The Sun. — 1849-08-10 (London, England)

THE CASE OF MARY ANNE GEARING.--It will be remembered that this unfortunate woman was convicted at the Sussex assizes of the murder of her husband by poison. It has since been stated in some of the papers that in consequence of a point of law which was raised by her counsel the execution of the sentence of death would be postponed. There is, however, no foundation for this statement; no point whatever has been reserved, and the execution is fixed to take place on the 21st inst. PLYMOUTH, AuG. 9.—Wind S.—Sid. Nelson, Port Philip; Bolton, Adelaide, South Australia; Benjamin Llkip, ditto.  matter before it came into the sewers from the different houses, for a certain number of which a tank should be provided, containing a deposit of the peat charcoal as a disinTectant, and through which the liquid would pass off almost as pure as water. Mr. Rogers having concluded his paper, a discussion, in which various members of the institution took part, ensued. Several points of the lecturer's theory were somewhat energetically contested ; am: others, his notion respecting the absorption by the roots of plants of any of the properties of carbon, as being directly at variance with the carefully established inductions of Humphrey Davy and Liebig. However, the practicability of removing the nightsoil from towns without detriment to the health of the inhabitants, which it was the main purpose of the lecturer to prove, was concurred in by most of the speakers and by the meeting generally. One gentleman referred to the recent allusion by Lord Ashley and others in the House of Commons to the analysis of peat, and asked whether Mr. Rogers's experience corroborated the remarkable assertion that had lately been made of the extraordinary value of the hitherto despised Irish bogs ? Mr. Rogers, in reply, read an extract from his last paper, delivered on the Bth ult., and before the public was startled at the pleasing announcement in Parliament, that the bogs of county Antrim were likely to rival the gold "diggings" of San Francisco as a source of wealth, and far surpass them in the wholesomeness of the traffic they would generate. The extract in question was as follows : "In its natural state, peat moss has several peculiarities. As I have already shown, it delights in moisture, and yields it up most unwillingly. It contains, in different small proportions, ammonia, pyroligneous acid, tar, &c., and also a very singular production, a fatty matter,' which, when purified, closely resembles spermaceti, and make a very beautiful candle. Mr. Reece Reece has recently patented a process for the extraction of tbese articles, and I am happy to say, a few energetic Englishmen have not feared to risk both themselves and their fortunes to commence operations on an extensive track of bog and mineral in the county Antrim, where they have coal as well as peat, and they propose carrying out the production of iron, from ore which is upon the property. Possibly 'Price's patent wax candle,' may yet be rivalled by Reece's bog spermaceti.'—(Laughter.) To speak seriously, the production is really beautiful, and gives a pure and strong light. The question to be solved, however, is, can it be obtained in sufficient quantity to be profitable ? It is found in its natural state, at times, in small quantities collected together, by some peculiar local filtration, or perhaps affinity which draws it from the mass around to one spot. I have seen a collection of it, a little well I may say, of six to seven inches in diameter, containing the matter pure, and about the colour of butter. The superstitious tradition of the peasantry is, that the fairies hide it for their use, and hence it is called fairy butter.'— (Laughter.) It is but rarely found in that state, and is then treated with great reverence."