The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-07 00:00:00

JEWISH DISABILITIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE Still 7.
SlR,—May we, through the medium of your
widely-circulated journal, beg to express our grati-
tude to our numerous neighbours, friends, and towns-
men for their sympathy and liberal feelings, and to
those gentlemen who were deputed to wait personally
on them for their signatures to a petition which was
forwarded from Cardiff, with upwards of eight hun-
dred of the most respectable signatures, in support of
the Bill for the removal of our political disabilities.
It has been whispered that a counter petition has
been sent ; if so, its signatures must be" like angels'
visits, far and Jew," and while our gratitude is thus
publicly expressed, we beg to flatly contradict an
assertion made by a Mr. R. M. Fawcett, at Cam-
bridge, " that the British born Jews do not care for
political privileges." And we shall joyfully hail the
day it receives the Royal Assent.
I remain, on behalf of my brethren here,
Your obedient servant,
MARK MARKS.
9, St. Mary's, Cardiff, Feb. 4, 1848.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received at
dinner, on Saturday last, at their residence at Carlton-
gardens, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl of Auck-
land and Hon. Frances Eden, Lord and Lady Holland,
Lady John Russell, the Hon. William Temple, the lion.
William Cowper, Mr. Luttrell, &c. Her Ladyship sub-
sequently had a soirée, when the company included his
Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, his Excellency the
Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichatsin,
his Excellency Baron Brunnow,his Excellency the Turkish
Minister and Princess Callimaki, his Excellency Count
Kilmansegge, his Excellency Baron Rehausen, his Ex-
cellency the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, his
Excellency the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto,
his Excellency Count Revel, his Excellency the Nether-
lands Minister and Mdlle. Sehimmelpenainek, his Ex-
cellency the French Minister and the Countess d. Jar-
nac, Baron Koller, Count Potocki, Count Henri de
Beam, Count Nesselrode, the Marquis of Clanricarde,
the Countess Granville, the Countess of Tankerville,
the Countess of Shelburne, Viscount Morpeth,
Viscount and;Viseountess Castlereagh, Viscount Falk-
land, Viscount Canterbury, Lord Campbell and Hon.,
Miss Campbell, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Glenelg,
Lord and Lady Augustus Loftus, Lord Dudley Stuart
Lord and Lady Beaumont, Lord Foley and the Hon.
Miss Foley, Lady William Powlet, Baron and Baroness
Lionel Rothschild, the Hon. Colonel Keppel, the Hon.
F. Byng. the Right Hon. Henry Ellis, the Right Hon.
E. J. and Hon. Mrs. Stanley and Miss Stanley, the
lion. Misses Pepys (2), the Hon. C. Spencer and Hon.
Misses repys (2),
the Hop. C. Spencer and Hon.
Mrs. Ponsonby, Mr. Mandeville, Mr. G. Craig and Mrs.
Craig, Mr. G. Repton, M.P., Mr. Mactavish, Mr. Stuart,
Mr. Paniszi, Mr. Pigou, &c. On Saturday next her
Ladyship will have a reception.
SUOMI DRAT!' OF DR. H IGGINSON, or POPLAR.
—The Rev. Dr. Iligginson,
,minister of the East India
Chapel, Poplar, expired on Saturday, under the follow-
ing distressing circumstances:—About seven o'clock,
while dressing himself, he suddenly exclaimed, "
what a pain I have at my heart;" and as he rapidly got
worse, Mrs. Iligginson sent for Mr. Bailey, surgeon, of
Poplar,. who promptly attended, but before he could
arrive life was extinct. The deceased was about 60
years of age, and bad been the minister of the chapel
20 years.
GENBRAL POST OFFICE.—From the complaints
constantly making, it appears that a systematic robbery
of newspapers is perpetrated in the General Post-office.
We have already directed the attention of the Post-
office authorities to the subject, and, as they permit the
abuse to continue, it is time that it should be noticed in
Parliament. A moat simple expedient, and one that is
in hourly operation in all our docks—that of searching
every person employed in the office whenever he leaves
the building—would effectually put a stop to the thefts,
or insure the detection of the thieves. It is a national
disgrace that we should hear of a second complaint on
the subject.— Times.
PROFESSOR NICHOL IN AMERICA.—We understand
that our distinguished townsman, Dr. Nichol, has met
with the most flattering reception in the course of hi,
present tour through the United States. Ili! lectures in
Boston have been attended by crowded audiences; and
we are glad to learn from private letters addressed'
to
. in the
his friends in this city, that ho expresses
. himself
highest degree gratified by the. hospitality nu kindness
which he has everywhere experienced.--Glaasgeuy Citizen.
NATIONAL EDUCATION.--LOrd Stowell was . no
admirer of the prevailing rage for universal
. education,
and made a remark with which Lord Sidmouth was
much struck—"lf you provide (he said) a larger amount
of cultivated talent than there is a demand for, the stir-
' phis is very likely. to turn sour."—Poynder, s Litcrarti
Extracts CiVewSerzes).
The Marquis of Donegal succeeds Lord Falkland
as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard to her Majesty.

ON THE ADVANTAGES RESULT-
ING FROM THE USE OF ZINC-WHITE
OR OXIDE OF ZINC OVER WHITE-
LEAD. BY M. LECLAIRE.

After stating that in practical painting, he had
found many inconveniences arise from the use of white
lead, which led him to try several other preparations,
as a substitute for that pigment, none of which
except zinc white answered the purpose,
he proceeds to speak thus favourably of
the latter; the first application of which for painting
purposes in 1835, he claims for himself. " The zinc-
white is much whiter than white-lead when ground in
oil, and reflects the light instead of absorbing it; it
furnishes finer and more transparent lanes ; it covers
better, and weight for weight, it much excels it. It
is unalterable by sulphurous' vapours, which imme-
diately blacken white-lead paint, and lastly it pos-
sesses the desirable quality of not injuring the health
of the workmen employed either in its manufacture
or its use. Though I had verified the qualities above
mentioned, yet I found myself still very far from a
complete and practical solution of the problem. Mixed
with oil, to apply readily as a paint, it became
necessary to make it dry readily ; hut the only dry-
ing substances known are those which had lead
for a base, and which, therefore, imparted to the
zince- white all the defects of white-lead. For-
tunately I finish my researches on this subject
by the discovery of a drier, which has manga-
nese for its base, and which enables the zinc-
white to dry faster than it would if litharge were
employed. Several other colours most frequently
employed in painting are composed either of lead or
of copper, and owe to those metals the
defect of being alterable by sulphurous
gas, whilst these same mixed with zinc-
white derive from it all the advantages of its unal-
terability. It follows, then, that in order to give
my first invention completeness, and to ren-
der it of useful application, we should sub-
stitute for the colours susceptible of alteration
those which cannot be rendered so. After
several years spent in continued and costly
researches, I have arrived at the production, if I may
be allowed so to say, of a reform 40 the art of paint-
ing, in completing the scale of-unalterable colours,
by the substitution of colours uninjurious and unal-
terable for all those which have copper or lead for
their base, insomuch that I may now affirm :
" I.—That the health of a great number of men
may be saved, and without any interference with
their business.

"2.—That the interior and exterior of our habita-
tions can be painted without the disagreeableness of
seeing, by the slightest sulphurous exhalation, the
painting change colour and blacken.
" 3.—Lastly, that artists may rejoice in the idea
that their chef dceuvres will not change their aspects
nor lose their harmony with the lapse of time, as has
happened so often in the pictures of the old masters.
",My profession has permitted me, wiaat.in)aost cases
would be difficult, to introduce these products pri-
vately into use; but the advantages which it possessed
over painting in white-lead, and especially its freshness
and tone, were very soon remarked, and the superi-
ority of zinc-white over white-lead quickly verified.
Since that time I have made numerous applications
of zinc-white in my business, and always with the
same good results.
" The working up of white-lead paint often caused
numerous and serious accidents to the workmen.
Many suffered from attacks of the lead cholic, some
several times in a year, whilst others, who were
not absolutely attacked by it, found their
constitutions gradually suffering, and were
often obliged, for a time at least, to give up
their employment, and preserve only a languishing
health, or endure incurable disease. I employ con-
stat,tly 200 workmen throughout different parts of
Paris, making use of the white of zinc.
Amongst them I have found many whom the
bad th )lic, and the sueo ptibility of their con-
stitutions, had obliged to abandon painting; not
one accident has shown itself amongst them, so
that they themselves well know how to appre-
ciate the employment of zinc-white. Never
has one of the workmen , employed in the
manufacture of the zinc-white suffe red the
slightest indisposition which could be attributed to
his employment, nor have particular precautions ever
been taken. In conclusion, many years of assiduous
labour have led me to the discovery and useful appli..
cation, in the arts and industry, of—.
" 1. The zinc-white.

" 2. The colours with zinc for a base of the same
colours as those up to the present time obtained by
the aid of lead and copper.
" 3. Lastly, a drier for paint, not having lead for its
base. These products furnish for all kinds of paint-
ing clearer, finer, fresher, and more transparent
tones than those obtained with colours having lead
and copper for their base ; and the multiplied experi-
ments made with them have proved that the colours
thus male are in 'very respect superior to those
which up to the present time have been employed;
whilst, at the same time, neither their preparation nor
tbeir employment are injurious to health.—Patent
Journal.

FIRE AND PROBABLE LOSS OF LIFE IN BISHOPS.*
GATE sTIIEET. —Saturday .-teeing n fire, which it in
feared is ill be attended with loss of life, broke out in
the extensive premises of Messrs. Hearon, M'Culloch, and
Co., wholesale druggists, 94, 95, and 9G, Bishopsgate.
street Within. The fire was caused by one of the work-
men, who entered the back cellar to procure some bags,
and in passing a carbny of spirits of nitre, either
knocked it over, or it ignited twin the effects of the
sudden change in the weather, the whole of the spirits
immediately kindled, and ran over the cellar like a sheet
of liquid flame, firing everything that it came in contact
with. The poor fellow was instantly enveloped in •
mass of flame, and his cries for assistance brought seve-
ral persons to the top of the stairs, but no one could
venture to the unfortunate man, the flames ascended so
fiercely. By a desperate effort he rushed out of t'he
place, and reached the street with the flames mounting
over his head, and it was only by his being rolled in
the gutter that they were extinguished. He was imme-
diately removed to the hospital, where, on inquiry, it
was learned that his burns were so extensive that little
expectation of his recovery was entertained. The en-
gines arriving in rapid succession, with Mr. Braidwood,
the superintendent of the brigade, the fire was speedily
extinguished, but not until the joists and flooring were
burned in the cellar, and the valuable stock therein con-
siderably damaged by fire and water.
FIRE IN TILE HACKNEY•ROAD.—Last night, be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock, a fire broke out upon the
premises belonging to Mr. John Ellis, a linendraper and
silk mercer, at No. 5, Brighton-place, Hackney-road.
The discovery was made by some of the inmates whilst
sitting in one of the lower rooms at supper. They im-
mediately rushed to the front warehouse, which they
found enveloped in a general Masi of fire, but by dint of
extraordinary exertion, some of the residents ran up
stairs,:and succeeded in rescuing the children. Several
engines were soon on the spot. When the firemen came
down, not a drop of water was flowing from the fire-
mains in the district, and some time was necessarily con-
sumed whilst the brigade were looking for the plugs.
At length they were found, and the same having
_been
drawn, a plentiful supply of water was procured, which
was scattered into the midst of the flames. The fire
during the interval the men were searching for water
had gained considerably, and it was not until nearly
twelve o'clock that it could be extinguished, when the I.
valuable stock.in-trade was almost consumed, and the
premises extensively damaged by fire. The origin of
the disaster is enveloped in mystery. Mr. Ellis's loss
will fall upon the Royal Exchange fire-office.
Mr. R. Dillon Browne, M.P., is appoined to sue-
coed Sir Emerson Tennent as Colonial Secretary at
Ceylon.—Limerick Chronicle.

GENERAL FLORES.—This Spanish officer, whose
name became so notorious from the contemplated expe-
dition to the Equador, arrived in London within the past
week from Cuba.

On the 27th, as a railway train was proceeding
from Augsburg to Donauwert, in Bavaria, the wheels of
the first nine carriages were thrown off the rails. A
great number of passengers were more or less injured.
LAUNCH AT GREENOCK.—Yesterday a ship of 400
tons was launched from the building yard of Messrs.
John Scott and Sons, Greenock. She is named the
Investigator, and, we understand, is to proceed im-
mediately to London, to be fitted up as one of the fleet
that is to be dispatched in search of Sir John Franklin.
The Investigator is a very strong-looking vessel, and
has quite the look of one adapted for the navigation of
the north seas.—North British Mail of Friday.
GROWTH OT COTTON IN INDIA. We understand
that Mr. A. J. Turner has advices from India, stating, on
the authority of the Government collector
aotflegthset
Dharwar district, that there are at present .
tion in that district, and that, had it
20,000 acres of New Orleans seed cotton
outnbdeeerncfuoirtitvhae-
at least 60,000 acres under eultivattihoen.___2
deficient fall of rain last monsoon, there wnTouhledchuaitvieval=
am II cosatry,
unsatisfactory
sfaebtaonrky
of cotton is extending rapidly
Ara nif,:cosatermGosatarudnfiasantth.
and also into Belgaum.
Tux HONITON BAN/C.—The affairs o
the carleodnigtors. The more the accounts
are but gloomy,
pacedrag ftohreiirtssoloowforlteonfiti
eeosar
early
nyld entitr, t
unsatisfactory they appear,
dividend
expectations of
are invehseti:antgedu
whilst t
an ultimate twenty shillings in the pound have and the prospects of an
investigated,
alto-
gether vanished. The official assignee has issued letters
to various supposed debtors to the amount of 40,0001., of
which he has received about 2401., and in a great number
of instances the answer has been returned that the
parties are creditors instead of del tors.-- Western Times.
GREENWICH TIME. About eleven o'clock on
Saturday night our public clocks, according to previous
arrangement, were advanced from local to Greenwich
time—s 4 difference here of 12} minutes. We perceive
that the change to Greenwich time has been also adopted
in Glasgow, Greenock, Sterling, Perth, &c , and we have
no doubt will be so in all the principal towns in the
united kingdom.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
CONVICTS FOR VAN DIEPZEN'S LAND.—Yesterday
the steamer Waterman, No. 10, conveyed from the
Penitentiary, Millbank, to Woolwich, 130 female pri-
soners and 12 children, who are under sentence of
transportation. They were shipped on board the Eliza
and Henry, hired transport ship, lying off the Royal
Arsenal, and will leave in a few days for Hobart Town ,
Van Dienfen'a land.