1821 J 



Literanj and Philosophical Intelligence. 



161 



Shortly will be published with cousi- 

 deviible additions, the Second Edition 

 of Mr. HovvsHip's Obseiviitiouson the 

 Diseases of the Lower Intc-stines, ^c. 



Mr. James, Gullax, of (il.isuow, 

 states, having sold a respectable spirit- 

 <lealer a parcel of sample-bottles, I sent 

 them to him packed in an old basket, 

 the bottom of which was nuichbroI;en ; 

 to prevent the buttles from falling 

 through, I put across the bottom of the 

 biisket a piece of old packing-sheet, 

 which had lain long about the v^are- 

 house, which was an oil and colour 

 one, and was besmeared with different 

 kinds of vegetable! oil. About six or 

 eiglit weeks after, the gentleman in- 

 formed me that my oily-cloth and bas- 

 ket iiad a,lmost set bis warehouse on 

 iire. The basket and clotli had been 

 thrown behind some spirit-casks pretty 

 much coufiued from the air, and about 

 mid-day he was alarmed by a smell of 

 fire. Having moved away t'le casks in 

 the direction where the smoke issued, 

 he saw the basl'tet and cloth in a blaze. 



In tlie Annals of Philosophy for No- 

 vember, 1S20, an accouut is given of 

 the spontaneous combustion of a barrel 

 of oat-meal, by which the meal and 

 barrel were totally consumed. 



At the sale of Mr. Kcmble's library, 

 there were three rare articles in Old 

 English Poetry which called forth the 

 enthusiasm of collectors. 



Syr Degore, a Poetical Romance of ex- 

 cessive rarit)-, consistincf of eigijt«en leaves, 

 printed by \V3ukyD de Worde; 3t!!. 10s. 



Here begynneth a lyall Treaiyse of tlie 

 Byrtli aud Propliecye of Manin, a Poem, 

 printed by Wynkynde Worde ; Wi. 15s. 6d. 



Chaucer's Cumerbiiry Tales,a Miiiiuscript 

 of the 14th or 1.5lfa century ; ^11, 10s. fl;l. 



All exiraotdinary Collection of Drury- 

 laiie and Covei)i-a;ardeii phiy hills, from tlie 

 }car 1751 to the pre-eiit time. The curly 

 volumes coiitnin some curious MSS. notes 

 by Air. Keinble, many relating to (jarriek, 

 from the unpublished diary of Hopkins, tlie 

 prom|)ter, fatlicr of Mrs. Kenible, were 

 purchased by Sir Gregory Page Turner, for 

 18J>1. 



A CoUeedon of early printed .Spanish 

 Comedies, was bonglit by Mr. Heber, for 

 3T1. 5s. 6d. 



Sbakspeare's Comedies, Histories, and 

 Tragedies, first edition, inlaid throughout, 

 not a very superb copy, was boutrht by Mr. 

 Boswell, at the enormous sum of 1 1'^l. 7s. 



Miss PoRDKN is |)reparii)g for pub- 

 lication, t;a-ur de I. ion, or the Third 

 Crusade, a |)oem, in sixleini books. 



Dr. RoBiN.soN is preparing an 

 Abriilgemttnt of Hume and Sinoliett, 

 with a continuation by him to the ac- 



^^().^TIILY mau. N().:).jI, 



cession of George H', in one volume, 

 for the use of schools. 



A Selection of the Speeches delivered 

 at the late County Meetings, on the 

 proceedings instituted by his Majesty's 

 Ministers against the Queen, will be 

 speedily published. 



In a short time will be published, 

 Sermons for the use of Families, iu 

 one volume octavo; by the Rev. Wjl- 

 LiAM Brown, of Enfield. 



A work, intituled ■• Ntit Paul bnt 

 Jesus,'' is on the point of offering itself 

 to the pii-l)lic eye. It is priuciiially oc- 

 cupied in esta'>lishing, that the Inward 

 conversion of Saint Paul 11c v<m- obtained 

 credence either on the part of any of the 

 disciples of the Apostles, or on the part 

 of the Apostles themselves, or any of 

 tliem. An opinion, as may he seen iu 

 Moshf^im, Lardiier, and others, was en- 

 tertained by the Ehiouites: a sect of 

 primitive Christians so called, as early 

 as the second century. 



Mr. Prichard's Patent Ajiparatus 

 for fhe Consumption of Siitolcefrom the 

 furnaces of ste»ni-en:(ines, di/ing-pans, 

 find brewiriff-prins, seems likely to I)e 

 brought into general use. In those 

 jtlaces where it has been applied, the 

 invention has given general satisfac- 

 tion ; and the apparatus is so simple 

 aadunexpensive, and thepremium for 

 the use of the patent so extremely mo- 

 derate, fliat Me think no propiietor of 

 a steam-engine can, without a most 

 reprehensible disregard of the health 

 and c imfort to his U'^ghboars, delay to 

 avail himself of its advantages. 



At a late sitting of tha Royal Society 

 Captain Kater rer.d an interesting 

 paper on the subject of a volcano which 

 he has dfscovered in tlie mcon. On ex- 

 amining the dark part of the moon 

 through a telescope, he perceived a 

 bright spot resembling a star; and sub- 

 sequent observations convince him it 

 w;is a volcano. 



A Comet is at this time visible near 

 fhe star Gamma, in the F/i/i'ng Horse, 

 the most southerly of the four stars in 

 square. Its train is ahotit fotir degrees 

 in length, and it sets W.N.W. about 9 

 o'clock. Being so near the sun, to- 

 wards which it is moving, it can be 

 seen only on clear evenings, with the 

 naked eye, or a telescope of small 

 power. 



Wc announced the discovery by Cap- 

 tain Smith, of New Soutii Shetland. 

 In ctnisequence of this discovery, the 

 Admiralty have sent out the Conway, 

 ('aptain Basil Hall, to explore the 

 U [coiivts 



