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At a Time when the increase of Popery is generally complained of throughout the Kingdom, the republication of the following Lift of the Seminaries, and religious Houfes abroad, maintained at the Expence of the English Papifts, cannot but be feafonable. It was laid before the Parliament about the latter end of King William's Reign, upon a like apprehenfion of the dungerous ConSequences of the increafing Numbers of Papiits among us.

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PORTUGAL.

At DoWAY. 1. A college of fecular priests and students, in number 150. 2. A convent of Benedictine monks, in number 25. 3. A college in the conAvent of English youths, in number about 60. 4. A convent of Franciscan Friars, about the fame number. 5. A Scots college.

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T LISBON, there are, 1. A collége of fecular English priests, in number about 40. 2. A monaftery of English nuns of the order of St Bridget", their community 30. 3. A convent of Irish Dominican friars, their number from 16 increased to 32. 4. A convent of Dominican nuns of the C fame nation. This convent is fituated at Belem, about 3 miles from Lif bon. 5. A college of fecular Lib priests, formerly under the direction of the Jefuits, in number about 13. SPAIN.

At VALODOLID. Twelve fecular

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priests, under the government of Spa- D nifh Jefuits. An English Jefuit is confeffor, and is next to the rector.

At MADRID. 1. An English college under the goverment of the Spanish Jefuits. An Englishman is confeffor, their number 8. 2. A Scots and Irish college.

At SEVILLE. An English college E under the government of the Spanish Jefuits.

At St LUCAR. A fmall college of English called St George's, formerly an hofpital belonging the English factory.

At BILBOA. A religious house, the number uncertain,

FRANCE.

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At PARIS. 1. In the Fauxbourge, St Jacques, is a convent of English Bene diftine Monks, in number 24. 2. A monaftry of vifitation nuns, otherwise blue nuns, in number 20. 3. A mo. naftry of St Augustine nuns, in number 60, with 60 penfioners. 4. A monaftry of Benedictine nuns, in number 30. G 5. A college of Irish fecular priests, called Montacute college. 6. A college of Scots fecular priests. 7. Near Paris a convent of English bare-legged Car melite friars.

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At BLOIS. An English nunnery. At PONTOIS. A monaftry of Benedictine nuns.

At DUNRIRK. 1. A monaftery of Benedictine nuns, called the Rich Dames, formerly under the direction of the Jefuis. 2. A monaftery of Poor Clares.

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At LOUVAINE. 1. A college of Dominican friars. 2. A college of Irish Capuchins.

At NIEUPORT. A convent of Carthufan monks, in number 12, who pretend a title to the Charter-house, in London, and all its endowments.

At CAMBRAY. A monaftery of Benedictine nuns, in number 30.

At LIEGE. 1. A monastery of ca. noneffes regulars of the order of St Auflin. 2. A college of English Jefuits, in number 180.

At GHENT. A college of Jefuits, in number 6. 2. A nunnery.

At BUDGES. 1. A monaftery of Francifcan nuns, in number 30. 2. A monastery of Auguftine nuns.

At St OMER. 1. A college of Jefuite, about 30 upon the ettablishment of the house, with roo fcholars. 2. A nunnery.

GERMANY.

At LANSPRING. An abbey of Be. nedictine monks, with a Lord Abbot, in number 30.

LORRAIN.

At DIEULWARD. A convent of Be nedictine monks, in number 16. ITALY.

At ROME. 1. A college of fecular priefts, under the goverment of the English Jefuits. z. A Scots college..

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N. B. All the feminaries here recited, are fo many nurferies for Popish priests to be occasionally difperfed into the English dominions, upon every favourable occafion, for making con.. verts, and propagating the Romish religion.

Au Epitome of the Philofophical Tranfactions, Vol. LIV. for the year 1764. ART. I. N account o he exa

Amination of a Mommy.

(See this Article at large, p. 453.)

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II. Sequel of the case of Mr Butler a paper-itainer, at Mofcow, who was B trangely injured by the effervefcence of verdigreafe with aquafortis. (For the Cafe, fee Vol. xxviii, p. 268)

Butler, though faid to be recovered, continued fubject to nervous complaints, and was fenfibly affected, not only by the fmell of paints, but even the handling verdigreafe, vitriol, cop. per, iron, and other metallic inodorous bodies, which produced anxiety, tremor, faintings, and many other bad fymptoras.

A few hours after handling some Jumps of cerufe, or white lead, he was teized with anxiety, palpitation of the heart, univerfal trembling and weakness; he went to bed, took fome fpirit of hartfhorn, sweated plentifully, and next day was well.

On the 26th of June 1758, ftill wanting to make experiments, and not daring to operate himself, he directed his wife to make fome compofitions of blue vitriol, alum, quick lime, and burnt alabaster. Thefe ingredients were boiled in fix feveral pots, and then having flood fome time, the watery part was poured off. He took fome of these precipitations out of each pot, with the middle finger of his right hand, and rubbed them on grey paper, to try the colours; about three hours afterwards he was uneafy, and found pain in his arms, and more efpecially in his right hand, with ficknefs at his ftomach and an univerfal tremor; he walked flowly about the room fometime, but turned pale,faint, and fell down, he foon came to him. felf, and drank two or three glaffes of wine, which he brought up again: This was at noon, and at fix in the evening, Dr Mounfy, who relates the cafe, faw him; he found him in bed, frighted and fweating, his pulfe regu lar but quick, with fickness at his itomach and great anxiety. The faline draughts and plenty of fmall warm quors were administered; the pa

tient refled ill in the night, with anx iety, ftretchings, ftartings, and terrors, which awaked him when he began to flumber. On the 27th, early in the morning, many (mall purple fpots appeared on his hands, his arms, and thighs, and his pulfe was quicker; about four in the evening, he was again feized with great anxiety, and pricking pains in his feet.

His complaints from the firft were not continual, but returned by fits, and continued much the fame, only became gradually lefs frequent till the 7th of July, the fpots having by that time almoft difappeared. He had his therto taken little medicine, except the abforbent nitrous powders, but as he had now no fever, and his nervous fyftem seemed affected, the bark with gum ammoniac, myrrb, and a very fmall quantity of fal martis was admi C niftered, but without fuccefs; among other fymptoms that fupervened, was a fenfation as if burning iren had been clapped to the infide of his legs, of prickling fparks continually flying out of the fkin, palpitation of the heart, and difficulty of breathing; he aifo frequently felt as if his left fide from his head to his waift, was empty, and as if millions of finall bodies were driven up and down with great velocity,which he likened to the thaking of peas in a bladder.

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The most effectual remedy was a milk diet, and riding frequently in a cart, which thook him much; after a time he returned to animal food; he was fearful for the first year, and had fome flight complaints, which appeared in fome degree fanciful, but alterwards perfectly recovered, though he always avoided the handling of metals, and minerals, and things painted with thofe fubftances.

III. A description of a new and fafe crane, that has four different powers, invented by James Ferguson, F. R. S.

This crane is intended principally to prevent the fatal accidents that fo frequently happen by cranes, which are worked with a man in a wheel. This crane may be built in a room eight feet wide, is worked by a wheel which has three powers adapted to the raifing of three weights, each greater than the other, fo that the time neceffary to raise great weights, may not be wafted in raifing fmall ones, it being unvariably true in mechanics, that what is gained in power is loft in time, and it has a proper step to prevent a poffibility of danger, Di

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Tections to conftruct this frame cannot be perfectly understood without the cut that is annexed to this article, in the tranfactions, to which therefore the reader is referred.

IV. An eafy rule for determining the moon's distance, from the received theory of central forces; by P. Mur. doch, D D. This cannot be abridged.

V. An attempt to account for the formation of the extraneous foffil,called a Belemnite, by Mr Joshua Plat.

the wings there are two yellow lines running tranfverfely downwards; juit over the infertion of the wings, two hairs go out of each fide of equal length, & very near twice as long as the whole body; from the upper part of the neck A alfo go out two hairs as long as the body.

Extraneous foffils are the exuvia or remains of animals and vegetables B chiefly of marine production. The Belemnite is of two forms, the most common is known by the name of the Thunderbolt the other is of a spindle form: It belongs to the teftaceous part of the animal kingdom, and to the family of the Nautili. It is like all other teftaceous bodies, formed by juxta pofition,-As the animal, for no testaceous body can be formed without an inhabitant, grows in bulk, the fhell is encreased by a mucus emitted from the body of the animal, which by degrees hardens into a teftaceous fubitance; and, as the oyfter ftrength- D ens its fhell, and excludes its first habitation, by additional lamina, formed within, the belemnite inclofes its dwelling by adding new lamina without. This article is illuftrated by feveral figures, in three prints from copperplates, marked Plate III, IV, V, but E the references being only to Plate III. the reader has fome trouble to find the figure he is referred to, especially as he is first referred from the text to the margin, and then from the mar gin to the cut.

ART. VI. An account of a fingular fpecies of wafps and locults; by Sam. Felton, Elq

Thele infects were found in Jemaica, and Mr Felton, says, have never been defcribed.

The wafp, he calls crinita vefpa fetis colii thoracis abdumenifque radiantibus carpore longioribus ; and defcribes as

follows:

It is as large as a common wasp, but rather narrower.

The head is brownish, the vertex black, in a triangular form.

The antennæ are thorter than the thorax, a little thicker towards the end, of a yellowish brownish colour, but black in the middle.

The thorax is a light brownish on the back, but on the fides and underneath black, before the intertion of (Gent. Mag. DEC. 1765.)

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The abdomen is divided into fix fegments, of which the firft is very narrow at its bafes, and quite black,. except the hind margins which are yellow; from this fegment there grows out only two hairs twice as long as the abdomen at the base, but no where elfe; the other five segments are between brown and yellow, their hinder margins, a little paler, and the fecond has a black girth near the fore margin; five hairs go out near the fore fegment as rays; in the fecond only three, and they are fhorter than the abdomen, efpecially the fide one; in the third, fourth, and fifth fegments there are four or five hairs longer than the body, and several horter ones, efpecially underneath, where there are no longer ones; the Gixth fegment is terminated with a long hair.

All these hairs which are of a light brown colour, feem to be ftiff, but their ends are quite foft, like papilla, and from thence thicker.

The wings are fhorter than the abdómen, the upper ones folded.

The legs are black except the thighs, which are yellow; at the joints there are fhort hairs like rays, the ends of which are likewife short, and thickened.

The locuft, he calls Rhobea cicada thorace compreffo membranaceo foliaceo fub rbombeo poflico latiore.

The thorax is like a leaf raifed perpendicularly from the body, being three times as broad, but of the fame" length; it is of a rhomboid figure, membranaceous, half pellucid, with two spots that are transparent; the fore part of it is double, and the margins waved.

The abdomen projects a little farther back than the leaf.

The infect had not got its coleoptera and wings.

The hind thighs, which are the thickest, have an additional narrow membrane on the upper fide.

The head and maxilla are like thofe of the gryllus, and it refembles in all parts the cica fchata of Linnæus, except that the thorax is broader behind towards the end.

The antenne were broken off, fo that their length could not be determined.

ART. VII. An account of an American Armadilla; by Dr Watson.

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This animal, which has been very feldom feen alive in England, is now A in the poffeffion of Lord Southwell, and is called by Linnæus, Dafypus cin gulis novem, palmis tetradactylis plantis pertadailylis. It has been defcribed by Margrave and Ray, by the name of Tatue Brafilienfis; it was brought a few months ago, from the country, near the Musquito shore, upon the American continent: It weighs feven pounds, and is about the fize of a commen cat: It is fed with raw flesh and milk, and refufes greens and fruits in its own country it burrows in the ground. The best figure of it exifting, is annexed to this account.no ti

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When Mr Pott first faw it, it was a bout as big as a chefnut, and he was of opinion, that it was not formed by the testicle, though he could find no testicle on that fide.

The fwelling was wholly without pain, but had a ftony incompreffible hardness; it appeared to be dependant from the fpermatics process, which was rather larger and fuller than the other, yet had no appearance of being difeafed t

Mr Pott was at a lofs to guess what it was, but was very clear, that it ought to be removed, as well, because it was now troublesome, as because it had a manifeft difpofition to encrease. -He determined, however, to aft very cautiously, he made an incifion through the skin and cellular membrane, from the upper part of the fcrotum to the lower by which he discovered a firm, itrong, white, membranous cyft or bag, connected loosely with the skin, by means of the dartos; he diffected all the anterior part of the cyft quite clean, and found that as be traced it upward, it became narrower, and feemed to proceed from the groin; this determined him to D try if he could not free the pofterior part alfo. In doing this, he difcovered the tefticle which was much compressed, flat, and very small, and lay immediately behind the tumour.

ART. VIII. An account of the C quantity of rain fallen at Mount's Bay, in Cornwall, and of the weather there; by W. Borlace.

The quantity of rain in June was 2,6 inches; in July 4,3 inches.

The weather was calm and hazy, with funshine at Mount's Bay, with the wind at N. E. when the great hurri. cane passed through fome parts of Kent, from Weft and S. W. on the 19th of August 1763. (See Vol. xxxiii. p. 411.)

ART. IX. An account of a bernia of the urinary bladder, including a ftone by Mr Percival Pott.

The patient, a healthy boy, about E fix years old, was fuddenly feized with a moft acute pain at the bottom of his helly; while it lafted he could difcharge no water, but in about an hour and an half, he became fuddenly easy and the water paffed freely.

When he had finished this operation he found that the cyft was dependant from, or continuous with a membranous tube, or duct, about as broad as a wheat straw, which feemed to país from the abdomen, thro' the opening in the oblique mufcle, along with the fpermatic veffels.

When he had perfectly freed this duct from all connection, he cut it through immediately above the tuFmour, upon which a quantity of limpid fluid, not less than two ounces followed, and the mouth of the cyst expanding, difcovered a large ftone exactly refembling the calculi in the urinary bladder, which stone the cyft clofely embraced.

A few days afterwards a fmall tumour, about the fize of a pea, was difcovered in the upper part of the fper. matic process, just below the groin, it gave no pain, but defcended lower, & encreased in fize, the child was allo obferved to make water oftener than ufual, but without difficulty or pain; in about five years it got as low as the ferotum, and then encreased very faft. G When the boy was about 13, seven years after its first appearance, it was become fo, troublesome, that he was fent up to London from a Jemote. place in the country, where he was born.

Several furgeons to whom his friends applied, took it for a schirrous testicle, and propofed to cut it out, but they could not confent.

As there was no appearance of fluid in the bag, or duct, before it was cut off; this difcharge together with the ftone, induced him to fufpect that the cafe was a hernea eficà; to ascertain the fact, he defired the boy to make water, and, upon his endeavoringy so to do, a full ftream of urine flowed H out of the wound in the groin, which put the cafe out of doubt.

He dreffed the patient fuperficially,

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Dec. 21. 1765. Live in a manufacturing country, I where the people are exceeding

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wheat is gs. per quarter, it may be fold in France much cheaper than it is bought in England, and leave the exporter a fufficient profit. This will enable our rivals to eat cheaper, to work cheaper, and confequently, to A fell their commodities cheaper than we poffibly can. And will not this induce our manufacturers to remove to that country where bread is cheapest: Is it not very eafy to tell what the iffue of all this muft be? I dare even prophely (without pretending to the fpirit of extraordinary infpiration) that if things go on as at present, most of our principal workmen, and artificers will leave the kingdom, and seek for employment in fome other country, where they may meet with more encouragement. The prefent circumftances of things point to America; and if our manufacturers are driven away, our late flourishing trade will foon follow. Let the gentlemen concerned then look forward a little, and common fenfe will tell them, that it is their own intereft, and will be the intereft of their future families, to the, tenth generation, to use their utmost

numerous, and where very little pro-
vifion of any kind is produced towards
the fupport of human life. The pa-
rifhes of Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford,
Keighley, Halifax, Huthersfield and Roch
dale together with a few of the ad-
joining country towns, fuch as Morley,
Burfall, Batley, Pudsey, Dewbury, Offet,
Kirkheaton Kirkburton, Almonsbury, &c.
are fuppofed to contain above five hun.
dred thousand men, women, and chil- C
dren, all engaged in one branch or
other of the woollen manufactures. So
many people must confume a prodi.
gious quantity of provifions of all kinds.
As little, very little, corn in propor-
tion to the number of their inhabi-
tants, is raised within this circle, it is

chiefly brought from diftant parts of D
the country. From the Eaft and North
Ridings from Lincolnshire, Nottingham.
bire, Derbyfbire, and Chefbire; and
likewife, large quantities are imported
to Liverpool, and Hull, and confumed
in these parts. For fome time paft all
the neceffaries of life have been ex- E
ceeding dear. Trade in general is
now very dull; fome branches are
almoft ruined; many of the manufac
terers are out of employment; and
others have not half work. As the
generality of this kind of people make
no provifion for futurity, tis easy to
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things fhould continue in this ftate
(and I fee no profpect but of their
growing worfe and worfe) I dread
the confequences before another har-
veft. We shall certainly have a fa-
mine, in fome degree, in this country,
but whether real or artificial I will
not pretend to fay. I prefume that
our governors fufficiently

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endeavours to promote plenty in GreatBritain: As plenty only can promote trade, and trade only can raife the Iread of this kingdom above its neighbours. But if the perfons in power will pay no regard to the cries of the poor, or to the prefent interef of trade; or to the future advantages of themselves and families; please to inform them, Sir, that there is another argument, which perhaps may have greater influence, on fome, than all the relt: viz. If provifions fhould continue fo dear as at prefent, and the poor have no work, it is to be feared that we shall foon fee many terrible infurrections in this kingdom. Hanger will break through fone walls.From which evils, may a good Providence, and the wifdom of our governors deliver this happy land, Amen. I am, &c. T.M. Wef-Riding of Yorkshire.

SIR,

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quainted with the real state of things Wriginally delegated to cre

in this part of the kingdom, otherwife they would not furely permit exportation. As the bounty upon

The greatest part of the parish of Rocbdale it in Lancashire: But Suddleworth, one of its many chapelries, and exceeding populous, tho a very barren and moɔrish spot, is in the West Riding of Yorksbire,

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colonies by royal charters or otherwife, and hitherto established by a regular courfe of unimpeached legiflation, will conflitutionally operate in exclufion of any parliamentary participation in all local cafes not repugnant to the laws of Great Britain, feems to be a claim of privilege no otherwise alarming, than as it may be thought

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