Critical Remarks, t^d. 



[Aug.!- 



pipe may t>e cad ftraight ; and, if thought 

 worth while, a cap may he fcrewed on 

 the outer end, to keep otf any dirt which 

 may happen to fall from the roof of the 

 cellarj one or '-vo air-ho'es being drilled 

 in the fide — aboue the key, of couife. 



Should any mechanic think proper to 

 adopt this hint, I hope he will take care 

 that thefe cocks (hall have a (lop, as ihe 

 town-made cocks ulually have, that a 

 perCon may know by the feel whether he 

 has exaftly (hut the vent, or not .' other- 

 ttife, in a daik cellar, or under the hand 

 cf a perfon who were not very careful, 

 they would probably be worfe than any 

 of the brsls vents now in ufe; whereas, 

 with a proper ftop, they will, in my 

 humble opinion, be far preferable to the 

 others, and perfo'ifly fafe; fince, togiveair 

 to the caflc, the perfon will have o dy to 

 luin the key fuddenly to the oppofi'e fide, 

 and, if that be not fufficient tor the in- 

 tended draught, to turn it back again, 

 leaving the calk air-tight at each turn. 



Siiould any mailer apprehend tliat his 

 fervaiit may ncglefl to turn the key home 

 to the flop, he may faften to the crol's- 

 piece of the k;y a fmali bar of fome 

 inches in length, with a ireight at the 

 projtfling end, (o that the fervant will 

 only have to raife the bar with a touch of 

 the finger, and imme.' lately let it fall 

 again; which it will not fail to do, if the 

 v/eight be fufficient, and the cock kept 

 well greafed in the joint. The greeting 

 will moreover concnbute to its air-tight- 

 r:fs. I am, Sir, 



Your Conftant Reader, 

 IJl'mgton, July i, 1805. J. Carey. 



P. S. i avail myfelf of this opportunity, to 

 obferve (in anivver to numerous inquiiies 

 from acquaintance jad ftraugers) that / am 

 not the perfon, who, under the title of 

 " Dr. Carey,'" has recently advertifed certain 

 «< Rejioiiif.-de Drops'''' and " Egtpthm Oir.t- 

 runt ;" that I know nothing ot thoie medi- 

 cines ; and that 1 neither have nor ever had 

 any comern, dircdJly or indiveftly, in the 

 compofition, fale, or profits, of any medi- 

 «,ine whatever. 



To the Editor of the AkntJjlj Magazine, 



SIR, 



AS a new edition cf the works of 

 Dr. Jortin is about to make its 

 appearance, permit me to point cut an 

 en or in p. 196. vol. 2. of his TraiSls Phi- 

 J.ilogical, &:c. 1790, in 8vc<, where the 

 Dodur fa)s the toUowing lines in the firlt 

 ode crf Horace fhiiuld be poiuled thtis,: — 



Sunt quos curriculo pidverem Olympieum 

 CoUt-;;!!!'? juvat, metaiue tctvidis 



Evitata rotis, palmaque nobllis, 

 Terrarurri Dominos evehit ad Decs, fi:c. 



It is impofTible that the Doftor ftiould 

 have written me:d and eiiitata. in the 

 ablative cafe htre, yet io they are, in 

 total defiance of metre, in both lines. 



Among the m.axims and reflexions at 

 the clofe of the lame volume, p. 534, is 

 the following: — " In the ecclefialtical 

 edifice, the llones, which fupport the 

 whole, are placed lowed : the gilded wea- 

 thercock flaines at the top, and fliift* 

 about with the wind." Compare this 

 with p. 48 3. v;.l. i.of thcHarleianMifcel- 

 lany, where, in tiie Curates Conference, 

 or a Difcourfe betwixt Two ijcholirs, 

 bot'i of them relating their hard Condi- 

 tion, and confulting which w^y t > mend 

 it," one of them obferves — (Mr. P.) "It 

 is a ftrange world that they (tlie rcclors, 

 &1.-.) (hould flourifh and flow in wealth 

 for doing nothing, and the po r curates 

 that do all, can get nothing," &c. — Mr. 

 N. " You fpeak truth, I wiil nuintain 

 it, that our Doclor ddfers not much from 

 the weathercock on tlie church fteeple : 

 f.ir as it is placed highefl:, fays nothing^, 

 and turns as the wind, fo he, &c. — Oil 

 fine weathercock !" 



In vol. 4. p. 404. of Remarks on Ec- 

 clefiaftical Hiftory, Dr. Jortin cenfures 

 St. Gregory for his want of talte, ac- 

 cufing him of burning the claflics, ice. 

 Compare th's with Tirabofchi Iftor. della 

 Lt»terattir. Ital. tom. 5. p. 166. ed. 8vo, 

 who gives a different account of St. Gre- 

 gory, and vindicates hint with fuccefs. 



Permit me to add, that in thefe cafual 

 remarks nothing ("ilVerpeftful to the me- 

 moiy of Dr. J. is intended, whofe virtues 

 and talents niuft command univerfal re- 

 fpeft and admiration, " while any virtue 

 or anv praifc remains." 



J. G. 



To the Editor of the Monthlj Magazine. 



SIR, 



A CONSTANT Reader would recom- 

 JTK. mend to Meifis. Todd and Co. of 

 C:tnncn place, Hull, to piefent one of 

 their fmall machines for bruiting corn, &c. 

 or a model of it, to the Royal Inllitution, 

 Albimir'eftreet, where it woud be in- 

 fpeifed by many people, and, if found 

 ui'eful, would be generally adopted. Or- 

 ders are fsldom given tor m.ichinery till 

 the bjrties are well lalisfied of their uti- 

 liry. T. 



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