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

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females

... 752

... 715

Total ... .• ... ... ~,1,467
*ln this number are included 9 by Scarlatina, 30
by Typhus Fever, and 15 by Diarrhoea.

A LADY'S REASON FOR LIKING THE GREAT
Exitil3lTlON." My dear, it is so very agreeable. You
cannot tell how amusing it is! It is much better far thin
going a shopping. The whole place is full of some of the
prettiest things in the world—laces, silks, brocades—and
such lovely jewels—and the beauty is, you may look at
them ever so long, without being expected to buy a single
thing !"—Punch.
REFRESENTATION OF ARGYLESHIRE. - Mr. D.
11PNeill has published his farewell address to the electors of
Argyleshire, and Sir Archibald Islay, a Conservative, has
come forward as his successor.

A DESERTED VILLAGE.—Many of the respectable
shopkeepers of Topsham, in Devonshire, have suddenly dis-
appeared to visit the Great Exhibition. They have, how-
ever, taken the precaution to inform their customers of the
same, by causing a notice to be stuck against their respec-
tive doors, of which the following is a copy :—" Gone to the
loyal Exhibition. to be re-opened when we come back."--
Devonshire Chronicle.

LONGEVITY.—On Saturday, the 10th inst., Mr.
Rawle, of Newquay, einovmipeldetead his 100th IfoOriethndys to
,spaenadditnhecodmay-
memoration thereof,
with him Amongst other things provided for dinner, he re-
newpotatoebsy,
him
mantdeurd
during
insemOeetvobereyr fine nest
cultivated
their growth, and drawn by himself on the morning of the
anniversary. lie is still an active man, seldom uses a walk-
ing stick, and is livelier than many men at fifty, or even
younger.— C'of mertll Gazette.
We mentioned on the 28th of April that the Bank
of England had adopted a fixed price for the purchase of
r
American coined gold, the rate named. being 3/. 16s. 3ad d_
e to
made
ounce. An alteration, however, has since been
3/. 16s. `4d. per ounce.— Times.
1849,
SUGAR.—According to a return obtained
Moffatt, the importations of sugar for the
lyearsll4 British
and leso were respectively 226,757 cwt. (
British 3 and 248,598
195,643 fore:nal), 304,392 cwt.
(55,794 li.h and 345,194 foreign), and 6357,869 cwt. (12,6,5
homeßriconsumption being
fo-
reign); the quantities retained
rf05r266 foreign). 75,13; cwt.
46,191 cwt. (20,925 British and a ,
and 116,335 cwt. (15,046
(59,860 British and 15,277 foreign),le
1 quantities re-exported
British and 101,289 Wei )
gnO.British and 102,465 foreign),
lB4bBy, Mr.
have been 102,565 cwt. (i
i Wand 198,068 foreign), and 90,552
198,217 cwt. (
respectively have been as follow :—From
for th© three years
into which foreign sugar is prohibited to
British possessionss,th4 i les., and 14s. Bd. ; front other British
be imported, 17.).5.
cwt. (166 British and alinrdti9s43B6 foreign). Th rates of duty
1./. Os. 4d., and 18s. 81. ; and from foreign
ports, CIIII.HLAINS.—Cut an onion in thick
Pos.tss,essli;.)l6'ss'.lBlll,-.1;. 4e. 8d , and 1/. 2s. Bd..
ReereDY roll
dices, and with these rub the chilblains thoroughly on two
or three nights before a good fire, and they will soon dis-
appear.
EXHUMATION OF A ]!']MALE CORPSE AT LEEDS.
- SusrEcTED PorsonsG.—The corpse of a female, named
Elizabeth Rawson, formerly living with her husband in Char-
ley-etreet, New Road-end, has been disiaterred by order of
the coroner of the borough of Leeds. 'tumours had been in
circulation that the woman, who died in July, 1830, had been
peisoned, and these rumours pointed to the deceased's hus-
band and a woman he has since marriod as the parties im
plicated in the foul crime of murder. Since the disinterment
of the body, a host-hoop, tem examination has taken place, sad
certain parts of it, with the contents of the stomach, have
been Landed over to Mr. Wm. West, the chemist, for the
purpose of being tested as to whether they contain Peia Time coroner's inquest, after having been formally "lit7ler-
adjourned its sittings until yesterday (Wednesday.,a_ to
noon, when the proceedings were again adjourned, ev""
the absence of Mr. West in London.
A GLASS
TO REMOVE A TIGHT STOPPER
Bore Le. --Warm the bottle before the fire,"
arie top bar of a
and cautiously, rest the neck on the ede
°lteeginning with
grate, or the edge of the hot plate of a
Move,o the centre. Try
the cooler part and gradually approecl.no.n
Dever to twist it
the stopper from time to time, obseryinis
This has been found to
round, but to draw it straight out.,aile _. °dAltben gently
d If it be a smelling-
Succeed when other methods hay:39low, to prevent it being
examination nine
bottle, oil the stopper when it
He was a native of Dunkeld,
fixed again.
A BLIND STUDENoTr.,7ilbalitnda gainedsrectuednetnt
urguii•
the University of
studiesEdinb
extracts from the books he was
and had used in his
.ised characters, which he traced
' ted in raised of the principal prizes
examined in, Fin
with his lingers.
PARADIS ~, NOT A E.—We have received
CALIFO"— k slat of Hull
George Pee , , , the Pacific News, pub-
from Mr.
ancisco, I ebruary 15th. it contains about
lished in San Fr
narra.
ti arious
paragraPS •
San criminal acts occurring
thirtyc„, days in or near
Francisco, of which the
within a -' the heeds :—Du 1
wing are - . e prevented, attempt at self-
murder,
another shooting afiair, a squatter fight, a coloured
mar
shot by a woman, attempted suicide, two editors held to
man
bail for duelling, lynching of a sporting gent, named Field,
leg; murderßurn'sfor sheering a German in the
at Bur's dig-
gings with a double-barrelled run, desperate attempt of
Frank Christie to stab himself, -another attempt at self-de-
struction by a man who suspected the infidelity of
his wife, murder and arson by a party 01 Dlesiedna, rape
upon a little
girl, two robberies, murderous attempt,
of
manu-
facture of counterfeit dust, robbery of a ladtiy,htarreusi
.d
swindlers, another shooting affair and another
disputegs aboutee
of au Italian, assassination in a store during
with arrows
gold (lust, shooting of three miners bylndians
case of stabbing, and Indian massacres.
y.—On his recent elec-
tion, AT THE A car,Em y
.111 spoke of Englishmen as
tion Mr. Sergeant Murphy En
lof England " And, never-
" the brutal and excited
populacee,the portrait of Cardinal Wise-
timeless, up to the present
Academy,tiin no English brute of all the
man hangs in the Royal
nnn
it;not because of its offence
millions having laid fingern
mind, but against art. The Pope per-
against the Protestant min
e sent the Cardinal here; but how
per-
petrated a wrong when
much deeper the wrong the painter sent the Cardinal
to time RoyalfAeae
f After all, the Cardinal-like ano-
ther, individual--ean ,
ennO: t
be so bad as he's painted.—Puneh.
.
RDINARY.—A few days ego
AO
, NEST ExTR . - .
BIRD s
nest was discovered in an apple-tree at
a singular
bird'fsr-om three ladies' collars, which had been
made
~ Styrrup, d'oining hedge five weeks previous.—Sheffield
I missed from an a i
1 Times.