Of the warm bath of Askern water, Mr. B. says, "It is used with success in a variety of diseases, among which, as connected with our présent enquiries, may be enumerated cutaneous eruptions, stiff joints from rheumatism and rheumatic pains, paralytic affections, obstructions of the bowels, and general debility attended with nerv. ous irritability, these being complaints for which the warm bath has not merely been prescribed, but in which it has really proved beneficial. And Askern water seems not only equally useful in any of these affections, but in rheumatic affectious appears to be more useful, and in cutaneous eruptions is decidedly superior to mere warm water. "Some difference of opinion has prevailed among medical men, as to the propriety of using the warm bath in tuberculous pulmonary consumption, but I have seen it used with evident advantage at Askern, in cases wherein the hectic paroxysms have been regularly formed, and the cough and frothy expectoration considerable; and also in cases more advanced, as when the expectorated matter has become more viscid and opaque, and occasionaily curdled and streaked with blood. In the employment of the warm bath in pulmonary consumption, it must be acknowledged that much caution is requisite: but if the patient have tried it, and found the heat of the skin lessened, the pulse slower, and the cough and uneasiness in the chest alleviated, there can be no objection to a continuance of its use." We perfectly agree with our author in our disapprobation of the arbitrary method of immersing patients, of all habits and of all diseases, in hot sulphureous water; and we are obliged to him for the directions he has given as a substitute. The following diseases may probably derive some alleviation, if not great benefit, from the Askern Water, under the directions Mr. Brewerton has given : Scrophulous ulcers and swellings, gout and rheumatism, paralysis, complaints of the organs of digestion, consumption of the lungs, cutaneous diseases, or scorbutic complaints. Although this water may and does possess valuable medicinal properties in some cases, yet we very much incline to believe that, in a vast majority of instances, the good effects which have followed its use, have not been attributable, specifically to the action of the water on the system, but to the influence of causes which are the usual concomitants of places of public resort like Harrogate, Scarbro', Matlock, and Askern, such as, change of air, diversity of scenes freedom from the cares of business, gentle exercise, &c. &c. We have said of Mr. Brewerton's work that it is too diffuse; there is, also, a little want of method, and the directions are not always so explicit as we could wish. It is but justice to say, that he shows throughout considerable medical information, and unites with it, what is not always to be found, great candour and modesty in his investigations, LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Gas-Light from Oil.-Mr. Taylor, of Stratford, has completed a very ingenious apparatus, by which gas, for the purposes of illumination, may be obtained from oil. This is a discovery of vast importance for our Greenland fisheries, and is also of great consequence in private houses, as only a very small apparatus is necessary, and there are no disagreeable products as in the distillation of coal. In the gas produced from oil there is more olefiant gas; and when a very fine and pure light is required on particular occasions, wax may be substituted in place of the oil, when almost nothing but olefiant gas is produced. Earthquake. On the 9th of June, about 20 minutes past two o'clock P. M. there was a smart shock of an earthquake in the neighbourhood of Hayfield, on Loch Awe side, in Scotland. A gentleman, who was writing in his parlour, first heard a report like that of artillery, and afterwards a noise like that of rocks tumbling down from the neighbouring mountains of Croacham. Having run out to see what was the matter, he was not sensible of the earth quake which succeeded, but his son and daughter who were in another room were nearly tossed over; and the servants, who were at their dinner in the kitchen, were astonished to see the plates on the table dance before them. The shock was felt by several families in a range of two or three miles, but no injury was sustained by it. On the 28th of May, a little before mid night, an earthquake was felt in the moun tains which separate Bohemia from Aus tria. The shocks were very violent in the most elevated parts of the mountains, and at Hohenfurt several rents were made in a very thick wall. Violent Storms.- Accounts from Vienna mention that on the afternoon of the 10th of May the estates of Prince Joseph Lobkowitz, near the little town of Gistebnitz, in the circle of Tabor, in Bohemia, were ravaged with a violent whirlwind of more than 20 toises (fathoms) in diameter. It rose rapidly to the clouds, carrying to a great height stones, saud, earth, &c. This phenomenon was changed, at the end of a quarter of an hour, into a cloud of dust. In passing over Gistebnitz, it carried off roofs of houses, tore up and stripped the trees, and afterwards discharged all the wrecks with which it was loaded. A dreadful shower succeeded, amidst claps of thunder, accompanied by a still more disastrous hail storm, which broke in roofs, demolished windows, and destroyed corn. There were hailstones, they say, of from 2 to 3lbs. weight On the 23d of May a deluge of hail and rain suddenly fell at Satorally-Ujhely. A woman and three children were carried away by the torrent, and perished; 11 houses were washed away; stones weighing 40 or 50 cwt. each were carried into the street by the swell of the waters; and great damage was done to the fruit-trees and vineyards. Water-Spout.- On the 18th ult. a waterspoot, of immense diameter, inundated great part of the arrondissement of Auxerre. The rain, accompanied by large hail-stones, fell in torrents for 30 minutes. The whole harvest in 19 commnnes is destroyed. In some quarters the water was six feet deep; at Fontenai a house was thrown down, and four children killed, and several other edifices were much damaged. Remains of the Mammoth-There have been recently discovered in the parish Isle of Wight, the houses of that stupen- * of Motteston,' on the south side of the dous animal supposed to be the Mammoth, joints of the back bone, measure 36 inor Mastedon; several of the vertebræ, or exactly in form, colour, and texture, with ches in circumferences: they correspond the bones found in plenty on the banks of the Ohio, in North America, in a vale called by the Indians Big-bone Swamp. the Northside of the island, the bones of -Also, in the parish of North-wood, on by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, of Newport. the Crocodile have recently been found They seem to have belonged to an animal of that species, whose body did not exceed 12 feet in length. Their calcareons nature is not altered: but the bones of the Mastedon (found on the south side of the island) contain iron. Dr. Hamel, Russian Court Counsellor, who travelled several years in England,' sciences and useful arts, has published at in order to make inquiries respecting the Paris the most detailed work which has tion. This work, which has been printed yet appeared on the art of mutual instrucRussia, is accompanied with 12 plates, in German, by order of the Emperor of and portraits of Dr. Bell and Mr. Lancaster. A French translation is printing at Paris, and a Russia one at Petersburgh. Lancasterian schools are established in the Russian cantonments in France, and the soldiers are instructed with the greatest care. There are examples of soldiers learning to read and write very well in the course of three or four months. Ancient Buildings in the Island of Sunda.-Mr. Bullock, of the London Museum, with part of his family, lately sailed in the cutter Elizabeth on a voyage of Investigation to the unfrequented Isles in the North Isles he visited, the sand has lately been of Europe. In Sanda, one of the Orkney and has discovered the remains of buildblown away to the depth of nearly 20 feet, ings of vast antiquity, enclosed by stone walls near half a mile in extent; some of the houses are very large and roofed with stones of prodigious size. There are seve ral circular tumuli, each containing three graves, none of which are more than four feet six inches long. There is not the slightest tradition that can throw any light on these very interesting and curious remains, which have yet been very slightly investigated Russian Voyage of Discovery.—The Russian brig Rusick, under the command of Lieutenant Kotzebue, whose arrival at Portsmouth, Was announced about five weeks ago, had been out on a voyage of discovery two years and eleven months, The crew had continued remarkably healthy, but the vessel was obliged to put into Portsmouth, for supplies of provisions. During his voyage, which at first was directed to the north, Lieutenant Kotzebue reached a very high latitude, but we are not yet able to state it with accuracy. He fell in with a most singular iceberg, of great magnitude, which had not only a portion of its surface covered with earth and mould, and bearing trees and vegetable productions, but a portion of its water line covered with a shore formed by the deposit of earthy matter, washed down from the higher parts of the earth-covered iceberg. On this shore a landing was made, and considerable quantities of remains of the mammoth were found in such a state of putrefaction as to produce a most insupportable stench. The Rusick brought away a number of the tusk and other parts of these immense animals, which had probably been preserved in a frozen state for many ages, till the mass of ice which inclosed them, put in motion by some unknown cause, reached a more temperate latitude. Rapidity of Telegraphic Communication. -Intelligence can be received from Calais at Paris, between which there are 27 telegraphs, in three minutes; from Lille, 22 telegraphs, two minutes; from Strasburgh, 45 telegraphs, six and a half minutes; from Lyons, 50 telegraphs, and from Brest, 80 telegraphs, eight minutes. Extraordinary Fish.-A large and most remarkable fish was lately thrown ashore at Largs, near Greenock. It measured exactly nine feet six inches and a half from the tip of the snout to the extremity of the tail, and was covered with hard scales on the back, arranged in diagonal lines, and in shape much resembling a double wedge. Its circumference, at the thickest part, eight feet nine inches; about which place there were also three parallel luminous rings, of a bright gold colour. The belly was of a greyish leaden blue, diversified with round black spots; and the ventral fins, which were three in number, when extended, displayed a beautiful VOL. III. purplish tinge, fringed with a bright yel low. What distinguishes this fish from all others is, that it wants the caudal fin, in lieu of which it is furnished with a long and elastic membrane, measuring fourteen inches, and of an oblong elliptical shape. Its mouth is large in proportion to the size of its body, and the muscles of it are seemingly of very great strength. It has a triple row of very large teeth; and from the upper jaw proceed two horny excrescences, resembling in shape the tusks of a boar; the under-jaw is barbed, and has corresponding sockets for the reception of these excrescences. The fish was conveyed to Ayr for dissection; and further particulars will shortly be laid before the public. Arrival of Antiquities from Egypt- The Weymouth store-ship arrived at Deptford, with the colossal head of Memnon, King of Abydos, which has been sent from Egypt by Mr. Salte (the Consul-General there) as a present to the British Museum, and consists of one solid block of granite, weighing about nine tons. The whole of the face is in the highest preservation, and remarkably expressive. The right ear is rather damaged. On the right breast is a hole, made by the French, for the purpose of blasting it with gunpowder, to reduce the size of the bust. The head appears surmounted (or bound round) with a diadem of drapery, and the chin rests on a projection similar to what is seen in many Egyptian figures. Such of the cognoscenti as have seen this piece of sculpture, pronounce it as belonging to the higher order, and a valuable acquisition. It has been removed to the British Museum. The the Bey of Tripoli to the Prince Regent. Weymouth has also brought presents from They consist of columns, cornices, chapiters, &c. &c. found at Lebida, and are in great preservation. Some are of pure white marble, almost, if the expression may be allowed, transparent: others beautifully veined; while the cornices, &c. at once display the superiority of the ancients in the art of sculpture. The columns are mostly of one solid piece, one weighing near 15 tons, and is 22 feet in length. These relics of former grandeur were selected by Captain W. H. Smith, of the Royal Navy, in which he was assisted by the British Consul at Tripoli.Notwithstanding the immense weight of these stupendous monuments of ancient splendour, the whole were, from the judicious arrangements made by Mr. Turner, commander of the Weymouth, got on board the vessel without any accident oc L curring to the men employed in the removal. 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