats, trousers, and shirts.
Bnt they were by no means in such a hurry to put their
clothes on again. It was a comfort for them to be freed from
this load of covering under the overpowering heat, and they
prolonged as long as they well could this state of ease and
coolness. They prolonged it, indeed, so long that Queen
Julia, who was not supposed to be so near at hand, arrived
unexpectedly, and was obliged to pass through the midst of
the couple of thousand men in the act of changing their
shirts. The Duke of Cotadilla was deeply annoyed that the
honour he wished to show the Queen should have been ex-
pressed so strangely. People tried to comfort him by tell-
ing him that the Queen would only remember his good in-
tentions, but it was long ere he recovered from the effects
of his unlucky piece of gallantry,—Life of Victor Hugo.
FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT NOT rINGHAM.—Two
PERSONS DROWNED.--A distressing accident oc-
curred yesterday, in the River Trent, near Nottingham,
whereby two persons lost their lives. It appears that two
young gentlemen, named Hurst, had been at the wedding
of a friend named Manlove. The party, after the wedding,
went to Clifton Grove to spend the remainder of the day.
Mr. John and Mr. Edward Hurst left the party and en-
gaged a small boat at the Union Inn, near the Trent, and
took with them a boy named Bromley to act as coxswain,
when striving to row through an arch of the Trent •bridge,
owing to a flush of water the boat was nearly upset and the
boy thrown out, but it being shallow water where he was,
the Hursts told him to keep stationary and they would soon
rescue him. Bromley, however, unfortunately took hold of
the side of the boat, and it immediately capsized, both the •
young men, as well as the boy, being pitched into a very
rapid stream. Mr, John Hurst, who is a good swimmer,
tried hard to save his brother ; but all his efforts were of no
avail, and both Mr. Edward Hurst and the boy Bromley
went to the bottom, and when got out both were dead.
FIRE AT THE ADELPIII THEATRE, LIVERPOOL.—
On Wednesaay evening, about a quarter to 9 o'clock,
great alarm was created amongst the audience at the Adelphi
Theatre, in Christian-street, by a cry that the place was on
fire. It appears that several boys who were indulging
themselves with a pipe in the gallery, let a spark drop
amongst some shavings and rubbish beneath the seats.
These materials at once burst into a flame, and the fire
communicated itself to the benches. A great deal of smoke
made the thing appear more serious than it really was.
The alarm having been given at the Rosehill fire station, a
reel was speedily on the spot, and a few buckets of water
quickly extinguished the fire.
A MISER AT GREENWICIL—An old pensioner,
named Emanuel Mori, lately died in Greenwich
Hospital, who was found to have amassed, by miserly
habits, altogether, in money and securities, £1,130 I fie
his h
se uvpose receiveddi influence
from
enceinhad been for more than 30 years one of the Board-room
messengers ; and, no doubt, the
to
fees
ap-
plicants and contractors, owing
forwarding their interests, added greatly to his store, for
his wages, including victualling money, was little more
than 2s. per day. Having no known relatives, his effects
go to the Crown; but it is supposed, under the new regu-
lations, the Crown will forego its rights, and the money
l will form a valuable addition to the unclaimed effects of
) the deceased pensioners, the proceeds of which axe to kiln
a fund for the benefit of widows and orphans.