Cheerly! cheerly! cheerly! The barriers close-the trumpets sound; Cheerly! cheerly! cheerly! Hurra! hurra! hurra! The Pagan falls-he bites the dust: No more in war or mimic just To cope with knight of holier trustWhat shouts assail the sky! Hurra! hurra! burra! The victor kneels to claim the prize, DUET IN ADRIAN AND ORILLA. The queerest of goblins, the quaintest of sprites, chaff And greets the scar'd clown with a riotous laugh. Number Nip! Number Nip! Q! mountainous! mischievous! marvellous! Nip! T'other night as poor Roger was crossing the moor, And sought thro' the darkness his own cottage door, The fiend met him mantled in vapour Now here and now there danc'd the fanciful sprite, O'er swamps and stale pools, with a wicked blue light, Which Roger mistook for a taper. For hours the night-wanderer was fain to pursue, Still further and further the knavish light drew; The ground sudden quaked-Presto! vanish'd the fire, And poor Roger sank up to his ears in the mire! O! mountainous! mischievous! marvellous Note-Number-Nip is among the popular superstitions of Middle Germany. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND, A Scene at Berlin, of other times.-Frederick the Great walking alone before his Palace.—Enter two Catholic Priests, with officers of the police: a Corporal of the Prussian Guards in their custody. 1st. Priest. Justice, my Liege! Justice is what we seek. I'm always ready to dispense it ;-speak. This so'dier (so degenerate are our times) Corporal, is it thou?-Thy love of plunder, King. Why, as to that, doubtless 'tis true enough : Corporal. Your Majesty is learn'd, and wise, and brave; A cunning dog!-The joke is not amiss. Well then, my sentence, Holy Priests, is this: That such things cannot be, we've no pretence (Having withdrawn with the other Priest.) Brother! what think you of this slipp❜ry trick? I wish the rascal fairly with old Nic. 2d. Priest. Brother! you make me tremble!-Can you doubt 1st. Priest. (apart.) The man's a downright fool! or else—let's see, What you remark, dear Brother, has great force; An't please your Majesty, we have agreed, That you may settle at some other time; OBSERVANDA EXTERNA. AMERICA. Remedy against the Bite of a mad Dog. It is said that red pimpernel, by the botanists named anagallis arvensis, has lately been found in America to be a certain reme dy for the bite of a mad dog, even after the dreadful symptoms of hydrophobia had taken place. It should be gathered when ripe, and dried in the shade. Then it must be reduced to a powder, of which a table spoonful may be given to an adult, in any convenient vehicle, such as water, beer, honey, or molasses, taking care the weight of the dose does not exceed one drachm and one scruple. The same quantity, divided into three equal parts, may be administered to a child in the course of a day. This plant is common both in England and Ireland, as well as on the continent: and is generally called red chick-weed, or redshank, by country people. Linnets and other small birds are very fond of its seeds. AUSTRIA. Astronomical Instruments.-Mines. The Emperor has granted to the observatory at Ofen, in Hungary, the sum of 7000 florins for the purchase of astronomical instruments. He has also given permission to the following gentlemen to visit the mines in the chemist; to Don Gimbernat, Director of the Hereditary States: to Mr. Chenevix, English royal cabinet at Madrid; to Mr. Beker, inspector of the mines at Altenberg; and to Mr. Grellman, merchant, of Vienna. BOHEMIA. Prize Questions. The Royal Academy of Prague has proposed the following questions: "What are the defects from birth, or contracted after wards, which, according to anatomical, physiological, and mechanical principles, render saddle, draught, and pack-horses absolutely unfit for military service? and what are the defects that exclude them from that service?" to the accessit. The prize fifty ducats in gold, and twenty The second question is principally addressed to cavalry officers, who have reflected on the subject: "What may we conclude for or against the use of stallions, and particularly for or against mares, in regard to the military service? And in tactics, supposing an equality of force and qualities, should we give the preference to tall or middle sized horses for cavalry?" The prize twenty ducats, and ten to the accessit. The treatises may be written in German, French, English, Italian, Spanish, or Latin. CHINA. Drought, April 1806. By accounts from China, we are informed that the drought had been so great, for more than three months past, as to occasion an unusual scarcity and dearness of every article of consumption and trade at Canton. Dr. Buchanan's Journey to Cochin. Lately the Rev. Dr. Claudius Buchanan, Vice Provost of the College of Fort William, proceeded on his intended journey to Cochin and Travencore, for the purpose of investi gating the ancient writings and history of the Jews and Syrian Christians in those places. We understand that J. C. Leyden, M. D. who has been lately employed by the Government of Fort St. George, and who is making literary researches in the Mysore, will accompany Dr. Buchanan. American Trade at Canton. There were fifty sail of American ships in China last year, who took from thence to America from eight to ten thousand tons of tea, a great part of which finds its way to Europe. The Eugenia was freighted to America with near 800 tons of teas, at the rate of 100 Spanish dollars per ton. Canton is full of American adventurers, many of whom retire with large fortunes in a few years: there are at least a dozen who have been resident for a year or two, and have already realized something handsome. DENMARK. Tour through Greenland. Counsellor Gieseke, of Copenhagen, has obtained permission from the King to make a tour through Greenland, for the purposes of geography and mineralogy. EAST INDIES. Officers' Widows Fund at Calcutta. The managers of the Bengal Military Widows' Fund have much satisfaction in announcing to the army the prosperous state of the institution. And to enable all who may be interested in its success to form a just opinion on the subject, they have deemed it expedient to publish the following minute, drawn up by one of the committee: In an institution of so great importance as that for the relief of officers' widows, it is particularly necessary that they who have the iminediate management of the funds should be guarded against every erroneous foundation of confidence in their resources, lest they should be induced to extend the operation of the fund bevond those limits which are necessary to secure the permanency of the institution. If this institution were to raise expectations which, though they may be realized for fifteen or twenty years, would eventually be disappointed by bankruptcy, it is obvious, not only that its entire end and purport would be defeated, but also that numbers of claimants would be exposed to distress, at the moment they thought themselves secure of support from the society. In order, therefore, to prevent injustice and disappointment to future claimants, it will be proper to state the true criterion, by which the prosperity of this institution may be estimated, the grounds on which it may be expected to answer the purpose for which it has been happily established. It may, perhaps, be thought, on a superficial view of the subject, that the increase of capital must be a sure proof of the prosperous state of the funds; but this is a fallacious test, for while the capital accumulates the number of claimants also increases; nor will this number come to a maximum till the expiration of sixty years. The true criterion of the prosperity of the institution is the annual income, exclusive of the interest of capital. In order to ascertain the income necessary for giving the widows on the Society's list a certain pension annually, the following rules have been deduced from Dr. Price's celebrated work on Reversionary Payments: 1st. Determine the purchase of a widow's life at the time of her husband's death. 2dly. Find the number of widows that will annually come upon the Society's list. 3dly. Multiply the two numbers so found by each other, and the product by the intended pension, and the number resulting will be the income required. 1st. Dr. Price calculates the purchase of a widow's life, at the time of her husband's death, in such a society as this, to be 124 years, interest being reckoned at 4 per cent. There fore, if interest be reckoned at 8 per cent. the purchase of a widow's life will be 6: 37 years; for the present value of an annuity for 12--5 years, at 4 per cent. is equal to the present value of the same annuity for 6: 37 years at 8 per cent. 2dly. Say 665: 19. 8:: 195 (the number of members) to a fourth, and this shall be the number of widows that will annually come upon the list, viz. 5-8. 3dly. Suppose the intended pension to be 1600 rupees, then 58,113 ( 6. 37+5. 8 +1600) will be the income necessary to give stability to the Society, exclusive of the inte rest or accumulating capital; but, as in the present instance, through the liberality of the late revered Marquis Cornwallis, the Hon. the Governor General, the Right Hon. Lord Lake, and a number of other friends, both civil and military, the institution commenced with a capital of 1,20,000 rupees, the inte rest of this sum will reduce the income necessary to give stability to the institution from 58,113 rupees to 48,513 rupees. N.B. A considerable part of this sum has not, from various unavoidable circumstances, been yet received; there cannot be, however, the smallest doubt but that it will be all very soon realized. WM. HARVEY, Sec. to the Managers. Calcutta Circulation,-and Establishment of the New Bank.-April, 1806. Every one must have noticed with satisfaction the favourable change which has lately taken place in the course of circulation, by which the currency of paper and specie are nearly equalized, and there is reason to hope, from the very great attention paid to this, that, 'ere long, they will be at par. The circulation also of this great settlement will be supported by the establishment of the new bank, about to be opened under the guarantee of Government. We understand that the whole of the shares (in number 500) have already been subscribed, although the subscription was to continue open till the 15th of the month. The capital of the bank is 50 lacks of sicca rupees, divided into 500 shares of 10,000 rupees each. From the rapidity with which the subscriptions have been filled, we may conclude that a much greater sum would have been subscribed, if required, and we have already heard the regrets of those who deferred their intentions too long. The utility of this establishment is above our praise, as it must gradually supersede shroffage, or the premium which specie bears to paper currency. It is much to be wished, that a clear and comprehensive dissertation on the circulation of Hindostan, which absorbs so great a part of the precious metals, with the interest and influence which the Shroffs have in it, was before the public; as it would indicate the certain means of rendering it independent of any undue influence or monopoly. Nor is the question, we apprehend, very difficult of elucidation by the application of those rules which regulate the circulation of Great Britain and Holland, for by attending to these, we may readily discern where the analogies, and where the anomalies exist Although the plan of this institution was circulated only in the course of last month, and the first instalment on the shares will not be payable before the first proximo, we understand shares already bear a premium of two or three per cent. We shall not be surprised if the premium rises, as many are anxious to hold shares, and as there can be little doubt of the dividends being considerable. Of all countries, Hindostan possesses the greatest resources for banking, from the immense sums which must be in the country. A peculiar cast, who devote themselves to the business of exchange and remittances, possess millions; and it is owing to their influence, co-operating with immemorial custom that the interest of money is so high throughout Hindostan. The influence of a different policy has effected a partial reduction of the per centage in the British possessions; but the immense capital of the Shroffs pervades the circulation, and influences it occasionally. Portuguese Inspector of Settlements. The Governor General at Goa has the authority of nominating, triennially, the governors to the subordinate Portuguese settlements in India, viz. Demaun and Diu, as well as Macao and Timor; previous to the expiration of their respective governments, a judge is sent to investigate and inquire how they have conducted themselves, in the various trusts reposed in them; he is to listen, and attend to any complaints that may be made against them, also to inquire into the conduct of the Recorder, Custom-house Master, Pay-Master, &c. &c. and report the whole to the Governor General. judge is denominated Sendicante. Ship launched at Bombay, Tuesday 27 May. This On Monday se'nnight was launched from the yard of Messrs. John Gilmore and Co. a noble ship, of nearly 1200 tons admeasurement; she was named the Fort William, and afforded a grand spectacle to a numerous assemblage of persons, who attended to witness the interesting scene. We understand this ship is destined for the China trade, in the service of the Hon. Company, agreeably to proposals published by the Court of Directors, for engaging India-built ships of sufficient dimensions for the regular China trade, in consequence, it is under This is broken by means of a mill composed of two stone wheels, one before the other, drawn by a single horse. Water is added to it: the matter retains a reddish colour; and is placed in a trough, where it is kept moist by pouring water over it. The trough being filled, calcined lime, which is left to be extinguished in the open air, is mixed with about one eighth of cement. A mould made of boards is prepared, in which, after having laid a thin bed of sand, to prevent the cement's sticking to the mould, they throw in a bed of cement and one of brick bats: then, successively, two other beds, of brick bats and cement, the last must be of cement only; then the mould is taken off, and the stones ranged in a heap to dry. The lime being very absorbent, soon makes the whole a solid body. These stones are not long before they are dried hard, and fit for use. It is thought there exists a similar manufactory in Prussian Poland, where they are more successful in making good stones, of the ruins of basalt, which combines better with lime and alumine. The pebbles around Boulogne would be still preferable, and there is no doubt but of them, artificial stones, equal in quality to patural stones, could be niade. Analysis of Human Hair. M. Vauquelin, the celebrated French chemist, has published the result of some interesting experiments which he lately made, to ascertain the nature of the animal matter which forms human hair. From these it appears that black hair is formed of nine different substances, viz. animal matter, a white concrete oil, another greenish grey one, which is very abundant, iron, some particles of oxyde of manganese, a phosphate of lime, carbonate of lime, silex, and a considerable quantity of sulphur. Red hair contains a red oil in place of a greenish black kind; and white, or very light hair, differs from all the others, as the oil is nearly colourless, and it contains some phosphate of magnesia, which is not found in others. Prize Question. The Free Society of Physical and Medicinal Science at Liege have, in their last assembly, on the 12th June 1806, offered a prize of 200 livres on the question "What influence have the passions in producing diseases?" The answers must be sent in before the 1st of April 1807. The Chateau of Compiègne, After having been for some time empty, was converted into a national school. This château, built by Louis XI. and Francis I. tuated on the river Oise, in a forest containand decorated by Louis XIV. and XV. is siing 29,600 acres. The kings of the last dynasty used to retire there every year to enjoy the pleasures of the chace. It is to be restored to the royal domains, and arrangements are making for the reception of the court. Phænomenon of Prematurity. A child, three years and eight months old, sented to the Medical School, as an extraor son of a poor vine-dresser, was lately predinary phænomenon. He bears all the marks of puberty, and his cheeks and chin are covered with hair. He easily lifts a weight of 30lbs, eats one or two pounds of meat, bread in proportion, and drinks three bottles of wine. We know of many examples of animal powers equally precocious, but there are none of children, arrived so soon at a state of virility, in whom nature was not nearly exhausted at the same time. The present subject would be a still more curious phanomeFrance for August.] non, if he was an exception.-[Mercure de GERMANY. It Professor Adelung's new Work. Professor Adelung, well known by his works on the German language, has been engaged some years in a work on Languages in general, to form three volumes in octavo. will appear under the title of " Mithridates, or a General Knowledge of Languages." The words are divided into monosyllables and polysylables. The first, which contains the Asiatic languages, has been published at Berlin. SETTLEMENTS AT NEW HOLLAND. Removal from Norfolk Island. Extract of a letter dated Ship Sidney, Sidney Cove, June 8, 1805.-"I wrote to you on leaving the pilot in Ballasore Roads, of my intended voyage to Van Dieman's land, with a cargo of cattle, &c. and have now the pleasure of informing you, that after a passage of two months and nine days, I reached in safety Port Dalrymple, the place of my destination, where I had the satisfaction of landing, all in high health, 622 cows, two horses, and 54 ewes. "I am at present at Sidney, on the point of sailing for Norfolk Island, for the purpose of removing that settlement to Port Dalrymple, after which I am destined for the river |