The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-15 00:00:00

PRO VIN C lALS.

CA meattine. Ten, s.—The Rev. Edward Pearson, rector
of Rempstotte, Notts, and fortherly Fellow and Tutor of
Sydney College, was on Sunday unanimously elected Master
of .that society.—Thti late Dr. Smith's prizes i.f '251. each, for
two commencing Bachelors of Arts, proficients in mathematics
and natural philosophy, are this ).e..r adjudged .to Mr. B ick-
ersteth, of Caius, and Mr. M. Bland, of St, John's, the tirst
and second wranglers.—The syhjects appointed by the Vice-
Chancellor for Sir Wit. Browne's prize medals, for the prese..t
year, are for the epigrams, Reatus oulnere.,Alcaics, Finibus
expalsam patriis, nova regna patentem.—Sappliics, Yeti,
Canines.

At the Annual Meeting of the Bath and West of England
Agricultural society in December last. Mr. Sitwell made the
following commu..iration ;—" Mr. Sitwell has fotind, that a
disease in calves, called the Navel 111, or an inflammation of
the sanelstring, that takes place between the first and ninth day
after birth, is very prevalent in various district', and in every.
jostance tatal, lie has been fortunate to find a cure, which is
as follnwq :—immediately on the calf being taken ill, he gives.
in one table spoonful of bark, 150 drops of laudanum, and one
Trine-glass of port-wine. Every four lieurs he foments the in-
flamed part with marsh mallows. or camomile flowers. The
following morning he gives, in n.nv milk, two tea-spoonfuls of
rhubarb, lie repeats the hark, laudanum, and inc at night,
and the rhubarb the following morning; which has hitherto
effected a cure. Mr. Sitwell suggested, that tying a ligature
romid the navel string immediately after birth, mid cutting oft
the re Waking part, ma.i• he in grime degree a means of preven-
tion, but not to he depended on "
Fifteen thousand acres of land wero inundated on the coast of
sutfoll;, lay the hi h tide of the 14th ult. The damage done to
the buildings and stork is inealeulahle.

Oil of any !Owl may he purified by mixing it with an equal
quantity of water in whir h oak bark, Or some other tanning, has
ben infused, azi tat lop it violently, and apply h, to the liquid a
boiling heat for about a quartPr of an hour, when the oil is to
be scummed The refilA. of front the above process.
used is mak in; phster iaiteco, or in paints, putty, &c. ;it
i 4 liken e xceltent in4rediert for Hacking for leather, such
refuse being ins.duble is tv;:ter, and consequently resisting
ter.

Et.o ri:Nr Nr.---Oit Tur, lay the dlii:Ater of a r-spert:;-
hie ir !oe.lia., irl (?re^iinek elopesl with a roperslaker. She had
be. Is he rot e! to a eslrt.o.nter, bi t preferring the rorniakcr
admirer), ,he set so.f%sith him on Tuesday to get spire d
at ; slot, aJ:& ! for tho hungry lovers, it w:ss a Pat tiny
;:t volmtly cosslil lie found to An,/ 4rstre. hek
theref .ce took up their lodgings at an inn, where being furnished
with ~e2Arate rooms, they ‘vest to bed, determines! 10 get in.is-
rie:l i.s the saioriii::;;. ..11eaw.vhile the lither ansi the carpenter,
upon learnic!, what had happroed, set oat in pursuit of them,
;Ind arrived at !Paisley at a late hour ou TtiCsday night. After
i;ra!siris.g at several houi:es, tiiey found alit the osie in whirl, the
wer: ; a rd, unknown to the rope:naker, brought off the
leaving him to lament Os. loss of his fair prize.
Sarah Smith, the S,...s.iex Sleeping Sylvana, otherwise called
Cie Ste .7/44; Beauty, has again fel) nndcr the in! uencc of