The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, IIIIURSDAI EVEN INtir, JUNE 9. i 842.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. -
ASCOT HEATH RACES.WEI:INESDAY.
Race meetings, like theatres, have their " off days." The
term is applicable to the Tuesday and Thursday at Epsom, to
the Wednesday and Friday at Ascot and Doncaster ; and there
was nothing in the proceedings yesterday to vary its received
character. The sport, although of first•rate excellence, did
not excite any interest beyond the moment. The company
was thin, and the stands, one only excepted, were opened to
almost empty benches. For the " Grand" day, and we
have every reason to anticipitate that its distinctive ap-
pellation will be justly applied, the most extensive
preparations are in progress. The list contains the Cup and
seven other races, and as they will occupy some hours in runn-
ing off, even should time be observed (which it was not on
Tuesday), her Majesty's arrival will take place a little before
one, and the first race immediately after. It is to be wished,
however, that the ceremony of clearing the course may not be
attempted until after the Queen has passed up it. On the first
day, by compelling the people to keep outside the rails, not only
during the passage of the royal carriages up the course, but
after the Trial Plate was run, many hundreds who were
anxiously waiting to welcome her Majesty, were not even
aware of her arrival, until apprised of it by the cheering in the
immediate vicinity of the Royal and Grand Stands. '1 his un-
looked for innovation was the only drawback upon one of the
Trost brilliant Tuesdays ever seen at Ascot.
The following is a brief sketch of yesterday's running :
The Swinley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., for 3 yrs; 7st 41b ;
4 yrs, Bst. 101 b ; fillies, &c. allowed 31b. Last mile and
a half.

Mr. Shellc)'s lole 3 yrs
The Coronation gtakes of 100 nova. each, h ft, 1'1.3 yrs old
fillies, Bst 71b. each. New mile. (11 Subs. )
Lord Exeter's t, by Touchstone, out of Amima...(Mann) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Dil-bar, by Touchstone .. 2
Betting.-6 to 4on the Amima filly, which made what run-
ning there was, and won by half a length.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each for colts, Bst 71b. Old mile.
(9 Subs. ) .

Mr. Gregory's Barrier .__
Lerd Westminster's Auckland.

,
...(Robinson)

Sir G. Heathcote's Hydaspes
Mr. Rush's c, by Plenipotentiary out of Marestield's dam 4
Betting-5 to 4on Auckland, sto 2 agst Barrier, and 7to
2 agst Hydaspes. Barrier made the running at a steady pace,
followed by Hydaspes, Auckland third, and the Plenipo-
tentiary colt about two lengths in his rear. '1 he
speed and places continued thus to the distance, where
Hydaspes gave way, and Auckland took his ;lace in attend-
ance on Barrier. At the half-distance, they closed, and made
so brilliant and close a finish, that until the Judge had awarded
the victory to the Honourable Member for Dublin, by a head,
it was impossible to say which had won.
Plate of 50/. for three yrs old, 7st 41b; four yrs, Bst Sib; five
yrs, &c., 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; those
that have run once in 1842 and sot won, allowed albs;
twice, 51bs. The winner to be sold for 2001. Swinley
Course.
Mr. Wreford's f by Taurus out of Escape, 3 yrs,
(Howlett) ... 0 1
Mr. Balchin's Dromedary, 3 yrs ........ 0 2
Lord Rosslyn's Cornuto, 5 yrs
The following also started :—General Wyndham's Aspatria,
4 yrs ; Mr. Hervey's Saracena, 4 yrs ; Mr. J. Day's Mulciber,
5 yrs ; Mr. Coleman's Gazelle, 3 yrs ; Mr. Booth's St. Jean
D'Acre, g yrs; and Mr. Goodman's c by Langar, d by Cer-
vantes, 3 yrs. '
Betting-3 to 1 agst the winner, 4to 1 agst St. Jean
D'Acre, sto 1 agst Cornuto, and 6to 1 agst Mulciber. St.
Jean D'Acre and Mulciber made strong running to the
distance, where Dromedary, the Escape fi3y, and Cornuto left
the Crown and made a beautiful race home, the first two finish-
ing with a dead heat, beating Cornuto by half a length ; the
others were tailed off. For the deciding heat it was 6 to
4on tie Escape filly, which made all the running and won
by a length.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, three-yrs-old, 7st 21b ;
four yrs, 9st 21b ; five yrs, lOst Olb ; six yrs and aged, • lOst
51b. From the New Mile-post, once round and in.
Mr. Nightingale's Ajax, 4 yrs (Sly) 1
Lord Westminster's Satirist, 3 yrs 2
Mr. Thornhill's E. 0., 4 yrs
Betting--4 and stol on Satirist and Bto 1 agst Ajax.
Ajax took the lead at a slow pace, fulloweJ by E. 0., the fa-
vourite lying a couple of lengths behind the latter ; they ran
thus till near the top turn, where • a dog ran into the course
right in front of Satirist, who went over him, and was nearly
over the ropes ; at this moment Ajax increased the pace, and
with a lead of several 'lengths, ran nearly round the course, Sa-
tirist never approaching him until he reached the Stand ; Ro-
binsun then made an effort, but failed, Ajax winning cleverly
by three parts of a length, without having teen headed.
LATEST, BETTING ON THE CUP.
.5.t0 4 on Lanercost Templeman.
3 to I agst St. Francis
4 to 1 agst The Nob Rogers.
5 to 1 agst Beeswing ...Cartwright.
10 to 1 agst Eringo ........ R. Pettit.
5 t 0.2 agst St. Francis and Eringo.
No others will run.
The following is the order of running for this day :—Wind-
sor Castle Stakes, Buckingham Palace Stakes, Windsor Town
Plate, Cobourg Stakes, Cup, 100 soya. Stakes—Two-yr-old
Stakes and Grand Stand Plate ; to commence at one o'clock,
with an interval of half an hour between each race.
MANCHESTER—TUESDAY EVENING.
The presence of the Court at Ascot, the capital bill of fare,
and the splendid weather, have attracted many of our leading
speculators. The room was but moderately attended at noon;
several engagements were, however, made to small amounts.

THE ASCOT CUP.

6 to 4 on Mr. Kirby's Lanercost—taken
2 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's 13eeswing—off., take i to 2

7 to 1 asst any other—offered
4 to 1 on two agst the field—taken and then offered
THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.-5 to I
was at first laid
against Alice Hawthorn. Closing prices :-
9 to 2 agst Mr. Plummer's Mice Hawthorn—t. then off.

sto 1 aist Mr. lieseltine's The Shadow—t. then offered.
Several offers to take 3 to 1 and name the winner at twice.
Galaor and one or two others were named, but no prices tran-
spired.
THE ST. LEGER.—We did not hear an offer against Attils. ;
100 to It) was taken on Auckland and offered against Cabrera
—wanted in ponies at two points more; 12 to 1 in one in-
tance was taken ou Meteor—before the room broke up,300 to
0 was offered.

DR. ELLIOTSON ON THE PHRE-
NOLOGICAL :DEVELOPMENT AND CHA-
RACTER OF GOOD THE MURDERER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE " MNDiCAL tIMES."

Sir,—Having readily obtained the kind permission 1
of the senior Sheriff to take a cast of the head of
Good, the lately executed criminal, I sent a very able
workman, named Casci, residing at No. 3, Ha.rford-
buildings, Drury-lane, for that purpose. Mr. Casci
is at liberty to sell copies of the cast to any person,
and I believe they may he obtained either at his
house, or that of his master, Brucciani, Little Russell-
street, Drury-lane. I was not present vAii the cast
was taken ; but, while the head was being shaved, I
pointed out its bad development, remarking that the
sides of the head, at covetiveness, destructiveness, and
cunning, were coming into view of very large size.
Of Good's guilt there can be no doubt. His pro-
mise of the victim's clothes so long beforehand to
another woman, his inability after his condemnation
to direct to the matchman of whom he spoke, tell
powerfully against him. The Chaplain of the prison
repeatedly asked him, after his condemnation, why, if
he was innocent, he did not say he Was a murdered
man, since he would be fully justified in such a decla-
ration ? But this he could never be brought to say.
When he lived at Clapham he once set fire to the bed
in which his wife lay ill, in order to terrify her. I
have heard proofs of his being a passionate man. His
facility of lying was evinced by his assurance to the
excellent Governor of Newgate, who fancied he re-
cognised him, that he had never been in prison before
under another name, though he h 3 been there under
the name of Sullivan, convicted of a robbery. He
had been twice convicted of a robbery ; once of ar-
ticles from th boots of a public coach; once of ar-
ticles which he seized from the hall of a gentleman's
house, while waiting with his carriage for his mas-
ter's family, who were there at an evening party. He
took the opportunity, when no servant was in the hall,
of making a dash at coats, cloaks, and a shawl worth
40 guineas, all which he deposited in the carriage.
He was sentenced to transportation; but a gentleman
with whom he had lived, and whom he had waited
upon most attentively in an infectious disease, when
every other servant feared to approach the gentleman,
pleaded for him, and he was sent to the Penitentiary.
During the last fire but one which broke out in that
building, he was so useful that his sentence was re-
mitted, and he was set at liberty. In Newgate his
conduct was always gentle and respectful; whatever
was wished of him he did ; no prisoner ever gave less
trouble. His conduct to his superiors seems always
to have been very respectful and obliging. His strong
desire of approbation and notice was also shown in
his speeches to the Sheriff, Chaplain, and Governor,
during their last interview with him ; in the letters
he dictated full of civil things to various persons ; and
in his attempt ts address the crowd while the cap was
putting over his face • in his rising at the end of the
service on the preceding day, and raising his arms
and God-blessing the congregation, just as he God-
blessed the audience at the close of his trial ; and in
his unexpected speech in his own defence after his
Counsel had concluded. After his condemnation, he
was constantly expressing a hope that on the day of
his execution it would be a fine morning. He was
anxious not to wear the prison clothes, especially at
the time of the condemned sermon and hit execution ;
and on the last morning he carefully spread the ends
of his white cravat over his blue checked shirt, in
order to conceal it. Of his sexual propensity we have
sufficient proof. He confessed to having been a very
bad man. He heard his sentence unmoved. His
firmness of the denial of murder did not forsake
him even at the last. His protestations of inno-
cence of blood-guiltiness were strenuous. He
could put up with a bad character in other
respects, provided he was not regarded as a
murderer. He was passionately fond of his son. At
the last interview the boy was unwilling to approach
him and shake hands with him, but Good violently
embraced the boy ; made him sit down and read a
psalm to him, being himself unable to either read or
write ; and, on the child leaving him, fell upon his
knees and prayed for him, and looked after him at the
door of his cell as long as he was in sight. Of his
caution and cunning we have abundant proofs. His
want of intellect appeared in everything. Cunning
enough he was, but he evidently had a miserable un-
derstanding. His idea that his protestations of inno-
cence would be believed ; that his flatteries would be
valued ; that his displays for notice would redound to
his credit; his constant desire that the morning of
execution would be fine ; in short, his whole conduct
prove him to have been deficient in intellect, though
full of cunning.
His head is in strict accordance with Gall's disco-
veries. It is a head of very limited understanding
and moral feelings, and intense animal feelings.
The portion devoted to intellect is very small, ex-
ceedingly narrow. The breadth steadily augments
in a striking manner from the sides of the forehead to
the parts above the ear. We have only to place a
pair of compasses above the ears, where Destructive-.
ness or Cunning lie, and then bring them forwards,
to see the great difference. The breadth of the fore-
head. is 44- inches, but the part over the ears is more
than 6 inches. This, and the parts of the sides
above together with the back of the head, corre-
sponding to portions of the brain in which reside the
feelings equally supplied to brutes as to man, are of
great size. A considerable portion of the crown of
the head, where the higher moral feelings are placed,
is narrow, and slopes off at the sides, as it usually
does in unscrupulous persons. The organ which gives
refinement of feeling, called in England Ideality, is,
as in other low criminals, very small. The whole
head is rather small, being but 22 inches in circum-
ference ; and its circumference would not have been
30 great, but that the organ of Parental Love is of
unusual magnitude. Courvoisier's cast was above 23
inches in circumference. But for the great prepon-
derance of the feelings in which the brute is equal to
man, over the intellectual and higher moral faculties,
the head would have been exceedingly small.
If, as in my pamphlet on Courvoisier, published by
Highley, Fleet-street, we signify mean developement
by the figure 3 ; large by the figure 4 ; very large by
5 • small by 2 • and very small by 1: the relative de-
velopment will thus :

FEELINGS.
Parental Love (Philoprogenitiveness)

~... 5

Cautiousness ..

Cunning (Secretiveness)
Disposition to do violence (Destructiveness)

,•••• J

..... 5

Love of Notice (Love of Approbation)
Sexual Love (Amativeness)
Friendly- Love (Adhesiveness)
__.

5
4

Firmness.

Disposition to Feed (Alimentiveness).
Love of Property- (Acquisitiveness)
Courage (Combativeness)._

4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2

Veneratio'n

Conscientiousness ?

Benevolence

Self-Estimation

Constructiveness

Hope ?
Wonder ?
Imitation

Poetic Feeling (Ideality)

INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES.
Inferior.

Sense of Things

- Pers'as (Form)
- Locality .
Music
Language
Order ? 2
- Colour
Time ? 2
Superior.
Comparison 3
Causality
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Wit
thle2brfueetleip:gtss,inetnicihan, eoxfctehpet
2
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force of 5 and 4 ; while the higher feelings were all
only as 3 and 2. None of his intellectual faculties
exceeded 3: those which reached 3 were, with one
exception, the inferior intellectual faculties, one or
more- of 'which is often very strong in very unintel-
lectual persons ; and the majority of the superior in-
tellectual faculties were but as 2.
I may remark, first, that of the organs marked 5,
Parental Love is the largest. (A friend has sug-
gested that Good might have left his wife for Jones
with the hope of children, and wished to exchange
Tones for Butcher from finding her unlikely to be-
come a mother again.) Secondly, that, although
Sexual Love is marked 4, it is the largest among
those marked 4, and, but fcr the great size of Pa-
rental Love and Cautiousness, would have been placed
in the first class. Thirdly, that poetic feeling is the
imallest among those marked 2. Fourthly, that those
:organs to which a query is appended are not uni-
versally admitted by phrenologists, and form no part
Gall's system. Of the organs of Hope and Con-
scientiousness, I have the greatest doubts. Those
persons who have the summit in general of their
head shaped like a penthouse or keel have little con-
science; but the subdivisions of the sides of the'sum-
nit into organs of Conscientiousness and Hope, are,
-.o my mind, far from substantiated ; and the size of
Dr. Spurzheim's organ of Conscientiousness in Good
:s only one of numerous facts contradictory of its
truth. Fifthly, that strength of the orgus of Irene-
-ation may have nothing to do with religion ; b t
Good's conduct to all his superiors, on all occasions,
showed, I think, the force of the 'eeling in him.
The measurements are as follow :
Circumference of the whole head, passing im-
mediately above the eyes
Line drawn from ear to ear forwards. lO 6-Bths.
backwards ll 2.Bths.
over the head ll
the meatus auditorius, to
Firmness . -Bths.
Veneration ..... 5 5-Bths.
Benevolence 5 6-Bth;.
Sense of Things 5 2-Bths.
Comparison 5 4-Bths.
Pride ... -Bths.
Parental Love 5
.latibitiveness 5 -2-aths.

Breadth at the outer extremities of the orbits 4 .1-Bth. 1
immediately above the ears (at tie
Disposition to Violence) ... 6 1-Bth.
at the centre of Causality -Bths.
Sense of Property 5 6-Bths.
Cunning 6 2-Bths.
Courage. 5 2-Bths.
.
. Sexual Love 2 7-Bths.
Circumspection.-- 6
Poetic Feeling 4 2-Bths.
The occurrence of such organizations as the present,
the head being " shaven in iniquity," and thus the
man " not a law to himself," shows the imperative
duty of the middle and high classes of society to pro-
vide sound education for all, and to set examples of
rational and virtuous lives, so as to increase the mo-
tives for good conduct and lessen those for bad, and
improve, as is certainly possible, the shape of the head.
At present 'their opinions, views, and conduct, fall
very far short of real civilization.—l have the honour
to remain, &c. JOHN ELLIOTSON.
37, Conduit-street, May 31, 1842.

CAUTION 1N THE USE OF GUNS..
The following useful directions are extracted from.
the Sporting Reriew of this month :
Never purchase or shoot with a gun that is not per-
fectly sound in all its parts, and especially in the inside
of the barrels, and in the construction of the locks ; and
whether new or second•haud, be well assured of its
having been manufactured, bone fide, by a respectable
gunmaker, and not merely got up for sile, with'a decep-
tive exterior, and a pirated name upon it.
" Never suffer a gun, at any time, to be held fur a
moment, or ever carried, so as to be• likely to come in
the direction of either man or beast."—Hawker.

Never put your hand or arm upon the muzzle of a
gun ; nor lean over it.

Never blow into the barrel of a gun, whether loaded
or unloaded.

Never use a gun for any other purpose than the one
for which it is obviously intended ; and especially as a
hammer, a mallet, a walking or a bush-beating stick ;
as a hook to draw the boughs of a thorn or tree toward:.
you ; as a staff to " bang dog," to lean upon, or to sup-
port yourself ; to assist your fat friend up a bank, over
or out of a ditch, or as a prop or leaping-pole, to help
yourself over hedge or ditch.: nor is there any occasion
to take flying leaps with it in your hand, however anxious
you may be to display. your agility.
Never take a loaded gun into a house, unless the caps,
or primers, be first removed, and the tops of the nipples
rubbed with a glove or handkerchief, the gun be kept in
your own hand, or immediately placed under lock and key.
But the safest plan, of course, is to make the first eigut
words of this caution a rule absolute.

HORACE WALPOLE'S COLLEC-

TION.

We perceive that the far-famed collection of prints
and books of prints, splendid gallery works of arts and
folios of drawings, the most distinguished artists of
the different schools of Italy and other countries, formed
by Horace Walpole Earl of Orford, are 11011 removed
from their locality in the round tower of Strawberry-hill,
to George Robins's Great Rooms, Covent •garden, for
public competition to commence next Monday, and con-
tinue during the following nine successive days of sale
(except on Sunday).
The collection in itself embraces a most valuable series
of engraved British Portraits, many thousands in •num-
her, commencing with the time of King Alfred the
Great, and progressively continues to the termina-
tion of the eighteenth century, many of which, in
point of impression, are of the choicest quality, and
of the utmost rarity, inasmuch as several of them
have not hitherto met the observation -of the most
indefatigable of collectors of our present age, teeming
as the collection does with the superiorsvorks of all our
eminent engravers of past ages, in the assemblages of
oar Nobility. Statesmen, Dignified Clergy, Judges,
Military nod Naval Commanders, Gentry, Distinguished
Characters in Science, Literature, and the Fine Arts—
Ladies of elevated rank, and of individuals of remarka-
ble notoriety. • This portion of the collection occupies the
first six days of the sale.
The remaining portion of this distinguished and un-
equalled collection presents to view the unique assem-
blage of the works of William Hogarth, George
Vertue, and an invaluable collection of portraits
of .painters and engravers that have exercised their
respective avocations in this country, and which in-
cludes upwards of seventy. drawings, by G. VER-
TUE, who originally formed the series ; collections
of engravings by the early German and Italian pro -
ficients in the art '• - collections of drawings in portfolios,
bearing the-Royal Arms of Spain ; a complete series of
prints engraved by BARTOLOZZI, from the precious col-
lection of gems, in the possession of John Duke of Marl-
borough; a presentation copy to Lord Orford from the
Duke ; nearly a complete series of the Oxford
Almanacks, 'containing that for the year 1664,
of which only two others are known as being
in a perfect state ; splendid works on Architecture,
Local British Topography and Antiquities, British. and
Foreign History ; • also copiously illustrated works.
Among them is that of a large paper copy of Thuani's
" Historiarum sui Temporis," in which are extremely
rare portraits of all the contemporary monarchs of that
period; volumes of prints from the most splendid galleries
of paintings throughout Europe ; rare old manuscripts.
of a peculiar interesting description, and some few on
Heraldry ; together with the commonplace • books of
Ate. George Vertue, of memoranda relating-to the origin
and progress of the fine arts in this country, and of the
artists of whose works he specifies, and of other mat-
ters of note in .his persevering researches during a 'peried
of forty years. Very descriptive catalogues are now in
course of distribution.

N.B.—lt is inquired of us, if the wiseacre who did the
Strawberry-hill report is hired to abuse this splendid
exhibition also ?

AN EASTERN MILITARY DANDY.
Ho (not the sage but the soldier) was a gay and hand-
some youth as ever laughed at wrinkled care, or, sure of
conquest, bent his knee in homage to a lady bright. The
excessive neatness of his dress and person, redolent of
countless perfumes, Confessed the anxious solicitude
with which his toilette had been attended to. The dark-
ness of his roving eye, indicated the care with which the
jetty kohol* had been. that morning drawn by the bod-
kin's point inside the lids ; and his black moustache and
curling beard seemed perfvctly fresh from the experienced
hands of his favourite Hirjatn. Shining with oil of roses,
a love lock dangled on the cheek of the youthful hero ;
who wore a silken robe covered with rich embroidery,
❑nder which appeared a vest sparkling with jewels. His
slender waist was bound with a snow white belt or girdle,'
suspended from which by chains of silver hung a golden
hilted scimitar. His target was covered with the skin of
the rhinoceros, which, by a peculiar process, was ren-
dered as clear and transparent as crystal ; and it was
further adorned with bosses of silver, unstained by the
toils of camp or battle. He rode a light moon-coloured
charger, of the fleet and docile breed of Yemen, whose
mettle he displayed with grace and skill iu many a cur-
vet and detnivolt, while every pace and action of the
noble animal evinced his pure descent and gentle blood.
—From " Savindroog" in the Metropolitan Magazine.
* " The women," says Russell, (arid he might have added
tl.e dandies also) "blacken the inside of their eyelids with a
powder named the black Kohol " 'f his operation is performed
by dipping first into the powder a small wooden bodkin, of the
thickness of a quill, and then drawing it afterwards, through
the eyelids, over the ball of the eye.—Shaw's Travels:

DR. REID'S LECTURES ON
CHEMISTRY.

Dr. Reid delivered another lecture last night at Exeter
Hall, which at its outset treated uron ammonia, and concluded
in a dissertative discourse upon the nature of the chemical
earths. Ammonia, he demonstrated, was the only alkali that
was gaseous, and, as a substance, was obtainable from a variety
of matters. One property which it possessed was that of emit-
ting an intense blue, when brought into contact with copper.
Owing to' this. circumstance. it was used as an infallible test
. of copper, as in the case of kettles, saucepans, &c., of that me-
tal, whose state of whlesomeness or neutrality was doubt-
ful. This hint was given to the housewives. Entexing
upon the second division of his lecture, the Doctor observed,
that, according to chemical distribution, their names were baryta,
strontia, lime, and magnesia. Lime was the most prominent
of the four. It was used in the arts, and constittued a most
powerful auxiliary in chemical experimenting. l's powers were
also invaluahle, arising fr,m its capabilities in puritying air and
water, so that however offensive the latter fluid might be ren-
dered, lime was able to, imbue it with the freshness and purity
of the living spring, destroying every animal, and corroding every
jot of vegetable matter in solution. The Doctor further stated :hat
he had tound it of singular benefit in those localities where the
air was unavoidably surcharged with acid. This was fre-
quently the case in large manufacturing towns, where as much
as 100 tons cf muriatic gas was not uncommonly e-elved in a
minute; in such places lime acts as a powerful dispelier of the
noxious gas. A couple of experiments ensued, one exhibiting
the earth baryta in a state of combustion, which burnt with a
pallid green flame ; and the other the burning of strontia,
which suffused the whole room with a rich luminous crimson.
Clay and silica, continued the Doctor, might also be classed
among the earths ; the latter was a mighty pervarier of nature.
Commonly found in sand, it formed the sea-shore—the rock, the
strata extending numerous depths into the earth ; the i ock
crystal in which it appi ared in its purest form, and flint of
which it formed 98 to 99 per cent. 'Phis substance, however
insoluble in sea-sand or rock-crystal, might yet be rendered
soluble in water, more paiticularty when heated with an alkali,
which rendered it transparent and colourless. A pit ce of dull-
coloured bottle-glass was here exhibited by the Doctor, who
explained that it bad assumed. that stony hue owing to its
hating cooled slowly, otherwise it would have been clear as
;lass itself. Similarly, in many cases were the ro2ks of nature
stony and indiaphanous, from the same lengthened pro.
eess of cooling, which otherwise would have been vitreous
'lid lucid masses. Silica, the Doctor finally remarked,
been of late years much employed in the make
and composition of :clap. It was well known that the
alkali was commonly mixed with oil or tallow, in order
to destroy the corrosive qualities of the former; but silica had
been discovered to possess the same neutralizing, amalgamating,
and other requisite qualities in as eminent degree; silica-soap,
aideed, was very excellent soap. The perspicacity observed by
Dr. Reid throughout his lecture, conibined with the run of
brilliant experiments he displayed, no less gratified than in-
structed his very numerous audience.

HECTOR O'HALLORAN.—NobIy does the gallant
hector fulfil the promise of his first Number, and truly worthy
•he author of the " Stories of Waterloo," is the opening lite
)f his new hero, and that inimitable specimen of a serving
man. Mark Antony O'Toole, who bids fair to rival even th,•
Jelebrated Mickey Free in popularity. More rich and genuine
fun, rare, yet quiet humour, wild and ludicrous adventure, re.
reved by touches of genuine sentiment and fine feeling, have
(Lever been sa prodigally scattered through a single work
before. The Quaker on the guard bed, and the young sol-
tier receiving the tendernesses of broadbrias's fair relatives, the
,cenes in St. Andrew's watch-house, and Mark Antony's pas-
•ages with the widow and the poor stroller, rival in intensity
~f fun and purity of pathos, any novel that has ever been writ..
.en. In fact, Harry Lorrequer had better look to his laurels,
Maxwell, who treads the same ground, is a dangerous rival.
Dublin Evening Packet.

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SUN OFFICE Three o' Clgeh.

At the meeting of the Roman Catholic Institute of
Great Britain, held yesterday in London, Mr. O'CONNELL
said he wanted to see the day when High Mass would
be performed in 'Westminster Abbey, and he doubted
not, from present appearances, that ere long he should
have that happiness. If Puseyism go on at the railroad
speed with which it has been advancing for the last ten
years, and the feuds between that sect and the Hamp-
enites be suffered to continue, within ten years.
more the great champion of the Catholics, should he
live, will probably see his wish fulfilled. The
Bench of Bishops, a vast number of the clergy,
and, what is still more ominous, the majority of
the teachers -of youth at the national universities,
show a marked tendency towards - the new doc-
trines. All that is wanting is to imbue the law-
makers with the same principles ; and as the stream
naturally partakes of the character of its source, that
must ultimately be the result. Certainly at no
period since the Reformation has the Protestant
Church been exposed to such danger, or have the
enemies of our _ national establishments had such
cause for rejoicing, as at the present moment.
Divisions, to an extent hitherto unknown, prevail in the
south as well as in the north of the island ; ecclesiastical
and civil authority are alike despised ; the house is
divided against itself, and unless protected by more than
human power cannot stand. In Scotland, within a very
brief period, forty ministers and licentiates have been be-
reaved of their rights, and mercilessly driven from the
bosom of the Church ; many hundreds more are exposed
to the same late ; • but what is, still more alarming, in
respect to the security of the Establishment, is the utter
contempt in which the Church Courts are held by
nearly one-half of the members. They hare, in fact,
cast off ecclesiastical authority, and look for redress only
from the civil power. Affairs have not yet come •to this
pass in England, but they are fast approaching to a
similar state of anarchy. The Oxford Professor of
Divinity is regarded as little better than a heathen by a
majority of his brethren ; attendance on his lectures is
not considered necessary to qualify young men for
the Church ; and we have thus the singular pheno-
menon of a teacher of divinity placed in the chair by her.
MAJESTY, the head. of the Church, while a great pro-
portion of the members disown this authority, and refuse
to hold communion with the nominee of the Crown. In
the Church, too, we find "young ardent spirits" setting
up for themselves, rejecting the advice, and sometimes
injunctions, of their superiors, ,using candles and cruci-
fixes and genuflexions as religiously as the POPE him
self, and evidently as determined, too, as any member of
the Scotch Kirk, to set both canon and. civil law
at defiance. The ecclesiastical body altogether seems
sadly out a-joint, the members rebelling against.
the head, and at the same time fighting with one another,
as if Archbishops and Bishop's and General Assemblies
had suddenly lost all power and control.
.The
Church of Rome rejoices over these dissensions Ite holds
up the unity of the Catholic faith as the best pr<lof
of its divine origin, andi-like Mr:O'CONNELL, looks for
ward to the-happy day when England, once the brightest
ornament of the Pontiff's mitre, shall be restored to. -the'
Holy See. These certainly are melancholy forebodings
for Protestants, bite the conduct of Episcopalians and
Presbyterians -fully warrants.the worst apprehensions.

The Madrid Papers received are to the Ist instant
ESPARTERO was trying in vain to form a Cabinet. He
first sent for OLOZAGA, who had been mainly instru-
mental in ousting the late_ Ministry. - To the no small
surprise of the REGENT, that gentleman declined having
anything to do with the Ministry. The REGENT dis-
missed him with visible marks of. displeasure. Senor
FERAR and General SAOANE were sent for in succes-.
sion, but neither of them would accept office. This is a
sad state of things. • -

The Madrid Gazette, of the 31st, publishes the fol-
lowing financial decree:—

" The Regent of the kingdom, fully sensible of the import-
ance of the payment of the interest of tle Three per Cent.
Reifies, the creation of which, rendered necessary by the
disasters of the civil war, had for their object to establish and
e,nsolidate the national credit, as well as to give to public confi-
dence every possible guarantee, by removing the apprehensions
of the timid, and defeating the manoeuvres of the evil disposed,
has, with the concurrence of the council of Alinisters, decreed
as follows:

a A Committee shall be formed, composed of the Directors
of the Treasury, of the Sinking Fund, ankof the Bank of
Ferdinand, who shall be entrusted with the examination of all
propositions tending to assure the payment of the interests
c.orresponding to the two half-yearly dividends on the Three
per Cent. Debt., falling due on the :10th June and 31st De-
cember of the present year, and which are to be paid here, at
Paris, and at London.

"'The amount of thepe two dividends being valued at
15,000,000 of reals each, the prepositions which shall be made
separately for each shall have for its object to place at the dis.
posal of the Sinking Fund the sums w may be necesfary at
Madrid, Paris, and. London, in order that the Administration
may pubiish notice of pavment in each of those capitals before
the 15th of June and /sth of December respectively.
" The first proposition shall be received on the 4th June,
and the second on the 31st August, clays on which the Com-
mittee will meet at the Direction General of the Treasury,
from one to two. The Secretary of the Treasury shall attend
the Committee.

" The deci,ions of the Committee with regard to the propo
sitions shall be delivered on the 4th to the parties concerned.
" The parties sending propositions must engage for the pad,
ment of the different sums„ either in cash or in available securi,
ties.

The part of these two capita's of fifteen millions, which
shall not be absorbed in the payment of the slid dividends,
shall be carried over for the payment of future dividends.
" The direction of the Sinking Fund shall immediately give
public notice of the sums thus paid in London, Madrid, and
Paris.

" The direction of the Sinking Fund shall also give public
notice of the coupons of the debt, both home and foreign, which
shall be paid off in consequence of the emission of the Three
per Cent. Bonds.
(Signed) "ANTONIO MARIA DEL VALLE.
" Madrid, May 28, 1842."
Madrid Bourse, on the 31st.—Five per Cents, 28/1 for cash.

The French Journals contradict the reports which ap-
peared in the London Papers, and first of all in The Sun,
.itating that the King of the FRENCH bas been for some
time labouring under an incurable disease. The Courrier
Francais in particular declares that bis MAJESTY never
.njoyed better health. We can only .observe in
reply, that we had the statement from a gentle-
man in whose veracity we placed, and still place, the
utmost confidence, and that if he deceived us, it was be-
:muse he was himself misinformed. Assuming the as-.
sertion of the Courrier Francais to be correct, we can
assure that Journal that no more wekomo intelligAncc
could reach us. May Europe long owe the blessings tf
peace to King LOUIS PHILIPPE.

All eyes in France are now turned to the approaching
elections. The Prase has the following statistical re-
marks on the subject :
" From a statistical account of elections, published by the
Minister of the Interior, in 1839, it appears that since 1831'.
the choice of new Deputies has been gradually more acd
more rare. Thus, in 1831, there were re-elected 222 old
ileputies out of the 459 members of whom the Chamber is
composed. In 1834 there were 292; in 1337, 310; and in
1839,381. 'I he same paper also shows that from Is3o, when
the first reduction of the elective qualification was made, th,
number of electors giving their votes has increased. Is.
1831, out of 16:4583, inscribed on the electoral lists, 125,00 i,
gave their votes. In 1834; out of 1;1,015 e.ecturs, 129,212
voted. In 1837, out of 193,836 electors, 131,720 voted, an...
in 1839, out of 201,271 electors, 154,862 were voters. So
that not orly have tF.r numbers inscribed on the lists been aug-
mented, but those exercising their franchise have increase,
also in proportion. In 1831, it will be found these were three-
fourths, and in 1839 they amounted to four-fifths."
BUUItSk.-I:.tuts, TUESDAY, JUNE 7.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pric.. Price.
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414 per Cents lO7 25 ... 113 25 ... 107 23.... 197 25
3 per Lent, eo 1;) .. et) 15 ... '.9 km.l ... 80
Laffitte ,s;a ,a 1,,,,/01. :,..ares 1053 ...10:15 .105,, ...Itbs
s,oUilt. Stares 5070 ...51,7,) . 5V7.1 _507.)
elvian flans
Gelgian 5 per Cents.
... 1,3% ..., 10.5,4 .. 11,5%
5 i.er Cent:., 1840 105% ... 105% ... 10-A ... 11,5 s
Tarnish Active
Passive 4g, ... 434 ... 4% ... 4%
4e3politan lO5 75 ... 1, 5 75 ... 105 75 ... ACS 15
Roman
... 104% ...104% ... 104 s
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