The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

GLASGOW, FEBRCAXY 12.

STOCK EXCIIANGL—The sales are—Ayr and Galloway, 38s.—
Caledonian, New, 433.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 48.4.—Direct
Northern (scrip), 50s.—Dundee and Perth, 28 —East of Fife, 535.-
ICast Indian, Bs. 9d.—East Lothian Central, 41s. 6cl.—Edinburgh
and Glasgow, Halves, 203,y—Ditto, Quarters, 191.—Edinburgh and
Perth, 50s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 65y„ —Ditto,
No. '2, 9/. Is.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 6 —Great .
Southern of Madras, IL—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 325. —Man-
chester and Southampton, 325. —Midland, naives, 51. Ms.—North
Brandi, Thirds, 7 Is. 6d.—Ditto, Quarters, 82s. 6d.—Ditto, New.
Quarters (scrip), 275. —Scottish Central, 2l3i—Scottish Midland
Junction, 223 —Stirling and Dunfermline, 335. 6d.

CHEMICAL MIRACLES.—At the Court of the Duke
of Brunswick, Professor Beyruss promised that during dinner
his coat should become red; sad to the amazement of the
Prince and his other guests, it actually became that colour.
M. Vogel relates the fact, but does not reveal the secret made
use of by Beyruss, but he observes that by pouring lime water
on the juice of the beetroot a colourless liquid is obtained;
and that a piece of cloth steeped in this liquid, and quickly
dried, becomes red in a few hours, simply by contact with the
air; and further that the effect is accelerated in an apartment
where champagne and other wines are being plentifully
poured out. It has been proved by recent experiments that
wool dyed by orchil of a violet colour, or shined blue by the
acidulated sulphate of indigo, in a bath of hydro-salphurie
acid, becomes colourless, yet resumes the blue or the violet
on exposure to the free air. Either explanation applies to
the modern fact, and indicates the possibility of reviving
ancient prodigies; it also discovers the manner in which,
amidst flaming torches and smoking incense, in the sanc-
tuaries of Polytheism, the veil concealing the sacred things
may have been seen to change from white to a blood-redriblui::
and which spectacle was considered as the presage
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ful disasters. Blood boiling on the altars, or
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marbles, or in the vases of the temples, were al,O
of perils and calamity. In Provence, in the FlXte!ntli.
century, when a consecrated phial filled with the blood of_
Magdalene, in a solid state, was placed near her pretended
head, the blood became liquid, and suddenly boiled. The
same phenomenon was exhibited in the Cathedral of Avellino,
with the bloood of St. Lawrence ; and also at Bisaeglia, with
that of St. Panteleon, and of two other martyrs. In the
present day, at an annual public ceremony at Naples, some
of the blood of St. Januarius, collected and dried come cen-
turies ago, becomes spontaneously liquified, and rises in a
boiling state to the top of the phial that encloses it. These
phenomena may be produced by reddening sulphuric ether
with orcauette (onosma Linn.) lied mixing the tincture
with spermaceti. This preparation, at ten degrees above
the freezing point (centigrade) remains condensed, but
melts and boils at twenty. To raise it to this temperature
it is only necessary to hold the phial which contains it in the
hand for some time.— Thompson's Philosophy of Nagle.
TEMPORA MUTANTUR.—On lest Sabbath, Duni-
fries time was adjusted to London time, and to effect this our
public clocks had to be accelerated twenty-five minutes.
This was a process sufficiently simple—setting the hands to
half-past seven in the morning, instead of five minutes past
that hour; but the confusion produced was petfectly chaotic.
The country people who throng into our churches at ; the
ringing of the bells" were perfectly astounded to hear their
jangle when they had yet miles of their journey to per-
form. Douce citizens, not long out of bed, were startled
at their coffee by the unexpected, and till now welcome
peal, and left the second cup untouched. The alarm was
so great, that we doubt not many china sets suffered break-
age on the occasion : and we dare say some not very cha-
ritable suppositions were cherished, to the effect that the bell•
man was either " blin' fou," and had mistaken the hour, or
had set the bells a-ringing so long before their time out of
pure mischief. In some of the churches the congregation had
met, but there was neither minister nor precentor. In others,
the clergyman and clerk were present, but only a tithe of the
people, and then, long after the exercise had commenced,
the remaining portions came hurrying in, in hot haste, as if
pursued. The reason that our clocks had fallen so far be-
hind exists, we need scarcely state, in the difference between
the longitude of Dumfries and Greenwich, and the neglect of
causing them to be adjusted weekly —Dumfries Standard.
MURDER AT A CHRISTENING.—A dreadful murder
was committed on Sunday evening at Newborough, in the
southern division of the county of Northumberland, about
four miles from Hischam. There had been a christening that
day, which in that part of the country is usually a season of
great festivity ; and after the parties had been to the church,
they repaired to an inn in the village of Newborough to
partake of some refreshment. While there, a man names
Welsh, who is a labourer in a quarry in the neighbourhood,
took some improper liberties with the female; of the christen-
ing party, and made use of indecent language, which called
for the interference of the father of the child, a person of the
name of Proud. When Proud and his party left the house,
Welsh followed and went in the UM direction ; and some
wrangling took place between the parties on the road. They
had not, however, proceeded far, when Welsh went up to
Proud, seized him by the head, and pulling it back, cut hie
throat with a knife so severely, that the unfortunate victim
died almost immediately. After committing the horrid deed
Welsh ran off, and called at the same public-house the party
had been at, where he called for a pot of whisky, and having
drank it, he stated to the mistress of the house that it was
the last time she would see hini. He then left, and hastened
to the Four-stones station of the Newcastle and Carlisle
Railway. On reaching it he seems to have been entirely
overcome, partly by the liquor he had taken, and partly by
the exertions he had made to fly from the locality of his
crime. In the meantime intelligence of the murder spread
over the village, and the constable ( Mr. Riley) was dispatched
on horseback in pursuit of the murderer, whom he found in
a public-house at the Four-stones station, and immediately
apprehended him. An inquest was held on Tuesday before
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committed on the coroner's warrant to Morpeth gaol, for
trial at the ensuing assizes.
ANOTHER CAPTURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.--
From information received, Messrs. Bayford and J. Lewin',
officers of Excise, yesterday proceeded to the house of Mr.
John Hatfield, Trafalgar-street, Whitechapel, where, after
obtaining admission, in a back apartment they found a large
copper still, a quantity of fermented wash, molasses, spirits,
and the usual fittings of a distillery. The process distilla-
tion was not then going on, but it appeared to have been re-
cently suspended. They accordingly seized the still, appa-
ratus, and utensils; but, in consequence of there being no
fire under the still, they were not empowered to take the
proprietor into custody, although he was on the premises at
the time.

BIRTHS.
On the 10th inst., in Portland-place, the wife of the Rev. Charlel
L. Royds, of a sen.

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On the llth inst., at Emmanuel Parsonage, Camberwell, the Wifb
of the Kee. Robert Fayrer, of a daughter.
On the 11th inst., In Torrington-square, the lady of W. 11. Harrison.
Esq., •f a son.
On the 12th inst., the lady of Edward Morris, Esq., Gloucester-
road, Ilyde-park-gardens, of a son.