1803.] 
of very early age, who have been bereft 
of both parents, and whofe guardians are 
unable to afford them a more eligible afy- 
Jum. The propofer of this plan, being 
pofleffed of a competent independence, is 
influenced by no view of profit, however 
trivial, but merely by a defire to indulge 
her tafte for the fociety and inftruétion of 
children, in the felectionof pupils whofe 
natural circumftances afford her the faireft 
profpect of reward by their intelleCtual 
improvement, and by a friendhhip little in- 
ferior, either in kind, degree, or duration, 
to filial affection. The mode of education 
would be founded neither on the principles 
of that {pecies of philofophy, which, 
whilft it profefles to ftrengthen the mind, 
may juftly be fufpected of a tendency to 
harden the heart; nor on the fafhionable 
refinements of female education, which 
fubftitutes fentiment for reafon, and deli- 
cacy for purity. At the fame time the 
accomplifhments fo often requifite to fup- 
ply the want of female employments, fuch 
as mufic, drawing, &c. would not be 
neglected, and might for fome years be 
purfued without the additional expence of 
matters. —Until a fufficient number of ap- 
plications (addreffed to Mr. Johnfon, No. 
72, St. Paul’s Church-yard) fhall have 
been received, it will be impoffible to an- 
fwer any of them; as the rank and for- 
tune of the propofed pupils muft determine 
the mode, and confequently the expence, 
of the intended eftablifhment, the fitua- 
tion of which will be in an airy and plea- 
fant fituation in the country. 
Mr. Goopacre, mafter of a feminary 
in Nottingham, will publifh, in a few 
weeks, a Syftem of Arithmetic, particu- 
larly adapted to large {chools 3 containing 
a numerous feleétion of examples in the 
moft ufeful rules, on fubjeéts calculated to 
amufe young perfons, and impart fome 
knowledge of the affairs of active life. 
The whole is arranged in a new manner, ac- 
cording to the nature of the fubjeéts, and 
with a defign to eftablifh a regular climax 
from rule to rule. 
The Rev. Mr. GREATHEED, of New- 
port Pagnel, has, in confiderable forward- 
nefs a General Hiltory of Miffions, in 
which he is affitted by Mr. Burper, of 
Coventry. The work is expected to 
make three or four volumes in oétavo; 
and the firft will be ready for delivery 
early in the fpring. 
The Rev. Joun Simpson has in the 
prefs a finall T'raét upon the Impropriety 
of the prefent Method of Teaching Chril- 
tian Theology. . 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. ~ 533 
A new edition, with additions, of the 
‘© Pigture of Chriftian Philofophy’’ will 
f{peedily appear. 
Mr. Knicut, in an Effay on the de- 
ftruétive Effects of the Aphis and Blights 
on Fruit-trees, obferves, that he has fre- 
quently found, that trees newly tranfplant- 
ed have totally efcaped its attacks, when 
every other tree of the fame kind of fruit, 
grown in the fame fituation, have been 
nearly deftroyed. He ftrongly recom- 
mends digging up peach and neéctarine- 
trees once in every five or fix years, which 
are then to be re-planted with frefh mould : 
by this method, a larger quantity of fruit 
of a fuperior kind will be obtained. The 
aphis is readily deftroyed on wall-trees, 
by covering them with a fheet of canvafs, 
and introducing under it the fmoke of to- 
bacco. ‘This muft be repeated twice or 
thrice, at the intervals of four or five days, 
Thote effects which are ulually denomi- 
nated blights, are afcribed, by Mr. 
Knight, to an excefs of heat or cold. 
“© The careful gardener (fays he) often 
covers his trees with mats, and, by almoft 
totally depriving the tree of light, creates 
that blight which he is anxious ta ex- 
clude.”” . 
Mr. EZEKIEL WaLKER’s cheep me- 
thod of producing light, noticed in our 
laft (p. 434.), coniifts in ufing candles of 
ten to the pound, which are to be fet ina 
candleftick fo placed, as to form an angle 
of 30°, with the perpendicular, The ad- 
vantages are, that candles fo placed— 
1. Require no fnuffing—2. They give 
light of an uniform intenfity, without the 
leatt fooke—and, 3. The tteadinefs of the 
light is fuppofed to be of great advantage 
to the eyes, 
Dr. Youn has invented a néw appa- 
ratus for exhibiting the colours of thin 
plates, by means of the folar microfcope. ‘~ 
M. Aupini, Pioteffor at the Inftitute 
of Bologna, and nephew of the celebrated 
Galvani, has vifited this metropolis, and 
given an accurate account of his experi~ 
ments and difcoveries to the Royal Sa- 
ciety, before whom the fame was read on 
the 25thult. By the various experiments 
exhibited by this gentleman, both at Lon- 
don and Oxford, he has eftab!ifhed the 
fact, that Galvanifm is animal eleGtricity, 
not merely pafiive, but probably perform- 
ing the moft important funétions in the 
animal economy. A {feries of experiments 
made by this learned Profeflor fhews the 
eminent and fuperior power of Gaivanifm, 
beyond that of any other ftimulanr in nas 
ture ; and it is hoped that it may be ap- 
oy 3 plied 
