The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-16 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock.

TATTERSALL'S.

Owing to a very scanty attendance of members there
was no betting this evening.

SHREWSBURY RACES.

(THIS DAY.)
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

HANDICAP.
Dead heat with Priestcraft and Baronet.
Deciding Heat.—Priestcraft beat Baronet.
ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.

Peter

Escape..

Six ran. , Peter objected to, and the race given to
Escape. Only these two passed the post.

IMPARIAL PARLIAMEAT-(LIIIS DAY).

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Parliament was this day further prorogued until
Thursday, the 14th December.

The Lord Chancellor and the other peers named in
the Royal Commission, took their seats on the wool-
sack shortly before 3 o'clock, and immediately afterwards
the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod was directed to
summons the Commons to attend at the bar and hear
the Commission read.

n obedience to this summons, several officers of the
Lower House appeared at the bar, when the Commis-
sion was read, and the Lord Chancellor, in her Ma-
j esty's name, declared the Parliament to stand prorogued
until the 14th of December.

The proceeding was of the ordinary formal character.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
CRIMINAL INEOIHATION-IN RE MARSHALL.

Mr. Watson applied to the Court for a rule calling
upon the Judge of the County Court of Wakefield, to
show cause why a criminal information should not be
filed, upon the ground that from motives of malice he
had excluded a barrister named Shaw from practising in
his court. It appeared that a report of a case appeared
in the Wakefield Empress, some time in the month of
June, which gave considerable offence to Mr. Mail,
shall, and as he suspected Mr. Skew to be the
author of that report, he had peremptorily refused to
allow him to practise in his court. Mr. Shaw had re-
peatedly had offers of retainers made to him, but owing
to the prohibition, he was compelled to reject them. He
appeared in the court to conduct a case, but Mr. Mar-
shall refused to let him proceed because he would not con•
fess himself to be the author of the report.
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.......
Lord Campbell—You say then that Mr. Marshall has
maliciously misconducted himself in the administration

100 a 100

of justice.

Mr. Watson—Distinctly, my lord.
Lord Campbell—We think a pinta facie case of
malice has been made out, and you may take a rule to
show cause, though the judge may have acted with
perfect faith in what he did. It may hereafter appear
that there is sufficient ground for an action, but it does
not follow that a criminal information ought to issue on
that account.
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Rule accordingly.

A SUBSTITUTE FOR MALT.

The last report of the Agricultural Society of Clermont
(Oise) strongly recommends the substitution of chieedent
(couch•grass) for malt in the making of beer. The fol-
lowing is the mode of operation pointed out :—" Four
kilogrammes of the chiendent is put into a mash tub
and thoroughly wetted with lukewarm water, but not
to excess. As soon as it has begun to germinate and
thrown out small white shoots nearly half an inch in
length, it is put into a barrel with 1 kilog. of bruised ju-
niper berries, 60 grammes yeast, and 2 kilog. of course
brown sugar. On these ingredientsthrow 8 litres of water
very hothhut not boiling, and stir the whole well up with
a stick. ' On the following day add 8 litres more hot
water, and on the next day 9 litres, stirring it well up on
both occasions. The barrel is then bunged down, leav-
ing only a small vent-hole stopped with a little whisp of
straw. At the end of five days the liquid is racked off
into a clean cask, and in two days after it is fit to drink,
and forms a pleasant and wholesome beverage." The
report recommends this preparation for three reasons :-
Ist, It tends to clear the ground of a parasitical plant
which renders it unfruitful ; 2d, it gives the country
people a wholesome and pleasant beverage, particularly
valuable when wise and cidar are scarce ; and 3d, It
leaves for the food of the people a considerable quantity
of corn which is every year consumed in making beer.
We may add to the above that it has been discovered
that the couch-grass yields a fiae spirit when distilled ;
patent for this was taken out in France, Belgium, and
England, about a month since.