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Chahlestoh, October 26.
luteal from England
fly (he B;ifi»h brig JVorna, arrived yes
terdsy, wo have our files of English paper*
Cq the 15th ull. the day of her sailing.
The fate of Poland is still held in sus
pense. The Prussian Stale Gazette, thro’
which most of the recent intelligence from
this ill fated country appears of late to b<
derived, contains some intelligence, which
is, however, vague, and on which implicit
reliance cannot be placed. Quoting from
the Silesian Oaxette, which it, of course,
subject to Prussian authority, it says that
Warsaw is to be summoned te surrender on
three successive day», and that if it refuse,
it will be bombarded with artillery. It al
ludes also to the rcs >S,Mtl o ' l of Skryznecki,
who is saiil 'Mo haveS command what
ever, 5, .a-.d adds that GThi. Rudiger is still
in the emvirons of Kadoni. The same Jom -
nal officially mentions the appearance of
the cholera at Berlin, and at several parts
of the province* of Pomerania and Braden
burg, and directs precautions accordingly.
Skrzynecki, the late commander in chiel
of the Polish Army had resigned, and Dem
binski had assumed the command. Later
accounts, however, induce a belief that
Skrzynecki had been reinstated.
It is hinted (hat the recent excesses at
Warsaw, in which the *' Jacobin Club” of
that devoted city took so conspicuous a part,
ware actually excited by Russia.
The Russian army was within three En
glish miles of Warsaw, at the latest dales,
i f was daily expecting to receive a strung
reinforcement under Uen. Kreutz.
Thu Coronation of the King and Queen
of England, took place iu Westminster Ab
bey on the Bth ult. F eastings and rejoicings
'm honor of the occasion also occurred in'
most of the principal cities es the empire.
The King held a Levee the day previous,
at which the Representatives at that Court
of all (he Foreign powers were present—
amongst the number the Charge d’Affaires
of the United States.
Neither the Duchess of Kent, nor her
daughter the Princess Victoria, the (proba
ble future Queen of Knglanil) were present
si the Coronation. Their absence has been
the subject of much remark io the newspa
peri. The true cause is said to bo (ho de
licate state of the Princess’ health, (hough
improper motives Lave been attributed to
tint Royal Duchess.
Don Pedro was to have been present, but
excused himself from attending on the
gmund of indisposition.
The London Observer of the llth, is
nearly filled with an account of the Coro
nation, containing four large views of the
ceremony, at different periods.
The Reform Bill had finally passed thro’
th« Committee. It received sonic altera
tions iu progress, but Dune affecting the
grand principles upon which it was founded.
The right of voting in Boroughs is now
proposed to be vested in every male person
who shall have occupied, for twelve calen
der months next previous to the first day of
November in the present year, or next pre
viou* to the last day of August in any sue
seeding year, any house, ware-house, or
counting house which, whether held separ
ately from, or jointly with, any land occu
pied therewith, under the same landlord,
shall be assessed upon a value of not leas
than ten pounds to the inhabited! house du
ty, or to the relief of the poor, or shall be
of the clear annual value of not less Than
ten pounds, or liable to a yearly rent of not
Last than ten pounds, provided that, in the
three first cases, the poor rate* and assess
ed taxes due up to the first day oj July,
•halt be paid on or before the first day of
November in the present year, and on or
before the 13th day of August in every suc
ceidiog year; and, farther, that where the
right is claimed iu respect of renting only,
th • rent up to the first of July must also be
paid. When these requisites liave b-*cn
complied with, the parties are lobe enli'led
to vote at any election which m y take place
between the last day of January next and
the first day of December following f and,
If annually similarly qualified, are to be en
titled thereafter to vote from the first day
of December in (lie same year to the first
day of December in the following year.
Some doubt and uncertainty prevails in
P.oglar.d, as to tho course of (he House «1
Lords in regard to the Reform Bill. The
Morning Post charges the Times and
Chronicle with endeavoring to intimidate
that body by threats, if they presume to ex
n r -,iQe their deliberate judgment on the bill.
The writ lor the election of a Representa
tive for Liverpool, hud been indefinitely uus
pended, and no elec ion was expected until
one sh >uld take place under the Reform Bill
The Right Rev. F. H. Walker Currie
wall, 1). L). Lord Bishop of Worcester, died
un the sth ult. Dr. Carr, Bishop of Chi
chester, it lively to succeed him,
A letter fr.nu Brett, dated Ist September,
sites thtt orders had been received that
morning, by the Manna Prefect, to release
immediately all the Portuguese merchant
•hipa deta.ned at that port.
French pap»rt to the Bth ult, received in*
L mdon, ate laid to be very barren, except
in domestic controversy and discussion.
q the Sth ult. the Duke of Su'sei pre
sent'd in the Hou>e H Lord*, a petition, the
object of v'hi' h ws: m aboliih the punish
ment if death in all case* except those o<
“'violence and blood.” It was" ordered to
lie on the table, end there it probably will
(remain.
Captain Jamei G. Burns, ion of Scotia’e
favourite herd, arrived in Edinburg on Tuee
day, 6;h ult. after an absence of twenty
yrars in India. He was on his way to Dum- \
tries to visit his mother.
Most of the Theatres in England, were o
pened gratuitously on the cignt of the Coro
■ation —the -audiences tre stated to have
teen very numerous, very merry, and with
■l very orderly. God Save the King and
Rule Britannia, were sung with great ani
mation by the assembled multitudes. Mr.
and Mrs. Graham, also, in honor of the day, 1
ascended with a magnificent silk balloon,'
from the lop of the Constitution Hill, in the
Green Park. The ascent took place pre
cisely at 5 o’clock in the afternoon; the bal- ’
loon passed entirely over the city, and the I
aeronauts descended at Herringale, near -
Brentwood, 28 miles from London,
Londoh, September 8.
The Riussel* Papers, da.ed yesterday,
containing accounts from Frankfort ol the j
lit instant, and from St. Petersburg!! of the i
■2o;h ult. arrived this morning. There is nc |
allusion in the Brussels Papers to the re-h
ported demand on the French Government 1 ;
by Great Britain, Austiia, Russia, and Prus-,
tda, to which allusion has been made by some 1
of our contemporaiies nere during the lact
few days. On this point we think it right
again to state, that the French Government!
hat already announced Us reudin< ss to with
draw the troops as soon as the Conference
shall have guaranteed Belgium against lur- i
ther aggression from the Dutch j and altho* •
it has been offered on the pari ol France ton
allow a certain number to remain, on the re-11
quest of Leopold, we see Nothing in that to 1 1
render farther slay necessary, because it is i
quite as easy tor the Conference to provide i
means for the maintenance of internal tran- i
quility in Belgium, us to secure it against I
foreign aggression. All that is. the e/ore, i
necessary, for the complete evacuation of i
Belgium by the French troops, ie for Leo- 1
pold to decline the offer of their assistance
—and this we understand, he is about to do.
There are no new acc"uht* from Poland, r
although vre might have icceived them up to ■
the end of the last month. It is highly pro- I
bsble tiiat tho armies are negotiating—for i
this would, we think be on both sides the
most prudent course. The Pules, with Pro-1
visions only for two mouths, cun hardly pre
serve (he CHpiul from an enemy who iu
creases da l y io strength; and the Russians,!;
on the other hand, cannot hope to make :
themselves masters of Warsaw without a 1
sacrifice of life which a prudent Commander
must be desirous to avoid.
Aniweup, September S.
The pressing application of General Ta
bor to the Government, and Gen. Chasse,
tor filling up tho breaches made in the dikes
of the rivers during the late hostilities, have
bees crowned with success, as we sec from
■he following letter written to him yesterday
1 evening by Gen. Eellwird s
Brussels, Sept. 4, half past 8. P. M.
“1 hasten to intorm you, lor myself and
Sir H. Adair, that the breaches in the dikes
are at length to be filled up. Gen. Chasse!
will receive orders to that effect fiom his
Government, and you will receive your or
der to dismantle and to level the battery
erected during the existing armistice be
tween the city of Antwerp and the Citadel.
I, and my friend Adair, are happy to give
you this good nows. We beg you, my doar (
General, to repeal the strict urderc already
given by your Government and you, that the
i navigation of ihe Scheldt be protected, and
• that the Citadel may not suffer any iuter
: ruption or obstacle, in the Scheldt, to its
i communication with Holland.”
t Accept, dear General, Ike.
s (Signed) AUG. BELLIARD.
Brussels, September 6.
• We learn from good authoriiy (says the
Counter) that the French Government
r means that Belgium shall defray one third
of the expenses of (he F euch army, from its
; entrance into our territory until the Bth of
■ Sep'ember. The French Government al
? ledges that this charge is only the price of
’the safety of Brussels and of the evacuations
'of our territory by the Dutch. The expeii-i
| ses of the French army, during the time that]
we have mentioned, are estimated at the sum;
■ ot 1,200,000 francs,
*| Paris, September 5.
“j An extraordinary courier brings news of!
1 a military insurrection at Novogorod Wiliki.
Several officers were massacred. The Em
• peror Nicholaa immediately •‘rent to Novo
•jgorod, but the insurrection w&» quelled be
fore hia arrival. He found tranquility en
-1 jtirclj restored. The same courier brings the
e 'confirmation of the accounts that have been
;published relative to the excesses commit-'
i tod at Warsaw. It appears that the ac
'{counts in the Slate Gazette are very far
from being exaggerated.
[Gflurft# de France.
POLAND.
AH accounts from Poland, varied & un
certain a* they are in detail, agree on one
point—that the Russians have succeeded in
surrounding Warsaw on all sides, that their
outposts were within less than a mile and
a half of the city, and that there was but
too much raaton lo believe the Provisional
Government were cot possessed ol fuai de
gree ol public confidence dr unity ofpur
: pose which would save the capita! from a
speedy surrender. It is, indeed, confident
ly stated, although no official intelligence*
has been received to confirm it, that War j
saw surrendered on the 25th of August, &J
that Prince Radzivilie had been
Viceroy ad interim of the kingdom of Po-j
land in the name of the Emperor. Noj
mention is made of the army of the Pole*
but as there hid been several successive*
changes in their commands, ending with
the re-appoiotmeal of Skrzynecki, it is pro
bable that their movement* were paralvxed
|by that circumstance, or (hat SkrayneckiJ
| '-'hu, since the Li'huantan insurrection was
known (n be favorable to had
I prevailed un (hem ft remain inactive, anti
abule by the terms granted to the Govern
nient. Strong h opes were entertained a :
tlie commencement of the week that the
Poles W.iyld agay; succeed in baffling their
enemies, in consequence of a report tha 1- '
the corps of Rudiger had b eu defeated in
i*s attempt to join the main body under
Paskewitch, and that 20 000 of his troops!
bring forced to retreat into Gillaeia, weie.
ithere disarmed by the Aus'iians. This
news his not however been confirmed, as!
subsequent letters detail the movements of:
Rudiger in the combined plan of operations :
ja it it is but tcv, probab'e, therefore, that
jthe victory had the usual origin of stock
jobbing. It seem* now to be pretty gene
rally acknowledged, even by the most sail
s'- no ot tn ise who demanded the creation
j°* a g r ‘f kingdom out of toe provinces of
ancient ruland, that the Foies must be con
tent with the tulfi merit of the promise of a
Constitution to the peqple of the Duchy of
Warsaw, aid such other advantage# as
Fiance ard K'lglugunmiy, without the ne
cessi y of »u arms, be entitled to
stipulate for in vheßßlialf. Why this is to
be the fruitieas termination
of the heroic exertions us the patriot®, and
why E iglacd in particular abstained from i
demanding more, we havg already more
than once endeavoured to explain. We
may s iy, however, the), with the knowledge (
of what must be the result of the s(rugg ; e,
it seema to us (hat great criminality attach-n
e« tu those who did not interfere at an ear- j
1 i* r period to put an end to the waste of hu
man life, and to check that delusive expec
tation of assistance under which the contest
has been go fatally prolonged.
FRANCE.
We nave had little of importance this
week from Paris. The avowal of the Go-1
veinment, (hat it has been constrained toi
bow to the • pinions of the people on the
question of Hereditary Feerau;**, seems to
be as gratifying to the prejudices of the
I people as 4ho prompt interference of a
French srmy in the contests of Belgium
proved so their pride ; and both the Sover
eign and his Ministry are likely to draw
,?iom these incidents & popularity as great
and as long-lived as any which the feelings
of Frenchmen allow them to bestow. It is
eaid, indeed, that it will scarcely outlive the!
discussions on the limit to the c.cation ofj
Peers ; and that if the Government attempts
to resist an Amendment fur throwing the
nomination of the candidates for the Peer- 1
age into the power of the representatives cf
ithe people, they will certainly be defeated.
In the mean time, while ail goes smoothly
lon the.aurfuce pf politic*, there have beer.
(Some symp'oms of the misery and privation
j which the la: c uvrnts tiave indicted cn the
working c asses. Cries for bread have been
j heard o t more than one occasion in the
streets, and the introduction of some new
machinery fur diminishing the amount of
manual labour in a shawl manufactory, in
(he Rue da Cadran, has produced riots,
which were quelled solely by the interposi
tion of t powerful body of the military.
I How far a populace io this apparent, state
of distress may be excited to acts of vio
lence a few, days will determine, as the re
ported announcement of the fall of War
saw, end (he declaration said to have been
made to the French Ambassador at St. Pe
tersburgh, ifut if France attempted to in
terpose by force in the affairs of Poland,
Austria, Prussia, and Russia would jointly
declare war against her, will afford a fair
opportunity to stir up ihe passions of those
who may, fiom any feelings of policy or
necessity, be adverse to the present system
of Government,
The report of r. great fire at Constantin
ople is fully confirmed ; it took place on
• the 2d ult. in Pera, where all the Europeans
reside. The destruction extends to nearly
j 7,000 houses ; indeed only eight houses are
left, among which is the residence of the
.English Consul, Mr. Cartwright, and the
English merchant Mr. Hanson ; the fire
was the work of incendiaries—i< broke out
in_four districts at the same instant. The
dTes from Cons'iin'inopte are of the 12lh
August, by Mi' way of Odessa.
CHOLERA MOREUS.
In the French Chambers, part of the de
bate turned uion cholera, and the Minister
> of Coaemerc# r.ade the following statement;
1 " The cholera ravages the east of Europe', j
■ It (is# spread over W.iHachia, Poland, Rus
sia, atul Austiia, Hungary. Evan the cer.-;
tre of Germany is threatened. Almost all
the European nations have had recourse to
I serious measures of precaution ; sanatory
(commissions, cordons of troops, lazarettos,
have been established. The manners o(
([Russia oppose the execution of similar mea
-1 suie*. and limits has most severely suffer
■(••d, Wuliachia, in which no precautions have
I been taken, has been ravaged. Pmssia, on:
the contrary, i.i which the soil has been de-,
Tended foot by foot, has been saved from
these frightful misfortunes. Venice, Tyrol,|
(Sunny, have adopted /vigorous measures
Austiia *ook i s precautions too late, and
the cholera is, t lereforc, at the gates of Vien-j
na. J have said that Germany is threaten
ed. 'I he fain, which assemble su great a
number of inditidusls on one spot, have been
the great sources of danger. We have been
tor a l'>t'g 'ime engaged in endeavouring to
save F ance from this scourge. Sanatory
Commissions hive been sent into the in fee t
jed countries to examine the nature of the
malady; similar Committees have been
formed io .Pars. A scientific controversy
exists a* t« the nature of the disease, and
l it is mainlined by snr.e not to be conta
gious. Science perfoims its part in such
discussions ; i’s butiaesa is to discover the
irutli. Government also dors its duty by
leaving nothing to charce, stul taking the
utmost precautions t:i secure the I «abh and 1
he lives of the people. It is certain that:
the disease hug sptead in following the,
'“march of armies, caravans, &c, We should;
be extremely culpable if we neglected the 1
mean# pursued for the presei vation ol pub-j
1 lie health bv all the na'ions of Europe.**!
1 The Min i» ? er concluded by proposing an j
j ex'raordinsry vote of credit of a million!
francs (£10,000,) to meet the expenses of j
the sanatory measures which he proposed. |
LIVERPOOL, September 50. |
The demand for Cotton throughout tn 6(
week has been steady, and v/e have no ulte-i t
ration to notice in prices, although the neWj 1
duty of 5 8(1 per lb, u now payable. Tire)?
sales comprise 250 Son Island at lOd. to’ 5
17Jd. with 110 Stained at sd. to Sd.— 2630 *
Bowed 4 7-Bd. to 6 S Bd. with 60 at 6|d.— l‘
1430 Oi leans sd. to 7ld, with 10 at BJ. c
3450 Alabama and Mobile 4 3-Bd. to 6 5 3d. s
with 80 at 6|c1,—1570 Pernambuco 7% d. to| fi
8d.—1470 Maranham 6 l-Bd. to 7id.--600 c
Bahia 6 1-81. to S 3-Bd.—lo Demerara 7> c
5-Bd. lOßsrbadoes lOjd. to 10? J.—300 1
Egyptian 7 3 Bd. to 7|d. with SO at Bjd. to "
9d,—140 Surat at 4jd. to 4 7-Bd. and 360 s
Bengal at 3 7-Bd. per lb making together, 8
12 200 bags, of which 360 East India are fori
shipment.—About 60 hhds. Virginia aod[ 8
Kentucky Stemmed Tobacco have been fa- *
ken for consumption at steady rate. '
! Nothing has been done in Carolina Rice, [
but a sale has been effected in East India to!
Ihe extent of 2200 bags the price, however! t
has not transpired. Nothing has been done j
jit* Tar; but the sales in Turpentine exceed „
7000 bi Is. at IDs. Bd. to 1 Os. 9d. per cwt.
I LivKßFont, September 10. j
j Cation, —There has been a moderate do- {
maud from the trade, and lh sales of the jj
week amount to 12 200 bags, without any 8
alteration in prices. The act for levying 1
5-Bd. per lb. duty on all Foreign Plaiita- t
tinn, in lieu ol 6 per cent, ad valorem’, was j
pod in tore* at our Customs the 7th inst. (
and the difference of duty upon all Foreign ,
enter, d since the 23d August, is also de- ,
manded, being the date of the Royal assoc,t (
to the bill. ;
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J -StkK I
| ll.« N«w I, lie Ceur:«r and Esquirai. I
MONSIEUR CHAUBEKT—THE FIRE KING. <
) Who ha# not heard of the Fire King?— |*
the swallower ot poisons? The epicure in it
arse; ic and phosphorus? the tippl*r in bcil-j l
ing Florence oil ?■ The Celebrated Monaieur *
Chaubcrt who uses melted Iced to washhisjl l
hands ‘ and warms himself in an oven along *
side » beat Bleak 1 Who traa astonished all *
England, has arrived in this city, and is ex- (
hibitiog his expariments in Clinton Hall. He
is certainly the eighth wonder of the world '
——the real salamander, to whom fire heat, *
poison, &c. are perfectly innoxious.
On Thursday evening last he gave a pri- 1
va;e exhibition of his wonderful powers to & '
select audience of scientific and literary gen-
ilemen at the lector* room of Clinton Hall. r
©n eutering the Hall the first thing that 1
strikes the eyes of the spectator is a large 8
oven built 0? bricks and resting on the floor '
of the building. In the front of the oven is 1
a small platform with a table, lights, &c. ‘
where Monsieur Chaubert performs his ex- c
perimenta. On the opeiung of the exhibition I
Mons’r C. made a short address in English; '
peculiarly marked however, by a foreign ac-
cen>. He assured (he audience that there
was not the slightest trick or decepiion in J
any of his experiment#, he courted the min
utes investigation of every scientific gentle- *
man in the room. 1
The exhibition commenced with a red hot (
shovel, which he drew over hie face and .
tongue with (he greatest sangfroid imagiu- ,
able. Not the slighter! injury was inflicted j
on him. He also drew it over his hair with t
tha same result, “Try gentlemen’* said he ;
“and satisfy yourselves. 5 * Several gentle- s
men reached up their fingers and placed ,
; (hem on hia hair and cheek. They drew them [
back with all imaginable haste as if th* j had 1
been touching the shovel itself. His face and t
hair was covered with his antidote, and he ,
told them *O. This exri ed much surprise. (
Hisnext experiment was with sealing wax. ,
Tie held the wax to the candle and dropt it (
|on hi* tongue. “Dues any gentleman want |
to uke a seal and give it the impression f” ,
No one seemed riesiious of that office, and ,
Moirsieur C. took up a portion of the wix t
1 between liis finger and thumb and drew itin- >
a string from his tongue. He passed over to ,
, other experiments, and prepared to tske the t
i poison.---He told the company (hat he would ,
take from 30 to 40 grains ol phosphorus, 4 ,
grains of which is sufficient to killa„y indi- '
vidual. 4, 1 f any gen'.leman, however, wishes
[to use his own phosphorus, I will do so,” .
,siid he. Mr. Chilton, tne chymis', had 8
brought some phosphorus with him. He de- ,
sired his young man to take it out & weigh a
oflf4o grains. He. did «o. in the presence of (,
_ lbe medical men. “Let me try that,” said a
Mon’r C He took a small portion and rub- g
bed it against a piece us paper. It produced e
’gnition immediately. “Diti# vr*r good--- p
very good,” said Monsieur. At hi* request, <
Dr. Yates undertook to administer the dose, n
It was put into a spoonful of water. Mon’r
knell down, put his hands benind his bock, r
had his stock taken off- -“Now,” said he, (
“1 am ready.”--- Dr. Ya*es proceeded and';
poured it lato his m iuth. “Well,” said tha ,
Doctor, with & sigh, “I never sdmuiiatered
, etich a do»e before in my life.” When every
particle wa§ swallowed, he califd on the
company to examine his mouth sod see that
no deception was piar'im); to satisfy thrm
sclvts that it war not hid in hit nou li. Stve
ml medical men did go. They were perfect
ly satisfied. They put thrir fii gen into hit
tnouth, end came down from the platform in
i utter astonishment.
The next experiment wat with melted
load, fie took a tin pen full cf melted load,
1 and plunged his firger* into it. took a pur.
| tion in his hand, ai d made believe he wat
I wtolling the tips of his fir gen. ‘‘No mistake,.
I gentlemen,” said he, “put you finger*here.’*’
| Several did so, and ware glad to take them
from the vessel again. They were perfect
ly satisfied.
The next experiment was swallowing a
spoonful of Florence oil. A tin pan full of
this liquid was heated to the boiling point,
before the audience. He then took there**
ael and plunged a Fahrenheit thermometer
into the boiling liquid, and exhibited the in
strument to the gentlemen. It stood at 940.
“Satisfy yom selves.” He then took a spoon,
dipt it in the oil, filled it, put it in his mouth
and actually swallowed it down. Every per
son present wag satisfied there was no de
ception practised. “What a fellow I” laid
one. "W-try ” said another, “a certain place
not to bs n lined to‘ears polite, carries no
alarms to him.” “ Will youjuvt lake a peep”
said a third, “behind Monsieur Chaubert,
and see if his feet are not cloven.”
"Now gentlemen,” auid Moniseur C. “I
shall prepare to go into the oven, and take a
dish of beef Bleaks with me to be cooked.”
lie retired a few minutes to change hit
dress. Doctor Passable, who appeared to
be, puzzled and perplexed at all these expe
riments, took the eportunity to aiep up to the
o?en and look in. He opened the door and
thrust his hand in.—He snou drew back.
" How is the oven Doctor !” aeked a bro
ther physician. 11 By George 1 could go
jo myself,” replied the Doctor. Modiste
Chaubert, however, soon appeared, went
into the oven, roused up the fire ; and mad*
arrangements. He wore over bis dresi t»
large 'hick great coat, “ Why do you wear
that !” asked some one. It is all the game
to me,” said he, “ to go in dressed or un
dressed % if 1 go in undressed, 1 must be
very cautious when I come out not to catcU
cold. 1 wear a course great coafovermy
dress. because it prevents me from catch
ing coldi besides, I have now become econo
mical.” This was received with applause.
He then put the thermometer into the oven,
to ascertain th- temperature. *• Bring the
beef steaks here.” They were brought. Ht
put them iuiu e> Ua diah ; sprinkled, salt
and pepper oa them. “ I like plumy of
steaks,” said he, quite jovially. “ Now,
gentlemen,” tried Monsieur, " come and
see the thermometer j but you must look
sharp, bemuse the least approach tu the
cold air will make it fall rapidity.”
Three gentlemen went up to the oven to
examine. He seized the thermometer from
(he interior of the oven and held it out.
“ How much ?” It wag several seconds
before 'hey found the mercury and then it
wag SBO. " Oh” sa.d he " it is at least
480, it has fallen since I took it out ” He
replaced the thermometer, put a black cap
on his head, had the dish of steaks placed
along side of hints took a large tin tubs
which he protruded through an aperture in
the iron door tc breath through, and then
entered the oven. During his stay in the
oven he looked through his tube, talked ra
pidly and sung a pretty French air, Ks
was continually asking " how many minutes
gentlemen I” “ How many One.”—
1 wo---*“Throe,” *' Oh it must be more,
gentlemen ; oh it is very hot, gentlemen j.
full 500 degrees 5 how many minutes ?”
" Four—rive’” Six- -Seven -Eight—min
utes.” At right minutes and fifty one se
conds from his entrance out he bounced,,
cams down on the stage all covered with
perspiration. " Feel bis pulse” cried sev
eral of the physical!*. “ Oh yes, gentlemen,
feel my pulse,” said h*. holding ont both bit
arms, it was felt immediately and found
to be as high as 160. " No. deception”
said he. “ The devil a bit of deception is
there, “ said one of the spectators. ” Fetch
me out the beaf a'eafcs,” aaid Monsieur,
“ they ere well done now.” The dish was
brought down and quite a rush wss made
upon them. Every one that could reach
the-piatfmm, cut a piece off and fell a eat
ing. “ These steaks are very fine,** aaid
one. " Rather too much done,” raid ano
ther. " That fellow Chaubert,” said *•
grave looking personage chewing hi* aleak
and leaving the room,” is certainly his Sa
tanie msjesty himself.” Doctor Mont want
Up to the oven, put bis head into 'ho door,
drew it rapidly out, and nodded very signi
ficantly, as much as to gay, “ all right, no
(kccp'ion.” The rest of tho spectator * s;ocd
gazing, talking, and expressing wonder,
surprise, astonighment, &c, &c.
Monsieur Chaubert was a captain in tho
service of Napoleon. He was (seep prison
er by the Russians and sent to Siberia,
where it is supposed he discovered hi* secret
antidote to fin- and poison. Two years ago
he excited great astonishment in London,
arid satisfied the collrge of Physician 9 an d
Surgeons, that there was no deception in hit
experiments. He was offered £SOOO for
his antidole to prussic sc'd, but would no”;
'ake Irss than COO. He has a family
ot ten ohildren-.-is a good looking man
with an oval lace and file person. Ho wean
mus'acheos. He is qui’a talkative and in
tellig ut, speaks fourteen languages —but
English rather incorrectly. Ho is truly t
wondrous wonder.