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riearir and your reader ought to be “combed," or something else, for 
overlooking such an egregious error; it Is so glaring as to be almost 
UI w1tb°maiiy apologle« for thus troubling you again, 
1 am, 8lr, yours obediently, 
Bruelan, Apr xlVWt. Ausik. 
VERMIN IN DOGS. 
Sni,— For the information of your correspondent “ Annie," T beg to 
tell ber that I have found the following a very cleanly and efficacious 
remedy for vermin in dogs Take half a drachm of corrosive sub- 
limate, dissolve it in 1 oz. of rectified spirits of wine, then odd 1 pint 
of rain or distilled water. One or two applications, allowing an 
interval of two or three days, will settle tlio business. 
You have had lately a great deal of correspondence on the subjeot of 
mange In dogs, and many very odd remedies huve been recommended ; 
now, if you please, I will give yon a very simple but sure remedy for 
the 'common mange; however inveterate, one dressing is generally 
sufficient; two never fail. It is purely a local disease, analogous to 
the Itch in the human subject, and as easily cured; but the red mange, 
which is not infectious, has a constitutional origin, is only to be 
relieved (for it is seldom cured) by attention to food, cleanliness, nir, 
and exercise. 
Farm for the Mange Ointment.- Put 2 oz. of tar and 4 oz of soft 
soap together at night ; next day add 8 oz. of flowers of sulphur, and 
a, much train oil us will make it the consistence of thick cream ; just 
before using, add 1 oz. of spirits of turpentine. Rdoticus. 
VERMIN IN DOGS. 
Sut,— I send you a simple remedy, by which your correspondent 
“Annie” may rid her “pvt" of all his ficas k Let him be well rubbed 
with sort soap and common dry snuff, and when it has rcmalne I " in 
him ” three or Tour hours, have him thoroughly washed, and I will 
venture to say that he will huve none of those disagreeable insects 
about him I have often hud tills done with my own dogs, and never 
yet knew it fall. I am, sir, One of your First Subscribers. 
ltit/i April, 1854. 
VERMIN IN DOGS. 
Sir,— P erceiving In your paper oflast week a letter from one of your 
fuir subscribers (Annie), as to the best menus of destroying fleas on 
dogs, I with great pleasure hasten to comply with her request. Let tier 
take of wlnto hellebore root, bruised, 2 ounces ; boil it gently in 
2 quarts of soft water down to 1 quart, mid while it Is so doing, dissolve 
in water thut 1ms been boiled mid got cold a piece of corrosive subli- 
mate about the sizejof a nut-kernel. It will require a little care, and 
should be done in u glass mortar ; 'which any respectable druggist 
would do for her, where she buys the hellebore at. This solution 
should be added to that of the hellebore while it is warm, having pre- 
viously poured the aforesaid hellebore into nn earthen vessel— not a 
metallic one, ns the sublimate, being a metallic poison, would lose ils 
properties by coming into contact with another metal. 
It requires two persons to ili css the dog, which should be done iu the 
following manner 
i Place the dog in a low, long washing-tub, let one person hold the 
dog by the head, while the other, commencing at the back of the dog’s 
head, applies a small quantity of the solution there, using at the same 
time a small portion of soft soap, and by well rubbing the neck a 
lather will be produced ; and this operation must be done until the dog 
is done all over his body. Tlie neck of the dog and throat should be 
well and carefully done at the first, to prevent the insects getting to 
his head, at the same time being careful none of the liquid gets into 
his eyes. After the dog has got thoroughly dressed over In this 
manner, begin again at the neck, ami with some nice warm water and 
more soap produce a still greater lather, washing him well all over; 
then, finally, well wash and plunge him over head and cars in a largo 
tub of cold water; then get him nicely and cleanly dried, after which, 
1 think, Annie will not have, for this season at least, her little pet 
annoyed with these troublesome customers. A portion of the dog's 
itead nnd ears might, at the same time, with care, be washed in this 
manner. Hoping these remarks may lie of use to her nnd the rest 
of your.subscribers, I rcmnln yours most respectfully, 
William Moor. 
WOODCOCKS. 
Sir,— T he cuckoo and the woodcocks arc here together this season 
Notwithstanding the lute hot weather, a fine cock was killed, on tlio 
10th Inst., bv William Lort, Esq., of the Grcnt Heath, in this plae 
One was killed on the 1st near here, about twelve years ago. — I am. 
sir, yours, &c., Ax Old Sub. 
Tenbury, Wotxtttershire, April 13 th, 1854. 
mons, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Fiunis, Sir Robert and 
Lady Carden and the Misses Carden, Mr. Alderman Carter 
and Mrs. Carter, Mr. Alderman Muggeridge and Mrs. Mug- 
geridgo, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartley Konnedy, Lady Valiant, 
Mr. Sheriff and Mrs. Wire, &c. 
Death of Alderman Hoofer. — A vacancy has occur- 
red in Queenhlthe Ward in consequence of the decease of 
James K. Ilooper, Esq., the alderman of that ward, who 
died on Monday evening. The deceused gentleman was 
elected in 184U, served the office of sheriff in 1842, and filled 
the civic chair iu 1847. 
Mu. Scott, late Candidate for the Chamber- 
lains hip. — It may not be generally kuown that Mr. 
Scott, who vigorously contested the Chamber luinslvip of the 
City, after a service of twenty-five years relinquished his 
connexion with civic duties in January Inst. Having with- 
drawn for a short period from public uotice, thut gentleman 
has re-uppeared in the character of manager or presiding 
genius of an establishment in which an experiment is being 
tried to supply the people with entertainments combined with 
solid instruction. The extensive premises in King Willirm- 
strect, Strand, which were lately occupied os tlio Oratory 
of St. Philip Neri, have been taken aud converted into u 
commodious depot, und show rooms for the sale of diagrams 
nnd other uids for popular lectures, while the chapol ol the 
Oratorians bas been transformed Into one of (lie most elegant 
halls of entertainment in the metropolis. Dioramas are 
duily exhibited, accompanied by lectures, at three o’clock 
aud ut eight o’clock ; those at tbreo o’clock arc gene- 
rally delivered by Mr. Scott himsolf to^uudicnces from 
the higher dosses, ami those in tlio evening for “ tne 
million ” are delivered by various lecturers illustrated with 
dioramas varying each night In the week, and at a charge 
for admission so low that the poorest class may avail them- 
selves of an evening's beneficial entertainment. 
Master of tlio Rolls, and live threo Vioe-Choncollors, who imme- 
diately afterwards retired to their respective courts. 
THE PENNY STAMP ON RECEIPTS. 
To Mbssrs. Cragg and J eyes.— Gentlemen,— I n reference to your 
advertisement In the Times, I beg to state through “The Fif.ld,” as 
well as elsewhere, that Mr. William Pearson, of Carpenter's Hull, Lon- 
don Wall, since deceased, the brother of the present City Solicitor, and 
lor whom I was then concerned as solicitor, was the first person to in- 
vent the system of the penny stump on receipts and bankers’ cheques, 
&c., Ac., he having, upwards of twenty-one years ago, forwarded his 
plan and papers to the Government of thut day; but, as the pro- 
ductiveness of a small tax was not then known, and it was not the 
fashion to encourage any such notion, his plan was consigned to the 
limbo of obscurity, nnd another now claims, perhaps will obtain, the 
credit of It — I am, Gentlemen, your very obedient sen-ant, 
John Coles Fouudrinier, Solicitor. 
9, Bush Lane, City. 
THE GALLANT BALTIC FLEET. 
Sin,— All the papers of the day gave us the address of Sir Charles 
Napier to the fleet, a few days ago, but in neither have I seen tlio 
answer. Having just received It in u letter from my boy on board one 
of her Majesty's ships, I transcribe the passage, that you may, an you 
list, give it to the world, as just the reply England would expect her 
brave sons to give to such a challenge. The boy writes “ Yesterday. 
Sir C. Napier made the following signal to the fleet— ‘My lads I 
sharpen your cutlasses,’ &c. (as has appeared In the papers). Tills 
was answered by the ships hoisting the signal, ‘Ready,’ and the crews 
sprang into the rigging aud gave three cheers.” — Yours, &c , 
April lb//t, 1851. Fink. 
PROVINCIAL. 
The Preston Strike. — Mr. Tliom as Duncombo, on 
Tuesday, the Oth of May, is to move the House of Commons 
for a select committee to inquiro into the complaints of tlio 
working and industrious classes, as set forth iu the petition 
presented on the 30th March, such committee to consist of 
nine members, five to be a quorum. 
The Stockport Strike.— The hands in the following 
establishments have already struck: — the mills of Messrs. 
Kevslavv, Lees and Co., upwards of 2,000 persons; James 
Marshall nnd Co., 1,400; Robert M’Clure, 1,200; Cephas 
THE METROPOLIS. 
(From the London Gazette.) 
St. James’s Palace, Feb. 22. — The Queen was this 
day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon John 
Kingston James, Esq., of No. 8, Hertford-etreet, Mayfair. 
Downino-strbrt, April 15. — The Queen has been 
graciously pleased to give orders for tho appointment of the 
Right Hon. Sir James Robert George Graham, Bart., to he 
an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the First 
Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of tlio Most Honourable 
Order of the Bath. 
Easter Monday at the Mansion-house. — The 
Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a sumptuous bunquet 
lust evening in the Egyptian-hall to a largo and distinguished 
circle of guests, among whom were tho following : — The 
Duchess of Somerset, Lord J. Russell, Lady J. Russell, 
Lord aud Lady Palmerston, the Bishop of Chester, the Earl 
of Kingston, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Viscount 
Ingeetre, Sir George and Lady Hamilton Seymour, Sir W. 
Temple, Sir It. CnrrGkn, Bart., Rear-Admiral Sir J. Hill, 
the Misses Hill, Sir J. aud Ludy Easthopc, Mr. J. Master- 
mun, M.P., Mr. B. Oliveira, M.P., and Mrs. Oliveira, Sir 
Filzroy Kelly, M.P., Sir W. Gore Ousley, Burl., and Lady 
Ousley, Sir 3 . Scott Lillie, Burt., Baron Testafenctta Ahela, 
the Baron Ernest Van Havre, M. nnd Madamo Antoni 
Szklurski, Sir John and Lady Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Sickles, 
Mr. and Mrs. Uphnm, M. Zohrab, Sir. \\\ C. Ross, Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Armstrong, Lieutenant-Colonel M‘Cnll, tho 
Rev. Dr. Croly, the Rev. G. Murray, the Rev. Thomas 
Hugo, tho Rev. J. M’Corraghan, the Rev. II. W. Arm- 
strong, the Rev. J. Lee. the ltcv. J. Clarke, tho Rev. 11. 
Roberts, iho Rev. Mr. Wickham and Mrs. Wickham, the 
Rev. R. Hooper, the Rev. G. Jepl isoii, tho Rev. C. Hume, 
Mojor Cooke, Mr. Robert and Mis. Sutton, Mr. Alderman 
and the Misses Furebrnther, Mr. Alderman and Miss Cope- 
land and Miss Capper, Mr. Alderman Wilson. Mr. Aldermen 
and Mrs. Humphrey, Sir James Duke, M.l\, and the 
Mhacs Wood, Mr. Alderman Farncomb nnd Miss S one, 
Sir John Musgrovc nnd Miss Briggs and Miss Cooper, Mr. Al- 
derman Moon and Mrs. Chnrrington, Mr. Alilornmn Salo- 
Hampson, 450; nnd Ashe, 160. The firm of Major Mars- 
land nnd some others have given notices which expire 
towards the end of this week, nnd the operatives are ex- 
pected in those mills also to leave their work. The few 
mills which will continue running are mostly spinning 
only, and as three-fourths nearly of the wages given in 
producing a piece of cloth are paid on the weaving, the 
spinners do not feel the high prices so much ns those who 
are spinners and weavers, or, as they arc called in the 
district, spinners and “manufacturers.” There appears to 
have been some difference of opinion among the delegates 
of the various towns as to the propriety of the Stockport 
people striking while the Preston operatives are out; and 
one of the delegates, in addressing a meeting at Danvcn, 
is reported to have described the Stockport workmen as 
“ hot-headed and impatient,” and to have augured ruin 
to the cause of the Preston operatives if those of Stock- 
port persisted in striking. Tlio receipts at Preston from 
Stockport have been about A'200 per week. The firm of 
Kershaw and Co., at Stockport, is one of the largest in the 
district, and it is estimated that they turn out upwards of 
12,000 pieces of cloth, chiefly for India, of about 43 yards 
per piece. They are, in addition, extensive merchants and 
calico-printers, and probably purchase three-fourths as 
much doth to print ns they manufacture themselves. 
The System of Blasting in Collieries.—' The 
two great explosions at the Inco Hall Colliery, near Wigan, 
bv which, within a period of 12 months, nearly loOlives have 
been sacrificed, have led tho owners to lot bid the firing of 
shots (or blasting) in the mine. The jury, it will bo recol- 
lected, expressed un opinion thut such, a course was 
dangerous. Of course a higher price has to be paid (4d. per 
ton) for getting coals by the wedging system; but tho 
colliers aro so prejudiced in favour of blasting, by which 
more coals and higher wages are secured, that nothing 
like a full complement of workmen can he got into 
the mine on the now system. Colliers have been heard to 
express great readiness to go to work at luce Hall if they 
might be allowed to “ fira Bhots;” but less wages, though 
accompanied with greater security to life and limb, are in- 
superable objections to the majority. 
IRELAND. 
Royal Dublin Society’s Great Spring Cattle 
Show.— Dublin, Wednesday. — The annual exhibition 
of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, nud agricultural 
implements, under the auspices of the Royal Dublin 
Society, will be opened to the public this duv, nnd it is 
generally Allowed by competent judges who have been 
admitted to a private inspection, that it is iu all respects 
the largest as well as the finest show of the kind which 
has been hitherto held in this city. The Exhibition build- 
ing, which has been kindly lent for tins purpose by Mr. 
Durgail, together with the large court nnd yards ol the 
society, arc crowded with stock of all kinds, and ol a truly 
"superior quality. At six o’clock yesterday morning the 
judges commenced their examination of the stock, and it 
having been anticipated that they would not he able to 
complete their labours until a lute hour of the day, in 
consequence of the very large extent of the show, it was 
determined not to open the doors to the general public on 
the first day, as usual on former occasions, but to admit 
them on the second day of the exhibition. His Excellency 
the Lord Lieutenant visited the show yesterday at three 
o’clock, and after a stay of considerable duration, took his 
departure, highly gratified with everything lie had seen in 
its several departments. 
gate Intelligent, 
COURT OF CHANCERY, Westminstbr.— W ednesday was 
the first jay of Easter Term, nnd the Lord Chancellor enter- 
tained die judges, Queen’s Counsel, Ac , at breakfast at his pri- 
vate residence, llis Lordship took his B.-at upon tlio bunch 
shortly before 2 o’clock, accompanied by LorJ Justice Turner, the 
Dfllicc Intelligent. 
LAM DOTH. 
Murder.— Catherine Sari Ur, n rcspectnbly-dresscil middle- 
aged woman, of most placid, pleasing couuleunura, and whoso 
manner did nut betray tho slightest regret or remoreo for tho 
frightful net of which aho hud been guilty, was placed at tlio 
bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of destroying (Jcorgo Edward 
tfnvillo, her infant eon, by drowning. Tlio first witness culled 
was Ellen Doyle, a servant to the prisoner and her husband,' who, 
when sworn, said — On Saturday morning last, a littlo before 0 
o'clock, I saw my mistress (the prisoner) carry the baby up-stairs 
in her shawl, and soon after she enmo down and went out. Im- 
mediately after 1 thought 1 heard the baby cry, and wont up-stairs; 
hut on trying my mistress’s bedroom I found it was locked, and 
tlio key gone. 1 ran down stairs again, nnd found a key which 
opened the bedroom. On unlocking the door, and going into 
tho room, 1 saw tho poor child lying on the tloor, with its faeo 
in a basin of dirty water. 1 screamed out ns loud ns I could, 
nnd some persons enmo to my assistance, but the baby wus quite 
dead. — Eliza Furs ell, residing at No. 7, l.conard's-square, 
Finsbury, deposed that on Saturday morning she wus at tlio 
house of Mr. 8aviUc, and on hearing the lust witness scream 
she ran upstairs and found the child, who lmd been just re- 
moved from tlio position in which it had been found, with 
its bond iu n husin of cold water, quito dead. — Sergeant John 
Uoldeway, 41’, said, that from information ho received ho went 
to tho house of Mr. Faville on Saturday forenoon, nud took tho 
prisoner into custody. He told her that he took hor for killing her 
child, and she made no reply, nor did she betray the slightest 
regret or emotion w hen ho told her so,— Mr. Cli fiord, tho relieving 
officer of Cnuihorwcll parish, informed Iho magistrate tliut from 
inquiries lie had mode on tlio Subject it nnponrod that tho 
prisoner, after taking the infant up-stairs, and no doubt placing 
it in Iho position in w hich it was found, set out from hor homo 
nnd proceeded to tho place of business of her husband near Fine- 
burv-squnra, and on seeing him, at once staled to him tlio par- 
ticulars of what she hod done. Tho husband hoped, though his 
wile hud fur sumo days exhibited symptoms of oborrution ol mind, 
fhat tho was not guilty of tho act, hut ho ut unco hurried homo, 
when lie unfortunately found that her Btory was hut too true. — 
Mr. Savi)lo,n man of most respectable appear unco, and who seemed 
overwhelmed with'gi'ief, ’corroborated the statement of Mr. Clifford, 
and said that there could ho no doubt of tlioYllsoidcrcd stale of hia 
wife.— -Mr. Elliott remarked that tlio testimony of tlio husband 
was inadmissible, nnd asked if there was any other person to 
whom tho prisoner had mnden similar acknowledgment of having 
destroyed the child ? Mr. Clifford replied that thcrowns; that 
she (prisoner) had made a similar admission to Mr. Cooper, tho 
landlord of tho house, but lie wus not in attendance. Mr. Elliott 
said tliut this was not material nt present, ns ho should have to 
remand the prisoner to a future day, and iiis attendance on tho 
next examination would bo sufficient. Addressing tho prisoner, 
tho magistrate, after giving the usual caution, asked If she wished 
to say anything in reply to the very serious chorgo oguinst her l 
Tho prisoner, w ith u smile on her eountenanec, replied, “ 1 wish 
to 6pcak nothing hut tho truth. 1 knew Hint tlio child had been 
very much neglected, aud 1 thought it hud hotter die anil go to 
Heaven at once. 1 was very comfortublo, and had everything 1 
wanted.” Tho unfuilunuto woman was thou removed from the 
bur, and the magistrate gave directions that she should bo ut 
once sent to Horseniongcr-lunc Gaol, to prevont tlio excitement 
that it wus thought would have been occasioned by her being 
pluced with the other prisoners in the cells of tho court, and 
(sergeant Uoldeway wus desired to mention the naturo of tlio 
chorgo oguinst the prisoner,’ nnd her unfortnnnto malady, to 
tho prison authorities, so thut she might be carefully looked 
after, und liuvo tho attendance of tbcmcdicul gentleman in charge 
of the prisoners there. 
WORSHIP STREET. 
Shooting at a Doy. — Alfred llieharde, n gcnteel-lookiDg 
youth of about 1(5, a clerk in n life insurance office, was charged 
with the following offonco : — Folice-eonstublo Raymond, 421 N, 
staled, — I was on duly in hlinton-strcct, New North-road, nt 
half-past G on Wednesday night, when 1 saw a little hoy, 12 
years old, supported in the arms of a woman opposito tho resi- 
dence of Mr. Coward, tho divisional surgeon. A man wus stand- 
ing in the crowd with n pistol in his hand, and pointing to tho 
prisoner said, 11 Tliut lau has shot this hoy.” 1 took the pri- 
soner into custody, saying, “You hear what you aro charged 
with ?” He replied, “ I have gotnnothcr pistol here,” and, thrust- 
ing his right hand into Ids bosom, partly drew out a second pistol. I 
instantly grasped tbe stock and took it from him, nnd found a 
cap upon it, but neither powder nor bull in it. I took him to tho 
station nnd searched him, and in Ins pockets, found 11 bullets 
in a bug', about 200 percussion cops, u bullet-mould 
and key, nnd a small black murk with a crap full. 
Richard Fowler, a silversmith, suid ,1 saw the prisoner support- 
ing a boy in his arms. I run up, but before 1 could speak tlio 
prisoner, who seemed in grout distress of mind, oxcluimcd “ 1 liavo 
shot him I” or “I have done It!” I do not know which, and 
handed mo the pistol produced by the officer. Wnlnes, 307 N. — 
1 heard the report of UreormB, and on seeing tho hoy in tho arms 
of the woman asked hint what was the matter with him. lie 
replied, “Oh, sir, that boy (pointing to tlio prisoner, who (was 
about sis yards off in custody), has shot me.” I asked, “ How 
came ho to do so, and what for?” to which ho answered, “1 am 
a little boy that sweeps crossings, Sir; I n^ked him to give mo 
something, and lie immediately draw u pistol from his breast and 
shot mc.’ F Tho boy wus very much exhausted und faint, and 
shot me. Tlio boy v— • - ,, _ - 
culled out for water. He was taken to tlio house of Mr. Coward, 
ami thence lo 6t. Bartholomew’s Hospital, where ho now lies, 
and from tlio houso surgeon of which, Mr. Avili JIumphrevs, I 
produce u certificate stating the nature of tho injury. I lie injured 
boy told me that his name was Edward Monkford, and I produce 
Lis jacket, waistcoat, and shirt. (Tho latter was much blood- 
stained on the front, aud all three perforated with a bullet). 
Mr G Coward, divisional surgeon, staled : At halt-past G, last 
night, the boy spoken of was brought to my surgery by the po^ 
licc 1 undressed him, and found a wound ut the side of tlio loft 
breast. 1 examined it, and, though it hod the appearance of a 
bullet-wound, could find notrace of the direction the ball had taken . 
Oil examining the hoy’s clothes I found a small hole immediately 
opposite the wound. Thera is no doubt that the bullet is in tho 
body now. I expect it is lodged iu the scapula, ».r under tho 
shoulder-blade; it is not iu the chest, 1 believe, for 1 probed it. 
1 could not clearly asccituiu ibo direction the ball hud taken, but 
in all probability it first struck against the ribs, and then took o 
circular course. 1 directed him to bo at once conveyed to the 
hospital, where I saw him again this morning, nnd found tliut 
fever is setting in, the termination of which, of course, no one can 
tell. Inspector Fnvnc liera intimated the police had hud great 
difficulty in tracing the wounded boy’s residence, which they ns 
length found to 1>0 an obscure lodging in Mint-tract, Borough, 
where, os ho had no father, ho lived with Ins mother, who was 
in sadly destitute circumstances, aud entirely depended for sub- 
sistence upon the few hulfjioi.ee the poor little leltow could earn ut 
croSMiiL'-MveiM.in ' — Mr. D’Eyncourt (to the prisoner): liuvo 
vuu anything to snv ? — Prisoner: Only that tho pistol I g-<vo to 
the office i l" i . k from my trousers pocket, and not from my 
breast — Mr J>' ly neonrt it > theoffirer l’uvmoml : Wan that so. 
— Raymond-: No, certainly not; he took it from Ins breast.— 
Mr.tiVKi ncourt (to the piisoncr) : Do you wish to say anything 
else?— F/isoner: No, H in-Mr. D’Eyncourt; I shall remand 
you till Tuesday. a. =3 — - 
