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Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 



[July 1, 



At tlie last annual general meeting of 

 the Governors of the Royal Dispensary 

 for Diseases <if the Ear, it appeiire-i tliat 

 upwards of 2210 patients afliicted with 

 deafness and other diseases of (his organ 

 had been cured or relieved. This state- 

 ment must be highly satisfactory to (he 

 patrons of the charity, one of whom, 

 .lately, from a conviction of its utility, 

 benevolently remitted (he treasurer one 

 hundred pounds. It must be no less 

 consoling to those who unfortunately 

 labpiir^iuider so unpleasant an affliction ; 

 for it is a fact (hat, until vvithin these 

 few years, little had been done by pro- 

 fessional men for diseases of the ear; 

 and when it is considered how many 

 thousands of useful members of society 

 are deprived of obtainiug tlieir liveli- 

 hood by this infirmity, and were for- 

 merly without any means of gratuitous 

 relief, this charity canuot be too highly 

 valued. Indeed, the success attending 

 the practice at this institution has been 

 sucli, that it is now adopted on several 

 parts of the Continent, with equally 

 happy effects as in this country. The 

 diseases of the ear, in the incipient 

 state, are generally curable ; and it is 

 from neglect chiefly that they are ren- 

 dered othenvise. 



Details have been received at New 

 York, relating to the progress made by 

 the missionaries sent from (lie United 

 States to the Sandwidi islands. By 

 tlje death of King Tamahanialia, early 

 in 1820, a general revolution took 

 place. The piiestliood has been abo- 

 lished, the idols burnt, the Moreahs 

 destroyed, and the labours of the mis- 

 sion prove effective. Its members are 

 much cherished and supported, in some 

 instances at the public expense. Schools 

 were ei-ecting, and the study of the 

 English language rapidly a<lvancing. 

 Among the pupils are the King and 

 Queen of Atooi, who have addressed 

 letters, dictated by themselves, to the 

 friends of the missionaries in America. 



Speedily will be published, A Plea 

 for tiie Nazareues, in a letter to the 

 British Reviewer; by Servetus. 



No less than BjySO exotics were intro- 

 duced into England in the course of the 

 reign of his late Majesty; during the 

 reign of Elizabeth. 578 : 578 daring 

 the reign of Charles Land 11. and Crom- 

 well ; 44 in the roign of James the Se- 

 cond ; 298 in that of William and 

 Mary; 230 in that of Anne; 182 in 

 tliaii of George the First ; and 1770 in 

 that of George the Second. The total 

 number of exotics now in tlie gardens 

 of this country appears to be 11,970. 



It is intended in future, for the con- 

 venience of country subscribers, to 

 publish the Monthly Journal of Voy- 

 ages and Travels, on the first day of 

 the mouth, with the other Journals and 

 Magazines, instead of the fifteenth, as 

 heretofore. The number to apj)ear on 

 the first of July, Avill contain an ori- 

 ginal account of Capt. Parry's late 

 Vovage. 



On the 1st of July, 1S21, will be 

 published No, I. of Zoological Re- 

 searches in the Island of Ja\a, &c. 

 with figures of Native Quadrupeds and 

 Birds : by Thoma.s Hoksfield, M.D. 

 F.L.S. The Mork will be comprised 

 in eight numbers, royal quarto. The 

 materials which will furnish the sub- 

 jects of this work, are arranged in the 

 Museum of the Honourable East India 

 (Company, where they are open to public 

 inspection on certain days of the week, 

 under established regulations, by a 

 caid of admission from a director. 

 With the exception of a small number, 

 they were collected bet«"een the years 

 181 1 and 1817, during which periwl 

 Java was under the protection of Great 

 Britain. The animals will be drawn 

 from the subjects in the Museum, by 

 W. Daniei,, esq., and the birdi by 



Pelletier, esq. Each number 



will consist of eight coloured plates, 

 representing Quadrupeds aiul Birds : in 

 most number^ one additional uncolour- 

 ed Plate of Illustrations will be added. 



The publishers of Moses' Etchings 

 from Ketch's Outlines to the Faustus 

 oftjoedie, induced by the extraordin- 

 ary demand for those very spirited 

 illustrations, which has already occa- 

 sioned the slight analysisUhat accom- 

 panied them to l>e out of print, are 

 preparing a translation of a consider- 

 able portion of that wild and singular 

 play into English blank verse. A brief 

 abstract of the several scenes Avill unite 

 those translations, and form a connect- 

 ed story ; it not being deemed advisa- 

 ble to translate the whole for reasons 

 which every reader of Goethe will 

 readily admit. The work will form 

 an octavo volume, and will be pub- 

 lished in the course of next month. 



Shortly will be published a reprint 

 of that very rare and curious little 

 manual, Arthur Warwick's Spare Mi- 

 nutes; or. Resolved Meditations and 

 Premeditated Resolutions. It will be 

 on super royal 16mo. with fac similes 

 of the singular emblematical frontis- 

 pieces, and the explanatoi-y poems of 

 Francis Quarles and George Withers. 

 A novel 



