The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-26 00:00:00

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LtCTURES AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION

baiDeeply interested as we have been from the beginning in
Progressive advancement towards completion in the
tion ld* and instructional arrangement of this noble institu-
expressly purposed, as it is, (and as engraven on the
Plate inserted in the foundation stone,) " for the education
of the commercial, tradin
the doctrines and "and working classes, in accordance
With
principles of the Church of England,"
~we
selection have felt doubly gratified by noticing that in addition to
the
of most able masters in the several schools,
Provision has already been made for the evening delivery
twicet ac a week, of lectures by eminent men, combining solid
ti instruction with elegant amusement, for the bene-
-4t of the pupils and the friends of the establishment
and
gwahriticsh part in every respect unexceptionable, whether as re-
Party or creed. These lectures, well digested, and
ably illustrated by practical experiments and diagrams, form
Pleasing and attractive media of instruction, not only to the
/Seth attached to the institution, but, from the talentsand
standing of their deliverers in the respective worlds of
literature, science, and mechanism, a rational and dignified
ofa
!puree of amusement and information to " children
larger growth ;" and, we pity the man
" Proud though his title, high his fame,
Boundless his wealth as wish can name"—
pwrheosewteoculdollohtispass an hour or two in listening to them in
young townsmen, and who would departis
withou candid and grateful acknowledgement that his
n theecome more enlarged ; that he had learned some-
of nature,
new in the vast and wonderful machinery and agencies
Zoitihes.tere; and that he was, therefore, enabled with a clearer
14 attire reverent perception, through the lens of science,
thtees..loo..k from
mi to ature': God.." To the youne,
yotttriscourses are especially inviting and instructive. The.
wen of former tinaes had no such advantages.
.A.gesexo!
ce have rolled away ; ages of study. and successful .
Derialeata have been employed to bring before us the.‘ physical
factsa4... /11 have
that distinguish the era in which we live,nr.
stotiatswhich are available, in the commercial and general p..e
of Ne?flife, for the conifort and convenience of man.. A,attlio
• Nee 6o intelligence has set in upon us with which alls who
Yoethettil) "eel must be content to be borne onwards, and
th aspirants, in particular, must take it at t
distinct
tio4• eniti win theirway to "fortune" and ablehonou
ar
to otts Science and learning have, in tine, become necetsst.elyi
With oreeksistence and pre-erninence in the grand ctornpci i
their pUr-
' Snit, :..erstates,and it is a pleasing reflection the
of reikrPered as it is in this institution by theinculcation
and to
LiWinairLeez arid morality tends to elevate the. mind, .
zseestvitit-whlt..filoin those 'grovellig rampant debasing propensi-
etitd.in ~ our untutored and nature is too often
InTbstitesuetioereeflections were suggested to us by our occasional(2,llegiate
gratified tnlllsil"t'l:de°lPleriodical lectures given at the
no similar occasion have wbee
seresvteintigdiessepoossr? ..y no
to the exceedingly
adalimbl andn morei
nt e -
Itl e n sAddams, in the able
otfamseriinestohfe
urses on Voltaic and Electric Magne. is ,
1
Tuesd e and commodious theatre of that establishment, on
tlteemaY "ening. The lecturer has beea long known and
steal .:. we eodrlda,l:talented and experienced propounder
the
iy.
_catP Most extraordinary and subtile agencies in. 1
I:itihoi it
with
rridartil;ough the subject was not new, he ernPbel-
original views and experiments, by the
siaeor,.OP.Parates embracing to a high degree of perfection the
ecaohisc_rle,ol alas
to the present time of the wonderful effects f
to that
pecuiztt es of metals, fluids, acc., as applicable
Pees of eritnch of science. There was a numerous attend-
able iripPlls and also, in the body of the room, of rebseprescot-f
the
ce ividual‘s, including many ladies, several me
were
twen. tiln°9 Council, and not a few of our scientificm towns-
pia..__,
erreviously to the lecture, some select piecesexpressing the
plearfse_enh the fine organ on the stage. After
aliet;;...r _he
Jett In being engaged to deliver the series_sbesfuobre.
Jett, T,' asantsnce, the lecturer entered at once upon his v._
s'itiln Crating his various positions by numerous interes-
l;;lii reAl seecessful experinients. Electricity. he defined to
thros , nett and subtile fluid, capable of being transferred
bo.. Isol, wire.s and other bodies with more or less intensiotaisi.;
01:_il ugh its effects were obvious, its real nature was
.....
wases,.teino,atnderso far we must procee'd upon assumption. It our actgizto could
e or,eatnnpaiegeyn.t the most astonishing that man
...
the Divi us, and was one of those invisible powers by whichl..
It dealt with all matter, and .with 11
poset. r Author of Nature worked out his sublime P
silk on, was produced by the friction of bodies, such as
irciee:' g'aos, by contact of bodies of metal, from which
.s.e .netutcal action, &c. He then addressed himself to voltaic
sic tricit, and
ut in
eensistio ~, by means of Daniels' (constant) battery,
cootigottyg Pniip.ally plt of copper and zinc P
th.-.. . with Intervening acid, showed the rapid flow
pie'cuustill wires of the electric current, and its effect on small.
roettied others instantly
hot of wire of various metals some of which became red.
nuticin
Aerial
ene.of the melted. He explained the con.
outcryba by a diagram, and showed how astir,
Id acting plates of zinc and evolved electricity. In
and
neg the old names employed in electricity—the positive__
wave as
Poles ; the decomposable compounds, slscpnosr.
tive, as it,eduegative components, such as oxygen ; the
substituted Tigers—he
whierripoositivehe stated that these new names had been
trodei, the
y .me chemists, who called the poles Elec-
pole Anode, the negative Cathode, &c.,
tended to sussinencl he did not approve, as it merely
table. roYstifY confuse the student. He show ed
ebaa:
rattre
ccend illustrated by several experiments, the comp for
ties. nductin
Those taitn
r g properties for the electric stream,
. and
tin, psr;e. water, water and acids, and the various metals,
, iron, zinc, brass, gold, copper,. and
silver,the
least
af" were the best conductors of electricity were
conduct_ other
red botesed by heat. After making a piece of iron wire
.e
elelted a 014.5 glass tube by the action of the battery, h
Piece by Placing it is contact with a strongerto
Powers ul. The differece in the conducting and wee f
he ere h el several metals was also shown by links of wire of
he be'ittkill contact and touched by the conducting wires.
and th-eo' oeutned up
Piece of gold leaf by the electric action,nt.
fel ether
ea
i. leeceof silrer leaf. The last burned with ab i
tby other4instalsd-
cfloered flame, * and other colours were eliminated
"e livh H explained the mystery of the electro-
n by hsch fac-seimilies of coins, medals, &c., couldh
IsTon them ihrlePosition of copper in solution accummtt altr.c
Pewd-*earn, too "reugh electric action. By means of the etesoni.
er nu.,,', h„eenseaed t.
sy wires, immense quantities of
olowink b,•4 be safelyexploded at a great distance,
doe. li-v.-i," ?f rocks - . n under the sea, as had been
eleetrossi,-°..ortel Pit'slB‘eyc,.'aenvde others, at Dover, ace. 'I he
forg the
ieterest'e,relcal power of the invisible power was. also most
of the
„;:_l_glY Shown as now practised in the plating of articleser
itoposs'st elaborete fashionnow which it was before difficult
gradualiee, by the
plan of plating. The silver wassurface
of ear Y.ePosited by galvanic action on the cleaned
in
or at tiele, and became firmly fixed to it in an even
els
aPletiaidrilli eves, of any required thickness, so that the mem!
Paratire,-designed articles could be produced at a cd
.ie
Placed
4'7 Rawls,
expense. While the lecturer proceede , tin
a very the:re rs on
Penny piece in a solution of ilvetr'elnencdtric
process,
imrt time it was taken out after the
Wits sk was found to be thickly and smoothlysllen
in
bildios oil A similarly successeel experiment was made
The
40414, rather plating a piece of silver with gold.
coated
Ile also ea used Were cyanide. of silver and gold. respectively.
.._ , showed .
yer.itoens. a variety of other curious end beautiful ex-
White , amongst which was the discolouring of . . .
i stre Metals to blackness •, d restoring them to their original
e?sct I'7 immersion in 'liinuid,tough which passed the
various
the p4prrent, the electric 9
,IPPare„,live and negative effects• In the same manner liquids,
poles being inverted to produce.
natf
or..Y colourless were turned'. to an inky black in one
hi the
,e, &lass vessel' (divided b • felt) and left transparent
nt hueto'nes Pave h the obvers)e electric polarity directed
w, erit oh
tai. A beautiful experim which several gentlemetn
'rrinier - ..le stage to witness was also made on a ttn-pla e
beios 'ed in a
transparentt liquid in a tray. The conducters
most put into he liquid, and approximating the plate, the.
Lille pautet"tifti
0. 1 rainbow colours were instantly produced ; and
ghtliip.e-rsenotwfit:rr..va.riel to ornamental stars, or ocher figures,
b .4,4,, he .... or termination given to the conductcr.
y the electricprinted a Piece of calico in a neat
.bl.ue pattern
it4l pur action-:--showing with what rapidity the art
Nosed. etlited in large establishrn-ents whete rollers were ern-
. me 110 was listened to throughout with marked at-
The ' and Was frequently interrupted by loud applause'
leg mat lecture of the series will be delivered this even-
h° to will also be illustrated by numerous interesting
that
ethentk W-e strongly recommend those of our readers
'net th; spare time to visit the theatre, assured, as we feel,
'Y will be a..............._t once gratified and astonished.
house.4r. 4.„,
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h 1.,150n, herring curer, of North Sunderland Sea-
°lld ao'r. au a I:lDantity of potatnes stored at one end of
.a loft,
the 0 Ing a short period 1 100 of these had been carried to
t.ftipePelitr:liitle
aend of the ;rno, a distance of upwards of
h It 4 pou
_Y,rat ! Many of the potatoes weighed more
Tztz, and,
I,..atettnl ent , NEW STEAM-CoACH.—One day last week a
witto--aca constructed on a new
°Peet::: en the -Yarmouth road, before a large concourse otf
principle, was tried at
IPhltlnt)or't) bltt though all the steam was put on the coacli 1
-lateoce ionve ail Inch. When pushed it proceeded. a short
ceech f and stoPPed. The experimenters at last lifted the
tlling r°,.. the road, when the wheels went round with alar-
-I;lneipei2citY. No doubt, if wings constructed on a new
1.,1.the ii.l were attached to the shineh coach would fly
'lrotaie'i' era! be the real aerial m rafter all. Norfolk
Noe•
to lit E
boys belonging
kr :eth were sejl'
, Last week, as several
wood
of Inveirn-,ay,
oottag conks g the trees in the
"KB, one of them,
ki' lout his how
ted,
when on the top of a lofty
If Was ss . . of the branch by which he was suppoorfeet.
Natio v'eelPitated from a height of at least 90 or 10
_a
ately, ho
setlit bes wever, ere he reached the ground, he
awaa,s,
he that beneath the arms between two strong branches, . _
144 11:°3!tion, quite unable to help himself, remained
41°1 Piaui ,:e Nil his cries for assistance hurried his companions
*4C4 0,1„.."e• They soon reached him, and, although. with
titibd.linculty, ...
dp. go,. him released. On descending to the
oilititle.tast4aioSsetinaining his person, it was di.cevered that he
asg eso, Fa ao further injury than the
. lace,ation oft his
HvNA ~ ed by the branches when he slipped between them.
b roper.
I:
eCti I bl:fl t"3IA • - - A . woman named Ardill, wife of a re-
-4 vithio 4 f 4rrner, living at Kilcarron, in the county Tipperary,
weeksetviP Miles of this town, was bitten by a dog about
6 ening lest,ge. About the hour of seven o'clock on Monday
in'pritort
p sYwiptorns of hydrophobia suddenly, appeared.
creaae, snarl was sent for, the symptoms continued to
ea% . artd she lingered in great agony until Tuesday,
.when
Ittltowelieortinnated her sufferings. The dog, a small terrier,
hood red of the usual symptoms of disease. It has been
keod , a that lie has bitten several dogs in the neighbour-
iitl'' J•til; it le ouPposed some sheep. Jonathan Walsh,
ceese........e.Walsh Pak, has lost twenty sheep horn this
Sok "ter Express.
chnl4lllNG *
o-, ! us..._
wasE . INTEREST —One of the worst possible
eilviiiimeeetdieoptinaied on Saturday, before the tribunal of
ao,..rged hy
aspen polite A man was brought to its bar, and
he with the following exactions .
as-e Per "Bed that he had lent them money at the rate of
ee'tle?ta ; eacorldt• Per d
is eaY, being equal to 1825 per cent. per
hoer ''' Per an others that he had made theta pay five per
eeot.. imesiogeeforor fort the loan of small sums for only one
of 43 600 per
year the enormous interest , .
ex.
iltiettilt; brtht,eecour.t credited their statements to a certain
. 0,..,t0rs to
.I)nsidering that most of the witnesses were still
'llY.s...oretne Prisoner, it let him off with a fine of 200 f.
roe ~,"finoni.
ojtenI,„"IILITARY AND POLleft —Very considerable ex'.
1,:1,,--ci;
tenseatcreated in Drogheda. in the early part of the
tiotr,eh agos_.(ll!ettee.ot a charge made by Sub-constable
~,sd in this rrivate. Cassidy of the Rifle Brigade, sue_
zed by veatcdown. Pierson, we understand, went,pcce
oierrepotted
to -constable Coe, to the lisrrack. on Monday,assiiiy
511., Pitted hint, Major that, on time previous day, Cassidy
d ; thatV 'try,
14,4' said theTc' subsvdcommenced a conversation on the
Connell
soon be bloody work with 0 C
any or-
air,. n.thsir (op.
Rifle,terti asked him if there were
the
sot_
to hi red not se,'. s) quarters yet about
not.l
ho_ ill, fur LJ bUt by
t the
sor ass) ue would rightabout face, and not fire a
reatle °• The iii -
this charge was
his J--- the might gise orders
lattea and pier en.were on Parade when
nks. The
riemr Was pinee'?n pointed out Cassidy in the ranntil liv
ed-
tit,
Bertha
rite:twheo 11:,,u,auscirer. arrest, and remained sae
officer having
aeri7il etahllstiree, rnadee.l
i en released ,3, the
tcommandingo th
e alie g fb
ation. INt Teen
wi. sage toes2oldier states that he was
going
in
hkaggerson,
etitio..operied a ot the serjeants, when he overtoo
I,l';iged to re eotiversation on the weather, from yet
%altilr (theit,l' 711 d asked if there were any
ordersred. The
ith. er said 11,. hie s) quarters as to being prePtahe
subject*
Itoi.hleetria'tt heard nothing of any orders on , the fire,
which he
1441i1e tt, t,,e'ked him did he think w?tild tph,-:,,,, I but
ht /libitietreelPosir replietl that he the no.. !,- .
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