LHeru)'^ and Philosophical Intdligencr. 



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bis bjrtb, lias also hvi'n csJablLslicU — tlio 

 leatUiig mcinboi's of wliirii, uo oii« 

 <loiil)ts, will bo iiifinenccd by liis rati- 

 onal example, in living witb modeialinij 

 on thoir lai^c i'oittincs. and annually 

 tlispensiiJjj tke ovtrpliiJi of their incomes 

 1o relieve their CItrisfian biethren. The 

 two members, and tlic mayor, i\ill be 

 prominent in this nob'.e itistitution, and 

 a constoUalion follows, thut gives us 

 j,ronnd to hope, that from this generous 

 stork will spring cliarities iinbouiscbtd in 

 ■their extent, whilst they nro gniflcd by 

 disrrimJ>iatiii«v.j"st'CC and hnmaniiy. 

 , Mhs D. F. €AMPeraL, a resi<ieiit in 

 ©no of the nnrthern isles, ■will r-peediiy 

 publish by siibsoription, an octavo vo- 

 iumc of Poems, 



Dr. ^^^^.soN Philip, havinjc shown 

 •that there is a railieal diUercnee between 

 tl)e ncvmnii i»id the sensorial 'tneigics, 

 and that gahnnism, if it be not the very 

 siune vv itli the former, may be substi- 

 tuted for it, and acts in the same v\fiy ; 

 "tliiuks, therefore, tiiut gakanism can bo 

 applied snecessftdly only to disorders of 

 the tm'wiis systtiii, and that in conse- 

 qnencc of the intimate coutieetion be- 

 %woen the seii.sorial and nervous systems, 

 it may sncccsslnlly oxcitc the Ainner to 

 activity. Astlnna appears to be entbely 

 a disease of the nerves, the \i\nga. oven 

 iu obstinate chronic cases, not beinj; in 

 Hie least injured; he applied salvanism, 

 and found it oi' maleriul beneiil in eigii- 

 teen eases in the Woteesler liifirmaiy, 

 und in four cases of private prai-iice. 

 In every one of liieni immediate benefit 

 MM cxyofienced; in most of tlien\ it 

 afforded t;reater relief than any precedinyf 

 niediehio tried, and in two of the ea*es 

 it produced a complete cure. 'J'he hk-- 

 fhod was to apply a piece of tin-foil to 

 the nape of the neck, and another to the 

 pit of the stomaoh. Th^trires from the 

 two ends of a gahaffle' battery were 

 coniiectcd with these, and the galvanism 

 •was continued fa|- about ten minutes. 

 At lirrt it was very vveak, beinj; con- 

 fined io thice or tour pairs of plates of 

 four inciics sciuare, excited by water 

 Uii.ved with oiic-(wen1ieth of its weijiht 

 of muriatic aciil ; but was Rradnaliy in- 

 creased till it consisted of H> or 25 pairs 

 of plates, by removing; one ol the vv ires 

 aioiiE; the battery. 'J'iie galvanism Mas 

 applied once in 24 hours; but in two 

 cases, in whicli it produced permanently 

 benetieial ei)eets, it was applied twice 

 iu 34 hours. 



The Fairlie and James Sibbald, on 

 a. h\W passage to Calcnita en fiie 1st 

 Ottifiimr/lti ktitude IQ° 2i)' S. !on»il^4i« 



[Nov. h 



84* E.; observed, floating on tlic surf^c* • 

 of the water, burnt cinders, evidentlj 

 Tolciuiic, aiui the sea wtis covered wilU 

 them the two next days, in 10** 9' S. lat, 

 84* 20' E. long. From the g^eat diis- 

 tance from any land, there can be no 

 other way of accounting for it than tb^ 

 probability of a submarine volcano in 

 the neigliiiourliood. In the month of 

 July 1814. a similar phaenomcnon wa* 

 observed in tljc p;u!pU of St. Lawrence j 

 the sea was l>iiuU like ink, and for tw» 

 days tlie sun could hardly be seen, th(| 

 aslies falling: on the deck. 



Sir. Maukice Evans amiounces atX 

 octavo vohtnie, called the -dlgis of 

 England ; beins; a collection of adibesscs, 

 in which the tiianks of i^ariiameut liavw 

 been comnnmicaied to ofliccrs of tinii 

 navy and arn.iy, with notes biographicaV 

 and military. 



Dr. Spdkzkeim has lately been cm* 

 ployed in leclnring on the Anatomy of. 

 the Brain, in tite Vniversitij of Edin-^ 

 bnrgji. The violent opposition made to> 

 his system of physiology will be recoU 

 Iccled by many who peruse the Edin^ 

 buroh Review; bnt it now may be an-- 

 swercd by th.e result of Dr. Spnr/h;'im'.s 

 Leciures. Nearly the whole body of 

 Ediaunrgh Professors of iledjeiae, A nan 

 toinv, and (Surgery, besiiles the private* 

 teachers of anatomy, 5;c. Ice. have at- 

 tended the Doctor. 



iMr. TiiiLicKi; is ensraving a set of 

 Six Prints, (o be published by subiicripr, 

 tion, from desijjns of Ifer Koyal I3ij;h». 

 ness Pli!;ee^•s Elizabetii, under the iin< « 

 mediate patronage of jier ?4ajesly amj ■ 

 the Koyal i'amiiy. 



Mr. 'I'. EYEKt.T;Y. is circnlalinpr an 

 Explanatory Prospectus of ids impioved 

 'I'ablcs of Pedigree, in vvliieh .ire united 

 simplicity, accnraey, and elegaijcc. As 

 most families wish to have the line of 

 their q<'seent dislinully represented, and 

 man) individi^als have gone to great 

 expenee for that pinjiose,. without ob- 

 tainiuif t!ie object ; this plan, which has 

 deservedly received the ap(>!obalion of 

 many persons well able to appreciate 

 its merits, recommends ilsclf to such 

 of the nobility and gentry, and particu-„ 

 larly the junior branches of them, a»r 

 may v^ ish to have distinct and accurate- 

 delineations of their pedijjree at a ino- 

 deiate expcnee. 



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