lAlerary and Philosophkal IntelUgenee. Slj) 



struraent from wliicli essential advan* 

 tages are anticipated to music in g:eiie« 

 ral. This instrnmeiit he calls a Metro* 

 iioinc, or Musical Timekeeper; the prin- 

 cipal object of which is. to furnish com- 

 posers the means of indicalhig with pre- 

 cision, and according to an iniiversal 

 standard measure, the degree of quick- 

 ness ref|uired by them for every move- 

 ment in tlieir compositions; and tiiereby 

 to supersede the necessity of resorting to 

 tlie vague and insnlricient terms of 

 adagio, allegro, presto, &c. Such an 

 instrument had long been a great desi- 

 deratum througliout Europe, and many 

 unsuccessful attempts have been ihad* 

 to construct it. Tlie Metronome ot Mr, 

 j\[alzl appears to accomplish all that 

 can be desired. Its construction ig sim- 

 ple, its scale founded on the division of 

 time into' minutes, is universally intel- 

 ligible, and its audible beats can be regu- 

 lated to the slowest adagio, as well a* 

 to the most rapid presto. The Metro- 

 nome also holds out the greatest advan- 

 tages to young musical practitioners, 

 since it beats time with mathematical 

 precision to any degree of quickness, to 

 which the index may be set, and serve* 

 as a complete guide to the pupil during} 

 the absence of tiie master. 



Mr. W. H. Yate, will soon publish, 

 in two octavo volumes. Free Sugges- 

 tions ami Political Ketleclions siibmilted 

 to the Legislature of the United K ingdom,- 



Mr. S. T. Coleridge has i.i the 

 j)ress, a work under the excentric litla' 

 of the Statesman's Manual, or the Eibls 

 the best Guide \o Political Skill and 

 Foresight. 



JMemoranda of a Residence in Franc* 

 in the Winter of 181.5-16, including 

 remarks on society and manners, and 

 notices of some works of art not hi- 

 therto described, will soon appear. 



I'he loss of the good Samaritan, 

 Richard Reynolds, has literally af- 

 ilicted the city of Bristol, and every 

 one seems anxious to obtain hrs j>or- 

 trait. Fortunately he had beiMi per- 

 suaded to set to Mr. IIorday and Mr. 

 Urantiiwaite, to gratify some parti- 

 cular friends. The former has now ex- 

 liibiiing a '.try fnic whole length t)f his 

 interesting figure, remarkai)!y like, as 

 aLso a half-lcngUi, which i.-. to be en- 

 graved by t!ic celebrated Sharp. Mr. 

 jiRANTHWAlTE Will also publish, en- 

 graved by himself, from his own minia- 

 tuie, a very striking likeness of this 

 excellent man. Mr. Piercy's model of 

 liim is also in great rejiule, as it well 

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persons come in or go out in one mi- 

 nute, the temperature can, with the 

 j;reatest ease, be maintained tlie same. 

 Churches, public buildings, warehouses, 

 fee. &c. on a large scale, can thus be 

 warmed and ventilated by one fire only, 

 and that fire placed, when required, at 

 the safe distance of 200 feet from the 

 building; by which all risk and extra 

 insurance will bo saved. IJtit, in manu- 

 factories were fucs are kept tor pur- 

 poses of business, the wasted heat will 

 DC applied; which, for drying-stoves 

 for wool, cloth, paper, &c. will be ex- 

 ceedingly advantageous, as the abiuid- 

 ance of warm passing air will carry olF 

 the damp as it rises, preserve the tex- 

 ture ot the wool and cloth, prevent the 

 running of colours and staining of size 

 in paper, and save from 3 to 500 per 

 cent in coals: its cold ai)|)lication in 

 summer will be of equal utility to brew- 

 ers, tallow-chandlers. Sec. as it will ex- 

 peditiously refrigerate or cool the wort, 

 &c. 25 or 30 degrees in the hottest 

 weather; thus enabling these i)ersons to 

 carry on their business throughout the 

 jear. 



In a few days may be expected from 

 tiie pen of Mr. Montgomery, (author 

 of the Wanderer of Switzerland, &.c.) 

 Copies of A^erscs to the Memory of the 

 late Richard Reynolds, of Bristol. 



A Mr. CoRBAUX, of Ifart-street, 

 Bloomsbury, has began to jiublish a 

 monthly work, under the title of The 

 Jfagnetiser's Magazine, and Annals of 

 .Animal IMagnetism ; but, being our- 

 selves without faith in any of the occult 

 powers ascribed to natme, we are cvi- 

 <Iently disqualilied from speaking of the 

 merit of this new journal. 



A Discourse on the occasion of the 

 Heath of the Rev. William Vidler, is 

 preparing for publication. 



New editions are in the press, of the 

 Student's Journal, (for literary purposes,) 

 and of the Private Diary, (for general 

 use,) lormed on the pliin recommended 

 hy Mr. Gibbon, and arranged for con- 

 taining an account of every day's em- 

 ploymi;nt for the space of oiu; year, 

 with indexes, &,:c. IJoth works will be 

 ready for delivery with the pocket-books 

 and almanacks for the new year. 



Sermons on the Uiiion of 'F'ruth, Hea- 

 »on, and Jlevcja^^ in the Doctrine of 

 tliu l''.stabliskilft'C|Wk'oli of ijigland and 

 Ireland, ■.mrilfmlmhccd by the Kon. 

 (ind Rev. Fdward Tournoub, A.M. of 

 Hi. Marv Hall, Oxford. 



i\lr. AIalzl, of Vienna, for some time 

 ftsiUc'iit ill LuuUuji, Las iuvcutcd »a u^- 



