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illiberal condii^ of its opponents. What 

 can be the objcft of thefe perl'ims but to 

 excite the prejudices of the low and vul- 

 gar, when they talk of cow-man?e, cow- 

 pox evil, cow-pox gingiene,and otlicr luch 

 nonl'enfe? Do ihey i ot know that the peo- 

 ple whom they addrefs arefultained bvca-xuV 

 fiejh, and that they drink the tnilk o\convjy 

 at tiie very time thofe animals are afFeftcd 

 not only by the cow pox, but by a'.l the 

 other difeafes to which they are fubje£t ? 

 If luch fcan^^lalous oppjfition to a mod 

 filutary pra''^ics were the refiilt of folly 

 or prejudice :-.lone, we niiaht content onr- 

 felves with pitying the infatuan'm ; but if, 

 as may jultly be fufpefted, from lome of the 

 artifices empijyed, it isfoundtdonenvy and 

 mean teU-irtereft, the public indl9;natioii 

 esnnot be more propeilydirecf ed tltj^n agiinll 

 furh mifchievous delinquency. We hops , 

 therefore, that on this occafion we ihill not 

 be confidered as ovevftepping the bounds 

 of our duty in aupealing to the public 

 judgment in fo importar.t a caufe. 



An Aft of Parliament was obtained 

 during the lad fefii .n for powers to make 

 ■undsrneatb the TkaTics a communication, 

 by means of a tunnel or archway, for 

 fcot-paflengers, and a larger one for c:ir- 

 f'agcs. Tlie fi!c chofen tor the opening 

 of the foot-;iafJage h a little to the «elt 

 ©f the Lotid'in Docks, on the north fide, 

 and in a line oppofiie at Rothcrbithe. — 

 The carriage-road is intended to be opened 

 at or near the ancient iione feiry at Lime- 

 houfe and Rotherhiihe. The recent eKa- 

 bliftiin.-nt of the London Docks, Welt 

 'ndia Decks, Eaft Ind'a Docks, and the 

 Commercial Ro^d, on the Nonh fide cf 

 the river, and of the Rotiiprhithe Dock, 

 the Grand Surrey Canal, and the Dai tford 

 road, leading through Rotherhithe to 

 London, on the.fbuth fide, require a 

 greater facility in pailing from (bore to 

 lliore than can be produced by a ferry. — 

 'Jo the foregoing noble and ftiipend.ius 

 woiks thci.ntended paffioes will be no lefs 

 ufeful and important for the conveniences 

 which they will produce, than for the fin- 

 gularity of the undertaking. Mcafuies 

 are tnken for im rediately en'ericg upon 

 the cxecu'ioii of the p:an, under tl'e di- 

 reilion of engineers of the higiieif rejiuta 

 tion, who rnteitaiii no doubt whatever of 

 acciinplirtiin^ it. 



In the uiual conftruf^Ion of tlef ricsl 

 machines the collefting points arefi<Ld, 

 an) by the leaft accidental moiion are li- 

 able to Icratch the ghili, ; to obviate this 

 inconvenience. Mi. SiNCER plices the 

 points in a cylindrical wire ttrminatod by 

 ffiiuoih wooden balls, the dium^tcr of 



'hich Is Icfs than the length of thepoinn 

 This wire is moveible on is axis, by 

 means of a fpring-focket annexed to the 

 flern which enters the conilmitor. The 

 points may be placed at any required eie- 

 vatinn, fo that the danger of fcratching 

 the glafs is eff«Sfually obviated by the 

 balls coming in cantsit wiiile the points 

 are kept at a fmall dilt^nce. 



It has been publicly ttriteJ, that (he 

 eating the leaves of the boheatea has ef- 

 fctfed feveral linking cures in calts of a 

 dropficai h'lbit. 



The foil jwirig is a fimple method of 

 making tubes of elaftic gum, or caoiiC- 

 cboue : — Split a ft;ck of cane, and api.ly 

 together again the fplit pieces, but wnh a 

 flip of whalebone iiUei p^lifd heiwcert 

 them. C'U t: e ehrtic gum ito flips fit 

 for [wifiing over the prepir^d csne, fi as 

 to cove, it ; then, by ■fi:iy heitiig the 

 furf"a:e of the cane overeii with ^■^t ca- 

 outchoue, it will melt fo as to f> rm one 

 piece ; when cold, draw ou' tiie t'Uerpof- 

 ed whdebone fr'-'in berwe^n the fplit ca.ne, 

 by which means the whole fuhff iiice of the 

 cane -.iny be then readily withdriwn fr in 

 under the covering, thus le.iviog the tube 

 formed as dclired. 



M. Steven of Friedrichflum n Den- 

 mark, who is making tlie tour of Geor- 

 gia, has formed in tliat couii.ry and m 

 the regions bordering on tiie Ca pian Sel 

 a vaitr.ihle colleclion of bii'ds, piaiits, and 

 in particular of inicfif, hithertounknowr, 

 wliich he has lent home to hi» ni^tive 

 country. 



A new pericdical woi k printed at Pe- 

 terfbu;gin the G^-rman language, iiitititd 

 the Ruffi in Miicuiy, contains the fl;ilr,w, 

 ing intercfting deiail" C"nccrning a fcholar 

 wno copc! ived th.; d<-fi ;n of writing a flif- . 

 tory of Rutlii, and wh ife perfeveisnce in 

 the p.ofccu Ian of his o'jeit was truly ex- 

 traurdiniry. This man, who'e name was 

 Seli.ius, lived at Pctrrfbtf-g about the 

 middle of the Kill century. With a mtnJ 

 wholly intent on the plan \\k had formed, 

 he hes^an to (fudy all the hnciuiges which 

 mielit eiable him t) fe-.k mittriils in the 

 n.olf authentic fouicts. He was iidtf-.. 

 tij'dile in his rtlearchcJ, and at lengih 

 imagined that he had uitijovtrfd in ihs 

 convent of St. Alexander Nevwfki at P<- 

 teilbuig a valuable cidleilion f)f manu- 

 fcrlpts and other docu'iients nhiive to the 

 fuhje^f. He accordingly l'>u;;ht the ac-i 

 qiiain'ance of the I'up'rior. and aficr lome 

 li.ne requelttd his permidi n to infpe6t 

 (lie archives and the libr.iy of the con., 

 Vent. " Foreigners (repiiei the prelate), 

 and you Germans in particular, rnr^ke a 



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