The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-20 00:00:00

ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.

One of the claimants for the privilege of voting was a
person named Grant., who gave the following notice of his

claim :

John Grant, of 65, New Compton-street, claims to
have his name inserted in the list of borough voters for this
year, the poor and King's taxes having been paid previous
to the 21st July, 1834."
The Vestry Clerk considered that the notice should not
be received, on the ground of informality.
Mr. Sandys referred to a decision before the Committee
of the House of Commons in the case of New Sarum,
where a notice was held to be good, although it omitted
the local description of some premises, and therefore held
the notice in the present case to be legal.
The King's tax-collectors of St. Giles's parish having ne-
glected to attend, which occasioned the postponement of
some cases, Mr. Sandys said he had the power to require
their attendance, and issued summonses directed to them.

THE FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—In consequence of
the extensive entries which have been made for the exportation
of the precious metals, the state of the Foreign Exchanges
was watched with interest yesterday afternoon. There was
an abundance of bills, .and the rates on all the principal cities
of the Continent were on the advance. The total exports of
bullion, as officially declared up to Thursday last, amounted
to 218,500 ounces of silver, and 1,134 ounces of gold coin.
Since that day, however, very extensive entries have been
made for the exportation of the precious metals, and up to last
night the quantities announced at the Custom-house for ship-
ment were 85,000 ounces of gold coin, and 750,000 ounces of
gold and silver coin and bars. The principal portion announced
for shipment is for Portugal. The exportation of bullion to
the United States has almost entirely ceased. The Foreign
Exchanges have improved generally since last post day. The
rate on Hamburg has advanced to 13 111 ; on Amsterdam,
from 12 5 to 12 51; on Rotterdam, from 11 5 to 12 5i ; on
Paris, from 25 65 and 25 70 to 25 72i; on Lisbon, from 571
58 to 58k (metallic); and on Oporto, from 58 to 59. Gel
continues at 3/. 17s. 9d. per ounce in foreign bare; and new
silver dollars at 4s. 101 d. per ounce.

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DEW.—AII bodies have the property of trans-
ferring heat to others in their neighbourhood. This is called
radiation of heat, and by this property all bodies arc endea-
vouring to maintain an equilibrium of temperature. Dif-
ferent bodies—according to their composition--the nature
of their surface, and colour—have different radiating
powers. Grass, wood, leaves of plants, and filamentous
substances, generally radiate heat much more quickly
than smooth stones, polished metal, &c. ; consequently, when
the direct influence of the sun is removed in the evening, and
the earth ceases to receive heat, and from the ceaseless activity
of heat to require an equilibrium, these substances
givoewoeurtlthaenidr
superfluous heat to the surrounding space, and the former sub-
stances, from their more perfect and diating p
soon acquire a temperature much lower than that of the
surrounding atmosphere, and by this cold the watery
vapour of the atmosphere in the immediate neighbourhood is
fiosrmnoedt
foon.rmcloodu,dles s and se..
condensedrene
nights; into
cloudsd ew.
existD e because the
heat is intercepted by them, and there is
clouds
interchange estab-
lished ; the heat transmitted from the to the earth is equal
to that radiated from the latter to the former. If there be no
obstacle from clouds, then the heat radiated from
n specific the earth
influence
iiu
ei
ns
cl lost
s ;t
atis all it
in free space, no return is made, and the condensation takes
lace It was formerly supposed that a clear moon-light
P • trare,:aocnt-iolinghbty
itisal this was erroneous, for i t is by the deposition of the dew on the
animal matter that decomposition is assisted ; and as the dew
nights, the effect was attribi-
ditedanoininacllelamr
ted to the wrong cause.