The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-26 00:00:00

rhE suN, LOJNI)UIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1866.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.
•MANSION-lIOUS E.

USING ABUSIVE LANGUAGE.—Mary Fletcher, a dissolute-
looking woman, was charged with using abusive language.
Mr. Hurst, landlord of the public-house, 26, Lower
Thames-street, said that about 11 o'clock last night the
prisoner was outside his door, and used the most offensive
and abusive language to a gentleman who was then stayin'g
in the house. He remonstrated with her, and sho then
commenced abusing him. Finding that AEI would not go
away quietly, he gave her into custody. For a consider-
able time sho had been in tho habit•of coming to his house
and using the most insulting language towards him and
his customers, and she was a regular nuisance.
Police-Constable Shea deposed to having taken the
woman into custody, and having used very disgusting

language.
Sir Robert Carden sentenced the prisoner to seven days
hard labour for causing an obstruction in the streets.
Henry Hughes, a young man, was charged with ob-
structing the thoroughfare in Leadenhall-street.
Police-constable 0 59 said that about 11 o'cleck this
morning he saw the prisoner, who had a basket of walnuts
on his head, looking in at a picture•shop. Having the
basket it caused an obstruction on the pavement, and
ho desired him to move on, which ho refused to
do. He the took him by the arm and pushed
him but without unnecessary force into the road, upon
which the prisoner abused him in the coarsest manner, and
ho took him into custody.

The prisoner denied the charge, and flippantly inquired
of the magistrate whether he had not a right to look into
a picture shop if he liked.

Sir It. Carden—Certainly not, with a basket on your
head, and I shall fine you five shillings, or send you, in
default of payment, to prison for seven days.

BOW-STREET.

A gentlemanly-looking young man, who gave the name
of George Andrews, but whose real name it is said is Geo.
Farlance, was charged with obtaining goods by false pre-
tences from Messrs. Thresher and Glenny, outfitters,
Strand.

Mr. John Wm. Amoney, assistant to Messrs. Thresher
and Glenny, stated that a few days back the prisoner called
at the shop and ordered a quantity of goods of witness,
saying that he was an officer in the sth Fusiliers, and was
about to sail in about a week. He ordered goods to the
amount of about £4O, saying he would call again by the
time they were got ready. He gave his address " George
Andrews, sth Fusilier Guards, Somerset Hotel, Strand."
He took away with him some gloves, handkerchiefs,
&c., and desired that the other articles, to the value
of £4 3s. 9d. should be sent to the hotel. This was done.
A few days later he called and obtained other goods, to
the value of £1 ss. fid. Upon a third call he obtained some
other articles. Yesterday he called again, and gave a fur-
ther order. Witness then said he had referred to the Army
List, and could not find the name of Andrews as an officer
of the sth Fusiliers. The prisoner said he was appointed
but not yet gaaetted. Witness said he should like to have
the money for the goods already supplied. The prisoner
said if witness would call upon him at the Tavistock
Hotel the next morning he would give him a cheque
for the amount, £ll some odd shillings. Witness
replied, " I would rather go with you now." He
went with the prisoner to the Tavistock Hotel,
where the prisoner, after speaking to one of the waiters,
said to witness, "I have not got the money. lam hard
up for cash, but I will give you a check." He then
wrote an order upon the " London and County Bank,
Albert Gate Branch," .for the amount. Witness said he
could not take that as payment; but would go with him
to the bank. They then got into the cab, and ordered the
cabman to drive to Albert-gate. On the way he stopped
at a cafe in Windmill-street, and several other places, on
the pretext of asking friends to lend him the money, in
each case making some attempt to get away by another
door, or in some way to evade witness's com-

Witness, however, kept close to him, and
now told him that he believed the paper was
worthless, as the prisoner would have gone on to
the Bank at once. Tho prisoner admitted that it was
worthless, as the account was overdrawn. He said he
expected £5O from his mother. Witness then brought him
back to the shop, whore Mr. Cerro], the chief clerk, saw
the prisoner and told him that the firm was convinced
that he was attempting to swindle them, and that he had
never been in the Fusiliers at all. The prisoner took up
the paper from the table, said it was of no use, tore it up,
and threw the pieces in the fireplace. He, however, per-
sisted that his name was Andrews, and that ho was an
officer in the Fusiliers. He was given in custody at the
Station, and he admitted that this was not true, but that
he had been in business in Cheapside and had failed.
He was remanded for further inquiry.
WESTMINSTER.

AN INCORRIGIBLE IrtilllFG VAGABOND.— James Bowen,
20, apprentice to Mr. Thos. Henry Hartley, marble factor,
of 7, Earl-street, Westminster, was charged with leaving
his work and absconding since Juno last.
It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Hartley, who

carries on extensive businesses, at home and abroad, .has
great number of apprentices from unions, whom he teaches
the various branches of the trade, and when they, lave
been with him a few years, and have' learned what the*,
consider sufficient to enable them to get a living elsewhere,
they absconded from his employ.
The prisoner, who is 20 years old, was apprenticed in
August, 1860, and has to serve seven years. In Juno last
ho absconded with others. His sister said ho was ill, and
ho accepted the excuse ; but hearing that he was at work
elsewhere a warrant was obtained, and he was appre-
hended by Emanuel Davis, 234 B.

Prisoner said he was ill three weeks, and then did not
return because he had only 12s. a week at Mr. Hartley's,
and earned 18s. a week elsewhere.
Mr. Hartley said his agreement was for 125., but he had
15s. a week to encourage him.

Prisoner's mother said ho did not earn sufficient at Mr.
Hartley's to keep himself.
Mr. Arnold said if others deserted ho was old enough to
set a good example, and must be made an example of. His
agreement said 12s. a week, and he had 15s. to encourage
him, but was not content with that. When his time es -
pired next August Mr. Hartley would be able to require
him to serve 14 weeks longer (the time he has left).
He was then sentenced to ten days' imprisonment.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
AN OMNIBUS THIEF-CAUTION TO LADIES.
Eliza Wood, a well-dressed female, who gave the ad-
dress No. 174, New Kent-road, was charged before Mr
Tyrwhitt was charged with stealing, from the dross-pocket
of Mrs. Ann Hem, the wife of a coffee-house keeper, at
No. 8, Sloe ne-square, a purse, containing money, while in
a Victoria omnibus.

Mr. Louis Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for the prisoner.
Mrs. Hem said that on the previous afternoon she got
into a " Victoria " omnibus in Grosvenor-place, and sat
next to the prisoner, who was on her right hand. When
at the bottom of Park-lane she felt her purse safe in her
pocket. The omnibus stoppad at the top of the lane, and
the prisoner got out. Directly after she had done so, she
(prosecutrix) noticed that some of her keys, which were
in the same pocket as her purse, were at the
bottom of the omnibus. She went after the prisoner, and
saw her standing inside the park looking after the omni-
bus. She want up to the prisoner and said, " I have lost
my purse," and the prisoner said she had not got it, and
hoped she did not accuse her of stealing it, and talked a
great deal about her respectability. She told the prisoner
that she should give her into custody on suspicion of steal-
ing her purse, and a gentlemen went for a constable, and
she then gave the prisoner in charge, and subsequently the
purse was found in the possession of the prisoner.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the prosecutrix said that her
pocket had been cut.

The female searcher proved finding the prosecutrix's
purse in the prisoner's umbrella, and the prisoner offered
her £lO not to say anything about it.
Mr. Lewis said he could offer no defence for the prisoner
after hearing the evidence. She was the wile of a respect-
nuto luau, ana /ma no doubt yielded to temptation when she
took the prosecutrix's purse. She would plead guilty to
the charge if his worship would deal with the case.
Mr. Tyrwhitt consented to deal with the case, and com-
mitted the prisoner for 3 months with hard labour.

A CHINESE PORTRAIT.—.I-.10 is a limber-limbed
young fellow, very thin, with very long slender fingers
the which, with patient deftness, he knows well how to
use.• His complexion is of uniform pale saffron, of the
texture of parchment, and he is perfectly beardless. Ho
has very long lustrous black hair falling over his shoulders.
In the centre of his countenance, which, in its yellow,
smoothness, does not ill resemble a boiled batter pudding,
show, like currants in the said pudding, a pair of little
'sharp black eyes. His forehead is very low, his cheek-
bones very high, and about his lips there lingers con-
tinually a scarcely definable yct ineffable simper of com-
placent beatitude, due, perhaps, to an inward consciousness
of merit, or to opium, or to sheer innate imbecility. Where
have you seen that parchment face, those eyes, that up-
turned calmly conceited smirk beLfre ? On a tea-tray ?
On a tea-chest ? On a fan ? On a rice-paper view of the
Porcelain Pagoda at Nankin ? To whom, in fine, should
those features and that expansion belong but to a brother
of the sun and moon, a native of the flowery land, a deni-
zen of the Celestial empire ? They appertain, indeed,
here to a Chinese coolie.—Dickens's " All the Year Round."
' THE IRISH LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.—We under-
stand that the Government •have at length come to
a decision about the legal arrangements, and that the
Attorney General, Mr. John Edward Walshe, will become
Master of the Rolls. Ho will be succeeded by Mr. Morris,
and the solicitorship will be accepted by Mr. Sterne Ball
Miller, M.P. The retirement of Judge Hayes is said also
to have been arranged, and a seat on the common law
bench has thus been provided for Mr. John George, M.P.,
who, rumour has it, refused the offer of the Rolls.—Free-
man's Journal.

PROPOSED INVITATION OF MR. GLADSTONE TO
BELFAST.—The Northern Whig of yesterday says
that the financial reformers of Ulster are about inviting
Mr. Gladstone to a banquet in Belfast, in consideration of
his great financial services,

The Flower Show at the Industrial

Exhibition.

A very interesting feature has just been added to
the Working Men's Industrial Exhibition at the
Agricultural Hall, Islington—viz.: a working
man's flower-show; and when the lateness of the
season and the uncongenial state of the weather is
taken into consideration, the greatest lover of flowers
could not wish ,to see a greater variety of well-
grown plants even at the Horticultural Gardens.

The " show" is very tastefully arranged in the lec-
ture-hall, and the splendid and unusual appearance
it presents attracts general attention and commenda-
tion. Although the competition for prizes was
solely confined to working men, a large number of
very splendid specimens of exotic plants have been
contributed by the great nurserymen surrounding
the metropolis, to " back up" the amateur display,
and such a proceeding entitles them to especial praise.
The plants are arranged in the usual form adopted
at such display, and embrace fine specimens of
roses, dahlias, fuschias, balsams, geraniums, &c.
Amongst the principal objects that attract the
audience is a splendid collection of coniferm lent by
Mr. Gordon, and certainly a more unique display
we have never seen. Then the gorgeous contribution
of !gladioli, ferneries, and ornamental boxes for
window gardening, all filled with the most lovely
plants by the Messrs. Carter, of Holborn, present a
very striking feature, and elicits universal admira-
tion. Mr. Puig, the ornamental rock-worker, of
St. John's-wood, sends two elegant designs in orna-
mental rock-work for out-door ferneries—one in
imitation of ruins, and the other cragged rock, with
natural dried ferns, both of which are most cleverly
executed. The amateurs who have succeeded in
taking prizes are---For roses : Mr. Murray, of Ley-
ton, and Mr. Mathews, of Lea-bridge ; for fuschias,
Mr. Gray, of Islington, and Mr. Green, of Green-
wich ; for geranitimg, Mr. Mathews and Mr.
Gray ; for balsan4S;.:Mr. Green ; for foliage plants,
Mr. Long and Mr. Trushell, of Stoke Newington ;
for dahlias, Mr. Mathews ; for exotic ferns, Mr.
Young ; for hardy ferns, Mr. Trushell ; for asters,
Mr. Mathews and Mr. Rose ; for cacti, Mr. Cappus ;
for fruit and vegetables, Mr. Young; for grapes,
Mr. George ; for table decoration, Mr. Hester ; for
bolia nets, Mr. Russell and Mr. Bent ; and for de-
signs for flower gardens, Mr. Powell and Mr.
Murray.

All the specimens sent in competition are worthy
the highest praise, especially as many of them have
been produced under the deadening effect of London

smoke.

The show has been produced entirely through the
praiseworthy exertions of Mr. Broome, Mr. Gordon,
and Mr. Green, seconded, as they have been, by
the contributions sent by the following nurserymen,
viz., Mr. Henderson, of Pine Apple-place ; Messrs.
Downie and Laird ; Mr. Burley, Mr. Williams,
Mr. Legge, Messrs. Cater of Holborn, Mr. Preston,
and Messrs. Barr and Sugden.

The display will remain open till Friday, until
which time it will assuredly attract thousands to
the Agricultural Hall.

Metropolitan and Provincial Working Men's
Exhibition.

This Exhibition, which is attracting vast crowds
of visitors to the Great Metropolitan Hall, Isling-
ton, has been now open for three weeks, and, judging
from the numbers who have already attended it, is

likely to be even a greater success than that of 1864,
held in the same place and under the same manage-
ment. The arrangement of the numerous objects
of display, which was far from complete on the
day of inauguration, has been carried out with
great care and excellent effect, even the articles
which arrived after the opening day obtaining eli-
gible places in the tasteful distribution. Some of
these latter are of rare merit, so that those who at-
tended on the earlier days of the Exhibition will
be fully repaid by a second visit. During the first
week 42,000 persons paid for admission, during
the second 54,000, and during the third 53,000 ;
making a total of something more than 150,000
visitors during three weeks. These numbers, how-
ever, are not to be taken as a criterion of the pro-
bable success of the undertaking, for the promoters
of it expect that when many who are now from
home come back to town that the returns will show
a great increase, especially in the number of day
visitors, who have to pay more than those who
attend in the evenings, and to whom the manage-
ment looks for success in a pecuniary sense. But
even with a weekly attendance of about 50,000
there is no doubt that there would be a consider-
abla surplus after paying all expenses. After the
Exhibition of 1864 alluded to above the surplus
then in the hands of the treasurer was forwarded
to the Society of Arts, and the interest of that sum
is now given in prize money to the exhibitor in art
workmanship from the northern district who may
prove successful in competition held annually. This
year, however, whatever remains in the hands of
the committee after all expenses have been paid
will be added to the prize money already voted, so
that there is every reason to hope that the number
of awards will be more than usually large, and their
value more than usually substantial. During this
week there will be a great variety of entertainments.
On Wednesday there will be a musical reunion of
the children of the Bail of Hope schools, which
is expected to be of a varied and interesting cha-
racter.

The Emperor and Empress of the French

at Biarritz.

Tho Emperor, almost immediately on his arrival at Biar-
ritz, took a walk on the terrace overhanging the sea, ac-
companied by the Prince Imperial and General Fleury. At
night the whole tewn was illuminated ; and about nine
o'clock his Majesty and the Empress walked for some time
in the midst of the crowd, and were everywhere received
with the greatest cordiality and respect. The day after
the Emperor paid a visit to the works in progress for form-
ing a port of refuge.
A letter from Biarritz gives some details of the Empress's
excursion to the grotto of Sore :
"Her Majesty, the Prince Imperial, and a suite of about
30 persons, arrived at Sara at one o'clock. The journey
was made in breaks drawn by horses from the imperial
stables. The travellers alighted at the house of M. Michel
Dihursubohere, where they stopped about two hours, wait-
ing till the woad:ter, which had become rainy, should clear
up, as they intended to go on, after seeing the grotto of
Sare, to that of Zugarramurdy, in Spain. The Empress,
Prince, and many of the suite mounted on horseback, while
most of the ladies and General Fleury's children took their
places in pack-saddles on the backs of mules, thus reviving
that ancient mode of travelling formerly so well known in
the Pyrenees, and now almost forgotten. Nothing could
bo more curious than this caravan, which was guided by
a troop of young men of the neighbourhood, who, by their
height and the elasticity of their frames, as well as their
bold, free bearing, brought to mind that proud nation of
Cantabrians from whom they are descended. The party,
furnished with torches, went through the grotto of Bare,
and afterwards visited that of Zugarramurdy, which is
open at both ends, and in which flows a large rivulet,
which all the party forded. Here the travellers requested
the guides to sing some of their country songs, in-
stantlyand
a number of fine voices aroused the echoes of the
s
pot. .
The Empress and the Prince Imperial, on their re-
turn, again rested at the house of M.Dihursubehere, sa well
known to the imperial court under the simple name of M.
Michel. Tho imperial party arrived at the Villa Eugenie
at about 10 at night."

The Empress, three days back, visited the hospital of
Saint Loon, at Tosse, near Biarritz. her Majesty was ac-
companied by M. d'Auribean, Prefect of the Department,
and remained about an hour conversing with the superior
and committee of management on subjects connected with
the institution.

Another letter from Biarritz states that Count de Bis-
marck has engaged for the end of the present month an
apartment in one of the principal hotels of that watering
place.

Lady Emily Toler and Miss Howard have ar-
ived at Farrance's Hotel from Littlehampton.

A sad affliction has fallen on tho family of the
great surgeon, M. Ndlaton. M. do Basneville, whose mar-
riage contract with M. Ndlaton's daughter was signed last
January by the Emperor, was standing in his farm-yard
giving orders to his steward, behind a cart to which three
horses were harnessed. M. de Basneville happened to be
leaning against a wall when the horses suddenly backed.
M. de Basneville instantly stooped and tried to got under
the body of the cart. In the attempt, his head was caught
and literally crushed by one of the huge back wheels with
such frightful violence that part of the brain and hair were
found adhering to the wheel. M. do Basneville had just
entered his thirtieth year, and leaves his young wife
enciente.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

(From the Registrar-General's Return)

In the week that ended on Saturday, Sept. 23,
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,256 the
deaths registered, 3,003. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 26 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,057 boys and 976 girls,
in all 2,033 children, were registered in the week. In
the corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65 the
average number, corrected for increase of popula-
tion, was 1,950.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,350. It was the 38th week of the year, mid
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,20 G. The
deaths in the present return exceed the estimated
number by 144. This number is exceeded by the
deaths in the week from cholera.
The deaths returned in the four last weeks from
cholera were 198, 157, 182, and 150 ; from diarrhea
in the same periods 128, 132, 110, and 98. The
deaths from cholera are less by 32 than the deaths
from that disease in the previous week. Of deaths
registered last week from cholera and diarrhea, 14
persons died from cholera and 11 from diarrhcea in
the West districts, 28 from cholera and 19 from diar-
rhoea, in the North districts, 19 from cholera and 17
from diarrhcea in the Central districts, 56 from
cholera and 24 from diarrhea in the East districts,
and 33 from cholera and 27 from diarrhcea in the
South districts.

Fifty-three young persons under 20 years of age
died from cholera and 81 from diarrhea, at the age
of 20 and upwards 97 deaths occurred from cholera
and 17 from diarrhoea.

Woolwich, unlike the other parts of the metropo-
lis, had no medical health 'officer at the time of the
outbreak of cholera ; but the Board of Works, on
the appearance of the first case of cholera in Lon-
don, appointed a committee, who made the two
union officers health officers for the time being, and
took other active steps to combat the threatening
epidemic. In the case of Brewer-place, where six
deaths from cholera occurred, it is admitted that
there was some delay in the application of proper
measures. Four deaths from cholera occurred last
week in Woolwich, and ten in Deptford.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 23 per
1,000 in London, 19 iu Edinburgh, 27 in Dublin, 18
in Bristol, 18 in Birmingham, 52 in Liverpool, 30
in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 21 in Sheffield, 26 in
Leeds, 21 in Hull, 35 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and
22 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 43 per 1,000
during the week ending the 15th inst., when the
mean temperature was 1.4 deg. Fahrenheit higher
than in the same week in London, where the rate
was 23 per 1,000.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.564 in.
The barometrical reading increased from 29.94 in. on
Tuesday to 29.04 in. on Saturday. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week was 53.7 deg., which
is 2.5 deg. below the average of the same week in 50
years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest
day temperature was 66.9 deg. on Wednesday. The
lowest night temperature was 42.4 deg. on Tuesday.
The entire range of temperature in the week was,
therefore, 24.5 deg. The mean of the highest tem-
peratures of the water of the Thames was 57.7 deg. ;
that of the lowest was 56.8 deg. The difference be-
tween the mean dew-point temperature and air tem-
perature was 5.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity
of the air was 83, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100. Rain fell on five days in the week
to the amount of 0.88 in., one-half of which was
measured on Saturday. The general direction of the
wind was south-west. The mist was observed on
five days of the week.