Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-09

> =, - ue'cehd.' lie landed about two miles. fro,
,ne garden, still mounted on the stag. and roll
-. 10 INC house OF the Mayor. The spec
tators were SO much pleased with the MORO,
nance, That they immediately made ND ours
OF 10000 francs for tile aeronaut.
SPLENDID SPEcrAcLE.-At late pal, ,
a"Anan London, there were 30, 900 additional
lamps lighted up. The usual mn. Der of COLON
"a iafnps hgl,ted up i'll VauxhaiI OH gala nights
- aoout oo,ooo.--As the gardens are not YER
large. and the lamps brilliant and t,sta,,,l,, III:
posed, some idea may be formed of the otf:s,,
Produfcd' where 10000, variously disposed an,
colo e., are burning. e" a"'
| n fkRFEcT Observation-Disclosures an envo
from Denmark was introduced TO the K;nr .
the Asiantees, his African Majesty and h;
court IS thus described by M. Mats Brun. anf
the picture has been valued as that of n nercar
legitimate This Monarch was seated 80, :.
massive gold throne, under the shade of ~, ar
t'hciai tree with golden leaves. His BODY. ex
tremeiy lean, and inOrdinateIy tall was s,neare,
over with tallow mixed with gold dust. \ Eu.
ropean hat, bound with broad gold lace; covered
ms mead iis loins were encircled will, 5, sosI
o'goidcn CLOTH From his neck down TO his feet.
corneans agates and lusultes were. cro,v,,.J
In the form oil bracelets and chains, and his feet
rested on golien basin. The Grandees of iho
realm lay Prostrate on the ground, with their
heads covered with dust a hundred compIain
eis aha accused persons were in a similar pos
.ure; heh'nd them twenty executioners. with
Drawn sabrcs In their hands waiting the royal
signal, winch generally terminated each cause
ny The decapitation of one or other of the mar
flies. The Danish Envoy. passinr , nrrnh.r IS
leads, recently separated from the body. an.
preached the tl,roue. The magnificent egu,;n,.
prince addressed bin with the follows, most
gracious questions 81 would winingl, detain
'hee Tor s''nie months in my dominions, to give
You an idea of m, greatness. Hast thou ever
seen any thing to be compared with il sn-.sNo
iord and king, thou hast no equal in the worhi ~
=" Thou art right, G cd in heaven does not much
surpass me ~
Curious cause Of JPar.-In 1905, some SOL
uicrs oil hotena ran away with buckle, fro,n
pubic well, belonging to the state of Bo
"gna. This bucket might be worth shilling:
out IL produced a quarrel, which was worked
up 'hto long and bloody war. Henry the
hmg oil Sardinia, son of the Emperor Henry tbe
Second, assisted the MoJcnese to keen posse SION
ot the bucket, and he was made prisoner I'm one
oil the battles. Ills father, the Emperor. offer
ed cham OF gold that would encircIe BuIorna
when is seven miles lii Compass, for his sons
ransom, but IN vain. After go YEARS of i,nori
sonment, ms father being dead, he pinned away
and died. Tins fatal bucket is still exhibited in
The lower OF the Cathedral Of Modona, enclosed
In an iron cage. The offer of the gold cha,
seems prodigious bribe, but there are many
artists IN LoH'ion who could make a very few.
ounces Oil g"hi answer the pufpo-e, a. a siugi:,
gram can behmmered until il i, the ,hiri, thou
sandth paft OF a line, in thickness and will! CO.
yer 40 square inches; and each sonare Incl,
| may he divided into two hundred strips reach
ing more than one eighth nart of mile. The
boiognese were probably aware of the dmctiiv
OF this metal and were mol 10 be dupcI into such
a bargain.
Change Of .1ir.-Dr. Darwin one dav at Not
tingham assembled large crowd round him,
ana standing upon tub, thus addressed them
-" Men OF Nottingham, listen to me- You arc
ingenious and INDUSTRIOUS mechanics. Bv YOUR
industry lile's comforts are procured C,r vour
selves aud families. Ii you lose your health the
power OF beng industrious will forsake Won
hat you know; but you do not know. that TO
breathe ircsi; and charged air cons !antly IS pu
less necessary to preserve health than sobrief,
hseii. AR becomes un"holesome in few
hours If the windows are shut. Open those of
your sleeping rooms whenever YOU quit them
to go 10 your woIA shops. Keep the windows
q! your workshops open, whenever the weather
Is not unexpectedly cold. I have no interest
IN giving you this advice. Remember what
Your countryman, and physician, tell Won.
II you would not bring Infection and disease
upon yourselves, and To your wives aud little
ones, change the air you breathe, change it ma
ny times day by opening your windows.n
.Ne'o Sect.-A new society of Christians has
been formed at Manchester, vino rr ,frss. as ono
of their leading tenets, to wear SIX y-bue stock
ings and orange coloured shoes.
Otto of RoSes.-1'he following is the recipo for
making the celebrated Otto Or Otar of Roses
from work recently published, entitled the.
6 Memoirs of the Rose" Take a very large
glazei earthen stone jar, or a large clean
wooden cask, fill it with the leaves of the flow
ers of roses, very well picked, and free from
all seeds and stalks pour on them IA much pure
spring water as VIII cover them and set The YES
sci in the sun, in the morning at sun rise, and
let it stand till the evening, and then take il in
the house for the night; expose it in this man
ner for SIX or seven successive days, and ut the
end Of the third or fourth day, a number of mar
iicles, OF fine yellow oily matter, will float on
t',c surface, which IN two or three days more
will gather into scum, which is the ottar of
roses This is taken up by some cotton, tied TO
the end of piece of stick, and squeezed with
the finger and thumb into a small phial, which
must be Immediately well stopped and this is
repeated for some successive evenings, or while
any of this fine essential oil rises to the surface
of the water. IL is said that an hnodred pounds
weight Of roses will not yield above half an
ounce Of this precious aroma.
Cheap IraceHing.-Capiain John Dundas
Cochrane, in the preface to his work lately pub.
lishcd, entitled ''Nauative of a Pedestrian
Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary.
&c.n states, that The expenses of his tourney
from Moscow to IrkutsfS, which, by the route
he went, was 5000 miles, "certainly fell short
Of guinea
GTedt TeiescOpe.--Professor FrauenIofer has
now completed and set up, IN the former church