1811.) 
‘now that this opinion has been advanced 
by some philosophers on the Continent ; 
but it appears so improbable, and con- 
trary to the order and perfection of the 
solar system, that we think it totally 
inadmissible, The opinion that they 
are metals in a gaseous form, which ex- 
plode and condense, is, we conceive, not 
only more probable in itself, but more 
agreeable to the appearances which ac- 
company the fall of these stones. The 
dense cloud, the loud explosion, the bril- 
liant fight, which precedes their fall, the 
hear of the stones when they are first 
found, are al! indications of therr atmos. 
pheric production. Dr. Davy lately 
read aw account of a meteoric stone, 
which fell, a few weeks since, in the 
eounty of Tipperary. The phenomena 
yattending its fall were the same as de- 
scrited in’ other instances of the like 
ckind. he stone has. been analyzed by 
Mr. Higgins, of Dublin, and contains, 
dike other meteoric stones, iron and 
nickel. 
Dr. Bureess, ‘bishop of St. David's, 
thas great and singular merit in establish- 
ing in his diocese a Society for pro- 
wmoting Christian Knowledge and Church 
Union in the Diocese of St. David's, as 
a true antidote to the spread of ignorant 
fanaticism among the people. The sub- 
‘scriptions and-benefactions to his Society 
are distributed—1. For general purposes, 
&. For clerical education and exhibitions, 
3. For the building and-establishing of -a 
clerical seminary. 4. For a-college li- 
brary. 5. For the relief of superannuated 
curates. A committee has also reported 
favourably, on a proposed establishment 
for the education of young men intended 
for holy orders, who: are precluded the 
yadvantages of an university education, 
on account of the distance of this dio- 
_cese from the universities. We -have 
already .noticed his praiseworthy exer- 
tions ‘to render the study of Hebrew ge- 
neral in the grammar-schools of his dio- 
cese, and his plans for other proper 
objects of study in those schools, .and 
we now’find that his plans have been ex- 
tended to every branch of useful edu. 
cation. 
" Mr. Nucnots, the ‘historian -of ‘Lei- 
cestershire, has issued ‘Proposals‘for com- 
leting the secand edition of Mutchins’s 
Seieors of Dorsetshire, with improves 
ments by the late Richard Gough, esq. 
_ From the very considerable accession of 
gnaterials obtained by the unremitted ex- 
ertions of Mr. Gough, and the contribu- 
tions of several gentlemen in the county, 
. 
R 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
‘25ST 
it will be found expedient to divide what 
was intended for the third, into two 
volumes; which, uniformly printed with 
‘those already before the public, will 
consist each of about five hundred pages ; 
and will be embellished with more than 
fifty beautiful plates, besides numerous 
vignettes; which, having been piaced in 
the hands of Mr. Basire, were fortunately 
preserved, As soon as one hundred 
copies are subscribed for, the work shall 
be immeciately put to press; and one 
volume may confidently be expected in 
twelve months afterwards, and the whole 
within two years. 
It is one of the ‘literary novelties of 
this age,. that ‘the East-India Company 
has established a Sanscreet press; an 
the Hetcopadesa is the first work that 
will appear in that danguage from a 
printing. press. | 
The late Bishop Horsley having eft 
in MS. Notes and Observations on-the 
Book of Psalms, the same is now prints 
ing, under the direction of the Rev. 
HeneaGe Horsey. 
Dr. Wetrakr is printing an edition 
of the Works of Pierce Plowman, col- 
lated from very ancient MS. 
Mr. Fenton, late of Fishguard, is 
‘preparing, an Account cf a Tour through 
Pembrokeshire. 
There appears to exist, at this time, @ 
general disposition to abate the severity 
ef our penal laws; and several works 
are announced, having that object, bes 
sides the various motions in Parliament, 
Mr. Monteomery, of Sheffield, aus 
thor of The Common Lot, and other 
much-adémired poems, is printing a new 
poem, onthe Antedilavian World, 
An edition of the novels of RicuaRpe 
son, in 19 volumes, is nearly ready for 
publication, 
_ > By aletter in Mr. Frowers’s Political 
Review, it appears, that the late John 
Howard did not die of the plague, but of 
2 fever caught from a young lady, in 
going to visither; for which purpose he 
rode twenty miles on horseback: and, 
being benighted, ‘he was thrown from 
his horse, and lay a considerable time in 
the snow; and would have been frozen 
to death, but for the aid of an accidental 
passenger. Like Goldsmith, too, ‘he 
took too large a dose of James’s powders, 
He was buried by a French gentleman, 
in his garden, about two miles from 
Cherson, at his own partieular request. 
Mr. Barry, of Bristol, is doing that 
which might be fullowed with advantages 
in every great town in England, By forming 
a library 
