The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-09 00:00:00

ATATIOAAL IMPROVEMENT..

The three existing bridges: over the Thames at
London present already a feature that no other
capital offers Adis of Parliament have been passed
for the erection •of two more, and. noticeis given
.of application for another, which will, it agreed to,
make no less than Six bridges in the metropolis,
over the metropolitan ricer ; besides various:appli-
cations are to be made to add to the present num-
ber of docks and canals ; so that, speaking.hyperbo-
lically, one might almost say, that the land is to'be
inundated and the river covered. And all these
great. works, none of them unworthy of the proud.,
est times of Roman greatness, to say the least, equal
.in utility, if not in pomp, are the undertakings of
individual Subscriptions, growing out of the growing
wants of communication -and iacility for incrcaed
trade and commerce, and augmented population.
None of these are:the works of Goverhmcnt, paid
for from the 'national purse, either with the false
view. of forcing trade; or of shedding lustre on a
reign,. The same remark is applicable, with very
few exce.ptiorv, , indeed, to the Road, and Canal,
and Docit)'and Pier Bills, which have, in such mul-
tiplicity, passed of late years; and of which the
number applied for increases in an astonishing de-
gree. If a-yearly statement.of these matters were
Made in this country at the end or the beginning of
a parliamentary Session, how ,trifling would the de-
tails of the. French Erposes•appehr, in which such
sUbjeCts are so pompously detailed. If to them we
were to add the number and variety of discoveries
and impro%ements, the new institutions of charity
schools, 'of modes of public education; of systems of
relief for age, and poverty, •and accident, and dis-
ease, (all- ot which come into the report of the
French Home Minister), how much superior would
this, nation appear, in all that displays a nation's
worth and greatness !‘:

The French chemists, Messrs. Gay, Lusac, The.
nard, Berthaet, &c. it appears, on learning the late
important discoveries made by Professoi Davy, ques-
tioned the accuracy of the inferences which that
Gentleman drew from the .experiments he made
respecting the nature of alkalies and the earth,
mainuining, that the metallic bodies instead of be-
ing ,iimple wefe compounds. They have , since,
however, done Mr. Davy ample justice, having
read, at several of their late meetings, of the In-
stitute, various reports, in which they with a frank-
ness that does them honour, confesS their error, and
detail their experiments on the new metals,, from all
of which they conclude, after a most rigorous in-
vestigation, that ProfeSsor Davy was cotred in his
in ferences.

After the adoption Of glazing, varnishing, Stc.
to increase the kildnesS of tiles, tarring has been
found completely to stop their,pores, and to render
them impervious CO' water. The process is practi-
cable, and not expensive. " Lime and tar, whale oil,
or dregs of oil, are equally adapted • to the purpose,
and still cheaper. Tarring is• particularly etficaci-,
ous when tiles are cracked by the frost. It is cal-
culated, that the expenc..:.• of coal tar for a roof of
a "Midilling extent, and supposing such a roof to re-
quire one hundred weight, would not exceed. two
guineas. - • "

. An excellent method to, prevent the sped ,dine of
.an infeEtious (ever :
tike an ounce of saltpetre, to in which add as 6cll
hot water as will dissOlve it, but not more; the°
draw shreds of writing paper through it : when cltrY
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light some of them in the 'sick room freques,:%
and burn them in other arts of
,the house• 'tit
fumigation fumigation has, from experience, been found
tua)ly to purify the air that has been tainted bt
contagiAts disease. •

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On the sth inst. at,Bucklebury-Honse, (perks, L - !fid
of Winchcombe Henry Cloward Hartley, Esq. of a ow'
Heir.

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NIARRIAL)..
On the 4th ult. C. D. Walsh, Esq. Merchant, of. Lis:';
bon, to Miss Amelia Sarstield, niece to the late PritP;.
Morrogh, Esq., of said place, Merchant,

•
• DIED.
On Saturday last, at Hertford, Mary, eldest daughte' 'of
Henry Br.ailey, Ph°
Suddenly, on Sunday morning, at two o'clock, Mr.-
Brown, ‘Vatelitnaker,. of Cluritig-cross, after eating a
hearty supper. •
Last ..1 uesday senniglit, in London, !oho.
of Thorne, in the County of York, flanker, aged 46, -rot ft
to Colonel-E'llisou, M.l''. for Lincoln. Mr. Einn so
Doncaster in good health on the previoui Sdnday.

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Bank Stock, shut India Stock, •
INity 5 per Cent 9811 India Builds, 13S, 175. pr•
Irish 5 per Cent. I:.xcheq 43,i ,b; 3(1 p•-(r,,'

4 per Lent. Shut
3 pert ent'. Iced. shut
3 pr!. Cent. Cons., 66i I
Bank L. Atm:shut

3,0 Is: pr. liar
OlinniLpenru , 5
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Cons. for ttlt r

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WE'rllllll,llF VIIIEAT IN MARK-LANE,IIv iVieSrs. q.. , o and- M aLra. s, Meal Weighols,
Ittclutiitig.ouly 1101/1 Sept. 24, t 0 Sept. 29.
. • • • . ' ; agreeabl) to tise At -
is Quarters at 13)s ad ' 'so Quarters at. 93$ oft
57'.7.----.- at 120, od 33i -- at 91s od
36 -- at 1t45 od. . 811 ---------at 9,s °
97 ...........,.....7 at Ill's kd 212 -------. ..t b9i .;
2 +.3 - 731 7----- at tioS 4'.
i it) 7.4. - At $74 "`t279 ' 'at tOss od (464 ---- 31 86; oil
95
611 - at 85 01.
121
230
363
$35 --,--. at toos od 373 ‘
at 805 -,,
roz - 9S
44 ---- ---- at 97$ od . 7) ..--. at 7.5 i ,"
221 --------- at 96s od I 104 ----
30.
.513
Trva!•,7 ate; Sacks.—Avtrage 89s. 21, .
os. old. h ,Tier tii:,n, last Ketitrit.

• A KLT ti OF I.LOUIt,
Prom Sept. 2.1, to Sept. 28, trom the Cocket-Oltice..
Sacks. s. (1. Suks. s. it. Sacks• 's",./ a
65 - 95 o 4/ •--- 87 6 33
'12449 --0 • 172 - 87 76 ----
273 -- 69 0 3j 6 2j r S,D
897_77- f 33_0 1 132.- 85 o 1 30

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• 7. Ands Sacks iit7j. per Sack.
Total-14,238 '
-Average 89, 841, per
os. Id. higher than List return:

UXBRIDGE.
Corn-Inspeaor's Return.—.THURSDAY, OcT. 4. ~a
Wheat,per ht.19'..0s to atl.—s. Beans ' - 56; od 1° 63);t
Barley,per. qr. Sts 04 to 455 od Old ditto, -s cd "'L.-7,d
Vats —28 s. od to iioS od Pease - 60, 04 to .Y ,