as Literarij and Philosophical TnielUgence. [Oct. 1, 



Illiall rrceivc or take into, or liave in his, Excise mi Mult made in Ireland, and 

 her or t,K.ir custody or possession; or cprtuinCouv.lervailiv^ Duties and Draw 



make, or use, or mix with - ' •■••- - - . t. ^ _ 



any 



ration 



toloiii- 



malt, ground or iingroiind, as commonly 



nsed in bievvini^ or sliall receive or fake 



into, or have in his, iier, or their custody 



or possession, or nse, or mix with, or put 



mto, any worts or beer, any melasst's, ho 



»nH "'"l "'■ '""' ""'"' ^\ '"'* '"'"' ^"'^/'^ '■" respect thereof.Smx^ 20. 



,r^r t he nnVn?^.'"^ 'Vl '' ■^'"■V ^"''P- I' ^- To uni/wrizc the trans/a: 

 m tor tue purpose ot daikciiing the „■ c., ? i ■ i n- i ? i it 



iir of worts or beer, other tlian "oTown ""x^ ^tock upon whjch Dividends skull 



remtiin ■taiclaiined for the ISpiice of at 

 least ten Years at the Bank of England, 

 and atso all Lottery; Prizes or Benefits, 

 and Balances of Sums issued fior paying 

 the Principals of Slocks or Annuities, 

 pey, liqnoiice,^ vitriol, quassia, coeulus irhick shall not have been demanded for 

 India, grains of paradise, (guinea pepper, the same Period, to the Commissioners, 

 or opium, or any extract or preparation of fm- the Reduction of the National Debt. 



— Jnne 20. 



All stock upon vihich dividends have re- 

 mained unclaimed for ten years, to be 

 transferred to the ccinmissioncrs for the 

 reduction of the National Debt. — List of 

 the parties in whose name the stock stood 

 to be open for inspection. — Dividends on 

 stich stocks to be invested from time to 

 time, to accumulate for benefit of parties, 

 or, if they do not claim, the public service. 

 — Governor and deputy-governor of the 

 -f<,nr,r""xT"\'"" '"■■"","■ '^■.■" ■"/'"' "T ""'" Bank of Enjiland empowered to direct 

 ot MOl.-So druggist shall sell such co- transfers to any person establishing a claim 

 lo.mng to any brewer or dealer, under tor- t,, ^nv such stock, and pay the dividends 

 leitnre ot the articles, and the penalty of thereon. 



inelasses, honey, liquorice, vitriol, quassia, 

 «oc(ihis indise, grains of para<iisc, guinea 

 •pepper, or opium, or any article or prepa- 

 ration whatsoever, for or as a substitute 

 for pialt or hops; all s.ich liquor, extract, 

 and preparation, and also the said worts 

 and beer, shall be forfeited, togetlicr with 

 the casks, vessels, or other packages con- 

 taining the same, and shall and may be 

 •eized by any officer or officers of Excise ; 

 and such brewer, &c. shall for each and 

 every such offence forfeit and lose the sum 



tool* 



Cap. LIX 



To reduce the Duty of 



* The penalty is inadequate ; at any rate 

 the second offence should be transporta- 

 tion for seven years, and the third, death. 

 And in each instance the conviction should 

 be published twice in three of the nearest 

 newspapers. — Edit. 



Cap LXI. For granting to his Ma- 

 jesty a Sum of Mmiey to be raised btf 

 Lotteries. — Jiiiie 20. 



Cap. XLII. For erecting an Har- 

 bour for Ships to the Eastward of Dun- 

 lean/, nithin the Port of Dublin. — 

 June 20. 



VARIETIES, LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL, 



Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domestic and Foreign. 



AS the discovery of tlic use of Wire' 

 Game Lamps in coal-mines, is 

 among the most imjiortaiit of those 

 ■whic!) have distinguished the present 

 age, we have great pleasure in conspicu- 

 ously introducing to our readers Sir 

 HuMPHRKY Davy's suggestions, arising 

 from his inspection of w ire-gauze lamps, 

 ill flieir working stale, in mines, and 

 whicli have been lately circulated sit 

 Kewcastle-upou-Tyne: — 



'ITie inspection of a number of wire- 

 Hauze safe-lamps, that have been long in 

 common use in coal-mines ; and flic exa- 

 mination of the cfiects of different explo- 

 sive afmosphcres of fire-damp upon them, 

 enable me to offer a few suggestions, 

 which I hope will be of nse to the miner. 



The wire-gauze cylinders ought never to 

 be taken out of the screw-piece in which 

 they are fixed ; and, in tlie lamps con- 

 structed at Newcastle, wiiicli have not the 

 tame ri"' of wire-gauze as those of New- 

 maa'i couiitructioii, the wire-gauze ou^ht 



to be soldered to the screw-piece, or fixed 

 to it by rivets. 



The vrire-gauze is easily cleaned with- 

 out being detached, by a brush of the same 

 kind as that nsed for cleaning bottles, and 

 one of these brushes ought to be furnished 

 with every lamp. 



The wise-gauze in several lamps in the 

 collieries, which had been in nse six 

 months, and cleaned by careful woikmen, 

 without being removed, was as good as 

 new ; whereas, the gauze in some, that had 

 been used for a much shorter time, and 

 taken out of the lamp and cleaned loiiah- 

 ly, was injured at the bottom, and, if not 

 actually unsafe, becoming so. 



In one instance, I found a lamp which 

 had been furnished to a workman without 

 a second top. This is a gross and unpar- 

 douable instance of carelessness in the 

 maker, who, if any accident had happened, 

 would have been guilty of homicide. 



All the lamps that I have examined 

 have at different times been red hot ; and 

 a workman at the Hebburu colliery shew- 



