574 
Since the publication of our Number 
for May laf, an: event has happened, 
which fufpends for the prefent the print- 
ing of the Original Offian ; this is the 
death of John Mackenzie, Efq. [ for az ac- 
count of whom fee page 588.} To this 
gentleman Mr. Macpherfon committed the 
original Celtic, from which he had tranf- 
_ Jated or made up his Englifh Offian. A 
fubicription, amounting to a thoufand 
pounds, for the purpofe of pablithing 
this original, was raifed among the off- 
cers and others from the Highlands, in 
India, and remitted to Mr. Maepherfon, 
His fon and heir. (who had himfelf made 
-alarge fortune in the capacity of Britith 
Agent, for ten or twelve-years, at the 
Court of the Nizam}, Mr. Macpherfon of 
Barliviile in Inverniefsthire refules or de- 
clines to give up the money fo fubfcribed, 
An aétion has been inftituted againft him, 
for the purpofe of compelling him to give 
up the thouland pounds, in the Court of 
Seffions in Scetland, by Sir John Murray, 
in whofe hands the money was placed, 
and by whom it was remiited to the elder 
Mr. Macpherfon. Mr. Mackenzie, whe- 
ther trufting wholly to this fund, or ac- 
tuated merely from motives of patriotifm, 
and regard for the memory of his friend, 
had begun and made fome progrefs in the 
printing of the original Offian, with the 
literal Latin Verfion noticed in our laft.— 
All expences were defrayed by Mr. Mae- 
kenzie from his own funds, His-death, 
of courfe, fufpended the work ; and whe- 
ther it will ever be refumed, is thought, 
is amatter that will depend oa the iffue of 
the fuit inftituted by Sir John Murray 
againit the fon and heir of the Ofian 
Macpherfon. 
Tre Arcus, a newfpaper publifhed 
in Paris inthe Englifh language, and the 
profefied bufinefs of which is- to vilify 
the Englifh charaéter and Government, is 
at this time conducted by THomMas Dur- 
TON, a man whefle name is known in 
England as Editor of the Dramatic Cen- 
for, and as the author of a fulfome Pane- 
gyric on the Life and Chara€ter of the 
prefent King! 
On Wednefday June 15, the triple In- 
feription of Roletta, which has Jain for 
fome time in the Library of the Society of 
Antiquaries, was removed to the Mu- 
feum, and cepofited with the reft of the 
Antiquities from Egypt. 
The Academical Inftitution for the 
Education of Young Men, as well for 
' Civil and Commercial Life, as for Minif- 
terial Duties among Diffenters, which has 
been carried on for the Jaft feventeen years 
with great credit and refpeCtability at 
Varieties, Literary and Philofophical. 
-eryftallization be diflipated ; 
[July 1, 
Manchefter, is about to be removed to 
the city of York, where it will be under 
the immediate dire€tion of the Rev. 
Charles Wellbeloved, and other gentle- 
men well qualified to fuperintend the edu- 
cation of youth in the various branches of 
{eience, and claffical and biblical literature: 
A Courfe of Leétures, explaining the 
application of the principles of Chemiftry 
to the various operations of Agriculture, 
has been prepared by Mr. Davy ; and the 
Introdu&tory Lecture has been read before 
the Board, at their houfe in Sack ville-ftreet. 
Dr. TouLMin has in the prefs, a Re- 
view of the Preaching of the Apoftles ; 
or, the Praétical Efficacy of the Unita- 
rian. Doétrines proved and illuftrated 
from the Aéts of the Apoftles, and the 
Epiftles of Paul to Timothy and Titus. 
Perhaps it deferves to be recorded as an 
anecdote in the hiftory of Englith litera- 
ture, that of the genuine edition of the Let- 
ters and Works of Lapy Mary Wort- 
LEY MontTacu, publifhed during the cur- 
rent month, nearly two thoufand copies 
were actually fold by the publifher in his 
firft delivery, within three days. 
The following are the ingredients, ia 
proper proportions, for making the artifi- 
cial ftone, which is a manufacture grow- 
ing into confiderable importance :—Pipe- 
clay, 10 bufhels—brown pot-rubbihh, i.e. 
broken fpruce-beer bottles, &c. 4 ditto— 
Glafs-bottle ditto, 2 ditto—Flint ditto, x 
ditto—Croydon, i. e. very white fand, 13 
ditto. Thefe materials are to be ground 
and fifted; if they are for figures, the 
very fine parts only are to be ufed ; but if 
for the purpofe of contratting the fize of 
ftoves, or other rough work, the coarfe 
may be made ufe of. Figures,. and other 
finifhed articles, muft be baked in afurnace. 
It has been difcovered that an excel- 
lent varnifh may be made from /andarac 
in the following manner :—1« The pro- 
portions fhould be two parts of alkohol 
and one of fandarac. 2. The fandarac 
muft not be pulverifed. 3. The folution 
fhould be made cold, and fhould be pro- 
moted by frequent agitation. By obferv- 
ing thefe rules, the varnith, when applied, 
is almoft always prevented from becoming 
of an opaque white in drying, which is 
occafioned by a portion of the frefh fub- 
fiance (when the. fandarac is pulverifed) 
that is held in folution by means of heat 
and the aid of refin. 
M. Basse gives the following as the 
beit method of preparing muriatic ether 
with the fimple acid :—‘* Melt marine- 
falt in a crucible, and keep it in fufion an 
hour, or till the whole of the water of 
put twenty 
ounces 
