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

IMI6OIIX.I.ILNEOUS.

At an adjourned meeting of the Middlesex magistrates
held on Thursday, it appeared from the annual report of
the surgeon of the house of Correction, that the total
number of prisoners committed there during that period
had been 9,746; that only ten deaths had occurred
during the past year, and that two of the prisoners out
of that number were labouring under incurable
consumption at the time of their admission. The
annual report of the chaplain of the Westminster
Bridewell, stated that during the pasty ear twenty-five pri-
soners had been taught writing, and thirty taught to read.
Mr. Pownall read a return of the number of persons
apprehended on a charge of drunkenness, from 1831 to
1843, from which it appeared that the difference in 1831
and 1843 amounted to no fewer than 18,000 less than in
the former year.
At the inquest at Yeovil, on Saturday, Mr. R. P.
Caines remarked that in the course of his coronership he
had held no less than 3,800 inquests. He had been a
coroner nearly twenty-eight years, and during the last
seven years alone he had travelled 36,766 miles, giving
an average of 5,252 miles per year. lie had paid in
turnpikes during the seven years a sum very little short
of ninety pounds.
The theatre at Beccles, built a few years since at an
expense of 2,0001., is about to be converted into a corn
exchange.
Lieutenant F. E. L. Moore, late of the Caledonia, 120
guns, and Mr. J. Bodie, late Acting-Master of the
Espeigle, one of the ships of the experimental squadron,
have been appointed to take magnetic observations in the
southern hemisphere, and are to embark in the Thomas
Snooks freight ship, for a passage to the Southern Ocean,
where their observations will be carried on. They will
be joined by Lieutenant Clarke, Royal Engineers, at
the Cape of Good Hope, who has been appointed to
the same service.

A fishing-boat belonging to the port of Dieppe was
wrecked on the night of the 19th, near Treport. Four
of the six persons on board were drowned.
It appears from some tables on foreign commerce, that
the import and export trade of France with Morocco
amounted in 1840 to 3,714,000 f., in 1841 to 3,543,000 f.,
and in 1842 to 2,984,000 f., and that within those three
years the trade between England and Morocco amounted
to 52,898,000 f.
A French chemist, M. Dehzenne, has discovered a
mode of making old worn-out fragments of silk into new
silk, by distillation. In the same way that caoutchouc is
drawn into filaments, and woven into a double material,
so are these remnants of silk reduced to what is no more
than its primitive state—viz., a glutinous paste, by means
of a dissolvent, and, like fused glass, re-acquires, in
coming into the air, all its original strength and tenacity.

DARTMOOR.—About 5,000 acres of this extensive
common have been purchased by a company, who have
already fenced and drained part of it, and calculate on
letting the whole at 10s. per acre. Hitherto the land has
been waste.—Devizes Gazette.

COURT CIRCULAR•
tookolnie
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WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Frill& '''Alber
s
1 remyss and Colonel l3ouverie, the Equeri yes '
attended inthe
Waiting. ani
The Hon. Harriet Pagetand the li
on• Geo rgi c•
Liddle • ' br3ircling•sch( _.l
arrived yesterday at the Castle, and hav 5.111,1
Major-C ellel",..z'
ceeded the Hon. Misses Murray and Kerr a li tu
Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen.d. 1 his
The Right Hon. Sir James Graham arrive
afternoon at the Castle, on a visit to her Maies., the
The unfavourable state of the weather dur'llg eit
day
prevented the Royal Family from tak iDg tb
accustomed airings. sit'
lie: Majesty honoured Mr. Thorburn with-% a yr.
ting to-day. The Prince of Wales also at h-%
9
Thorburn.
Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent, 1440,3:
Charlotte Dundag, and the Countess Praia ,
will join the royal dinner circle at the Castle tc ttie
Her Majesty's private band will perform i u •
evening.
, of
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke arra puke 'so i

Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand zi 1.,,
not
Fisrebt
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, atoncle
Knesebeck, left Kew yesterday morning,- t 6 $
the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesb.uryht
visit, at their seat, Tottenham Park, Ma.rlbotOug
Wilts.White'
.',
Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in cefiti
hall-gardens on Thursday evening, from p
)115 et
Dtting
Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Sir Henry
had an interview with the Right Hon. Bar°llet
yesterday.
A deputation from the Cambridge and Line:llj
Railway, consisting of Mr. H. Barnett, Chai,rl3l3,o:
the Mayor of Cambridge (R. M. Fawcett, Esci•P ter
George Farber (Cambridge), Mr. Thouras 17°1350
(Standing Counsel), Mr. G. W. Buck tfEngirrar:
Mr. Humphrys (Solicitor), and Mr. Walt usley
liarnentary Agent), had an interview with the Bata,/
Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the B°ar
Trade.
Sir James Graham left town yesterday ate°°ls
on a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle.
A deputation from the Gra:id Junction
including Mr. Robertson Gladstone and co lof
ar
had an interview yesterday with the E
Dalhoust,:', at the Board of Trade. d
The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister' °li
acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office' select
The Earl of Ellenborough entertained
party at dinner at Farrance's Hotel on .-Li.",411-001
evening. Amongst the company were -11),Ilecif
Lady Colville, Lord Biougham, Sir Robert ttnu -A or
Sale and Mr. Sturt, Sii George Murray, °-
John M'Donald. :
A deputation from the Severn Commiss`,9o-111,04
Pakington, M.P., Mr. Sooner, M.P., Mr. J. ' a
and Mr. Water, Solicitor; from the Staffordshire fop
Worcestershire Canal Company, Lord Ilavtildrerl of
and Mr. Harden, had an interview with the r-o"
Dalhousie yesterday.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING, boot
LONDON, OCT. 25.—Wind northerly, sti'°ll° toe"
and cloudy. It blew strong in squalls, with rain Ja5".....01,
DEAL, OCT. 24.—A.M. Wind E. to E.N.E., ree,s-.Aled
E. tN.E., strong and squally.—Sid. GeorgiallanghbaL
Bay ; 13ronaleys, Algoa Bay; Thalia, Ichaboe Se
and Forttlne, Jamaica ; Charlotte, St. avounf"
13runswick. , .11eriw.
PORTSMOUTII,c OCT. 24.—Wind N.E., ba
her Majesty's ship a',.pollo, Wolwich. on, 91
OFF TORBAY, °CZ. 23.—George, Coma- -
Guayra, for Ilamburgh. Johns
OFF THE OWERS, OCT. 23.--Harlington,'t.
New Brunswick. in led
MARYPORT, OCT. 22.—The Juno, M`lierr, - „tdi
this port yesterday evening, grounded in the °,looage],
of the harbour, but came off to-night without
and proceeded. The Experiment, from Belfast/10P
her cables in the Solway Frith on the 18th inst,
ashore near Mowbray but is expected off.
S 10/5°14
BRIDLINGTON, OCT. 23.—The Isabella, 80,110. c,
hence to Hartlepool, which w'ps ashore here Ye!lortb°
got off this morning, and has been brought
harbour.
d
LIVERPOOL. OCT. 24.—Wind variable an ~„v,
Arrd. Cora, Miller, Bahia ; May, Brown, 13°11"-Niace
July 16, Fernando Po, Aug. 2 ; Northumberland, sld.
Edward's Island ; Compton and Rienzi, QiiebTe, abee
23d, Lydia, Columbia river ; Prince Orange, 'Charles
Hermes, Buenos Ayres ; Harriet and Jessie:, `i,artoril
ton ; 24th, Adriana, Calcutta ; Doriana and and
Bombay ; Amiens and Tagus, Ichaboe ;
Diamond, Buenos Ayres; Henry, Africa; Johl3,'", DO'
Berbice ; Devonport and Reliance, Savanni' 'ortls.
mark, New York ; Margaret, St. John's 1%14°'
wick. Off, Denison and Eliza Stewart. Citi
CLYDE.—Arrd. Melissa, Bay Chaleur ; Tay'
of London, Quebec.
AYR, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Mtgog, Shanks,
New Drunswiek.
nalhottsieA',/
TRooN, OCT. 21.—Arrd. Eliza of Irvine, ---- neue
KINGSTO\YN, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Trafalgar, ...
Bathurst.
Coax, OCT. 22.—Arrd. Charles HamutertoOr
Chaleur.
LIMERICK, OCT. 23,—Arrd. Bryan Abbs, Pr
and Swallow, Quebec.
DROGHEDA, OCT. 23.—Al:rd. Hibernia, Quebecf•
BROAD BAY, OCT. 16.—Ari'd• Majestic, St. I.l°
New Brunswick, and sld. for Hal:,

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENqk
OXFORD, OCT. 24.—At a congregation held tb's
the following degrees were conferred : Vell°
Masters of Arts.—Hon. H. P. Cholmondelelt
of All Souls College ; H. Pritchard, Corpus ChrO'saf'
lege ; Rev. H. Marshall, Corpus Christi College ahoos
J. Bandinel, Wadham College ; F. J. Vipan,
College ; Rev. J. Grane, Exeter College ;
Clayton, Queen's College ; Rev. C. C. Southey', wii",sotir
College; J. H. Pollen, Merton College ;
University College ; J. C. Alger, University 11%
C. Simeon, Christ Church ; Portal, Christ cht.loo,
A. Hobholue, Balliol College ; Rev. J. W. I°.'
Jesus College; Rev. N. Midwinter, Magdalen 11,-,lo.lleg°
Bachelors of Arts.—William Brookes, Lineeli`',l-ojl4°
(Grand Compounder) ; G. B. Vansittart, Balliel
(Grand Compounder) ; J. Leslie, Christ Church ;cbristi
t with, Brasenose College ; H. J..Rhodes,CDrPtls.gob9'
College ; G. 1). Bourne, Qriel College • SV•
Worcester College ; P. C. Jesus College. , pre
The Regius Professor of Hebrew (Dr. Pesel(„itbie
poses to continue his lectures on the Psalms clar7ool`
present term on Mondays, Tuesdays Thursdays; the
Saturdays, at nine o'clock ; beginning Tuesday'
29th instant. read to
The Regius Professor of Modern History o¢
a class the History of Guicciardini,
Thursday, the 31st inst., at two o'clock. his
The Boden Professor of Sanscrit will cotarnertt the
lectures on Monday, Nov. 4, at two o'clock, '-
Clarendon. r $l/
The Laudian Professor of Arabic will dereesdoi'
elementary course of lectures, to begin on Vire.,,",,"-„Joe
the 30th inst., at three o'clock' ; and continue 0-'-
Wednesdays, and Fridays during the term. r,sOA
CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 24.—The Margaret 11,°,0,",4
Dii,kiity's Lectures on the Acquirements and -J- —no-
ons and Duties of the Parish Priest, cerolt st
00nblwigtine_,
day, the 30th of October, at one ec1..2.0.
—Wednesdays and Fridays during "Ij,A4
the Pitt Presa.
ST. CATHERINIfS HALL.—William Henry Farr' the
has recently been ele;ted.a-fellowitf this society' °
Skrine foundation. • '-"' h
jasl
JESUS CoLLEGE.—Adolpi Vtnua, 8.A., - s'sff
been appointed to the second mastership °f the
mouth Grammar School. .‘ A prilit'ea
CHRIST'S COLLEGE.—Timothy •nye:s, 13.—" 00--
assistant at Oakham School, has just been elected
master on that foundation.

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BATHS FOR THE MILLION.—JLIdging fr9',.„l. the
public meetings, buildings
new public baths. We propose Covent-garden Or,: sPi
it is useless, of a capital size, and- an overflow
The
part of the house would be quite a novelty toes. vote
will soon be wanted •vore:,
pit would make a capital bath, and the stage ,ne the
springing-board. The chandelier could be maael-hillisg
largest shower-bath in the world,' 'ind the one-s,
gallery is the very thing fur a reservoir. The Pd the
boxes will give ready-made dressing-rooms, all-dry
scenery-rooin
.from its height, will at any Unit/flied
million of toweit>. Shampooing might be Perfer"-f
the treasury. The scenery from The DanghterJ foe,
Danube, or the bath scene from the Revolt of the
could be carried round the stage, and flowers frorebef be
Arabia planted in the slips. Quadrille parties nligolf
given once a week, and polkas be danced every SlLtii/orrh
Jullien's orchestra being rowed about in a large vi COO'
Basil
tugged by a small steamer. In winter the pit ois
asily be frozen over and turned into a glaciarute•
new bath theatre, we are confident, would answer' dads*
cially as the depth under the stage, going, ae,i't,sol/P
more than half-way towards an Artesian Wei'"f r
enable tba
the proprietors to get their water merely
boring.---Punch.
}leo At
THE WINTER ASSIZES.—It is, we believe, 6" r 11P-
tceoncluded that the Winter Assizes for this coun'Yober•
The counties
place between the 12th and 24th of I),ec„ebs
tidectiouinutitehse oefeeiEsmse6xs,ioSeu.—ffoßlke,
raynda,Ndosrfuoilko,iriarisefii
Journal.
A little boy has been sentenced to be in3Privrit;
and kept to hard labour for fourteen days, by the,::°pre',
rwaosyasllowzde
teentgeargneQd
mouth magistrates, for stealing three walnuts, be pr
petty
boys
Colonel 11. D. Campbell, valued at ooe'fer-dino '
one
two have not yet been caught ; but these Cr'raint;fe
note expect to escape the vigilance of the llamPsw"bra
theetn, en'stl'i this
evidence,n efarieusa nPrdec tbeiees f)oteheedg
asto j`l'isatisehea.Lp liovo,kltsohuirte wlnildlepbeenldmendtin order to
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