J. Coleman-street, auctioneer, (Wasbrough, Read R. Lothbury, factor, (Gregson and Twibill J. Macclesfield-street, builder, (Sweet and Co. King's Bench Walks). Twallin J. Ludgate-hill, innkeeper, (Owen and Co Bartlett's-buildings). Tabor J. C. Colchester, merchant, (Pocock, Ely-place). Thompson J. Colchester, grocer, (Milton and Co. Knight-Rider-street). Taylor G. Sheffield, cordwainer, (Bigg, Hatton-garden). Tierney J. Bishopsgate-street, mer chant, (Blunt and Co. Old Bethlem). cotton Westerman F. Manchester, spinner, (Ellis, Chancery-lane). Wheatley G. Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant, (Edmunds, Exchequer Office of Pleas). Wild W. Budge-row, warehouseman, (Ellis, Chancery-lane). Whitnell J. Arthur str., Golden-lane, victualler, (Marson, Church row, Newington Butts). Woodinan, W. Lime-street-square, merchant, (Pasmore, Warnford-court). Wild W. and Dalton J. Manchester, dealers in twist, (Ellis, Chancery-lane). Worth M. Dowgate-hill, st2tioner, (Evitt and Co. Haydon-square). Williams T. Mony thusleyne, coal mer chant, (Sweet and Co. King's-bench-walks.) Wyatt J. Mitre-court, wholesale-stationer, (Pullen, Fore-street). Westerman W. Manchester, cotton-spinner, (Ellis, Chancery-lane). Wheeler J. Andover, mercer, Weale P.4 (Bremridge, Inner Temple). Kington, Hereford, tailor, (Pewtriss, Gray's Inn). Smith J. Witherton, victualler, (Foulkes and Co. Gray's-Inn). Sharpe J. Great Peter-street, baker, (Fitzgerald, Lemanstreet). Strickland S. Richmond-green, tailor, (Rivers, Garlick-hall). Sykes W. White-lion-street, seed-factor, (Courteen, Walbrook). Smallpiece A. Liverpool, milliner, (Mayhew, Symond's Inn). Saunders J. Watling-street, warehouseman, (Tilson, Chatham-place). Slater T. Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant, (Ellis, Chancery-lane), Strack W. Pancras-lane, mer. chant, (Hackett, Bearbinder-lane). Scutt B. Brighthelmstone, builder, (Barber, Chaucery-lane). Sheppard G. Frome Selwood, clothier, (Williams, Red Lion-squ.) Spilsbury C. Angel-court, printer, (Stephens, Sion College-gardens). Self G. Fenchurch- Zagury S Great Prescott-street, mer street, grocer, (Kearsey and Co. Bishops- chant, (l'almer and Co. Copthall-court). gate-street). PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, FIRE-OFFICE, WATERWORKS, BREWERY SHARES, &c. &c. Grand Junction Canal, 2817. per share. Grand Union, 567. per share prern. Grand Surrey ditto, 767. ditto. Huddersfield ditto, 402. ditto Rochdale ditto, 51/. ditto. Lancaster ditto, 284. 10s. ditto. Ellesmere ditto, 757. ditto. August 21, 1810. East India Branch of the Commercial, 4l.de. Holloway ditto, Sl. ditto. London Institution, 807. per share. Surrey/ditto, 107. per share discount. Worcester and Birmingham, 51. to 6l. per Auction Mart ditto, 757. per share prem Commercial ditto, 861. per share prem. Strand Bridge, 31. to 57. per share discount. Commercial Road, 351. per share prem. Globe Fire and Life Insurance, 1277. pr. sh. Imperial ditto, 761. ditto. Albion, 601. ditto Eagle, 10s. per share discount. Atlas, 10s. ditto, Rock, 21s. per share prem. L. WOLFE and Co. Canal, Deck, & Stock Brokers. AGRICULTURAL REPORT. THE THE most sanguine expectation relative to the approaching harvest will scarcely fall short of reality. Every where, excepting in very few districts, where the com has been laid by the late storms, and this mostly in the north of England, the produce will be abundant. Owing, probably to this cause, a late fall in the price of grain took place, and the consequent partial fall of bread, which is a circumstance rather unusual jast before harvest. The late fair weather has considerably mended the appearance of the crops in general, but hay continues high, and the second crops are not likely to repay the unusual scantiness of the first. Price of meat in Smithfield Market :-Beef, 4s. 4d. to 5s. 4d ;-Mutton, 4s. 8d. to 53. 8d.;-Veal, 4s. 8d. to 5s. 8d. ;-Pork, 5s. 8d. to 6s. 8d.-Lamb, 4s. 4d. to 6s. 6d. Middlesex, Aug. 25. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN, By the WinchesterQuarter of 8 Bushels, and of OATMEAL per Boll of 140lbs. Averdupois, from the Returns received in the Week ended Aug. 18, 1810. INLAND COUNTIES. Wheat Rye Barley | Oats S. d. s. d. s. d S. d. Middsx. 119 7 40 10 34 1 Essex 116 049 0 47 9 83 -6 Surrey 123 456 0 Kent Hertford 105 Bedford 108 652 8 31 6 3 31 8 Huntin. 113 0 44 828 4 Norfolk Rutland 111 111 5 Leicest 103 5 63 Wor'st. 120 4 0 29 10 Durham 32 10 Northumberland 100 49 10 34 4 Cumberland 58 10 38 57 11 36 4 Westmorland 1 York 103 5 68 108 5 4 62 6 52 035 3 98 11 59 235 8 236 2 9 Lancaster 4 30 3 1Chester 108 2 0Flint 629 0 Wilts 2 Denbigh Berks 4 Anglesea 0 26 Oxford 120 3 Carnarvon 8 24 8 Bucks 116 5 Merioneth 632 Brecon 153 6 64 0 32 0 Cardigan. 109 9 Montgo. 117 29 1 Pembroke 109 6 Radnor. 138 59 1 32 10 Carmarthen....114 Glamorgan 129 Gloucester .... 132 9 51s. 4.; Oats 31s. 7d.; BILL of MORTALITY, from JULY 25, to AUGUST 21, 1810. ....131 9 46 024 8 121 8 1810 Stock. Days Bank 3p Cent Sp Cent 14 p. Ct. Navy Reduc. Consols. Cons. 5 p. Cent. Long Anns. PRICE OF STOCKS, from JULY 26, to AUGUST 25, 1810, both inclusive. Imperial Imperial Irish India India S. S.S Sea Exche. Lottery Sp. Cent Anns. 5p.C Stock. Bonds. Sto. Anns. Bills. Tickets Ticks. City Cons. Om Freeh. for nium. Acct. 2s.pml22 158 15 124 do. 1684 NB. In the 3 per Cent Consols the highest and lowest Price of each day is given; in the other Stocks the highest only. FORTUNE and Co. STOCK-BROKERS and GENERAL AGENTS, No. 13, Cornhill. 122s.pm) THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE. N° LXXXII-VOL. XIV.] For SEPTEMBER, 1810. [NEW SERIES. "We shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if we can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth."-DR. JOHNSON. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. PROSPECTUS of an INSTITUTION trievable depression; and he not only for the RELIEF of the OPULENT loses that vigour and elasticity of mind BLIND, and for educating them in which are necessary to carry him Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Mu- through life, but that patience and sic, Geography, Mathematics, Lan- serenity which alone can qualify him guages, History, Belles Lettres, to enjoy it. In order to avert so disNatural and Moral Philosophy, tressing an effect, it becomes our great &c. &c. &c. duty to redress, as much as possible, Conformable to the original Arrangethe natural disadvantages with which ments of the celebrated M. Hany, in blind subjects are encumbered; or, his Establishment for the Education of in other words, to enlarge, as far as the Blind, Rue Notres Dame des Vic- possible, the sphere of their knowtoires, at Paris, instituted under sanc- ledge and activity. This, can only be tion of the French Academy, and the done by the improvement of his inpatronage of the King, 2acen, and the tellectual, imaginative, or mechanical Royal Family of France, in the year powers; and which of these ought to 1784. By C. BONNOR. be most assiduously cultivated, must be determined by those whose attention to the subject and whose opportunities of judging, admit of their forming an opinion with-confidence on data not to be mistaken. IT ́T is, perhaps, difficult to conceive any two situations in the infinite varieties of civilized life, more different from each other, in respect to happiness, than the condition of a That the Blind of both sexes, if Blind person, with his faculties be- properly attended to, are capable of numbed by sloth, his mind unidstruct- almost every mental acquirement that ed by education, and his spirits de- instruction can convey to those who pressed by the consciousness of being see, has long since been ascertained in any respect a burthen to those about and confirmed in numerous instances. him; and that of the same individual, They are recorded in various books habituated to a regular routine of men- of unquestionable authority, and partal and corporeal exercise, his intel- ticularly in the Encyclopædia Bri lectual faculties expanded and im- tannica, where it is shown that the proved, and an air of cheerfulness be- blind are susceptible of almost every got by the delightful consciousness idea, and of every truth which can be. of acquirements which place him on impressed on the mind, by the media level with his polished associates.ation of light and colours, except the A sense of the obvious advantages sensations of light and colours thempossessed by others, habitually pre- selves. disposes a Blind man to despondency; unless effectual methods are used to prevent it. His soul sinks into irre Anxious to give publicity to so laudable an object, we have devoted an unusual portion of our work to this Prospectus. UNIVERSAL MAG. VOL. XIV. Dr. Reid, in his "Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense," dcduces evidence from acknowledged facts, as well as reasoning, in order to show that there is very little of the knowledge ac Z See Article Blind. quired by sight, that may not be com- they were all superseded by the simmunicated to a man born blind, and ple, plain, and practical rules laid that one who never saw the light may down by Mr. Hauy, the author of an be learned and knowing in every sci- institution for the instruction of the ence, even in optics; and may make Blind, which commenced, at Paris, in discoveries in every branch of phi- the year 1784. His object was, to losophy. teach his pupils, by characters imDr. Saunderson, Dr. Henry Moyes, pressed upon paper, not only the libeDr. Blacklock, Dr. Nicholas Bacon, ral arts and sciences, but likewise the Dr. De Vourde, and other blind sub- principles of mechanical operation, in jects, of inferior celebrity, have mani- such a manner, that those who had fested that it is neither incredible nor no genius for literary improvement, singular, that persons born blind, or may yet become respectable, useful, blind from early infancy, should at- and independent members of society, tain the highest academic honours, in the capacity of common artizans. and become eminently distinguished By these tangible characters, they for their attainments in every branch were taught to read, to write, and to of science By the efforts of a culti- print; they were likewise instructed in vated genius, they have exhibited in geometry, algebra, geography; and, poetry the most natural and animated in short, in every branch of natural descriptions, even of visible objects, philosophy. Nor were their efforts without either incurring or deserving circumscribed by mere utility; a taste the imputation of plagiarism. In the sister art of music, the instances have been, and are, numerous and convincing, in proof of the great attainments and perfection of which they are capable, both in the scientific and practical departments. There are many examples also, of the equal advancement of blind pupils of the female sex, in the acquirement of suitable accomplishments, when properly attended to and skilfully instructed. Besides a familiar acquaintance with the French, German, Italian, and Latin languages, they have been known to play exquisitely on several instruments; write legibly and expeditiously; play at cards; carry on a regular correspondence with their distant friends; write and read music with facility; dance figure-dances, and minuets, most correctly, with inimitable case and gracefulness; sew perfectly well; thread the smallest needies; acquire a proficiency in a variety of fancy works, &c.; instances, which afford the happiest en ouragement to those, who labour under this misfortune, not to despair of attaining, by perseverance and proper instruction, the intellectual as well as the personal accomplishments. for the fine arts was likewise culti vated among them. They were taught to read music with their fingers, as others do with their eyes: and though they could not at once feel the notes, and perform them upon an instru ment, yet were they capable of acquiring any lesson with as much exactness and rapidity as those who enjoy all the advantages of sight.Mr. Hauy's object was, to enlarge their sphere of knowledge, and, of consequence, to increase their capacities and powers of action, so that they might become happy and independent in themselves, and useful and agreeable to others. That he succeeded most completely, is shewn by the report of the commissioners appointed by the academy to investigate the subject, as well as by a great variety of other evidence set forth in Mons. Haüy's publication, entitled Essai sur l' Education des Aveugles, published at Paris, 1786, containing, among many other curious articles, several interesting specimens of their acquirements, as exhibited by his pupils before the king, queen, royal family, at Versailles, in the same year. Particular days were appointed in every week, when the doors of their With a view to facilitate the en- seminary were thrown open to the deavours and the progress of the Blind public, who witnessed their actual in a systematical acquirement of know- performance of all they were reported ledge, a variety of ingenious plans to be capable of doing, and who have been suggested, matured, and retired from their visit, not so acted upon at different times; but much impressed, with wonder at the and : |