sought food; pulse 126. On the 22d, the pulse was 114; he had been somewhat hot and restless, had some stifling in the night, and he got one dose of the digitalis mixture in the morning; the affection of the throat was stationary, in consequence of which a blister was applied to the left side of the neck, it being more swelled than the other, and other two doses of the digitalis mixture were ordered to be given during the day. We were still gratified by success; in the evening a tough yellow substance came up from the throat, when it was cleaned with the feather, as formerly, directed. On the 23d, the stomach and bowels did their duty in a healthy manner; he had a natural evacuation, took a little porridge with sweet milk, and a sound sleep after, in the morning. The appearance of the throat was remarkably improved; and it was pleasant to observe the gradual diminution of the pulse, and the general melioration, during the use of the most powerful remedies, viz. fox-glove, ether, wine, gintoddy, bark, beef-tea, calomel, castor oil, withthe application of myrrh and spirit of wine to the fauces, the external friction of the ammoniated tincture of opium, and the warm bath. On the 25th the feverish or glazed appearance of the lips was gone, and the pulse about 96. From this time recovery was progressive, and much assisted by the nourishing and tonic regimen, with due attention to the state of all the functions, particularly of the primæ viæ; which method is still persevered in, though dispensed with in proportion as the wonted health of this child returns; who has been safely conducted through this train of complaints, chincough, scarlet fever, putrid throat, and water in the chest. There were other cases in which universal anasarca or external dropsy supervened with signs of effusion, into the cavities of the thorax and abdomen, and in the cure of which, frictions with mercurial ointment proved a useful auxiliary; and it is proper to add, that, in some instances, the glands of the neck formed immense suppurating tumours, which, being of necessity opened by the lancet, discharged astonishing quantities of puriform matter; these, however, are treated on the same principles already exemplified, only proportioning the tonic or strengthening means to the debility of the sufferer. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. THE mild weather, through the greatest part of November, has been extremely favourable to the young wheats, of which there is a very large breadth sown. The young plants are very strong, and have thrown out a thick flag that will shelter and protect the roots from the frost through the winter. The weather, being mild and open at the beginning of the month, made it favourable to cast off the rowen and lattermaths, by which means the cattle have been kept out of the farm-yard. Perth, Nov. 30.-There was a meeting of the Perthshire Farming Society, who dined together at the George Inn. The Duke of Atholl presided, and James Drummond, esq. younger of Strathallan, was croupier. The evening was spent with much enjoyment and festivity, which were greatly promoted by many suitable toasts from the chair. Mr Craig of Stanley was honoured with the particular notice of the president for his exemplary exertions in improving 100 acres of waste land during a single season. Among the subjects to be discussed at their next meeting in February is the most economical plan of feeding horses, so as to abridge their consumption of oats, without impairing their health, or capability of labour. An enthusiastic promoter of the cultivation of potatoes states, as the result of several experiments made by him, that an acre of land planted with that root will produce sufficient food for 16,875 healthy men, for one meal; while an acre of wheat will not feed more than 2745. The expense of cultivating potatoes he estimates at £ 12, 1s. and that of the wheat at £11, 15s. Lately, Mr Topham, farmer of Harpham, near Kilham, lost 14 pigs and a greyhound dog by poison, owing to their having been fed out of some pails that had been employed in putting up a quantity of wheat. The wheat had been prepared, as is usual among many farmers, by mixing it with quick-lime and mercury. The present misfortune ought to operate as a caution to those who who adopt such a mea sure. Vol. I. 4 K LITERARY LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. MrS GRANT of Laggan has in the press Essays on the Poetry and Superstitions of the Highlands, with Fragments in verse and prose. Dr JOHN THOMSON has in the press, in four octavo volumes, a System of Surgery; intended to exhibit a concise view of the Principles and Practice of Surgery, illustrated by numerous historical and critical remarks. JAMES MORIER, esq. his majesty's secretary of embassy to the court of Persia, has in the press a Journey through Persia, Asia Minor, &c. in 1808-9, in a quarto volume, with maps and other engravings. Major Z. M. PIKE has in the press Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America; comprising a Voyage from St Louis, on the Mississippi, to the sources of that river, and a Journey through the Interior of Louisiana and the north-east provinces of New Spain; undertaken by order of the United States. In a quarto volume, with maps. The County Annual Register, vol. II. for 1810, is in considerable forwardness. In addition to the annals of the provinces of Great Britain and Ireland, it will contain a concise History of Europe for the year; and, on account of this improvement, it will assume the title of the Imperial and County Annual Register. Colonel WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK has in the press, in a quarto volume, a Collection of Select Letters of Tippoo Sultan to various Public Functionaries, arranged and translated, with notes and observations; and an Appendix, containing Original Documents never before published. Dr BROWNE will shortly publish, for the use of schools, Pinacotheca Classica, or Classical Gallery; containing a selection of the most distinguished characters in ancient and modern times, as drawn by the most celebrated Grecian, Roman, and British writers. Mr C. BRADLEY of Wallingford has nearly ready for the press a Lexicon of the New Testament, on a somewhat similar plan to that of Parkhurst's, but less extensive, being principally intended for the use of schools. The edition of Fabyan's Chronicles of England and France, edited by HENRY ELLIS, esq. will be ready for publication by the end of this month. A Life of the late Arthur Murphy, esq. by JESSE FOOT, esq. his executor, is in the piess. It will form a quarto volume, and contain the Epistolary Correspondence of Mr Murphy with many distingished persons, during a period of more than 50 years. An Account of the Isle of Man, comprising history, antiquities, and present sta:e, from the pen of Mr GEORGE WOODS, will be ready for publication in a few weeks. Mr CAREY is engraving on 10 folio plates, a Portraiture of the Heavens as they appear to the naked eye, constructed for the use of students in astronomy, by the rev. Francis Wollaston, F. R. S. Preparing for the press, an extensive Military Historical Work, in quarto, by Capt. T. H. COOPER, author of the Light Infantry Guide, Military Cabinet, &c.; being a collection of all the land battles fought in the Messenian, Lydian, Sacred, Peloponnesian, Corinthian, Hetruscan, Tarentine, Punic, Sardinian, Macedonian, Jugurthine, Mithridatic, Civil, Servile, and other wars, from the foundation of Rome to the birth of Christ; embellished, with about 80 plans of the principal battles, maps showing the routes and places of actions, &c. &c. The Jubilee, or the Disappointed Heir, in a series of elegies, by PETERr Pindar, esq. is in preparation for the press. The Right Hon. GEORGE ROSE has in the press a new and enlarged edition of a Brief Examination into the increase of the Commerce and Revenue of Great Britain, brought down to the present time. Mr MALCOLM has in the press a new volume of Anecdotes of the Manners, Customs, Dress, Amusements, &c. of the Citizens of London, from the time of the Romans to 1699. Mr CROMER will speedily publish Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song, with historical and traditional notices relative to the Manners and Customs of the Peasantry. A new edition of TOPLADY's Historic Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the Church of England, including a brief account of eminent persons before the Reformation, in two large volumes quarto, embelllshed with 200 portraits, will be published in the course of the ensuing year. Mr CHARLES EICHORN will shortly put to press a translation of Gesner's pastoral novel, entitled Daphnis, intended for the use of German and English scholars, with an interlineary translation, and the English elegantly rendered at the foot of each page. Sir ROBERT WILSON has in the press, in one volume quarto, Brief Remarks on the Character and Composition of the Russian Army, and a sketch of the Campaign in Poland in 1806 and 1807, from observations made by him when he accompanied Lord Hutchinson to the headquarters of the Emperor Alexander. Mr MANNING is now at Canton in China, and has been there five years, learning the language, in the dress of the country, with a view to penetrate the interior. He is an able man, and has so adapted himself to the manners and feelings of the Chinese, that he is scarcely to be distinguished from the natives even by natives. We understand that a native Chinese lady is now in London; but she lives in retirement. The small bells set a-ringing by means of De Luc's electric column continued ringing on the 24th of August, and had been doing so, without stopping, for a pe riod of 152 days and a half. This long continuance renders it not improbable that the weight of the clapper may be so adapted to the power of the apparatus, as to cause small bells to continue ringing for years together without intermission. NATURAL HISTORY. The Italian poplar (populus fastigata) has recently been planted in several counties with the hop vine, for the purpose of supporting it. The leaves also, after having sheltered the hop from injurious winds, will, when they fall, serve as ma nure. An eagle was shot a few days ago, on Tredake in Lantengloss, near Fowey, whilst feeding on the carcase of a sheep. It was three feet long from the extremities of its bill and tail. The expansion of its wings was six feet ten inches. LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. ARTS AND SCIENCES. A Familiar Introduction to the Arts and Sciences, for the use of schools and young persons; containing a general explication of the fundamental principles and facts of the sciences, divided into lessons; with Questions subjoined to each, for the examination of pupils. By the Rev. J. Joyce. 12mo. 6s. A New System of Chemical Philosophy. Part II. By John Dalton. 8vo. 10s. 6d. BIOGRAPHY. The Life of Sir Julius Cæsar, Knight, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a Privy Counsellor to Kings James and Charles I. With Memoirs of his Family and Descendants. Elephant 4to. 63s. 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KING'S ILLNESS. Nov. 29.-Earl Camden, lord president of the council, presented the report of the privy council, containing the examination of the physicians, Drs Reynolds, Heberden, Willis, and Sir H. Halford, who all stated that his majesty was then incapable of business; but that, founding their opinion on maladies of this nature, the integrity of his majesty's faculties, and the strength of his constitution, they entertained the most confident hopes of his recovery, though they could not state at what period he might become convalescent. The E. of Liverpool rose, and acknowledged the embarrassment in which the house was placed, but rested the necessity of delay on the favourable change of his majesty's present indisposition, which might render any further proceeding unnecessary, he moved, that the house do adjourn till Thursday the 13th Dec. Earl Spencer, conceiving that the house was departing from the precedent of 1788, moved, as an amendment, that the house do appoint a committee to examine the physicians as to his melancholy indisposition, and to report the same. A division at length took place on Earl Spencer's amendment; contents 56-non-contents 88--majority 32. The original motion was then carried, no proxies being tendered on either side. Dec. 13.-The Eark of Liverpool, after adverting to what he had said on the 29th of last month, when he moved the former adjournment, observed, that he felt ir his duty, in conformity with the precedents of 1788, to move, "That a select committee be appointed to examine the physicians who have attended his majesty during his illness, respecting the state of his majesty's health, and to report such examination to the house." The motion was then put, and carried unanimously, and also that the committee should consist of 21 lords. Adjourned till to-morrow. Dec. 14-Earl Camden reported the names of lords chosen on the select com. mittee. On motion of the Earl of Liverpool, it was ordered that they meet this day, and that any eight of them have power to adjourn as they shall think fit. Dec. 19.--The Earl of Liverpool, in reply to a question put by Earl Spencer, as to the mode of proceeding intended to be pursued by ministers, declared it was the intention of himself and his friends to act strictly on the precedent of 1788 and 1789 in supplying the defect of the royal authority. Lord Grenville was of opinion that unnecessary delay had taken place in recording the fact of the king's illness, and in adopting such measures as the present critical exigency of public affairs required. After a lapse of 20 years, and giving the question the most attentive consideration, it was the honest conviction of his mind, that the defect of the royal authority could only be supplied by legislative provision, and not by address. This he found himself bound to declare as a peer of parliament faithfully discharging his duty; a duty which, he regretted, must cost him the pain of disagreeing with his noble friends. The Earl of Lauderdale combated the chief position of his noble friend, which was built on a distinction which he never could recognise; the distinction between the political and natural capacity of the crown. He was aware that this distinction had been antecedently laid down, and highly appreciated by some lawyers of great reputation; but he, nevertheless, thought it had no solid basis, and partook more of the nature of quibble than a legal definition. He concluded by recommending an address to the Prince of Wales. Lord Holland agreed with his noble friend (Lord Grenville) in the necessity of making a le gislative provision; but contended that they ought first to establish a representative of the royal authority, for the purpose of giving a constitutional sanction to such a legislative measure. Ordered to be summoned for to-morrow. Adjourned. Dec. 20.-Earl Camden presented the report of the committee appointed to examine the physicians touching the state of his majesty's health. Lord Holland, after stating that it was not expected that any question relative to the sovereign's illness would be discussed this day, remarked, that much inconvenience must result from the suspension of the executive authority. He alluded to the hostile conduct of Swe den. And the proclamation of the govern ment of the United States, which rendered it necessary either promptly to revoke the orders in council, or declare upon what conditions such concessions would be made. The state of affairs in South America was also highly interesting to this country, and deeply affecting the interests of the pe ninsula, and required a prompt determi nation upon the part of the exccutive government. The Earl of Liverpool declared that his colleagues were fully aware of the difficulties and embarrassments of their situation, but that they were also cons scious of not having created any unnecessary delay. He could, not from a principle of duty, give the explanation asked for by the noble lord; at the same time he could assure their lordships that no material inconvenience had arisen to the public service from the present embarrassing situation of his majesty's ministers. He deprecated the proceeding by address as illegal and unconstitutional, and recommended that by bill. After an animated debate, the Earl of Liverpool moved, "That a committee be appointed to search for precedents on occasions similar to the present." Ordered. Dec. 22.--In consequence of a message from the house of commons, desiring a conference, a committee was appointed for that purpose. Soon after Lord Camden imparted to them certain resolutions agreed to by the commons, which resolutions Lord Camden presented. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Nov. 29.-Mr Sec. Ryder, after stating the circumstances under which the house met, presented the report of the physicians as taken before the privy council, when the question being put, it was ordered to be laid on the table. The report having been read, Mr Perceval, after dwelling at some length upon the favourable hopes it held out of his majesty's recovery, moved, that the house do adjourn, at its rising, for 14 days. house then divided on the question of adjournment-ayes 233, noes 129. Another division took place upon Mr Ponsonby's motion to appoint a committee to examine the physicians--ayes 137, noes 230. Adjourned for a fortnight. The He Dec. 13.--The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose on the subject of his majesty's illness, and, after stating that the expectations he had entertained of his majesty's speedy recovery were diminished, though of his ultimate recovery he entertained no doubt, thought it his duty to propose to the house such a mode of proceeding as appeared to him to be best adapted to the nature of the case. then proposed the appointment of a select committee, consisting of 21 members, to examine the physicians, and to make their report thereon to the house. That, after this committee was agreed to, the house should adjourn to Monday the 17th, when it would receive the report. That the report should be printed, and, if ready to be delivered to the several members of the house on Monday, the house should adjourn to Wednesday the 19th, on which day he should subsequently move that the call of the house should take place; that the house should immediately afterwards take the report of the committee into consideration, and thereon proceed to adopt such measures as to its wisdom should seem most fit for supplying the vacancy which the unfortunate calamity of his majesty's illness had made in the constitution. The motion, being read from the chair, was unanimously agreed to. It was ordered that the committee have power to send for the physicians, in order to their examination; to adjourn from time to time; and to sit again notwithstanding any adjournment of the house; and that five of the said committee be a quorum. Dec. 17.-Mr Dundas brought up the report of the committee appointed to examine his majesty's physicians, which was ordered to be printed. Mr Perceval moved, "That the house should be called over on Tuesday, and that it should form itself into a committee on the state of the nation." He would then propose the three preliminary resolutions adopted in 1788. Mr Ponsonby declared that he should oppose the third proposition, which recommended proceeding by bill, as tending to degrade the kingly office. Mr Perceval replied. Both motions were agreed to. Dec. 19.-Mr Lushington brought up the report of the committee on the state of the nation. On the question being put on the second resolution, Lord W. Russell opposed it as unnecessary. On the former occasion an assertion of the prince's right to the royal authority had been then set up, and it was in opposition to that assertion that the minister on that day mo ved the resolution. No such claims had been advanced now, consequently ministers had not the same excuse as their predecessors to urge in justification of their conduct. He concluded by moving the previous question. Sir F. Burdett spoke vehemently on the same side. Mr Lambe expressed his dissent from the last speaker, many of whose opinions were calculated, if acted upon, to produce the greatest anarchy in the state. He agreed that the executive power ought to be viewed with suspicion; not with any feeling of animo. sity, but with a proper regard to the welfare of the nation. He wished the house to consider the subject. Messrs Stephen and Wilberforce, with much eloquence and ability, supported the resolutions, and the proceeding by bill. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, with much animation, replied to the objections which had been urged; avowed his consciousness of the responsi bility |