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London, England, 1821-04-25 00:00:00

To Me Rider of Me Grentoek Adeerrser.

Swa—As 1 am tonvieceil that every new olearrvation that
recites •• interest i• the stud♦ of Nature should be made
public, and is indeed wily valuable when made known, 1
sake no apology for commienicating to you an account of a
curious petrifaction 1 discovered lately. All your renders
who love to ramble in the fields, and have visited the exca-
vations made in the hill above Guarock, are aware that ties
were abortive attempts at copper... g : and arch of them
sta hive acquaintance with cheinietry and mineralogy, have
no
doubt observed many •ppearaners of that 11/1(011, and
eves, Ike myself, famished themselves with specimens. In
oar of these quarries a gaudily of water h. collected,
which, by the iiiibeence of the atmosphere, and the state of
the use, slightly disseminated through the sand stone, holds
in solutiuu a quantity of copper, as may be easily seen Usim
its green colon,. A few days ago, as 1 wan picking out some
piers of stone deeply stamen with the stern deposite of the
water, I fetched up with the end of my stick what I saw to he a
dead frog ; and, on dragging is lout, found that it uu longer re-
tained the yielding consistency ordeal', bus resisted the pres-
sure of my stick like she slimes among which is was lying.
It had, probably, leaped is ussaspectosgly ou • anise
mer's day, and being soon killed by the poisonous quality
of the'coppery solution, had in the Cowie of time become
incrusted with a depositalion of the metal so close and thick,
11.1 although the perfect farm of the isaisniest pets is pre-
' served, vet it appears as if it were a solid semi.erystaline
Sala of we.. copper cast into the mould of a frog !
lave heard of s:milar instances of strong Golub°os of earth
or metal encrusting small animals ; and remember seeing at
• Museum • moat diamond beetle, which a chemist had
made by crystalising copper.• • common cockroach. It is,
however, peculiarly inn resting to detect Nature herself iu
sueb processes. I latend to present my " copper flag" to
the Greenock Museum if it will be acceptable ; and non. Sir,
Vonr moat obedient Servant, Q.
Innerklp, April 14, 1811.

TILE CATILIIPILLIK.
TO THE EDITOR.

aim an amateur of gooseberries and comsat wine
sod cuomenuently a sworn rummy to the rapacious cater-
pillar, whore attacks upon our gush se last sounmur not only
mord the ladies in their viutvge, mid impaired the !Inmost'.
*flay Invorrite beverage, but reduced nsy gooseberry groves,
at an early period of the year, to their entity nakedness,
as if an army of locusts had assaulted and eaten up their
beatify.
The latter part of the autumn was favourable to the
progress of the reptiles into their crymalim form; sod, as the
winter has been uncommonly open, sad the •prittg mild,
your horticultural readers may look with dismay at my
warning, when I foretell ■n unprecedented invasion of
young caterpillars. About this ►easoo the parent Mies
emerge from their coning—winch coefioril them ruder

ground, buried among litter, aud in other secure cavities
thrungh the winter, and taking 'demising.- of a sunny hour,
proceed ii) the mid of their bring—the hatching of mis-
chief. They deposit their ego in neat row. along the
ribs of the leaves, on the tinder side, just where the
herbage is tenderest fur the yowl( worm, alto very ca"
thrusts out his woe to try, sod, for a a. 7 o► lien, never
ventures off the leaf whete be and some scores of hi. bee.
three were hatched (generally at the lowest branches of
the bush). Apprehending, from the fur wasdnem of
the foliage and the mild state of the atmosphere, that
the enemy had left winter rplartem, and would speedily
owes the campaign, I have been looking mit, fur s
Joys, for the advanced guard, sash hare been successful in
detecting several foraging parties. To cheek so gust
we mate be buil, is surely both safer said surer than to at-
tempt obey thie hotrwit of devastatiou is half toter ; for
those who survive the checks of the eleincish. the gardener
and birds, &c. are fostered by the geuial etiolate of summer
in their torpid stale (a shorter period being sufficient to pa r.
feet the insect now than ha whiter), and take wing again in
Jew aid July, to produce their brood in more formidable
and more disgusting numbers ; a,. that, if we seize and de-
stroy the flies and their lAA at this crisis, we cut off the
source of our two crops of thieres.
The wiliest! insect may be molly descried; these are few
flies eacept herself abroad at present. She has the instinct
to haunt wily those ghouls. whack afford food to her young;
and s►e may he observed fluttering, or Maier hopping, f
twig to hang, searching for a emote spot to uropunar. liar
yellow body, incladiug her gray traimparent sham is about
3.Bths of au Meh Wog ; site is sluggish in her thrum, can.
not sly far, semi, like oiling of her geniis. (lenlitredu), is also
distinguished by a trensuloos motious in her antenna.
Stich parts of the above as you csu acconsiatudste in your
Paper, will, I hope, excite the activity of those • has, lake me,
prefer guusebrrries per se, to the horrible compound of
gooseberries said crashing caterpillars we reaped lust saint-
mer.—Yours, A GOOSEBERRY.
April 16, 1821.

IBLIEGLASIN—Thr 'bop of Mr. MARTIN, clieere-
monger. Paradise-row, Lambeth, was yertrrilay
morning broken into and rob4eit of tire lobs of
butter, about four blonds-ea weigh', with which
the villains got cletr oft.
At the Glamorgnapotire Crest Srrrinn•, which
terminated at Cardin• en Monday last, John Chitty
pleadird guilty to four indictnienis for uttering and
forging !Kotty of ottorsory to receive pn:e•nionet•
from Greenwich Iluspital, sial for personatiog and
Wetly assuming the smote. and cl•orat•teri of the
pieties entitled thereto.—Death.

THE TURK:
NEWSIARRET CRAY'S?' MEETING, 19111.
MONDAY, .0113123.
The Craven Slakes, a sobseripll4o4 of 10Cr. click, for alt
ages; 2 year olds, bat. 101 b.; 3 year old., 9st ; 4 year old,,
811. 91b.; 5 year olds, Ost. 11b.; 0 year olds, 9st. blb.; and
'god, 90.71 b.
Mr. 9ansistar is ch. c. by Corns., dato by Mr. Teasdale,
2 yrs old .art, 1
Mr.Cruckford's b. e. Sultan, 4 yrs old 2
Lord G. H. Caveadirlis br. h. Allegro, 5 yrs old
Lord Jersey's b. h. Master Henry, 5 yrs old
Mr. Frsser's b. r. Champignon, 4 yrs old
Lord Grusveour's b. c. by Thooderlsolt, out of Musidors,
2 yrs uld
Doke of Rut land's ch. c. Coriolo,3 yrs old
Mr. Greville's bl. f. Soars, 4 yro old
Duke of Grafton's be. c. Lack, 3 yrs old
Mr. Hunter's ch. c. Rasselas, 2 yrs old
Mr. Rouverie's b. c. bought of Sir C. Runbury, 2 yr. old
Mr. Wyndham's b. f. Caroline, 3 yrs old
Mr. Wyndham's bI e. by Octsviuy, dam by Guhanna, 2 yrs
Ld Foley's ch, c brother to Miracle, 3 yrs old
1.). of Portlantl's ch c. Zsdig, 4 yrs old
1..1 Suffield's b. c. Rosetta, 3 yrs old
Mr. Benson names Mr. Neale's b. c. by Pan, 4 yrs old
Mr. Udney's ch. c. by Election, dam by Stamford, 3 yrs old, dr
Mr. Priute's b. e. A rdrogiail, of Vrcissitude,3 yrs old, dr
The Judge placed bat tots.
10 to 1 apt Sultau--6 to laps A2legro-3 to 1 apt Master
Henry-74 to 1 agstSbasupigroms.
Mr. (May's c. by Electrum, dam by Stamford, Ilst. 4111.
brat Lord Jersey's c. Oracle. by Strothsayer, Bst. blb. D. M.
100 gs. h. ft.-2 to 1 ag.t Mr. ('day's c.

The First Class of the Seventh Riddlesworth Slakes of
200 gs. each, h. ft. fur C 41111.. 71b. At'. Ni. 'nom by
untried stallions, ur out of owned mares, to be allowed
31b. if both Slb.
Mr. Batson's Rnsicrueian, by So , Sm. 711'. 1
O. of Grafton's Reginald, by Haulms ird, fist. 4:12 2
Mr. Rush's b. by Waxy, out of Risigiail, Bst. 711,.
Mr. nuuverie's by Orville, out of Morel, Bst. 415.
Mr. Vatishiari's by Cardinal York, out of Bst. 41b.
Egrensories by Canopus, das by Orville, out of Ruben's'.
darn, Bsl. 41h.
Mr. Andrew's by Walton, out of Canidia
Mr. Thornhill's b. (dead) by Scud, out of Hyatt pd
Mr. Neville's by (tubers, out of Sir Joshua's slam p.I
D. of Grafton's' Polygar, by Walton, out of Parcsol pd
14. G. 11. Cavendish's§ by Rabeus, out of Louisa •p.l
Ld. Foley's by Soothsayer. dam by Sir Peter, out of
t
Mr. Junes's Valentine, by Pruett's, uul of Variety pd
Mr. Goddard's by Itwbens, out of Brsinwoins's dam pd
Mr. Itrish's lir. by Waxy, out of Chin's
I.d. Egremont's (dead) by Windt bone, out of sister to
Casranca
5t04 on Reginald-5 to 1 aC4I Mr. Butiverie-3 to 1 agst
Mr. Vansitiart.—The Judge placed but 2.
Sweepstakes of 200 gs. each, Is. ft. fur the produce of noires
eusrre4 iu 1817, and out gamed in the Riddlesworth
Slakes; cults, 8.1. 71b.; 6dliev, Bst.3lb. Ab. 111. Untri• d
stallions allowed 3115.; nuts ied mares 311'. ; it bulb, Sib.
14. Grosvenor's be. f. by Thunderbolt, Bst. 311 i
D. of Grantor's e. Tiliaw, by Kober's, Sat. 4lb
Sir J. Sbelley's c. by Walton ur Orville, Sal. 71b 3
Pile. Croekford's e. by II sphst ird, Yt. 4lb
Mr. JUIICIeIi C. &WWI, by Partisan
to 4 agar Lord Grusvener's br f.

Mr. WO).* natilleCille beat Mr. Charhoses Plurals, Sal.
!Alb. each, A.F. 201112.. b. fl.-2 to lor Darneecide
Mr. Cossans's f. by Jseriper, net of Mentors, received tbge.
from Duke of Purllaad'a f. Tea (dead) by Tellll4l3le, out of
Pledge, Sat. 31b. reek, K.M. 100 g..
Mr. Clearlton's Meals, 4 years oW, 'gat Mr. Payee's
Paroles', 3 years old, Sat. bib. each, Ab. M. Mr. Charlluu to
stake ISOgs. to 2000, k. It. Off by cunaeut,

CATTERICK BRIDGE MEETING.
(ENlry cumplrie.)

WFIIIIIMDAV, APRIL 25.
The Craven Slakes of logs. each, fur wei-year olds, 511.10111.;
tbrerMil. ; four, flat. AIL ; sve, 9st. ; six and agid,Ssi.4lb.
Marts and geldings Aii,llfetl 31h. One mile Slid a quadri..
Lord Queensberry's b. in. Miss Spider. 6 yrs old
Mr. Loftus'a b. c. Sir John, by Sissolensko, 3 yrs old
Hun. T. 0. rookies hr. c. Gambler, 3 yrs old
Mr. J. Rubion's rh. C. Maiden. by Como., 3 yrs old
Mr. Lanthon's hr. c. Borodino. 3 yrs old
Mr..l. Fergnson's Tice Duke, by Comu•. 3 yrs old
Mr. Ftvelour's r. e.Junatlian, by Octavian, 3 yrs.
- - -

The Produce Maker of 25gs. each, h. ri. colt., fist. 31b.;
fillies, fist —3ly allured, Sce. Taro miler.
Duke of Leeds's gr C.%y hloebray, dim by Erseder
Doke of i.e. d.. re. f by Ociavian, out o•f Rebecca
Doke of Le. sib's hay cull, by Card/1W York or Octavian—
:Miss Chit

Mr. Jaques's eh. f. by Octavian, out of Merry& Ws Jam
Mr. Jaipies's fill), Alarm'.ld, by Cumuli
Mr. Laitibtua's bay cult, by Arcadia, out of Rosalind, by
Mr. I.saibtou's b. e. Malcolm, by Maebeth—Prierea
Mr. Allison's b. c. by Smoleusko, out of Anus-Bella
Mr Mirliar b c. Odds, by flapliatard, dam by Sasebo
Mr.l'. 0. l'omlrtes hr. r. Jack Spigot, by Arilrossau
Mr. Rutilelre filly, by Comma, lour by Pipator
Mr. Firgissou's 1. ttorauthr, by Oetasian, out of Little
Thomia's dam
Mr. Rell's b. f. by Fitz-Teazle, tam by Hyacinthus

Sweepstakes of 30gs. each, 10p. ft. fur cells rising three
years uld, Sea. 311,.; fillies o►t. Too milev.
Loral Queemberry's gr. C. Stumm, by Psime M ulster, oat
of Yesin
Ms. All, on'. br. e. by Smolensk°, oat of Anus-Bella
Mr James's eh. c. A B C, by X Y Z, out of a raster to Nell
Meldon
Duke of sr f. by Mulibray. dam by Evauder
Duke of Lettls** b. c. lay Cardinal Lail or Octavian, oat of
Mass Clatt

Sir W. hlaxwell's di. e. Jock the Laird's brother, by
Ifiaroiont. mit of firillimite
Sir W. Maze ell's p. a. 800 l4ai., hy Viteoutal, out of Mrs
Blond
THURSDAY,
The Old Stakes of 45p. rash, 19p ft. for cult., B.t. 31b.;
Illhrl. set. Tem miles.
Mr. Wilsou'o h. e. by Whitt:lock, out of Quern
Mr. Kai reit.* b. C. by Octavian, dam by 1333,
hlr. Prtrv'g Kr. C. The Karoo, by eervatites—Camilla
Mr. T. Praise+ b. 1. by Colons, dam by Stamford

The Fully Stakes of 20gs.. acb. p. p.
Mr. James's bay, by Sow',mho, dam by Shuttle
Mc. B•nsuu'r Fluraitthe, by Octavian
Mt. Rubinson's b. Miss 11'ilks, by Octavian, dam by Re-
membrancer
The Yearbug Slakes of 20p. each; colts, est. 3lb ;
B.t. Oar utile.
Mr. Lambton's ch. f. by Leopold, out of Waibrote Lass
Mt. J. Lonsdale's f. by Wuful, dam by Spaelille
Mr Beason's ch. c. by Raphael, dam by Dement
Mr. Ayee's rh. f. White Ruse, by Conn's, dont by 'Whitworth
Mr. Claridge's ch. c. by Cattun, out of Plutons
Mr. J. rergusou's b. e. Cla►et, brother to Champ:ape
Mr. Ilatrisou's b. f. Miss Wortley, by Wan!
Mr. W. Prime's b. e. Baron Busses, by Wuful, out of Re-
usembrancer
Mr. T. Peirse's b. f. by Octavian, dam by Shuttle
The Btdale Iluut Slakes of lOgs. each. To be rode by
Geniltmeu, 12st. each. Two miles
Mr. Williams ch. h. Kerala/oral, by Mowbray, dam by Bar.
'Baby, out of Clessby's dant, 5 yrs. old
Mr. Burden's b. h. by L'Orieut, dam by Bishop, 5 yrs old
Mr. Clough's cli. Is. Joker, by Ovarian, 5 yrs old
Mr. Wahiawa's b. b. by Young Beninabrougla, 5 yrs old
Mr. Laws,ni's b. era. Jeuity Horner, by Culunipus, 6 yrs old
Mr. Carter's che.. cult, Mercury, by flantbletonias, dam by
Atlas, 4 yrs. old
Mr. Russcll is a Subscriber, but did not name.
The Subscription Plate of NI for maiden bones, &c. rising

Yesterday—EAST= TUESDAY.—HoIiday at the Doak, Ex-
chequer, East India sad South Sea HOOlll.