to himself. "So it is with poets," said he, "as he walked off, they think that all the PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE. world is looking at them, or is at their feet, while, in truth, nobody cares, whether they exist." English Grammar taught by Machinery. ROYAL SOCIETY. Remarkable cure by Electricity. May 2.-Dr. Nixon communicated an account by Dr. Serres, of a singular case of MR. BROWN informs his friends and complete euphony cured by electricity. The subject was a young French officer, who at patrons of useful Learning, that he continues to give instruction in English Gram- the battle of Dresden was in the act of mar, at No. 3, Water-street. By the ope- giving the word of command, when a ball rations of a Machine calculated to exhi-passed him, the effect of which on the air bit the power, dependence and relation of Language. However novel or wonderful it may appear to persons unacquainted with this important improvement, the Inventor is authorized by the success which he has had in this and other places to state, that the illustrations of the principles of grammar expressed by the operation of this machine, are so clear, perfect, and forcible, that per sous of suitable age, who are able to read, can acquire a correct knowledge of Eng lish grammar in the short space of forty hours.-Boston Paper, North America. We congratulate the American public on this notable discovery. It is impossible, that, as men of letters, we should under knocked him down, at the same time rendering him speechless, and for a day almost insensible. Two men near him were killed by the ball, which did not touch him. In the hospital at Dresden he partially recovered the use of his left side and hearing, which his voice were in vain, and he was diswere impaired; but all efforts to recover charged as an invalid. His hearing was still very confused, but his smell was preternaturally acute, and the smell of coffee was altogether intolerable to him. His tongue had contracted into a small protuberance in his mouth about the compass of an inch, and his left side continued benumbed, till he was prevailed on to be electrified by Mr. Tinman of Brussels. He had not been electrified above seven or eight times, when his hearing was improved, and his tongue began to expand. Mr. T. then passed shocks through his mouth and down to his stomach, when he hastily got up, and in a low voice returned thanks to the operator, and ran off to Amsterdam like a person deranged. He re value it. Far be it from us to set limits to the human powers, or to American ingenuity but, we hope, that after the powers and reputation of this machine shall have been fully established in the country which gave it birth, that, in pity to the "Old Country," Mr. Brown will commu-turned, however, in a few days perfectly nicate the secret of its operations to some cured in his voice, which is now better than it was before the accident; but he of our worthy Patriots in the City of Lon-still feels some pain in his left leg, and ocdon, pro bono publico. All must anticipate with pleasure the beneficial "operations of a machine so clear, perfect, and forcible, that persons of a suitable age, who are able to read, may acquire a correct knowledge of English Grammar in the short space of Bravo! Bravissimo!! FORTY HOURS." Thank ye kindly :—as much as if we did. An anonymous Friend informs us, that the oysters sold in small kegs as "French pickled oysters," are in the highest degree poisonous, and recommends us, if we doubt what he says, to eat four or five, which would afford us proof positive! We thank him for the hint, but shall abstain from a trial of the experiment. N. B. Pickled oysters are not the only things imported from France, which we pronounce poisonous, without hazarding an experiment. casionally in foggy weather, an oppression on the chest. But after eight months aud twenty-five days he recovered his voice completely. Immense mass of Meteoric Iron. May 16.-A letter from Mr. Mornley to Dr. Wollaston was read, describing an immense block of meteoric iron found in Brazil, about 50 leagues from Bahia. This extraordinary mass was discovered near the bed of a river, in a sterile country, where the granite rocks occasionally surmount, and are never more than twelve feet below, the surface of the soil; there are few trees, aud those stunted; and hedges are formed of a species of euphorbia, the juice of which emits a phosphorescent light, and is highly deleterious to the skins of animals. The block of meteoric iron measured about 6 feet by 4, and the author calculated that it contained 28 cubic feet, and weighed 14,000lbs. An unsuccessful attempt was made about thirty years ago to transport it to Bahia, and for this purpose forty pair of oxen were employed; but the apparatus failed, and the attempt was abandoned. It was removed only some yards, and now lies in lat. 10° 33' south, There are thermal springs in that country, the temperature of which was from 81 to 101, the atmosphere being 77 and 88; the water contains iron, is bitter, and clear. Common salt abounds, and is collected by the inhabitants; but it is bitter, and purgative to those unaccustomed to its use. Dr. National Register : FOREIGN. AFRICA: NORTH. Visitor Extraordinary. The Princess of Wales was at Tunis ten days before the arrival of Lord Exmouth's squadron: the government of Tunis received her with great distinction, and on the 20th of April she went on board the Admiral's vessel, commanded by Lord Exmouth, where a grand dinner was given: the Journal de Paris says, that the Princess has left Tunis to proceed to Alexandria in Egypt. Wollaston analysed the specimen which the author succeeded in chisseling from the block, which he found to be magnetic. In Dr. W's analysis he found it to contain about 4 per cent of nickel; the mineral is crystalized; he dissolved it in nitric acid, added ammonia, and precipitated it with a triple prussiat. The specimen given to Dr. W. he found to be susceptible of mag-Lloyd's, at Marseilles, dated May 18:netism, like all native iron ore; he therefore confirms the author's observations on the magnetism of the entire block, which does not at present lie in the direction of its poles. Ice at the bottom of Water. May 23.-A letter to the President from T. A. Knight, Esq. F.R.S. was read, containing his observations on ice found in the bottom of running water. Last February Mr. K. observed uear his residence, that ice was attached to stones at the bottom of a river, while the surface was only covered with innumerable spiculæ, but not converted into solid ice. He likewise found ice below water near a mill, where the water had been precipitated over stones; from the circumstance of the water having spiculæ running on its surface, and its temperature being quite as low as the freezing point, he is inclined to think that these spiculæ have been carried to the bottom by eddies and water-falls, and that coming in contact with certain stones somewhat cooler than the water, in this manner solid ice was formed at the bottom of rivers. If however, ice has been found at the bottom of stagnant water, he admitted that this theory would be inadequate to explain the phænomenon. Of the latter circumstance, indeed, he appeared to have no perfect knowledge. In the sixth volume of the O. S. of the Literary Panorama is a curious paper on the subject of Ground Ice, taken from the Gentleman's Magazine. It seems that the bottom of the river Avon, which flows from Salisbury to the Sea, is the seat of this phenomenon, which congeals in the form of wool. Perhaps a comparison of the two cases by a close observer, might contribute to the explanation of both. Extract of a letter from the Agent at "There was a violent insurrection at Tunis, the beginning of this month. The insurgents killed the Bey, and offered the crown to his brother, who refused it, fearing they were betrayed. They got possession of the Galeta, and forts, by stratagem, and spiked the guns; they then took possession of five corsairs, armed with 10 or 20 guns each, viz. one brig of 20 guns and 170 men; one brig of 18 guns; two schooners of 16 guns; with which they sailed, taking with them a very rich booty, and several of the principal people. It is uncertain where they are gone, but it is supposed to Constantinople." It is understood that this was an out rageous disturbance among the Turkish soldiery, who massacred a great number of Christians then on shore. Further particulars are anxiously waited for. A report has just reached us of a similar atrocity at Algiers; on May 23d. AMERICA: SPANISH. The war in South America wears of late and Patriots are fighting through an extent an aspect of added horror. The Spaniards of country of more than a thousand leagues, with a degree of ferocity that would be incredible, were it not attested by eye-witnesses of undoubted veracity. That Revolution, which, in 1810, was confined within the limits of a few provinces, is now become general. How this contest will end, cannot be foreseen.-Nearly all the provinces north of the city of Mexico are in the power of the Patriots. The Royalists are in possession of the South of Mexico, and principally of the chief towns of the South.-From the Province of Choco, in the Gulph of Darien, as far as Quito, the country is in a complete state of in surrection. AMERICA: UNITED STATES. Medical Opinion: Mortality. The Consumption has, for several years past, formed a frightful proportion of our Weekly Obituary-a proportion not to be charged to our climate solely. Among its victims at least two thirds are females, and we are authorised by one of the most intelligent physicians of this city, to state that in very many of the cases of female consumption that have come under his observation, the disease has been induced by the wearing of Corsets. Such an intimation from a respectable source should not be Jost upon Parents.-(New York.) City In-tremities, the middle forms a curve of about spector's report. ceived it from Messrs. Norris and Kain, who got it from the quarry in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Since the receipt of this extraordinary sample, another of a far more considerable size, has been procured by Mr. Meyher, from Stockbridge. This he is preparing for a place in Dr. Mitchill's cabinet of mineralogy. The dimensions of this stone are as follows: breadth, one foot and ten inches; length, five feet; and thickness, two inches: making a mass of two thousand six hundred and forty cubic inches of elastic marble. This slab, when shaken, undulates sensibly backwards and forwards; when supported at the two ex Curious Bridge. two inches from a horizontal line; and when turned over recovers itself, and in other curious properties. The substance under consideration has already been described by Mr. Meade, in a memoir printed in the American Mineralogical Journal; and New York probably now contains the largest piece that the world can produce. Extensive Fires in Woods. The following article appears in the New York papers relative to the recent fire in the Catskill Mountains : The Wire Bridge, at the falls of Schuyl-clines as much the other way. It has many kill, in Pennsylvania, is supported by six wires, each 3-8ths of an inch in diameterthree on each side of the bridge. These wires extend (forming a curve) from the garret windows of the Wire Factory to a tree on the opposite shore, which is braced by wires in three directions. The door timbers are two feet long, one inch by three, suspended in a horizontal line by stirrups of No. 6. wire, at the ends of the bridge, and No. 9 in the centre, from the curved wires. The floor is 18 inches wide, of inch board, secured to the floor timbers by nails, except where the ends of two boards meet; here, in addition to the nails, the boards are kept from separating by wire ties. There is a board six inches wide, on its edge on each side of the bridge, to which the floor timbers are likewise secured by wires. Three wires stretched on each side of the bridge along the stirrups, form a barrier to prevent persons from falling off. The floor is 16 feet from the water, and 400 feet in length. The distance between the two points of suspension of the bridge is 480 feet. The whole weight of the wire is 1,S14lbs. do. wrought nails. 8 4,702 Total weight of the Bridge Four men would do the work of a similar bridge in two weeks of good weather, and the whole expense would be about 300 dollars. Elastic Stone: large Specimen. Some time ago, Dr. Mitchill exhibited to the New York Philosophical Society a specimen of Elastic Marble, measuring four feet in length, three inches in breadth, and one inch in thickness. The slab was of a snowy whiteness, of a grained structure, and of remarkable flexibility. He had re "Catskill, May 8.-During the last week, the Catskill Mountains, and the intervening woods, have been constantly on fire. It is said it extended as far south as Ulster and Sullivan counties, destroying in its course property to a very large amount. In many instances the inhabitants of neighbouring settlements have been compelled to sally out to save their dwellings from destruction. The smoke and cinders from the fire, together with a thick and hazy atmosphere, for a great part of the time obscured the sun. A friendly rain on Sunday stopped the progress of the fire, and restored the wonted clearness of the atmosphere." Another fire broke out in the back part of Massachusetts on the 24th of April, which, aided by the wind and drought, destroyed more than 1,000 acres of wood, and materially damaged a number of the adjacent farms. Dissemination of Trees and Plants. In a great many instances the trees and plants of warm climates are transplanted into colder regions, and still thrive. This should encourage to continue experiments. Those annual plants, which take but a short time to ripen might be always successfully cultivated in colder climates than those to which they are indigenous. Of certain trees and plants, the follow- | by whom he has issue Antonio, Prince of ing is given in a Georgia paper: Beira, born Angust 12, 1798; Prince Mi chael, born October 26, 1802, and four daughters, one of whom is betrothed to Ferdinand, King of Spain. na FRANCE. Military Fête. "The Pride of India, that so beautifully ornaments the streets of Savannah and Augusta, adding to the beauty of those towns, by the elegant arrangement of its branches, and the fine verdure of its lasting foliage, and to their salubrity, by its refreshing shade, is well known to be a On the 17th of May, a highly gratifying tive of the warm regions of India; yet it of Agincourt: plains, celebrated for British military spectacle took place on the plains grows and flourishes as far north as Mary-valour, as the scene chosen to reward the laud, and perhaps farther. The Strawberry gallantry of heroes who proved on the of Chili is now common both in Europe and America; and the Po-cibility of British spirit. in gardens, plains of Waterloo the continued invintatoe of Peru is extended over the globe. Most of the fruits and Blowers of our orchards and gardens are exotics, natives of warm countries; many of them where the chilling influence of frost is never feit, and snow unknown-yet, every one secs and knows that they perfect their fruits in our climate, and stand the rigors of our severest winters. The Sugar Cane has been raised in France and Spain as a curiosity. Spontaneous Combustion : preventative. A writer in a late Dedham paper conceives it possible some of the fires in manufactories, barns, &c. are caused by spontaneous inflammation. To prevent this in future he recommends sprinkling salt on such articles as may be considered liable to such combustion. The late Queen of Portugal had long laboured under a melancholy kind of mental derangement. She was born December 17, 1784; married June 6, 1760, to the late King, her uncle, Pedro III. who died May 25, 1806; by whom she has issue John Maria Joseph Lewis, Prince of Brazil, (declared Regent of Portugal on account of his mother's indisposition), now King, born May 13, 1767, married to Charlotte Joaquina, Infanta of Spain, born April 5, 1775, Dragoons having received the medals The 12th (or Prince of Wales's) Light granted by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, were assembled in review, at one o'clock, on Agincourt's plain. After perperforming several evolutions with their usual correctness, the regiment formed a square, and the Commanding Officer having previously ordered the medals to be ready for distribution, spoke as follows:— Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Soldiers of the 12th Light Dragoons— I consider the present epoch the happiest of my life, having been ordered to distribute to you those honorary badges of distinction, which our gracious Prince has been pleased to present each of us with, who were present at the glorious combat of Waterloo. I am convinced words are useless to im press upon the mind of each hero the value of this proud mark of distinction which will adorn his bosom. It will be transmitted to posterity as the reward gained, to commemorate the triumph of British valour over the hireling minions of ephemeral tyranny. In looking round, I, with concern, perceive the absence of several whose indivithe glories of the field-of many, whose dual gallantry so eminently contributed to day. Though friendship bids the tear to doom was sealed on that ever memorable flow for the memory of the brave, still she finds consolation in reflecting that they have fallen on the bed of honour, resigned their lives amidst the joys of conquest, and, filled with England's glory, smiled in death. I could have wished our gallant Colonel were present to have distributed to you these medals, but his severe wounds, gained on the glorious day, still prevent us from possessing a man, who has always been foremost in leading you to glory and to victory, and under whose command you have gathered those laurels with which the Peninsular war adorns your brow. Soldiers!-Your country is satisfied with you your Prince invests you with marks of his Royal favour-your brethren in arms acknowledge and applaud your undaunted bravery. Continue, then, that discipline which has hitherto supported you in the day of battle, and you will continue to gather new laurels. Your names will appear on record in the calendar of the brave; and admiring posterity will with gratitude exclaim" He too fought at that great battle on the plains of Waterloo." This speech was delivered with graceful ease; and the medals being adjusted to the men's bosoms, "God save the King," was played by the excellent band of the regiment, Standards and Officers saluting; the tune concluding, the men cheered three times three. In the evening the Officers partook of a sumptuous dinner, with every delicacy of the season, and the choicest wines. The dragoons also celebrated the occasion; money was distributed to each, and happiness and festivity was the order of the day. selected from the most distinguished families belonging to the Allied Nations, shall assemble at one house in Paris, where they shall be instructed in morality, philosophy, in civil, political, and commercial history, in all its stages, from the earliest times to the present; in all its higher departments of literature; in every branch of science and the arts; in the laws of nations; in the codes of different countries, and their diplomatic, agricultural, and commercial relations in general; grammar, physiology, and anatomy; painting, music, dancing, &c. The following are mentioned as masters: -The Abbe Sicard, for grammar; M. Lemercier, for French literature; M. Vigée, for reading and diction; M. Malte, Brun, for geography; M. Themery, for physics; Mr. Orfila, for chemistry; and the elder Krentzer, for music. Every branch is to have its particular instructor; and there will be servants of all languages. One of the principal objects of the Institution will be to promulgate the knowledge of public laws among the leading people MARSHAL AUGEREAU is at length dead. of the different nations of Europe— a The Paris Journals say, his death was has-wards maintaining peace and social order thing considered essentially necessary totened by moral affections! He was one of those characters who lived too long. Augereau was born at Paris, of humble parents, in 1757. In early life he enlisted as a private soldier in the Neapolitan army, and in 1787 settled at Naples as a fencing master. In 1792 he came to Paris, and obtained a command in the revolutionary armies; and in all the atrocities which they committed, Augereau's name is to be found as one of their leaders. He greatly distinguished himself in Buonaparte's first Italian campaigns. Monk Extraordinary. Accounts from Laval, of June 2d, state, that the Monks of La Trappe have been joined by an illustrious personage, the celebrated Baron GERAME, who has most heroically renounced the pomp and vanities of the world, to embrace the monastic life: he is now so pious in his behaviour, that 'the others take him for a model!!! New system of Education. A plan has just been published in Paris for the establishment of what is called " An Academic Institution of the Allied Nations," which is said to be under the immediate protection of the Duke of Richelieu, the Minister for Foreign Affairs; and some of the most eminent literary and scientific men in the kingdom are named as persons intended to be the principal instructors. It is proposed that one hundred young men, throughout the European family. New Seminaries: Religious Education. A royal ordinance enacts, that there shall be created in the seminaries a thousand new fellowships for the education of ecclesiastics. The amount of these fellowships, and the expense attending them, shall be charged to the credit of a million, to be carried to the budget of the interior. French Consideration defective. A young woman, named Corneille, a lineal descendant of the father of the French stage, had a benefit lately at one of the Parisian theatres: the play was his celebrated Cid-the young lady herself, who acted for the first time, came forward in the part of Chimene—yet the house was but half filled. Venus Post Obit. The dissection of the Hottentot Venus has just been finished at the Jardin du Roi. This new object of curiosity for the amateurs of natural history will be placed in the museum of that fine establishment. GERMANY. Leipsic Fair. - A Dutch paper states, that the late Easter fair, at Leipsic, was by no means a successful one, the buyers not bearing any due proportion to the sellers. The English cotton-manufacturers |