The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-18 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The official W iener Zeitung of to-day publishes
an account of the acts of high treason committed in
Hungary by M. Paul D'Andrasy and his accom-
plices, and for which they have been sentenced to
various terms of imprisonment.
Revolutionary proclamations were found in their
possession, exhorting the population to rise against
their German rulers, as well as the seal of a com-
mittee of independence. Those Hungarians who
entered the Reichsrath were threatened with assassi-
nation. Several attempts had been made to get up
public demonstrations in the theatres. Menacing
letters had been sent to different individuals, and an
organisation of guerillas and depots of arms had
likewise been discovered.

SPAIN.

MADRID, FEB. la.

The Gobierno of to-day publishes an article point-
ing out that if the initiative for the anticipation of
the taxes had been taken by the friends of the
Ministers, far fewer petitions would have been
sent to the Cortes.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FEB. 18.

The Supreme Council of Commerce held its
second sitting yesterday. The Paris subscribers of
the memorial for the raising of the
,rate of discount
by the Bank of France applied for a delay of one
month, in order to enable their delegates to prepare
and concert a reply.

The Council, therefore, adjourned, hearing the
Governor and Regents of the Bank of France as

witnesses.
M. Bagshot, of the Economist, was heard as a wit-
ness by the Council.

PARIS, Feb. 17.

This evening or to-morrow morning a despatch
i' expected at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from
Count de Sarliges, containing the expression of
regret of the Court of Rome at the recent conduct
of the Nuncio.

The Council of Ministers, which usually takes
place on Saturday, was held this morning (Friday).
Its chief object is believed to have been to settle
the attitude and language the Government speakers
shall observe in the Chamber during the debates
about to open.
The indisposition from which the Duc de Morn),
is suffering is not devoid of gravity, and Shad given
rise to some uneasiness. The bulletins this after-
noon, however, report an improvement.
Intelligence from Italy states that the King went
yesterday to Pisa, where he was greeted with a
splendid reception. An immense crowd, among
whom were all the notabilities of the country and
the working-men's associations, went to meet him.
The theatre was illuminated in the evening. Upon
entering the building his Majesty was saluted with
three cheers. The King afterwards received the
authorities, and left upon his return to San Rossore.
General La Marmora has gone to Naples, but is ex-
pected to be back at Florence shortly.
The state of the atmosphere has suddenly changed
in Paris, the frost having disappeared. At six yes-
terday morning, M. Chevalier's thermometer marked
6 4-10 below zero, Centigrade (15 2-5 Fahrenheit) ;
at noon, 2 5-10, above zero C. (26 2-5 F.) ; and at
three o'clock, 6 above zero, C. (42 4-5 F.).
BOURSE, Feb. 16.—The money market is firm.
For the Account, Threes are now at 67f. 40c.
Mobilier have been done at late rates, which are
well supported. Railway Shares are firm at about
recent quotations. The market closed as fol-
lows :

41 per Cents 96 40
Do. end month -

Italian Loan 65 35
Do. end month 65 25
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

3 per Cents.
Do. end month 67 50
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3530
Cr3dit Fonder 1280
Roman
RAIL'

WAYS.

Cash. Acct.
Orleans
Northern lOl7 50 1016 25
Lyons and Mediterranean 946 25 ... 948 75
Southern 5Bl 25 580

Western .
Eastern

...... 540 -
...... 517 50 .. . 520

Sardinian 307 50
Austrian
Lombard 548 75 ... 550
North of Spain 340 ... 342 50
Saragossa 403 75 ... 400
Ditto to Barcelona — . ... 175

Mn. WALLACE'S SERIOUS ILLNESS.—Mr. Vincent
Wallace is again, we deeply regret to say, most seriously
ill, and the most anxious fears are entertained as to the re-
sult. The long protracted suffering of nearly two months,
depriving Mr. Wallace even of sleep, and accompanied with
intense bodily anguish, has reduced a frame, originally
strong beyond the common lot, to extreme weakness—and
it is this physical inability to cope with severe pain, which
is so much feared.—Later (by electric telegraph), Paris,
Friday, Feb. 17, noon :—Mr. Wallace is no better, and ap-
pears to be sinking fast.—The Orchestra.

Mit. SANTLEY, says the same musical journal, will
shortly arrive in town from Barcelona with a hortus siccus
of laurels.

GALLANT RESCUE OF A SRIP'S CREW.—At a spe-
cial meeting of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane
Society, held yesterday, Mr. S. Martin presented to Captain
llockley, of the Cunard mail steamer Canada, a sextant; to
Mr. Neville, fourth officer, a silver medal; to three of the
crow .E 5 each ; and to Mr. Walton, of Deptford, a passen-
ger, a silver medal, in recognition of their courage in rescu-
ing the crow of the bark England, of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
which the Canada encountered during her voyage from
America up the Irish Channel in November last in a heavy
gale. The England was in a most critical condition, and,
under Capt. llockley's direction, a volunteer boat, manned
by the three men and Mr. Walton, under the command of
Mr. Neville, left the Canada and accomplished the very diffi-
cult and dangerous task of rescuing the crew of the Eng-
land.

NARROW ESCAPE OF AN ENGLISH CONSUL.—Mr.
Cumberbatch, the new
English Consul at Smyrna,
had a narrow escapo some days from being shot by ono of
the Albanian Bashi-bazouk guards. He was out shooting,
accompanied only by his private cavass, when, near the
Djumavassy Railway Station, one of the ruffians in question
coolly levelled his long gun, and popped at him, as Mr.
Cumberbatch himself might have done at a quail or a wood-
cock. Though the Albanian, however, had the advantage
of a " sitting shot," ho missed his game, as his ball went
high over the consular's hat. The fellow then bolted and
took refuge in a neighbouring café, close to the station,
whether Mr. Cumberbatch—who made a mistake in not
sending after him the contents of his double barrel—fol-
lowed. There the rascal was joined by another bashi, but
the consul, aided by his cavass, collared them both, and
they are now safely in the konak prison, awaiting, it is to
be hoped, the worst the Pasha can do them.

Rescript of the Emperor of Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 12. .
The following rescript of the Emperor to the
Minister of the Interior has just been issued :

" Paul Alexandrovitch,—The customary elections
which took place in the Government of Moscow at
the commencement of January have not been suc-
cessful. The Directing Senate having recognised
the irregularity of the decisions of the Assembly of
Marshals and Deputies touching the right of parti-
cipation by some of the nobles in the affairs of the
Assembly of Government, all the acts of that as-
sembly done up to the time of its close have lost
their legal value. I am, nevertheless, not unaware
that, in the course of its deliberations, the Assembly
of Nobles in the Government of Moscow has entered
upon the examination of certain questions not within
its competence, and that it has touched upon the
subjects involving the modification of the essential
and fundamental principles of the institutions of the
empire of Russia.

" The reforms happily accomplished during the
10 years of my reign, and those which are now in
process of execution under my orders, testify suffi-
ciently to my constant solicitude for the ameliora-
tion and perfection of the different branches of the
political organisation of the State, so far as possible,
and in the order marked out by my will. The right
of initiative in the various portions of this work of
gradual perfection belongs only to me, and is indis-
solubly bound up with the autocratic power en-
trusted to me by God. In the sight of my faithful
subjects the past should be a guarantee for the
future. It is not permitted to any among them to
prejudice my incessant efforts for the welfare of
Russia, nor to anticipate the decision of questions
touching the fundamental principles of the institu-
tions of the State. No one class has legally the
right of speaking in the name of the other classes.
Nobody is privileged to intercede with me in favour
of the general interests and necessities of the State.
Such deviations from the order established by the
legislation in vigour can only shackle the execution
of the plans I have traced out for myself. In no
case will they be able to attain the objects towards
which they may be directed. I entertain the firm
conviction that I shall not henceforth encounter
similar obstacles upon the part of the Russian
nobility, whose secular services rendered to the
Throne and the country are always present to my
my memory, and in whom my confidence has al gays
been, and remains, unalterable.
" I desire you will communicate this rescript to
all the governor-generals and governors of the Go-
vernments in which assemblies of the nobles sit, or
in which provincial assemblies ought to meet.—l
remain, your affectionate

" ALEXANDER."

The Case of the Palace of Justice.

(From the Law Times of to-day.)

It was admirably stated by the Attorney-General. The
inconvenience of the present courts scattered over the me-
tropolis; the inconvenience to all concerned therein, suitors,
counsel, solicitors, and judges, of the concentration of the
courts under one roof ; the saving of time, of money, of
health, and of temper, were arguments plain to the house,
as they must be convincing to the public ; and they found
but one opponent. Mr. Selwyn, who plumes himself on
having defeated the proposition two years ago by the glo-
rious majority of one, and for so long deprived the metro-
polis of its greatest requirement, is reluctant to believe that
he won then by a fluke, and not upon the merits of his
case ; so ho opposes still, although opinion, if doubtful
before, has come to a resolve that the work must bo done,
and without delay, and he endeavoured to combat the over-
whelming case of the Attorney-General by a repetition of
the weak objections that were made the excuse for what
was, in fact, a partisan division, directed not against the
measure, but against the Government that proposed it.
But
.Mr. Selwyn's hostility served only to mark more
strongly the otherwise almost unanimous approval of the
House. Manifestly there will be no partisanship on this
occasion. Member after member rose on both sides of the
House, and even below the gangway, to express approval
' of the scheme. Even the hostility threatened in quarters
that have a fair excuse for it in certain inconvenience it
would entail upon themselves, has been not merely with-
drawn, but exchanged for positive support. It was ex-
pected that the City authorities would exclaim against the
removal of the courts from Guildhall. But, whatever the
first impulse, reflection has satisfied them that they make a
small sacrifice for a great public benefit, and they have pe-
titioned in favour of the bill. There remains, then, only
Lincoln's-inn, and the motives for hostility in that quarter
are so palpably selfish, that we question if a single member
of the house, save Mr. Selwyn, will have the hardihood to
assert them in a speech or support them by a vote.

Compared with this, all other reforms are of minor im-
portance. They can wait ; this cannot endure delay. The
arrangements are already made, only the sanction of Par-
liament is required for the work to be begun. There is to
be no jobbery. The requirements are to be decided by the
Government ; there is to be a competition for a plan, and
the building is also to be competed for by a limited number
of the most eminent firms.

THE TOMB OF JAMES M. OF SCOTLAND.—The
researches made in the grounds of Cambuskenneth
Abbey during last summer by the Royal Society of Scottish
Antiquaries and the magistrates of Stirling will, in all likeli-
hood, be productive of much good to the town, and also
cause this fine old ruin of the-llth century to be repaired,
and the tower, which is so much admired, saved from de-
struction. If funds aro available it is proposed to improve
the entrance, open up the built-up Windows, and make
the ground hall a suitable place for receiving antiquarian
relics, and for tourists resting. The most interesting
fact in connection with the Abbey was the discovery
of tho tomb of King James 111. The grave was
found near the spot where in old guide-books and histories
it was indicated to be, and was covered with a marble slab,
bearing the marks of iron bands and sockets, attesting it to
have been the last resting place of a person of noble rank,
and in all probability that of the unfortunate monarch. The
grave appeared as if it had been disturbed at a former time.
The whole circumstances of the discovery were laid before
the Queen, who most graciously signified her wish to erect
memoriala stone or cross over the remains of her Royal
ancestors, James 111. and his Queen, Margaret of Den-
mark. The wish of her Majesty was brought before the
Stirling Town Council, who at once and with the greatest
pleasure unanimously assented to the pious and thoughtful
desire of the Queen. During the excavations several large
oak trees were found in ono of the foundations. These
were carefully removed and placed in the tower. Having
lain for 700 years in a wet soil, the oak has become of
quite a black colour. It is supposed that, owing to the bad
foundation, the trees were used for the purpose of making
a proper foundations, and supporting the pillars and arches
of the choir.—Seotsman.

A DANGEROUS PARASITE.—Among the successful
candidates for the prizes of the Academy of Sciences
we mentioned Dr. Zanker, of Dresden, for his important re-
searches on the Trichina bpiralis. This microscopic worm,
which lives coiled up in a sort of cystus or pocket, was
observed about 1835 by Mr. Richard Owen in the flesh of
certain animals. In 1850 Dr. Herbst, of Gottingen, found
by experiment that the trichina was transmissible from one
animal to another by ingestion, and Drs. Virchow and
Leuckart confirmed the fact. On the 12th of January,
1850, a young girl was admitted into the hospital of Dres-
den on the supposition that she was labouring under
typhus fever, but there were some symptoms wanting to
confirm this opinion. The girl died on the 27th, and
Dr. Zanker, on dissecting her body, found to his asto-
nishment many thousands of trichinae in a free state in
the muscular tissue. Their not being encysted was a sure
sign that they were of recent importation. In the intes-
tines he found a vast quantity of adult trichina; male and
female, and perceived the bodies of the latter filled with
living embryos similar to those existing in the muscles.
Thus Dr. Zenker, for the first time, provedthat in the same
person there may exist adult trichinae in the intestines and
their larva) in the muscles, so that the latter could only have
got there by piercing the intestine either by direct migra-
tion or by the blood and chyle. Upon inquiry he found the
girl had eaten pork from a pig killed on Dec. 21, 1859, and
that both the farmer and his wife with whom she lived
had been attacked with similar symptoms, but
had recovered. From all these facts Dr. Zanker
had arrived at the conclusion that there exists
in man a disorder resulting from the immigration of
trichinae from the intestines to the muscles, and that this
disorder becomes mortal when the immigration is too con-
siderable in consequence of the ingestion of a large quantity
of meat tainted with the parasite. No sooner did this dis-
covery become known than it was confirmed by further
observations throughout Europe. In Germany, especially
in those places where raw pork is used, hundreds of cases
were discovered, even assuming the form of an epidemic,
where trichinated pork had been sold.—Galignani.
THE CONFEDERATE IRONCLADS.— The Confederate
ironclad ship, about which so many mysterious paragraphs
have gone the round of the English and foreign journals, is
the Stonewall, commanded by Captain Page, C.S.N. She
is one of the two formidable vessels built by M. Armand of
Bordeaux, and constituted with her consort the subject of
a correspondence, with which our readers are probably
familiar, between the French Government and the late Mr.
Dayton. The Stonewall is a vessel of great power, heavily
armed, and fully manned. Her crew is principally composed
of the men who served under Captain Wardell in the Con-
. federate war steamer Florida.--Index.

Wimbledon Common.

We have been requested to publishing the follow-
ing correspondence :

Althorp, Jan. 31, 1865

Gentlemen,—l have had under consideration the report
of the committee which at my suggestion was appointed to
consider the proposal with regard to Wimbledon Common.
I have desired Mr. Foster to answer your report in de-
tail, rivet rote or by letter, and to furnish you with the copy
of a letter which I wrote to him, containing the decision I
have arrived at after considering the various objections
which have been made to the scheme.

You will observe that I have made two important modi-
fications in the bill—one with regard to the management,
and the other with regard to my reserved rights.
Though they do not entirely coincide with the sugges-
tions made by you, they will, I think, to a great extent
meet your objections.'
I am of opinion that the enclosure will be an advantage,
and on that and other points of my scheme I should prefer
leaving the decision in the hands of Parliament.

I do not wish, from personal motives, to press the ques-
tions on which we differ, but I wish the public to have an
opportunity to select the scheme which will best suit their
interests.

I shall be glad to meet the committee, and discuss any
points of detail, as to the land proposed to be sold, or as to
the roads (which are not in the deposited plans laid down
according to my intentions), or on any other points about
which they may wish to speak to me.
If I can meet their views it will afford me much satisfac-
tion.—l have, gentlemen, the honour to remain, yours
faithfully, SPENCER.
To W. Williams, Esq., and others.

32, Lincoln's-inn-fields, W.C., Feb. 14, 1865.
My dear Sir,—l received your letter of the 4th inst., and,
as you are aware, I have, with the other members of the
committee who signed the report, had the opportunity of
since meeting Lord Spencer and discussing with his lord-
ship the points on which the committee, had the misfortune
to differ with him.

These differences are by no means trifling or unimportant.
It is true they relate only to the mode in which Wimbledon
Common can be best dedicated to the public, but they in-
volve very serious consequences both to the public and the
neighbourhood.

The most important points in difference are the follow-

1. The enclosure of the common by means of an exter-
nal fence.

• 2. The sale of parts of the common for the general pur-
poses of the scheme, including the extinction of the rights
of the commoners, and payment of compensation to them
in money.

On both these points the committee continue to entertain
very strong objections to the scheme ; and they trust, on
its being brought before Parliament, there will be an ex-
pression of opinion in the House of Commons in accordance
with the views of the committee, and that Lord Spencer
will be induced to amend the bill so as to give effect to
these views, and thereby secure, as the committee believe,
the largest possible amount of enjoyment by the public
without injury to the commoners or residents, and without
any diminution of the privileges which the public have
from time immemorial exercised over the whole common.
—I am, my dear sir, yours very truly,
W. S. Forster, Esq. WILLIAM WILLIAMS.

INCREASE OY PAY TO THE SERGEANTS AND
CONSTABLES OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.-
The Commissioners of Police have granted the following
increase of pay to the sergeants and constables of the
metropolitan police :—Sergeants--The present number
(130) of Ist class are to receive 28s. a week, being an in-
crease of 2s. 6d. a week. The whole of the remaining
number to receive 265. a week, being an increase of Is. 6d.
a week. Constables--Those of the Ist class will receive
235. a week, and 283 are to be added to this class. Those
of the 2d class, an increase of ls. a week, receiving 225. a
week, an addition of 134 is to be made to this class. The
third class are to receive Is. a week increase, making 215.,
and addition of 783 is to be made to this class. The pay
of the fourth class will continue as at present, 195., but as
the number is not to exceed 900, 1,000 will be at once ad-
vanced to the third class, with an increase of 2s. a week.

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—
A rather singular accident occurred on the Great Eastern
Railway on Wednesday night. A goods train on its way
to Norwich was descending the steep incline from Hether-
sell when one of the waggons was thrown off the rails. It
ran in this state for a. cofisiderable distance, until, coming
to a level crossing, it was singularly enough thrown on the
rails again. About 400 of the "chairs" supporting the
rails were, however, broken, and a large number of men
had to be set to work to repair the line, and on Thursday
one lino of rails was only used for some hours.
THE PUBLIC EXECUTION IN JAPAN.—The two
men said to have been implicated in the murder of
Major Baldwin and Lieutenant Bird were executed on the
16th of December, and it is hoped that through their
revelations the other murderers may be detected. The
authorities endeavoured to keep the matter quiet to prevent
a crowd, but it somehow oozed out on the preceding even-
ing, and a largo number of foreigners assembled. A corres-
pondent of the North China Herald gives the following con-
cise sketch of the proceedings :—" The door opened, and a
man bound with cords and blindfolded was led throughtho
crowd, and made to kneel down on a mat placed before a
hole dug to receive his blood and head. The attendants
drew his clothes down off his neck, and gave a few preli-
minary brushes with the hand upwards, as if to stroke the
hair all one way. The executioner was one of the Tycoon's
soldiers, who had purchased a new sword blade, and had
asked permission to do the duty, and thus try his weapon.
After securing the linen round the handle, and carefully
whetting the blade, he took up his position deliberately on
the left side of the victim, and raising the sword high above
his head with both hands, let it fall with a swoop which
severed the neck completely. The head was held up for the
inspection of the chief officer present, who signified his
approval—' I have seen'—and it was then thrown into the
hole. The other man was carried in, and they appeared to
find some little difficulty in getting him to kneel in a con-
venient position ; but when his knees had been properly ad-
justed and his neck laid bare, the other executioner, who
had also petitioned that he might fill the office, advanced,'
took his place by the prisoner's side, and, drawing the
sword over his head with an elegant flourish, inflicted the
blow as effectually as his predecessor." These men are be-
lieved to have been members of an association sworn to as-
sassinate foreigners whenever occasion offers. They were
traced through having entered the house of a countryman
and extorted money and food by threats, exclaiming that
they were on their way to Yokohama to punish foreigners.
The proclamation posted up by the authorities after their
death mentions the crime as the groundfor their execution,
saying nothing about the murder; but it is understood that
they, together with others of their fraternity, were con-
cerned in it.

SOUTH AMERICAN OR JERKED BEEF.—The Lancet
of this week contains an instructive article on the
subject of South American jerked beef, which is just
now attracting so much attention. It discusses the
question of the mode of curing the beef of its composi-
tion, its nutritive qualities, of the best mode of cooking
it, and of its wholesomeness and freedom from taint.
For the sake of comparison it gives full analyses of
English fresh and corned beef. It appears that the
American beef is imported in three states, the dried, moist,
and the pickled. As it is chiefly the dried beef which
reaches this country, our observations will refer principally
to it. This kind contains about twice as much nitrogenous
matter as is found in fresh beef, and hence one pound of it
may be said to be about equal to two pounds of the latter.
This consideration reduces the cost, virtually, from three-
pence, the price at which it is sold, to three halfpence per
pound. The comparison of this beef with fresh beef is not
however strictly correct, since it is really dried salted beef
containing on an average about 20 per cent. of salt ; it is
rather with English corned beef it should be contrasted.
It has been stated in some of the published analyses that
the dried beef contains less than 20 per cent. of water,
whereas the mean quantity found in the analyses given
in the Lancet is about 32 per cent. In some analyses also
the amount of nitrogenous matter is set down at 57 per
cent., whereas it is only about 40 per cent. This quantity
would doubtless have been greater had it not been for
the large omount of salt used in the preparation of
the samples, and which occasions a considerable loss
of nutriment, especially of albumen in the brine. The
further loss of nitrogenous matter in consequence of the
steeping of the beef in water necessary to render it soft
before it is in a condition fit to be cooked, occasions a re-
moval of between 5 and 6 per cent. additional of nitro-
genous matter, reducing the amount actually present in
the articles when consumed to about 34 and 35
per cent., as compared with about 21 per emit. present
in fresh or unsalted beef, the latter also containing
a much larger proportion of that valuable constituent
of meat, namely, albumen. It appears that the steep-
ing removes about 14 of the 20 per cent. of salt pre-
viously contained in the charqui. These particulars
and figures afford important data whereby the value
of this description of meat may be estimated. First,
being salted, it does not possess the same valuable
nutritive properties as fresh meat ; second, one pound
of it is not equivalent, as has been stated, to
three pounds and a half of fresh meat, but rather to
one pound and thi ee-quarters. Still, looking at the
price charged for it, practically but little more than
three-halfpence per pound, it constitutes a very
valuable and much desired article of food, for
the consumption of which an enormous field exists even
in this great metropolis alone. It is adapted especially
for soups, which may be prepared either by boiling out the
soluble nutritive constituents of the meat, rejecting the
fibrous portion left ; or by grating the meat into a coarse
powder, and preparing the soup from this material,
the whole of the meat being consumed. To the
taste of the stewed meat we fear that very many would
object, unless the dried article can be sent over in better
condition.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD SHIP.—On Thurs-
day Joel Burns, a seaman on board a schooner,
making for London, was blown overboard about one
o'clock in the morning, while assisting to jib the mainsail.

HER MAJESTY.

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO WINDSOR
CASTLE.
WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 17.
The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Princes is
Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and
Prince Leopold, left Osborne to-day at a quarter
before three o'clock, and arrived at Windsor Castle
at a quarter past six o'clock p.m., attended by the
Dowager Duchess of Athole, the Hon. Harriet
Phipps, the Hon. Emma Lascelles, Lieut. General
the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. Sir C• 13;
Phipps, Major General the Hon. A. Hood, Colonel
the Hon. D. De Ros, Mr. Buff, and Mr. Sahl. 1
Her Majesty crossed over to Gosport in the 1103'
yacht Alberta, Captain his Serene Highness Price
Leiningen.
• t
Countess Blucher also arrived at Windsor Castle
from Osborne.
The Marchioness of Ely has Succeeded the Dowager
Duchess of Athole as Lady in Waiting.
Lord Methuen and Lieut. Colonel ICingscote are
the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended 11
the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and Major Teesdale, went is
the General Exhibition of Water Colour Drawing
and Sketches at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly'

yesterday.
The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords•

His Royal Highness the Count d'Eu and lier
Imperial Highness the Crown Princess of Brazil (Cointeitis6
d'Eu), attended by Baron and Baroness de Lage and
de Lisbon, with a numerous suite, have arrived at t'"
Clarendon Hotel from Claremont.
Their Highnesses Field Marshal Prince, and the
Princess Bariatinsky have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from
Coombe Royal, South Devon.
The Duchess of Inverness received a selegt Pa
at dinner last evening at her apartments in Sensing°
Palace.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster
i
will return to Grosvenor House early next week from
Eaton Hall, Cheshire.
The Earl and Countess Russell received at dinrierd
Lor
last evening, at their residence in Chesham-place, Lady
Lyons, and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Lord and
Frederick Cavendish, Capt. F. Egerton, Sir Edwin J'e.-

seer, Mr. Robert Browning, &c.
The Countess of Craven and the Ladies Crag
and Lady Evelyn Bruce left Charles-street, Berkey
square, for Ashdown Paik, Berks. His lordship olu

in town.
The Earl of Harrowby has arrived in Grosvol°l-
- from Sandon Hall. ipae
ve
The Earl and Countess of Coventry Will '„"t
Croome Court to-day, on a visit to the Earl and 09'1"-

of Crave; at Ashdown° Park.
The Earl of Orford has arrived at Claridge
Hotel from Mannington Hall, Norfolk. ftoll
The Countess of Sefton and the Earl of Se--
are entertaining a select party at Croxteth Park, l'iTe„rP°°at
The Countess of Caledon and family arriv."fr°►
their mansion on Carlton-terrace a few days since

Castle Caledon, County Tyrone, for the season. ,q
.°;so
Lord and Lady Anally and the flop.
White will arrive in Belgmve-square on gondol a

Titness Park, Windsor.
Lord Henry Bentinck has arrived at Clarldge'°
Hotel.

Lady Emily Peel has left town for Brighton•

CARDINAL WISEMAN'S LAST WORDS : or
his last words—addressed smilingly to those " '
ale
stood around his death-bed—were these " /I°ll4
I, at last, like a Child—going Home for the HolidaYs •
About the most beautiful death-bed words—those (11 fil
of
dying Cardinal—that we can well recall to mind !S.
"tete
words breathing of earthly glory and power like the • the
d'armie" of the Great Napoleon. Not enigmatical like 1"
"More Light !" of Goethe.
JURIDICAL SOCIETY.—At a meeting of this society
on Monday—Lord Stanley, M.P., in the chair---3,
paper was read by Mr. Edward Webster on the subject 01
" Capital Punishment in Cases of Murder," contending that
penal servitude for life, irremissable except on the convict,
saving life, and pardonable only on the establishment
hisOi
innocence, should bo substituted. He considered the
question before the Royal commission not exclusively°lle,,°ll
police, but one also involving considerations of great s°c•l'l
importance affecting civilisation, and that the theologn
arguments had been abandoned, at least by the House°
Commons. As moral retributions, executions, he said, Iv°,
valueless, and that, even if the number and atrocity
murders remained the same, a secondary punishment wou4l
occasion much good by its certainty, and esPeciallY the
avoiding the possibility of an innocent person dying ou
one sui genceire;
scaffold. The crime of murder, he said, was
presenting an uniform organ, though varying 6Pe
and was of a nature which prevented the fears _of the Wen-
Wed t°
end nearly a 1 the
tioner. Most murderers were impulsive,
insanity. He referred to Other countries in which d
opsetanballitsybehdiadanbdeeononabolruodgeadtebdyfoarllessie.vnegral Years an„,
ncaptirtea!
offeace°
secondary punishment,
murder and its kindred
Id be
would be less frequent, because W
the community •
satisfso
more humane. The lecture appeared to give nine- -
that, nuder
tion. Mr. W. M. Best, Mr. Worsley, Mr. Dudley C5l:,
bell, Mr. Macqueen, Q.C. and Mr. Tallack (secretarY
he
the Anti-Capital Punishment Association), addresse,„d iing
Meeting. The chairman, alluding to the fact of his
on a royal commission engaged in considering this 411.0,t
tion, abstained from expressing any opinion on the OW-,
generally, beyond admitting the evils of public executionll/1. 1 ;
and he then summed up the arguments of the speaker
his usual ability. At
THE LORD CHIEF BARON ON FHOTOGRAPIII%--;v
the anniversary meeting of the Photographic Socie"o.l
under the presidency of the Lord Chief Baron, the le
less
chairman congratulated the assembly upon the Pot,
of the beautiful and interesting art of photograP;lo.
not alone in portraiture, but in other and in all direct'-'to
It was becoming more and more appreciated, and, unclei;",v,
skilful guidance of its leading professors, was daily 8471 the
ing new wonders. "It is perfectly well known," esluo-i A
Baron, "that when you dissect and separate by tnealh- re
prism the rays of the sun you get at the extreme end) wet-eto
the red rays are, rays which are not visible, at least 11 11
bountd,wwlibicehreattpearently contain the heat
taullejor:
Dtt othero oyes,r
ay s violet rays are, you get we
r+
are the source of the hotograPhic P°„cli
but which are not visible to our eyes.P They 111'ilie;
light and shade, and sometimes, by accident, al/Ps.r7ten
they produce colour ; but they are invisible to the "' Tto
eye. It very likely may be that there are creaturc-ia
whom these rays are as visible as those we see, itabeibo
perfectly well known that at • certain periods of t,
human ear becomes insensible to the sound of the c'A-tilelit
or the extremely shrill note of the bat ; and as we 11,7° to
there are sounds audible to some ears which are n°"„0-100
others, it naturally leads to the conclusion that if the'gone
certain parts of the sun's rays which are invisible tai or.
eyes, they may be visible to others, and may be Paqich
ing operationc upon the senses of other creatures to
the
we are not open ; but what I was about to remark "syn,is the
extraordinary effect of the diligence and zeal arl" fattS
powerful battery (if I may so call it) of arl),al;- for
which Mr. De la Rue has brought into the tie". the
the purpose of discovering the structures 0f t the
sun. And it is now apparently well known t113,00n
sun is probably more unequal in its surface than the -
is, and that by proper arrangements of apparatus Y°l cDe.
discover these inequalities. It was first discovered, 0/00
lieve, (after astonishing the philosophical world fort t it
i
time, no one being able correctly to understand Weu'en'
meant), during an eclipse of the sun, when the eye ;tben
abled to see that which is otherwise concealed. It war oof
ascertained that there were extensions upon the ea'rtliet
the sun, the effect of which no one could judge of 3,lojec-
time, but which now turn out to be undoubtedly PO6
tions in the nature of mountains. And Mr. Do la Itfiylo4
this is purely a photographic discovery) has been c' filo
by photography to obtain pictures of that whit 01
human eye cannot see, but which the eye of Phet°P,l
does see. In other words, the rays which prodnce,oo-
effect upon the human eye will pass through the °;301
sive light which covers the surface of the sun, and c"
„ Pic'
an impress upon a proper paper so as to give 3"-il,ibie :,
ture of the sun when shining in his full strength' drt
one of the matters which, I own, I hhve been wi-teliat '-
for and expecting ; but I expect much more. I ennt6 con"
look forward to the period when photographyand -;of
nection with the arts and chemistry will be the meal-311er
covering a variety of matters which at present are own•
a state of great obscurity or else almost entirely tin
resent
The meetings of the Photographic Society are at P wad°
held at King's College, but application is about to e.
640,,
to the Government for accommodation at Blunt of
House. The Chief Baron has been re-elected Presi"sevd.•
the SOciety, and Mr. Mayan, Major Gresley, and 311..
bolt elected on the Council. SatttrdsY
SALMON FISHING ON THE DEE.-0° Fisher,
last, the first day of the salmon fishing, Mr*
of the Invercauld Arms, Braemar, and W. Brown, 1, of
factor on the Invercauld estate, went out fora C°l two
hours to see if any sport could be got. Only ea! Drown
of
the pools were partially open from ice, but !r
Tiding
overcame the icy difficulties, and was successful in la itd..
a beautiful salmon of about 101bs. weight.--5444414 '
vertiser. •

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
In the genera discount market to-day there is a
ean.derate demand for money, the inquiry being
iievidently sustained by the large number of Austra-
,an engagements maturing, and 5 per cent. is the
40vvest rate.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank
aerday.
thin the Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon,
Swas a slight upward tendency.
aZce Saturday last the imports of specie have
4'onnte,d, to £538,015, and the exports to
238,088,

Tw o o'CLocK.
teit Paris, this morning, according to Reuter's
piegranl, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 50c.
The
and inanimated.
be.dle English Funds, which openetl firmly, have
dual
flatter, and there is very little animation, as
1131 on Saturday. Consols for money are 89 1,
44
for the account 891 8.
qet the Foreign Market business has been rather
6 and prices have not varied materially. Turkish
6iPezi. Cents., 1862, are 74 71; ditto Consolides,
52-1; Mexican, 27 1 ; do. New, 26 ; Greek,
148- ; Spanish Passive, 321 ; do. Certificates,
fe(11 ; Italian, 641 ; do. New, 14 dis.; Con-
erate, 57i 58t . ; Egyptian, 41 11 prem. ; and
revidean, 3i 41 prem.
aatisliBillega in the Railway Share Market has been
Cer dull, but in some instance prices have ruled
4ade firmer. Metropolitan have advanced £1 ;
4,7411(1 and North Eastern (Berwick) each 10s. ;
Great Eastern and Brighton each ss. South
as,riteErn, however, have improved 15s.
re Foreign Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
;hied inactive, at almost previous values.
ank and Miscellaneous Shares have remained
apetive• Alliance, however, have improved to 33;3,-
et; Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and
41i4ster
a have declined to 55 ; London and West-
itQ„ to 941; and London and Financial have
ga'°vecl to 214 22 ; London and Provincial Mort-
p: Bank of England shares are quoted 11
Cloy; China Steamship Company, 1i 14 prem ;
of Milan Improvement, prem. ; Metro-
pcotalthistricts Railway, n 3 prem. ; and General
lation and Water Supply of France, 1 4 prem.

(1-BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a :",..I"ZRXItEXT FUNDS.
D 0
uent Console - I.
o• 12r
e. Ace°. unt, Mar. 9 B9- i
tie—wnt. Reduced BBl 94
~.. per Cent BBl 9
Very 21 Per Cent. Jan. 1891 —
A --°' 5 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
linuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880
hbo for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 'lBB5 l4 5-16
k '0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
ichequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent
Do.
.£5OO 4 pm
ban Do. £lOO and £2OO
bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent —
. lxnux GoVERNMEXT SECURITIES.
iliflian
Sthek 1011 per Cent., April 1874 —
Do Account 2.
1--6•31 i
..............................
bo. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
De. Account
1:1,0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
-ue• Certificates
hDo• Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do
• 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872
.13,; 91 Per Cet., May 1879
981
1)-0-'1 Per Cent., Aug. 1866
10 pm
1., • bonds, £l,OOO
pm
'"°. Under £l,OOO
A.4tri FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
bp an Bonds, 5 per Cent
brae
5 per Cent —
°' 4rPer Cent 1852-58-60
1311„ 1)0. .7
1863 —
Do—
-0,8 Ayres 6 per Cent 3
elaiil per Cent. (Deferred per Cent.)
_-
1)1411 6 per Cent
0,1,°. 41 per Cent
eelbian 6 per Cent.
D 04.7,6 Per Cent.
0 per Cent., 1864
pm
bab?,lBerip, £55 paid
1174,3 Per Cent, 1825 —
Dvc: Per Cent., 1864 —
baba;),? Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid —
1),, ,dan Principalities
Nu£2, Paid
die par
„Ptia,,°. 7 per Cent —
D - oecond Issue —
XI•00 Bonds
Do.
seIV 1864 9sf
" •b
pa •
14 , Coid
Ari pecount ll 1
jit ior Ne pm
w Consolidated, 1 per
DO Provisional Land Warrant Cent —
Greek ',lOO Bonds —
`I A': Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons --_-
12, ' ,oupons
I
l:te4e,e°llnt
to iliam 5 per Cent.
thr .1839 and 1850
131411 6 Per Cent (Marernmans. liailwaY)
00 18,..
.
1,1) s 'a
I,i i dis
•qezi. exit), £lO paid
I a),call 3 per Ce-

_
dr Cent.
'°. Ace°-lint
D° I) ,„bc 1864 261
,- Per Cent. Anglo-French
dis
Ittobs,ereach Scrip Ex. 25f 20c
1,0011-"Nl, clean 5 per Cent., £25 paid — pm
_ melt A', fraperial 5 per Cent
b `A`ranaaa
0 2
Do i,Per Cent
I, Do r,eferred
'ertiv,--411(1 Warrants (Hectares)
Do 'VI 4-113er Cent. _
_
Do Per Cent. (Uribarren)
, Dol Per Cent, 1862
n_4-rti ecount
bolgese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do reennt ._
liti
D As Per Cent.' 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, —471 i
Ilc'ia2ount
80
.:1
3- u Per Cent, 182
I), - Per C ent., 18502, £ St.,
Do 3 1860
Do K Per Cent., 1859
Do " Per Cent, 1862
41.dii,;. 1861
1:10-'in 5 per Cent
13pa • Account
DohAe3 per Cent
bo
~,, count 4;l
Do•rieNv Deferred
b,, ccount _-
.0... i Passive --•
131,4 u Account 321
•••.08,h Cert. of Coup ii,,t f 111,1. ,1
)li.eva..Account l4/
'tib.kall 4 per Cent. ___
4:711t 6 -
per Cent. 1854
t, Account
o
• Do Per dent. 1858
Do Account 7';
DoCA Per Cent. 1862
.4.ccount
b 41.00 Bonds ,• 7ul_
1,4 ,i,6 Per Cent. 1863
~;maranteed, 4 per Cent —
Do
.`nela 3 per Cent.
Do_
Account , 6
Do A Per Cent, 186",
Do; .a.ccount
i 6,yer Cent.,'lB64 .121
1,a4„, uividends on the above payable in London.
1,"16:41115 per Cent Ex. 10 Florins
'411141',4i. Per cent., Ex. 25f.
.13 e- "Aeute 3 r Cent.
°.ike s' per
ot], count
Itab 2l Der Cent., Ex. 12 Gail —
liZ. ~ 4 yer Cent. Certifi...aes _
• N-- A. Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Account
ech 18, Roue TWO O'CLOCK.
(>
Recount B9l-
1 •
...----:-..--..
of
thp,44,lXt•—This animal substance, thebasis
S• -tie
ew ' 'las been subjected to a new series of expe-
,..eak,B bY MM. Millon and Commaille, who have ad-
-4 f eZsa Paper on the subject to the Academy of
oSlciepeceesf.
Nl' ' /oak be diluted with four times its v
un-
tierZes,ll(l then poured on a filter, the latter retains,
4%4 terio of cream, a mass of globules, which may be
44111),ve'l ()f their fatty matter by either alcohol,. ether,a or
11t4"nret of
, carbon. The residue consists of . white,ere-
resembling caseinntPains
tit farinaceous matter, greatly
th tad from milk by acelic acid. Hence
.milkeluchole
and
item
.ifferent caseines, one of which is insoluble ills .14 a state of suspension, while the other
tinsresohly-
eitCM precipitated at the ordinary
llatels acetic, Sul temperature
acidb
phuric, nitric, phosphoric, or oxalic
Drolso.BSsPecting that the difference observed in the relative.
tjle cr'i°ll.B of nitrogen in these two caseines was owi owing vati --nibioation of one and the same caseic principle
,tate':lllB,,c)rganic acids, MM. Millon and Commaille investi-
seth Lnis subject more closely. Casein° combines with
kltto, tsineral and organic acids of the most opposite
PlatioeB. They have obtained the hydro-chlorate, cehnlofarteo-,
4114 oate' slPhate, chromate, nitrate, phosphate, ars . d
Oilatextillaie of caseine. This affinity is directly exercise
acitbi iitAveen caseine dissolved by means of an oxalate and
N111;1 rilie aboveinentioned combinations are generally in-f
a chn e) and their existence is manifestedby the formation
..o,
bona coagulum, the index of the point of satuic.-
4 As this coagulum cannot be conveniently washed. on.
thoo. ' it
straits placed on a piece of linen closely woven ; it is
thou
1,,, ned, mixed up with water two or three times,
k_tue;ashed with alcohol, and lastly with ether. The acids
RoiaL„?ive the coa,gulum when applied in excess, and this
I,4tta.n.tv. i
' n an excess of acid is particularly well-defined..
that 'illnd oxalic acids are the head of the liets of acids
60
not dissolve the coagulum. But there are acids that
%Rah Precipitate the alkaline solution of caseine ; such for
that "'aece as Prussic acid and tannin. Our authors•
also state
ill a stated used in excess will set at liberty the acid already
of combination
with caseine.

PREFERENCE Si
Great Western Orig. if per cent pf.,
Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock,
Di, to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent.,
Ditto..h per cent. pt. stook rd., 1001
Wateriord and Kilkenuy, 6 per cent., 43
London, Brighton. , 4 per cent., 1863 i 96
London, Chatham, ho., Mctrop. Ext., C 6 per cent.. 70 691

El ARES.
97

LINES LEASED AT FIXED_IIENTALb.
Lcndon, Tilbury, and Southend, 1011

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Belgian Eastern Junction, is
Dutch Rhenish, 21}
Sambre and Meuse, 7}
Turin and Savona,
Ditto.(all), ll}

ACT.--WILEATLEY V. UTHOFF.

This was an action to recover £lO for the carriage of
,ertain goods to Madrid.
Mr. 0. B. 0. Harrison appeared for defendant, who paid
£5 into court.

The plaintiff said that he was proprietor of the Globe
Parcels Express Company, and in September last ho re-
ceived a parcel for Madrid. Knowing that the expense of
carriage would be very heavy, an estimate was sent in,
and defendant desired the goods to be sent. _ _

Cross-examined —We do not guarantee parcels for
Spain, nor is there any specific time for goods to reach
Madrid on account of the difficulties with the Spanish
Custom House.

Mr. Harrison—The defendant's answer to this case is
that the goods did not arrive in a reasonable time. The
plaintiff surely cannot be allowed to set up that he is not
liable for delay.
His Honour—The effect of the defence will be to com-
pel Mr. Wheatley to put a clause in his agreement with
the public to the effect, that ho will not be answerable for
delay.
Plaintiff—We do tell the public so, but it is not put in
the receipt given to the parties.
Mr. Harrison—Then it is not brought to our knowledge.
His Honour—lt certainly ought to have been put in the
contract with defendant. •

Mr. Harrison—The goods sent to Madrid were cheese
and biscuits, and though the carriage was just double the
value of the parcel, my client had an object in such parcel
reaching Madrid by a certain time. That object was
frustrated by the delay.
Plaintiff—The' goods wero detained at the Spanish
Custom House.

His Honour—Here is a letter from the agent at the
Spanish frontier, who states that the goods were detained
at the custom house. There are many points in the case
which should be settled, and I cannot do better than
refer the matter to some gentleman.
Plaintiff and Mr. Harrison both agreed to this, and the
case was referred.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market quiet. Sales, 3,000 or 4,000 bales.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Fab. 18.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with
rain.

PLYMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Benita,
from Porto Rico for Bremen ; Kate Upham, from Liverpool
for Rio Janeiro.

CLYDE, Feb. M.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Ceres, for Mel-
bourne; Antonio, for Havaunah.
FALMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Three
Sisters, from London for Newfoundland, leaky, and with
other damage. Sailed—Violet Swinson, for Nassau.
SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Atrato,
steamer, for the West Indies.
BRISTOL, Feb. 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Jacinto,
from St. Michael's.

KINGROAD, Jan. 17.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Ocean
Empress, from Manilla.
COWES, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Catherine,
from Macao.

PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 16.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Fathero,
for Poole.
NW-PORT, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Ann,
and Saladin, from Bilboa. _

SWANSEA, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Claudine, for
Valparaiso.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Glas-
gow, steamer, from New York, and proceeded for
Liverpool.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Feb. 18—Moselle, steamer, from Antwerp.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.

Passed—Strathmore, from Cochin ; Zeolite, schooner,
from the west ; Northumberland, ship, from Singapore ;
Braintree, from Algoa Bay ; Hero of the Nile, from Ceylon
—all for London; Delta, screw steamer, from London, for
Bordeaux.

THE BALL AT THE PALAIS ROYAL.—The ball
given on Saturday last at the Palais Royal by Prin-
cess Clotilde and Prince Napoleon is still the talk of the
day. This is the first entertainment of the kind witnessed
within those walls for many years, and the suites of apart-
ments having been lately new furnished and restored, much
curiosity was felt by the beau monde of Paris to penetrate
within and judge of the taste which had presided over the ar-
rangements. These are declared to be perfect. Upwards of
24 saloons and galleries barely sufficed for the accommoda-
tion and free circulation of tho two thousand and two or
three hundred guests, who, by dint of petitioning and im-
portunity, had succeeded in extending to themselves the
1,500 invitations originally issued out. The Prince and
Princess did the honours admirably, their palace being
converted, through the myriads of lights and lustres
which lighted it up, and shrubs and flowers which
adorned it, into a perfect palace of the " Arabian
Nights," with its illusions of fairy effects. Not the
least interesting of the saloons was that containing
many relics of the great Napoleon, which had passed
into the hands of his brother Jerome, and thence into
those of the latter's son, and at one time formed part of
Prince Napoleon's collection in his Pompeian villa, Avenue
do Montaigne. Another smaller room is fitted up in imita-
tion of that in which the founder of the dynasty was born
at Ajaccio, and contains, in fact, the self-same meubles. One
part of a voluminous library is also entirely devoted to works
connected with the life and history of the first Napoleon,
while in the saloon styled salon des six bustes are placed six
heads of the first Napoleon, executed at various epochs
of his life—when a collegian at Brienne, at the head of the
armies of Italy, as Consul and then Emperor, at the
Tuileries, and, finally, at the close of his chequered career,
as a prisoner at St. Helena. The resemblance of the heads
of the uncle and nephew was most striking, and did not
fail to draw forth many observations from the bystanders.
The artistic taste of the possessor is easily to be recognised
in the details of the palace, which abounds in pictures,
statues, and objets d'art of every description.—Paris Cor-
respondent of The Queen.
The PANTELEGRAPIL—We have several times had
occasion to mention the Abbe Caselli's wonderful
invention, by which he not only transmits from one place
to another the words of a despatch, but the very hand-
writing of the person that sends it. As this new telegraphic
system is now beginning to receive a practical application
on a large scale, a description of the apparatus may not be
uninteresting to our readers. Imagine a cast iron frame
shaped like an A, and a pendulnm suspended from its apex.
At each foot of the frame there is an electro-magnet, throUgh
the action of which the pendulum, which is two metres in
length, oscillates between them, according as an electric cur-
rent passes from one to the other. About the middle of the
shaft of the pendulum there is a sort of arm or cam,
which, at each oscillation, causes a lever fixed to the cross-
bar of the Ato describe a circular arc. At the end of each
oscillation, this lever twice meets a click-and-spring work
fixed to the same cross-bar ;at the first stroke the metallic
vibration is interrupted, and at the second a fork is set in
motion, the prongs of which alternately set on the teeth of
a ratch, which is thus forced to turn, and in so doing com-
municates motion to an endless screw cut into its own
shaft. This endless screw causes two small chariots
to move simultaneously : each chariot carries a fine
still point or stylus. Now as, in virtue of the endless
screw, these two points move uniformly in the same direc-
tion, the progress of one not differing from that of the
other even by a hair's breadth, it follows that what-
ever stroke will be described by the one, will
he imitated with mathematical exactness by the other.
Now, suppose a metallic plate to be placed under each point,
these plates being curved like the circular arcs described by
the points, then, after a certain number of oscillations of the
pendulum, these points in moving along will have described
upon the plates as many parallel lines infinitely close to
each other as there have been oscillations ; hence the whole
surface of theplates has been gone over. The plates are in
direct communication with the ground by means of chains,
one of the plates we will call the transmitter, the other the
recipient. The sender of a despatch writes it withcommon
ink on a sheet of tinned paper, and places it on the trans-
mitter. On the recipient we place a sheet of chemical paper,
impregnated with a solution of cyanide of potassium. Let us
now set the apparatus in motion. The current being esta-
blished, so long as the point of the transmitter only touches
upon the tin, the electric fluid will escape into the earth ;
but no sooner does it meet the ink of the writing, which is
a non-conductor, than the fluid, not finding an escape there,
will seek it along the wire which connects the two points
t ogether.. Thus the point which works on the chemical
paper of the recipient will produce a blue stroke on the
latter for every black stroke on the despatch ; for steel in
contact with cyanide of potassium, and under the influence
of a positive current, produces blue. Hence, supposing the
despatch to have been written in black in Paris, and trans-
mitted to Lyons, the correspondent at the latter place will
receive, in blue, the exact fac-simile of the sender's hand-
Iwriting. An order to pay a certain sum may thus be trans-
mitted with perfect safety.

SNOWBALL RIOT'S ON THE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE
FLAGS.— On Thursday and yesterday snow fell
heavily in the middle of the day at Liverpool, and a num-
ber of young fellows having begun to snowball each other,
a general milee on both days ensued. A force of police
was marched on to the flags, and were subjected to a
severe buffeting. They charged in line, but the line was
speedily broken, and every rioter taken into custody was
speedily rescued. Yesterday hose were brought on to the
flags, and the water turned on to wash tho snow away.
Mischievous people, however, cut the hose, and the water
streaming around and into the mob added to the confusion.
Throughout, however, the most marked good humour was
observable both on the part of the " public" and of the
police.

SELLING OBSCENE PHOTOGRAPHS.—James Brewer, of 30,
Castle-street, St. Martin's, bookseller, was brought before
Mr. Knox on a warrant, charged with unlawfully and
scandalously uttering obscene photographs.
Mr. Poland, instructed by Mr. Ellis, of the finn of Ellis
and Ellis, Spring-gardens, prosecuted on the part of the
Commissioners of Police, Mr. Hannant, the superintendent
of the C Division, being also in attendance.
Mr. Poland, in opening the case, said it was a case of
selling prints of a disgraceful character. A quantity of
prints had been seized at the prisoner's place on a former
occasion. Tho Commissioners of Police thought this a case
where the prisoner ought to be prosecuted at the Sessions
James Avis Tucker, 56, Rupert-street, Haymarket
proved going to the prisoner's shop, 30, Castle-street, at
the request of the police, being accompanied by Police-con-
stable Butcher. He saw the prisoner, and asked to see
some prints. The prisoner showed him some, and he said
they were not the sort he wanted. The prisoner said, "I
suppose you want something broad," and he said he did.
The prisoner then took him into his parlour, and asked
him if he was from the country. He said he was. The
prisoner then said, "Can you show me anything from the
country, or a railway ticket ?" He told him ho could not.
After some further conversation the prisoner took him to
another room, and from a drawer took a number of inde-
cent cartes de visite, stereoscopic slides, some books, and
porcelain transparencies some of them coloured, and
some of them plain. He purchased the one produced for
2s. 6d. All he saw were similar to the one produced, and
grossly indecent. He then left the shop, and handed the
print to Police-constable Butcher, who was outside. On
the same evening he went to the shop with a person named
Hunt, and saw him purchase a stereoscopic slide—the one
produced—for which he paid ss.
A young man named Hunt proved going with the last
witness to the shop of the prisoner and purchasing a
stereoscopic slide produced. The prisoner sho-wed him
several other slides and prints, all grossly indecent. He
paid ss. for the slide ho purchased, and left with the last
witness, and gave the slide up to Butcher, who was wait-
ing outside, and who had searched them both before going
into the shop.
Police-constable Charles Butcher, 137 C, said thaton the
21st of December he went with Tucker to the shop of the
prisoner, having previously searched him to see that ho
had nothing about him. • He (Butcher) was in plain clothes
at the time. • On Tucker coming out of the shop he gave
him the slide produced. He went again the same evening
with Hunt, and also searched him, and then gave him 10s.
to purchase a slide. On his coming out he gave him
(Butcher) the slide produced. The following day he went
with Inspector Draper and seized above one hundred slides,
books, prints, and a pipe-bowl, all of the grossest kind.
The name of " Megret and Co." was over the door. In-
spector Draper took the prisoner into custody last night.
Had always noticed the prisoner at the shop.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said the articles
seized had been produced.
Inspector George Diaper said that on the 22d December
he made a seizure at 30,Castle-street, the prisoner then being
present. The articles, or a greater portion of them, were
in a drawer in the back-room—stereoscopic slides, books,
photographs, &c. He took the prisoner into custody last
night at the same place. On entering the shop the prisoner
said, " What, here again ?" and said he was a servant ; and
on his asking who was the master, he said there wero
several of them, Megret being one of them. Ho then asked
the prisoner where Megret lived, and he said he did not
know, but that he came there sometimes. He then took
him into custody.
The prisoner said he had no questions to ask.

The evidence having been read over, Mr. Knox asked
the prisoner whether he wished to say anything ? He was
not bound to say anything,,but ho would be indicted for
the misdemeanour and for having indecent prints in his
possession. ,

The prisoner said he had nothing to say.
Committed for trial.

WESTMINSTER.

SUSPICIOUS POSSESSIONS.—AIfred Warwick, a young
man, was charged with loitering about the streets with
intent to commit robbery.

Police-constable Williams, 80 B, said that at a little after
12 last night he was in plain clothes, when he saw the
prisoner loitering about Pimlico. He first saw him in
Stanley-street, and observed him put his head over dif-
ferent area railings and look down. He next went into
Cambridge-street, and then into Gloucester-street, where
he still made an examination of different areas, and on
seeing that he was watched, took to his heels. Witness
followed, and having overtaken him, inquired who he was
and where he was going to, and finding that he prevari-
cated in his answers, took him to tho station house, where
he was locked up on suspicion of intending to commit
felony.
Mr. Selfe—Did he give you any address ?
Witness—No. I asked him several times, but I could
get no satisfactory reply.
Mr. Selfc—What did you find upon him—anything that
confirmed your suspicions ?
Witness—Yes. On searching him, all I found was a
gimlet and a whistle.

Prisoner—There's no harm in thorn.
Mr. Selfe—l dare say not. They're very useful things
in their way. Whore were you going to ?
Prisoner—Newton-street, Holborn, or Claro-market.
Other questions were asked, but the answers were most
unsatisfactory.

Prisoner—l assure you I did not mean any harm.
Mr. Selfe—A gimlet and a whistle are suspicious pos-
sessions. You are remanded till Friday next.

THAMES.

INGENIOUS SMUGGLING.—John Gibbs, a seaman belong-
ing to the steamship Lucerne, was brought before Mr.
Partridge charged with smuggling 20i lbs. of foreign
manufactured tobacco, by which he had incurred a penalty
of £lOO.

Yesterday a Custom-house officer and his assistants went
on board the Lucerne and overhauled her, .and in answer
to the usual inquiry all hands said that they had no to-
bacco or spirits in their possession, and did not know of
any being on board. A rigid search was made by the
officers and a water-closet was removed. On raising the
flooring under the water-closet rilbs. of Cavendish tobacco
was discovered. The men were questioned, and prisoner
said the tobacco was his, and he had secreted it in the
place where it was found. He was asked how he came to
conceal it, to which he replied I mean't to take it on shore
whenever I had tho opportunity. He also said that ho
bought 191bs of tobacco at Gibraltar for a smuggling venture.
He was taken into the cabin and overhauled by a'revenue
officer, who found 341 b. of tobacco concealed about his per-
son. It was fastened to his body, to his legs, and to his
arms ; and he smelt, said the officer, like a tobacco ware-
house. The prisoner implored of the officer to be merci-
ful to him on account of his family.
The tobacco was produced, and stated to be real Caven-
dish of approved quality.
Mr. Partridge said het had no power to mitigate the
penalty sought for the Crown, and he must fine the pri-
soner £lOO. In default of payment, he sentenced the de-
fendant to six months' imprisonment.
The prisoner—As well ask me to pay the national debt
as £lOO.

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