The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBEft 20, 1856

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT—MAIDSTONE, DEO. 19.
(Before Mr. Baron Bram wel:.)
The business of this county was brought to a con-
elusion late last night.
TILE MURDER BY A FOREIGN SOLDIER.
Dedea Rsdaniez, 26, a private soldier in the British
Swiss Legion, stationed at Shorncliffe, was indicted for
the wilful murder of Maria Back.
The prisoner, it will be remembered, bad also pleaded
g,uilty to another indictment, charging him with the
wilful murder of Caroline Back, sister to Maria.
Mr. G. Denman and Mr. Papillon conducted the pro-
secution. The prisoner had no counsel, but, at the
suggestion of the Court, Mr. Barrow kindly undertook
to defend him.
The prisoner is a mild, inoffensive, and good-looking
young man. He was seated during the trial, and did
not betray the slightest emotion at any part of the pro-
ceedings.
Mr. Denman, in stating the case for the prosecution,
said that the prisoner bad been a private in the Swiss
Legion, in the service of her Majesty, and he was in that
position at the time he committed the serious crimes
with which he was accused. Although on the present
occasion he was only charged with the commission of
one murder, it would be idle, after what had passed in
court, to attempt to conceal from the jury that at the
same time the deceased young woman, Maria Back, met
her death, an elder sister, named Caroline, was also de-
stroyed by the prisoner at the bar, and if he were a re-
sponsible agent, of which he feared the jury could not,
in the result, entertain any doubt, he was in pointof fact
guilty of two murders. He then proceeded to state that
the deceased girls, who were of the respective ages of 19
and 17, lived with their parents, who were in an humble
position, at Dover, and the prisoner was in the habit of
taking the clothes of the officers of the regiment to their
house to be washed, and by this means an intimacy
sprung up between them, and there could be no doubt
that the prisoner was fondly attached to the elder sister,
Caroline, and it was to be feared that the dreadful deed
that he afterwards committed was the result of jealousy.
It appeared that on the evening of the 2d of August
last the prisoner was at the house of the parents of the
deceased, and he proposed that Caroline slsould accom-
pany him on the following morning to Shorncliffe to see
his sister, and it was arranged that both the girls should
accompany him, and they started about half-past 3 on the
following morning to walk there, the distance being about
nine miles. They were all three seen walking together
at a distance of about five miles from Dover at 5 o'clock,
and nothinganore was seen of the unfortunate young
women until about nine o'clock, when their bodies
were found lying at a place called Steedy Hole, a
sort of hollow a short distance from the Folkestone turn-
pike road. They were both dead, and there were name-
rsus mortal wounds upon both their bodies, and the
capes they had en when they left Dover were taken
from their persons. The prisoner was apprehended on
the following day near Canterbury, a distance of 20 miles
from the spot, having both the capes of the unfortunate
deceased upon his person ; and when the constable
attempted to arrest him, he stabbed himself with a dag-
ger, the same iostrament with which, no doubt, the girls
had been destroyed, and inflicted very severe injury upon
his chest, from which it was a considerable time befi re
he recovered. This, he said, was a short outline of the
facts of the melancholy case he should have to lay before
them, and he apprehended that there would not be the
slightest doubt that the unhappy deceased girl, whose
death was now the subject of inquiry, had met her death
at the hands of the prisoner, and, indeed, he never
seemed to have denied the fact, for almost immediately
after the bloody deed had been perpetrated he wrote a
letter to Mrs. Back, the mother of the deceased, admit-
ting his crime, and, as it appeared to him, also admitting
that jealousy was the cause of it. The prisoner, he was
happy to say, had the able assistance of his learned friend
Mr. Barrow to conduct hie defence; and all that talent
or ingenuity could do would be exercised on his behalf,
but the only defence that could be set up for the prisoner
was that he was not a responsible agent. It appeared to
him, however, that under the circumstances of this case,
it would be a most dangerous precedent to allow a man
who had committed such an awful crime to escape upon
such a ground, and that the jury ought well to "consider
all the facts before they came to such a conclusion.
Evidence in support of the above baying been given,
Mr. Barrow addressed the jury for the prisoner.
Mr. Baron Bramwell then summed up, and
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
of guilty.
The learned judge then passed sentence of death in
the usual form.
The prisoner heard the sentence with the same calm
demeanour that had characterised him throughout, and
when his lordship had concluded he walked with a firm
step from the dock.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—OXFORD, Dec. 19.
(Before Mr. Baron Watson.)
Edward Claridge, aged 27, labourer wag found guilty
of attempting to commit an unnatural offence, and was
sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour.

CHILD MURDER AT BANBURY.
Sarah Draper, domestic servant, was charged with the
wilfut murder of her male child at Banbury on the 11th
of August last.

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The case was of such a nature as to preclude our pub-
li,hing the details, but the simple facts were these:—
The prisoner was in the service of Mr. TIMM?, solicitor,
at Banbury, and on the 11th of August last was de-
livered of a male child in the privy, where the body was
afterwards found. The prisonQr's fellow-servant spoke
to the fact of hearing the cries of a new-barn infant,
and having a suspicion that there was something wrong,
apprisedjaer mistress of it, and Mr. Griffin, a surgeon,
was sent for, and saw the prisoner in her bedroom, when
she denied having given birth to a child, but afterwards
admitted that she had, and tb at the child bad fallen into
the privy. The body was afterwards found, and a post
mortein examination was in ade by Mr. Griffin and Mr.
Grimbly, but although thriy were inclined to think that
it was born alive, they could not speak with any degree
of cr.rtainty on that point..
On the conclusion of the evidence for the prosecution,
his lordship stopped the case, and expressed his belief
that there was no evidence to justify the chartte either
of wilful murder or of concealing the birth. The jury,
by Lis lordship's direction, acquitted the prisoner.
The judge fined Mr. T. Paine, the solicitor for the
prosecution, in the mitigated penalty of 405., for prose-
outing in this case; he being the coroner upon whose in-
quisition the prisoner was put on her trial. His lordship
had power to impede a penalty of 50/., but he mitigated
it to 40e., from the conviction that Mr. Paine had erred
from ignorance of the law in this case.

Tlckham Mon. The Squirrels, Stoekbury 10 30 From the London Gazette of Last Night.
Wed. Lynstead-street lO 30
Sat. Ringlestone lO 30
.Toes. Buller's Arms, Dean lO 30
Sat. Meinland Summer House 10 30
Tiverton Mon. Morebath
Fri. Bampton Down lO 30
Tivyside Mon. Peuybrign Bridell lO 0
Fri. Star lO 0 ,-
Tynedale Mon. Short Flat Tower
Wed. Minsteracres
Fri. Stazshaw Bank Gate lO 45

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEc. 17.

Trelawney's, Mr.

Tha Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Carl
Lange a 4 Vice• Consul at Newcastle-on-Tyne for the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 17.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. David
Stirling to the church and parish of Dalmellington, in the
presbytery and shire of Ayr, vacant by the death of the
Rev. William Gilchrist, late minister thereof.
DO WNING-STREET, DEC. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Stephenson Vil-
liers Surtees, Esq., to be Chief Judge, and J. E. Ftemono,
Esq., to be First Puisne Judge, of the Supreme Court of
the Island of Mauritius.

United Pack (Mr. Lu-
ther's) Tues. Ridgway Gate lO 0
Fri. Berry-ditches lO 0
Warwickshire ,lon. Wellesbounie
Tues. Weston-house lO 45
Fri. Church Tysoe .
Sat. Ufton Wood
Warwickshire, North...Tues.Tile Hill
Wed. Grove-park lO 45
Fri. Hay Wood lO 45
Wheatland Mon. Spoonhill lO 30
Fri. 'Willey-park
Worcestershire Mon. Copeut Elm lO 30
Wed. The Cliffey
Fri. Brockeridge-common lO 30
Wyndham's, Colonel... Mon. Plaistow Mount ll 30
Wed. Elstead
Fri. Ball's Cross
Sat. Teglease Gate
Wylie's, Sir W. W ...... Tues. Whitchurch Racecourse
Wed. Penley Hall lO 30
Fri. Allen Sadler's lO 30
Yarborough's (Earl of) Tues. Sealby Cross-roads ll 0
Wod.Audleby Villa
Fri. ROzton-wood ll 0
York and Ainsty ......Mon. Aldwark Bridge lO 30
Tues. Providence Green
Fri. Escrick
Sat. Street Houses lO 30
HARRIERS.
Brighton Mon. Patcham lO 45
Wed. Thunder's Barrow lll 45
Sat. The Dyke
Brookside Mon. Newmarket-hill ll 0
Thur. Telscombe Tye
B. V. H Tdes. Chesilborne Down l2 0
Fri. Cross-roads, Stalbridge-
common l2 0
Dulverton Tues.Winsford-hill
Eamont (Mr. Mus-
grave's) Mon. Mauld Meaburn Common,
near Bolton
Wed. Skirwith lO 45
Sat. Watermillock lO 45
H. H., Rochester Mon. Clinch-street ll 0
Fri. Timber-wood ll 0
High Peak Mon. Elton
Wed. Pilsbury Grange ll 0
Sat. The Duke of York ll 0
Huntingdonshire Tues. Thetford-corner, near Ely 11 0
Fri. Over
Lonsdale's, Lord Fri. Bedgrove l2 0
ltuffwell ... . Mon. Ruffwell Inn
SCOTCH.
Fox HOUNDS.
Buecleuch's (Duke of).Tues. St. Boswell's-green...
Wed. Eckford
Fri. Minto ...
Sat. Ancrum-bridge
Dumfriesshire Tues. Torthorwold
Thur. Kinmount
Sat. Hargreaves lO 30
Mon. Clatto Burns
Wed. Lathallan ll 0
Sat. Lockmalong
Lothian Mon. St. Germains lO 30
Wed. Coalston
Sat. Gilmerton
IRISH.
STAG HoUNDS.
Ward Union Mon. Chapelmidway
Wed.Balliiitry-gate 1 0
Sat. The Ward
Fox HOUNDS.
Biddulph's, Mr Mon. Coolivarney ll 0
Fri. Black Lion
Carlow and Island Mon. Ballydaw-wood
Wed. Bullingata
Sat. Oak-park
Dennis's, Mr. Tues. Gallagh
SAt. New Forest ll 0
Enniskillen Tues.Derryheehan .. 11 30
Fri. Banagher ll 30
Galway Blazers Tues, Eastwell . ' ll 0
Sat. Belville
Kildare Tues.Rathsallagh-gate ll 0
Fri. Johnstown Inn
Sat. Black Church ll 0
Kilkenny Mon. Tkomastown ll 0
Wed. Desart ll 0
Sat- Borris ll 0
Limerick... Tues. Odelville
Louth Wed. Glenmore
Sat. Rokeby-hall
Queen's County ' Tues. Durrow
Fri. Timahoe

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Giovanni
Conti, LL.D., to be one of the Judges for the Island of
Malta.

Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Alex-
ander Stewart, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative
Council of Trinidad; Charles AmbrOzg Lorenz, Esq., to
ba a Mambor of the Legislative Council of Ceylon ; Hugh
Low, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of
Labuan, and the Chief Justice of Antigua to be a Mem-
ber of the Council of that Island. _ _

Erratum in Gazette of Tuesday, Dec. 9.—For " John
Staples Findon, Eaq.," read " John Staples Finden, Esq. '

WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, DEC. 19.
55th Regiment of Foot—Major-General the Hon. Geo.
Anson to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General the Hon. H.
E. Butler, deceased.
82d Regiment of Foot—Major-General Nicholas Hamil-
ton to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Francis M. Mil-
man, deceased.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, DEC. 19.

6th Regiment o: Dragoon Guards—Cornet Walter Blach-
ford Gifford, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice, Johnston, who retired on the 3d
Juno, 1856.
4th Light Dragoons William Chain, jun., Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, v:ce Ames, who retires.
Coldstream Regiment of. Foot Guards—John Fletcher
Hathorn, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase;
vice the Hon. William Henry Bruce Ogilvy, who retiree.
10th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant George Stewart
Nutting has been permitted to retire from the service by
the sale of his commission. _ _ .

27th Foot—Ensign Henry Scott Simeon to bo Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Garstin, who retires ; Henry Mon-
teath Caine, Gent., to be Ensign, by pin-chase, vice
Simeon.

Fife .

HARRIERS.
Abingdon Mon. Boher
Fri. Annacotty
Ballytore Mon. Bilan-gate
Fri. Ballytore-hill

30th Foot—Decimus Montagu, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Mackesy, who retires.
32d Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Bassano, to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Birtwhistle, deceased ; Ensign H.
George Browne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Bassano.

37th Foot—Ensign George Bagnall to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Webb, who retires ; Michael Andrews
Borthwick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bagnall.
38th Foot—Captain Sidney Godolphin Quicke, from
half-pay of the 38th Foot, to be Captain, vice Berwick,
appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion.
47th Foot—Captain James Armar Lowry, from half-pay
of the 47th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col.
H. M. Hamilton, promoted to the substantive rank of Ma-
jor Unattached, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct.,
1854.
49th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Cadwallader
Adams, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Bre-
vet Lieut.-Col. King, whose brevet rank has been converted
into substantive rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th
Oct., 1854; Captain Charles Fitz Gerald, from half-pay of
the 49th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. C.
Adams, promoted to the substantive rank of Major Unat-
tached.
50th Foot—Ensign Charles Wynn laden to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Massy, who retires.
55th Foot—Captain S. W. F. Wilson, from half-pay of
the 55th Foot, to be Captain, vice Werge, whose brevet
rank has been converted into substantive rank, under the
Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1851 ; Ensign Archd. James
Arnott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pirrie, who re-
tires ; William Martin Frobisher, Gent , to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Arnott, promoted.
72d Foot—Capt. Robert Douglas, from half-pay of the
72d Foot, to be Captain, vice Alison, whose brevet rank
has been converted into substantive rank, under the Royal
Warrant of 6th Oct , 1834.
77th Foot—Capt. Edward Morton Long, from half-pay
of the 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieut.•Col.
G. H. S. Willis, promoted to the substantive rank of
Major unattached, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct.,
1851.

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Featherstone's, Mr. H ,
(Beagles) Mon. Ballinagoro
Fri. Carrick
Longford(Snap&Worr) Tues. Mount Farrell ll •
Ormond Tues. Ardcroney
Fri. Dragg's hill lO 30
Palmerston Mon. Castle Baggot l2 0
Fri. Green hills
Wicklow Tues. Churchmount ll 0
Fri. Coolbeg

ney, Dec. 29, at eleven, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official a.sigree, Basing-
hall-street ; Lawrance, Plows, an I Buyer, Old Je-siy-
chambsrs.
Francis Nicholls, merchant, Thornhill-cra.seent,
Isling-
ton, Jan. 3, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 5, at half-past
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sadler, Old JeNvry-chambers.
William Porter, builder, Nottingham, Dec. 30 and Jan.
20, at half-past ten, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham. Harris,
official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley and Ashwell, Not-
tingham.
Robert Henry Adamson, wine merchant, John-street,
Berkeley-square, Jan. 3 and Feb. 13, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street • Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambet s.
Robert Prudhoe, Grocer, Durham, Dec. 30 and Feb. 10,
at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker,
official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Brignal, Durham.
Henry Taylor and Henry Hoyle, cotton spinners, Man-
chester, Dec. 30 and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Hen-
ton, Rochdale.
George Johnson, corn merchant, Billingham,
Durham, Dec. 30 and Feb. 10, at half-past eleven, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as-
signee, Neweastle-upon-Tyne ; Brignal, Durham.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
James Hamilton, dentist, Munro's-buildings, Edin-
burgh.
Alexander Kirkwood, plumber, Charing-cross, Glasgow.
.Tames Martin anti Co., wholesale grocers, Glasgow.
John Term, draper, Partick.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS.
W. Batley, Northampton, engineer—second div. of 14d.,
any Tuesday, at Mr. Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers, Basing-
hall-street.
T. Lawrance, Reading, draper—second div. of 3d., any
Tuesday, at Mr. Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-
I street. _

T. Barnes, Southampton, woollen draper—first div. of
Is. 43., any Tuesday, at Mr. Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers,
Basingliall-street.
T. Rutherford, Horadabud, Bengal—fifth div. of ls. 13.,
any Tuesday, at Mr. Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers, Bas-
inghall-street.
S. Hook, Tovil, Kent, paper manufacturer, and Chal-
ford, Gloucester, silk thrower—first div. of is. 63., any
Tuesday, at Mr. Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers, Basin,ghall-
street.
W. C. Currie, Moorgate-street, merchant—first div. of
M., any Tuesday, at Mr. Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers,
Basinghall-street.
J. Nevin, Sevenoaks, ironmonger—third div. of ls. 113.,
any Tuesday, at Mr. Pennell's, Guildhall• chambers, Bas-
iughall-street.
J. Pooley, Brighton, milliner—first div. of 53., on Wed-
nesday next, at Mr. Lee's, Aldermanbury.
C. Erswell, Saffron Walden, builder—first div. of ss.
ld., on Wednesday next, at Mr. Lee's, Aldermaubury.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Brine and Co., Barnet and Lawrence-lane, manufac-
turers of paper-hangings—Palmer and Sons, Birmingham,
house agents—W. E. and F. Newton, Fleet-street, opti-
cians—Chevorton and Moorey, Newport, Isle of Wight,
builders—Bourne and Woolley, Birmingham, electro-plate
manufacturers—Brown, Wilkinson, and Co., Bucklersbury,
wool manufacturers—J. Price and P. Pratt, York, book-
binders—Lowe and Co., Coventry, watch manufacturers—
Shelley, Foote, and Co., Edgware-road, Berlin wool dealers
(as far as regards .T. H. D. Johring)—Chew and Roberts,
Leicester, booksellers—Bull, Elliott, and Co., Liverpool,
export oilmen—Cunningham and Orr, Manchester, nursery-
men—W. Boore and G. Roe, Strand, silversmiths—H. J.
Dickinson and E. Sadler, billiard-table manufacturers, and
Marchmont-street, Brunswick-square, tobacconists —W.
Draper and Co., Bond-court, Walbrook, ironmongers—
Robson and Cray, Hexham, grocers—Bentley and Oldfield,
Denton, Lancaster, hat manufacturers—Houghton and
Francis, Leadenhall-street, merchants—Riley Brothers,
Cambridge-place-south, Kingsland-road, sheet zinc manu-
facturers (as far as regards E. Riley)—D. Burton and W.
H. Fullarton, Mellor, Derby, and Leicester, cotton-
pinners.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 13th day of Dec.. 1856.
tssuz DEPAITMENT. _

Notes Issued

£24,525,995

Dated the 18th day of Deceml

BANKING DE
Proprictors'capital .. 14,553,000
Rest 3,226,673
Public deposit: (in-

eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Aecotuits) 6,300,625
Other deposits 9,042,822
itven Day and other

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities .. .... 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 10,050.996
Silver bu11i0n........ -

B 1118.• :• .• •• .::: 811,191

£33,934,311

£24,525,996
3fARiIIALL, Chief Cashier.
!r, 1816.
TAITMENT.

N
Datod the I ith day of December

Governmentsecuritiei

(lncludg.Dead Weight
Annuity) 10,640,867
Other securities...—. 16,828,728
Notes .. .......... 5,823,1U5
Gold and silver coin.. 641,531

£33,93,1,311
MARSHALL, Chief CasLier.
, 185 G.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
no Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec.
16, 1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain : a. d.
From the British Possessions in America 37 31
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 3t; 4
Muscovado, the produce of the East
Average of the above three descriptions 37 11

POSTAGE UPON NEWSPAPERS POI? PRUSSIA

On the Ist of January next, and thenceforward, Bri.
tish newspapers, posted in conformity with the autho-
rised regulations, which newspapers, when sent by the
route of Belgium to the undermentioned countries have
hitherto been exempt in the United Kingdom from any
charge for postage, will be subject to a British postage
of one penny each, which must be paid in advance or
the newspapers cannot he forwarded :—Austrian domi.
nions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Brunswick, Frankfort-
on-the-Maine, Hamburg, Hanover, Hesse, Lippe Det-
mold, Lubeck, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Mecklenburg
Strelitz, Nassau, Norway, Oldenburg, Poland, Prussia,
Reuss, Russia, Saxe Altenburg, Saxe Coburg Gotha,
Saxe Meiningen, Saxe Weimar, Saxony, Schaumburg
Lippe, Schwartzburg Ruclolstacit, Schwartzburg Sou-
derhausen, Sweden, Switzerland, Wurtemburg. A British
rate of one penny each, in addition to the foreign rate to
which they are liable, must also be paid in advance upon
British newspapers posted in the United Kingdom, and
forwarded, via Belgium, to the undermentioned coun-
tries and places. The two charges will be as follows .
Foreign rate.
Brit. rate Per Per half-oz.
News- according to
Country or Place. per weight.
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places specified)
Note.--Newspapers are not forwarded by the route
Belgium to the countries and places against which an * is
affixed, unless specially directed via Belgium.
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CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day.—Yesterday.
Admissions on payment, 615 ; do. by season tickets,
328 ; !total visitors, 943.
tADVERTIERIIRNI'd SWIM AND HEARING SPECTAOLRE,
POWERFUL TRLESCLPEE, OPERA, RAUB, AND PREEPECTIVII
GLASSES,—Messrs, S. and B. Solomous, opticians, 39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel.
By tier Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and
extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and
brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per-
spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes
possess such extraordinary powers that some throe and a-half
inches, with an extra eye-piece, dill show distinctly Jupiter's
moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same
telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a
half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of
larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly,—Tae
Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, no wly-invent ed, very small ,
powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which
a person can be seen and known 12 miles distant ; they answer
every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses,
country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at S to 10 miles.
They aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to
sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera,
race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful
power. Newly-constrn:ted Spectacle Lenses of the great-
est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived
from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is
preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons aro
enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occr-
Pation—can see with these lenses of a much less magnify.
ing power--and they do not require the frequent changes
to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance.
Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world,
by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a
letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read
small newspaper print with it; and those who have
not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf-
ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex-
traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for
deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any-
thing of the kiad that has been, or probably ever can be,
produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per-
ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church
and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing
noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the
assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-
streot, Piccadilly. Obaorro---oppoeito the York Hotel.