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~ back when ftruck by the flint, a fmall pro- © 
jection is made at the lower part, which 
eatches. upon a falfe pan beneath, in.the 
fame manner as with the common gun- 
locks. The patentee alfo makes fome al- 
teration in the chamber of the piece, which — 
is to narrow the-bore a little beyond the 
Literary and Philofephical Intelligence: 
{April 1, 
powder chamber, in order that the ram-rod 
may not quite reach the bottom of the 
piece, and thus to prevent the powder be- 
ing much preffed by ramming, which will 
make it be lighter, and as he conceives, 
will caufe the explofion to be more inftan- 
taneous and powerful. | 
-. VARIETIES, LirERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL. © 
Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domeflic and Foreign. 
* © Authentic Communicaticns for this Article will always be thankfully received. 
HE want of a tolerably complete, ac- 
curate, and {cientific fyitem of Modern 
Geography, embracing the lateft difcove- 
ries and partitions, has been regretted by 
many. We are glad to hear that fucha 
work is in the prefs,*and will appear early 
next winter, in two quarto volumes ; di- 
gefied on an entirely new plan, and illuf- 
trated with 4¢ or 50 maps, by that emi- 
nent geographer ARROWSMITH, engraved 
in a new and beautiful manner by Lowry. 
The geographiéal defcriptions of the va- 
rious countries, according to the lateft in- 
formation, and with conftant references to 
the authorities, by Mr. Pinkerton, 
the aftronomical part by Profeffor Vince 
ef Cambridge, and the botanical, by Mr. 
ARTHUR AIKIN. ; 
Mr. GitBertT WakEFIELD will pub- 
Jifh in a few days, a Differtation on the 
Meafures-of the Greek Poets, who have 
written in hexameters ; in which fome ge- 
neral rules are laid down of very extenfive 
application, and of effertial utility in the 
illuftration and correction of thofe writers. 
Lefures on Virgil by Mr. Gilbert 
Wakefeld. It having been fuggefted 
_ by fome friends that lectures on fome 
principal claflic author, being unexcep- 
tionable in their fubjeé&t, ufeful in their 
tendency, and unconneéted with all politi- 
cal and theological opinions, would not be 
unfavourably received by the public, 
Mr. Wakefield propofes to read lectures 
on VIRGIL; an author of ,fuch pre-emi- 
nent accomplifhments as to render him pe- 
culiarly adapted to the purpofe; and the 
fecond AEneid is felected for the firft courfe. 
Thefe lectures will be philological, criti- 
cal, and explanatory ; as intelligible and 
fimple, as is coniiftent with novel and in- 
terefling information ; unfolding and. il- 
luftrating whatever refpeéts the etymolo- 
gies, the proprieties, the energies and ele- 
gancies of exprefiion; the peculiarities of 
compofition; the confiruétion and the 
beauty of the numbers 5’ with fuch occas 
fional illuftration from other authors, 
Greek and Latin, as may feem likely to 
promote the general objeéts of this under- 
taking. It is prefumed alfo that the lec- 
turer’s long and diligent attention to fuch 
fubj:éts may render his performance not 
wholly uninftructive to {cholars of fupe- 
rior proficiency, who may be induced to 
give their attendance from an opinion of 
the importance of claffical information, 
congenial with his own. The leétures 
will extend from 12 to 16 in number, will 
occupy about an hour and a-half each, 
and will complete the fecond AEneid. It 
is propofed to commence the leétures in 
the firft week in June. Notice wiil be 
advertized in due time, where tickets (at 
three guineas for the courfe) may be had, 
as likewife of-all particulars refpeéting the 
place and hour of lé@turing. . 
Mr. FELL’s Tour in the Batavian Re- 
public during the three laft months of the 
laft year, containing an accurate view of 
its prefent domeitic condition, of the:-ef- 
fe&ts of the war, the change of govern- 
ment, &c.. &c. &c. will -be publifhed in 
the enfuing week. - : 
Mr. Pratt, whofe interefting Glean- 
ings in Wales, Holland, Weftphalia’ and 
England, have been fo univerfally read and 
approved of, propofes fpeedily to publifh 
the third and laft volume of his Gleanings 
SS ‘ 
in England, including, among a variety of — 
other topics, Gleanings of London. - — 
A. new and improved edition of the Nonz- 
conformiis Memorial, is undertaken by 
Mr, Palmer of Hackney. It is, we un 
derftchc, to be embellithed with upwards 
of 24 hew engravings, of the ejected mi- 
nifters« 
Ma. Fuze, R. A. himfelf a native 
of Zurich, and intimately acquainted with 
Lavater, has undertaken to write a life of 
that extraordinary man and an account of 
his writings. In all refpeéts Mr. Fuzeli is 
eminently qualified for this undertaking- 
_ The public is already in pofleflion, 
i 
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