EXCELLENT RECIPE for a DECLINE.

white sugar-candy, pearl

WITCHCRAFT.

WWE following curious letter from Mr. Manning, dissenting teacher, at Halstead, in Essex, to John Morley, Halstead, is copied from a manuscript preserved in the British Museum, and will probably amuse many of our readers:

SIN,

Halstead, Aug. 2, 1732. The narrative which I gave you, in relation to witchcraft, and which you are pleased okay your commands upon me to repeat, is as follows:-There was one Master Collett,

a smith by trade, of Haveningham, in the comity of Suffolk, formerly servant in Sir John Duke's family, in Benhall, in Suffolk, who, as 'twas customary with him, assisting the maide to churn, and being Duable (as the phrase is) to make the butter come, threw shot iron into the churn, under the notion

of witchcraft in the case; upon which a poor labourer, then employed in carrying dung in the yard, cried out in a terrible manner, They have killed me, they have killed "still keeping his hand upon his back, intimating where the pain was, and died upon the spot!

Mr. Collett, with the rest of the servants,

took off the poor man's clothes, and found, to their great surprize, the mark of the iron That was heated, and thrown into the churn strongly impressed upon his back. This ac

at I had from Mr. Collett's own mouth, who being a man of unblemished character, I verily believe. I am, &c.

SAM. MANNING."

COLDS and FEVERS.

MEDICAL Gentleman has favour ed us with the following recipe, which, if taken with care, will prove highly beneficial to every one labouring under those complaints-Half an ounce of pearl barley, boiled in a quantity of water, till half reduced; half an ounce of powdered spermaceti, and half an ounce of nitre drops, sweetened with genuine Narbonne honey. Take two Enhle spoonfuls thrice a day. This seldum fails of relief in young or old.

harley, and hartshorn shavings, eight ounces each; a stick of liquorice, a large quantity of horse-radish and water-cresses, four lemons cut in slices, a pint of rum, and eight quarts of spring water. Boil all these ingredients together, until the liquor is reduced to four quarts. A small tea-cup full to be taken every night and morning, and the patient must walk or ride out every morning after taking it.

MISCELLANEOUS HINTS, &C.

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HE Philosophers on the Continent are engaged in a controversy respecting a discovery relative to GalVanism, made by M. Schmidt, a chemist, of Breslaw, who insists that he has merited the prize of 60,000 francs. He thinks he has discovered a body capable of generating electricity, which he calls electrogene; and which serves, with calorie, to combine the two constituent principles of the air, oxygen and azote.-its aitinity with them is weakened by the presence of the solar rays, but the latter augment its affinity with water. He contends, that the sca by surcharging the atmosphere with aqueous vapours, absorbs electrogene, which endeavours to maintain an equi1:brium; while the earth, for a contrary reason, tends to give the air a part of nation and disengagement produced, by its electrogene. This alternate combithe metals, according to M. Schmidt, their succession, winds and clouds. All contain electrogene: and he attributes many other effects to this body, which, however, is not sufficiently identified.

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Dr. Hamilton. a respectable practitioner of Ipswich, has taken much pains to refute the prevalent opinion, that the hydrophobic poison, when inoculated by a bite on the human subject, may for years dormant in the system, and that no certain rule can be formed as to its time of acting; a notion which has caused much misery to individuals. The Doctor observes, that a person at Ipswich, who had been bitten by a dog which was supposed mad, melted down his constitation with mercury and other nostrums, for a series of years, till induced by the Doctor, to believe that nothing was the matter with him; since

which twenty years have elapsed, and the person is still alive, enjoying good health. Dr. Hamilton quotes the opinions of many learned members of the faculty, to show that all animals bitten by mad dogs exhibit the symptoms of inadness in a very few days afterwards.

An excellent tanning principle has been discovered by Dr. Howison, in the Mangrove Bark :-400 lbs. of bark is infused in 100 gallons of rain water, which, after standing about 40 hours, is exposed to the sun until the liquid is concentrated by evaporation to the consistence of treacle, and then reduced by boiling to about eight gallons, when it has the appearance of pitch. A cwt. may be made for 10 or 12 shillings.

Dr. Howison has also communicated a discovery for printing cotton cloth of a substantial black colour. It is as follows: Take Mallacca nuts, which are sold in Bengal at 28. per cwt. boil them in water in close earthen vessels with the leaves of the tree; during the boiling a whitish substance, formed from the mucilage and oil of the nuts, rises to the surface, which must be taken off and preserved. The cloth intended to be black must be printed with this scum, and then dyed; after which it is to be passed through-line water, which changes the printed figures to a full and permanent black..

It appears, from an edition of Baptista Porta's Natural Magic, published in the year 1558, that the discovery for converting salt water into fresh, by adding a still-head to the ship's boiler, for which Mr. Irwing received a great reward in this country, is mentioned by the Neapolitan Philosopher in the work alluded to. His process differs in no respect from the usual method of distiling; and he asseris, that three pounds of salt water will give two pounds of fresh water.

Public Orator.

Chaplain.

Professors of Downing College.
Fellows of Downing College.
Architect.

Bachelors of Divinity, and Masters of Arts, two and two.

Fellow Commoners, two and two.
Bachelors of Arts.

Under-graduates.

When the Procession arrived at the scite of Downing College, Dr. Annedy, the Master, deposited the foundation stone, and made an oration in Latin.→ Dr. Outram then pronounced a Beurdiction.

A brass Plate was enclosed in the foundation stone, with one of each of the new coins of the realm, and the first plate cast of modern Stereotype: on the stone was the following inscrip tion:

:

COLLEGIVM . DOWNINGENSE
IN ACADEMIA. CANTABRIGE
GEORGIUS. DOWNING. DE GAMLINGAY
IN. EODEM. COMITATV. BARONETTVS

TESTAMENTO. DESIGNAVIT

OPIBVSQVT. MUNIFICE. INSTRYKIT
ANNO SALVTIS, M.DCC.XVIL

REGIA. TANDEM, CHARTA STABILIVIT CEORGIVS. TERTIVS. OPTIMVS. PRINCEPS ANNO M.DCCC.

BAC. VERO. ADIFICIO. PRIMORDIA
MAGISTER. PROFESSORES. ET. SOCII
POSVERVNT

QUOD AD. RELIGIONIS. CVLTVM JVRIS ANGLICANI ET. MEDICINE. SCIENTIAM

ET. AD. RECTAM. JVVENTVTIS. INGENIA DISCIPLINAM, PROMOVENDA FELICITI SVENIAT.

An elegant dinner was afterwards partaken of at the Red Lion Inn, by about 70 or 80 principal Members of the University, &c.

The fund for the erection of this College was created by the following circumstances:-Sir George Downing, Bart., of Gamlinglay Park, in the county of Cambridge, in the year 1717, devised all his valuable estates in the counties of Cambridge, Bedford, and Suffolk, to his nearest relations being first cou. sins, &c., to each for life, with remain der to their issue in succession; and in case they all died without issue, he devised those estates to trustees, who, with the consent and approbation of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Masters of St. John's and Clare Hall, should found a College within the University of Cambridge, which should be called Downing College. The an nual salary of the master is 6001. of a professor, 2001.; of a fellow, 1001. or in that proportion.

The Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, from the greatest poverty, by the profus liberality of simple bigots and enthusiasts, soon attanied to such a degree of riches and honour, that their Prior was reckoned the first Baron of the kingdom, and for state and grandeur vied with the King.

The Church of this Hospital and Priory was dedicated to St. John the Baptist, by Heraclius, the venerable patriarch of the Holy Resurrection of Christ at Jerusalem, in 1185; and was the chief seat in England of the religious Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, an order instituted in 1099, not only for religious service, but to defend Christians against Pagans, and to fight in defence of the Church; using for their habit a black upper garment

with a white cross on the fore part; and taking for their armorial insignia s gold cross on a red ground or field. lu 1824 they became possessed of the im mense estates of the Knights Templars, who were abolished. In 1981 the rebels of Kent and Essex, under the conduct of Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, consumed this stately edifice by fire; and the conflagration continued seven days, no person being suffered to prevent its total destruction; so extreme was the antipathy which the populace had entertained against these imperious Knights, on account of their pride, arrogance, and luxury.

Not long after the suppression of the rioters this edifice was rebuilt in a still more magnificent manner, and was f nished in 1504, as appears from a date over the gateway, where also are the arms of Henry VII, (in whose reign it was completed,) and those of the Hos pital, its Priors, and Benefactors. Thus it continued till 1541, when, with other Abbeys and Priories, it was suppressed by Henry VIII; and its estates and revenues, valued at 33851. 19s. Ed. (worth now 30,0001.) per anuum, lavished upon Court favorites.

It was soon after converted into s repository for military stores, and for the Royal Hunting equipage; in which way it was employed till 1550, when Edward VI granted it to his uncle, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, Protector of the kingdom, who caused this stately edifice and its superb Church, with its lofty and beautiful steeple, to he demolished, and the materials thereof employed in rebuilding his magnifi cent Palace of Somerset House in the Strand, then recently pulled down.

St. John's Square, which is of an ir regular figure, consists of three piles of buildings, which form the North, Fast, and West sides. In the East end, near the North angle, is a modera Church dedicated to St. John, which was, till lately, a chapel-of-case to St. Jaines, Clerkenwell. The South side of the square consists of the old GATEWAY of the Hospital, in form of a castle till lately, with battlements on the top, (now converted to a parapet wall,) and a square tower on each side. Its entrance, till within a few years, had a double arch, one of which was a postern, the other a large Gothic gate; but they have been since altered for the convenience of the inhabitants of the square.

J.