The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-15 00:00:00

the best in use. Did not know what breaks the engine of
the mail-train had. He had before the fish train arrived,
sent a man down the line to give the signal fur it to step.
It is here necessary to state, that the broken luggage-
truck was not cleared off the line until Mr. Kennard, a
director of the Company, who resides at Waltham, had sent
to the Stratford factories for assi,tance, when by the aid of
horses it was dragged over. The passengers by the mail
train were brought to London by a special train, under the
direction of Mr. Dowling, the superintendent of the Shore
ditch terminus.
Various other witnesses were examined, and at the ter-
mination of the inquiry, General Pasley quitted the station
without expressing any opinion as to the cause of the ac-
cident.

CORKE'S PATENT ECONOMIC
FIRING.

We on Thursday witnessed some experiments with Corke'a
Patent Economic Firing, and judging from what we then
saw, we think this firing is destined, at no distant day, to
supersede all others. It is the invention of Mr. Parsons, of
whom it has been purchased by Mr. Corke, who has secured
his rights by patents in England, Scotland, Ireland, France.
Belgium, Holland, America, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Nor-
way, Sweden, Spain and Portugal. It consists of blocks of
various sizes, which ignite on touching them with a lighted
match as readily as the wick of a candle. These blocks burn
with a pure and brilliant flame, giving out an intense heat.
The patent tiring is entirely free from smell and from dirt ;
in its ignition it somewhat resembles the Cannel' coal, but it
is more powerful, more brilliatr, and more lasting. Unlike
the generality of artificial fuels, it burns admirably in an
ordinary grate. The following are the directions given by
the patentee for the ordinary use of this fuel:—" Well
cover the bottom of the grate with cinders, take three or four
blocks of the firing, break them in pieces and distribute
them over the cinders, then add more cinders or coal ;
apply a lighted match, taking care that a draught through
the tire be maintained. When the blaze has nearly abated.
gently use the poker to increse it, and the result will
soon be a red-hot and lasting tire. The gradual add-
ing a little coal, with a block or two of the latent,
keeps this tire M perfect animation and brilliancy."
We last night raw cinders and ashes, which would hive
smothered any ordinary tire, completely consumed by the
aid of the patent tiring. Another experiment was performed
to show the utter imperviousness to water of the patent
firing. Several blocks of it, which had been soaking for
hours in a bucket of water, were placed on the tire; after the
lapse of about a minute these blocks became completely
ignited, and blazed away as freely as the others. The pa-
tentee informed us of an experiment which he had per-
firmed some days since. He had caused two fires to be laid
and lighted at the same moment, one an ordinary coal fire,
the other a fire of the patent fuel. A tea-kettle full of water
was placed on each, and before the ordinary lire had kindled
up the water on the patent tire was boiling. This property
will render the patent tiring invaluable in steam navigation.
These things, however, would be of little avail if the patent
tiring could not compete in price with the ordinary fuel. In
order to satisfy ourselves on this head, we inquired what
would be the cost per day for keeping up a fire of patent
firing in an ordinary drawing-room grate, aed the answer
was, " Not exceeding sevenpence." It is also admirably
adapted for culinary purposes—roasting, boiling, &c. For
persona living in chambers it must be both a comfort and a
saving. One farthing's worth of this fuel, which ignites in-
stantly, is sufficient to boil a kettle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Brighton harts., Mon., Pateham ; Wed., Race Course;
Fri., The Dyke-11.
Brookside harts., Mon., Newmarket-hill ; Fri., Telacombe
Tye.

Crawley and Horsham lids., Mon., Sowtield Heath ; Wed..
West Grinstead; Fri., Fox, Three tridges-10:M.
Duke of Beaufort's lids., Mon.' Trouble House; Wed.,
Yate Rocks; Thurs., Compton Bassett; Sat., Kingten
Lar gley.
Mr. A. Smith's lids , Mon., West Cholderton ; Tues ,
Stowell Lodge; Wed., Wherwell Wood; Thurs., Weyhill ;
Fri.' .Netheravon ; Sat., Spcery Well-11.
Lord Yarborough's Ws., Mon., Aylesby Mill ; Wed., Lang-
mere Furze; Fri., Cleatbam-11.
Sir Tatton Sykes's lids., Tues., Whinmoor Build; Wed.,
Galley Gap; Fri., Boville's Thorp, House-10%.
Sherwood harrs., Tues., King's Mill; Fri.. Bolsover
Moor-11.
Mr. Meynell Ingram's hds., Mon., Foston ; Thurs., Ednas-
ton ; Sat., Illithbury-10%
Donnington lids., Mon., Clipstone Village, Nottingham-
shire; Wed., Lady Wood; Sat., Redwood Gate-11%.
Quorn lids., Mon., Alleston ; Tues., Bradgate Park ; Thurs.,
Barkby Hall ; Fri., ‘Vedmerspool Inn-11.
Rufford lids., Mon., Kirklington ; Thurs., Ossington ; Sat.,
Park Hall, 1034.
Lord Galway's lids., Mon., Scrooby-bar; Wed., Headon
Clump-101.
Lord 11. Bentinek's lids., Mon., Langworth Bridge; Tues.,
Cainby Village; Wed., Tilhouse Beck; Thurs., Burton Ken-
nels-12 ; Sait., Wiekenby-11.
Captain Candler's lids , Mon., Copcut Elm ; Wed., Grafton
Wood ; Fri., Cotheridge.
/Shropshire hds.,Thes., Sundome Castle ; Fri., Tunstall-1
Essex Union hds.,Tues., Rillondon Common ; Sat., Kennel.
East Essex hds., Thurs., Mark's Hall ; Sat.. White Notley-
street.
Badsworth lids., Tues., Seawsby-bar •' Wed., Grove Hall ;
Fri., Walton Wood ; Sat., Havereroft-101.
Whiston lids., Tues., Dinnington ; Fri., Kennel-101.
Albrighton lids , Mon., Davenport House; Thurs., Middle-
ton llouse ; Sat., Whittamoors-10.
llerefordshire lids., Tues., Berrington-101.
Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Lanarth Court ; Thurs., Lan-
over Lodge-10.
Montgomeryshire lids, Tues., Chirbury ; Fri., Park, near
Caersws-10.

THE ARMY.
GENERAL ORDER.
HORSE GUARDS, Nov. 8.

At a General Court-Martial, held at Leeds on the let of
September, 1845, and continued by adjournment to the 18th
of the same month, Lieutenant William Augustine llvder,
of the 10th Hussars, was arraigned upon the undermentioned
charge, viz.:—
" For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a
gentleman ; for that he, the said Lieutenant William Augus-
tine Ilvder, bein,, quartered, with his regiment at Ballin-
collig, aid, on or about the 17th day of October, in the year
1842, at Inchera, near Cork, and with intent to deceive his
commanding officer, Colonel Vandeleur, endeavour to pre-
vail on Silvester Oliver, Esq., to lend Lim a horse to remain
for two months at Ballincollig aforesaid as his second
charger, he, the salt' Lieutenant Ilyder, proposing at the
same time to the said Silvester Oliver, Esq., that no one
should, during such two months, get upon the said horse."
Upon which charge the Court came to the following
decision :

" The Court having maturely weighed and considered
the evidence in suppott of the prosecution, together with
what the prisoner has urged in his defence (and laying out
of their consideration the letter addressed by Major-General
Henry Wyndham to Colonel Vandeleur), is of opinion that
he, the prisoner, Lieutenant William Augustine Hyder, of
the 10th Royal Hussars, is Not Guilty of the charge pre-
ferred against him, and does, therefore, acquit him of the
same.

"The Court having acquitted the prisoner, Lieutenant
William Augustine llyder, of the 10th Royal Hussars, of
the charge preferred against him, cannot refrain from ani-
madverting in the strongest terms of disapprobation on the
violent, coarse, and uncalled-for language which he, the
prisoner, has had recourse to in his defence, in allusion to
the character of Silvester Oliver, Esq."
Iler Majesty has been pleased to approve and confirm the
finding of the Court.
Iler Majesty has been pleased to observe, that it appeared
that after the assembly, and during a short adjournment of
the Court, a civilian, the principal witness for the prosecution,
did, in the presence, and with the acquiescence of Colonel
Vandeleur, the prosecutor, destroy certain documents, which,
at the instance of the prisoner, such witness had been duly
required to bring with hint for production before the Court
—one of such documents being a letter having reference to
the subject-matter of the charge against Lieutenant nyder
addressed on the 9th of May, 1845, by Colonel Vandeleur to
the said witness; and her Majesty has been pleased to ex-
press her displeasure that Colonel Vaudeleur, hastily acting,
as he declares, under an impression that these documents
were not in a state fit to be produced in Court, and that
the fair copies in his possession would be much better,
should have acquiesced in a proceeding the impropriety of
which must, on reflection, be obvious to him, notwithstand-
ing that Lieutenant Hyde'', having been acquitted, has not
suffered prejudice; and notwithstanding that Colonel Van-
deleur had in Court, and was ready to produce a paper which
he alleged to be a true copy of such letter; and as to the
authenticity and truth of which Colonel Vandeleur, who
wrote the letter, the clerk who copied it, and the witness
who received it, might have been examined, if Lieutenant
Hyder had thought fit so to do.
Iler Majesty, however, has been pleased to remark, that
much irrelevant matter appears to have been gone into, and
more particularly that the character of a witness for the
prosecution was irregularly and unjustly sought to be
peached by examining witnesses to particular facts supposed
to have taken place many years since, and unconnected with
the matter before the Court; whereas according to esta
blished law and practice, evidence to the general character of
the witness for veracity was alone admissible;_ and further-
more, that witnesses were irregularly examined to contradict
the evidence of that witness on matters totally irrelevant to
the issue.
The Commander-in-Chief directs that the foregoing charge
preferred against Lieutenant William Augustine Hyder, of
the 10th Royal Hussars, together with the finding of the
Court, and her Majesty's confirmation thereof, be entered in
the general order-book, and read at the head of every regi-
ment in her Majesty's service.
By command of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington,
Commander-in-Chief.
JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General.

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.—ELECTION OF LORD
Rm.:Torr.—A statement appeared in the Citizen of Saturday.
to the effect that the Free Church party in the University
contemplate displacing Mr. Rutherford, M. 1?., from the office
of Lord Rector. We have made inquiry into this report, and
have authority to state, that no such attempt was ever con-
templated or entertained by the Free Church students, who
have held no meeting in reference to the rectoral election at
all. The placard which has appeared in the College, re-
commending the course to which the Citizen alludes, is ge-
ne.ally believed to be the device of an enemy.—Scottish
Guardian.
ARRIVAL OF Two CAMELS AT THE ZOOLOGICAL
GARDEN a, REGENT'S-rARK.—On Thursday morning, two
camels, one a male, the other a female, arrived at the Zoolo-
gical-gardens, in the Regent's-park. They arrived at Ports-
mouth a few days since, and were conveyed by railroad to
London. The animals appeared perfectly docile. (hi their
arrival they were conducted to their habitations in the
Gardens.

A NOTII ER SECEDER FROM OXFORD.—We are
enabled confidently to state that another student of Christ
Church, the Rev. Mr. Coffin, M.A., vicar of St. Mary Mug-
dalme, has resigned his preferments at Oxford, preparatory,
it is said, to following his curate, Mr. Collyns, to Rome.
(bonnet etandem ?—Church and Mate Gazette.
t4INGULAR FIDELITY OF A DOG.—'l hUTSday after-
noon some boys and girls were playing near the canal in
Britannia-fields, when one of them, Emily Seymour, slipped
and fell into the water, and was about sinking tor the last
time, when a large Newtimndland dog, the property of Mr.
West, Lower-road, Islington, plunged into the water, and
succeeded in bringing the child safely to shore. At first
she was thought dead, but by the aid of a warm bath, acc..
she recovered.
REPRESENTATION OF NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—
We regret to state that llenry Gaily Knight, Esq , is so se-
riously indisposed that but slender hope is entertained of his
recovers. The Hon. Gentleman is confined to his bed, in
Italy, in which country he has been sojourning some months.
Should the melancholy expectations of his friends be veri-
fied, there will be a vacancy in the representation t f the
north division of this county, and, fiom the state of the re-
gistration, the return of two Liberal members is very pro-
bable.—Nottingham Review.