The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-03 00:00:00

THE ISLE OF DOGS STABVATION CASE.

The narrative of the death of Catherine Spence
and her child was so horrible that it has stirred up
the inspectors, guardians, and clergy of the district,
and they have published various statements in
.the
newspapers in order to remove the unfavourable nn-
pression produced by the first account. The clerk to
the guardians says that Spence had been earning a
comparatively large sum of money-265. Bd.
in three weeks, in addition to Cs. given by the
clergythan and 4s. 6d. by the guardians. " On the
Tuesday preceding the woman's death the man
borrowed a shilling to purchase some food, and dur-
ing the night of that day and early on the following
morning he earned Cs. Cd. by working in the
Mill-
wall DoClis, out of which sum he repaid the borrowed
money and purchased other articles of food with
the remainder, and the food so purchased was
actually being cooked on the Wednesday after-
noon, when the salt to which reference has been
made was sent for to flavour it with. At this
time the woman was in a public-house drinking with
some of her companions, and she didnot hometbe
until late in the evening, when, being
medical officer was sent for, and gave her beef
tea, brandy, and eggs; she was then lying on
a bedstead, which :was furnished with bed,
rug, and blanket." It is impossible to reconcile this
statement with that of the surgeon who made the
post-nzortenz examination. He found the stomach of
the woman utterly empty, and had no doubt that she
had died of starvation. There is no such diffi-
culty in comparing the statements respecting the
woman's husband. It is not denied that he is mad ;
and the zhnrose of his wife's habits given by the

clerk to the guardians renders rt only too proo:toie
that drink, the great source of poverty, madness, and
death, had no small share in this dismal tragedy.

OVEREND AND GURNEY.

Dr. Adam Thom, of Gower-street, the prosecutor
in re Overend, Gurney, and Co., has addressed a
letter to the papers, in which he says that the pro-
ceedings have now reached a point at which his
main object—the thorough investigation of the
whole truth—promises to be at last attained,
inasmuch as the defendants, from their remarks
on Wednesday last, appear to contemplate
some defence or other which hitherto they
have kept in the background. Under these
circumstances he feels bound to afford them the
opportunity of going before a jury, and he trusts
that God may vindicate the right. After compli-
menting Mr. Howell and Mr. Lewis on their able
assistance, he asks whether in fighting this national
battle, as in a commercial empire like ours it may
well be called, he may not reckon upon the support
of all those who are interested in the momentous
issue. Already he has received generous help, .ClOO
from one donor, for instance ; and he is anxious to
associate with himself any two donors who will aid
him in the administration of the fund.

The product of the precious metals in the United
States during 1868, it is stated, amounts to $66,500,000,
divided as follows :—California, $20,000,000; Nevada,
$18,000,000 ; Montana, $12,000,000 ; Idaho, $6,000,000 ;
Oregon, $5,000,000; Colorado, $4,000,000; Washington
Territory, $4,000,000; Arizona, $250,000; and New
Mexico, $250,000. The yield of placer mining, it is re-
ported, has fallen off, but the machinery for the extraction
of the metals from quartz rock is run with greater skill,
so that the product is increased. The so-called improved
methods of crushing the quartz have all been abandoned'
and the use of old-fashioned stamps has been revived.
These stamping machines, however, are used With

greater care, and the ore is more finely pulrelized, so
that a greater per centage of gold is extracted. it
is asserted that the famous Comstock lode, discovered in
1865, has become poorer the deeper the shafts are driven,
so that the product has greatly diminished, and the former
surprisingly valuable returns have greatly diminished.
The White Pine district of Nevada, on the other hand,
has been extensively and profitably worked, and silver
valued at $1,000,000 has been mined during the last six
months. Drought has interfered with mining in Idaho,
and too much rain has produced the same effect in Cali-
fornia. The excessive cost of transporting provisions and
machinery has reduced the profits of the miners in the
new territories, and thus has discouraged the thorough
development of the mineral resources of the Pacific coast.
It is anticipated that the opening of the Pacific Railway
will excite more vigorous efforts in the mining operations
of the country.--Public Ledger.

Abraham Kipp, of Sing Sing, New York, has
patented an improvement consisting in a certain combina-
tion of double pistons working in cylinders, which are
arranged radial to a central shaft and operating in a direct
manner through yokes on or in connectio❑ with a crank
secured to the shaft; also a valve having a fixed character
relatively to the crank, whereby a most simple and ell
cient steam engine is produced, and which may be used
either as a motor for driving purposes, a pump, or a meter.
A Mormon leader, Jesse C. Little, is now in the
Eastern States arranging purchases for an important ma-
nufacturing enterprise projected at Salt Lake city. lie
is a Massachusetts man, and is said to be on the look out
for " females" to replenish the harems of the " saints ;"
but we have little doubt what reception he will receive
from the Yankee girls. The manufacturing enterprise
will at first be confined to waggons and agricultural im-
plements, for which the metal and castings will for the
present he imported, but will eventually be home-made.

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COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short ... 12 11: 12 0
Do
Rotterdam 3 Ms.
- ... 12 1i 12 11
Antwerp
- ... 25 35 25 40-
Brussels
Hamburgh ............ l3 10 13 101
Paris
Short 25 12} 25 20
Ditto
Marseilles
25 321 ... 25 371
Frankfort-on-the-Main Int 1201
Vienna
... 12 25 12 321
Trieste
- ... 12 25 12 321
Petersburg
f
Copenhagen ......... 31
2 311
u 24
••
Berlin
—'6 261 26-i-
Madrid..
Cadiz — 471 48
Leghorn
Milan
26 721 27 0
G
'l6 90 27 0 enoa
Naples
26 90 27 0
Palermo -
... 26 90 17 0
Messina
Lisbon — 26 90 ... 27 0
521
Oporto — 521 521
Rio Janeiro — ••• •••
New -York
••, "•

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

saistralla and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb 2.
Ditto, via Yr 'weenies
Ditto, via PioLama
Brazil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Feb. 3.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape Verde, by Brazil paoket .• • ... . Feb. 3
Cape of Good Elope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 12.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 13.
Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb 6
[ndla,via Southampton ..... . .......... ..... Feb. 6
vitt°, via Marseilles
Walla, Egypt, &a .. ......... .... Feb. 6.
Ditto, Marseilles Ft.b. 16
lauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southami ton
Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 11.
Newfoundland . ..... .. ...... Feb 0
Portugal ....
United States , k anada, California, &0., by British
packet . ...... Feb 6
Ditto, by Canadian packet .... ..... ...........
Ditto, by I. sited States packet Feb 3
Ditto dittc (Baltimore)
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 3
West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha-
mas)
.. Feb 13
Falkland Islands ...... Feb 3.
Cuba and Mexico .... .........Mar• l•
Bermuda, via Halifax
•
Bahamas, via New York Feb. -
Feb.

Births.
BORRER —On the 31st ult., at Doter, the wife of Capfain
Clifford Borrer, of a daughter.
151ruroN-0n the Ist inst., at 17, Lower Grosvenor-street,
Viscountess Milton, of a daughter.
WHITE—On the 2d inst., at Croydon, Mrs. F. A. White'
of a son.

Marriages.
rIARKER—COCKERELL —On the Ist inst. at South Dul-
wich, George Harker, of Richmond Su'rrey, and UPPe
Thames-street, London, to Clarissa,' eldest daughter 0f
George J. Cockerel!, Esq., Upper Sydenham-hill.
WOODHOUSE—CnAwNEn---On the ht inst., at Newton
Valence, Hants, Thos. J.Woodhouse, Esq , of Ranelog,llo
Lodge, Fulham to Florence, youngest daughter of the
late Captain Edward B. Chawner, 4th Dragoon Guarder
of The Manor House, Newton Valence.