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Britith Societies; in which théir Rules and 
Orders, their Premiums propof:d, their Re- 
wards conferred, the Journal of their Meet- 
ings, the Namesof the attending Members, and 
ail nee Particulars with which he may be 
favoured, thall be duly and immediately in- 
ferted. And asa few defuitory accounts of 
thefe proceedings would not anfweér the pur- 
pofe of that general information which it’ ts 
defirable to communicate, he humbly hopes 
that the prefidents, vice-prefidents, fecreta- 
ties, and members, of all thefe focieties 
wili fo far patronize the plan, now intended 
to be carried into execution, as to propofe or 
permit the tranfmitfion of their tranfaCctions 
to him, through the medium of their fecre- 
taries; and he engages that they fhal!, in 
exact order, he laid before the Public, in the 
firft enfuing numbers of this.work.” 
I have the honour to be, &c. &c. 
Bradfield Hall, near ARTHUR YOUNG. 
Bury, Suffolk, Sept. 15, 1393. 
There is certainly not a farm-houfe in 
the three kingdoms which ought to be 
without the Annals of Agriculture. 
Every number contains information, 
which, if pra@tically applied, would more 
than defray the bia sala of taking ‘ the 
work for the whole year, independently of 
the fuggettions for enn ae improve- 
ments with which it always abounds. 
Dr. Touimin will foon publifh a fmall 
volume, entitled * Addreffes to Young. 
Men.” The fubje&ts om which they tum 
are, fober- paleo religion, the pur- 
duit cf knowledge, company, converfa- 
tion, fympathy cowards the,fex and mar- 
riage, and on “application to trade ora 
profefficn ; all fubjects ef intereft and im- 
Poros to the manners and happinefs of 
youth. 
Mr. FeERON, veterinary furgeon tothe 
thirteenth regiment of Light Dragoons, 
has ready for publication, A New Syfiem 
of Farriery, including the imp oved mode 
of treatment and prefcriptions recom- 
mended by the Veterinary College in every 
difeafe of difficult management. With 
plates fhewing the external ftre&ure of 
the horfe; ‘reprefenting the exaé& prepor- 
tions of a blood-horfe; anda defeription 
of all the defe€isthat tend to impede ve 
locity. To the whele he has added ie 
eka of curing the principal difeales, 
to which cows, theep, &c. are fubject. 
“<< LInvafion Frangoife,”” a = igi ai da 
and fatirical poem, will fpeedily apport 
fromthe pen of Mr. Amplett, author of 
the «© War-Offering,” 
“A new and improved edition of Mr. 
Byron’s Short hand, edited by Mr. Mo- 
LiNEuX, of Macclesfield, is pow in the 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
[Nov. ly 
prefs, and will be ready for publication 
in the courfe of a few weeks. 
The flavour ef malt-fpirits is faid to 
be highly improved, by puttine three 
ounces and a half of finely-powdered char- 
coal, ahd four ounces and ah half of 
ground: rice, mto a quart of fpirits, and 
letting it ftand during fifteen days, fre- 
qu zently ftisring it; then let the liquor be 
ftrained, and it will be found nearly of 
the fame flavour as brandy. 
In the laft number of the Avrinals of 
Agriculture, the Marquis of EXETER 
fays, that fwans will keep water free 
from weeds. At his Lordthip’s feat at 
Burghley there is an artificial piece of 
water, about a mile in length, which ufed 
to be fo over-run with weeds, that three 
men were employed conftantly for fix 
months in every year to keep them under; 
in which they never perfeétly fucceeded, 
About feven years ago, two pair of fwans 
‘were put on the water; they completely 
cleared away all the weeds the firf year 5 
and none have appeared fince, as the fwans 
conftantly eat them before they rife to the 
furface, °° fi ‘ 
Seeds, water not fatoiénelin ripe, will 
fwin, but when arrived: at full matu- 
rity, they will be found uniformly to 
fall to the bottom ; a faét that as faid to 
hold equally true of -all feeds from the cos 
coa-nut to the orchis, | 
The Lombard Poplar is recommended 
as a timber adapted for flooring granaries, 
which is faid to prevent the deftrudtion ‘of 
corn by weevils and infeéts. . 
Mr. CHagLEsS WYATT invites the cu- 
rious and perlons interefted in the buhinefs 
of the diftillery, to an examination of his’ 
patent method of diftilling ardent {pirits, 
and drying coffee and other fubftances by ~ 
fteam. The precefs may be feen any day” 
at the diftillery on Bank-fide. The ad- 
vantages obtained by this over the ufual 
mode of working are, according to the 
experiments made ona large feale by this 
pentleman, an improvement in- the qua- 
lity of the fpirit; a facility and fecurity 
in conducting the operations a reduction 
in the labour, and in the duration of the 
procels ; aredudtion in’ the expenfe of fuel ; 
and a confiderable reduétion in the original 
expenfe and fubiequent repair of utenfils. 
The boiler of a fteam-engine, in the 
neighbourhood ef Woolwich, lately burl 
with fuch violence as to lay the whole 
building i in ruins. Three men were killed 
on the {pot, one of whom was thrown to 
tne diflance of z70 feet 5 (of twa others 
who were ‘wounded, one is fince dead ; i 
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