The renovation of the world under the benign influence of French Freedom has been long foretold by prophets of every deſcription, by ſome who manufacture verſes, others who manufacture cotton, by maudling Mrs's, and mincing Miſſes, by enlight⯑ened Lawyers and more enlightened Phyſicians; but by none more fully expected, more ardently longed for, than by Dr. Beddoes and ^* his "Dear Giddy!" The great Dr. aſſures us, that not only ſcience in general will ſhortly advance towards perfection, but that in particular "a new Medicine will ariſe from the aſhes of the old with healing in its wings." How this revolution is to be effected we are informed in the dedication of his Obſervations on Calculus, &c. p. 4. "We are juſt beginning to catch a glimpſe of the laws of animal Nature; and now when the human mind ſeems in ſo many countries [...] be rouſed from that torpor, by which it has ſo long been benumbed, we may reaſon⯑ably indulge the expectation of a rapid progreſs in this the moſt beneficial of all the ſciences. An infinitely ſmall portion of genius has hitherto been exerted to diminiſh the ſum of our painful ſenſations; and the force of ſociety has been excluſively at the diſpoſal of Deſ⯑pots and Juntos, the great Artificers of human Evil. Should an entire change in theſe two reſpects any where take place, every member of ſociety might ſoon expect to experience in his own perſon the conſequence of ſo happy an innovation; and ſhould the example be generally [...], there is no improvement in the condition of the World, for which we might not [...] from the bloodleſs rivalſhip of Nations." But we are told, that the ſame influence of Liberty and Genius will not only in other reſpects effect equal wonders, but produce greater bleſſings. "We know," exclaims this egregious Chymiſt, "that vegetables are capable of forming oils either exactly the ſame as thoſe of Animals, or very nearly reſembling them. Thus we have the ſuet of the Croton Sebiferum, the butter of the Phoenix Dactylifera and of the Butyrum Cacao. When, from a more intimate acquaint⯑ance with them, we ſhall be better able to apply the Laws of organic bodies to the accommo⯑dation as well as preſervation of Life, may we not, by regulating the vegetable functions, teach our woods and hedges to ſupply us with Butter and Tallow?" Obſervations on Calculus, &c. p. 109.

A Gentleman of Pembroke College, Oxford, to whom Dr. Beddoes addreſſes a late elaborate work [...] appellation

"If this ſuppoſition were juſt, might not ſome means be diſcovered to protract the period of Youth and Vigour indefinitely? Whether true or falſe, and even though we ſhould never be able to reſtore new excitability to the ſyſtem, there can be no doubt of the immediate practicability of prolonging Life conſiderably; and what is much more deſirable, of maintaining a firmer ſtate of Health." Obſervations on Calculus, &c. p. 106. "Nor, however remote Medicine may be at preſent from ſuch perfection, do I ſee any reaſon to doubt, that by taking advantage of various and continual acceſ⯑ſions as they accrue to Science, the ſame power may be acquired over living as is at preſent exerciſed over ſome inanimate bodies; and that not only the cure and preven⯑tion of diſeaſes, but the art of protracting the faireſt ſeaſon of Life, and rendering Health more vigorous, will one day half realize the dream of Alchemy!" Beddoes's Letter to Darwin, p. 29.

Dr. Beddoes, in a little tract addreſſed to the Author of this Epiſtle, entertains us with a long hiſtory of how he made himſelf very lean, very fair (his complexion having been before of an uniform brown), very pretty, and very conſumptive, by the uſe of a certain "Coſmetic" called Oxygenous Air; and how he afterwards cured himſelf of the ſaid Leanneſs and Conſumption at his Friend's, Quaker Reynolds's, in Colnbrook Dale, by a diet in which Butter and Cream bore the largeſt proportions. See pages 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55.

To prevent our Sailors from growing fat, and afterwards falling into the Scurvy (of which Obeſity, we are informed, is the firſt ſymptom), Dr. Beddoes propoſes that the jolly Tars ſhould eat their food raw! Obſervations, p. 60.

"It is a law of human Nature, the leſs of eccleſiaſtical influence, the leſs of deadly animoſity among Men."—"It is reaſonable to preſume that the majority of French Prieſts in England partake of the Spirit of their Brethren; and to a large portion of the popiſh Prieſthood, Chriſtianity is believed, upon good grounds, to be as much fooliſh⯑neſs as it was to the Greeks. Their faith in the advantages of the immenſe emolu⯑ments which thoſe Reverend Robbers, their predeceſſors, had extorted from ſuperſtitious Barbarians, never ſuffered any abatement; hence probably that conduct to which their ſufferings are to be imputed."—"Through all the calumny that has been vomited forth againſt the French, the moſt injured and moſt enlightened people upon Earth, it is eaſy to diſcern ſome advantages which the Nation owes to Liberty—Tythes, the accurſed relic of Popery, have been aboliſhed.—France is purged not only from Ec⯑cleſiaſtical Drones, which conſumed the ſweeteſt honey of the hive, but alſo from the monſtrous debauchery of the richer, and the beggarly inſolence of the poorer Nobleſſe."—Dr. Beddoes's admirable Reaſons for believing the friends of Liberty in France not to be the Authors or Abettors of the crimes committed in that Country; humbly addreſſed to thoſe who from time to time conſtitute themſelves Judges and Jury upon affairs public and private and, without admitting any teſtimony but the groſs lies of Beldame Rumour, damn their Neighbours individually, and the reſt of the World by the Lump; the celebrated Hand bill circulated in Shropſhire, which eventually occaſioned his reſignation of the Chemical Chair in the Univerſity of Oxford.