large. We understand that the whole will be completed in twenty-four numbers, and then we suppose that scarcely any remarkable spot mentioned in Holy Writ will not have been portrayed. This undertaking has always been an especial favourite of ours-in which feeling of preference the public have widely participated. Stanfield's Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel, and on the Coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, and other Picturesque Portions of the European Continent, from Original Drawings taken expressly for this Work, by CLARKSON STANFIELD, Esq. R. A. Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. This, the fifth number, commences with the "Blockade Station of Rye Old Harbour." It is an eminently English, and beautifully delineated, scene. The wooden walls are even majestic in their decrepitude. "Powderham Park, Exmouth," is faithful, and true to natural effect. It is well engraved, and the effect clear and imposing. The view of " Hamoaze, Plymouth," is the most splendid of the series. Honestly, we never saw an engraving that pleased us more. Every impression of it is worth the price of the number tenfold. Easy Cliff, Hastings," we find too hard, the lights and shadows contrast too violently, and the rocks are too coarsely marked in. We think the engraver in fault. His hand has been too heavy. Still there is much spirit in the plate, and great beauty in the design. We can conceive no work more deserving of general patronage, and what it deserves it will find. Switzerland. By WILLIAM BEATTIE, M.D. Graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, &c. &c. Illustrated by a Series of Views, taken expressly for this Work, by W. H. BARTLETT, Esq. Part XVI. George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane. This splendid production has advanced triumphantly to the sixteenth number, and made familiar to the British public scenes ranging from the most awful grandeur to the gentlest loveliness. The present part commences with a "View of Mont Blanc," as seen from the Jura. The mass of mountains, with their snow-clad pinnacles, of which Mont Blanc is the towering centre, pierces an almost cloudless sky, and we have thus a clearly-defined outline of these rock-formed giants. The artist has well managed his foreground, so as to give the spectator an excellent idea that even there the height is great, as he has placed a fleecy cloud intercepting the view of a rock in a portion near the eye. The engraving of this plate is very finely marked. "The Castle of Chillon" is a placid and romantic view. The old walls and capped towers are gently touched by the light of the young moon, whilst the lake sleeps below, imparting to the beholder a beautiful feeling of sere nity. The effect of this engraving is exquisite. It is from the burin of Woolnoth. The "Glacier of Bossons," in the Valley of Chamouni, is as wild a scene as can well be imagined, and it is really a discomfort to look upon it. The icebergs of the North Pole seem to have grounded amidst savage rocks and wild forests. The "Gallery of Gondo" is such a scene that Alpine regions only could afford. The sky is almost shut out from view in the stupendous pass. In the letter-press Dr. Beattie gives us an exciting detail of the battle of Wolfshalden, so fatal and so disgraceful to the Austrian forces. We have then a rapid description of the Canton of St. Gall, with much of its history, finishing with a romantic story of the "Beautiful Ida," a fitting theme for the poet. The number finishes with a commencement of the Canton of Thorgau; and we shall conclude our notice of it, by saying, that the literary part is all too short-a singular fault in these voluminous times. The Destroying Angel. By JOHN MARTIN, ESQ. Published by J. Martin, 30, Alsop's Terrace, New Road; and Ackerman, Strand. Is it a praise too lofty to call Mr. Martin the Milton of painters? Posterity must decide. Of this we are assured, that the works of no other artist fill the mind with ideas so grand. In the engraving before us there is much, very much, of the sub limity that we always expect from his powerful pencil, and something also that we think inconsistent with propriety. The awful and ponderous calm that seems to hang so heavily on air and earth, with the dim visage of vengeance, hardly seen through the straight and rigid clouds, with the gorgeous architecture in the middle distance, have the grandest effect. What we dislike is, seeing men, women, and animals congregated together upon the rocky ground, outside of the city, to die, or to mourn over recent death. Such scenes as these, at least with respect to mankind, would take place, if not all within doors, surely not where they are represented. But perhaps we are hypercritical, and it is quite right that the whole population of the city should rush out and enact their mourning just as the artist has described them. With this exception, we think the plate well calculated to support the great and justly earned fame of the painter, and that it will be eagerly sought for by all who have a refined taste. THE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF THE COUNTRY In all respects remain nearly in statu quo since our last, with the exception of a considerable improvement in the iron trade and all its branches, as well foreign as internal. As a set off against this, we may instance this year a great falling off in our imports from the West Indies, which, of course, will make a corresponding deficiency in our exports. Never was there a blow more inimical to commerce inflicted than that which turned contented slaves that would work, into discontented apprentices who will not. The future loss to the country will be immense, and we have bought it at the trifling expense of twenty millions sterling, and we may add, at least another million for the expenses of the commissioners who will have to dole it out; not forgetting the increased burthen to the country of the stipendiary magistrates, an attendant and a continuous one upon the measure. In the other departments of our commerce, as we have before mentioned, there has been but little variation. We must confess that about London there seems, just now, in most businesses, the pressure of great dulness. The harvest throughout the country has been generally abundant, and grain does not fetch remunerating prices. Still, with this apparent cheapness of the necessaries of life, there is great privation among the middle, and destitution among the lower classes. MONEY MARKET. During the month there have been the usual slight variations in all the securities. The operations of the Bank have been watched with some suspicion, but that establishment having, in some degree, attended to the public feeling, the excitement on that subject has nearly subsided. BANKRUPTS. FROM SEPT. 22, TO OCTOBER 23, 1835, INCLUSIVE. Sept. 22.-J. W. Buckland, Union Road, Albany Road, Old Kent Road, Surrey, British plate manufacturer.-J. Bailey, Southampton, hatter.-J. M'Entire, Belfast, Ireland, merchant. R. Jones, Carnarvon, draper.-G. Pearson and T. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, paper merchants. Sept. 25.-P. Campbell, Jerusalem CoffeeHouse, City, master mariner.-C. Basan and T. G. Bayntun, Strand, licensed victuallers.— E. Edwards, Kingston-upon-Hull, common brewer.-S. Lorymer, Bristol, brewer. Sept. 29-W. Scamell, Tottenham Court Road, leather seller.-W. Key, Isleworth, linen draper.-G. Maggs, Bilston, linen draper.-F. How, Margate, hotel keeper.-T. Nabb, Manchester, auctioneer.-J. Lorymer, Bristol, corn factor.-G. Nicholson, Rotherham, Yorkshire, grocer. Oct. 2.-J. Nightingale, Oxford Street, victvaller.-S. Gartley, Golden Lane, St. Luke's, victualler.-R. Taylerson, South Shields, Durham, ship-owner.-T. Tempest, Leeds, grocer. -W. Finney, Jun., Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, grocer.-H. C. Allport, Bread Street Hill, commission agent. Oct. 6.-R. Fenner and S. Hobson, London Street, Fenchurch Street, corn factors. — J. Shayler, Blackman Street, Southwark, draper. -R. Woods, Cambridge, builder-T. Taylor, late of Steeple Ashton, Wilts, dealer.-W. Whiston, Aston Street, Birmingham, smelter and refiner.-T. Hanesworth, Sheffield, hatter. Oct. 9.-E. Cawley, Bridport, Dorsetshire, upholder.-A. Carter, Wenlock Basin, City Road, iron merchant.-H. Robinson, Nutford Place, Bryanstone Square, coal merchant.-J. R. Glenister, Tring, Hertfordshire, auctioneer and commission agent.-J. Davis, Two Brewers, Goswell Street, licensed victualler.-W. P. Dobree, New City Chambers, Bishopsgate Street, merchant.-J. Brown, Lower Place, Middlesex, chandler.-W. Partridge, Birmingham, haberdasher.-W. Bishton, Parkfield, Staffordshire, ironmaster.-J. Greaves, Liverpool, merchant.-J. Perowne, Dickelburgh, Norfolk, grocer and draper. Oct. 13.-G. Longman, Bride Lane, City, licensed victualler. T. Cooke, Liverpool, chemist.-W. Boutland, Bill Quay, Durham, ship builder.-H. Bulgin, Bristol, bookseller. -W. Splatt, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, flint grinder. Oct. 16.-C. and C. Mason, Piccadilly, livery stable keepers.-H. H. Davies, Soho Square, auctioneer.-G. C. Weber, Eaton Row, Eaton Square, dealer in horses.-J. Keyse, Youl's Place, Old Kent Road, plumber.-S. Lewis, Cheltenham, builder. Oct. 20.-J. A.Storey, Derby, grocer.-R.B. Bender, South Street, Grosvenor Square, wine merchant.-T. Wagstaff, Little Exeter Street, Chelsea.-W. Grey, Liverpool, commission agent. Oct. 23-R. Pease, Leeds, timber merchant. -J. N. Dennis, Lisle Street, Leicester Square, coach maker.-A. Moore, Wells Row, Islington, builder.-T. Bonner, Horseferry Road, Westminster, cow keeper.-J. T. Mercer, Manchester, plumber.-J. Wallace, Liverpool, provision merchant.-R. Claxton, Norwich, tailor. NEW PATENTS. J. F. Saunders, of Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, Middlesex, Gentleman, for improvements in clarifying raw cane and other vegetable and saccharine juices, and in bleaching such raw juices. Communicated by a foreigner residing abroad. September 1st, 6 months. J. J. C. Sheridan, of Walworth, Surrey, Chemist, for an improvement in the manufacture of soap. September 17th, 6 months. W. Mason, of Brecknock Terrace, Camden Town, Middlesex, Engineer, for certain improvements on wheels, boxes, and axletrees of carriages for carrying persons and goods on common roads and railways. September 24th, 6 months. J. P. Westhead, of Manchester, Smallware Manufacturer, for certain improvements in the manufacture of smallwares, and an improved arrangement of machinery for covering or forming a case around any wire, cord, gut-thread, or other substance, so as to render the same suitable for various useful purposes. September 24th, 6 months. MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. Kept at Edmonton. Latitude 51° 37′ 32′′ N. Longitude 3′ 51′′ West of Greenwich. The warmth of the day is observed by means of a Thermometer exposed to the North in the shade, standing about four feet above the surface of the ground. The extreme cold of the night is ascertained by an horizontal self-registering Thermometer in a similar situation. The daily range of the Barometer is known from observations made at intervals of four hours each, from eight in the morning till the same time in the evening. The weather and the direction of the wind are the result of the most frequent observations. The rain is measured every morning at eight o'clock. Prevailing Weather. Heavy showers of rain in even. otherwise clear. Generally clear. General overcast, with heavy showers of rain. Generally clear, a shower of rain in the morn. Cloudy, rain generally from 10A.M. till midnight. 29 43-6229,55-29,47 30 51-65 29,32-29,19 Oct. 2 52-58 29,20-29,28| S.W. 3 38-56 29,31-29,25 W. & S.E. ,55 ,675 S.W. 7 40-57 29.93-30,02 N.W. & N.E. ,05 8 45-58 29,92-29,59| N. b. E. Rain and thunder in S.E. about past 3 P.M., 9 43-55 29,47-29,20 1042-49 28,80-29,02 21 35-48 29,74-29,72 22, 30-51 29,62-29,50 Edmonton. E. & S.W. General overcast, except the morning. Generally cloudy. General overcast, except at noon. Generally cloudy. General overcast, except the evening. Generally clear. [from past 7 till 10 P.M. ,175 Generally clear, except the morning. Overcast, rain generally from past 7 till noon CHARLES HENRY ADAMS. LEARNED SOCIETIES. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-J. F. STEPHENS, Esq., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair.- Various donations of Entomological works were announced, including the first part of the splendid Fauna Japonica, by Dr. Siebold and De Haan, and thanks ordered to be returned to the various donors. A communication was read from Mr. E. Doubleday, containing an account of the complete destruction of a bee-hive, by the Galleria cereana, a small moth, the larva of which preys upon the comb. Specimens of the moth and of the destroyed comb were exhibited. Several living sugar-cane plants, infested with the cane-fly, were also exhibited by Mr. J. C. Johnstone, by whom an account was given of the rapid and alarming progress of this small but destructive insect in the Island of Bermuda, its ravages having now extended over two-thirds of the island, and appeared also in the neighbouring islands. A variety of new and interesting species of insects were exhibited by different members; and the following memoirs were read-namely: An Account of the Internal and Comparative Anatomy of the Larva of the Calosoma sycophanta, by Dr. Herman Burmeister of Berlin; Notice of the various Entomological subjects brought before the German meeting of naturalists, at Bonn, communicated by Mr. Westwood. Members were elected, and certificates in favour of candidates were read and in both classes we were gratified to see the names of foreigners of high scientific celebrity. The chairman announced that the second part of the Society's Transactions was ready for delivery. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, Oct. 20.-A paper of Observations on the growth of the Potato, by Sir George Stewart Mackenzie, Bart. was read. It advocated very strongly the use of sets, in preference to whole tubers, in extensive cultivation; pointed out the additional quantity to be derived even from the planting of the shoots which spring in the store-pits, and noticed the facts, that if the eyes of potatoes be cut out, the tubers may be easily preserved for any length of time, and the superior productiveness of the root and crown-eyes over those from the middle of the tuber. Some very beautiful orchideous plants were exhibited from the gardens of Mrs. Marryat, of Wimbledon, the Society, and Messrs. Rollisson. The variety named Orchidium Lanceanum attracted attention, not only on account of its beauty and fragrance, but from its being a new species from Surinam, exhibited for the first time. A citron melon, dahlias, heartsease, and collections of handsome pears and apples, were also on the table. W. Stewart Parker, Esq. and Mrs. Witham were elected Fellows of the Society. MISCELLANEOUS, PHILOSOPHICAL, &c. DESCENT OF THE GRAND AVALANCHE FROM THE DENT DU MIDI, AS DESCRIBED BY AN EYE WITNESS. ON Wednesday morning, August 25th of this year, I left Martigny on foot, for Villeneuve, a small village on the lake of Geneva. I had just been visiting the Mer de Glace, and the Hospice of St. Bernard, without any extraordinary piece of adventure, and therefore made no doubt of reaching Villeneuve by night. After my hard labour among the mountains, I felt no small relief at being again on level ground: for the whole road from Martigny to the lake runs along a valley. This valley, which is twelve leagues long, and in parts nearly two miles and a half wide, is of great beauty, being studded thick with villages and spires, with here and there groves of walnuts, orchards, and little meadows interspersed. Steep mountains on either side rise up into snow. The Rhone, which is here of an exquisite blue colour, flows along with you on the right, on its way to the lake. The principal mountain to the left is called Dent du Midi. It was about half-past eight when I left Martigny. The balmy air, the quiet, the pleasant security that seemed to prevail every where about this valley, with the near prospect of the clearly defined snow, had something so grateful in them, that, at every step, I felt myself more vigorous. After staying at the famous fall of Pissevache, just so long as not to get wet through, I had proceeded about a mile, and was occupied in reflecting upon the good fortune of those who had been placed in so beautiful and happy a spot, when of a sudden a grey cloud came floating round the turn of a mountain, which being followed by others, in a short while the whole view, excepting the valley itself, was shut out from me. It seems to me, upon recollection, that I fancied at the time there was something ill-omened in this sudden gloom; but after walking about half an hour longer, I was diverted from this change in the prospect, by observing the peasants leaving their work, and by meeting two or three carts driving furiously past me. A little farther on I met several persons running as fast as they could in the direction of Martigny, and was afterwards overtaken by others going the same road as myself. All this made me suppose that something unusual must be the matter, but I was confused by observing different parties in equal haste running opposite ways. At last I stopped an old man, and asked him in French, as I best could, what was his reason for running. To this he only answered by pointing towards a village in front of me, named Evionaz, then towards the mountain at my left, saying the words, as I understood them, St. Bartholemi." This made me suppose that there must be some Nov. 1835.-VOL. XIV.-NO. 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