The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-23 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

Tho average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending February
19, 1850, is 255. 11:„id. per cwt.

KIRKCUDBRIGHT ELECTION.--The vacancy in the
representation of this county was supplied on the 20th
instant by the election of Mr. John Mackie, cf Bargely.
Mr. Mackie was proposed by Mr. Maxwell, of Munsties,
and seconded by Mr. Ill'Adam, Cuillyhill. No other
candidate having been proposed Mr. Mackie was declared
duly elected. Mr. Mackie returned thanks in a short
speech, in which he expressed himself as favourable to
the principles of free trade and the progress of reform.
ROBBERY AT PENRITII RAILWAY STATION.—On
Tuesday afternoon last 1171. was stolen from the goods'
department office at Penrith station, on the Lancaster
and Carlisle Railway. The money consisted of gold and
silrer, which was in a leathern bag, which was hanging
in the office. It appears that two bags containing money
usually Lang against the wall behind where the clerks
sit; and that it is the duty of one of the junior clerks,
at certain times, to give these bags to the guard of the
express: train, who takes them to the head office at
Lancaster. On Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock,
on the arrival of the train, he went to take the bags to
the guard, and there being only one, be gave it to him.
Nothing more was said or done till after the arrival of
the down train in the evening from Lancas!er, by which
there was a message to the managing clerk that only one
of the money bags had arrived at Lancaster. On this
the junior clerk was questioned as to the bags, when he
said he only gave one bag to the guard cf the express
train. Both bags were seen in their usual places about
twenty minutes before the arrival of the express train;
and when, how, or by whom the bag was stolen still re-
mains a profound secret. Officers were immediately
dispatched to Lancaster and:other places, and every elev•
tion set on foot whereby to discover the theft; but
hitherto without effect.
NOVEL APPLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY.—Mr.
Richard Beard, jun.,4sne if the most accomplished pro-
ficients in this highly-interesting application if the
sciences of chemistry and optics to the tine arts, has re-
cently been called upon to exercise the skill fur whiched
he has attained a merited pre-eminence upon the dead
body. A case has recently come within our knowledge
in which the features of a child that met with its deathah
in consequence of an accident by fire
were
troulcey d
d
beautifully rendered by Mr. Beard, jun. It has occurred
t us that be brought into requisition
o
win very manifest benefit,
t,aw.here accuracy and prompti-
tude are of paramount importance, as, for instance, in
cases that form the subject of judicial inquiry, where
the object or appearance to be copied is of a perishable
nature. Photography may also be made vastly useful
to the me dicel inquirer in securing exact representations
of morbid conditions in the human body.—Lady's News-
paper.

AILWAY ACCIDENT.—At the Wakefield station
of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, a man way
killed on Wednesday last by being crushed between the
buffers of two weggonr, while he was employed in
gettirg some pigs off by a goods train to Halifax,
where he resided, and was in the service of Mr. Baxter,
the high constable. 'The cause of the accident was the
backii:g of the engine without a waiting signal. The
coroner's jury on Thursday brought in a verdict of
" accidental death."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 22.—Lieutenant-Colonel John
Harvey Stevens is placed on the retired fu'l-pay list of
his rank by Admiralty order, dated the 21st in tint,
after forty-five years' continued active service. fie
served in the West Indies, &c., in 1806 and 1807; during
the expedition to Waleheren, in 1809, and was engaged
in several flotilla affairs on the Scheldt; served also at
the successful defence of Cadiz and of Tarifa in 1810-
11; nas engaged in several detached operations, par-
ticularly in one of a severe character on the river Gua-
dalquiver. In 1813 he was employed on the coast of
America, where he was engaged in an attack on Craney
Island, and at the taking of Hampton and Ocracoke,
under Sir George Cockburn; served in Canada at the
taking of Oswego, on which occasion he was mentioned
in Sir Gordon Drunamond's dispatches. Engaged during
a six weeks' siege of Fort Erie, and was entrusted with
the construction of a fieldwork for the defence of the
right of the position on Chippewa Creek, which was
menaced by a very superior force. In 1816 he was on
board the Queen Charlotte at the attack on Algiers
under Lord Exmouth, by whom he was detached t 3 fire
carcasses at the enemy's vessels within the mole. He
was also present at the demonstrations before Algiers,
under Admiral Sir H. B. Neale. Colonel Stevens was
Superintendent of the Marine Artillery Laboratory,
which establishment originated in his proposition, and
was organized by him. Amongst several useful inven-
tions, Colonel Stevens introduced the long lights for
signals and safety warnings. Colonel Stevens is a mem-
ber of a committee on percussion shells, on which ser-
vice he will remain until the termination of its labours.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 21.—The Sphynx, steam-vessel,
from Portsmouth, arriled yesterday, and went up har-
bour for coal. She will probably sail for her destina-
tion, the East Indies, on Sunday.
The Jackal], steam-tender to the Gladiator, was out
of the hands of the dockyard•men on Tuesday, and is
gone into the Sound.
Commodore Lord John Hay, Commodore Superinten-
dent of the Dockyard, has appointed Lieutenant F. P.
Warren his Flag-Lieutenant. Paymaster and Purser
W. Dyer has commenced his duties as Secretary to the
Commodore.
Commodore Lord John Hay paid wages on Tuesday
to the crew of the Agincourt, ordinary guard ship in
Hamoan.
The Sir Robert Peel, New York liner, was off this
port yesterday, bound down channel.
APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICU, FEB. 22. Surgeon - Superintendent
Charles Henry Fuller, who has a pension fir wounds,
to the Blenheim, 56, steam•guard-ship at Portsmouth.
Paymaster and Purser Hugh Francis Pullen, promoted
from Clerk in Charge (1847) of the Sharpshooter, to be
Secretary to Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey. Admiral
Superintendent at Malta.
Clerk-in-Charge Theodore William Sutton Neame
(1545), to the Sharpshooter, vice Pullen.
Master's-Assistant B. F. N. Clarke, to the Impreg-
nable, flag-ship at Devonport.
PROMOTIONS.
Assistant-Surgeons—Joseph Henderson (1840), at
present serving in the Arrogant steam-trigate, on the
Lisbon squadron, and Gerald Yeo (1842), to be Sur-
geons.

Clerks—James Thomas Riccalton (1840), serving in
the Albatross, 12, sloop, on the East India station;
Arthur A. Speed (1841), serving in the Swift, 6, brig, on
the Pacific station; and George Grant (1842), to be
Paymasters and Pursers.
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., visited
Woolwich Dockyard yesterday, and went on board some
of the vessels in the harbour and in the docks.
Captain J. J. Stopford, with several other naval offi-
cers, visited the yard and went on board the Eider
steam-vessel, fitting for the Arctic expeditior.
The Retribution steam-frigate is ordered to have her
en ;ices fitted on hoard in the steam-tasin at Woolwich,
instead of the East India Docks, in consequence of thete
being a good deal of work still to be done in the ship-
wright department to fit her for see. It is expected a
considerable saving of time will ba saved by this ar-
rangemet.t. The engines a.. 0 of 400-horse power, by
John Penn and Sun, and will be commenced fitting im-
mediately. Considerable alterations are in progress on
board the Retribution; the whole of the officers' cabins,
with the exception of the captain's, are now fitting on
the lower dick. Six additional portholes have been
()Toned on the main-deck, two fore and four aft the
paddle-boxes.
The Jasrer steam-vessel, Master-Commander Bryant,
went up to Deptford yeiterday afternoon; and this
morning, at seven o'clock, A.m., towed the Adventure
store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington, from that
port down the river, on her way to the Island of Ascen-
sion and Rio, with stores.
The workmen ate now so busy in the factory here as
to be employed until 7 30 P.N., and the Samson steam,
frigate, the Vivid, Onyx, and Monkey steam-vessels are
in the inner basin being refitted as quickly as possible
for sea.

The workmen taken over to Ostend in the Lightning
from Woolwich rendered good service in recovering
the Onyx from her perilous position, by mending the
injured part of her bottom and cutting a channel in the
sand, and then by their united efforts launching her
into the sea, when she was taken in tow by the Princess
Alice, and brought into the harbour.
The Inflexible steam-frigate, the Prometheus and
Alecto steam-:loops are iu the outer basin, with the
Dasher, Lizard, and Rocket steam-vessels, and the
Argus steam-sloop in the harbour, under the shears,
having her masts taken out preparatory to her engines
being fitted by John Penn and Son.
The vessels in the stream are the Fishgard flag-ship,
the Magicienne steam-slcop, the Volcano, Black Eagle,
and Lightning steam-vessels.
In the docks—Megrera steam-troop-ship, the Retribu-
tion steam-frigate, and Eider steam-vessel, for Captain
Austin's expedition.
Captain Bullock, in the Widgeon steam-vessel, is em-
ployed in measuring the ground on the banks of the river
below Gravesend, for a new measured mile for testing
steam-vessels; the present measured mile in Long-
reach being so often crowded with vessels trading on the
Thames.

Captain Sir John Ross visited Woolwich in the early
part of the present week, and is very sanguine of being
able to fit out an expedition to proceed, during the pre-
sent season, in search of Sir John Franklin and his gal-
lant companions. Commander Codrington Forsyth has
expressed his desire, in the event of his not obtaining
on appointment in Captain Austin's expedition, to serve
if ho obtains their Lordships' permission, as a volunteer
in any expedition which may be fitted out under the
command of Captain Sir John Ross.

SAVINGS' BANKS.
TO TH' EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In answer to the letter of "An Observer,"
in The Sun of yesterday, I can inform you that the
return required is to enable that most invaluable
officer the barrister-at-law, appointed to certify
rules of savings' banks, to claim his fees from those
benefit societies which are not certified by him.
ANOTHER OBSERVER.
Margate, Feb. 22, 1850.

TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN.
have read with much pleasure your article
in this day's paper, on the question of Sunday labour
at the Post-office.
Might this not be an appropriate question to
those gentlemen who are so vigorously agitating the
sul-ject. Are you certain that there is any Divine
command at all to Christians to keep oue day in seven
holy?

The answer would be found in a book recently
published, and which I should be glad to see noticed
in your columns, entitled " The Sabbath, by a Lay-
tnan."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
18th February, 1850.

ANTI-SABBATARIAN.

MANSION llousE.—The master, wardens, and
Court of Assistuuts of the Fruiterers' Company, to-
gether with the deputy, common councilmen, and
some of the principal inhabitants of Bassishaw Ward,
and also a few private friends of the Lord Mayor, dined
with his Lordship last evening; covers were laid
for sixty.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY AQUATICS.—The banks of
the Isis were crowded on Tuesday and Wednesday last
with spectators, to vt ituess tire annual fmr-oared race
for the Challenge Cup, with presentation medals to the
winners, and for which five boats wore entered, viz.,
Worcester, Brazennose, Wadham, Lincoln, and Exeter.
The first heat, between the crews of Wcrcester and
Exeter, was well contested, the latter arrived at the
goal first by a boat's length. The second heat, between
Lincoln and Wadham, vt as won easily by the former.
The third heat, beween Exeter and Brszennose, was
won in good ttyle by the latter. The fourth heat,
between Lincoln and Brazennose was alsd won by
the latter after a splendid race, although Lin-
coln had the advantage of the Berkshire side. The
grand heat between Brazennose and Oriel, the holders of
former by a boat's lengtb. The result of these races has
boats the cur, was, after a well-contested struggle, won by the
proved that the Oxford-built .
for racing on the
Isis are far superior to those built in town.
THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.—The following is
- •
the list of the Hungarian and Polish refugees whose
detention in the interior of Turkey has been de-
manded
by the Austraa Government from the
Porte :—Kossutb, Casimir Bathyani, Messaros, Maurice
Perczel, Madarass (Joseph and Ladislas), Gyurmann,
Grunin, Busoti (Musulman), Tamoiski (a French citizen),
Dembinski, Chojecki, Alexandre Fredro, Mazchinski,
Briganti, Woroniecki (Musulman), Satkowski, Pozi-
Barth6'eny Szemere,". Constantin Szemere
Michel Mervath (a priest), Stein and ICmexi (nub:nen),
m
Sarossy, Ladislas Kulman, Stojnisch, Jean Balagh, %- Isgh fill (Musulmen), Zerefly, Beotthy, Wissocki,
111 -
Tanssics, Kollmann, Fiala, liollan, Zanyzki,
.. ulm a i
nr. );
Kmesics, Orosdi, Kim, Etienne Foscb, Sehaiten, Bay,
Ss
eevhentle iodre re,i g Sh et hhuapvte
succeeded(
ll u
escaOpfin g fromthc se
refugees
Turkey.
THE MARQUIS OF G-RAMIY, deeply
regret to hear that the Marquis of Granby, M.P., is vary
unwell, end ur able in consequence to attend to his Par-
liamentary duties.
A FAMILY OF THIEVES.—On Friday a boy, eight
years of age, was charged with robbing ,the till of Mr.
Ids. Donald, of Greenland-street. The case was fully
proved. This is the sixth time the prisoner has been
in custody. Ilia brother, aged nine years, has been
eight times in custody. Another brother, fJurtcen
years of age, has. been severae • en tmes in custody and
twelve times committed. His father was tried at the
October sessions and committed for three months; and
an sant has also been in custody. The only resources
of the family appears to Le thut of thieving. Mr. Rush-
ton scarcely knew what to do with the prisoner, asd do-
sired to be furnished with the facts relative to this " fa-
, wily compact" from the Bridewell authorities.—Liverpool
A:bion,