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ing their mines after other and better methods have pepe siggested 
to them? One would be'tempted to suppose them entirely regard- 
less of the lives of théff' workmen. ~~ Man Oe a 
“The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
should apply to the county members of Northumberland and Dar- 
ham, and to the different members for boroughs within these coun- 
ties, to lay the case before the House of Commons, and represent 
the necessity of legislative interference in order to preserve to. the 
country the great benefits arising from the collieries on the Tyne and 
Wear. ‘There can be no doubt that an Act of Parliament would 
be readily procured, establishing an institution similar to that pro- 
posed in the pamphlet before us. It would be better that no fees 
were exacted for liberty of inspecting the plans, or at least they 
should be trifling ; for such things are extremely liable to be abused, 
and to destroy the object in view. | 
“Tn ‘all parts of Europe, where mining has been carried to a great 
egree of perfection, it has been under the inspection and controul 
f Government. That coal-mines should be in this predicament, 
dad that exact plans should be preserved of all the excavations, and 
of all-the coals left, is too obvious to require any illustration. 
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ROYAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE. ~ 
Account of the Labours of the Class of Mathematical and Physical 
Sciences of the Royal Institute of France during the Year 1814. 
I. Physical Department. By M. le Chevalier Cuvier, Perpetual 
Bs ; Secretary. 
(Continued from p. 229.) se 
‘M. Risso, author of the Ichthyology of Nice, has sent to the’ 
Class a supplement to that work, in which he describes several fishes 
that he was not acquainted with when he published his work. Some 
of these are very interesting, by the peculiarities of their character. 
“M. Lamouroux has extended and completed his great work on 
the polypi history, of which we have spoken two years ago, and it 
isto be hoped that he will soon publish it. 
'M. Magendie’s fine experiments on vomiting will be recollected, 
and the invitation by the Class to examine the part which the 
esophagus may have in this disorderly movement of the stomach, 
Though these researches have not yet led to a decisive result, they 
es to him sufficiently interesting to be communicated. 
€ alternate contractions and relaxations of the oesophagus 
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