Henry Hudson, De Calore. James S. Huston, James M'Cabe, T. Maccarthy, T. U. Macdonald, T. H. Pemberton, Aneurismate. Pneumonia. Cerebri Concussione. Febribus Intermitten tibus. Sanitate et Vi Animi inter Tropicos. Immodico Vini et Spiritus Ardentis T. Williams, De Pneumonia. Usu. Enteritide. Febre Flava. Dysenteria. nico et Acuto. Variis Ictericis Mor- - Febre Epidemica, &c. Artificiosam. ... College Museum.--The fine collection of natural history, purchased for the University of Edinburgh, from M. Dufresne of ficendi Pupillam Paris, by Captain Thomas Brown of this city, arrived at Leith lately, on board the cutter sent by government for the purpose of conveying it hither. The collection is of great extent; it was contained in 42 large packing cases, and required 12 carts to bring Synocho. From the East Indies. Johir Thomson, De Scarlatina Anginosa. it up from Leith to the College. We are informed, that this magnificent collection is very rich in the ornithological department, which consists of upwards of sixteen hundred species of birds, male, female, and young, in many instances, which renders it highly valuable for the purposes of study, as the change of plumage from the young to the adult, and the difference between the male and the female, are the most perplexing circumstances in the study of natural history. The birds are preserved in the same manner as they were in the department in the Museum of the Jardin du Roi at Paris, to which grand institution M. Dufresne is chief naturalist. They are the result of 40 years' patient collection. The specimens are in general very fine, as M. Dufresne availed himself of every opportunity of procuring the best, to supersede those which were defective in his cabinet. There are several unique species, also a great variety of eggs, which form a valuable appendix to the birds. The collection of insects is excellent, and consists of above twelve thousand individuals. The collection of shells is extensive and brilliant, many of the specimens being exceedingly rare and valuable. It comprises about two thousand three hundred species, and considerably above three thousand individuals. This department is arranged and named according to the system of Lamarck, who is undoubtedly the first living conchologist. There are also upwards of five hundred species of fossil shells, besides a great variety of corals, sea urchins, star fish, snakes, tortoises, &c. &c. When this fine cabinet is united to the collection already in the College, the whole will form a grand and very valuable collection. And it is understood that the new Museum will be fitted up and arranged for public inspection by the end of the year. We have every reason to hope, from the care and unremitted zeal of the present learned professor of natural history, that the collection in the College of Edinburgh will become one of the finest in Europe. It is, however, to be regretted, that there are no funds for increasing the collection; and it can therefore only be aug. mented by voluntary donation. We trust that all Scotsmen going abroad will feel a pride in attaching themselves to its interest, and in adding to it what they can, however small their contributions may be. Skeleton of a Whale.-Mr Bald of Alloa, member of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh, has communicated the following particulars concerning this interesting discovery: "A most interesting point in natural history has occurred in Clackmannanshire. “On Monday the 19th July, while some workmen were employed in making im provements upon the estate of Airthry, the property of Sir Robert Abercromby, Bart. about 300 yards south from the east porter's lodge, which leads to Airthry Castle, they came upon a hard substance, which they supposed to be the trunk of a tree; but upon digging away the earth, they found that this substance was part of the bones or skeleton of some animal of uncommon size. This, from the situation, being close to the Ochill mountains, and at nearly a mile from the river Forth, created no common interest; and Sir Robert Abercromby, with great promptitude, not only caused the bones to be carefully sought after and dug up, but to be washed with all due care, and deposited in a safe place in his court of offices. "What is most singular regarding this horn is, that at nine inches from the root, a hole of about an inch diameter has been perforated, evidently previous to the horn being deposited in the place where it was dug up. All these bones were found at a depth of from 18 inches to three feet from the surface of the ground, in what is termed recent alluvial earth, formed by the river Forth, and composed of a blue-coloured sludge or sleek, with a covering of peat earth a few inches thick. "The situation where the bones were period of time, of which we have no redug up naturally refers to a very remote cord, when the river Forth was here a great mountains on the north, to the rising arm of the sea, extending from the Ochill ground in the Falkirk district on the south; and when the very interesting and picturesque greenstone rocks of Abbey Craig, Stirling Castle, and Craigforth, formed islands in the midst of deep water. "According to the situation of the Ro man stations and causeway, at a small distance from whence the skeleton has been found, it may reasonably be concluded, that the whale has been stranded at a period prior to the Christian era. "The skeleton was found lying in a diagonal direction across the line of march betwixt the estates of Airthry and Powis : and Mr Alexander, the proprietor of this last estate, having, in the most polite manner, granted permission to cut through the boundary fence in search of further remains, no less than thirty additional vertebræ, and one shoulder bone of a fan shape, have been found. This bone measures in breadth 4 feet, and in length 3 feet 1 inch, "The lovers of natural history are under very great obligations to Sir Robert Abercromby, for the particular care and attention he has paid in preserving these very singular and interesting relics of the animal kingdom." Monopoly of Printing Bibles, &c. A general meeting of the booksellers, printers, stationers, and others, interested in the sale of the Holy Scriptures, has been held in the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street, when some resolutions were passed, among which were the following: "That the claims of royal typographers and of the universities to the right, exclusively, to print all Bibles and Books of Common Prayer, under the authority of letters-patent, licences, or charters, would be, if established, a monopoly most injurious to the community at large. "That this meeting is of opinion, that the claims of the universities and king's printers to a monopoly of the printing of Bibles and Books of Common Prayer have been carried to an unwarrantable extent; the prerogative of the crown, in this respect, extending no farther than to the specific editions which the monarch, as head of the Church of England, shall order to be used by ministers in churches. "That, for the better securing the objects of this meeting, namely, to ascertain the precise extent of the privileges of the universities and king's printers, with regard to the printing and vending of Bibles and Common Prayer Books; for resisting such claims as are injurious to trade, and not valid in law; and for obtaining redress for injuries illegally inflicted, a committee be appointed; and that such committee be directed and empowered to adopt all such measures as may appear to them most likely to insure these important objects." Tea-Shrub. The British Resident at the Court of Nepaul has lately discovered a fine tea-shrub, in the garden of a Cashmirian at Kathmandu, originally brought from China, and growing with vigour, and producing ripe seed yearly. He has also found a species of camellia on the mountains of Sivapur, where the tree is called Kisi. It resembles the real tea, and comes very near to Thunberg's Camellia Jakanqua, but differs in the fruit. The utmost exertions will be used to effect the introduction of these trees into such of the British possessions towards the north and west of Bengal as may hold out prospects of success in their cultivation. Specimens of Valeriana Jatamansi (spikenard) and Gentiana Chirayta have been received from Gosain-than, a wild and desolate place at the foot of the Himalaya mountains, situated to the northward from Katmandu, seven or eight days' journey thence, and greatly elevated above the valley of Nepaul. From the same quarter, a very great number of undescrib ed plants, not less than twelve hundred new species, have been received at the East India Company's Botanic Garden, near Calcutta. Native Gold. Some fine specimens of native English gold have been presented to the Royal Institution by Sir Christopher Hawkins. They were found lately, whilst streaming for tin, at Ladock, in Cornwall; some of the pieces weigh each sixty grains. Native English gold has also been found lately in Devonshire by Mr Flexman of South Moulton. Greece. A Greek, Nicol Pickolos, (translator of the Philoctetes of Sophocles into modern Greek,) has lately written a political tragedy, entitled, The Death of Demosthenes, which has been performed with much applause at the Greek Theatre at Odessa. Italy. The number of the Biblioteca Italiana osia Giornale di Letteratura, Scienze ed Arti, for January 1819, published at Milan, contains an introductory paper, by the editor Acerbi, wherein he gives an excellent view of the present state of li terature in Italy. In 1818, there was published at Pisa, by Capurra, four volumes of Collezione di Ottima Autore, intended as a continuation of the Milanese edition of the Italian Classics. These volumes contain the Ervido di Remigio Fiorentino, La Cronaca di Dino Compagni, Savonarola del Governo, La Congiura dei Baroni Napoletani, del Porzio, and La Vita del Giacomini del Nardi. Four more volumes are to appear during the present year; they will contain the works of Giannotti, and the History of Naples by Capeca Latro. Three parts of the Giornale Arcadico have appeared at Rome. They contain extracts from works in the different branches of belles lettres, mathematics, astronomy, &c.; and accounts of the most modern works of art. This journal, however, does not appear to have fulfilled the expectations which were entertained of its excellence. The Journal de Commerce and the Mi. nerve Francaise have been prohibited throughout the Sardinian dominions. Spain. A journal was commenced at Madrid in November 1818, which in time must, no doubt, rival our celebrated racing calendars, of so much value in the annals of the turf. It is entitled, The Journal of Bull Fighting. The first part contains an account of such of those exhibitions as have taken place from May to November 18, 1818. The Infant Don Carlos is one of the principal contributors. An edict of the Inquisition, concerning prohibited books, is shortly expected at Madrid. Holland. A tragedy, by Isaac da Costa, a Dutch dramatic poet, entitled Alphonso I. published by Hengst at Amsterdam, has lately occupied considerable attention. Germany. The Hamburgh Public Library is rich in the literature of all the dead and living languages, possessing more than 150,000 volumes, and is open to every citizen on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The late librarian, Professor Ebeling, has enriched it as far as it was possible; but, during the occupation of Hamburgh by Napoleon's troops, the means afforded him for that purpose fell short. The Harmonic, in the Bleichen, has also a good library for its members; and the monthly subscription is very moderate. Bernhard's German, French, and English library, in the Little Johannis-street, is by far the most respectable of the circulating libraries, particularly in German journals; but not one English review or journal is there to be met with, and can only be procured of two houses in the bookselling trade, twenty per cent. above the London price. The general catalogue of new publica tions offered for sale at the Easter fairs of Leipsig and Francfort, for 1819, contains two thousand four hundred and sixty-nine separate miscellaneous publications, in the Latin, German, and Greek languages. Atlases, travelling maps, general maps, &c. Romances, Plays, Music and music books, 80 124 54 324 269 Publications in foreign languages,- Sweden. There are published at present in Sweden forty-six newspapers; one literary journal; and, among others, Iduna, Penelope, and a medical journal; one also for animal magnetism; and the Magazine of Art and Novelty, edited by Boye. The first part of the new journal of art and science, entitled Swea, contains valuable communications by Wahlenberg, Geijer, Hafner, and others. There are also published at Upsal, by Brezelius, a ladies' calendar, or magazine, and a poetical calendar, edited by Atterbom. There are also published in Norway, besides the political journals, seven other periodical publications. Russia. The system of mutual instruction for the children of the poorer classes, according to the plan of Joseph Lancaster, the British and Foreign School Society in London, and the Society for the same purpose at Paris, has been adopted, within the last two years, in several divisions of the Russian army; and is now so successfully prosecuted, that, from the north to the south of Russia, a considerable number of schools for the education of the children of soldiers, upon this economical and efficient plan, are exhibiting the system in great perfection. Even in Siberia, they have an establishment for training masters, who, when well qualified, are sent to different parts of the empire; and, in the neighbourhood of Odessa, in the south of Russia, there are schools for above 10,000 of the Russian troops. At Petersburgh, there is a school for the children of soldiers, exceedingly well organized; and another, of 250 men, has been recently opened for the soldiers themselves, a certain number of whom are taken out of the different regiments, in order, when qualified, that they may teach others by this method. The progress they make, particularly the Cossacks, is quite astonishing. In the space of fifteen days, several who previously did not know a letter were able to read short words, and even to write them on a slate. Prince Alexander Galatzin, the minister of public instruction, has laid before the Emperor an extensive set of reading lessons, from the Holy Scriptures, for the use of all schools upon this plan in Russia, of which the Emperor has expressed his high approbation, and has ordered the payment of the expence of printing a large edition. These lessons are very extensive, and consist of three parts:-1. Historical Lessons, from the Old Testament. 2. Our duties towards God and man. 3. A brief Harmony of the four Gospels, with some of the most striking facts in the Acts of the Apostles. The selection is made in the very words of the text, without note or comment. The whole is printing in common Russ. The following are at present the most remarkable periodical publications of the Russian Empire:-The European Herald, a literary political journal, published at Moscow, edited by Professor Katschenowsky, containing poetical and historical essays; The Well Intentioned, edited at Petersburg by Ismailow,—a part is pub lished every fortnight, containing princi pally translations; The Patriot, by Gretsch, a political and historical weekly journal; Spirit of the Journals, by Jazenkow, containing communications on political economy, government, and legislation; The Journal of Ancient and Modern Literature, by Ollin; The Promoter of Mental Cultivation and Benevolence, by a Society of Young People; The Russian Messen. ger; the Siberian Messenger, by Spasky; The Ukraine Messenger; The Military Journal; Journal of the Philanthropic Society; Pantheon of celebrated Men; The Casan Journal; The Astrachan Journal. WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. LONDON. PROPOSALS are made for publishing, during the present year, a work illustrative of the Monastic History of the Ancient Bishopric of East Anglia, and present Diocese of Norwich; by Richard Taylor. It will consist of maps, upon a new construction, of Norfolk, Suffolk, part of Cambridgeshire, and the city of Norwich; showing the sites or positions of all the religious houses, colleges, and hospitals, which were there established, at various periods, down to the final dissolution of the monasteries. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield, in the county of York; with historical and descriptive notices of the parishes of Ecclesfield, Hansworth, Treeton, and Whiston, and of the chapelry of Bradfield, will speedily be published, in one volunc crown folio, by Joseph Hunter, Esq. An interesting work is proposed, on the various Public Libraries of the Metropolis, with biographical and literary notices of their founders. The first of its twelve parts will commence with an account of the libraries of the London Institution and of the Dutch Church. Mr J. C. H. Owen is preparing a poetical work, which will be entitled Isabel of the Isles, or the Cave of Nah Vearnag, a metrical Romance of the fifteenth century; consisting of nine cantos, with notes; the scenery chiefly in the Highlands and Hebrides, and the story wholly a work of imagination, all the incidents being fictitious, and most of the characters. The Army Medical Officer's Manual, upon active service, will speedily be published, consisting of precepts for his guidance in the various situations in which he may be placed; and for the preservation of the health of armies upon foreign service; by Dr Millingen. Mr A. Maxwell, the author of "Plurality of Worlds. or Letters, Notes, and Memoranda, philosophical and critical, occasioned by a series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, viewed in connection with the modern astronomy by Dr Chalmers," is printing a second edition, corrected and enlarged, in the octavo size, to range or bind up with the popular discourses of Dr Chalmers. · Memoirs of Lord Byron are forthcoming, under the title of Harold the Exile. Dr Jones is preparing for publication, in one large volume 8vo, a Greek and Eng lish Lexicon. Lieut. Francis Hall, of the 14th Light Dragoons, H. P. author of Travels in the United States, is preparing a volume of late Travels in France. A work is announced, called the Encyclopædia of British Literature; consisting of a methodical edition of the most esteemed works in the English Language, classed under departments. EDINBURGH. A Letter to Sir James M'Grigor, containing an account of the Varioloid Epidemic, which has lately prevailed in Edinburgh, and other parts of Scotland; with observations on the Identity of ChickenPox and modified Small-Pox. By John Thomson, M. D. Regius Professor of Mili tary Surgery in the University of Edinburgh, &c. Report of the Committee of the House of Coinmons appointed to inquire into the affairs of the Scotch Burghs. Glenfergus; a novel. In 3 vols. 12mo. Winter Evening Tales; collected among the Cottagers in the South of Scotland. By James Hogg, author of the Queen's Wake, Brownie of Bodsbeck, &c. &c. &c. In 2 vols. 12mo. Theresa de Valmont; a novel. In 2 vols. 12mo. Series of Engravings (Part. II.) of the remaining Bones of the Human Skeleton, with the Skeleton of the Fetus; by Edward Mitchell, Engraver, Edinburgh. The Explanatory References by John Barclay, M. D. Lecturer on Anatomy, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, &c. &c. Poems, by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, E. To which is prefixed, a Memoir of the Author; also, Critical Remarks on his Poems, written expressly for this work; by John M'Diarmid. Foolscap 8vo, and demy 24mo, with elegant embellishments, from designs by Mr H. Corbould. Second edition, revised and extended. Ossian's Poems, accompanied with Macpherson's and Blair's Dissertations, and a Dissertation with regard to the genuineness of these poems, by the Rev. Alex. Stewart. With a vignette and frontispiece designed by Mr H. Corbould, and engraved in the best style by Mr George Corbould. Demy 24mo. An Introduction to Algebra, wherein the fundamental rules are clearly demonstrated, and the whole rendered easy and familiar to every capacity. To which is added, an Appendix, containing the solu tion of one hundred Algebraical Questions left unanswered in Hill's Arithmetic and Alexander's Algebra; by Robert Sharp, Teacher of Mathematics, Edinburgh. 12mo. |