•■^^ Progress of the British Legislation in 1816. [Aug. I, 



Platinn !ii 2;raiiis — in five niiisiitus hs miicii the otiicr way. It has many 



a','S'"l^"^^<"'* '"'" ^ mass. other cmiouR |)ro])er1ies. 



Jioii tilings — in three seconds partly By an article of Mr. R. Pf.ale's, in 



melted. Erie's elegant .To'irnal published at 



lied lead and cliarenal — in ten seconds Philadelphia, under the title of " The 



the lead reduced to its melallic state. PoRTico,"wecollectthatJuDGECooPER 



Pvriles or sulphate of iron — the sni- (formerly of Manchester,) has taken 



plnir driven ofland the iron reduced to much pains lo introduce gas-lights into 



the metallic state, which was proved by the United States; and, it appears, wilh 



the nia"-iiet attracting it. success. But, as Coals are dear inAmerica 



Poieclaiii clay from Armstrong county, and as an incorrect notion appears to be 



Pennsylvania, in five niiuHtes, jjartly formed that coal-gas is luiavoidably <;f'- 



chant'cd its colour. fensive in its smell. Dr. Kuglek, of I'hi- 



A cork, suspended in a decanter of ladelphia, lias nianufaetured gas fnnii 



Qlcar water, was siighlly c!:ared. piteli, "an article which can, in Ame- 



Al! the a b()\e substances were placed rica, be every where jjrocured; and 



on charcoal when exposed to the lens. from w hich, by ji simple apparatus-, 



Some time ago. Dr. Mitchell cxhi- 

 |)!ted to tiie New York Philosophical 

 Society a ppeeimen of American elastic 

 marble, measuring four feet in b'nglh, 

 three inches in breadlli, and one incii in 

 thickness. The slab was of a snowy 

 whiteness, of a gTained structure, and of 

 ri-markable flexibility. He had received 

 it from theqiiari7 in Fittsfielil,M:issa<liu- 

 setts. Since the receipt of tiiis extra- 

 ordinary sample, anotlierone, of far more 

 considf'rLd)le size l>as been procured bj 

 Mr. Mcylier, from Sb)ckl)ridgo. This 

 he is preparing fi)r a place in Dr, ]\Iit- 

 chcll's cabinet of miiie!alo!\y. The di- 

 mensions of this slune are as foilow: 

 breadth one foot and ten inchce, length 

 fi^eleet, and thickness two inches; mak- 

 iii"- a mass of two thousand six hun- 

 dred and forty cubic inches of eUuslic 

 marble. Thisslab, when shaketi, undu- 

 lates sensibly backwards and forwards ; 

 wlien supported at the two cxireniities. 

 the middle forms a curve of about two 

 iiK-lics from a horiyontid lij-.e ; and when 

 turijcd over recovers ilselt', ai:d iijclincs 



easily managed, wilhont any thing of- 

 fensive in flic ojieralion, he prepares a 

 gas at once chcai)er and more biilliiint 

 than that pre])ared from coal." I'iteli, 

 rosin, and even oil of turpentine, aro 

 said to auswer cfjually well. In Dr. 

 Kugler's apparatus, " the oil condensed 

 in the receiver, immersed in water for 

 the purpose, is alterwards employed to 

 dis>'(jlve file pitch, whicli thus dissolved, 

 descends in a liquid form Ihrough an 

 aperture, n-gulaled by a stop-cock, down 

 to the hottest part of the red-hot retort, 

 and is there decomposed and ascends 

 info the gas-holder, after ^'seapiiig from 

 the condensing receiver. In this way 

 the g»s rerpiires no washing in lime- 

 wafer, and no noxious vapour is j)ro- 

 tli:ce<l." 'J'here can be no doubt that 

 the mode of procuring light and heat 

 from coal, pitch, wood, pine-knots, See, 

 will soon be eonmion to the whole ci- 

 vilized world, in sj)ite of tiie opposition 

 of otir i^-rerU chcmisls, and tiie tardy 

 patronage of govei unients. 



BJllTISIl LEGISLATION. 



ACTS I'ASsnD i». the 5GtJ> year of tlie keion nf cmnRCE the Tmnn,. or in the 



rOUPvTH session of tlie Fli ill PARLIAMENT of tiw UNITED KINOIJOM, 



vMtion of the tranquillity of Europe, and 

 for the geiiiMiil satl'ty, that ^Nuiioleon Ko- 

 naj'arte should be (ictaiiied and kept in 

 custody as is lieiein nffer provided; be it 

 therefore enacted, ami it is licreby enacted. 

 by tlic Klnj's most excellent lM;ijesty, by 

 and with the advice and consent of the 

 JjOuh spiritual ami temporal, and Coin- 

 inons, in ilii!i present parliament assembled, 

 and by tlie ainhonty ef tiie same, that it 

 shall and may be liwfiU for Ims Majeslvj 

 his heirs, aiul snccessovs, to rtetaiii ami keep 

 fife said Napoiemi Bonaparte in the cu<- 

 tody of such person or persons,, in ?ur!i 



place 



GAP. XXT. To re dvo. and co7itiu'!ie, 

 will tiro Ye(trs after the expiratum 

 of the Restrictions njxn Paiimenfsin Cash 

 ii/ the Bank of Englaml, an Actforsu-i- 

 vcwliii!^ the Operation of an Act if the 

 17th 7fear of his present IHfijcU!/, Jor rc- 

 strai'itina- the Nfffociniion if Pror.ussary 

 JSotes and Bills of Exchange under a 

 limited Sum, in Euglriid.—X ril 11 . 



Cap. WI'- Eor the nvire effcctntil- 

 hl detaining in Custody JSapokon Bona- 

 parte.— A\n'i\ 11. 



Whereas il 15 necessary, for tlic prcser- 



