The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

DST.,

:MBER.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hyde Parker,
was to-day taken into the dock from which the Impe-
rieuse was taken out on Saturday.
The • Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Com-
mander Belam, had her steam up to-day, and left Wool-
wich in the afternoon for Deptford to take onboard
stores, and then proceed round to Chatham, Sheerness,
and Portsmouth.

ADVICE TO THE POOR, BY LORD
BROUGHAM.

Learn to reflect often on the nature of your being; on
the duties imposed on you by the laws of the Creator,
which cannot be neglected or evaded without future
suffering.

The treat mass of mankind are destined inevitably to
live by labour ; some undoubtedly are exempted from
the necessity of working ; they are few, in comparison of
the number who must submit to live by industry.
But the wealth of the rich has arisen from labour.
Capital, money, and property, are no more than the
savings made from the produce of labour beyond the
portion which was required for the preservation of the
individuals who have worked to raise it. Upon these
grounds the rich are as fully entitled to their large pos-
sessions as the cottager to his cottage.
There is no man enjoying a common portion of health
and strength but he may gain by work more than is
necessary for him to consume, for his preservation, and
even for his comfort. He may always by forbearance
lay by something. This is proved by men being able by
their personal industry to support a wife and young
children ; the amount of whatever this young family
consume might have been saved before his marriage, and
might have been laid by for his future use.
Marriage is the state to which the poor look forward.
It is more necessary to them than the rich : the labourer
wants a helpmate ; and his home is miserable without

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Begin therefore early to provide for it. Lay by a
little money to buy a bed, and the most necessary
articles of furniture in a house. Do not begin by getting
into debt ; if you do, you will probably never be free
from it.

It you have ready money you may deal to great ad-
vantage with tradesmen you can choose the best article
at a fair price. The tradesman who permits you to run
in debt, permits it only because he calculates by so doing
it will be advantageous to himself. He sells inferior
articles at the same price as the best ; and as he is aware
he will have many bad debts owing to him, he charges
those who do pay the more to compensate such losses.
The village shopmen always deal upon these principles.
Look at their books ; many of the poor owe them thirty,
forty, or fifty shillings ; this debt is never cleared, and
the poor man, thus involved dares not buy anywhere
else.

If you have any money beforehand, go to the best
market in the neighbourhood, or let your wife go once a
week, or once a fortnight. You will there get for seven-
or eight shillings better articles than you can get for ten
shillings at the village shop, and better weight. In a
public market the dealer does not venture to use false
weights ; at the village shop, most of the poor are in
debt, and dare not complain, lest they should be refused
credit.

Send your wife to market, in preference to going your-
self. Women are less subject to the temptation of drink-
ing than men ; they are quick at detecting defects and
small differences in goods ; their minds readily seize on
the point of view advantageous to themselves • they
express themselves with readiness and ease ; they dis-
cover and aim at the weak points of defence in a trades-
man with a dexterity which it is in vain for a husband
to attempt to imitate. A woman is worth on these
occasions from two shillings to five shillings in the pound
more than a man. A tradesman who could stand firm
against the persuasions of a man will often yield to the
superior management of a female customer.

Sometimes there are found in a village experienced,
trusty, and clever females, who will market for several
families. This is the cheapest mode. The expense of it
is divided amongst many ; often the wife cannot be well
spared from the care of the house and children ; and
by thus employing another, her time and the wear. of
her clothes are saved.

SURRENDER OF A MURDERER.—At Stalybridge, near
Manchester, a man named Robert Thornley, a muffin
and crumpet dealer, has delivered himself up to the po-
lice as having been implicated in a murder which took
place in 1847. He states that the murder was that of
James Brooks, of Godley, near Hyde. At that time,
he says, he had an improper intimacy with Brook's wife,
and that she asked him if he could not get some kind
of herbs which would be a slow poison. He told her
that he did not know of anything that would act as a
slow poison except laudanum, which would act as a slow
poison if given in small doses. That she requested him
to get some laudanum, and that he purchased some at
Oldham, and gave it to her. That she gave it to her
husband, but he threw it up, and it did him no harm.
worth of arsenic
Tfrhomat
mhert.hseontopluiffrcoh, adsruedgghiesrt,tshtraeleypbeinind
ridge, which he gave
her, and that she told him she had made some puddings ;
and that she had put the arsenic into one of them, and
given it to her husband. That the husband died at the
time, and an inquest was held over him, but nothing
was found out, and he was interred at Mottram Church.
That the husband did not eat all the pudding ; that
what he left was thrown out, and that a quantity of hens
belonging to a man named Scott were poisoned by eat-
ing this pudding. About a week after the death of her
husband, he met the wife at Chapel Hill, Dukinfield,
when he asked her if she were not afraid, and she an-
swered, "No, only through Scott's hens being poisoned,"
and that he replied that he had been very uneasy ever
since, and that he married the woman three months
afterwards. It appears that, at the time of the alleged
murder, a man of the name of James Brooks did die
very suddenly, and an inquest was held before Mr.
Hudson, coroner, and the jury decided that he died
from the effects of a hurt in the head which he had re-
ceived when working as a collier. The self-accused
murderer has not been living with Brooks' widow for
the last 18 months, and he now says that he is conscious
of the dangerous position he places himself in by making
the confession, but that he is determined the woman
shall be punished, whatever may be the result. He has
been handed over to Mr. Little, constable for Hyde,
who has a commitment against him for some misdeme-
nour ; and Mr. Little is engaged in strictly investigat-
ing the statements made by Thornley, who still persists
that all he has stated, the substance of which we have
given, is strictly true.
FATAL LEGACY.—We find the following in the Journal
des Vosges :—" A few days since, a young girl residing
near Charmes (Vosges), on returning from Nancy, where
she had been to receive 800 f. which had been bequeathed
to her by a relative, was overtaken on the road by a
young man and a girl, who fell into conversation with
her. She had placed her money in a hand basket, and
as the young man observed that she frequently trans-
ferred it, on account of its weight, from one hand to the
other, he offered to carry it for her, which was accepted.
The young man, at the same time thrust in some things
of his own, and amongst the rest his papers. On reach-
ingt Cravechamp, they all entered a public-house o.
take some refreshment, and the young woman
l. reced
ceiving the basket from her male comPanliemilLa nl'ie, in
it on the table by her side. The mistress of t
a metallic sound. She asked what the basket contained,
serving them, struck against the basket, which gave out
and was informed 800 f. belonging to the young woman.
The plan of the mistress of the house was without doubt
formed instantaneously, for making a sign to the girl to
follow her out, she said to her when in the passage
You are not aware with whom you have been walking
that young man is a very bad character. Do not
think of departing with him. What am Ito do,
then ?' said the girl. `Take your basket, and go
thers weredown to the cellar, where you will find my husband.
You can remain there until the others have gone.'
mended,The
and
wwomanhen theactedtravellers
t r a
as woman
aborutnninto-
depart, they inquired for their • She
companion.
has gone on before you,' said the woman,
you will overtake her.' The young man urged the
girl who was with him to make all haste she could, "
he wanted to recover his papers. After walking on until
late in the evening, they overtook no one, but being met
gby two gendarmes, were called on by had v them to °an
account of themselves. They mentioned what hap-
pened,rme,so but the whole story appeared to the gender
agred to
very unlikely one. However, the gendarm
accompany the young man back to the_ou n closed, and
•S
When they arrived their the door
was
f knocked. The
no answer was given to them when
gild
nd found nothing
gendarmes at last forced their way in,
of a suspicious character in the rooms above;
cellar was discovered the body and the wife who had per-
petrated of the young woman cut
up into pieces. The husbandt once arrested."
GAS LIGHTING.—An.petrated the murder were
a
important improvement is said
to have just been ma
in France in the mode of puri-
fying gas for lighting.
And Instead of lime, the inventor
uses peat charcoal acids, which deprive the gas of
the sulphur and m
mon.
iaThe gas thus purified is said
a
to have an addition of 10 per cent. to its illuminating
power, and the materials used for the purification of the
gas are converted into a manure so valuable, it is de-
clared,sold for more than the • •
that it can be original
cost.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 3.
It is in contemplation to form a permanent Board at
the Admiralty, to consist of the following naval officers :
—Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., Captain the Hon.
Robert S. Dundas, C. 8., and Captain Alexander Milne.
The report of the committee on manning the navy is
I most anxiously looked for. We have been assured by
naval officers that there are many men at Woolwich
and other ports, but they will not enter, as they do not
credit what is told them as to their being sure to be well
treated and have the restoration of their gill and better
pay, as they had plenty of promises before which Were
never realised. A naval lieutenant, after expatiating
on the advantages which seamen will in future enjoy
according to the general opinion of the officers, was
answered by a seaman in the following words :—" If I
knew what you say, Sir, to be law, I'd enter this mo-
inent." It is evident to all engaged in raising men that
while the future pay and prospects of seamen remain
unknown to them, there will be great difficulty in
obtaining men worth having.
The Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain R.
B. Watson, C. 8., had her steam up to-day in the basin,
and made an excellent start of her engines, a number of
naval officers being on board, and Mr. Atherton, chief
engineer at Woolwich Factory, Mr. Dinnen, inspector
steam machinery afloat, Mr. Hartrees, of the firm of
John Penn and Son, the constructors of her engines,
and Mr. F. P. Smith. The screw made 54 revolutions
per minute, with a pressure of 121 b. per square inch on
the boiler:;, and worked very satisfactorily. The Im-
perieuse will be ready to leave Woolwich for Chatham
about the 10th or 12th inst. to have her masts and rig-
ging put up at that port, where they have been ready
some time.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. --Traffie re-
turn for the week ending Jan. 1, 1853 £15,076 12 5
Corresponding week last year 12,654 17 9

Increal in 1852
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 1,
1853
Corresponding week last year
Total of the half-year to this date, 1852.
Total of the half-year to this date, 1851

WANTED, by a Manchester House in the
General Trade, TWO First-rate TRAVELLERS for the
West and Midland Grounds. Particulars required as to whom they
have represented, and the district taken.—Address C. T., Manches-
ter Athenceum. file strictest confidence observed.

ENGLISH, scorns'', AND AUSTRALIAN CHARTERED
BANK.

•
THE Directors beg leave to inform their Share-
holders and the public that they have received the Royal
Charter of Incorporation, that the Company is thereby duly cansti-
tuted, and measures will be taken for the immediate commencement
of.business. By order of the Board,
J. W. PILLARS, F. ecretary.
61 so, Moergate Street, 3d January, 1853.

LEWIS HILL RANGE (AUSTRALIAN)
GOLD and COPPER COMPANY, en commandite 13th Feb.,
1852. Capital 80,0001., in Shares o. IL each, fully paid up. Offices
of:the London Agency, 17, Combat.
The Counc 1 of Supervision have the satisfaction to announce the
arrival of Mr. Samuel Channtler, in the barque Foster, a_t Sydney, on
the Ist May last.
Mr. King, an experienced mining officer, had been dispatched to
the Turon District, where he had commenced operations Copies of
the highly favourable Report of Mr. King can be had at the offices.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 24th Dec., 1812.
rir HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of Her
JL MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
That they arc ready to DISPOSE OF, to such persons as are
willing to Tender for the same, a quantity of *id IRON ORD-
NANCE, SHOT, S iIEL LS, and ZEAL), in Store at the Royal Arsenal
at Woolwich, which have been divided into lots, and may be viewed
upon application to the Storekeeper at that place any day (Suttlay
excepted) previous to the day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders.
A Catalogue of the several Lots may be obtained by per. is
will-
ing to become purchasers at the tqorekeeper's office, Woolsvich; the
principal Storekeeper's Office at the rower; and at the Secretary's
Office in Pall-mall, where the Tenders for the whole or any number
of the said Lots are to be delivered on or before Saturday, the Bth
January, 1853

By Order of the Brd
G. BUTLER, Secretary.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Dec. 24, 1852.
11HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of Her
1- MAJE,,TY'S ORDNANCE do HtREBY GIVE NOTICE,
BRASS suchpeorßsoDnNs
AasNareEe
,wiinffinsg ore
That they are ready tao dqasapaousetyofa,ft(
tender for the same,
at the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich, which have been divided into
lots, and may be viewed, upon application to the Storekeeper at that
place, any day previous to the day tilted for the delivery of the
tenders.
A Catalogue of the several lots may be obtained by persons willing
to become purchasers, at the Storekeepers's-office, Woolwide the
Principal Storekeepers'-office, at the Tower ; and at the Secretary's-
office, in Pall-mall ; where the tenders for the where, or any number
of the said lots, are to be delivered on or before Saturday, the Bth
January, 1853, -

By order of the Board,
G. BUTLER, Secretary.

GREAT NORTH of SCOTLAND RAILWAY.
ISSUE of PREFERENCE STOCK to Complete the Line.—
(Incorporated by 9th and 10th Viet., c. 103, and 14th and 15th Viet.
c.. 76.)
This line, 72 miles in length, will join the Aberdeen Railway at
Aberdeen, and proceeding northward through a rich, populous, and
fertile inland district, will accommodate the towns of Kintore, Inve-
rury, Huntly, Keith, and Elgin.
The present issue of stock consists of 30,000 preference shares of
£lO each, entitled to a minimum preferential dividend of 5 per cent.
Applications for shares may be made to the Secretary at Aber-
deen, or the fqllowing Stock and Share Brokers :—Messrs. Carden
and Whitehead, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings; J. C. Morice, 1,
Warnford-court, London ; G. and T. Irvine, 2, India-buildings,
Liverpool, from either of whom forms of application for shares, de-
tailed prospectus, and maps of the line may be obtained.

CONTR ACT FOR CANDLES FOR HER MAJESTY'S DOCK-
YARDS AT DEPTFORD AND WOOLWICH.
Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 3d Jan., 1853.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland do Hereby Give Notice, That on TUESDAY, the 18th
instant, at One
o'clock, they will be ready to treAterwimtha
Majesty's
persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying
Dockyards at Deptford and Woolwich ith
CANDLES:
A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said office. No Tender
will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any
be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly
authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for
Candles," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accom-
panied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become
bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 204. for the due
performance of the Contract.

THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY
COMPANY,
No. 72, Lombard-street, and 24, Connaught-terrace.

TRUSTEES,

Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malin., Esql
James Fuller Maddox, Esq.
~ • M.P.
J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P.
William Wilberforce, Esq.'
The POLICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of
Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus Tendered
CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU-
MENTS of SECURITY.
This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to
the Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING
INSURANCE, whereby In one Policy for one rate of Premium are
combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on
attaining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age ;
and giving the full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid,
although the payments should a be discontinued.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.

rrEIE ALBION GOLD MINING COMPANY,
for working the Gold Mines on Burns Creek, and the Quartz
Gold Veins, under a Conveyance in Fee-simple, of 1,000 acres, near
Quartzburgh, Mariposa, California.
Capital, £lOO,OOO, in Iwithoutoo,ooo Sharesfurther
li of 41 each, to be paid up in ful
ability.
On the Cost Book system, requiring no deed of settlement.

Neither the directors nor any co-adventurers will have power to
contract debts to bind this Company in California, there being a law
against it in that State.