The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-06 00:00:00

LOCAL. NETV.s.

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would leave New York on the 25th ult.,
TnE GREAT 'WESTERN STEAM-SHlP.—This vessel, coil'"
pected to
arrive here on Wednesday next (to-morrow.)
STEAM-SHIP HIBERNIA —We notice by advertisement!
forth
this tine vessel sails on the 20th insia.nt: with the
' • occasiou
American snails, and that the passage money on this
may be es
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is at a reduced rate.
The British and North American royal mail
Columbia sailed from this port on Sunday afternoon 1,,
we understann
Halifax and Boston. She has taken out.
about eighty passengers and very heavy mails.
CUSTOMS REVENUE.—\\'e are extremely gratified to.liZ
r•ontinex.
that the revenue of the Custom-house at this port
to improve. The receipts for the month of May, 1843' last
ceeded by ./.;30,000 those of the corresponding month in
year. ,; ~, of the
Stenra-911)0Pr
COUNCIL MEETING.—The usual monthly mee6`6l„-e, et
Town-council will be held to-morrow. The paPer forward,
announce any very particular business to be brought i°'s that
except a notice, by Mr. Birkett, of his intention to m" iraw
the resolution of the council at a late meeting to with"
the fire bill from parliament, be rescinded.
extremely
TILE WEATneR.—The weather has contintredbaei,
_.
unsettled since our last, though on Saturday.
from the south-west. it was tolerably warm and seasonoTeed
On that day the barometer rose rapidly. and has coot:
..,tat
rising since, which is certainly an indication of moreilie'"a
weather. On Sunday, however, the air was again
raw, with chilling breezes from the sluth terdaY,!
very heavy showers fell during the afternoon. Yes
had very little rain, though it was accompanied with rather
loud peals of thunder, the air being again very cold.
' lock
At one 0 co h.
MEETING OF WAREHOUSE OCCUPIERS,-
yesterday a meeting was held in the Clarendon-rooms, 8 into
wid ng
John-street, of the occupiers of warehouse, s::tioeadeeiiit
upon the best method to he adopted by them. in
with the restrictions and regulations of the public authoucatti;
and of the insurance companies, relative to the cons tr
ter.
of warehouses and the deposit of goods ; and also 1, _
-The re e re'
big of porters, agreeable to the law now in force.' • ,to.
porter or this paper, as well as several others, wtis in a`they
dance to take notes of the proceedings, but before t $
commenced they were informed that the meeting w3s n°
public one, consequently they retired. k the
Roemer:l7.—On Saturday evening, at eleven
house of Mr. Griffiths, in Chester-street, was broken Into
lbad
by thieves. They had entered by a small window. an ad..
wrenched open two doors. The servant :n the house
tow
conforr..!!,_,
joining had been of an errand, and, on her retur:l°fiche:',l:l:
her mistress there was a light in .the next house. an," that
risen were talking in the garden. Mrs. Burstall wont 'mul- f
diately to the gerden door, when three men ran out. her
whom she seized by the collar, but she could not retains e.
hold, so that he, as well as the two others, made their esotPaes
Mr. Griffiths and family are in the country, and no one w
in charge of the Lou.
THE ROYAL MOIL STEAM SHIP IIIIIERNIA•"-"Thefoillll
ces which has attended the tine fleet which pl3' ue;h-ernee
Liverpool and Halifax and Boston has often been the ' for
of genervl admiration. They have navigated the oceaniing
years, under all circumstances in the teeth of I,'°,,,,wite-
tempests and frightful hurricanes—triumphantly, 3!"",„; t
out an accident; while the excellence of their apeoln"-v,ers:
and the practical skill of the clever men who command t"e ,
combine to render a trip across tl:c Atlantic, in all s,e°10111:-
a, s comfortable as it is surprisingly expeditious• Ts°the
luetors of these noble vessels have hitherto borne atarroaur;
bell from all competitors, and if the skill by which
rreasnugletms einntosuhlearyeguhaeretnercsa,rtriiteedy octearti:ishgdavuggeadi,iy the disast the
comparison. But their last new steamer, ;417r:till i be11108:1
-seems likely to crown them with fresh laurels• Ortenoto
rapidly as the Atlantic has been traversed, this new ern of
has eclipsed all that has gone before her. The home lire es-
the
space of eleven days. '
the Hibernia, on this her first vova e was made in tl:e. en
hours, be- e
and two .n re:
Boston and Liverpool, (allowing for the tune occup.ie° 'Apse.
ceivine and landing the mails at Halifax,) which Is, e",,,eeo
ete..,
v and England. The Hibern)ia isP an
quently, the swiftest passage ever yet erlormed
Am-perhaps
• e flees"
boat—perhaps one of the most perfect specimens t" - Cyr
steam architecture afloat, and the commencement of her ~
reer, so promising and so brilliant, is only the erecur!,(3;l'
have reason to believe, of greater triumphs. Cal
°t
little
kins feels naturally proud of his noble vessel, and not a pick'
elated—a pardonable vanity—in having performed the qui
est Atlantic voyage on record.
extremelY "11_

MR. ADDANfi'S LECTURES AT THE COLLEGIA.T I N°l.
ort
rterioN.—The fourth lecture of the series of ee,oesjsY.
Magnetic i Voltaic and Electricity was delivered on of the
before a highly respectable, but (oe in g to the wetness of the
weather) not very numerous auditory. Tee portlantiopO•
subject selected for the evening were " electro-are of the,
electro-magnetic machines, and the expecte. tioneecie,o;
public respecting the probable extensiou of this 'Pawnee
force as applied to machinery." 'Mr. Addams colowi $0
by stating, that since his last lecture he had reeelio tbe
anonymous letter, requesting hint more fully to exi.,),/er the
cause why the dipping needle became vertical when„ 0011'
poles, and was horizontal when over the equator 0, -d after
netic globe, (as he had shown in his last lectured o,o°
remarking that it was impossible, within the limits °„etistl!'
lectures, to explain all the phenomena of eiectro:tnago"oo!*
datep the experiment, and took much pall? t' vett°
the cause, which was, that the circumferential
Ile (fro
currents at one pole invariably running in one direetOorteefa
left to right, as the hands of a watch) remind the. 01
;Talon of the globe ; and in the opposite directie.tel oat
tight to left) round the southern, thus drawing tale jowl!
bole of the needle down in the first, and the south POoreeot,°,3
in the second ; while at the equator the oppositeile „eedio
were neutralized by contact. aid consequently Jett t- 00,e
with lateral attraction at either end, so that it svace„sti:j
horizontally like a balance scale-beam. Such, 'at eoraikF'r,
understood hint to imply by the details which in e
o7ntit,oitcpiaal gun}eittiscelptuiliaarditnyo. t
magnetic ool: ▪
for
re
°Ott; ObSll:grdietic iro!,
paper Of steel filings it failed to attract a 11-of else,
theta. On being subjected, however, to a current asagaee;
malty from the galvanic battery it became a perfee%.o tiled
and when dipped into the filings came out covered ,t 0,6„-ti
to a considerable thickness. Ile now placed wit"-ead
tube or cylinder, round which copper wire was .11'.1'Y being
spiral screw, a round bar of steel, and electrlelt• eee '•
016" th
passed along the wire, the bar instantly became
with its respective north and•south poles, in accordaatree scat' cu;
the thesry of the currents before noticed. The el.eeeetioPteu
rent being passed along the wire in the opposite dlrohitioedo
instantaneously reversed its polarity. This effect her tee ea a
proved, by the reversed attraction and repulsion 0' it neerof
of the bar at the end of each experiment, by Idseins,g;aPsrted
fine magnetic needle. He further demonstrated tier
lad
the subject by two similar cylinders or coils a vgrt-iirotT,
parallel on the table, one with a left-handed an
he pISCe:3O
with a right-handed screw, into each of which beach ea 0e
bar of steel, and having applied the battery, the. --,de ~
out, one with a north and the other with a :youthPY
end of the parallel, and vice versa at the other en, 'spiel,
verring the longitudinal position in the coils. o'o4o
plying the battery, they came out with their P°' 0:4'00
tively reversed. He showed various ways of convet lose 0e
of steel into magnets. One approved plan was, toot the eiel
powerful bar magnets end to end, the north Pole tee_s:c
being to the south pole of the other, and then la)'ltt'lleo tiLer
to be magnetized along the centre of the two, a" ,orl,ier
in the magnets from under it. It was not Iseee:iier 10
ever that actual contact should take place. fetto,;:t 100 Po
esting phenomenon in electro-magnetism was, t!' it a
nal body might by its influence be suspended in tie toe,
space without any tamible connection whatever...
glass tube, round which was coiled a helix otbor et I the
placing
.it perpendicularly, immersed into
(i:urtsre.;_bi,:lie;ditoliOn
with a piece of paper on one to make it more Visible teoto-er
spectators. By communicating the electric
battery to the wire the rod in the centre of the t eat
reotee of
mediately elevated—a portion of the-lower end th oup o.!lrs
a. board, and was seen below the tube, being dtgvieoriolt °or
sight, and a similar portion of the upper end "PPtbat Of; re'
the top, while no part of it touched the glass, e° toree",ites
remained suspended in air, whilst the electric
cog ssosel
mained unbroken ! The moment one of the e°lldt,i,eisi via 0,
were removed down it fell by its own gravite• belie hear
was the only instance of insulation which the .1.0
earth, and which was alone given in perpetinty.eNdu that
tret,
venly bodies. By another experiment he teatt 6,100
was much more susceptible of magnetic intluenc.e, 'l,OO
but it did not retain its attractive power as th4jee Oa' 61
the electric current was withdrawn. He eusliottiegie
bar horizontally to two other
pieces
sospendee
tic ottreebiee
the electric influence. This bar had no el1'11;14f Dads *49
previously, but so placed, it lifted clusters o 400
l
continued to adhere to it tid one of the condo LH and a:ete
moved, when down it fell instantly, nails and 8 e'eet
wards per are would not lift one of them. His horse, oits;
meat was with a piece of iron in the form of
wrapped round with copper wire, covered 'NO silk,
• al, at
pended in a brass frame. It had no power to 11,...0ed
ooh
$
the electric current was applied, but the batter),
eiia O.Pc, 10.
a very small one, and on this occasion he emel°.le of °Deja/
urie!.e sewing thimble, with a very small le(i'ese seerio
which the conducting wires were attached ; tad the et!rour
mersed in a wine glassful of acid and water, at; nos Woe,
the wires being placed so that the current ceolu_':.,ide P"
the horse shoe, he attached to it a small weight
ourec ep.olope
and, finally, to that a 981 b. weight, which I.t iut by the
° iLe
Le
had sometimes been able to lift twice the weig,?ft 00th.glot
means;TOig
by more powerful batteries it would
saw no reason indeed why a horse-shoe wag id totis',oo";
made to lift, under electric influence, even. d s
polarity given to these bars might be destrose_tit':, thei! 0,
and restored again, and, by reversing the etir.le_reqe° F:t,
(as before shown) would also be immediately t...`reinifole
then proceeded to show several curious end Inv"001 oirt10,
rirnents with electro-magnetic inachines, se, etg: eitaief
(working models) were on the tablis, and
.t:.,ctorentirst to
and operations of which, by means of eleetrisi The OP' o
bined with magnet power, he fully expiat"et • t thews!, 60
a gt
these was a model having a metallic beam wasotoe 00
which an oscillated or up and down motto°o3..ep,,,oe be 0
that it precisely represented the beaTubleofbaarsti.oea_rvie,Togotrolttleieref,
in motion, but much more rapid,
was of iron, covered with a wire, and a battet-adealt
each end, by which means the same end was° m0.0'0070
and very rapidly, a earth and south Pele'
ttrilen°geri °eVe.
placed under each, and by their alternate bcooii of 'ado
pulsion moved the beam. The next illac.ltib was %pi
frame, in which was a bar of soft iron, Ns vos ity 4too
round it to make it into an electro-megoete' iep.cty, in 00
to turn round in a vertical position with gereleetriii eeter
was effected by intercepting the current lon yvbi(t.,oo
dadk along in a cup of 411110"), current:.diffePret
divi into two parts, so that the electro, wire I°A 019
cepted, and forced to flow through spiratairity. other,' bc
directions alternately Si) as to change its P°' el the wort7oir
was placed so as to attract one end and rePu set.to„ to cant,
thus the bar is made to revolve. He Toro; Ole,
magnets and electricity, a little model rai t!ling t _ troe,
lar pieces of wood, and precisely resern:reond !dor 10016
mills, with two upright stones travelltr,rr aou,,oakieh
v•-' e tee
used at our docks and public works; an w° top, acs'b,
nious modification of the same powers sn 0 a reed $O/
working model, showed the rapid workitig_sio to, of $ .60(
in a short time pumped up from, and V6roode,',ll,
about a quart of water into a cisterm 's_do,,irattueteret,3ol
mill was also exhibited, and worked to the. 1% of ifoseo
some chin pieces of wood. In conclqietD 00,14 vorTcoo:
that this species of force had eLgaeed the Welt Wave
philosophers who had speculated oPe.aj
, solve °ti the :0001
to which it might hereafter be allt"l! ;whin
40.pra ove
ceiving that it might, in some sases, thingi the It tied
engine. But, so far as he could tedttt ' „over °Ate; e,060
could reasonably be expected, for th.e.re pros▪ IstaiLeofor,,A
was only great in contact or Iminedia_i
of the unet oof
creased in inverse ratio with the squat
earful te.e.g too' eaelor
at one or two inches from the most Po The etistootiolirosser
would scarcely move a few ,grains. eiectilcto
chemical agents required to produee Wise rue.,
not be cotnpensated for ; but he did °L,e of ele foolaiP psr,6e
outdiscoofutritliegier
(e'xxPeertrijoinnesnntealwisitolo if
tively unknown, and that it might .I.!_ wss Ilea tore •eOll
sibly be developed, showing thrt th,act
reenderetioi viv!or tr,e
bY
important mechanical purposes. leetiye SIP '
attention, and frequently aPPlanue,;ations
evening is " on telegraphic coaxal"' ~,etie tewe
—the " Semaphore"—the electro-mag"
sowers ski r thea
• etiaotei 7..0%;