The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-07 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON, AuGusr t.

Yesterday were executed here, pursuant to their
Sentences at our last Assizes, William Walters,
alias Waters, alias. Blueskin, for stealing a bay
gelding, the property of. Mr. John Wright, of this
Town ; and William Higgason, for stealing eleven
Sheep, the property of Thomas Barker, of Road.
They were taken in a mourning coach to the place
of execution,
,where their behaviour was such as be.
came persons in their. unhappy situation ; and they.
were launched into eternity amid a large concourse
of spetators. Higgason left in his cell a written
paper (which he .desired might. be published), in
which he acknowledged his ow n.guilt ; but solemnly
proteited that John Webb, who was suspeded of
having been concerned with him in this and simi.
lar offences, was perfally innocent of the same.
Walters did not. make any parlieular confession,
but acknowledged that he had been guilty, of many
offences against the Laws of his Country. Walters
was a native of Staffordshire; and Higgason, of
Hanslope, Bucks.

CHINESE TELEGRAPH AND STOVES..-.--11l the

" Travels of JouN BELL, of Antermony," from
St. Petersburg to Pekin, in 1720; he describes two
ingenious inventions, which were then in use in
China; and the Reader will probably recognize in
them, the Telegraph of modern days, and the
flue-stoves ofthe-celebrated,culinary ceconomist.--
" Near the populous City of Siang Fu,, (says our
Author,) we met with many turrets upon the road,
called post-houses, crated at certain distances from
one another, with a flag-staff, on which is hoisted
the Imperial pendant.--These turrets,are so con-
trived as to be in sight .of one another, and by
signals, they can convey intelligence of- any re-
markable event. By this means the Court is in-
formed,-, in , the speediest manner imaginable,' of
whatever disturbance may happen, in the most re.
mote Provinces of the Empire. These posts are
also very useful, by keeping the Country trey from
highwaymen; for should a person escape at one
house, on a signal being made, he would certainly
be stopped at the next," :What was the-peculiar
construction of these signals Mr. BELL does not
state ; but as 'hey were' capable " of conveying
intelligence of any remarkable event in the spee-
diest manner imaginable," they must have been
something more than mere pendants, on a flagstaff.
But to return to- our Author, who now writes from
a village within four miles of the Capital of China :
" My lodgings in this village happened to be at a
Cook's-house, which gave me an opportunity of
observing the ingenuity of these people, even. on
trifling occasions. My Landlord being in his shop,
I paid hirtPa visit ; where I found six, kettles, placed
in a rocw, on farnaces, having a separate opening
under each of them for receiving the fuel, which
consisted of a _few small sticks and straw. On his
pulling a thong he blew a• pair of bellows, which
made all his kettles boil in a very short time. They
are, indeed, very thin, and made of cast-iron, be-
ing extremely smooth, both within and without.
The scarcity of fuel near such a populous City,
prompts people to contrive the easiest methods of
dressing their yiluals and keeping themselves warm
during the Winter which is. severe for two months."