The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-20 00:00:00

SUSSIM.

Total ..

. ............... 115

THE EL ZEN.
Wisden, c Penikctt, b G . Brown l3
Parr, c
Guy, b Ewens ............................
CMoore, b Cheesman . .....
•......118 Pilch, c J. Brown, b

icesman ........... Martingell, c Grlnsden, b Cheesman ......... 20
Box, b
....... ......... ..••.. 47 Mr. N. Felix, b Penikett..

_ remkett... .....................
Mr. Ridding, c Cbeesman, b Penikett 90
Mr. A. Mynn, cG. Brown, b Cheesman...... 4
Clark, c Ewens, b Penikett ..... ...... 1
Hillyer, not out
10
Byes 5, leg byes 1, wB, no ball 1 • l5

Total
.318

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 17.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert returned this afternoon from the Hut on Loch
Muick.

The Hon. Miss Lennox was in attendance on her
Majesty.
The dinner party this evening will include her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene
Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Lady Augusta
Bruce, Baroness Speth, Lord James Murray, and Sir
Edwin Landseer.

OSBORNE, SEPT. 19.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena, the
Princess Louisa, and Prince Arthur, take their ac-
customed rides and walks daily, and continue in the
enjoyment of perfect health.

The Marquis of Lansdowne bas left the seat of the
Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, in Northamptonshire,
on a tour.
Dispatches for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-
Kong were sent off yesterday evening from the Co-
lonial-office.

LIEUTENANT STACK'S CASE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—As it might possibly be thought, from the
police reports of this case, which have recently ap-
peared in your journal, that I had other but a
strictly professional connexion with Mr. David Hart
in the matter, I trust to your known sense of justice
and strict impartiality to give insertion to my positive
assurance that I know nothing more of the transac-
tion relating to the bill in question than that Mr.
David Hart left it at my office, in my absence from
town, to be presented for payment to Lieutenant
Stack—that Mr. Palmer, of my office, under the
direction of my managing clerk, did present it—that
Lieutenant Stack snatched the bill from Mr. Palmer's
hands—that, therefore, no other course was left my
clerk to pursue but to bring the matter before the
magistrate, or to have left me personally liable to
Mr. David Hart for the amount of the bill ; and that,
finally, I have no connexion with Edward or Robert
Jones, the alleged drawers of the bill, nor, indeed, any
knowledge of these parties whatsoever.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
J. A. JONES.
9, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, Sept. 19.

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GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR
THE ENSUING WEEK.
(From the Gardener's Chronicle.)
As we may soon look for cold weather as a natural
consequence of the season, it behoves us to secure all
our more tender plants immediately, lest we be taken
by surprise, as many were last year. But for the
present, even in less favourable localities, we would
only put the most tender of our greenhouse plants
under cover, as we dislike crowding the houses as
long as it can be avoided, and there are many plants
whose constitutions will allow of their being freely
exposed for some time longer; as a familiar instance
of this we may mention the cytisus, acacias, &c., and
as the Rowers of many such plants are valuable through
the winter, the continued exposure will retard their
season of blooming. In very cold localities, cryean-
themurns in pots should be placed in a cool house, or
under the shelter of a wall, where they can be pro-
tected by drawing down a canvas in severe weather.
Many plants whose wood is properly ripened may at
once be removed to a cool light shed-facing the north,
or place I beneath the stage of the geranium house;
the situation should, however, be such, that frost can
be effectually excluded without entirely depriving the
plants of light. These will include fuchisas, hydran-
geas, {)lumbago capensis, hibiscus, brugmansia sari-
guinea, erythrina, bouvardia, hedychium, canna,
liliums, and a great many others that have done fhwer-
ing, and only require protection from frost, and a
moderate exposure to the light. By removing these,
a greater space will be afforded for plants with healthy
foliage. Balsam., ckscornbs, and other annuals
which have been cultivated for decorating the plant
houses during the summer, must give place to the
winter occupants, as they require the space.
The propagator must be very active to get his
cuttings struck while he has the advantage of genial
weather; and that they may have the chance of get-
ting fairly established before winter sets in, a strong
force should be kept at such work till it is completed.
If the cuttings are put in early they have a much
better chance of striking, and have a longer time to
establish themselves, so that one early-struck well-
rooted plant will go as far as two or three weakly
things at planting out season ; and when we consider
the numbers of the latter that dwindle away during
the winter, the disadvantage of delay is too obvious
to need more comment. Young plants of campanula
pyramidalis, antirrhinum, and other plants which re-
quire a slight protection, should be placed in a suit-
able situation. All these arrangements should, as far
as practicable, be completed at once, so that the hands
may be clear when the weather becomes so severe as
to render it necessary to take up and pot the old
plants required for another season. To this end,
pits, frames, boxes, pots, &c., should be prepared, that
when the job commences it may be completed as
quickly as possible. No time should be lost in corn-
' mencing any extensive alterations or improvements
which it is proposed to carry out this autumn, as the
ground is in a much more workable state now than it
will be two months hence, and any shrubs shifted
immediately will have time to strike fresh roots be-
fore winter.

If cardeons will be required for the use of the
kitchen before November, a few should new be
earthed. It is a common practice to wind haybands
round the stems, to keep the soil out of the hearts of
the plants; but there are several objections to the
practice, and particularly in very cold or wet ground.
In such cases, the haybands unavoidably absorb
moisture from the surrounding soil, and are thereby
decomposed, thus forming a harbour for insects, and a
natural conductor, by which the frost is admitted,
where the object should be to exclude it. In such
ground, we would prefer to surround the stern with
a casing of sand or fine coal-ashes. In very dry sandy
soils, the evil does not exist to so great an extent, and
to such ground an admixture ofsand or ashes would
be Injurious ; but where it is of a stiff clayey nature,
such an admixture will ameliorate the texture of the
soil, besides being more suitable for the preservation
of the crop. In any case do not allow the outer leaves
to be stripped off, as they are much hardier by reason
of their exposure, and form a natural
guard to the
more tender leaves within. Where soil is used, let it
be as dry as possible, and made fine with the spade
before it is placed round the plant. Let any plants
be taken up which, in spite of the rich manure
given them, are beginning to run into flower. As
they are of no use when blanched, but as the foliage is
so noble, we generally make use of these by planting
them in open spaces about the clumps in the pleasure
ground. If the ground is properly enriched, they
form very interesting and striking objects. They are
excellently adapted for planting near the margin of
water. The spring-sown onions should now be taken
up and laid out to dry thoroughly before being strung
and hung up for the winter. As the weather of our
autumns is so very precarious, they should, if possible,
he spread out thinly in an open shed; but if such a
place is not at comm ~nd, the next best is a bard dry
grevel. walk, from which the rain can pass freely off.
Gby all mean, as soon as pos-
sible, them to be thick together, nor
et t 1
butiern
ate` urd
noter cover,
be in too great e, hurry to bunch them up. &quan-
tity of parsley should now be gathered and dried ; it
answers as well as the green for esery purpose ex-
cept garnishing, and by securing a
.supply before
hand, the demand of green leaves during winter is
considerably diminished. Do not neglect to gather
in due season ridge cucumbers, nasturtium seeds,
radish and bean pods, Chillies, and other matters
required for pickling and preserving.

He who sports compliments, unless he knows how to
take a good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by
the recoil of his own gun.— Eliza Cook's Journal.
Mr. Blackhurst, the attorney at Preston, who
was recently committed for trial on a charge of having forged
a codicil to his late wife's will, has been admitted to bail by
Lord Chief Judice

First Innings. Second Innings.
G. Brown, b Hiliver ... ..... 2l run out ... ........ ... 18
G. King, Esq~ b .Clark
R. Picknell, b Wisden .....
Gansden, b Hillyer) 6 c Pilch, b Clark 7
G. Barton. Esq., b Clark ...... 16 not out...
Breach, c Felix, b Hillyer.. ... 1 c Felix, b Clark ..... . 0
Hammond, b Clark ..... ..... 14 b Clark
wens, run out 2l b Clark
W. Humphrey, Esq., b Clark 15 c Felix, b Clark 4
F:
0
Penikett, not out
A. Smith, Esq., c Pilch, b Clark 0 c Felix, b Clark..... 0
R. Cheesman, Esq., b Clark
Moore, Esq., s Box,
b Hillyer 5 b Clark
J. Brown, b Clark
Longhurst, b Clark 0 s Box, b Clark
Wooler, run out ... ............ ... 0 b Clark
Byes, &c. .. ...... .... ..... ... 0 Byes ..... ......

Total... ..... .... 59