England, had drenched the land with the blood of her children-the first step of tyranny in its now undisguised march, had been made over the mangled bodies of freemen-the car nage which had signalized its descent was an omen of the long futurity of suffering reserved for a prostrate and undone race, who could expect deliverance only from the energy of despair. With what inward joy must every traitorous spirit in the land have brooded over the pregnant mass of delusion which appeared for a time to have overwhelmed the national mind! It was in the case of Manchester that radical reform appeared for a moment covered with the touching emblems of martyrdom-that it acquired a moral vigour from its reputed wrongs wholly alien to its nature-that amid the foul clamour about violated laws, it was presented to the imagination of a credulous people in equal and persecuted majesty, with that constitution of which it had vowed the overthrow. And now that the people have been rescued from this delusion, and that the light of truth has chased back their betrayers to their hiding-placesnow that they find how they have been offering incense to the violators, and heaping insult upon the guardians, of the law; when it has become pal pable to the meanest intellect, that the tale of massacre, with all its revolting episodes, is the veriest and vilest fabrication to be found in the annals of faction, and that the energy displayed at Manchester was the triumph, not the violation of the laws-when the tardy justice rendered to the magistracy of the land must be bound up with the bitter scorn of those by whose malignant agency it has been so long denied—it is to be hoped that the people may learn a lesson of wisdom from the past, and carry it forward with them into futurity, and that, mindful of the inexpiable insult which has been offered to their judgment by the panders to rebellion, they may learn for ever to distrust those whom they cannot in their hearts but des pise. Notices to Correspondents. We have much to say to you, gentle Correspondents; but we must devise a new mode of address, now that our Brother-Editor of Baldwin's London Magazine has adopted our ancient style. Indeed, his Miscellany so resembles our own in form and pressure, that common eyes may, at first sight, mistake it for its elder brother. It is, however, a promising young Publication; and should any part of the reading public be of opinion that it is, in any respect, an im provement upon ours, we must, in like manner, proceed forthwith to exhibit an improvement upon it, till the world will at last have assurance of a Maga zine. Meanwhile, we have room for one Sonnet only. Sonnet, by the Ettrick Shepherd ; (Addressed to CHRISTOPHER NORTH, Esq. on receiving the last Number of this Magazine, by the hands of JOHN Dow, Esq. W.S.) HOW SWEET WHEN WINTER, O'ER THE YARROW ROCKS, AND LIFE IS IN MY EARS LIKE A LOUD STREAM. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Conveyance of Sound. The following curious and highly important fact connected with the physiology of the ear, has lately been published by Mr Swan of Lincoln. When the ears are stopped, and a watch is brought in contact with any part of the head, face, teeth, or neck; or if a stick, water, &c. be interposed between any of these parts and the watch, the sound will be heard as well as when the ears are open. That this provision of nature has been useful to deaf people, the following case, which may be found in Haller's Prælecti, ones Academica, will prove :-" Musicus fuit in aulâ, ex morbo factus surdaster, prehendebat vestibulum mordicus, et tum omnino chelyn exarte, pulsabat." It is extremely probable that this ingenious suggestion, if attended to by the faculty, and aided by proper instruments to increase the effect of sound, would be found of considerable importance to those suffering under temporary deafness; but it must be observed, that where the disease is in the nerve, no good can be derived from it. Cambridge-On Monday, November 29, the Graduates of this university, according to a notice that had been issued, held their second public meeting, with a view to form a Society for Philosophical Communication; when the Rev. W. Farish, B. D. Jacksonian Professor, being called to the chair, Dr E. D. Clarke brought up the report of the committee appointed to construct the regulations of the society. These regulations were then severally moved by the Chairman and passed. It was resolved that the society bear the name of the Cambridge Philosophi cal Society: and that it be instituted for the purpose of promoting scientific inquiries, and of facilitating the communication of facts connected with the advancement of philosophy. This society is to consist of a Patron, a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, Ordinary and Honorary Members. A council is also appointed, consisting of the above-mentioned officers, and seven ordinary members. Immediately after the institution of the society, upwards of one hundred Graduates of the university were admitted as members; and the officers and council for the present year were elected, His Royal Highness the Chancellor of the University has accepted the office of Patron of the above society, and has presented the institution with a munificent testimony of his approbation. The two Representatives in Parliament for the university have also become Life Members of the society. The following gentlemen were elected officers of the Cambridge Philosophical So ciety;-President, Rev. W. Farish, Magd. Coll. Jacksonian Professor.-Vice-president, J. Haviland, M.D. St John's, Regius Prof. of Physic.-Secretaries, Rev. A. Sedgwick, M. A. Trin. Woodwardian Prof.; Rev. S Lee, M. A. Queen's Coll. Professor of Arabic.-Treasurer, Rev. B. Bridge, B. D. Fellow of Pet. Coll. Gehlenite, Needle-stone, and Datolite.Dr. E. D. Clarke has lately detected potass in this stone. The property of forming a jelly in acids belongs to but few minerals, and the Doctor had long suspected that it was owing to the presence either of an alkali or an alkaline earth in stones containing si lica. There seems to be no exception, but where zinc or lime is present with the silica. In the instances of Needle-stone and Datolite, which both yield a transparent jelly when acted on by acids, and both contain lime. He has also detected Soda. Poisons. A correspondent suggests, that a complete work on poisons, especially those frequently met with, with their proper specifics, when such are known, is a desideratum in the healing art, to which medical authors should turn their attention. The experiments of Dr Orphila in Paris, promise much valuable information. It is now ascertained, that sugar taken in lumps is a certain antidote for verdigris; that vi negar counteracts the dangerous effects of alkaline substances; and that raw albumen (white of eggs) if administered in time, is a remedy for mercury sublimate. actions, and especially by promoting of letters and civilization, has determined to send to the most eminent schools of Europe several young Greeks, who may there finish their studies at his expense; and then return home to give their native country the advantage of the knowledge they have acquired. A plan is also in forwardness for the establishment of a grand college at Adrianople. It has been patronized with zeal by Baron George Sakellarios, one of the richest Greek merchants settled in the dominions of the Emperor of Austria. The Baron is a native of Adrianople, and having opened the list by a liberal subscription, he has excited the emulation of his compatriots, to whom he has written in strong terms on the subject. The Archbishop of Adrianople, M. Proïos, native of Chios, a man of great learning, and who long resided at Paris, has employed all his patriotic eloquence in behalf of this college and a person unknown has bequeathed a landed estate valued at £1000. By such means, in the first instance, the Greeks are endeavouring to deliver themselves from that state of degradation in which they had been so long enthralled. WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. LONDON. A new edition of the Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; with a Biographical and Critical Preface. In 2 vols royal 8vo. Embellished with twenty engravings; by Mr C. 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