The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-26 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.)

Samuel Bracknell was charged with furious driving
and causing a serious accident to a horse.
The defendant was driving a cart and sitting in front
of it, gallopping along Guildford-street, when a man
driving another vehicle was run against, and his horse
sustained such injury that the owner will be obliged to
have it killed.

Mr. TRAILL inflicted a fine of 40s. on the defendant,
besides adjudging him to pay 10/., the value of the horse,
or in default to six weeks' imprisonment.

ORLEANS, TOURS, and BORDEAUX

RAILWAY.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 23.

The representatives of the Company Laurent, Lu-
zarche, and Mackenzie, had an interview with the
Minister of Public Works this day, for the first time
since the adjudication of this line of railway, owing to
the illness of the Minister, and his subsequent absence
from Paris, in attendance upon the King.
The Conseil de Ministres (Cabinet Council) are to pro-
nounce upon the ratification of the tender this day, at
four o'clock, and the representatives of the Company are
to meet the Minister, by appointment, in his cabinet, at
six o'clock, to receive official notification of the result.

The result may be inferred from the fact that the
Minister has invited the Directors to meet him, shortly,
at Tours, to make an inspection of the works between
Orleans and Tours, preparatory to delivery to the
Company.
The royal ordonnance, approving this Company, will
appear, probably before the close of this week, in the
Moniteur. It may be announced in the Messager, the
evening Government paper of this evening, and not the
Moniteur of to-morrow.

PRINCE ALBERT'S ANNUAL SALE OF LIVE STOCK.
—WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The sale of his Royal High-
ness's live stock, selected from the Norfolk and Flemish
Farms in the Great Park, and also from the Home Park
at Windsor, took place yesterday, under the super-
intendance of Mr. Tebbott, at the Norfolk Farm, and
attracted, as upon the three former occasions, a great
number of salesmen and butchers from London and the
adjacent towns. The sheep, which were in excellent
condition, realised the following prices :-213 South-
down ewes averaged from 255. 6d. to 33s ; 160 South-
down two-tooth wethers from 225. to 255. The cattle
sold as follows : 20 Scotch pole four-years old bullocks,
fit for slaughter, averaged from 121. to 171. each ; 29
highly-bred Welch bullocks, from 11/. 15s. to 13/. ss. ;
and 13 short-horned barren cows, from 10/. to 17/. each.
Several Hereford oxen, Alderney cows, cart-horses, &c.,
realised very excellent prices. The proceeds of the sale
amounted to upwards of 1,4001. Mr. Tebbott sold at the
same time several fine Hereford working oxen belonging
to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests.
The forgery of Bank of England notes which we
mentioned yesterday is expected to create a great ex-
citement on the Continent. A fraud of the kind on so
large a scale has probably never been known in the Eu-
ropean cities ; and it is not unlikely that during the
panic a great many notes may be sent over here to be
cashed.
We have received a letter, dated from the Hospital
Beaujon, mentioning that Lord Robert Grosvenor a few
days since visited that establishment, and, with a kind-
ness which much enhanced his noble donation, contri-
buted most handsomely towards the relief of the only
English inmate of the institution.—Paris Paper.
INCENDIARY FIRES IN YORKSHIRE.—We regret
to have to announce that the crime of incendiarism has
appeared within the last few days in the East Riding of
Yorkshire, two destructive fires of agricultural produce
having occurred. On Saturday night last a wheat
stack was maliciously set fire to on the farm of Mr. T.
Robinson, at Ellerker, near South Cave. The stack
was consumed, and some adjoining stacks and other
property narrowly escaped destruction. On Thursday
morning, four corn-stacks, belonging to Mr. Richard
Ifornsea, of Wold Farm, near North Newbold, together
with a threshing-machine, were destroyed by fire. A
labourer passed the premises a few hours before the fire
was discovered, and all appeared to him to be safe. These
is no doubt that the conflagration was the act of an in-
cendiary, who, it: is conjectured, had had his malignity
aroused from the fact of Mr. Hornsea having had a
threshing-machine at work on the previous day. Re-
wards have been offered for the apprehension of the re-
spective offenders, but liOthing-h-as yet transpired likely
to lead to their apprehhtion.--
EXTRAORDINARY 411i.iFIQE. c))7,,CßUELTY.—Yester-
day a girl named Enstna-Wuilievrey, about 17 years of
age, was brought before Mr. James James, at the
Public-office, charged Under: the following circum-
stances appeared that she had been employed
by Mr. James Davis, of Francis-street, as nurse, and
that in that capacity she had the care of an infant three
months old. About a week ago Mr. Davis, on hearing
the infant crying excessively, went into the room where
the girl had it in her arms, and inquired the cause of its
uneasiness. The girl replied that the child seemed as if
it was choking, and that it was always better with the
mother. Mr. Davis took no further notice, nor was any
suspicion entertained that the infant had been the victim
of ill-treatment, until Thursday morning last, when Mrs.
Davis discovered in the evacuations of the infant two
small pehbles, two buttons, a button-mould, and a hob-nail.
The appearance of these things naturally excited her
alarm, and she questioned the servant about them, upon
which she at once confessed that she had put the stones,
buttons, &c., down the child's throat. A police- officer was
immediately sent for, and, on his arrival, he asked the girl
why she had been guilty of such barbarous conduct. She
replied that she intended to kill the child, because the
parents made so much of it. She was then taken to the
station, and a surgeon was called in to examine the child,
but there were no external injuries found upon the body.
In the evening the infant discharged four pins, a hob-
nail, a brass button, and two pieces of a hard substance.
The prisoner, when before the magistrates, refused to
give any information touching the motives which had
induced her to commit this act of wanton cruelty, and
she was remanded.—Birmingham Journal.
IMPORTANT APPLICATION or THE STEAM-WHISTLE.
—lt is well known that one of the most common causes
of the explosion of steam-boilers has been the want of a
sufficient quantity of water in the boiler at the time that
the heat underneath was very large. In many in-
stances the deficiency of water has resulted from the
negligence of the attendant engineer, combined with the
fact that no alarm was given, previous to the moment of
explosion, of the exact state of the water in the boiler.
Happily an efficient and simple exponent of the depth
of water in the boiler at the time of working, and which
will act as a powerful alarum in case of danger, has just
been applied to the steam-boilers at one of the largest
manufacturing establishments in the neighbourhood
of Leeds. By of ixine• a small pipe in communication
with the interior of the boiler at the point below which
it is well known to be unsafe to allow the water to Le
consumed in the generation of steam, and at the top of
such tube putting one of the common whistles that are
attached to the railway locomotive engines, a very effi-
cient alarum, as we have said, is formed ; for as soon as
the water within the boiler has been consumed below the

point where the pipe enters the boiler, the steam will
rush up the pipe, and thence into the whistle, giving a
timely warning of the deficiency of water in the boiler.
We are not aware whether any similar means of safety
has been tried at any other place ; but whether it has
or not, we think the subject is of sufficient importance to
warrant us in giving the information conveyed in this pa-
ragraph to the public.
SFLENDID PRESENT FROM THE KING OF THE
FRENCH.—On Thursday last a massive gold snuff-box
was forwardid from Windsor Castle to Scotland .yard
for Captain Hay, one of the Commissioners of Police,
as a present from the King of the French, for the atten-
tion paid to his Majesty while in this country by that
gentleman. The box is of the most chaste workman-
ship. On the lid are the initials "L. P." formed of the
most sparkling diamonds, surmounted with a regal crown
formed of brilliants, and it is of the value of 250 gui-
neas. Captain Hay also received a handsome present
(a ring) from the Emperor of Russia while in England,
but its value is trifling compared with the magnificent
gift of Louis Philippe."

Shap Fells, so— well known and dreaded by
travellers, is at present like an ant bed—all alive with
naveys, employed in forming the Lancaster and Carlisle
Railway. These industrious but sometimes unpleasant
neighbours have built themselves a long line of dwel-
lings of the turf and heather, which is denominated
Regent-street, and they have nearly also completed
Queen-square. The next batch of mansions, we believe,
is to be called the Quadrant, so that the west end of our
metropolis will soon be out rivalled by New London, on
the mountains of Shap —Cumberland Paqtet.
An alarm has been spread in the neighbourhood of
Wolverhampton, by the sudden death of Mr. Sheldon,
of Coley, near Bilston, a gentleman of great respectabi-
lity ; and directly after him the carpenter who made his
coffin ; both cases being considered as instances of
Asiatic cholera. The former was taken ill at six o'clock
in the evening, and died within twelve hours, and the
latter with nearly the same rapidity—both commencing
with the same violent cramps, and marked by the same
severe and summary results.—Birmingha►n Advertiser.
We regret to state that the Rev, the Sub-Dean of
Lincoln is at this time suffering under so severe an attack
of illness that but little hope is entertained of his reco-
very.—Linculnshire Chronicle, Oct. iiA.

It is asserted by those who hati the privilege of
observing it, that the attachment which the Royal chil-
dren evinced towards his Majesty Louis Philippe during
his late visit to Windsor was as remarkable as it was
gratifying. His Majesty exercised no less fascination
over their infant minds, than over those of the matured
individuals of all classes who had the honour of ap-
proaching him. His politeness to the ladies of the Court
will be long remembered, and will serve as a model for
all Kings and Princes who wish to conciliate v4teem with-
out losing any portion of the;, clignity.—Court Journal.
St+MERSPITSIIIRE.—The following is an exact copy
of a notice lately posted up in the village of °row-
combe• —" Take a notis that Arr will ne a liekterl
preached by the Riverant Measter Fooler, ehrishen
confartnation at the hapteas chipplo at Stugumberl on
Sojaday eveling next."— Taunton Courier.