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« Dr, Mavor, whose Agricultural Re- 
port of Berkshire will speedily be pub- 
lished, has Jong had it in contemplation 
to bring out a new edition, with georgical 
notes, of Tusser’s Five Hundred Points 
of good Husbandry, a work now become 
extremely scarce, and which furnishes 
many ‘excellent precepts in the science 
of agriculture, delivered in an original 
style of poetical composition, The 
quaintness of the Elizabethan age, mixed 
with much good sense and good humour, 
distinguishes the work of Tusser, and ren- 
ders him equally entertaining and useful. 
. Dr.’ Apams, Physician to the Small 
Pox Hospital, author of the Treatise on 
Morbid Poisons, &c. &c. has undertaken 
Dr. Batty’s Department of the Medical 
and Physical Journal. 
The Author of the Age of Frivolity 
has in the press a volume of Poems, con~ 
sisting of ‘Tales, Sonnets, and Character- 
istic pieces. 
. Dr. AnpRrEw Grant, who has. re- 
cently returned from South America, 
has in the press a History of Brazil, which 
will contain a geographical and historical 
account of thatimportant colony, with a 
description of the manners, customs, 
religion, &c. of the natives; interspersed 
with remarks on the nature of its soil, 
climate, productions, and foreign and 
internal commerce; to which will be 
subjoined, observations on the most 
prevalent diseases incident to the cli- 
mate, with hints to new settlers on the 
most efficacious modes of prevention. 
It will form one volume, octavo. 
A new Pocket Book, entitled the An- 
nual Entertainer, containing, in addition 
to whatis found of general utility in simi- 
lar publications, a variety of new logo- 
griphe’s, enigmas, rebuses and charades, 
mathematical questions, queries, &c. is 
announced for publication on the 2d of 
November. 
From various observations made on 
the newly discovered planet Vesta, Mr. 
Groomprivce has ascertained part of 
the elements, which are as follow :— 
Inclination of the orbit 72 8! 20" 
Ascending node . . 104 38 
Period. « \. i+ ,8;182 years 
Mean radius . . 2,163 
From the increased angular motion in 
its orbit, the eccentricity appears to be 
considerable, but he has not yet suffici- 
ent data to determine the quantity. 
Dr. Burcess, who has declined a 
translation from the see of St. David's, 
on the ground that such removals are 
Literary and Philosophical Ii ntelligence. 
[Oct. 1, 
inconsistent with the episcopal duties, 
has established a kind of provincial col- 
lege for the education of youth, to qua- 
lify them better for ministering in the 
Welch church. His lordship has appor- 
tioned the tenth part of his revenues du- 
ring life, and all his beneficed clergy 
have added their contributions in sup- 
port of this meritorious institution, of 
which the following is the plan,—Sub- 
scriptions and benefactions to the so- 
ciety, are distributed into the four fol- 
lowing funds: I. for clerical purposes. 
Il. For clerical education and exhibi- 
tions. III. For the building and esta- 
blishment of a clerical seminary; and 
IV. For the relief of superannuated cu- 
rates.—I, The general purposes of the 
first comprehend: 1+ The puechasing, 
printing, and distributing, of moral and - 
religious tracts. 2. Two premiums of 
ten pounds each, for dissertations. on 
subjects relative to the several objects of 
the society. 3. A premium of ten 
pounds for eight sermons, to be preached 
on the eight sundays, subsequent to Eas- 
ter-day; on the principles aad duties of 
church-union—on errors arising from un 
settled notions in religion—and on the 
excellence of the liturgy of the church 
of England. 4. A premium of twenty-shil- 
lings worth of books, for the best profici- 
ents, at the Easter examination of 
scholars, at the licensed grammar- 
schools in the diocese; for the re- 
citation of sermons by the divinity- 
scholars at the said schools ;—and for , 
the best abridgment of sermons, by the 
said scholars. 5. For sixteen curates’ 
lectures, to be preached on week days, 
in two principal places in each of the 
four archdeaconries, and intended princi- 
pally for the benefit of the poor, who 
cannot read, 6. The establishment of 
deanery librarics.—IL. The interest of 
moniés in the fund, for clerical education 
and exhibitions, is allotted at present to 
the payment of exhibitions to divinity- _ 
scholars at Ystradmeirig school, elected 
annually on the Tuesday preceding the 
first Thursday in July, to continue four 
years from the day of their admission. 
The fund arises from contributions by 
the clergy, of one-tenth of the annual 
income of their benefices, for one year 
during their incumbency, and from the 
contributions of other benefactors, ex- 
pressly limited to this purpose. This 
fund, when the intended building is rea- 
dy for their reception, will be transferred 
to the maintenance of scholars at the 
clerical 
