The Sun.
London, England, 1805-09-07 00:00:00

r Dun_4v, SErr. 2.

ON Friday night, °the 40th August, between the
harms of nine and. ten o'clock, an alarming fire
broke out' in the 'stables pf the New White Cross
:Inn, rear of Pill*.ine, and itmnediately adjoining to
*the Four cdurts 'the flames raged with the greati
eat violence, and threatened destruetion to the houses
of the surrounding neighbourhood. In the shortest
space of time possible the fipe Water Otficer6 at-
tended A 'grOt nupber of the workmen and
turneocks, and furnished*lnost-abandant supply
of water before 'any engine atrh.ed: It was neces-
sary to have. the ;several engines supplied from the
street, at a distance of near 200 yards, Which labori-
. otb business was effe&ed by gill ranks Of peoplewith
uncommon nod praiselworthy exertions. After air
`hour the great engine belonging to the Sun Insur-
ance Office. arrived ; its. safiiiir-pipe was instantly
introduced into the Main pipe ; : its large feeding
pipe was extended from`the engine into: the rear
concerns, and there communicated with the Several
smaller engines ; by this contrivance they were
nlamdantly stylied, the people .relieved froth great
labour, .8 ti 4,,0w power of -this engine displayed.---.
MU the High Sheriffs, Messrs. Bloxham and
Thorpe, attended...from the commute ncement of the
fire, and afforded the greatest assistance ; they call-
-61 Out detachments of the 28t11 anti Royal Tyrone
Regiments. It was -past three o'clock on Saturday
mornin,,,4 before the High Sheriff:4 'dismissed the
00-leers of the Pipe Water Deepartment,watwhich
time the fire was fortunately extinguished, without
doing near the damage that was at first apprehend-
ed. . ;.

. A few dayi since a boy about .ten years of Age;
belonging tora'boat lying in the Canal at Shardlou,„
Derbyshir
e,gas he war attempting to fill:a bucket
:with wator 'from the River Trent, accidentally
:hitt? the' river, , and was drowned. The following
day a, gpy, of about the saMeage, was killed at. the
slim 'placer by thergear of a waggon which fell
np:in him as l; Wa3 preparing to carry in the 'har-
:((esi..‘ i\ud at Ilkeston, in the same County, a child
tV,T,o years old Was unfortunately scalded to death by
,drin%ing hot ivater from a tea,ot, which inadver-
rently .been. left' (for few moments only)
Within ifs
On taturclaY last, upon the inforination of .tord
Scitts±iliA ganie-Reeper,, warrants were • oluained
frolji:FrlrierS•NOel-Clarke Mundy, Esq. one of His
M';lidestfs Justices. of. the Puce for :Dcityshire, to
'ieitr4i'fOrtlefs; and • other•engines; for the destruc-.
giinie, in seven houses at Duffield, When,
..14;1116'prii dential means .of employing -;ltich a num-
ebniata',les and assistants as w ere, s'otticient fo
*tin: co inthence their setrelt itteitch house
at the' Same 'Moment, a rininber.of nuts and other,
pc.,ae:,.e.lin-piernents.vVerre found'in the houses of
fi'Ve persons, Of the nitrites of Samuel Gorse„ amp-
eon Kirk, Thomas Maskery, John Oakclen,, and
losepliaikden: The nets, &c. Were .of course seit-
, • ..
'ed,-an&prosecutions are ~Commenced against, 'several
of them, to'recover the penalty of 51.
' A method of preserving wood; in damp situations
hi; been disiovcred, which at this that
to iteriai
,h4s become so scarce from the, prodigious
increriise'of thademand, will be,considered of great
`•Two coats of..the following Preparation
are' tii,be'llpplied, after which the wood is subje&to
no daerioration whatever from humidity ..7,-11welve
pounds' of rosin are: to be beaten in a mortar, to
"which three pounds of sulphur, and twelve, 'pints of
Whale oil, are to be added. This mixture is to he
melte l over the fire,and to be stirred dUring,the. opc-
ration, Ocl re, redmed to an impalpable powder by
triturating it with oil, may then be eombined in the
''proportion necessary necessary to give either-a lighter'Or a
(Hiker colour to the material. The first coat should,
be piit on lightly, having previously been heated ,-
thersetond may be applicant two or three days ir and
a third' after an equal interval, if, from the peculiar
Ltainpneis of the situation, it should be judged ex-
pedient.
, The prodigious fortunes that have been made by
the growth of Potatoes in the vicinity of London
has' more extensively contribtited to the abundant
cultivation of this root , than all the declamations of
Agricultural Associates. Perhaps the following me-,
thud of producing two, crops in the same year may
'add,.to the temptations to propagate this marl ye-
cf,,ctable. Six. weeks before the maturity of the most
forward of his Potatoes, a Farmer planted in his
garden sets at the distance of an. inch. 'By the time
the former were carried off the groimd,• the latter
had attained the. height of five or six inches, and
were itninediately transplanted to the field from
whence the Others had been removed, .On the ed
of Ntn'ernber the last crop wastaken up, and, with
'its produce, amply rewarded the Experimentalist
'fbr the, skill and industry he.had applied, The quan.f.
ay is :state,' to he R 4 sacks, each weighing424olbs;
rr acre. The red kidneys are recommended as
most stilted to the second crop.
The following method has been praetised in
PmnCe iirr the ex tradioo of sugar them carrots
Strip the it..ave.-i front the root, Cut 'off the lower
extremity, and scrape away thil exterior eoat,, of
three 141111 id 3 lute two ounces' of carrots,' After
comoß:33 them in a strong cloth, sufficiently
open in its wxtine to - adroit the sugar to pass
totoo,,ql it. Pour upon the exenterete(l mat ttl 'cue
pint ly>ilimg.wAthifanct'. the renidutun Acill,.be
azti, a pounds oft, ..a .".pulpy Mixture, • strongly
"hopregnated tc clt the sugar: -tie, liquitt:triust
be esttporated ' bang clarified with the,Whit3
of au t jto Ow cwsisterice of a syrup. *By-these
trwans merely- with tie muscular power of the
human arm, may be obtained one and two,
vooccs
..of this
.synip'; intd, no.douht, a
qua:kitity be luirett <. bye eau-
-I,lqinent u.t a .ple!s, and wit r the asAist:Ance. of

• An ingeniotts trzlt.itnan, resitting at the west end
of the town, has iir,bigiitwd to Government, ibr the
iiispvLio,ri of pr 11 0111c-cis and flintnissioners
of in-; the mode) of a ny,tehilie for
enabling Shipping to inike a rapif.l headway hi calm
Lt eather, !.I3 0.1,0 to htt '1 1 a current, tind cork ~/)if
it
pc,rfet iritplicity, we'rintktrstand,
ronderi it pracii,:.:He :nid it the portent:llllg gooti
~t ill '['llloll, wt sillctkely hope ni-dt-it will
meet its due reward.

LONDON : rint:ll IZ R!) !IA RP. IS, of No. 4, Martlett-court, 1301,_stteet ,
at
at the SUN., OFFIcX, No. Strand ; where Alt criisclawits Order.s fi

not pasyd'ilssl 'etimnatien in the Academy ;abP-1,
lishing stleh priiterres. formerly .cniqed
by the, towns, and irk-iposing otlier restriftions
ly advantageous to'Arehlte&ure, and honourable to,
the Government lnd on account of the 'frequency
and number of
,plans referred by the Couiic.il to Abe
judgment 'of the Atitti&rey; the King, on the 03(1
March, 1786, ordered the establishment of a Sitand-
ing.Commi4ce of Architeauretin 'tKeAc4derny,: to
consist of Direaors, Deputy=dire4ers, .seseral
demician, and a Secretary, to expedite all concerns.
of this kind

No farther task, appeared now to remain for the
aaive zeal of this Institution .yet, from a desire of
perfe6ting the method of its ht u (ties, a revisal,Of 'its
plan was resolved on. The opinions of all the va-
rious Dire&ors, Deputy-direaors, and Acadetnicians
of both clasSes (honorary and of rnerit); were re-
ceived, either verbally or >in writing, and many
points of great utility were suggested for the improve-
ment of the students in future.

On the, other hand, Their .Majesties and their
au-
gust family‘omitted nothing that could confer honour
or distinaion on the Academy of St. Ferdinand. .
The 34th article of its 'statutes is thus expressed:
" To all the Professors of the Academy, not pre-.,
viously enjoying such privileges, I grant the especial
privilege of Nobility, together with all immunities,
prerogatives, and exemptions enjoyed by the Hy-
dalgos by descent within my realms and I -enjoin
the same to be observed and fully complied with in,
all towns of my dominions, wherever any 'Acade-
mician shall fix his residence; oa'hiS presenting a
certificate, signed by the Secretary, of his being such
Academician." •
On the appointmentefn: Richard WitU to be Se-
cretary of State, notice. was Sentto the AsseiPWY of
the Academy on-6th June, 1754, that he had. like,
wise been nailed President : from hich period the
Presidentship has remained annexed to that office
of state and it was farther declared, by 'a Royal
1 di4t, 6f May 6; 1777, thltrthe•postof Vice-Presi-
dent should enjoy for ever the bonourspf preceden-
cy.(antiguedid),in tllc. Pannell
iof Finance. •
The. Academy rio less lustre frOM the
;'vantage it .enj(ipi'aireekoning among the members
"of its Couriell, entrusted with its direetien: and de-
bisioris, :the most distinguished. persons of.the king,
dem in,ranli,, Public situation, and leariiing.
•
Charles lll.lnut only on particular occasions,
ri-
mitted the-animal thu of 37,500 realst, which .the
• Academy pays to the revpue of, the post-office, for,
the house it occupies in the street of .Alcala, but, as a
farther: mark of his Royal favour, deigned tolionour
the Institution with his presehce 'in the year 17(i5,
and'again 1776 ; • and his example v,•as'followed by
his. illustrious family. Their Mesti.Serene Highbcs,,es
the Princes-Of A stiiria, in proof oftheir, pre;-
'seated the Andeiny with some drawhi:ts executed
by themselves, The Infinite 4). Gabriel likewise
presented two heads, copied ,by him in chalk from
some drawings. of•Raffhel .d'l.7.rbino„, and permitted
his name to he enrolled, in the list of 't
without any other disttn&ion than that of
precedency, • .:;,A
' -*Charleilvtr.'lmitating.his'angttSt.father,.visited,the
Academy July '3, 1704, accompanied by his, beloved
consort, the Most Serepe Waives his sobs and bro...
thers„and by, tie Infante D. Lads Prince of Paima;
op.:-.hily.l3,''f'766',.'btOinne..;llll Academician :in.
.
both'aisses;
41.0. distribution of the
medals in the „Gty... e 0 4ssetrOly of. that
„yew, and.
also • '4' • •
• Fii;aily, begkies libehiendowlnerit of the Aca,
-deniY;,' 'Of 12,600 tiesOK .Peroinn, the,mest unbeund-
ed favour and protee-tipti..4o.lKen Treelybestowed on
this.distiwished then ought to
• he the grateful .resulf :?; It,is apparent, in the temples,
`:.the 'valatteS,'buildings;streets, walks, g:itt,S, and even
!private .dwel rings' of m-fidod In the royAl residences,
.'cities, and towns of the, kingdOm„: wince. the alters-
'tion and" progress of painting„ ,sculpture, architec-
ture, and engraving is .every where obviens,, On a
comparison of the produ&ioiss in the Fine Arts since
the establishment of the Aeaderny, of St. Ferdinand
with
,those of: the preceding 100 .years, these later
works demonstrate the attention and improvement of
the Professors, the care of, the .A.cademy, and the
zealous protec=tion. of the Government. , •
A considerable change has alreadY been effetCted
since that happy epOch,both in'ourtaste and informa-
tion with resped to the Fine .Arts. The constant
patronage of the Great, the *dissemination. of know-
ledge by the Learned;, and%the zealous discharge of
• duty by the Master's, in imparting their acquirements
to their pupils are alone now wanting (as the kilt
Orator learnedly andaptly remarked in the Academy)
to raise the Arts to the height. they attained in the
Pontificates ofJ uhus IL and Leo X., and in the reigns
of Charles V. and Philip 11.,
Theie I find in the Adas of the Academy to be reaks
Vellon, the exchange of which is about five to, an-linglibh‘
shilling. There is 'also a real de Plata, double the value of
the real Velloa,—(Translator4 •

Prf:bovyession,--The celebrated physiognamio, La-
vater, has declared that,no part of the lace tends so
much to convey npleasing prepossession, in favour of
'any one, as , the appearance of a set of ,repay and
hcautilitlly white teeth, 4.aA! at. ilnportS the ir.lta
.of
openness, cif ehargter, arid gives a contidenee in the
person that piss.essc.'s them. • BumEa's Restora-
tive l',..rth-powdcr stlnicti unrivalled in its e:•cel-
'once for this purpose.. It is a certain preventative
at2inst T;)otli-ache ; it eradieates the searNy and
its cawte, ‘if„•tbyiness- and sponginess of gums, mid
gives to the mouth every appearance of health and
litmtity,, making the- teeth pearly white, and the
lips and gums to assume a deliwe red or vermillion
colour. It may be had of most MeclicineNenders
and Perfumers in every to;',,,n, in Boxes, at es. 9d.
each.'