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men to afcertain how far it is likely to be 
‘of importance to this country. 
Mr. BERESFORD, of Berlin, has an- 
“nounced for fpeedy publication in that 
scity, a Dramatic Library; or,’ a Collec- 
tion of the beft Englith Plays. Indeed, in 
confequence of the impolitic duty, all the 
beft Englifh authors are»now printed in 
-warious cities in Franceand Germany, a 
fold one hundred per cent. cheaper than 
the copy exported from England. 
It is not perhaps generally known, that 
what is called gilt leather, owes its yel- 
_Jow appearance to a covering of tinfoil, 
lackered over with yellow varnifh: this 
‘however is literally the faét, and hence 
‘gilt leather by long wearing becomes of a 
filvery white colour. The fame method 
is employed to make various articles of 
brafs to refemble gold, and to give certain 
pieces of iron furniture, the appearance 
of brafs. To prepare the yellow varnifh, 
- diffolve, feparately, two ounces of pure 
gum lac in forty-eight ounces of ipirit of 
wine, and one cunce of dragon’s-blood in 
the fame quantity of fpirit; then mix the 
folutions and add three grains of yellow 
wood, digeft the mixture twelve hours in 
a gentle heat, then filter the liquor through 
blotting paper, and keep it in a clear glafs 
bottle well ftopped. If a paler varnifh 
is required, the yellow wood may be 
omittede 
An improvement in the preparation of 
Pulvis Antimonialis has been communi- 
cated to the Royal Society by Mr. Cue- 
NEVvix. This medicine was originally mn- 
troduced into the pharmacopoea as a fub- 
fticute for Dr. James’s powder, but is 
more active in its operation and liable to 
confiderable variation in the proportion of 
its conflituent parts; Mr. Chenevix has 
therefore proposed anotner fubftitute not 
expofed to theie objections. It is 
prepared as follows: Take equal parts 
of phofphat of lime and powder of algaroth, 
and diffolve the mixture in the leaft pof- 
ible quantity of muriatic acid; then 
add fome cauftic ammonia to diflilled 
water, and drop gradually into this the 
muriatic folution, a copious white prect- 
pitate will be produced, which when wafhed 
and dried, is ready for ufe. ‘This medicine 
has been already exhibited by fome eminent 
prafticioners, and appears to have all the 
properties of the Pulvis Antimonialis bue 
in a mach lefs concentrated form, fo that it 
may be given in dofes of lefs thaa eight 
grains without occafoning vomiting. 
“M. Kigcunes, M. D. of Worth on 
the Muyae, promifes to make public a 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
| Jan, 1, 
newly-difcovered fecret of mnature!—a 
fomething, which, without being coftly, 
«* poflefles tinging powers, is fire-proof, 
the only true alkahett, and univerfal-medi- 
cine, which contains the firft principle of 
all wifdom, and fully explains the half 
folved enigma, in which the proper appli- 
cation of this alkaheft to bafe metals lies 
hidden. For difclofing this notable, and 
in its kind unique arcanum, he modeftly 
defires only 700 guineas ! 
The Elector of Bavaria has given. a 
commiffion to the Court-councillor 
KLEINSCHROD, of Wiurtzburg, to com- 
pofe for his eleétoral dominions a new 
Code of Penal Laws. 
At the clofe of the year 2800, there 
were 751 ftudents at the Univerfity of 
Halle; viz. 49 nobles, and 702 of the 
tuers-etat. Of thefe 324 ftudied divinity, | 
372 jurifprudence, and 55 miedicine— 
of {the whole number only 91 were foreig= 
ners. 
CHARDON-LA-ROCHETTE has under 
taken a journey into the fouthern depart- 
ments of France, in order to preferve and 
collect the monuments and works of art of 
every kind, which have luckily efcaped the 
Vandalifm of the Revolution. iy 
At the Sitting of the National Inftitute 
of the sth Mefiidor, year 9, citizen Sr- 
CARD was elected to the place of the Sec- 
tion of Grammar, vacant by the death of 
citizen de Wailly, by a majority of 216 
voices: citizen FonTANEs had 203, and 
citizen THIEBAULT 158. 
A ufeful experiment has been lately 
made at Rambouillet, (on the, Melinos 
flock naturalized in France) which proves, 
contrary to vulgar prejudices, and even 
the opinion of a great number of natura- 
lifts, that the wool of fheep does not fall 
off or degenerate by letting it acquire 
more than one year’s growth. Some two 
year fleeces have produced pricifely dou- 
ble, in refpect of weight, to that of one 
year; and the longelt wool of the double 
quantity was equally fine in quality. 
Thus a two-fhear Melinos has produced 
more than 16 pounds of a wool which fold 
for three francs the pound, like that of the 
one-year fleeces. 
The Society of Medicine of Bourdeaux 
has juft propofed a prize of the value of 
300 francs, to the perfon that fhall pre- 
fent, with order, regularity and method, 
the Doctrine of Hippocrates, or a difplay 
of the Hippocratic Art of Medicive. The 
prize will be diftributed in the public 
fitting of Fructidor, year 10, The Me- 
moirs will be received till the rf, Thermi- 
z ; dor 
