The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-26 00:00:00

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
ECONOMY of ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.
" Report of the fourteenth meeting of the British
Association for the Advancement of Science, Mon-
day, September 30. Section G. Mechanical Science.
On the Economy of Artificial Light for Preserving
Sight. By Mr. J. Hawkins."
" Few were aware," he said, " of the injury in-
flicted on the Sight by too much, or too little light,
and by a sudden transition from gloom to light. He
had tried several experiments with a view to procure
a light of a medium description. He commenced
with two common candles, alternately snuffing and
leaving them unsnuffed, and measuring the intensity
of the light. The result of this experiment was/
that he found that the candle well snuffed, gave eight
times the light of that which was unsnuffed. He then
proceeded to a process of weighing, and found that
one pound of the snuffed candles gave as much light
as nine pounds of the unsnuffed candles."
Mr. Hawkins further found that a pound of candles,
to burn (like Price's Patent Candles) without snuff'
ing, gave the same light as four pounds snuffed in the
usual way, say every ten minutes, and the same as
eleven pounds unsnuffed altogether. After alluding to
further experiments with Candles, and also with
Oils, he concluded by recommending the Self-Snuff-
ing Candles in preference to Oil Lamps.
Price's Patent Candles have for some time past
been advertised as more economical than common
tallow ones, because, not requiring to be snuffed, they
give so much more light. The Patentees now pub-
lish the above extract as a remarkable confirmation of
the truth of their assertions. Those who still persist
in burning tallow moulds, or dips, in the idea that
candles at sixpence per pound are necessarily cheaper
than those at a shilling per pound, may now learn
how much real economy there is in such a course.
Four pounds of the snuffed candles giving, as above
shown, the same light as one pound of the self-snuffing
ones, those who burn tallow candles at sixpence per
pound are doing the same thing as if they paid two
shillings per pound for Price's Patent Candles ; for
they pay four sixpences for that quantity of light
which one pound of these candles will give. They
suffer, moreover, the bad smell, dirt, and annoyance,
arising from the use of the snuffers every ten minutes,
and the injury to the eyesight, stated above, to follow
the sudden transition from gloom to light when the
candles are snuffed.
Price's Patent Candles are sold by respectable
dealers in most parts of the kingdom, but care innst
be taken to insist on being supplied with the real
ones, as many imitations are made at low prices for
the shopkeepers, which, on account of the greater
profit, some of them endeavour, and with too fro'
quent success, to palm upon the public as " just the
same as the Patent Candles." The trade may obtain
them wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont,
Vauxhall; or from Palmer and Co., Sutton-street,
Clerkenwell.—From the Athenaeum of Saturday, 1961
October, 1844.

SIR JAMES GRAHAM'S BILL. n
MEETING OF THE QUALIFIED MEDICAL
PRACTITIONERS OF SOUTHWARK, LA
BETH, AND THEIR VICINITIES.
Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, a numerons
and highly respectable meeting of the medical pun'
titioners residing in the above locality, was held In the
Lecture-room of the Southwark Literary Institution.
Dr. SYLVESTER, having been called unanimonsl/
to the chair, stated that the object far which the,
meeting was convened was to call the attention 0.1
the public, and the medical profession resident in th,l4
vicinity, to the effect this Medical Reform 13"
would have upon the profession generally, and °
t
afford them an opportunity of expressing their opi'
nions upon it. The proposed measure would sweep
away some of the most prized privileges of the Me-
dical profession, many of which were held by them
since the time of Henry VIII. He trusted that they
would not allow the time afforded by the recess t°
pass away without giving their most anxious cons'
deration to the subject, which was one involving the
deepest interest to medical practitioners.
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Mr. GREENWOOD proposed the first resolution, A
the effect that the meeting was deeply impressfu_
with the necessity for legislative interference for tile
better regulation of the medical profession, and Co
sequently hailed with delight the proposal to intro'
duce some such measure by Sir J. Graham.
It was seconded by Mr. HOOPER, and Carried
unanimously. the
The next resolution, to the effect, that while
meeting acknowledged the merit of some of the P';a
visions of the Bill, it contained others which, if P 54.0..
into a law, would be deeply to be deplored, was r by
posed by 'Mr. DENBY, and, after being secondeo.
Mr. DARRIL, carried.
!
The two next resolutions, the first deprecating ti
abrogation of all existing laws which enforced
of
examination as to qualification, and the renewal
restrictions on unqualified persons; and the next, ea'
pressing their opinion that the medical practione°
ought to have the examination of their own partical°
class, were adopted, after some discussion. it
Dr. WEBSTER proposed the next resolution.
stated that while the meeting acknowledged the ne
cessity of a properly-constituted Council of Ilealt
and Medical Education in connexion with the Gc:
vernment, at the same time it deemed the constrlt
tion of the Council as proposed by this Bill to.ro
arbitrary and unjust to the great majority of Pr
medical practitioners who are not adeq re
uately f%
sented in it.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Evols, 3na

adopted unanimously.
Several gentlemen having addressed the 7131, sly
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upon the beneficial effects which this Bill was IP-, s
to produce on the profession, a vote of thanks
passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separate('
THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—This proposed
004
is the most important that has yet been proPi,or
in any part of the north of Scotland, and r
sibly we might except the south of Scotland• of
will run from Aberdeen, containing a pop
75,000 inhabitants, active and speculative, by or 12!$11
Montrose, Forfar, Arbroath, Dundee, and Pertb
large towns—and finally, we believe, communicate silo
the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway. The total 101°:ill
of expense, according to Mr. Cubitt's calculation,„ bsed
not exceed 900,0001. If the work can be acconifoitor
for such a small sum, it would be of the greatest au'bot
tage to those districts through which it is to Past es'
ulatioll
still more to the two large commercial towns at tw"oei'
tremities of the line, which at present have no cOloullose.
cation with each other, except at an enormous eg`,ties
Some of the leading men connected with the CO
,11-tlie
through which it will pass have been appointed Pao-
Committee—among others, Lord Lovat and Lord
mure. , 401
THE WINTER ASSIZES.—It is, we believe, at
gl
concluded that the Winter Assizes for this cotiotY per.
take place between the 12th and 24th of Peceo'
The counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, will
Fare
eluded in the commission.—. Bury and Suffolk Fa"-
Journal. a 0
The Liverpool Mercury of Friday publishenies
double sheet, giving very ample details of the cereoTtio
which took place at laying the foundation-stone °A, at
Birkenhead Docks, full reports of the speeches ra„u,."l,eo;
the dinner, an interesting historical account of •P"iv001
head, and a beautifully finished plan of the Live...apo'
and Birkenhead Docks. We rejoice to see a COllO7OOl.
rary displaying such spirit and enterprise. This jou the
at the same time, devotes five columns and a 1301„fht:
1.1
proceedings which took place at the meeting or c,-„plef
verpool Agricultural Society, at which Lord P".
presided.
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THE AMERICAN FRIGATE CHESAPEASE.---kalerlca
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Correspondent.)—The old well remembered
frigate the Chesapeake, which, between thirty sou ,c,lOO
years ago, when under the command of Cooru-coar
Laurence, was captured by Captain Broke, then the
manding his Majesty's frigate the Shannon, duriagnot.
American war, has been broken up for many Years.rn °f
and at the present time forms tilt. constituent portl°r tba
a flour-mill, situate upon a stream which runs n¢ Sewer
small town of Botley, in Hampshire. A few daYa„s bscl,
the workmen, whilst engaged in repairing the loll." olio
occasion to remove certain parts of the timber fsb,rl;,;cl
found the wood of the old vessel to be as solin°;yera'
fresh as the day on which she was first launched. Pe iocea
curiously disposed persons have purchased sundrieN
of the craft, with a view of having the wood turovot,
snuff-boxes, and other fancy articles of turne