The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-02 00:00:00

THAW IN'WALBROOK ICEIIOIISE.—On Christmas-
eve the Rev. Dr. Croly, assisted by the new church-
wardens of Walbrook, distributed to each of the resident
poor of that parish six pounds of beef, a quartern loaf,
materials for a Christmas pudding, together with half a
pound of good tea, and sums of money varying from
2s. ed. to 10s. In addition to this, blankets were given
to all who wanted them, and coals to the more indigent.
the latter from the bounty of Dr. Croly, who placed his
orders on the City kitchen at the disposal of the church-
wardens. The poor people departed loaded with their
unexpected treasure, no such distribution having taken
place in the parish for upwards of twenty years.
NEW SPECIES OF WHEAT.—We have seen lately,
growing in the garden of the Receiver-General, the lion.
VV. Morris, a new and extraordinary species of wheat.
The ear was very large, of a dark brown colour, flat in
shape, having three rows of grains on each side, with
strong and hard shaff, and very long awns or beard,
and the ear containing from seventy to eighty grains
of wheat, of the same colour as ordinary wheat,
but rather longer. On dividing a grain, the in-
side appears perfectly white, but of course we can-
not judge of its quality for making bread. The
Hon. Mr. Morris, in his letter, favoured us with the
following history of this wheat, which he termed " wild-
goose wheat," having been produced from grain found in
the stomach of a wild goose, shot by an Indian at the
Narrows of Lake Simcoe, in October, 1843, and the
gentleman who first found the wheat has been kind
enough to hand samples to several individuals. Judging
from the season of the year when the bird was shot,
there can be no doubt that it was flying to the south,
and that consequently the wheat upon which it had
fed was picked up far north of the settlements of Lake
Simcoe. From the history of the wheat, we are
convinced it is a different species from any known in the
old world, and may be indigenous to the North Ameri-
can continent. From the great perfection and healthy
appearance of the wheat, when growing in the
lion. Mr. Morris's garden, in Montreal, we are
satisfied it can be propagated with great success,
and we are almost certain it will be proof against
the ravages of the fly, and will not be liable to
rust. If the grain should prove suitable for flour and
bread, it will be a most fortunate circumstance for this
country that such a species of wheat plant has been dis-
covered. Mr. Morris has been so good as to send us a
few ears, and we shall take particular care to give it a
fair chance next year of producing largely. This acci-
dental discovery may be of much more consequence to
us than we can at present imagine. A natural produc-
tion, if capable of improvement, may be brought to
much greater perfection than a foreign plant, because the
climate and soil are sure to be suitable for it, having
produced it naturally. This wheat was sown by NIL
Morris, on 13th September last, so that it must be a fall
wheat, and so much the better, it is proof against rust,
to which the ordinary wheat is so very liable. We wish
it were in our power to state the opinion of a botanist re-
specting this plant, but we hope to be able to do so in
our next. In this number, we give tho report of an
English horticulturist of his hybridised wheat. The
wild•goose wheat may, perhaps, be crossed in the same
way with some other wheat, and both wheats improved.
The reported suocess of this mode of changing varieties
of wheat is a great advantage, but we are notsufficiently
acquainted with horticulture to be able to describe the
exact process or mode adopted.—Canadian Agricultu.
mil Journal.

It is very confidently and very generally asserted
that not only a complete split has taken plaoe between
Louis Philippe and Madame Munoz, but that the former
complains bitterly of having been duped by the latter.
You are aware that the vast fortune (upwards of a million
sterling) of Mrs. Munoz's daughter was the principal in-
ducement of Louis Philippe to secure her for his son, the
Duc do Montpensier; and you are aware also the greater
part of that fortune was in jewels and precious stones.
Well : it turns:out, as gossip says, that the list of jewels
and diamonds is by no means so long as Mrs. Munoz
had represented. It turns out too, that the list is never-
theless much longer than it need be—that is to say, that
it contains the description of many articles that are, in
sporting phrase, " nowhere." And it appears, too, that
Mrs. Munoz has followed the example of those knowing
hotel-keepers who put down in tlieir bills—" A penny-
worth of wafers, .23.," for her valuation frequently con-
tains such items as these :—" A gold chain worth 5/.,
5001. ;" " a 20/. diamond ring, 2,0001.," &c. All this, it
must be admitted, is enough to render furious a much
less economical personage than the Majesty of France
has the reputation of being.—(Paris Correspondent of
the Brighton Gazette.)
LAW REPORTERSIIIP.—Iiarcourt seems to have
given mortal offence to Vernon, the reporter, who prac-
tised as a counsel regularly before him, but spitefully
suppresses his best decisions, and gives doubtful ones
See 2 Vernon, 664-681. I suspect that the reporter
may have boon a Whig and copied the Tory black ,inith,
who in shoeing the horse of is Whig always lamed him.
hen I was a nisi prius reporter I had a drawer marked
Bad Law," into which I threw all the cases which
seemed to be improperly ruled. I was flattered to hear
Sir James Mansfield, C.J., say, " Whoever reads Camp-
bell's reports must be astonished to find how uniformly
Lord Ellenborough's decisions were right." My rejected
cases, which I had keep as a curiosity—not maliciously—
were all burnt in the great fire of the Temple when I
was Attorney-General.—Lord Campbell's Lives qf the
Lord Chancellors.
Lod and Lady Alan Churchill have arrived at Far-
ranee's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from Yorkshire.