Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-30
LITERARY sND PHrLosoPIncAL INTELLIGENCE.

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ditIOnal lives of The TcmaaIng number PITS have been
re-" Itien, and the whole revised zud The
total number of articles cNcccGs 5000. Appended 70
The materials are derived.
Dr. JOhN CSGrkc, OF cambridge, has ready for pub-
cation, in vols. ~ poc05 Pieces, with OTisRat Poe
try, expressly the work b. Mrs josDya aa
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esq. James hogg HE Scots Shepherd, and Lord ~
ron.
A proposal has been made in letter addressed to A
gentleman IN Hull 10 ght mp lhe whole oil that town
with refuse Ofthe buhber brought by tie Greenland
sbIPs, which At presents not on,y unseryceaie but
nuisance 10 the neigibourhOod From small pant of
his refuse says the writer should doubt not he able
TO light up the whole OF Hull much better than IL could
be done by oil IN the ordinary way, and al fourth
tle expense, by preparing sas On IL which wOald
IN brance the gas obtained fIOnl cOd. require less
publication, and be less noxous. ON this subjeC, Mr.
J. v. Emmett has published some esp IimoGts Which he
made last Simmer By dist'ag various oils, previous
~ mixed With dry Sand pulyerized clay, obtained
at a temperature he below ignition, gao which ap-
peaIed to De nNuie oi cafbuTeed ana supe-caibdie
ted hydrogen gasses. HpfOduces fame equally and
ten much mote brilliant tnau coal gas, and gives
smoke smell, unpleasant vapOnr IL diiefec very liz
lie ~ quality, whether obtained from mere refuse or
good whale sperm, almond olive oil taow. Forhe
sake OF 80 important branch Of fisheries which is
threatened with serious danger yihe general adoption OF
coal gas for the purpose Of illumnstiOH we snail be
highly rrataed 10 lrarn thar the prospeet OF enconr
agenent thus held forth Is likely to be speedily feaii-
red.
A. Meeting ofthe Bath Literary and Philosophical
Society Or. Wilkinson, IN remakug upon papsr pre-.
sentcd by Dr. woaston relative TO the theory of be da
uond's cutting glass mentioned that he had micro
made by the late Wr CgveuIy where tie lines on
glass had beeB duey drawn, that the lines
formed series Of squares, minute that twony.hye
ulou Of squares are equai to no more than one square
inch
TIC University Of Cambridge has lately reccivcda do.
nation OF 900 pounds sterling from an unknown bee
factor. lie aft BE- % ST Petcf's College.
B0HapaTte is said to have denied the authenticity Of
The conversations imputed 10 him IN wardeRs Let
tiers.
rRANcK.-Dr. E,Guirot has read to the academy of
Sciences Of tie Institute memoir The lind Of mental
arrangement 90 which he gives the name Of ha2cig
on, tern, denoumga species Of insanity, iu viii
the patient receives through senses, those
impressions which sight alone Otherwise conveys ID
support 0f the principles and considerations which Nc
has developed he adduces very curious facts aud
among others The Of person. almost The only sign
ofwose arrangement consisted IN his bearing secret vol
ccs Fhich necessarily eproached him with something
that be had dOac.
~ Laugef who was the fret that discovered the pre-
u suipnur and o chromium IN erOliies has sub
mutedt0 the Academy 0f Sciences memoi, iu Wbchbe
proves by The details Of chemical analysis the identity Of
the clements Of those substances rtk tue enormous