The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-29 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Three boys named Alyward, Sims, and Smith, were
charged with breaking open the drawers of the father
of the first-named prisoner, and stealing 25/.
The complainant is a shopkeeper in the vicinity of
the Court, and on Friday during his abseil& from home,
a chest of drawers in his bed-room was broken open,
and robbed of the above sum, amongst which was a
101. Bank of England note. Owing to the absence
from home of the complainant's son, a boy of 14, he was
suspected ; and on his return, ha was questioned,
when it was discovered that he was the thief, and
that as soon as he possessed himself of the money,
he, with the two other prisoners, went over
to Rag-fair and purchased suits of clothes. While
they were bargaining for the apparel, one' of them
(Aylward) dropped a 10/. note, which the Jew be-
longing to the shop immediately picked up, and in-
quired where they had got so much money. The
prisoners became frightened at the inquiry, and imme-
diately left the place, leaving the inote in the
hands of the Jew, who it is needless to say did not
follow them.

Mr. TRAILL, on being made acquainted with the
above particulars, ordered the prisoners to be kept in
custody, and sent over to Rag-fair for the Jew in
order to account for the 101. note.

THE ARMY OF PRUSSI:%T.—The Frankfort Journal
of the 23d ult. states, that the Prussian standing army
consists of 122,000 troops of the line,. and 430,000
landwehr, making an effective force of 552,000 men.
A correspondent sends us the following, which to
some persons may_ be useful :—" Letters to and from
India and other warm climates may be sealed with
wax, by adopting the following precaution : viz ,
before sealing the letter prepare a small piece of tissue
paper, either round or square, the full size of the seal,
and while applying the wax hold it betwixt the finger
and thumb of the same hand in which you hold the
letter; and the moment you have completed the quan-
tity of wax necessary for the impression, lay on the
piece, of tissue paper, and directly, while the wax is
vet hot, apply your zeal above it. This will produce
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spondents to avail themselves of the security obtained
by sealing their letters with wax. The writer has
adopted the above precaution successfully." (Is not
a wafer as safe, though a less seemly, fastening ?)
SILK AND STUFF HATS.--A writer in the Chemist
of this month states, that silk hats are extremely pre-
judicial to the growth and preservation of the hair,
inasmuch as they are made in such a manner as to be
air-tight, and thus to prevent the escape of the in-
sensible perspiration from the head. The writer
says—" Men who constantly wear silk hats lose their
hair much sooner than those who adhere to the use of
beaver ; and this will explain to many, Who have not
before been able to account for it, the reason of their
becoming prematurely bald, and not unfrequently
experiencing very unpleasant sensations about the
head. The fact that those who wear silk hats become
bald earlier than others, is well known to every one
in the hat trade. A traveller for a large firm has
been heard to say that he would eat every hair left on
the head of a man who had worn a silk hat for ten
years ; meaning, of course, that such a person would
be completely bald." The use of beaver hats is ac-
cordingly recommended, as very much superior .to
those made of silk.