The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-22 00:00:00

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The Cobham Plate.

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LATEST OAKS BETTING.
7 to 2 agst Breba
5 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg
6 to 1 agst Iris
6 to 1 agst Payment
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WOOLWICH", MAY 21.—The Master-General and
Board of Ordnance have approved the erection of new schools
to be constructed two stories in height in front of the Royal
Artillery Arms Tavern, at the north-west gate of the bar-
racks, for the instruction of 300 boys and 250 girls, sons and
daughters of the non-commissioned officers and men of the
Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and Miners. The quar-
ters of the schoolmasters will be on the right, and of the
schoolmistresses on the left, and on an elevation in the centre
will be placed a clock. The officers of the Royal Artillery
intend giving a grand ball on Wednesday, June 11; and the
officers of the Royal Marines intend giving their third aoirde
this season on Wednesday, June lf, in the mess-room of
their spacious barracks.
SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.--Yesterday
morning the detective officers of Inland Revenue, Messrs.
Scott, Elmy, and Pargeter, proceeded to a house, No. 7,
St. James'seplace, Chapel-street, Sh c reditch. They found
the front door open, a female being: engaged cleaning the
steps leading thereto. Having entered the house, they soon
discovered that they were on the right scent, and in a back
room they discovered a copper still erected, and charged
ready for commencing the process of distillation. Abother
copper still was in the room, but this was unset, and was
evidently intended for the purpose of rectification of the
spirits produced from the other still. Upon going into the
place they discovered a man engaged in setting molasses
wash for working, who was immediately taken into custody,
and who gave the name of Henry Montague. The officers
found a small quantity of spirits fort 27 per cent. over proof;
about a hundred gallons of molasses wash, that was destroyed,
and the usual description of utensils.. A communication for
the discharge of the waste wash had been made from the
cellar to the common sewer, in a very ingenious manner, by
means of a surreptitious pipe, and WI, whole place was ad-
mirably adapted for carrying on the trade. The whole was
conveyed to Broad-street warehouses.
The following paragraph, from the Southern Cross
(published at Auckland, New Zeal and) of the 31st of De-
cember, illustrates the effect of the Californian traffic in
altering the route of communication. with the Austrian
colonies. The vessel alluded to is owned by a Liverpool
house, and had previously perform ed some remarkable
voyages. In the present instance, cs the sailing distance
between San rancisco and Auckland is estimated at
not
less than 6,000 miles, she must have kept up a speed of 207
miles a day throughout that
last
passage ;:—" On Saturday
our citizens were startled by an ex:traordinarylN ovelty,,
port
the barque of that name having arrived in
Francisco in the short space of twenty-nine days, from San
and bring-
ing London news of the 2d and New York news to the 14th
of October. Here is another and a reniarkable testimony to
the change in our geographical position which the Panama
route is certain eventually to effect, since with all the. circuits
and delays of American and
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intelligencend samykiss.
rs”semenoti
n the
transmissions, ,dt wh the
have been put in possession of European
hitherto unprecedented space of eighty-seven
The Lord Mayor was, on
Director of the Union Bank of London —the
Corporation.
A FAT FRENCHWOMAN.—A few days since a
female, only 25 years of age, died at the Hotel Dieu, appa-
cyh change in h ayr
rently from no other complaint than her extreme obesit .
mcause,o ando
erwithout
as n o t
Without any knownnht
anyver
usual regimen,
she became so fat in four years as to be incapable of nourishing,moeing
about. She weighed nearly 4501bs.—Galiganni's Messenger.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The committe
on this company's Bill :for communication
with the Man-
e
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, Grimsby Har-
bour branch and station at Sheffield, have declared
the pre.
amble proved.

WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY.—The
preamble of this Bill for sale or amalgamation and other
powers is proved.

CORK AND IVATERFORD AND KILLARNEY Jursc-
NON RAILWAYs.—The preambles of these Bills are declared
proved.

THE LATE RIOT AT
BIRKENHEAD.—Peter Fitz-
simons, one of the prisoners tried and
Chester.. assizes of taking part in the riot at Birkenhead, was
discharged from custody last week, Mr. Justice Williams,
who tried the prisoner, having certified to Sir George Grey
that the conviction was against evidence.— Chester Courant.
INCENDIARI.M.—The Dowdstown National School
(county of Louth), of which Mr. N. Callan is the patron,
was burnt maliciously on Sunday night, between the hours
of twelve and one. The house and every article it contained,
including books, maps, desks, and forms, were totally con-
sumed. No reason can be assigned for the disgraceful act.
Mr. Callan is a gentleman of kindly disposition, and gives
a great deal of employment to the rural population of his
neighbourhood, and for many years has expended a good
deal of money to provide the children in education, and for
which the resent act is a poor return.—Droyheda Con-
servative.