The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-04 00:00:00

baker, however, r,fuseel to do so, on the ground
that it was a crusty loaf, .r.ed, thereupon the pauper
carrie the bread to aor ighbenring baker's, where it was
weighed, and found to be two or three ounces deficient.
The contractor was then summontd bef re the magi,.
tratcii, and, under the 7th section of the liaker.' Act, he
was convict, d in the penalty of 51., for refusing to weigh
his bread when requested to do so by the purchaser.
Against this decicioc the contractor appealed, and, at the
quarter I.,ions, he contended that the magistratt.,s had
no jurisdiction in the matter, inasmuch moth., ith section
did not apply to the sale of bread in a shop, but only to
the sale of bread from a cart or carriage. The quarter
tessions, however, ruled dlf,rentlY. They held that the
words in the Act—" every such baker shall be liable to
the penalty of .51."—applied to all bakers, and they con-
firmed the decision of the magistrates. Now that was
sub,t'lntisily the question to be argued in this cave. The
appellant contended that the :Action was only applicable
to bakers selling from a cart, otherwise every baker,
when he sent home bread in a bask, t, would he cora-
relit,/ to provide his man wit's a pair of scales to meet
the demands of troublesome cooks, who wished to have
the br, ad weighed. The 6.11 area 7.11 of William IV.
was FUSM d for the purpose of extending the City of
Louden Act, the 3d of Gco IV., chsp. 106, to the en-
tire country. nnd that Act, although it provided
that every halter thould exhibit and furnish his shop
with weights and scales, it made no provision for fining
him in the event of his refusing the re qut at of a cue,
tomer to weigh the bread he was selling.
Mr. Justice PArrE_ON observed that that was a
strange omission.
Mr. l'AuNELL4aid it really was so, for the only pe-
nalty which the City ef London Act inflicted upon a
baker who kept a chop was a fine of 10s. for neglecting
to weigh his bread, whether he was requested to do so
or without. There was no penalty whatever for refusing
to weigh the bread in the presence of the purchaser.
Application granted.
The court after wilds sat at nisi prius, and disposed
of several undefended cases.

iunc,r to be sold for 120 sm., if demanded, &e.

Ab. M.
Lord Orford's Fire King, 4 yrs (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Joan So. Detaulter, 53 rs (Whitehouse) 2
Mr. Bulkel,y's St. Edmund, 4 yrs (Norman) 3
Mr. M'lntyre's AndalusiAn, 4 yrs (Rogers) 4
Mr. Mogeunis's Flare-up, 3 yrs (Rodney) 5
Betting-7 to 4 ugst Fire King, 2tol IF g,t Defaulter,
5 to 2 ugst Andalu,lisn, 5 to 1 agst St. Edmunci.
De-
faulter, with the Fire King in v. aiting, and the others
laid up, cut out the work to the bu,he., is.here the Fa-
vourite took it up. and won cleverly by a length. A
head between second and third; a bad fourth.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. tech, for two yrs old, Get 71b;
three, Bst 71b; four, 9st; live and upwards, 9st 41b.
T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 200 soya., if de-

minded, &e.
I)uke of Beeford's Newport, 4 yrs (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Stephr-nson's Broth. rto Willingham (Charlton) 2
Mr. W. Etwali's Iracundus, 2 yrs () o,borne) 3
Mr. Frankum's Catalan, 3 )rs
Betting—Even on Newport., and 5 to 2 agst Iracundus.
Newport made all the running, and won very easy by a
hngth; half a. length between second and third; Catalan
beaten id. Tbi race was not timed.
Match, 100, SA 7lb each, T.Y.C.—Mr. Wauchopi
Castellati receive d '25 sous. ft from Mr. IZenton's Francis
the First (dead).
The Si fling Ilsndie:p. This ,race is claim ,d by the
ownrr of the second hore in comrquence of ‘Vaterfall
having carried 31b eve,-weight uitnout d, elating at the
proper time.
EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING.
The following is the programme for the two days' flat
races al n 1 steeplechases on Tuesday and Wednesday
next, completed up to the close of the entries on SAtut-
chiy:—

TUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 2.
ELECTION OF PROVOST OF KING'S COLLEGE.—
Toe election of a Provost of King's College, in the
room of the late Dr. Thackeray, took place in the
College Chapel this morning, by the Fellows. There
was choral service at seven o'clock, and the Sacra-
merit of the Lord's Supper was administered to the
Fellows. The statute relating to the election of
Provost and ordaining the order of procedure was
then read, and other necessary formalities, previous
to the election, gone through. Three candidates
were put in nomination, and the voting succeeded,
with the following result :—Dr. Okes, 28 Mr. Du-
puis, 9 ; Mr. Barrett, 5. Dr. Okes, it has been be-
fore stated, at present holds the office of Lower Master
of Don College ; Mr. Dupuis is Assistant-Master in
the saute institution, and Mr. Barrett is a Fellow of
King's College. Dr. Okes was declared elected to
the vacant office, end the College seal havit, been set.
to the appointment, the same was forwarded to the
Lord Bishop of Ely for ratification. The remit wes
also communicated to Dr. °lies by mcsseng, r.
GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE.—The following
elections have been made in this society :—The Rev.
Wm. Reynolds C M A., to he a Senior
Fellow ; John Hopwood Boardman, 8.A., to be a
Franhlanti Fellow ; Henry Carlyon Phear, 8.A., to
he a Wortley Fellow.
SIDNEY Sussex COLLEGE.—WiIIiam Scott, 8.A.,
late Fellow of this Coll.-ge, has been elected to the
Mathematical Lectureship founded by Mr. Taylor.
OXFORD, Nov. 2.
TUE ROYAL CoMMISSION.—A circular has been ad-
dressed to the Professors of this University, inviting
them to communicate any information that may assist
the members of the Royal Commission in the object
of their inquiry. The following is the nature of the
questions they are invited to answer :—Whether any
special qualification in the Professor be required'
Whether he be bound by any special oath ? What is
the nature of the endowment, and its annual value ?
Whether residence is required under the conditions of
appointment ? What are the duties of the Professor,
and the number of his lectures in the year ? What is
the average number of pupils, and whether admission
be gratis or by payment of fees.
The list of candidates for public examination (which
commenced this day) previous to proceeding to the
degree of 8.A., contains no less than two hundred
and ten names ; the number from each college and
hall being as follows :—University, 11; Banjul, 9 ;
Exeter, 19 ; Merton, 0 ; Oriel, 14 ; Queen's, 12 ; New
College, 1 ; Lincoln, 10; All Souls, 1 ;•Magdalen, 0;
13rasenose, 18 ' • Corpus, 2; Christ Church, 13 ; Tri-
nity, 13 ; St. John's, 7 ; Jesus, 2 ; Wadham, 10;
Pembroke, 8 ; Worcester, 15; St. Mary Han, 11
New-inn Hall, 15; Magdalen Hall, 13 ; St. Edmund
Hall, 5 ; St. Alban Hall, 1.

The British and North American Royal mail
steam-ship Cambria, Captitin Leitch, sailed from the Mersey
on Saturday morning, for Halifax and Boston, with the
usual mails, a fair freight, and between forty and fifty pas-
sengers.
PATENTS —The following order relating to patents
was made by the Attorney-General on Saturday The
Attorney-General, with the assent and concurrence of the •
Solicitor-General, hereby gives notice, that every person ap
plying for a patent after the 2d day of November inst., will be
required to deposit in the office of the Attorney or Solicitor-
General an outline description in writing or drawing, to be
approved of by the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-Gene-
ral, before any report will be made on such patent. (Signed)
John Romilly.—Nov. 2, 1850, Lincoln's Inn."
The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain
Luce, which would leave New York on Saturday, the 26th
ult., may be expected to arrive in the Mersey on Wednesday
morning next.
THE VOLTAIC LIGHT.—An experiment was made
on Saturday evening, in the chymical lecture-room of the
Polytechnic Institution, in the presence of a select party of
scientific persons, to test the power of the voltaic light, tot
which Mr. Allman has obtained patents, and to prove that
the light could be kept up continuously. The result, as far
tinting
theuing
experimentwi
th ut
in
intermission
ownas
to satisfactory, the
m lightmost brilliant
con •
brilliant
rays for several hours. This is considered a great advance
in electric lighting, as in former experiments the spark has
been intermittent and flickering. It was stated that the
expense of lights of this class woukt be less than the expeLat
of gas, even at the reduced rate, and that in the event of the
invention being brought into general use, its expense would
be greatly diminished. The brilliancy was of extreme in-
tfiaaity.
Guy FAR=ES DAT AT RICEIMOND.--ReCellt events
in the Romish Church have caused a hand-bill, beaded "No
Popery," to be extensively circulated in and about the town
of Richmond, in which it is stated that " several Protestant
inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity, being desirous
(more particularly at this time) of testifying their abhor-
rence of Popery by a public demonstration, propose to have
a display of fireworks on Richmond•green, on Tuesday even-
ing, November 5, at eight o'clock, in commemoration of the
discovery of the Gunpowder Treason and Plot ! which should
never be forgot." The subscription to this demonstration is
not only general, but embraces some of the first names in
Richmond. Similar demonstrations are likely to be ver:7
general throughout the country.
INAUGURATION DINNER OF THE LORD MAYOR
ELEctr.—On Saturday Alderman Musgrove, the Lord Mayor
elect, gave a splendid banquet at the Albion Tavern, upon
the cccasion of her Majesty's approval of his election to the
office of chief magistrate of the city of London. Some idea
may be formed of the entertainment from the fact that the
hospitable master of the feast gave orders to Messrs. Staple,
to spare no expense. The table presented a sumptuous utter
of the City doings of 1851. Amongst the company wore
Aldermen Wilson, Gibbs, and Hooper, the Recorihr, Alder.
men William Hunter, Sidney, Moon, Finnis, Lawrence, Al-
derman and Sheriff Carden anti Sheriff Hodgkin,on,
Ryland and Mr. Locke, common pleaders; Mr. Potter, tho
Secondary; the Comptroller, the Remembiancer, Undt r-
Sheriffs Law and Ellis; Mr.
Bailey,
the chairman of thi.
City lands committee ; Mr. Gadsden, the Re,. Mr. Vivian,
ilaplain to the Lord Mayor elect, and rector of the parish ol

St. Peter-le-Poer, Broad-stre t; Mr. Anderton, and severa
private friends of the Lord Mayor elect.
PUBLIC BATHS AND WASIIIIOUSES AT OXFORD
—Mr. p. 13. Duncan, M.A., late Fellow of NeW College, ha:;
munificently given another subscription of 5001., in addition
to his former subscription of the same amount, towards this
excellent object, which is calculated to improve, both th.:
health and moral condition of the humbler classes of this
city. The Dean and Chapter of Christ Church have also
subscribed 200/., on condition that the entire sum which is
required for the purpose be raised or promised before the last
day of the present year. Mr. Duncan's second subscriptio;,
is given under a condition that the work shall be commenced
early in the ensuing spring. The amount subscribed is nearly
°Au, Another 1,0001., it is estimated, will be required to
carry out this benevolent design.
CHELTENHAM.—A SCARF MADE BY HAND FROM
HOME-GROWN SILK.—The wife of a clergyman in Chelten-
ham intends to exhibit a lady's silk scarf made from silk
the produce of silkworms kept in an open building in an ad•
joining county. The lady gives the following interesting
account of its manufacture:—" having resided for about
three years in a village in Herefordshire, the garden of which
possessed a remarkably fine mulberry tree, 1 wished to give
my family an idea of the habits and natural history of the
silkworm, and the method by which silk is
produced. With
this view I procured a quantity of eggs early in the spring
of 1847, which were hatched about May, and I placed th.e
worms, 2,000 or rather more in number, in an outhouse in
the garden. There they were attended and fed by TflYsel,
and some of the juvenile members of my family, and in duo
time they spun : nod much wishing to turn the produce of
their industry to some use, I directed my attention towards
tusking the scarf which I have the pleasure to lay befort.
you. The silk was wound from the cocoons by
and myself on a winding machine, and afterwards I wove it
into its present form. It has consequently never been in
the bands of any manufacturer, and presents the same colouradd
and quality as when taken from the cocoon. I may d
that the outhouse in which the worms lived bad no windows
my daughter
to protect them from the weather, which was unusuattyirk
9berry tree
able obstacle to the cultivation of silk. The 1
for the season of the year as I think this point ntlynstupteisr--
[ trate the fact that our English climate presentsmnu
was of the common kind.
Mr. Martin's appointment to a "con!. j trigesh;

was announced to the bar by the Lord Chancellor on Satin,
day; but as there are certain reasons for his not taking hi
seat on the bench by the side of his fatlblerie•-dinne-sladaw),.
ISaisrt l:'.Pollock, it is probable that he may be transferred to another
court.
On Saturday
suspicion of arson, was again brought before the borough
magistrates of Gravesend. Additional evidence of a some-
what criminatory character was adduced against the pri-•
soner. Mr. North, superintendent of the Gravesend police,
stated that in the cellar in which the box with the candle-
stick in it was found he observed a quantity of wadding and
unbound books, partly burned, strewn about the floor. 11.,
examined the shop and all the apartments of the house itn;
mediately after the fire, and came to the conclusion that the
stock, furniture, and fixtures were altogether not worth 100/.
The chairman (Mr. Oakes) having announced that the bench
rssietisor nsow
proved
had made up their minds to commit the prisoner for trial,
Mr. Southgate, who appeared for him, said he would reserve
his defence. Mr. Southgate added that he found his client's
memory so defective, and, in the language of one of the wit-
nesses, his mental faculties so mach impaired, that he had
considerable difficulty in comprehending his instructions.
The prisoner was then committed to Maidstone to take his
trial at the next assizes.
THEsel
wish Sil
usr liAitP
of this
ves
to be unfounded, the Ilarpley having been spoken with, and
ito state thEa rt
. h--erT reported ortpedrolpo
all well, on the 27th of September, on her way to Australia,
while her loss was reported to have occurred on the 24th of
the month.
The protest of the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of
Middlesex, inviting the co•operation of the laity in resistance
to the recent Papal aggresstons, has received in the course of
a day and a half upwards of 200 signatures. It is confi-
dently expected that the demonstration made in the diocese
of London will be followed up not only by similar meetings
and protests of the clergy, hut by petitions and addresses
from the laity. We understantl that several of the metropo-
litan parishes are already in motion.
EXTENSIVF, ROBBERY OF MONEY SECURITIES AT
LEEDS.—On Thursday evening the Masons, Arm. he, St ~.
James's-street, Leeds, was entered during the hours of bus!,.
ness, and a large quantity of property stolen. The house
had a good deal of company in, and while the landlord and
his family were engaged in attending to their eustOMew
some thieves got through a window at the back of the housfi,
broke open the door or the landlord's bedroom, which had'
been locked, and stole therefrom a cashbox, containing 30..,
principally in gold and silver ; securities to the value of
1801. ; a number of waterworks share certificates ; a cheque
upon Beckett's Bank for 501. ; a :quantity of silver plate,
consisting of tea and saltspoons; and a quantity of u;d coins
and crooked sixpences.
A MONSTER FIDDLE.-11.1 r. William Green, shio.
ping agent at Folkestone, received on the lit inst ant, from
Paris, an '° octobasse," which we believe is intended for Al.
Jullien, of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane. T`'e wonderf .1
dimensions of this instrument may be imigined from i's
height being upwards of 12 feet, independent of the stag I.
The tones will be produced by pedals acting, on circutar
pieces on the finger-board. • • - •. - -