The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-24 00:00:00

THAMES.

DETERMINED STREET Row.—A tall and powerful
young man, who gave the name of William Taylor, and
who called himself Hodgson, last night was brought before
Mr. Woolrych, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and
assaulting Susannah Sarah Wilson.

The complainant said that f- he was the landlady of a
coffee-house, in Three Colt-street, Limehouse. Yesterday
evening, the 23d inst., the prisoner came into her house
and was supplied, at his request, with bread and butter and
coffee. After he had consumed it he commenced singing
very uproariously, She begged him to be quiet or leave the
place. He said he would do neither and was determined
upon a row, it was Christmas time, and a row and a jolly
one he would have. Her husband went in quest of a
policeman, and while he was 'gene the prisoner'continued
to sing and roar loudly. A young man named Charles
Fuller, a lodger, came into the house and turned out the
prisoner, who plunged, kicked, and made use of very foul
' language. He forced his way into the house again and
struck her, and threatened to kill her.
Mr. Woolrych—And left the mark I now see on your
face.

Mrs. Wilson—Yes, sir, and he kicked at me. His con-
duct was of the most singular description—he shouted,
roared, and screamed like a madman.
A police-constable said the prisoner made a similar dis-
turbance in a beershop an hour before he went to the com-
plainant's coffee-house.

The prisoner in his defence said he was most terribly
mauled last night, and his watch was broken to pieces. Ile
produced the remains of his timekeeper, and said, Am I
not to have compensation for this ?
Mr. Woolrych—That is cool certainly. Your watch
was broken in the scuffle. You have acted in a most dis-
orderly manner, and assaulted Mrs Wilson. You are
fined 155., and in default six. days' imprisonment.

APPLICATION OF SPECTRUM ANALYSIS.—We
hear that a practical application is likely to be made of the
beautiful results of spectrum analysis in an important de-
partment of our national manufactures—that is, in the cast-
ing of steel. In the new process of molting the metal it is
important to know the exact moment at which to shut down
the cover of the furnace ; time must be allowed for the
escape of the gaseous products which are injurious to the steel,
but if that time be prolonged an injurious effect of another
kind is produced. To meet this contingency it has been pro-
posed to test the gases as they fly off by means of the spec-
troscope; and as soon as the particular colour is observed
peculiar to the gas which begins to escape at the moment
the molten metal is in proper condition, the manufacturer
will then have an infallible sign of the proper moment for
closing the furnace. It is impossible not to wish success to
ingoniouo applioatiou of a philuauphieal experiment to
practical uses in the wholesale preparation of the material
of hardware.—dthenrcum.

HUNGER AND SELF-RESPECT IN LANCASHIRE:
They are wonderful these Lancashire people. They are:no
beggars. I almost think that if we were so wicked as to
leave them to starve, they would just do so, without a
word. There is no truckling and cringing on the one hand,
there is no insolence or coldness on the other. They are
independent. Their self-respect is not injured by the relief
they receive ; yet for that relief they are most obviously
and undisguisedly grateful. If a college of wise men, wise
in manners, arbitrators in matters of taste, had assembled
in committee to decide how a community should bear itself
under such circumstances as these .which now affect this
cotton community, they could ne'eer have hit out anything
half so complete, and so delicately fine, as these people have
hit out unconsciously with their own unaided but unerring
instinct. As long as hope and energy are left to these
suffering people the case is not at its worst, and these seem
rarely or never to have deserted the workmen whom trouble
has thus overtaken for the first time. It is widely diffe-
rent with the habitual pauper : the man long accustomed
to penury and dependence. This last makes no attempt to
face his antagonist, Want. He has ceased to strive
against misfortune. He has lost pride, self-respect, every
sustaining quality.—All the Year Round.
A FAITHFUL DOG.—The widow of Lieut_ Pfieff, of
Illinois, was enabled to find her husband's grave at Pitts.
burg Landing by seeing a dog which had accompanied the
lieutenant to the war. The dog approached her with the
most intense manifestations of joy, and immediately indi-
cated to her as well as he was able his desire that she should
follow him. She did so, and he led the way to a distant part
of the field, and stopped before a single grave. She caused it
to be opened, and there found the body of her dead husband.
It appears, from the statement of some of the soldiers, that
when Lieut. Pfieff fell, his dog was by his side, and thus re-
mained, licking his wounds, until he was taken from the
field and buried. He then took his station by the grave, and
nothing could induce him to abandon it but for a sufficient
length of time each day to satisfy his hunger, until by some
means he was made aware of the presence of his mistress.
Thus had he watched for twelve days by the grave of his
' slain master.—ilmerion Dyer.