The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

141 E SUN, LONDON, SArtiRDAY EVENLNG, AUGUST 15, 1857

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
BEGGING IMPOSTORS.—This day John Collins and J.
Mayn, two notorious begging- impostors, were brought
up in the custody of Hewitt and Sbargold, officers of
the Mendicity_Society, charged with begging.
Hewitt stated that in the course of the previous
afternoon he was in St. James's-street with his brother
officer, when he saw the prisoners, who were soliciting
charity from various persons. He followed them, and
saw them go into the Guards Club-house, Pall-mall.
When they returned, he, knowing that Collins bad been
several times convicted for begging, took him into cus-
tody. The other prisoner was apprehended by Shargold.
On searching Mayne a petition was found, in which it
was stated that the petitioner was a widow, and that a
few months ago she had lost her husband, who was run
over and killed in the street. She alleged that she was
left with five children, and solicited the support of the
benevolent. On the petition wasthename of Mr.La,ye,l33,
Pall-mail. He (Hewett) went there, and found that the
prisoners ha I called with the petition, 'and that they
had obtained ss. (The petition was produced. There
were several signatures attached to it, with the respez-
tive sums given by each contributor )
John Osborne, servant to Mr. Laye, proved having
given ss. to the prisoner.
Hewett stated that Collins had been five times con-
victed for begging at different police-courts.
The prisoners were sent severally for three months
with bard labour to the House of Correction.
A DANGEROUS FREAK.—Samuel Watson, a young
man, was charged with the following offence :
It appeared from the evidence that about 1 o'clock
this morning the prisoner went to the house No. 12,
King-street, and got into it. As soon as he entered he
went to different rooms and called out " Fire !" The
inmates got up, and some of them rushed to the win-
dow, calling out " Fire!" and "Police !" The prisoner
afterwards went into the street and exclaimed "Fire,
fire !" The police came and a crowd collected, when, it
being ascertained that there was no fire, the prisoner
was apprehended and taken to the station-house.
He was held to bail, himself in 201., and two sureties
of 101. each, to keep the peace for three months.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Crhis Day.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
NEW PALACE YARD.
Mr. CONOLLY asked the First Commissioner of
Works whether his attention had been drawn to the
present arrangement for ingress to and egress from New
Palace Yard, and whether it was not possible to effect
some improvement in the same?
Sir B. HALL said this was the first complaint he
had heard against the present arrangement. He would
make enquiries, and if he found inconvenience arose
from them, he woul•l do his best to have them altered.
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Mr. GLA.DSTONE explained that last night; in refer-
ence to his complaint against the Morning Post, in
using the word "falsehood," he did not intend it to
apply as a wilful fabrication on the part of the writer,
but simply that the statement was untrtie.
SCOTCH CONFIRMATIONS.
Mr. lIADFIELD asked whether it was the intention
of the Lord-Advocate to.bring in a bill to remove the
present legal difficulties that prevented Scotch confirme-
tions having operation over the estates of deceased
persons in Scotland, and also whether he intended to
introluce a measure to extend the operation of Eeglish
and Irish probates over the property of deceased persons
in Scotland ?
The LORD-ADVOCATE said it was his intention
next session to introAuce such a measure.
BEVERLEY ELECTION.
Mr. J. LOCKE (Southwark) presented a petition
from Mr. E. A . Glover, late member for Beverley,
praying the house to direct an inquiry by a select com-
mittee, or some other tribunal, whether the petitioner,
on the 28th of, March last, was possessed of a sufficient
qualification to be returned for Beverley. The petition
was founded on the report of-the election committee,
calling the attention of the Attorney-General to the
evidence taken by the committee relative to the ques-
tion of qualification.
The SPEAKER said the committee had already de-
cided the question, and that consequently the petition
could not be received. (Hear, bear.)
The petition was then withdrawn.,
The Charitable Acts Continuance bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Mutiny. (Rea India) Bill was read a 'third time
and passed.
The Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill
was also read a third time and passed. - -
THE MILITIA BILL.

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I,E SIIA.REI

O. the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Mr. STAFFORD expressed a hope that the Govern-
ment would, at a future stage of the bill, state what they
were going to do with regard to the establishment of
hospitals for the troops sent t. India.
The bill went through committee.
Oa the motion fOr reporting progress, the Consolidated
Fund (Appropriation) Bill passed through committee.
MITSEUMS FOR EDINBURGH.
Mr. CAIRD called, attention to the injustice that had
been done to Scotland by the withdrawal of the vote for
a National Museum in Edinburgh, and expressed a hope
that the Government would renew the vote on Monday
in the next committee of supply.
Mr. HADFIELD hoped that the Government would
not accede to the proposition.
ythberiCnghianngcetlhloer of the Exchequer, in Mr. GLADSTONE said the hon. member had only
subject before the house,
tgyhhtbthe usage of the house, could not renew
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cordancebd
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the application for the vote. He regretted the vote was
not entertained the other night on its
merits, and hoped
that eariy next session the Chancellor of the Exchequer
would take steps for carryg in out a National museum
for Scotland.
After someiremarks from Mr. DE VERE,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
'that the vote was withdrawn from a fear that it would
have been rejected on a division. The Government
would renew the vote at the earliest convenient period,
but certainly not this session.
After some remarks from ttr. MACARTNEY and Mr.
STEWART,
The LORD ADVOCATE expressed his regret
at the loss of the vote this session, but lie had no doubt
I justice would be done to this national object next

session.
The subject then dropped,,and the bill was ordered to
be reported.
The Customs and Excise bill, the Customs bill, and
Jurisdiction in Siam bill passed through committee, and
were ordered to be read a third time on Monday.
PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA-
TION (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill as amended was conoidered and agreed to.
CROWDED DWELLINGS PREVENTION BILL.
On the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Mr. AYRTON complained of the operation of this
bill, which would render every man's residence liable to
be entered at any time by the police to ascertain that the
dwellings were not overcrowded ;,, and a man who had
his relations living with him, to, escape the penalties of
the act would be put to the trouble and expense of
proving it, as well as the legitimacy of his children to
show that they were members of his family. Since
the second reading of the bill words bad been
introduced into it making it applicable to the
whole country. The amended bill had been
delivered that morning-to =hon. members so late that
be doubted if half-a-dozen of them were cognisant of the
alteration.
Mr. COWPER said the bill did not emanate from the
Government, but it was rendered necessary to remedy
a defect to be found in practice to exist fn the pre-
sent Lodging House Act. No new principle
was involved in the bil, and it would only affect
lodging-houses.
After some remarks from Mr. HENLEY,
1 Mr. COWPER, postponed the further progress of the
bill till Monday. .
Mr. RIDLEY expressed a hope that the bill would
be withdrawn till another session.
The house adjourned at 5 minutes to 2 o'clock till
Monday at 12 o'clock.

A SCIENTIFIC FANATIC.

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My friend Marston, though one of the finest fel
lows on earth, is made a bore by an hallucination
He is of a noble nature, and has had an excellent
education, which commenced early, and still pro-
gresses, although be is now in his fiftieth year. He
has a knowledge of languages, if not profound, yet
very general ; his acquaintance with more than one
branch of science is extensive ; his love of art is
pure and strong. He has travelled much in Eu-
rope, in the Americas, and in India ; and has al-
ways journeyed with observant eyes. He has writ-
ten much in newspapers, in magazines, and in re-
views, and his contributions have always revealed
vast knowledge, great originality and broad hu-
manity in the writer.; His physical aspect
visibly corresponds with his charaeer. lie is
tall, erect, broad-breasted, and has firm and plea-
nt features, a piercing eye, and a bright and mas-
sive brow. His rich and shining hair crowns his
countenance with light. There are but few coun.
tries capable of producing a person at once so great,
so strong, so genial, and so full of clear sense, and
cheerful life as he.
But ho has a singular notion respecting the
designing of ships, which is now uppermost in
him. Our entire mercantile and war navies are
at sea in th's respect. Neither Mr. Scott Rus•
sell, nor Mr. Green, nor Mr. White, nor any
other constructor of ships is of the smallest profes-
fessional worth in my excellent friend's estimation.
They know how to fine a bow here, and flatten a floor
there, and lengthen a run elsewhere. They will
pull the frame of this to pieces to increase
her breadth of beam, and cleave another through
amidships to bring in an extra 20 feet of length ;
but produce a vessel that will exceed in speed a
score of kno's per hour they cannot. And the secret
lies in this : they build ships that swim through the
water like a fiah; whereas a ship should glide over
the sea like a skattt. Tuis is his discovery. Of
course he is aware that a vessel at rest in a fluid
will displace a body of it that weighs the same as
itself. It is the motive power that is to bring the
new vessel to the surface, and carry her long it.
Place his patent inclined planes under her bows,
and give her engines steam, or her sail wind, and
up she will rise, and away she will career over fifty,
eighty, or even a hundred knots an hour. In a day
you may be in America—in four or five at Aus-
tralia. These results, accord, he avers, with the
laws of nature. Certainly they accord with what
appears to have become a law of his nature, notwith-
standing its nobility?. I haye
plied him with
mathematics in all appropriate forms, but in vain.
I have
played upon him by the hour with the
artillery of syllogisms, but without result. He
still believes in his theory, and he still troubles ma
with it beyond measure. The eye of his faith be-
holds the skating ship, as other eyes have beheld
; and I verily believe that
other phantom ships
when be comes to gaze upon the waters of death
themselves ho will see a swift ship skimming across
them.—Mechanics' Magazine.

DIRECT CADETS.—The following gentlemen, having
obtained nomination as direct cadets for the Indian mi-
-I,tary service, passed their required examination on the
4th inst. :—J. C. Berkeley, H. W. H. Cox, T. W. Hogg,
C. Wharton, F. C. W. Drummond, J. S. Irvine, H. B.
W R. Milne, F. J. Granville, W. F. Bartleman,
W. Webster;
e L.
Beattie,
W. Birch, W. T. Brereton, L. B.
e
Byass, G. E. BrAine, W. H. B. Fitzgerald, W. L. S.
Harrison, R. C. Kinchant, A. P. Martin, G. E. Martin,
K. O'Grady, G. Raneell, IL U. Smith, G. C. Swiney.
—Allen's Indian Mail.
_HARVEST IS ALGERIA.—The Zeramma of Philippeville
speaks as follows of the harvest in Algeria :—" The ex-
port, of new wheat to the mother-country continues with
great activity and not less than 665-847 kilogrammes
have been carried away from this place within the last
month. Thus the great hopes entertained of this year's
harvest will be fully realised. Independently of a very
abundant crop, the grain is of fine quality, and so heavy
that the weight of the hectolitre easily attains 80 kilo-
grammes. On the other band, the business transacted
in flour is brisk, and our millers continue to send large
quantities to Algiers and Oran. Under such /airma n.
stances the various steamers will fiud a ready (- •
(Will the whole of the fine soon."