The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-11 00:00:00

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The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle are staying
at Brighton with their family. The duke is expected to
pass through London on Thursday or Friday for Clumber
Park, Notts. His grace will take possession of his late

father's house on Carlton House-terrace as soon as it is pre-
pared for his reception.
The Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland has arrived.
in St. James's-square from Downham Hall. We learn that.
the duchess has taken a mansion in Brook-street for a term
of years.

The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry
is better, and there io every prospect of her early restora-
tion to health.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are enter-
taining company at Broadlands, their seat in Hampshire.
The noble viscount and viscountess are expected in town
on Wednesday or Thursday next for the season.
Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Miss Jocelyn
have arrived at Moor Park from Broadlands, on the visit
to Lord and Lady Ebury.
Lord Carrington is not in so bad a state of health
as represented by the local papers. His resignation of his
active duties as lord lieutenant and magistrate of the county
of Bucks proceeds from impaired health, but there is not

the slightest anticipation of serious consequences. -
There is no truth in the report that Lord Garlies
is about to marry the Lady Clementina Churchill, daughter
of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey returned to
,own yesterday.

Mr, and Mrs. Charles Kean in Cantor nia

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean completed their en-
gagement at Maguire's Opera House on Saturday
evening, and will leave in a few days for Victoria
V.I. During their stay with us they have de-
lighted all who have witnessed their efforts, and
both socially and professionally they have created
an impression which time cannot efface. On Satur-
day evening Mr. Kean addressed the audience as
follows :

Ladies and Gentlemen,—On the occasion of my benefit,
a few evenings since, I took the opportunity, in Mrs. Kean 's
name and my own, of expressing our cordial and sincere '
thanks for the kind and flattering reception we have re-
ceived in San Francisco. I beg now to repeat our grateful
acknowledgments. We are about to take our departure for
Vancouver Island, where we are invited under the antici-
pation of very great success. We shall return here early
in January, to prepare for our final departure, by the
steamer, to Panama. Mr. Maguire has requested that WO
will give, in passing through the city, a few farewell per' °
formances—which, indeed, will be a farewell, as our pil'
grimage is now drawing to a close, and in a few months
after our return home, we shall seek rest and retirement
from our long and active professional service. Our visit to
California will then be amongst the pleasant recollections of
the past. I therefore now take the liberty of announcing
that our last performances in this part of the world will;;
commence on Monday, the 9th of January, and till then,
ladies and gentlemen, we respectfully and gratefully take
our leave.

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.—The first meeting
of the commission this year held yesterday at Guild-
hall ; Mr. Deputy De Jersey presiding. A motion of 11r.
Murrell's, to the effect that it should be a reference to the !
select committee upon gas to consider the question of the
commissioners manufacturing their own gas, and to report ,
thereon to the court as early as convenient, was agreed to,
and a letter from the inhabitants of Leadenhall-market, cool'
plaining of the bad lighting of the market, and requesting
that means may be taken to remedy the same, was also re-
ferred to the same committee. Dr. Letheby, the medical officer
of health, in reference to a letter of Mr. H. Seymour Tre-
manheere, from Sir George Grey, stating that complaints
had been made by a deputation of journeymen bakers, to
the effect that the bakehouses of the metropolis were n°t
regulated according to the Bakehouse Regulation Act, and
alluding to three particular bakehouses in the City, stated
that he had made inquiries in respect of those mentioned
and found that the complaints in those instances wore ilw
founded, and the regulations had ben complied with. I°
reported that the inspectors had visited 418 houses during
the week, and he submitted a list of 63 places for sanitall
improvement, as well as a list of places requiring furthert
proceedings, in consequence of orders already issued n°
having been complied with. The markets and slaughterci"
houses had been inspected, and the officers had conderanei
7,4321b5. of meat as unfit for human food. It consisted di'
30 sheep, 2 calves, 12 pigs, 62 quarters of beef, and r
joints of meat. The medical officer submitted three cases,
in which he recommended legal proceedings to be taken, and
they were referred to the solicitor to take the necessary steps'
During the last three weeks 138 births and 158 deaths 110
been registered. The deaths were below the averal
for the corresponding period of the last six years. 50 °
the deaths were among old persons of 60 and upwards, and
the chief causes of death were as follows :—Phthisis, 20 ;
hydrocephalus, 3 ; pneumonia, 11; bronchitis, 22 ; c°ll-1
tinued fever, 7; smallpox, 1; whooping-cough, 2 ; croup and
diphtheria, 4 ; measles, 4 ; erysipelas, 3 ; making 27 fri
tubercular diseases and 33 from inflammatory affections °
the lungs.
FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—At the last sit'
ting a paper was received from Dr. Declat on phenic
acid (carbolic), a substance extracted from illuminating PI
and also from creosote. He states that in 1861 he used this
acid as a specific in a case of general gangrene occasioned
by a fracture of the spine, and that since then it has beet'
used at the Hotel Dieu and elsewhere to hasten the healing
of traumatic sores and prevent their dangerous consequences;
He adds that in infectious cases phenic acid is beneficial
in contributing to the stoppage of suppuration ; that,
by its agency he cured an ulcerous pithelioma of four years
standing, and also rebellious eczemas by using it in lotious
that it is especially useful in contagious diseases and epi-
demics in camps and in hospitals ; and that he has used It
with success internally, notwithstanding its caustic
properties, and especially in two cases of diphtheria.--4':
Morin sent in a description of an apparatus by whic,s
barometrical readings may be registered with the al
of electricity. This apparatus is especially adapted tl°
M. Fortin's barometer. Two pamphlets were receive
from Professor Tigri, of Siena, on the transformation
of the blood into a fatty substance, and also on the exist;
ence of bacteria in the blood of persons that have died 0
typhus fever. M. Meillet wrote to announce that during
the last two months he had discovered several places ne"
Chatellerault where flint implements and arms used to I)°
manufactured by the earlier races. These places are re°
presented as equally rich in specimens as those of I",e
Grand-Pressigny, of which so much has been said. Ti".
letter was referred to the commission appointed to o°.:
mine the varidus communications relating to question;
of anthropological paleonthology.—A letter was receive'
from M. Jullien in answer to a previous communication
from M. Margueritte. M. Jullien states that as M. ll'
Sainte-Claire Devine has proved that oxide of carbon, 1110
ammonia, admits of being decomposed by the heat alone'
it is possible that iron may be cemented by mere contact
with a current of oxide of carbon at a high temperature'
but that the result will be, not a combination, but a 01°I.:
dissolution. The carbon in such cases is in contact with
the metal under the form of lamp-black, and therefore Velj
nearly in a vaporous state.
ALLEGED ATTEMPTED POISONING NEAR ROTHW
HAM.—A young woman, Sherdin, is in custody at;
Rotherham, on a charge of attempting to poison her ruiS'i
tress, Mrs. Jackson, wife of Mr. G. Jackson, farmer, °
Creasbro', near Rotherham. Mrs. Jackson had her brealc;
fast taken to bed on the morning of the 29th, but ban'
using the cream, she tasted it. It tasted bitter, and nil
handed it to her medical attendant. Experiments an
chemical analysis proved that it contained strychnine. 111:
girl abruptly left the house on the following day, and 511'
was not apprehended until yesterday morning. It is sup;
posed that she had made use of some vermin powder, °
which there were several packets in the house.
FATAL MISTAKE.—A mistake, which proved 111 r,
mediately fatal in its consequences, was commit
on Saturday evening, at 44, Shudehill, by Mr. Charles
Bradford, who managed the fancy and hardware business
of his brother, Mr. Jacob Bradford. About five o'clock 31-1:
Charles Bradford left the shop and went upstairs with.,
parcel. Laying this down in a room, he took from a cir:
board an old gin bottle, which he supposed to contain P.'
but which contained poison, and drank a portion of its cOlia
tents. Then he discovered his error, ran downstairs, re
told his son. Within four minutes two medical men We, 8
in attendance, and the stomach-pump was applied ; butt
poison had done its work, and life was extinct. The Pois°o
was a solution used to clean metal with. It had bee 0,
made a day or two ago in a can, which was placed °be
shelf, and instructions had been given that it should n°to
removed ; but, in ignorance of this, it appears that
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servant had been instructed to pour the contents a -1 ,
can into a bottle, and she emptied it into the old gin betted
which stood beside another containing gin. The decetp!
Wati 0 yearn of age, and Imes a WidonY Paul Aye ail'