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Literary and Philefophical Intelligence. 



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The Rev. W, H. Revn E LL, author of 

 the M . -ual to the Plalm*, has .n the prefs 

 a vi>liiir\c- -f Parochial Difcourfes, for 

 the Inftni(5l;on of the C. ftimon People, on 

 the Advent -t Ch i(». 



The fixth volurr : (for the year 1804) 

 of ."he Afiatic Annual Regifter, it in the 

 preCs. 



Mr. Ht;\'T has nearly ready for publi- 

 cati'.n tht V^^'f r of the Bridal Ring, ah he- 

 roic cnniic p em. in five cantos. 



The Rev. Edward N.^res's Bamp 

 ton Leclores, c ntaining a V-ew of the 

 Evif'ciccs ((f Chriftianity, at the Cloi'e of 

 what has been c'lled the As;e ol Rcal'on, 

 is nearly v<.idy f.r publication. 



A new edition of Mr. FoiisTiiR''s Ef- 

 fays, wiih confidtrabic alterations and ad- 

 ditions, is in t ■; pi els. 



Dr. PiNCK.\RD's Letters from the Weft 

 Indies will he publifhed early in the enfu- 

 ing )ear. 



A Hift ry of Ireland, in two volumes 

 8vo., by the Rev. J.^mes Gordon, au- 

 thor of the Hi'tory .f the Late Rebellion 

 in Ireland, will (hortly be publifhed. 



A Sec nd Collcfliin of Let'eis to a 

 Young CIcigvman, by the Rev. Jos Or- 

 TON, is ne<i fy ready for puolication. 



A new po.iuiar "loilc, intiiled Conver- 

 fattons on Chemiltiy, in two volumes 

 ^^vno., wih pates by Lowry, will be 

 pubii.bed in the cuurie of the prefent 

 month. 



A Secret Hlfttry <f the Court of St. 

 Cloud, in a Series of Letters 'lotn a Gen- 

 tleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London, 

 will ijipear imnv i.ia elv. 



Mr$. Opie's Simple Tales are in a ftaie 

 of forwaidnefs. 



Sir DaViD Lindsay's Works, by 

 Georo. Chalmers, Eiq., will fpeedily 

 be puhl (heil. 



Letter !, to a Young Lady, from the 

 pen of Ml.. West, will be publ.flied at 

 Ci rii'.mas. 



Mr. Grahame, author of The Sab- 

 bath, a poem, hasjiift finifheci a new vo. 

 lunieofPctniS, which will lletdily be pub- 

 IKhtd. 



A new edition of Alston's Hints on 

 LantUtppr Painting is in tlie \ refs. 



At Ncw-Y' rk, five Nunibeis have ap- 

 pearc 1 ol an interefting nii.'cellany, in- 

 tilled " The Mathtm3iir.1l Correfpon- 

 dtiit," publifhed four iimcs a year, at a 

 quartcrtf a di-llar each. 



Jt c.u not but be a lulijecl of diep regret 

 to evci) lover of ri;-.liir<il iiillcry to Ic.irn 

 tiiat the Leveriaii Mufeuin is at length 

 about to be ( iipoled of. Ii will be fold by 

 public audtion in M^y 1806, unit's it be 

 picvioufly purclialcd by private ccntrafl. 



The col'eftioir contains upwards of thirty 

 thoufand I'pec mens, and wss ti rmed at aa 

 expence uf mure than 40,000!. I is 

 ftrange, that, whilft every other Eu- 

 ropean Govtrnment :^fF>rds a librral 

 proteiSion t< 'he Ic n.c of natural hif- 

 tory, our own bcfitates to prefcrve (ucb 

 an invaluable co l-£iion. 



N. D. Starck, Eiq. of the royal navy, 

 has i vented an 3,iplication compafs for 

 taking bearings on a chart. Thi inttru- 

 ment conlilts of a.i inner and outer bral« 

 concentric circle, : he latter ot ^-h'ch, when 

 in ufe, is to be applied to a Cii-ri fi that 

 its cariiinal points tnayagiee with thole of 

 the dratt, p.nd its certral (metallic) j oint 

 be di'ccf iy over the (hips phce. The in. 

 ner circle i? to he let to the varianon ; 

 and the thread fi.jm ihe center being laid, 

 wli fliew eithei the bearings by compar?, 

 or true bearings, according to the circ'e 

 upon whicli tliey art- read. The iniiru- 

 me 't may be applied to delifseating, plot* 

 ting, anJ various other piirpoies. 



Mr. Barlow, of Blackburn, Lanca- 

 fhire, h.-.s coni-nunica;ed to the public 

 a Ipecific remedy for the tinea capi. 

 tis, which, in a great variety of cafcs 

 during the Inft ten years, he has never 



kni'wn to fail of msk ng a perfeft cure . 



R K^;i I'ulph. (reccUN preparar.) ^iij, 

 si,>o alo. Hlp'n^iss. Aq. calcis gvijss. 

 Spii. vino^. rcCt. 5ij. Fiat lot^o proiiiea 

 capitis. The hc4iJ muff he bathed with 

 this lotion ni, hr and morning, fufferino- 

 the par, s to dry without inter- upiion. 



Dr. CuMMilMG, of His Majcfly's fhip 

 Pegafus, has pointed out an eaiy and ex- 

 pedition, method of mak ng letchts bi'c, 

 as it freque tly ha .pens, thit, 'lut of a 

 dozen leeches, not halt of, them will take 

 t^Ki&t. The opiraior ;s to tie up the end 

 of one ot his fin?c s vvitn a piece of thread 

 or tape, ana 'j.ickit wth a nccdir, and the 

 blooti thus I'.rawn is to be a-plied to the 

 part wnich it is intend' 1 the leeches fliou d 

 bite. Care mult he tiken that the p.'.rt 

 ispievioufly w.<(hed with foap and waitr, 

 and rewifii-d with milk. 



A ccriaiii pivi-ention f r the crainp in 

 the legs is, when the fit is coming on,, to 

 ftrecli r.iit the h el, and to draw up tlie 



toes towaids the mltep as far aspnilible. 



The wi 'ter ot this articL- was much trou- 

 bled with the cramp in his kgs at night, 

 at.d f 'r three years and upwards he'^as 

 in h melt and in. f^vtr J friends never 

 k^owll the remedy to tnil. Cirt-m-.ift be 

 taken to d£l tho inftant ihe fit is cominir 

 on. '* 



A v;ry If 1 iking eife of a cuie o( it chi'd 

 7 moi,th> < 1.1, .("caldcl by Iwvirg a kettle- 

 full of boiling water ovcituint J on him, 



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