The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-05 00:00:00

%vhich 'Tows in Brazil; tras .latel

been found to b

g y. fe
an antidote to all poisons. The pain and inflam.
tnations arising from the bites- of serpents, the itco.
lupendra, poisonous caterpillars, &c. are, in recent
cases,, rernoved id a few Minima by it. Count Dos
Arcos, Governor of Para; assisted by M. Sieber,-
an intelligentiGettnan Nattfralist, is now employed
on an extensive course of experiinents to ascertain
the extent of its medicinal properties.
The Gentlenten of Ulverston and the neighhOur.
hood have established an Agricultural Seciety in
that town ; and-at the first Meeting, on Wednesday
last, a wager of ten guineas was ()Were(' that the
Rev. Mr. Ellertort, of Colton, would produce a fat
sheep and pig, of his own feeding, against any sheep
and pig in Lancashire, both fed by the "same persoo.
The following melancholy Circumstance occurred
on Tuesday seinnight, at Gateside,' near Galloway :
about two o'clock a byre lielOnging to Getirge Mac.
michael took fire, whieh was entirely constithed,'
along with a horse, falai cows, four slide!, farming
utensils, Sze. 'The fire was so 'far gone befOre it
was dis Covered that nothing could be Saved ; and
and had it.: not been for the favourable' state of the
wind, the dwelling-house adjoining Would' have
shared the same fate.
A Welch Gentleman, named Martin, hai obtain.
eita Patent for making pig and cast iron from iron
stone, anti for making them into wrought iron, by'
using raw stone to be worked and made_ by blara.
The Prost was uncommonly severe at Baltimore,
Philadelphia, &c. at the commencement of. the lair
month ; at New. York the iee'broice up on the a3tl
January and alloWed several :Vessels to put to sea.
Last week some Soldiers, at Battle, purloined a.
quantity of saltpetre from Mr, Harvey's
.Powder_
mills, and aeluallroffered a bag of it for sale toHarvey I The person was apprehended, and tm.
peached "three of his comrades:
On Sunday seinnight an. Inquisition was taken at
Fiaton.Socon, in the County of Bedford, before,
WZI.;LTAM, WhITV'/ORTI-1, Genii' Coroner for the
said County, nn view of the body of 'Samael
'dings, a lad about .13 yeah of age, who haVing been
• sent to the mill there for some water, while dipping
the can in the river Attie the mill, unfortunat, ly
slipped in, and was drawn under the mill Wheel
and drowned. Verdict—Accidental death.
There is living, not too miles froniStoneharen, a'
man who has prattised a ,greater variety of the pie.
chanical arts than any one person we remember to
have heard of. Ile was., originally bred a, country
blacksmith, and is known to have attained con.
siderable proficiency in ihat line. Self:taught, he
soon became a profess d. cloCk and watchmaker.—
Ile has made some watches., and his clocks,
.of
which he has furnished hundreds, are reckoned not
inferior to any of those commonly manufadured in '
this country. He did not confine himself, however,'
to the movements only, for, as soon as it was corn.
pitied, he formed the mahogany case; and this part
of his workmanship would do credit to the regular:
ly bred cabinet-maker. His genius neXt extended
itself to musical instruments ; in the evenings °lune
winter he made,- for his athoaernent, six or 'eight
fiddles, of which the workmanship and varnish Were
excellent, and the trines by no means despicable.--
Cine of thorn he constraled to
,plity with eight
strings; t'vvo of each kind, and the efFed, especially-
in slow music, was very pleasant'. ' In his own -fa.
mily he is occasionally both elytor and shoemaker ;
and in the 'latter departmetit he might vie with any
of the Mote substantial ions bf Cripin. Ile lately
parchaied a small balk, which, with the assistance
of his son, a boy, he now navigates in the coal trade. !
He was at sea in this bark during one Of last win.
ter's storms, and 'wits supposed to have finhaed his
career in Derv's L/ckier; burr, after- ,sonic time, he
was found snug in the harbour. Abditt a month
ago his Vessel encountered another storm, in which
seteral. planks were atone, and lief stern demolished.
lieN a, new channel was opened for his multifarious
ingenoity.' He immediately 'set to work, and join.
ins .the old blacktnith to the'ship carpenter, forced
bolts, and shaped timber, and by rite: work of his
own hand alone, has comlietcd the necessary repairs.
Herald.)