The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-15 00:00:00

MINES.

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.

Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, who was occupied in
hearing other cases against the shareholders, but in cnn.
sequence of an application made yesterday, by Mr
Linklater, the examinations were kept strictly private,
the reporters not beim, admitted.—The application is
somewhat remarkable, as in the cases generally the
debtors summoned under a bankruptcy are examined in
open court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.)

THAMES.
Richard Clay, a rouali-lii,iking fellow, was brought
before Mr. Se fa, charged with illegally pawning three
sheets, a blanket, and a rug, the property of Mr. David

La wson.
Mrs. Maria Lawson, the wife of the prosecutor, said
that the prisoner and his wife hired a furnished apart-
ment in her house. That morning she discovered that
three sheets, a rug, and a blanket, had been taken from
the room, and gave the prisoner into custody. The wife
had gone away, and she wished to keep the husband in
security until the wife zeturned.
Mr. Selfe—You want to keep him in pledge as a
security for the wife's return.
Mrs. Lawson—Yes, sir. I believe the wife pawned
the goods.
The prisoner said the woman he bad been living with
was not his wife, and that she had pawned the goods
without his knowledge and consent.
Mr. Selfe—You have been living with her, and no
doubt shared in the proceeds. You must redeem the
goods. The prisoner said he had no money and no work,
and was without a farthing.
Mr. Selfe—You could afford to keep a• woman, and
that is a very expensive affair, and I think you could
afford to redeem the property you or your paramour has
made free with. You had better redeem the property.
I remand you till Saturday.

LITERATURE.

A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the
Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
By Sir Bernard Burke. Hurst and Blackett.

What Sir Bernard Burke (Ulster King of Arms)
has so admirably done for the Peerage and the
Baronetage of the three kingdoms, he is now doing,
and to the full as admirably, for the Landed
Gentry. • So that, as his Dictionary of the Peerage
and Baronetage is the standard authority on all
matters of lineage, personal history, family con-
nections, and heraldic rights in relation to the titled
aristocracy, the present work, when completed,
will be the standard authority on all such matters in
relation to the untitled aristocracy of the three king-
doms. Higher praise than this it would be difficult to
bestow. To understand, however, more perfectly
the value of the work when completed, it should
be remembered that for long and unblemished
descent the landed gentry as a body are inferior
neither to the Peerage nor Baronetage ; that they
are more numerous than either, and exercise a vast
amount of political and social influence. What,
therefore with the research, fidelity, and excellent
arrangements of the author, and the certainty of
nearly every individual member of so important a
body having his name, lineage, &c., inserted iu it, a
greater amount of popularity even may be antici-
pated for the present work and companion volume
than was met with by its predecessor, great as that
was. Part 111., we see, is to be issued in February
and part IV. about Easter next.

The Family Mirror. Part I. Published No. 9,
Johnson's-court, Fleet street.
A new and promising aspirant to popular favour
added to the list of our cheap illustrated serials.
Tho proprietary profess a highly moral aim, and in
their endeavour to instruct and elevate the mind
do not lose sight of the fact they may at the same
time afford it pleasurable entertainment

Map of London. Coloured to show the New
Postal Districts. Edward Stanford.

This valuable production supplies, and most satis-
factorily, an admitted want. The development of
the new postal scheme called for the appearance of
a map so prepared and coloured as to show what
each district embraces at a glance, and that such
map should be produced under such auspices that it
could be depended on. The map before us, designed
and engraved by the Society for the Diffusion of
Useful Knowledge, fulfils every condition that
could reasonably be insisted ou. It is equal, if not
superior, to any map of the metropolis of its size
extant—is sufficiently large and well coloured to
make the work of reference exceedingly easy—and,
in addition to the auspices of the above society,
may be said to appear under the countenance
of the Postmaster-General. In point of fact
it is Mr. Stanford's admirable map prepared for
use in the London and Provincial Post-offices, by
command of the Postmaster-General—only re-
duced in size and coloured with a specific object.
W., it extends to Kensington-gravel-pits; N., to
Highbury-place • S., to Camberwell ; E.., to Black-
wall station. In addition to the map there is the
Post-office List of the principal stro As and places
in London and its environs, as + ivided into postal
districts. The whole forming a most useful and
portable companion either for the poaet or the
desk.

The ship Challenger, Captain ICillock, arrived in the
tea, and
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gfhr
.824c,6ar5g6olbsi.t ofis
stated, is one of the most valuable b •
ever romght to this
country by one vess,L
YOUNG LADIES SHOULD NOT SMOKE IN BEID.—A young
Russian lady of rank, the Countess N., ve
nearly lost
her life two or three weeks a4o in
the b ouse of her
father, the Governor of Mesc..w, by a very singular
accident. It is stated in La Patric, that the Countess
had been indulging as usual in the habit of i moking, and
at the same time reading in bed. The double narcotic,
very soon set her asleep. She awoke presetntly in terror
to find her bed on fire, the linen sheets hal been ignited
by tne end of her cigarette. She jumped., out of bed,
fortunately without being burst, and rubbed to the
door. It had been bolted, and in her frig ht she could
not open it. Then she broke the window, and called
loudly for help. The sentinel on duty at the gate below
instantly gave the alarm ; the lady's chamber door was
forced opened, and the fire was extinguishtd. She was
not hurt, but only frightened.
PHOTOGRAPHY.--Mr.Mayall's new patent is intende
to produce portraits on a substitute fcr ivory. It i
composed of sulphate of barytes, mixed with albumen,
and the supposed advantages to be derived from it are
—The avoidance of the glare of the metallic plate, and
the absorbent properties of paper. In this process a
flat surface, perfectly white, is first obtained ; the
portiait from the sitter is then transferred to it by the
photographic apparatus, and in that state it is banded
r
to the artist, who. -passes wash of transparent c?lu
over the face, according to the complexion required
red
the dress ard background are treated in the
same
Portraits
man-
ner ; and, lastly, the lights are scraped out.
of
obtained by this new method, hawing
dthu
h appearanceeCedeost, and in
miniatures, are executed at a roo?-
ere
There are several
a proportionately brief space of time.
in Regent-street,
specimens in the rooms of Mr. May all, to which this
—the the perfection
which give ample proof of ,
has been
—the most recent—discovery photography
brought.