LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE, &c. &c. GREAT BRITAIN. A FOURTH volume of Sermons from the MSS. of President Davies of America; the Rev. Job Orton's Letters; Letters on Nataral History by Mr. Bigland; and a new edition of the works of Franklyn, will soon make their appearance. Accounts of the Life of Lord Nelson are preparing by Mr. Bowyer; and by J. M'Arthur, Esq. and the Rev. J. S. Clarke. Dr. Toulmin has announced his intention of publishing a continuation of the History of Dissenters from the period of the Revolution to the present time. In the press :-The History of Scotland related in familiar conversations, with moral remarks, by Mrs. Helme; Considerations on the Debates in Parliament on the Catholic Petition, by Sir J. Throckmorton; and Fenelon's Dialogues on Eloquence, and Letters on Poetry, Rhetoric, History, &c. translated from the French by Edward Williams, D. D. The temporary house of the London Institution in the Old Jewry was opened on the 18th of January for the use of Proprietors and Life Subscribers. The reading rooms are well supplied with daily and monthly journals; and the library already contains a valuable collection of books. The long desired measure of restricting the Medical Profession to the hands of none but well-instructed practitioners, in the country as well as in London, is, it is said, at length about to be carried into effect. The provisions, so far as they concern regular practitioners, are to be prospective, and consequently will not operate on the present generation; but, as these die away or retire, their places will be occupied by persons of suitable and competent education. Mr. WEBB, mine agent to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, has discovered a most valuable Copper Mine, in the Tamer river, which divides the counties of Devon and Cornwall. This mine was opened on the 19th of September Jast; and a rich vein of copper ore, four feet wide, was cut in a steep hill, nearly 50 fathom from the river, which promises to make one of the finest mines ever discovered in either country, as it resembles the famous Anglesea mine, requiring no windlass, nor any thing but a wheel-barrow to take out the ore. The cost of opening the mine was not more than thirty pounds. Mr. WOOLF has lately made some considerable improvements in the Steam Engine, whereby a great saving is effected in the fuel, and the danger of explosion fully obviated. If steam be sufficiently expanded to counterbalance the pressure of the external atmosphere, it is well known that the engine will work. Mr. Woolf has discovered that a fortieth part of common steam, expanded forty times as much, will still work the engine. The following is a method of preparing a luminous bottle, which will give suffici ent light during the night, to admit of the hour being easily seen on the dial of a watch,-A phial of clear white glass, of a long form, should be chosen, and some fine olive oil should be heated to ebullition in another vessel. A piece of phosphorus, of the size of a pea, should be thrown into the phial; and the boiling oil carefully poured over it, till the bottle is one-third filled. The phial must then be corked; and, when it is to be used, it should be unstopped, to adinit the external air; and then closed again. The empty space of the phial will immediately appear luminous, and will give as much light as a dull ordinary lamp. Each time that the light disappears, on removing the stopper it will re-appear. In cold weather the bottle should be warmed in the hand before the stopper is removed. A phial thus prepared may be used every night for six months. The following is the number of books, in various departments, published, in London, in the year 1805 :-Divinity, 104; History, Antiquities, and Topography, 38; Biography, 27; Voyages and Travels, 27; Politics, Political Economy, and Commerce, 98; Law, and Trials, 24 Medicine, 67; Philosophy, Mathematics, Natural History, and Astronomy, 33; Agriculture, 9; The Arts, 17; Poetry, 84; Drama, and Dramatic Criticism, 33; Novels, 75; Education, 20; Military and Naval, 16; Miscellanies, 69:-Total, 741. The Duke of Argyle has presented the Highland Society of Scotland with £1,000. as the commencement of a fund for educating the younger sons of Highland Gentlemen for the Navy. FRANCE. The French have lately employed themselves very actively in advancing those economical improvements in Fire Places, which Count RUMFORD introduced. On some suggestion by M. OLIVIER, GUITON 2nd BERTHOLET have lately made a report to the class of physical seiences of the National Institute, and state them to produce the following advantages :-1. To reduce the tunnels of the chimnies to dimensions so small, that they cannot be liable to smoke: 2. To burn, without producing any smell, all sorts of combustibles; and so completely, that no visible smoke escapes from the top of the chimney: 3. To retain at pleasure, within the apartments, by well-managed circulations, all the heat which the combustible can disengage, or to direct part of it into the neighbouring apartments, or superior stories: 4. To regulate, in this manner, the degree of heat which is required: 5. To afford, by a par ticular kind of shelf, placed immediately above the fire, the convenience of boiling liquors in porcelain dishes: 6. To be susceptible of all kinds of decorations that may be desired. DENMARK. The Lectures of Dr. Gall on Craniology have met with a flattering reception at Copenhagen. He intends visiting Paris before he publishes his system. GERMANY. Dr. Struve has contrived, it is said, an apparatus, to shew by means of Galvanism, whether the appearances of death be real, RUSSIA. The Russian Circumnavigator, Captain Krusenstern, who after his return from a Russian Ambassador to Japan, has, after voyage round the world, had conveyed the remaining seven months in that country, returned to Kamtschatka, LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. A Dissertation on the Prophecies that have been fulfilled, are now fulfilling, or will hereafter be fulfilled, relative to the great Period of 1,260 Years; the Papal and Mabonxmedan Apostasies; the Tyrannical Reign of Antichrist, or the Infidel Power; and the Restoration of the Jews. By George Stanley Faber, B. D. 8vo. 2 vols. 16s. A Sermon, preached at the Great Synagogue, Duke's Place, on the day of General Thanksgiving. By the Rev. 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On this account, as he afterwards told Mr. Brunton, be prayed to God almost a whole day, to pardon his sins for Christ's sake, The young man whom we named Davidson, who renounced the superstition of his countrymen more than a year ago, and who has since been firm and fearless in the profession of the Gospel, is soon to be married to one of our native women, of whom we entertain a very favourable opinion. It is proposed that both of them shall be publicly baptized before they are married; and with a view to this, we have taken for some time past more than ordinary pains in their instruction. was. "We are happy to inform the Directors, that Mr. Paterson is now tolerably healthy, and Mr. Dickson much better than he We have much cause to be thankful for all our mercies, and trust that we shall by and bye have still better tidings to send you. From various circumstances we begin to hope, that our mission and settlement are in a fair way of flourishing." * Karass, 1st Aug. 1805. "During the last month few events of any importance have occurred. We thank God that the family has been in a much better state of health than formerly." "Abdy, the Mohammedan Priest whom we have so often mentioned, has given up his charge among his countrymen, and has engaged to teach our children to read and write the country languages. The people around us are greatly offended at his coming to us, and some of them have talked of killing him: but though they do this, scarcely any of them have the courage to reprove him. They all seem to stand in awe of him; for although they do not account him one of their mort learned Moulies, or priests, yet they all allow him to possess a superior degree of eloquence and good sense. It is but justice to him to mention, that since he came to us he has taught the children with the greatest diligence; and though he has not yet professed his belief of Christianity, he makes no scruple of teaching them the catechisms which Mr. Brunton has composed for them, and sevesal of the children appear to make considerable improvement under him. He has written a letter to you, which he has requested us to forward." Letter from Abdy, the Priest of Ka rass, to the Secretary of the Edin burgh Missionary Society. Translated from the Arabic.) "May there be abundance of peace, and of every blessing to you! Are you well and healthy? May the glorious and true God always preserve you in safety! If you enquire a little concerning our circumstances, I thank God you can know that we are well and in peace. What I have to say is this: last year you sent me a letter, with which I was highly pleased; your true friendship has been evident, to my advantage; wherefore, I write also to you as a friend. With regard to religion too, you have forcible words, which remain firm in your own mind, and if I cannot take hold of them as you do, you will perhaps be surprised. But one day I was in a similar condition: before I saw your friends, I had not the least doubt with regard to our religion, but ever since I saw them, I have been unable to come to any conclusion with regard to it. A true way there is, I believe, for all the world search for it; and, according to my opinion, all the world would not search for what is unnecessary, and not to be found. A prince who seeks for power, aided by cunning persons around him, might pervert the judgment of a nation by violence and deceit for their own advantage: but no set of persons are able to pervert the judgment of the whole world. If the whole world agree to search for one thing, that thing must exist. The necessity of religion, every man knows; yet every necessary thing is not always found: some even die for want of food, while others are satisfied. God has given us judgment to search for what we need, yet he does not always bring what is necessary in our way. Were it not for this, I should have clear knowledge of the way to heaven: I know of nothing that is more precious than religion, and surely the religion of God is to be found, Concerning this I have reasoned much; every day I search for what is precious, yet I have never found one jewel; I have not so much as found the riches of this world: But I will not decline to search for the true way, which may the gracious God himself shew me! I have both hope and fear. I have, for fifteen years, been both priest and magistrate among the people about Karass, where my authority has been undisputed: your friends say, however, that the Christian religion is preferable, but, if it do not agree with my own judgment, their approbation of it will be of no advantage to me: the Moslems too, commend their religion, but this will not purify my conscience. "I have agreed to teach the children of your friends for a sum, which, I am afraid, will be too small for my necessities; bat I have a few cattle, and if what your friends give me be not sufficient for my wants, I shall not die for want of food. I thank God, that, to this day, I have had to eat and drink. In this respect I have been comfortable; and, could I find a way that would be of advantage to me at the last day, I would not be afraid of the riches of this world." "ABDY MO." The four missionaries who sailed from Leith in May last had arrived at Karass. One of them, Mr. Pinkerton, thus writes: "Karass, September 29th, N. S. 1805. "In the letters which we sent you from Sarepta, (the Moravian settlement) we informed you of the good state of our health, and the great kindness which we experienced from the people there. We cannot express the obligations we are under to them, and in particular to the Rev. Mr. Wigand for the attention which he shewed us, and the assistance we received from him, in procuring the various articles which we stood in need of. We set out from Sarepta on the 4th of this month, and arrived safe here on Monday the 16th. In our journey through the Steppe, (or desert) we met with considerable difficulties, on account of the number of rivers we had to pass, and particularly, we had no small trouble in getting our horses and baggage across the lakes of Manwick." "Our joy on coming here was somewhat allayed by finding all our friends, more or less, indisposed with an epidemic disorder, which has been raging through the whole of this country: but to our great comfort they all soon got the better of it, except Mrs. Cairns, who was attacked with it more severely than any of them. We are now all busy, endeavouring to put our habitation in as good a condition as we can, to defend ourselves, both against the approaching cold weather, and what we dread as much, the plundering parties of Tartars who traverse the country, and carry off whatever comes within their reach. One of these parties, a few days before our arrival, carried off three horses, and since we came, they have stolen from us no fewer than three oxen and three cows, and to add to our misfortunes, the wolves which sometimes visit us from the mountains, have killed some of our calves. However, we hope soon to have our property in a situation of greater security, and, notwithstanding these and other occurrences of a similar nature, this little settlement wears a very promising appearance. We are greatly pleased with what our friends have done. There are in the family nineteen natives, some of whom have made very considerable progress in religious knowledge, and I think that in a short time we shall be warranted to gratify their desire by administering to them the holy ordinance of baptism. J. T. Davidson is a very sensible young man, and discovers on every occasion the greatest boldness in the profession of Christianity. When conversing with the natives about religion, he never fails to express the strongest abhorrence of the bloody, persecuting principles of Mohammedism, and his warm attachment to the mild and holy doctrines of the Gospel. There is another native, a young woman, of whom all the family think very highly; her Circassian name is Kingy Khan, but since she came here she has got the name of Margaret Davidson. She is remarkably clever and useful, and on every occasion shews the greatest willingness to do all she can for the comfort and welfare of the family. She was ransomed by Mr. Brunton, at her own earnest desire, and immediately renounced Mohammedism, and embraced Christianity. She discovers the greatest willingness to be instructed, in the way of salvation through the death of Christ, and frequently expresses a great dislike at the conduct of the Kabardians, among whom she formerly lived, and calls them a wicked bad people.-Abraham Warrand is a fine lad, and is remarkably useful on account of his speaking both the Tartar and Kabardian languages, with the greatest fluency. He is commonly employed by our friends as their interpreter, when they speak to the Kabardians, which gives him an opportunity of knowing what is said to them; and of this privilege he seems to have availed himself, as he evidently possesses a greater degree of knowledge, than could have been expected from the time he has been at Karass.-The young boy, who is named after you, is very promising, and remarkably well disposed. He is much liked in the family, and he seems to take much pleasure in prayer, and in other religious exercises. The people in the village, who are bigotted to their superstition, beyond what I ever could have imagined, often try to shake his attachment to Christianity. They tell him that, if he believe what the infidels (for so they call us) say to him he will certainly go to hell; but this does not move him in the least. He argues against them in the best manner he can, and when he is at a loss for an answer to any thing, which they say to him, he comes to Mr. Brunton, who furnishes him with an answer, and sets his mind at ease. He seems determined to be a Christian at all hazards." "I have not time for it, or I could mention other children, both boys and girls, who are very promising.-When they are all assembled, and sitting with the rest of the family, round the large room where we meet for worship, it is a pleasing and animating sight. When I think on the different tribes to which they belong, the different parents from whom they are sprung, the great distances from which some of them have come, the remarkable |