The amazing success which...
The Times, 1824-12-31T00:00:00

The amazing success w%lhich has attended the invention of the steam-ve6sel, given an interest to any circumstmnce cohnnrtea, in the most distant degree, with this important mtechani al appiica. tion. In aearching (for a very different purpose) the public records of Friburg we find, that in the beginning of the year 1701, a me- chanic sf yiurgundy, of the name of Dromee, procured from the gevernment of Friburg, for himself and his heirs male, an exclusive privilege for egtablishing on the Sarise a navel species of boat, which was to be pwoplled neither bv ous nor sails, nor yet drawn by horses, with which be proposed to navigate the river, fir the convey. atnce of passengers and merchandise. He unfortUnately did not explain the substitute by which he meant to effect this parpose, and we are als) as completely in the dark as to theobstacles which check- ed hig undertakilng. It may he, that the inventor was fearful of in. curring the ill-will of a people, buried at that period in the blindust superstition.....eurer Fran qais. Gregorius de U21entia (in Azslys. de Ecclesia) gives the follow7ing account of the opinion of a nmerchant of Plrrenda, restpecting the diferenee between the atholic and Ljutheran Con. fessions of faith :- I choose rather to be a Cathelic,"maid this pru- dent merchant, "than a Lutheran, for, by being the former, I get at the truth a short and easy way. I have only to afirm what the Pope afis, sad to deny what the Pope denies. On the cantrary, were I a Lutheran, the business would be quite different, and very trouble- come to me. I should then have a w7hole catechism to lerxn by hieart, and should be hound to read the Bible-nav, to search and neditate upcn the Scdriptures. Now, this weonld never do; for I must *be thinking of mg shlpr whbieh are at sea, and besides, I h)ave carcely tim3e to look after my w arehogaes, and to coasider how I can makie the mnsst of mny merchandise.' Having told this sawry, Gregory nakes the following reflection on the logic of the Placentiarl trader:-" Pea nlaihil omni:no habiturut, quod in tremendo il1 judicio ei oppotlre poWsit" Aue' tfcer used to mnske bis children read a chapter in the Bible every Sunday afternoon. UTpon mention being m5de of Neburaradan, Captain of the Guard conming to Jer- salem (2 Kings, xxv. 8.), he stopped the reader, and cried out in a tone of voice that shns-ed bow munch sh was interested in the mat. ter, "Goodlnd'. is that man stil a captain ! Why he was a captaili wBhe I 7eu liale boy.. Promoton in hisrgiicent maus have been very alow." MunDit oiE A TITHZ PROCTOP. NEAR ]BLESSINGTON, COUXTY OF WiCiKLow._On Wednesday last, William Wallace, tithe-proctor te the Rev. lir. Tucker.. waited on 1Mr. &eorge ilornidge, a gentlemaw of high rapk and fortune, for the purp of' settling tithes. BMr. Hornidge kept Wallace to dine with hiin, and after dinner an altercation unfortunatelr took place, and blows en.. aued. In the scuffle both the men fell, when Mr. Homidge stabbed Wallace with a small dirk, which caused his inrium. diate death. A young lad, a nephew of Wallace's, was p-ce. serM, and in trying to save his qncle, was also wounded. A caoo ncr's isnest was held on the body of the deceased, and a ve of weilfal mrder was returned against Air. Hormaidee. who ho rAI_ -Dautils Enening MaiL On this melancholy subject the Wfs3 Morniv& Post says." There have been various reports in.tw relative to tli minelanchely occurrence: as, however, they have not reached us in an authenticated &Tm, we shiall fo the present for_ bear mentioning them. We haveheard that Mr. loridge has bea for the last two years in a state of mental deratgement." ANECDOTE OF LORD EA11DLEY.<i-SOMe years ago a rc, gimentwas laying in the neighboarhod of Belvedere, his [cuedshie's seat, in Kent. It having come to his knowledge that the senmsr 1ieutenant, a most deserring young rsan, though without fortune, had not the means to purchase a conmpany then vamnt * without 4ay i previous knowledge of the gentleman, except what he gain e frbii the comamanding and hif brother officers, his Lorship wrote him a letter of apology for taking the liberty of enclosing a check for l,Q0 guineas; chich Pas thc purehasert-oneyo,f the co0m)paty. This a2d nany similar instances of his LIordship's kidneess and neneTositv are within the rgco'dection of our informant, who knew 1ntimatecj a brother of the above oflicet. lis [on.rdship's remain% will be it. terred in the parish church of Belvedere......m.i:ao Gazeitr AJILDNESS OF TRFtt SEASON.-Notvdtistanding the te- peated heavy " fall" of rain wlhich wle have exPerienced since the clo=eof autumn, and the severity of the gales on our coasts, and in the interior of the coiintr%, yet the pretet winter is by far milder than any that " our rdaocmbrance can yarallel," at least in Che'ten. bamand its neighbourhood. The umot tnquestiona'nle prof of this statement is farnished by the fect, that there mav be seen. even now a few days after Chrtma, a blooming di6play of vegetible nature: at Jessop's llneraet-house Numery.gardens, amontgst which we particularly observed the G,hristrnas.rose, prrnse, China rake, die,panteys, sweet-scented coltsfoo l, polvanthus, stocki nut wal.. floseers, alpine strawberry, &r..-ChcIen.tarn POper. - ENGRAVING IS RELIEF ur~ON AS .EGG 5tSELL.....T shell must be a thick one. Wasli it well in fresh water, emd dry it carefully with a linen clotb. Ilelt scme tallow Or fat, and, while very hot, mnake anyfigures von please with it upon the shell, either witth a pen or pencil. Tral5 the shell then by the two ends, nd 1iay it gently in a tllmnbler iled with vinegar, or diluted aqtm fWis, the acid of which, in aboat three hours anda half, will have corroded .so much of the shell as to leave the parts drawn ipwn in relief, tL, vinegar having tin influence upon the fat which coveremd ihe,