The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-30 00:00:00

DISCOVERY OF BURGLARS.

The neighbourhoods of Bingham, Hose, Melton Mew-
bray, have latterly had many robberies of an extensive
character committed in them, and it has only been by
the most vigilant and persevering exertions that a dis-
covery has been made which led to the apprehension
and final committal of the Bingham burglars for trial at
the next assizes. Amongst the many depredations com-
mitted was one in the early part of the month of March
last, at the house of Mr. John Bailey, draper, at Bing-
ham, when property consisting of silks, satins, waist-
coats, flannels, and other goods, to the amount of
nearly 601., was stolen and carried away. The thieves
accidentally left behind them an old pocketknife, hav-
ing a remarkable appearance. On the police being in-
formed of the circumstances connected with the robbery,
Gillman, an officer, took the knife into his possession,
and during three weeks used his best endeavours to
find out the owner, but being unsuccessful, he handed it
to Cunningham, a policeman, at Bottesford, to exercise
his judgment and to set his wits to work in discovering
the owner. After untiring exertions Cunningham as-
certained that the knife belonged to Henry Rouse, for-
merly of Hose, but then a soldier at Leicester, and
being determined upon an experiment, he set out to Lei-
cester, where, after diligent inquiry, he contrived to get
into the company of the soldier. Attired as a country-
man, he sat a considerable time in the room, and
then took the knife from his pocket, and began to
pare his nails. Rouse, seeing his old pocket com-
panion, involuntarily exclaimed, " That's mine."
"Is it indeed ?" replied the unknown policeman,
" I should think not, for I have had it a long time."
" You hav'nt," replied Rouse incautiously, and imme-
diately attempted to force the knife out of the hand of
the policeman. Cunningham, fully satisfied with his
discovery, said, " Yes, I know it's your knife, and you
are my prisoner," and at the same time secured his man
with a pair of handcuffs. The soldier was then directly
charged with the burglary, and supposing his accom-
plices had been " splitting" upon him, he resolved to
make terms, if possible, to save himself, and he
at once made a confession of the whole affair. In
consequence of his information, Samuel Morrison,
carrier, from Hose and Bingham to Nottingham,
and Richard Sarsten, labourer, of Hose, were taken
into custody, and a large quantity of the stolen pro-
perty was found concealed in the roof of Morrison's
house, and other portions of it have been found secreted
in different parts of the village of Hose. The prisoners
underwent examination before the magistrates at Melton
Mowbray, and afterwards were removed to Bingham,
where, on Thursday last, they were committed to the
county gaol at Nottingham, for trial at the next assizes.
Morrison has been living in circumstances that raised
him above suspicion, and was considered a respectable
person, but there is reason to believe he has long been
an associate of thieves, and the means of conveying large
quantities of stolen fowls to market from the neighbour-
hood in which he lived, as the farmers have missed
poultry, generally, on the mornings he had to go to Not-
tingham.

TO. REMOVE WHITEWASH OR

PAINT FROM STONE AND WOOD.

Much of the beauty, we are able to obtain by well-
executed masonry results from the well-defined forms
of the mouldings, and the sharpness of the arrises. The
effect of Time is rather to chip out at intervals the soft
parts of the stone, than to wear the whole away at an
equable ratio : the general tendency of the lines is un-
broken in the perspective, and the decay rather adds to
the impression which results. But the brush of the
whitewasher mars all that it passes over : for fillets are
substituted rounds, and for mouldings and indents plain
faces. while bosses and similar ornaments become very
much like door-handles. To the paint-brush is
to be attributed the unsatisfactory result of our
modern cement and stucco, scarcely less inferior to well-
executed brickwork than to stone, and having for its in-
evitable consequence a feeling of unsatisfaction at its
pretension, and the attempt to deceive. The speedy re-
moval of the whitewash, from which hardly two of our
churches are free, is much to be desired, and the work,
is so easy and inexpensive, and the result, with proper
care, likely to prove so very satisfactory, that it ought
to be every where proceeded with. This may be most
easily done by scraping away the outer surface, and then
moistening the part by means of a brush with a mixture
composed of one part of sulphuric acid (oil
of vitriol), and eight or ten -of water, and washing
it over with water after every second or third time you
put it on, till you see the stone or wood appear. If,
however, you wish to remove the whitewash from the
remains of a painting on a wall, use soft soap with hot
water, and a brush not too hard. This, done carefully,
will not hurt the painting. Paint is harder to get rid of ;
it may, however, be effectually done with strong soap-
makers' lye, or, what is quite as good, the fol-
lowing liquid :—Put one pound of potash or pearl-
ash, with half a pound of unslaked lime, into a
jar, and pour over it one gallon of boiling hot rain-
water ; wash this repeatedly over the surface,
scrubbing off the paint as it becomes softened. Or
you may try this way : take a quarter of a pound of
soda, boil it with a little soap in three pints of water till
it comes to a paste, then lay it on till you want to clean,
pretty thick ; two days after lay it on again, without
washing the old away; do this four times, and then scrub
the whole off, the paint will come off too. This does
either for stone or wood. At North Walsham, Norfolk,
a solution of potash and quicklime, in the proportions of
one pound of the former and half a pound of the
latter to a gallon of boiling water, was used
with satisfactory results. The solution, being ex-
tremely caustic, should be used with care, and if the ex-
ternal coating of paint which it may be desirable to re-
move, be thin, diluted with water ; and in all cases the
solution should be tried upon a small portion of the
painted surface. Mr. J. G. Waller, in giving his opinion,
that the paintings found on the walls of churches, and
usually called " fresco," are in reality nothing more than
distemper, suggests the use of vinegar for cleaning. It
should be carefully applied with a brush, alternately
with water.--The Builder.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on geld at Paris is 171 per mill%
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 176.101 d. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 59 ; and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 771, it follows
that gold is 0.72 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advises from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 436 per
mark, which. at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10/d. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 101; and
the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 111,
it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in London than
in Hamburgh.

The course of exchange at New York on London is 1091
per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex-
change is 0.18 per cent, in favour of England; but the quoted
exchange at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight,
the interest must be added to the above difference.
The settlement was the chief business of the railway mar-
ket. It is not a very heavy account on the present occasion,
but money nevertheless fetches high rates of interest. Dublin
and Galway and Direct Northern experienced severe depre-
ciation, the want of compliance with standing orders having
caused sales. In other respects prices skew a tendency down-
wards.

The decree passed on the 19th inst., for the conversion of
the Portuguese Bonds of 1841 into a new permanent Four
per Cent. stock, appears as an advertisement in the journals
of this morning. On the whole it seems to have met with
the approbation of the parties most interested, as is indicated
by the state of the market ; but, otherwise, a second conver-
sion of a Government stock, brought forward after an interval
of only four years, would be a matter liable to some question
as to its soundness and policy, as, in consequence of this pro-
ceeding, an entire set of new bonds with coupons attached
must be issued, and all the old ones cancelled—a process
which involves considerable expense in itself, as well as a
commission to the parties who manage it, and is almost al-
ways attended with embarrassing circumstances, arising from
the neglect of many holders to convert in time,
and the refusal of others to convert at all, which
must be dealt with according to the merits. Some
persons are of opinion, therefore, that it would have
been better for the Portuguese Government to have quietly
waited the gradual increase of the rate of interest under the
conversion of ISO, which would not have reached 4 per
cent. for several years to come, though it would ultimately
be 6 per cent. The present arrangement involves the pay-
ment of 100,0001. annually by the Portuguese Government
more than would otherwise have been required, and this,
with a Government certainly not in a state of great financial
prosperity, would have been a fair motive for a little further
delay in such a conversion, which could as well have been
accomplished three or four years hence as now. There is
some suspicion, too, of a little stock jobbing at the bottom of
the whole affair, as it is notorious that Portuguese stock did
rise nearly 10 per cent. without any public communication by
which its cause could be explained, and of which it follows
that some few favoured individuals must have derived the
advantage. We have no reason to doubt the regular pay-
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IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COVE OF CORK.—We
are glad to hear that great improvements are contemplated at
Cove by Lord 'Middleton, under the direction of Mr. Decimus
Burton. The execution of them will be intrusted to Sir Thomas
Deane and Mr. )(vane Deane, and could not be In better hands.
We are glad that Lord Middleton has determined to take advan.
tage of the talents of gentlemen who have been engaged in so
many undertakings of importance, to employ artisans and. la.
bourers, enhance the worth of his own property, and impart addi-
tional attractions to the place. The work, according to Mr
Burton's plan, will consist of an esplanade 2,000 feet in length, on
a new quay in continuation of Mr. Smith Barry's, divided from a
new road by chains, &c.—a crescent and several ranges to be laid
out for new buildings, with provision for terraces, hotels, baths,
and all that can contribute to comfort or convenience. We hope
this example may be followed by other proprietors similarly cir
cumstanced. Rumour says his Lordship intends to spend 40,0004
in the improvements.—The Builder.

A NEW WAY TO GET IN DOUBTFUL DEBTS.—A
deal of merriment and some little " quizzing" was excited on
Wednesday last, by the appearance of the following " notice" iw
the shop window of Mr. Mottershead, provis'on.dealer, of East-
gate-street, Chester :—" Mr. —, grocer, of Eastgate.street.row,
owes me, Thomas Mottershead, Is. Sd. for two pounds of butter ;
this is to give him notice, that unless he pays very soon, the blank
will be filled up with his name in full." On Thuladay an addendum
was made to the following effect :—" Sent the boy to ask for it this
morning—says he is a respectable man, and will not be annoyed—
drove the bdy away without paying—does that look like respectabi.
lity ?" We suppose Mr. Mottershead terrified his long-winded
debtor into compliance, as the threat of publishing his name has
nut yet been fulfilled.—Maccicsfiekl Courier.
SALE OF Foxuourins.—On Tuesday, at Tattersalrei
Grosvenor-place, a sale of foxhounds took place, the property of
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