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g™APTAIN SCHOMBERG, of the Royal 
Navy, will fpeedily publith, the 4 firft 
volumes of the Naval Chronology ; or, an 
Hiftorical Summary of Naval and Mari- 
time Events, from the Ronians to the 
Treaty of Peace in 1802; with an Ap- 
pendix of Tables, in two volumes, the 
firft of which will contain a ftate of the 
Royal Navy of Great Britain, from the 
year 1502, until the prefent time, with a 
comparative view of thofe of other mari- 
time powers:—A lift of the fleets, lines of 
battle, and fquadrons, from the year 1691, 
with the numbers of officers and men kil- 
Jed and wounded in each action. The 
fccond volume of the Appendix, will 
contain the lofs which has been fuftained 
by Great Britain in fhips of war, priva- 
teers, &c. with that of other powers : 
An account of all the public offices in the 
naval department, with the names of thofe 
noblemen and gentlemen who have filled 
the refpective ftations in them from the 
reign of King Alfred: —A litt of admirals 
-from the year 1660, and of captains from 
1653, with an abridged ftatement of the 
eminent fervices they have perform- 
ed. 
Mr. Cuurcuxitt, the Tranflator of 
Herder’s Philofophy of the Hiftory of 
Man, has undertaken the Tranflation of 
Profeffor Mr usev’s Hiftory of Literature, 
a work which has attracted the attention 
and admiration of the literati throughout 
Europe. 
The New Tranflation of Leonardo da 
Vinci’s Treatife on Painting, which has 
been fome time in the hands of Mr. R1- 
GauD, R.A. will be foon ready for pub- 
lication, with anew fet of plates and dia- 
grams. Mr. Rigaud has now clafled the 
chapters anew under proper heads, by 
which the precepts. fall in regular order 
and fucceffion, to the great convenience of 
the reader. ; 
Dr. Rosert Hami.ton, of Ipfwich, 
propofes to publifh a Hiftory of Health, 
Longevity, and Population, with the Du- 
ration and Value of Life in the County of 
Suffolk, deduced from Baptifmal and Obi- 
tuary Tables formed from Parifh-regif- 
ters; or, Medico-economical Refearches, 
comprehending the Ages of deceafed per- 
fons to the End of the Year 1800, noting 
the Mortality of Children under five 
Years, with Lome Inquiry into the Cautes ; 
Oblervations on the Influence of the Soil 
and Air on Living Bodies, on the Struc- 
ture of Cottages and Buildings ereéted 
for the Poor: the whole affording an in- 
terefting delineation of the {tate of fociety 
in that county. 
Mr. FuLTON, an American, known in 
this country by his improved canal-locks, 
and by a book on canals, pretends lately 
to have difcovered a method of navigating 
veffels at any depth under water, and of 
enabling the perfons who navigate them 
to continue immerfed for feven hours 
without the accefs of fresh air. He 
intends, it is ferioufly afferted, to ap- 
ply this invention to the purpofes of war- 
fare, and, from his ability to appreach 
them unfecn-in a ftate of fecurity, he pro- 
pofes to blow men of war to atoms! The 
experiment has not been repeated in this 
country, but the invention itfelf was made 
the fubjeét of a very tormal notice to the 
Houle of Peers, without however produc- 
ing a very grave effect upon that affembly, 
Should any further particulars of this cu~ 
rious bufinefs tranf{pire worthy of notice, 
we fhall not omit to lay them before our 
readers. 
Mr. G. Dyer will publifh early in 
June his two volumes of Poems and Cri- 
tical Effays. They confift of four parts, 
comprifing odes, clegies, reprefentative 
poems, dreams, and vifions. To each part 
will be prefixed an eflay on a diftin& 
branch of poetry, containing alfo obferva- 
tions on fuch ancient or more modern 
writers as have excelled in it. 
Dr. Mavor’s Univerfal Hiftory has 
now advanced to the feventh volume, 
which completes the Roman Hiftory ; and 
the ancient part will be completed with 
the ninth volume, on the firft of Auguf. 
The modern part, to extend to fixteen vo- 
lumes, will be commenced on-the firft of 
September. The entire Univerfal Hifto- 
ry (Ancient and Modern) is to be com- 
pleted in twenty-five handfome volu:nes, 
either of which may be had feparately. 
Dr. Bas is far advanced in his Tranf= 
lation from the German Schweighaulen 
@ Tranflation, of fceveral valuable 
D:flertations in Botany, by Mr. Kognic, 
is in the prefs, and will be publifhed in 
the courfe of next month. In feleéting 
them, the tranflator has had the advice’ 
of the firft botanifts of this country, 
