The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-25 00:00:00

NORTH WILTS.

Lord Charles Bruce has issued an address to the
electors, offering himself as a candidate, in the room
of Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, who in the course of two
or three weeks will apply for the Chiltern Hundreds.
Lord Bruce states that he is prepared to give
an independent support to her Majesty's present
Administration, believing that in the conduct of
domestic affairs they have been successful in light-
ening the burdens of taxation, while, at the same
time, the great but necessary establishments of the
country have been maintained at a high pitch of
efficiency. He approves the financial policy of Mr.
Gladstone, and believes the Government are entitled
to credit for their successful maintenance of peace.
The Conservatives are not yet prepared with a can-
didate, but the electors are asked to abstain from
promising their votes. An influential Conservative
will probably be in the field in a dad or two. An
address to Mr. Estcourt, expressing regret at his
retirement, and thanking him for the manner in
which he has discharged his duties, is being generally
signed throughout the division.

MR. STIRLING, M.P.—We are glad to state that
the health of this respected gentleman is now quite
re-established, and that he is at present on his way
home, after a residence of some months on the con-
tinent, with the view of immediately resuming his
Parliamentary duties.—Edinburgh Courant.
THE HON. E. P. BOUVERIE, M.P.—A report that
Mr. Bouverie was about to forsake his seat for the
Kilmarnock burghs at next election is totally un-
founded. The hon. gentleman has no such intention.
—Greenock Advertiser.

DEATH OF A HERMlT.—Duncan Marshall, the
well-known hermit of Kilmun, Argyllshire, died a
few days ago, at Dunoon, in his 85th year, and was buried
on Tuesday last, according to his earnest desire while
in life, underneath a flat on Rushfield-hill, two miles up
from the public road, where his heritage was situate.
Duncan was born and brought up in this quarter, and fol-
lowed the occupation of a fisherman. He was eccentric in
his disposition from an early age, and his intellect showed
considerable weakness, but still he was kind and gentle,
and became a favourite in the neighbourhood. Having taken
a fancy to a piece of ground at the foot of Rushfield-hill,
about a mile and a half up from the head of Holy Loch or
Kilmun, and about the same distance from Loch Eck, at a
point remarkable for the picturesque grandeur of its High-
land scenery, having before it the entrance to three magni-
ficent glens which open up from the head of the Holy Loch
—viz., Glen Lean, Glenmissen, and the Valley of the Eck—
he applied to Mr. Campbell of Monzie, the proprietor of the
Kilmun estate, for the ground on which to build a hermitage.
Mr. Campbell at once granted it free, and here for many
years Duncan has lived, his only companions being a few
pet goats. During the summer months the hermitage
was visited by parties from all quarters who were spend-
ing their holidays at the coast, and Duncan was at time:
besieged by visitors. Lately he made a further request to
Mr. Campbell, that he should be buried on this_r.dtt
miles above the hermitage, which was granted d, Mr•
pay all the
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CIRCUIT.—The Quincy Whig says that
Professor Quinn, of New York, who is out west on a
lecturing tour, has reached that place direct from St. Paul
on skates. The distance is nearly 850 miles, which he skated
in just two weeks, stopping, meantime, to lecture at many
points on the way.

The forgery of antiquities,
-which is a fraud fre-
quently exposed, and denounced at the kneet4kgs of
archaeological societies, formed the subject of the
lecture at the Royal Institution last evening, by
Mr. John Evans. The practice of counterfeiting
and forging antiquities is by no means a modern
one, some instances of it having been known in the
16th century, but it has been carried to such an ex-
tent in more recent times, that of many kinds of
antiques there are more fraudulent than genuine
ones. Mr. Evans noticed the different forgeries in
various materials, commencing with those in
earthenware, and proceeded to describe the pro-
cesses adopted to impose on the unwary. The
frauds consist not only in imitating antique
models, but in inventing objects that were never
made by the ancients, and also in giving fictitious
value to real antiques by altering them so as to
appear of more ancient date. Very high prices have
been often given for these forgeries, as much as
£2OO having been paid for objects that are quite
worthless ; but the attention that has been drawn
to the subject by Mr. Syers Curving, Mr. Gunstone,
and others, has tended to diminish the trade and to
reduce the price. Mr. Evans mentioned the manner
in which the dealers sometimes contrive to dispose
of their wares. A respectably dressed man calls on
a country collector of antiquities, and tells him that
a "maiden lady" lately residing in a neighbouring
town, who had a very valuable collection of ancient
china, had died and bequeathed the whole to a rela-
tion at some distance, who did not care for such
things, and was willing to dispose of them for less than
their real value. The man then produces some speci-
mens having the figures on them which the country
collector knows indicate great antiquity and rarity,
and the sum for which they are offered is so
low that he is tempted to purchase, and thinks
he has got a great bargain, though they are
really worth nothing. Mr; Evans said he had in
his own possession one of these " maiden lady's" —**-1
collections, and a friend of his has another, on
which he greatly prides himself, Mr. Evans not
having the cruelty to undeceive him. In some in-
stances really antique porcelain is altered by having
the glaze scraped off and introducing words and
dates to give a greater appearance of antiquity, and
in other cases earthenware is manufactured, the
number of Roman lamps being prodigious. Coins
afford fine scope for the counterfeiters, who either
cast from original coins, or forge them, or alter the
dates. A great variety of images and medals of all
kinds may be purchased, which the vendors allege
have been found in various diggings in and about
London, the Thames embankment having been a
most prolific source for the production of antiquities
of all ages. Mr. Gunstone, for the purpose of de-
tecting some of these frauds, went to a vendor of
images, said to have been found in the mud of
the Thames, and asked to see the image of a bishop
which he said he had heard the man possessed. The
fellow said his brother was not within, and asked
Mr. Gunstone to describe the kind of figure he
meant. He then drew a sketch, and said he would
call again. The next day the image of the bishop, an
exact counterpart of his sketch, was produced with
the word " fabricator" impressed on it, that having
been the name Mr. Gunstone had given the bishop
in his sketch. From the forgeries of works on metal,
Mr. Evans next proceeded to consider those of stone
implements, of which he exhibited many specimens.
The forgeries of this kind, he said, are often so well
executed that it is difficult to detect them, but a
practised eye can generally distinguish the forged
from the genuine by their general character. It
must not, therefore, be supposed that practised
archaeologists may be deceived in their estimation of
the antiquity of stone implements and other articles.
He admitted, however, in the case of the bones and
implements found in the river-bed deposits that the
numbers of these had vastly increased since it was
known that they could be sold. On the lecture
table there were placed a great variety of forged
antiquities of all kinds, and others were exhibited
in the library.

HOSPITAL FOlt CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF
TIIE CHEST, BROMPTON.—The quarterly court of
the governors of this splendid charity was held yesterday
at the hospital ; the Rev. Sir Henry Foulis, Bart., V.P., in
the chair. Among the governors present were Sir Peter
Van Notten Pole, Bart., Lieut.-General the Hon. T. Ash-
burnham, Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, Colonel Frederick
Paget, Samuel Whitbread, Esq., M.P., Dr. Dickson, Beau-
mont Hankey, Esq., H. A. Bosanquet, Esq., I'. P. Beck-
with, Esq., John Ball, Esq., and J. If. Wilson, Esq. The
minutes of former courts, Szc., having been road, the secre-
tary proceeded to read the report of the committee of
management, from which it appeared that little had trans-
pired during the last quarter calling for special remark.
The governors were assured of the undiminished demands
upon the resources of the charity, and of its continued
usefulness both amongst the in and the out patients. The
largest number of beds that could be made available in the
present building was 210, and the whole of these were in
use, but were far too few to meet the pressure for admis-
sion. The " Home" at the Manor House, Chelsea (the
original Consumption Hospital), proved a useful auxiliary,
by admitting some of the applicants whilst waiting
to be received into the hospital. The committee
noticed with much gratification the steady increase
in the annual subscriptions. This very important
source of income, even when added to the revenue from
ground-rents, did not yield enough to meet the yearly
expenditure by nearly £4,000, so that the committee had
no option but to invoke the continued assistance of the
public in order to supply this large deficiency. The com-
mittee had received information of the following legacies
since the last court, viz. :—Colouel Onslow Baker, £lOO
(duty free) ; Miss Maria Harman, £l9 19s. ; Mrs. Charlotte
Gell, £2OO (duty free) ; Mrs. Morgan, £5OO (duty free) ;
Mrs. Ramsden, £5O. The numbers of in-patients admitted
since the 24th of November was 231; discharged, many
greatly relieved, 174 ; died, 64 ; new out-patient cases,
1743. The report having been adopted on the motion of
the chairman, seconded by Sir Peter Van Notten Pole,
Bart., the proceedings terminated by a cordial vote of
thanks to the chairman.
A NOVELTY IN SHOPLIFTING.—On Monday even-
ing a gentleman entered the shop of Mr. Thomas
Lawrence, Queen-street, Wolverhampton, who keeps a
tailor's and draper's shop. Lying on the counter were
three overcoats, ready for packing. Mr. Lawrence ob-
served that his visitor carried a square black box, such as
commercial travellers are sometimes seen with, and he
also observed that the black box was deposited on the
counter. The stranger, anxious to proceed to business,
produced a card indicating that he was a traveller in
the shirt collar and tie line ; and, immediately after
producing the card, he opened the one side of the box,
and pressed Mr. Lawrence to make a purchase. That
gentleman was not inclined to speculate, and told
the stranger so, when a second person entered the
shop. This second visitor speculated in a collar, and then
inquired the price of an article in the window. The first
visitor drew back from the counter, at the request of the
shopkeeper. As the latter, however, reached for the
article in the window, the sham commercial man advanced
to the counter, turned his box round, lifted it on his arm,
hoped for " better success at his next turn," and retired.
Mr. Lawrence's " customer" soon followed suit, leaving
that gentleman an opportunity of observing
shop the "traveller" and the "customer" changedpla hm three
ces;
the shop as traveller. Again
coats had disappeared also. Outside of i Lta nce's
the "customer"
a card is produceedn—tetribnisgtaimseee.
produced, and
is in the wadding trade—again the box
a few samples of
tohne.beusboinexssisto be transacted
again one of the sides it! 01::3ahaeu;ine71 been
picked up in the
wadding. A ,‘ neat thin!
so
the pair visited a house in which
they opened a third side
mourning jewell°rY is
transactin some bu
siness they
of their box—and after
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wadding establishments
ld. Here
again retire,
been plundered, and plundered, too, under his
e es, h
and leaving him in entire ignorance of how the theft
leaving caving the shopkeeper to make the discovery
that
hasybeen effected. The box-covers work on a pivot, and by
a neat
arrangement of the interior, on being pressed down
the side next the articles to be received gives way, and by
an easy turn of the box the article is safely caged. The
.....aot:iccte,t3phae mthioodepro working.
acf
titiors
strictest observation atßioEnvwEao.kuludEn.ot de
and the medical profession generally, recommend cocas
as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc-
trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country
there were to be obt fined no ',reparations of cocoa either at-
tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut
was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully
manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London,
Homceopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1819 to turn
his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with
the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first
to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined
by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes
throogh, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo-
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli-
cious aroma. Dr. Hassell, in his work, "Food and its
Adulterations," says —"Cocoa contains a great variety of im-
portant nutritive principles—every ingredient necessary to
the growth and sustenance of the body." Again: "As a
nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee
or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a
breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured
in tin-lined alb., and 11b. labelled packets. and sold by
all gropers, confectioners, and chemists.—CADY'Al

E, MOSES AND SON'S
• Establishments are closed cve-y Friday evening at
sunset until Saturday evening. at sunset, when business is rc-
suipi uuuil 1• o'clock. _ _ .

All artiuleaarc;;;Tked the lowest prices in plain figures.
Any article nut appr,ored of will be exchauged, or the money
rani ned.

List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion
Card, and our new pamphlet, `"rhe Philosophy of Dress,"
gratis and post tree.

COALS.—The
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COALs.
Direct from their oi.vn Collieries.
Marquis'. 265. per ton. I Double... ...... 21s. per ton.
Top 26s t 1 De,p ...........2Y..
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Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De-
pots, Westbourne l'irk-road, W., and 1.7, South whart.
"'Addington, W., and Maiden-lane, N.
Best Coke lss. per ehaldron.
Terms cash.

JOHN SCOTT, dole Arent.

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