The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-12 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Oct. 8,
1850, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain:—
From the British possessions in America 275. 10d. per cwt.
From the Mauritius s. d.
From the East Indies ... 265. Lid. ~
Average price of the two foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty 275. sd. ,
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Oct. 11.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM.—The Gazette des Tribu-
naux has the following story Two fellows went three
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they got into conversation with the mistress, who soon told
them a full account of the death of her husband, of the state
of her business, and all her little secrets. Presently they
began talking of animal magnetism, and astonished the poor
woman by their wonderful stories of the miraculous cures
effected, and crimes discovered by its means. To satisfy her
curiosity one of the men, who pretended to be a magnetic
sujet, allowed himself to be put into a trance by the other,
who represented himself as a regular magnetiser. The man
in the trance astounded the poor woman by telling her a
goo." deal about herself—nearly all of which, by the way,
she had previously told them. The woman now wanted to
be put iu a trance herself. One of the men accordingly
tightly bandaged her eyes, and the others made passes over
her. She felt herself by no means affected, but the men
kept talking incessantly to her and telling her that she would
soon be in a trance. One of them meanwhile quietly opened
the drawers of the room and possessed himself of money,
jewels, silver spoons and forks, and a savings bank book.
They at last went away, but not without telling the woman
that she must remain seated nearly half an hour in her chair
with her eyes bandaged, lest the magnetic fluid should
escape. She did so, but when at last she got up she dis-
covered that she had been robbed. She accordingly laid a
complaint before the commissary of police, and from the de-
scription she gave of the men that functionary recognised
them as well known thieves. Ho caused them to be ar-
rested, and the greater part of the booty was found at their
lodgings."

QUICK VOYAGE. On Tuesday the Pakenhatn
arrived from Adelaide, S.A., with 750 tons of copper ore, be-
sides other cargo. Notwithstanding an extremely boisterous
passage, the Pakenham has made the run in 104 days.
This vessel sailed hence in December last, for two ports
in Australia, and, exclusive of the time she was detained in
the colony, has made the voyage round the world in six
months seventeen days. The Pakenham is owned by
Messrs. Jones and Younghusband, of this port, and com-
manded by Captain Francis Boyce.—Liverpool Mercury.

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ALLEGED MURDER OF AN INFANT BY ITS PARENTS.
—Yesterday a long inquiry was instituted before Mr. Baker,
at the Queen's Head, Fleet-street, Bethnal-green, relative to
the death of Rosins Wasniak, six weeks old, who was alleged
to have been murdered by her parents, Gaspard Wasniak
and Deborah Wasniak, who have been under examination on
the charge at Worship-street Pulice-court, the particulars
connected with which appeared in our journal of yesterday.
The father of the deceased is a native of Poland, and was in
the 4th Polish Infantry at the time of the invasion of Poland
by Russia. Several of his countrymen were present. After
hearing medical evidence, the jury gave in their verdict,
" That the deceased was found dead without any marks of
violence, but there was not sufficient evidence to show how
death was caused."
GLASS IN DECORATIVE ART.—AII our ideas of
Oriental splendour - all the gorgeous imaginings of Orientals,
themselves, of a splendour more than Oriental, in the fairy
palaces of Arabian genii-might now be realised, to sight at
least, in the sober actualities of British decorative art in glass.
The lustre of silver and gold, the fiery sparkle of the ruby,
amethyst, and every actual or imaginable gem, and the more
subdued, but no less beautiful, hues of the pearl and the tro-
pical shell, may now, by the recent efurts of British skill and
invention, be combined, at a moderate cost, and without a
vestige of mere gaudy glitter, in the decoration of the man-
sions of the gentlemen of England, so as to realise to the eye
of taste far more than even the most princely magnificence
could heretofore have realised. And this, too, even indepen-
dently of all the other decorative appliances heretofore avail-
able to the architect, the upholsterer, and the decorative artist
in general. When we think of it, indeed, the latter appliances
are really few and pitiful by comparison with that potent pha-
lanx of decorative materials by which they will now be re-
inforced. The love of decorative art in this eountry is
rapidly on the increase, and we hope speedily to see the new
era ushered in with a temperate and tasteful resort to all new
and important inventions.-Builder.
IMPERIAL GAS AND CORE COMPANY.—The half-
yearly general meeting of the proprietors was held on Thurs-
day afternoon, at their offices in John-street, Bedford-row ; but
as reporters were not admitted we are unable to print an
epitome of the proceedings.
A pin upwards of an inch in length was discovered
in a hen's egg, at Mr. Clarke's, Gale Cottage, near Keswick,
cane morning last week. The egg had been boiled for break-
fast, and on severing a piece off one end the pin was disco-
vered standing perpendicular in the centre.—Cumber/and
Pacquet.

FOREIGN POULTRY.—The importations of poultry
of all kinds from Belgium are unusually large for the season
of the year. The steamers from Ostend have brought in
each instance considerably more than 100 packages of every
description of poultry, the production of Belgium.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. John Elmore, who gave his address No. 64,
Markham esquare, was brought before Mr. Hardwick,
charged with having stolen two books from the shop
of Mr. John Murray, bookseller, Albemarle-street.
Police-constable, C. 26, said he was on duty in
Albemarle-street about two o'clock that day, when he
heard a cry of stop thief. He saw the prisoner run-
ning away, with persons in pursuit, and he followed
and stopped him on Hay-hill. A person, who stated
that be was Mr. Murray's foreman, said the prisoner
had two books beneath his top-coat, which he had
stolen out of the shop. The fireman said the priso-
ner entered the shop and took up two volumes of
Cumming's " Sporting Adventures in Africa," and
walked off with them. The foreman followed, end
the prisoner no sooner caught sight of him than he
set off running. Witness took the prisoner to the
station-house and searched him, but found only some
papers and a small sum of money. The prisoner re-
fused to give his name and address.
Mr. Fisher, from the office of Mr. Dod, said his
client, under his direction, was now willing to dis-
close his name and address.
Mr. HARDWICK asked the prisoner if he had given
his correct address and name ? The prisoner said he
had. With respect to the charge he did not think it
possible to make out a case of theft against him. He
did not intend to steal the books, and this would be
shown by the conduct of the prosecutor who declined
to come forward to make any charge.
Mr. Fisher said his instructions were to this
effect, that the prisoner went into Mr. Murray's shop
and took up the books in question. while looking
into them be saw a person pass the door who owed
him money, and forgetful of the books in his hand,
be went out of the shop to have a word or two svith
his debtor.
Mr. Haatnwicie—And ran away on hearing the cry
of stop thief. The foreman must come here to-mor-
row, and the prisoner must be remanded.
THAMES.
A poor squalid woman named Rosina Herbert,
wife of a dock labourer, was brought up before Mr.
Bingham, charged with illegally pawning seven blue
cotton shirts.
The prisoner, whose husband is out of employ, and
has only been enabled to obtain a day's work in the
docks now and then, has two children, both in a
sickly state, to maintain, and has been in the prac-
tice of making trowsers for the slop3ellers, and by
working 14 and 15 hours per day, has earned about
53. per week. The materials of seven blue shirts
were given to her to make up by another woman,
who in her turn received them from an elderly female
named Miller. The poor creature wanting bread for
her children, pawned the shirts after they were made
up for ls. 61. each.
The prisoner, who covered her face with her hands,
and was sobbing loudly, said distress made her pawn
the shirts.
Mr. INGHAM asked Miller how much she received
from the slopsellers fur making the shirts ?—Miller
replied 2s. 6d. per dozen.
Mr. INGHAM—.And how much do you pay the
prisoner for making ? Mrs. Miller—l give the
women I employ 2s. per dozen.
Mr. INGHAM—And you make a profit of one half-
peni‘nlyr. upon each ?110 Avlv rs. Miller—Yes, sir. I have
to take the work home, and am responsible for it all.
many of these shirts can she
make in a day ? Mrs. Miller—Four, sir, if she sits
at it early in the morning and keeps at it till late at
night.
Mr. INGHAM—That will be 81 per day-83. per
day for shirt-making, sitting at it from morning till
night ? Mrs. Miller—lt is 101. per day, sir.
Mr. INGIIAIII—Tu you it is, but to her only 81.
The prisoner here said that all she was to receive
was seven farthings each shirt, and that, what with
interruptions, looking after her children, and other
things, she could only make 3d. per day.
Mr. leutiaat—l don't suppose you could. This is
one of those distressing cases by which I am greatly
embarrassed. There is no doubt the poor creatures
who make up slops are very miserably paid.
The husband of the prisoner was asked if he could
pay for the redemption of the shirts, and he said he
could not, indeed. He was unable to save his poor
wife from disgrace and a prison.
Mr. INGHAM said the prisoner had no right to pawn
the shirts ; her distress was no palliation or justifica-
tion in law for making away with other people's pro-
perty. He was unwilling to send the woman to
prison if the husband could pay the money lent upon
the shirts.
The husband—lt's a large sum for a poor man. I'll
endeavour to make it up in a week.
Mr. INGHAM said he would adjourn the case for a
week, and held the prisoner to bail in her own recog-
nizance to appear on Friday next. As for the pawn-
brokers, there was no pity at all for them. They had
no right to take in such things, which they must
know did not belong to the party who raised money
upon them, and if the husband could not raise the
money, they would have to restore the shirts to the
woman Miller without payment.