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

SIGHT AND HEARING TESTIMONIALS.

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39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY. General
Browne Clayton feels desirous to express the comfort
and advantage be has derived at his advanced age of 70
years, and after two years' trial, from the use of Messrs.
S. and B. Solomons newly invented Spectacles. Their
valuable inventions fully merit the patronage they have
received. Address, .Adlington-hall, Lancashire.
Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstone begs to say that
the Spectacles he has now had some time in use, have
fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. S. and B.
Solomons as to their excellence, and having found so
much comfort and advantage from their use, far prefer-
able to every other kind of glasses. 13. , Norfolk-street,
Park-lane.—The Hon. George Cavendish, to Messrs. S.
and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, op-
posite the York Hotel. Gentlemen, I approve very much
of the Spectacles I purchased from you ; I have made
use cf glasses for many years, and never TO with any
to citable me to see equal to yours, and with less incon-
venience to my eyes. Yours obediently, G. Cavendish
Leixlip Castle, Ireland.—lmproved Achromatic Teles-
copes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c., of the same kind
of lenses, to surpass any ever yet invented,---,The
Messrs. S. and B. Solomons lnvincible Operator Voice
Conductor, Sound Magnifiers for deaf persons, give im-
medi ite relief to old standing extreme cases of deaf.
nes • --Caution. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Optioians
id A urists, are not in any way connected with a person
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tla same name n their immediate neighbourhood.
;.; in any part of the country. To prevent mistake.
to 3 cautions and observe—only to be had at 39, Albe-
marle-street, ricosglilly opposite the York Hotel.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
ECONOMY of ARTIFICIAL LIGHT•

" Report of the fourteenth meeting of the British
Association for the Advancement of Scionce, Mon-
day, September 30. Section G. M ,chanical Science.
On the Economy of Artificial Light for Preserving
Sight. By Mr. J. Hawkins."
" Few were aware," he said, "of the injury in-
flicted oil 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
io 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 sixpenc(:s 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 must
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 fre-
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 Atheneum of Saturday, 19th
October, 1844.

SIR JAMES GRAHAM'S BILL.
MEETING OF THE QUALIFIED MEDICAL
PRACTITIONERS OF SOUTHWARK, LAM-
BETH, AND THEIR VICINITIES.

Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, a numerous
and highly respectable meeting of the medical prac-
titioners residing in the above locality, was held in the
Lecture-room of the Southwark Literary Institution.
Dr. SYLVESTER, having been called unanimously
to the chair, stated that the object for which the
meeting was convened was to call the attention of
the public, and the medical profession resident in this
vicinity, to the effect this Medical Reform Bill
would have upon the profession generally, and to
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 to
pass away without giving their most anxious consi-
deration to the subject, which was one involving the
deepest interest to medical practitioners.
Mr. GREENWOOD proposed the first resolution, to
the effect that the meeting was deeply impressed
with the necessity for legislative interference for the
better regulation of the medical profession, and con-
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 next resolution, to the effect, that while the
meeting acknowledged the merit of some of the pro-
visions of the Bill, it contained others which, if passed
into a law, would be deeply to be deplored, was pro'
posed by Mr. DENBY, and, after being seconded by
Mr. I:lmam, carried.
The two next resolutions, the first deprecating the
abrogation of all existing laws which enforced an
examination as to qualification, and the renewal of
restrictions on unqualified persons; and the next, ex-
pressing their opinion that the medical practionero
ought to have the examination of their own particular
class, were adopted, after some discussion.
Dr. WEBSTER proposed the next resolution. It
stated that while the meeting acknowledged the ne-
cessity of a properly-constituted Council of Health
arid Medical Education in connexion with the Go-
vernment, at the same time it deemed the construe"
tion of the Council as proposed by this Bill to be
arbitrary and unjust to the great majority of the
medical practitioners who are not adequately repre-
sented in it.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Ev&ris, and
adopted unanimously.
Several gentlemen having addressed the meeting
upon the beneficial effects which this Bill was likely
to produce on the profession, a vote of thanks was
passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated.

THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—This proposed line
is the most important that has yet beenproposed
in any part o 1 the north of Scotland, andiop Po!'
sibly we might except the south of Scotland. -1.!
will run from Aberdeen, containing a population 0,
75,000 inhabitants, active and speculative, by or new
Montrose, Forfar, Arbroath, Dundee, and Perth--
large towns—and finally, we believe, communicate wiw
the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway. The total amount
of expense, according to Mr. Cubitt's calculation,
not exceed 900,000/. If the work can be accomplished
for such a small sum, it would be of the greatest &drew;
tage to those districts through which it is to pass, but
still more to the two large commercial towns at the ea-•
tremities of the line, which at present have no cowl:mei'
cation with each other, except at an enormous expense.
Some of the leading men connected with the counties
through which it will pass have been appointed to the
Committee—among others, Lord Lovat and Lord Pee'
mure.

THE WINTER ASSIZES.—It is, we believe, at leng.,tl!
concluded that the Winter Assizes for this county will
take place between the 12th and 24th of December-
The counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, will be in;
c'uded in the commission.—Bury and Suffolk Farmed
Journal.

The Liverpool Mercury of Friday published, a
double sheet, giving very ample details of the ceremonies
which took place at laying the foundation-stone of the
Birkenhead Docks, full reports of the speeches made 0
the dinner, an interesting historical account of Birkeei
head, and a beautifully finished plan of the Liverpool
and Birkenhead Docks. We rejoice to see a Contour;
rary displaying such spirit and enterprise. This kow"'
at the same time, devotes five columns and a half to the
proceedings which took place at the meeting of the Li-
verpool Agricultural Society, at which Lord Stanlei
presided.

THE AMERICAN FRIGATE CHESAPEAKE.—(From
Correspondent.)—The old well remembered American
frigate the Chesapeake, which, between thirty and forty
years ago, when under the command of Commodore
L'iurence, was captured by Captain Broke, then coin"
manding his Majesty's frigate the Shannon, during the
American war, has been broken up for many years past'
and at the present time forms the constituent portion 0
a flour-mill, situate upon a stream which runs near the
small town of Botley, in Hampshire. A few days sine''
the workmen, whilst engaged in repairin,, the mill, lisj
occasion to remove certain parts of the timber fabric, ap
found the wood of the old vessel to be as sound and as
fresh as the day on which she was first launched. Severs'
curiously disposed persons have purchased sundry Piece:
of the craft, with a view of having the wood turned in'
snuff-boxes, and other fancy articles of turncry.—POst'—.

BIRTHS.
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On the'l7th inst., the lady of Albert Green, Esq., surb-
p
Grand Parade, Brighton, of a son.
On the 19th inst., at Brakfield House, New Lanark, the
wife of Charles Walker, Esq., of a daughter. of
On the 21st inst., Mrs. Woods, Brixton-rise, SurreJ
a son.

On the 22d inst., in Southampton-street, Bloonieb° /-
square, Mrs. W. L. Donaldson, of a daughter. nits
On the 19th inst., at St. Martin's lane, Mrs. A Kibbief --
daughter.
On the 20th inst., at Lowestoff, the lady of the Rev. F.
Cunningham, of a sun.
On the 21st inst., at Hackney, Mrs. N. S. Godfrey, °f
daughter,
On the 22d inst., at Hanworth Hall, Norfolk, the lady of
Henry Rudd, Esq., of Stoke Newington-green, London,
a son.

MARRIED. of
On the 23d inst., at Bayton, the Rev. M. Garfit, loc",„r
tec
Stretton, Rutlandshire, to Isabella Mary, youngest daug',„..
of George Richards Denshire, Esq., of Thetford House, Lin
colnshire.
ncorge
On the 24th inst., at St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, —„,-;ver-
G. S., the eldest son of James Eyres Coward, Esq., of ,r"-^4b,
ton, Devon, to Anne, daughter of the late John Exton-I-I°x
Esq., of Leicester.
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On the 24th inst., at Bishop's Tawton, Devon, —l.*Esq.,
wards, of Bath, to Fanny, eldest daughter of W. Annel_

DIED.
On the 24th inst., Mr. Henry Gardner, of Crown-1911'
M i le-end-road. I
On the 24th inst., at Weymouth-street, Portland-o°e'
Mary, relict of the late R. Stone, Esq., aged 88. Ea
On the 24th inst., Edward Hosier Williams, Esq., °'
Mascott, Shropshire.
On the 24th inst., in Regency-square. Brighton, Sirs ain°
Martin Lloyd, Bart., of Lancing, Sussex, aged 83. knight
On the 24th inst., in Belgrave-square,
Dehany Esq, xcise. late solicitor to the E .1;

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