The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-02 00:00:00

S N, F.EBR U ARC' 2, 1848.

chestei—S. L. Polack and R. L. Polack, Manchester,
merchants, Feb. 23, at sleven, at the Court, Manchester
—II. Mason, Calver, Derbyshire, cotton spinner, Feb.
23, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—S. Timperley
and J. Timperley, Ashton-under-Lyne, linendrapers,
Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—R. D.
Pawson, Leeds, apothecary, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the
Court, Leeds—J. Haley, Batley Carr, Yorkshire, ma-
chine maker, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—
J. Spencer, Denholnie Carr, Yorkshire, worsted piece
manufacturer, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—
F. C. Husenbeth, Bristol, wine and spirit merchant,
Feb 24, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—S. Stocks and
NI. L. Tait, Manchester and Heaton Mersey, Lancashire,
bleachers and finishers, Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester—C. Martin, Darlington, Durham, plumber
and "lazier, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-
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J. Else arid W. Dixon, Kingston upon-Hull, corn
millers, first and second dividends, 3s. and lud., and a
further dividend of Is. 7d., on any Tuesday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
J. NV. Welborne, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, silk
mercer, 35., on Saturday, Feb. 5, and two following
Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry.
J. Spalding, Cambridge, ironmonger, 4s. id., any
Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
T. Williams, Fenchurch-street, 2s. 6d., any Thursday,
between the hours of elevea and two, at the office of Mr.
Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
A. Fielder, Alton, Hampshire, brewer, id., any Thura-
day, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office
of Mr Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. . .

R. Law, Portland-row, Surrey, pawnbroker, 25., any
Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
.

J Edwards, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street,
ironmonger, Feb. 21, at one—J. Baines, Whitechnpel-
road, and Smith-street, Stepney, baker, Feb. 22, at
twelve—T. S. Jukes, Great Winchester-street, tailor,
Feb. 22. at eleven—J. B. Falkner, Old Broad-street,
merchant, Feb. 24, at eleven—J. Barrett, Blackfriare-
road and Strand, machine printer, Feb. 24, at twelve—
W. Barton, Old Brentford, grocer, Feb. 22, at eleven—
G. Rougement, Broad-street-buildings, merchant, Feb.
22, at eleven—J. Gilbert, Paternoster-row, bookseller,
Feb. 23, at half-past one—G. Bennett, Southampton,
wine merchant, Feb. 23, at twelve—T. Marriott, Moor-
street, Seven dials, licensed ♦ictualler, Feb. 23, at one—
11. 11. B. Paull, Peckham, lodging house keeper, Feb.
24, at twelve—W. Thomas, Catherine-street, Strand,
publisher, Feb. 24, at one—J. Williams, Westminster-
bridge-road, licensed ♦ictualler, Feb. 23, at one—J.
Archer, Deptford, baker, Feb. 23, at twelve.
In tke Country.
W. D. Hay, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, bread and biscuit
baker, Feb. 24, at half past eleven, at the Court, New-
castle-upon-Tyne—T. Paley, Durham, builder, Feb. 24,
at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
—T. Dalton, Darlington, Durham, rope manufacturer,
Feb. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
—E. Thompson, Salford, Lancashire, licensed victualler,
Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—W.
Crankahaw, Preston, cotton spinner, Feb. 23, at eleven,
at the Court, Manchester—T. Berridge, Manchester,
tobacconist, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Manches-
ter—W. Jones, Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 22, at eleven,
at the Court, Liverpool—W. Fitzpatrick, Walsall, Staf-
fordshire, railway contractor and brick maker, Feb. 26,
at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Hughes, Fron-
hsulog, Carnarvonshire, miller, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool.
At the Court of Review, Feb. 22.

J. Parrish, High•street, Newington, draper—G. A.
Soar, Great Marylebone street, glass cutter and lead
inerrhant—C. Proctor, Witham, Essex, wine merchant
—W.F. Merrett, Greenwich, draper—W. Newson, St.
Mary-axe, commission agent—S. Riley, Chapelfield,
Lancashire and Manchester, cotton manufacturer—F.
Thrumpton, Nottinghamshire, auctioneer—
W. ti. 'Preacher, Regent-street, Quadrant, furrier and
milliner—J. Hall, Broadway, Westminster, currier and
leatherseller—C. Davis, Liverpool, bookseller—W. Bun;
dey, Stamford Cottages, Fulham-road, builder—M. L.
Tait, Manchester and Heaton Mersey, Lancashire,
bleacher and finisher—W. Astill, Lenton, Nottingham-
shire, ironmonger and hasbandry implement maker.

EPTi ICE 3D.

THE NEW KING OF DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, JAN. 24.—King Frederick VII. has
commenced his reign by an act of clemency, which
augurs well for his Majesty's constitutional spirit.
By a royal rescript dated this day, his Majesty has
been graciously pleased to decree that all proceedings
now pending in any of the courts of the kingdom fur
political offences, or for the violation of the laws
which regulate the press, shall be at once cancelled
and annulled.

It is needless to add, that the publication of this
rescript has been received with joy by his Majesty's
faithful subjects, and that measures of reform are con-
fidently expected, which will at once unite the com-
ponent parts of the kingdom, and establish the throne
on a firm constitutional basis.

Yesterday forenoon the magistrates of Copenhagen
were admitted to au audience by his Majesty on the
occasion of his accession to the throne, and the Chief
President, Lange, addressed his Majesty in a long
speech, the gist of which was that the faithful capital
had perfect reliance and confidence, from the letters
patent of the 21st of January, that the King, well
acquainted with the hope and expectations of the
people, had resolved to carry out the improvements
begun by his predecessor.
To this speech his Majesty was pleased to reply,
" I thank you for your sympathy in the great afflic-
tion which has befallen me and my country, and
which nobody can feel snore deeply than I do. I
have already expressed, in my letters patent to my
subjects, that it shall be my first and most anxious
endeavour to follow the example of my departed father,
and especially to carry out that arrangement of State
affairs which he was in the act of putting into execu-
tion when he was laid upon his bed of death. In
that letter I have briefly declared my intentions; and
as truly as I shall keep my royal word, so truly, so
confidently, do I rely that my people will await in
reliance on their King for the resolution which I shall
take in these important matters.
" Mr. President, be assurred that I am graciously
and affectionately disposed towards you and the city
of Copenhagen."

PROBABLE ANTIQUITY OF
CHLOROFORM.

At the Medico-Botanical Society, on Thursday
evening last, a Mr. Huttmann stated his reasons for
believing that the extraordinary properties of chlo-
roform viz., the production of insensibility, and
the creation of dreams, were known in very
remote times, but used most probably for
magical purposes only. He first drew atten-
tion to the words formica and murmex, the Latin
and Greek names of the ant, the insect which
yields the formic acid. These words, together
with morphe, the Greek word for form, he stated
to have a common origin, and to have reference to
the property of creating dreams, or immaterial forms.
They also gave the name of Morpheus to the god of
dreams, and furnished the root of numerous words
having reference to those things which produce sleep
and dreams, as well as to the various phenomena con-
nected therewith, and even to death itself—via.,
Mors, which the ancients personified as the Brother
of Sleep. Admitting these points, the speaker said they
contained ample proof that in giving the names for-
mica and murmex to the ant, the ancients selected
that distinguished property which the insect pos-
sessed of inducing dreams or forms (tnorphai) ; and
this would carry back the knowledge of this property
to a very remote antiquity, probably to the time when
the Magian College in Chaldea was in its zenith, and
when chemistry and astronomy pre-eminently flou.•
rished under the influence of religious seal.
The ,next point to which Mr. lluttrnann drew at-
tention was the way in which it was most probably
used, and he thought there was amplejproof to warrant
the conclusion that it was applied externally in the
form of an ointment. He read several extracts from
" Baptista Ports's Natural Magic," "Lorenti's His-
tory of the Inquisition," "Reginald Scott's Dis-
covery of Witchcraft," and " Sir Walter Scott's
Letters on Demonology," to show an identity between
it and the far-famed witches' ointment which had the
reputation of possessing in an eminent degree the two
leading.properties. of chloroform above referred to.
To be present ithieir "gabbath" the witches were
compelled to anche palms of their hands and
the soles of their feet. Their midnight rambles,
armed with spec*, and under the influence of
their favoufite Diary,. i. e., moonlight, may have
had refv-erre to the .time and means best suited for
securing thiNntr The sensation of flying, which is
admitted by nearly all who dream under the in-
fluence of chloroform, has its parallel in the aeriel
travels of the witches, and the "pricking a the
thumbs" may be a waking sensation incident
to the external application of the ointment
_ _ _

Mr.Huttmann Concluded his remarks, which seemed
to create great surprise from the novel light thrown
upon the subject, by suggesting the probability that
in cases where congestion of the brain or other injuries
may be anticipated from inhaling the vapour, an ex-
ternal application may be used with good effect, and
that ultimately local applications may be used bene-
ficially for local evils, without disturbing or injuring
the general system.

IRELAND.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

DUBLIN, JAN. I.—Outrages in search of arms
are still rery prevalent in Limerick, Tipperary, and
Clare. So far as the prevention or deterring from
that description of crime is concerned, the special
commissions appear to have totally failed. It is,
however, to be hoped that the more serious offences
against the person have been effectually checked, by
the conviction and punishment of the leaders of the
exterminators. One thing is quite certain, namely,
that the terrorism which induced peaceable and well-
disposed persons to harbour such notorious ruffians as
Ryan (Puck) has been thoroughly dispelled, and that
from henceforward criminals will not be permitted to
evade the civil officer, or set justice at defiance for
months, as many of the convicts did previous to the
late commission.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Associa-
tion was held this day at the Conciliation Hall. The
attendance was very numerous.
Among the speakers was the Rev. Dr. MILEY,
who made a long oration, in the course of which he
discussed all sorts of topics, temporal and spiritual.
The rent for the week amounted to 1701.

A SIIIP ON FIRE AT SEA FOR UPWARDS OF A
')fortTu.—The owners of the barque Henry of London,
have rec'ived from the master the particulars of a most
serious fire having occurred on board, while on a pas-
sage to Bombay, which very nigh terminated in the
complete destruction of the vessel. All appeared safe till
the 27th of Sept. last, when the crew reported to the
master of an unusual heat being observed forward. The
hatches were removed, and the cargo, which entirely
consisted of coals, was turned over to a certain depth,
but there was no sign of fire, and the heat had sub-
sided. Fourteen days afterwards (weather iu the mean-
time very boisterous) the men experienced a renewal of
the heat. On the main hatches then being taken off smoke
poured forth in dense quantities, which, from its sul-
phurous character, nearly suffocated those standing
round. It was evident that the coals in the lower part
of the hold were on tire, and the most prompt efforts
were taken to save the loss of the vessel, though for up-
wards of- a fortnight the crew were left in suspense, the
fire raging below the whole of that lengthened period.
The men worked day and night turning over the coals,
but they were unable to withstand the sulphurous vapour
for any lengthened time. Some hundreds of tons of
water were thrown on to the cargo, the pumps being at
work the whole time. Yet it was not till the 98th of
October that the fire was wholly got under. On the
arrival of the vessel at the Cape of Good Hope, the
chief part of the coals were found to be consumed, arid
the bottom of the vessel nearly burned through. Had
the fire continues another day, the vessel would imme-
diately have foundered. That the fire resulted from the
spontaneous ignition among the coals there cannot be a
doubt ; there was nothing whatever in the hold to have
occasioned it.

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Tire ART OF BALANCING.—An exceedingly ” fast"
young gentleman, after running through a fortune, was
induced to become a clerk in a public office. The dull
routine of his duties,however, interfered too much with
the ullurements of society to be long agreeable, and the
salary was small. He had made up his miad to resign,
when the chief of the department to which he belonged
took occasion to task him severely for his general negli-
gence, and contempt for all the rules of the office. The
superfine clerk was indignant. He did not care a rap for
the paltry berth—the salary scarcely found him in cigars
and gloves. " Very well,' said the precise principal,
"it will be my painful duty to upe reed e you. As soon,
therefore, as you have balanced your books—"
" Balance be hanged!" was the interruption. " I never
learnt conjuring. If you want the books balanced, send
for Ramo Samee, he'll balance them for you—on his chin,
if you ask him."—Family Jo: Miller.
WooLwlcn, FEE. I.—The Earl of Auckland,
K.C.8., First Lord of the Admiralty, Captain Alexan-
der Milne, Junior Naval Lord, and Henry G. Ward,
Esq., M.P., First Secretary to the Admiralty, arrived at
half-past nine o'clock A.M. to-day. Their Lordships
visit being principally to inspect the new saw-mills just
completed, and ready to be taken off the hands of Mr.
Rolf, the contractor, their first visit was to these works.
Their Lordships proceeded from the saw-mills to the
west end of the yard, and inspected the engine store-
house; and on arriving at the basin went on board the
Sharpshooter, the Janus, and the Driver, and they also
descended King William the Fourth's Dock to inspect
the works at the stern of the Niger, at present in the
dock fitting with a screw propeller.