Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-06-29

A beautiful specimen Of the art OF cut
AFy has lately been manufactured by j..
Rodgers and Sons, Sheffield. 1t is an
elegant kuite in miniature. containing 80
Instruments, moving on l springs, aud
Is joints, Of the most exquisite workman
ship; il employed the workman % days
Of close application to complete it; does
not exceed tive-eighths of an inch in
length, aud weighs only one quarter Of 40
ounce.
irorg Paper.-The Society for the En-
courasement OF Arts and Manufactures
have given the sum Of 20 guiness to Mr..
Finsley, for the invention of ivory paper.
This paper possesses surface. having
many OF the valuable properties of ivory,
and. at the same time, has the superior
advantage of being obtained of much
greater size than ivory can possibly fur
nish, even nearly as large as the usual
sheets of drawing paper.
Emigratica.-The following are the
numbers OF the families and individuals,
who have emigrated from the port of Bel
fast for America, during the last three
years, ending the 5th Of January. Brit
ish settlements and the United States are
Included:
ssi4 individuals Esq families ending Jan. 5, 1917
5SIS Sl4 1918
6l0i 727 1919
Immense realtk Of the Prince of Peace
The Nuremberg Correspondent estimates
the fortune of the Prince of Peace at The
immense sum of 100 millions of piastres
(4s. AID. esch.) According to that Jour
nal, it is deposited as follows: In Eng
land, Al millions; in France, 10 ditto; at
Genoa, 20 ditto; at Corunna and Ferrol,
10 ditto; with lady, 100000 million
with the Grand Inquisitor 100000 in
the possession Of Espinosa; 100000 10
the State Treasury and the residue in
jewels and precious objects.
We understand that Sir Robert Peel,
and Mr.. William Peel, on hearing of the
unfortunate failure of the Tamworth Bank.
Immediately sent munifcent sum of
money TO the town for the purpose of al
leviatiBg the inconvenience and distress
Of the lesser tradesmen and poorer classes,
without distinction and on Friday, $50
persons received donations equal to one
half of their loss. Such benevolence, as
might be expected, produced the most
lively and uDrestrained sentiments Of JOY
and gratitude and we are Informed that
the purse of the benign donors, still con-
tinues open TO the other inhabitants Of the
town who have suffered, and many wish
to partake of their bounty. How truly
christian-like is this i-Stafcrdshire pap.
An old woman, seventy years OF age,
was one Of the emigrants that lately sail
ed on board the brig Fanny, from Carmar
then for America. She had waited at a
public house in the town for some days
for the sailing of the vessel, and the land
lord accidentally going int the parlour,
to his great surprise, found the table COW
cred with gold coin of different descrip-
tons, amounting to nine hundred guineas,
which she was at that moment in the act
of counting. The money, she informed
him, was the many years savings of her
profits Of a small farm; but finding latter
" her store decreased, she was resolved on
going to America to Improve her property.
Air Jacket.-Yesterday afternoon, Mr..
Charles Kendall made an experiment on
the Thames, of the efficacy of his Air
jacket, or Life Preseryer, which COM
pletely succeeded. He went from the
Southwark bridge through London bridge
with great ease, and on to the London
docks in twenty minutes, walking upright
10 the water he and his man all the way.
A gentleman receiving present Of some
Florence oil, the TASKS were set in his
cellar, at the bottom of a shallow box
the oil not being wanted for use, they re-
NAMED there some time when the owner,
going one day by chance in the cellar,
was surprised TO find the wicker work, by
which the TASKS we're stopped, gnawed
from the greater part of them, and upon
examination the oil sunk about two inches
or two and half from the neck Of each
flask. 1t soon occurred 10 him, that ii
must be the work of some kind of YER
min and being man Of Speculative turn,
he resolved TO satisfy the curiosity raised
in his mind he accordingly found means
to watch, and actually detected three rats
in the very act the neck of the TASKS
were long and narrow, it therefore re-
CURED some contrivaDee one of these
stood upon the edge Of the box, while an
other. mounting his back, dipped his tail
in the flask, and presented it to third to
lick they then changed places, the rat