The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1854.

arch, on the north side, height to the point of the arch,
17 feet 51 inches; width, 11 feet 21 inches.
Average dimensions of the smaller compartments for
bas-reliefs, four on the north side, and four on the south
side, height, 2 feet 6 inches ; width, 2 feet 8 inches.
Dimensions of two larger compartments for bas-reliefs
on the south side, height, 6 feet 3 inches ; width, 2 feet
4 inches.
Height from the floor to the lower edge of the larger
and smaller compartments, 8 feet 21 inches.
Average dimensions of two larger compartments for
bas-reliefs, one en the east, the other on the west side,
inches.
Height 2 feet 5 inches ; width, 7 feet 31
Height from the floor to the lower edge of the last
inches.
Dimensions compartments, 8 feet 21
Dimensions of compartments for portraits of the
Tudor family, height 6 feet ; width varying from 2 feet
5i inches to 3 feet.
Height from the floor to the lower edge of the com-
partments, 12 feet 5 inches.
For the subjects of the bas-reliefs, in the course of
being modelled b. y Mr. William Theed, preparatory to
their being cast in metal by Messrs. Ellington, see the
return before quoted, and the appendix to the seventh
report, p. 12 ; the subject of the death of Sir Philip
Sidney having been substituted for that of Raleigh land.
ing in Virginia.
THE QUEEN'S ROBING-ROOM.
Lighted from the south side.
Dimensions from wall to wall, east and west, 54 feet
6inches ; north and south, 37 feet 4A inches.
Dimensions of the 4 fresco paintings now completed.
West wali ; fresco next the window, height, 11 feet 21
Inches ; width, 5 feet 101 inches. Centre fresco, height,
11 feet inches ; width, 14 feet 6 inches. Fresco next
the door, height, 11 feet 21 inches ; width, 5 feet 92
inches.

North wall : fresco at the east end, height, 11 feet 21
inches ; width, 10 feet 21 inches.
Height from the floor to the lower edge of each fresco,
9 feet 74 inches.
_....

The subjects, consisting of incidents from the legend
of King Arthur, illustrate "The Virtues of Chivalry."
The subject of the centre fresco on the west• wall
is " Religion," of that next the wimlow, " Courtesy,"
of that next the door, " Generosity." The subject of
fresco on the north wall is " Mercy." A more de-
tailed description will be furnished when the series of
subjects shall have been completed.

THE PEERS' ROBING-ROOM.
For the general dimensions of the compartments, and
for the subjects, see the appendix to the seventh report,
p. 11.

THE PEERS' CORRIDOR.
Lighted from the east and west sides.
Dimensions from wall to wall, north and south, 53
feet 9 inches ; east and west, 14 feet 41 inches.
Dimensions of the eight compartments for oil pictures,
height, 7 feet 21 inches ; width, 9 feet 41 inches.
Height from the filer to the lower edge of the com-
partments, 4 feet 21 inches.
For the subjects see the return before referred to, p.
10.

THE COMMONS' CORRIDOR.
Lighted from the ea,t and west sides.
Dimensions from wall to wall, north and south, 47 fee
6 inches ; east and west, 14 feet 31 inches.
Dimensions of the eight compartments far oil pictures,
hen ht, 6 feet 91 inches ; width, 7 feet 93 inches.
height from the floor to the lower edgt of the corn
partme;ats, 4 feet 31 inches.
For• the subjects see the before mentioned return,
p. 10.
THE PAINTED CHAMBER OR CONFERENCE HALL.

Lighted from the east side.
Dimensions from wall to wall, north and south, 51
feet fit inches ; east and west, 27 feet 6 inches.
Dimensions of the first compartment to be painted in
fresee on the north wall, height, 10 feet 6 inches ; width,
14 feet 11 inches. •

Height-from the floor to the lower edge of the corn•
partment, 7 feet 1 inch.

- For the cost of the various works above referred to,
and for other details, see the return to the House of Coin.
mons befOre quoted.

No. 2.
ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF A SOLUTION OF
STARCH IN FRESCO PAINTING, BY MR.
DYCE, R.A.
The Oaks, Norwood, Nov. 21, 1853.
Sir,—ln some observations on fresco addressed by me
to the Commissioners on the Fine Arts in 1846, and
printed by them in the seventh report, I bad occasion
to refer to the difficulties experienced by fresco painters
in the use of ultramarine and some other pigments ; and
I suggested that if a soluticin of starch or of the caseous
element of milk were mixed with the colours, their
adherence to the intonay.o might probably be reckoned
upon with certainty.
This was a mere suggestion based on the known fact
that both these sub)Jstances form, with quicklime, a com-
pound which, whr.at it is dry, is insoluble in water.
Since that tine, however, I have had ample opportunity
of submitting one of the suggested expedients to the test
of experiment, and the result has been so satisfactory
that I think it desirable to put the commissioners in pos-
session of the fact, to be recorded for the benefit of future
paint•lrs in fresco.

7.1 either of the suggested expedients was likely to
answer, it seemed to me that the use of starch would pre-
sent fewest difficulties of _manipulation ; I accordingly
tried it first, and with so successful a result, that I have
thought it useless to attempt the employment of caseine;
but I may mention that since my suggestion respecting
it was made, a Scottish gentleman has discovered and
obtained a patent for a process of calico-printing by
,-means of a vehicle prepared from canine and quicklime,
which probably might be employed in fresco painting
for the purposes which I have attained by the use of a
solution of starch. This vehicle is prepared by dissolv-
ing caseine in the liquid ammonia of commerce, and
adding to the solution a certain proportion of quicklime,
the mixture then being diluted with water to any required
consistency; and the inventor of the process (who entered
into communication with me partly in consequence of
the suggestions I had made in the paper referred to)
thinks that if this vehicle were employed in fresco paint-
ing, and mixed with all the colours, it would not be
necessary to prepare the intonaco day by day, and pro-
vided some expedient were adopted to keep it in a damp
state, that ev,..,n large pictures might be executed with-
out, or at roost with very few, joinings in the plaster.
This, kowever, I have not tried ; partly from want of
time, b'at chiefly because the more simple vehicle of a
weak. solution of starch, if it would not answer the same
purpose, at least accomplishes the more limited object I
h Ad in view so perfectly as to leave little to desire.
The use of ultramarine in a nearly pure state, hitherto
the crux of fresco painters, presents, when the pigment
is combined with a weak solution of starch, no difficulty
whatever. It may be applied with tolerable certainty
of effect even when the intonaco has become, as it does
at the end of a day, hard and partially crystalised at the
surface.

These conditions, however, must be attended to. In
the first place, the solution must be so weak that when
cold it shall scarcely assume the form of a jelly.
Secondly, it must be used on the day on which it is
prepared. On the second day it ilude.rgoes some change
(I do not know what), which bus the effect of causing
the colours mixed with it to dry in streaks or blotches.
If the same tint, therefore, has to be used on consecutive
days, it must be prepared beforehand with water, and
the vehicle added only to so much of the pigment as may
be required for the day's -work.
Thirdly, the effect of the s ehicle in fixin,g the colours
cannot be depended -upon with certainty unless the pig-
ments contain a, small portion of lime. This may seem
to Le an obst-scle to the employment of colours in a per-
fectly pur.e state, but in practice this is of little conse-
queltramrnce: -in the first place, because such a pigment as
Anne (with u • which I am chiefly now concerned)
can l'zarcely, except in minor details, be used with good
effe et in a pure state ; and, secondly, becanse the quan-
Way of lime sufficient to insure the combination oa which
'she action of the vehicle depends, is so small as hardly
to affect the purity of the tint to any appreciable ex-
tent ; and, besides, the trifling loss of depth occasioned
by the admixture of white may be easily corrected by the
addition of black, which, though it imparts a certain grey-
ness to the tint when it is wet, does not affect its blue-
ness when the plaster is dry.
In preparing a tint of ultramarine in which the
pigment is to be used in as pure a state as may be,
I first make up the required tint with the least pos-
sible quantity of water ; it is then diluted with the
solution of starch to the proper consistency, and a
small portion of lime added to it. The addition of the
lime has the immediate effect of curdling or imperfectly
solidifying the mixture. To remove this it must be
triturated in a mortar, worked with the palette-knife on
a slab, or, which generally is sufficient, stirred for some
time with a stiff brush until the consistency of cream is
attained. If the proper degree of fluidity should not be
restored, a little water may be added.
It ;,s, of course, desirable that the adherence of pig-
merLts with which starch has been mixed should in all
ce.ses depend on the chemical combination of the starch
and lime ; but it is certain that to a limited extent the
glutinous quality of starch is sufficient of itself to secure
the adherence of the colour under circumstances in which
little or no chemical action can take place. As, for in-
stance, at the end of a day when the intonaco has be.
come quite hard on the surface, I have found small
touches and washes of pure colour (Inch as ultramarine
or the transparent oxide of chromium unmixed with
white) to adhere perfectly if applied with the solution of
starch, which, if applied with the water only, would
have dried on the surface of the intonaco in the form
of powder.
On the durabi'Lity of the process it is premature to
express any 'opinion, as my experience only extends
over three or four years ; but as yet I am unable
to trace in those portions of the frescoes in the Queen's
robing-mom painted by means of it the least symptom
of that, whitened, bleached, and inharmonious look whieb
makes its appearance in blues, painted in the old
oursfiarithcful L. servant,Eastlake,
.a.V, almost before the paint has become dry.—l remain,
8 y
W. DYCE.
f Secret.,.. P.R.A.,
ry to the Fine Arts Commission.

STEREOCRROM No. 2.
AND SOMEE PAINTING. " ON SILICA
AitT OF ITS APPLICATIONS TO THE
SubstariSce of a lecture delivered at the Royal Institu-
-1854, by the Rvv. J.
April 7,
resident and Secre-
tary
caofistohneeßoofytahlelnmsotisttutaibounr;
Quartz, common sand, &c., flint,
&c., and a variety of sand described byJ. T.
Way, m` respectively be taken as examples Mr.f' T.
talised nd uncrystalised silica. Under all these forms
silica is capable of combining with bases as an acid's
Heat is, however, essentially necessary to effect this
combination, a combination of which all the well.

known silicates, whether natural, as feldspar, mica,
clay, &c., or artificial, as glass, &c., are the results.
The common forms of insoluble glass are produced
by the union of silica with more than one base ; but,
when combined with an alkaline base only, silica forms
a soluble glass, the degree of solubility of which de-
pends on the proportion which the siliceous acid bedrs
to this alkaline base. This soluble silicated alkali (or
water-glass) may be prepared by various processes. If
sand be used, 15 parts of fine sand, thoroughly incor-
porated with 8 parts of carbonate of soda, or with 10 of
carbonate of potass and one of charcoal fused in a fur-
nace, will produce a silicated alkali which is soluble in
boiling water. Messrs. Ransomes obtain this silicated
alkali by dissolving broken flints in a solution of caustic
alkali at a temperature of 300 deg. Fah. And, more
recently, Mr. Way has observed that the sand which he
has described will combine with caustic alkali at boil-
ing heat, also producing a water-glass.
This water-glass has been applied to several important
purposes, three of which were specially noticed.
I. To protect building-stones from decay. The
stone eurfaces of buildings, by being exposed to the
action of the atmosphere, become liable to disin-
tegration from various causes. Moisture is ab-
sorbed into their pores. The tendency of their par-
ticles to separate, in consequence of expansion and
contraction, produced by alternation of tempera.
ture, is thus increased. Sulphurous acid is always pre-
sent in the atmosphere of smoke-burning cities, and can-
not but corrode the calcareous and rnagnesian ingredi-
ents of oolites and dolomites. It is true that good stone
resists these sources of injury for an indefinite time, but
such a material is rarely obtained. As a preventive of
destruction, whether arising from physical or chemical
causes, it has been proposed to saturate the surfaces of
the stones with a solution of the water-glass.
It is well known that the affinity of silica for alkali is
so feeble that it may be separated from this base by
the weakest acids, even by carbonic acid. According to
the expectation of those who recommend the silication
of stone, the carbonic acid of the atmosphere will set
the silica free from the water-glass, and the silica, thus
separated, will be deposited within the pores and around
the particles of the stone. The points of contact of these
particles will thus be enlarged, and a sort of glazing of
insoluble silica will be formed sufficient to protect the
stone against the effects of moisture, &c. This cause
of protection applies chiefly .to sandstones. But
whatever carbonate of lime or carbonate of ina,c.rnsia
enters notably into the composition of the building.
scone, then an additional chemical action, also protec-
tive of the stone, is expected to take place between
these carbonates and the water-glass. Kuninian re-
marks—" Toutes les foil que l'on met en contact un sel
insoluble avec la dissolution d'un sel dont l'aeide petit
former avec la base du sel insoluble un'sel plus insoluble
encore, it y a dehange ; mais les plus sovent cet 4change
n'est quo partial." In consequence of this " partial
change' an insoluble salt of lime may be looked for
whenever a solution of water-glass is made to act on the
carbonate of lime or carbonate of magnesia existing in
oolitic or dolomitic building-stones.
This expectation, however, has not been altogether
sanctioned by experiment. A gentleman, eminently
conversant with building materials, immersed a piece of
Caen stone in a solution of silicate of potass in the
month of January, 1349. This fragment, together
with a portion of the block from which it had been
separated, was placed on the roof of a building, in or-
der that it might he fully exposed to the action of atmo-
sphere and climate. After four years the silicate,' and
the unsilicated specimens were found to be both in the
seine condition—both to be equally corroded. These
specimens were exhibited in the theatre of the insti-
tution. But whatever ultimate results may en-
sue from the process, the immediate effects on the
stone are remarkable. Two portions of Caen stone were
exhibited, one of which had been soaked in a solution
of water-glass two months before. The surface of the
unsilicated specimen was soft, readily abraded when
brushed with water, and its calcareous ingredients dis-
solved in a weak solution of sulphurous acid. The sili-
cated surface, on the other hand, was perceptibly hard,
and resisted the action of water and of dilute acid when
similarly applied.
11. Another proposed use of the water-glass is that of
hardening cements, mortars, &c., so as to tender them
impermeable by water.
Four years since Anthon of Prague proposed several
applications of the water-glass. Among others he sug-
gested the rendering mortars waterproof. He also sug-
gests that this substance might be beneficially employed
as a substitute for size in whitewashing and staining
walls. It was demonstrated by several experiments
that carbonate of lime mixed up with a weak solution of
water-glass, and applied as a whitewash to the surface,
was not washed off by sponging with water, and that
common whitewash, laid on in the usual manner with
size, was rendered equally adhesive when washed over
with water-glass.
111. The Stereochrome of Fuchs.

The formation of an insoluble cement by means of the
water-glass, whenever the carbonic acid of the atmosphere
acts on this substance, or whenever it is brought in con-
tact with a lime-salt, has been applied by Fuchs to a most
important purposs. The stereochrome is essentially the
process of fresco secco invested with the capability of
receiving and perpetuating works of the highest artistic
character, and which may be executed on a vast scale.
Fuchs' method is as follows :

" Clean and washed quartz-sand is mixed with the
smallest quantity of lime which will enable the plasterer
to place it on the wall. The surface is then taken off
with an iron scraper, in order to remove the layer formed
in contact with the atmosphere, the wall being still moist
during this operation. The wall is then allowed to dry ;
after drying it is just in the, state in which it °mild be
rubbed off by the finger. The wall has now to be fixed,
i. e., moistened with water-glass. (An important point
is not to use to use too much water-glass in moistening
the wall.) This operation is usually performed with a
brush. The wall must be left in such a condition as to
be capable of receiving colours when afterwards painted
on. If, as frequently happens, the wall has been too
strongly fixed, the surface has to be removed with pum-
mice and to be fixed again. Being fixed in this manner
the wall is suffered to dry. Before the painter begins
he moistens the part on which he purposes to work with
distilled water, squirted on by a syringe. He then
paints; if he wishes to repaint any part, he moistens again.
As soon as the picture is finished, it is syringed over
with water-glass. After the wall is dry, the syringing
is continued as long as a wet sponge can remove any of
the colour. An efflorescence of carbonate of soda some-
times appears on the picture after its completion. This
may be removed, either by syringing with water, or may
be left to the action of the atmosphere." Not to dwell
on the obvious advantages possessed by the stereochrume
over the real fresco (such as its admitting of being re-
touched and its dispensing with joinings), it appears that
damp and atmospheric influences, notoriously destruc-
tive of real fresco, do not injure pictures executed by this
process. _ _

The following crucial experiment was made on one of
these pictures. It was suspended for 12 months in the
open air, under the principal chimney of the New Mu-
seum at Berlin ; "during that time it was exposed to
sunshine, mist, snow, and rain," and nevertheless " re-
tained its full brilliancy of colour.
The stereochrorne has been adopted on a grand scale
by Kaulbach, in decorating the interior of the grand
national edifice at Berlin already alluded to. These de-
corations are now in progress, and will consist of histo-
rical pictures (the dimensions of which are 21 feet in
height and 24 i❑ width), single colossal figures, friezes,
arabesques, chiaroscuro subjects, &c. On the effect of
the three finished pictures, it has been remarked by one
whose opinion is entitled to respect, that they have all
the brilliancy and vigour of oil paintings, while there is
the absence of that dazzling confusion which new oil
paintings are apt to present, unless they are viewed in
one direction, which the spectator has to seek for.
Mr. A. Church has suggested that if the surface of
oolitic stones (such as Caen stone) is found to be pro-
tected by the process already described, it might be
used, as a natural intonaco, to receive coloured designs,
&c., for external decorations ; the painting would then
be cemented to the stone by the action of the water-
glass.

Mr. Church also executed designs of leaves on a sort of
terracotta, prepared from a variety of Way's silica rock,
consisting of 75 parts clay and 25 of soluble silica. This
surface, after being hardened by heat, is very well adapted
for receiving colours in the first instance, and for retain-
ing them after silication.

No. 4.

LETTER FROM THE RIGHT HON. THE SECRETARY OF STATE

FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT.

Whitehall, July 20, 1854.
Sir,—l have received the Queen's commands to notify
to you that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to
approve of the tenth report of the commissioners on
the fine arts transmitted in your letter of the 13th
instant.

Her Majesty has directed the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury to submit to Parliament estimates in con-
formity with the recommendations contained in the
report.—l am, &c., (Signed) PALMERSTON.
Sir C. L. Eastlake, Palace of Westminster.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—A. distress warrant was issued by
Mr. Henry to Enforce the payment of a fine of 40s. and
costs, which had been imposed,upon Mr. E. Lucas, coal
and flour merchant, Millhank-street, Westminster, under
the following circumstances :

A few days ago the defendant, Mr. Lucas, was sum-
moned before the court to answer the charge of having
refused to supply a horse and waggon to convey a por-
tion of the baggage of the Ist battalion of Scots Fusilier
Guardr from the Wellington-barracks to one of the rail-
way stations. Other tradesmen had promptly obeyed
the directions given to them in her Majesty's service,
but the defendant, being a member of the Society of
Friends, and also a conscientious adherent to the Peace
Association, had resolutely refused to assist the military
authorities i❑ any way whatever. The magistrate (Mr.
Henry) intimated that the penalty for disobeying orders
of that kind was 51. Eventually the mitigated penalty
of 2/. and costs were imposed, and three days allowed
for payment, at the expiration of which (yesterday) the
money being still unpaid, the distress warrant was di-
rected to issue.

The officers who executed the warrant reported on
their return that they found Mr. Lucas absent from his
place of business. One of his clerks suggested that the
officers might help themselves to a sack of flour, but
seeing some loose money in an open desk, they preferred
to take the amount they required, and accordingly did
so, the clerk in attendance declining either to sanction
•r to oppose their mode of satisfying the claim of her
Me.j esty.

MANSION-HOUSE.- -Sir R. W.. Carden, in ac-
knowledging the receipt of further subscriptions on be-
half of the emigrants at present on board the Jane
Green, observed that it was gratifying to himself to be
enabled to state, as he believed it would be satisfactory
to the public Stu learn, that out of the 198 destitute
passengers 148 had, through the liberality of the public
and the assistance of the Government Emigration Com-
missioners. proceeded to their destination. Tae cases
of the remaining emigrants were equally deserving the
sympathy of the public. He regretted that the amount
of the subscriptions in hand was quite inadequate to the
effectual relief of the remaining emigrants, the funds
having been, necessarily diminished to the extent of up-
wards of 50/. in providing food for them during the time
they were to remain on board, and until a passage
could be obtained for them. He (Sir R. W. Carden)
earnestly hoped that he expectations of the remaining
sufferers would not be disappointed, feeling, as he did,
that they were objects worthy the sympathy of the
benevolent and charitable.

GUILDHALL. James Brebner, a respectably-
dressed person, about 30 years of age, with a cork leg, a
stroig Scotch accent, and an impediment in his speech,
was placed at the bar upon a charge of obtaining money
under false pretences.
Mr. Beard, from Mr. Buchanan's office, appeared for
the prisoner, who was described in the police sheet as
a solicitor.

Mr. Kendeth McLellan said : I am a mechanical en-
gineer and generally reside at Liverpool, but at present
lam staying at 83, Aldersgate-street. About the latter
end of February last I was in Edinhurgh with my mother,
when I first saw the prisoner. He told my mother in
my presence she was the right heiress to the personal
property of the late Mr. Macrae, of the Island ofJaniaica,
amounting to 7,0001., but he afterwards stated it to be
as much as 30,000/. He asked me for money to enable
bins to COlll5 to London, as that was the proper place
where it should be settles-i. Shortly after wards I remitted
41. to the prisoner at Inverness per post-office order, and
he wrote to me acknowledging the -receipt of the letter,
but did not mention the money. He, however, subse-
queutly wrote to me at Liverpool, promising to be with rue
there in the first week in Jule. He did not come at that
time, but I received instead a letter from him, stating he
was at Glasgow,and requesting a furtheradvance of 51. to
enable him to co rne to London. I went to Glasgow,and gave
him 51. more to enable him to go on with our busine is. Ire-
turned with him to Liverpool, he paying his own expenses,
and on arriving there he said he had spent all his money
in defraying his expenses at Glasgow, and requested
me to give him more money to proceed to London. I
accordingly gave him 2/.4and accompanied him to Lon-
don, where he represented to me that there were certain
documents required in the matter, such as certificates of
baptism, &c. We then returned to Liverpool, and I
paid all the expenses except the last week's bill and the
travelling expenses to Liverpool, which he paid. When
there he said he should be obliged to go to the north of
Scotland for the necessary documents. Before he wen t
away he spoke to my mother about requiring more
mosey, and I saw her give him another 41. to enable him
to prosecute his journey. I went with him to take out
his ticket for Edinburgh, and a few days after he wrote
to me stating he bad been unwell. On the Bth of August
I received another letter, stating he had returned from
Ross-shire, and that he had foun the papers quite cor-
rect. He hinted- a request for more money, but did not
ask directly for it. He merely said he wished to be in
possession of 101. to enable him to proceed, but that he
bad called upon his friends in vain. I sent him no
money then, but I shortly after received another letter
from him, in answer to a request of mine that he would
join me in Liverpool, in which he said he would return
1001. in three days, if he could get the amount (101.)
that he required to enable him to come to London and
settle the business. I received another letter, dated the
10th of August, requesting if I Lad any money, to send it
to him in Bank of Eng's id notes, and not by Post-office
order. All those letters were addressed from Aberdeen,
but I found on proceeding thither that he liad been staying
all the time at Fraserburg. I saw the.prisouer at Fraser-
burg, and gave him 41. We then went to Aberdeen, and
he there said his money was all gone again, and that lie
had none to take him to London. I therefore paid his pas-
sage, amounting to 305., and accompanied him to London,
and on last Saturday week he said he had called on Mr.
Martin, o.: e of the agents he had employed in the matter,
but was unable to see him because he was at Chatham. At
his request I then gave him 55., to enable him to go to
Chatham, and in the evening I saw him again, when he
said Mr. Martin would be up in town on the following
Monday. I have never seen Mr. Martin at all. On Satur-
day last, prisoner desired me to write to my mother, who
was in Liverpool, requesting her to allow me to act for
her. I did so, and she came to London in conse-
quence. He said it would be necessary to have an agree-
ment, which he drew up himself, and he and my mother
signed it in my presence. He said he wished for the
agreement for his own protection. He always repre-
sented himself to me as a solicitor of Invoirness, but he
has told others that be is a solicitor of Aberdeen. I ad-
vanced the money to him upon that representation, and
his statement that he could put us in possession of the
7,0001. He always led me to believe that three or four
days in London would complete the business. There
were several persons of the name of Macrae that went
out to Jamaica, but I have not heard of the death of any
of them, nor have we received any benefit from them.

Cross-examined—l gave him into custody because he
promised to complete the business by Monday last, and,
failing to do so, I asked him to satisfy me if he was in a
position to recover the money he aleged we were
entitled to, and he then said he required 201. to defray
the broker's charges, and that having rased 121. he
wanted to know if I could assist him with the other
Si. I declined and lie then said he could not
complete the business for us ; and on my calling
upon him to prove to me that his representations were
not false, he refused to do so, under the pretence that it
involved a penalty to him of 2,000/, to disclose certain
particulars relative to the proceedings.
The prisoner was then remanded, there being other
cases against him.

WORSHIP-STREET.—SaraIt Smith, a middle-aged
married woman, living in Vincent-street, Shoreditch,
was placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged
with feloniously cutting and wounding her infant son,
two years old, whereby his life had been seriously en-
dangered.
Police-constable Kennedy, K GO, stated that shortly
after nine o'clock that morning he was hastily summoned
to proceed to the London Hospital, on reaching which he
was ushered into one of the wards, where the prisoner's
child was pointed out to him by the house surgeon, who
informed him that he was suffering from a dangerous
wound in the thigh, which had evidently been inti.eted
with a knife. Having ascertained, upon questioning'
the boy, that he had been stabbed o❑ the previous night
by his mother, who was the wife of a stableman in Vin-
cent.street, where he found the prisoner, and acquainted
her with the nature of the charge, to which she replied
that she had not the slightest intention of iejuring the
child, who had been accidentally struck with a knife
which she had thrown at her husband in a moment of
sudden excitement. The prisoner, who appeared to be
greatly afflicted at the occurrence, and exhibited exces-
sive agitation, was then conveyed to the station-honse.
Emma Smith, the prisoner's daughter, an inteli;,;rent
child, about 10 years of age, s tated that after she had retirod
to rest on the previous night, a violent quarrel tool:
place between the prisoner and her father, who occupied
another bed in the same apartment. After an angry
altercation between them, on account of his net having
supplied her with money, the prisoner suddenly caught
up a sharp-pointed knife from the table and flung it at
him, but missed her aim, and the point of the weapoe
lodged in the thigh of the injured child, who was lying
asleep at his side. Her father immediately started up
and pulled out the knife from her brother's thigh, who
bled dreadfully from the wound, and with the assistance
of her mother, who cried bitterly, and repeatedly ex-
claimed, " What have I done ! " he was afterwards re-
moved to the London Hosnital.
A certificate from Mr. Frederick Poulden, house sur-
geon at the hospital, was handed to the magistrate,
which stated that the child had received an incised
wound in the thigh, which had punctured one of the
arteries, and that he considered its life to be in danger.

CLERKENWELL—Edicard Dent, alias Edward
Challis, a respectable-looking young man, of good ad-
dress, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt,
ehatged by Mr. William Lovell Phillips, of No. 9,
Camden-cottages, Camden-town, with obtaining money
tinder false pretences.
The prisoner, on SaturdzLy evening last, at a quarter-
past seven o'clock, called at the house of the prosecu.
ter, and represented that he had coma -on behalf of a
poor family who had had a severe attack of cholera,
deaths had -nsued, and a poor blind orphan had been
left destitute; and having read the account of their
affliction he had taken the matter in point of charity, to
get the child into he Institution for the Destitute
Blind. Witness advanced 55. Gd. to the prisoner, but
in consequence of his conduct and hesitation he was
suspected and given into oustody. On searching the
prisoner a list of names of respectable indiv,doals was
found upon him, which left, pi. no doubt thal:, he
was carrying on a system of fraud upon the charitable
and humane.
A if Court Guide" was found on the prisoner and the
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cards of some respectable persons, with one belonging
to Mr. Eyre, 5, Gray's-inn-square.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said be should remand the prisoner for
strict inquiries about him, as other charges might be
brought forward against him.

THAMES.— Wm. Caulfield, 50, a powerfully-built
ship-carpenter, residing at 3, Rosetta-street, Limehouse-
fields, was charged with violently assaulting and
wounding police-constable Merritt, 246 K, by striking
him on the head with the butt-end of a pistol. Both
the men's heads were bound up in bandages, which ap-
peared as if they had been steeped in blood, and the
constable particularly seemed much exhausted. There
was a good deal of contradiction in the evidence pro
and con.

Merritt stated that on the previous night the prisoner
turned his wife out and locked the door on her. She
continued knocking at intervais until nearly one o'clock,
to the annoyance of the neighbo•::rhowl. Witness then
knocked and requested the prisoner to let her in, but
instead of doing so, he came to the front window, and
began to abuse witness. He had something in his hand,
and said to witness, " If you do not go away I will give
you the contents of this." Witness still entreated
to open the door, on which he jumped out of the window
and presenting a pistol at witness's head, swore he would
shoot him if he did not quit the street. Witness seized
the pistol, and a struggle for it ensued, in the course of
which the prisoner wrested it away, and struck wit-
ness with the stock of it on th head upwards of a dozen
times, inflicting several wounds.. Witness fell from
exhaustion, and the prisoner made his escape into the
house. Up to that time witness had not used his staff.
Brough, 338 K, then came to his assistance, and they
forced the door. They found the prisoner in a shed
behind the house, and when they approached him he
attempted to strike witness with a heavy log of wood,
but the latter avoided the blow, and struck him on the
head with his staff. The prisoner broke the pistol on
his head, and portions of it were subsequently found in
the street.

Mr. Ingham said it was too serious a case to be sum-
marily dealt with, and ordered the depositions to be
taken, committed the prisoner for trial.
Caulfield—l hope. sir, you'll take bail, as I have a
contract to fulfil at Black wall.

Mr. Ingham—Yes ; but I must make further inquiry
respecting you. I understand you are known before to
the police, let me hear what it is.
Bevard, 117 K, said that he was sent some time since
with an officer of the county court to serve some process
on the prisoner, who, on that occasion, brought out a
pistol and a hatchet, and used most terrible threats.

Mr. Ingham—Well, I'll take good bail ; yourself in
801. and two sureties of 401. each.

The bail was not tendered up to the time of our re-
porter leaving.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY.

On Saturday the settling upon the Doncaster event
commenced, and has since progressed in a very satisfac-
tory manner, and large amounts have changed hands.
Book-makers in a general way are winners. Specula.
tion at present is confined to the two great events to
be decided at Newmarket, viz., the Cesarewitch and
Cambridgeshire Stakes. The handicap for the former
event has, ever since its appearance, been pronounced
bad, and the meagre acceptance has to a great extent
proved it to be so, although out of the few it seems dif-
ficult to find the " Pea," 100 to 8 being now offered on
the field. Calamus has been backed for a good deal of
money, 2,0001. to 1001. being taken in one bet. The
Star of Surrey is very fishy. 500 to 30 was taken once
about The Early Bird for the Cambridgeshire Stakes,
and 100 to 3, to win about 3.0001., about Monie Moses.
Orinoco has many friends. The following are the latest
quotations :

CESAREWITCII.
100 to 8 agst Rilrownie (taken and offered).
100 to 8 agst Muscovite (offered).
15 to 1 agst Cahtmus (taken and offered).
20 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken).
20 to 1 agst D. 0. (taken).
25 to 1 agst Poodle (taken).
25 to 1 agst Kidnapper (taken).
100 to 3 agst Burlington (taken).
100 to 3 agst Ptolemy (taken).
. 100 to 3 agst Ammonia (taken freely).
CA.MBRIDGESIIIRE.
500 to 30 agst Early Bird (taken).
20 to 1 agst Orinoco (25 to 1 taken freely).
30 to 1 agst Eulogist (taken).
100 to 3 agst Monie Moses (taken).
TAKING OF SEBASTOPOL.-20 to 1 has been laid to
lose about 1,000/. that Sebastopol is not taken in this
month, and even bets that it is not taken in this month
or next. 20 to 1 has been laid that a fire from land is
made at Sebastopol in the present month.

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 19.

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The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Edmund
Walker Head, Bart., to be Captain-General and Governor-
in-Chief of the Provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia, and of the Island of Prince Edward ; and
Governor-General of all the Provinces on the Continent of
North America, and of the Island of Prince Edward.