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
EXHIBITION...." My dear, it is so very agreeable. You
cannot tell how amusing it is! It is much better far then
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 r—Punch.
REPRESENTATION OF ARGYLESHIRE. Mr. D.
M'Neill 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 baok."--
Devonshire Chronicle.

LONGEVITY.—On Saturday, the 10th inst., Mr.
Rawle, of Newquay, completed his 100th year, and in com-
memoration thereof, invi ed a few friends to spend the day
with him. Amongst other things provided for dinner, he re-
galed them with some very fine new potatoes, planted by
his own hands in October last, cultivated by him during
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.—Cornwall Gazette.

We mentioned on the 28 al of April that the Bank
of England had adopted a fixed price for the purchase_.
per
American coined gold, the rate named being 3/. 162- 3d
ounce.3l.
2,d.ti apletreraotuiioince,.....hoTwienvleesr, has since been made to
Moffatt, the importations of sugar for the3ye,
1 lal4 British and
and 1850 were respectively 226,757 cwt.o (
British and 248,598
SUGAR.—According to a return obtairnselclB4l2:lMmr:
195,643 foreign), 301,392 cwt. ( 7- 3p4t
i50,n19b4e
ifnog-
reign); the quantities retained
55,266 foreign), 75,137 cwt.
46,191 cwt. (20,925 British andforeign),
foreign), and 357,869 cwt. (12,6f7055r5,
and 116,333 cwt. (15,046
(59,860 British and 15,277
The quantities re-exported
British and 101,289 foreign).
ou British and 102,465 foreign),
have been 102,565 cwt. itrrnitioshconainudin
and 386 foreign). The rates of duty
cwt. (166 British
respectively have been as follow :—From
for the three years
into which foreign sugar is prohibited to
British possessions
198,217 cwt.,(149 British,(o and 198,068 foreign), and 90,55'2
be imported, 17s. 4d! . 165., and 14s. Bd. ; from other British
possessions, 5
17 2 11. Os, 4d., and IBs. Bd. ; and from foreign
ports, 11.65. 8"d , 4s. Bd., and 11.2 x. Bd.
FOR CHILBLAINS.—Cut an onion in thick
s
Is' these rub the chilblains thoroughly on two
or three ni
before a good fire, and they will soon die-
appear.
EXHUMATION ,
jices,and. whitt
,
appear.
ExHUMAITION OF A FEMALE CORPSE AT LEEDS.
...- SUSPECTED POISONING.—The corpse of a female, named
Elizabeth Rawson, formerly living with her husband in Char-
ley-street, New Road-end, has been disinterred by order of
the coroner of the borough of Leeds. Rumours had been in
circulation that the woman, who died in July, 1850, had been
poisoned, and these rumours pointed to the deceased's hus-
band and a woman he has since married as the parties im-
plicated in the foul crime of murder. Since the disinterment
of the body, a post-ntortern examination has taken place, and
certain parts of it, with the contents of the stomach, have
been handed over to Mr. Wm. West, the chemist, for. the.
purpose of being tested as to whether they
The coroner's inquest, after having been formally
contain poisoicii
A v).after-
adjourned its sittings until yesterday ( Wednesday).
8.5 r, in to
noon, when the proceedings were again adjourned,
the absence of Mr. West in London.
”ou A GLASS
TO REMOVE A TIGHT STOPPER ~
r then gently
BOTTLE. —Warm the bottle before the fire,
o and
i the top bar of a
and cautiously rest the neck.on the edgteoye, constitute ,
beginning with
grate, or the edge of the hot plate of 2
never to twist it
aching the centre. Try
the cooler part and gradually approach'
the stopper from time to time, otb. i'v
~ This has been found to
round, but to draw it straight out. failed. If it be a smelling-
succeed when other methods hatei
is out, to prevent it being
bottle, oil the stopper when
fixed again.
__A blind student gained one
A BLIND STUDENOT;
of the principal
prizes f Greek at a recent examination in
was a native of Dunkeld,
studies extracts from the books he was
and had used in hie studies
in
, raised characters, which he traced
examined in, printed
with his fingers.
the University opfri
Peck,
A PARADISE.--We have received
CauroarnA
,eorgo , Lie News, pub-
from ritr•:',„ Francisco, February 15th. It contains about
iished '*-- narrating • '
arsgraPs N various criminal acts occurring
thirty P
~ few days in or near San Francisco, of which the
within - the heads • n 1
'dinburgh. lie
are :--Duel prevented, attempt at self:
ther glum-shooting affair, a squatter fight, a colouredto
t by a woman, attempted suicide, two editors
bail for duelling, lynching
for shooting a German in the leg; murder at Barns 5 talgoT
with a double-barrelled gun, deserate
of a sporting gent, namedh,Felid.e.ld,
atttesinerf-de-
-8; folios
ir:a naungre:ketelliinr°'n
b Christiey
at o
gran stab
whohi himself s esl
suspected
paencot
et another e r attempt
ifidelity of
the infidelity
rape
his wife, murder and arson by a party of
upon a little girl, two robberies, murderous attempt,_ /
a lady, arrest of
manu-
facture of counterfeit dust, robbery
swindlers, another shooting affair
ande
during a dispute about
robbery of
fight, suicide
of an Italian, assassination in a stersr
by
Indians with arrows
gold dust, shooting of three
nu.ne
case of stabbing, and Indian massacres.
y......
On his recent elec.
WISEMAN AT THE ACA
Murphy mildly 1,) ' tiou, Mr. Sergeant 3sals
01-e of Englishmen as
d - time, the portrait of Cardinal Wise-
man of England " And, never-
present Academy, no English brute of all the
man hangs in the Royal
`t‘htehleesbs r, untpaltoanthdeelf.citeeoP
sugar upon it ; not because of ita offence
against the Protestantnm
he sent the Cardinal here; but how
millions having
pctrated :wrong
laid 1--ind, but against art. The Pope per-
rodrenay ! After all, the Cardinal-like ano-
eng when the painter sent the Cardinal
al- Accaannot be so bad as he's painted.—Punch.
ther individual— .r.,
NEST EXTRAORDINARY.—A few days ago
BIED 8 discovered in an apple-tree at
to
outchhe deeperiloy 1i the
made from
three ladies' collars, which had been
StyrruPt
from an adjoininghedge five weeks preyious.—Shelieid
missed
from
a singular bird's-nest was