The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-03 00:00:00

TIIE CARDIFF ABDUCTION CASE.

Yesterday morning the Jewish abduction case was re
opened at the Cardiff police-court. On the application of
Mr. Barnett Lyons, father of Esther Lyons, the
girl who was alleged to have been abducted for
proselytising purposes, a summons for wilful perjury was
granted against the Rev. Nathaniel Thomas, Baptist
minister, of Cardiff. When the case was before Mr. Jus-
tice Blackburn in the Court of Queen's Bench in July last
the judge reprobated in very strong language the conduct
of the defendants Mr. and Mrs. Thomas. The summons
will be heard on Monday.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Seventeen Japanese paid a visit to the Royal Arsenal,
Woolwich on Wednesday, by a special War Department
order.
Recruiting at Woolwich is proceeding at the rate of
about eighty a day, which is a greater activity than ever
remembered by "the oldest inhabitant."
The Lords of the Admiralty have directed the entering
at Chatham dockyard, of six engineer students, providing
that number pass the standard required of candidates
after a competitive examination which will shortly be
held under the direction of the Civil Service Commis-
sioners.

CRYSTAL PALACE.-011P Shilling Day.—Fri-
day, December 2, 1870.- -Admissions by season tickets,
1,137 ; ditto on payment, 453 ; total visitors, 1,590.
The success that attended a Channel Islands
Exhibition, held on a limited scale at Guernsey in 1868,
has induced the executive of the Royal Jersey Agricul-

tural and Horticultural Society to inaugurate an exhibi-
tion of Channel Islands' products in Jersey in June next
ea r The island authorities have granted the use of Vic-
toria College and its spacious grounds for the purposes of
the exhibition.

The annual dinner at the Agricultural Hall, pre- i
llminary to the Grand Christmas Cattle Show is a cheer- 1
ing sign of •` the good time coming," But fat oxen, to be
serviceable to the community, must be well cooked; and,
when served up, efficiently carved, with a view to the
good digestion which should always " wait on appetite.'
Steel knives, hitherto the sole " medium " as cutting in-
struments for the table, are obviously objectionable on
many grounds. Silver, on the other hand, is only avail-
able at dessert. That noble patron of the arts, the late
Prince Consort, believed that all things were possible to
the ingenious and industrious manufacturer, and the
problem of dinner knives has been solved most satisfac-
torily by a new invention of Mr. J, Neal, of the Edgware-
road. He has patented a new " pyro-silver " knife, with
a sharp incisive blade, which requires no cleaning, and
may be simply " set " on a steel. This knife has been
literally tried in the fire (whence its classical name), and
stood tke proof. The metal is not corrodible by
vinegar, lemon-juice, or any other vegetable acid.
Mr. Neal's patent is also applicable to table
forks, dessert services, fish slices, scissors, &c. Orna-
ment has not been sacrificed to utility. Mr. Neal's stock
is really a fine art exhibition of its kind, and amongst
many other specimens that attract the admiration of
visitors should be mentioned the dessert knife handles of
rock coralite—a " leading article" of the manufactory
Steel knives have had their day, and pyro-silver will
henceforth command all such customers as are desirous
not to look or to use " daggers," but to cut their flesh food
to mincemeat as a first step to nutrition,