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APRIL V. LITER.IRY SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Europe being now restored to a tte of tranquillity, and the rublic mind left et more freedom to direct it{ attention to the arts o: p..ace, a small portion of this paper will in future be devoted to literary and scientific intellionce, stottlicA inforinatitin, and extracts font new books. To remitr this head more interesting, the best sources, bat% lor,:ign and domestic, will be consulted; and in nit,king selections from them, prtferenee will be given to such articles as may appear most iik lj to grail . / the public curiosity., or to diffuse useful know ledge. Those fond of AI wt. r ()GRAPH v, and ca rly specimens of the typogmphic art, have found a rie:t treat in the Fief theta Sriveriaffla ; or, De. scriytive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century. and of many ramble tint etlitiors, in the library of Earl Spencer; drawn up by the Rev. T. It. Dibdin. This work is distinguished by every embellishment that art art and inateri:.l. cou'.l :Imply; but the great price, we believe fifteen guineas, will render its circulation lialited, and confine It to tees hands of a chosen few. The foundation of the valuable colleet!on which it is meant to deserilre, was Lai l in the ac quisition of that be 'raging to ('oust Itewitzky, a tint garian noble man, who ' , tidied at Vienna, and afterwards travelled throu;;h rations parts of Asia, Italy, and other countries. Ile had a wonderful facility in actistiring languages, acid spoke and wroto with equal er ,,th ocee the Latin, Grcelc, German, Hungarian, Polish, Italian. Preach, and ling l:.lt lie first made himself known to the public by translating some Persian poems into Latin; and he was a long thna Envoy Ex traordinary from the Envies: Queen to tllo Court of Ivorsaw. lie h:11 a similar situation at Berlia, in tl.e tcign of .Joseph II.; and, as he pos,:asal cla.ice Khrary, a:Mid:ring many rare and valuable cdi. tines, of „ I , e „A m ; &tones. and other works, 1:e contributed, it is said, ta ''ritr.lehrer into the I ussien states n better typographical taste. The first ,:prchnen of elegant printing that appeared at Berlin was an edi. eian of Petunias, ptiatvel undo. the Count's ir,Tection; the proot sleects of which were reviset: either by himself or his chaplain, the Abbe Grolier. De afterwards irinted a catalogue of his Greek and Latin CIRSILI, with notes at.d dlo.rtrations; which was so much sought after, that it wuct through a see,a.d edition. In the year Visf,, he was sent as Envoy to the Court of 1....:id0n I but, on recount of his health, or some other inutive, he waaplviratii to a similar situation at Naples; and, on this occedon, ha said his minable library, or the greater part of it, to Lard Spenser. Phis destination, however, bring afterwards. chan;tai, he resided some time in a private capacity at' London; and, ituming to Vicuna. diet; there in the month of August, 1793. Be • but Rcwitsky collection, this library conteine many articles since added et a very large expenoe; and it is to be Loiaal, t . :iit tho wnole w ill be long pruizrvtd, as a mor.ertuent of thenolde, owner's taste, know balga, and liberality. Among the literary curiosities in this treasure, we 5h.. 1 1. notice cnly the follov.ir.g: TWo scarce wcy..ks. er.titled BRIPa Panperam. Th e p oor lfee . s uthl,•," one in the German lanotage. and the other in Latin; the date of both about ttSit. They are'usually gummed to have been executed oil wooden blocks; but Mr. Dibdhs thinks that they were printed with enoveelle typ.s. Ingraligrum .Meelei V. Pont. .3f. SICCCCLV. each on a email sheet of ple.vinnent. These loners of indulgence, one of which has the or.;,iaill Papal sal still sensed to it, are the earliest knov.minst..nces of the impression of metal types with a date cubjoincel. 1.414:a V a !grita, suppose t 1 to have been printed by Gutenberg, between th years 1450 arid 1455, in two volumes folio. This is com. . inonly (idled the Mararine Bible, because the copy that discovered was fon:al in the library of Cardinal 'al:raw-me, in rem-ding the selmtific improvements of the present day, it would be imp:en:l - to omit theatra f Y LANTERN Construatxl by Sir 11. Davy; by w!ti:h it friirCo.l. that those fatal explosions which am apt to take pl.ce is minx, in furors b.: prevented. principle on width this lA•ltt•rn is contr. v,.!, wiil be best conceived from what the inventor fiIVS in the paper eammunicatt.l ty him on the Er.bject to the Boyid SO" . tt • in aex - a- Ism tern," says the ingenious author, " supplied •i: var.:rebid:lw, and another above, a lighted lamp, having v,.11 , small wick, he placed, the nrturul thane gradually diininishes el it :rives at a point at which the supTly of air suilicicut fir: the ezmburtion of a certain sw.ell .pra.-ttity of oil: if a lighted taper he in t:minced into the lantern, through a small door in the side which is in elosed, both lights Rill hum for a few seconds, and he extin- to4retlicr. " A similar phenomenon occurs. if, in a close lantern-supplied with a quantity of air, merely sufficient to support a certedn Came, a mixture .4 tire.damp and air is gradually rdu.ittala the fast edict of: the fire de•np is, to moduce a larger flame round that of the Letup; and this flen;c constuning the en.ygen which ought to be =pl./led to the flame of the Lamp, and the rtandard, or power of the sir to support fhtme lowered by tho admixture of fire-damp, and by its rarefaction, the fame of the tire-lamp and th:.t of the taper arc extinguished together; and as the at contained a certain quanfay of cage and car acid before the admission of the die-damp, their effev., by mixing s nh it, is such as to pre ..cnt en c‘;;,ll,ion in say part of the lantern. " I tried se.cral experiments on th.e !muting of a flame in atmos phere; containing tire-dst.p. 1 inclosed a taper in a little dose lantern, basing a smell aperture below, and a larger one above, of such size tait the taper b.:tht sit% a little below its natural size. I ;laced tun lantern, the taper lighted on a stsod uneer n larc,e knee, krctivrr equalirg iu wat.r, teeing a curved tube containing a • little wat,r, aelzpt,Al to its top, to c-.nr.ne the air, rail which was or ac.. 11 rapacity as to enable tl,: to burn for some minutes; I then I..pidlytloot a quantity of fire-dair.p into the receiver from a bladder, =Ps to wake the atmosphere in it exphtive. As the firr-darep mixed with the air, the flame of the toper grathadly till it ia,lf the lautun; it then rapidly thinii.i.s!,i3l, am . : was suddenly e tinguislast without the slightest explosion. I ocrunined the air of the receiver after thecaperiunnt, and found it highly " I Lied expeziments, throwing in mi :vines of air and fire dantp, sunie centair.ing the maximum, a:Anther- . fie n.i anon of Fr - ,1, 17 . 1 , t , 11 ,, ccFsal for cxilosion, and always with the :am" satisfactr-q salts.re tom coxicicinhly inerears:l end w. coon eNtirguilltod. a lighted Inn!cin, the air .vas en; ?licit by two rl.:s9 t:tbe+ one-tenth of an inch in diameter, and half an in , h int 3 a lare jar «attaining an explosive mixture of one part fire-damp a r d ten pun. , or air; Use taper burnt ut. first with a feeble light, Cut fs. me soon . oec.l- , e aJe.l was then emit,;: cis I r:;:cate.d tlnate expee:nent betel - el times, and with a perfect constancy of result' " It is ..-vident that, to prevent explo4icne in teal m i na ,, i t is .tly m.esLay to ute I..nterns, supplied with al: f.enn tub:{ THE NATIONAL REGISTER. sr eclat, of ,mall di.tnr.ter, or from aperttires covered with wire pure placed below the flame. through which utplosions t-annot be conununi wited, having a chimney at the upper Fart on a rintilar pystem for carry ing MC thc foul air; rnd common Lint erns may be et..ily adapt:d to the purpon, by being made air at the door and bid" by being Tar nished with the chimney and system of safety apo tures below end above." The simplest apparatus, however, of this kind described by the author, is a close lamp or lantern. into whir;: the air is admitted, and horn which it p:o.s.-s through apertures covard with bre6s wire gauze one two hunched:li of an in thicluu-s, the aperturn of which should not be more Can one teuth of an inch in width. Explosion is prevented by these mean;, as w,ll as by long tulan or canal;, and ti ..ufrielint quan tity of air is admitted. The following curious instances of r NEVI NN! ) : 0 are recorded in one of tits DuLlin Papers : " There is now in the Lands of Wi:liam Daw on, of Woodbank, Esq. near (Alford, a kof yarn sTom by Catherine Woods, of Dunmore, near It:Mynah Mel), r.ged en years. It weirlis exactly ten grains, whirl', taking thc pound avoirdupe , 4 at 'l,oo4grains, would require above ;ix.: I.Lnks to the roun.d, making a thread 2,321,440 yards or 1,432 miles, 5 furlongs, 5 p:reiies, 34 yanls long. A quantity of this yarn equal to 17114 G oz. or S, drs. would torn a threat: 24,912 English miles long, which is equal to the eir.umference o: the earth. " Mary Jane M •Cance, residing in the neighbourhood of Bally nahinch, spun aho a hark• of yarn which weighed no more than 15 graLls." IRELAND. CITY COURT CORK, April 11.- Timothy Collin* was tried and coi,victed fur the minder of his infitot daughter. The prisoner was a workman, or servant, of u person of the name of Attridge, in the neighbourhood of Skibbereen, at whose house the child The prisoner pretending to remove the child to the !louse of his brother-in-Inn, took her from Attridge's house ono morning, and maids way he inhumanly strangled the child, and coneeulshl her body tinder some earth and stones. The child not hit hes bren heard of, the prisoner was taken tip raid carried bk tare alr. Robinson, a magistrate, before whom he acknowledged las crime, but said he was insane when lie per pew t/ it. It seems that taus milt:ll4ly tnan was induced to murder lus child, in consequence of a female, for whom he en tertained an olfecti:ni, refusing to marry hint, he having a child so old as e,ght or nine years. The prisoner was sentenced to be bar ;.es.4l. leich:ard rogng was indicted for the murder of his son 'l'. Young. Daniel rdahonv, examined by Mr. Quin,—knew R. Young the primmer, and identified him, and knew' . Young his son, who is dead. Whets deceased lost his lire, the prisoner i:ved at New Cou.r, near Skibbeiren ; saw deceased killed; t..it pri •oner was his father; was present when T. came on the mad near the prisoner's house; at this time witness and ini tialler were stand:ag on the haggard ditch ; deceased accosted Hs father and desired he would send him out a suit of clothes which belonged to him; prisoner said he would not; upon this prisoner and witness went down into the yard, and poisoner • went into his house, and sent out to deceased some chairs which he had bought at ekibbereco, and deceased seeing one of them broken, observed, that it was poor spite iu the father to break the chair, and desired his brother to take the chairs back, and that he would make a hilt' against his father for them, and charge him with the costs of them; the prisoner desired de ceased be haslcase the road, and nut to ne daring hint in that man ner; deceased replied, that it was the King's high road, and that he had as mach liberty to be there as any other person; the prisoner said, he wield soon male him leave it, and imme diately went into the house, where witness followed him, and prisoner went into his bed room, bringing a gun which he carried out, witness did not follow him out until be heard tire report of a shot, which was Immediately after the prisoner quitted the door, witness went out, an d h e saw the deceased half smud:ng against the paddock wall bleeding, and he saw the prisoner make us er and strike him with the gun repeatedly, the butt end of which lie broke on his heads the deceased died immediately after he was struck wi , ll the gnu. See era' witnesses were called, whose testimony corroborated the preceding evidence, i t was stated that the deceased was once the favourite of the father; but havingielt him to cohabit with an abandoned female, he bad incurred has anger. The defense was, that the prisoner was deranged in his mind, and thongh weakly suppu rted, he was acquitted. OCTR.to ES IN Inct.ssn.—A respectable Correspondent in forms us, that nine of the soldiers concerned in the late affray in Carriekmacross, have been committed to Monaghan gaol, to abide their trials at the next Assizes.--t Artery reGgraph.) The house of George Bryan, Esq, ofJenkinstown, county of Kilkenny, was lately attacked by armed men, his servants beaten, Hurl some fire arms taken away. At tint Minuet Assizes, ALIIICI• was put upon his trial, for the murder of Mr. Baker, tire Magistrate. The Solicitor- General slated the case ut great h ngth, and detailed the par ticulars of the horrid en.a.driracy which had been formed to as sassiimte Mr. Baker, and wlcich appeared to have been orga- Maid upon a most alarming and intensive system. After the examination of a great number of witnesses, totally unconnect ed with each other, the prison< r was Mond Mr. Serjeant Joy, who presided at the trial, in a most feel ing and impressive mariner, then proceeded to pass the awful sentence , of the law upon the prisoner, who seemed the only person present uradected by it. 14 hen the Judge had cow-laded, the miserable culprit exclaimed,—" May the gates of Near on never open to receive my Foul, WI had any pat t in the murder "—Alter th:sesel:unation, th , Solicitor-General mi. dressed the ;hwy. and said, to isrevent them from any unplea sant feeling in elmettluenee of their verdict, he begged to or sure them, that the pr;soner had baby coureneed his guilt, and had pointed out himself the fatal ,:trot where the,rinse had been committed. anti had also ache .tw 'edged the part he had taken at the horrid adirir. • A t!..raAin!:--mncliinc, on the Cana of Mr. Posford. at Milo. nid Heatb, near Nas tonEriontl) set on fin! 4.0 Sundry toorPht. lie . folio% Ina is at. eltraordinary perforumixe of niannol ( ~ta. , of the piltitra of au o.it li4tt ly take n n ai Cli..:•( Y in NC- iite're a.tf lire t: ll inarn , e tai,tot withtho %%%% i;:•• in.eri;dion :—" In Iffibarr, James !Amish?" thruOiod tin ?Ir. Joseph Hopkins live quarters bashell 1.1 %hoot in 1S hunot, nu Mach 14. 1147. , Latitisley %%As a ita :ive of Chievoly fit ilerks. lie died at vvcri. in the mune burn t ti c soc..n• of hip commit !a*Jour fur :wiry than CD yoiaa ; ill the %ring of Io9S, ogt d 13. S 3 From 11::. LONDON Gil ETTE, Te.r.sday, xiprd 16. WAIL-Orsucc. AritlL 16. 73d regiment of iieer;re llumphry, from the fzth :oot, to be ms:or, si;.hoto pemilr.sc, lurrav, wl r. rstitt r. • 89th di , to--Colencl C , er k , t Itoherum, from htlf-i.sy of the Sici lian rep - intent, to be lient.-Colorel, vice Morrison, wl:o 'Aetna - 4 ;4.N. lie lit , LT.—Major Cully L. L. Fo:,ter, on the half-pcy of the Gth W , ,t India regirmait, to be heat.-colonel is the am)y. STAFF.—II petty Assistant Commissary-General John J. A. 800. cock, to be an a,sistant conanissary4,-everd to the forces. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. Cull, Newport, Isle of Wight, brewer. BANKRUPTS. B. JErnettros, Bristol, carpenter. April 10, et. May eft, at the Corn. meocial rooms, Bristol. Atts. Lanibeis anti Co. Cray's-inn-square. J. th.tenn. Sutton St. Mary, ntiller, April 25, 2n, May !Pt, at the Rose tt Crni4n. Wisbech St. Peter'.. Atts. Lt-let . 1 / 4 . Co. llolbom-co. It. WORTHY. Exeter, woollen-manufacturer, .%pril et.. May 2, 25, at the.,Star. ENeter. Aus. Collett and Co. Outr.cery-laic. T. Leanne, Port Dundas, merchar.t, May 5, 4, 28, at tile Tontine Inn. Sheffield. Atts. Blagrare and Co. Symonds-M:1. It. HoLr, Bow, Devonshire, ser e -e, -makrr, Apil2o, May 2, 28, at the Sow, Kxeter. Atts. Colktt anti Co. Chancery-lane. W. R1:68FORTII. Gr.xtland. woollen-mannfacturer, April 29, 50; May ea, at the Talbot, Halifax. Att. Mr. Wiglcsworth, Gray'a.inn. J. DENELL, Plymouth, grocer. May 1.2, 28, et the Exchange, Ply mouth. Atts. Sykes and Co. New-inn. .1-TONES. Ketley, Shropshire, grocer. May 7,8, 25, at the Pheasant Inn, Wellington. Att. Mr. 'biz, Stiuthampton-buildirigs. J. B. Kraut , . Hindon, Wilobire, grocer, May 9, 10. 28, at the Red Lion, Shaftesbury. Att. Mr. Popltin. Ikan-strect, Soho. J. Saurrn, lbaroilouth, bookseller, April So, May I, 24. at the Castle Inn. Dartmouth. Att. Mr. l'rice. N ew-amunr. A. Srt:ilimesow. Nord:lonia:than:. rne.ster-mariner. May 8,9, 25, at the Oeorge, North ShieMs. Atts. Morton i:nd. Co. Gray N. WILLIAMS. Rotherbithe, &tiinnkar, April 20, 27, May 2E, as Guildhall. Att.. Mr. Paterson. Copthall-court. W. Gotit.o, Sheilhid. cutler, May y, 5, 23, at the llotel, Sheffield. Atts. Tilson and Co. Coleman-stmt. W. KEIMTAW, Halifax, merchant, April 30, May 7, Ts, at the White lion, H..lifax Att , ;. E::ley and Co. Purnivars-inn. A. f)awstaii. Bath, whorl-chairmaker, April 20, 27. May 25, at en Greyhottriti Inn, !lath. Att. Mr. Nethersole, Eascx-stns, Suanta 111 V II lENII9. May 10, W. 11. Tollervey, l'ortsea, brewer. ilay 4, G. Kearslay. Fleet-stroct. bookseller. May 4, W. Luite and Co. %Vest Smithfield, linen. drapers. 11Iey 7, J. Anne;.t.7, Sal , Lury, Enemdrriper. Tapper.tlen, I'w:cr.:ban., scrivener, and J.Tappeaden,North. court, Kent, iron-master. May 9, R. M'Clure, Atar.chester,rntrchant. May 25, J. Roberts and T. Batt. Maxiestield, cotton-sFinnere. May 50, T. l.ightolier, Halli:rell. dealer in calicoes. Mt.y 10. A Black, liveorf,, brmar. May 7, W. Law, (:opthei-chambers, Throgmonon-strect, =reheat. May 7, J. Wontner, May 7, W. Mr.leolia and R. Wright, Watliag,treet, warchousetnee. itfay 7, 11. %ViLlitott, Shoreham, Kent. paper-P.:akar. July L:7, A. Cuthbert and Co. nun:Lams. May to. W. Barnes, Farnham, concli.inalser. May 14, J. Roberts, Shaftesbury. gm:cr. May 14, C. and C. Sharp. Romsty, cabinet-makers. May 7, R. W. Barber, lyr-lane. painter. May 11. T. Ilarrowclougr,l.eads, clothier. May 13, W. Pullen, Shaftarbury. innholder. CERTIFICATES. MAY 7.-E. H4thaway, Birmingham, liquor. merehant.-. 1 . l'age, Redbourn-Bury, Hertfordshire. faruier.-11. Scarratt. Cannack StaffonWire, innitseper-A. Pitilpot. lane, merchant-Al 11r.ntett, Broad -street, Bloomsbury, gliuis-uien•hart -T. 111 k., Shrewslmry. Inn, Bristol, Ig-roe:a-14. Itow dftig, Illelksham, clothier-J. Tyndall; Birmingham. plater-J. Bar. low and J. Gregory, Sheffield, iron-fonnders-li. ! laaiell, G ree k. a l re( I , coach-maker-E. Heiden. Harle-end. Essex, lioree-dettler-J. grove, Swallow-ea:act, St. Jun)eala; jeweller-FL Iluntriss, Liverpuul. merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Pratt and Blount, Richmond. Yorkshire. wine-merchants. G. :me, R. Davies, Harerfiwthcest,linert-drapers. M C'A'S and S..uire..e, home-hole, plusnbers. :Kiln and Galleway, Dundee, nurrerynsen. Ackcrs and. Fairciough. , LiverpooL 1. Land Trinder, Manchester. Turner and Pinder, 4 ?Berton, Nottinghamshire, butchers. Thompson and Wiliey, I.eireFter, thrr,rs. Mellor & e. I :Oder-felt!, & %Vaterwoltb, SadOlcwartl . , reed-makers. - Ilarradaile and Gordon, ITcptford, ship. repairers. Mair and itidly, London, Alatleirr.-nn•rebants. .1. awl W. I larrey, Clasgow, wholes:de-warehou semen. hitele7g and Bradburn, biancheqer, fu..tianklytrs. Ehet.tharn and Cregory, Little Bolton, Lancashire, thaehers. Ilaiwennan and 'AI unm, Gnat AVinchcbt , ?r-street. Lonzritl},-c and Ilieha.-dson, Sweet inies-nlley, insurance-brokas. A letter from Puerto Orolava( Ten. ritiel,dated !).. cent bcr 11, 1815, says —•• 11 . e had a dreadful tire here a few slays which coin timed a le:ge tourent-for wirruen ; and, I a:n sorry to relate, seven nultappy victims felt the fury of the unAdeni ing flames. Ile scene tin• some hours was dreadful. It vac first di•c•overed about liro'cleck at night; all the nuns were in bed, and it It as so) , :iuit• berme they could lie made acquaint ed with their danger. The few that escaped were obliged to leave the Convent naked, as they arver sleep in thck clothe Those that were brunt were seen at the windows till the It i.h a auttst►tuati them. There were no means of sa►ing them, as the windows noise strongly grated with iron, and only one deer that they could get out at, ww huhw.,s entirely enveloped i 3.1 flames. Then; CAril. Weasione it by is nun's making sweettneals ; 311 r had placed her tire on a table, in a sinall earthen stow;:, and It ft it unt•stinLui,bed the heat or the s to w , feru l e the rosin t„ the wood fry out : it is supposed a cinder had fallen; and Convent being built of the sante kind of mood as the table, was soon in a Wait... A wentlrman's wife at Vienna was, at the are of 21, seized by n t ;Went head ach, which continued fir several years, and drove her ahnost to despair. Mae was at last advised to take wad a' a rvincrly, iu order to prompt, si discharge of memo. Happening to have some useeftutida iu the house, she mixed it with the snow, on the rupposition that it 'might increase the efrect. 'The croe even. d was, that a um' was dixharged from her hoed, iimtlar 111 appearance to the COllliaoii grub. This circumstance induced her to continue to use the mtvare of assafictida and snuff. Hi; ; lit more worms were diselmr:zed. In short, by the use or the remedy, 13 wanes in all were dis charred. eat) the head- was completely remos ed. Dr. }tusk, who reait es the case, supposes that the storms had been lodged in her frontal sinus. Monday a poor little Swcep, in cleansing the chimney of Mr. Fossett, carver, in Rriek-lane, stuck 'o fist in the funnel, that it became neec.rmy to break it, in order cxtricate him : when he Will to dead. ?.leilical aid was speedily pre.- cured, and phlebotomy and other tesuseitatory methods tried. but in vain ; at length a bye-s'aiiiler recommended Electricity ; and the apparato. behig pi:Tined, two or three %nturt strokes were applied to his breast, when returning life tatiatty appear ed; anti rCbtorative remedies beini, receued, tat !becalm. iva Plunt time so fur convalescent, as to be conveyed home witis Lorca of perfect recovery.