The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-20 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR. OF THE BRITISH PRES;

St a,—The public are indebted to you fur your ol,qerra-
tions with respect to the necessity of some re;olatioti of
police for the prevention and extinguishment of those del.
genius conflagrations, by which the lives and pr
the inhabitants of this great city arc so often put
omit bollard. From the Imam/leap I powwow on
ject, and the observations I have made for sonic
garding the question you have diseinsed, it appeal
that a very simple arrangement would suffice for
pleat supply of water. Since the extension of t
for such it may with propriety be called, of the N
Company over the vast district which they monopo)
has been their custom to have recourse to every c-
m husband their watt r. An appreF.ension seem'
amonr•st the Directors that, the New River wow
much reduced if they allow«I their prtserit cum
be as liberally supplied as formerly. Every one i
lately noticed the state of the river must, I thin)
opinion that this is a notion quite erroneous. A
however, adopted in consequence of this strange al
sion, has been principally the occasion of, the anima,
kistly made on the tartly and scanty supply of
which the extent of the recent fire in Greville.ati
'k...: attributed, and by which the neighbourhood of
garden was on Thurs !ay night thrown into se mm
fusion and alarm. Formerly the water was
-to remain on the main pipes for the convenience
public all night, but now the water is turned o'
evening, in order, I suppose, to prevent the waste
the consumers, by limiting them to the previous
their cisterns. If the water were left as formerly, Lo .
iteely through the main pipes all night, a momentary
abundance could he obtained at the first slug.
would besides he necessary to insure the Wet}, of 1
as far as general precaution can extend, would be, ..
recommend, the institution of an active and efficient
police in every parish and ward in London. It is show
that the public should th pend for their preservation
the most dreadful of accidents, on the generous care
insurance offices.
I am, Sir, most respectfully,
13,6 August, 18*A. ,

METHOD OF trFAINING M.IRBLE,

There having bean very great admiration ex; t.s,
many who have seen mother of pearl, Egyptian and
stones, stained with Endscapes, figures, and even pore
so as to ap?ear to he in the substance of the stow',
neatly executed by a German ; I was pleased in finding ,
old receipt, containing the secret by which this work is or
probably may be effected. I send it you, not doubting'
it will he agreeable to your ingenious readers, and
your publishing it may occasion the Iniptovetnent or:
of the art, if lost to the English
" Take of aqua-fortis, and aqua-regia, two ounces
each; of sal-ammoniac, one ounce; of ihe best - '
wine, two drachms ; as much gold as may be had
shillings and sixpence ; of pure silver, two drachma
These materials being provided, let the silver, whim
tined, be put into a vial ; and, having poured rpon
two ounces of aqua-fortis, let it evaporate, and
have a water, yielding first a blue, and afterwards
colour. Likewise, put the gold, when calcined, into
and, having poured the aqua-regia on it, set it by ,
porate; then pour the spirit of wine upon the sal-ammo-
nine having it also to evaporate, and you will have a
golden-coloured water, which will afford divers colours; la
after this manner you may extract many tinctures of color
out of other metals. This done, you may, by means
these two waters, paint what picture you please upon
marble of the softer kind, renewing the figure every
for some time with come fresh superadded liquor, and
will find that the picture has penetrated the whole
of the stone, so that cutting it into as many parts
will, it will always represent to you the same figure
sides.

" Mr. Bird, a stone-cutter in Oxford, practit,xl
before the year 1660 ; several pieces of marble so
by him are to be seen in Oxford: several others
shown to King Charles 11. soon after the Restoration,
wire broken in his presence, and found to cots,
through the whole substance."

There was a sudden ri -e of the Spanish bonds ye clay
to 23. The current rumour was that Ferdinand, li
resolved upon the invasion of the colonies, had sJgnifi.
Madiness to negociate a Lean ; and that. two or three
lag eapitslittts had left London for that parpdle.
A letter from T.TIm charges the Atiatrians, who
possession of the Neapolitili ports, with using, every
iu their power to obstruct communication with Greece
the Greek provinces. The same letter adds, that
Convention for the occupation of the Two &Mlles ti
trian troops has been enteral into for six months,
Prince Aletternich and the Chevalier de Medici
meet, its December or January next, to decide wltisher
term shall be prolonged. Naples is describ:d ss %rang;
Letters were yesterday received from Port-an-Pri
Hayti, (land 30th June. They state that the Prtsid
and hie suite had returned to that place, after a tour c
spection to the differeiit fortified places, where every
caution had been taken to securer the inhabitants -
surprise, as it was still reported that the French]
intention of invading the island. It is also stated
Deputies from Ilayti proceeded to France, at the
of the Count de Villele, for the purpose of treating
subject of their independence, and deciding on the
to be made to France for that nominal onnalM7n.

By the arrival of the Favourite, Mathews, off
from Matanzas, in 38 days, we learn that the pire
still very active in that quatter. During the stay
Favourite at Matanzas the pirates committed severs,
rages on shipping; within Mein of the forts they caps
an American brig, put the Captain and crew hi the
castle, and nailed them down; took out whatever
thought proper, then sct her en Gre in three
places, with the crew below, and made their escape
shore. .The ceew, luckily, forced the hatchway;
on deck in time to extinguish the fire.
Mijor-General Turner, who has been appoirted
ceed Sir Charles M`Carthy in the Goveenment of
Leone, went yesterday to ilroolwich. for the purpose
milking himself acquainted with the new system
charging rockets. They will be of powerful ate ,
he be obliged to continue hostilities with the Astute
:savages,' who are in great dread of fire, and are easily ?
courfited by the discharge of musketry. Under seek
'cumstanets General Turner does well to make
oequainted with this very annoying node of attack.
.Turner is an experienced and distinguished effieer.
lost an arm in the service about fourteen years ago.
said he will have the honour of Knighthood conferred
him previous to his departure.
A letter from Seale of the 2,l.instaut- e
'some curious facts as to the mule adopted by Ferd.
" silk.' the wind." lie has entered into a crierae
some. English speculators in Madrid, to let to ei•
certain fixed sums, the privilege of collecting the d'
'the entry of merchandise into the large towns. At
where the same duties are chargeable as at Cath
which the Spanish officers have never been able to
the privilege was let by Ferdinand for five millions
(50,0001.) annually. The Chamber of Commerce
city having remonstrated in vain against this se'
taken advantage of a local charter in their favou+.
aside the contract, upon condition of their paving ti
sum to Ferdinand as the English Company fiad al
pay. To cover this undertaking, the Chamber
eidtd upon levying only a small duty, under the
sion that the trade will be chiefly carried there,
the inhabitants will benefit largely by the master
Evening Paper.
11'e understand that a survey of the Eastern C'
England has at length conenenc'el, and that the I
gator, Mr. George. Thomas, commander, sailed
Chatham on the loth inst. for that purpose. It.
wise said I. be in contemplation to survey, befog'
winter, the whole of the Western Coast.
PATIeNT RIGIII.—SINGEING IT GAE,4III,
Francis Boot, of this town, were indicted
bet.;
Grand Jury for false answers in Chancery, to le
against them by Mr. Samuel Hall, of Buford,
fringements upon his patents for improving ;
bills being found against them both, fur wilful s
rupt perjury, the Judge issued a Bede+ w-arrant
them, and they were apprehended and brought
police other, where they gave bail fee their apres
take their trial at the next Assiges.—Nsifinclam

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customers to in the rifita
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of water t began, cialii
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to
was &Pawed digdwration, a
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the rector's O
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a momentary 'The defend at
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as care of the tie disentangle'
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in finding au lie was taken of
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doubting bet hy Cam: `liar.
ma, and that tae congreg it ,1
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best spirit of emerding
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yards a black [Rte at the
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to ail-ammo- •;sla the
will have a i • tiase.n it,
colours; and - • as Justi
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parts at von 'Yard wits-e,a
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signified hs y right to the p
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who are in ,arch, that theca
every effort re and ontrab
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