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Miscellaneous Intelligence.
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE .
A CONSPIRACY against the government of Sweden has lately been discovered . In consequence of which discovery " tiie Regent has given orders to arrest several persons who are suspected of being implicated in the treason . The plan of the conspirators % yas to change the form of government , ar . d to re-establish the Popular Constitution , wtiich existed at the accession of the late King . The consp . racy was discovered by the opening of a letter directed to an ambassador in Italy . The King pf Uemnrjark has opened the royal library of 200000 volumes at
Copen-, hagen for ' public utility . The people who are admitted have alio the privilege of taking books iipnje tp their houses upon certain conditions . A Bill is tp be brought into the House of Commons of Ireland next Seffions , to make die salary of the Roman Catholic Clergy of that country legal . We understand the sum is to be fixed at fifty pounds per annum . The Roman Catholics of Ireland have appointed Hickc-y to execute their statue of Ills Majeftfor which they have voted 2000 I . and that artift is now in Dublin for the
y , purpose of receiving the orders of their Committee , in consequence . The Pope has sent a Bull to the Roman Catholics of Ire-land , signed by himself and the whole Conclave , wherein he excommunicates every member of that persuasion , who fails in his loyalty and attachment to the House pf Hanover . A plan is set Pn foot in Bath , in order to prevent as much as possible unnecessary bankruptcies , and by timely and friendly interference to rescue such persons as ar * only distressed through the pressure of the times from impending ruin ,
FOREIGN MONIES IN- BRITISH VALUE . s . d . . s . d . A Crusade ( Portugal 2 3 A Pagoda ( Asia ) 8 9 A Dollar ( Spanish ) 4 6 A Piastre ( Arab 4 6 A Ducat , ditto 6 9 A Piaftre ( Spanish ) 3 7 A Ducat ( Flanders ) 9 3 A Piftole , ditto 10 9 A Florin , ditto 1 6 A Rial , ditto 05 A Florin ( German ) 1 10 A Rix Dollar ( German ) 3 6 ^ A Livre ( French ) o 10 A Silver Rupee ( Asia ) 2 6 AMoidore ( Portugal ) 27 o A Gold Rupee , ditto 35 o
AGRICULTURE , & c . Thirty tons pf turnips were this year grown by Mr . Ellman , of Glynd , near Lewes , Sussex , PI . one acre of land . The field in whicli the ahove turnips grew is about 34 acres in extent , ne . _ r . y _ 30 of which produced an , average of 27 tons per acre ; on the other four acres , the seed failed to come up . . A Gentleman 111 Essex lately received ii silver medal from the Society of Arts , for a produce of 26 tons on one acre . On the T 4 Vh insta-. it , a Gentleman at Lympstone received from Norfolk a present of
a turnip , which contained a hare weighing 5 1 b . 50 Z . a pair of full grown rabbits , ail with . their skins on ; aiid a brace of partridg . s iu their feathers . The turnip , when taken out of the ground and washed , weighed 25 th . and measured 3 feet 7 inches in circumference . It is now in the possession of the parish clerk at Lympstone . LANCASHIRE METHOD OF DRESSING POTATOES . As soon as they are completely boiled in water , they put them over the fire in a dry earthen potwhichas it gets heatedextracts ail their watery particles .
, , , ' ' PUTRID FEVER , Mr . Cart-wright , of Doncaster , recovered three patients , who were in extreme danger , from a very bad putrid fever , by only giving them common yeast . The quantity was two table spoonfuls , taken about three times , at the interval of three or four hours . Their recovery was 'incredibly rapid ; they instantly felt themselves greatly refreshed , and in a few hours they found tlieir strer . g :: i returning .
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Miscellaneous Intelligence.
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE .
A CONSPIRACY against the government of Sweden has lately been discovered . In consequence of which discovery " tiie Regent has given orders to arrest several persons who are suspected of being implicated in the treason . The plan of the conspirators % yas to change the form of government , ar . d to re-establish the Popular Constitution , wtiich existed at the accession of the late King . The consp . racy was discovered by the opening of a letter directed to an ambassador in Italy . The King pf Uemnrjark has opened the royal library of 200000 volumes at
Copen-, hagen for ' public utility . The people who are admitted have alio the privilege of taking books iipnje tp their houses upon certain conditions . A Bill is tp be brought into the House of Commons of Ireland next Seffions , to make die salary of the Roman Catholic Clergy of that country legal . We understand the sum is to be fixed at fifty pounds per annum . The Roman Catholics of Ireland have appointed Hickc-y to execute their statue of Ills Majeftfor which they have voted 2000 I . and that artift is now in Dublin for the
y , purpose of receiving the orders of their Committee , in consequence . The Pope has sent a Bull to the Roman Catholics of Ire-land , signed by himself and the whole Conclave , wherein he excommunicates every member of that persuasion , who fails in his loyalty and attachment to the House pf Hanover . A plan is set Pn foot in Bath , in order to prevent as much as possible unnecessary bankruptcies , and by timely and friendly interference to rescue such persons as ar * only distressed through the pressure of the times from impending ruin ,
FOREIGN MONIES IN- BRITISH VALUE . s . d . . s . d . A Crusade ( Portugal 2 3 A Pagoda ( Asia ) 8 9 A Dollar ( Spanish ) 4 6 A Piastre ( Arab 4 6 A Ducat , ditto 6 9 A Piaftre ( Spanish ) 3 7 A Ducat ( Flanders ) 9 3 A Piftole , ditto 10 9 A Florin , ditto 1 6 A Rial , ditto 05 A Florin ( German ) 1 10 A Rix Dollar ( German ) 3 6 ^ A Livre ( French ) o 10 A Silver Rupee ( Asia ) 2 6 AMoidore ( Portugal ) 27 o A Gold Rupee , ditto 35 o
AGRICULTURE , & c . Thirty tons pf turnips were this year grown by Mr . Ellman , of Glynd , near Lewes , Sussex , PI . one acre of land . The field in whicli the ahove turnips grew is about 34 acres in extent , ne . _ r . y _ 30 of which produced an , average of 27 tons per acre ; on the other four acres , the seed failed to come up . . A Gentleman 111 Essex lately received ii silver medal from the Society of Arts , for a produce of 26 tons on one acre . On the T 4 Vh insta-. it , a Gentleman at Lympstone received from Norfolk a present of
a turnip , which contained a hare weighing 5 1 b . 50 Z . a pair of full grown rabbits , ail with . their skins on ; aiid a brace of partridg . s iu their feathers . The turnip , when taken out of the ground and washed , weighed 25 th . and measured 3 feet 7 inches in circumference . It is now in the possession of the parish clerk at Lympstone . LANCASHIRE METHOD OF DRESSING POTATOES . As soon as they are completely boiled in water , they put them over the fire in a dry earthen potwhichas it gets heatedextracts ail their watery particles .
, , , ' ' PUTRID FEVER , Mr . Cart-wright , of Doncaster , recovered three patients , who were in extreme danger , from a very bad putrid fever , by only giving them common yeast . The quantity was two table spoonfuls , taken about three times , at the interval of three or four hours . Their recovery was 'incredibly rapid ; they instantly felt themselves greatly refreshed , and in a few hours they found tlieir strer . g :: i returning .