54k, Literary and Philafopiical Intelligences, 
Tweed. But it is now intended to be dif- 
played upona larger feale ; and Liverpool, 
Manchefter, and Edinburgh are to be the 
theatres of fucceffive exhibition. ‘Lhe in- 
tended publication will contain the plan of 
acourfe of twelve lectures,exclufively of two 
introdu€tory difcourfes, devoted to a phy- 
fiological examination of the ftructure and 
offices of the organs of {peech, under the 
_diftin&® clafiifications of vocal and enunci- 
ative organs. The plan of infruétion 
propofed by the Lecturer embraces the 
whole fcience of de:ivery, enunciatory and 
gefticulative—converlational facility,read- 
ing, recital, public oratory—the removal 
of impediments—the cultivation of the 
higher accomplifiments of the art :—and 
the objects of the printed outline are, to 
demonttrate, on the one hand, that his re- 
fearches into the elements of the art. have 
not been circum!cribed by the boundaries 
of former inquiry ; and, on the other, to 
invite the criticifms and fuggeftions of 
thofe perfons of tafte and intellect, who may 
confider the undertaking as. entitled to 
public patronage. 
Mr. CRaBB announces a Tranflatian of 
Gefner’s Life of Lavater; to. which are 
added, fome pofthumous Works of that 
eccentric character. 
Another pofthumous Work of Vo.L- 
TAIRE has made. its appearance at Pa- 
ris, and a Tranflation is announced in 
London. 
A corrected Account of the late Difco- 
veries in Africa is promifed by Mr. Ley- 
DEN, in two volumies oftava. 
Mr. JaMES SiBBaLD, proprietor of that 
circulating library which was originally 
eftablifhed at Edinburgh by Allan Ram- 
fay, the poet, is about to publifh a Col- 
lection of Sco:tifh Songs, in which he will 
ufe the greateft pains to admit none that 
are not of genuine Scottifh origin, and 
free from the alterations of negligent tran- 
{cribers or injudicious and impertinent edi= 
tors. He will add a copious and elaborate 
Glotlary, for the execution of which he is 
peculiarly qualified by. his accurate ac- 
quaintance with the dialect now fpoken in 
the fouthern paforal diftri&ts of Scotland. 
A perfon of the name of Rogears, of 
Portimouth, has lately contrived a new 
nietifod to prevent the accidents frequently 
occafioned by horfes running. away. with 
carriages. It confifts in difengaging the 
horfes inftantaneoufly from the carriage, 
without their haruefs, either entirely, or fo 
as to be retained only by the head ; and, 
at the fame time, enablirig either the dri- 
ver, or a-perfon in the infide, or behind, 
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to block the hinder-wheels, or to dire& 
the courfe of the carriage. ; 
A compofition. lately noticed by Mr. 
Davy, as fit for tinging oak or pear- wood 
of a mahogany colour, is made by voiling 
together Brafil-wood and Roman-alum ; 
and, before it is applied to the wood, a 
little potafh is to be added to it—A dur- 
able varnifh is formed (he fays) from a 
folution of amber in. oil of turpentine, 
mixed with a little linfeed oil. 
Some new Travels are announced from 
the French, in Denmark and Sweden, by 
Lovis pg BoisGELIn, a Knight of Malta. 
The Venus de Medicis, the mafter-piece 
of ancient {culpture, is on its way to Pa- 
ris, to enrich the National Mufeum. The 
Firft Conful obtained it from the King of 
Etruria, on condition that he fhould reco . 
ver for the King of Etruria the objects car 
ried away by the Neapolitans during the 
war. Paris will then poffefs the two fir 
ftatues in the world, the Venus de Medicis, 
and the Apollo Belvedere ! 
The great telefcope of twenty-two Pari- 
fian feet in length, and twenty-two inches 
diameter, is nearly finifhed. It is thought 
that it will be fuperior.to both the tele- 
{copes of Dr. Herfchel at Slough. Its 
mechanifm is fo well contrived, that it will 
turh completely round with the greateft. 
eafe ; nor will it require to be expofed te 
the open air, like thofe of Dr. Herf{chel.— 
The mirror, of 22 inches diameter, is of 
wonderful clearnefs' and purity. It is, 
however, not wholly of Platina, as was 
firit propofed, the Platina fent by the 
King of Spain not being fufficient. 
“Mr. Mecuagn, thealtronomer,whohas _ 
fucceeded M. Caffini at the Obfervatory . 
of Paris, is to fet. off this winter for Spain, 
by order of the French Government. He 
is to vifit the Balearic Iflands in the Medi- 
terranean, and to continue the admeaiure+ 
ment of the meridian of France as it pafles 
over thofe iflands. : 
M. MiLuin continues to publifh the 
celcription of the antiquities which the 
National Library poffefles. The. third 
number has jult.made its appearance. 
The Lycée, a well-known literary eftaz 
blifment at Paris, near, the Palats- Royal, 
is henceforthnot to be called by that name, 
that it may not be confounded with the 
other Lycée, already exifting: it is for the 
future to be called the Athenée, or Athene-= 
UM» . 
Mr. Brive, formerly preacher to the 
French congregation at Bafle, who pub- 
lifhed a Tour in Switzerland in 1789, is 
preparing for the prefs a new edition of his 
wale A ~ . work, 
