The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-26 00:00:00

ASSOCIATI ON FOR E
ADVAXCEMEN rOF SCIENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, JUNE s.—The soiree in the Senate House,
fit night was very numerously attended. Among the dis-
gaished persons present were the Mai quis of Northampton,ip
Jr' Fitxwilliam, Sir David. Brewster. Sir Charles Schomburck,
sse* '3,C. Professor Faraday, who had arrived the day before,
explained towards the close of the evening the priceipies of the
electrifying-machine, and much amusement wat excited by the
vari
°us groups of ladies and gentlemen who ventured to test
•—• effects. Even on those who experienswd the shock it
seenled to have very nearly the powers of the laughing gas
also.

.one 0 the best attended sections to-day was the Ethnolo-
Imls at which the Anglo-Saxon scholar, Mr. John Kemble,
of Trinity, and the Rev. Rowland Williams, of King's, held forth
'lithe characteristics of the Celts and Saxons. The former was
ll'ePinion that the Saxons had settlements on the coast long
4'°ra the period generally ascribed by our history to the Saxon
Il,llion. and he pointed out circumstances which led him to
"eve that there were Teutons in Britain before the Roman
e?ntinest. Mr. Williams, during the course of some Ethnolo-
leet remarks, entered into an interesting disquisition upon thd
Pi and hereditary differenceof complexion in Great Britain.
tettl remarks concerning the colour of the hair as a charac-
ristin were very entertaining, and listened to with great
attention. It used to be thought that the colour of the hair
"fp of no more value than to po'nt a compliment to beauty, or
otd a subject for the lover's sonnet. It helped now in an
investigating age, to form moral and physical deductions con-
"ted with the human race. Speaking of the hair of the
Ineient Britons, he alluded to Cre,ar's description of its light
tt:• our, and glanced to passages in Martial and Ovid, in which
Roman ladies of certain age were reminded of the fact of
'heir borrowing the auburn locks of the Celts to repair the
ZeNes of time. The Rev. Speaker then traced the migra-
ns of the Celts on the map of the world, commencing Isom
the shores of the Caspian, east and west, through Europe and
through India, to the borders of China, pointing out where
4e3' had advanced and succeeded, and where they had been
itoreated and driven back. There was this particular feature
• un their migrations, that they advanced in two bodies at
• erent period. of time, and these bodies were not, al hough
"°t very dissimilar, similar, as the Persian and Mede, the Latin
led the Greek, and the High and the Low German, were akin
let different.
IS• ir ROBERT SCIIOMBURCK read an elaborate paper on the
ndians of Guiana, some of whose superstitions were of an
extraordinary character. The education of their priesthood
la habits of the most wonderful austerity, gave them a great
command over the feelings of the respective tribes, and these
pr 117sta laid claim to the power of expelling evil spirits, by
1, tell they said their followers were possessed when troubled
1„1,t11 any species of disease. These Indians believed in a good
era but did not adore him, and in an evil one, whom they
rred, The good spirit they believed had created men at
hrest With tails, for their protection. When they became bad,
took away their tails, and sent the mosquitoes for their
•"flishreent.
It r has been decided that the next meeting of the Associa-
far shall be holden at Southampton, in September, 1846.
f‘neitt.tions had been received from Cheltenham, Norwich, and
professor Murchison was elected President for 1846-47, and
'elonel Sabine, General Secretary.

.._CONSOLIDATED TRETOIL MINING COMPANY.—A
7641 meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held
Vterday, at the offices, George-yard, Lombard-Street, Mr.
d,"Qulas in the chair, when a report was read from the Directors,
the
the shareholders on the improved prospects of
is' Company, and stating that, since the 13th of February, the
hilities of the Company had been reduced from 2,4181. 18s. 6d.
429 1,191/. 17s. lid , towards meeting which there was
is, 1. 9s. 9d. in hand, and proposing that a further call of 10s.
\e'r share should be mae. Afr some conversion the reort
a' adopted, and resolutions forte carrying it outat were adopted,
was one that certain shares having been forfeited or r. lin-
Sllilted by the original shareholders, the same be re-issued,
"tog the present shareholders the option of taking them pro
13,.4, at 1/. per share, including the 10s. call just made. Thanks
Irng voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated.
ss'.HE LATE MURDER. OF MR. DELARUE.—The
'ls Co • • ners of her Majest's Treasur have been
14_1 missio
Itts ed to grant to Mr. William Watsony, the persoy n upon whose
°,lnation Thomas Henry Hocker was apprehended for the
tas•der of the late Mr. James Delarue, a sum of or (as
for in his memorial). although he had neither a legal
. !Tamable claim, inasmuch as no reward was offered. This
ts,llt is hoped, will operate as au inducement to persons to
forward boldly and fearlessly, and give information, with-
-11taiting until a reward shall have been offered.
as irrERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—About seven
0?1,k, on Sunday morning, Mr. John Commerie, setter up
ts„late machines, New Sneinton, Nottingham, was dis-
11,;ered leaning over a pipkin in the cellar underneath his
14e, bleeding from numerous wounds in various parts of his
of ,t; he was in a state of extreme exhaustion, in consequence
• e, great quantity of blood which had flowed from his
disc""ua• It appeared that Commerie ha• for some time been
letirteased in mind, arising from family troubles, and his intel-
th 'l4B been so much affected as to occasionally produce the
ts's.'arances of insanity. He had in the middle of the night
oplecil from his bed, gone into the cellar, leaned across the
his in Boas to let the blood run into it, and with a razor cut
he neck nearly round, and inflicted 'Several gashes on his
of , temples, face, and small of his arms. Mr. Burrow es.
I,st 'est-street, surgeon, having been called in, found that
tf seem thirty and forty wounds had bloke made by the hand
Unhappy man himself. flaring nup the arteries
stih,.:", had been severed, and dressed the wounds, Mr. Bur-
MC' left the unhappy man with but faint hopes of recovery,
6°%lgh every attention has been paid to him.
ietz INGULAR DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN AT HAMP-
dtvj;•-•-MELANcnovir Ravatts OF inquestE.Ha' "4- Wakley, M.P., held anat the Red Lion,
17-411,stead, on the body of Mr. Samuel Bunby Williams, aged
ill' late of Clifton, near Bristol. It appeared that nearly
stsisa't week deceased had been wandering about Harnp-
'te-Ct' and sleeping at nights in the hay-fields, in a state of
into!ment a.sl exhaustion. On Thursday last he went
ill tltee shopCrabb, hair-dresser, and appeared so
qt., oat Mr. Adams the relieving-officer, was sent for, who
tt'ed deceased an asylum tho union, which he refused,
iint?, he did not want for means, and requested that a lodging
tj:alci be procured for him, which was done at Mrs. Tilby's,
Old Chicken-house, Roslyn-street. Mr. Lord, surgeon, at-
tkiLkti ruin there, but he would take no medicine, saying that he
W" on the via mediatrix natures. He refused all kinds
41(11,6'4H, except a little arrowroot, which he took
tki "Y previous to his death on Friday night. Mr. Lord
14 titers kindly and delieately offered him money, which
the refused to accept, repeating continually that he had
teh4!4 rind that he expected a Post.offiee order, on the
to 'i
Left Of pi kijch he would return to Clifton. He appeared
anda person pf high spirit, great power of mind,
11,,nssPacity of enduranee. He said that he had been a gen-
had b
Not", was unfortunate in PIPY rePects, leen a bank-
of 11! and cruelly treated by his friends. He great y complained
d
11, troubles and their negleet. It was Arther atate. that
he ,1" married the daughter of a rich clergyman, dissipated
tstri ,4crY, had been transported for fraud, but that his.sen-
rliL.- "„as shortened in consequence of his good behaviour.
ki"',e had separated from him is consequence, it was said,
Iftki! ill usage, and his reckless conduct had alienated all his
itekre,a. Save one brother. Mr. Lord,. surgeon, 0f limp-
"jug of opinion that deceased died of irritative fever
tleathe.l„haustion, the jury returned a verdict of " Natural
hrsl , e Dal NUISANCE.--`%T burp time Hft,r time
lisp • before the public complaints in reference ro In • num-
li4ti dogs, without eaners, which are perm, te•l to inteo
'l4l. tr'ets of the city ; and not usifrequently it It lweri our
Aild record cases in which citizens have been wen by
ots lookiers dogs, where it was impossible so to loll() s them
k pass to have them destroyed. A notable inatanee of this
;,44,4e-ecOrred on Friday last, in a respectable hotel, where a
-6
entered One of the parlours, attacked two ladies who
/r: seated in it, and after biting both of them severely, ran
tily:" escaped. Neitherdog nor its owners, if it has
!to tell
known to the people. absut the inn, and no one
t'tkve 'en how many persons the ferocious brute may
tit attacked in a manner similar to the above ;
4')Villis is just one sample. among many of the evil effects
'thiLinlif from the number of useless and unknown dogs
4eise are allowed to prowl about our streets When the
tas 1 tl,t. Occurred, immediate attention was paid to the
late la'" by Dr. David Revers (brother, we believe of the
tsk_attiented !die Alexander Burnes), who was fortunately in
L'i1.,1:1.! and who is travelling with Lord and 14dY Panmure,
31 fah-c been on a tour through the Highlands. Dr. Burnes,
cap arm•
ing the nature of the accident, instantly cauterized,
and excised the wounds, and had also recourse to the
• e Method of making the patients suck their wounds.
,ciss' conics the doctor recommended ten sears ago in the
POT4'S, and he says that no danger whatever is to be feared
hap, it if the mouth and lips are free from sores qr chaps. We
toast" doubt that in this case the vary best surgical treat-
,4edilwas given to the ladies, and we trust thsit they wi.ll
high- Yjaoover from the injuries they have taistained ;. but it
",ush e that measures were taken to save the public from
'2lSps,:4l.utful inflictions ; and this can only be done by the
`'ly i `stoo of the nuisance which is rot equalled in any othor
4 the empire..., Glasgow Argus.
(WZDNTANEOUS CostistrsTioN.—Yesterdayl morning
4it :May) between two and three o'clock, a fire, which at
reatened wait destruction of property, broke out in the
4ee 13" belonging to Mr. W. Fulcher cab Master and stable-
, Puri 14, ,S
lir theJohn-street, Pentonville. 'The discovery was made
PruPrietor, who was suddenly awoke from his sleep by a
c crania.
'Pon supGI wood undergoing the process of cumbustion.
tfis ,gettin and opening his bedroom door, he found the
the workshops near his own chamber in flames. Having
ones an alarm the police and neighbours hastened to his assis-
the namedan hy discharging a number of buckets of watpt upon
the s, their fat ther progress was arrested. Engines of
''lle-t,lrtsh, with two from the London establishment and the
'N.:longing to the West of England Company, promptly
jstsd, 'but fortunately their services were not required, the
4,";bours and police having extinguished the fire in the
liik;'ln• The damage is confined to the destruction of part of
°ha 4itif4f the workshops, and a quantity of paint and lamp
A 4.7,1-(A' r an, d the seorphipg pf a cabriolet. The overheating of
,amp-black was the PPP pf thP outbreak.
to C.YAL ILITARY ASYLUM, elin 7.-_
sga.-...We regret
ht."twonce the death of Mr. Blissard, the accomplished and
Liisrabl o,Ae
toaster of the juvenile band belonging to,this este-
-410 -nt• He had been exceedingly unwell for several
o hs
h Past, but about two months since rallied considerably,
k
1nt,91) r°wever! unha never to decline again into a still wea er
siss' froth Which he' recovered. Mr. Bliss-Fd had tilled
saki'nuatit nof instructor and director of the famous juvenile
tar 1111,4 la place for many ears and waspoasessed of remarkable
Ls' ant s iknowledge Of MOsio, there
Ins ' addition to a complete
earsely a single instrument with which he was not more
e_ss acquainted. His loss will be severely felt, an 1 will not
replaced. The remains of the respected gentleman
:lit4he.interred to-morrow, and will be attended by a large
Pitted t of his aCrairers and friends, in addition to, as it is ex-
\Tv the ho: a belonging to the establishment.
'4ELS To Noun AgEttfoA;-,-With reference
!--,ion received by the Customs' authorities from
.....retaries to the Lords of flip Trea,
the titivation* of
•se• nas-

to
?iir4comn.,
ibty,Catdwell, one of theheat ._..
td, ated the 23d of April last,
i;l'Atr, ;6/lips with regard to relieving vessels carry...,„ ,
lA`° North America, from the obligation of carrying a
ter 11 on board a 3 part of the ship's complement, a further
;t'.4: been received by the Commissioners from Mr. Card.
fo r,741g that the directions of their Lordship cont.iitied in
l'i"\er one were issued in anticipation of the Act (Bth Vic.,
It r, J, Which has since received the royal assent., and that
,44.1 their Lordships' intention that these directions should
th ed beyond the provisions of the said Act.
e - •
Company" contains
of the " Great lonian Peninsular
of
Joi ay . a. statement that " the registrar
took companies is satisfied that the company. is notd
Ctrefti`ue operation of the 7th and Bth Victoria, c. 110, a.n
Lmti e,..te does not require to be registered." The doubt which
•.ist
ed as to the application of the statute in this case seems
7k arisen from the fact that the railroad, though in India,
the .°t, necessarily come under the head of foreign railwys,
Nid
k_ „„8 formed with a distinct class of English shareholders,
Z%ts"rllrnittee and funds separate from the foreign arriinge-
gtly, that.having been settled, however, that the Act doe; not
10„. limit of ss. per share as a depsit is avoided, and
b, is expressed in the prospectus.
utsti,op
beLl)4ll.l ESTATE.—We understand that Thumps
'lnJop P. Esq., of Glasgow, has purchased the estate of
t 414; in Ayrshire, for 72,000 L—Glasgow Herald.
‘ftb...l44A.TioN.-974 passengers arrived here on Fri-
' England and France.--New York Herald,