The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-06 00:00:00

PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

SITTING OF MARCH 25.
The important question of the nutritive or non-
nutritive properties of gelatine again came before the
academy. M. Gay Lussac, alluding to the cominu-
nication which had been received from Amsterdavit
on this subject, expressed his astonishment that thei
commission of the Academy, which was appointed not
less than fourteen years ago to make a report on this
disputed question, had not yet come to a decision.
M. Thenard, one of the members of the commission,
stated, in reply to M. Gay Lussac, that he was fully
sensible of the mission intrusted to him and his col-
leagues, and was not sorry that public allusion had
been made to their inactivity. As far as he was per-
sonally concerned, he declared that no blame was dia.&
After a spirited discussion, it was decided by tie ,
Academy, that the commission should be called upon'
to make their report within a delay of three months.
After the reading of several scientific papers, pos- ,
sessing little interest for the public at large, a corn*
munication was read from M. Goldsmith, of Got-
tingen, on the results of the new calculations which
he has made for the purpose of rectifying the para-
bolic elements of the comet of M. Faye. These cal-
culations accord with those originally made, in at-
taching to our planetary system this comet, which, iiz
the most eccentric point of its orbit, is at a distance
from the sun which does not exceed six times the
circuit of the terrestrial orbit.
The Academy, having been invited by, the Minister
of War to renew the annual commission of three!
members to take part in the labours of the Conseil
de Perfectionnement of the Polytechnic School, r(*
elected MM. Poinsot and Thenard, and appointed Ikt-
Poncelet to replace M. Arago. Previously to the
ballot, M. Arago informed his colleagues that he
would no longer corm part of the Commission, on se'
count of the determination of the Minister to modifY,
the constitution of the school, contrary to the forms'
opinion of himself and his colleagues.
A communication was received from M. Dupuits
Delcourt and M. Maret Monce, relative to the new
copper balloon which they are constructing. The
chief merit of their invention is said to be the means
of remaining longer in the air than with a ballot)),
made of silk, as they say that their copper balloey
would offer a resistance to the obstacles which pre',
vent a long sojourn in the air with the ordinary bal'
loon. We know not how far these gentlemen: a»1:
be correct, but some of the members of the Acadenif
seemed to be of opinion that as the copper balloon is'
made necessarily of thin sheets, there will be danger.
of rupture at the joints.
MM. Natalia, Guillot, and Melsens made a cat'
munication on the use of iodure of potassium in ths,
cure of persons affected with saturnine maladies::
They say that they have administered it with the me".
decided success. The dose is gradually raised to four
and even six grammes per day, and from 200 to $0
grammes in the whole suffice for a cure.
A paper was received from M. Charrier on the use.•
of opium in medicine. The author states all the cases.
in which the use of opium is regarded as salutary
injurious; and, in allusion to the general notion thwi.
it should never be administered in inflammatory casehi:
mentions some exceptions in which it may be givel!';'
with great benefit to the patient. In most cases'
where inflammation is not present he regards it as et);'
invaluable medicine.
M. Guinant laid on the bureau of the wader:lt •"
lens of flint glass twenty inches in diameter,
largest that now exists. 11iI. Arago stated that
telescope of Pulkowa, the largest in any observaterP:
,•
is only fourteen inches in diameter.
M. Andral read an interesting memorial from.
Demazy, on suicides committed in the arrondisseelet,
of Mans during the twelve years from 1830 to 18t rt
From his observations it appeared that, in this spy
of time, eighty-seven persons destroyed themseltt,
and of these sixty-six were men, and twenty_°'
women. The greater number took place on a Wir''
day morning, during full moon, and in the day-tl°':
The ages of the suicides ranged from thirty to slag
Most of the individuals were married, and had e;
viously shown symptoms of mental alienation. m.si
bauchery and other bad habits were in moat cases 1*"
exciting causes.
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UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREW'S.--The
Divinity attending St. Mary's College, St. Andretir'si_vrio, bisr
to testify their regard to the Very Rev. Principal) Ha!' " *
invited him to honour them with his company td' bre 4_,d.;
in the Black Bull inn, on Thursday, the 28th inst.. Acook
ingly, a very large party, including most of the gentletto
town, elders and friends of the Established Church, gat
to breakfast ; Mr. James Anderson, Student of lAivititX
the chair, supported on the right by the Very Rev. Priool
Haldane, the Rev. Dr. Buist, Professor of Ecclesiast%kol: the
tory ; Professors Jackson, Alexander, Dr. Ferrie, &o.• ; erl6o;
left by Provost Playfair, Robert Lindsay, Esq., of B trait ios
James Lumsdaine, Esq., of Lathallan. !Go
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acted as croupier. We observed amongst those pres,,,,tir
Drs. Anderson, Reid, Gillespie, Mudie, South ; Colonel I'Zif;
fair, John Bain, Esq., banker, Dr. Woodford, and thetre
Messrs. Mason, Thomson, Cutler, Scott, Black, ~„
Martin, Herdman ; Messrs. J. Cusack, W. P. Dickso-31
Students in Divinity. Grace was said by Dr. Buist.—Soo""
Record. 4
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Last nibs
between the hours of seven and eight o'clock. the inhabits
of Essex-street were thrown into a state of the utmost 1
ror and alarm by the following appalling occurrence :—lt
peered that, at the time above-named, a house-painier.,*
paper-stainer, named West, lodging in Essex-street, hit .0
altercation with his wife, and in a fit of ungovernable Pae''•
he stabbed her mortally with a sword-cane in the abdomt,
her death was almost instantaneous. The wretched Tto
derer then turning the weapon upon himself attempted to
minate his own existence, and had inflicted a wound 0112.
person, when he was prevented from perpetrating Alijio
destruction by his mother, who, with a child of his
to
deceased, was iu the room at the time. He was taken.: ~,,
custody by the police, and conveyed to Mercer's ilospits!!
Dublin Evening 31ai1 of Wednesday.
EwAnx.—The once celebrated post-house, rile
Clinton Arms, in this town, has ceased to be sucli.,,;
horses, coaches,. &c. were last week sold to Mr. Jul*
Gilstrap, of the Hotel Kirkgate, in consequence of the vol;
crease of road. business. The town has now that listless fool;
so general in places dependent upon posting and 0,0,
traffic, which has been destroyed. The proximity of AS,,If
way, and the effects of steam travelling, have become '"tr
serious. The inn alluded to had, a few years ago, tv7,-,
five to thirty pair of post-horses, besides those require"
stage-coaches, &c.—Stamford Mercury. 0
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MARGATE.—The certainty of a rail way 1113,40 e
prospect of an improved harbour, have already had a'l4o
ticial effect upon the value of property in this toirn-
houses, in Cliff-terrace, which twelve months Since
sod
offered for sale and bought in at 5501., were bona fide 80_,n).
auction on Monday the 25th ultimo, by Mr. J. Starer! si'l
White Hart Hotel, at 750/., after spirited competetiO
Kent Herald.

BIRTHS. i
On the 4th inst., at Chester, the lady of Sir re.
Walker, of a son.
On the 2d list., at Camden Vicarage, the lady of t10:18°
James D. Money, of a son.' . • 11.
On the 2d inst:, at "The Nunnery," Sussex, the /rd...
Brown, Esq., of a daughter.
of 14er
On the 2d inst , the wife of Alfred Brettle, Esq.,
tinhorn, Kent, of a son, still-born. ,r ..1"
On the 3d inst., at Hackney, the lady.of the Rev. ,
Wright, of a daughter. O
• On the 3d inst., in Nottingham-place, the lady of pall.
Shadwell, Esq., of a son. e I:tdof
On the 3d inst., at Elizabeth-place, Brixton-road, th
of William Thomson, Esq., Assistant Commissary-Gen ,
of a son. CO;

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On the 3d inst., at Blackdown, the lady of the Rev.
Codrington, of a son.
On the 4th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, the
Richard Albany Nerson, Esq., of a son.
On the 4th inst., at Woburn-square, Mrs, WOO/
lowes, of a son.
On the 4th inst., the lady of John Cutbell, Esq, of C
dish-road, St. John's-wood, of a son.

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MARRIED.
On the 2d inst., at Holbeach, John Phipps,, Esq.' to
Elizabeth Sharman. 1011°1
On the 4th inst., at St. Bride's Fleet-street, Mr. ote
Piper, of Bishopsgate-street, to 'Elizabeth, second ttliejt,
of Mr. Josiah Harvey, Grand Junction Wharf, W1_22.1!,t3.%

DIED. _All,
On the 22d ult., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mr. John -11'froeI'
late proprietor of the Royal Pavilion Theatle, Whiter'ill
road, aged 53. i ;gaite'
On the 24th ult., at Inverleith-row, Edinbttrgb,i3.A Os
nant Charles William Hope, Royal Engineers, yotin
of the late Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope, G.C•,. ;A heir
On the 25th ult., at Paris, Patrick Stewart, Esq., 0, '''-c
lunkart, county
lt., aof Banff. °lt
On the 28th ult Spofforth, Yorkshire, Mall, of
the vild
of the Rev. Richard Hartley, D.D.
On the 28th ult., at Carlsruhe, Baden, Cecilia, the
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Wingfield Yates, Esq. CIS#
On the 30th ult., at Writtle, Essex, Mrs. Elizabeth bir,
~ On the 31st nit., at Manchester Lodge, Wariis
Mary, the wife of Richard R. Jee, Esq. (8. of /.
On the 2d inst., at Brighton, Harriet Emily, the
Brightman, Esq., of Lavender-hill, Surrey. L ei.,B 106
of::
the 4th
inst.,
captaitsroate
oy OHne: 3d inst., BBqa.rnes, Surrey, „,__,,margarev, .--
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