British Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1821, London, Middlesex Number 5785. JUNE 20, 182ji. 7t\. This be a A brilliant display of EIRE particularly a grand Scene The ERUPTION of MOUNT ' And of Najdes and Pandean Will perform J - between rhe 3. 6d.-The the ip begin at Second Act of the Concert at Eleven - FOR TH E BENEFIT Y. THEATRE ' THIS performed a musical called THE Miss - Mist Von Mrs. Miss with the Songs of a new j 8oC~^HaMm!to0rf C loyM so Corona Miss Stephens After a with called ROLAND FOR AN Alfred Mr. Mr. Mr. Maria Miss Miss Beau- E. Ip be had ond of Mr. at the where Places far the Boxes may be ' ENGLISH y TIH roost ' that this THEATRE the SUMMER June 91, 1821: when will be presented the Comic Opera of FREE - After which ' THE Priscilla Miss To conclude with the Romantic of THE The Grand Saloon has been fit ted as Illuminated on a scale of splendour at least equal to any former and will be opened at Eight o'clock fur the the SADLER'S THIS June 20, and three dft grand of -' f BLACK ' wilt be added a Petite in one called ' THE BATH The Characters by Mr. Mr. Mr. and Death of tbe by Mr. After 9(Ii an entire new and splendid Comic called HARLEQUIN ' THE MAGIC Tbe Boors will Six and the Places the Boxes be taken of Mr. at the Ten whom Private Boxes may bad at Mr. * her first appearance on thin stage a limited number of on Monday in her original Character of NEW AND SECOND An extensive in the first fitted for Town or on Sale or for are ready inspection at 93, opposite This day is at 170, RANK and THE a Characteristic and Eventful iu three By B. 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SQUIBB SON respectfully to ibe and that they received directions from her ladyship's Executors to SELL BY at Great ESDA June 2Q, of. by the very desirable and No. 32, wilhm two of good entrance large eating roomSb by 17-feet*,'a-small slone two spacious and lofty both views of with roots fuller's and The are fur an of years from Lady Day at a of 60f. per ' ' ' ' Tickets for viewing may lie bad of of whom printed may be had also of and iu the Valuable Pictures of lire Italian anil col. by the late Mr. Author of the Dictionary of R. SQUIBB and SON respectfully announce to the and Amateurs of the Fine that they shall - BY on MONDAY June 25, at the No. 28, the valuable formed by the late Mr. which is allowed to contain some of the finest of the Flemish particularly the by Carracci beautiful Woody with by at the Bath of by Titian the with the Infant by hy Andrea and many very ting from the pencils of L. Paul A. P. de L. da &c. To be publicly - viewed two days when catalogues may at the place of and of Mr. aud Greit Noble late the Residence and Property of the Earl of MR. SQUIBB and SON beg that have received directions from Hie Executors to the above noble on the ground floor a spacious entrance ou the floor a Very splendid suite of the front room about fifty feet in wilh very highly enriched covered bedchamber and several chambers arid numerous 6u the a large garden and extrusive held under Lurd at a very low ground ' Principals only will viewing to who are treat hy Private and very Estate Martin's comprising whole of part of the Nag's Head and Light Horse and a large Mr. SQUIBB and by order of the Trustees under Ibe Will of his Grace Duke of Buccleuch arid at on 3, at iu fl situated in the immediate vicinity of and to the extensive improvements now carrying oil under Ihe New Street ami it presents a most eligible opportunity for 8' Ihe present rental arises from original the whole of which will expire in eight years and a half from Michaelmas when - the purchasers will have the opportunity of at Ihe full which is calculated to be at least 1,20')/. per with arc and may be had 21 days preceding the sale of Messrs. and Carey al the Nag's Head aud Light Horse Public Houses ou at and of Mr. Squibb and The Estate at opposite bv Mr. SQUIBB aud SON order of for nl on July 10, al 12 iu Five as Lot 1. A FREEHOLD FREE containing 26 acres and a in the occupation of Mr. W. tenant from year In abutting ou the road lo and adjoining the Estates of Mr. Wood and the late P. C. Esq. Lot 2. A large tract of arable containing near 70 wilh iwo fine pieces of pleasantly situated adjoining I he seat of Lord and bounded on the west by the road Taplow to Lot 3.'The greater part of that magnificent and justly celebrated comprising the the ancient with the two and the noble Iwo octagon and together with near 137 acres of and most abundantly stocked wilh the whole bounded on the west by the River and enclosed by a substantial brick wall on the side next the bish Lot 4. that justly admired Ihe Spring together wilh a most beautiful of Ihe containing 75 Lot 5.-A not lief portion of the adjoining on Ihe containing near 72 bounded on the east by the from Taplow to on west by the River and on the south by the grounds of Taplow The may be viewed by application tu Mr of whom particulars plans may be also of at of Messrs. aud No. 12, of Messrs. Lowe and Tanfield aud of Mr. Squibb aud i BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE AND At the House of Mrs. the George in on MONDAY at Twelve subject to Conditions then and there to be provided the same is not before disposed of by Private - well-known J. called ihe WOLD the property of Edward with the Pleasure and all other requisite appendages and for -a 378 Acres of good iu excellent The whole forms a most desirable sporting as it abounds wilh and is situate ou the most pleasant part of the Yorkshire ill neighbourhood of three of fox and a and at a moderate distance from Scarborough and Bridlington The whole being in the occupation of the Possession may be bad and any part of Ihe purchase money of I lie and may he had cither with or without the farming &c. - Fur information apply to and or lo Mr. near who is authorised to tell the by t a capital fna superior fit the family respectability ii is eot a suitable hot with excellent The \i and una of tbe ins strable within the same distance Thomas ' WEIGHTS AND Tie to consider of the several Reports have been laid before this relating to Wrights and and of Proceedings which have taken place for determining the length of the vibrating and to report their observations thereupon to the considered the mailers referred to and have agreed to Ihe Vour Committee concur entirely in opinion with the Commissioners on as to Ihe inexpediency of changing any either of or of which already exists in a slate and discrepancies are between models I hey deem it right that such a selection should be made as will prove most accordant with generally received and wilh such analogies as the different quantities in the most simple They also concur in that the subdivisions of weights aud measures employed iu this country be as being far better adapted lo common practical purposes than the decimal For the reasons the your Committer that the parliamentary brass standard of now iu the possession House of anil made by in 1760, be henceforth aa the authentic legal standard of length of Ihe British so that the distance between the centres of the Iwo gold pins inserted in that the brass being at the temperature of sixty-two degrees by be one yard aud it appears from the experiments made for determining Ihe length of I ho pendulum vibrating seconds at London in a and reduced lo the level of the that the distance from the axis of suspension to the centre of oscillation of such a is 39,131)3 of the above standard distance aud that the length of a metre at the temperature of of supposed to be the part of Ihe quadrant of the corresponds with 39.370S inches of Ihe said Your Committee that superficial measures us are now defined by that the or he a square of ihai tbe uf soch aud so of the They further that standard brass weight of two also iu Ihe possession of the House of and made in 1758, .is that one-half as gravitating lu at the mean of and with the thermometer al 62 be henceforth Ihe legal tray of ihe British 0,760 and that 7.000 grams troy to constitute a pound A oil it appears that a cubic inch of distilled water weighs in o opposed iu a vacuum at the temperature of 62 degrees of 252.72 such and consequently a cubic foot of similar will weigh 62386 - In proceeding lo measures of for your Committee have postponed to those of they as tbe Commissioners hate not only by various measures designated bv the same but by a discrepance in the multiples and of the same They are on the induced to that the gallon of England was originally identical for all and lhat the variations have arisen in some cases from and in others from The of a Winchester in the Art of King William for laying a duty ou seems to have been made for tbe purpose of facilitating the of cylindrical measures near without minute From ibis the dry gallon would consist of 268 835 cubic The gallon measure io Ihe contains 270 4 cubic inches and derived from the the gallon will stand as follows From tbe cubic From the definition by King 8 From the gallon 4 From 9 From tbe By an Act of Parliament made for revenue Ihe beer By an Act 42 the Winchester gallon is estimated wine gallon is supposed to have gradually shrinking in lilt its progress was arrested by a fiscal definition at 231 cubic This last measure differs so materially from all the that it must either be retained as one quite aud applicable toils peculiar as seems most it must be amidst the variations and uncertainty of the your Committee agree with the in lhat they may be all brought back to an and at the same time to bear a simple relation lo the standard of by taking Ihe pint for a which contains 20 ounces of distilled water at the temperature of 62., as as it is possible ito ascertain by on a vessel uf that construction If the be considered as equal in bulk to 20 ounces of at I lie temperature of 62., the cubic inch grains in at the mean height of Ihe Ihe imperial gallon will contain 277.276 cubic weighing exactly ten If the proposition now be sanctioned by the your Committee that leave be lo bring in a for declaring these standards of and of io be the imperial standards fur Great Britain and for its and they recommend that copies of the hemade wilh tbe utmost possible for Ihe use of for ihe three fur tbe principal foreign for the Government of in return fur the communication of and especially for the Dinted Stales of where your reason to believe that they will be and thus tu no small to facilitate Ihe commercial aud by so duing to a lasting friendship between the two great nations of ike world most assimilated by their their and ' Your Committee cannot close their Report without adverting to knowledge and and to the indefatigable displayed Captain by whoot all the experiments have gratuitously for ascertaining the various for the the a method peculiarly his aud by which be has n degree of accuracy and precision bin a. years declared to be utterly Tilts in compliance with his Majesty's given in pursuance of an Address of this has also observed Ihe variations of Ihe pendulum on Ihe cipal stations of the trigonometrical aud from these deductions have been importai re Willi lii the general figure of the its So that arc decidedly opinion Hint be highly to extend uver a still larger anas to and astronomical observations made by of Europeans much as at'S directed their attention to tbe best and method of the imperial heg leave further to recommend legislative by be that nil and where appears tu the be aud lo be made in ifti in ensures 6ries; ami but thai for a lime lo he il thrall be for all persons deal by any other either local or founded on special that they may provided that the or of such local lo those established hy may be a matter of common notoriety and lhat iu the case of a cial the ratio or be Your Committee subjoin in an some computations and which they think may be of general 1841. The pendulum vibrating uf mean solar time at Loudon in a and reduced to the level of the 39.1393 consequently I he desrent of an heavy body from rest in one second of lime in a will be 193.14,i The logarithm 2.2858828 A at the temperature of 32, supposed to be the part of the quadrant of ihe 30.3708 tu ihe imperial measure of three feet as 1.09363 lo the logarithm 0.0388717. The five following standards have been as - Gen. used 111 the metrical survey of 35.90934 Sir scale for nil purposes may be considered as identical with Ihe imperial 35 99998 Roy's 36.001188 Royal Society 36 00135 36.00249 Weight of a cubic inch of distilled water in a at the temp. 62r, as opposed to weights in a 252.722 I. 2.4026430 a cubic foot 62.3862 I. 1.7950887 Weight of a cubic inch of distilled water in air at 61 of temperature with a mean height of the 456 I. 24021857 Consequently a cubic font 62.3200 p. avoir I. 1.7946314 And an ounce of water 1.73298 cubic 1. 0.2387821 Cubic inches in the imperial gallon 277.276.. I. 2.4429124 Diameter of the cylinder containing a at one inch high 18 78933....................1. 1.2739112 Specific of water at different that at 62 being taken as 700.0 99013 56o.lMWau 44
