The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-04 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

BUCKINGITASI PALACE, March 3.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess LOU'S°
and Princess Beatrice, visited Princess Cbriati3ll
this morning at Frogmore House.

Iler Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise,
Princess Beatrice, and attended by the ladies and
gentlemen of their suite, afterwards left Windsor
for London.

The Queen held a Court at three o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGEIVCE-77tis Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STEALING MARKED POSTAGE STAMPS AND MONO'''.
Edward S:apletcn, office lad in the employ of Mr. Aler
ender Moffatt, engineer, of f_;), Princes street, Leicester-
square, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing oerae
postage stamps and money, the property of his employe'
From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor bar-
ing missed postage stamps at different times yesterday
marked thirty-eight and two shillings, and placed °lel
in a drawer in his office. This morning a person Paine
George Panmer, in the prosecutor's employ, missing 4""
stamps and money, taxed the prisoner with taking then'.
The prisoner denied doing so, but the stamps and money
were found in Lis possession, and he was then given a

custody.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the prosecutor said the Pri-
sonar had been in his employ about three mouths, and
that on tho previous day he missed 40 stamps.
The prisoner preferred tho magistrate dealing with the
case, and he was committed for a month with hard labour'

WESTMINSTER.
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MURDEROUS VAULT WITH A KNlFE.—George uOO a
a respectable-looking man, was charged with cutting 31/
wounding James Haslern, nearly cutting off his nose. s
Prosecutor said last night I and some others wrre in a
lodging-house, where I lodge, in Turks-row, Chelsea, an
prisoner was there with others. A woman sang a son
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I asked the prisoner to keep order. H 9 threaten'
Ine, and then came to me with a knife and struck rag °l3
the nose, nearly cutting it off, and also nearly cut 111.1
eye out.
Prisoner, whose head was bandaged and covered 1/1 a
.)lood, said the prosecutor first attacked him and kneel°
him about.
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This was denied by the witnesses, including the "'ads
who was singing, and it transpired that the prisoner as°
for the knife before he struck the blow.
Prisoner had no witnesses.
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Mr. Solfe said he did not know the extent of the 10..1-0
and must remand the prisoner for a week.

THAMES.
ROBBERY IN A DWELLING HOUSE.—George Soualinif
a labourer, aged 63 years of age, was charged with ele-(i
ing a purse containing .£2 155., the property of Cerdtt
Schrooner.
The prosecutor and prisoner lodged in the sameW oeh" :title'
in the dwelling-house, No. 65, Lambeth-street, ;
chapel. Schroener, who is a German, put his purse, el-
taining about £2 15s. or more, in his pocket last oigh-d
He got up at 6 o'clock this morning, left his stocking thee
his purse on his bed, and went out. The prisoner was t-1.
dressing himself. On the prosecutor's return the prisoooo
was gone, and his purse and money missing. Some per
in the house said the prisoner had stolen the purse
money. The German gave information to the police' auto
accompanied a police constable in private clothes he
Tower-hill, where they met with the prisoner, 04 -
was taken into custody.
Isaac Kssley said he occupied the next bed to the r
st
soner. This morning the man next to him said, '`
in that purse ?" The prisoner said, "Only a few "-,,p
pence, a farthing, and a shilling." Tho prisoner too/c
the purse, and he advised him to give it to the 18, to
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lord's son. The prisoner said, " That's what 1 intend r
do." At half-past ten o'clock he saw the Pritla
again and said you aro a fine man, what is it you l'"c,
done with that purse. Witness said, "There were to
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sovereigns in it, you had better come with me, we al °be
suspected. A policeman was outside at the time, 1111",;,
took the prisoner into custody. This occurred at a Pub'--
house on Tower-hill.
Samuel Delow, a police-constable, No. 114, IL seiclinii:
saw the last witness come from a public-house end Zt
very suspicious at him and the prosecutor. The
witness then whispered 0 the prisoner, and soon ef"ebe
wards came out and gave the prisoner into custody. 'i
purse and money was found upon him. There Iva°

.os. in the purse.
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The prosecutor—There was £2 13s. or £2 165., when

saw the purse last.
Thr -id h

arse ova

ie prisoner saiL A was only minding the pt-- lip
money. He intended to restore it to the prosecutor
an honest man.

Mr. Benson committed the prisoner for trial.

The Bank Returns.

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The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the circi
culation of the public and joint-stock banks in Engiffy,.
and Wales for the four weeks ending the 30th of d'h
These returns, combined with the circulation of the S°°th.c
and Irish banks for the same period, and the averag°
cle
culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks e,°l,
the 27th of Jan. (the nearest date furnished by "":,
returns), will give the following results of the circul°ttlho
of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with
previous month :

° ' Jan 2, Jan. 3‘. Increase. a.es
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1869. 1869. 1 u_.--*"
Bank of England ; 23,094,893 23,911,118 £Bl6 225 •,..
Private Banks
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Joint-stock Banks 1 2,218,661 2,351,546 i 182 885
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T.-.4...1 1., L.....,,- .s, ~, ino n 1 n -.1 nn van n... 1 Hors vnn coo' ._,.. l' 4

4
230,f1;
13S,'

Total in England. 28,062,19`] 29,122.8471 1,060,657
Scotland 4 .75 349, 4 614 945
Ireland I c',791'92 i 8 6'7(1;1372'

United Kingdom,

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And as compared with the month ending the 's„
Feb., 1868, tho above returns show a dacrees"
Da 9'
£60,808 in the circulation of notes in England, 4.,,,„ite0
increase of £724,981 in the circulation of the '"
Kingdom. 0
, of th

On comparing the above with the fixed issues
several banks the following is the state of the circulation•
The English private banks are below their ~Bc, 443
fixed issue ... .„
The English joint-stock banks are below their 387,09'
fixed issue ...

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Total below fixed issue in England ... X!,859"5-,.6i:4a
The Scotch banks are above theirfixed issue... 1'350,81'
The Irish banks are below their fixed is:uo vor
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Till
land in both departments during the month eodingnj 4
of Jan. was £18,664,490, being an increase a xit-lof
as compared with tho previous month, and a docre'-°A
£3,502,213 when compared with the same period last 1-:116
The following are the amounts of specieheld 11
Scotch and Irish banks durinc, the montlendin. g the 9(n
of Jan. :
,g05'502
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ...
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks
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Being a decrease of £128,934 as compared with tiv
,prod
vious return, and an increase of £167,523 what COIll).
with the corresponding period last year.

CHEMISTRY OF COLOURS.
are
Painters, always in trouble with their colOurB' d.
most plagued with the white pigments• l'esry
white turns black by exposure to an ortlio
atmosphere, and zinc-white does not cover 'OIL'
they say. A French artist lately aPPlied w 0••
French chemist, Dr. Sace, for help towards ;
ing a colourless substance without these deie,,-,h,
and the chemist, ' in • the
passing reviewof
compounds, decided in favour of the tuoget bits
baryta. Trials have been made with this, and "'tad
been found to have a good body, and to Withieeuett
noxious vapours, such as those which hjejrts,
white-lead. The Paris Academy, not of —be.
but of Sciences, had the subject brought ooutf
fore them last week; nothing appears t° he the
of place at these meetings. DoubtleeB
artist
new paint will soon be found at the ario 10
colour dealers ; it is being made wil°les3 tell
Paris, by M. E. Rousseau. Faraday used r
Turner that he and his kindred ought to elan-
ment for themselves upon the nature and Pe,,re ~d"
once of their pigments. There was need of t'sotea
vice, truly, and it might be advantageo33l eore"
upon by living colourists. I was lately ina off
pang with a scientific artist, looking at
portrait of a famous engineer by a no less IDA fevf
painter, and my friend a3sured me that 111 belie
years' time the picture will
the original, from the alteration that age v• 711
in the unstable materials used for flish tints.
000.
immortalisers of all others should be the mO4 °voted
altoget
ous in seeking the imperishable. What is lciooy.
is a professor of chemistry to the Royal Acttoailo
word
That distinguished body has professors of $11: of $
of history, and of antiquities—whY flout° the
science like chemistry, which is so impertantiove et
preservation of nature. I could give the bo i 4
d
a gentleman well known among artists, an ho
ever forward to support any good work, svoiotri
been very urgent that a professor of ebeistosif
should be appointed to the Academy. hay
ortOte
Charles Eastlake and other distinguiebe",, bee°
highly approved of the idea, but nothing
done to give it effect.—Once a Week.