The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-10 00:00:00

MONEY-TRADE -COMMERCE.

The weekly consumption of bread in our five metropo-
litan districts, allowing one and a half quartern loaf to
each person weekly, is 2,806,90 loaves.
The decrease in the exports of printed calicoes during
the last half-year, as compared with the corresponding
period in 1840. has been not less than 2,500,000 yards.

COIVEDZERCIAL REFORM.
A meeting took place on Monday last tit Hemel
Hempstead, Hertfordshire, for/the purpose of forming an
auxiliary Anti-Corn-law Association for that district of
the county. Another meeting will complete the purpose.

AGRICULTURAL.
In an account of the prizes of the Smithfield Club is
the following history of a Middlesex pig :.—" No. 173
Colonel Wood, of Littleton, near Staines, a Middlesex
pig, bred by himself, and fed on barley meal, pollard,
skimmed milk, and house-wash—silver medal." Has
this any reference to the Member for the County?
LITERARY AND sciENTrxmc.
A new glass tile, of great solidity and transparency,
which serves at the same time the double purpose of a
tile and skylight, has been invented by a glass-manufac-
turer at Auzia, in France.' Its adoption in this country
is unfortunately hindered by the existing expensive Ex-
cise-laws.

The British Association at their last meeting, recom-
mended that experiments should be made on heated
bodies long kept in fusion : in pursuance of which cer-
tain bodies are at present in the furnace, and will not
probably be uncovered for examination before the lapse
of ten years.
There is now a splendid model in Rome of the„Coli-
scum restored ; it is in wood, and cost the architect 20
years' labour. One of the Universities, it is said, have
been in treaty for it : 1.0001. has been asked.

NAVAL A.ND MILITARY.
The late Brevet will occasion an increased cost to the
country of nearly 40,000 L per annum, reducible as the
lives fall in.

• LAW AND POLICE.
At Worship-street Mrs. Emma Clarke, a young wi-
dow„of very lady-like appearance and deportment, was
charged by the parish officers of St. Luke's, Middlesex,
with having deserted her five children, whose ages varied
from four to thirteen years. It appeared that her husband
died two years ago, and that since that period she had
been leading a veryi irregular life, often leaving the
children for days together, and had latterly fled to St.
Alban's, to escape the parish officers. She was held to
bail to appear on a future day.
Ann Bowling and Henry Marriott, who pleaded
guilty, at the Central Criminal Court, of attempting to
commit suicide, at. Blackfriars-bridge, have been sen-
tenced to fourteen days' imprisonment in Newgate.
Louisa Stanfield, a laundress, and her husband, charged
on Saturday with robbing Mr. M'Donald, a barrister, re-
siding in Gardeners'-court, Temple, of plate, valued at
601., were committed on Wednesday to take their trial.
The case of Miss Sophia Darbon, aged 25) against
Mr. Rich. Rosser, aged 83,:f0r breach of promise of mar-
-riage which has occupied the Court of Queen's" Bench forthe last three days, was on WOdnesdaylAckeeided by the
verdict of the Jury, which found fax; the paintitY damages
1,6001. The stock of 6661. in the G,Jobcki!muamceo&anding
in Miss I)arbon's name, will also betniu4.),y4by,her.
At the Brentford Petty Sessions, 44T-John Grainger,
a highly-respectable and extensive maltster, at New,
Brentford,' appeared to answer an inlirmation preferred'
against him for an infringement of 'the Excise laws,
whereby he had incurred a penalty-'of 1001. The pro-
secution was conducted by the solicitor of the ExciSe,
and the information alleged that the defendant had, in
the process of making malt, so compressed it together
in the couch, as to defraud the Crown of the duty on
seven bushels, amounting to ,seven half-crowns. The
defendant brought witnesses to prove that the process
had been carried on in afair and legitimate manner, and
the Magistrates at once 'dismissed the information.
John Job Ward, convicted 'of the inhuman murder of
his, child alew days since, is 'to be executed on Monday
'Week, the 20th instant. _