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4. An adult. Lay the body in a blanket or bed, in a warm chamber, in Winter. To be exposed to the Sun in Summer.

5. To be gently rubbed with flannel;—a heated warming-pan, covered, lightly moved over the back and spine.

6. If no signs of life appear-the warm bath;→→ warm bricks, &c. applied to the palms of the hands, and soles of the feet.

7. To restore breathing-introduce the pipe of a pair of bellows (when no apparatus) into one nostril; the other nostril and the mouth closed; inflate the lungs, till the breast be a little raised; the mouth and nostrils must then be let free:-repeat the process till life appears.

8. Where a bellows, or any proper apparatus cannot be had, immediately attempt to excite the natural inspiration and expiration, by pressure on the breast, ribs, and muscles of the body, merely by the hands, so as to press out as large a portion of air as possible, and then removing and applying the pressure alternately, in order to imitate the natural breathing, and promote the introduction of atmospheric air, in proportion to the quantity pressed out from the air-cells of the lungs. This process has proved highly successful; and as any person may apply it, as well as a medical professor, it should not be delayed a moment.

9. Electricity early employed by a Medical Assistant.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.-1. On signs of returning life, a tea-spoonful of warm water may be given; and, if the power of swallowing be returned, warm wine, or brandy and water. The person must be put into a warm bed, and if disposed to sleep, will generally awake restored to health.

2. The Plans above recommended are to be used for three or four hours. It is an absurd and vulgar

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opinion to suppose persons are irrecoverable, becausė life does not soon make its appearance.

3. Electricity and Bleeding never to be employed, unless by direction of the MEDICAL As

SISTANTS.

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AMIDST all the storms and persecutions of the world, the godly Christian is safe from harm: though his mind may be disturbed by frequent fears and apprehensions, yet his final interest is secure. As the inexperienced voyager fancies every motion of the vessel to be a danger, so the timorous Christian shrieks out whenever his vessel shakes; yet all his danger is in himself, none at all from without; though he be moving upon the waters, yet is he fastened to a rock. Faith is his foundation, and hope is his anchor; death is his harbour, Christ is his pilot, heaven is his country. All the evils of persecution and suffering are but like the loud wind blowing from the right point, and driving us faster to the harbour; and if we do not leave the ship, and leap into the sea, quit the interest of religion, and run to the securities of the world; cut our cables, and dissolve our hopes; we are as safe at sea, safer in the storm that God sends us, than in the ealm, when we are befriended by the world.

Bishop Taylor,

When the good Christian hath descended to his grave, and hath finished his state of sorrows and of sufferings, then God opens the rivers of abundance, the rivers of life and never ceasing happiness. This, is that which God hath promised to his people; "I hid my face from thee for a mo

mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer." Se much as moments are exceeded by eternity, the sighing of a man by the joys of an angel, the frowns of this world by the light of God's countenance; so much are the sorrows of the godly to be undervalued in respect to the happiness which is prepared for them in the world to come. Their sorrows will die, but so will not their joys.

The Same.

When a man teaches his family to know and fear God, then he scatters a blessing round about his habitation. When parents teach their children to be pious, full of sobriety, full of religion, then it becomes a holy house, a chosen generation, an elect family, and then there can no evil happen to them but such as will bring them nearer to God, no cross, but the cross of Christ, no misfortune but that which will lead them to everlasting happiness. For every misfortune that shall discompose the ease of a pious and religious family, shall but make them the more fit for the kingdom of heaven. No evil can curse the family whose stock is pious, and whose "branches are holiness unto the Lord." If any leaf, or any boughs shall fall untimely, God shall gather them up, and place them in his holy temple, at the foot of his throne.

The Same.

Nothing can happen without the Divine permission, and when it is the will of God to put a period to our days, all human skill is vain.

Mrs. Trimmer.

It matters little at what hour o' the day
The righteous falls asleep; death cannot come
To him untimely who is fit to die:

The less of this cold world, the more of heaven,
The shorter life, the earlier immortality.

Milman's Fall of Jerusalem.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE PUBLIC NEWSPAPERS, &c.

A hive of native bees of New South Wales has recently been brought to this country-they are very small, and have no sting, but their honey is peculiarly fine.

An Inquest was held on Saturday, at the King's Head, Baker's-row, Whitechapel, on the body of an infant three months old. Its mother, to keep it quiet, introduced a piece of fat meat into his mouth, holding it between her fingers, but suddenly letting it slip by accident, it fixed in the windpipe, and caused the death of the child in a few minutes from suffocation. Verdict-Accidental Death.

Sagacity of a Dog.—Thursday, as two children, the one six and the other three years old, were playing by the side of the Leominster Canal, accompanied by a mastiff dog; in endeavouring to push the dog into the water, the youngest child fell in; the noble animal immediately plunged in after it,, and, seizing the child by the head, its cap came off in his mouth, with which he swam out and placed it on the shore; but instantly jumped in a second time, and brought out the little one, by carefully lifting it by the shoulder. The father, who was employed in a coal-yard, at a distance, having missed the children, went out in search of them, and arrived just as the dog had safely landed his little charge,—London Paper.

Dogs. It is strongly recommended to every house-holder, to order a pan of water to be put outside his door during this sultry weather, and that the same be daily replenished. The practice has commenced, and it is earnestly hoped that it will be generally followed.-The Same.

Stafford Sessions.-Mrs. Mary Limer, dress-maker, of Uttoxeter, has been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for cruelly beaing Martha Palmer, a girl between twelve and thirteen years of age, who was her apprentice. The prosecution was commenced at the instance of William Sneyd, Esq. and Thomas S. Kinnersley, magistrates of the county.

Royal Mineral Spring.-We have great pleasure in mentioning that the mineral spring in the Great Park, has been opened, by his Majesty's gracious command, for the use of the inhabitants and visitors of Windsor and its vicinity. The medical properties of this water have been found most advantageous, by those who have availed themselves of the kind permission thus afforded them. An analysis has been made of by several of the first chemists of the day, who consider it

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quite equal, if not superior, to that of Cheltenham and Leamington. The pump is open from seven till ten in the morning, and a person is stationed there by the royal command, to give the water to the visitors.-Windsor Paper.

Anti-conflagration Composition.—We have just received a letter from a French Gentleman who resides at No. 20, Newmanstreet, Oxford-street; the purport of which is to acquaint us that he has discovered a composition, the property of which is so powerful, that in future we need not entertain any apprehension of our houses being any longer liable to conflagrations, and the fatal consequences by which they are unavoidably attended. This composition is the more important as the use of it is not expensive at all, and it may be indiscriminately applied upon any object whatever, such as ships, houses, and manufactures of every description. The inventor has brought it to such perfection, that not only wood and cloth, but paper and straw also, can be actually rendered flame-proof.

Firemen covered with a cloth impregnated with this composition, will be able to go through the flames without any danger.-Morning Post.-What shall we hear of next?

Mechanical Chimney Sweeping.—At a meeting held at the City of London Tavern, on Friday, 27th of May, the Right Hon, the Lord Mayor in the chair, it was resolved, among other things, That, in the opinion of this meeting, the custom of employing climbing boys is contrary to humanity, and ought therefore to be abolished, as far as practicable; it baving been established that ninety-nine chimneys out of one hundred may be swept by the common machine, and the few remaining ones by making trifling alterations in the flues.

Also, That in the opinion of this meeting, the laws passed for the protection of climbing boys are ineffectual, and that the children so employed are still subjected to unjustifiable bardships, and in many instances to great cruelty.

Also, That this meeting will use its utmost exertions to introduce the use of machinery, by diffusing information on the subject; by encouraging the formation of societies through the country; and by holding out rewards to such master sweeps as shall adopt and promote the use of machinery.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We have received J. W. B.; W. M; E. E; W. S. T.; and the continuation of Errors, &c.

T. B. P.; D. D.; and other favours, are unavoidably postponed.

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