The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-24 00:00:00

of Wilts.

Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—The
Bight lion. Horatio Earl Nelson to be Lieutenant, vice
-Viscount Folkestone, resigned ; Simon Watson Taylor, Gent.,
to be Cornet, vice Colston, resigned, April 16; William Eyre
Matcham, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Earl Nelson, promoted
April 17.

ADMIRALTY, Aran, 20.
Corps of Royal Marines—Arthur Ellis, Gent. to be Second
Lieutenant.

WHITEHALL, MARcit 5.

Tho night TTnnnoirsdllo Si. Thomas Wildo, Knt. Lord chief
Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas,
has appointed Charles 'Chalk of Brighthelmstone, in
the county of Sussex, Gent., to be one of the
Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgement of
deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act
passed lor the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the
substitution of more simple modes of assurance in and for the
county of Sussex.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 17.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Henry Mac-
kenzie, of Teignmouth, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS. _ _

William Townley, coachmaker, Little James-street, Bed-
ford•row, to surrender April 30, and June 4, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-
lane, Cornhill ; Buchanan Basinghall-street.
Henry Francis Hoole, grocer, High-street, Southwark,
April 30, and June 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Roberts,
Temple Chambers, Fleet-street.
Robert 'rate, silversmith, Regent-street, April 29, at half-
past twelve, and June 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Fawcett, Jewin-street,

Aldersgate .street.
Charles Brooks, carman, Vine-yard, Lant-street, Surrey,
April 28, at one, and June 4, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Kempster, Ken-
nington-lane, Surrey.
Richard Peake, farmer, Bury, Hertfordshire, April 28, at
half-past one, and May 27, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Ivimey, Chancery-lane.
William Shuker, licensed victualler, Salisbury, May 4, at
twelve, and June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry;
Jones, Quality-court, Chancery-lane.

Ralph Picistone, grocer, Manchester, May 5 and 31, at
eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee, Manchester; Wathen, Basinghall-street, London;
Fogg, Manchester.

John Jones, grocer, Llangefni, North Wales, May 7, and
June 8, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool Cornthwaite and Co., Old
Jewry-chambers, London; Pemberton, Liverpool.
Mary Elizabeth Bell and James Bell, news-venders, Finch-
lane, Cornhill, May 4, at one, and June 9, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old
Jewry ; Dupree, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside.
William Walker, grocer, Woolwich, Kent, May 1, at one,
and June 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basing-
‘..)ks,treet ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street.
nee —l.-angu-all
Stafford-
District Court. Christie, official•assig , R-vm
di clea,ler, Walsall,
.smhiarrek,eMleavry,
District Court. Whit-
more,June 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham
official assignee, Birmingham ; Jones, Worcester;
Smith, Birmingham.
Michael M.Donnell, shipbroker, Liverpool, April 30, and
James Longmore Wilks? tailor, Worcester, May 6, and
W6,ltanls4allj.une 1°;
May London-wall,
London; Dodge, Liverpool.
Joseph Shepherd and Benjamin Shepherd, wine and spirit
ci g twelve,nev at r p theo l ; Liverpooli3n.dger
e and
Districte., Court. Bird,
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merchants, Exeter, May 6, and June 15, at eleven, at the
Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ;
Gale, Basinghall-street, London ; Sanders and Kitson, Exeter.
William Bradley, sen., innkeeper, :Kirby Lonsdale, April
30, at twefve, and June 11, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Greggs, Kirby Lonsdale ; Bates and Dees, New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row.
James Lee, cabinet case maker, Sutton Coldfield, War.
wickshire, April 29 and May 29, at eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming
ham, Suckling, Birmingham; Chilton and Co., Chacery
lane, London.
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
rrom the returns made in the week ending April 20,
1847, is 348. 11,4 d. cwt.
[Dividends, &c., in our next.]

VENTILATING VATS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Szu,--If space can be spared in the crowded columns
of The Sun to insert the following simple and rapid plan
of ventillating vats in breweries and the fermenting-
backs in distilleries, it may be the means of preventing
loss of life from suffocation with carbonic acid gas
among the vat-cleaners—a class of men much pressed
for time at this season of the year, when the store-vats
reqnire to be filled before the warm weather sets in.
The usual method of getting rid of the carbonic acid
gas consists in opening the man-hole and taps, allowing
ventilation to take place by diffusion; large vats of 1,200
to 11,800 barrels capacity, when foul, requiring two
or three days.
The plan recommended (and which has been in use
by the writer for three or four years) is, to pump in
common air by the portable force-pump (the jigger)
which is in use and at hand in all breweries. The small
fire-engines, generally kept on the premises, can likewise
be used for the same purpose. In some establishments
force-pumps worked by steam power are employed in
pumping up water into tanks or in starting beer; these
pumps, after a little alteration, can as readily be used
in pumping in common air into the vats for ventilation
Iby the beer-main or by a hose, and the carbonic acid
gas " blown out" in three or four hours.
Dudley. JAMES YOUNG.

QUEEN'S CONCERT ROOMS,
HANOVER-SQUARE.

Mademoiselle Isa Prudence, the celebrated somnam-
bulist (or, as she is termed, "Ecstatic"), made her third
appearance in these rooms yesterday afternoon, assisted
by Mdlle. Herminie Laurent, exhibiting her extraordi-
nary powers in Oneiromancie Artistique, or the repre-
sentation of historical, mythological, and imaginary
attitudes connected with painting, sculpture, and thy
dramatic art, by transmission of ideas effected through
the mere agency of the will. Whatever degree of credit
may be attached to the mesmeric art, the performance
was in every respect an extraordinary and interesting
one. If, as was asserted, the only means of communi-
cating the knowledge of what the young lady was re-
quired to express, was by the mere act of ♦olition
on the part of the magnetiser, it was, indeed,
most Wonderful, and would go far to confirm
the truth of all that has been claimed on behalf
of the art. If, on the other hand, there was any decep-
tion, and we confess that we could not with the closest
scrutiny detect anything that could be supposed to
border on it, Madlle. Prudence must be an actress of
great and varied power, who would achieve a triumph in
the higher branches of the drama. The most incre-
dulous, however, were completely baffled. The greatest
facility was given to every one to inspect closely the
performance. Any person desiring it was permitted to
ascend the temporary stage, and to stand at the side of
the parties, and although many trials were made there
was not a single failure, neither was there the slightest
appearance of any agency by which she could have ob-
tained the knowledge of what was required at her hands.
Many distinguished scientific gentlemen and several
ladies were in attendance at the appointed hour. Shortly
after Mademoiselle Prudence entered, attired in the
Druidical costume, a chaplet of oak leaves round her
head, and a loose white dress, with the arms quite bare,
and each surrounded with two wide armlets of gold, one
at the wrists, and tho other at the upper part of the arm.
She is a remarkably fine young woman, with a most ex-
pressive countenance and fair complexion. She seated
herself immediately in an arm-chair, and the mag-
netising at once commenced—within a few minutes she
was thrown into a deep sleep. Dr. Laurent then stepped
forward and invited any person present to write en a
slip of paper the subject he desired to have illustrated.
Very many availed themselves of the permission thus
afforded, and in every instance it was most effectively ex-
pressed. Madlle. Laurent held in her hand the paper con-
taining the subject, and stood quite behind the chair on
which the young lady was seated ; in a few seconds she rose
and advanced a few paces, and assumed the required at-
titude and expression. Many of the illustrations were
loudly applauded ; " the Caressing a little Child,"
the first that was demanded, was beautifully
given. Perhaps, the best, however, was " the
Gladiator fighting to the death." Her countenance as-
sumed an almost demoniacal expression, when plunging
the sword into the bosom of the conquered enemy.
" The Roman Mother receiving her Son, returning vic-
torious, was also exquisitely rendered, and also " a
Woman caressing a Butterfly, which had settled on her
wrist." The wonderful command which the mesmeriser
exercised over the sleeper was shown by her falling, as if
deprived of all her powers while leaning on one of the au-
dience, at a movement made from behind, her eyes being
bandaged at the time. An exhibition was announced to
take place this evening, at the private residence of the
parties, amidst considerable applause. We have cer-
tainly never witnessed a more surprising exhibition, or
one so perfectly inexplicable, save on the assumption of
the reality of the claims put forward.