The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-08 00:00:00

glnce tLe.las simetll.l have loMaSdcl the works of
this lint;;- but as they noi,V. ate, they are not pto-
portioned to the other, and the means that might, I
be _opposed to if, if the besiegers _were. roasters
of the sea, and direCted the enterprize bettei.

STEAM 130 ATS.-They claim in America the ho-
tiour of. a most important discovery—et the art of
navigating a vessel,. with a keel of 16u feet long, so
as to go by force:of steam, sik miles an hour,. with,. -
out ,a sail, and against wind and tide." The idea
hoWever, has oltea been- pi'aCliCally tried in England;
and it is.believed that the principal: merit of the
covery in question is owing to a native of Scotland,
boin at the Calton-bill, in Edinburgh„where ainurn,
bee of ingenious mechanics. reside--the son of :one
of whom, after living.. to Glasgow as an Engineer).
went sOtne years ago to Americp, and having a nie4
chanical turn, completed with the assistance of an
American Gentleman, this important invention.-,
Stearn' &rats as they are 'Called, are already,
lisped on ..the Hudson, where the tide runs.at:the
rate of six milos, an hour ; and in the Delaware,
where it runs-four miles; and it is soon to he extend
ed to the Ohio and the Mississippi. In the New
lrork Steam Boat, there are four cabins, in which ,
they, can dine and lodge ion.pople, anti they traiel
with the'same ease, and receive as much. and as good
aecommodatjonas can beobtained.on,the best f 0303,
.and in the b6st , TegulatO inns .Eur9p.e:
choicest wines are furnished, atql. the striettlst.order
and decorum ate kept up. They can go two or.three
hundr,A miles in all sorts,of weather,, within an
hour of the regulated time,-,As this .dtscoliery has,
already been brought. .to sixa perfection in:Arneriea,,
it were to be 'Wished that a plan atiii deserVtii4 Of
these Steam'Boats 'could. be -obtained, for thy 'high;
be of use in. our navigable rivers and at4kon
the .Scotch and Irish Lakes; in particidar ,they utt"ght
Obviate sot re. objeaions which have been
,made to .
the navigation of ,LoChness, as a part of the- Caledo-
nian, Canal. They might be the means of taking.
ships hut of a harbour, and would thus render navi-
gation more,certain ; and
.they.might,„alsq bebil ser-
vice,, if, the system of iron-railways were extended,
by aryiyitig the same prinicples to' the carriages tra-,
vellingOn them. Even in a military point" of view,
adyaotago anght.be derived.from the invention .; for
it might' nable our troops'to attack places, which
otherwise,' owing. to.the wind and tide, they would
not approach. On the Ganges and other lartLe rivets
in the East, such boats might be of -singclar,uti-
nifty: Ii to .I?ehopectthat these hints wilt attract
the attention of someindividu:ll, who may:-Lave it in
his" pOWer.td
.bring this imputtant disenvry from
Aux!riea to Europe. ,

ATEDIPAL REPORTS--The last 'month has been
very productive of disease., Without any 7paeticitiar
epidemic prevailing, illness. has beet generallycoin-
piaine4,ot,in most „parts of 'he town. In some in-
stances,acuto rheumatism has been accompanied with
plei..trjsy.,.,or with peripueurnony.lti the cotutnenee-
ment of such complaints, talood-lettincr is theidt.:dly.
beneficial ; but. if too long deferred, the paiiesu will
seldom bear this operation. The disease is -pro-
traded, and sometimes defeats the utmost etfort!- of
the practi.ion,T, Cough and dirficuity_ of bre!ailt,-
,ing.have attacked .people of, all: ages with alarming
severity; and the chronic catarrh, which in this cti
naate season, and gem:l-411r
affects persons from forty to .to sixty, has, in'soine
inSta:\ces,'. terminated Wally, Tipis event, however,
-
rdrely happens,' unless 41e patient has been subject to
frepient.attaclispf the complaini, or has,been. badly
managed in the begikinino. . ; , ,

S/4113".

GitiN IttlfeND, MARCH 6;

Arrived—the Tyer, from the•BrAzi!s.
Sailed—the Legan,.Savage. , tor. Belfast 5 Lord Forbes,
Mlckie atui Experiment, I•orrest, for iallldted ; and the Et-
_
fort, .Thveedy, for Curitcoa.