The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-27

grand Jnftitu,ions in the Eritith Metropolis i
.wo applicable TO the .purpofes of genera! knuw
ledge, and one devoted iolsiv to the fns-arts.
e The FtRsT to be called 1Hg LoSDoN In
srlrvrIoN, comprfcs three d;finet otjetts 80
1. A lihrsrv, to contain every work nf isitriniic
vaue.--2. Reading-rooms for the daily papers,
periodical publications, interefting pamphlets,
aud foreign iournals.--3. a leeture-rooai, with
zpparatus and conveniencies for various courtes
of ieetgresand experiments. Neutrality-suspicious.
are very liberal, and already amount to above
fixty thoufand pounds. II has been agreed to,
apply to his Maiefty for charter, and COM
mittee of twentyAone ,,erfons has been appoint
ed to prepare and digeR plan of the ettabliia-
mcnt.
The SECOND, called THE GENERAL INsrI-
TUITION, and intended to have its meeting in
!. the centre of the town, between the Royal H.
ftitution in the wet, and the London Infttution
in the eaR, is Intended to- comprize library of
general reference, and reading for the
foreign aud donicftic journals, newspapers, &c.
&c.
The THrRp, for which alto very large fun
has been fubfcribed, is intended foley to pro-
mote the ftudy of the fine-arts; and for this
purpofs agallery is to be built, and pictures
bought forts decoration.
The adoption Of there fpirited plans is honou-
r,ble to the metropolis, and we have no donbt,
hut they viii be carried into execution with
degree of fpiritworthy of the Observation-Disclosures,
and the enlightened period which has given
them BIRTH Foreigners hould view tbeie in
fttntions, not as the glitteriug appendaees or
deipotfsr. calculated to hide political defor'ni-
IL, as in France, but as the voluntary acts of a
free people, whoyalue fcience for It's own fake,
aud who contribute TO its promotion not from
motives of offentatou, but for their own per-
fonal fatidfi6tion and Improvement.
The fecond volume OF the etsa, pferoenfa, by
jill. TooKs, Efq. is gone TO prefs. 1t will
make its appearance early in the next winter.
Kor6EBus has favoured the world with an
Account of his Travels in Italy during the lat
ter part of the lat year and the beginning of
the prefcpt. The work has had a prodgious
run.in Germany, as indeed have all the works
of this popular writer. A Tranlation will ap-
pear in London early in July, the fucceis of
which, Judging from the intereiting character
and (ituatiou Of Italy, will, it may be fnppo!ed,
hot be inferior to the Plantations OF the late
Travels of the fame author in Siberia and
France. -
Mr.. ALLNurT, Of Henley on Thames, has
invented mode of printing plans of eitates with
movable types, uniting correctness, neatnefs,
and cheapncfs, in degree which renders it wor-
thy OF the patronage of auetioneers, iurveyors,
&c. sc.
!" A new edition of the works of that celebrated
' American patriot, DE-. FRANKLIN, coniifting OF
Ills Life, by hinnsls, together with his pbofo-
phical and other papers. will fhortly be puhliih-
ed, in periodical numbers, forming, when COM
plete, TWO handfome volumes in octave.
Mr.. MARSHALL, in new edition, now in the
prefs, of his valuable book on the Rural Econo-
my of the Wet of England, Will introduce
fnme obfervations on the Blight Oh Mildew of
Wheat -
g The caufe of the difeafe, fays Mr.. Marihall,
: IN the country in which ] had the bea opportu-
- (( u, ActN
appeared, very evidently, to proceed from 70 re
cold rains, which fell about the middle of Al
fuft. Before that time, wheat crops in general
boxed healthy, ard were beginning TO change
to bright colour. But pretently after few
cold wet days, the maady became obvious TO
the naked eye. The ftraw loft its fmooth war;
nifhed furface being occupied by innumerabe
fpecks which changed, in few day,
in lels than a week, to a dari, or tiackiih CO
lour giving the ftraw a dnasy appearance. 4
gentleman al Caerninthen!hhe, who is attentive
90 agricultural concerns, is Of opinion, that this
tiefrutlive diieae may be prevented, by towing
old feed; namely, wheat ofthe preceding years
growth, inGead OF new wheat agreea5ly to
Ike practice of theCotfwold Hills of Gioceter-
fibre. j am much inclined to think, that, by
towing early, dgreeably to that practice, Zee
GIoceferfhire, H.5l,) this fatal dfeafs might
frequently be avoided; early ripe crops being,
from all the o5ferva.ions that have hitherto
made, the leaf fubjea to its baleful eject. Corn
which ripens under the hot fismRer fun of July,
Is not 10 liable to cold chilling rains, as thai
witch remains unmatrrcd, untirfhe fun begins
to lofe its power, and the nights to encreafs in.
length and coolnefs. A certain preventive of
this difaiter would be difcoyery worth mill
ons to the country. Unit! dis be made, let tie
grower of wheat not only endsaycur - fow
early, but lie: him look narrowly 10 his crop, du-
ring the critical time Of the filing of the grain !;
and whenever he mag perceive il. to he fmitten
with the difeafe, let him. ofe no time III cutting
It: fuffering it to lie on the ltubble, until the
nraw be firm and e,ifp enough, to TT up in
fpeave, without adherng in the binding places
allowing it to remain in the field, uuiil the grain
fnal have rcceivedthe nutrimc which the hraw
may he able to impart. Where wheat has beer
grown on "latnmas land" and the ground o.
abIiged to be cleared by the fira of Ausu0, crops
have been known to be cut, f" as green as grafs,"
End to b. carried of and fpread upon grais land,
60 dry. Yet the grain has been found to ma
ture and always to afford fpc- ikinred beau-
tifui fsrhpe. Raygrafs that is cut, even while
in biofIom, is well known to mature its feeds,
with the f,p that is lodged in the fems. Hence,
there is noting 10 fear, from cutting wheat or
other corn, before the ltraw be ripe. That the