The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-06 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending March 2,
1847, is 355. 8.1:Al. per cwt.

WESTMINSTER RAILWAY STREET.—In this scheme
it is proposed to form an open cutting, with four lines of
wooden rails, and a double set of rails to each line, one of the
bt oad and the other of the narrow gauge, the whole to be
worked on the atmospheric principle, and the banks to be
planted with trees, and bridges to be built at the intersections
of the roads. By these means au almost noiseless railway
would be obtained, and it would not present an eye-sore, as
most lines at present do.—The Builder.
The subscription raised in Cheltenham for the
relief of the distress in Ireland and Scotland has reached the
amount of 3,0001.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, MARCH S.—PITT
SCxo-
LARslllP.—Successful candidate, Charles B. Scott, of Trinity
College.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY SILVER SCULLS.--The banks
of the Isis were crowded on Tuesday and Wednesday last to
witness the annual scullers' race for the challenge oars, for
which no less than 14 boats contended. Several of the heats
were well contested, and caused much excitement. The
prize was carried off by Mr. Edward Burton, student of
Christ Church, who, in the deciding heat, beat Mr. Heygate,
of Merton, easily. _ _

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, MARCH 5.
—This afternoon Mr. John Rice Byrne, commoner of Univer-
sity College, and Mr. Bull, from Rugby School, were elected
scholars of University College. There were upwards of 20
candidates. Yesterday the Rev. Richard Joynes, M.A.,
senior scholar of Corpus Christi College, was elected a Fellow
of that society, in the room of the Rev. R. G. Macmullen, who

and the next day. Tuesday —won , bell rung, and the
servant, on running up stairs, found him in the drawing-
room, with his clothes almost all burnt away, and laying
scattered, still alight, about the room. He was then writh-
ing with agony, and no time was lost in sending for Mr.
Fuller, his friend and medical attendant. He told Mr.
Fuller that while standing with his back to the fire be was
seized with a sudden giddiness, and fell back against the
grate, where he lay for some moments unable to move. He
was dreadfully burnt all over the back, hips, and right arm,
and died from the injuries on the following day. Verdict,
"Accidental death."

NEW MODEL CONVICT PRISONS FOR IRELAND.—
Government have, it is stated upon good authority, given
orders to build a new model prison, near Dublin, for the re-
ception of Irish convicts. It is to be constructed on the plan
of the new Pentonville prison, and is to have 500 cells for
the reception of prisoners. The first stage of imprisonment,
viz., eighteen months, is to be carried out there. After this
period has elapsed they will be shipped off for Gibraltar,
Bermuda, Jersey, &c., to complete the sentence. The plan
is considered a great improvement, and will be attended with
a great lessening of expense.
SINGULAR DEATH OF A WTOKER.—Yesterday, Mr.
G. J. Mills held an inquest at the University College Hos-
pital, Gower-street, on the body of E. Morris, aged sixty, a
stoker in the employ of the Imperial Gas Company, whose
factory is situated near Battle-bridge. Early on Sunday
morning last, deceased was found lying prostrate before a
furnace to which he had been attending. His condition at
first was attributed to intoxication, but on Mr. Fogarty, a
neighbouring surgeon being consulted, he considered de-
ceased labouring under some cerebral affection, and advised
his removal to that hospital, in which he died on Tuesday
last. The house-surgeon, who had made a post mortem ex-
amination, found slight fractures of the skull and congestion
of the brain, the exact cause of which he could not tell, but
most probably it was a fall produced by accident or a fit.
Death resulted front the state of the brain, but how caused
there was net evidence to show."

BREAD FROM AIANGOLD-WURTZEL.—A corre-
spondent informs us that a nutritious and palatable bread.
may be procured from this root by the following process:—
" I boiled 71b., mashed it to a pulp, put to it 71b. of flour,
mixed them, put half a tea cup of yeast, left it to rise half
an hour; made the aforesaid into five loaves, which u hen
baked weighed 151 b. Unfortunately it was not sufficiently
baked, so was heavy, but very sweet and wholesome to eat
indeed. We intend baking it better next week. This was '
done as an experiment, to try what we could do in the event
of a famine or dearth next year in this country. I copied it
from an Irish paper. It ought to be more generally known.
There is no perceptible taste ; if you were not told you could
not tell there was anything but good wheaten flour, and yet
here is something that will double the quantity of corn and
flour in the kingdom."
REPRESENTATION OF CANTERBURT.—MF. Twisden
Hodges, it is understood, will come forward as candidate for
the representation of Canterbury; and it is stated that he
will have the entire support of the Peel Conservative and
Liberal party. A candidate on Protective principles is also
spoken of, but a contest at the present time, a dissolution
being so near at hand, is not at all likely.
BURNING OF A 'MOTHER AND CHILD.—An inquest
was held last night, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the
body of Charles William Hoare, aged seven months. Ellen
Keel, of 6, Collingwood-street, Shoreditch, said that the de-
ceased resided with its parents at No. 7, in the same street.
The mother was aflicted with fits, and on Wednesday, about
half-past twelve, supposing that the mother was in a fit, she
went in and saw the child lying upon the floor with its
clothes burning. She put them out, and was taking it out
of the roam when she saw the mother standing on the bed
. with the whole of her clothes in flames. With assistance
,they were extinguished, and both mother and child were
brought to the hospital. The deceased was so much burnt
that he died shortly after his admission, and the mother re-
mains without any hope of recovery from the severity of the
burns. It further appeared that the accident was caused by
the mother having fallen, when in a fit, into the fire. Ver-
dict, " Accidental death."

PROCLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWRY.-011 Thursday
at the Sheriff Court, Red Lion-square, proclamations of out-
lawry were made in 28 cases. The parties are called
rive times, at an interval of four weeks from each occa-
sion, and then in default the defendants are outlawed,
on which other proceedings can be instituted to obtain
possession of property. Mr. Hemp, the officer, called
the names of the following defendants and plaintiffs :
Richard Carpenter, at the suit of George W. K. Potter and
another. Stephen J. Welch, Fletcher Welch, and G. Ford,
at the suit of Roland Edward Lewis and Charles Williams,
administrators of Samuel Williams. John Bright, at the suit
of Edward Columbine. William Bright, at the suit of the
same. Robert Parker, at the suit of Proctor Walker, the
Rev. John llorsfold, and J. C. Parker. Baron Vincent de
Tuyle, at the suit of Francis Nugee. Edward Johnson, at
the suit of James Stewart. The lion. C. P. Clinton; and W.
H. Williams, executors of Sarah E. Smith, at the suit of
Israel Alexander. The Hon. A. Cavendish, at the suit of
Morris Levy. S. P. Powys, at the suit of Lawrence
Levy. Thomas Francis Pinkev, at the suit of C. and
E. Mosley. John William Montagu, at the suit of
William Thompson. Francis C. Parry, at the suit of 0. D.
Mordaunt. Basil Montagu, at the suit of William Lowe.
John R. Brinckman, at the suit of William Gill. Francis E.
Blackwell, at the suit of W. de Bernerdy. John Bright and
another, at the suit of M. Pool and another. Sophia
Broughton, at the suit of Robert Bell. Patrick Leigh
Strahan, at the suit of H. de Medima. Arthur W. Williams,
at the suit of H. Page. Elizabeth Stephens, at the suit of
John Pook. Thomas Piddicke, at the suit of Henry Adams.
Robert Peel, at the suit of S. P. Hughes. Samuel.Beamish,
at the suit of Sylvester Wilson. W. H. Maxwell, at /the
suit of H. Jacobs; and John Howton, at the suit of Charles
Lewis. The next county court-day is appointed for the Ist
of April.
EARLY CLOSING.---A soirée of the Early Closing
Association was held at the the Free-trade Hall, Manchester,
on Thursday evening. The chair was taken by C. Swain,
'Esq., and among the company were the Mayor of Salford,
Alderman Walker, Alderman Shuttleworth, VS . R. Callender,
Esq., C. Nicholson, Esq. (Mayor of Kendal), the Mayor of
Ashton, Dr. Reid, George Wilson, Esq., S. C. Hall, Esq.,
James Braid, Esq., surgeon; Alderman Watkins, Alderman
Harvey, William Shuttleworth, Esq., G. F. Mandley, and
E. Herford, Esqrs. Mr. Swain, Dr. Reid, Mr. S. C. Hall,
&c., delivered addresses on the subject, and the meeting
passed off with great harmony. Letters of apology were
read from Lord Ducie, Lord Wriothesley Russell, and others,
regretting their inability to attend.
VICTORY OVER DEATH.—In the Secondaries Court
yesterday, a plaintiff, named Deadman, brought an action
against the defendant, Death, to recover the sum of 2001.
and interest on a mortgage, and Deadman came off victo-
rious, having beaten Death completely out of Court.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE STlR-
mons SrEara-nokr.--Yesterday an accident of a most de-
plorable character took place on board the Starlight iron
steam-boat. A person named James Hunt, about fifty years
of age, and a companion of his, were travelling by the boat
from Vauxhall to London-bridge. The two had
some time conversing in the cabin, and when the boat
forthitd
arrived about midway between Westminster and Hunger-
ford-bridges, they went on deck, where they for some few
minutes were amusing themselves. Hunt's companion ex-
premed a wish to retire into the cabin again, but the de-
ceased refused, when his friend, whilst standing on the top of
the stairs, laid hold of Hunt's hand for
and thheepuortphoesrehoafvpinugllilnegt
him down. He, however, resisted,
go his hold rather . suddenly, Hunt t fell backwards and
pitched headforemost down the hold iato the engine-house
amongst the machinery. When he fell his bones were heard
caught his limbs. The
to crack as the levers of
_thee n
engineer stopped the engine soginsueddenlY as to throw the
whole of the machinery out of gear, and as soon as possible
the poor fellow was got out, blood_ streaming from all por-
tions of his body. His arm and legs were broken, his ribs
forced in, and a great piece of his side wasp laid bare. He
was immediately taken to Charing-cross Hosital, butthbeefore
e had reached that institution he had ceased to brea .
h ROYAL ARTILLERY.—The whole of the four com-
panies at present in the field battery at Woolwich are
not
ex-
pected to leave the garrison in the course of this month, not
of
to relieve other companies, but to add to the strength
the companies at home stations, or man the new fortifica-
tions recently constructed for the defence of the coast.
Major Cator's field battery company 2d battalion, will pro-
ceed to Liverpool, the first company sent to be stationed at
that place. Major Furneaux's field battery company, 2d
battalion will proceed to Dover, an additional company of
Royal Artillery being considered necessary at that station.
Major Clarke's field battery, 9th battalion, will proceed to
Guernsey, where one company will be stationed in future ;
and those at present in Guernsey will join their company in
Jersey, which island will have one full company instead of
the half company at present doing duty there. Captain
Hill's field battery company, Bth battalion, will proceed to
Sheerness, being the first company detached to man the for-
tifications at that naval port. The first four companies of
the neriv-raised Mb b•lttali'm ore to omlpv the places of
the companies in the teld batteries on their leaving Wool-
wich to acquire a linowlodge of field batten- duty • The
tour first companies of the 10th battalion are L'aptain.Grant's
No. 1 company, Captain Mitchell's No. 2 company, Captain
Durnsford's No. 3 company,
company. and Captain Crawford's No. 4

marines from

were put on the Ocean, to
division at Portsmouth.

, seven . num. ~
transferred to their

The Aid, Smallman master, sailed on:the 3d inst., with
stores for Plymouth.
The Goodwill, Pledge master, sailed on the 4th inst., with
stores for Sheerness. Remains—the Rochester, Sedgwick
master, loading for Deptford and Woolwich.
Private James Seath, of the 37th company of the Royal
Marines of this division, was tried by a general court-
martial on Monday, the Ist inst., for having, before being
relieved, left his post when sentry over the commandant's
door at the Royal Marine barracks, Chatham, between the
hours of nine and ten o'clock on or about the night of the
6th of February, 1847,:and remaioing absent until the morn-
ing of the 13th of the same month. The finding of sentence
of the Court has been approved by the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty, and the prisoner sentenced to twelve
months' imprisonment with hard labour at the District Mili-
tary Prison, Fort Clarence, to which place the prisoner was
removed yesterday.
A code of new regulations has been sent to each of the
royal dockyards, to take effect on the Ist of April, respecting
the future selections of officers and men for the service. The
pay of inspectors is to bt raised from 100/. to 1251. per annum,
and from April, 1848, one-fourth of the inspectors are to act
as measurers, and allowed a salary of 150/. per annum. A
new officer is to be appointed, to be termed " Surveyor/-
Timber," at a salary of 4001. per annum; and pron:otionirt
future is to depend principally on the scholastic attainments
of the candidate. These new regulations are drawn up
professedly to do away with political intrigue, which has
been carried on by political committees to the prejudice of
the service.

SAVINGS' BANKS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin, —From an observation recently made by Mr. Baron
Alderson, relative to deposits in savings' banks (and which
first appeared in a public print through the Savings' Bank
Circular), a good deal of mi,understanding prevails. The
Baron has, by many, been' understood to say that if a
savings' bank depositor neglected to withdraw any part of
his deposit for more than six years, he would be debarred by
the Statute of Limitations from recovering what might be
then invested. Since what the Baron let drop upon the sub-
ject it has been contended that, as interest is added yearly
to a depositor's account in the bank ledger, that is a regular
renewal of the whole account. On the other hand, it is
argued that, adding interest annually is not a payment, and,
therefore, no renewal of the account.

Now, Sir, as every body knows there is the glorious uncer-
tainty of the law, the most prudent and safe plan will be for a
depositor (either in person, or by the requisite written dele-
gation,) to withdraw something within six years, if even a
shilling, and thereby set all doubting on this head at rest.—
Your obedient servant,
March 3, 1847.

CERTAINTY.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the
walks and plantations of Osborne House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed walks
and rides yesterday in the vicinity of Osborne House.
Ills Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse took leave of their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last night,
and proceeded from Cambridge House to embark in the Triton steam
packet for Ostend. Hie Serene Highness visited and took leave of
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester Ilotuie
on Thursday evening. Yesterday, his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen,
the Prussian Minister, and his Serene Highness Prince Loewenstein,
visited Prince Frederick of Besse at Cambridge House, to take leave
of his Serene Highness.

A Cabinet Coifficil was held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon.
at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the
Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto,
Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of
Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth,
the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right
Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was prevented by indisposition
from attending the meeting.
The Council sat one hour.

FRENCH PLAYS.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
M. Alcide Tousez made his first appearance before an English
audience last evening, and M. Alcide Tousez will become, no doubt.
a great favourite with the English public. He is by far the most
humorous French j actor we have ever seen. There is a
breadth and an unctiousness about him that is quite Listo-
Man. The piece chosen for his debut was Le Rol, des Frontin
in which he sustains the part of Thomas. Frontin, be it remembered,
is the generic name of the intriguing valet of the French vaudeville,
and the Frontin of the piece (M. Dumery) tired of serving a
young, dashing, intriguing, but poor French nobleman, seeks
for a successor, and finds one in Thomas, an itinerant
vendor of poultry a country gawky. He drills him
into the hat exercise and waiting exercise, Sec., of a valet
(this drill scene is exceedingly rich), and giving him a written cha-
racter, leaves him as his successor, His master's disgusted with his
gaucherie, but relying on the written testimonial of his abilities, em-
ploys him in all sorts of intrigues. His stupidity favours him,
countryto the
dolt,' ac-
count is
and as luck will Sieve it, Thomas, more to his own
surprise than to that of any body else, succeeds a merveille
h
isstpuupitd do
at length acknowledged to be Le Roi des Fronting, the prince of
and stupidityhe the
clever intriguers, merely by acting on the theory of laissez /dire.
everything
calculationhe "'
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The acting of Tousez was rich in the extreme. Nature has
bountifully bestowed on him a face and figure such as have
not been seen since the days Elf Liston. M. Alcide Tousez has im-
proved these natural advantages to the highest pitch of perfec-
tion. The house was in a coat from the moment of his appearance
to the falling of the curtain ; and to all hypochondriacs we should
recommend as an infallible cure an evening with M. .Alcide Tousez
at the St. James's Theatre.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—The fourth
soirée of the season was held at this establishment last
evening, and was attended by a very large and fashionable
assemblage. Among the musical professors who assisted at
the concert of the evening were, Mr. Muhlenfeldt, Mr.
Cooke, and Mr. Hancock, Mr. Lindsay Sloper, Mr. Frederick
Chatterton, Signor Piatti, the Misses Williams, Mr. and Miss
Ransford, Miss Sabilla I"ovello, Miss Mordan, Miss A.
Romer, Miss Steele, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr.
Machin. In the course of the soirée, Signor Jannetti, from
Rome, gave an eloquent recitation in Italian from Dante,
and Mr. Buckingham wound up the proceeding of the
evening by an animated description of the ruins of the great
temple of Persepolis, destroyed by Alexander of Macedon on
his return from his Indian conquests. The company did not
separate till a late hour.
THE POTATO DISEASE.—At the meeting of the
Botanical Society, held last evening, at the Society's Rooms,
20, Bedford-street, Strand; J. E. Gray, Esq., Pre-
sident, in the chair. Mr. Munro communicated a paper "On
the Potato Disease." The author was of opinion that the
disease originated in our neglecting to secure thoroughly
ripened tubers from which to produce our future crops, and
he thought that the most probable means of restoring the
plant to its pristine vitality, would be to commence with tho
practice of a mode of cultivation more consistent with its
nature and habit, than that which has been followed for a
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that, among potatoes grown from sets taken from tubers
which had undergone what he called the sedative process for
t crop
were yearssuccessively,
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whichwinerae bushel
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the ground last winter, taken up and replanted early in
l
April last, exhibited tainted tubers to the amount of one in
affected.
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the taint in a. most inveterate form, fully two thirds of the
entire crop being diseased.
EADVERTISEMENT.]—The Registered Paletot of
Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the present
and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate
price, which, with itseß
or Iliftsciesfahuml tic andobersiusdrgte.
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Prince
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appear-
ance, has secured such general popularity. It has been made
by special command for their Royal Highnesses Prince
Ihased of the patentees, 11. J. and D. Nicoll, Court
tailors,
Liverpool,
visitors
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Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several
Cornhill. Agents for
and Son, Bold- street • for Dublin
Albert,broeyap
tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22,
Maclena, blolesworth-street ; for Birmingham, Warein'gGaen°d.
Son, New-street; and the principal tailors in other large
owns.

ESC APE or ALA HY DEBTOR.--Mr. Felton, the
sheriff's officer, after being in search of a Miss Crossing,harn
of Ongar, during the last four months, last Thursday sue.:
ceeded by stratagem in arresting her at her own house. He
then lett her in charge of his assistant while he went for a
chaise,. but Miss Crossingliam having obtained permission of
the officer to go to her bed-room, immediately jumped out of
the window, and alighted upon the root' of an out-house,
thence descended upon a water-butt in the adjoining yard,
and made her escape. A pursuit was immediately com-
menced across the fields, but without recapturing the fup-
tive.—Essex Standard.
MR. O'CONNELL'S HEALTH.—We feel most happy
in having it in our power to inform our readers that the ac-
counts received last night from London give a most favour-
:ll,le account of the progress of amendment of the health of
Mr. O'Connell.—Dublin Evening Post Of Thursday.
1
CHINESE CANES.---The vessel Royal Albert, v..ich
has arrived in the East India Docks from Canton and Hong-
Kong, has brought from the former port the very large quan-
tity of 30,200 canes.

id Lieu- senior scholar of Corpus Christi College, was elected a Fellow yard by the Rear-Admiral Superintendent to the heads of
lant, by of that society, in the room of the Rev. R. G. Macmullen, who the various departments embraced in the regulations, and
Robert- has turned Romanist. appeared to give general satisfaction.
vice St. DREADFUL DEATH OF D.R. ADAM BLACK, M.D. CuAritAsr, MAncii s.—The Charon steam-vessel, which
—Mr. Bedford held an inquest yesterday, at the Simn rip-. - bred from Woolwich for the duties of this port, instead of
Puree.', cadilly, on the body of Dr. Ada& Blaelt,_ M.D.," -'V Fearless, proceeded yesterday, with the officer from tho
be Cap- No. 114, Piccadilly. The deceased was on Mor.'d - ,_ -Office, to Sheerness. and paid off the Dolphin three-gun
attacked with cholera, and was confined to his room that -brigantine, Lieutenant Miller, and returned to Chatham the
sign, by and the next day. Tuesday afternoon his bell rung, and the same day. The marines from the Dolphin, seven in number,
servant, on running up stairs, found him in the drawing- I:%:ei:e. put on board the Ocean, to be transferred to their