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

THAW IN:WALEHOOK :EHOUSE.—On Christmas-
eve the Rev. Dr. Croly, astisted by the new church-
wardens of Walbrook, distrikuted to each of the resident
poor of that parish six penny Is of beef, a quartern loaf,
materials for a Christmas vi' dding, together with half a
poend of good tea, and sun ,s of money varying from
2s. 6d. 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 kis
orders on the City kitchen s.t the disposal of the church-
wardens. The poor people departed loaded with their
unexpected treasure, no s.t: ich distribution having taken
place in the parish for up e zards of twenty years.
NEW SPECIES OF WE IEAT.—We have seen lately,
growing in the garden of ithe Receiver-General, the lion.
W. 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 shall, rind 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 wll:,te, 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 Nsi teat, which he termed " wild-
goose wheat," haring been produced from grain found in
the stomach of a wild go tse, shot by an Indian at the
Narrows of Lake Sirneu e, in October, 1843, and the
gentleman who first fot m 1 the wheat has been kind
enough to hand samples t o several individuals. Judging
from the season of the y ear when the bird was shot,
there can be no doubt tha t it was flying to the south,
and that consequently th e wheat upon which it bad
fcd was picked up far nor th of the settlements of Lake
Skiacoe. From the hits tory of the wheat, we are
convinced it is a different 'species from any known in the
old world, and may be in iigenous to the North Ameri-
can continent. From the• great perfection and healthy
appearance of the wlevat, when growing in the
Hon. Mr. Morris's gars len, in Montreal, we are
satisfied it can be prop agated with great success,
and we are almost cert.; An 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 specie s of wheat plant has been dis-
covered. Mr. Morris ba s been so good as to send us a
few ears, and we shall t ace particular care to give it a
fair chance next year of producing largely. This acci-
dental discovery may be o f much more consequence to
us than we can at presen t imagine. A natural produc-
tion, if capable of improvement, may be brought to
much greater perfection th an a foreign plant, because the
climate .and soil are sure to be suitable for it, having
produced it naturally. This wheat was sown by Mr.
Morris, on 13th September last, so that it must be a fall
wheat, and so much the is fitter, it is proof against rust,
to which the ordinary wh et .t is so very liable. We wish
it were in our power to s to to the opinion of a botanist re-
specting this plant, but we hope to be able to do so in
our next. In this numb rr, we give the report of an
English horticulturist of 1 tis hybridised wheat. The
wild-goose wheat may, pel ;.haps, be crossed in the same
way with some other whoa t, and both wheats improved.
The reported success of thi s mode of changing varieties
of wheat is a great advan ta ge, but we are notsufficiently
acquainted with horticultt ire to be able to describe the
exact process or mode ad opted.—Conedian Agricultu-
ral Journal.

It is veil, confidently sr nd very generally asserted
that not only a complete IS: plit has taken place between
Louis Philippe and Madan] e Munoz, but that the former
complains bitterly of haTim tr been duped by the latter.
You are aware that the va st , 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
Due do Montpensier ; and you are aware also the greater
part of that fortune was in jewels and precious stones.
Well : it turns out, as gos sip says, that the list of jewels
and diamonds is by no nii •ans so long as Mrs. Munoz
had represented. It turns lout 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, " nowherir. " And it appears, too, that
Mrs. Munoz has followed '4 e example of those knowing
hotel-keepers who put do vvr i in their bills—" A penny-
worth of wafers, 25.," for• `ter valuation frequently con-
tains such items as thee e :—" A gold chain worth 51.,
5001. ;" " a 201. diamond 2,0001.," &c. All this, it
must be admitted, is enoi igh to render furious a much
lass economical personage than the Majesty of France
has the reputation of beil I;•.—(Paris Correspondent of
the Brighton Gazette.)
LAW REPORTERSIIIP, --Harcourt seems to have
given mortal offence to Vern on, the reporter, who prac-
tised as a counsel regularly before him, but spitefully
.11ppresses his best decision s, and gives doubtful ones
've 2 Vernon, 664-681. 71. suspect that the reporter
rn,aiy have been a Whig anOl copied the Tory blacksmith,
O in shoeing the horse cif a Whig always lamed him.
When I was a nisi Arius re etcarter I had a drawer marked
"Bad Law," into
which threw all the eases which
seemed to be improperly ri tlid. I was flattered to hear
Sir James Mansfield, C.J.„:•say, "Whoever reads Camp-
bell's reports must be asto nishad to find how uniformly
Lord Ellenborough's decis ions were right." My rejected
cases, which I had keep as r. curiosity—not maliciously—
were all burnt in the grc, at fire of the Temple when I
was Attorney- General.-- Lord Campbell's Lives of the
Lord Chancellors.

Lod and Lady Alan C. f3lrrehill have arrived at Far-
ranee's Hotel, Bvlgrave-st., wet, from Yorkshire,