The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-22 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The Maxwell, from Odessa to Liverpool, 25th ult., off
Pontalonia ; Beatrice, Alexandria to Liverpool, 24th ult. with
the bow of the Nile steamer on board, left at Alexandria;
Black-eyed Susan, Watkins, Odessa to Bristol, 9th inst.,
off the Rock of Lisbon, by the Cereyra, arrived at Bristol.
Governor Brown, ' Douglas, Cork to Quebec ; and Agnes,
Dempsey, • 13th inst., lat. 50, long. 11, by the Ann Paley,
arrived at Liverpool. Ellen, Brown, lat. 27 N., long. 72
W. ; Isabella, Demerara to the Clyde, 22d ult., lat. 31, long.
68; Beaufort Castle, bound to Quebec, 9th inst., lat. 48,
long. 14., by the West Indian, arrived in the river.

THE R EGI S T ItY.—Upwards of eighty persons have
been registered at the Thomastown Sessions—all stanch libe-
rals. Not a single Conservative, as we have learned, could
effect a registry.—Kilkenny Journal.
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So heavy a fall of snow took place on Friday last
in Paris, that the roofs of the houses were covered four or
five inches thick. The thermometer of Reamur remained
throughout the day at from three to four above zero.
" Good instruction is better than riches" was the
motto that William Penn, the illustrious founder of Pensyl-
vania, placed on the seal of a literary incorporation, granted
by him 150 years ago. "In proportion as the structure of a
Government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that
public opinion should bo enlightened," said Washington. " A
well-instructed people alone can be a permanently free peo-
ple," said Madison. " Make a crusade against ignorance,"
said Jefferson.

THROWING VITRIOL.—On Saturday night about
eight o'clock a gentleman walking along Castle-street was ac-
costed by a woman who, we have heard, lived in his service,
and who, for soma robbery committed while in it, had been
tried, convicted, and imprisoned. She asked him for money.
He said that he would give her some, if she would promise to
change her way of life. He had scarcely spoken when the
woman threw a quantity of vitriol, which she had in a cup, in
his face. The vitriol caused temporary blindness and pain.
He was immediately taken to Mr. Butler, the druggist's shop,
where suitable remedies were applied, and which, in a short
time, removed the pain and the smarting from his face and
eyes. The woman was seized by a spectator of the assault,
and conveyed in custody to BrideweLl—Liverpool Standard.
EXPANSION OF GLASS BY HEAT.—Take a glass
tube of about six millimetres in diameter, and from twelve to
fifteen centimetres long, having a globe at the end about the
size of an orange, and fill the globe and a part of the tube
with coloured water (the latter being graduated), then plunge
the globe into a vessel of nearly boiling water, and then sud-
denly withdraw it. When first immersed, the coloured water
will suddenly descend in the tube, there being apparently a
considerable decrease of the quantity contained ; but it will
rise higher in the tube than it was at first when taken out of
the hot water. The explanation of this phenomenon is, that
the glass globe expands when put into the hot water, and its
capacity becoming greater, the liquor, as a natural conse-
quence, descends in the tube. The liquor in the glass expands
as well as the glass itself, but not in so great a degree. When
withdrawn, however, from the hot water, by coming in contact
with the cold air, it resumes its former dimensions again as it
becomes cool. If the expansion of the globe were less than
that of the liquid it contains, the latter would rise in the tube,
as is exemplified in the thermometer. This sudden expansion
of glass by the application of heat accounts for the cracking of
tumblers, wine-glasses, and other glass vessels, so frequently
broken in washing by servants and others ignorant of the phe-
nomena here explained. Porcelain and china are liable to the
same effects from similar causes.

John Williams, of Swallow-street, Piccadilly, was em-
ployed by the Stamp Office occasionally, and that on the
27th of February he purchased twelve copies of the Poli-
tical Register, late the London Police Gazette, at the de-
fendant's shop, for which he paid ls. 4d. On the 7th of
March he purchased another dozen of the same publication
at the same place. The defendant was in the shop, and
sanctioned the sale. The papers contained news of various
kinds, and were all of them unstamped. The witness pro-
duced a placard advertising the publication, which he also
received with the numbers at each purchase, and which was
posted outside the defendant's shop.
Mr. Edmonds --Witness, do you often do business for
the Stamp Office ? Witness—Yes, whenever there is any
thing to do.
Mr. Edmonds—Do you find the employment profitable?
Witness—Yes, very.
Mr. Edmonds—Do you think the sale of these publica-
tions injurious to the revenue or otherwise ? Witness—l
consider it very injurious.
Mr. Edmonds—Because some of the newspapers advo-
cate the abolition altogether of the tax upon publications
as being likely to benefit the revenue ?
Sir F. ROE—I must stop this course of cross-examina-
tion. Any questions as to facts lam willing to hear ; but
I cannot take the witness's opinion either way.
The defence was that Mr. Couzens had had nothing to
do with the business since Christmas, and to prove this, Mr.
Edward Stallwood, of No. 2, Springthorpe-place, Hammer-
smith, was called, anti stated that he had acted as pub-
lisher, on Mr. Couzens's premises, of the paper in ques-
tion, since Christmas, and that the latter took no part in it
whatever.

Sir F. ROE—What are you, Mr. Stanwood ? Mr. Stall-
wood—Why, Sir, I will tell you boldly at once that I am a
vender of unstamped publications.
Sir F. ROE—Where do you vend them ? At your own
residence, or at any other place besides the defendant's
shop ? Mr. Stallwood—l have always understood that a
man is not bound to criminate himself.—(A laugh.)
Sir F. ROE—Who acted at the defendant's shop besides
yourself? Mr. Stallwood—Two boys.
Sir F. ROE—And what was published there ? Mr.
Stallwood—Unstamped and other publications.
Sir F. ROE—Was Couzens there himself sometimes ?
Mr. Stallwood—He was.
Mr. Edmonds submitted that there was no case proved
against the defendant personally.
Sir F. ROE thought the evidence quite clear, and con-
victed the defendant in the penalty of 20/. and costs, and
in default to be committed for six months to the House of
Correction.

The defendant said he should appeal.
Mr. Fragnoit, another publisher, was convicted in the
same penalty for vending the same publication, and he also
gave notice of appeal.