The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-28 00:00:00

THE DISSOLVING VIEWS.

If any proof were ts anting that science is the creator
of many a refined and delightful amusement, the exhi-
bition of the Dissolving Views, at the Royal Polytech-
nic Institution, might be instaaced as a clinching case in
point. By the aid of the magnifying powers and light
of the oxy-hydrogen microscope, a display of sequent
pictures, 18 in number, upon the large disc in the
theatre of the establishment, is converted into one of
the most attractive and alluring exhibitions possible.
The inventors of this new method of magnified illustra-
tion are Messrs. Cary, the well-known opticians ;
and the novelty consists in imperceptibly creating
a picture on the canvass, while another picture,. the
predecessor of the new corner, as imperceptibly dis-
appears from the view of the spectator ; and this,
be it remembered, on the same surface and
without the slightest assistance from transparencies.
Most of our readers must have witnessed the annual
displays at the theatres of moving dioramas, introduced
principally into pantomimes, where a aucces%ion of
scenes or events is represented by the canvas being
gradually unrolled before the audience. Effect of a
similar nature, but totally different in their method of
production, are the result of this new invention, the
canvas being perfectly still, and the pictures thereon
appearing and fading of themselves, and without any
apparent cause. The only title, sufficiently compre-
hensive, that we can apply to this most interesting ex-
hibition, is that of " natural magic ;" for so extraerdi-
I nary are its numerous metamorphoses, that our fore-
fathers are entitled to a full measure of forgiveness for
belief in monkish miracles, if such unaccountable things
as these were ever revealed to them by the magicians
of old.

RIPE STRAWBERRIES.—There is now to be
seen in the gardens of the Earl of Lonsdale, at Whitehaven
Castle, quantities of fine ripe strawberries, growing in full
perfection ; and as they are pulled they are rapidly succeeded
by others, many of them weighing neatly an ounce each. It
is upwards of a fortnight since they first became ripe, and as
they exist in all the intermediate stages between the ripe fruit
and the blossom, a regular supply may now be depended on
during the season.—Newcastle Journal.

THE GENTLEMANLY TORIES.—Sir Thomas
Gooch said at Beceles—'4 If he had his wish, Mr. O'Con-
nell would have been hanged long ago. It might be
thought an uncharitable wish, but it came from the bottom
of his heart. What a happy thing it would be to see
O'Connell, and many more like him, dancing upon no..
things" Was political strife ever disgraced by a greater
display of coarse malignity ? And this proceeded from no
ignorant ill-educated working man. It was uttered by no
needy person, whose temper the world's cold scorn had
soured. The deliberate desire to persecute to the death a
political opponent was avowed, aye, and the avowal gloried
in, by one of England's wealthy 'Squires, one of those who
claim for themselves exclusively, the virtue, integrity, and
intelligence of the nation I Electors of East Suffolk, let
no such men be trusted. The same speaker also, let out
the mode by which his party hope to succeed, when he said,
aeT:hmoenanemdi
evening,
" It was very proper that gentlemen of property, if they
chose to spend their money to obtain any political object,
they should have their due weight ; he did not see
how that sort Cf influence was detrimental to the country."
—lpswich Express.
We regret to state that the Lord Provost was
yesterday forenoon taken suddenly ill when attending Di-
vine Service in the High Church. His Lordship was
conducted by some gentlemen to the vestry; where he
i n g fainted,co fotlhelib
COINS FOUND
NumismaticF sooou nNDa after
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Society,recovered,T i
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held
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EhTwtsihhs.a:tusorrßscldi
\ovaonetyfry eyed in
his carriage to his house in the Royal Circus.—Edin-
burgh Paper.
Mr. Charles Roach Smith, F. S.A., read a highly interesting
paperartie
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In the excavations for the approaches to new Lyondon Bridge
as well as in the removal
oafn dthtehepieloeffsearnddalinvosrkisnotfh etherivoeird,
bridge, and the subsequent
operations of ballast heaving for deepening the channel of
the river,
g o l
but
us etmvee littlerd
medallions,
several
l l
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so
of 1
if
eßewonmcahn,cvoe coins were
Theseos itu• enr e
were
..
ch discovered,ietiy_
of the large, second, and small bras kept. ' hfew silver, and
three r whichee his, with af
of the piles of the old bridge. Of Vespatian, Ddomuitnidaenr and
Titus there were many hundreds, while those of Adrian,
yDio-
cletian, Severus, Constantinus, Claudius, and Nero, were very
numerous.
Thein
Bcoriintais,n duringfact,innearly three centuries and a
presented a history of the
Roman dynast
half, embracing the reign of nearly every Emperor. They
were generally in a fine state of preservation, and as if but
recently turned out of the Mint, displaying also a very high
order of art. A question of considerable interest to anti-
quarians was as to how so large a mass came into the river,
extending, as the coins did, in a parallel line from the City
to the Southwark side. By some it had been consi-
dered that they had been accidentally lost at the ferry
existing at this spot, whilst others had imagined
formerlythem
to
have been part of the stock of a curiosity shop which
had been destroyed when the bridge was burnt. The writer,
however, gave it as his opinion that there formerly existed over
the river at this spot a bridge built by the Romans. It was
stated as singular that none of these coins were worn further
than what would be occasioned by the trituration of the gravel,
and amongst therri were found no British, Greek, or Saxon
coins, except deposited by obvious accident. Near the foun-
dation of bridge
manybr
iy
beautiful
was
tifttlb also
renres,which found colossal
a it
m.a h s ea of
evident
n defaced and destroyed by the early Christians in their
hAneldr ihaene,
zeal for the destruction of every symbol of idolatry, and it was
not improbable but in their hands coins might share the same
fate. The paper elicited an interesting discu,sion confiima-
tory of the opinion of the existence of a bridge over the
Thames at this spot in the time of the Romans.
WINCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDU-
CATION.—A public meeting, to promote the objects of this
1
institution, was held on Thursday at St. John's House. On
the platform were Lord Bolton, Lord Calthorpc, the Bishops
of Winchester and Salisbury, the High Sheriff of the County,
Sir William Heathcote, Bart. AL'
P , H. C. Compton, Esq.,
M.P., the Dean of Winchester, the Rev. Chancellor of the
Diocese, P. Williams, E the Warden of Winchester Col-
lege, Rev. Dr. Moberly, Rev. P. Jacob, Rev. E. M'All, J. M.
Elwea, E. W. Blunt, &c. In the body of the room there
were about 450 ladies and gentlemen' including many of the
clergy resident in the neighbourhood of Winchester, South-
ampton, &c. The objects contemplated by the Board are
the improvement of masters and mistresses through the faci.
Ipi
rt iiems
aratfyo
er afford
teadb
lbi trainingsinnent
o s
of schools
chools
;;
ar ennddienrng
sip
ee assistancetin g them
(i ow
itthhe-
out interference with the ordinary authorities)for the purpose of
conferring revrards on masters, mistresses, and deserving scho-
ham Heathcote, the Bishop of Winchester was unanimously
lars. On the motion of Lord Bolton, seconded by Sir Wil-
-1 re e u sted to take the chair, which being acceded to, several
L spieeehes in furtherance of the objects of the institution wer
I made, after which the meeting broke up.—Hants Advertiser..
. LONDON 1N 1759.—The middle of a paved
F street was generally occupied with the kennel, and the
sides of the carriage-way were full .of absolute holes,
where the ricketty coach was often stuck as ill a quagmire.
Some of the leading streets, even to the time of George
IL, were almost as impassable as the avenues of a new
inAeraentrbicearonrteowin. 759,Twhae oitnhlryourgoand
Ktointhg.estHreoeutseas of r
nd tiPaniloina:
street, which were in so miserable a state, that faggoti
t were thrown into the ruts on the days on which the King
went to Parliament, to render the passage of the state.
emb more.c.asy. .