5 MAY 1832

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There is a design at present entertained of a general

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Congress of the Princes of Germany, to meet at Berlin, for the purpose of deliberating on the internal affairs of the Empire. The subject to which their deliberations are...

The only novelty in the importations from France during the

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week, is a rising at Marseilles, of the extent of which we are but imperfectly informed. It was made known to the public of Lon- don on Thursday by the Standard, which contrives...

It was announced early in the week, that the long-expected

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ratification by Russia of the Treaty of the Twenty-four Articles was at length on its way to England. It has arrived, and yester- day it was formally exchanged. As far as his...

Don MIGUEL has issued a decree, dated 15th March, depriving

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the Baron DE Qui NTEL L A of his title, and of all grants and favours previously conferred on him, for refusing to pay 24 contos of rein, part of the 1,200 contos, ordered to be...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Con and MAGOG—the " Dear Duke" and the " Big Duke—are busy mustering their forces for the great battle of Monday. The People are resolved and ready. Every thing bespeaks an...

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CO Court.

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Their Majesties came to town on Wednesday ; they arrived at St. James's Palace about one o'clock. At two, the King held a Levee After the Levee, his Majesty held a Privy...

Ma. IavING.—The further consideration of the"question of the Scotch Church

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took place, according to adjournment, on Wednesday. The Presbytery met at twelve o'clock ; when it was agreed that Mr. Irving should be heard in reply to Mr. Mann, who bad...

Jamaica papers have been received to the 21st March. The

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Assembly commenced its sittings on the 5th. They speak in very determined language respecting the recommendations of Govern- ment— " We observe your Excellency has received...

Eby etTOPHIHt NATIONAL UNION. —There was an extraordinary meeting of the

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members of the National Union on Thursday,—Mr. Hume in the chair,—with a view to discuss the propriety of addressing a memorial to the King, praying to take the necessary...

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arc the dimensions of the new frigate : Ft. In.

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Spar deck 188 0 Main deck 183 0 Lower deck 176 0 Ileight between decks 7 0 Keel for tonnage 144 61 Extreme breadth 52 Si Moulding , : 51 4f Depth of hold 17 1 Measured...

The case of Russell the gaoler, convicted of being an

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accessary before the fact to the self-murder of Sarah Wormsley at Huntingdon, was argued in the Exchequer Chamber on Saturday, on certain exceptions taken by his counsel at the...

On Monday afternoon, as Lord Castlereagh was driving out of

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Sey- mour Place in his cabriolet, the horse suddenly . took fright, and run down Curzon Street, where the cabriolet came in contact with a gas post at the corner of Clarges...

The Vestrymen of St. Pancras met on Monday, to perform

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the pain- ful duty of balloting out forty of their immaculate body, as required by the New Vestries' Act. The parish will shortly elect forty rate- payers to fill the place of...

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SUICIDES.—A person named Wheeler, a tailor, of Portugal Street, Lincoln's

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Inn Fields, formerly in most respect able business, banged himself at the Rose and Crown, Lower Thames Street, on Sunday ,night. A long series of pecuniary misfortunes and...

Ebt Countrp.

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BRISTOL CORPORATION.—The Bristol Mercury says, the report that the trial of the Corporation was put off, originated in a hoax. The in- dictments are against all the...

A dinner was given to the South Herts Yeomanry, by

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their Captain, G. J. Bosanquet, Esq. at his seat, Broxbourne Bury, on Thursday the 26th ult. Captain Bosanquet presided, and took an opportunity to offer an apology , for the...

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Sir Eardley Wilmot, in addition to letting plots of land,

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at a mo- derate rent, to the labourers of his parish for gardens, has superadded, as an incentive to industry and good conduct, premiums for their proper cultivation. The...

Eab3 anb guOtice.

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THE DUKE OP CUMBERLAND'S CASE.—Against the conditional rule obtained by the Duke of Cumberland against Phillips, the printer of the Authentic Records, Mr. D. Wakefield junior...

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.

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The decision in the following races did not reach town in time for our last Number. Sweepstakes of 150 sovereigns each, h. ft. R. M. Four Subscribers. Lord Worcester's...

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SCOTLAND.

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THE EDINBURGH MEETING.—The New North Briton gives, in its Number for Saturday, an engraved sketch of the late meeting. This graphic illustration of a great scene in history,...

IRELAND.

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The Dublin letters of Wednesday contain an account of two atro- cious murders on the borders of Queen's County and Kilkenny,—one of a steward of Captain Lyster of Grenan, who...

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The people of Dundee had an excellent meeting on Monday,

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in- ferior in point of numbers to the Edinburgh meeting, as was neces- sarily to be expected, but for " pith of sense and pride of worth" equal or more than equal. Provost...

The people of Leith have followed the excellent example set

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than by their neighbours of Edinburgh. On Monday, they and the inhabi- tants of II usselburgh and Portobello, whom it is proposed in the Bill to join with them, held a meeting,...

SCOTCII LAW OF PATRONAGE.—The right of presenting to clerieal benefices

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in Scotland, was, at the period of the Revolution, vested ri g the heads of families, being communicants, conjointly with the landed proprietors and the members of the...

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POLAND. — The following extract from the diary of a traveller, fin.

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thenticated by the signature of Colonel Krsewski, has appeared in the Nuremberg Correspondent—. Wiatka. — There are in this Ones: 360 Polish prisoners, civil and military,...

OtiOcilantous3.

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HIGH LIFE.—Mr. Watson Taylor occupied a princely mansion at the corner of Harley Street. It employed the artists and workmen upwards of four years in embellishment alone, and...

THE CHOLERA.

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Tile disease is rapidly dying out in the Metropolis. The following are the totals of the daily reports..— Days. New Cases. Deaths. Recoveries. Friday. April 27 10 2 5...

The Scottish title of Kirkcudbright has become extinct by the

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death of Camden Grey, the tenth Baron. Lord Kirkcudbright succeeded to the hereditary honours in 1827, on the death of Sholto Henry. This is one pauper Peerage the less. In...

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THE UNIVERSITIES. Oxronn.

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May 2.—This day being the first day of F.aster Term. the following degrees were con- ferred. Magfers of Arts—It. C. B. Clayton, Brazennose, Grand Compounder Rev. W. M. K....

THE CHURCH.

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The Lord Bishop of Ely has lately collated, by commission, the Rev. J. Jenks, B.A. curate of Meldreth. and formerly of New College. Oxford, to the Vicarage of Thriplow,...

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN JAMAICA.—The following estimate ofloss sustained in

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the parishes of St. James and Hanover, is given by a correspondent of the Globe. 80 sugar works, averaging 200 hogsheads of sugar, and 100 puncheons of rum, each at 101 £...

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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Bum's. On the 27th ult. at Cambridge. the Iron. Mrs. WILLTAm Tourtv:LAw, of a daughter. On the 20th ult. at Warmsworth Hall, Yorkshire, the Lady of the Rev. W1LLrAM Gooeu, of a...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

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Tuesday, 1st May. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 114EWETT and POLLARD, Little Marylebone Street, eating-house keepers-J. and J. ItHOoKnonsE, Derby, watch-mannfacturers-BorrEntre. and...

THE ARMY.

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WAR-OFFICE, May 4.-2d Regt. of Life Guards : Cornet and Sub-Lieut. Peter Black- burn to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Sir II. Webb, who retires ; G. F. Duckett, Gent. to be Cornet...

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THE OPERA.

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WE have not visited the Opera this week. It has been "a thing of shreds and patches "—a jumble of good and bad—an act of one opera, and a scene of another. This is sad work,...

An incident has occurred at Madeira which • may possibly

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hasten its fall. " On the 11th instant," says a letter in the Times of this morning, " an officer of Marines and a midshipman (Lord Grey's ne- phew), both belonging to the Stag,...

The Earl of Dundonald (Lord Cochrane) was restored to his

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Mili- tary knighthood by the King on Wednesday last. His Lordship is also reinstated as an officer of the British Navy, and takes rank, as Rear-Admiral of the Blue, immediately...

Disputes have again arisen in Colombia between the Governor of

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New Granada and the province of Ecuador, which claims for itself the same right of settling its own affairs, independent of other states, that New Granada has claimed and been...

Some of the French journals have a theory, founded, as

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they assert, on observation, that coal gas is unfavourable to the spread of cholera; they even state, though this has been questioned, that in no court or passage that is...

ROYAL SOCIETY.

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May 3, 1832. JOHN Bosrocir, M.D., Vice - President, in the Chair. The Very Reverend George Chandler, D.D., of Mortimer Street, was proposed as a Candidate for election. Mr....

The private correspondent of the Times gives the following curious

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anecdote. The Conservatives are everywhere alike- " I attended the obsequies of M. de Chatmelin, and observed some young men in gray Inds (the badge of the Moderates among Les...

It is said that Dr. GREY will be a considerable

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loser by his elevation to the see of Hereford, as he must in consequence give up the valuable living of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, as well as the Deanery. The living he need not...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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FRIDAY EVENING. Arrived—In the Channel, the II. C. S. Rose, Marquis, from China ; Andronmehe, Laws ; Lord W. Bentinek. Hutchinson; and James Pattison, Grote, all from Bengal...

POSTSCRIPT.

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The Birmingham Meeting on Monday, if the weather prove pro- pitious, is expected to exceed any former demonstration of public opinion made by the zealous and active Reformers of...

That industrious class of writers, the penny-aline mer, have been

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pilfering from our pages, for the lust eight or ten days, at an amazing rate, and selling their thefts to the Daily Papers as legal property. We would recommend the " Anatomy of...

THE MONEY MARKET.

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SToCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING.—CODSON closed on Saturday at 85, sellers ; Exchequer Bills at 15s. to 16s. premium. There was a slight rise crc Monday, chiefly in consequence...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE WHOLE BILL, OR ANOTHER BILL. ifotni-nuts months have elapsed since the cry of The Bill, the whole Bill, a ; ., - , 1 nothing but the fill, was raised by this journal. It...

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS MADE TO WORK.

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WE have received a pamphlet, entitled " Practical Suggestions for the Internal Reform of the House of Commons, by a Parliamen- tary Secretary."* By Internal Reform is meant a...

THE KING AND THE DUKE.

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THE John Bull of Sunday last presented, in a very conspicuous place, the following announcement- " Their Majesties honour his Grace the Duke of Wellington with their com- pany...

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THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.

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A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE CLAIMS OF THE METROPOLIS TO FURTHER REPRESENTATION. [WE are indebted for the following interesting paper to a typogra- phical error of the Morning...

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MODERN ANTIQUES.

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A PART of the south wall of the great nave of St. Alban's Abbey fell down, the other day, upon the roof of the side aisle, which it burst through. The estimated cost of...

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THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.

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AT the Philharmonic rehearsal on Saturday, were seated, side by side, CRAMER, FIELD, MOSCHELES, and MENDELSSOHN, and near them stood MEYERBEER. Such an assemblage of musical...

MATHEWS'S COMIC ANNUAL.

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Ix one of those gloomy bustling alleys near the Exchange, that connect Cornliilf with Lombard Street, lived, some twenty years ago, a man who professed to be a writing-engraver...

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WASHINGTON IRVING'S ALHAMBRA.

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IT was a mistake in WASHINGTON IRVING to call his composi- tions sketches—they are finished pictures: in the paintings of his countryman LESLIE, there is not a nicer attention...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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The Anambra. By Geoffrey Crayon, author of " The Sketch Book," &c. 2 vols. Sm. Cu lbnrn and Bentley. POETRY, The Maid of Elvar ; a Poem, in Twelve Parts. By Allan Cunningham...

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THE MAID OF ELTAR

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Is a narrative poem, of much simplicity both as to matter and style. The subject and the characters are such as the poets of Scotland have made us familiar with,—stout English...

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THE MAGAZINES FOR MAY.

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ON the morning of the first of the month, the usual supply of books on our table is observed to be coated with a layer of slender productions of every variety of colouring. A...

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BOOKS ON THE TABLE.

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1. Dr. SOUTHEY has finished his great work on the History of the Peninsular War: the third and last bulky volume lies on our table. It is a monumental book. In many respects Dr....

2. Poland, Homer, and other Poems, is a little publication

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on the antipodes of song, in which we discern a good deal of promise. Let those who doubt, read not merely " Poland " and " Homer," but the " Lament for Percy Bysshe Shelley :"...

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The Fifth Volume of Byron's _Life and Works, brings down ,,

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the Memoirs to 1822. It is embellished with a brilliant view by TUER, of the picturesque Church of Santa Maria della Spina; which; with its spires and pointed gables, has a...

5. Mr. VALPY has added the first five books of

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Livy to his School and Classical Library. The volume is somewhat too dear; though we appreciate the trouble and pains taken with the Eng- lish notes.

H. B. flatters the Duke of Wellington in every possible

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way but one —be always makes him look ludicrously silly. Here is John Bull as Midas, Lord Grey as Pan, and the " Dear Duke" as Apollo ! In " The reverse of a Sovereign"—a...

15. The Law Magazine, or Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, No.

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XVI. has just been put into our hands, and reminds us of a duty we owe to that work. The Law Magazine deserves to be recommended as an industrious and enlightened periodical. It...

GRAVITY OF COUNTENANCE NO PROOF OF WEIGHT OF CHARACTER.—

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A man may have the gravity of an elephant, without the merit of a mouse ; and perhaps it is the purest spirit which, like the finest dine, lets the light shine through it.—...

6. Population Returns, arranged by Mr. GORTON. The Topo- graphist

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is a useful compendium of all the towns and parishes in Great Britain, with the population of each. The Population Re- - turn is that of 1831. With this isliven the annual value...

13. A Queer Book, by the Ettrick Shepherd, is a

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quackish title to a, volume• of Poems by the interminable Mr. HOGG, who has traded now so many years on the fact of his having been an Ettrick Shepherd's boy. The book is no...

PICTURES AND ARTISTS.

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• ILLUSTRATIONS OF BYRON. As embellishments to a beautiful edition of Byron's works, designed to aid the attractions of fine typography and costly binding in producing a...

10. The Emigrant's Pocket Companion is a useful book, on

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a useful plan. We wish, however, that the author had made more of his space: there is too much lost in proving what emigration is, who should be emigrants, and where emigrants...

8. The Account of the Life, Lectures, and Writings, of

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Dr. Cul- len, by Dr. Joins THOMSON, is a work of importance, of which only the first volume is published. This biography is in fact the history of medical science during the...

Fraser gives us this month an amusing and spirited sketch

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of a group of Fellows of the Antiquarian Society. In one corner, the burly figure and obtuse look of Jerdan is contrasted with the dapper form and sensitive placidity of Crofton...

4. The Microscopic Cabinet of Select Animated Objects, by Mr.

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PRITCHARD, is an exceedingly curious and interesting work, which we shall report upon more at length in an early Number. The plates are marvellous; but we are somewhat...

9. FAUST'S Catechism of Health is a useful guide, not

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for vale- tudinarians, but for youth, and ought to be adopted as a text-book in all systems of education. The knowledge it contains, if fami- liarly but strongly impressed upon...

Another and more comprehensive series of Portraits of the eminent

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men of all times and nations, is announced by the Society for the Dif- fusion of Useful Knowledge ; and from the specimens we have seen, they will present other claims besides...

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

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The completion of the Third Volume of this popular series of Portraits of distinguished Persons of the Nineteenth Century, and the appearance of the first number of the Fourth...

11. Lectures on the Coinage of the Greeks and Romans,—de-

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livered in the University of Oxford, by Dr. EDWARD CARDWELL, —is an important adjunct to history. The investigations are very ingenious; and perhaps no previous author has so...

3. Mr. LOUDON, in addition to the many other useful

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works he is carrying on, is publishing, in numbers, an Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture, adapted to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. It is a book...

4. LARDNER'S Cabinet Cyclopedia has just added to its very

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ample stores, the History of Spain and Portugal, Volumes L and II. They appear deserving of an attention which at this moment we cannot give.

12. St. John in Patmos, "a Poem, by one of

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the Oldest Living Poets of Great Britain," has been produced by a passage in a late Edinburgh Review. The author has been induced to show that his ancient harp is not yet...

7. Volume XI. of ROSCOE'S Novelist Library is composed of

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the first part of Tristram Shandy, with some plates of CRUIK- SHANK. In the one of Obadiah introducing Dr. Slop, GEORGE has renewed his youth.

Eastavetr.—The name of the author of the S ystematic Arrasgement of

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the Oesders of French House, noticed in our last /Number, i s THYROAR. not THING/La. We correct the misprint, chiefly that Mr. Tioraoan may have due honour from thcsetib whom...