of the evidence these passages afford. A mere reference is often passed over uuregarded, and the reader remains exactly in the same state of indecision as if no reference had been made at all. The passages, and the authors of them, are as follow: "In beginning God created the Heaven the b the Earth and, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord." Moses."And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.' Jesus Christ, in St. John.-" But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God." Jesus Christ again, in St. John.To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things" and, "There is one God, and one m mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." St. Paul. "Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did by him." St. Peter, in the Acts of the Apostles by St. Luke.-"And his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing." Mary, the mother of Jesus, in St. Luke.-" Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, &c.? and his sisters, are they not all with us?" The own Countrymen of Jesus, in St. Matthew. On these authentic passages (and more might be added) I offer no note or comment, but leave them to speak for themselves in the plain language of their authors. I shall not even make any remark on those texts which your Correspondent points out for consideration, farther than merely to assure him, that they may be interpreted without the least difficulty in perfect consistence with the literal meaning of those passages which I have now quoted. I have (as your Correspondent observes) styled Mr. Belsham an able and learned Critic and Divine. I have done the same of Bp. Burgess. Which of the two learned writers has shewn most ability on the present subject of their discussion, is a matter open to the judgment of the numerous and respectable readers of Mr. Urban's pages. Knowing Bp. Burgess and Mr. Belsham only in common with other readers, who, in addition to their usual occupations, devote occasionallylittle attention to subjects of litera ture, I feel no influence but that of truth: at the same time, I am well convinced, that many honourable members of society, far my superiors in station and abilities, could express the same sentiments much better than I have done, provided they would take the trouble to employ a small portion of their leisure in that way. Yours, &c. A. S. F. P. S. Fam sorry to observe that the blight has appeared, in many places, on the wheat. The cause of it might be a subject of curious inquiry amongst Mr. Urban's agricultural readers, and their speculations amusing to the rest, if they would be pleased to transmi them for insertion By careful and c continued attention, perhaps some means might be found out for preventing it, or at least for lessening the injurious effect of it. All accounts of it, hitherto, appear unsatisfactory. Mr. URBAN, Shrewsbury, July 1. A the Beauties of England and S that elegant and useful work Wales" is nearly completed, the correction of any errors that may have escaped the notice of the Editors, will, I do not doubt, be acceptable to the proprietors and subscribers. The following are corrections and additions to Shropshire, forming part of vol. XIII. P. Page 117, line 11, dele late. P. 118, I. 16, for 1776 read 1767, and for Iwan-hill, read Swan-hill. P. 119, 1. S, dele no. P. 200, 1. 11, read prove it not to have, &c. P. 212, l. 19, dele to. P. 219, 1. 30, for eminently read evidently. P. 259, I. read Edward Lord Herbert was a native, and was born at Eyton, in the parish of Wroxeter, in this county, A. D. 1583. P. 278, in addition to the prose account of Kynaston and his Cave, may be added a poetical one by John F. M. Dovaston, esq. written purposely for the old Dame who inhabits the cave, and who disposes of them to those whose curiosity leads them to that romantic spot. P. 293, 1. 11, for Lieutenant-General Sir John Hill, read Rowland Hill, now Lord Hill.. P. 295, 1. 30. Near this town, should be added, at the Clive-hall.' P. 312, Sir William Bruce. G. Richardson, wellies P. 312, l. 14, Inscription at the Royal Oak, The following inscrip tion, &c. this inscription was on a plain stone in gold letters, on the old wall which surrounded the oak. The present inscription is graven on a brass plate, as given in your vol. LXXIX. p. 105. In the elegant vignette view H. Holland. AREN of Boscobel-house, on the engraved It must be a subject of regret to title page, for Broscobel read Bos- those who are attached to the fascicobel. On the platein No. 5 of vol. XV. nating study of Architecture, that no written "St. Mary's Church, Shrews regular and sufficiently-detailed Biobury," should be, "The Abbey Church, graphy of its Professors yet exists; Shrewsbury," to be placed facing p. since the slight notices of some, in 91. Qu the plate of Haughmond Ab- Walpole's Anecdotes, in many inbey in No. 3 of vol. XVI. written a stances comprized within ten or a dodrawing by I. Pont, should be, from zen lines, rather excite than gratify a drawing by D. Parkes The view, curiosity. Neither does the little to as Bridgnorth, in Na 9 of vol. XIII. be gathered from Dallaway contrishould be cancelled; it appears an inbute to supply this desideratum in position, having neither accuracy of literature. design, or picturesque effect, sufficient to give it a place in this work; the accurate view. given before, from a drawing by Day, obliterates the necessity of another view of the town: a good view of the curious remains of the Castle would be an acceptable, appendage. It is however to be hoped that, ere many years elapse, this hitherto neglected field of Biography will find a zealous cultivator; one, whom industry, taste, candour, and impar tiality, may well qualify to become an able Historian of English Architecture, and the Plutarch of our Architects. The subject is neither hackneyed nor barren. Mr. URBAN, ATTINGHAM, the seat of Lord Berwick, which is omitted, should by all means have had a place; it was built from a design by Stuart, and is an elegant specimen of modern architec-N ture. The picture-gallery erected by the present possessor contains many fine specimens of the old masters, and some of the modero. CONDOVER HALL is worthy of notice; it is a fine old mansion, built by Sir Thomas Owen, one of the Judges in the King's Bench, who died in 1598. In this. house are many fine paintings, great part of which were collected by the late possessor, Nicho las Owen Smythe Owen, esq. by whom the house and grounds were much improved. Shropshire not having, like most other Counties, a regular Historian, rendered the Editor's task generally difficult, and often precarious. Mr. URBAN, P. SHOULD consider myself much indebted to any of your Readers or Correspondents who would com mmunicate some information respecting the following Architects, or point out the sources, from which some satisfactory account of them may be obtained, as well as correct dates. H. Bath, March 8 answer to E. F.LXXXIV.ii.p.132. To preserve yeast, take a live coal from the fire (of either wood or coal) the size of a walnut, put it into a pint of fætid, or bitter, or stale yeast, it immediately makes it sweet. Yeast will keep a fortnight in water; it falls to the bottom; and when wanted for use, pour off the water, and take out what yeast is wanted, and put fresh water often to what remains. The following is taken from page 71 in the New Family Receipt Book: printed for Murray, 1811, a new edr tion, containing 800 receipts not in cookery or medicine. Yeast may be preserved for a con siderable time by coating a board with a whiting brush, allowing the coat to dry; then putting on another, which is in like manner to dry; and so a third, and any number of successive coatings, which, when parfectly dry, will keep vigorous for a long time. Another method is to whisk the yeast until it becomes thin, and then to lay it upon a dry platter or dish repeatedly with a soft brush as above mentioned. The top is then to be turned turned downwards, to keep out the dust, but not the air, which is to dry it. By this method it may be continued till it be two or three inches thick, when it may be preserved in dry tin canisters or broad-mouthed bottles for a long time good; when used for baking, a piece is to be cut off and laid in warm water to diffuse or dissolve, when it will be fit for use. Put yeast on a cloth, and under the cloth wood-ashes, which absorbs the moisture; when dry, tie up the yeast in a cloth like a bag to dry. The Germans do this. I put yeast in bottles, corked them, and put them at the bottom of a well, for a fortnight; but on trial I found, on taking the bottles out of the well and drawing the corks, that the yeast stunk abominably. Method of accelerating the vegetation of Corn, Carrots, &c. by Alphonse Leroy, (Sonnini's Journal.) The Chinese method of preparing seeds previous to sowing them, though known for many years in Europe, has hitherto most unaccountably been neglected. Mr. Leroy has at last made trial of it, and the great advantage he experienced from it will, it is hoped, induce others to follow his example. Mr. Leroy's method of imitating the Chinese process was as follows: he mixed together equal parts of the dung of sheep, horses, and cows, and of clayey earth from the rubbish of an old hovel. The whole was diluted with water, and boiled to kill the insects, and deprive it of its putrify ing quality. It was poured lukewarm on the seed corn; a little slaked lime was then thrown over it, and the grain well stirred till a coating of the mixture was formed on it; it was then laid under a large woollen covering, and at the end of three days it was considerably enlarged, and began to germinate. This wheat thus prepared was sown two months and a half after the usual time, on the 22d December, and one fourth less used than the usual quantity; iu six days after, it was visible above ground, and produced a fine crop in the beginning of August. Carrot-seed was also prepared in a similar manner with the addition of some soot, and left in a very humid state, wrapped in linen, in some manure that retained a mild heat internally, In six days the grain was ready to germinate, and was then mixed with ten times its quantity of sandy earth, and sowed. In about ten days the carrots appeared, and covered the ground so well that the weeds did not shew themselves. They were thinned in two months after, and eleven large cart-loads were gathered from each acre in four months and a half after sowingAmong several other valua ble matters in his paper Mr. Leroy advises, that seed should be always precured which has grown in a country Southward of that in which it is to be sown; to boil or ferment food for fattening cattle, which is the basis of the secrets of the German fatteners of cattle; and to steep raw carrots in water before using them, to deprive them of an acrid principle. From what was advised in a former Magazine, several persons have been cured of Deafness by wearing, by night, a thin brown-paper night-cap under a flannel night-cap, leaving them off by day. Yours, &c. THE D. St. James'-st. WestMr. URBAN, minster, June 16. THE Founders and Promoters of the many Benevolent Institutions which do so much honour to our Country, must all in their day have experienced the most exquisite delight in viewing the fruits produced from the seeds they sowed; and so long as these Institutions survive, so long will the names of their original proposers live with gratitude and admiration in the minds of those who still continue to labour in the same good works, and also in the minds of the objects who derive benefit from their exertions. I, Sir, am ambitions to obtain this delight and this reward; and I wish for your assistance in the noble deed. My proposal is to establish a Benevo lent Cloathing Society, which, 1 presume, may be begun and continued with much less expence than almost any other, though its benefits will be as extensive as the best. There are, in the British Empire, thousands of families, and single persons, living in affluence, who have every year an accumulation of left-off apparel. To these, Sir, I make my appeal: it generally happens that these things are given away, or sold for a coosideration not worth naming. Now, Sir, my object is to establish a place or places, parochial or national, for the reception Antidotes or Remedies for Poison. By J. JOHNSTONE, M. D. F.R. S. &c. 1. WHEN the Preparations of Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony, or of any metal, or when any unknown substance matter has reception and distribution of left-off cloaths. The distribution principally to be to persons going into service; because here, I think, encouragement is most wanted, and here the least deceit could be practised. There is no person above the middle rank of life been swallowed, and there have speedwho might not more or less contribute ily ensued heat of the Mouth and their aid, and that, too, without being sensible of any sacrifice. It is indeed but a very small return of gratitude for new cloaths to give away our old ones. Other Institutions depend for support entirely on the considerate and bumane: but this may expect some of its best contributions from the careless and extravagant, and in the distribution of its effects, it will give a finish of assistance to the objects of other charities. For the Sick made whole, or the Debtor discharged, is but half relieved, if still he wants apparel to enable him to return to the station which before his misfortune he had filled. Often, very often, is the Widow's heart wrung with sorrow to see her orphans' minds vitiated by running about the streets, because she cannot clothe them well enough to appear at Church, or to have the cultivation of a National School. Too frequently does the labouring man sigh for an opportunity of placing his children as errand-boys or servants, because he cannot clothe them fit for the purpose. Should you, Mr. Urban, enter into my views upon this subject, you will, as a first step, give publicity to this letter. I am sensible, it will require an association of industry and talent, to arrange and conduct a scheme of Throat, violent pain of the Stomach, retching, and vomiting-immediately drink plentifully of warm water, with common soap dissolved or scraped in it-two or three quarts of warm water, with from three or four ounces to half a pound of soap, will not be too much. 2. When any of the preparations of Opium, Henbane, Nightshade, Hemlock, Tobacco, Fox-glove, or Stra monium, or any poisonous Fungus, mistaken for Mushrooms, or Spirituous Liquors in excess, or any other unknown matters have been swallowed, exciting sickness without pain of the stomach, or producing giddiness, drowsiness, and sleep-give instantly one table spoonful of flour of mustard in water, and repeat it in copious draughts of warm water constantly, until vomiting takes place. If the person becomes so insensible as not to be easily roused-give the mustard in vinegar instead of water, and rub and shake the body actively and incessantly. 3. When Oil of Vitriol, Spirits of Salt, or Aqua Fortis, have been swallowed, or spilt upon the skin-iminediately drink, or wash the part with large quantities of water, and as soon as they can be procured, add soap, or potash, or chalk, to the water. HYDROPHOBIA. this kind: but beginnings must origi-Advises, in all cases of wounds PROFESSIONAL Correspondent pate somewhere, and many a good beginning has originated in the Gentle man's Magazine. Should this hint lead to the estab lishment of a House to receive, and a Committee to distribute, the writer will contemplate his proposal with delight, and according to his ability contribute towards its support. B. S**** P. S. Private persons inclined to bestow their left-off apparel on the poor, are frequently at a loss for proper objects; or, when they have found them, it often happens that they are no ways fitted to the size. This could never happen to a public body. from animals suspected of being rabid, that excision of the bitten parts be immediately performed, and that they be washed with strong ley; this if practised early, and in a complete manner, he affirms to be a certain and the only preventive that can be depended on. He adds, that it would be advisable to remove the bitten parts, although they might be healed, and some days or even weeks have elapsed, provided no symptoms of the dreadful disease of Hydrophobia appear, which symptoms are often not perceptible for several months after the infliction of the wound. REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Sermons preached on Public Occasions; with Notes, and an Appendix, on various important Subjects. By R. Valpy, D. D. F.A. S. In two Volumes, 8vo. pp. 321, 394. Longman and Co. W to mention this learned and industrious Divine with the respect Our notice of the Volumes before us has been accidentally much too long delayed. The first of them consists of Eight Discourses. "These were all published in consequence of the request of the Congregations before which they were preached. But the motives which prompted the request, often arose from favourable circumstances of a temporary nature; it is to be feared that the coolness of criticism may not confirm what the warmth of a momentary impression suggested. On such occasions an author is not left to the mature deliberation of his own judgment; his danger is personal. "The first Sermon was a juvenile performance. So forcible were my apprehensions of the severity of criticism, that it was published anonymously. The flattering encomiums which it received from a most respectable literary Journal, and the surprize expressed at the suppression of the Author's name, acted as an encouragement to more public compliances with the wishes of other congregations. The Assize Sermons were published at the request of the High-Sheriff and Grand Jury. A learned Judge made so honourable a mention of the latter in his charge, that this request became irresistible. The reception with which they were honoured by the most eminent periodical Critics, and the public approbation, particularly that of a late pious and learned Prelate in his tract on the Beneficial Effects of Christianity on the temporal Concerns of Mankind," demand their republication. A similar reason may be applied to the Sermon on the Consecration of the Colours, GENT. MAG, July, 1815. and to that for the Humane Society The latter has derived some importance from an attack made upon it by one Critick, and from the defence of others. The new apologetic Preface is preserved: expressed in that and in the Sermon. every fresh consideration of the subject induces me to adhere to the opinions To the candour of the Reader I commit the cause. The Sermon for the Bible Society is, I believe, the first that has been published on the subject. It was my original design to enter at length into the defence of that Institution; but the work of Mr. Dealtry is so copious and conclusive in argument, and so nervous and elegant in style, that it is only necessary to mention it to the Reader. The Society has spread so many strong and flourishing branches in every part of the world, that it would be as difficult to stop its progress, as to prevent the accomplishment of the prophecies relating to the universal influence of the Gospel. "Observations of a critical, historical, and political nature, which were inadmissible in the Sermons, have been subjoined in the form of Notes. Some of these were of such magnitude, that it was thought necessary to consign them to an Appendix. In these I have sometimes thought myself called upon by a sense of duty to the interests of my King, my Country, and my Church, to oppose the opinions and measures of men, whose motives I respect, and whose character I admire. If I have mistaken one fact, or made one false conclusion, I am ready to correct the one, and retract the other. The cause of Patriotism, of Religion, and of Truth, is the sole object of these Observations. If they suggest one salutary regulation, my purpose is completely fulfilled. I have endeavoured to avoid perOf those whose opi sonal allusions. nions I controvert, the names are seldom expressed. The publick are interested only in the confirmation or confutation of their sentiments. They themselves cannot be deceived in the quotation or application of their argu ments. The field of defence is open to them. If any expression should unfor tunately wound the feelings of any individual, Let my disclaiming from a purposed evil free me in his most gene rous thoughts; let it be expunged. "To promote the public welfare is the object |
