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Mr. Annowssuts has anwounced, a__ 
‘Topographical Map of the Pyrenées, 
principally, taken, fiear the Brench ssa 
vey, wath. consicerable addiuons, extend~ 
ing from Bayonne and Perpignan, in the 
north, to the mouth of the Libro and Bur- 
‘gos, in the south’; including the provinces 
of Arvagdn, Cataloma, Navarre, and Bis- 
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aes Lamss has in the. press, Reports 
-on the Bffectsiof a peculiar Regimen’ on 
@ancerous Puniours).and Uleers. These 
“Reports will appear-early im the ensuing 
‘month. 
im Mr. Cannes: Syuvrstrer, of Derby 
. -(atevof Sheffield), has in» the press’ an 
Plementary Treatise on Chemistry, the 
~plin’ of which isan many respects ori- 
Binal oe : 
New- editions, considerably improved 
“midvenlarged, are in the press, of Mr. 
-Youno’s: Farmer’s Kalendar, Dr. In- 
wine's Elentents of English Composition, 
Dr. Wasxrns’s Scripture Biography, and 
“Mr. Cooren’s Vist Lines of Surgery, 
Mr. Morineux, of Macclesfield, has 
i the press a new work on short-hand, 
printing on post quarto, entitled, the 
Short-hand Instructor, or Stenographical 
Copy-book. apna 
‘The appearance of a meteor is men- 
tioned in many of the northern provin- 
cial newspapers in Octoher. On com- 
‘paring their accounts, they all seem to 
refer to one aud the sgme meteor, seen 
“at places very renjote from each other, 
aiid in atl nearly at the same instant of 
‘time, a few mibutes before eight P.M. 
on the 17th of that month, It passed in 
“a noxth easterly, direction, and appeared 
_at no great altitude; but its real height 
-mvst have been considerable, otherwise 
it could not have been seen in so amany 
pernote places at the same instant. It 
was seen as far north as Aberdeen, and 
as far south’ ag Hull. Its apparent di- 
ameter was somewhat léss than that of 
the moon, and in some places it seemed 
to have a tail, throwing off coruscations of 
great brilliangy. Tt diffused a very vivid, 
pale light, and was visible in its progress 
_ ora few seconds, ‘ 
-. A meteor has. hkewise been seen at 
Bury, in Suilolk. ‘Vhe following is, the 
account sent us of it by Mr. Lorrr:—. 
44 “ Bury, Nov. 12, 1808. 
“( Fastnight, in looking for the phe- 
nomenon above y Andromedwz, already 
“ deseribed, and which T afterwards found 
“very visible indeed, Mr. Pawsey, of this 
tdwn, My. Brosham, of Txworth, and T, 
were struck with ‘the appearance of, a 
‘must beautiful meteor, which was first 
> 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
ee 
[Dec. 1, 
een by. Mr. Pawsey. Tt descended 
~ from near Lyra, by the Serpent, towards 
Ursa Major. Lt was, circular, and well 
defined trom the. first, and continually 
encreased in lustre and apparent magni- 
tude. twas of the most intense silvery 
brightness, with a mixture. of blue light 
near the extremities. It latterly, in.com- 
ing toward the horizon, drew:a line of 
light atter it, which gave it greatly the 
resemblance of a rocket, |The accen- 
sion of nitre with camphor, or the com- 
bustionof metals ia oxygen, give the best 
idea of the intensity of its light, which 
equalled that of the Moon when clearest 
in purity, aud far-exceeded it. in splen- 
dour, Ofiapparent magnitude, when the 
sight is so transiently and suddenly af- 
fected, it is difficult to givea tolerable es- 
timate. But when greatest, 1 think it 
may be taken to have had two-thirds 
nearly of the apparent diameter of the 
-}.. Hour half past 10... Right, ascen- 
sion apparently in an oblique line, nearly 
that of the. meridian, with no very strik- 
ing curvation. Motion even and gliding, 
Time of visibility about 6or 8% 
P.S. <* On comparing stars and positions, 
I think the meteor passed irom N W. to N. 
nearly in this direction between Q Cygni and 
the head of Cepheas cross Draco, and by the 
foot of Hercules, to the tail of Ursa Major, 
the subtense of this arc is about 60°. Ta 
convinced its distance from us must have been 
very considerable at its first appearance, by the 
great increase of its light and apparent mag- 
‘nitude. The former positions, as given from 
Bury, are not to be regarded further than its 
tendency from near the Milky way toward 
Ursa Major. Its altitude above the horizon, 
when first seen, I suppose to have been very 
near 70%.” ey a ee 
ume Swen 
‘ 
A work on Capital Punishmen 
considerable forwardness, which wall 
tain, amongst other arueles, extracts. 
from the writings of Judge Blackstone, 
Dr. Johnson, Beccaria, Six Thomas 
-More, Montesquieu, and Dr. Paley, on 
-this interesting subject. + ha 
Mr. Porwxkce. is.printing a new edi- 
tion of Local Attachment with Respect 
to Home, a poem; as also, the Seventh 
Portion of the History of Cornwall; and 
he has completed his History of Devon- 
shire, m three volumes folio. 
Me. G.. Bunwerrt will speedily publish 
the Beauties of Muilton’s Prose; with pre- 
liminary Remarks and Criticisms, in two 
duodecimo volumes. It is.the principal 
object of this work to give an extensive 
dittusion to the sentiments of Milton, by 
selecting such of his pieces and parts of 
. pieces, as, from their high merit, deserve, 
iv the main, to have a permanent influ- 
ence 
