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ranks just now would be a continuance in the mad
system of coercion, and in the stern denial of justice.
To the Government are we indebted for Smith

O'Brien's adherence to the popular cause, and we can
have no doubt that at the provincial dinner, more ad-
hesions will take place. Why should there be any
further hesitation ? Do we expect any good from their
Registration Act ? Do we anticipate any wisdom in
their policy towards Mr. O'Connell ? Are they not
too closely bound up with the reckless enemies of the
country to do anything generous even if they had the
will ? No—there is no hope for Ireland but in her
own exertions, and it is therefore we look so con-
fidently to the adhesions of such men as Sir Henry
Winston Barron, men who have an interest in the
country, and are truly anxious for her prosperity,
Mr. Kelly, D.L., of grina-house, county Limerick.
brother-in-law of our patriotic county Member,
Edmond Burke Roche, is also to be present at the
dinner. This gentleman is an important addition to
the popular party—not only on account of his great
wealth, but also, because of his intelligence and in-
fluence. He lately joined the Repealers, and he now
comes forward to add the weight of his name to the
present " national" demonstration.— Southern Re-
porter.

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 commu-
nication which had been received from Amsterdam
on this subject, expressed his astonishment that the
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 blamo.was due.
After a spirited discussion, it was decided by the
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 com-
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, in
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, re-
elected MM. Poinsot and Thenard, and appointed M.
Poncelet to replace M. Arago. Previously to the
ballot, M. Arago informed his colleagues that be
would no longer corm part of the Commission, on ac'
count of the determination of the Minister to modify
the constitution of the school, contrary to the formal
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 balloon
made of silk, as they say that their copper balloon
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 may
be correct, but some of the members of the Academy
seemed to be of opinion that as the copper balloon i 9
made necessarily of thin sheets, there will be danger
of rupture at the joints.
MM. Natalis, Guillot, and Melsens made a coin'
munication on the use of iodure of potassium in the
cure of persons affected with saturnine maladies.
They say that they have administered it with the most
decided success. The dose is gradually raised to four
and even six grammes per day, and from 200 to 300
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 case '
in which the use of opium is regarded as salutary °t
injurious; and, in allusionsto the general notion that.
it should never be administered in inflammatory case+
mentions some exceptions in which it may be give°
with great benefit to the patient. In most eases
where inflammation is not present he regards it as as
invaluable medicine.
M. Guinant laid on the bureau of the academyl4
lens of flint glass twenty inches in diameter, th#.
largest that now exists. M. Arago stated that the
telescope of Pulkowa, the largest in any observatorf'
is only fourteen inches in diameter.
M. Andral read an interesting memorial from
Demazy, on suicides committed in the arrondissement
of Mans during the twelve years from 1830 to 180
From his observations it appeared that, in this spite°
of time, eighty-seven persons destroyed themselves,
and of these sixty-six were men, and twenty-ont
women. The greater number took place on a Mon~
day morning, during full moon, and in the day-tinio
The ages of the suicides ranged from thirty to sixty.
Most of the individuals were married, and had prr?'
viously shown symptoms of mental alienation. •
bauchery and other bad habits were in most er,es the
exciting causes.

UNIVERSITY 01' ST. e o,,uuen4:4-4
Divinity attending St. Mary's College, St. 44.ndrew's, !riel,l„o,R '
pany to breanS
itno v
itteesdt i testify
himthteoi rhroengoaurrd t
htoe
them
the
he r yja ec7o.ll'l principal Hala,Ms
in the Black Bull inn, on Thursday, the .28th inst. AccoPis
ingiy, a very large party, including most. of the gentlemen
town, elders and friends of the Established Church sat dot#
to breakfast ; Mr. James Anderson, Student of Divinity', Iro ,
the chair, supported on the right by the Very Rev.
Haldane, the Rev. Dr. Buist, ProfeSsor of'Ecclesiastical
tory ; Professors Jackson, Alexander, Dr. Ferrie, &c. ;
left by Provost Playfair, Robert Lindsay, Esq., of SttSito
James Lumsdaine, Esq., of Lathallan. Mr. William.Grah,"
acted as croupier. We observed amongst those preseln,
Drs. Anderson, Reid, Gillespie, Mudie, Smitb. ; Colonel Pinc,
fair, John Bain, Esq., banker, Dr. Woodford,' and the 11e
Messrs. Mason, Thomson, Cutler, Scott, Black, Fe,
~4,,
Martin, Herdman ; Messrs. J. Cusacit, W. P. Dickson, fa. ,
Students in Divinity. Grace was said by Dr. Buffet.—Scew7
Record.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--Last n.a;gbtlt
between the hours of seven and eight o'clock. the inhabitinly,..
of Essex-street were thrown into a state of the utmost ire
ror and alarm by the following appalling occurrence :—lt
peared that, at the time above-named,' a house-pointer Po
paper-stainer, named West, lodging in Essex-street, brAjoa
altercation with his wife, and in a fit of ungovernable 1)45_3,,
he stabbed her mortally with .a
sword in the abd.ora7,r '
her death was almost instantaneous.. The wretched
derer then turning the weapon upon himself attempted to.
minate his own existence, and had inflicted a wound OUP
person, when he was prevented from perpetrating 1-08
destruction by his, mother, who, with a child of his 11,1'0 to
1,
deceased, was in the room at the time. He was taken
custody by the police, and conveyed to Blercer's Hospita,
Dublin Avening Mail of Wednesday.
Isi EWARIL.—The once celebrated post-house, tliti;
Clinton Arms, in this town, has ceased to be such ; 0.0
&c., horses, coaches,
• were last week sold to Mr. Psek
Gilstrap, of the Hotel. Kirkgate, in consequence of the ,0011-
crease of road business. The town has now that listless %sit
so general in places dependent upon posting and e°lo,
traffic, which has been destroyed. The proximity of a
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f
way, and the effects of steam travelling, have become 01,
serious. The inn alluded to had, a few years ago, t:v
five to thirty pair of post-horses, besides those reqr
stage-coaches, &c.—Stamford Mercury,
Ole
MARGATE.—The certainty of a raillrav
prospect of an improved harbour, have all` had a bo
ficial effect upon the value of property in ttilS. town. ,00,
houses, in Cliff-terrace, which tweive ttiont:as sinced
te
bi
offered for sale and bought in at 5301., Were; bona fide sold
auction on Monday the 25th 1-; ih -
V,i=iuch, by Air. S. Staner,
,
/
White Hart Hotel, at 7. WA after spirited oompetitio
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Kent Herald.
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rsIRTHS. 01'AO
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On the 4th inst.) at Chester, the lady of Sir . •
Walker, of a son.
i,• Itef. On the 2d irgt., at Camden Vicarage, the lady of t.o.
James D. Roney, of a eon. Id 1
On the 2d inst., at "The Nunnery," Sussex, the wife '
Brown, Esq., of a daughter.
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On the 2d inst , the wife of Alfred Brettle, Esq., °f
tingham, Kent, of a son, still-born. fr r"
On the 3d inst., at Hackney, the lady of the Rey'
Wright, of a daughter. f I,oo4elet'
On the 3d inst., in Nottingham-place, the lady o
of
Shadwell, Esq., of a son. lad ,
On the 3d inst., at Elizabeth-place, Brixton-road, the f,
of William Thomson, Esq., Assistaut Commissary-GGo
of a son.
geArj
On the 3d inst., at Blackdown, the lady of the Rev-
ii ,
Codriagton, of a son.
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On the 4th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park,
Richard Albany Nelson, Esq., of a son. fie'
On the 4th inst., at Woburn-square, Mrs. WI
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loves, of a son.
offOr
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On the 4th inst., the lady of John Cutbell, Esq.,
dish-road, St. Jolaw s-ood, of a son. the
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