The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-24 00:00:00

Till STATESMAN.

MR PRINCE REGENT'S CorlltT.

StaTE OF THE FRENCH ARMY

ROYAL INSTITUTION.

To which Address and Petition his Royal High-
ness was graciously pleased to return the following
Answer:—
I have heard with the greatest concern the sentiments con-
tained in this your Address and Petition.
I shall ever be desirous of
.paying to the representations of
any part of his Majesty's sutueets all the attention which mny
be consisteet with the duty imposed upon me by the sacred
trust committed to my charge.
But 1 feel that it would be a dereliction of that duty, if, In
compliance with the wishes which you hays thought proper to
express, I were to withhold the Royal Sanction from the im-
portant measure which now awaits 0, mid so to exercise the
King's Prerogative, as to indicate a want of eonedenee in a
Parliament, which, under difficulties the most trying, has, by
the wistlinn, rigour, and tiensoess of its conduct, iavariatily.up.
held the honour of his Majesty's Crown, and promoted the bast
interests of his people.

His Reyal Highneas gavesedienees to the Earls of
Liverpool and CI, ' olmendeley Viscounts Castle-
reagh and Sidmouthrand'Uordßeresford.
After the Ministers had left Carlton-house, they
assembled In Cabinet at the foreign Office, at four
o'clock, in consequence Dof some disp
Theatches
Cabinet said,arrivi
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at three o'clock,fromer.
deliberation till near six, when Mr. Cline, the King's
Messenger, was sent off with dispatches.

Lord GEORGE CATENDISU wu the only biddenat
the sale of Burlington-house ; he offered 200. more
than it was put up at, and he became at awe the

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Yeterday, at ohe o'clock, the Prince Regent held a I The following view Of the elite of the French Sltt,—, Amqng the sums voted in the Rouse of Corn.
Court at Carlton-house, for the purpose of receiving army on the Ist February last, may interest our mons on Friday last, I perceive an item of 21,0001.
the Petition of the Corporation of the City of Lon. readers.—The Etht-Major consisted of for printing the public Acts of Parliament (the/Ora(0
don, not to give the Royal Assent to the Corn Bill. 6 Coloneb•Genersl of the Royal Family.
At 12 o'clock a Guard of Honour, wider the COm- -40 tlarshals. ones 9 not being paid out of the public purse, are out
mend of Col. Gore, marched into the Court-yard of a trmiscriecittniftrst•yeneral, etch of A particular army. . of the question). I should like to know what be-
Generab, ci-devant Generator de Division.
Carlton-house, preceded by the band of the Cold. 617 afeeeshavx•de-Camp, cialevant Generati Ide Brigade, comes of the monies received for copies of Acts soh!,
C Adjutants ommandants. stream Regiment of Foot Guards. A numerous de- 918 when printed ; for allowing, for instance, 1000 Acts
tachmetit of the Life Guards took their station in The territory of France is divided into 22 military to pass, and that 200 copies of each of these to he
Pall-Mall, and in the streets loading into it, with divisions; to tsbich may be added Corsica and Moe sold at the average price of 3s. each, this would pro.
their bands. mica, in all 21:. in each of these there is a Gower-
At a quarter before one o'clock the City State nor, generally one of the Marshals, or a Lieut.- duce the sum of 30,0001. being by 90001. move than
Procession arrived, and entered Carlton-house as General of high distinction; under him a Lieut.- the above sum for printing.—l am, your's, &,C.
fellows: General commatiding the division, and one or more 1
The two City Marshals, Mr. Gough, and the other Gentle- Lieut.-Generals or Mareschaux-de-Camp, command.
men of the Lord Mayor's Hounelsold, the Sword of State, the •
Aide,. 1 nig the different sub-divisions; under these again are
Mace, the Lord Mayor's Cimplaia, the Lord Mayor,
wan Wood, the Sheriffs, the Uuder Sheriffs, the Recorer, the !the Commanders and' Adjutants of the garrison
scattered through the
Town Clerk, the Solicitor, Mr, Secondary Collin ridge, the towns,24 divisions, to the ,
Hall Keeper, Mr. Waithman, Mr. nivel, Mr. Griffiths, and 1
I amount of 178 places. Mr. Grande's Seventh Lecture was delivered on
a number of other Gentlemen of the Court of Common Saturday last;, it related exclusively to the discoveries
Coen, it. The details of the different armed are as follow: of Mr. Cavendish, and to the state of chemical phito.
They were shown into an anti-room.—ln a short I. Cse• adarmerie Royale de France, which consists sophy at the period at which he termivated his sock
time after the Prince Regent took his seat on his' of the Inspector-General and the general Staff, which. ceisful career.
Throne, attended by !includes 9 GeneralOfficerss 24 legions of gendarmerie, ' Although Van Helmont, Mayow, and others were
The Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the
First Lori of the Treasnry the Chancellor of the Exchegner, ,
• 'cowing each a military division, and each consisting acquainted with inflammable gaseous fluids, the ii.
the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Matter-General of the of 1 Colonel, 2 Chef De Scadron,4Captains,l4 Quar- ture of the principle upon which their inflammability
Ordnsnce, the Secretaries of St ite the President of the Board ter-masters and from 16 to 20 Lieutenaots.
of Controul, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Uneasier, the , ' , depended had been but very imperfectly guessed at,
Master of the Mite. the Lord St •w rd, the Vice Chamberlain,
This is a local corps, and the several officers reside i till Mr. Cavendish turned his mind to the subject,
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the Master o the horse. the Treasurer of the Household. the 'at the towns from the popalation of which the gen- and published upon it in the Philosophical 7YoNs.
Comptroller of the Hoosebold, Earl Pauler in waiting, Gen. ' i
darmerie is drawn. i actions for 1766. The nature and properties of Iti••
Finch, Groom in waiting, Sir Felix Agar, Silver Stick, Gen.
Bailey, Equery, the Page of Honour, &c. 11. The Artillery, consisting of the Inspector. ! flammable air are there dwelt upon with a masterly
The Lord Chamberlain then conducted the Corps- . General and the general Staff, which include 21 ' perspicuity, and its leading peculiarities particularly
ration into the presence of the Prince, when the ' genareltafficers, 36 Colonels, and about 100 inferior . developed.
Address was read by the Recorder, and the Answer i Offieerla iof 8 regiments of infantry, each ha That the combustion of a mixture of this air with
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by the Prince. The following are Copies : IColonef, a Major, and 5 Chefs de Rataillou stat 4.. common air produced moisture or dew, had been ob..
To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Regent of the tea
i regiments of revelry, each with 1 Colonel, a jr • served by Macquer, Warltire, Priestley, and others;
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The humble, dutiful, and loyal Address and Petition of land 3 Chefs de Scadron. There are besides 8 aqua. I but:lts source was hidden until exposed by the acu.e
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City I drone of artillery driversl 12 companies of artificers, i suggestion of Mr. Watt, and the decisive experi.
of London, in Cameo Councilammabled.
May it please Yourßoyal Highness, , end a corps of pontonsciers. . I meats of Mr. Cavendish, who burned by means of
We, his Majesty s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord t
1 in. Corps d Genie, the I t
n consisting of nspec or- electric
1 the spark a mixture of two measures rif in-
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yur, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of ondon, in ~,. flammable air, and one of dephlogisticated ;4,-84
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Common Council assembled, most humbly approach your i General of Engineers, with his and the genera'
obteinedequivalentof an weight pre water ; thus
Royal }helmets, -Parliament,w rief than astoni-hment lays • tee i Staff, including 10 general officers, 40 Colonels, and
late proceedings in elative to a 'Bill for ngwas the composition of this universal dui(' (till then
further restrictions on the importation of Coto. , about *270 inferior officers; of 3 regiments each,I - • •
deemed elementary) dernotuitrated, with an exactness •
sy, have seen, that notwithoanding the voice of the conotsy i with a Colonel, Major, &c.; each regiment has two .
has been constitutionally and most decidedly declared .gain-t
initiations, each. with a Chef, and a red each and precision of which chemists had hitherto tie u.
that measure, by Petitions which, in point of number, and the Major 1 ample.
number and, relectability of the signatures thereto, bad not battalion has 6 companies (one being of sappers), ' •
hlr. Bmncle laid, that the subject upon which he
been exceeded in the history of these realms, Abe House of each company having 2 Captains end 2 Lieutenants. '
Commons has passed the said Bill, and that its proceedingswas then engaged was of such consequence in the
There is besides a Corps Royal des
Ingeniers .
thereon have been worked with a peed pitasey and pertinacioushistory of the French Chemical Revolution, of which
adherence to the most i bn.feious features thereisf, which plainly Geographes, consisting of two Directors-General,
he should consider the merits and demerits in his
evince: an utter disregard of public feelias, and of that public five Colonels, six Chefs de Scadron, about 50 or 60
feeling whose organ it ought to be. . next Lecture, that it would be proper to exhilbit a
We nave observed in the other Heise of Firliament the same Lieutenants and eleves. few analytic proofs of the correctness of Mr. Coven.
pre, ipitancyr and the same determination to resist farther es. , 1 ...
y.%The Regular Arm y, which consists dish's general views. The decomposition of steam
quiry or to bear evidence, notwitaseaedin a Committee of that 1
Right llonousable House had stated in their keport, during the i 1. Of the Infantry, which is composed of the by red hot iron, and of water by the galvanic bat.
last Session, that the investigation was sot complete, and that General Staff, including 12 General Officers,• of 90 , tery, were then shown.
further enquiry would be necessary, before any alteration took •
plate in the laws affectiog the interestsof the growers and con. regiments, of the line, and 15 regiments of light ' Sev.eral singular properties of hydrogen, or Marti.
WHIM'S of corn. ' cavalry, each having a Colonel and a Major. , mable air, were illustrated ; especially the. produc.
We-have observe anal Ministers of the Crown, wkh theorise 2. The Cavalry, consisting of two regiments of tion of musical tones by the combustion of the gas its
disregard of the ge voice of the country, and whose special
duty it was to watch over the interest., a . merely of she land• CRmbineers, 12 of cuirassiers, l5 of dragoons, six of tubes of different diameter, and materials.
owners, but of the community at large, lend the sanction f lancers, 15 of light dragoons, and seven of hussars; Having noticed Mr. Cavenditth's secand great dis.
their authority to the support of a men ire, which, in Us ope-
each of three divisions has a Colonel-General, and worst ...taset Isf the lerstsssiiiitlouOf nitric arid, the
rations, cannot fail of proving most seriously iqjuriolis to the .m.s•-t-t.
manufacturing and COSIAWIF4tI I interests of toe kingdom, in a each regiment a Colonel and Major. Professor entered at some length into the discussions
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Amoy-o Oegreeoppresuite to the poor, and dangerous ID the ng the Identity of hydengeti
tranquillity and safely of the Empire.V. The Veterans, which consist ten companies
erf 1 which had arisen.concersti
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That thus deprived of that protection which we might rea- of non-commissioned officers, 50 companies of prs. . P.
• and phlogiston, and showed by several opposite vv..
amiably have expected from • the Representatives .f the People ertments, the additional strength and prohattility
vales, and ten companies of artillerymen, each under P
sun the hereditars Legislators of the country. we are compelled i which the phlogistic hypothesis had attained in con.
humbly to lay our complaints betore your Royal tlignuess, as a Captain-Commandant.
the only constitutions) resource we have now remaining. %To which may be added the waggon-train, which sequence of the discovery 'of inflammable Pie; be
we beg most earnest') to impress upon your Royal Highness . said that in treating of the antiphlogistic doctrines,
that the two Bosses of Parlearaeot being coats-rdla of landed is Composed of four squadrons, of four companies • r
proprietors; that having examined such person- finis, as were each. he should draw a comparison between the facts upon
land ageuts, and o herwise connected with gaud; and h•fying in- which they are founded,'.and those ,which support
stunted no enqairy into toe truth amass nem aeoiweialiai amaze. ~, _ , , Stahl's notions. Having put Ma 'audience in posses.
rout Petitions against the said Bill; nor nu., witnesses haviug
On Wednesday se'unight friar el' LA. Tarlin- I lion *1
CI lid' h' ri civet discoveries VI 9 Mr. ve is sp n
been examined on their behalf, appears rum; partial and unjust,9 a e-
t. e i
and highly irritating to the feelings of tno,e classes who have rough's fox-hounds suddenly died, after a short run
1 Brande digressed shortly, upon the peculiar geniqs.and
suffered such privative,. and made such tines.aspied sacrifices, of two miles. One of them had been observed to : talents of the discoverer : he especially praised the
That during a period of it nexampled difficulty and excessive
dearness of eters article of contumniaion, suite Royal Highness take up and eat a sort of red pastry ball, when at 1 mathematical precision, and statical accuracy which
cannot but have perceived that the war which was the occasioo Barrow 'faun Cover; there being therefore strong ; glitter in his dissertations. He should not endeavour
of distress to the indastrioos and laborm,s chimes of the people suspicion that some evil-disposed person or 'persons ito draw a parallel between the philosophical cliarac.
has, by causing a progressive ri-e in the rent of land, been a 1
source or emolument to the landed proprietors. had laid therein, a handsome reward has been .
poison Iter of Mr. Cavendish,aqd that of his fellow-labOtlrert
That it is taerefure with concern and disappointment, o e have offered to any person who shall give such information tin science, for be admitted not of comparison ; " ho
observed that at a moment when time people were an tionsly ex-
as may lead to the conviction of the offender or of- was himself alone."
pecting the blessings of peace—a diminution of their burthens Is
and the cheapness of food—the land-owners not content with fenders. Towards the conclusion of his Lecture the Pro.
the advantages they had tuns derived; not content with having Bor.. .
t -h h hl'ted some transitions lessor summed up the additions which the labours of
ling ton -bursa as ex t i
escaped those lutes and misfortunes which had involved thou- ;
tans of other classes iv* the community in ruin ; not content of occupation; the ci-devant residence of the taste- I Black, Priestley, Scheele, and Cavendish, bad made
with being relieved from Use Property Tax. have sought by the NI Lord BURLINGTON, and of the Prime Minister, to the stock of chemical knowledge ; the elements
said Bill to prot their property from those chauk,es and the Duke of PORTLAND, is now converted into the of the ancients had vanished before them ; air geld
fluctuations to which all other property is liahle; and to se-
cure to themselves, in .use of peace, a cootimiance of thine be- purposes of a temporary barracks. A squadron of I water had each been decompounded, and-had yielded
nefits which have arisen out of the war and the distress of the cavalry and a Colonel's guard arc stationed within new elements; their properties had been investigated,
times. •
Your Royal Highness must be duly sensible that this country noble
the mansion. and the enquiry had thrown an entire new light upon
has risen to its pre-eminent rank among nations by its manufac. I ' The Austrian Government has had recourse to a the science ; such were the favourable auspices under
tures and esamerce, it is b • that it h.,s acquired its wealth, f which Lavoisier and his associates eutered the field of
which has raised and supported its navy, and promoted the
greatness and glory of the British empire. ' chemical philosophy.
?sat by the improvements in various branches of manufac-
tures in other countries, and by the introduction of machinery,
we hafe already formidable competition to encounter, and that
this measure, My keeping op the price of food, will cause the
emigration of our minufartnrers and artisans, and teni to
transfer the skill, iudostry, and capital of this kingdom to other
nations.
We therefore humbly implore your Royal Highness to extend
your Royal protection to interests so closely connected with
the prosperity of these realms, by withaang, on the behalf of
his Majesty, your Royal Assent to the said Bill ; and we fur-
ther pray your Royal Highness to dissolve the Commons House
of Parliament, who have furnished the most conclusive evidence
that they do not support the interval nor represent the feelings
or opinions of the people.
Signed, by order of Court,
HENRY WOODTHORPE.

most extraordinary mode of raising money by a Lot-
tery, in which every person who pays a certain
amount of Taxes, is compelled to purchase. How
oddly must a Lottery, in which compulsion is ne- 1 THEATRICAL FUND.—On the late Anniversary
(*wary, appear to us, when we observe already with, Meeting of the Committee and Subscribers to the
what anxiety all ranks of peop.le are voluntarily 1 Theatrical Fund of Covent-garden Theatre, Mr.
crowding to the Lottery Offices, to purchase Shares • Fawczrx, the Treasurer, addressed the company,
of the Three Thirty Thousand Pound Prizes, and in a speech of considerable length, in which he gave
to touch the Thousands of real Gold Guineas, which the mostsatisfactoryaccountof the state ofthe Fund.
are
are to be disposed of on Wednesday, the sth of In the course of his address, he paid a very hand.
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April. some tribute to the memory of Mr. Hum., the
ANECDOTE.—Santeuil, the celebrated writer of founder of this excellent Institution, stating, that
;Latin hymns in France, in the 16th century, having ' that Gentleman had declared he should die happy if
once a confessional dress on, a lady who took him lit ever realized a capital of 10,0001. Mr. FAWCETT,
for a confessor, fell upon her knees, and recounted in conclusion, stated, that he had the pleasure to
all her sins. The Poet muttered something to him- I inform the meeting, that a capital had been raised
self ; the penitent, thinking he was reproaching her, , of more than 5,0001. beyond that sum, and he had
hastened the conclusion of her confession, and asked reason to hope that it would be doubled, so as to
the supposed confessor for absolution. " Whet do enable the Committee to allow a yearly amount of
you take me for a priest ?" said Santeuil..-..." Why • half their salaries to those who might heriMfter be
then," said the lady, quite alarmed,
'obliged to avail themselves of this admirable 10.
66 did yen listen
to me?"—`° And why," replied he, " did you stitation.
speak to me ?" I'll this instant go and complain to Ames.—An effectual method of retaining good
your Prior," said the enraged female.—" And I," apples in the country without grafting. Iti every
said Santeuil, calmly, " will go to. your husband, perfectly ripe apple there will be found one, and
and give him an account of your conduct." 1 sometime* two round seeds; the others will have one
THE IMPERIAL PATENT TWINE CERTII—SO de. 'or more flatted sides. The round ones will produce
sirable for its comfort, its conduciveness to health, the improved fruit from, which they are taken; aped
and iconomy, may be obtained from London to any those with flatted sides will produce the fruit at the
part of the country with the greatest ease. An order crab upon which the graft was inserted. It requires
sent by post, inclosing the half of . 51. or 101. note not a long time to ascertain the difference ; for if a
according to the extent of the purchase, waiting the circle is drawn in rich round, and the fiat sided
advice of its arrival before the other half is sent (the seeds planted therein and the round seeds in the
Pieces in general being from 31. upwards each, ac- centre, the variations of quality will be discovered
cording to their length and quality, and nearly half iii two or three years; the first will throw net s g
1 the price of ether Cloth), addressed to Mr. Mt ttatto, leaves of a crab, and tile Wier the leaves of an im.
the Patentee, East India Warehouses, 16, Cheap- proved tree, di.tingoisihed in shape, fibre, and 4 le.
side, Lontibn, when the- Piece of Cloth is sent, nuginous appearance; and its due time the fruit of
either by waggon or coach, agreeable to the ditrec. each will put every thing he)oed doubt. It is to loe
floe, and the change enclosed in the parcel, so that observed, moreover, ,that the seeds of crabs, bring
no risk of less can take place, that House being of originals, are 'neatly, if not altogether, round.
the first respectability. French Cambric for frills, Mr. • KERN plays four nights at the Newcastle
if required, may be ordered at the same time, from Theatre. His first appearance will be on hloutlay,
16s. tolls. per yard, and ape ards. l in the character of King Richard the Third-

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eta leading into it, with division, ;to which may be added Corsica and Mo• pass, and that 200 copies of each of these to he
sold at the average price of 3s. each, this would pre. A
mica, in all 2•1:, in each of these there is a Gower- t• •
1 o'clock the City State nor, generally one of the Marshals, or a Lieut.- duce the sum of 30,0001. being by 90001. move than 1
ntered Carlton-house as General of high distinction; under him a Lieut.. the above sum for printing.—l am, your's, Ste.
General commanding the division, and one or more C.
Gino, and the other Gentle- , Lieut.-Generals or Mareschaux.de-C m
hold, the Sword of State, the a p, command-
j ing the different sub-divisions; under these again are :
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ala, the Lord Mayor, Alder- ROYAL INSTITUTION.
ler Sheriffs, the Recorer, the !the Commanders and' Adjutants of the garrison
scattered through the 24 divisions,to the --eamv.--
Secisodary Collin ridge, the i towns,
Ir. Pewit, Mr. Griffiths, and 1
amount of 178 places. • Mr. Brande's Seventh Lecture was delivered on
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[ of the Court of Common 1 Saturday last;, it related exclusively to the discoveries
The details of the different armes are as follow: of Mr. Cavendish, and to the state of rhemical phito. .. .
n anti-room.—ln a short I. Gendarmerie Royale de France, which consists sophy at the period at which he termivated his such
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ent took his seat on his of the Inspector-General and the general Staff, which. cessful career. •
lincludes 9 General Officers 24 legions of gendarmerie, Although Van Helmont, Mayow, and others were ,
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men, the Lord Privy Seal, the .
each a '
Chancellor of the LXChegner, loaning military
, division, and each consisting acquainted with inflammable gaseous fluids, the mi.
y, the Master-General of the of 1 Colonel, 2 Chef De Scadron,4Captains,l4 Quar- ture of the principle upon which their inflammability • ~ ' '
ate, the President of the Board ter-masters, and from la to 20 Lieutenants. •
the Duchy of lencasier, the , • depended had been but very imperfectly guessed at, . • r
w rd, she Vice Chamberlain, I This is a local corps, and the several officers reside till Mr. Cavendish turned his mind to the i• ISu tin"
•asurer of the Household, the at the towns from the population of which the gen- : and published upon it in the Philosophical Trans. - i
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Earl Paulet in waiting, Gen. ' a„„tyl..te i„ .• ,;
elix Agar, Silver Stick, Gen. ''"'" '" drawn. i actions for 1766. The nature and properties of iii. • .
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unour, &c. 11. The Artillery, consisting of the Inspector. ! flammable air are there dwelt upon with a masterly
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ten conducted the Corps- . General and the general Staff, which include ' perspicuity, and its leading peculiarities particularly .. ..
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if the Prince, when the i generniolllcers, 36 Colonels, and about 100 inferior . developed. . . .
ecerder, and the Answer ; Offieerei•of 8 regiments of infantry, each having a ! That the combustion of a mixture of this air with
ring are enPies : Colonel, a Major, and 5 Chefs de Bataillon sad. 4 common air produced moisture or dew, had been ob. I
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ore of Walt's, Regent of the f
at Dritain and Ireland. regiminsis of cavalry, each with 1 Colonel, .1 Wide !served by Macquer, Warltire, Priestley, and others; .
syal Address and Petition of and 3 Chefs de Scadron. There are besides 8 squa. I bakits source was hidden until exposed by the acu'e
.n, and Commons of the City idrons of artillery drivers, 12 companies of artificers, I suggestion of Mr. Watt, and the decisive experi.
ouncitasembled.
hoess, and a corps of pontonsciers. . I meats of Mr. Cavendish, who burned by means of
1 the electric spark a mixture of two measures 4 in.
land loyal subject; the Lord t
as of the City of London, in 1 ln. Corps du Genie, consisting of the Inspector- • .
flammable air, and one of dephlogisticated ale,- and
most humbly approach your ; General of Engineers, with his and the general b .
ed
o tem an equivalent weight of pore water; thus , r
trial than astoni-hment at • tee I stag, including 10 general officers, 40 Colonels, and
was the compositionef this universal fluid (till then—
relative to a 'Bill for laying
tatlen of Coto. tabout *270 inferior officers; of 3 regiments each,
deemed elementary) demonstrated, with an exactness
;Wine the voice of the cows, ; with a Colonel, Major, &c.; each regiment has two
and precision of which chemists had hitherto sio es.
at. decidedly declared again.t . ajor, IT each
battalions, each with a Chef, and a M • d
li, in point of number, and the ample.
se signatures thereto, bad not battalion has 6 companies (one being of sappers), • • ^ .
hlr. Bmncle said, that the subject aeon which he
if these realms,. the House of each company having 2 Captains and 2 Lieutenants.
Was then engaged was of such consequence in the
(sill, and that its proceedings•
a predpitaney and pewinaceuus There is besides a Corps Royal des Ingeniers history
i of the French Chemical Revolution, of which
featuresteereiii, which plainly Geographes, consisting of two Directors-General,
he should consider the merits and demerits in his
she feeling. sod of that public five Colonels, six Chefs de Scadron, about 50 or 60 t
se. nest Lecture, that it would be proper to exhil.it a
' Ho”se of Pieliament the same Lieutenants and eleven. few analytic proofs of the correctness of Mr. Coven. -
rumination to mist farther en- , lOr •
isnasandan a Committee °heat , sy.%The Regular Army, which consists dish's general views. The decomposition of steam - '
tied in their Report, during the ; 1. Of the Infantry, which is composed of the by
.red hot iron, and of water by the galvanic bet. . • .
a was not complete, and that General Staff, including 12 General Officers,• of 90 tery, were then shown.
ary, before any aheration took
iterebtSof the growers and cons regiments, of the line, and 15 regiments of light ' Several singular properties of hydrogen, or Marti. •
' cavalry, each having a Colonel and a Major. , mable air, were illustrated ; especially the. produc. - ..:.
rs of the Crown, with themme 2. The Cavalry, consisting of two regiments of don of musical tones by the combustion of the gas its • I
the country, and whose special
tubes of different diametr* and materials. -
west*, a . merely of the land. cambineers, 12 of cuirassiers, 15 of dragoons, six of
at large, lend the sanction r lancers, 15 of light dragoons, and seven of hussars; Having noticed Mr. Cavendittit's seved great din.
: a measure, which, in its ope- each of three divisions has a Colonel-General, and cgregyi...ttar vsf the lennspositi of nitric arid, the l
most seriously iqjurioiis to the nts
intere,to of use kingdom, in a each regiment a Colonel and Major. Professor entered at some length into the (libeitsbions
be poor, and dangerous to the Iwhich had • •the i I •of 1
nptre. . V. The Veterans, which consist of ten companies arisen;concermng ( entity hyr roger' .
;Neches which we might rea- of non-commissioned officers, 50 companies of pri. and phlogiston, and showed by several opposite vt.. .
Representatives of the People
r the country. we are compelled vales,
_ and ten companies of artillerymen, each under Periments, the additional strength and plobaeility
!lore your Royal tlignuess, as a Captain-Commandant. , which the phloeistic hypothesis had attained in con.
sequence of the discovery of inflammable air; be • 1
we have now remaining.. %To which may be added the waggon-train, which
ess upon your Royal Highness , said, that in treating of. the antiphlogistic doctrines, '• Is
eat being cool used of landed is eomposed of four squadrons, of four companies ) - v
,
red such penette. only as were each. he should draw a comparison between, the facts upon '
ected with land; and It.teing in- which they are founded;.and• those which support ee
Aof We ;slim .eitaatii-tliet Louisa. ._. , ,
_i
Stahl's notions. Having -Put Ida 'audience in. posses. .
Bill; nor 1111., witnesses haviug On Nv • i -7 -71-:' •• " .•... •19. 1-,- i • • '
of
Wednesday se unignt four or Isom Intim— mon Mr. Cilvetidisre principal discoveries, Mr. ... .. . .
appears nite.t partial and unjust,
lino of tnose classes who have rough's fox-hounds suddenly died, after a short run Brande digressed shortly, upon the peculiar genies and ,
Ale ,suchiiiwx.snspied sacrifice,. of two miles. One of them had been observed to 1
;talents of the discoverer : he especially praised the
amplest difficulty and excessive .
Mumption, your Royal Highness ,
take up and eat a sort of red pastry ball, when at ; mathematical precision, and statical accuracy which :
the war which wits the occasioa Barrow Hann Cover; there being therefore strong ! glitter in his dissertations. He should not endeavour
I I.;borio,s closes of the people
I.e in the rent of land, been a suspicion that some evil-disposed person or persons ,to draw a parallel beliefs') the philosophical cliarac. -si I
led proprietors. had laid poison therein, a handsome reward has been ! ter of Mr. Cavendishraga that of his fellow-labourer%
rn and disappointment, "chore offered to any person who shall give such information in science, for be admitted not of comparison ; " ho
o the people were an tionsly ex- I
a diminution of their burthens as may lead to the conviction of the offender or of- was himself alone."
land-owners not content wish fenders.
Towards the conclusion of his Lecture the Pro.
:rived; not content with having s. ..
isurungton-house has exhibited some transitions fessor summed up the additions which the labours of
ones which had involved thou- ;
ammoy in ruin ; not content of occupation; the ci-defiant residence of the taste- I Black, Priestley, Scheele, and Cavendish, bad made
roperty l'ax. have sought by the ful Lord BuntiNcToN, and of the Prime Minister, to the stock of chemical knowledge ; the elements
,perty from none chaut,es and
r property is liable; and to Se. the Duke of PORTLAND, is now converted into the of the ancients had vanished before them ; air wed
leace, a cootinuance et' thuse be- purposes of a temporary barracks. A squadron of l water' bad each been decomponnded, and-had yielded
' the war and the distress of the cavalry and a Colonel's guard arc stationed within new elements.; their properties had been investigated,
a duly sensible that this country the noble mansion. and the enquiry had thrown an entire new light upon
k among nations by its inamtfae. i The Austrian Government has had recourse to a the science ; such were the favourable auspices under
hat it has acquired its wealth, ..
ed its Davy, and promoted the most extraordinary mode of raising money by a Lot- which Lavoisier and his associates eutered the field of
.h
van empire
. branches of mannfac- 1 tery, in which every person who pays a certain chemical philosophy.
y the introduction of machinery, i
n ous . ,
amount of Taxes, is compelled to purchase. How
tip: tition to encounter, and that oddly must a Lottery, in which compulsion is tie- • THEATRICAL Fm YD.-0o the late Anniversary .t.
be price of food, will cause the ' (*miry, appear to us, when we observe already with Meeting of the Committee and Subscribers to the
rem and artisans, and tent to ,
Fund of Covent-garden Theatre, Mr.
capital of this kingdom to other .what anxiety all ranks of peogle are voluntarily Theatrical
crowding to the Lottery Offices, to purchase Shares Fawcrrr, the Treasurer, addressed the company,
e your Royal Highness to extend
crests so closely connected with of the Three 7'hirty Thousand Pound Prizes, and in a speech of considerable length, in which he gave
by witholiing, on the behalf of to touch the Thousands of real Gold Guineas, which l the most satisfactory account of the state of the Fond.
lit to the said Bill; and we fur-s
to dissolve the Commons Howse I are to be disposed of on Wednesday, the sth of In the course of his address, he paid a very hand.
bed the most conclusive evideoes April. some tribute to the memory of Mr. Hutt., the
taws nor represent the lechers
u- ANECDOTE.—Santeuil, the celebrated writer of foamier of this excellent Institution, stating, that
b order of Court, Latin hymns in France, in the 16th century, having that Gentleman had declared he should die happy if
y
HENRY WOODTHORPE. once a confessional dress on, a lady who took him iit ever realized a capital of 10,0001. Mr. FAWCETT,
for a confessor, fell upon her knees, and recounted in conclusion, stated, that he had the pleasure to •,
I Petition his Royal High- all her sins. The Poet muttered something to him- inform the meeting, that a capital had been raised
ed to return the following self; the penitent, thinking he was reproaching her, of more than 5,0001. beyond that sum, and he had ,
hastened the conclusion of her confession, and asked : reason to hope that it would be doubled, so- as to
:est concern the sentiments eon- the supposed confessor for absolution. " Whet do enable the Committee to allow a yearly amount of
I Petition,
vt take me for a priest ?" said Santeuil..-..." Why • half their salaries to those•who might hereafter be
,Polinif to the representations of ,nu .
sects a the attemion which natty then," said the lady, quite alarmed, 66 did you listen ! obliged to avail themselves of this admirable In.
Deemed upon me by the sacred - ..'
to me?"—" And why," replied he, " did yon stitation.
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a dereliction of that duty, if, In speak to me ?" I'll this instant go and complain to.jAPPLES.—An effectual method of retaining gond
hich you hays thought proper to your Prior," said the enraged female.—" And I," apples in the country without grafting. In every
me Royal Sanction from the hn-
said •
waits u, mid so to exercise the an e ,
atcalmly,
S t 'I " will go to. your husband, perfectly ripe apple there will be found one, and . - •
Matte a wain of confidence hi a and give him an account of your conduct." j sometimes two round seeds; the others will have one
faculties the most trying, has, by
HEIMPERIAL 't• 1
HO at in conduct, iavariatily.up. T PATENT TWINE CLOTH—So de. 'or more flatted sides. The round ones will produce '
•
r's crown, and promoted the bast sirable for its comfort, its conduciveness to health, the improved fruit from, which they are taken; aped
and iconomy, may be obtained from London to any those with flatted sides will produce the fruit of the
—...- • .
ave sadism's to the Earls of part of the country with the greatest ease. An order crab upon which the graft was inserted. It leo 'lire.
sent by post, inclosing the half of . 51. or 101. note, not a long time to ascertain the difference ; for if a i
ndeley, Viscounts Castle-
'Lord Beresford. according to the extent of the purchase, waiting the circle is drawn in rich rotted, and the flat sided
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id left Carlton.house, they advice of its arrival before the other half is sent (the seeds planted therein and the round seeds in the
Pieces in general being from 31. upwards each, ac- centre, the variations•of quality will be discovered
the foreign Olice, at four haw 1., two or three years; rfie first will throw net t • 11
of some dispatches arriving,: cording to their length and quality, and nearly
leaves of a crab, and the latter the leaves of an ins.
the price of ether Cloth), addressed to Mr. Mac Lean,
16, Chase. proved tree, disttisguiShed in shape, fibre, and 4, 14.
dued tihmte the
ifsrutit
Ise
Dover. The Cabinet sat its
o
, when Mr. Cling the King's side,
the Patentee East India Warehouses,
,
Nith dispatches. London, when the- Piece of Cloth is sent,
either by waggon or coach, agreeable to the ditrec. a u4ei nI il
a PPeitt
everyr"el h thing aged
e i)no
------..• (ion, end' the change enclosed in the parcel, so that observed, moreover, ,that the sees of crabs, being
• ,il
f originals, are mostly, if not ;altogether, round.
DISH WU the only biddenat no risk of leas can take place, that Howie being •
four
isr i
)use ;he offered 2001, more the lest respectability. French Cambric for frills, •playa nights at the w a
Mr. • Kextr . e c alle
and he became at once the if required, may be ordered at the same time, from Theatre. His first appearance will b Third.enday,
116 to 21s. per yard, and spa ards. 1 in the character of King Richard the
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