The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-09 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—l might permit the letter of Mr. E. Stevens,
in your paper of to-day, to pass unnoticed,—afford-
ing as it does, by the insignificance of its objections,
the best evidence of the general accuracy of the
notice which he impugns,—did not a sense of duty
towards you and your readers prompt me to show
that your authority has not been delegated to one
so ignorant as to confound " vertical" with "hori-
zontal," as stated by Mr. Stevens.
In his quotation from the article published in
The San of the Ist inst., Mr. Stevens very disin-
geniously omits this most important sentence in re-
ference to his mixer : "such as has been known in
the biscuit machines of our dockyards for more than
a quarter of a century ;" thereby conveying the
inference that both the mixer and duster of his
machine were alleged by your reporter to be copied
from a patent of 1849, whereas the latter portion
only was ascribed to that source.
It requires no great amount of " scientific" know-
ledge to decide as to the motion of an ordinary
grindstone ; which, being fixed upon a horizontal
spindle, rotates at right angles with the horizon.
No schoolboy, I apprehend, would call this a
" horizontal grindstone ;" yet that motion is what
Mr. Stevens describes :—" My trough lies hori-
' zontal, and its interior surface is perfectly smooth,
the mixer working round and lifting the dough
perfectly every revolution." A " horizontal lift"
must be quite a new species of mechanical motion.
Regarding the other "palpable error," as Mr.
Stevens designates it, whether the " duster" be
semi rotary or completely so, seems to be about as
momentous a question as that which gave rise to
the terrible battles in Lilliput, " whether an egg
should be broken at the big end or the little one."
No one, however, who looks at this part of Mr.
Stevens's machine, and the corresponding one in
that of 1849, can for a moment doubt that the two
dusting contrivances are identical.
_ _

Apologibing iuz taus Li.ezpa:sinz, on your valuable
space, I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient
servant,

July 7, 1858.

THE REPORTER.

There is good reason to believe that her Majesty and
the Prince Consort will go to Cherbourg early next
month to pay a visit to the Emperor Napoleon. Her
Majesty and the Prince Consort will then proceed to
Coblentz to spend some time with the Princess Frederick
William of Prussia. _ _

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THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LEEDS.—Her Majesty will
arrive in Leeds on Monday, the 30th of August.
TRAINING HORSES.— A number of officers assembled
at the Riding-house Establishment, Woolwich, yesterday,
in order to witness experiments for training horses on
the system of Mr. Rarey.
NEW FARM MANAGER FOR THE PRINCE CONSORT.—We
understand, says the John o'Groat Journal, that Mr.
Tait, who has had charge of the farm of Dunrobin, the
property of his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, haw been
appointed manager for his Royal Highness Prince
.Albert on the home farm of Windsor, at a very hand-
leoMe salary.
WHALER.--Whales have been seen in some numbers
along the Caithness coast during the past week. Their
visits aro usually accepted as au indication of the pre-
sence of herrings, but the experience of those who have
been trying the herring fishing with hooks does not go
to prove that they are yet in anv Lumbers on the fishing
ground.— John o'Groat Journal.
ENDOWED SCHOGLs IN IRELAND.—The total expense
of the Endowed Schools (Ireland) Commis-ion horn the
14th of November, 1854, to the 31st of March, 1858,
amounted to 12,4001., plus a sum of 5,2011. for the
printing of the report for Parliament. Tee incurring cf
the latter extravagant outlay has already been the sub-
ject of severe comment in the House of Commons.
AsfseNCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—A kneeing of the general committee of this association
was held at the Royal Hotel, Manchester, yesterday—
Mr. Barbour in the chair—at which a deputation from
the local committee attended, and it was announced that
the subscriptions in aid of local prizes already exceeded
6001. It was also stated that there was a probability of
2001. additional being raised. Under these circumstances
the suggestion of a local prize scheme in addition to the
general prizes was adopted, and it was resolved to extend
the exhibition of cattle and implements, for the first time
by this society, to two days, the 9th and 10th Sept.
LONDON AND MIDDLESEX ARCHZOLOSICAL SOCIETY.
—A well attended meeting of this society was held at
Myddelton-hall, Islington, on Wednesday evening, Mr.
George Godwin in the chair. Papers were read by the
Rev. Thomas Hugo on mediaeval pilgrimages and their
memorial, in illustration of his fine collection of pilgrims'
signs of the 13th and 14th centuries • by Mr. Lott on
Sir Richard Whittington ; and by Professor Tennant on
the regalia in the Tower.
FLOGGING AN ARTILLERYMAN.—Patrick Carey, a
gunner of the 9th Battalion of Royal Artillery, was re-
cently tried by a court martial, held at the officers' mess-
room, on varioas charges of military insubordination.
From the evidence it was proved that the prisoner had
grossly insulted and threatened to shoot the sergeant of
his company. The prisoner was sentenced to a term
of imprisonment, and to receive 50 lashes, and the latter
portion of the sentence was carried cut a few days since
at the Riding-house Establishment.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—At a meeting of the
council, yesterday, Mr. Joseph Henry Green, F.R.S.,
was elected President of the College • and Messrs. Jas.
Moncrieff Arnott and John Fiint gouth, Vice-Presie
dents for the ensuing year. This is the second occasion
these gentlemen have been similarly honoured by their
colleagues. At the same meeting Mr. Alexander Shaw,
of the Middlesex Hospital, who was elected a councillor
on the let inst., in the vacancy occasioned by the decease
of Mr. Travers, was sworn in and took his seat.
SERIOUS CASE.—Cornelius Harrington, .42, labourer,
was brought before Mr. Combs, at Southwark Police-
court yesterday, charged with causing the death of
Daniel Harrington, 36, another labourer, and seriously
injuring Cornelius Harrington, 34, by shaking them off
the scaffolding of a house in Harrow-street, Mint-street,
Southwark. The prisoner said he had no intention to
injure either. Mr. Combo t >id him that at the present
stage of the inquiry it would be better for him to keep
quiet, and not say anything. A coroner's inquest would
be held on the body of Daniel Harrington, and he bad
better wait until the result of that was known. How-
ever, it was such a serious case that he must commit
him for trial. He was then remanded.
IRONSIASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS.—The principal
quarterly meeting of the ironmasters of Staffordshire,
Worcestershire, and Shropshire was held in the Town-
hall, Birmingham, on Thursday ; and althh-ogh not nu-
merously, as compared with former occasions, wasinfin--
eutially attended. Prices remain nominally the same
as the last quarter. An authority upon the iron trade,
in reference to the meeting which was held at Wolver-
hampton on Wednesday, states that the business traue-
acted was limited, consumers abstaining from buying
beyond what they want for immediate use° It is the
opinion of American merchants ip Birmingham thet if
prices of iron became settledeven at present quotations,
a good autumnal trade with the United States might be
expected.
ATTEMPT TO S3IoTHER A POLICEMAN.—Three labourers
named Pepper, Pilcher, and Prebble, were yesterday
charged before the Canterbury magistrates with at-
tempting to drown John Kennedy, one of the
Kent county constabulary, between two and three
o'clock on the previous morning. The prisoners, with
40 or 50 other persons, were drinking and dancing in a
barn at the rear of the Duke of Cumberland public
house, Barham, when Kennedy, at the landlord's request
ord-red all the company to clear out ; this they refused
to do, and raised a cry of " Let's drown him," where-
upon the prisoner carried him to a large open cesspool,
threw him into it, and held him under the contents till
hewanseraer,lcy suffocated,uedbysore other persons. He was at that
time
and quite unable to speak. His
brutal assailants were committed for trial at the ensuing
Maidstone Assizes!.
Oa Monday evening, whilst a gentleman was address
ing the French club, which meets in the upper room at i
Wylde's reading rooms Leicester-:square, he was observes
to stop suddenly and take his seat. At first this was
attributed to the failure of his memory, but it very soon
became painfelly evident that the epeakir was suffering
from illness. A medical man was sent for, who gave
his opinion that it was an attack fif paralysis. He was
conveyed to the Charieg-cross Hospital, where, despite
the attention rendered to him, he died yesterday after-
noon at four o'clock. We believe that the gentleman,
M. Michelot, is a French refugee, and has left two
young children to deplore the loss of a father, Who was
much respected by his fellow countrymen, and by all
persons with whom his professional duties as a teacher
of 'entitles bad thrown him in contact.