The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-05 00:00:00

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LECTURES ON HEAT AND CO'

BANKRUPTCY COURT

1_ con 4
done 1;t:p On Tuesday, Dr. Brett delivered, at tl e' ht
tution, his fifth lecture on heatand coreb.utsdreotbe
Al
cond under the head of thelatter. Hefir' isbiebA On
of his hearers to the structure of elarnei:ea and
of three parts, the centre being vatic:ll.os tlit if
combustible matter, external to which tee tl;t:flop
of the flame, a film scarcely funiincTsthe beat Aopthr
portion, and still more outwardly, fe,rn'hatin .‘,
combustion was the most perfect and. ~aoseilel
s eeeer of est. He showed by experiment that I" ina
and described the causes and nature eci by 800 to $
Luminosity in flame was, as he Prof!, matter„falero
riment, due to the same cause as soli., tioneceo,
heat. Oxide of zinc introduced into t_n'tb, io ,0
or that of sulphur, respectively, gr,e,se 00 010/is
luminous powers of these flames. ne,.sapelf of'.
the effects of a perfect and an insperfebs t boat
coal gas during combustion, showing r ..3 lit 1/0
bustion the chief productswere carbon thesielooti
tained at the expense of light, and 'that 800'0 0,
He showed the effects produced betWeel:o:ool4
and consecutive combustion of gasicilifferenctr
plained the conditions necessary for .shibill.' d
0/1
luminosity in gases; and concluded bY.'of,blairAi
ference between the nature of the flan3°,ll.o.os Tra rdi
that of hydro-carbons, showing that lit"..,hiter:ar
imfringing on lime produced a brillian.f;.,,'Mlii
also effected the rapid combustion of i_uasgeered
experiments of the evening were well ?;,ereltraar,
satisfactory.—On Friday Dr. Brett a '
tbs4l9rd
ding lecture of the series of six, an,_, bey'
interesting and important of the wh01,...., tab:"
ratively slender audience. After allo°1"010 -Al
expositions on the nature of white aro] 0,1
and of the fact that as the amount l'? htleoth' Ai
great the heat was greater but the uEtioe_lnt
that when a substance in a state of cornyair cling.P'e
in the receiver of an air-pump, and UT), 01012
by degrees, the process of combus%utecl t°drar
nished until it ceased. This was earl
siv slip
of atmospheric oxygen ; but Sir H. Da itSe
difference of the temperature had also_ boo., of
bustion, and that when the atmosPber_So
.I aar
heat was absorbed and cold produeTsc strnboplt
happened that in au air-pump, after a lee foe it
handle, a cloud was seen, which arlopeat
sphere being cooled down, and aqueous iig
He took a piece of common wax to Grit 0 d'
bto
into the receiver of the air.puinp, anukausted,,4
before three-fourths of the air was elud, eOO AAA
of spirits of wine, similarly subjecte e
soder
If the temperature were kept up, flarenipe,44' 01
extinguished. lie found a small glass mien 4
ei
the vessel containing the mixture, andj"flastielo494
rose through it. It produced a small itree►ol
placed under the operation of the PurnPthse "1„:0 IF
P,
exhaustion of the air to extinguish it'to oil; 4
case. Thus hydrogen was calculated 00(1'94i
bustion longer than coal gas or a taPere orePlir".
powerful heat of oxy-hydrogen fla°l WO f°
room) when ejected in a jet as from m
A :Matt 60,0,
wire subjected to the jet burnee, s Soei-000144
numerous sparks like a fire
also brought to a bright white beat, ninid vib 1.1,,b 110
cinder held to the jet gave out a sPienu,,if, thleeji
luminating the room like the sun itsesiolft.,4l;olllo
itself was a bluish dull flame. This_se he',
the solid matter being exposed to inte' steep air
mable gases exploded sooner in a heated.ipaCi be,:stO
in one of low temperature. Sir r'• deo tt doe
this : he drove the gases through ahe put el
lode ' se f
coming highly rarified, they ex!) g 0
_IP Ail
bustion sometimes took place betweenoceeb;sreK,
-wheel. a , i As
,:
without any appreciable heat. He Pr rtaie 044
the effects of gaseous admixtures in ee_wer, seses7;oo
spectively in producing explosive P" ea e,der /
proportions of controllinn combustion, ij OPo,
MELANCHOLY CASUALTY.—On Friday morning last gen or hydrogen in the admixture Vi°l) ptilar
Catherine Lang, aged 48, destroyed herself by jumping showed by experiment, that a wax taperav; er 004
out of a window twenty or thirty feet from the street. atmosphere would burn a certain time eiobarotif'Oli,,,
When taken up she was found to be quite dead. The only , hydrogen would burn longer ; that °I s-htins re
injury that could be discovered was a small wound
head. Deceased had been in a low state for some time. from being res Pee e1'10414
arose these substances frost Am se 0
on her , hydrogen ; and thatof phosphorus longert tiveli s 4 0?
FIRE IN WALLASEY.—About three o'clock on Wed- , more inflammable than the others. i
t wour;$1,100
have
nesday afternoon, the coach-house. stable, and laundry, I sphere would no longer support a taP tegO aeiso
Int
or
attached to the house of Mrs. Jones, was discovered to 1 burning of other substances which
k; b a abt $l, As
be on fire and was completely gutted before the flames combustion, and did not require so "'L. titn;yelr,terd
could be put down, and a large quantity of oats and I maintain them. If a thermometer w_areessVootel,
joiners' tools were destroyed. It is supposed to have been 1 and introduced into different gases Dad so svilA•gi
set on fire by a person who has since absconded, but for 1 temperature, the rate of its coolin 4401 jp
whom the police are on the alert. density of the gases : in general, he,, roe
_,d, ,„
LAUNCH AT CHESTER.—On Monday last, the ship to the el- rit
servable in some of them, owing . ,_, of tbLoo tae
the more the cooling power, though te`diffel-,alitFA
Templeman, 400 tons, was launched in the presence of a
large concourse of spectators, from the yard of Messrs. ,
being more easily moved. Certain,
_!'t tO °' Oirtell
motion of the particles, the parti_elefases Ar 1k4,61
Mulvey, ship-builders, in Chester. She is the finest spe- i
absorb heat, and the study of thistae".„, f0r_.96,921
cimen of marine architecture which bas been launched
brilliant discovery of the safety- 111,tra fls,Tso teserci
for some years from this port; and has been built to the
took a filament of burning cotton, 7- encirc, it4PAI
ordeas of Messrs. J Prowse and co., of Liverpool, for the i
1 of an inch in size, and found that by , frootith 1 iiif
for the South American trade.—Chester Courant.
, 1 metalic ring the heat was taken awa)"ot 41Ail a
DEATH FROM DROWNING.—On Saturday last an in- '
1 a cold boy He eed the experime se. $ll,l
quest was held before P. F. Currie, Esq., touching the '
alwhich ..
death of Henry Williams, a seaman. It appeared that .that tbe thane ev ploi
tract enough of heat, so r $Pe
s<
deceased went, on Thursday, to the boarding-house of 6 ' reste ia% osk,
Henry Davies, and, after dressing himself, went out.
The heat of gaseous matter was g Utt he or ti
agbass, is not stolgood a condaeter'flsn3e 0111-41
About half-past eleven o'clock he was seen by a person fine platinum wire into the hottest P neito FP/
who was watching the barque Sovereign at the end of the ; taper, and it was heated to whitener :. offs 1 PIO
stage that went from the quay to the slip. He was in a the great heat produced by Piee`;-„,,, ei.„,0•,.0,0
state of intoxication. A plunge was heard, and the per- heat of solids. He explained this bare of t bso ;Po
i sulphuric acid and water. On the• Il frel:rhic'dt:l4l
son that was watching the Sovereign ran to the dock-
gaternan's hut and told him there was a man in the water. 1 duced o t the 3 b eV
nly a small flame, but 1 oue ~ 01,,„
Great efforts were made to save him but ineffectually.that it fused •t• - thf Sr 1 1
great
The jury found that he was accidentally drowned. the most difficult of fusion. He wiple nocl Ai I
put a tap, and ignited the. gas that titi)eest of that ,00ad,
THE TOWN COUNCIL.—The usual monthly meeting of , piece of wire gauze, showed the P,r...as owtbe Pro 0
our municipal body will be held to-morrow. In the re- ' lamp. The flame of common cot" baner;totrjs,o,
port of the Finance Committee will be recommendations through the gauze. In the same rtavioeluder tecleee
to exchange the site of the Northern Hospital, to appro. I fill the miner's lamp, but the /lam" ja or „ sis► ItVi
priate the tobacco warehouse as a deptit for saltpetre and ; for it required a higher ternperaturebotialicif. A
nitrate of soda, and to sell the advowson or the cemetery. : Certain substances produced slow collhowedA "pi
The minutes of the Market Committee contain a recom- in the vapour of ether. This bes vesj,lo,,,e Alf
mendation to close Islington Market, and open that in small coil of that metal over a glad.. 00 torthe
Gill-street on the 23d instant, The Observatory Corn- ether. The wire became red hot, nautaind'otl4o9l
tnittee recommend the appointment of Mr. Hartnup, as if steadily held, and the vapour thewal saipesselli!chi,
permanent " Observer," at a salary of £2OO per annum, in common coal gas (not ignited) ten Pa 4131 bait*
The Health of the Town Committee will call on the coon- effect was produced. The lecturer bastiontar 0
Pi de
cil to appoint two additional surveyors of buildings, at consideration of spontaneous eocnroperti,,,.. o-,PJ
£BO a year each, and will submit a recommendation on supposed arose from a peculiar knew of O,OIIV,P'
the subject of cellar residences in corporation property, that caused them to ignite, no one jaws,. 000;01_,,
~r
The additional bye-laws on the blowing and stuffing of to be accounted for by the generalden 8:4 ofotilooo
meat in Liverpool will be again submitted. The last sub- ' It was in fact " ordinary conaba.s_staoe"- 0- 1);#1
ject on the paper is a notice of motion by Mr. Alderman temperatures." There had been it,
..lodue psi, ii.
Smith, to the effect that it is expedient to purchase, at a set on fire in Sweden by the heat tor iron' re pre epib
price not exceeding £4,100, certain property on the west absorption of oxygen by sulPbure a it We of gel"
side of Park-lane, for the purpose of widening that coal bad been known to ignite'eoBll;:seenef :409,
avenue. keep it dry. Heat was the bstanee- toiesrotioll
DOCKCOMMITTEE,THURSDAY—Present,Messrs.Sands, action in the union of various sus ,00., it.i. 0 _
Horsfall, Smith, Royden, Tobin, Bold, Aikin, Sandbach,
Roney, Moore, Chilton, Molyneux, Holmes, Shand,
Evans.—Reports from the dock surveyor as to the deposit 1
: When oil was mixed with
though the union was sometimes neat7tlitelesso;44,
instances of cotton used in rubou!oensidereoe
~$1
of the excavations on the north shore were read. Copies
of them had been sent to Lord Granville Somerset, to the fire. The oil being spread over toaiolr,100:00000
stances, a chemical action took 1'1..... coiletl_ble pi
chairman of the Finance Committee, and to the Town- absorbed oxygen, produced °
vireun place
fibeo "
clerk. It appeared that it bad been alleged that the exca- Some spungy substances, to :,__,,,n stac,idie,,eg,fVe
vations had been washed into the river. The Surveyor hydrogen, became red hot. p. 4.,, raiusti, o°o9
distinctly showed that this was not the case. He said he
had taken care to have the deposit measured, and found temperatures. Nitre, if bee
..„ith 5° suit' 01 1011/
that the total quantity put down was 259,544 cubic yards' no flame; but if in connexion nwould 04„,e0A,,,„,0,01
of this there remained 258,286 yords, thus showing a deft_ damp, also took fire first
tied 'even tgstsPee PiVeoi
out much oxygen, combustiono_r_dered 400 ifiP rid
ciency of only one half per cent., which must have been
excavations.—A letter was also read, in reply to the sue lion of this, lie put some P ,w, the cal, were,,l;
occasioned in consequence of the settling down of the warm nitre, and both bu roet , burned er of the
great ; ir:
nen
ne„'„ea a
rib . 0;41,
gestion of the Finance Committee, that the mud from; of themselves. The nitre corb"ostioadorr'eas 0 j
the docks and basins should be lifted upon the quay, and emitting sparks,—though B
oxygen, which produced
fin'se w a
vessel (-red in ihielr Dre,';le
carried away, instead of being washed into the river again. turpentine to nitric acid s poOre of ' et, $ !lot
The Dock Surveyor showed that the adoption of such a able distance when the first
aw,a,wisaiong 00_10 pie
plan would considerably impede the working of the docks, )adle), and an explosion a,n
„,`itrate.a`ol,7,-0 l,
ennudmobferwoefsyt•eHarosy,
Hoyle
eanbdy wasthe aTgroinoidtyonßeo.
and cost about £30,000 annually. Some of the member; was the effect. He next took
nun in tine, rit'idefoole,o,
said the present practice had been continued for a great in a mortar, and wrapped ," r
I took PI e dog il till
tow, and combustion speed' yo, them
._, ste, ojci
that the buoy, which had been placed on the north-west
ardM,rc.oTrrebspinonsdaeidd instance, from the oxydatio ' concluded v 5, bet!'o4t;t,
H 00 ca. ~4 , su
getic chemical action. sse, _notion evils boa of 4
had explained the leading i .
Pouild be c° he he 1000°04i'
so exactly with the north buoy, that in thick weather ves-
sels mistaking it, and steering their course from it, would
go on Hoyle bank. The Marine Surveyor was called in, limits of a few lectures; large anion, spr. di iv,
the pleasure of addressing
._,,t atten'ous. the 0040:
and said the Trinity board was requested to put down a
floating beacon, but they had not communicated with him had been received with e"
bustion, so far as they
g•irDCere th9l ft arj eg°:ifirialoi
of therefore to return his
an,, has e ;or
..,,.. ,
on the subject, and in the mean time inform the • city " an ' clieP. ere '
tired amidst loud applause,
_tares
0„ a ko
,e,
Dublin Steam-packet Company, and Captain Bevis, ofeand, atlirenceo;o lig ret 0
all who have heard hisc I f.ameritshic'hhepnosy 1
her Majesty's mail, of the buoy, and its position. It
highest respect for his a u"
Ler in wby e$ •
iir,
was stated that the annual accounts would be ready in er,
talented and pleasing limo others,
about ten days and the committee adjourned.
ANOTHER CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST MR. N
..------------ 00 ics°,,itt,ho
NEW_ experiment.
TON.—At the Police-court on Friday, Mr. Joseph Newton Iv' werbolir rel
al A . o
cated his knowledge t the Isltarq,
Stye Sell the ~, is 'id 0,100
(whose trial was reported in our last publication) was again 'aloe," ,c1a."4,, ti et r
charged with bigamy. Mr. Snowball, solicitor, appeared at two 0 - ,ste. 11-r eS 1 ' ill'
of the 19th instant,
01, fron3.'r,,, vibler., Ofteafee'',o,l
to prosecute, and Mr. Wilkins, barrister, defended the
'Merchant,' of Livervea
'di steain-s""ra'nk "'ere -.0e4 'Jr
prisoner. Christopher Fox and Elizabeth "Waldron proved
fri theso the
nelfiartrtlsietvrewdwi
faetsoagsfetti thlera
Newton,laifvtee.r
stated,
ttaJi
laeamidr,emst
baßartroiblagi:eser ,ui
sntthteierl rucn
the marriage of the prisoner to Mary Bolger in May, 1820,
abanaroddthttbehera topport on Tuesday: Thet.,, all the Crewnier sipetioLoo
at er the concussion, ""u". The ste laid floe, tor
the 29th of November, 1821. In cross-examination by odLor.winS IbOyNt
hAeT SA::: A
barque 5
vi
to
id
0000
figure-", kat t 0e , Isl
mage to her hull, her tbic rcs
.01 I
was bateve
genii.'
Mr. Wilkins, he stated, that the reason why herecollected crushed. The weather
o blame w
• el 70 flil
that day was, because for the last thirt fi what we can learn, n
y- ve years he had
know of his second marriage for a fact, though he had 9 ootte.eal the plsol,
kept a diary. He admitted that he saw the •the steam-ship. bijeation iNlusi of, ,
May last, and demanded £6OO, but did not tell him so n earl a inss
We have in former pu Aling _tree
.I,OCA 4,
he paid the money he would indict him. He did uPreparations for the approat,,,alae tly,e pt....'eotre,tY
not then Birmingham.A more Patutrog to ergwth o 4
ees of _ra 0.0,00
heard of it. He would mances may not . Debora,_,,, on abet DJ ,cli 40AO of
indict him swear he never threatened to wes of 300 tons hurdle kead
be t
0, ,40,
arrangement of ",'._., st,,, Pitt° l'orolly unless he paid the £6OO. He would swear lie
id not tell either Greaves or Lloyd three months a's. that of Handel, together witibletV
rst day'ovught itli's e 2,1015401
hethat
knew the prisoner was married to a black womagn, and
this town, produced a marriage certificate between Joseph are the attractions for the
will be bfi
Inenda,eif '1,71,00,,Ad
the prisoner was a great fool not to make it up with whole of the vocal talent
than the st ".i'lloci ° ',„rOP
him. Mr. Lovett, the clerk of St. Nicholas's Church in Nothing can be finer,i.___ imiore eedas ".rotololotclif
than tbe.rio, `", a _ 01,r io
Newton and Mary Franconi, which took place on the Bth more generally gleasinglbe tine'seconc,le'e' effete tbej iiao
of October, 1828. Mary Teesdale said she knew the " Stabat Mater. On,o' of " PlindeSt raß of; o°llll
prisoner, and was present at the marriage in October, production, the Oratert
_th, gra„,he aftifeher_,etto ~,,,
1828. Mary Franconi was a woman of colour. Dorah beauties, and marked art, `,,,arr,
ilsrlop Paeees'og rot
Dale said she was the daughter of Mary Franconi. The music, constitues the float e es
late -,,,,,e tbektalle, en;soo,,
prisoner and her mother lived together as man and wife tiful oratorio are bY.
a_ ~,, first ill'e;artieel'ovePtaft ‹,
after the marriage. Her mother was dead, but cannot not a little singular th t i•e
0 tch was in ti
icb "Ann i° OPP°
tell how long. Thinks they lived together four or five beard the music of ...? e
__oetn vesi, of org-bear,, iefedoot
years. James Thomas was then called, and he stated that in which he recitedeat.ney,P(the fir
.iii be tbe e4eit'otOdt
be saw the witness Bolger about three months ago, when
prisoner. lie also asked witness if he knew of his being mortality. Dr. W i
ri Wesley') ' Org peri_vlec,',/,
~
he made inquiries of him respecting the marriage of the the celebrated Samuan
"Deborah ;" and nott me
this ,daYn;ornie Thevds' c 5494:
time,
third daY s word' f fleiotseef Via
married previous to the last marria
ge.Greaves, one ot
''. which forms the t „y One egis ° jai 6ttr,006
UOUS to
the police, was then called, and he said he recollected would be superfl a
the finest lsbn' the
"el' til if°
speaking to Mr. Bolger on the occasion of the former each day contain _ 1, mende utbehrightleceflAA
charge. Bolger said Newton was a great fool for not Beethoven, Flunlw_e_, martin
i' Birraeoto .00!osvor.
making it up, as he could prove that he had married his of the great reforreelt tiroei_..ovetat
eadveonistoo,
sister, then another woman, who was dead, and after that will be heard.foredh iii,
the great IgeP,j'arie YejOltigh pole At
on the 16th or 17th of July. He was quite sure on that already mentiotti
has now' °rite of the, Olio W a Pleio
another woman. He said this conversation took place the
day when Newton was before the magistrates, which was for the first
in the organ , i
obe flute, e-- hautbNaer eaii, trt/ •
Th?rnitation ar. ! es in P°oo°Paoablijbe 4 ili
tiful and exact I.
leide surPa-s the c or , b o,sii,
occasion he told witness the risoner had been married to
stop. The ophic
a_
_pli as
~tra, oie i 0 t.rei ir
Franconi. Police-officer Lloyd corroborated the evidence
organ. But these, 52`ithe ce':'ents „le ,t the e
of Greaves. In answer to a question by Mr. Snowball,re ove sic, j r
the witness said Bolger told hinaheknewthe • prisoner was
rich-toned reed toii!...a_nimprore lebe I 00 otig ati
' d• est OA at
in the great organli'he hear _ high
orchestra.
~.otr ma,
married to two women in Liverpool. Mr. Rushton said,
under these circumstances, all he should do would be to ciated rightly, meeting %la of Ciitotitu.
of £2OO, to appear to answer any indictment which
require the prisoner to enter into his own recognizances enjoying at t* • nal gratifieB cellenC
f c.--I
might to the support oa ii e„
be preferred against him.work 0
the great
moting
have the additio most e 5
..ity,

IMPORTANT DECISION

On Monday last, Mr. William Henry Hodson, seamen's
shipping agent, appeared before Mr. Commissioner Skir-
row, on his petition to be protected against process for
debt, under the sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 116. Mr.
Evans, solicitor, appeared on behalf of several creditors,
to oppose the insolvent, and, on a short examination,
elicited from him that he had taken the benefit of the
Insolvent Debtors' Act, in 1836; that his debts then were
£lOOO, of which he had paid, since his discharge, £2O.
The debts in his present schedule were £277, towards the
payment of which he showed no assets whatever. Mr.
Evans then contended that, inasmuch as the insolvent was
a trader, within the meaning of the bankrupt laws, and
his debts exceeded £3OO, he could not be entitled to pro-
tection under this act of Parliament, and, that though
his person was discharged as to the debts contained in his
former schedule, yet the debts themselves still existed,
the remedy for their recovery being only altered. Mr.
James appeared for the insolvent, contended at great
length that the former debts were discharged, unless it
could be shown that the insolvent was of ability to pay
his after contracted debts, and, in case of a surplus, then
that surplus was applicable to the payment of the debts
contained in his former schedule, and, inasmuch as that
was not now shown to be the case, the insolvent was en-
titled to his protection.
The Le rued Commissioner, however, stated that this
was a case similar to one which had recently been argued
before him : that he had taken time to consider of it, and
been assisted in his decision by three able lawyers ; he
then had come to the conclusion that the former debts
were not extinguished, and he confirmed that decision,
by directing the present petition to be dismissed.