Dr. Epps delivered a lecture at the Lewes Mechanics Institution
on Friday last. Ile treated the subject of Phrenology in a popular man- ner, taking a general view of the science. The Doctor referred to the application of this science to the cure of insanity, stating that many Cures had been effected ; and as the science became more generally known, more good might be expected to result.—Brighton Gazelle.
A plan is in embryo at Brighton for the establishment of an institu- tion for educating the daughters of poor clergymen as governesses. It is proposed to receive one hundred pupils, the daughters of poor clergy- men, to be clothed, boarded, and educated as governesses, at a charge of 20/. per annum to each pupil. Similar institutions have succeeded in Westmoreland and Gloucestershire.—Courier.
Mr. Brunel is now actively employed in taking the exact levels be- tween Bath and Reading, preparatory to the public meeting in Bristol relative to the Great Western Railway. It is mentioned as an indication of the prosperity of the borough of Stockport, that since the summer of last year, 1000 dwellings bad been erected. Upwards of 500 were also erected in the course of last yea.
The large steam-vessels which are now in progress of building in Sheerness, Chatham, and Woolwich dockyards, are to carry two bomb cannons mounted on swivels, so as to command an extensive range u ith- out altering the course of the vessel. One cannon is to be so situated on the after-part of the deck, as to range entirely over the stern, and as far forward as the paddle-boxes will permit. The other is to bb mounted before the wheels, and will command each side from the bow to the fore- part of the casing of the wheels.—Courier. The method of getting vessels up and down the beach at Hastings has a novel effect to most persons. They are wound up by a capstan with three or four horses, being then generally empty, and are loaded when let down. The facility and expedition with which these ponderous bodies—vessels of from fifty to a hundred tons and more burthen— are thus moved, is no doubt wonderful to those who are unacquainted with the mode. Pieces of timber, well greased, are on these occasiuus laid for the keel and one bilge to slide on, and a large wooden screw is applied to the bows of the vessel. She can be stopped at pleasure by cables round the capstan. The pieces of wood called troughs are shift.A., and the vessel is put in motion again ; and this is repeated till she Is fur enough to float on the return of the flood-tide. To get the vessels up the beach, they must be first lifted, and placed on wooden troughs, both the keel and bilge ; otherwise, it would be almost impossible to get them up. Probably no other watering-place in England affords such an interesting scene to its visiters as Hastings does in this par- ticular, and it is a scene that very frequently occurs.—Brighton Gazeta. All idea of raising the unfortunate Cameleon cutter seems to be at an end. The Salamander Government steam-frigate, having the bark trans- port Prince Regent (lately returned from Malta, with only her lower masts standing) in tow, came rotund from the Downs, on Friday. and with the assistance of the lighters, made an attempt to weigh the cutter; but the ropes and chains breaking (by which two men were seriously n!- jured), they gave up the attempt. It is conjectured that the cutter is so embedded in sand and shingle, that it will be totally impossible to move her as a whole ; and the only chance of the body of Lieutenant Pratten, her unfortunate commander, ever being again seen, must. be by her going to pieces, or by means of a diving-bell. The bowsprit and topmast have been landed, and it is expected the lower mast may be sprung and recovered : in the mean time, a green buoy is to be placed near the spot, to prevent accidents from vessels running with their hulls On it. The principal prize at the late Isle of Wight races proved to be lite- rally a running Cup; for, on being filled with wine, the greater part soon disappeared through a hole in the bottom.
Persians in many parts of the country are this year making a third cut of clover into hay; the l i
1st crop being nvariably the largest.
The inhabitauts of Chichester were on Sunday morning last, during the pours of Divine service, thrown into great consternation, by another severe shock of an earthquake. Some individuals were so much terri- fied as to leave the church and run into the open street. The earth was observed by many to be in a tremulous state for the space of two minutes after the event. —Lewes Journal. The newspapers have lately been employed in showing, as proofs of the mutations of fortune, how Abraham Cann, the champion wrestler of England, is now delivering tickets at the halfpenny gate at Stone- house Bridge ; while some years ago, 'lung Louis Philip published a syllabus of a course of lecteres which he proposed giving to a limited number of subscribers at the above-mentioned Stonehouse Bridge. To these instances tnay be added, that Martin, the ex-pugilist, having married a rich wife, is now living at Brighton in great prosperity.— Bragdon Gazette.
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