The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-04 00:00:00

ANNtivEItSARV OF THE
CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY.

Mil benevolent Society celebrated their eighth
anniversary yesterday. At nine- A.M. the whole party
assembled at the sign of the Golden Eagle, in NM-
End-road, where t breakfasted and at 11 o'clock
set outin grandirocession through the principal
of London and VVestminster, in the following order to--
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jTeartuyi.snpeAteirmscol.
Aparty of Constabies. -
Horseback:
Cabinit Makers'
Society.",
Fourteen men on horseback, carrying batonna and wearing 'Ant
clothes and purple Colours, the horses superbly decorated.
Banner--(M0tt0)...." Enrolled Cabinet Makers."
Banner—A Picture of Gratitude..(Motto).—" To our Gene-
rous Patrons."
Banner—Emblem of Industry.—(Motto)--."Patronized by Four
Hundred of the Nobility."
"Perseverance and Industry."
A Grand Car, richly ornamented, in which were a Band of Mu-
sicians—in the front of which was a canopy or, crown; on the
top sat Mr. Thurnell, the Master, with his two sons.
The whole closed with a Banuer—" Cabinet Makers' Society."
Between each Banner twelve men walked on foot--each Banner
was carried on a small car drawn by one horse, supported, by
two men.
The procession altogether had an interesting ap-
pearance, and , attracted general admiration. About
four o'clock they arrived at White Conduit House,
and, a few minutes after five,,the company, consisting
of about 200, sat down to dinner, Mr. John Davis in
the chair.
After the cloth was removed, the worthy Chairman
said, in announcing the first. toast., it. would be. quite
superfluous to attempt. to say any thing by way of pa-
negyric on the character of not only the most exalted
individual, but, as the friend and patron of industry,
the most truly inestimable character in. the empire.
The health of their King, their great and good king,
would, he was confident, be drank with that enthusiasm
which is the common feeling
.of British subjects.—
(Great applause and cheering).—The King was drank
with three times three, with the most rapturous ap-
plause. 44 God save the King" Was played by a most
scientific band, in excellent style.
The CHAIRMAN said, in proposing the next toast,
he should not presume to introduce it with any further
observations than merely to say, in giving it, that it.
formed an illustrious alliance of characters, winch,
like a string of oriental jewels, derived infinite value
and lustre from their combination. He then ':gave
The Duke of York, and the rest of the Royal Fa-
mily," which was drank with every demonstration of
afrectionate loyalty.
The CHAIRMAN then gave "Messrs. Newton and
Rice,' the Trustees of the Society."
Mr. NEwrox, on returning thanks on behalf of
'his colleague and himself, said, that the flattering
manner in which their healths were drank this day,
would operate with them as an additional stimulus to
promote the interests of the Society.
The CHA lIIMAN said that he would' noW 'propose
a health which be was sure would' meet with a flatter-
ing reception—it was that of the Gentleman who had
kindly lent the horses for the 'procession, and who, on
several other: occasions manifested his goottwillto-
wards the Society-.-she then gave the health of, "G.
H. Tiaylor, Esq." This Was drank with lorid applause,
44 The Members of the Committee,"
Mr. CARTER returned thanks in ,a neat, speech,
The CHAIRMAN then said, that. some ill-designing
persons had maliciously ' reported that this
•
ciety h
ad no existence, whereas, in' fact, it was. in-
corporated by an Act of Parliament, and pro-
gressively improving. During the - general panic
whiCh had shaken some of the first houses in
Engiand, not one Man was turned off frisin this So-
ciety,' unless for Misconduct. The object of the So-
ciety was to assist such of its members as were not in
a capacity to work ; when any of them happened to he
sick he received Itis. a week, in whatever. Circum-
stances of life he might be in'; and on the death of
any member 15/. were given to his widow and family.
The number of subscribers was increasing rapidly, and
he had every reason to hope that they would receive
large dividends next year.' 'Several other appropriate
toasts were drank, and the conviviality of the evening
was kept up till a late hour.

SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

In our Paper of 'Wednesday last, we inserted from
the Litetary chronicle a brief notice of a discovery
said to have been made by an Italian chemist, " that
the green colour contains the principle of the magnet,
and that this colour suffices to render a steel needle
magnetic." We are not quite aware upon what autho-
rity the statement,of that highly respectable journal
rests, but at all events we conceive a little further in-
formation which has subsequently been communicated
to us may be interesting to our readers, in reference to
what other Philosophers have observed upon the same
subject.
More than 10 years since Dr. Morichini of Rome
stated, that when the sun's rays were analysed,with a
prism, the violet ray had the power of communicating
magnetism to a steel needle exposed to it for some
time. His experiment was successfully repeated by
two distinguished Italian philosophers; and by two
others equally eminent without success. Some time
after, however, Sir IL Davy in IRI4, and Prof. May-
fair in 1817, visited Italy ; and both witnessed the
experiment ye/11)mM with the most perfect success.
Still, as it was distinctly denied both by the philoso-
phers before alluded to, and also by Nr. Berard, and
as several experimenters in England had long tried to
rea;produce such an effect without thesmiaililleisats: useueneisms,eirts;
littytiltvisasstvaetrey
tgenerally
st doubted,question
rested
when it was taken up by a lady,—Mrs. SoMerville,
who has had the honour and gratification of determin-
ing the question, by obtaining the desired result even
in our unfavourable climate, and pointing out the dr-
cunistance on which its gUCC6S3 depends.
'She took a common needle, (which was previously
ascertained to be devoid of magnetism,) and covering
one half of` it in paper, exposed it tO the violet ray ;
in about two hours the exposed end possessed north
ipolarity ;s twhayese,xipvietirilm invariableent%ss
icces. s
repeateda andhe t ribs iiiimead
that the blue rays had a similar power, though, fr,ss
—and that it extended even to the green rap, It "4"
not perceptible in any beyond these. An yctoPuniL of
these researches was read
,1 before the RoY'd "s`'cletY'4"
winter, and we imagine tr
volume of the Transaetwl4;:ppear Ibc
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