The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-28 00:00:00

'rhe Jury found a verdict for tLe full amount.

ANCIENT BOOKS.—Pausanias relates that a
book by Hetiod was written on leaves of lead, and Hero-
' dotus mentions the use of skins by the lonians when pa-
pyrus was scarce, which seems to show that he wrote on
papyrus, or the manufacture of the paper "reeds of
Egypt," which grew by the brooks. Pliny mentions
linen books, and Virgil alludes to books that were made
of the inner rind of the elm. The waxen hand tablets of
the ancients arc well known, which were inscribed upon by
the point of the style, and smcothed with its flat end.
SIIAKSPERE'S DEER-STEALING.—MaIone, it
is known, threw doubts on the fact of Shakspere's deer-
stealing in his early days, thereby offending the poet's ad-
mirers, inasmuch as otherwise the bard's attack upon Lucy
of Woodcote seemed unaccountable ; and the reason he
gave was that the offence could not have been committed,
inasmuch as Sir Thomas Lucy, so Malone averred, had no
deer-walk to be poached upon ; but Time, the great
settler of all things, has set the matter, 82 well as the com-
mentators right; for it appears from a record of those who
sent presents to Chancellor Ellesmere, when he enter-
tained Queen Rlizabeth at his scat at Harefield, that
among the givers of bucks on the occasion was the afore-
said Sir Thomas. This corroboration of the poet's deer.
stalking is now on veritable record among the papers pub-
lished by the Camden Society in their last volume, from
" the Egerton papers," furnished by Lord Francis, the
owner of these curious and hitherto unknown documents.
AUSTRIAN NOBILITY.—Our Government se-
riously entertains the project of re-establishing the consi-
d ration and power of our noblesse as a rampart against
the encroachments of Liberalim. With this view, it in-
tends to found within each province of the empire a species
of Golden Book, similar to that of the ancient Republic of
Venice, in which will be registered the titles of such
nobles as shall have proved their right to their quarterings.
All persons who shall arrogate to themselves any titles
without being inscribed in the Golden Book, arc to be
prosecuted before the criminal tribunals. After having
restored the Order of Malta, the Emperor of Austria will
re-establish the Teutonic Order in his German provinces,
and the patent for this appeared two days ago. This last
measure is not without its political importance, for it
was suggested by that old diplomatist, Baron de Gagerin,
as a means of bringing back all the noble and influential
families of Germany i nto a solid federation against any
possible invasion from Russia on the one hand, and the
propagation of French Radicalism on the other,"...-.Letter
front Vienna.

EVENTING

,<«<l.l.<<• < <,•<<l<,
A IPLI.CATION OF ATMOSPHE'
RIG PRESSURE TO AGRIGULTURAL PUP'
POSES.

A number of ladies and distinguished personags'
amongst whom were the American Minister, Dr. personals
kinson, Professor Graham, Mr. Jourdon, and other
terary and scientific men, on Tuesday paid a 'visit t°
the Colosseum to inspect the model apparatus and ex-
perimental demonstration constructed by Mr. Piekul,,.
for applying atmospheric pressure to the purposes ol
agriculture, as well as a substitute for steam, in Pr°,-
pelting carriages on railways. Should the prioniPle
prove available in practice for either of these purpose?,
it will render the present age the most remarkable in
the annals of mankind, and more especially so, if it,
should prove available for all the varied purposes ol
field husbandry, contemplated by the inventor.
k
It is proposed to employ a stationary engine, worked
by steam, or even a waterwheel, where available,.t°
work an air-pump or pumps, to rarify the air in Inging
or pipes, to he laid under ground, as is done for the
transmission of gas; in like manner as mains and pipes
diverge in all directions ,from a centre for the trails'
mission of gas, so may they be laid from a stational:
engine working air-pumps along the headlands
every field, with valves at given distances, t°,l
which valve a flexible air tight pipe, compose
of leather and caoutchouc, will coil round a drain
of the machine, to which plough-shares, Widely'
hoes, or any other implements may be attached as tb:
case requires ; this is a brief sketch of the principle, 8°
as far as we have had au opportunity of reflecting 1.11)1.°
it, we see no insuperable obstacle to its practical sPP'
cation to all the purposes contemplated by its author)
but we believe it has not as yet been put to the test 1(1,
any practical operation of agriculture ; if successful, 5
will prove of inestimable value to our Colonial Pro
prietors, especially to those who have already steauv
engines erected on their estates. We believe a Coot'
pany is already formed for applying it to railways, ail
if successful, it will add greatly to the agreeablenegg°
railway travelling, inasmuch as it will obviate tu°
annoyance resulting from the escape of steam, smoker
and cinders.

STATISTICS OF MARRIAGV.
HINTS FOR THE LADIES.

(From the Scotsman.)
We published some years ago a table of the probalik
ties of marriage at the different periods of life, in th:
case of females, for which we have no doubt that tir
ladies of Britain feel grateful. It was founded W.:
ever, on limited data, which were derived entirely f„,,11",,
records of marriages among the working classes.
table published in our leading article of Saturilay st3f°
plies materials for more accurate conclusions, gran? k
on returns which comprehend all classes ; and we thin-
we shall confer a favour on our female readers by Pati•l
the results into a more distinct form than the table 01
its original shape affords.
If we take 100 to represent the whole of a %vault!
chances of marriage between the ages of 15 and 79, 4:5
proportional chances in each period of five years 01.
be as follows :

AGE. CHANGES OF MARRIAOB* ,
15 and under 20 14i
20 " 25 52
25 " 30 11
30 " 35 ....... 6l-
36 " 40 3'
40 " 45
45 " 50 211
50 " 55
55 " 60 i-
-60 " 65 c one-
-65 " 70 f

From the table it appears,
1. That one-seventh part of all the females whi°s
marry in England, are married between the ages 0f
of
and 20, or one-seventh part of a woman's chances
marriage lies between those years.
2. That fully one-half of all the women who foltrr/'
are married between 20 and 25, or one-half of a ,
man's chances are comprised within these five years.
3. That between 15 and 25, precisely tsvo-tbil
of a woman's chances of marriage are exhausted, 1:0,
only one-third remains for the rest of her life up to
4. That at 30, no less than 85 chances out or ""
100 are gone, and 15, or about one-seventh ottlY.
main. She has strong reason now for improving her ttalto
3. At 35, a fraction, a tenth is all that remains'
her—which is reduced to a twentieth at 40.
6. At 45, her chances of marriage have sunk bn t there
fortieth ; and at 50, to one-hundredth. At 6"' ea MC
is still a glimmering of hope, for it appears that: and
females, about 1 marriage in 1,000 takes place _

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beyond this age. V
nces °I
A friend maliciously suggests, that the chit--
marriage above 30 must be considerably better the W
they appear in the table, as females above that age,„
generally deduct a few years in making their report L''
the Registrar. The unmarried ladies, knowing the
habits and infirmities of their sex, will be able to deter'
mine how far the consolatory inference deducible frosty
this remark is real or imaginary.
The number of women married between 15 and 20
is six times greater than the number of men.
The number of men and women married between °)
and 25 is very nearly equal, but the number of filLe°,
married at all higher ages is greater than the number
of women.

THE MARKETS.

COUNTRY MARKETS,

6.-150
. Wheat. ' Barley. I Oats. B 11
eai.s.
.........„....,
s Per Quarter Is.tos. I s. s. Is.to s. s. to s. • W
.s,
Bath . '6B 75 126 33 127 36 46 96 -"" ...,
Blandtiird . 68 74 I 33 32 48 52
Bridport --- 1 68 —7,,,.. 44
Chard «.,..., ',56 78 32 Ni i3O 3/ 43 54 '",,.., 41,
Gloucester 168 72 32 46 126 38 52 54 Q. ~..
Exe er l7O 80 27 31 121 28 40 •—•— •''''
Guildford —, 40 46 126 34 40 44 --5; 50
Newbury .. '56 '76 :14 34 i2B 35 50 54 ;!, 5°
Reading......, '5l 82 32 42 126 35 47 5, I 5
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Salisbury 5l 7i/ 30 34 r 26 34 44 ft, - ••"'
Shrrborne 66 72 3,1 31 26 30 44 52 iil 49
Shepton Mallet 58 80 34 38 130 26 50 54 .....
Uxbridge —. 1 37 43 28 32 --„,
W.inninster 144 72 27 33 '32 35 50 w --
Winchester '64 '76 _ _ ..... '''' ....
a ....,
feovil '56 68 30 38 30 34 134 5'
LEEDS CORN NI ARKET.—Aug. 25 Itis. 1
Wheat, Norfolk and Stiffislk, 60Ib.
York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Harley, Norfolk and Suffolk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
Beaus
Oats, Potatoe
---3lealing, For. —d. to—d Eng. 16d. to 17d. P".,0001.
'shelling 391. to 40/.1,r
DEVIZES CORN MARKET. it. 1.1
0
Per Sack. s. d. a. d. Per Quarter. a. ". to 3i 0
o'irst Wheat 33 6to 37 0 Oats..
Second 3l 0 33 0 Beans (per sack)... 22 ',J.. 54 0
:bird - 7 --'
Barley 5l 0 40 0 Bread (per ga11.)... i -
Wheat, Old (Per LoadGUILDFORD to 201 MA RKET.
. Os.—New 161. to . 211.10Lo 50'
,
, (41 IS . t4V
Barley (Per Qr.) 4°s. to 311 s. I Beans (Per Qr.) .......
slats 32 36 1 Rye 44
Grey Pease. 4cs. to 48s.

respeCt'
LORD SEGRAVE.—One of the highly
able Tory newspapers of this town has, we hear, bee'"ancl
sailing the Lord-Lieutenant with its commendationAP sire
congratulating itself on what it calls his Lordships t'LiQdtl
" to shake off Whig trammels," and find an oPP°l.tilre
"to declare his conversion to Conservatism." lig-orate
ground for this pleasing assumption is that Lord 'mer'cieat
does not admire the penny postage. And this is stiaor3
to set the Tory clique a chuckling at the prospect 0' Will
Segrave's political " conversion." Drowning miemn MOO
indeed catch at straws. Poor animals.—Che"-fl
Examiner.

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IR TH S. lad`' of
On the 25th BB
inst., at Anglesey, near Gosport, the
Henry Folliott Esq., of a son. flotb
On the 25th inst., at Dorking, Surrey, the lady °I.
field Young, Esq., of a (laughter.
the 1011
On the 26th inst., in Sussex-place, Regent's-park,
of William Law Ogilbv, Esq., of a daughter.r
surt
On the 27th inst., the wife of Frederick Lewis, Egg'
Sloane-street, of a con.

11AR.111E.
On the 25th inst., at LlandevarllyD
Church, Breckncie, ortli
Mr. Holderness, of Peckham, Surrey, to Helen Elixabet"
child of L. Williams, Esq., of Troscoed, Brecon. f Ph°
On the 25th inst., at Halifax, Samuel, second 5011,,fuglite(
Waterhouse, Esq., of Wellhead, to Charlotte Lydia.,7;
of Henry Lee Edwards, Esq., of Pye Nest, near 112114,1.f5cr
On the 26th inst., at Islip, Oxon, Richard Halliwe; u,,hter
of Alfred-place, Bedford-square, to Sarah Ann, onlgBbrola)
of the late Captain Bisset, of her Majesty's 93d V."'
Regiment. I‘1•11
On the 26th inst., at Newbury, J. Burney, .1-'sq,%l late •
Northbrook-street, to Mary, youngest daughter of
Wells, Esq., of Bartholomew-place.
` of
On the 26th inst., at Barbican chapel, Mr. James‘,/ ,
Clare
Hermitage Wharf, Wapping, to Mrs. Sarah Rice,
mont-square, Penton w
ville. a. of
On the 26th inst., at St. Pancras, Mr. Sian's°,ll Ater °
Ken,ington, surgeon, to Louisa Emerson, third daughter
the !ate G. Emerson, Esq., of Bath-place, Nes„,...roat, pre'
On the 27th inst., at Uhertsey, the Rev. J. Je‘nitgl'oste,r;
bendary of St. Peter's, and rector of St. John'st,'"e'ald piece
L. Evans, only daughter of the late W. Shaw,
to William Evans, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlese fsg:l&
On the 27th
w inst., at Petersham, Surrey, IN. t,
barrister-at-la, eldest son of W. Lewis, Of Harcourt-s'beoe rge
the city of Dublin, Esq., to Emily Owen, only child °f
Ball, of Richmonthhill, Surrey, Esq. 01,
On the 25th inst., at St. Peter's Church, "-." d` iras
A °
J. W. Seaburne May Es eldest son •f the. late f
AJay,k
loeftothn: Dutch navy, tclo. 'Ann Jane, only daughter
FrOa the 26th inst., at St. Mary Woolneth, Lorah,oa' mhter °
Mr. John Same:, of Shrewsbury; to Mary,secondm
Mr. Newton, of Mansion-house-street.

list
tOonr the
late
eh
James
DIED. e
Jamaica, Esq.
L7ndOn----TPrinte(Tand Publisl74rect 31i._"AD°11,21(,Stjt;°_,;;
thQ county esatScKtoilngLstanone,j:Prillimillaisc..einut-rl:ale'
No. 112, Strand, at Th 4 &nit Office, No•
o f i►liciclle~`ax.~Fciday/ August 28, 1840.