Star.
London, England, 1823-12-12 00:00:00

LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
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EXCAVATIONS OF THE ANCIEET FORM:Wee'
In a recent artiOe in the 11Aiorn Arcadio ,of er
theté is an account of ttrestAteigt excavations, a of
the new M u;eu m 01(1,010'4 Fioul, firtnierly tre.frirrtifri
Julii of the Rorrian4 ,T-frse c*Cuiations"have be
ry cm since 18I7;`Under the drteaion of M.
Michel de la Tore st'lralsassirus; ;"to his forfurilitir
searches the diicovery of the ancientgtuia *Mil, on
the ruins oflwOich. have
.been su:cessivery built the Ci:!
vidat of thetirne of the Lombards, that of the time of
the patriarchs of Aquilla, and that- of the present day,
is attributable.. Assisted by the etymology of the names,
of the places which surrounded this last. mentioned town,
air.d still more by the authority of \rano,. the learned
antiquary skilfully guessed the situation and arrange-
ment of the ancient Roman town. —Directing his es,ca
rations by this preconceived notion, he arrived at his
proposed object. The Emperor of Austria furnished
funds for the prosecution of this undertaking. During
the•five years which have been employed in it; a Mu.
scum of Antiquities has been formed, rivalling that of
Herculaneum or Pompeia. It comprehends monuments
of every kind, sacred und profane; vases, initrnments,
mosaics, statues, ornOents, altarkinscriptiortir;sc. The
subterranean town contains viriops public and, private
'buildings. Its form is that of ancient Rome. everal
Hebrew inscriptions have been dug up, which; it is said,
are of a date 900 and 1000 years before Comm—Ns:a
Monthly Mag."
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• toarmita (3AB. •
A very great change in public opinion seems to have
taken place relative to. portable gas. We understand
that-when, in- 1819, Mr. Gordon announced *and exhi-
bited his invention in Edinburgh and in London, it was
generally admired, frequently ridiculed, and almost uni-
versally thought inapplicable to any nsifyl,purpose. Not
,one of the scientific periodical publications seemed to con-
sider it worthy of approbatorynotke, except the
burgh • Philosophical Journals . which, is (looker), 1.819,
pronounced it one of the greatest practi4l invgntioas:
Which has for'some time beenlresented4o tke Ppblic."l
Some very limited itteu wag 'KW Willis itkOde, to
introduce. the invention, but tt 'was -90 i 4(4111","1-
Lojudicious anti' inBuentiaj establislupg the
Loudon Portable Gas Company, and. entrusting. the
mX.:,
nagement to Mr. Gordon, that there appeared muCh
bability of tbegeneral introduction of the invention. .Ncivr
it is only a few weeks since the Company began to di.".
tribute gas, and so increasing iitbe demand, and'soep-
foutaging the prospect; that within that time the sbafes
have advanced from par to 71. lOs. premium. whiCh,
upon the capital paid up, is an advincrof 75 per cent.
-As the Company employ oil gas, this removes every
objection as to smell, or the tarnishing of metallic fur-:
niture and ornaments, which are so easily injured by,
sulphurized hydrogen, from which the coal gas is never.
quite free.

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POISONING NY POTASH.

The.-following cases, in which oil was successfully
employed by M. Chereau as an antidote, have been pub-
lished in the Medical Repository:
" Cass 1 sv.--Tise grandhter of a eeppe&sfoonder, whism
very thirsty, drank &glassful of a solution of potash, used for scowl
Ong metals. The proportion of this alkaline minden was about sin-,
teen ounces of red American potash to a little !sore tbaa two pints'
of water. Tiur liquid was of a reddish colour, -which'st lint induced
d belief that it was a mixture of wine and water which the work-
men were using; she drank It with avidity,. but soon experienced
great heat in the Throat, with violent pains•in thestnnuithend ab-
men. fit Chereau being called in, made her take at once 10 ox.
of syrup•of gum, and !lbs. of oil of sweet almonds. Vomiting sapesi.-
irened; and when it seemed to stop, the mixture was repeated; the
vomiting after this was • renewed, and the patient felt herself
deed. Amolliene drinks and, oleaginous potions, • admiiisteeid
by spnonsfui, subsequently rensevid ail the alarming symptoms.
" Cam 2e..-;-The chart el a whtemnichint had drank, by' soh- '
take, some of the talus amends of pafistees.(ii Miutlen of potash in
Water). Nearly &kw* atoll otsweas *Wads were adminietereskat
two different tines, and relieved the unpleasant symptoms. Vas
pitting occurred; es in the first instance. ft was remarked In thl&
'Mee, that the rejected liquid *at of a whitish colour; with seine
density, and of a saponamous appcarance. It would seem that the
-ell does tit only act is movoking yomesitlng• by the Omura which It
goodie% but sir tbu k coanyostmitik p aid'to thi
Linds, 4,4•14111;60144,sitsela'•
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°Nuns.
The necessity is now eitiailiihed; of "mistrusting klut,
accuracy of thermometers which- have been long made,
and even those of recent construction, which have sinco,
been subjected. to “tremes of temperature.; owingA
the permanent alteration of bulk which the bulb slue
by the pressure of the atmosphere,. or.,the ettp,infute
force of the fluid wittla ihein, when suddenly or 1
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derably heated 'Or cooled. 11# free*ni P°1414 ♦. 7
attometers Might to 'hi acipally tried, hcfoce-484.
_any nice experinientsii which tbey maybe osedyinber-_,
wise considerable errors may be occpsuppcl: and
_ailt.asp.
doubtless, the anomalies, la many eyes of derxiste"
Thermometric experiments on tecoti may, in part
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least, have been occasioned.
• ZAROMSTRIC asuaniso.--
The Rev. B. Powell, of
with success to the explaini
of accuracy, the instractior
plication of the liarometer
and hai,in 'late Numbers
Communicated the restilts..,. labours,
a correspondent to the INilosoidocolMagaiiii4
September; I.B2o:and .14n Warr
great many sets• of baron;
a)eously. made With giegal.
distant places; but from
deductions of the heights
the present hints may not
Ilion: Readers.
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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B &QUIST; •
Kataterd4y Ilfarf,a. #2:l4anyivirepihkaqateg rt.,v,_ ,
atertinagrg,e,co:, iiit,rteougiritutit foagrgaedian.
hit:ltoteaftda.tt; Teruedieftattalehi4l;it
identified as befog the person who had mind the hr,
to fir. Smith, a silk mercer.* graoholitn.atreet, holm
rlisse, for Sos. and wbve she had given her, right tit
sequence of which 'lie was ap'prehended;' ard theme
Pitts, a silk-mercer, in the City-road, ler a pelislefeelga,
suspicion was entertained that this note was a -had tanoogitl
accordingly tam; out to laave,it ascertained, m0,3).1,14442
to bst'a bad one', bat in the interim the ptistmer colitsiveti.4,3ll
of the 4n p.
She alloyed in her defence, that she bad stolen the icti de,
passed so Mr. Smith from* GeutlethawlarAgaibeetylabi4
knowledge of the other,-.--She was remand.* %
IIARLBOROIiG ii.vra MET. • •
Yesterday John Nue, Late Fotter is the service of the
tors of the Golden Cross, Charing-C:4W, was charged ilth
more than the legaidemand for carriage: His person wesal
and he was ordered tofintl bail to snifter the charge aadiesikn
. HATTON-GARDEN. - • '
newts Holloway, charged. with hawing feloniously. •
was brought up for re-examination. jclie principi ad
ness was Dr. Al'Donnell, of Acton-street, Gray's lasi.boi%
first dressed the wound inflicted on prisoner's wife. He
to the nature and extent of the-wont:4 described ,tiao tivt4
to have been qui fe 00Unred. -11tviltatPlectis iiint 41/Wastikao
fleshy parts of the thigla. ones( which he erttactxdat
siie ; that it was perfeetly pinitble Sic ate wound to be .••
:the manner described bt prisnritel and tharth 'Ordering
be taken into cussodt.hit Peitielpal object was tcrptesengby
a secoad ..attem • on, bk. rif; which hi: sperxbd,4i;
state of mind Jur-laic* lie foirrad bint.;_ .-•'• ' .. I ,I•.rofarri
Mr. Alexander, surgeon of Middlesex Hoapitil; airleadadlikt
written ski)aration of the circumstances of the case from
which be handed to the Magistrates. As there apPeared to Wm
clashing between this statement, and what was deposed is
soner's aunt (Mrs. Meiward), relitive to a converaatioa kn.,
prisoner and pis. wife previously to her being removed to th,in
tat, the further investigation xes .postponed until Tuesday ai
that Mrs. Melward's daughter,. who remained with the pankai
a short time during her inositer'S absence, should attend to givay
'testimony in the case. Mr. Akitandeesdid, that tittle er nobs,
were entertained of the woman's rets.4llfis al she eertieeed ais
stately to mist :imputation of the Heppe which be considered;
only means of saving her life.

• QUIf.EN'-SQVAILIE.
Yesterday a surgeon was °barged with haring unlawful/hp
married•wkh Elizabeth Nott, his former wife bring nil
It appeared from the evidence of tlie second wife, s Fagg
teresting girl, about ejghteen years of ages that she was'st
the Old Church, Chelsea,- on the little day a July last, areil
time she was in the service of Mr. Alderman Magog, Simi
prisoner introduced himselfae a ins of respectable conning
great property, and, through repeated solicitations, she aosigif
marry, him. After the cremeety they returned to his hoserbill
nee-sweet, • WestmMita -and Used in grew hayrides them
monthsago, when a fatikanwayusolis letter arrived, Wall.
of .the former marriage, and that his ant wits. „gigot
resident (with her child,' eight 'Pars of age) in the **OA
of CanthervrelL She repro4ched him with it; teesieilti
to deny it, on. the astray, he .asitaitted the fact; a diiata
ereelie sine* ise deserted her without aay previotalaimnim..,
consequence she made application to en tacer of adrenaline
and, after diligent search, the prisoner was apprehisklek
oleo found the deed of separation between prisoner so his eye
wife, wherein she covenanted to pay him el es gnaw per lash!
efe to keep separate and apart from Ler, and the money was. ri
lair paid by bet ' • • .
The pri bers, Whit is upwards of .fitry um I
*flit deed* reerrine. . •
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He was reseeded for the
.purrce of prodneing Stetswhet
reppuejiliersarriage, the attesting witness being dead.
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ftifati -• • . • . • •
he tinfottunate an- who was aentenced tadeathi
the robbery of T. Elam, Esq. (M,P.) of plop at A
hots-town, was hanged on Saturday, at Kilmainhap
Last week, a young boy, residing in Dundee, Isesi
,sarisllowed a• poiserinue insect along with a small la
tidy of ritiowater, be became suddenly ill. Emetics,
other medicines were Administered, ind in three
the insect came off alive. Immediately afterwards
unfortunate child died in the most excruciating. pm
lasntatoo A •GIA TESS.—In the afternoon of Tin
day.se'nnight, a .novel complaiat was preferred tO.
sitting. Magistrate at Greenock. • It vitas the COPIA
of Mias-Susaii•Otrien, a majestic, elegant, well.*
tiered, and, realty interesting female; to whom est
has been more prodigal .of lien.gifts than formes,
whishas in consequence resorted to the prastim di
Telling the country as &public exhibition. The pee
against whom the charge was made is a cattle dm!
servant, who hadvit'appeart, Svithosse or two more,
paired on Wednesday :evening to the, caravan. of
gigantic damsel. In the course •of the ezhitsidee,
O'Brien toot off one Of her slippers to be examiatt
the company, to sheer that ao deception was praetij
to increase her majestic elevation; -Mir eke inviteli
one nisent•who might .boaremedidems•se )eiaminel
Root for the same portrait ihestakdrWlso 014 01
tp•the Lady, sind,whose -Realties it tread appear;
previously' pretty well steeped is aintistaii4
• g himself pa :have bees. siskhoolek
and not•ouhir sisiniped.the fedi,
tined to be as pretty es Arai h SUMO IN
ova-side' but beingiamialetmokiimileindisr. dW
'corresponded *m'ssu hillMPAdersiel
Mist O'Brien 'which shefairhotatlfitritiffoitiallata
by a box on ;he ear of 'the emieshibersi •driarati, .1 Pahl
Abe