The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-10 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending November
6, 1849, is 255. '21,4d. per cwt.

COWES—ISLE OF WIGHT,
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, Nov. 9.—ESCAPE OF PRISONERS:The
number of juvenile thieves who are constantly
effecting their escape from the Reformatory, at Park-
, burst, is so great (10 within the last week ! !) that the
country people arc in a state of constant alarm. Four
of those that got away on Saturday last were taken
on Sunday evening at Freshwater, but not till after
they had Committed several robberies ; the other two
were taken near Cowes. Three more ran away last
night. One ran off early last week, but after effecting
several robberies he was taken at Wootten• bridge in a
female dress. The parties who took the four received
a reward of five pounds. The fait; assign as a rea-
son for their breaking prison the shortness of their
allowance of food. They are from fifteen to nine
teen years of age, and they say they have only an
allowance for boys of twelve years of age. Be it
what it may, it is high time that some more effi-
cient protection was given to the public. It is sail
twenty-five of these lads made an attempt to escape
yesterday, but were prevented by the officers. These
taken have been transferred to Winchester Gaol, and
it will be no s nall expense to the county to prose-
cute them at the next assizes.

EAST COWES CASTLE. splendid edifice is
reported to be sold. The purchase-money is said to
have been rather more than 10,0001., the timber
and fixtures to be taken at a valuation• The late
Lord Shannon gave 20,000/. for the whole and the
furniture.

NORTIIWOOD House.—There is no truth in the
report that Lord Wilton had taken this mansion.
We believe its costly furniture will go to the ham-
mer, that not being the property of the present pos-
sessor of the estate, and that the house and park will
then be let. The game is being shot down by hun-
dreds, as it is not Mr. W. G. Ward's intention that there
should be any preserves on his estate. 'I his is a great
boon to the farmers, whose crops, from their numbers,
they nearly destroyed.

INDIAN CLIMBING.—Our Indians showed how they
climbed trees to get to the branches; they first cut a
notch with their axe, not far from the ground, then drove
their axe jute the trunk as high as they could reach, and
hauled themselves up by the handle, till their toe rested
in the notch; they then cut other notches, and hauled
themselves higher again, till they reached the branches.
Soule' imes they fell a tree, and let it fall sloping against
.nother which they wish to ascend; they then mount the
inclined plane. The young men sometimes practise get-
ting up a tree with a tomahawk in each hand, struck
ieto the bark alternately behiLd, which method requ'res
great strength and agility.—Sir J. Alexander's"Acadie."
TUE PLAGUE or FrttEs.—The air seems to stagnate
there, and the closeness is oftentimes terrible to bear, es-
pecially as it is accompanied with, first, the miante black
fly, the constant summer torment; the mosquito, with
intolerable singing, the prelude of its sharp probe; the
sand-fly, with its het stinz; the horse-fly, which seems
to take the bit out of the flesh; and the large moose, er
speckled-winged fly. We were never free from flies of
some kind or another, and I have seen the five dill's: ent
kinds just enumerated " doing their worst" at ti e same
time on our flesh, and the black pests digging into it. and
elevating their binder end, like ducks searching below the
surface of a pond.—Sir J. Alexander's ".4cadie." '
BALLOONING IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
—We mentioned a few days since that Lieutenant Gale
had made a proposition with reference to the use of a
balloon for traversing the impassable wastes which sepa-
rate Sir John Franklin from his friends. The following
is a letter received by the gallant and enterprising
officer from Lady Frunklin:—
" 23. Castle street, Edinburgh, Nov 5, 18.19.
" Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 22d ult., proposing the use of your balloon in the
discovery of the missing expedition in the At ctic regions.
It will give me great pleasure if your plans, when ex-
amined, are approved by men of science capable of
estimating them, and you cannot doubt that I should
greatly rejoice in the adoption of any means which pro-
mise to aid the object I have most at heart, and especi-
ally if they are recommended to me by the disinterested
and noble motives you have kindly expressed.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" Lieutenant Gale, RN." "JANE FRANKLIN.
FREE PARDON OF A CONVICT.—Thomas Kimpton,
formerly a police-constable, and who was a ntenci.tl to
seven years transportation, for having c•rutnitt' d per-
jury when giving his evidence shortly after the Dagen-
ham murder, by stating that his superior officer had
been present on duty at or about the time the murder
was committed, when it was afterwards proved that the
superior officer was in bed at the time the constable said
he was on duty, received a free pardon yesterday. From
some circumstances which have since come to the know-
ledge of the Secretary of State, Sir George Grey ob-
tained her Majesty's sanction to the liberation of the
prisoner, who was one of the convicts on board of the
Warrior convict-ship at Woolwich, having been sen-
tenced to transportation in July, 1847.
.Another con-
stable was convicted of perjury at the same time, having
given similar evidence as to the presence of his superior
officer, which was afterwards found to be untrue. The
litter constable was pardoned souse time ago while un-
dergoing his sentence as a convict at Portsmouth Dock-
yard.

OPENING OF THE SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.—On 'Thursday Captain Wynne, the Govern-
ment inspector, went over the remainder of this line, and
intimated approval for its opening, which, in accordance
with the certificate of the P.?.ilway Commissioners will
take place on MonEy next with excursion trains. On
Tuesday it will be regularly opened for publi,, traffic,
running six trains cach way between Shrewsbury and
Wolverhampton. Mr. Stephenson has also inspected
the tunnel at Oakengite, about the security of which
same doubts were entertained, and reports that it is
perfectly safe.
Pant; KIRK DisctruNn.—The Aberdeen Journal
informs us that, on Sunday week, t .vo repentant sinners,
a man and a woman, stood in sackcloth, on the nutty
stool in the Flee Church LybAer.
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treatment of several medical men, but to no purpose, and at
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forlorn hope, commenced using Holloway's Pills and Ointment,
which so effectually eardicated the disease fiom his sy stem that
in the course of six weeks he was enabled to resume his former

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