Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-24
Literary and Scientific Intelligence.

We have great pleasure in anounejno To onr readers
@ raess"i leslie is at present engaged in series of
very cHrlons and importan, experiments which will
throw new light On the constitution and phenomena of
our ,mosphtre. In the phase cation OF his views, he
mas been led 10 construct delicate and uoysr.ul i'm.
sthreht, on which he has bestowed the name of
| .IsihyiOseOpe ~ "
hr Richard Hand, glass painter, proposes 10 publish
pi SUBSCRIPTION, Practical Treatise The Art Of
raining on Glass, compiled and arranged from The ori
s'hal manuscripts OF his late father Richard Hand his
slSss painter 10 hls Majesty. The discoveries Of
modern chemistry, which have brought 10 our kHovI
euse various ne" metals aud oxydes, which produce by
Vlncaiioii, many beaGEi cocrs necessary for paint
ing on glass, and which unknown TO the ancients
VIII Ne "y not,csd to correct idea that
eACeeu ~ me art; and in opposition 20 the Es-
taken notion that the has been lost ill be clearly
sno"n thai V had been continued the present day
'"n udl IN former times brought 10 The
perfection has now attained. rho mistaken grounds
on WINCH ne aocients supposed to have cxceied
Tue alt w he pointed out and positive proofs of
Iheir intefiorii, be 9dduced will leave no further
room Tor erroneous misconeepIon on the subject.
among the foreigners lately arrived rom Rome saws
french paper, is Mr. Watson a Scotch gentleman
WI" IS m hrs way to London. Mr.. Watson is the pro-
priyor &c archives OF The sf1art fannie vbich no
discosered and bought Of ~ Tasson the Pope's audi
tor ana executor TO the viii Of the late Cardinal York
heSr papers are actually tberway ENGLAND the
hrish Government, having sent men of war TO Civta
Neecha to iranspsrtthem thither They ave numerous
authentic, and very vs!uahebeing estimated at half
hi,'ion. they illustrate every thing obscure in the
history ct the last OF the Stras throw new lights
on the literature, the history, ard the politics Of the
most interesting period Of modern times In the lite
'y r.i' Is correspondence between king James and
leheion swift the Bishop of Rochester Lord Boiling
OtheT cQnaily celebrated
oaEes. w me political part there above six thou
sand autographs Of the family as well rs great
H1neg % 'eeis rom Charles XII Peter the Great,
Lohis XIV, and almost all the soveTeigns Europe
GERNhNY.-The EnpeTor Of Austria DESTROYS of adj
vanclng useful knswlC and iransplaning & his do.
minions some Of the valuable nauraI nrndurtions nj M
New World, mas availed himself ofthe opportunity Of
the marriage and departure OF bis daughter the Arch
u.cHess Leopoidine TO sens 20 Brazil nupiber ofmen
OF science who with the permission Of the ing Of Por
usa aie directed 10 explore the Tema rkabe paris
o. that country, 10 examine The different productions Of
rue thTee kingdoms Of natnre and 10 enrich the
pean collections with specimens of then His ImperJaI
Majesty has granted The necessary the expsd
"n ana given the chief direction OF il Prince Met
me persons appointed to proceed to Bfash
Tor ibis purpose, are pr. Nixon physician and
Professor OF Botany Prague NJ Caterer belonging
:" tHE Cabnet o' Natural History NJ. Enders, iand
Scare PRIMER VI. Schot botanical gardener Al The pa
,ace o. BeyeheTe Professor Pohl. ajyaHageously
hn""h ny several WORKS on mneralogy; ". Bucbhsr
ger, PAINTER OF plants and VI. Schick as ihTaran
Inc hst four sailed from Trieste The fgates Austria
s''u 'hYnS'a ahu me olher three will embark Leg
horn with the ArchduChess. NJ Schreber director ef
thF impei ial Cabinet of Natural History, appointed
90 wrhe we account ofthe voyage. MessTs Spix and
Martens, nem5ers of the Academy Of Sciences M sin
hicl have joined the expedition.
IoNDoN.-Mss Lucy Akin is preparing for The
press Memoirs Of The Court OF Queen elizabeth com
prishg nnHte view of her domestic life and notes Of
me manners, ainusemenis arts ard literature Of her
reign The crescent worn is composed upnn plan of
uniig WITH The personal history OF celebrated female
sovereign, and connected narration Of Tue doe,ic
GEMS OF her reign, large portion Of biographical an
ecuOe, private memoir, aud tracts illustrative If in
teresiing period Of English history. Original letters
speeches, and occasional poems, largely inter-
spPrscd.
The jtst volume ofhe History of Great Britain, from
me Revolution IN I6SS, to the French Revolution III
1889, ny SIT James hackiniOsh, NJ. y. IL. H. T. r. s.
Is confidently expected al the commencement al falp
some time ago nessfs. TuTnbuIl and Ramsay, Of
Glasgow, made discovery very important the ats
hy purifying the pyrogueOus acid, acd Of wood so
as to be superior IN every respect VINEGAR made nv
fermentation from che ync malt sugar. o. suv other
substance hom Which II commonly obtained. ~ CO.
l6r transparent taste md havOr agreeabie il is not
liaDle 70 lose s acid properties nor become inOuldv
ny Keeping aey length Of lime in any climate. rs rs
superior strength aud ncofruptble qualities tits sd
mFay calculated Tor sea stores for The preservation
~ vegetables 10 picking. ard animal substances IL
mas received the decided APPRECIATION several the
Protectors 81 Chemistry IN the universities as well as
ot many emiaeni medical practitioners and men ut SCI
rnce, rs pure aceinus acid This nprovcmeni is If
Eea importance ~ national pHint view, by MA.
huS pHre vinegar from the btnsbwood of coun
Try, thereby not encroaching the STOCK hnfnar
God which at all timcss of conseuence aud pauicn.
AIRY IN times Of scarcity. With this acid Messfs. I,
inrnhuli and Ransay make facchsfnin satun, verat
gTis' ana all other combinations here vinegar IS used
W the greatest perfection.
Eisr iNDiEs.-Thc rich learned btakman Of Cnjcut. |
IA Ramohrn Roy, who is vcrscd IN the Sunaskft Per
siag ana English languages has paid visit IL the mis-
sionafies ~ Serampofe lie has renonuced his |
caste and this enables him 10 visit the richest families
o. Hlndoos siHce the publication Of bis TRANSLATION Of
Tue Nedan. several respectable Inhabitants Calcnta
nave declared themselves Monothess and Lave united
IN society, with view mutual assistance In adopt.
iHg system 81 worship conform able % their fsh in one
eternal, Interchangeable, omniposn;, and olanipTeseHt