Star. — London, England, 1802-09-24 00:00:00

DIVING MACNINR RANELAGN. this is certainly"the age of experiment.. In dependent of the innumerable projeas that have I.zen tried in the- line of politiosb new inquiries have been made into the nature of the very ele ments of our world. Already man had rendered himfeif mailer of the furface of the waters. M. GAINERIN has given reafon to prefume that the air may be one day equally fubdued ; and he has made fome flights which would induce one to think' that, if he lives, the period of this fubjeflion is not far dillant. It was probably the fuccefs of this Gentleman's experiments that fuggelled the re newal of thofe attempts on fubackneous difcoveries, which, having been formerly profecuted with' ar dour, have been long difcontinued for want of correfponding fuccefs. If more recent attempts should be fortunate, it is probable that fome ge nius more ardent than any we have hitherto known, will prove to us the pradticability of living in fire, like a falamander, and will thus do humanity a fervice, by prolonging to the ordinary period of nature, the lives liglafoblowers, fugar-bakers, and others, who are at prefent the viaims of intenfe heat. A perfon of the name of Toot', who, it teems, has already made fome experiments at Liverpool, undertook yenerday to defcend in a machine, in whtcn he was to remain for one hour under water, and to.converfe with the fpeaators all the time. A veal about twenty feethigh, and five or fix in diameter, was prepared in the centre of Ranelagh Gardens, and kept full of water from one of the ponds by means of a (mall engine. The diver, who bad been all the day, and for a long time pre vious, making trial of his machinery, appeared on the tinge at the top of the veal, et two o'clock, and repeatedly went into his cafe, and came out, in order to adjuit it better. The lower part of the machine, that is, from the neck down, confirueed with iron, and copper within (for no thing elk can refill the preffure of the water), and covered over with (bong leather, is made to re lemble, though very coarfely, the human form.— 'the diver having gone into this by an aperture at the neck, ahead-piece, made of wood, and ,having a piece of glafs in front, was put over him, being previoully made to fit tight, in the manner of a fhaving-box and its cover, with this difference, that this went infide ; it was fill farther (craned by having the leather tied over it with tarred line, which fitted into grooves made in the wood.— Frefh air was conveyed to the prifoner by means of a. tube, formed of joints of hollow cane, fecured by a covering of copper ; each joint was about a yard long, and they were tonne red r by hollow ( crews . The air was driven in by of bellows, and the foul air came put at the fame . time through a finites range of tubes intended to convey it off. The diver having repeated-- ly gone into the machine, and come out, en deavouring each time to render it more commo dious, went out of the gardens Am.:hive o'clock, to confirm his ((length and f.'ot, by . takidg his dinner and a fats of N• aW On his re. *en, about four, he was litiffediniiibis dainty oellinent and ba d his bead bets, as he cilled it, put over ; during this operation h e converted freely, y means of a half inch gimblet-hole oppnfite his mouth, which was (lopped with a plug when he . was ready to go down. Every intended prepare tics being now gone through, the ingenious cape rinsiatalia, whole cofiume rendered him altoge ther not unlike one of the gibbets on the banks of the Thames, near Woolvricli, and as incapable, of felf-motion, was lit down by a tackle ; but he not defecaded witty feet, when, from fame "em barrafarent in the tubes, his affiflants thought it prufatit to draw • up again, and for the Dace of way an hour : repeatedly let down and draws up without ret 4 ' below at any one time moat than two minlieiejatad without any thing occuiv ring while be wastellbw to prove that he was even aliih. During the limns . of inunerfion there rot nothing like the proudihd Loaves-cation between the iteasell and the hyllanaits. One of his attendants frequently put the quehlim.of 4' How are you P'' through the tube, to As** anfwers were returned only when the immerfsos did exceed a. few in-. ehes. On Ire4g drawn up after his principal dip, ' Mr. TODD faid that he had fto.4 at ths bongos of i the 'veal for a conliderable time r but as he omitted to natty down his lamp , he could not be I fern throttgh the glades placed in the fides. He 1 alfo Lid, on being damn up, that he had repeat edly (truck the fides it the-v:&1. with his elbows, to give notice of the piolife &et in which he was, but nobody had heard lijW, The' rt falt. of the ' experiment was,that evertgletimadeparted laugh ing at the folly of the nennOeehle . he hicofelf was Weedy convinced of thc pratfileability of his exPeriment- The drefa, besot liaised with iron, was perfealy inn:menial:, said the diver b ut not th e arms. The hands we e covered with gloves of coPPen which &levet= at the wrift. He fuf fired only the thumbs,* Mlle and even them but a little. All that thtslaayl;etindell he could do was to put a loop alinekCips, or any loofe thiag, though we have hew InTikhe, took up a kven (lulling piece from the trsundh rho before with thefe gloves. This is tfili 'data ad=s_ _ elf riment, to which, f ro m i ts ut ili t y, if pw . - - 0 , and eafy, we thought ourfelves called upon to at tend : but we find that At was only a ChllaT ini• tation of a plan already known, and dcfcribed in the Philofophical Magazine, Vol. 111. where an engraving is given of an apparatus, invested by a Mr. Kuno tar, which has been found to asfsiter th e intended purpok; and which rnightlave been more fuccefsfully imitated than it has been on the pretest occafion. Mr. Too n'talked of repeat ins his experiment very loon, and appeared con fident that fome of the MSS of .dillinaion. who were prefent, would couutmainse and fupport his efforts. . ,_. At five o'clock the company 4Efgerfed. There were fcvcral Naval Officers and men of Science, and about fifty Ladies. The , entire number of fPeaators was, we believe, under two hundred, 4 mong whom , was Mr. GLAIFOaD, the Aeronaut. They all bore their dirappoiatment with great good humour. GARIVERIN. - , M. CARwitasn's Balloon was found on Wednef day, as appears by the following Letter addreffed to him : • To M. GARNERIN. have the *afore to ininent you, otandlng the Bal loon in the par of Prenchun, is the County of attl an sesir Farnham on Sept. sa, and to acquaint you, that k be taken care of till you fend for it. (Signed) " Branham Mia. 1 AINAINANI NANNING." Ms °impulses ACCOUNT Of 51$ ANOINT. AND DEScINT, This intrepid aeronaut has favoured us with the following account, which our Readers will nerufe with deep intereft, though our own narrative was fo detailed and correa : " The experiment of my 3i It afcent, and of my sth defcent in a parachute, took place on Tuefday laft, on a very fine day, and-in the pretence of an immenfe crowd of fpedators, who filled the ftreets, windows, and honks ; and the.fcaffoldings erec ted round the place of my departure, whielt, alas, was the - only fpot not crowded with fpedators. " It is neceiary, When 1 undertake the experi-' went of the parachute, that I fliould know the Elate of theatmorpere, in order to enable me to judge of the courfe I am to take; and a lfo to adopt the precautions proper to encore fucce,fs. About three in the afternoon, I had the fatisfaaion of having a fir( indication from the agreeable eff e d of a very pretty Montgolfier balloon, which was fet off from the environ s of St. George's Parade, and which took a direaion over Mary-La-bonne fields. • 44 The fuccefs of this experiment ought not to prevent me from expreffing my opinion ,of the dangers that may refult to the general fafety from the daily abufe of thole night experiments, which are not always directed by perfons converfant with the fubjea. One Ibudderi when one thinks, that a machine of this kind may fall, and fall on fire, upon the cordage of a -chip, and thus involve, in one great conflagration, all that conftitutes the wealth of one of the firft cities in the world. The ufe of thefe machines was prohibited in France, and the Confular Government confided to me alone the direaion of night balloons, which I con. ceived and introduced into the national fetes. "Convinced of the direaion of the wind, I haf tend the filling. of the balloon, and at SP. M. I filled the pilot balloon which Mrs.SHIRIOAN did me the honour to launch. It teemed to me that I was conciliating the favour of Hilvia by the interfer ence of the Graces. This pilot balloon afcended quickly, and was loon out of fight, marking out my career towards the North Eall. Whiht the anxious crowd were following the path of m 7 little pilot, I forpended the parachute to the balloon : this painful and difficult operation was executed with all poUlble addrds, by the affiliance of the moll diffinguifhed perfunages. The parachute was gradually lurpended, and the breeze, which was very gentle did not produce the leaf obftacle.— At length I haftened to ballaft my cyli . • bark, and to place myfelf in it ; a fight which the public contemplated with deep intereft-it teemed at that moment as if every heart beat in unifon, for though I have not the advantage of (peaking Eng lab, every one underftood my figns. I afcertained the height of the barometer; which was at 20 inches. I now preffed the moment of my departure, and the period of my fulfilling my engagements with the Brit& public. All the cords were cut ; I rofe amidft the 'moll expreffive hence, and launching intoinfinite (pace, difcovered from on high the coundefs multitude that fent up their . • figlis and prayers for my fafety. 'My parachute, in the form of a douse over my head, had a majeftic effed. I quickened my afcending impulfe,aud rote through light and it.:!!pours, where the cold informed me that I was entering into the upper region. I followed attentively. the route .I was taking, cad perceived I bad reached the extremity of the city, and that initnetffe fields and meadows offered themfelves for my defeent. I examined my barometer, which'l found fallen to 33 inChes—the fig was clear,, the moment favourable, and I threw down my flag to endeavour to chew to the people affembled that I-was on the point of cut ting the cord that furpended me between Heaven and Earth. I made every neceffary difpofition, prepared my hallo% aid, meafured with my. eye the via (pace that fejiirsited me • from the ref of the human race. I felt my courage confirmed by the certainty that ,rill combinations were juft. I . then took out my knife, and with • a hand firm, from a confcieoce void of reproach, and which had never been lifted &going any one but in the field of viaory k I cut the cord. My balloon rote, and I. felt' loyfelf precipitated with a velocity which was checked by the ludden unfoldingof my t parachute. .' Div • that all my calculations were jut, and my *mind remained calm and ferene. - I endesivmaded modulate my gravitation, and the ofeiltieilin which I experienced increafei in propos. dep-ti I approached the breeze that blows: in the middle regions; nearly ten minutes had elapfed, and I felt that the more tin I took in defcend ing, the fafer I fhould reach the ground. 'At length rperceived thoufands of perfons, tome on horfeback, -others on foot, following me, a) of whom encouraged me by their willies, whiL they opened• their arms to receive me. I cause trifler the earth, and, after one bound. I landed. and. quitted the .parachute, without any - !hock or earldom. • The fief perfon that came _to me prefect-ate in his arms ; but, without lofint *SY 1 1131 4: 1... employed my&lf in detaching the Prlberpsil circle of the parachute, anxious to Cave the inftstamone .chase had t lea will gmoraty red :me ; hut a crowd Coon .me—laid bold of me, and carried ma is triumph. till .an indirpolition, the confeqttenen 111041. taa of she °halation ,I_ had experienced., obliged the prep_ fion to Ra p.l w.as then feisell wioi a painful ea miting, which I u(luallysitience for fever afhpurs after a defcent in. a para ••tt. ' The intentatu r t i s t , =meat, however, permitted me to get on no -, bark • a nuinerotis cavalcade orpreached tollieg off the crowd, whole enthuftaint - and trate incommoded me not a little. 1%0)014 aFYse was among be horkmen, and . thaprocelli4 'pro: eluded with great difficulty in the rniiiiitpf ihe crowd, *ho &opted forth their applaufei crel Lad ' go. a before them the tri-cnlonred fig which I bad thrown down, and which way earned by a•Mem. ber of Parliament. Among ',the prodigious con col,rfe of perfons on foot, fremarked Lord HAM from whiom I received the counfela of. a kientific man, and whO penetrated through. th e crowd to thake'hands with me. At length, after feveral incidents., all produced by the uniirerfid interefl with which I was honoured, L wittidtiw from the crowd without any other accident than that of having had my right foot jammed between the horfe I rode and a borfeman. who preffed toh clofe to me. My parachute was preferved as well as could be expedted, a ftw of the cords only were cut. Among the congratulations I have had the honour of receiving from the molt didinguiflied perfons, I have not had ani more flattering than thofe I have received from Sir SIDNIT came to Me, with General DOUG‘AS, On pieriio4 as he hid to me, to !hake hands with a brave Naafi. This compliment is of the greateft value.from the i mouth of one of the bray& foldiers in Europe. "1 I now enjoy the pleafure 'of having fulfilled my engagements with the public, to whoin I owe every acknowledgment and thank., for the'encou ragement I have received from them, and for the confidence which they placed in my promife, at* tithe when I was obliged to• defer the experitnent of the, arachute. ,It is with this grateful fenfe of their patronage that I am going to make a new accent at Bata" According to M. GAIIIIPRIVI calculation, he had been to the height 0f4154. french/est, on Tuef day laft. Thurfday fennight, Mr. RANKINE, Deacon of the Incorporation of Tailors, was unanimouily elated Convener of the Trades of the City of Edinburgh. Monday te'nnight, RI:IIMRT PIDDIR and WILLIAM Srswarr were elected by the Magif trates and Council joint Town Clerks of Perth, and fucceffors to Mr. PATRICK MILLER in that office; and on Tuefday, Mr. CMARLIS HUSBAND was appointed Procurator Fifcal for that town, in room of Mr. Nast I. By a Gentleman who has jolt made the tour of Scotland we learn, that the whole of this year has been cold and rainy over all that part of the united kingdom ; the crops have been univerfally luxuriant. Along the tali coal, and in the well cultivated yanks, the harveft, though late, will be abundant, and tolerably well got in ; but on the higher lying grounds of the South, and in all the Highlands of the North of Scotland, the grain will nether be filled nor ripened; and it is perhaps a Rill more ferious evil, the peat, which is the fuel of molt r.f the north, is nearly totally de ftroyed. Along the fhores, the diftrefs may be fotnewhat alleviated by the importation of coals; bur by the inacceffible flaw of the country, from the want of roads and bridges, and the poverty of the inhabitants, this aid is confined to a very nar row fpace, and to a very few individuals ; the ,general fituation of the inhabitants during the winter will be deplorable. This circuniftance alone ought to induce Government and the Land. owners to unite their efforts to open communica; lions through the country, and provide employ ment for the people. Left week a dreadful fire broke nut on the pre mifes of Mr. Burbidge, at HoUyfields, near Feck• henham; Worcefteratire, which deftroyed feveral corn and hay ricks, a bars full - of grain, and other out-buildings, but happily didnot reach the dwell ing-houfe. This unfortunate accident was °tea fioned by the heating of one of the hay ricks, which being opened, built into a name, and Pet ting the other: on fire, caufed Co; tremendous a blaze as to defy every effort to - extinguifit, it. On Monday evening, as *Mr. Fatiesitopi the aueioneer, was returning home from the Bo rough; by a back way, he obferved a fufpicious looking perfon approaching him : having a fmall (lick in his hand, be placed himfelf on the defen five. As the man paned him, he made a fnatch at his watch with an inftrument, which fortunately miffed his chain, but tore his kerfeymere breeches in all direQions. Mr. F. made a blow at the ail• pill's head, which had the effea of making him take to his heels. TnalsAs BLOWN, Efq. of Chepilow, Monmouth (hire, in a letter dated September 3, 1802, favoured B. D. PanaSas the Patentee of the Metallic Trac• tors; with a fatement of many important Cures, particularly an obtlinate Gout on his own perfon, Which had refilled the Bath Waters, and very nu merous' other remedies ; alfo different Cures on Horfes, among which is the following:— " One °lazy-Herres was lame from a kick in tie bock: when I began to draw the Tradton over the difeafed part, the was fo extremely agitated, from their powerful adtion, that - I was obliged to have one of her legs tied up to keep her quiet. In ea der toafeatais whether this violent agitation was theeffea of the Traitors, I drew a Ouirp pointed nail over the part in the fame planner, when the animal (hewed no fymptonz of effea.— I tried this t fcvcral times with the fame fuccefs, which demon the great power of the Tradton: the tiotfe was cured." N.B. The credit of the Tractors being now eitablithed, the 'Patentee has committed their entire Wein his friendand agent P. SMITV ' Chemift, No. 29. Haymarket. where they may be had at SixOnineas the Set, including aTax of Treaty Shillings to Governznent. The Patentee is under the neeetfity of folidting his numerous Correfpondents to excufe his not publifhing the many Cafes continually fent him for that purpoteHis three laft annual Publications alone contain about stxx), which, by every candid enquirer, will be deemed fufficlent. ANTISCORBOTIC DROPl.••••Thili Well known excellent Medicine,. having been ap proved b the public near 30 years, hardly n e ed s any furt her recommendation : but as a Gentle man of refpleability, reading in the neighbour hood 'of Spillby, in the county o( Lincoln, and whore care was novel, had the geodnefs to call on the Ptoprietorb, at the Difpenfary, No. 15, Soho , Arian, to acquaint them ctf the care he had re cemAr'estperknced from the ufe of their Medicine. moret, Sp mum vt and Co. beg leave to acquaint 'the pu . h4e, ant by applying to Mr. Ho t *, of Spiltby;they viditneceive. every fatisfitaory account relative to the cue az#4yre alluded to, which for `'tinny rearog=brimajottjent to the Gentle .oata to lava g, • „ ,OLD BAILEr. - ~.. . I Yenerday thirty pat) . tiers were tried, vtenty of whom were convi&ed of felony, viz. G. Dui*, for ,itealing a fill; handkerchief, the property of T. Sedgwick. John Davis, for ttealing a hat-, the property of James Budget. gait Hun gar, for Ilealing two waiacoats, the property of B. Pritchard. ' 34,4 :Jones, for Pealing a black Mk .cloak, the property of N. Levy. Mary Smith, Mix. Richard*, and Mary lnangim, for flealing 24 yards of printed calico, the proper. ty of W. Williams. inth. Martin, for Ilealing a filver watch, the property of AaroirStear ra y. #'m. 34, for ftealing a bat, the property of i. Clements. Geo. Welon, for (leafing a pidure, the property of T. Atkinfon. yobs Murphy. for fiealing a trufs, containing goods, the property of J. D. Middleton- H. Oteuay, for healing 86 lb. weight of lead, the property of J. Mufgrove. Needham, for healing two pllons of wine, the property of W. Orme. lianiels and R. Henrotr, fir ilealittg a Mad der of lard, the property of C. G. Cotterell. Ca:barine Kirby, a woman ipf newly eighty Teats of age, and apparently in the lowa degree of hu- Man wretchednefs, notwithaanding which the bore evident marks of her having leen far better days, was charged *with stealing, on the 4th of Augul, a pair of linen !beets, value 9s. the goods of Wil liam Gill. The profecutor Rated, that he is the fervent of William Egerton, nil. of St. James's *are, that on the above mentioned day, he found the piifo• ner, whore appearance was then comparatively decent, in the Houfekeeper's room, to a hich The had got down through the area gate. He fufpea ed her intentions, and proceeding to fearch her, found the (beets ir, queftion rolled up in her apron; he accordingly had her taken to a Magiarate, by whom he was bound over to profecute, and he had no doubt of the theets being the property of his matter. On clear and pofitive evidence to this effee, the Jury were confirained to find her Guilty, and Mr. COMMON SERJEANT enquiring of Mr. Kirby, whe ther he had any knowledge of the prifoner before the prefint occafion ? was anfwered in the nega tive. William At' A'evin, for (leaning feven (hirts, two pair of ffockings, a blacking brufh and ball, the property of Robc• t Hayden. The profecutor, it appeared, is a private in the Coldftream Guards, and having obtained a fur lough, rather unfortunately fell into company with the prifianer at'a public houfe ; the articles in quef tion he had with him, economically packed up in his Imapfack. Liking the company of the prifo ner, they drank together fume time ; he went out occafionally, and having no fufpicion of the piifo ner, left his portable wardrobe on the feat ; how ever he did this once too often, for on returning after one of his retirements he mitred both the pp, Diner and his tnapfack. Fortune Rood the Sol dier's.friend, for it appeared that one of the wit neffes, who was waiting for her hu(band , obferved the prifoner remove th e property, and attempt to conceal it in another part of the room. Uc then left the place, but the withers alluded to very properly communicated what the had obferved to a watchmen, who ran after and took the prifoner into cuftody. Thefe fads appearing in evidence, and the prifoner's defence not being at all fatisfatiory, the Jury had nO hefitation in finding a verdict of— Guilty. ..Efizaheth Prefer, for felonioully Reeling, on the 26th of July, one fhirt, a •thift, a dimity petticoat, and cotton gown, the goods of John 4radarect. The parties it appeared lodged in the houfe of a Mr. Thomas, in Gray's•lnn-Lane. On the above day, Mrs. Bradftreet, wife of the profecutor weut out about two o'clock; and locked her apart ment, as ufual; about half pail four fin returned, found her room door broke open by the staple be ing taken away, and her drawers rifled of the ar ticles laid in the indictment. The landlord detect, that between three and four o'clock he law the prifoner coming down from Mrs. Bradareet's room ; and as loon as he heard what-had happen. ed, he went up to the prifoner's room, which he open ed, and found the staple which was on the door of the profecutor's apartmcnt on the head other, the prifoner's bed ; die fhirt watafterwardsitraced to pawnbroker's in that quarter, who Rated that the prifoner herfelf pawned it with him. On evidence to this circa, which wss not in the lean fliaken by the defence, the Jury immediately found the prifoner Guilty. Mary Callaghan, for Reeling four live rabbits, and four Millings, the property of John Rowley. It appeared, that the profecutor on this day fortnight miffed the rabbits and the-Money from his apartment in a court near Liquorpond-fireet. On the fame day the prifoner was taken into cut'. tody on lufpicion of having llolen the rabbits, which the had offered to feveral perfons for fale.— The profecutor had no fort of knowledge of the prifoner, nor could he account for how the came into polfeffion of his property. On being search ed, Tome halfpence were found p nn d up in, the prifoner's shift, and as 'much money ab ut ether parts of her perfon, as made up the mon y which the profecutor faid had been taken out of his room—three of tie rabbits, one beiog fin-e dead, were produced in Count and iclentifi,:o by R )wley. The fum of the prifon:r's de f e nce we , ' that the had bought the ra'>hits from a w man, for. two thillings,_ who Teemed to be in dittrefs, but or this perfon the knew wailing—nor had fhe any oit neffes in her behalf. Mr. Common Se. jeant SYLVESTER addreffed the Jury.—" Gentlemen, you have heard the (tory of the rabbits—you will difpcfe of it as you think protstr." Ihe cafe was rather an intricate one, but what was detailed in evidence feemed to fatisfy the Jury —they pronounced the prifoner Guilty. Dieaure.Edatard O'Donnell, a young man of