... OIL AND -COAL GAS. bfhe followlng paper on this subject, by Mr, Ander- c f th Acadelmy of Perth, has just appe'ared in' b dburgh Philosophical Journal. In respect to e ile Ilu*minating powers of the two gases, it will be f th red that it agrees with the, results obtained by s o Leslie and by Dr Fyfe. But the most re-. pOrofesso0 circumstance regarding it is, the large ntitY of gas which Mlr ...

... Oakbonian ^rcur'. at Ir EDINBURGH. o f ?? __ __ __ __ M SATURDAY-JANUAY 1. es 3 Nauticus will see by our last paper that we have pro- n1e fited by his hint. its The French papers received by express, contain the following rather singular articles of intelligence from Madrid:- . Madrid, Dec. 16. The reestablishment of the Inquisition, about which so much has been said, is not yet certain. ...

... THE ARlMY. The orders that haye been issued for the return home of the 59th (2d Nottingham), the 30th (Cambridgeshire), the 69th (South Lincolnshire), and the 47th (Lancashire) regiments of-infantry, from India, have been counter- manded. , The 2d (the Qlueen's Royal) regiment of foot Wiill em- hark for India on the 3d of February next. BIUTISH ARMY IN INDIA. Orders for recruiting for the ...

... -PRIYATA COBRASPONDENCT5. I ?? a 0 London, Dec. 29. 1824. el By the Lisbon mail we have received letters from that al capital dated the 18th instant. Nothing can lend more to shew the state of weakness and contempt into which the present Government of Portugal has fallen, than the fact that an alarm had been crested in Lisbon by the ap. pearance of two Algerine frigates off Algarve, whose in- ...

... NAPL ES. The French papers- contain a royal decree of the King of Naples, for regulating the expenditure of the *gl treasury, by which a deduction of ten per cent. is to th he made from the salaries of the officers of state. The se following private letter from Naples, of the 6th inst. gives an account of a melancholy event which occurred to Piestum, when' Mr Hunt, late High Sheriff of ?? ...

... TEIS WAVY. The average mortality of the navy (luring the tdree years of the late war was oine in 30.29. More than a lialf of this number diel 0^iiase. We are infornn ed, that in several of the trades of the metropolis, the members of which, like the sailors, are between the ages of la and 6G, the averagc mor:alily is greater! than among scamen; showing that, with ail the ae- Cidelits to which ...

... FROM LLOYD'S LIST-Dec. Si. Extract of a letter from Mr Wightman,. master of the Earsddn, from Alalta, dated Standgiate Creck, 29th inst. ?? At io A. M. on tle 25th ilst; U saw *he ship Nelson vjof Poole, wvhich hatl hailed us tle n7ight before; she had her ensign hoisted, Usion downvrd- I bore down upon her and found she bd. struck and was fuill of watter. I thep lay to for saome thne il ...

... FROM TIHE LONDON GAZE TTE'. WARl OFFICE-Dec. 23. 1824. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Lieutenant J. W. Parvey, from half pay 60th foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H. Raemu, who exchanges, receiving the difference; dated 16th Dec. 1824. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons-J. A. Henderson to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Agnew; dated 9th Dec. 1824. 4th Regimentof Foot-Lieutenant P. Bowlbyto be Cap- tain. ...

... latebonian Otrcurv. EDINBURGH. . 3I~ONDA-NRY S. The Hamburgh papers of the 25th ultimo contain a Royal ordonnance issued by his Majesty, for regu' l lating the church at Hanover, by which the several S professors of the Christian faith are declared to enjoy the same Terfect equality of civil andl political rights; and all notion of a predominant and of a merely tol' rated church is entirely ...

... 'Af,,DAIfSE.D STREETS. -1_. h nn {flw (IFrin the Mornin4hefald.) -: . - Looking upon the rattling of-carts and carnages, bou 5 beyond their being a proof of wealth, commerce, and har prosperity, as blessings of a very questinable descrl ta - tion, we have been induced to hail, with, as we now ago. t fear, somewhat too eager ali anticipation, its raboltio nS I' by means of Air M'Adi(am's new- ...

... JAturES enrlrNtTluv. James Ahernpthy, 'the faiji)es bcggiir, i: hOV IoW upA j; s for life in an hospital. ile *mas a 13ighly piivileged beg- ro - I gar, and could calculate hiB incoinC to a trie. HciL had ?? y certairrotinds, and knew what lie Iunld get iit -money ca Iand ?? eaclb journey. Abernethy was born in Edin- he t burgh in March 1722,, and was bred ii cork cutter, which ci g ocupation ...

... Immecdiately after the usual chemical lectore t n Nyed. inesday, Dr Fyfe took an oppo6rtunity .Of' dl'scribing Brn' gas vacuum, engine. The obeject of this engine th is to obtain power by means of a vacmcsum'crest'fed du- alb ring the combusti 'n of inflainminhile gas-for which pur- St; PSa'gshurner is% lihe ithin'thelcylinder. and id- w toe o. consume the irternal air, part of which being di: ...