The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-18 00:00:00

FORAGE CROPS ON THE CONTINENT.

The extreme scarcity and dearness of forage crops
on the Continent, owing partly to the long-continued
drought and partly to the war, have excited grave
apprehensions among the agriculturists. A Lyons
paper publishes an account of the manner in which
the agriculturists of Hungary preserved two-thirds
of their beasts from dying of famine in the terrible
winter of 180, one-third having actually
perished from that cause. The immense
plains of Hungary had that year been desolated
by a. pitiless drought, and the scanty crop of
hay was speedily consumed. The piles of husks of
grain, usually thrown aside with the rubbish, had
remained standing owing to the lack of rain. These
were mixed with chopped straw and given to the
famished beasts, who eat them, but soon their gums
and lips became ulcerated. Lotions were applied,
and the food was moistened before giving it;
but it lacked sufficient nutriment, and the beasts con-
tinued to die off. An experiment was then made of
fermenting the husks and the chopped straw in vats,
mixing with them some handsful of grains and some
salt. The mixture was put in the vat, and watered
with bran water; the vat was closely shut, and the
fermentation went on in a temperature of 15 to
20 degrees. Twenty-four days after this the artifi-
cial forage was offered to the beasts. At first they
all refused it, but presently one cow tasted it,
then ate it eagerly, and all the others followed her
example. The experiment had succeeded. A
certain quantity of salt is considered to be favour-
able to milch cows, and to fatten them, but too much
deteriorates the milk. So as to check the appetite
of the beasts in the middle of the day, chopped straw
which had been laid between trusses of hay, and
taken its flavour, was given them. The beasts were,
with little difficulty, preserved till spring, when
green food soon restored their condition, The
French writer reminds his countrymen that it they
have not husks they have plenty of straw with which
to make the experiment.

"MA.
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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Nov. 15.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and
Prince Leopold, and attended by the Duchess of Rox-
burghe, drove to the Glassalt Shiel.
Professor Lister, Surgeon in Ordinary to the Queen,
came from Edinburgh to see her Royal Highness Princess
Louise, whom he found progressing very favourably, and
there is every reason to believe that her Majesty will be
able to leave Balmoral in the course of the ensuing week.
The Hon. Mrs. Ferguson of Pitfonr had the honour of
dining with the Queen.
Professor Lister left the Castle.

The strike in the building trade in Edinburgh and
Leith still continues, and from the aspect of affairs at
present, as between employers and men, it seems likely
to last for some time. There are upwards of 400 men on
strike in Edinburgh, and 100 in Leith—the cause being
that the master masons have reduced the standard rate
of pay from sid. to 6d. per hour.
The Finance Committee who conducted the
Royal Agricultural meeting at Oxford this year, report
a deficiency of £444 15s. Bd., which sum will fall upon
the promoters of the gathering at Oxford, unless the
citizens, who so largely benefitted by it, come forward with
subscriptions.

His Royal Highness Prince Christian, accom-
panied by Count Gleichen, arrived at Six-mile-Bottom on
Monday, on a visit to General Hall. On Tuesday morn-
ing General Hall's guests, consisting of Prince' Christian,
Count Gleichen, Lord Ashburton, Lord Malden, Lord
Mountcharles, and Colonel De Ros, shot through the Col-
ville woods, and made a good bag of game, consisting of
200 pheasants, 101 hares, 124 rabbits, 5 partridges, and
21 ducks.

THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND.—AIthough no
great fall of snow has yet taken place in the immediate
neighbourhood of Fort William, the weather is extremely
cold. The mail coach from Kingussie Was about an hour
behind time on Saturday, owing to the heavy fall in
Badenoch. On the road near the village of Newton-More,
the snow, being driven by the wind, had accumulated in a
wreath to the depth of three or four feet, and about three-
quarters of a mile in length. The villagers turned out en
masse, and with surprisinc, rapidity made a passage for the
mail, which was allowed' to proceed on its journey after
about an hour's detention. There was an additional fall
of six inches on Monday.
LETTERS FOR PARIS BY CARRIER PIGEONS.--
The Director-General of the French Post Office has in-
formed this department that a special despatch by means
of carrier pigeons of correspondence addressed to Paris
has been established at Tours, and that such despatch may
be made use of for brief letters or notes originating in the
United Kingdom, and forwarded by post to Tours. Per-
sons desirous of availing themselves of this mode of
transmission must observe the following conditions :
Every letter must be posted open, that is, without- any
cover or envelope, and without any seal, and it must be
registered. No letter must consist of more than 20 words,
including the address and signature of the sender; but the
name of the addresser, the place of his abode, and the
name of the sender—although composed of more than one
word—will each be counted as one word only. No figures
must be used ; the number of the house and, the addresses
must be given in words. Combined words joined together
by hyphens or apostrophes will be counted according to
the number of words making up the combined word. The
letters must be written entirely in French, in clear, intelli-
gible language. They must relate solely to private
affairs, and no political allusion or reference to the war
will be permitted. The charge for these letters is sd. for
every word, and this charge must be prepaid, in addition
to the postage of Od. for a single registered letter addressed
to France. The Director-General of the French Post
Office, in notifying this arrangement, has stated that his
office cannot guarantee the safe delivery of this correspon-,
deuce, and will not be in any way responsible for it.—
General Post-office, Nov. 10.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A BARRISTEIL
At Bow-street, before Sir Thomas Henry, Mr.. Arthur
Henry Woodham Lamb, described as a Barrister at Law,
having chambers at 25, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn, wad
brought up on a charge which alleged that he had wrong-
fully taken away a number of books, the property of the
Treasurer and Masters of the Inner Temple Bench.
Mr. Archibald S. Smith, who appeared for the prosecu-
tors, said the defendant was charged with feloniously stealing;
a considerable number of books from the Lincoln's Inn
Library, and he (Mr. Smith) was speaking the sense of
the Bench at large when he stated that it was with a deep
feeling of sorrow that they felt bound to prosecute one of
their own profession, but as the gentleman at the bar had
had every opportunity of explaining the circumstances•
and inasmuch as in the opinion of the Bench he had failed
to rebut the suspicions against him, they had instructed
him to proceed with the charge. The learned counsel then
stated the case as detailed in the followine, evidence.

Mr. John Nicholson, sub-librarian at Lincoln's-inn,
said he had the custody of the books with the principal.
On the 20th of July he missed some books. In conse•
quence of this he went round to various booksellers,
amongst them Mr. Edward Turner, of Mansion House-
square. He produced Fisher's Digest, five volumes, and
"Shelford on Railways." Those books were the
same as witness had lost. He could swear to
them, although a new leaf had been put and
new linings. He could clearly trace the arM5
of the inn under the new lining. There was also the
" tick " made by the principal when the books were first
put into the library. He could identify "Shelford on Rail"
ways" In the same manner. The cost price of " Fisher's
Digest " when new was 12 guineas, and Shelford 3 guineas-
He next went to Mr. George Smith, of Chancery-lamer
and made inquiries. Mr. Smith said he had been offerec,l,
a copy of Gamble and Barlows `• Irish Equity Index,
and almost immediately pointed out the defendant, Nvh°.'
was passing at the time, as the person who had offered
the books. Witness followed him to his chambers and
and demanded to see the latter volumes, when he deli-
vered up both the books now produced. The defendant
was not a member of the Inn, but having chambers in
the Inn, out of courtesy he was allowed to visit the
library. When witness asked the defendant where he
had them, he said he had purchased them from a solicitor
whose name he did not know.

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Mr. Edward James Turner, bookseller, of Mansion
House square, said he saw the defendant on two occasions
just before the 4th of August. He came to witness's
shop to know if he would purchase "Fisher's Digest "and
" Shelford on Railways." He said he had taken then
from a solicitor who owed him some money. On the
defendant calling next day witness told him he would give
him 10s. Did not ask him his name at that
time, as he considered he had no right to do
so until the bargain was concluded. When he
came again with the books witness asked his
name and address, and he said Kinglake. He gave a
receipt for the amount in the name of Richard Kinglake,
25, Old-square. The defendant afterwards called and
witness identified him as the person from whom he had
bought the books.
William Byerly, bookbinder, in the service of Arr.
Holland, Stanhope-street, Strand, said a gentleman called
on him about three or four months back with some books,
and asked him if he could put in some new linings in a
volume which he brought. Witness thought the gentle-
man at the bar was the person. He said he wanted to
wipe out the name of the former owner. Witness said he
could, and the defendant left the book, which was done as
required. He afterwards brought another, and then asked
whether witness could send for some more, giving his name
as Mr. Lamb, 25, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn. A man
named Cattermole went to that place, and brought
" Fisher's Digest" and " Shelford on Railways," and wit-
ness put on the fly-leaves and linings.
Mr. William Odell, head librarian of Lincoln's Inn,
identified the pencil tick on the covers of the book pro-
duced, as those made by him when they were catalogued.
Detective Kirley proved apprehending the defendant.
On readin g thew arrant to him the accused aske d to be allowed
to see his wife. He then went to the room where she
was, and said, " Here's an officer come to apprehend me
for stealing books at the Lincoln's Inn library." The lady
said, " Why, you never go there." He said yes, he had
been there twice. Also that he had heard of those books,
and had written to Mr. Walpole that day. Witness found
on him a letter addressed to the Hon. Spencer Walpole.
The defendant here said that that letter was written last
evening and would have been sent.
A previous letter written to Mr. Walpole, Treasurer of
the Library, was put in in which the defendant stated
that he had written into thebcountry for the name of the
solicitor who sold him the books.
This was the case for the prosecution. _ .

Mr. J. F, Wrightman, barrister-at-law, said he DT'
geared to watch the case on the part of the defendant.
He asked for a remand, and that Mr. Lamb might be
admitted to bail.
The accused was accordingly remanded.