The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-13 00:00:00

LITERA7'IIR.E.

An Effectical and Simple Remedy for Scarlatina at
Measles ; with an Appendix of Cares. By Charl.
Witt, Member of the Royal College of Surgeon;
Philip and Son, 32, Fleet-street.
The unusual prevalence of scarlet fever, in all it
forms, during the past year, must incline the publi.;
to listen favourably to any new and successful sys-
tem of treating such a dangerous enemy. The
pamphlet before us, is addressed to John Simon,
Esq., F.R.S., the medical officer of the General Board
of Health, and it strongly upholds a very simple
mode of cure, which it asserts has never failed. The
remedy consists solely of repeated doses of the
bi-carbonate of ammonia, combined, of course, with
the ordinary precautions of avoiding chill, draughts,
and also any acid drinks. This treatment, especially'
if commenced early in the disease, is said to effect a
speedy cure, and the authority of several medical
men, and numerous cases of cure, are adduced in
support. The system is not a new one, as it is
more than fifty years since Dr. Peart published a
treatise on Malignant Scarlet Fever and Sore Throat,
in which he described the wonderful effects
of the subcarbonate of ammonia ; asserting that,
" like other practitioners, he was continually lament-
ing the loss of his patients by that dreadful malady ;
till he employed the subcarbonate of ammonia in the
manner he describes ; and from that moment he did
not lose one patient out of nearly three hundred."
It is impossible for unprofessional readers to decide
upon the merits of a particular specific ; but there
can be no doubt that a system so strongly upheld by
respectable practitioners and supported by evidence,
deserves the immediate and careful consideration of
medical men, who should avoid the hasty rejection
of a remedy because it is little known and simple in
its nature. We trust the faculty will turn their at-
tention to the suggestions of this pamphlet, which
may be the means of saving many valuable lives,
and reducing the large amount of suffering caused
by this terrible disease.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.—:ALLEGED MISTAKEN IDENTITY.--
A man, who said his name was Henry Rogers, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with being a deserter
from her _Majesty's 55th Regiment of Foot.
The recruiting sergeant said, last night he was in Charles-
street, Westminster, and about half-past nine he met the
prisoner. He went up to him, and having convinced him-
self that he was a person he had been looking for some
time, asked him if his name was not Jones, and whether he
was not a deserter from the 55th Foot. The prisoner dented
being so, and said he had never been in the army, and that
his name was Rozers. A private of the regiment happening
to be near at the time, he was called to see whether be could
identify him, and be immediately did so, and said he enlisted
last February.
Mr. Henry asked the prisoner what he bad to say to the
charge of desertion ?
The prisoner said the sergeant and the other soldier were
mistaken in saying he was a person who had enlisted into
the army. He bad never done so. He•had a wife and three
children, which of itself would be sufficient to deter him
from doing so; but independently of that, ho was 38 years
of age, and had for years been subject to palpitation of the
heart to such an extent that no military doctor would
pass
In answer to further questions from Mr. Henry, the ser-
geant said be bad no doubt about the man. _

- Mr. Henry said, under these circumstances he must send
him to the House of Detention until he was taken to the
depot. If, as the prisoner stated, he was not a deserter be
would have full opportunity of producing witnesses to bear
out his assertion before the military authorities.
ROBBERY IN Sr. JAMES'S PARK.—A woman named
Mary Ann Smith was charged with robbing a young man
named l'arker of his watch in St. James's Park.
Parker said, about half-past ten last night be was entering
the park near the York column when the prisoner came up
to him, and catching him round the the waist said, " Holloa,
my dear," asked him if he was going to treat her to some-
thing to drink. He told her he had no money, and she
having let him go he found his watch-guard had been cut
and his watch stolen. He accused her of the robbery and
held her until a policeman came up, when he gave her in
charge. The watch had not been found.
Mr. Henry said it was very imprudent, to say the least of
it, to speak to women at such an hour in the park. He knew
that frequent robberies had been committed there, but as the
prisoner was unknown to the police, and the watch had not
been found, he had no alternative but to order her diechbrge.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--LEAD STRIPPING AT
THE ARTISTS' CLUB, ST. JAMES'S-STREET.—Two rough,
determined-looking fellows, in the dress of labourers, named
Richard Smith and William Riley, were charged with
stealing a quantity of lead from the roof of the Artists' Club,
St. James's-street, the property of the Duke of Cleveland
and others, trustees.
From the evidence of the porter of the club, it appeared
that on the previous evening he went up to the top of the
house, and t!icre saw the two prisoners in the act of beating
up a large piece of lead which had been stripped from the
roof. The porter asked them what they were doing, when
he was told they were mending the roof. Assisted by
another porter, be secured Riley, but Smith got away down
a la«lder placed against the adjoining house, nhich was
under repair.

Police-constable, 185 C, proved securing Smith in Picca-
dilly, and while on the road to the station he bolted, but the
officer pursued and captured him.
Smith said he had nothing to do with stealing the lead.
He was asked by Riley to go up and assist in carrying some
slates, when the porter came up. He wished to call a wit-
ness to character.

A respectable tradesman said be had employed him several
times, and had paid him £2 4s. last week.
The porter of the dub said the prisoners must have got up
the ladder placed against the next house, as, if they had ✓none
through the club-liouse, they would have been seen.
Abraham Evans, a carpenter employed at the adjoining
house, identified thetools produced as his property. He Left
them safe ou the previous evening, and en going that morn-
ing he missed them, and was told they were found on the
prisoners. _ _

Riley said be was guilty.
Mr. Bingham said that notwithstanding Smith had called
a witness as to character, be had no doubt of his guilt.
Th• prisoners were committed for four months' hard
labour.

THAMES.---BURGLARY AND ROBBERY IN A WATER-
SIDE PUBLIC-ROUSE.—Frederick Shaw, a dirty, rough-
looking fellow, 25 years of age, who refused to give his
address or occupation, and who, it is believed, is a ticket-of-
leave convict, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with
burglariously breaking into and entering the St. Andrew
public-house, in Lower East Smithfield, and stealing there-
from eight bagatelle balls, a plated bread basket, one merino
mantle, one silk mantle, one pound of tobacco, and other
property.
It appeared from the evidence, that about two o'clock this
morning Mr. Charles White, the landlord of the St.
Andrew, was disturbed by some person walking about the
premises, and, on going to his bed-room door, he saw a man
with a glimmering light moving abou t the house. He Instantly
alarmed the Inmates, the police were called, and Hilly, 84
H, was admitted into the house. Ile was quickly followed
by Police Sergeant Marshall, No. 2Q 11, and they made a
thorough search of the lime and discovered the prisoner
secreted in the tap-room. He bail visited the lodgers' rooms,
the bar, bar parlour, and opened drawers, cupboards and
boxes. Ile had also made an attempt to enter the landlord's
room, which contained much valuable property. A plated
bread basket was from the bar parlour, a pound of
tobacco from the bar, two mantles from a room up stairs,
and eight bagatelle balls from the parlour. Search was then
made for the property,
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and the whole of It was found in
boat on the river close to the
premises. The prisoner
had obtained admission to the premises from the Thames,
and opened a window. Having gained an entrance to the
kitchen, the burglar had no difficulty in
had ignited lucifers and burnt
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Sergeant Marshall said the prisoner was seen loitering
about another house in the neighbourhood of Lower East
Smithfield a few nights sine, and that house WAS plundered.
The prisoner was recently detected in the act of entering the
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Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner for further inquiries to
be made about him.

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