diets but T fhould be glad to know how 
the malt can be properly bruifed. I have 
feen bruifixg-machines exposed for fale : but 
T apprehend that thefe are very il} calcu- 
lated for the purpofe ; the cylinders: (of 
eaft iron |). being fluted, and with ‘very 
narrow flutings. 7 indeed we could ob- 
tain pure clean- nm it, 1 fhould be far from 
objecting to the flutings + but (whether 
from chance or chan) the malt, ‘retailed 
in Londen, contains fo great a quant.ty 
of fall flirts and grav wih that, in {pite of 
the molt cane! hte, ng, a a fufficient portion 
will efcape through the fheve, to damage 
the ftrony, well- cempered teeth of am: Ii, 
and coniequentls e! prefume) to break and 
detiroy the brittle, flender futings of thole 
caft-ivoncy hinders. 
From the miichief done in a fhort time 
toa malt-mill of mine by the {mall filnts 
and gravel which had pafled in {pite of a 
very careful fitting, I have often withed 
for a bruifing-machine, if I could procure 
one that were lefs\ habie to. injury 
than thoie above mentioned 
fiuted calt-iron cylinders, ; and I thall.be 
much indebted to any of your Correfpon- 
dents who will kindly inform me, cither 
from his own experience or knowledge, or 
from probable reaions, wherher any "well- 
founded objeétion egilt agamft plane cylin- 
ders 5 as I conceive that. thefe would bid 
defiance to the flints and gravel. 
F naturally prefume that the plate cy- 
finders would require to be of larger dia- 
meter than ‘the flured ones : otherwile 
they would probably not file the Braue 
unlefs they were let fo wide afunder, as 
fa & to defeat the intended purpole of 
HE But I forbear all further re. 
aia hoping that fome obliging Corre- 
i ciatene, will favour the public with more 
$11 isfa€tory information wpen a fubject 
which is jotereiting, so a very confiderable 
number of private families, 
Sir, your conftant reader, 
April 10, 1805. ZYTHOPGUS. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Megazine 
Sik, ; 
SHALL be glad to receive from any 
of your Co1refpondents, in@rugtion 
where to feek for an euthentic Hiséry ot 
the Prophet Mah omet, from the period of 
the deciaration of his mififén, until we 
find him at the head of an armed force.— 
This part of his hiftory muft be very in- 
terefting to every ene who exerciles bim- 
felf in the @udy of philoiophy and reli- 
gion. I once made this inquiry of the 
late Mr. Gilbert Wakefield, who was 
3 
Hiftory of Mahomet.—Lift of Poets Laureat. 
with the. 
as well as to,. 
[May 15 
known to ‘have addicted himfelf to the. 
ftudy of Oriental learning, He faid he 
was entirely ata lofs where to find fuch 
particulars of the life of Mahomet, and 
his progrefs to power; or thofe after which. ., 
I inquired. Certainly fome accounts of 
this-nature muft exift; but he who expeéts. . 
to find them in the popular Sermons of 
Profeflor White, or any other of the 
writers in this country who have attempt- 
ed to compare the progrefs of Mahome- 
tanifm with that of Chr Mianity, ,will, I 
fear, be miferablydifappointed. I fufped 
that there are to be found amongft the 
readers of your Magazine, as many indi- 
viduals attentive to the hiftory of opinions 
and the philoiophy of the human mind, as 
can be found jn any on of them in this 
country. S. TOMKINS.’ | 
- London, March 8, i 
pecutiegt a <2 oan - 
Yo the Editor of ihe Monthly Magazine. . 
SiR, 
a ieply to your correfpondent Quiehi- 
tor (lat Mag. p. 105), inquiring 
about the Poets Laureat, take the follow. 
ing lift of them : ee 
Be aie Andrews, 1486, 4 
Johan Kay, circa,14g0, | és) 
Rev. John Skelto sath in the ti- 
tle to-his poems. ed z1ft June, 1529.-/ 
« e e s . 
¥dmund Spenfer, circa 1590. . Died. 
1598. 
Samuel Daniel, 159% or g-. Died 
16:9. 
Benjamin Jonfon, 1619. Died 6th Au- 
guilt, 1627. 
Sir, William Davenant, 1637. Died - 
oth April, 1668. ; 
John Dryden, Eig. 1668: Dilmified 
as a Papiit 1683. - | 
Thomas Shadwell, 1688. Died oth 
December, 1692. 
Nahum 7 ate 1692, 
Died 12th Au-. 
ulty .L7 rR Hi 
= nies clas Rowe, 1716. Died 6th De- . 
cember, 1718. ha) 
Rev. Laurence Eufden, 1718. 
Died 
27th September, 1730. - ‘ 
Coliey Cibber, December, 1730. Died 
saith Deeember,.1757. 
William Wohitchead, December 1g 
Died agch Avril, 1735. ri 
Rev. Phobias Wart on, B D, 27th 
Aptil, 1785." Died 27% May, yd: shin 
Henry James Pye, Efg. und:rifoed to 
be his fuceflor'; but‘his appointment was 
hever announced in the Gazette. iF >? 
March 19). 1805. Beis: 
: Jo 
