The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-29 00:00:00

C OURS ING.

COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.
JANUARY, 1867.
Judge.

Namo.
Ridgway Club, Lytham
FEBRUARY.

Days of Running
30, Sx.

Raiford, Lancashire
Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick
Waterloo, Lancashire

Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick
MARCH.

Irish Grand National (Open),
county Loutn
Ardrossan, Sharphill
South Lancashire (South--
port) Champion Mr. Westropp ...... 14, 15,
Leinster (Open)' Courtown Mr. H. Springall... 19, 20
Scottish pen,O Lanarkshire --
APRIL.
York
Sevenoaks
SEPTEMBER.
Brampton, CLunborland Mr
OCTOBEWR.arwick
Ancaster and Willoughby,
Linfolushire Mr. Spafford

6, 7

7, ke.

A MOST DELICATE DETECTION OF ACID.—BIIIO
litmus paper has hitherto beau the most delicate test
possessed by chemists for the presence of an acid. Un-
fortunately, however, it has been found that its not being
reddened by a given fluid affords no absolute certainty of
the absence of acids. It is even inferior in delicacy to the
reddened litmus paper used as a test for alkalies. M
Schonbein has, however, furnished us with a test for
acids, of remarkable sensitiveness. It indicates the pre-
sence of the very smallest amount of an acid, being so
delicate that it shows the presence of carbonio acid in dis-
tilled water that has been merely breathed upon. It i 2
obtained by treating cyanine blue with soda, dieeolying
one part of the product to one-hundred parts of alcohol,
and adding twice its volume of water to the solution. The
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Bence of the exceedingly small amount of oxide of lead
which is dissolved by water, and which is not to be ren-
dered perceptible by sulphuretted hydrogen. That used
for acids is adapted to alkalies, by merely reddening it
with an acid.

THE CEDARS OF LEBANON.—A recent number of
the
communication Gardener's
Clir
fromic ror
Chronicle
Hooker,publishesth respecting following
theinterest-
ing
ceda r
of Lebanon:—" The Rev. M. Tristram, F.L.S., informs me
of a most interesting discovery lately made in the Leba-
non, viz., of several extensive groves of cedar trees by
air. Jessup, an American missionary, a friend of his own,
to whom he pointed out the probable localities in the into-
ner. Of these there are five, three of great extent east of
Ain Zabalteh, in the Southern Lebanon. This grove
lately contained 10,000 trees, and had been purchased by a
barbarous Sheikh, from the more barbarous (?) Turkish
Government, for the purpose of trying to extract pitch
from the wood. The experiment, of course, failed, and
the Sheikh was ruined ; but several thousand trees were
destroyed in the attempt. One of the trees measured 15ft.
in diameter, and the forest is full of young Wes, springing
up with great vigour. Lle also found two small groves on
Lebanon, overlooking the Buka'a,
the eastern slope of
above El Medeuk ; and two other large groves, containing
many thousand trees, ono above El Baruk and another
near Measly, where the trees aro very large and equal to
any others; all are being destroyed for firewood. Still
another grove has been discovered near Duma, in the
western slope of Lebanon, near the one discovered by Mr.
Tristram himself. This gives ten distinct localities in the
Lebanon to the south of the originally discovered one,
and including it. Ehrenberg had already discovered on;
to the north of that locality, and thence northwarde the
cluaa i 6 iugaplo/14 by ToYaga or naturalist.',

The Members for Marylebone on Reform.

Last night a public meeting, under the auspices
of the Reform League, was held at the Vestry-hall,
St. Pancras, for the purpose, as stated in the ad-
vertisement, of " protesting against the present state
or the representation of the people in Parliament."
The meeting was very largely attended, and among
those present were the members for the borough,
Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P., and Mr. Harvey
Lewis, who were invited by the Reform League, in
order to hear the views of their constituents on the
subject of Reform.

Mr. Churchwarden ECKELL was voted to the chair,
and made some observations in explanation of the
reasons which induced him to support the Reform

Movement.

Mr. TOLMIE moved the following resoluton

"That this meeting protests against the present slate of
the representation, whereby the people of this country are
amenable to laws in the making of which the great majority
of the nation has no voice ; and declares that no Bill wiii
be acceptable as final which does not include residential
manhood suffrage."

Mr. SLACK seconded the resolution, and in a
lengthened speech, stated what appeared to him to
be the advantages which would arise from the ex-
tension of the franchise. He defended the prin-
ciples of democracy, which, he said, tended to free
discussion, while those of oligarchy tended in a con-
trary direction ; and said that in asking the people
to support the demand for Reform, he was only
asking them to do that which would make their
country glorious, and uphold the rights of freedom
and humanity.
Mr. EDMOND BEALES, who was loudly cheered,
addressed the meeting in support of the reso-
lution. He said the people of the country
would never get their rights except by their own
resolute united action. The House of Com-
mons would never reform itself. It was only
by pressure from without that it could be made to
enact a measure by which the people would obtain
the rights so long withheld from them. It had been
said that they ought to have no more demonstra-
tions ; but what had they gained by the demonstra-
tions which had taken place ? Had the Government
made any declaration of their intention to bring in a
Bill upon the subject ? No. On the contrary, they
had shrouded themselves in mystery, and from that
platform he told them that " the demonstrations"
would go on until the people had obtained justice.
(Hear.) The necessity for energetic action in this
respect was strikingly proved by the signal manner in
which the present Parliament—misnamed a Re-
formed Parliament—had failed to do its duty by
the nation. Its failure was evidenced in the
immense mass of pauperism prevailing in this
country ; in the vast expenditure with which
the people were saddled; in the enormous
amount of ignorance found among the population ;
and, lastly, in the injustice inflicted on Ireland, for
which the House of Commons had persistently re-
fused to legislate to any beneficial purpose. After
some further observations Mr. Beales concluded by
calling on the meeting to support the League in the
coming demonstration on the 11th of February.
The resolution was then adopted, with a few dis-
sentients.

Mr. CUNNINGHAM moved a resolution in favour
of vote by ballot, and it was seconded by Mr. 'NIER-
IIIMAN, and carried unanimously.
Professor HoPP us, of the London University, then
moved a resolution, thanking Earl Russell, Mr.
Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and Mr. J. S. Mill for the
support they had given to the cause of reform. He
defended the working classes from the imputation
which he said Mr. Lowe had cast upon them, but
which he hat recently qualified to a certain extent
though in a somewhat clumsy manner. He said, as
far as he knew them, the working men of England
were an intelligent and industrial body, every way
fitted for the possession of the franchise, to attain
which he would give them all the support in his
power.
Mr. WOOLFENDEN seconded the resolution, which,
as those that preceded it, was agreed to.
Mr. HARVEY LEWIS, M.P., then addressed the
meeting. He said he had come that evening by in-
vitation for the purpose of hearing the opinions of
a considerable section of the constituency which he
had the honour to represent. Since he was first
elected as a member of the borough he had made it
a practice invariably to attend to every representa-
tion of opinion made to him by his constituents,
coming from whatever quarter it might, whether
from those who agreed with his views or from those
who did not. He had by that means obtained the
approbation, and, he believed, the confidence of the
constituency ; but how long he should continue to
do so was quite a different matter. He was not
present on that occasion to make a speech. Ile had
been invited with his colleague simply to hear their
opinions.