The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

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although this will' dissolve Cotrosiv e rattli• ~ . e ufron ifie*
another portion. We way Make t! e-• bi-t. ,
but less conveniently, by. the direct a:ttion of '.' —l4nesio
merenry, for if we heat *.tnercury- in chlorine o. - ...'ir;'
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although we cannot burn if under , viinary i citron..
; We may also burn it with the voltaic battery, ~ but not wito a
common fire, because it escapes in a e tate ,of ', vapour. The
Sulpluirets oimercury are also important st;thstanecs. • •We have
two of them, one of which was known at an . tarty pen ",od. Ciana- . .
bar, or vermillion, is described by Isaiah as 'being ti ed as apeg-- .
Anent in his time. Theophrastus likewise inentaens it i?i, his vierks__ - --
The only difference between suliihuret and 'tfi-sulptit. iret On-
-Sista in the difference of sulpton employed ; w haVe 200 parts
mercury combining with 16 parts sulphur. and 32 parta '
;sulphur. .
The pi oto-sulphureC inity be made by tritorat:ngfor-soure time,
the mercury and sulphur, until all the globules diaappear.' This
is, however, an unscientific mode of doing it. • The better mode -
will be to mix the sulphur and mercury in a ladle. and' to heat
them, but here without great care the sulphur and mercury will
escape: 'l'he best way is to pass a current of sulphuretted.hydro-
gen through "meretti y, and then we have it. The per sulphate of .'
mercury or vermillion is' sotnetiinetobt4ined direct from the ore.
The Chinese method. bv which they make very beautiful cinnabar,.
is to distil the ore with. iron. We snake it in England by mix-
ing mercury and sulphur, amid then sublimingaheni, after wtich tt
is carefully dried and ground to powder. We have two nitrates of
mercury, as well as two sulphureta of mercury. The proto-
ititrate May be made
.by adding.the mercury to the acid with-
,* henting•it,lint if we heat it, . the compound will be' a per-
ni'!rate." Copper will precipitate the mercury- from solution irc •
the .nitrates: In addition -to- this we na,ty apply sulphitretted
ic-3-dia*n. The hydriodate of potass will give us a very beauti-
fureroviton'procipltate: l'he Ferro-cyanuret of potassium, and
tincture`Ofgalli, will each'give ii.alirty green or English white, •
and tilF ehromateof potiss will give a precipitate of-a red colour.
i very remarkable compound of mercury, called foltuinating•
mercury, hie hitely been extensively
li •used; it was first intro-
duced byot'eard. Ir,is made. by mixing 100 trains of mer—
enry with i otiucei of nitric acid; when the mercury is dis—
solved " we add two ounces of strong alcohol - Very slowly, as
otherwise considerable effervescence would take,place. In a •
very short time.a b:tick powder precipitates:, we are then to wash
this.precipitate witii•`-'arge quantities of wafer, and to dry it by a
temperature not exceeding that Of a steam heat, otherwise an
explosion may take place ; as it is a dangerous substance to
handle, detonating with if fearful explision, small quantities
only should be experimented upon. 'Phis t•ubstanceis now used
in the manufacture of percession caps; at first chlorate the of
potass an.l.sulphur, with a small quantity of charcoal left after
_gunpewder has been washed, ww,eiriployed for this purpose. It ,
aas found, however, that the metal of the nipple was converted
* into a sulphuret, unless platina wits- employed, and therefore
the fulminating metcury was subsritnted, Which explodes as
'readily as the other compound without:injuring. the nipple.. The
cap being placed on the nipple and struck, explodes and fires
- the gunpowder in the barrel. _• . , :
_T6-morrow evening Mr. lienaming terminates his Course. .

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. TO JOSEPH WALMSLEY, ESQ., ,
Corn Merchant and Town Councillor— Patton of St. „Luke's •
Church—Chairman.of the Watch Committee—Head of the Con-
stabulary Department—Factotum of the Reformed
Con cil—
Chairman.of the Tradesmen's Reformed Auociation—Author
of the celebrated Work entitled" What hare the Council done r'
Sfe, c.
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Data Justice,--Tithes have sadly changed with. us, that '
is, with you and me. We are old school-fellows, but our
acquaintance has ceased for some tnne. You are now a great
man, a very great mail; and, as I could not for the world.
venture to speak to you now, (although you Isere my fag when
you were " a bit of a snivelling' lad,") i take this method of
laying one or two grievances before you, because I am sure,
'from your übiquity, that you are the man to .redress them.
I hear of you everywhere—the most diligent man at all
tavern dinners, even, the murky atmosphere and sulphuric
smells of ScotlaiuLroad and Vauxhall cannot prevent your
patriotism. You are most vigilant iu the character of inspector
at all dram-shops, and your super-human exertions have done
much towards the amendment of public mo alt, tot.. which the
public are deeply indebted to you. 1 fear they will not showt .
y. ,u much gratitude, and that when you have 'done your best
they will be uncivil enough to say that You have been an un-
rprofitable servant. But to the point. 'You must know, dear
Joshua, that Mrs. Smith would have a bit of a box down on the
North Shore, just beyond your house, last summer, and, after
we left the situp at night, we used to go down there to sleep;
but our passage along the footpath of Great Howard-street was
regularly disputed by droves of those household animals, re-
gularly
culled pigs, urged forwards by stalworth fellows,
" mighty an' decent." and armed with long whips, specimens of
" the finest pisantry," and not to be spoken to without danger.
Mrs. Smith has already had two pelisses spoiled by these aliens,
and her last green boots turned quite another colour by the
ordure on the footpath, so that at last we have sported a one-
horse shay, and, about two days ago, for the first time in my
life, I took the reins into my hinds, a thing my wife never per-
mitted me to do before, and we arrived in safety at Bootle.
But the next morning we were coming to open shop pretty
early, and such threading, and crossing, and shouting, and
whipping had we to get through the coal carts by the canal ,
that I have almost resolved to send the pony to "Lucas's and,
give up the cottage altogether. One cart was in the middle of •
the street, and when I asked the man to " shift" he shouted out
" go look!" Another was in the off channel, and I was obliged
to cross the street and pass him on the wrong side. One
driver was half a mile behind his cart, and another had no
driver at all. _ _ _

I do assure you my dear Joshua that a voyage to the Pular
Seas is not half so dangerous as a journey to Bootle. I have
some idea of imitating you, and turning author, and writing a
volume of my trai,els to and from Bootle: only I shall not let the
public have my book gratis, as you have su liberally done. My
wife has asked me a hundred times of What use are the new day
Police? and 1 declare I cannot give her a satisfactory answer.
Perhaps it is, that they are yet young hands at their business,—
and three fourths of them be►ng Irishmen and Papists, we must
not be too hard upon then, as they are wha► Mrs. Wiggins our
neighbour calls "a hignorant
My wife thinks that if Mrs. Walmslev went that way home, the
carters and the pigs would be ref ai med, but as that lady usually
goes by the way of the North Free School, it is better to let you
know our grievance at once.
Things in general are looking up,—the money market is fir-
mer,—and Guinea has been defeated. The guttling Conserve-
Jives are eating and drinking all over the couutrv,—there is
nothing to read about but Tory feeds and Tory gatherings in all
directions:,, But pshaw ! the nasty bigots are nearly extinct,
and another election or two like our last municipal, will extin-
guish them quite. Rathbone has behaved himself very civilly
of late. Lloyd's list has been heavy. Cajeput is a drug at pre-
Snit. Lords Melbourne and Johnny of course dine with us at
the Amphitheatre one of these days. Capital job that new road
along the•shote will be for your property and mine, and thegreat
olic convenience ,tuo. It has been long wanted, and-Squire
Leigh ought to hiive had it done sooner. Peas steady. Barley
is enquired after, and•several sales have been made at the last
quotation. I thought a little information on these matters would
be serviceable to you, as you are so very ranch engaged in pub-
lic matters that you are not often to be found at your office.
I urn, dear Joshua, your faithful friend,
JOHN 851 ITH.—No. 2096.

N.8.--Dont forget what I have said about the carts and the
pigs. If you should summon me before the Watch. board I can
prove all I have told you.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE .LIVERPOOL STA.VD,IRD.
Stit,-1 petceived in your paper of Tuesday a receipt for the
cure of the tooth-ache, which you treated lightly. Being afflicted
at the, time with it, and 'having been so fur a length of time, I
determined to try the slaked lime, and I found the pain leave
almost imMediately. For the sake of the thousands that suffer
by it, I give tny name and address, and I skiallfeel happy its
affording any information I can.—l am, yours very thankfully.
GEO. WATSON, Cabinet-maker, J.itne-street-
Liverpool, December 22,.1836.

THE TIIEATItE-110YAL. •
The French company of actors do not appear to "take" with
the Liverpool audience. We confess we arc not much surprised
at this. The pieces performed have been of a most trumpery
Character, in-them selves---as pieces, barren of incident and.
plot, 'aril abounding. only in long conversations, interlarded
-With an occasional bon snot and jett &Wit. This poverty .of
amusing requisites, in the ground-work, has little aid from the
• representation. The a hole corps, with the exception of M.
Bernard, are of very mediocre talent. M. Bernard himself is
possessed of very
San and Miss Adelaide O'Bryien .
consider-
the soul of the corps, and is really.
able comic peers. Signor
have delighted each evening by their beautiful and elegant
dancing. The house has been but thinly attended, but the au-
dience has been generally select. .On Monday evening Mr.
Forrest commences his eogagement with the play of "Othello,"
which part he takes, and Mr. Stuart, we believe, appears in the
character which first raised him in public estimation in Liver-
port
logo. Tins, we expect, will prove a high treat...-. She.
Arlan - -
Knowles. play, " The Wrecker's Daughter," has been
out at Main hester, for the first time, we, belieYe in any
provincial theatre, and has proved highly successful. The Man-
chester papers contain long•critiques of toe play itself as well
as of the performance. it has been announced for repetition
' each night during the week.; We are glad to hear that our
faveurites, Miss Fancit and Mr. Stuart, have proved successful
in their debut in this piece,_ in the principal characters Miss
• Faucit, as Marion, has taken ground iu nue of tbe most. difficult
characters ever drawn by the author. The Manchester papers
have given a rarbai criticism of this lady's style of speaking
occasionally in an affected tone and manner. This has been
noticed by the Liverpool audience, and with the hand of friend-
ship we have, by noticing, endeavoured to induce this promising
actress to amend it. We can easily imagine that if her affecta-
tion of manner should prove offensive, by running counter to
the spirit of the character, that in Manchester it would be doubly
so. Mr. Stuart has preserved his acknowleaged station, and
has met with great applause in his representation oft he charac-
ter of Robert, the." wrecker." We shalt be enximis to see the
piece brought out here.

PnErEr.mtNT.—The Rev. T. G. JarneF, B.A of Brazenose
College, Oxford. has been appointed to the lncumhency•of the
Church of the Holy 'rrinity within Habergharn Eaves. in the
Chapelry of Burnly, in the noorination of the Vicar of Whalley.

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A SELF-Dkvozan A RCHTTECT.—The chapter-hall (of the um- •
nastery- of Bataiha, about 60 miles north of Lisbon), which you
enter by the southeast cloister, is accounted a great curiosity,
being very extensive, immensely 'tiny, and supported only by
ito outer walls, without a single column or pillar. They have a
singular tradition 'attached to this noble building; twice was it
built, twice roofed in, and twice, when the scaffolding was le-
moved, the walls gave way, and it became one heap of ruins;
but the architect would not he thus foiled in his magnificent un-
dertaking. A third time the walls were raiseil, the richly groined
roof rising spirally atits centre once more united them ; all the
best energies ut the spiOt which had conceived, and the perse-
verance which had yet again produced the wotk, had been ex-
hausted in the undertaking ; and Alplatatsa Doiningues, after
having surveyed, with mingled hide and dtead, the loadly pile
he had reared, swore that if a third time his skill tailed, he
would not survive the disgrace, but find a grave among its ruins.
In vain was he dissuaded from what was universally considered
an act of voluntary immolation; he walked calluls to the centre
of the hall; he issued his directions with an unfartering voice;
portion by portion he saw
the mighty beams, whit It stood, per-
haps, between him and a painful revolting death, removed 'by
his t eluctant assistants; at length the last prop was drawn away,
and many covered their eves with their hands to shut out the
miserable spectacle ; but there was no necessity for theltrecau-
tiou ; the architect stood unarmed and secure: his mighty vvork
was above and around him, vast, magnificent. and wonderful—
ri sin agSeset.rttheed
itt he ar
tt, n
ic og.
ja „hmritnwta)lsl'isio"crhialitsmeudn'tlily'ilt)rie gspeinriittisa.ndittlX
mjegues, that he commanded him to place within the hall same
commemoiatnm of the deed. ..With a modesty equalled only by
his genius, the architect obeyed; and a small figure, not exceed-
ing, a foot in length, is seen in the act of supporting a portion of
the edifice where the roof lunches on the north wall,—it is a re-
presentation'. of -Alphonse Domingues.—Miss Pardoe's Traits
and TradiliQns poritivai. •