The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-03 00:00:00

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE

WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease.
Per Quarter. 4. to s. s. 4. I. to s. 4. to s. s. to A.
61andford 53 31 24 43
Brigg
40 58 36 40 15 22 30 35
Cau►bridge— 39 29 20 35 34
Chard 44 56 24 32 16 22 36 40 32 34
Huntingdon 46 54 25 30 19 22 34 28
Long Sutton—. 36 46 17 22 34 38
Louth, 3B 44 24 26 18 21 36 40
36 41 25 34 18 22 31 36
Newark 37 45 29 35 19 25 38 41
Nottingham 42 50 27 32 22 25 38 42
Peterborough 35 41 27 30 17 24 36 40
Plymouth 50 64 30 34 20 23
67 43 27 43
Sleafor.l 65 70 36 38 22 28 41 43
Uppinghain 35 44 26 32 22 30 38 42
Wisbech ---.—.. 45 20 37
LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Sept. 30.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffhlk, 601 b.
--- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. 4os. to 503.
Barley, Norfolk and Sufiblk
-- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding

Beans
Oats, Potatoe
lealing, For. 12d. tol
Shelling
Rapeseed, English, 2.5/.. to

631 b.

13d Eng.

Ot.

, 425. to 526.1 ~,,
40s. to 50s. B'•
, 2Bs. to 3gs. ;..;
275. to 31s.
225. to 235. i,'
, 23s. to 85s. , F."
18s. to 225..):1
L to 10%d. per stone.
225. to 255. per load.
—/. to —I.. per last.

SILK FROM SPIDERS.-ARTS AND SCIENCES.

The following curious paper will be read with some
interest. A specimen of the silk was deposited with
the Society of Arts, whose silver Isis medal was
awarded to Mr. Rolt, of Friday-street, Cheapside, for
the discovery.
In the early part of last century, the attention of
Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, was called to a
memoir of M. Bon, of Montpelier, on the silk which
he had obtained from the bags in which the common
house spider deposits its eggs. These bags were carded
and spun into thread, and a few small articles, such as
gloves and stockings, were made of it, rather as ob-
jects of curiosity than use. The farther investigation
of the subject was committed by the Academy to M.
Reaumur, who, after many trials, gave it as his opi-
nion, that this kind of silk could never be worth col-
lecting, on account of the small quantity yielded by'
each spider, its inferiority in lustre to that of the silk-
worm, the impossibility of making the spiders live in
quiet with each other, and the great difficulty of pro-
viding them with suitable food.

The subject of Mr. Rolt's experiments has been the
garden spider '(Aranea diadema), the webs of which
in autumn are so conspicuous on the surface of shrubs,
and in other similar situations. On allowing one of
these animals to crawl over his hand, he found that it
drew a thread with it wherever it went ; he likewise,
without any difficulty, wound some of this thread over
his hand, finding that the spider continued spinning
while the thread was winding up. On this hint he
connected a small reel with the steam-engine of the
factory in which he is occupied, and putting it in mo-
tion, at the rate of 150 feet a minute, found that the
spider would thus continue to afford an unbroken
thread during from three to five minutes. The speci-
men of this silk which accompanied Mr. Rolt's com-
munication, was wound off from twenty spiders in
about two hours. . He estimates its length at 18,000
feet ; its colour is white, and its lustre is brilliant, and
completely metallic, owing probably to its great opa-
city. No attempt has been made by him to combine
two or more filaments into one by winding, nor, of
course, to form it into thread by throwing. The
thread of the garden spider is so much finer than that
of the silk-worm, that the united strength of five of
the former is, according to Mr. Rolt, equal only to
one of the latter ; and assuming that the weight is in
proportion to the strength, and that a spider will yield
twice a year a thread 750 feet long, while that pro-
duced by a single silk-worm is 1,900 feet,-it follows
that the produce of one silk-worm is equal to that of
6.3 spiders. Now, as on an average, it takes about
3,500 silk-worms to produce a pound weight of silk,
it would take about 22,000 spiders to produce an equal
quantity. Besides, spiders are not so easily confined
as silk-worms, and whenever two comes in contact a
battle ensues, which ends in the destruction of the
weaker one. Spiders kept for silk must, therefore, be
each in separates dens or cells ; and the apparatus con-
trived by Mr. Rolt for this purpose, although very in=
genious, and well adapted to carry on an experiment
with a hundred or two, would manifestly be wholly
inapplicable to any purpose of commercial utility. Mr.
Holt has, however, made some interesting additions to
the history of the garden spider, and has obtained the
silk in its natural state, exhibiting all its peculiar lus-
tre. His method, likewise of winding the silk directly
from the animal is, to say the least of it, effectual and
ingenious.

—Note on the effect of Train Oil on the Growth of
Acorns.—Last autumn a quantity of English acorns
were set in seed-beds, where they were much injured
by the mice. Having subsequently obtained some
acorns of the perces tinctoria from America, and
being fearful they might not vegetate so quickly as
was desired by the grower, he had them steeped for
twelve hours in water, and then, in the hope of pre-
venting the ravages of the mice, a quart of train oil
was poured over them, and they were well stirred
about, so that they all partook of the oil. The result
has been, that the acorns came up very soon, without
one being taken by the mice ; but whether it be owing
to the oil, or the remarkably quick_ vegetation of the
acorns, it is left to others to determine ; certain it is
that the grower never saw finer or more luxuriant
plants.

Culture of Spices in the -West Indies.—The large
gold medal was voted to Mr. Lockhart, botanical
gardener to the Government of the colony of Trinidad
for not less than 201bs. of nutmegs of good and mer-
chantable quality, grown by him in that colony. The
following are notes on the subject. The first intro-
duction of this plant into the British 'West Indies was
to the island of St. Vincent from Cayenne during the
short peace of Amiens. Of the two plants imported
one died, and the other proving to be a male tree, it
was aided by two others from Trinidad, which had
come in the ship Fortitude from India ; and from this
stock proceed the plants which were procured by
Governor Sir Ralph Woodford, and were planted by
Mr. Lockhart in the Government garden in 1820.
There were then five plants, probably five years old
each. In 1823 one of them showed flower, and proved
to be a male ; in 1824 one of the others bore fruit.
In the same year 50 more plants were procured from
St. Vincent ; in all fifty-five. Thirty-two have proved
females, from which this spice has been gathered, and
plants have been raised both from seeds and layers
sufficient to plant 100 acres of land ; these, with 47
that are planted in this garden, now amount to 102 in
the whole. In 1828 Mr. Lockhart gathered from one
of the trees planted in 1820, 1,300 perfect fruit ; in
1830, some of the trees planted in 1824 have been
equally productive. The trees should be planted from
25 to 30 feet apart. Each female tree is computed to
yield 101bg. of nuts, and about lib. of mace annually,
when in full maturity. The produce sent to London
was examined by an eminent spice-broker of Nicholas-
lane, who reported on its quality. He stated that the
nutmegs marked Nos. 1 and 3 are extremely similar to
one another ; they are in general of an oval shape,
but many are round, or nearly so. They have all much
oil in them, and are of good flavour. 'The shape of
the long ones is the only thing against them ; but the
round ones are very good and saleable. The whole
parcel unsorted would bring 2s. 10d. per lb. No. 2-
nutmegs will answer very well for home consumption ;
they are of very good quality, and of a brown colour,
which will enhance their price—the one worth from
three shillings to three shillings and threepence per lb.
the price of East India produce of the same quality.
The monthly home consumption of nutmegs is fifty
casks, or about 10,0001bs. Nutmegs, if imported
from Holland directly for hoiiie consumption, are liable
to a duty of about 3s. 6d. per lb., but are allowed to
be imported under bond for re-exportation without pay-
ment of duty. From London they are sent to the
Cape of Good Hope, and are thence re-imported to
England, and are then admitted for home consump-
-tion on payment of a duty of about 2s. 6d. per lb.,
as coming from a British colony ; from which pro-
ceeding a gain of 7d. or Bd. per lb. accrues, as the
whole expenses of freight, insurance, &c., from London
to the Cape and back again do not exceed 4d. or sd.
per lb. The broker reports the specimen of mace to
be fleshy and intrinsically of good quality. If properly
sorted and flattened before drying it would have been
worth 4s. 6d. per lb. In its present state it would not
bring a higher price in the English market than from
3s. 9d. to 4s. It is, however, superior to the average
quality of East India mace, and its dark colour fits it
well for the German market. The best mace sold by
the East India Company brings about 4s. 7d. per lb. ;
that imported by private traders from 4s. 9d. to ss.
per lb.

On Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Lee, residing in
George-street, Kent-street, was crossing the street, when a
carriage of a dark colour with two bay horses was being driven
at a furious rate ; the pole of the coach knocked the poor
woman down, and the horses and vehicle went over her body ;
the coachman, who was dressed in drab livery, seeing that he
had driven over the poor female, stood upon the foot-board,
beat his horses, and goaded them to full speed ; some police
followed with an intention of stopping the horses and taking
the coachman into custody, but as he drove with such rapidity
they could not overtake him. The poor creature when taken
taken up said, " My God, I am dying I" and on removing her
homewards, her words were verified, she had expired before
they arrived at her late residence, leaving six children to deplore
her loss. Mr. Hack, inspector of the M division, is making
every inquiry to find out the owner of the carriage, who it is
asserted is 4 very eminent medical practitioner.

REVISING BARRISTER'S COURT..._

THE cOUNTY OF MIDDLESEIC.
bf
Mr. COVENTRY and Mr. KEENE, the 13arristert,
Courts yesterday at the Sussex Hotel, Hammersmith t 0
the purpose of revising the lists of freeholders clahnmg
vote for the county of Middlesex.

CHELSEA PARISH.
Mr. Toby, the overseer of Chelsea, wished to inquire
whether he was justified in refusing to receive a claim °8
Sunday.
Mr. COVENTRY thought that as the last day
hfoour W
ing eil;
claims happened this year on a Sunday, he sld
admitted the claimant if he had been there to represent,n;
case. The overseer would, no doubt, be justified in rely.°
ing to receive the claims on the Sabbath generally,te
this case it might have been received without prejudice
its examination on the following day.
Mr. John Earle Huxley claimed to have his name•i 5
sorted, which had been left out in consequence of his ha/,°bge
accidentally omitted to sign his name to the claim. lain
overseer admitted that Mr. Huxley had delivered his be
to him, and paid the shilling for registration, and said °
had made out the list, he should have inserted his nain,_„
Mr. COVENTRY thought the Act of Parliament had
the
virtually complied with, and he should for the benefit of!! w
party consider it an over-sight of the person appnistedns,
make out the list ; and, as Mr. Huxley had upon WO
tion proved himself duly qualified, admit the vote.
There are 308 electors in the parish.
KENSINGTON PARISH. ut
The overseers of Kensington, instead of making °f the
new list for this year, sent the uncorrected copies ° ords
three preceding years, with all the objections, and the
varioto
" objected to" in the margin, which the printer eel* bieli
this year's list, so that there were 70 objections, all awed,
had been adjudicated upon by the Barristers of the Pre- list
ing years. The question, therefore, was whether the
vad
I
so prepared was according to the spirit of the Act
liament, and whether the objections so blindlY geforfa
would be considered as within the meaning of the
Act. • that
Mr. COVENTRY and Mr. KEEN concurred in sarng•
all the votes that had been allowed on former regiStrat-1°o•
could not be again brought before the Court in s° iquaeltdle
able a share. As to those votes, therefore, theY ree tient.
allowed without entering into the nature of the °L'd
ocp nee'
The new claims would be entered into, but notwhich
claims which had been adjudicated upon before, a scl-
had been returned this year under the date of t`''-
mission. yeall
The list upon the whole was prepared in the most 51° log
manner. The consequence was that the Barristtherroligh
several hours engaged upon it, being obliged to go
and compare the qualifications of the claimants.
The number of voters in this parish is 415.
HAMMERSMITH.
The overseers of this parish applied for their egrateo.
and inquired if they were to be paid out of the poor r the
Mr. COVENTRY had no power to make any order i° yell
payment of any costs, but he supposed the claim was
trifling.
The overseer had incurred the expense of Print.l"'
lists, and he had lost time in attending the barrister.aia big
Mr. COVENTRY supposed the overseer would be do tee
expenses, but he had no power to make any 0r -
specting it. • e if/re'
Mr. COVENTRY was engaged for a considerable tiro, i;etr
vising the list of Chelsea parish, which, like the list °' Ase
sinnton, was prepared in such a manner as to call for

vere animadversion.
itIS4
MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGTerI-,' -11
the
-ow--
Yesterday being County-day, the usual meet °et the
Magistrates of the county of Middlesex took Place
Sessions-house, Clerkenwell. to ore'
The most important business of the meeting wes, +es or
ceive the Attorney-General's and Sir James Sealle'd So'
nions as to the right of the Middlesex Justices IT
ectioss
sions to commit prisoners to Newgate, and give au.
thereon." luv
There was a very full attendance of Magistrates.
HALSEWELL in the Chair. ;0 Iteleb.
Mr. H. HUGHES, M.P., moved that Bertiam-v brer'
Esq., be re-elected Chairman until the Sessions of re
next
M. - •
1. h iv° Put
Mr. GARFORD then seconded the motion, w"-c- ,„I
and carried unanimously. follefw.
Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE then rose to move the
Resoulutions : /4.14'
t the dis
" That it appears to this Court that the refusal 0- nt 0
.1, ,
dlesex Magistrates on the 10th of July last to con
es of '..
sale of the surplus land not required for the purP°,2l. bast' t
New Bridewell at Westminster for the sum of 3,192 ',„at of t
necessarily subjected the County Rates to the pay
looleti
sum."
cc That this Court does not see the necessity
.of glilefeSt,,,,O
witholding its consent to the sale •of that land in thet Otio"0
the Commissioners under whose superintendence that
Sf4t'
well was built being enabled to dispose of the same ',-(Sle"
not less than that already sanctioned by the Magistrates;rt,
minster, and submitted for the approbation of this C 0 e It cole'
a That the Clerk of the Peace be directed to intk it
munication to this effect to the said Commissioners.,dast b 0
Sir J. S. LILLIE, in support of the motion, sal
era, 'r
came recommended by many of the commission
were also magistrates of the county.
Mr. H. HUGHES, M.P., seconded the motion. 0100;
Sir J. GIBBON could not vote in favour of the resat se°l,
until satisfied that the ground might not be watitegaall;ll
future period for the enlargement of the prison- fact,
gistrates who had originally approved of the corit
sinsce expressed a contrary opinion.
attend here'
ir J. S. LILLIE—Then why do not they
oir
and say so ? flis,cl
. Sir J. GIBBON had heard many of them say so4tos aro.
jection to the resolution was, that if the magletria be el'ikt
to dispose of the land, they might afterward rice, ,
pelled to purchase other land, at a much higher pd for
all events he hoped the motion would be postPen'
bile
few sessions. never
Mr. H. HUGHES said if it were, they would
es,
another offer for it so advantageous. the 411013
Mr. HALCOMB, M.P., said that in his opinion la 0., .0
, thethat was not one of policy, but a dry question 0f d ,010) 13,
that the power of disposing of the land was vote•,i of t
the commissioners, subject, however, to the aPPr°v •
magistrates. al Or
After a very long discussion, in which sever de
trates took a part, arid w-te
er
J. S. LILLIE withdrew the first Resolution, be
some verbal alterations in the second, after iv-r;;.
t.i.;,-,
plied, amid loud cries of " Question." A. the I‘'re.
The CHAIRMAN then took the opinion u-- hee oe
trates, when, on the show of hands being taken, ti 2
For the motion .. . ............................... ." 12 sill.
Against it ............................................. pot gold
Mr. H. HUGHES hoped the question would u
th t it 511
The CHAIRMAN would rather it was than - 3
attended
d otten
be left to him to give a casting vote.
The question was again put accordingly' ari
r•
CIO
with the same result. 000 and
Several of the Magistrates then called ur°doing B°'
man to give the casting vote, but he declined no]• wipg
the motion was accordingly declared to be doPorf roe
Sir J. S. LILLIE immediately gave nodee
tiblic
the motion next Sessions. ' of 0° P
After the disposal of some county business
interest, the Court adjourned.
of goler
B IR TH S. pg.,
otf
On the 30th ult., the lady of William Maclare' ,_ cid, co
street, of a son. d Lapland,
ni
the On the 26th ult., the lady of W. Daunt, Esti" - lacli -
Co
On rk, of a dahter.
the 22dug ult., at Arran-hill, county TipPertul'' e, 04.1
Thomas Stoney, Esq., of a son and heir. ,g. F. PaYie
At Mount Baylee, county Clare, the 104 °' --
of a daughter.
Esq.,On othfeL2indcoinlnst,s.,lantnS, St. ti tlifieiti'
__, Richard %-etiollege, '
Fello
oid ifatnP" fscl''
Cambridge, to Miss Helen Hetherington, of Figovis gees of
be
On the 30th ult., at Upper Clapton, Rich
only daughte'
of Cardiff, Glarnorganshire to Sarah Anus visct• fiso'''
late Daniel P. Bernard, Esc; ,of the Island Of St• T. ft. 1;4,1,00,
son,
On the 30th ult., at Kennington Church, Al' of Arassa'
to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. J. M. Ilan f L 1
Brixton. n,
•Ls , 0.. ja 101_
On the 24th ult., at Leeds, Richard lint,ll,sq., °I ee'.
to Elizabeth Jane, daughter of William Gab" ' ~ $04.1
Barrister-at-Law, v °f 'Yes"- .tes.•
A 4.14.4
_4Oll
Thorp Arch.
of Croxdale Hall, to Winifrid, youngest de g r '-444.i1i'
On the 23d ult., at Ronaldkirk, Yorkshirue,batererarofug: 1107 d
Maire Witham, Esq., of Lartington -Hall. _ ..
_,,, Butte Jose,
arlr John's,itell f A G E S.
On the 24th ult., at Pitfour Castle, Arc
the late
son'
Pitlochrie, to Jemima, youngest daughter
fJordsll
chardson, Esq., of Pitfour. winger of vit,S• 4,
On the 25th ult., George Knight, Esg•tny ,____, 0.,
_. ~.. ro,
to Janet, second daughter of Charles Cunni_fionnil7,.
..,tai, iylitgbrter i
Eaton,SA.'
tßhe ykintelt;hhyet, Istt .:,i n:
,sLtt.oo,rtdha at WuHcooi
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Chehsartelro,ttethivfjoktretoi:ard d,
DEA THS• Stephen
On the 25th ult., at Ketton Hall, Rutland'
aged 54.
Nortbamp •
.1.0. _
Bouverie, Esq., of Delapie Abbey,
t Chelsea, Ceci i li.
0#
On the 25th ult., in College-stree , t .
On the Ist inst.,
10th R. V. 51,d -0 1
H F•Cour tie 10th . . _
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fourth daughter of Iptain •F.
aged 15, Dominick, Ilm 0,
erie,
At Bushmount, county Kerry, eg
Miss Mary Bouv '
Bat of J 1
toe°
Dominick Rice, Esq. -___, Mary, re
..frei.
At Six-mile-bridge, County Clare,
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Miller, Esq., M.D. Esq. of East Dulwt „.„,.,
On the 29th ult., Edwin ;..,
Leaf,h
eof urideon Nicholson: rfL, ,
to Roberta Sophia, eldest da,uvg
retsiding in the Island ofJerpaett
Major of Royal Alarines, no
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C leblayney, aged 71, Merpri. , die
fourth daughter oe In :;
On the 25th ult., in ""
On the 25th ult., at -0 6 ,
aged G'
Murray, fig
late excellent Lindley
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daughter of the Rev. H. nlaetare Ryeocrtko,r
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