The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-02-18 00:00:00

BLIMP.

Some Team ago, a learned Professor In the Col-
lege of dlasgow made the following experiinenta on
luusself, with a sie•.v to ascertain how long it was
possible for the human frame to endure vi;,ilance,
or, in other words, how long be could existwith-
out sleep.
The first rii64.t, by walking in his room, cad by
the assistance of Scottish Cephalic, he kept his eyes
open without *web inconveiiient.y. The second
night, be ordered his servant to be particularly
careful not to allow him to fall asleep, either in his
armed chair re on the sopha ; in either of which
coal, the seer int had orders to awaken the experi-
mentalist. by the operations of shaking unit pulling
him.
Oa the third night, he placed himself on a bottle,
which was laid sways ou the door, with a branch
of furze on each side ; to the iutent, that if he lost,
under the irresistible force of Jlorpheur, his ba-
lance, the prickles would rouse him up.
This experiment proving too weak against the
encroachments of the ebeellog enemy, the philoso-
pher hide on the fourth night, recourse to this ex-
pedient placed Ttlinielf, as before, en the Ul3
etevdy bottle, and causelreieo tubs full of hot water
to be placed on each side, so that if he vibrated to
either side, one of his anus, which he had previously
bared, might fall inte the hot water, the painful
sensation of which, •he expected, would resist the
power of sleep. • •
This expermiont failed, for it was found, that he
fell fast asleep with one of his anus in the hot wa-
ter, and the skin completely excoriated. From
hence he concluded that.the human body cannot
exist without sleep fear successive days and nights.

Mr. and Mrs. Welton or gave an elegant ball
aed sapper, on Monday night hut, at llunmven,
Sa transmerous. circle of friends. The pleasure of
the dew", She variety and excellence of the repast,
and the polite attention of the worthy host and his.
singable lady, detained the brilliant assemblage
until the following inovnimg was far advanced.
Monday last. being the birth-day. of done As-
mit Ltotru, Esq. of Croenriere(veCrind son of the
late 11Paaacis Luna, Esq. formerly M.P. for
Mantosaaeryshire), when he attained the age of 21
years, the event was celebrated by his tenants and
a numerous company of friends of the tinnily, with
anariltjoy and festivity. A numerous popelace were
libewise plentifully regaled on the happy occasion.
Betpeen tea audeleveu o'clock. ors Saturday Wilda
last, as Mr. RICIIALD GOSSIIAWIL, jobber, of So-
merton, was returning from Sudbury market, he
was stopped by two footpads, within a mile of the
parish of Boated, one of whom seised his pony
by the bridle, and demanded his money, *Ong
they knew he had plenty about him; on his resist-
ing the other villain instantly snapped, a pistol at
him, which foitonately dashed is the pan: Aw,
then dragged hint from O his horse into a
threw him down, and, to preveut his giving-alarnte
staffed a handkerchief ions his mouth. and rifled
his pockets of cote said cash to the amount of up-
wards of 631.—Tw0 of the notes were 101. Bank of
England; three 51. notes of the Clare Bank; two
SL of the Braintree Bank; and about 101. in small
notes.—One of the villains appeared to be in the
habit of a soldier., and. they are both suspected to
have seen Mr. (I.WINAMIL take money at the above-
itientiered market.
t'' A mammoth, in a state of perfect preservation,
was lately found near Yakoatska. on the borders
ef the Frozen Oteau. Part of the flesh, the tusks,
earit, and tail, had been cut off by the natives ; but
the skeleton has beets carried to Petershargh, a
distance of 6,s miles. The head weighs stiulb.
the horns are nine and a hell' feet long, and weigh
the bright of the back is ten and a half
feet, arid the length sixteen and a half feet ; the
bristles of the back were of a reddish colour, and
many of them measured two feet tour inches.
The drapers of Truly were thrown into a sad
pmeker a few days ago. by the sudden appearance
of one of those errotie plemets in the riled system.
a hawker and pedlar. A grand confederacy was
immediately formed to repel the daring wader,
who, like another BONAPARTE, thus presumed to
break its upou die settkal order of things; and,
armed with pains and penalties. they boldly defied
him to battle. The invader, nothing daunted,
commenced his operations on that high festival of
Mammon. a :market day; but bens he was &finn-
ed, mod paid the praohy due for such temerity,
as be did also for some irregular moorements of his
ce;vll. The confederates now, much, to their
honour, in the moment of victory, offered to treat
*Oh the invader me the basis of the stems quo ante
beanie—la restore to him all that he had lost, upon
the stole combative of his retreating from their ter-
*err. This he reheard ; and ensnare/err himself
at treeSeren Steers San. issued a proclamation. with
similar poky and aircrew, to these of hie great
peototspee notta.exara, when declaring himself Me
salr. disposer of goat hargaia!t. be persuades the
subjects of his enemies to join Ins standard. In
the mean ten, the invader sent his spies into the
enemies' CUMIN a leich it was soots discovered they
seghsned tol.ertify, agreeably to the tales pre-
scribed for that swine-. of riril scar, v nlgarly called
shop-kerp, ng. To elrop metaphor. some of them
were detected in *show: lave without herniae, and
other little orregulanties, fur which they lure since
paid the peoaeues; n :irAun battle has beNt the
.ninseximmt.e. and both patties hemline to keep
die held.