The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-10 00:00:00

NAVAL. NEWS,

-POkTSMOUTII, MARCH 9.---Sailed the Illairibr,
Cressy, and Fisgard, for off clirr6b4Urg: The, lira•
zard, for NeWfoundland, with a convoy.
Arrived the Volage store-ship, Sera pis. and Lafingtre
froth the eastward.

List and West Indiamen are coming up very fast

all day.

DIAL, Mallon O.—Sailed last -evening, after
Post, the whole of the •Outwarci-bound merchant-
men, coasters,. and.solhers, under convoy .of his
Majesty's ,ships' Barbara and- loyalis-t, for Ports:
mouth.

Came down from the River and passed the Downs
the .eirencester and illnwick Castle; East Indiamen,

for China.

Arrived
,his. Majesty's ship Marli)orough from

Portsmouth.

YARMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Sailed his
,Majesty's
ship Blazer for 1-11ig,oland. , ,

FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Arrived the I?egent,and
Malilda transports from Portsmouth, bound to
Nialta : they left the fleet yesterday morninihe-
tween the jLizard and Sally.

Sailed Ins Alajesty' ship Rapid to thq.Eastward;

with several inert:halal-nen and coasters.

The following packeis are in the Ro.ids, wind-
bound :—Princeys, Elizabeth, Kinn, .for Lisbon ;
Dispatch, KIRKN ESi, f,r M4ra ;. and the ildven-
tip e, SAMFsoN, for the Brazils.

DR. DAK'S LECTURES 4 T THE liOYzIL
N6717' V / , „

LECTURE VII.

Mr. Davy took a view of the opinions of the an-
cients revealing the elements of matter, which they
into air, water, earth, and fire. Thales, and
sonie of the Em titian and Asiatic philosophers, ac-
customed to observe the vivifying effects of water on
vegetation, in watm climates, were .Ivd to consiitr

it as the first principle of things. • Others adopted a
system of elementary atoms, of .various shves, not
different, he otmerved, from the modern doarine of
the prioritize molecules, from which (Weren't crys-
tallized suhstances are formed. In modcrn chemis-

Tistry, those substances are considered as elemen-

. _
tary .Which have, not been decompouuded by any
known processesof nature or art. In submitting sub-
stances to chemical analysis, it. is not sufficient to
observe• that, they remain apparently unchanged;
v,e must also. ascertain whether. they have lost or
g tined any. weight. during the process.. Want of
attention to this circumstance ,occasioned great er-
rors in the conclusions of former chemis:s, and it is
only during the present century that accurate modes
of analysis have been employed, founded on princi-
ples of definite quantities, and- submitted to stria
rules of calculation. . Water unites .with, and dif-
fuses itself through, all gaseous fluids, which do not
absoi b. it rapidly ; hence it becomes a matter of im-
portance to ascertain the quantity of aqueous vapour
in different gasses, which, he said, was nearly one,
30th part of their volume, at the temperature of 60
Fahrenheit. Besides this aqueous vapour in gasses,
there is also a certain portion •of water chemically
combined with the acids of acid gas,es, and though

the existence of this combined water had been de-
nied by Mr. Dalton, and_ MesSr% Guy-Busac, and
Thenard, he said it mght be proved by condensing
twariatie acid gas by the aaion of ice on the surface
of the ve3sel, which produced a vapour, or drops;
visible on the side!. We cannot avoid remarking,
that the coudensatinn of muriatio acid gas from' a_
gaspous to a fluid form, has been efleiited by"e-
chanical compresiion in the exp;:riment of Mr.
Northmore, but this experiment does nut imply the
existence of combined water in the acid. In all

those experimettif on chlorine, or oxymuriatic acid
gas, 'in which oxygen is separated: and.mm iatic acid.
formed, Mr. Davy said the oxygen was formed'
from the decomposed of the combined water, and
the hydrogen, uniting with chlorine, formed the Mu-
riatic acid. Ox-ygen. gas, Mr. Davy said, when
comb;ned with some substances, during' compustion,
formed peculiar acids; but, when cumbined With
other substances, it formed :alkalies, of which .he
exhibted instances in the combustion of potassium,
which forms the vegetable alkali for potass. The
presence-of oxygen is not oecessary, in all cases, to
combustion, the metals arsenic and potassium, will
combine in vacuo by. the,heat of a spirit lamp, and
give out brilliant light during their combination.—
An important inquiry has been started—ln what
manner is the oxygen of the atmosphere supplied
Which is destroyed by the respiration of animals and
other processes of nature ?—Mr. Davy said that he
considered it as one of lite must important -and use-
ful of Dr. Priestley'" discoveries that vegetables de-
compose cal bottle acid gas, and give out oxygen to
the atmosphere. , An attempt has recently been
made to overturn this dodrioe, but the arguments
brought against it were inconclusive, and founded,
be conceived, on' inaccurate Observations, made on
too limited a scale to be a standard for the great ope-
rations of .nature. Nealthyi plants supply, oxygen,
but decayed leaves or diseased spots in plants give
oat-carbonic scid gas. The oxygen supplied by ve-
getables, he considered as sufficient for the constant:
support of animal life, and the carbonic acid pro-
duced by animal respiration, wa3 essential to the
support of vegetable life. The enlarged views which
thiS•discovery unfolds of the conne4i,pri of the uitre-
rent departments of nature, and their nutual de-
pendence on each other, presents us with the most
impressive proofs of the .wisdom and design with
which the whole system is arranged.

BREAD.,—There •was no Court of Aldermen to-
day. The Lord-1141!yor, Miter inspting Ole re-
turns, ordered it to. rise 2d. per peck. ,Qiiartern
loaf 17d.

PO' gni

IMPROMPTU,

Obi AN 01"?()SITF.ON FA3LE.

The Writers of Party, in verse and in prose,.
Alike are consistent in.plan,
And, in spkcen, Which their judgment and policy stews:
Send a tiare to make love.to a Swan !'

Allowing the story, it slivAt, of the Pen
That things, be.sidc mgr; know the use,
And 'iis fair to conclude that the Fabulist, then,
is surely some silly old Coore, "'

But where is the tvonde.r, the people may cry,
Rare unions appear cv'ry day,
And'nought ca 6 surprize, when we sec a dose tit
Is furm'cl 'twixt a GRENVILLL and Ciax*-
1 . T.

The public- are inctobtel for tffe following au'
(Me'to diltllol of the admit-ablt. Poem ;114
tilled TALAVERA.

WAR SQNG,
WRITTEN 1803.

Wave, wave, the banners of the fight ;
"Be cv'ry,hreast in z:rtnour tlit;ht,
And cv't.i soul on Are! •

To,tremblittz, Europe's fr4;htetl eyes
Trd let the Sun trf battle rise ;
And 610,K1y he the morning skies -
That hiing the day ofi re !

WhOSt. iTepIOUS voice his dark cam; •
Wakes the., Destroyer of the brave , •
%Vitro hand prepate., their tomb 2- •
'Tis Fle, Ambition's p:rjur-,1 sprite;' •
'Ti; He that waves the flags of light,
'Tis He, in clouds of deadliest night,
Who weaves the warrior's doom.

Weep, weep, ye gentle dames of France,
Ye, whose devOted Sons advance •
To Britain's fatal shore -
() ! kiss their lips before ye'part _ •
O ! press- them to your bursting heart-,
Save in.a dream's convulAve start
Ye'ne'er shall clasp them more.

AredSe, arouse, ye British dames,
With words of fire, the patriot flames
That burn 'for glorious deed.
For hint that lives, the rapturd:eye
01 Love shall dance ! for those who die,
Their Ladies' tears, their Country's sigh,
Shall be the sacred meed

POLICE.

GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday JamekTailor, a very firm
boy about 16 years nld;. was brought before the Sit-
ting Alderman (Sir W. CURTIS, Bart.) charged by
his master, Mr. Philips, a bookbinder, in Aldgate,:-
with various offences, in having written several
anonymods'threalening Irtter's, particularly a letter
clireeted tonne Murphy, stating that Philips was an
avowed enemy of his, and all his Countrymen (It ish-
men.), and directing him to come with a gang, upon
a certain night, and set fire to Philips's house,
for which he and all 'his companions should be libe-
rally rewarded ; the letter concluded with a list of
subscriptions pretended to be entered into for that
puPdose, with the initials of the names of the sup-
posed subscribers.
Ot her letters were produced, dire&ed to Force re-
spea.ible booksellers in Paternoster-row, ;who wire'
to the habit 'of employing Phillips, threatening for
burn" their houses if they continued to employ
Lim. He was also charged• with forging letters
to persons at Stationers' Hall, and obtaining money
from them under false pretences for returned Al-
manacks, It also appeared Mit he had been four
years apprentice to Mr. Philips, and that his father'
was a respectable carpenter at Dew ford..

In Ills defence he denied having written any of
the letters. fie was remanded for further exami-
nation, •

• PIi.EFERALENTX.
The [lon. and Rev. R. L. t;topfind, 'M. A. of Christ.
Church, Oxford, toa preb:ndal Mail in the fn!e. Chapel of
Saint George, Windsor, vacant by the deccaseof fi.nt Rev.
John Hallam, 9,1). The ReV. T. - SVhiphain, M. A. to
the -vicarage of Kingsteignton, Devon, with Iley tvi. k Cha-
pel annexed, void by the death of the Rev. fir Jones. This
,kev. H. Barry, M. A. senior Fellow of the Michell Foun-
dation at Queen's'College, 0 x font, to the I<c:dory of tl pi,et
Studamore, Wilts, Vacant by the decease of the V.ev. T.
OvVen ; patrons, the Provost and Fellov.s at Queen's. Ihe
Rev. C. Burne to. be to his Majesty's ship Te=
rneraire.