The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-05 00:00:00

REMARKS,

Barometrical readings in Great Britain are still lower than they were
yesterday, the greatest change having occurred on the N.E. coast, but
during the night a general, though slight, increase has occurred. The
region of least pressures is now in the N. of Scotland: those on the
toast of the Bay of Biscay being about an inch higher. Temperature
remains high. The south-westerly gale reported yesterday was felt on
►ll our coasts, except the N. of Scotland, but it has gone down during
the night. Winds have moderated, but this morning they are still
fresh in the S.W. The gale continues on the W. cost of France, and
weather looks far from settled. Rain has been general. The sky is
cloudy or overcast. The rea continues high in the S. of Ireland.
Warnings repeated to E. and N. coasts.

SOMETHING LIKE A STOMACII.—M. Decroix,
veterinary surgeon to the Garde de Paris, writing to the
A.cadtlmie de Mddicine, states that for the last eight years
be has been in the habit of eating the flesh of all the
horses that have died in his service, no matter what their
disease, whether farcy, glanders, typhoid, charbon, or
what not ! In his opinion the flesh of phthisical cows and
oxen may be sold without the least detriment to the public
health.-21iedical Times and Gazette.

A SIGNIFICANT FACl.—Almong the list of bank-
rupts which appeared in Friday night's Gazette, no less
than seventeen names therein published are connected
with the liquor traffic. Of these, four are " licensed
victuallers," two " beerhwase-keepers," two "innkeepers,"
three "publicans," two "beersellers," one " beershop-
keeper," one " retailer of beer," ono " victualler," and
)ne "brewery manager." Three of the bankrupts lire
In London, three in Lancashire, five in Staffordshire, two
In Gloucestershire, three in \Vales, and ono in Leicester.
It ie medium to add that no other trade shows so promi-
in#l7.l.4 block llstr" 421:49114g kortfit.

Police Sergeant 11 13 said that on trying the
latch keys found upon the prisoners, he found they
opened the doors of 11, Stanley-place, 34 and 36,
Denbigh-street, and other houses, which had re-
cently been entered and robbed, and matches pre-
cisely resembling those found upon Brown, had
been dropped in one of the passages.
Edward Kitchen proved seeing the three pri-
soners near a house which was entered last Tues-
day morning at Pimlico. Their conduct was so
suspicious that he afterwards mentioned it to the
police on duty at Victoria station.

The police said that they believed cases of rob-
bery might b 3 brought home to the accused.
They were remanded for a week.

THA.MES.

Two MONTHS' IMPRISON3IENT ON REMAND.—
Felix Victor, a man of colour, was brought up on
remand for the ninth time, charged with stabbing
John Bucklay, a cooper, in the abdomen, with in-
tent to murder him, or do grievous bodily harm.
Stennett, a police-constable, said the wounded
man had been two months in the London Hospital,
and was getting worse.

Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, °u behalf of the prisoner,
said that he had attended eight times to put in evi-
dence of the bad character of the wounded man,
who was well known to the police, and had been
often convicted of assauits and disorderly conduct.
He did not mean to say the dreadful act
charged against the prisoner.icould be justified,
but in extenuation ho must bring evidence that the
prisoner had been insulted, threatened, and re-
peatedly struck by the man Buckley before he was
wounded. The use of the knife was always to be
deplored, but in this case the greatest provocation
had been given.
Mr. Paget said he could not receive the evidence
tendered by Mr. Stoddart in the present stage of
the investigation. If the man in the hospital died
within a year it would be murder, and he must again
remand the prisoner for a week.
Mr. Stoddart said the prisoner had been remanded
from time to time for two months, and he would
now prefer that the case should be sent for trial on
the depositions already taken, including the depo-
sition of the wounded man which the magistrate
received.

Mr. Paget said he could not do that, and that, he
had no alternative but to remand the prisoner for
for another week. It was mentioned that in a
precisely similar case at this court a few years ago
the late Mr. Yardley, then magistrate, after re-
manding a man several times, said he thought it
would he unconstitutional, and a dangerous prece-
dent, to remand him any longer, and he should
send the case to the sessions for trial, with the
statement of the wounded man, for the judges to
dispose of as they thought proper.

NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.—The Duke of
Norfolk comes of age on the 26th of the present month,
when there will be great rejoicings at Arundel Castle and
in the neighbourhood. We hear with much pleasure that
one of the duke's first acts, upon attaining his majority,
will be to lay the foundation-stone of a large Catholic
church at Arundel, which is to cost £50,000, and is to be
built at his grace's expense,— Weekly Register.
MINERAL TRAFFIC ON RAILWAYS.—The follow-
ing British railways each carried more than 1,000,000 tons
of coal and minerals in 1867: —Blyth and Tyno, 2,063,309
tons; Caledonian, 5,966,072 tons; Furness, 1,843,820 tons;
Glasgow and South-Western, 2,550,239 tons ; Great
Eastern, 1,083,537 tons ; Groat Northern, 2,415,723 tons;
Great Western, 6,423,150 tons; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
4,507,795 tons; London and North-Western, 11,674,347
a
tons ; Manchester, Sheffield,nd Lincolnshire, 2,638,333
tons; Midland, 6,294,108 tons; Monmouthshire, 2,215,040
tons ; North British, 4,325,923 tons ; North-Eastern,
16,398,988 tons ; North Staffordshire, 1,387,037 tons ;
Rhymney, 1,262,794 tons; and Taff Vale, 3,693,062 tons.
Some of the least known railways have thus a very con-
siderable mineral traffic.

Au investigation pointing to suspicion of rob-
bery and murder was opened yesterday afternoon at
Horselydown. A man who bore the appearance of having
been a ship's captain was seen late at night, wearing a
massive gold chain, in the company of some women of
loose character, and a few hours later he was found dead
at the bottom of Battle-bridge-stairs, his body partly im-
mersed in the Thames. His gold chain had then disap-
peared. The inquest was adjourned in order to furnish
time for the police to make inquiries with a view to show
how the man came to his death.

NATURALIZATION COMMISSION.—A meeting of the
Royal Commissioners fur inquiring into th 3 laws of natu-
ralization and allegiance was hold on the 4th of December.
Present : The Earl of Clarendon, K.G., Right Hon. E.
Cardwell, ALP, Sir R. Phillimore, Baron Bramwell, the
Attorney-General, the Queen's Advocate, Sir R. Palmer,
Q.C., 31 P., W. Vernon Harcourt, Esq., Q.C., ALP., ou n-
tague Bernard, Esq., D.C.L. Charles S. A. Abbott, Esq.,
Secretary.
THE LOSS OF THE BRIDE OF THE SEAS.—The
following has been addressed to the Secretary of Lloyd's :
—" Liverpool, Dec. 3, 1868. Sir,—We beg to contra-
dict the statement made in tho local and other papers,
to the effect that the ship Bride of the Seas, 500 tons,
lately lost on the coast of Africa, was our property. We
hold no share of her, and only acted as agents for her
at this poet on her present voyage.—TuomAs LONORIGG
and Co."

The will of Miss Elizabeth Trotter, late of Hor-
ton-place, Epsom, was proved in the London Court
under £60,000 personalty by the joint acting
executors, Charles Reynolds Williams and John
Henry James, Esqs. The will is dated May loth,
1867, with three codicils, dated May and June,
1867, and May, 1868. The testatrix leaves a
sum of £B,OOO to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
for the building and endowment of a church, with
parsonage, to be erected in the district of Horton,
the services to be devoid of the " follies of Ritual-
ism." She leaves £lOO to the Society for the Pro-
pagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. There
are numerous specific and pecuniary legacies to her
friends, and also legacies to her servants, all free of
duty. She appoints her niece, ➢Lary Elizabeth
Brown, residuary legatee.

The will of J. L. da Costa, Esq., of Milan, was
proved under £BO,OOO personalty in England ; and
that of Aime Alajot, Esq., of Barcelona, mer-
chant, was proved under £7,000 personalty in Eng-
land.

The will of Charles Stewart Parker, merchant,
of Liverpool, was proved under £60,000 ; that of
Percy ➢iatthew Dove, actuary and manager of the
Royal Insurance Society, Liverpool, under £12,000;
and that of William Hill, manufacturer and whole-
sale jeweller, of London and Birmingham, under
£4,000.-21lustrated London News, Dec. 5.