The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-25 00:00:00

To sink the Offal, per stone of Elb.

Beef, ss. 6d. to 6s. 64,, Mutton, 7s. od. to 89. 4d. Veal,
69,6 d. to 7s. ed. Pork, is.Od. to 63. 6tl"

Beasts, 520. Sheep, 20:0. Calves, 130. Pigs, 290.
HAY-MARKET,

Hay, 31. Os. to 41. 15s. Straw, 11. 10s. to 21. Os. Clover,
.51.. O. to Cl. 10s.

EXTR?►CT OF A LETTER FROM KILDARE, DATED
14TH MARCH.

" We are proud to record the manly defence
made by a young lad in the service of Mr. Thos.
Eleary, a respectable farmer. at Moortown, in
this neighbourhood, of his master's hpuse and
property, on the night of Thutsday, the 10th inlet.
In the absence of his.master in Dublin, the house
was attacked by a banditti of arined :rnflians, at
the hour-of eleven o'clock at night, demanding
arms, with threats and imprecations, which the
servant refused to give up, as his.mawter bad left
thein in his charge. The ruffians then made
at-
tempts to force their way into the house at four
different places, and were at length beaten.off by
the constant and intrepid fire of this spirited
young lad, and obliged to retire without effecting
their purpose. If such examples -were followed
up, outrages of this description would no longer
disgrace the civilization of th4.country."

VATIO'!.:At SOCIETY

toOlt THE EDUCATIO) OF THE POOL

This most laudable Institution, which reflects
such high honour on the national character, and
promi.es such extensive belietiis to society,•by Ole
inrprovement of the morals of the riging genera-
tion of the lower orders of the community, our
Readers. Will be rejoiced to hear, - proceeds most
prosperously in the great and. good objects in view.
A Meeting of the Committee was held on Wed.-
nesday at St. Martin's Vestry-room .• When a re-
port was made that delighted all the diatingaished
personages who -were present on the •oceasion.—
Among.others we 'witnessed,
Archbishop of Canterbury, Adibiral,Lord Ti.a4stoct:,
Archbishop of York) The Sitiaker .of!the Houk. of
Earl .of Shaftesbury, Commons,. • _ . •
Bishop of London, J.Ohn
1. ishacn of-Lincoltri • Francis Burton, Escr.
Bishbp of Salisbury, John ttouud, Esq. M.P.
Bishop of Ely, • Joshua
Mhop of Si., Asaph, Jauie:7
BishOp of E-11,reford,. Archd&teon Cac:b ridge,
Bishop of Norwich, ~ Rev. Dr: Ireland, • .

, .
lii);ho,p of Chester, Rev. Dr, Bell,
Bishop of Petrborough; Rev. H. H.Nr.tris,
BishOp of Oxford, • • Rev. Richard Lundou.,
Lord R.eilorv, - •

lITPROVEMENT ON PRINTING PRESSES.

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EDINBUROTT•IN§TITUTE..-*/it a meeting of the
tneMberS-of this lastitution, held on Tuesday, the
Sth instant, Mr. JOHN RUTIIVEN, printer, Edin-
burgh, laid before them a working model of 'his
newly invented .printing-'press. : ' .- .
' This press is- constructed on principles entirely
different from those of the presses now in use, to
all of which; in the judgment of several profcs-
Sional gentlemen who examined it, it is decidedly
:superior. As its mechanism, however, cannot
be easily understood without actual inspec.ion,:
it would be to little purpose to attempt to
Aescribe it ; but it may be observed in general, '
' that ,by substituting compound levers for the
screw, Mr. Ituthven has effected a considerable
saving of power,. anal by a' more commodioussar-
rangement of the different parts of the machine, he
has been. enabled to remove all the material 'defects
of the printing press hitherto in: use.—ln Mr.
liuthven's press, the coffin, or tabletfor the types,
remains fixed, and the impression on one side.of a
sheet is completed by one application of use moving
~power, and of.course by one:ex,ertiOn.of the arm.
He has- a contrivance-for making register(printiag
the pages exactly one the back of each other), in an
improved manner, and art gulator for producing tlif-
Aerent degrees of pressure that may. be required.
Instead of pullingovith the right hand, as in the
.other presses, alm;actice both i:iconvenient and
dangerqus,. the vVorktnan.produces the impression'
•,,by.turning with,the.left hand
.a winch or dandle,
, .which makes about one-third of 'a 1.-evolution. It
is proper to add,- drat, all the parts are-contrived
-and- disposed with :4 due regard to-economy of
.':time and labour, :ap.d„.with a, nice attention, to
-every circumstance which -a practical knowledge
- cif-the art.of printing could suggest.
. , --411.r.Rtithven's construction has the advantlge of
..being.equally.applicable.on a great or small ,::ale;
-With the model he exhibited, which did not oc-
cupy, more space-that, a cubic foot,. and although
made of iron, was easily tarried- under the arm,
he7printed of, in. pres_ence of the meeting, eight
small pages, (contained. in the size of a dewy oc-
tavo), affording ocular evidence of the accuracy
-with which the impression was taken, and theta..
'-eility with which the operation -was performed:
• Such small presses would certainly be very useful
in remote country places ; they might even fur-
nish a very pleasing,aniusement to amateurs ; and
those of the large size, when their advantages be-
come known, will•no doubt be- brought into gene- ,
ral use by .the trade. :.- .• - ' . .
. Mr. • IttrrilyEtc concluded the account of his ,
model by observing,-that as.no circumstance con-
-liected with the progress Of .an art that had ren-
dered such signal service...to _mankind- was . devoid
-ttf,.. interest, lie _thought it - but: justice to state,
Chit: the .Ediribtirgh Institute had the merit of
bringing this-invention into notice, as-the at-
terition• excited -by the portable press, -formerly
exhibited at a meeting of the Institute, had in-.
&iced him to attempt one on a more extensive
settle, which he had now the satisfaction to lay
befae the Society. - I