The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-05 00:00:00

SECONDARIES'. DAY.)

Tliete o.ert, f bd
ca.6..,.:3 in ice for to-c a, , -El •
Learned Stcundary sat to hear excuses by persons
(one 11111"1ng to be exernp:, Iron: berving on juries. In
no .e it was swk'rn that the party wazi a corn-
..ere;
ai traveonth ller
trip in a , and not in to:in more than a day or
m.
t,s4he SECONDARY—That was no excuie, he was liable
serve on th:
In t jury.
eroptihb n,lse, the party summoned claimed ex-
ID "1 on the ground that he was a foreigner, and not
-sturalised.
heTjle. Learned SECONDARY said that exemption could
umlnied as re rs,reed this Court, although it was hard
bpon th
tran_, e nativps. The name would, therefore, be
z!errd to the of foreign jurymen at the Central `dottiinai co ,
In the
at rst third case the party called carried on business
hisuoadford. 110 also carried on trade in London in
11:44 name, through an agent.
ham e Learned SECONDARY said that the principal was
84! to serve, and the agent also, if ho received any
iievsefithe profit, but not if only a mere servant.
ttezr' clerk in this case was excused, and a new sum-
ordered for the nextjury.

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,80W-ST REET.—( THIS DAY.)
00A,
*ere „,, "Tiffith, William Thomas, and Alfred Mackenzie
pert.l"carged with stea!ing a quantity of books, the pro-
Dugdale, publisher, of Holywell-street,
ace .was committed on N4'ednesday last for exposing for
fir, books, prints, &c.
-.41-Acitiort; George Beckley, solicitor, conducted the prose-
ehar and several witnesses were called to establish the
No,et but it appeared that Griffith was a bookbinder
suttioing for kr. Dugdale, and that he had given infer-
ahiehil,t() the Society for the Suppression of Vice,,
po:oe:oelieidt,ytointhe seizure on Tuesday of Mr. Dugdale s
thereertY• Thomas and Mackenzie were employed by
'making the seizure, and Griffith handed
tailed
,them the books in question, which he had re-
(leent r°lll Mr. Dugdale to bind, and which had, suh3e-
Th to the seizure, been taken back to Dugdale 's
bttatiel Pkris°ller Griffith said it was all done for spite,
ithe-s h® had informed against Dugdale.
of the MAC/STRATE, after commenting on the
conduct
tedy Police officer for taking the prisoners into cil-
tt ea81111;ler the circumstances without a warrant, said
and hee'ear that no case of felony had been made out,
should therefore discharge the prisoners.
41414 y
Itn;:i'bßO'-STREE r--(THIS DAY.)
Ntul p-144".--111ary Ann Jackson, a woman of the town,
atesh,, eed at the bar before Mr. Bingham charged with
the D,,1 a Purse containing a sovereign and some silver,
leeie`e-TsrtY of Charles Cail, engineer, Castle street,
hthe a
p: ii,Pfosecutor stated that about twelve o'clock oa
dl's-laer,—„°lls night the prisoner accosted him in St. Mar-
ti:lh -*/,'"od he afterwards took her home to his lodg-
hex i'Le Undressed himself, and placed his trousers on
Rtth'htl. the room. The prisoner refused to go to bed
ilia sus 1.14' and wanted to go away. This excited
tileissedPhlicnts, and ho took his trousers in his hand. and
./.°l4 th7:B„Pu,rse, containing a sovereign and some silver,
s4toe-nyc'eulet.- He accused her of the theft, which
44 ell,-.37 denied. He then took her out and gave her
Brid•
Ptedne°" Connell, the searcher at the police-station,
I°4 r'ea -"the Pure which she found secreted on the pri-
The
Th Person.
prosecutor identified the purse, as his property.
11144 vrrtrial."°ner, who offered no defence, was fully corn-
ie
,4 3.O7'AXEN WELL.—(THIS DAY)
~411 ;tig, Etat!, who gave the name of John Smith, but
t.liarve,atat name is John Storey, was placed at the bar,
q. 1Te..." with burglary the dwelling-house of Mr. W.
It E4' in
eared that the prisoner had been seized with
as,
:41 '''24llling in the street yesterday morning, an
Ott bilTl,°Y a police-constable to the workhouse. The
-"la 11,-„, unit received information that a burglary had
°Mine '"-Qoitted at the house of the prosecutor the pre-
even;
AdaWll.4, mg, and, suspecting the prisoner, searched
D,l„'; s state of insensibility at the workhouse,
eos'n,"°u of the missing articles were found on his
alse tat,. uu leaving the workhouse this morning, he
ha 4n into custody, and charged with the robbery,
rssid -4112,ad0 no reply. The prosecutor is a builder, and
The, Aldenham-street, St. Pancras.
7ittedrollsonEr, who made no defence, was folly com-
p trial.

To a THE EYE.
Tah_ft,Y What wond'rous skill, what happy care,
lii"get the bold eye the blaze of day to bear,
Tor°fluid space, with piercing ken to pry,
Ia bi4easure earth, and comprehend the sky;
Thilltit!° tell, what every moment shows,
411 b- heaven no bounds in power or bounty knows,
—hglitY when it works, all good when it bestows.
fo,—,"lage paid, forgive the vagrant Muse
When Lier theme some lighter dress she choose.
some N'tilgar gentry gather to a crowd, You 411 intent, some soothing, and some loud;
'11; 41t the cause, and wait for a reply :
*rotiten to one they answer— Ask my eye.
Illide4l this rude; bat call it what you will,
11,,roo,has it is, there's meaning in it still.
ret tratil shall prove it—Brougham looks you through,
It he -eras to look at every one but you.
Vtia-fial'eastic, mean, malignant, shy,
WheB,a:yB the vulgar maxim ?—Ask his eye.
"eIY Vestris darts from place to place,
Oe
(IWith laborious ease from grace to grace,
1)00-4411 forth glance by glance, or charm by charm;
Dees 811 e design our bosoms to alarm ?
1)0,-8. lie conclude that all who gaze must die?
VC Pride inspire her purpose?—Ask her eye.
4411,the great scholar, slow, precise, and sour,
Does'lllban clockwork, speaks one word an hour,
,'lB grave silence modesty
imply
; e
44 -,ern's keen language?—Ask
flatterer swears he lives upon your smile,
ta himself yours, and makes you his the while;
qi%""ilid You know if what he speaks he feels,
;Ye Will tell you what his heart conceals.
Withe iset's heir bedecks the funeral show
1/41all the sad formalities of woe;
144, the corpse hlnvelf a mourner creeps,
to
-"l't grief, or is it joy, that weeps?
That his eye, 'twill there perhaps appear,
~:°Pee and pleasures swim in ev'ry tear.
The eildless work to prove, that through mankind
Illataking eye explains the secret mind,
Its ~,11-."` You the bad detect, the good descry,
and virtuous toil, examine, try,
'Where You will—but never miss the eye.

C. J. B.
~xP44IIIMEN S OF A STEAM-BOAT
Ilibx‘hltert MODEL.
it d maY a continuation of the experiments were ex-
f„4ll,,,cla the serpentine in the presence of several nau-
d-lte,thelottieerntific persons for the purpose of further test-
th villeelnw and advantages of Vint's submerged pad-
t• tey4 These wheels are propelled the depth of
l 4 1 a little above the keel, and are placed on each
the ci uartr s of this model. The diameter of
b h:tdi heels ma 'be made to increase or diminish ac-
vivecilts to the
bryeedth of the vessel end the power al-
eb ta drive
tea Pftddl them. From the experiments with 4i-
as „ ('-Wheels with 5 floats, the speed obtained as
,-h be ascertained was about 5 knots. There
i'tete'l:uration whatever when at work, and it glides
t„he Water withreat facility, causing little or no
te:.t '-thes.e wheels by being placed in wells similar to
;4-1/7 flirty be sh*ppd or unshipped with the greatest
%44 the aperturlii-meay be closed by mechanical con-
dee fet)?f a simple nature, so that the vessel becomes
Pll4l—. any of, r n It may be fitted to any ship
itt; Pr cos Suistetdutco"rtli.e form of the vessel to contain
11,444 i” ng' power. The whole of the propelling ap-
th'4l below the water line, consequently protected
moot - exterior injuries. The experiments were quite_
41%4 and the scientific gentlemen present expressed
-*yea greatly pleaaed with the re.mlis.

Tb ANN
HICKS.—THE DUKE.
y:1-intto"'inghas been addressed by the Duke of
441 Arijo the secretary of the West and North
r 144:Enclosure Societies, of which Mrs. Hicks

i,
F 1.
zeal;44. the Duke of Wellington presents his oomph-
" Walmer Castle, Sept. 1, 1851..
47,4,u1t.? lar. Griffiths. . In answer to his application
u'lq lie,.", Doke of Wellington should assist Mrs. Hicks
;Yde,' 44sband to fill an appointment of gatekeeper in
:till vpil).i.ittlx under the ranger, ho begs leave to decline,
,14tit."11,?ot expectation that he will make such appoinr.
Cate .go likewise begs leave to decline to grant ah tr
titishar,',,tl his capacity of ranger to Mrs. Hicks or ti? !
ttoept-eei'to_cota)it_ruct house, hut, or stand, or stall, within
,la eut of Hyde-park. The Duke
.of Wellington
41.1 ,'it think it ^to notice the directions of Mr.
„ fhth. necessary
b' his ',Upon the performance by the Duke of the duties
'OttrfOuloo- He has no control over the acts of the
it of Woods and Forests.
u Zdr. Renry Dowell Griffiths."
Tg,,. ....-................
13,4 s r„! V ALUE OF A Toozu.—We need not remind
tzlet-uers that Tuesdaythe twelfth." About twe
t'as 1.: that morning, Mr. Denton druggist, Southowram,
4:e '94 "11, aed from his bed by a sinolkar ruse. A man, whom
;',4l(teri;k.hew came to the door' and knocked him up,
tombspre-
Iti ,c) be'in at pain from toothache. So down stairs
1% Dentogre d 1 tin the patient, who had resolved
'otit.,rgo a nainrin' t(airisextera pain for entire ease. No sooner,
Ivtia ivtr, had he got in, than he confessed that his object
pd h° got some gunpowder percussion caps, and matches,
Ot"„,°,t to loose a tooth ; and that he had adoted the plea
htvZ`Qache only because he knew that Mr. enDten would
YDep4 quit a comfortable bed for the sake of selling a little
ell, et, though he might be induced to do so to relieve a
010'creature's pain. On this avowal, Mr. Denton told the
he
:lib
that as he had got up to draw a tooth, draw a tooth
111 etore he let him have a grain of powder and, as
kiithleant is a drunken fellow, told him he did not stand
broi In need of his teeth. The fellow at first hesitated to
ors,i;tie his powder at the price of a tooth ; but after deli-
lagkie,'lig a while, the love of powder predominated, and he
i''' to deliberate Wl' ich tooth he could spare best. At
4,04,
_o decided that the farthest tooth in his head was of
011,1,"..'te, and actually submitted to have it pulled out,ani _
144141'4 he might obtain the required powder, caps, d
A ee'*-- Ilalifaa Guardian.
fl board of
director 131110IIS PACT.—At a meeting
~
!,,,t7t,ors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, on Tbursotaj
neh.th,oro was exhibited a piece of elm timber about .8
tr" lop and 17 to 18 inches wide, being part of an elm
the Wwhich had been sawn through for use in some part of
upon
.the piece being
else works of the company, now proceeding within the.
I'l'tt
tool lion of a bird, was discovereddicvoimdeplietaelyneisnt:
ai,erinber ; a qui,ntity of feathers was also found in the
bwedidthedtnine
lloaleu2' which held the nest; the aperture was about 14
Souti,N.ong and about 6 inches in diameter, surrounded by
" "tuber.-- Western Luminary.