The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.

I visit en Wednesday to this favourite and attractive in.
stitution was sufficient to reduce the hyperbole, that " 8.,-
London goes to Epsom on the Derby day." Notwithst,
ing the Derby, and the temptation to out-of-door amuse.
ments offered in every direction round the metropolis by ig
fine hot day in May, the Royal Polytechnic Institution wain
very numerously attended throughout the day and evening.
There is a new lecturer added to the strength of the scientific
department in the person of Dr. Hunter Lane, whose
chemical lectures, as was to be expected from his established
reputation, give considerable satisfaction. Dr. Backhoffe..c,
of course, continues, from morning to night, the varied con
tributions of his rare acquirements and talents to t”vatriicaeir
sures of knowledge and pleasure presented in thisunr
with
in
temple of practical science. We were greatlyr.Crispe givm
pleased
the painstaking and lucid manner of curious and in.;
teresting models spread over the
the explanations of the great number* which 11
egreat hall. These explana,
feature in the day's entertain.
tions form a very important '
meat, and are attended to with deep attention. Mr. Long..
bottom's Physioscope, Armstrong s Ilydro-electric Engines
thea n
.ent Dissolving
a Views, the Cosmorama, and as excellent
MUSIC of h
director, Dr. Wallis, are still prominent and per.
m
tions. We should direct attention to are
tetr
ae
Electrical Eels., as constituting the most interesting livii4
objects of natural history in Europe.

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TEE GREAT BRITAIN.—Since tnefine weathe4
has set in, pedestrians and equestrians, by dozens at a t Mil
have been visiting this ship, the
he
last,
i tb, rtehaek wlabourers alongP baytide wb:rgei nt
anki ne
gn
eonn l'hO ed
art
the leviathan, and it was soon known that the efft-ct of tilt
work which had been going on inside with smiths and cam
penters was to be tried. The pumps were known to bilk
working as the tide rose, by the streams of water seen ii,suit i
from her in several places. As the tide rose it was perfecti
evident that the ship rose slightly also, but the tide was nig
a high one. Thursday morning, however, it rose much
higher, and the same efforts were repeated% and at big]
water it was quite visible that the vessel was nearly uprigb
and very little by the head. At low water, it was evidei ,
that she stood out of her old bed two or three feet, and a
amazing quantity of large and small stones were thrown twit
the hollow left from her rising. Some of the labourers vi l t
have been on her from the the first are intelligent men, are.
they stated that she was all in motion aad quite ado: •
every where.
here It blew strong, and the sea was very hi,,,
The ship seemed to have _ i
settled back a little, but it .4
quite clear those in author.ty haN e her n hand, a1th,,1414
the large hole is still not high enough for patching.—.Neteraf
Telegraph of May 18.
EX.TENSITE FIRE IN ITOUNnsDrren.—A verti
alarming fire, and which was not extinguished until a deal a
property was de ::roved, broke out yesterday morning, short]
before one o'clock, upon the premises belonging to Air. Br
Davis, a sack and bag manufacturer, carrying on business sal
35, St. Mary-axe, and 100, Houndsditch. In the space of $
tw :minutes the lofty three-storey building, occupied as Al.,
Davis's Martutactorv, was found to be wrapped in flames*
The firemen succeeded in getting the mastery over the clei.
1 ~:tructive element be two o'clock, but not before Mr. Davis's
premises were ne..rly gutted. the upper part
of Mr. Wolf,
manufactory burnt out, and the lower part extensively dat.
waged by fire and water. Mr. Davis, we regret to say, wu
pot insured for a single penny.