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try, liave vaccinated 42,667 in the 

 tonrsc of tlie year. By tlie ingenuity of 

 Mr. GiRAi'D, of I'aversliani, means 

 have been devised of preserving tiie 

 lyrnpli in a fluid state; by vvliicli we 

 liave just reason to hope that it may be 

 iound efficient in any climate, and for 

 eny space of time. In consequence 

 of decisive lacasiucs adopted in Rus- 

 sia, Sweden, Germany, Trance, and 

 Ttaly, small-pox has become a rare 

 disease, and is no longer kuou i) at Cey- 

 lon and at tlie Cape of Good Hope. 

 Tbe Kiiig of Hu^ti lias alsio intro- 

 duced vaerination. In Edinburgh, Glas- 

 gow, and Norwich, variolous inoculation 

 is disused, and small-pox is scarcely 

 Icnown ; but the reverse is the case in 

 I'ortsmoulh, I'rislol, and London ; and 

 in the metropolis alone, tiie mortality 

 t>y small-pox may still be csti<nated at 

 « thousand annually; and, perhaps, 

 throughout the United Kingdom, it is 

 tiot less than ten times that number. 



The increasing favour which Alaiveni 

 is justly acquiring from the salubrity of 

 the air, and the qualities of its waters, 

 the beauty of its walks and tides, and 

 the numerous other claims to notice, 

 have induced a gentleman resident near 

 tlie place to make collections for a His- 

 tory of Great and Little Malvern. 

 These, being arranged, he proposes to 

 publish in a handsome octavo volume, 

 embellished with designs by artists of 

 celebrity. The work will form altoge- 

 ther a complete historical, statistical, 

 Jnineralogical, cheiiiical, and general ac- 

 count of these elysian scites, and prove 

 a useful guide through the rich country 

 in which they arc situated. 



Mr. Bakewlll, author of the "In- 

 troduction to Geology," is delivering at 

 Cheltenham, a short course of Lectures 

 on Geology, designed to illustrate. the 

 natural history of the earth, and its 

 inincral pioductions, elucidated by lui- 

 mennis drawings, mincial specimens, 

 and chemical experiments. 



IVliss HoLCU0FT*s Novel, Fortitude 

 and Frailty, will appear in a few weeks. 



Mr. Mallison has issued the Pro- 

 spectus of an Institution lor rendering 

 sssistaiicc to Shi[)vvrccked Mariners, 

 and Vessels in Distress; intended to be 

 carried into immediate fe'xccution, under 

 the patronage of His Royal Highness 

 'the Prince Regent. Tliis jilan is sub- 

 luitled to tlie affluent and humane, ft^r 

 their assistance towards effecting the 

 greatest possible good this summer. 

 |{V the moans intended to be pur- 

 sued, it will be proved, Low oertaiu 



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and easy it is to effect this long-desired 

 great and national object, by the plap 

 being carried into effect in the manner 

 proposed. 



Mr. Salisbury, of Brompton, ro- 

 ccntly siHjniitted, to a meeting at the 

 Mansion-house, three plans for the pro- 

 ductive employment of the |)oor, in giu- 

 thcring grass-seeds, in collecting rnshes, 

 and in plaiting baskets both of rushes 

 and willows. 



The fourteenth vohinie of tbe Ency- 

 CLOP.T.DiA LoNDiNENSis, just published, 

 contains a very copious treatise on M&. 

 CHAMcs, with thirty-two plates, and a 

 frontispiece. 



A Gas Light Company has boen esta- 

 blished at Bristol, and tho coiiimis« 

 siojiers of lighting, 8cc. are agreeing 

 with them to light a very coiisiderabla 

 part of the city, having long been sen- 

 sible that the oil lamps are far inferior, 

 and in many cases of no use whatever. 



The Old Bailey Court has recently' 

 been ventilated with success by Mr. 

 Benford Deacon, patentee for warm* 

 ing, cooling, and ventilating halls, 

 churches, manufactories, &:c. By this 

 ingenious invrntion, halls, libraries, 

 churches, public ofliccs, manufactories, 

 and buildings of every description, how- 

 ever dan;p, confined, and unhealthy 

 their present situations, can be render- 

 ed as agreeable and salubrious as thosa 

 in the widest streets. 1'his desirable 

 olijcct will be accomplislied by tho 

 yEolians drawing the air from tlie topi 

 of churi'F.es, or from the height of tliB 

 attic windows, (where m large cities it 

 is ill its purest state,) and forcing it 

 through glass or highly-glazed china, 

 tubes, &c. — thus producing it at the at- 

 mospheric temperature. But, by im- 

 mersing these tubes in hot water, an 

 abuiuhiiit supply, says Mr. Deacon, of 

 that lifc-supjiorliiig element will be ren- 

 dered comfortably and healthfully warm 

 in winter; and by immersing them in 

 cold water, as refreshingly cool and 

 healthy in summer. In either case tlie 

 air can, if required for various tloincstic 

 or maniifatfory purposes, be accompa- 

 nied with any degree of iimnidity or ari- 

 dity. But the yi'jolian and its tubes ara 

 so constru(;ted, that the air can be in- 

 ftaiitaneously ehjip.ged from winter's 

 cold to suiunien, IjViiit, and vice versa; 

 or kept at a heal'.. f^Jeiilperature during 

 the twenty-four horirs; co that a church, 

 sessions-hoiisl', ball-room, &:c. may be 

 comfortably v^armed ibr the reception 

 of company, and as agreeably cooled 

 duiiiig their btayj aiid, although 500 

 pcrsooil 



