The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-31 00:00:00

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" quartered" in the neighbourhood. The events
e4.,s'ne tli• in the following order :
lyfue of Bedford's Minotaur, Bst 71b, received from
km W. S. Stanley's Creaoline, 7st 71b. Ab. M. 100, h ft.
eepstakes of 10 SOV3. each; for three yrs old, ist 71b;
Ssi 21b; five yrs and upwards,. 71b. T.Y.C.
~Vinncr to be sold 'or 1501. (7 Subs.)
~7r• harnsbOttorn's Bru:h, 3 yrs (E. Edwards) 1
Syntaxina, 6 yrs
-uhe following also started but were not placed:—
I.j Payne's Johnny, aged—Mr. Death's Isleworth, 5 yrs
tss„ rd Albermarle's The Brewer, 4 yrs—and Mr. Bris-
tow s Freystrop, 3 yrs.
ags to 2 agst The Brewer, 3 to 1 agst Johnny, and 7 to 2t
a,reystro
SYlvaxin JP7ohnny, Freystrop, and the winner, started
‘,"eadY abreast, and ran in company for about one hundred
f,arils; the running was then tak, n up by Freystrop, and
~artied on to the cords, where he was beaten. Johnny
reie in half-Way up, and Brush, challenging the mare,
~.ettied her cleverly at last, by half a I.2ngth. Johnny
was sti
mdtfferent third.
OubTription Plate ot 50/.; for two yrs old, Gst 71b ; and
three Bst 10. T.Y.C.
Lordo4, nsdale's Broth'er to Chummy, 2 yrs...(Pettit) 1
reTeerlsanzternsotliya•,
31a3rrys, 2 yrs
3
1:12!,0 following also started, but were not placed :
t "rd Exe:er's Alerope,3 yrs—Lord G. Bentinck's
, " ()ii, 3 yrs—M •PI 'Wit )1-Cs Phsalis, 3 yrs—Mr. S.
cby Cresar, dam by Teresias, s--_ Mr. May's..
11,1ary Ann, 2 yrs—and Mr. Booth's New I.car s-
.; yrs.
nvl•
aint 117;--6 to 4 agst My Mary ; 4 to 1 agst the
and
; 5 to 1 agst Zenobia ; 6 to 1 agst Merope ;
false'
,t), ngst Croton 011.—There were three or four
st..rts for this race. In the first the Czesar colt and
tit} Mary Ann got an ay, and, bearing to the left jumped
ue fence into the turnip field, in which the colt was
ext
l'Ped ; the filly, dislodging her jockey, went across the
henscwo
or three fields, and was stopped at Mr. Brant's
the actual race bolted, and was pulled up.
tebia, erope, and Physalis started together, and
'wade alternate running into the cord, where Brother to
thiltrimihel.a.vneds, My Mary passed them, and had the race
the colt winning easy by a length, Zenohia
)salis fourth, and New Year's-Day fifth. The
Winner was claimed.
8 Match ; 200, h ft. T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley,
dt 714 (R"liiils(,n), heat Mr. Beresford's The Altered
J7s_t 71b (Nat), by two lengths.-2 to lon Oakley:.
rlantheap Plate of 50/. ; for three yrs old, &c.
‘1 Drinkeld's Vol au Vent, 3 yrs, sst 21b (A. Day) 1
Lord Stradbrol-e's Boar l'ntr-school Miss, 3 yrs,
ss: Glb . . 1
2
r. ; ..................................... irwin s Mickey Free, 3 yrs, ist 71b 3
7stTn,i. "°"ing also ran :—Mr. Payne's Mania, 4 yrs,
o;.;iut---.xSeitrer(,l-3.lHveeeatlpteeott,e's Khorassan, 4 yrs, ist 9113-
13 0 rtobeto, 4 yrs, ist 41b—Mr. Shaftoe's
yrs, 7st— Lord G. 8.-ntinek's Croton Oil,
y yrs, 71b—and Colonel Peel's cby Slane, out of
aasson's dant, 3 yrs, 3st 7113.
Boat" agst Mania, 4 to 1 agst Boarding school Miss,
agst Vol au Vent, and 5 to 1 agst Wee Pet.
"'
6u Vent made all the running, followed by
rdin- school Miss, went to his head at the cords, but
hate, way in a few strides, and was beaten cleverly by a
Ntickey Free a goo
t. 11!
good third, and Mania fourth.
Bst etie:l, ;,200, h ft. T.Y.C.—Mr. Salvin's The Cure,
ford' st'tine). beat Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Rom-
-8,..`-'Ol3, Bst (Nat), by a head.-5 to 2on The Cure.
kr. i!” of Bedford's Glen Fishi_ ,e Bst 71b, received from
ord's Attorney, 6st 71b.
9111 Eglinton's Lyeurgus received from Colonel Peel's
s.,rnan; Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. 500, h ft.
uuke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, Bst 71b, received from
475°,;(1 Eglinton's Britannia, 6st 41b. T.Y.C. 200, h ft.
riter°l3o; 7st I°nel- P
7lb. eel's Orlando, Bst, agst Lord Exeter's
T. V.C. 200, h ft.—Off by consent.

POISON, THEIR TESTS, AND
A, ANTIDOTES.
14 -- the Royal Polytechnic Institution, '''Y delivered-
audience the second
an to a very numerous au yesterday, Dr..
of histh proposed series of lectures on the natuuredofhpeoismonesst,
e tests tbr discovering their presence, a
seeing
elms means of counteracting their effects. It
preferable to
own words,
discourse
it itts Much ss possible igiiivehishios
tris impossible to detail his experiments or the
aine--
a -thuclive observations with which they were
e 4-11, aned. The importance of the subject to tthhee
"°le publi and the popular and intelligible styleof
Professor, render his lectures equally desirable in the
h,,lllllllns of a newspaper as in the merely scientific youlrr-
-r Re said—Our former attempts to give a
poisons,
1-en.pr.A' of some of the most dangerous mineral
beenei..ally arsenic, having been well received, we have
Eivllnduced to continue the subject, for the.pdurpeoisseenosf,
,ng a brief outline of some of the act
these as prussic or by drocyanic acid. In bringingp
-""e lecture before an audience necessarily
ecicimPused of many non-professional individuals, we must
t° Bogen eate at once anything like a disposition panderto
tie morbid appetite of those who love to feed. upon
te and
, horrible ; our objects are, we trust, leg
4.,"oural)le, and worthy an institution which professes
'tile diffusion of knowledge. Our objects thenhaere simply
e to
13_:stisfy the rational curiosity of thosuen
who
which an
'eitil...,v something of the many dt,guises anti% May lurk—to point out the meansndo,fadsetieucttiohne
let, remedy in cases of emergency, a
the ore arsenic, to guard the honest juryman
legal din arsenic,
fallacies that mayaccompany
resi,,k
tiestigations. We feel it our,.
must
i bringanhgeedariei en:theot-
sudien tnpertant and prominent features before our
eessar ce, yet we shall avoid as much as we can. unn.e-
atte Y scientific detail, and if we fail in rivetting the
theentloll by the usual brilliant experiments of
ethe. laevce-
,t? all, yet we trust that time object we have
n the
'''ll° may lead our audience to the
n 3
in the value of the information g:tisv'e_n_.e
son,, 14
am intention, in this lecture, to d
, ,us aeids into two distinct parts :—First,
bustle!)com-
tihdesethreespholti:
'ng from certain natural processes—as respiration, .
1.1,1 s.nimal and vegetable decomposition. Secondly,
.iose whieh are foundnative, or are the result of art.
ii.e."Z er, hsfore v!'epeocce proceed o detail, it may be as well
the e to give a brief explanation of an acid :—l. As
term indicates, an ?cid is generally sour, although
$
ome acids are not sensibly so. 2. They generally redden
the acids
blues, having; precisely the opposite action of 111 alkali, 3. They combine with bases to form salts.
t was
an acid w the opinion of some of the earlier chemists that
with o as necessarily tbe union of a combustible base
lygen—hence the term—
found in most acids, it does notut exist in o all. The two
great acidifiers are oxygen and hydrogen. We may di-
;nilNo acids, thcrefore, into two great classes—oxacids
hydracids. The oxacids have oxygen as their acidi-
.Ying principle ; the hydracids have hydrogen.
~ After a number of beautiful experiments, illustrating
clan. various acids of these two classes, and their effects—
t lading especially hydro-sulphuric acid, or sulphuretted
We`, Isugen, copiously and most perniciously disengaged
gla_tn oar drains and other numerous sources of mi-
, he stated, one eight-hundredth part of this
am" hills a dog, one-two-hundred-and-fiftieth a horse,
,hio!ne-fifteen-hundredth part a bird. The antidote is
of 11.1.11°- He then proceeded to the immediate subject
t is lectur
" IlYdr - e.
tht ani t cyanic acid is an organic product,„ either of
prust, :nal or vegetable kingdom. Its synommes are
aeid, .1; seld, becaisse it exists in Prussian blue;. zootic
bsekuseeTuse of its animal origin; and hydrocyanic acid,u
oYano..,„t la. a compound of hydrogen and cy anfo
vaPour° ' la a compound of two volumes o bt.thaet. our ni,,tur carbon and one of nitrogen ; so h
ban Poi extensivs compounds, as well as our most active.
basso(),t,s' u°ntain nitrogen. Prussic acid, or rather its
-ja"Xen, may b found in many vegetables, espe-
applYe yin the
; arnYgdaleal and pomem, bitter almonds,
tied d'll•Ps, kernals of peaches, apricots, cherries, plums,
laus,,l4llnsons. In the flowers of the peach, cherry-
latt- ' and bank cherry—in the bark of the
water and the root of the mountain ash. Laure-
also rf. has long been used as a poison. It is
Its duund during decomposition, as in old cheese.
Rse., itel4l°Pe.d during the combustion of blood, hoofs,.t
the , an iron pot. It is nut my place to. go
.in o
tom. al;unts tnethods of makine. it. Its history is briefly
'„L lrussian blue was accidentallyts discovered by
jtil—'elt at the commencement of the eighteenth century.
In
11..46 Dr. Brown Lanerish published on laurel-water.
064502 Macguire announced that Prussian blue
uwals7aBn7
)3erth f iron and some colouring principle.
fir t
olet discovered its compusition. In 18011 it was.
s_unieisetdesits mbevdicine. The acid of the shops contains
The
cent. of water and 2 of Prussic acid.
sre :----first ' . whiich iats preseneceenmdlay
tbhee discovered nf pr„ . . Its imeeu,mar odour ;se y, 1. • "'4lan blue. Add caustic potassa to the suspected
Pun], then add a protosalt of iron, and eventually a few
of-rußa of
silver muriatic acid. Thirdly, the formation of cyanide
irise cy, by adding nitrate of silver to the suspected liquid.
Nitric "nide is distinguished by its solubility in hot
acid. Fourthly, by the formation of cyanide
ofcd"PPer, and its conversion into a dicyanide. This is
ic'ue 11 adding caustic potassa to the suspected liquid,
tl:len in a few drops of solution of sulphate of cop-
tr, the cyanide is formed of a yellowish green. On the ad-
itiou of muriatic acid, a white dicyanide is precipi-
tated. And fifthly, by the action of tincture of guia-
clun- Add the tincture to the Prussic acid liquid, a
IThite resin is precipitated. Then introduce a few drops
of solution of sulphate of copper, and a beautiful blue re-
sults, made more intense by the addition of alcohol.
A fallacy may occur here, as tincture of guiacum will
P‘r:oduce a similar blue colour with spirit of nitric rather.
Sll(thlY, where the odour is not detected, distillation
will discover the acid. The antidotes are chlo
rine, animonia, cold effusion, artificial respi-
ration, and finally, the recently discovered method
of the celebrated chemists, Messrs. Smith, of Edin-
urgh- Their antidote is thus prepared :—Boil
stilphate of iron with sulphuric acid and water, and add
a er sal few drops cif nitric acid. In this wa
pfir t of iron is formed. Give to the patient
3t y a proto
of all a solution of
carbonate of potassia,
and then a dose of the protopersalt of iron. The change
which takes place is a most beautiful and effective one,
resulting in the formation of Prussian blue, which being
insoluble, is consequently inert.
fact The audience, at the conclusion, expressed their satis-
!ision by applause, and several gentlemen stated, that
, they had not heard the lecture upon arsenic, they
n Veil the Prufessor would find an opportunity of re.
kitting it.
A C,

terday, the
-Jourt Leet of the Savoy precinct was hell yes-
proceedings of which were rendered worthy
(:)f public notice only by the very creditable conduct of
the Chairman of the Court, Sir John Dean Paul, who
refused to receive the presentation of the jury until they
had reported the nuisance of several print and book-
shops of an improper character which have recently
shops, up in the Strand—in the very face of the greatest
?rder
thoroughto fare in London—and he adjourned the Court, in
he 0011 sider ed _give thejury an opportunity of performing what
a part of their duty to the public.