1805.] 
metly of Cambridge. This gentleman 
taught, at the time,*Hebrew to the 
gownf{men, though not of the gown him- 
felf. There is, at prefent, alfo, in the 
the town an academy for the Jews; and 
we fhould be happy to fee the time, 
when they might be permitted not only to 
view the beef but to fup the broth. 
NO, CCX.—LINES ON THE DEATH OF 
DR. PRIESTLEY. IN THE MANNER 
OF THE ANTHOLOGIA. BY A CAN- 
TAB. 
Thinking, as we do, that national infti- 
tutions fhould be accefible to people of all 
parties, the writer makes no apology for 
thefe lines ; 
Keirat Sunroc ewy ITetsclAntas ev Orpeevoroiy, 
AAD’ sti nas pyun La, xAuTa @WorAAs TUH WY. 
Kestral ev @AAcdaweis piAng aGro GTATELOIS ainNSs 
Zmes evevyevewy Ornbeci “Avyhanwy. 
Teavrng necev xo TEnv01g OLovecs0, 
Love ayurrny S apaposy nat HALOS ELYE Tavaye 
OLvypaes chya, crya GrodvoxepO pros Epicns’ 
Diyacw BWorrg + avrsEgrloreevwv. 
Ou weet VU teem LEgEUS LEew TIIOAE/LIC Et, 
Dirocopos vermesr Bx ETL HrdAorodw. 
AAA? neice Cwvres copiny Agetny TE ceCwpAEV. 
EE agetTng Tian’ nas XAE0S ECL YOK. 
CCXI.—CALVINISTS. 
Tt has been fliewn, that the doé&trinal 
articles of the Church of England are 
Calviniftic. And thus, fays Hume ; 
“< the firft reformers-in England, as in 
other European countries, had embraced 
the moft rigid tenets of predeftination and 
abfolute decrees, and had compoled upon 
that fyftem all the articles of their reli- 
gious faith.” 
-Calvinifts are of two forts, fupralap- 
farians, and’ fublapfarians ; and Bifhop 
Burnet acknowledges, ‘* that the firit re- 
formers were fublapfarians.”” 
<¢ The fupralapifarians fuppofe, that in 
-the decree of election and preterition, 
God did not confider mankind as fallen 
or unfallen, but chofe fome and rejected 
others, confidered merely as beings that 
fhould infallibly exift. The fublapi arians 
“fuppofe, that the elect were chofen, and 
the reprobate paffed by, not merely as 
creatures, but complexly, as finners 
The above paragraph is extracted from 
Mr. Toplady’s Hiftoric Proof of the 
Doktrinal Calvinifm of the Church of 
England, a work written, though not in 
the {pirit of moderation, with a cc mplete 
knowledge of the fubject. But enough of 
Calvinifm ; proceed we to the Calvinilis 
of Cambridge. 
Cantabrigiana.— Experiments on Pit-Coal. 
- obtained from it in quantity 2 
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To the Editor of ihe Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
ELIEVING that whatever has a 
tendency, to promote public utility, 
may find a place in your valuable Muicel- 
lany, I venture to fend you the refuits of a 
few. experiments made on pit-coal;'witha 
view to afcertain whether a gafs may be 
and quality 
fulficient to fuperfede. the ufe of oil in 
lighting rooms, é&c. 
4 diftilled, ina retort, 50 ounces of pit- 
coalin a red heat, which gave 6 ounces of 
a guid matter covered with oil, more or 
1 {s fluid as the heat was increafed or di- 
minifhed. About 26 ounces of cinder 
remained in the retort ; the-reft came over 
» jn the, form of air, as it was collected in 
the pneumatic apparatus. I mixed part of 
it with atmofpherical air, and fired it with 
the electric {park with a tolerable explo- 
fron, which proves it to be hydrogene.— 
Whether any of the other gales were mix- 
ed with ity I did not then determine. In 
the receiver I found a fluid ofan acid tafte, 
‘with a great quantity of oil, and, at the 
bottom, a fubitance, refembling tar. 
The apparatus I make ufe of for pro- 
ducing light isa refiner’s crucible, the top 
of which (after filliag with coal) 1 clole 
with a metal cover, luted with clay or other 
luting, fo as to.prevent the elcape of the 
gas ; 4 metal pipe is foldered into the 
covers bent fo as to come under the 
fhelf in the pneumatic trough, ever which 
I place a jar eh a ftop-cock and a {mall 
tube ; the jar being previoufly filled with | 
water, the crucible 1 place’on the common 
or Other fire as is moft convenient ; 3 and as 
the heat incieafes in it, the gas is forced 
rapidiy through the water into the jar, and 
peony diiplaces it. I then ale the 
cock and put fire tothe gas, which makss 
its e{cape through the {mall tube, and im- 
mediately a» moit beautiful flame enfjues, 
perfecily free from fmoke or fiiell of any 
kind. A larger light, but not fo vivid or 
clear, will be. produced without pafling 
the gas through water, but attended with 
Abiniolce fomewhat greater than that of a 
lamp charged with common oil. 
I have great hopes that fome active me-~ 
chanic or chemitt will, in the end, hit on 
a plan to produce light for large factories, 
and other purpofes, at a much lefs ex- 
pence, by the above or fimilar means, than 
is at preient produced frem oil. 
Joun NORTHERN. 
Leeds, March 8, 1805. 
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