Star.
London, England, 1802-07-02 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

FUMIGATION.

Sir—Every man of fcience mull rejoice that the
patriotic difcovery of Dr. CARMICiter I. SMITH has
been rewarded in a manner likable to the dignity
of Parliament ; and I hope the ingenious difco.
verer of the mode of expelling corruption and cor•
rrntrd air from (hips and boufes will make a fpeedy
trial of its efficacy on a large building which I
beg leave to point out, near Palace•yard. It was
formerly ufed as a Chapel, and divine fervice was
for many years performed in it; but of late it has
been ufed for very different purpofes, and within
thti lal fix vears mull have abounded in that fpe-
Cleb of mephitic air which is mall pernicious to the
CoOitition.
This noxious air is, I am told, principally oc-
eationed by experiments frequently made on the
inalkaility and dafidify of the precious metals, assail
andfilr•r, and in endeavours to give to paper
stache all the properties belonging to thefe metals:
is is quite iintiecelfary to add, that metallic sfluria
and putrid vegetable exhalations are of all others
the motl pernicious, and produce very extraordi-
nary OP:as on the hinge of tome perfons, while, in
the cafe of others, they are raid to take away all
pt.wer of fpeech, leaving to the unhappy patients
lade clfe than the power of nodding lint to what
smother Pays.
This nolipusgai is the more hurtful, Sir, as its
effeits are not confined to :he place in which it is
generated, but fpread over the whole. country,
inch is the nature of infation ; and has ever been
known to aired other countries, being carried there
on board of (hip in bales of foaar,fisMeGes, and other
a; ticlespcutar to Englifit manufaanre.
I am the more defirous of pointing out this mat-
ter to my worthy friend, Dr. SMITH, becaufe the
premifes I f)eak of are now empty, the Proprietor
having determined on certain repairs, and parti-
cularly having iffited orders for a new fet of fur-
niture. And the fumigation will be the more ne-
celfary, becaufe, however defirous the worthy Pro-
prietor is that his furniture fhould be regularly
changed once in fix or feven years, filch is the ro-
guifhnels of our cabinet makers, that they frequent-
ly fend hack the f.trne articles, only varnilhedover,
with new drifffic and &millet, &c.
I am, Sir, your humble fervant, disowns.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JUNE 28.

fIECKEE or THE 10TH JUNE.

The Confills tif the Republic decree,
Art. I. There (ball be given standards to all the dead-brigades
of light infantry.
11. A tirputation from each demi-hrigade of light infantry,
compofed of the Chief of Brigade, the lira Captain, the Firlt
Lieutenant, the Firft Sub-Lieutei lam, a Serjeant-Major, a Ser.
pant, four Corporals, one Soldier per Company, and of the
Standard hearer, Cull repair to Pane to receive them at the Pa-
rade on the 14th of July. The MR Conful,
(Signed) BONAPARTE.
• Three auxiliary companies are to beformed,each
compoled of too negroes of .thole who are in
France, commanded each by three officers, one at
the Ifles of Hieres, the other at the Me of Oleron,
and the other at the Tile of Aix.
A tic usr s Du MY, one of the Cons of the an-
cient PrefiJent, is one of the viaims that perifhed
chit ing the late troubles of St. Domingo. This
young man, interciting from the qualities both of
his head and heart, was mallacred in Cape Town,
with circumflances that add to the horror of the
crimes of his alTaffins. After having exhaufied all
the refinements of barbarity upon his body, they
dragged his bleeding form under the eyes of his
wife, shorn they forced to embrace him, two hours
after his death.