The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-09 00:00:00

NON-INTRUSIONISTSDEFEATED.

The Giiiisvew Town Ceuneil have followed the ex-
of their brethren in Edinburgh by returning a
menthe- to the General A,seinhly known to be hostile
t) the principles and policy of the Instrusion iiarty.
Titus the two largest cities in Scotland have uvequivo-
eally expressed their approbation of the supporters of
law and older in the Church, and their hostility to the
conduct of the Non-Intrusion party—the clerical
Chartists—whuse principle and proceedings, in resisting
the law of the land as declared by the Supreme Courts,
are subversive of the foundations of civil society. The
state of the vote in the Glasgow Town Council should
he seriously pondered by the Government, or rather by
Mr. Fox Maule and the Lord Advocate,--for the univer-
sal belief among all well informed parties now is, that they
are the only members of Government who support the
Non-intrusionists, and that they honestly believe that
by so doing they are acting in unison with the feel-
ings of the great body of the Liberal party. Now, if
their belief as to the feelings of the Liberal party had
been correct, it would have followed that all the Liberal
members of the Town Council of Glasgow 'must have
voted for the Non-Intrusion elder. Was it so ? Quite
the reverse. There are sixteen Liberals in the Council,
Churchmen and Dissenters : and of these fifteen voted
against the Non-Intrusionists! And the supportersof the
Non:lntrusion elders, with one exception, were all either
avowed Conservatives or renegade Whigs, who, after
being cast off by the Liberal constituency, were re-
turneii by the votes of the Conservative party, in oppo-
sition to Liberal candidates. These facts, if properly
considered, should be sufficient to open the eyes of all
who honestly believe, that by patronising the Non-In-
trusionists, they are supporting the Liberal party,
and strengthening the Liberal Government. The
very reverse supposition is the case. However
good their intentions may be—which we are not,
at present, calling in question—it is undeniable
that they are acting in opposition to the oiidinions
and wishes of an immense majority of the Liberal elec-
tors of Scotland ; and that by so doing they are weaken-
ing the power and influence of the Liberal Govern-
ment. It should likewise be kept in mind, in refe-
rence to the Glasgow election, that both of the candi-
dates for the eldership were Conservatives, and hence
the Liberals, in uniting as they did against the Non-
Intrusi racists, could not be actuated by political motives,
or by any other feelings than hostility to the principles
and policy of the Non-Intrusion party.—Scotsman.

INSTITUTION OF ('IVIL EN-
GINEERS.-EXPLOSION OF BOILERS.

On Tuesday evening last, at the usual weekly meet-
ing. among others, an abstract of a paper, by Dr. Scha-
fatal was read, which the author illustrated by a small
apparatus he had there, to show that the bottom of the
boiler was blown away before the top in case of an ex-
plosion ; or, rather, that the explosive force reached the
lower pact before the upper, and that therefore the pre-
sent sAfety valve was in many cases little better than
useless.

Mr. Josiah Parkes made several highly interesting
remarks on the Doctor's experiments, and on the
causes of bursting or explosion of boilers gene-
rally. He gave several extraordinary instances of
the diffzrent effects of explosions, and argued that
there must be different causes to produce those
various effects. In some cases the accidents occurred
because there was no water, or but little, in the boiler ;
and in others, because there was too much ; in some,
because the existing safety-valve was closed ; in others,
because it was suddenly opened ; and in some cases,
when there was neither water nor steam in the
boiler, nor fire below it. He illustrated all these cases
by examples, too often not only destructive of property,
but also of life, to a very great extent. After revert-
ing to the accident on the Norwich river in 1817,
which he said was one of those that seemed to be
the " stock in trade" of all writers on steam-
boiler explosions, Mr. Parkes spoke of the one at
Stockport (we think he said) which occurred when
there was neither fire, water, nor steam present. In
this instance, the stoker had on Sa'urday evening
emptied the boiler of its water by knocking up a
plug in the bottom, thereby extinguishing the fire at the
same time. He then left the place without having taken
off the plate from the top of the main hole. On Sunday
afternoon the unfortunate man went to clean out the
boiler. He took the cover from the main hole, placed
a lantern he had on the top of the boiler, and descended
into into it by means of the iron ladder ; when he was
nearly down he took the light, and brought it into the
boiler, and that instant was sent up about a hun-
dred yards into the air, and fell through the roof
of the dye-house. The boiler rose many feet, and
fell hack in its seat. The man was scorched "as
black as a negro." The engineer, who entered the
yard about the time, to see that the stoker was at his
work, heard him in the dye-house crying " Let me out,
let me out ; I am frozen to death." He broke
open the door, and the poor fellow ran past him into
his own how, which was on fie premises, and died
that night, after telling minutely how it all happened.
Now (said Mr. Parkes), what was the cause of this
explosion ? It could not have been in the boiler, for
if it were, the force would have acted on all sides of it
equally ; then where was it ? He continued, that for
many years he had diligently collected the facts at-
tending every explosion be had heard of, and was
preparing to put them in such a form as would
afford facilities for examination, and he thought, pro-
per to direct the attention of practical men to
the facts, that they might arrive at some reason
for the explosion, and in what manner the force
acted. He spoke of an immense number of remarkable
explosions, and said that in iron-works it was known
that. a single drop of water would produce tremendous
explosive power in this manner :—if in a puddle furnace
a drop of water were placed on the red-hot slag,
no eff!.ct is produced ; but if this drop be pressed into
the metal with a stick, t- en it explodes with force suf-
ficient not only to shatter the furnace, but also to blow
the roof off the building. The drop of water could not
produce steam sufficient to fill the furnace, so that he
supposed that the instantaneous generation of steam
from even that small quantity of water, produced .a
thetwoavdeesitnroythi
evaierr,yng before it.
The meeting was well attended.which was projected with such force as

THE DANGER OF CHANGING COATS.—The
Gazette des Tribunaux gives the following :—Some time
ago the owner of a large silk warehouse, in the Quartier
St. Denis, who had a %cry pretty wife, and a clever clerk
who enjoyed all his confidence,
esi
whilst, on the contrary, the
wife appeared to have dislike to him. left Paris for Lyons, ,
on business connected with his
diligence
a distancehe f.ll alp, did
not a' he entered the
at awake
until
lhe wasahlisliment. Almost as
soon
(.f2seleeag andleague
esfromd
Paris. Having made notes of what he had to do at Lyons in
his pocket book, which contained also a large sum in bank-
notes, he drew out a pocketbook wish the intention of ar-
ranging his plans at Lyons from his not ,s, so as to espy,-
e his affairs as much as possit,l.. He saw immediately
that the pocket-book was not his own, and, glancieg at the
sleeve of his coat. ascertained that he had in his hurry
to leave his shop put on the cle-k's coat instead of his
own. Supposing ih -t his own pocket hook would he for_
war,led to Lyons by his cle•k as son as the mistake should
have b en discovered, he was not uneasy, except on ac-
count of the delay, and reolaced the book in the pocket.
13,4.,re he had ruched Lyons, however, an irresistible cu-
riosi,y impelled him to open the pocke,-book, and there to
his horror he found four love letters addressed by his wife
to the clerk, tow ands whom she pretended to have so much
aversion. The moor silk .mercer staid only two hours io
Lyons, and returned home as rapi-lly as possible, During
his ab,enee, the gui'tv p,i!, certain of the discovery which
had been ni,elc, had left toaelier for England. Repent-
ance, however, soon overtook the wife, and she returned
few days ago to h r husband with his pocket-book and
its contents intact, having preferred disposing of her own
trinkots for support to adding robbery to the crime of
which she hied ben guilty. The husband, says the Ga.
:die des Tribunaux, gave a hearty welcome to the pocket-
b,ok, but having received it, shut his doors for ever against
his wife.
EDINBURGH ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSOCIA-
TION. —We are happy to be air!e to sta c that the Edin-
burgh Anti-Corn-law Association have resolved on eg tin
petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the C rn-laws.
They have likesi-x issued a circular, urging on the parties
to whom it is sent the propriel of strengthening the hands
of their friends in Parlia'nent b petitions from their seve-
ral neighbourhoods. —Scotsman.y
HOP INTELLIGENCE.—The hops are gene-
rally looking well where they are got above the surface.
The stock is stated as having a very heal,hy and strong ap-
pearance, the flea
pearance, has not done any harm at present.
—Maidstone Gazette
RESULTS OF THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM.—
Nutmegs, if impered foal Holland directly for home
consumption, are liable to a duty of 39. 63. per pound ;
hut are allowed to be imported, under bond for exporta-
tion, without payment of duty From London they are
sent to the Cape of Good ll.)pe, and are thence re-im-
ported to England, and are then admitted for home con-
sumption, on payment If a duty of 23 6,1. per pound, as
coming from a British c lolly, from which procediug
gain of 7d. or Sal. per pound accrues, as the whole ex-
penses of freight, insurance, &c., from London to the Cape
and back again, do not exceed 4d. or 5,1. per pound.
Cu AMPA GN E.—About 4,700,000 English gal-
ling of genuine champagne can he grown in France in the
course of the year, but more than ten times that quantity is
annually manufactured and sold as such.
Pine-apples in Siii!apore are so abundant that
ship-captains frequently purchase them by boat-loads to
scour their decks.
The constitution of Ibrahim Paella is said to be
breaking up from confirmed habts of intemperance, and
the anxiety and mortiEcations he has recently undergone.
He is dropsical, but persists in drinking to excess.
, .
RAILROADS FOR IRELAND.—At length tnis
subject is taken up in good earnest, a number of Eng•
lish capitalists have come forward with the necessary funds,
and they are to be secured by the Government in a certain
per centagc on their outlay. We understand that the
Messrs. Baring stand at the head of the list......Traterford
Chronicle.
IRISH LABOURERS IN number
A
of lgoarry-m. n, who had been employed at Bullock, six
miles from Dublin, have been taken off to Paris .to work
upou the fortifications.