The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-09 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL COLLEGE.

(From the Cork Southern Reporter.)
It will be seen by the following letter from the Earl of
Listowel to Mr. Roche, that the Noble Lord will take the
Chair at the meeting to be held on the 15th inst., for the
establishment of a Provincial College. The communica-
tion is most gratifying.
CANVAMORE, OCT. 1838.

Sxa,—l beg you will convey my best acknowledgments
to the Committee for the honour which they confer on
me in inviting me to preside at the meeting to be held on
the 15th instant, an invitation which I have great pleasure
in accepting. .

fremain Sir, your most obedient servant,
James Roche, Esq., LISTOWEL.
As no one as given more long continued and effective
attention to the subject of Education than Lord Brougham,
we are glad to record his approving opinion of exertions
being made here to forward that great object.
We make an extract from a letter from his Lordship to
a Member of the Committee as follows :
DOVER, NOV. 1, 1638.
" That I should attend the very important meeting
of the 15th instant is unfortunately out of my power,
judicial business would detain me in London until after
that day.
" No one can feel more than I do the necessity of
better provision being made for the higher as well
as the inferior branchos of Education. I hope and
trust that in Ireland you may set us a good exam-
ple. Rely upon it, that in improving the education
of the upper and middle classes, you will also extend that
of the humbler portions of society, for I have always
found that the surest way of furthering the instruc-
tion, and generally the improvement of one class,
is to instruct and improve the class next
above them. On this principle we have been acting in
England, but under many discouragements.
" Wishing all success to the present proceedings which
arc so creditable to you all,
" I am your obedient servant,
" BROUGHAM."

Lord John Russell arrived at the Marquis of Aber-
corn's, on Carlton-terrace, at a late hour on Wednesday night,
from Sussex-square, Kemptown, and left town again yester-
day morning for Cashiobury Park, the scat of the venerable
Earl of Essex, where his Lordship will pass some time in re-
tirement. The funeral of the late Lady John Russell will
take place to- morrow 111,31 ning, at ten o'clock, at Chenies,
fourteen miles from Cashiobury. The mournful cortege left
Brighton at the early hour of five o'clock yesterday. It
passed over Battersea Bridge, and proceeded through H;gh-
gate to Rickmansworth, where it will be met by Lord J din
Russell and his brother the Marquis of Tavistock. Mr. and
Mrs. Lister left the Earl of Morley's, Kent House, Knights-
bridge, yesterday, to join Lord John at Cashiobury ; and the
Marquis and Marchioness of Aba7corn, Lord Wriothesley
Russell, and other branches of the family are expected to as-
semble at Cashiobury, where the Noble Lord's infant family
will arrive to-day from Kemptown. The Earl of Essex, on
learning the domestic bereavement of his Noble Friend Lord
John Russell, offered him the use of his magnificent seat,
Cashiobury Park, as a temporary residence, his Lordship and
the Countess being settled in town for the winter.

INcENDIARiim.—On Friday afternoon, about five
o'clock, the people in the Glasgow post-office were alarmed by
a strong smell of fire. On a search being made, it was dis-
covered that some miscreant had dropped a quantity of burning
cotton from the outside into the letter-box, evidently with the
intention of destroying the letters. Fortunately a delivery
having just taken place, there were only four or five in it at
the time, part of which were consumed. Had the circum-
stance occurred a few hours later, the consequences would in
all probability have been very serious. A person who was
standing in the street, waiting upon a friend, saw a tall man
with a white hat and frock coat at the box, the only individual
who had been there for a considerable time before the circum-
stance was discovered, and upon this unknown individul suspi-
cion has in consequence fallen.—Scots Times.
ST. JAMES'S PARK.—(FROM A CORRESPON-
DENT.)—Your Contemporary, the Herald, has at least one
merit which, as trifles make the whole sum of human happi-
ness, I am not disposed to think lightly of. I allude to its
vigilance in attending to all those million of minor matters
which arc connected with the convenience of the public at
large. No sooner, for instance, have we rain than the Herald
proclaims the disgraceful state of the foot-paths in St. James's
Park, suggests a remedy, and urges the claims of the public on
official attention. This morning, Sir, the Park is all but
impassable, and when it is considered how many hundreds of
her Majesty's ill-clad and badly-shod subjects are compelled
through wet, wind, and mud, how inclement soever the season
may be, to traverse through this Royal park, in order to ob-
tain by their labour a scanty subsistence, it certainly were but
justifying her Majesty's claim to " gracions," if she were to
express her Royal pleasure that the health and comfort of the
people should not be acy longer despised and neglecte I by the
official salaried sons of ease. The refusal to make the Park
paths passable is an impressive leson to many, showing, at
one and the same glance, how liable is the Palaced Potentate
to forget the convenience of the people who built the palace,
and who yearly lay at the feet of its resident countless treasure,
the result of their toil and privation.

THE DEVIL'S LAWS..—At the tecent Saffron
Walden Agricultural Dinner, considerable force was laid by
several of the speakers on the necessity of an advancement in
the wages of the labourers, as if any miserable addition of
that kind could compensate the poor toil-worn men for being
stinted of their daily bread by the enorm,-us tax their land-
lords lay on the first necessary of life. LOrd Rayleigh. it is
said, alluded to the filching of his com-rocues, the agricul_
turists, and the indignant complaint of the community at the
dearness of bread, in the following exquisitely absurd terms ;
happily the false proences and rotten fallacie, of the land-
sharks can deceive but few :---" When," say, Lord Rayleigh,
I look to the coming winter, and see that the quartern lea
is likely to get dearer, rather than cheaper, it will be our duty
to anticipate any demand for wages amongst the poor, so that
if there should he a cry out amount the manufacturers rt the
dearness of bread. our lzhottrer. ine-tead of joining i that
cry,
t
cry, may be able to say---' We have found masters who have
given us a portion of theiriadvantages, and whether
~ bread
be
cheap or dear, our mastera shall have our good-will.

Oct. 9.

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TO THE EDITOR OF TFIE SUN.

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SIR-By the 6th and 7th William IV., the power of
appointing a Bishop to the new see of Manchester waa-V-7
placed in the Council—it has not yet been carried inte,•
effect. Can you inform me why t Have Ministers re- Al
served that little bit of patronage for their Conservative
successors, who will gladly avail themselves of it to add a
favourable vote to that bench where the Whig interest is
truly so very preponderating ! Perhaps you would be
kind enough to clear up the mystery.
With a thousand and one apologies, I am, Sir,
Your constant reader,
S. L.

SINGULAR EFFECTS OF PRINTING

IN, GOLD.

TO THE EDITOR. OF THE MEDICAL GAZETTE.
SlR—Should the accompanying case appear worthy of
being recorded, I would beg as a favour its insertion in the
Medieal Gazette, not being aware that any person has yet
noticed this affection, which may perhaps be as novel as its
cause, riz., the printinr, of Golden Sun newspapers I
July 17th, John Oakey,e mt. 19, a lad of pale, scrofulous
complexion, applied at this institution for relief of a most
distressing itching of the scrotum, and was admitted under
the care of Mr. Caswall, whom I have to thank for this
kindness in permitting me to supply the notes of this case.
On examining the part, it seemed relaxed and inflamed,
the sebaceous follicles considerably enlarged, and round the
roots of the hairs were small scabs, caused by his scratch-
ing the part, to relieve the tingling sensation. The hair on
the scrotum and pubes was of a decided grass-green colour,
and though the irritation resembled that produced by the
pediculus pubis, I could discover none of these vermin or
their ova. -
On inquiry, the lad referred these symptoms tohis occupa-
tion at a newspaper-office, being engaged in printing the
Golden Sun paper—so named from its golden type. It
appears this hue is communicated by brushing a fine bronze-
coloured powder (composed, according to the workmen's
account, of copperas, verdigris, and quick-silver) over the
type, which is first printed in yellow ink. This powder is
given to those employed in ounce packets, and about 40
hands were thus employed, almost all of nhom had been
forced after a time to give up this work, some keeping at
it only two days ; others for a week or more ; but all suf-
fering more or less from its effects.
The hair on his head and in the axilla was of the same
colour, and he complained of itching in these parts and
about the wrists, though in a degree, and the hair felt pecu-
liarly harsh, dry, and matted.
He stated that on the third day of being thus em-
ployed, he had been seized with vomiting of a green-coloured
fluid, and a sensation of heat and constriction in the (eso-
phagus, with pain in the stomach, which he referred to
swallowing and inhaling portions of the powder diffused
through the air of the room : this was followed by epistaxis,
recurring at intervals, itching of the before-mentioned parts,
more especially of the pubes and scrotum, tenderness of the
epigastrium and bowels, accompanied by loss of appetite
and rest. As his bowels were confined, and his stomach
irritable, he was ordered, _ _

Pulv. jalapaa cum hydrarg. clalorid., 12 grains ; stat.
sum. mist. effervesc., an ounce and a half ; c. mag. sulph.,
one dram ter in die. ; and to relieve the itching, fotus pa-
paveris, with occasional poultices.
His continual scratching, being unable to keep his hand
out of his flap for five minutes at a time, had destroyed
the character of the eruption so much, as to put it out of
my power to state positively what it originally was, but it
seemed to have been primarily papular, subsequently as-
suming a vesicular appearance.
19th.—The eruption has decreased, and the irritation is
much relieved, but the hair still retains its green hue ; the
tenderness of the epigastrium and sickness have left him,
his tongue is clean, and he sleeps well at night.
Rep. Pulv. et Mist.
26th.—He returned quite well, but still with the hair on
his pubes, scrotum, and head quite green, though gradually
fading away. Ordered to continue his medicine, and re-
turn in a week, using in the meantime common pomatum
to the hair, to soften it and remove its harsh wiry character.
Unfortunately, like too many dispensary patients, being
relieved, he never returned to give up his letter, or obtain a
letter of thanks to the party who had recommended him,
and thus he deprived me of the opportunity of observing
how his hair resumed its natural hue (a sandy colour, it
seemed to be), as also of giving the termination of his case.
This case having excited my curiosity, I asked and ob-
tained permission to see the process of printing these
papers. They are printed with a yellow ink, composed of
size and gamboge, and then handed over to men, who, with
a common hat-brush, distribute the powder over the paper,
which adheres to the moist printed portions. About a dozen
persons were thus engaged when I visited the office, all of

whom complained more or less of the same symptoms.
Some added, that this irritating powder had caused deep
ulcers on the genitals ; others declared it had salivated
them to a certain extent ; but though their gums appeared
slightly spongy, they hardly seemed more so than those of
most persons whose stomachs are out of order ; and I could
not detect any mercurial fostor.
I wished much to be allowed to have a portion of this
powder for chemical examination, but my request could not
be granted, as its composition is kept a secret. I was told
it was prepared in Germany ; it looked like very fine brass
filings ; the whole air of the room was loaded with it, and
my coat glistened, as also did my face and hair, which
rivalled in brightness the wig of Caligula, who had recourse
to gold dust to produce the effect I obtained so cheaply.
This case would have been forwarded to you long be-
fore this, but unfortunately I had mislaid the notes, and
have only now found them. I have referred in vain to the
works of Thackrah, Ramazzini, and Patissier, as also to

_ .
the Dictionnaire des Arts—none mention this mode of
gilding, or any similar effects on gilders. Believing it,
therefore to be es new, as this new process of " illuminating"
newspapers, I have done myself the pleasure of sending
you this very imperfect notice of it, and reamin Sir,
yours, &c. _

GURNEY TURNEY, M. R. C. S., &c.
General Dispensary, Oct. 24, 1838.

CLERICAL NON-RESIDENCE.—It appears by a
letter, addressed by the Archbisliep of York to the Bis'aops
within his province, a copy of wi ich appears in the York
Courant, that it is his intention to enforce compliance with
the Ac passed in the late Session, for securing the residence
of the clergy on their respective cures.
'e rejoice to learn that the Rev. Henry Lowther,
of Distington, has commenced an active subscription in behal.
of the widows and families of the unfortunate sufferers in the
late melancholy accident at John Pit, near Harrington. We
should be glad to hear of other clergymen and influential gen-
tlemen in the parishes of Harrington and Workington taking
the matter up, uniting their exertions with those of Mr. Low-
ther, and extending the relief generally to the families of all
the sufferers. We are convinced there is no lack of proper
feeling amongst the neighbouring clergy and gentry, and that
on the suggestion being made Mr. Lowther will find many
respectable persons ready to aid him in his laudable under-
taking. The Rev. Gentleman, a few days ago, visited this
town for the above benevolent purpose, and in consequence o.
the truly melancholy nature of the accident, and the personal
respect in which he is held by all classes of the inhabitants, his
efforts were highly successful, as they have everywhere been
in the surrounding neighbourhood.—Cumberland Pacquet.

A poor weaver- in this town, of the name or
Grime, was a short time ago affected with a pain in his sto-
mach, accompanied by other peculiar sensations; he took seve-
ral courses of medicine, without experiencing any relief.
" At times," says he, " I felt as if something was moving
about in my inside." He continued in this condition about a
week, when the pain began to descend ; he then tried outward
applications, such as rubbing the part with warm flannel ; still
there was no abatement of the pain. When the ailment
reached the knee the pain was excruciating ; the patient sat
up most of the nigl.t, rubbing the afflicted part before the fire,
until he felt a little ea•-ier. He was then about to draw on his
stocking, when he perceived something sticking out from the
calf of his leg ; he immediately drew it out, and it proved to
be a large-sized tailor's needle, considerably corroded. He is
now in a convalescent state.—Preston Chronicle.

On Monday a letter was discovered at the lodgings
of a lady in Cork, sealed with black wax, and apprehensive
that it contained unfavourable intelligence of a little son, who
was at school, and in delicate health, she opened it hastily.
On breaking the seal a detonating powder exploded, lacera-
tin;; three of her fingers, wounding her under one of her
eyes, and cruelly terrifying her. There is not in the city a
person less likely to become an objet of hostility than the
lady in question. She is a widow—left a widow at two-and-
twenty—her husband snatched away by cholera one day—her
mother taken by the same fatal malady the next. Surely, if
anything could insure her protection, she ought to find it
here.—Cork Paper.
Mr. BURROUGHS, THE JRISH BARRISTER.—
The Goldsmith of the bar, ho was as impired as simple, and
sometimes as absent. Once, when stait:anpgirit,reo;:cdasintghse con
netted with a bill of exchange to the Jury, he forgot the
greatest eompo.
name of the drawer. and turning round asked some person,
,13p;,1,50n Bonaparte, drew
" What's his name?" " Napaloosn
Gthis bill," B:.t.tt...\Alemiii,nt,hiTlyecluiiiittetr,ed
with
the
Compo-
sure imaginable. —Metropolitan Magazine.
Miss Shirreff, the charming vocalist, continues to
I draw amazingly crowded houses at the N. ational. Every night
lis only a greater triumph than the previous one. The music
of the piece is splendid, and foil jitstiee is dine to it by this
charming cantatriee. Miss Shirreff is a fi .e. looking, open-
faced, smiling young Englishwoman. In she is plump' and
well-proportioned. 11cr movements are I'4ll of grace and
firmness. What a prospect she has before her, young, splen-
did, and interesting; she can make 50.000 dollars in this
country in a short time.—Nero, York Herald, Oct. 19.
We hear that Count VLr:t star lii%n Van Maasdam
is to make two mere
,journey. to S'll:7a7d —firSt to negotiate
en the preliminaries to the n,ftri-s,gc- o' h;. Royal Highness the
Hereditary Prince of Orange, the time to be pre-
sent, , aint
at the conclusion of othe proposed marriage,--Dutc4
Paper.