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1811.] 
chester. Infirmary,’ will shortly publish 
Practical Observations on the Formation 
‘of an Artificial Pupil in several deranged 
- States of the Eye; to which are annexed 
Remarks on thie Extraction of soft Cata- 
racts, and those of the membraneous 
. Kind, through a Puncture of the Cornea. 
The work wiil) be illustrated by plates. 
A Report of the Speeches of the late 
Mr. Fox in the House of Commons, from 
his entrance into parliament, in 1768 to 
_ the close of the session of 106, is pre- 
paring. 
The Rev. Jonn Mrvrorp. will soon 
s publish ** Agnes, the Indian Captive;” 
with other poems. ff 
A volume of Latin and English Poems, 
- by Mr. E. By Impey, isin the press. 
_» The number of Provincial Banks in 
. this country decreased from about 280, 
_ in the beginning of 1793, to about 250, 
» in, the. beginning of 1797. | Since that 
» pesiod the increase has been truly asto- 
_nishing.. It appears that in),1819 the 
total number of Banks in Great Britain 
«was 796,) viz. 
‘ 
n Londoa, Westminster, and South- 
i ark, including the Bank of England 
the rest of England 
sibak 
In Wales Shy hoe Pie 4 - | 95 
In Berwick-on-T weed - PE al ed 
~ “Inthe Isle of Man - e s 4 
/ n Ghernsey © °- - - mw) Letts 
* In’ Jersey Bie atinge tT by sibontt 9 
~ In Scotland - - “ = 1 RENS8S 
796 
Mr. Tomas Bincuam, of Woodseats, 
near Sheffield; has invented an improved 
method of making reaping-hooks, which 
i 
and expedition in the manufacture, but, 
is not-only attended with greater facility 
as the improved blades are nade of cast 
steel, they must be far preferable for 
. Sharpness of the edge and durability, 
_ The process is as fullows:. When the ° 
‘steel comes from the furnace, it is rolled 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
161 
_» The Provost and Senior Fellows of 
Trinity College, Dublin, have conferred 
an honorary degree of LL.D. on Pro- 
fessor Davy, in testimony of their admi- 
ration of the extraordinary discoveries 
made by him in his Electro-chemical 
Philosophy, and communicated in_his late 
course of lectures at the Dublin Society. 
The Directors of the British Institution 
for promoting the Fine Arts in the United 
_Kingdom, have given notice, that the 
three following premiums are proposed 
‘to be given for Pictures, by Artists of, or 
resident in, the United Kingdom, painted 
in.the present year, and sent to the Bn- 
tish Gallery on or before the 4th of Ja- 
nuary next: 1st. For the best Picture 
in Historical or Poetical Composition, 
Three Hundred Guineas.—9d.. For. the 
next best Picture in Historical or Poeti- 
_cal Composition, Two Hundred Guiness, 
_—3d. For the next best Picture in, His- 
- 613 © 
_ in-a rolling-mill into sheets of proper - 
_ dimensions. Out of these the blades are 
_. ©ut according to sizes, and the rivet-: 
Becles pressed out in the fly. 
Pieces of 
ron ave then slit for the back, and bent 
_ to fit the blades, and the holes are bored 
— in them by an upright drill, after which 
_ the back and blade are riveted together. 
_ These hooks may be made with or with- 
ut teeth, to suit purchasers; and, not-. 
withstanding the superior quality of the 
cast-steel blades, they will be afforded, 
from the expeditious mode of manufac-. 
) ture,-at nearly as low a price as the old 
es, 
Mownratxy Mac. No, 210, 
torical or Poetical Composiuon, One 
Hundred’ Guineas. The Directors re- 
serve to themselves the power, of with- 
holding either of the premiums, if they 
think prope*. A picture’s/ being painted 
by commission, will not_exclude it from 
competition fur the premiums, Any pie- 
ture painted for such premium, may (if 
otherwise worthy) be exlibited’ fur sale 
at the Gallery next winter, for the .be- 
efit ‘oF thevAthel., iad |. tae 
Aye abi 4 Lit. 
The magnificent collection of curious 
productions of nature and art deposited 
in the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow, 
last year received considerable additions 
by valuable donations, of which the fol- 
lowing may be mentioned: | > : 
Three different specimens of Calcspar, 
from the Cave of Strathaird, Isle of Skye, py 
the Rev. Dr. M‘Leod, Kilmarnock, .Johna 
Locke, Esq. and Hector M‘Lean, studént.e— 
Three polished specimens of Portsoy Serpen~ 
tine, by John Mavor, Esq: London.—Specie 
mens of Pyrope, or Portsoy Serpentine, and 
of Petrified Wood, from Loch Leagh, by Pro- 
fessor Muirhead.——The Fish) Callionymus 
Lyra, by John Jos. Dillon, Esq, barrister at 
law.—A large specimen of Petrified Wood, 
by Mr. Dinwiddie, of Germistoune.——An an- 
cient Urn found ina Cairn, by William Coch- 
rane, Esq. of Ladyland.—Twenty-one rough 
Garnets from the East Indies, by Major James 
Campbell.—Specimens of the only two Me- 
teor Stones that are known to have fallen in 
Britain, viz. one in Yorkshire, 13th Decem- 
ber, 1795; another, at Possil, near Glasgow, 
5th April, 18045; by Miss Crawford, of Pos 
sil,——Thirty-four Silver Medallions of the 
present Royal Family of Spain, executed in 
Mexico and the Philippine Islands, presented 
by a citizen of Glasgow, 
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