* 1814.] Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. gueville, by R. P. GILLIES, esq. are Mr. WILLIAM LINLEY, late in the Mr. LLOYD is printing a translation of the Tragedies of Alfieri, which will appear in the course of the present month. Early in the month will be published, an enlarged edition, being the third, of a theological treatise, entitled, "A New Way of deciding Old Controversies," by BASANISTES. Commentaries on the Laws of Moses, including a dissertation on the ancient history of horses and horse-breeding, in Palestine, Egypt, Arabia, &c. from biblical documents; and an Essay on the Nature and End of Punishments, by the late SIR JOHN DAVID MICHAELIS, have been translated from the German, by the Rev. Dr. ALEX. SMITH, minister of the Chapel of Garioch, of Aberdeenshire, and are now printing in four large vo. lumes octavo. A second edition of Mr. CAMPBELL'S Early in this month will be published, A new edition of the Pleasures of Re- The Rev. JonN OWEN, M.A. rector of Raglesham, Essex, and gratuitous secretary to the British and Foreign Bible Society, has circulated Proposals for printing by subscription, in two octavo volumes, the History of the Origin, Progress, and Present State of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He observes, that scarcely ten years have elapsed, since a few individuals in London and its vicinity conceived the design of forming a society, for the purpose of promoting the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures, both at home and abroad. In that design originated the British and Foreign Bible Society; which, advancing progressively from year to year, has established auxiliary societies, and other kindred associations, not only throughout the British dominions, but also in almost every place of consider ation, through the largest portion of Christendom; and that it is impossible to 447 contemplate the scale on which the ope rations of the society are actually con ducted, and to reflect upon the single fact of its having already issued a million. copies of the Holy Scriptures, independent of its vast exertions through kindred establishments abroad, without feeling anxious to possess an authentic narrative of its early history, and to learn by what steps it arrived at its present eminence, both of reputation and utility. Rosanne, or a Father's Labour Lost, will speedily be published by LETITIA MATILDA HAWKINS, in three volumes octavo. The Rev. G. S. FABER has nearly ready for printing, the Origin of Pagan Idolatry, ascertained from Historical Tes timony and Circumstantial Evidence, which will form three quarto volumes. JOHN PHILIPPART, esq. author of the Northern Campaign, &c. is preparing for publication, the Campaign of Germany and France, from the expiration of the armistice, in 1813, to the abdication of the throne by Bonaparte. The complete Works of the late Rev. ROBERT ROBINSON, of Cambridge, will shortly appear in eight vols. 8vo. A pair of Celestial Hemispheres, projected by Mr. T. HEMING, of Magdalene Hall, Oxford; and engraved by Mr. LowRY, will soon be published, with an explanatory Treatise for the purpose of giving increased facility to the study of astronomy. Mr. R. WRIGHT, a unitarian missi onary, is printing a plain View of the Unitarian Christian Doctrine, in a series of essays. A new quarterly publication is an nounced, under the title of the INQUIRER, or Literary Miscellany. Mr. J. T. BARKER announces the Ship Launch, in three Conversations, (before, at, and after the sight of that very interesting spectacle). AUSTRIA. A late number of a Journal entitled Mines d'Orient, published at Vienna, by M. de HAMMER, gives an extract from a curious letter respecting Arabian horses, written by Dr. SEETZEN, and dated Moka, 14th of November, 1810. The writer maintains that these animals are less numerous than has generally been supposed, and he considers 5,500 as the whole number of horses in all Arabia. He combats the opinion generally entertained in Europe, respecting the beauty and good qualities of this Arabian breed. GREECE. M. MILLIN, editor of the Magazin 8 M 2 Encyclo Encyclopédique, is at present engaged on a Tour through Greece. He has recently transmitted to Paris an interesting account of the travels in Greece of two Danish gentlemen, Messrs. Koes and Bronsted, who were at one period the fellow travellers of our countryman, Mr. Cockerill. M. Bronsted undertook, in 1812, to dig into the rains of Cathaia, in the island of Zea, near Attica. He obtained three female torsos, one of which is of most singular beauty: a torso of a colossal statue of Apollo Musagetes: the trunk of a horse, and several interesting inscriptions which were engraved on the pilasters of the temple. These inscriptions contain treaties of peace or alliance, written in the Doric language, with the Etolians of Naupactos, the Athenians, and the Carystians, of Eu boa. They furnish some novel ideas upon the sites of the four ancient cities of the island. M. Bronsted in returning stopped at the island of Ithaca, so much celebrated by the father of Ionian poe try: on passing by Leucadia to Prevesa, he became acquainted with Ali Pacha, an old governor, full of energy and of a remarkable character. He traversed Albania, and was detained at Corfu by contrary winds. Here he found that abundance of medals had been obtained in consequence of the excavations ordered by General Douzelot. Messrs. KAPOUTANAKI, of Smyrna, are preparing for publication a complete System of Universal Geography, in modern Greek. That part which relates to the Ottoman Empire will be more copious than in any publication in Europe. REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. To the Hero of Vittoria and his brave Companions in Arms, who have excited the Applause and Gratitude of the present Age, and whose Fame will extend with undiminished lustre to the latest Age, this overture is inscribed by William Howgil. 7s. 6d. Tseparate parts, consists of a Violino THIS overture, which is published in Primo, Violino Primo Repieno, Violino Secondo, Violino Secondo Repieno, Alto Viola, Flanto Primo, Flanto Secondo, Violoncello Primo, Violoncello Secondo, Double Bass, and Basso Repieno. This piece comprises three movements: one in common time of four crotchets; one in common time of two crotchets; and one in triple time of three quavers. These succeed each other with good effect; and while the traits of fancy and judicious arrangement and combination of harmony, bespeak the ingenious and sound musician, the general result is such as would not discredit any first-rate composer of the present day. Grand Military Rondo for the Piano-Forte; composed by J. R. Crumer, esq. 25. This is one of those productions which prima facie evinces the band of a master. The passages in general are felicitously conceived and judiciously arranged; and the aggregate effect is such as will not fail to sustain the high and wellearned professional reputation of the composer. ་ La Joyeuse Rencontre, a Pollacca and Ron→ do for the Piano-Forte; composed by J. Gildon. 3s. La Joyeuse Rencontre" is an origi nal and pleasing pollacca; and the ronde by which it is succeeded, though founded on an old Irish air, is so conducted as to assume, in a great measure, the form and character of a newly-conceived composition. The whole is certainly ingenious and attractive, and cannot, as we should Jurger, toe te to judge, fail to be acceptable to practi publication is intended. A Portuguese Air, in Six Variations, for the Piano-forte, and an Accompaniment for the Flute, obligato. Composed and dedicated to P. Palmer, esq. by his Friend J. Jay, Mus. Doc. 38. 6d. Dr. Jay, in his variations to this air, has displayed much knowledge of the instrument for which he writes, and consi derable judgment in general effect, both as to harmony and execution. The ori ginal melody is occasionally highly em bellished without being disguised, andthe adscititious matter (without deserting the original theme) is florid and fanciful. Six Country Dances add Thirteen Waltzes for the Piano-Forte; composed by Beethoven. 9. Ed. We have perused these waltzes with much of the pleasure we should ever exe pect from any productions of Beethoven, The monotonous embarrassment inseparable from a series of pieces in the same unvaried time, is here as well surmounted as such cases will adinit of, and would prove, if proof were wanting, that common difficulties vanish before the magic wand of real and exalted genius. "Don't angry be with Annette," a favourite Ballud, sung by Miss Bolton, at the Theatre 1814.] Progress of British Legislation in 1813. tre Royal Covent Garden, in the Lord of the Manor. Written by C. Dibdin, jun. Composed by W. Reeve. 1s. 6d. The characteristic propriety of the air applied to this pretty trifle of Mr.Dibdin's, does credit to Mr. Reeve's taste and judg. ment. If the passages do not claim the praise of novelty, they are free and connected, and the effect is precisely what the author must have intended. La Joyeuse Rencontre, or the Landing at Scheveling, a new.. · Military Divertimento for the Piano-forte; in which is introduced the Popular Air of Orange Boven! Composed and dedicated to the Hereditary Prince of Orange, by T. Haigh. 3s. This is one of those little time-serving pieces in which we never seek for any thing substantial, or even for the aim at permanent excellence. It is lively, pleasing, and appropriate. To say more of it, would be announcing what the composer himself never meant. The Sailor's Home; sung by Mr. Phillips, in the revived Opera of Polly, at Drury Lane Theatre. Composed by J. Purry. 1s. 6d. This little song, the words of which are also from the pen of Mr. Parry, exhibits a pleasing chain of easy and natural 449 ideas. If it is a trifle, it is an agreeable one; and will, we doubt not, win its way with those who admire simple, appro priate, and unaffected melody. The celebrated Gavotte de Vestris, with Va riations for the Piano-forte, with an Ac companiment for the Flute ad libitum. Composed and dedicated to Miss M. Phil lips, by T. Latour. 3s. This Gavotte, as arranged by Mr. La tour, forms an exercise for the pianoforte, that will be found useful and pleasing. The convenience and improvement of the juvenile practitioner has been successfully consulted; and every cultivated ear will, we are persuaded, listen to the variations with pleasure. The Cobler and the Goose, a favourite Comic Song, sung by Mr. Lund, at Sadler's Wells Theatre, in the Aqua Melo Drama of Rokeby Castle; written by C. Dibdin, jun. composed by W. Reeve. 1s. 6d. "The Cobler and the Goose" has all the merit of being adapted to the place at which it has been sung. Those who laughed at it in the gallery of Sadler's Wells, will again enjoy it by their fire side, and the Lares of London will share the delight afforded by Mr. Dibdin's muse to the Naiads of the New River. MONTHLY REGISTER OF THE PROGRESS OF BRITISH LEGISLATION. ACTS PASSED in the 54th YEAR of the REIGN of GEORGE THE THIRD, or in the SECOND SESSION of the FIFTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM. CA AP. VIII. To provide for the Charge of the Addition to the Pub. lic Funded Debt of Great Britain for the Service of the Year One thousand sight hundred and fourteen. The sum of 22,257,4001. per centum consolidated annuities standing in the Names of the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt in the books of the governor and company of the Bank of England, shall, from and after the 5th day of January 1814, and the sum of 36,542,000l. per centum reduced annuities standing in the names of the said commissioners as aforesaid, shall, from and after the 5th day of April, 1814, be cancelled from those days respectively; and the interest or dividends which would have been payable thereon, shall from thenceforth respectively cease to be issued from the receipt of the Exchequer, or to be charged upon the consolidated fund; and the money which would have been appli cable to the payment thereof shall remain, and be a part of the growing produce of the consolidated fund of Great Britain, for the purpose of defraying the charge occasioned by the addition made or to be made to the public funded debt of Great Britain in the present year. Cap. IX. For fixing the Commencement and Termination of Licences to be granted for the Distillation of Spirits from Corn or Grain in Scotland. The commencement of licence to be the 10th of December 1813, to last a year. Cap. X. To amend an Act passed in the Fifty first Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled an Act to permit the Interchange of the British and Irish Militias respectively. any part of the United Kingdom any part His Majesty, by this Act, may employ in of the present militia force of Great Britain or Ireland, making a voluntary offer to but the commanding officer shall explain to serve, without reference to such limitation; the men that their offers are to be voluntary. This Act to continue in force until the 25th of March 1815. sions of an Act, pussed in the Forty sixth Cap. XI. For extending the Provi f Year Year of his present Majesty, (for making better Provision for Soldiers) to Serjeants of the Militia. Serjeants of militia may, by this law, receive such pensions as shall be fixed in regulations to be made by his Majesty.-An additional pension shall be allowed to serjeants on being discharged. The provisions of the 46th Geo. III. c. 69, apply to the Act. Cap. XII. To enable his Majesty to augment the Sixtieth Regiment to Ten Battalions, by Enlistment of Foreigners. His Majesty may add an eighth, ninth, and tenth battalions, in the sixtieth regiment, and foreigners may serve therein, and it may be employed any where out of Great Britain.---Foreign officers may serve and receive pay. Cap. XIII. For giving Effect to certain Engagements of his Majesty with the Emperor of all the Russias and the King of Prussia, for furnishing a part of the pecuniary Succours for assisting his Ma jesty's said Allies, in supporting the Expences of the War with France. Whereas by two several conventions, aigned at London on the 30th day of Sep. tember 1813, it was agreed to issue bills of redit for the benefit of their Majesties the Emperor of all the Russias and the King of Prussia, for the sum of 2,500,0001. sterling, or of 15,000,000 Prussian thalers, of the denomination and weight of 1764, to be furnished monthly in manner therein mentioned, in the proportion of two-thirds of each monthly issue for the Emperor of all the Russias, and of one-third thereof for the King of Prussia, and to be computed. from the 15th day of June of the current year; the treasury may therefore issue bills of credit, and provide books for funding the same; and prepare bills bearing an interest to be exchanged in lien thereof.Money to be issued out of the supplies of the year, to pay the interest and principal of these securities, &c.-The treasury may appoint officers and clerks to carry this Act into execution, and salaries for their trouble. Cap. XIV. To provide that Property vested in the Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery as such, shall, upon his Death, Removal, or Resignation, vest from Time to Time in those who shull succeed to the Office. Cap. XV. For the more easy Recovery of Debts, in his Majesty's Colony of New South Wales. Whereas his Majesty's subjects, trading to and residing in the colony of New South Wales and its dependencies, lie under great difficulties, for want of more easy methods of proving, recovering and levying of debts, due to them within the said colony; it is hereby enacted, that debts in New South Wales may be proved on oath before a chief magistrate here; that debts to his Majesty may be proved in the same manner; and that lands, &c. in the plantations, are liable to satisfy debts. MONTHLY REPORT OF DISEASES, In the Practice of a Physician in Westminster; from April 25 to May 20, 1814. Porrigo 21 .... Since the last report several new cases of catarrh have occurred, and some of the convalescent pulmonics have suffered a relapse. This may be occasioned by the variations of temperature which still continue; if the middle of the day is warm and genial, the evenings are cold, and perspiration is suddedly checked. Invalids and delicate persons especially should be cautious, and not trust too much to the inviting appearance of a bright sun and clear sky--the easterly winds have not yet ceased; their fatal influence on pulmonary affections is still manifest. The case of tic douloureux occurred in a woman aged fifty, who was first attacked with 1814. Monthly Report of the Progress of Chemistry. 451 with the complaint when fourteen years old. She has been subject to it at intervals ever since. The third branch of the fifth pair of nerves appeared to be the parts affected. The pain was excruciating whilst it lasted, and sometimes continued with little intermission for several days successively. Her general health is good, countenance ruddy, the functions natural. Having formerly witnessed the good effects of liquor ammonia in this very painful disorder, and having received favourable accounts of its efficacy from very remote quarters, from persons who had tried it, in consequence of y suggestion in the Medical and Physical Journal several years ago; I recommended it in this instance with considerable confidence, notwithstanding the length of time that the complaints had continued, The two first days no benefit was perceived from the medicine; on the third, the patient felt faint; the pain became less intense, and more contracted; and, in the course of a few days, the dose of the medicine being increased, entirely ceased. It seems hardly credible that so painful a disorder should yield to this simple remedy, which I have known to succeed when opium, cicuta, ether, and arsenic, have failed. But the economy of the nerves is yet little understood. It appears highly probable from every inquiry that I have been able to make, that the disease in question is seated in the substance of the nerves, which being exquisitely sensible, a cause so slight as not to produce any visible derangement of parts, may yet occasion extreme pain. Tic douloureux does not occur so frequently, as, from the number of cases that are recorded of it, might be supposed. It is confounded with megrin, rheumatic pains, and spasmodic affections, and the consequences of carious bone and diseased teeth, near the parts affected with pain; and these being relieved by various remedies, the t douloureux is supposed to be cured by them; hence it has been deemed by some, a common disease, and one which readily yields to medicine. I do not remember having observed in any instance of the complaint, an external variation of parts, or general disease of the system; the violence of the pain may excite a momentary flush on the cheek, and the patient may for a while refrain from eating or taking exercise; but this is not from want of power or inclination, but to avoid exciting a paroxysm of pain, which is often brought on by the slightest touch or motion. Patients who have sufficient coolness to observe their feeling, remark that the pain is not continued, but comes on in quick sharp twinges or pulses, yet the intermissions are go short as to be hardly distinguishable. I once thought it in some degree connected with a gouty habit, but subsequent experi-nce has not confirmed the opinion; and I now believe that in those cases in which gout alternated with tic douloureux, the occur rence was accidental. Both diseases are highly painful indeed, but the nature of the pain is as different as the symptoms in either disorder are opposite; neither does there seem any assimilation or correspondence in habit, predisposing to either complaint; in other words, the habit favourable to gout is not more disposed to tic douloureux than is the constitution in which the disposition to gout is not apparent. Craven street, May 25d, 1814. SAMUEL FOTHERGILL, M.D. REPORT OF THE PROGRESS OF CHEMISTRY. IR HUMPHRY DAVY has lately read, before the Royal Society, a paper upon SIR HUMPHRYDA Was hitherto never been procured in an uncombined state, as vessel being capable of holding it without being acted on by it so as materially to alter the specific properties of fluorine. When combined with hydrogen it forms fluoric acid, which is sufficiently well known for its power of corroding glass, and, with silica and boron, it forms peculiar acids. He detailed also a number of attempts to decompose silica, and obtain the substance whichi Sir Humphry has denominated silicon, which he conceives is not a metal, but of the same nature as boron, a body which possesses intermediate properties between sulphur and charcoal. He concluded his paper by some observations on the scepticism of many chemists as to the nature of chlorine, and stated that it is erroneous to suppose that oxygen is the only, acidifying principle, hydrogen forming as many acids as oxygen; or that combustion can only take place when oxygen is present: fluorine, chlorine, and iodine, being equally supporters of combustion. MR. JOHN DAVY has instituted some experiments with the view of investigating the nature of animal heat. He is inclined to believe that this phenomenon is owing to the change which the blood undergoes during its conversion from the arterial to the venous state. It is well known that the specific heat of arterial is different from that of venous blood, and it consequently follows, that, when one is changed into the other, the evolution of a certain quantity of heat must take place; but, whether the heat thus extricated is the only heat which an animal body generates, has not been satisfactorily shewn. No doubt, there are many other processes continually carried on in the animal machine, which may and do furnish it with heat: and, until we are better acquainted with the intricate parts of physiology, and more especially with the nature of the influence of ། |