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_ The Tenth Volume of the Exeércro- 
pepra Lonprvensts, will be ready for 
‘the Subscribers on or about the t0th of 
‘March, Tiiis celebrated Dictionary of 
‘Arts and Sciences ‘continues to be pub- 
Jished regulatly in‘weekly Numbers, with 
‘elegant ‘Engravings, ‘price 8d. each, ‘or 
heautifully coloured’ Plates, 4s, 2d. 
‘Dr. Smrru’s two! prizes of 25/.each, 
for the best’ proficients in Mathematics 
“and Natural Phildsopliy, have ‘been ‘ad- 
‘judged to"MeSsrs. Decry ‘aid Frenen, 
‘of Trinity'and Caius CoJleges,, Cambridge. 
'. The Governors ‘of Bethlem Hospital 
“have adjudged to Messrs. Goop and 
“Loctiner, of Hatton-garden, the ‘first 
“premium, for their design for a néw Dn- 
‘fiatic Asylum ‘about to be erected m St. 
“George’s-fields. ‘Nearly sixty names ‘ap- 
“peared in the list of candidates. 
~The following is an accurate state- 
“ment of the’ quantity of ‘rain ‘which 
“fell, during the Jast year, at Dalkeith, 
“Bothwell Castle, M‘Farlane Observatory, 
~ Glasgow, ‘and Brisbane Observatory, 
‘Largs, ona line extending almost quite 
‘across the island: 
{Dalkeith| Bothw.|M‘Far.\ Brish, 
* 
-2.280| 1,770| 1.743] 3.7.40 
_jFebruary:} 0.984] 1.455} 1,283] 3.191 
arch ©9843] 9:467| 1.687} 4.051 
{April 1.584} 0.768] °0.659} 3.170 
“May 1.485} 0.707| 0.510) 0.739 
“t]tine 2/479) °4°962) 1.145) 1.781 
July 3.154] $.640! °3.7241 3.100 
August 3/100] 21410] °9:874] ° 3.944 
September} 0.457|  0:620| 0.724] 1.804 
October 1.570] 1.807] 1.176} 2.399 
November} 4.430] 3.534) 3.374) 4.859 
December} 2.340) 4.070) 2.554] 6.643 
eel ns - _—— 
Totat’ | 25.636} 25°010| 21.433] 38.714|- 
Tot. te 28.5521 24.440] 25.139! 40.6294 
' A simple and ingenious plan tias been 
‘proposed for the ‘construction of ‘Hight- 
houses, which, ‘if'geherally executed, 
tnight prove héheficial’ to the shipping of 
the United Kingdom. ‘The béacon con- 
sists of a lantern made of cast metal, in 
which there is 2 piece of clock-work, 
which makes the lamp turn round every 
two or three minutes, and exhibit differ- 
ent enlightened figures. The figures can 
be so varied, as to distinguish one livht- 
house from another, and to prevent the 
ossibility of mistaking the lightvof a 
ime-kiln, or accidental fire, for that of a 
beacon. The projector, Mr. Farmer, 
also recommends, as a substitute for light, 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
[March 1,_ 
in foggy weather, a buoy, 'similarin form 
‘to a life-boat, on whieh is fixed’a' bell of 
considerable ‘magnitude ‘and ‘powerfal 
tone, which the motion’ of the buoy, oc- 
casidned'by the undulation of ‘the “sea, 
will'Keep perpetually ringing: ‘The bnéy 
‘may be placed at’ any convenient distante 
from the ‘mouth ‘of the harbeur, or the 
mechanism in the beacon ‘might be so 
coristructed, as to cause a bell to'ring, or 
“a'bass dram to beat, in hazy weather. °B 
placing a buoy or boat of the above de- 
scription ona sunken or dangerous rock, 
in ‘any part of the sea, the mariner might 
be warned by the’alarm-bell to’ keep lat 
a proper distance. 
FRANCE. 
A Vall of fire appeared in the commune 
of Chargouville, onthe 98d of November, 
which, ‘bursting ‘with a tremendous ex- 
plosion, fet’fall three large’ stones, ‘ac- 
companied with smoke, and ‘darted with 
‘such’ force, that they entered the ‘earth 
‘to the dépth of near “80 ‘centimeters. 
“One of the'stones is covered with'a crust 
of greyish black, while the insidé-is ‘more 
eelear. Tt is tery compact, “and “hard 
enotgh to cut glass. Tt appears to con- 
tain globules of iron, pretty ‘large and 
. brifliant. 
Accounts from Rodez, in the depart- 
“ment af Aveiron, of the date of the 
middle of December, state, that the win- 
ter had there set-in-with extraordinary se- 
verity, the snow in many of the surround- 
ing districts being six or seven feet deep ; 
~and that in the whole country the most 
dreadful alarm ‘Was’ océasiéned “by the 
ravages of the wolves. These ferocious 
animals, unable to subsist’any longer'in 
their native mountains, sally forth: ‘in 
flocks of many hundreds, ‘and, entering 
the villaves, "make ‘the peasant’ and his 
cattle their'prey. ‘The ‘villayes on’ the 
- open plains are entirely deserted ; ainum- 
ber of the ‘poor people’ having ‘fallen sa- 
crifices' in defending’ their tameanitnals, 
and the survivors vot chuosing'to expose 
thenyselves to’similar dager. ‘Phe Pre- 
fect, with’ the humane view ‘of *reiniburs- 
ing thé sufferers, and! preventing the de- 
partment being depopulated, has ordered 
an inventory to be made of the losses, 
which almost exceed ‘belief. — It is'ascer- 
tained, that'within the last month, ‘8000 
sheep, 400 goats,’ and’ $00 horses, have 
been killed by these’ ferocious ‘animals. 
In the departments of the Lozere, and 
the Upper Loire, the ravages are’still 
greater. ote 
. It hasbeen: found that the ‘quantity 
and quality of oil extracted canst ok: 
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