, 1865-07-28

and fifty cultivators of science.
One of our statesmen is in Vienna try
ing to teach a simple lesson to the Aus
TRANS, which, however, they are slow to
learn. 1t is, that free trade with England
would be profitable to both countries, and
largely promote the material prosperity
OF Austria. II proof of this proposition
be desired, it is to be found in the great
increase of trade between England and
France, and in the sum stated
by Mr.. Gladstone in his budget-speech as
realised last year by the total import and
export trade of this country-nameIy,
LAST, 900 ,O00-an astonishing total.
Dublin has opened an Industrial Exhi-
bitlon, which, we hope, will have a bene-
fetal effect on the industry Of Ireland
AS a proof that the Thames is less unin-
habitable than it was, the chairman Of the
Metropolitan Board of Works has an
nounced that a very fac jack had been
caught In the river, opposite the Custom
house. 1t is very satisfactory to know
that the money spent on the main drain
age has produced even this result.
DR.. Stenhouse, who is we'll known for
his numerous applications of chemistry
" t''iN ooACS AAto AbNCitIy oloOO w
an additional use for paratfin, namely,
that it renders leather waterproof. The
leather being coated several times with
paraffin and oil, is exposed to heat after
each coating, by which rapid absorption
takes place. Whether thick or thin, the
leather is treated in the same way, and
with the same result. 1t has been fire.
quentIy noticed that gutta-percha soles
give out a wooden sound when struck
the paraffined soles give out a similar
sound and we are told hat boots and
shoes made of the leather prepared under
DIR. StcnhouSe'S process last as long again
as those made of ordinary leather.
Etna and Vesuvius are once more in
eruption and scientific men are on the
watch for opportunities to examine and
note carefully such of the occurring phe-
nomena as have a bearing on certain
branches of science. MIR. Robert MaIIet,
who lately visited Naples, Sicily, and the
Lipari Islands, believes that he has ac-
complished for vulcanology that which
he has previously done for seismology.
In connection with this subject, Pompeii
occurs to mind, and we quote rs interest
ing to lovers of ancient art a passage from
a letter addressed to the President of the
Institute of British Architects. Here
Pompii is, of course, the subject of para
mount Interest," says the writer. The
feeling with which one rambIes through
it's deserted streets, its empty houses, and
its public buildings, is indescribable.
Fiorello is the present admirable director
of the excavations he has remedied
abuses by his intelligence, frmness, and
liberality, and he is a first-class scholar
and a gentleman. I obtained from him
what every person of responsibility can
get, a permit to draw and to rambIe at
large through Pompeii and when we
hear of the extortion and difficulties
which formerly logged an artists steps
from the moment he set foot in the ruins
to the moment he quilted them, this libe-
raj treatment ought to make us all CRATE
ful to one who has done so much to open
them TO the public. Photography will
shortly make Pompeii as familiar to us
as Regent Street; for of this kind of IL
lustratlon every shop-window in Naples
is already full.
At a recent meeting of the Geographic
0aI SHoInfv n Nv Mr T oEuxonoo