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

HER MAJESTY.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, March 3.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise
and Princess Beatrice, visited Prineess Christian
this morning at Frogmore House.

Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise,
Princess Beatrice, and attended by the ladies and
gentlemen of their suite, afterwards left Winds°
For London.

The Queen held a Court at three o'clock.

POLICE lA'TELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STEALING MARKED POSTAGE STAMPS AND MONO.--
Edward Stapleton, office lad in the employ of Mr. Alev
!wrier Moffatt, engineer, of V, Princes street,. Leicester-
square, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing Soule
postage stamps and money, the property of his employer.
From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor 110"
ing missed postage stamps at different times yesterday
;narked thirty-eight and two shillings, and placed theme
in a drawer in his office. This morning a person Wined
George Pannier, in the prosecutor's employ, missing the
stamps and money, taxed the prisoner with taking
them The prisoner denied doing so, but the stamps and money
nto
were found in Lis possession, and he was then givell .
custody.
in answer to Mr. Knox, the prosecutor said the Prid-
soner had been in his employ about three months, and
that on the previous day he missed 40 stamps.
The prisoner preferred the magistrate dealing with the
case, and he was committed for a month with hard latra'r'

WESTMINSTER.
attlit
MURDEROUS ASSAULT WITH A KNlFE.—George ,300- a
a respectable-looking. man, was charged with cutting all

wounding James Haslem, nearly cutting off his nose.
Prosecutor said last night I and some others were In Ati
lodging-house, where I lodge, in Turks-row, Chelsea,
prisoner was there with others. A woman sang a gong'
and I asked the prisoner to keep order. He threatene
me, and then came to me with a knife and struck In° °ll
the nose, nearly cutting it off, and also•nearly cut 03.7

eye out.
Prisoner, whose head was bandaged and covered wit",
,lood, said the prosecutor first attacked him and knock;
him about.
This was denied by the witnesses, including the "394"
ed
who was singing, and it transpired that the prisoner ask
for the knife before he struck the blow.
Prisoner had no witnesses.
Mr. Selfe said he did not know the extent of the IPP-1-109
and must remand the prisoner for a week.

THAMES.
ROBBERY IN A DWELLING HousE.—George Sundling'
labourer, aged 63 years of age, was charred with steoci
ing a purse containing £2 155., the property of Coll'
Schroener.

The prosecutor and prisoner lodged in the same rots/
in the dwelling-house, No. 65, Lambeth-street, White'
chapel. Schroener, who is a German, put his purse, ct.
taming about £2 15s. or more, in his pocket last Ilig";i
He got up at 6 o'clock this morning, left his stockings an.,
his purse on his bed, and went out. The prisoner was the'
dressing himself. On the prosecutor's return the prises°,
was gone, and his purse and money missing. Some Parslel
in the house said the prisoner had stolen the purse a-a
money. The German gave information to the police, sa
accompanied a police constable in private clothes t:
Tower-hill, where they met with the prisoner, and 11-
was taken into custody.
Isaac Kasley said ho occupied the next bed to the Pil;
soner. This morning the man next to him said, '` Wrtf,
in that purse ?" The prisoner said, "Only a fely
pence, a farthing, and a shilling." The prisoner took '."4‘
the purse, and he advised him to give it to the 'ail' to
lord's son. The prisoner said, " That's what 1 intend -
do." At half-past ten o'clock ho saw the Pris°llvr
again and said you are a fine man, what is it you 113
Wv
done with that purse. Witness said, "There were
ll
sovereigns in it, you had better come with me, we and
suspected. A policeman was outside at the time, anui"-,
took the prisoner into custody. This occurred at a 13411)'1-
,
house on Tower-hill.
Samuel Delow, a police-constable, No. 114, H, saki ok
89. w the last witness come from a public-house and
very suspicious at him and the prosecutor. The
er
witness then whispered to the prisoner, and soon ache
wards came out and gave the prisoner into custody.
purse and money was found upon him. There Was

10s. in the purse.
~,n 1
The prosecutor—There was £2 15s. or £2 165., When

saw the pursa last.
The priso intendede was only minding the pulls .$.111:10
money. He to restore it to the prosecutor 1".
an honest man.

Mr. Benson committed the prisoner for trial.

The Bank Returns.

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The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of 61°
culation of the public and joint-stock banks in E3gl::
and Wales for the four weeks ending the 30th of 't-ciji;
These returns, combined with the circulation of the Sc°;r
and Irish banks for the same period, and the average d(,l
culation culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks 011Ilt
the 27th of Jau. (the nearest date furnished by
returns), will give the following results of the cireta3tilo
of notes in the United Kingdom when compared With
-
,revious month :

previous month :
.--;--------
' Jan 2, Jan. 3,. Increase. ,oreall
1869. 1869. v----'''
Bank of England... ; 23,094,893( 23,911,118 £816.225 ..,.
Private Banks : 2,718,636, 2,860.1 3 141,547
Joint-stock Banks
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.....
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,
Total in England. ! '.‘8,06:,19 :i 29,122,8471 1,060,657 230 6
Scotland i 4,875,349, 4,614.945, 88 75

Total in England 18,06' 19 't 29 122 5471 1 060 657
'
Scotland 4,P475,349, 4,614.945 -
Ireland F,791,218, 6,705,3-2;

United Kingdom.

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And as compared with the month ending the o
Feb., 1868, the above returns show a dacress; to`
£60,808 in the circulation of ntes in England, P'.0.13 iiitea
increase of £724,981 in the circulation of the '—
Kingdom. f
On comparing the above with the fixed issues
tie
several banks the following is the state of the circulation
The English private banks aro below their o 449
.£lllB-'
fixed issue ••• ••• ••• ••• ..•
The English joint-stock banks are below their 387 ,09}
fixed issue ... ..• •••

Total below fixed issue in England X1,5Q065'61!
The Scotch banks are above thei • fixed • 1145"-'
The Irish banks are below theirlfixediissZ.:: --fl9'oBr
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank °f
land in both departments during the month (WIWI) S
of Jan. was £18,604,490, being an increase a f
as compared with the previous month, and a cleore'*-- °
6,0.
£3,502,213 when compared with the same period ',ash? tile
The following are the amounts of specie held be goal
Scotch and Irish banks during the month endin. g th
of Jan.:— n,
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... .42;153'°1941
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 449
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4.
Being a decrease of £128,934 as compared with the lova
vious return, and an increase of £167,523 when °lir.
with the corresponding period last year.

CHEMISTRY OF COLOURS.
are
Painters, always in trouble with their colours' d,
most plagued with the white pignaents. :eattr9
white turns black by exposure to an as
atmosphere, and zinc-white does not cover We'
they say. A French artist lately aPraied twin'
chemist, Dr. Sace, for help towards ob
French t 0
ing a colourless substance without these delta
and the chemist, passing in review all the of
compounds, decided in favour of the tungst3tebo
b aryta. Trials have been made with this, and,ittod
been
found to have a good body, and to wit° keit
noxious vapours, such as those which flrtf,
white-lead. The Paris Academy, not 01. be.
but of Sciences, had the subject brought out
fore them last week; nothing appears t° be 00
of place at these meetings. Doubtless
antis
new paint will soon be found at the 0;. i 0
colour dealers ; it is being made who to
Paris, by M. E. Rousseau. Faraday used
Turner that he and his kindred ought to lop-
ment for themselves upon the nature and Pebre ad'
ence of their pigments. There was need aPt be
vice, truly, and it might be advanta.gecu4 coca'
upon by living colourists. I was lately Ina 000
pany with a scientific artist, looking at foosg
portrait of a famous engineer by ano less. o fey/
painter, and my friend assured me that la folioic
years' time the picture will altoget
the original, from the alteration that age will wor
in the unstable materials used for flash 'jut/5'OOOW
immortalisers of all others should be the most
wooed
ous in seeking the imperishable. IVhst Ais,,,dea•
is a professor of chemistry to the Royal
That distinguished body has professors a ant- of s
of history, and of antiquities—wh9 net to th/
science like chemistry, which is so inapenauf,oo
preservation of nature. I could give the 00 is
a gentleman well known among artists, tan;
1,0 bal
ever forward to support any good work, who
been very urgent that a professor of ell late,
should be, appointed to the Academy. VI 040
Charles Eastlake and other distinguishe",„ bee
0
highly approved of the idea, but nothing
done to give it effect.—Once a Week.