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in the simple idea of a seat upon wheels driven forward by the feet acting upon the ground. The fore part (vorhandene ausfishrung) in particular, consists of a riding seat upon two double-shoed wheels running after each other, so that they can go upon the footways, which, in summer, are almost always good. To preserve the balance, a little board, covered and stuffed, is placed before, on which the arms are laid, and in front of which is the little guiding pole, which is held in the hand to direct the route. These machines will answer very well for couriers and other purposes, and even for long journies; they do not weigh 50 pounds, and can be had with travelling pockets, &c. in a very handsome and durable form, for a mere trifle.

Botanic Garden. We have much pleasure in learning, that a Royal Charter has been received, constituting the proprietors of our botanic garden into a body politic and corporate, by the name and title of the Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow. It is the first institution of the kind in Scotland so honoured. The directors had conceived, that a seal of cause from the corporation of the city would have given them a sufficient "Persona standi in judicis," but the property lying without the burgh, they resolved, under the advice of their venerable and learned president, and other legal friends, on applying, by memorial, to the Prince Regent for a royal charter. The expense incurred in obtaining it has been much less than usual, their agents in Edinburgh and London having given, in the most handsome and liberal manner, their valuable professional services gratuitously.

The royal charter will give additional security to the property, and increased efficiency to the laws and regulations, of the institution, besides other present advantages, and may lead the way to some of great importance.

It is highly honourable to our city and university to have formed such an establishment for the advancement of science as our botanic garden, which is daily visited as a leading object of curiosity by the strangers who come to Glasgow. Hardly a ship now arrives in the Clyde from our foreign settlements that does not bring some rare seeds, or other donations, and were we allowed, we could mention many very generous acts in its favour, by individual proprietors, and other friends of the science.

The directors have found it necessary to construct an additional hothouse for a conservatory and for stove-plants, It is intended to have it heated by steam, which will be introduced into the other houses, if

found to answer the expectations enter

tained.

The Directors, we understand, look forward to enrolling a number of new proprietors next season, by which addition to the funds of the institution they will be enbled, when advisable, to complete the en

tire range of green and hot houses, according to the original projection.-Glasgow.

Internal Prosperity of the Highlands.It is calculated that the black cattle, wool, sheep, and herrings, sold and sent from the Highland district of Scotland, north of the Spey, to the other quarters of the kingdom, within the last six months, amount in value to at least £500,000; a greater sum than was perhaps ever before received in one year, for the whole produce of this district. We are happy in being able to state, that these great branches of our provincial exports, have been at no period in more flourishing circumstances than at present. And it gives us much pleasure also to mention, that the only extensive manufactories in this quarter, viz. those of hemp bagging, begin to participate likewise in the rapidly returning prosperity of the country. Inverness Courier.

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Royal Geological Society of Cornwall.The Fifth Anniversary Meeting of this Patriotic Association, was held in the Society's New Museum, in Penzance, on Tuesday, the 6th instant. The meeting was numerously and most respectably attended, and many very valuable and interesting papers were read; of which we are enabled to present our readers with a short account, through the kindness of a member of the Society. From this, we doubt not, it will appear, that this Institution continues to flourish, a proud monument of the liberality and public spirit of the gentlemen of this county. this occasion, the new and commodious apartments of the Society were completely filled; and it must have been particularly gratifying to the members, as affording a proof of the general interest taken in their labours, to see so very numerous an assemblage of ladies; there being, we are informed, not fewer than 60 of these fair auditors present. The Chair was taken at 12 o'clock, by the President, Mr Gilbert, who was supported and assisted by the Vice-Patron, Lord De Dunstanville. Among the members present, were, Sir Rose Price, Sir Christopher Hawkins, and most of the gentlemen of the neighbourhood, as well as from Truro, Redruth, Helston, &c. &c. The sitting lasted from twelve to half-past three, when the members retired to the Hotel, where they partook of an elegant dinner, and spent the evening in the greatest cordiality and harmony. An account of the papers read at the meeting will be given in our next.

All the officers of the Society were reelected, and the following gentlemen chosen Vice-Presidents, and Members of the Council for the ensuing year: viz.

Vice-Presidents.-Sir C. Hawkins, Bart.

W. Rashleigh, Esq. F. H. Rodd, Esq. Rev.

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A curious discovery has recently been made at Tarn, a small commune near Valence, in the department of the Drome. An individual, on digging rather deeply in the ground, found a very curious object, which may ultimately figure in the galleries of the Museum of Natural History. It is the body of an elephant, which lay buried in the soil; the head only has been exposed. The mayor of the commune has forbidden further research until means can be adopted for raising the skeleton of the animal. Here is a fresh subject for the discussion of geologists.-Paris Paper.

Suffocation by Carbonic Acid Gas.-Several instances have lately occurred of the fatal effects of carbonic acid gas, upon persons who had inhaled that pernicious air. The manner in which this gas operates, in causing suffocation, has not been distinctly ascertained; but it is generally supposed to produce an instantaneous irritation of the larynx or wind-pipe, and, by shutting that organ, to suspend the power of respiration. It is probable, however, that it has a more diffused influence over the system, and that its action, as a sedative, extends to the lungs, and even to the heart itself; as Bergman, the celebrated Swedish chemist, ascertained, that animals deprived of life by this subtile poison, present no signs of irritability the moment they become lifeless,-a sufficient proof of its paralyzing influence over the nervous system. But in whatever manner it produces its deadly effects, the instances of these are so numerous, as to render it extremely desirable to be acquainted with some method by which we may either check its operation, or counteract its destructive properties. If the caustic alkalis, or slaked

quicklime, could readily be procured, solu tions of these substances sprinkled into wells, cavities, vats, &c. containing carbonic gas, would speedily absorb the deleterious air, and thus prevent its destructive consequences upon persons, who, not aware of their danger, had incautiously ventured into such places. But when accidents of this kind occur, these substances can seldom be obtained either quickly enough or in sufficient quantity to answer the purpose in view, so that, in general, life would be gone before we could avail ourselves of their chemical properties. In these circumstances we beg to suggest, that probably the most effectual remedy for the evil is to pour water from a common watering-pan into the place containing the noxious air. This will produce a two-fold effect: the water dispersed in drops will be in the most favourable circumstances for absorbing the gas, while it will carry down with it a large portion of pure air, upon the principle of the water-blowing machine. The quantity of water necessary for the purpose will not be so great as to endanger suffocation by drowning; and at any rate, the person exposed to it, would have a greater chance of surviving, even if he were completely immersed in water, than if he were to remain the same length of time surrounded by an atmosphere of carbonic acid gas.

Not a moment should be lost in pouring in the water, and if no wateringpan is at hand, the water should be laved in expeditiously with the hand. To some of our readers it may be necessary to state, that the suffocating air extricated from fermenting liquors, and burning charcoal, is the same as the air we have denominated carbonic acid gas.

WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

LONDON.

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The Works of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, now first collected, comprising many hitherto unpublished Writings, and printed from authentic and original Copies communicated by his Friends. The whole arranged and edited, with an Essay on the Life and Genius of the Author; by Thomas Moore, Esq. 6 vols 8vo.

Specimens of the British Poets, with Biographical and Critical Notices; to which is prefixed an Introduction to the Study of English Poetry by Thomas Campbell, Esq. author of the Pleasures of Hope. 7 vols post 8vo. Will be published in a few days.

VOL. IV.

The Principles of Political Economy considered, with a View to their Practical Application; by T. R. Malthus, A. M. 8vo.

The Works of the Right Hon. Lord By

ron.

A new and uniform edition, very handsomely printed in 3 vols 8vo.

History of the late War in Spain and Portugal; by Robert Southey, Esq. 3 vols 4to.

The Life of Mary Queen of Scots; drawn from the State Papers. With Six subsidi ary Memoirs: 1. Of the Calumnies concerning the Scottish Queen;-2. Memoirs of Francis II.-3. Of Lord Darnley ;-4. Of James, Earl Bothwell ;-5. Of the Earl of Murray;-6. Of Secretary Maitland. By George Chalmers, F.R.S. S.A. Illustrated with ten plates of Medals, Portraits, and Views. 2 vols. 4to,

Journal of an Expedition over part of the (hitherto) Terra Incognita of Australasia performed by command of the British Go 2 H

ernment of the Territory of New South
Wales, in the Year 1817; by John Oxley,
Esq. Surveyor-General of the Territory, and
With a
Lieutenant of the Royal Navy.
large map, 4to.

Sermons, Doctrinal, Practical, and Criti-
cal; by Thomas Dunham Whitaker, LL. D.
F.S.A. Vicar of Whalley, and Rector of
Heysham in Lancashire. 8vo.

An Account of the Mission from Cape Coast Castle to the Kingdom of Ashantee, in Africa; comprising its History, Laws, Superstitions, Customs, Architecture, Trade, &c. To which is added, a Translation, from the Arabic, of an Account of Mr Park's Death, &c. By Thomas Edward Bowdich, Esq. Conductor and Chief of the Embassy. With a Map, and several Plates of Architecture, Costumes, Processions, &c. In one 4to volume.

Journey from Moscow to Constantinople, in the Years 1817, 1818; by William Macmichael, M.D. F.R.S. one of Dr Radcliffe's Travelling Fellows, from the University of Oxford. With plates, 4to.

On the Topography and Antiquities of Athens; by Lieut.-Colonel W. M. Leake, Svo.

Second Memoir on Babylon; containing an Enquiry into the Correspondence between the ancient Descriptions of Babylon, and the Remains still visible on the Site. Suggested by the Remarks" of Major Rennel, published in the Archæologia; by Claudius James Rich, Esq. 8vo.

Narrative of the Expedition which sailed from England in the Winter of 1817, under the command of Colonels Campbell, Gilmore, Wilson, and Hippesley, to join the South American Patriots; comprising an Account of the delusive Engagements upon which it was fitted out; the Proceedings, Distresses, and ultimate Fate of the Troops; with Observations and authentic Information, elucidating the real Character of the Contest, as respects the Mode of Warfare, and present State of the Independent Armies; including a Detail of the Difficulties encountered by the Author, after his brigade had been disbanded, and put ashore on the Island of Saint Bartholomew; and of his ultimately being compelled to work his Passage to England as a Seaman on board a West Indiaman; by James Hackett, First Lieutenant in the late Artillery Brigade. 8vo.

Picturesque Views of the celebrated Antiquities of Pola; by Thomas Allason, Architect. Engraved by W. B. Cooke, George Cooke, and Henry Moses. Handsomely printed in 1 vol. royal folio.

Monumental Effigies of Great Britain; consisting of Etchings from Figures executed by the Sculptor, and introduced into our Cathedrals and Churches as Memorials for the Dead; from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Henry VIII. Drawn and etched by C. A. Stothard, jun. No IX.

1to.

Picturesque Delineation of the Southern
Coast of England; engraved by W. B. Cooke
and G. Cooke, from Original Drawings by
J. M. W. Turner, R.A.; with appropriate
Letter-press Descriptions. No X. 4to.

Delineations of the City of Pompeii; en-
graved by W. B. Cooke, from accurate
Drawings made in the year 1817, by Major
Cockburn of the Royal Artillery. To be
Part II. Folio.
completed in Four Parts.
The Thames, a picturesque Delineation
of the most beautiful Scenery on the Banks
of that noble River, from its Source to its
Confluence with the Sea; engraved by W.
B. Cooke and George Cooke, from Original
Drawings, made expressly for the Work, by
S. Owen, and other eminent Artists. No V.
Royal 4to.

Museum Criticum; or, Cambridge Classical Researches, No VII. 8vo.

The Tragedy of Guilt, by Adolph Mulner, which has made so much noise in Germany, is about to make its appearance in an English translation.

Mr Caulfield of Bath is preparing a volume for the press, which will contain every important Transaction of the Regency from the year 1811, to the last Dissolution of Parliament.

A satirical Novel, entitled, the Englishman in Paris, with Sketches of remarkable Characters, is nearly ready for publication.

In the press, Remarks on the present State of Musical Instruction, with the Prospectus of an improved plan; in which the great need of a new order of musical designation, and the important advantages resulting therefrom, are explicitly stated, by John Relfe, musician in ordinary to his Majesty, &c. &c.

A Catalogue is now in preparation of the Library of the late M. Milan. It consists of 22,000 volumes. The Prussian Government, it is said, has made proposals for the purchase of this valuable collection for the purpose of bestowing it on the University lately founded at Bonn.

Dr J. Carey has in the press a new edition of Dryden's Virgil," with Remarks on the Text, as corrected from Dryden's own folio edition.

The same gentleman has also forthcoming a new edition of his Latin Prosody made easy, and Drakenborch's Livy. The Regent's pocket edition."

Shortly will be published, a Graphic and Historical Description of the City of Edinburgh, comprising a Series of Views of its most interesting Remains of Antiquity, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery. The Drawings have been made by J. and H. S. Storer, who will likewise engrave the plates.

Mr Thomas Faulkner, the very ingeni ous author of the Histories of Chelsea and Fulham, announces, by subscription, an Account of the History and Antiquities of Kensington and its Environs; interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes of Royal and

Distinguished Persons; deduced from ancient Records, state papers, manuscripts, parochial documents, and other original and authentic sources. The work will be illustrated with a map of the Manor and Parish, interior views of the Palace and Hollandhouse, the Town and Church, portraits of eminent Persons, monuments, and other embellishments.

Dr Granville is preparing a Series of Memoirs on the present State of Science and Scientific Institutions in France; containing a Descriptive and Historical Account of the Royal Garden of Plants, the Royal Institute, the Polytechnic School, the Faculty of Sciences, the College of France, and the Cabinet of Mineralogy, the Public Libraries, the Medical School, and the Hospitals, with plans of the latter, never before published, &c. &e. Interspersed with anecdotes and biographical sketches of all the eminent characters who have appeared in France during and since the Revolution, in the various departments of Science.

A Prospectus is in circulation of a new weekly paper, to be entitled "The Caledonian," which is to appear in November, at the cheap rate of 4d. each number, for the purpose of diffusing more extensively a knowledge of the progress of science, literature, manners, and political opinions in Scotland.

Messrs Treuttel and Wurtz, publishers of Schweighæuser's Herodotus, in 12 vols Svo, have felt it necessary to caution the public against a mutilated and imperfect reprint of it; and, in their own defence, have reduced the price of the five-guinea edition to four guineas, and the nine-guinea copy to eight guineas.

The Lexicon Herodoteum, upon which Professor Schweighauser has long been labouring with indefatigable zeal, will be published by them as soon as possible.

The Iron Chest, a poem, is preparing for publication, by the author of the Recluse of the Pyrenees.

Mr Westall has, in a considerable state of forwardness, a Series of Illustrations to Mr Campbell's Pleasures of Hope, and Gertrude of Wyoming, which will be engraved by Mr Charles Heath; forming a union of the talents of two of the most ingenious artists of our age and nation, in combination with the works of one of the best modern poets.

In November will be published, Time's Telescope for 1819; serving as a complete guide to the Almanack; containing an explanation of saints' days and holidays, with sketches of comparative chronology, astronomical occurrences in every month, and a naturalist's diary.

Speedily will be published (introductory to a superb edition of the Seasons, &c. with original illustrations and embellishments), a new Biographical Memoir of James Thomson; which will contain many interesting incidents of his early life, and that of his ru

ral patron, Sir William Bennet, Bart. of Marlefield; a fac simile of Thomson's hand writing; and specimens of an unpublished and autograph collection of Thomson's early poems (twenty-nine in number), which manuscript has been preserved nearly a cen tury by the lineal descendants of the Duke of Montrose, to whose sons, Mallet, the friend of Thomson, was preceptor. Togeth er with a compilation, including the criti cisms and essays on Thomson's Works, by Murdoch, Johnson, Cibber, Warton, Aikin, Anna Seward, &c. The volume will be dedicated, by permission, to the Earl of Buch an, whose name, in many ways, has been long associated with that of Thomson.

Mr Zachariah Jackson will soon publish, in an octavo volume, a Restoration of 700 passages to their pristine beauty, which, in the Plays of Shakspeare have hitherto remained corrupt.

Essays on the Institutions, Government, and Manners of the States of Ancient Greece; by Henry David Hill, D.D. Professor of Greek in the University of St Andrews. 8vo.

A Series of Chronological Tables of History and Literature, consisting of Twelve Tables of History and four of Literature; translated from the German of Professor Bredow, of the University of Breslau, by Major Bell. royal folio.

Charenton; or, the Follies of the Age; a Philosophical Romance; translated from the French of M. Lourdoueix.

8vo.

The Tour of Africa, containing a concise Account of all the Countries in that Quarter of the Globe, hitherto visited by Europeans; with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; by Catherine Hutton. Svo.

Occurrences during a Six Months' Residence in the Province of Calabria Ulteriore in the Kingdom of Naples, containing a Description of the Country, Remarks on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, and Observations on the Conduct of the French toward them; by Lieut. Elmhirst.

Night; a descriptive Poem; by E. Ellis ott, jun, foolscap 8vo.

The History of Raymond and Madame Pyrreau. Two volumes. By the Author of John De Castro, Elsmere and Rosa, &c.

A Year and a Day; a Novel. Two volumes. By Madame Panache, Author of Manners.

Castles in the Air, or the Whims of my Aunt; a Novel. Three volumes. By Miss Halliday.

The Bard of the West; commonly called Eman ac Knuck, or Ned of the Hills; an Irish Historical Romance, founded on facts of the Seventh Century; by Mrs Peck. Three volumes.

C. F. Wieles, Esq. has in the press, La mioli, a Novel, in three volumes.

The Rev. Archdeacon Nares is printing, in a 4to volume, Illustrations of difficult Words and Phrases occurring in the Eng. lish Writers of the age of Queen Elizabethe

EDINBURGH.

The Edinburgh Encyclopædia; or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; conducted by David Brewster, LL. D. Fellow of the Royal Societies of Lond. and Edin. &c. &c. 4to, and illustrated by maps and engravings from original drawings by Blore, Provis, P. Nicholson, Furey, &c.

Vol. XIII. Part I. 4to.

We understand that the Sermons preached by the Rev. Drs Ranken and Campbell, in the Outer High Church, Glasgow, on the Sabbath after Dr Balfour's Funeral, are speedily to be published.

A Series of Essays and Dissertations, Historical and Literary; by the Rev. Robert Burns, Paisley.

Elements of Chemistry; by James Millar, M.D. Editor of the Encyclopædia Edinensis. One vol. 8vo. This work will contain,-1. Principles of Chemistry-2. Phenomena of Nature-3. Arts and Manufactures.

Facts and Observations towards forming a New Theory of the Earth; by William Knight, LL. D. Belfast. One vol. 8vo.

The Collected Works of the late W. C. Wells, M.D. F.R.S.L. and E. with a Memoir of his Life, written by himself. One vol. 8vo.

Memorials; or, The Memorable Things that fell out within this Island of Britain, from 1638 to 1684; by the Rev. Mr Robert Law. Edited from the MS. by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. One vol. 4to, with a frontispiece.

Edinburgh Monthly Review, No I, price 2s. 6d. to be published on the 1st of January.

The Rev. Dr Chalmers of Glasgow will shortly publish a volume of Sermons, preached by him in the Tron Church Glasgow.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, and into the Means and Causes of its Increase; by the Earl of Lauderdale. Second Edition, with considerable additions. One vol. 8vo.

Commentaries on the Laws of Scotland, and on the Principles of Mercantile Jurisprudence; by George Joseph Bell, Esq. Advocate. Third edition. Vol. II. 4to.

Mr Elias Johnston, teacher of Mathematics in Edinburgh, announces a revised edition of Professor Hamilton's Introduction to Merchandize; containing Treatises on arithmetic, algebra, commerce, bills of exchange, book-keeping, mercantile laws, and the public funds.

An edition of Selden's Table Talk, very elegantly printed by Ballantyne, and illustrated with Notes, will speedily be published. This publication resembles the curious and entertaining Collections of Ana, which are so numerous in French literature; and in the opinion of Dr Johnson, it superior to any book of that denomination: "A few of their Ana," he remarks," are good, but we have one book of that kind better than any of them."-Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, p. 321.

Speedily will be published, First Latin Lessons; selected from the Classics (with the authorities subjoined), arranged under the respective Rules of Syntax, beginning with Exercises on the First Declension, and advancing by gentle gradations. To which will be added English Exercises under cach Rule, with Notes, and a complete Vocabulary. By Thomas Macgowan, one of the Masters of the Academy, 25 Sect Street, Liverpool. 18mo.

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