164 Literary and Plalosophical Intelligence. 
fubjecis. Each effay to bear the figna- 
ture of its author, and a number to ap- 
pear every Saturday , 
The fuliowing fubjetts are propofed at 
Oxford for the Chancelior prizes for the 
year enfuing, viz. For Latin §verfes, 
Plata Fluvius: for an Englifh eflay, On 
Duelling. 
_ At a moment when the attention of 
the public is drawn to the fubject by i 
fenatorial labours of Mr. Whitbread, 
may be proper to record that an matt. 
tion has lately been formed m Albion- 
fireet, B:ackfriars Brid: ge, called TRan- 
@vILLiTy; on the plan ‘of an Economical 
Bank, to afford perfous of all ages, trades, 
and RES, an opportunity of provid- 
ing for their future wants by the payment 
of Pinal fums, in a way ‘calculated to 
fecure to each contributor, or to his 
widow and children, ae bet refit of his 
own economy: and alfo for enabling 
youth of both fexes i depofit their 
fmall favings, to accumulate until the 
time of their refpeétive marriages, to be 
then returned to them with intereit, and 
proportionate premiums. From our 
knowle dge of fome of the parties con- 
ceroed in this eftablifhment, we are wai- 
anted in recommending it to the notice 
and countenance of the public. 
Freth lufirve is added to the Englith 
character, by the inititution in London, 
during the lait month, of a Society bear- 
ing the title of the FRIENDS OF Fo- 
REIGNERS tn Distress; the dehen of 
which is to adwiinifter relief, without 
ditt slg of profefiion, country, or re- 
ligion, to indigent and diftreffed “firan- 
tig ‘who are not entitled to paréchial 
relief; or who, having obtained a fettie- 
ment in this country, may have a legal 
claim only toa bare fubfiftence. It is 
to be’ hoped, that this fociety will direct 
its attention to the repeal of the prefent 
abfurd Alien Bill, and to the encouraze- 
ment of opulent and induftrious foreign- 
érs, who have lately failen under the ty- 
ranny of the Gallic defpot, to feek ain 
afylum in thefe iflands. 
‘The Irith language continues to be 
fpoke at prefent in ‘Louth, Meath, and 
Weftmeath ; in Dublin, Kildare, Wick- 
low, anda the King’s and Queen’s coun- 
ties: very few fpeak Trith; in the fouth- 
weft part of Carlow, a confiderable pre- 
ee fpeak Trith ; mm Kilkenny it pre- 
vails greatly ; in Wexford, it is very httle 
ufed in the “fouth-eatt pa: t of the county, 
but is pretty general in the north-weit. 
In all the counties of Muntier, the Inih 
[March }, 
language prevails, if we except the large 
towns, their immediate neighbourhoods, 
and fome of the country along the coaf, 
It is more prevalent in Connaught than 
in the weft of Ireland: m this province 
the gentlemen find it effential to acquire 
the language, in order to be able to deal 
with the peafantry without an interpre- 
ter. In Ulfter, there 1s a great propor- 
tion of Irith fpeakers. Cavan and Mo- 
naghan contain many; Tyrone about 
half its inhabitants ; Donegal, more thar 
half; Armagh and Down, a few; An- 
trim, a few along the eaftern coat ; ; 
Derry, a few in the mountains to the 
fouth-weft; Fermanagh, fcarcely any. 
An Inititution, on the plan of the 
Royal and London Inftitutions, for the 
application of icience to the common 
purpofes of life, under the patronage of 
his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, is about to be efta- 
blithed at Cork. Upon anplication to his: 
Grace the Lord Lieutenant, government 
have been moti graciouily pleafed to ex- 
prefs the intention, that when the old 
cuftom-houfe, part of which is full oc-— 
cupied by the excife department, and by 
the collector of the cuftoms, fhall be no’ 
longer wanted for thofe purpofes, in con- 
fequence of the erection of anew cuf- 
tom-houfe, 1t jhall be given to thé im- 
ftitution, and rooms fhall be allotted for 
the following purpofes, viz. 
1. A leture room, with oné or two rooms? 
near it for the different apparatus. 
2. A laboratory fur chemical operations. 
5S. A room for the colleGtion of minerals. - 
4. A ftore for the moft approved imple- 
ments of hufbandry. 
5. A {mail obfervatory. 
6. A library for fcientific works, for the 
ufe of the members. 
7. Tworooms for the ufe of the Cork Li- 
brary. 
8. A room for the ufe of the Farming So- 
ciety, or committee of agriculture, in which- 
fpecimens of grain, timber, &e. and ufeful 
notices of various kinds may be kept 5 and 
9. A board-room, in which the members 
of the fociety fhali hold. ther various meet- 
ings ; and which may be occafionally ufed for 
the meetings of committees, on bufinefs of 
public nature. 
It is further intended that leétures 
thali be given on natural philofophy, che- 
miftry, including mineralogy, botany, 
and aericulture. A botanical varden 
will alfo be eftablifhed at a fhort d:fance 
from the city, the objects of which will 
be chiefly acricultural, and im which all 
unneceflary expence will be. avoided. 
Though it will be impoffible to accomplith 
every 
