The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-23 00:00:00

The bar silver broagbt by the last West India packet
has been sold at 61id., showing an advance of id.
The Prussian Correspondence states that the mania for
emigration has extended to Pomerania. From the dis-
trict of Coslin 1,28 G, persons, possessing together a capi-
tal of 120,000 thaless, have left this year; and from the
district of Cammin, 558 persons, with 44,000 tbalers.
Most of them were farmers in the prime of life.
THE SHIP METEOR.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.—The an-
nouncement regarding the Meteor, sent up on Wednes-
day, was on a misunderstanding. The Meteor is a British
vessel, and not an American, as reported. The freight
and ship were wholly insured in this port, as well as a
considerable portion of her cargo, and the aggregate value
of the three interests was upwards of 100,0001. It may
be added that Captain Porter is an Englishman.
APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—The fallowing are the names
of gentlemen who passed their examinations in the
science and practice of Medicine, and received certifi-
cates to practise, on Thursday, May 21 :—James Holt,
Castleford ; Thomas Elkanah Hoyle, Heighingbam,
Lincoln ; Henry Kaaggs, Huddersfield ; Thomas James
Walker, Peterborough ; Edmund Lloyd, Richmond,
Surrey; Christopher Sharp, Oldham, Lancashire;
Thomas Edward Ruttledge, Faringdon, Berks ; John
Edwards Jones, Dolgelly, North Wales ; Finlow Alex-
ander, East Harliug, Norfolk.
SINGULAR DEATH 011' A. GIRAPEE.—A few days ago
one of these beautiful and interesting creatures met
its death on board one of the steamboats lying off
the London Custom-house in a singular manner. It
forced its head and long neck in such a way
out of its cage as to cause its death ere it could be
extricated. The body was purchased by one of the
London societies (the Zoological Society we believe)
for the purpose of dissection, and preservation of the
skeleton, and stuffing of the splendid skin. The animal
was, we are informed, intended for exportation to Berlin.
—Civil Service Gazette.

NEW CAVALRY COLLEGE, RICHMOND SURREY.—The
foundation-stone of this institution will be laid on Mon-
day next, by Viscountess Combermere. The building,
which is to be erected by Messrs. Lavers, of Belvidere-
road, will be very tastefully constructed, with light
brick and stone dressings. Mr. C. Broadbridge of War-
wick-street, Regent-street, is the architect. The cere-
mony on Monday will take place in a very large marquee,
which is in course of erection by B. Edgington. In the
lecture-ball the assemblage will partake of an elegant,
dejeuner after the ceremony. The band of the let Life
Guards will attend.
CARELESSNESS IN THE SALE OF POISONS.—An inquest
was held on Monday last, at Louth, ou the body of a
child aged two years and five months, named Charles
Houseman, son of Samuel Houseman, a gardener. It
appears that a phial of laudanum was left by Houseman
upon a table, and that the child drank a portion of it and
was found in a state of stupor. It died the same night.
The man who sold the poison was a grocer, who keeps it
for the " accommodation" of the public, but does not even
label the bottles. The coroner said—" If death had re-
sulted to an adult person you would have been placed in a
most perilous position. Not only have you neglected
to place a label on the phial describing the contents as
poison, but you allowed it to go out of your shop with
a label upon it describing the contents to be Dalby's
Carminative,' a harmless mixture. You see it is now
upon the bottle. In this case, however, the deceased child
was so young that it could not read, but had it been
otherwise you would have been placed in an awful posi-
tion. I would recommend you to be careful." The
jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of
"Accidental death."
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE.—RoyaI Parks and Gardens. The
rangership of Richmond-park has become vacant by the
death of H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester. General
Post-office.—A vacancy has been created in the circu-
lation department by the retirement, on superannuation,
of Mr. Samuel Bell, deputy controller. Copyhold In-
closure and Tithe Commission.—An assistant commis-
sionership has become vacant by the death of Mr. Thos.
Smith Woolley. Customs.—A junior clerkship has be-
come vacant in the inspector-general's department, im-
ports and exports office, by the death of Mr. Charles P.
Lack, first-class clerk. A messengership has become
vacant by the death of Mr. Pudner. Mr. Joseph J. T.
Butt has been appointed a clerk in the East and West
India Docks, London. Mr. E. T. W. Semmens has
been appointed a clerk for general business in London.
Mr. A. V. Tippet has been appointed a clerk in the
legal quays, London. Mr. Edw. Gee, clerk for general
business has been appointed a clerk in the long room,
Liverpool. Mr. Charles Green has been appointed a
clerk in the long room, Liverpool. Mr. Mark Mason has
been appointed a clerk for general business at Liverpool.
—Civil Service Oczzette.
ROYAL ORTHOPRDIC HOSPITAL.—The 17th anniver-
sary of this institution was celebrated on Wednesday by
a dinner at the London Tavern, presided over by Lord
Feverabam. The noble chairman, in proposing the toast
of the evening— "Success to the Royal Orthopmdic Hos-
pital"—alter explaining the scope and purpose of the in-
stitution, stated that the number of patients admitted
during the past year was 1,532, the whole number
admitted since the formation of the, hospital having
been 19,7621. The ordinary funds of the institution had
continued to increase, the receipts for the past year
having exceeded those of any previous year, amounting
altogether to 4,022/. 15s. id. At the same time, there
were many expenses to be met. There was a mortgage
for 6,000/. to be redeemed, for which provision must be
made from year to year ; there were also nearly 200
cases waiting for admission, for whom nothing could
be done until they were received into the wards. It was
no longer want of room which provsnted their admission,
for two of the largest rooms in the hospital were still un-
occupied, the conversion of which into wards would
increase the accommodation for the in-patients to nearly
sixty beds. The appeal, of the chairman was well
responded to, the aukscriptions announced during the
evening amounting co 2,1601.
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The Hamburg and Brazilian
dthaiys
Company's steamship, Captain Paulson, arrived here
from Hamburg, and sails heirs on Mon-
day (the falling on Sunday), for Lisbon, Pernam-
buco, Bsthia, and Rio Janeiro, carryinl ship-latter mails
for those ports, passengers, and cargo. The Talbot, of
847 tone, belonging to Messrs. Temperley and Co.,
sailed on Thursday, with 376 Government emigrants
(equal to 322 statute adults), for Geelong, under charge
of Surgeon-Soperiotendent Beal. This is a very hand-
some new ship, built at Sunderland for the owners, and
is classed A 1 at Lloyd's for 13 years. It is expected
that she will make a very quick passage out, as she
made a rapid round from Sunderland to this port. The
Talbot has been fitted out entirely at Southampton, on
the plan and under the superintendence of the emigration
officer here, Mr. E. A. Smith. She was visited by a
large number of pirsons before leaving the docks. Mr.
Murdoch, the chairman of the Emigration Board, and
Mr. Walcott, the secretary, inspected the Talbot on
Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by Captain Lean,
the emigration officer in London, and Mr. R. R. Cooper,
and we understand that they felt much gratified with
all the arrangements. The Hornet, of 1,285 tons, also
a very fine ship, belonging to Mr. G. Marshall, of Lon-
don, went out of dock into the river on Wednesday
evening, with Government emigrants for Melbourne.
She is waiting for a few more to make up her comple-
ment, and will most probably sail on Saturday.t
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AT WINDSOR.-011 the Bth
of May, Captain Bruce, of Upton-park, while witnessing
the funeral of the Duchess of Gloucester, at Windsor, had
his pocket picked of a gold watch. Six days afterwards
a travelling Jew offered the same watch for sale to Mr.
Merrick, of Windsor, the maker. The name and num-
ber had been erased and another substituted. The Jew
stated that he had received it to sell on commission from
a Mr. Pike, Strong's Cottage, Green-lane, Newington.
On Thursday Mr. Pike, who carries on business in Wil-
derness-row, London, was brought before the magis-
trates at ,Windsor. Superintendent Eagar stated that
Mr. Pike bad told him he had bought the watch in its
present state from a Mr. Joseph. Oa going to Mr.
Joseph's, 21, Prince's-street, Spitalfields, Mrs. Joseph
told the officer that her husband died on the 11th inst.,
and bad been confined to the house from Thursday the
-7th inst., excepting that he went out on Friday, the
Btb, to tea with a friend in the neighbourhood, accompa-
nied by his son, and was absent about two hours. Three
other dealers in watches deposed to having seen Mr.
Joseph on Friday, the Bth instant, and spoke iu high
terms of his and Mr. Pike's character, one of them said
that Mr. Joseph had been at his (witness's) shop, No.
89, Aldersgate-street, on the Friday. The son of Mr.
Joseph, twelve years old, swore that he went with
his father on the Friday to Mr. Hobb's, Brick-lane,
Whitechapel, where they remained an hour and a half ;
they afterwards went to Poulter's, in Church-row, stayed
there about 20 minutes, and then returned home; was
not at Wilderness-row on that day, or at any other
place, and was with his father the whole of the day.
He had heard the evidence, and the witnesses had all
told a falsehood.—Mrs. Joseph's evidence was similar to
that stated by Superintendent Eagar.—The magistrates
considered it a sufficient case to send to trial, and the
prisoner was bound over in his own recognisance of
sessions.
NU, and two sureties of 1001. each, to appear at the

SMYRNA RAILWAY.—The prospectus has been issued
of the Smyrna Railway, with a guarantee of 6 per cent.
from the Turkish Government. The line, which will be
70 miles in length, is to connect the port of Smyrna with
Aidin, the principal internal entrepot of the commercial
productions of Asia Minor ; and the proposed capital is
1,200,0001., in 20/. shares. For the tracing interests
of this country it is one of the most important
works that could be construct?d, since it has been only
the total absence of economical means of transport that
has hitherto limited the supplies the region is capable of
producing. Whether the promoters have chosen the right
time for introducing it may, however, be doubted, since
the public, instead of looking to the question of intrinsic
merits, have become blindly attached to Government
guarantees, and a Turkish guarantee of 6 per cent. will
not at the momena yield a, premium. As far as the
natural field for railway enterprise is concerned, there
is no quarter where all the requisites for success are
united in greater force, the richness of the terri-
tory and the extent and charater of the population being
alike favourable. The grand recommendation urged on
behalf of the illimitable Russian military railway scheme
was, that a portion of the lines would promote the car-
riage of wheat to the Black Sea ports, but, according to
the statement of Mr. Consul Sanderson, published by
the Board of Trade in November last, "from the
greater proximity of Anatolia to the corn-purchasing
country of Europe it might, but for the want of
means of transport, supply grain upon terms much
cheaper that those of the ports of Southern Russia."
Hitherto the conveyance has been entirely carried on
by immense numbers of mules and camels. The pre- '
sent population of Smyrna is stated at 160,000, and
that of Aidin at 60,040, while the annual export and
import trade of the port is said to have reached 5,000,
000/, One fourth of the shares are to be subscribed in
Turkey. The guarantee is for fifty years, and the
profits over 7 percent. are to be divided with the Govern.
mast.