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the relative magnitudes of Selig angles 
may be ascertained, not only when they 
are of the same class as those. formed by 
the meeting of three planes, those by the 
meeting of four planes, the vertical angles 
of cones, &c. but angles of one class may 
be compared with those of another, with 
respect to magnitude; and their mutual 
relations be determined by processes as 
obvious and elementary as the usual 
“Operations in piane. trigonometry 
The governors of Bethlem Hospital 
have recently informed the public, that 
the present hospital, which was erected 
almost immediately after the fire of 
London, upon an insecure foundation, 
and constructed in haste, as well as ina 
wreat deggee with unseasoned materials, 
has long. been in so decayed and dan- 
gerous a state, as to have rendered it at 
Jength necessary to pull down a consi- 
derable part of it, and to limit, in con 
sequence, the number of the patients. 
The remaining part of the building is 
also hastening fast to decay; and. it 
having therefore become necessary to 
meet such exigency, application has 
been made to parliament, in the last 
session, for an act to enable the gover-= 
nors to exchange, with the city of Lon- 
don, the present contracted scite of the 
hospital, for a piece of ground, con- 
gining nearly twelve acres, situate in 
George’s Fields, on which spot, 
ie unhappy subjects of mental derange- 
ment will, in addition to their former 
advantages, possess such superior requi- 
sites of air and exercise, as they have 
never yet enjoyed, which are not only 
likeiy to add in a considerable degree to. 
their comfort, hut also to accelerate 
their cure. In addition to these circum- 
stances, it is necessary also to observe, 
that the plan of the ancient. structure is 
very capable of improvement, and has 
long indeed required it. The governors 
therefore trust, that, trom the superior 
light which has been thrown upon the, 
study of- architecture within the last 
century, and the extensive improvements 
which the science of medicine has re- 
ceived within the same period, they 
may venture to predict the most favour- 
able results from the combited: talents 
of able architects, and experienced me- 
dical professors. With this view, they 
- hate advertised for plans for the new 
building, and_ offered premiums of 2001. 
' for the best; 100). for the second; and 
50l. for the’ third best. designs, in the 
full confidence of being adequately as- 
sisted in their anxious desires to erect an 
hospital which may be at once a monu- 
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Literary and Philosophical ‘Tntelligence. 
fOct. 1, 
ment of a benevolent and enlightened 
age, and an honour to a great and dis- 
tinguished nation, The present imten- 
tion of the governors, is to erect a build- 
ing capable of containing four hundred 
patients, but not to confine themselves 
even to that enlarged number, if they 
shall be enabled, by the liberality of the 
public, to “proceed farther in their de- 
sign. The funds of the hospital which 
are applicable to the purposes of a new 
building, amount, howeyer, at this time, 
to little more than 27,0001. while the 
cost of a new hospital, upon the scale 
proposed, can hardly be estimated at a 
smaller sum than 100,000l. To /effect 
therefore so desirable a purpose as that 
in view, it will be obvious, that nothing 
short of a liberal subscription on the 
_part of the public at large, can suffice, 
The governors, therefore, most earnestly 
intreat the attention of all corporate 
bodies, as well as individuals, throughout 
the kingdom, to the present address, 
which bas nothing less for its object than 
supplying more extensive means Of re- 
lief and cure, than bave ever yet been 
afforded, to the unfortunate subjects of 
the most afflicting malady wich which it 
has pleased the Almighty, i in his. wisdom, 
to visit his creatures; and they are in- 
duced to hope, that such assistance as 
they now require, will not be solicited 
in vain, in a country whose greatest 
characteristic is its noble and generous: 
solicitude to alleviate the miseries, ade 
minister to the necessities, and heal the 
diseases, of its people. / 
Mr. Farey, sen. whose time for three 
years past has been occupied 1 in the Sur- 
vey of the County of Derby, in arranging 
his materials, 
report on its minerals, manufactures, and 
agriculture, which is now understood to 
be in considerable forwardness, has fa-. 
voured us with the following extract from 
his manuscripts: ee 
‘ It appears, that In all England, ‘Wales, 
aid! Scotland, there were, in 1801. rather 
more than 1 one-fifth families to a house, or 
every fifth house has two families in it'and 
more ; but in Derbyshire very little less than 
1 one-seventh, or every 17th house only is 
thus doubly occupied; which ee be ace. 
counted for from the cheapness of stone, 
slate, and lime, to build with in most parts, 
and the plentifulness of coals and clay in 
others, and from the comparative corpfort in 
which the cottagers live, to what is observa~ 
ble in some ether districts, ‘In Great Bri- 
tain, the number of persons to a house is ra- 
ther more than 5 four-fifths, while in Derby 
shire, it very little exceeds 5 one-twentieth. 
In Britain the number of persons to a family 
» ; Onl 
and preparing an elaborate 
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