1823.) 
ances which’ arise from ‘exposure to 
the rays of the sun. It is a medicine 
that is taken in a variety of forms, and 
used in as many externally; but the 
smell that it) occasions, when thus 
used, has always been a source of 
great objection. Within these last 
few years, amode of exhibiting it has 
been found out in France, and is in 
very general use there and throughout 
the Continent, which by a-‘combina- 
tion divests the medicine of the un- 
pleasant odour, and still retains all 
its virtues. It is in the form of a 
gaseous or fumigating bath, some of 
whichhave beenerected in Bury-street, 
by Mr. Green,* on an improved prin- 
ciple, and are resorted to for the plea- 
sant and expeditious way by which 
their salutary effects are developed, 
more especially as applicable to chro- 
nic complaints; such as liver com- 
plaints, obstinate head-aches, affec- 
tions of the skin, obtuse pains, &c. 
Water-baths, impregnated with this 
mineral, do not possess the same effi- 
cacy, and communicate a smell as 
unpleasant as it is permanent. 
Tf there is such a thing as a specific 
medicine, it would certainly seem to 
be identified in this; as it pervades 
almost all vegetable substances more 
or less, and forms a part of all decom- 
posed animal matter, evinced even in 
the ovum of an egg; it is to be found 
in every portion of the globe; the 
atmosphere is continually being im- 
pregnated with it, particularly as it 
arises from the combustion and fre- 
quent eruptions from volcanoes: we 
are constantly receiving it into our 
bodies, without being conscious of it. 
P. P. 
—_ 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
account of a late SCIENTIFIC CELE- 
BRATION near NEW YORK. 
URSUANT to previous arrange- 
ments, made by the New York 
honorary members of the Paris Lin- 
nean Society, the birth of the great 
Swedish naturalist, Linneus, was on 
Saturday, May 24, commemorated at 
the beautiful village of Flushing, Long 
Island, in a style worthy of the occa- 
sion, At half-past cight o’clock in 
the morning, a party of ladies and 
* See “ Essay on the Efficacy of Fumi- 
galing and Vapour Bathing,’ by Mr. 
Green, 
On the Medical Virtues of Sulphur. 
29 
gentlemen, to the mamber of about 
200, embarked on board the new 
steam-boat Fanny, Capt. Peck, which 
plies regularly between New York 
‘and Flushing, making two trips daily. 
About nine o’clock the Fanny left the 
wharf, with her bamners streaming, 
aud to the: music of a fine band, sta+ 
tioned in the prow. Pleasure was at 
the helm, and her merry-making vota- 
ries, for a moment forgetful of the 
past and the future, and mindful only 
of the enjoyments of the present, soon 
left the smoke and bustle, the cares 
and anxieties, of the city behind them. 
The countenances and hearts of all 
appeared to be in strict accordance 
with the bright and serene skies above 
them, with the tranquil waters over 
which they glided, with the verdant 
landscapes which stretched on either 
hand, and with the breezes of the 
morning by which they were fanned. 
Cleopatra’s barge, which “like a bur- 
nished throne burned on the water,” 
with its “ silver oars, which to the tune 
of flutes kept stroke,’ did not move 
upon the Cydnus with greater majesty 
than did the Fanny along the Sound. 
A large number of distinguished 
citizens and strangers were ou board, 
among whom were the Count d’ Espen- 
ville, French consul-general, resident 
in the United States, Mr. Ghan, Swe- 
dish consul, Mr. Hauswolff, a distin- 
guished naturalist of New Orleans, 
Mr. Clinton, late governor of the state 
of New York, Mr. Colden, former 
mayor of the city of New York, with 
many others eminent for sciences, li- 
terature, and taste.* 
On the passage up the river, which 
every one thought much too short, Dr. 
Mitchell amused the company by ex- 
hibiting the purse of the celebrated Rob 
Roy. “This identical: money-bag,”’ 
says a memorandum, which constitutes 
the only contents of the purse, “ was 
given by Rob Roy, who died at the 
age of more than 100 years in 1818. 
It was brought to New York in 1821 
by 
* The young Prince Murat, nephew of 
Napoleon Bonaparte, was of the party; 
but his dress and deportment were so mo- 
dest and unassuming, that he was not dis- 
tinguished from our own republican yomig 
men, Few were apprised of his being 
present, or he would otherwise have re- 
ceived those marks of attention and 
courtesy which are due to a distinguished 
Strangers 
