The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-01 00:00:00

THE USE OF GAS TAR.

Gas tar and ammoniacal liquor from gasworks
not many years ago formed one of the most repul-
sive nuisances known to manufacturers. It was
either thrown into the river, where it floated in
ghastly blue patches, under the name of Blue
Billy, or, as at Edinburgh, was conveyed stealthily
away at night and emptied into the sea. These
offensive products have within these last few years
been distilled and transferred into a number of
liquids and solids, all of which are more or less valu-
able. The gas tar, a material with soiling powers
unequalled, and with an odour that is unapproach-
able, yields beuzol, an ethereal body of great sol-
vent powers, which forms the principal constituent
of benzine, the most effectual remover of grease
stains known, generally used to renovate kid gloves.
Benzol produces nitric acid and nitro benzol, a body
resembling in odour bitter almond scent, largely
employed in perfuming soap. Could any two pro-
ducts appear more antagonistic to the substance
from which they spring? From the same tar we
have various mixtures of substances chemically
simiffir to benzol. These are popularly known as
" naphtha." One liquid of this kind is the gas-
substitute of the peripatetic costermonger and cheap
Jack, besides being the source of illumination of
many large factories and yards in which nightwork
is done. Another of them; mixed with turpentine,
is at once elevated to the dignity of the drawing-
room, where it appears in the table-lamp as cam-
phine. Naphtha is also frequently used in dissolving
resins, iudiarubber, and gutta-percha. Lampblack
is made by burning, with slight access of air, the
least volatile components of gas tar. Moreover, if
these be melted and mixed with pebbles, a valuable
paving material is produced, with the appearance
of which most of us are familiar. Red dyes, but
unfortunately of only ephemeral beauty, can be
made from that once dreaded enemy to the gas ma-
nufacture—naphthaline.--4carter/g Review.

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Mr. Mill thus writes to the editor-of the Daily News :
" Sir, I have just seen some statements in an article of the
Qua;lcrly _Review for this month, headed ' The New
School of Radicals,' concerning Mr. Goldwin Smith, which,
• as I happen to know them to be untrue in every particular,
in the letter and in the spirit, I take it upon myself to
contradict. The remarks on Mr. Goldwin Smith's
public character, speeches, and writings, like those
upon the supposed inconsistency in my own, I make on
observation upon, because everybody has the means of
judging for himself whether they are true or not. The
passage I wish to refer to is as follows : He has even
announced his intention of turning his hack upon an un-
thankful country, although his friends console us in an
amusing aside by assuring us that he does not mean it.
lam going,' cries the principal actor ; but not if you
elect him to parliament,' whisper his friends to the audi-
ewe. The mile play reminds one of the wandering trader
in a rural fair, dt.l a,-,.!ire is only to be
checl:e,i J y 0,1 4! ~Xll ::i; chains.
This peculiar clanship of the Radicals is constantly of the
utmost service to them. They take it in turns to help
each other. If one man bids a loud adieu to his native
land, the others stand by to tell us his price for remaining.'
Now, in the first place, so far from turning his back
upon an unthank rut country,' I understand Mr. Gold-
-win Smith to have intimated that he does not leave
this country for good, but will probably return at
some future time. Secondly, I heartily wish it were
true that tl.e Reformers of this country by elect-
ing Mr. Goldwin Smith to a seat in the Reformed
Hens° of Commons, could induce him to relinquish his
intention of establishing himself, for a time at least, in
another country ; and his determined rejection of their
proposals is deeply to be regretted by all who can appre-
ciate his talents and principles. But it is within my-
knowledge that this proposal has been made to him from
more than one important constituency, and I have been
myself the medium through which the Liberals of a
metropolitan constituency Lave vainly endeavoured to
induce Mr. Goldwin Smith to consent to be put up for it.
The ingenuity with which these facts-have been distorted
from a compliment into an accusation would be very
offensive if it were not very ludicrous. But as the
characteristic boldness with which the
.distorted state-
ments are put forward might induce some persons to
believe them, I will beg you to give publicity to the real
facts."

In the Court of Queen's Bench, William Webb, a
solicitor, has been suspended for a year on account of fail-
ing to pay over to a debt collecting society the sum of £2
received from a client for that purpose. The defence was
that the attorney was in straitened circumstances, and that
be had since been sued for the money.

According to the Western. Morning News, the
unopposed return of the Solicitor-General at Helston a few
weeks ago cost the hon. and learned gentleman £145 Os. 4d.
Mr. Henry Rogers, who had announced himself as a
Liberal candidate and withdrew at the nomination, spent
£4l 16s. 4d. Mr. John Lea, who came forward in the
independent " interest and also retired, expended
225 19s. 2d.

Mr. Beer, a solicitor of Devonport, writes to the,
Western Morning News, quoting a case which occurred in
that neighbourhood nearly three years ago, in which a,
sergeant of the 38th Regiment was shot in the back by
private, the nature of the wound bearii: a striking simi-
larity to that inflicted upon the Duke 0. Alinburgh. In
that case, the sergeant was enabled to ,-slk out on the
fourteenth clay after, and eventuallj offered no evil
effects frira the injuries.

RETL I:ZZ or 1.01,D LYTTEI.T.u2. l'1:031 NEW
ZEALAND.—On Thursday afternoon i. 3 ttelton met
with an enthusiastic reception from Ls tenantry on
returning to his seat at Hayley, Woreestenhire, after a
five months' absence from England. His lordship had
been to visit a colony in New Zealand, named the Can-
terbury settlement, to which place a great number of the
settlers had migrated from the neighbourhood of Hayley,
and had been in some measure connected with his family
by tics of property.

THE CONVICTION OF MICHAEL BARRETT. -StEpS
are about to be taken to test the validity of the alibis
proved on the part of this prisoner at the recent trial. A
professional gentleman is about to proceed to Glasgow to
obtain affidavits from the several persons who knew Bar-
rett in that city, and who were well acquainted with his
personal appearance, especially in respect to the length of
his whiskers in the month of November, before, as was
alleged by him, one of them was singed at the torchlight
procession. It will be recollected that the witnesses for
the Crown declared that his whiskers were extremely long,
and what are known as " Dundreary." The evidence
also of the keepers of common lodging-houses, where he
alleges he shpt in the month of December,- will-also, ii
possible, be obtained.

ESCA PE OF A PRISONER. —On Wednesday a young
fellow who had been apprehended at Reading for felony
was removed l y rail from that town to Wekingbam for
"xantilmii•!ll before the bench of magistrates acting for
that divisi,•n of the county, in which the offence had been
committed. The case ' as heard, and the magistrates
sentenced the accused to three months' imprisonment in
the County House of Correction at Reading. Shortly
afterwards he was handcuffed, and taken back to the rail-
way station in charge of a police-officer, and the two took
their seats together for Reading. While the train was
proceeding at a good speed between Early Station and
Reading terminus!, the prisoner, with great daring, con-
trived to leap through the carriage window. It does not
appear he was hurt, as immediately afterwards he was
observed snaking off, and managed to effect his escape.
A diligent search fOr him was instituted, but without
success.

Fivis COAST-GUARDMEN DROWNED.—The Dun-
dalk correspondent of the Dublin Express reports that
a clay or two ego the coastguard boat of Dunany, near
Cloghcr Head, left her station with a cargo of firearms, to
be deposited at Soldier's Point station, which she reached
in safety. Paving lan 'el the avra3 and performed smno
other duties, the crew, consisting of five men—Henry
Grantham (chief officer), Daniel Sweeny (commissioned
boatman), James Clancy (commissioned boatman), James,
111`Cracknn. nrd Richard Frazer—proceeded about four
p.m. to n!ort. to Dunany. A fmalt .vA,, blowing,
but no danger was apprehended. They did not, however,
reach their destination, and the boat was subsequently
found capsized, with her sails set. She was most likely
suddenly struck by a squall and capsized, and as night
was approaching all the crew perished. They were
married men, and, with one exception, all had large

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. -
The preparations for the ceremony of laying the founda-
tion stone by her Majesty of wiret will be, in all probabi-
lity, the finest hospital in Great Britain, if not in the
world, include arrangements for the reception of every
member of the Royal Family, who are all expected to be
present, except the Duchess Dowager of Cambridge. The
Ministry, the Houses of Lords and Commons, the foreign),
ambassadors, and all the great public bodies, will be repre-
sented. The estimated cost of the whole building will be
about £500,000, including the site. The style of architec-
ture is Palladian, and the building will consist of eight
blocks, each 125 feet apart. There will be about COC
beds for patients (exclusive of those for nurses, &c.), with
an allowance of 1,800 cubic feet and 112 superficial feet
for each. The architect, Mr. Currey, has followed, with
great care and liberality, the indications of the medical
staff, as to necessary medical and surgical arrangements
in the interior of the towital, to which he has not hesi-
tated, when necessary, to sacrifice considerations of exter-
nal adornment. The hospital presents many features of
great structural interest. The stone will be laid by her
Majesty on Wednesday, May 13, at half-past eleven in
the forenoon, and the occasion will be one of historical
interest.—British Medical Journal.

THE EXPENSES OF SPECIAL CONSTABLES. —A
special meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middle-
sex has been held " for the purpose of ordering such
reasonable allowances to be paid to the special constables,
duly appointed and called out 'to serve, and who have
so served, for their trouble, loss of time, and expenses, as
to the justices then and there assembled, or the major part
of them, shall seem proper; and for the payment of such
expenses as may have been incurred in providing staves
and other' necessary articles for special constables"—Mr.
Henry Pownall in the chair. art4e body of magis-
On takingthe chair, Mr. Pownall
the h eMi dastardlyddlesex
trates were present.
feelingly alluded to the death of the Marquis of Salis-
lblnudriyh,
he
alateho leoprodk-n lieutenantterryiterms
of
indignation
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as
ttatct,endwltiismiandtee
intention
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to life i fteaokfe tepouke of tl►
rinico)ifi , anrtotill
those two event; at the next county day. Mr. Northall
c said he had doubts whether the court had the power
tra
oAdueria I with the question upon which they had been called
together, and suggested that they should take the opinion
of the law officers of the Crown. The question led to some
legal objections as to how far the county treasurer was
bound to pay the accounts sent in from the petty sessional
divisions, inasruiteli as Mr. Justice Mumen and Mr. Mel
!ish had given conflicting opinions upon the question.
After adiscussion it was agreed that the subject should be
postponed, and in the meantime the question of the
legality of the charge should be raised by the parish (.1
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