The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-02-12

| cviouSlv To h-ing let down, an a.aiu im,n.-
| diatc'y ON being drawn up on account u! its
| imb,hing SO much moisture from the steam o
| the pit as to increase it, weight cons ide, ABLY
] The result oil this eXpe, iment, which Mr.. w .
| repeated in va ious places, and in various
| ways. proved highly satisfactory Tor after
making every necessary allowance, with iur-
| Their deduction for any inaccuracy that m9ht
| nave escaped him, he found that the weight
lost its gravity SO rapidly that at the depth of
about 80 or 40 miles, it would no longer have
descended. According to his calculation.
therefore, the shell Of earth could not DC more
| than about 7ONmiles thick, instead of 200, as
he at first conjected. Flat ed to find the result
OF his experiments so strongly favouIing his
theory. he Immediately circulated the p, opo
sails above mentioned J; hut meeting with little
encouragement. and being ,amped by power
~. having large family TO support, he was
unable TO carry his designs into execution. In
the mean time his health declined from intense
study as well as disease, and he died soon az
forwards in the 6lst year o. his age.
MOHAMMED Ally, the present Pacha
OF Egypt, who has made much poise in the
world, is very extraordinary man, and iav-
orite with most Europeans The following is
his picture by French author, taken from
the Quarterly RecietD Of August last:
him; ! wanted to examine the countenancc Of
a man, who had realized i'm our day one OF
those scenes in history which, when we have
perused 1t always compel us to lay down the
book, and recover ourselves-therc he sat-a
quick eye, features common nose bad, yriz-
led beard, looking much more than fifty, the
worn complexion o. that period Of lie, and
there seemed to be creeping upon him that as
Dect which belongs to ard bctrays the grey de-
10 0E Inst Hhe,,f Ill No,
guInary; men grow tired oil shedding blood,
as well as our pleasures; but il the cutting off
head would drop gold into his Golfers, he
would not be slow in giving the signal HIS
laugh has nothing in 1t Of nature how can it
have! can hear it nova hard sharp laugh,
such as that with which strong hear tless men
would divide booty from the feeble. leave
him o his admirers -
10 this the reviewer adds:
ltshould be rccolectcd that when Moharnl
med assumed the command, complete anarchy
prevailed III every department The county
was distracted by the conflicting pretcnsions
OF the Mameiouks. aided by the Bedouin A
rahs, the y lhanians, and the Turks. with ma
nv rival chieitans The soldiers were mutt.
nous--thc finances were cXhausted--property
was insecure agriculture was neglected =
and commerce languishcd. Contrast this with
the state the country for the last sixtccu
years Every thing Is diamet'icaly the oppo-
site to whai II then was. All rivalry is put
down-the Bedouin Arabs are submissive
the military controlled, lodged in barracks and
tents. and regularly paid--the finances prodi
giousIy incrcased--ncw articles Of produce
raiscG-and trade ried to extent for-
merly unknown. The whole country from
Alexandra TO oyene l. perfectly tranquil. ana
travellers pass unmolcstej, with as much Il ce-
dom on the continent. Egypt, in 1906,
was in many respects like France under the
JacobInS: and the genius OF the Pasha,
| more limited sphere, has often been compared
| to that OF Bonaparte among the French. u
is not pretended that the Pasha has not his
iaiIings: he has many; bu. to estimate his
| character he should be judged by the standard
OF other Nohamedan pin ces OF governors
OF the despotic Pashas OF Syria or Turkey
| and which Of all these can be compared to hima
| 1t is hardly fair to Try him by our own notions
! OF eXcelience-bv European standards, when
| every thing-custom, religion, government
! Is so different His defects those OF edu-
! cation and example His Improvements are
! the fruits Of his own genius.