and also remuneration to those who accord with me in my law. And my belief is this, that it is lawful for me to slay, and take the money and property of him who disagrees with me in my belief, and likewise to destroy his wife, his parents, and his children.* And, besides this, I should be reviled, if I were either to assist, or pity, or spare him.'

Afterwards the Jew said to the Sage, Now show to me what your law is, and give me accurate information concerning it, and concerning your belief. To whom the Sage answered, my belief and my law are as follow: In the first place, I wish well to myself and to my offspring, and I am unwilling that evil should befal any thing produced by Divinity, or any one who does not follow my law, and who differs from me in the belief of it. I likewise believe that equity and pity should be observed towards every living thing. No injury pleases me. And it also appears to me, that if any evil befals any living being, the same evil may likewise happen to, and disturb me; and I wish that prosperity, health, and safety, may be the lot of all men universally.

The Jew then said, But how would you act if any one injured and offended you? To this the Sage replied, I know that there is a just, good, and wise God in the heavens, from whom nothing that may be latent (to us) in his productions is concealed; who remunerates the worthy according to their deeds, but bad men and transgressors according to their transgressions.

POPULAR SCIENCE.

'How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute.'
MILTON'S Paradise Regained.

I. ANIMATED NATURE. 'And God said, let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing.'-Genesis.

1. ANIMAL MECHANICS.

Horn of the Sea Unicorn.-The horn, tusk, or whatever it may be called, of the sea-unicorn or narwhal, (monodon monoceros,) has given rise to many conjectures among naturalists. The appearance of this is well known to the visitors of museums and collectors of curiosities. It consists of a taper piece of ivory, from five to fifteen feet long, hollow to within a few inches of the point, and marked with spiral convolutions, turning from right to left. It is peculiar to the male narwhal, but in females, as well as in young males, the rudiments of it may be found under the

skin.

The habits of the narwhal are not sufficiently known to ascertain the use of this formidable instrument. The older naturalists adopted the vague opinion, that it was used to rake for food amongst the mud at the bottom of the sea; but as these animals always inhabit deep water, they could not survive under the immense pressure of the column of water resting on the bottom. Besides, if it were an indispensable instrument for procuring food, the female could not subsist without it. The most obvious use is as a defensive or offensive weapon; and Mr. Scoreby's objection to this opinion, that the females and young are without it, only serves to support it, as the male is their natural protector. We think the notion of Dr. Barclay of Edinburgh, that the horn is a mere sexual distinction, like the comb of the game cock or the lion's mane, is equally untenable.

It is much more probable to suppose, that the horn is used to pierce the thinner strata of ice, for the convenience of respiring, without the necessity of retreat

2. ENTOMOLOGY.

To whom the Jew: Why do you not observe your law, and confirm your belief by your deeds? The Sage replied, How is this to be effected? The Jew answered, 'Behold I am one of the same race as yourself, and you see me walking, fatigued, and hungry, while you are riding on a mule, have had plenty of food, and are at rest. To this the Sage replied, It is true; and, descending from his mule, he opened his wallet, gave him meat and drink, and made him ride on the mule. But after the Jew was well fixed in the saddle, he spurred the mule, and hastily left the Sage. Then the Sage began to vociferate, and said, Wait for me, because I am weary.' The Jew replied,' Did I not indicate to you my law, and the condition of it? and I wish to confirm it conformably to what I have said. He then hastily departed with the mule. The Sage, however, fol-ing into the open water. lowing the footsteps of t 'e Jew, said to him, 'O Jew, do not leave me in the desert, lest I should happen to be destroyed by lions, or should perish through hunger and grievous thirst. Be compassionate to me, as I have been to you.' The Jew, however, neither looked behind him nor paid attention to what the Sage said; but did not cease spurring the mule till he was no longer visible. When the Sage, therefore, despaired of overtaking him, he recollected the perfection of his law and belief, and also what he had said to the Jew; viz., that there is a just Judge in the heavens, from whom nothing is concealed that may happen to the beings he has produced. Raising his head, therefore, to the heavens, he said, My God, thou knowest that I have believed in thee and in thy law, and that I have sanctified thee in thy precepts as thou hast commanded. therefore, to the Jew the praise which I have given thee.' Having thus said, the Sage had not proceeded far when, behold, he found the Jew prostrate, having been thrown from the mule, with one of his legs fractured, and his neck injured. But the mule stood opposite to him, and, seeing the Sage, knew his master, to whom he approached, as being his nourisher.

Confirm,

The Sage, therefore, riding on him, departed, leaving the Jew in the agonies of death. But the Jew called on him, and said, ' Most dear brother, have pity on me-I have fractured my leg and am dying. I am in want of pious assistance, therefore pity me, and observe your law, which has given you the victory over me.' Then the Sage began to reproach him, and said, ' You have behaved most wickedly towards me, and left me without pity. To whom the Jew replied, Do not reproach me for a thing that is past, because I have showed to you what I said and did is conformable to my law, and my belief, in which I have been nurtured; and my parents and ancestors have persevered in the observance of this law.' Then the Sage, commiserating his condition, fixed him on the mule, brought him to his destined place, and delivered him to his own nation. But in a few days after this the Jew expired. The king of the city, therefore, (to which the Jew was travelling,) having heard what the Sage had done, ordered him to be brought before him, and made him his porter, on account of his deeds and the excellence of his law, at the same time giving praise to his God.

———aut ubi concava pulsu

3. CONCHOLOGY.

genitos.-T. T.

4. ICHTHYOLOGY.

Chinese Mode of Fishing-The Chinese catch fish by what may be called a sort of daring. They employ two strait boats, with a board painted white, and varnished, nailed to them. This is made to slope outwards, and almost touches the surface of the water, the colour of which it is made to take by the reflection of the light of the moon. Towards this the fish dart, fall on the board, and are caught without further trouble.

On taking down a lamp in a diving-bell, the diver is immediately surrounded with a multitude of fishes, attracted thither by the light.

Salmon in Kamstchatka.-Every species of salmon in Kamstchatka is said to die in the same river or lake in which it was produced, and to which it returns to spawn. In the third year of their age they begin to spawn, forming holes, by means of their tails and fins, in the sand, in which their spawn is deposited. After this they pine away and die. It is also said that fish of one year's growth remain near the spawn to guard it from depredation, and return to the sea with the newly hatched fry in November. The guarding of the spawn by yearlings, however, being contrary to the usual course of things, seems to us very doubtful. 5.-OPHIOLOGY.

The Red Viper of Dorsetshire.-The Rev. Mr. Rackett informs us, that a serpent, known to the gamekeepers of Dorsetshire under the name of the Red Viper, was recently killed in Cranbourne Chace. It does not appear to have been previously known to British natu ralists. It is considered to be more poisonous than Mr. the common viper, but is fortunately very rare. Rockett describes it as of a marked red colour. and thinks it probably the Coluber Chersea of Linnæus. 6. ORNITHOLOGY.

Hawks and Cock-chafers.-The Kestril, (Falco tin nunculus,) one of our most common British hawks, does not, as is usually supposed, prey chiefly on small birds, but upon field mice, which it discovers by its keen eye among the grass, and pounces upon them unerringly. It only takes birds when mice cannot be had. It also makes an occasional supper of cock-chafers; for a gentleman informed Mr. Selby that he watched a kestril one evening through a glass, hawking amongst a flight of cock-chafers, and, having shot it, he found its stomach filled with their remains.

Carolina Parrots poison Cats.-It is said that the intestines of the Carolina parrot (Psittacus Carolinensis) are an instantaneous poison to cats.

7. MAZOLOGY.

Artifice of the Glutton.-The quadruped, which from its habit of gorging itself with food, has received the appellation of Glutton, is reported by a writer in The Gazette Literaire' (not The Literary Gazette) to use the following artifice. It carries with it to the thick branches of a tree, a quantity of the moss (Cenomyce rangiferinus) upon which the deer of Kamstchatka feed, and after dropping portions of the moss as a bait, the glutton waits patiently till some incautious deer stops to feed upon it, when it darts down from its lurkingplace upon its victim. It is said to master horses in a similar manner.

8. ANTHROPOLOGY.

Influence of Climate-The opinion is as old as Plato, (vide Republ.' lib. iv.,) that climate exercises an influence over human dispositions. He gives as examples the inhabitants of Thrace, Scythia, and similar elevated regions, who are extremely irascible and quarrelsome. The climate of Phoenicia and Egypt, he judged, on the same principles, to produce a love of riches; and that of Attica a love of wisdom. How much these must have changed in character, supposing Plato's opinion to have been correct.

Chinese Method of Dunning.-When a debtor refuses payment in China, the creditor, as a last resource, threatens to carry off the door of his house on the first day of the year. This is accounted the greatest misfortune that could happen, as in that case there would be no obstruction to the entrance of evil genii. To avoid this consummation, a debtor not unfrequently sets fire to his house on the last night of the year.

II. NON-ANIMATED NATURE.
'The meanest flow'ret of the vale,
The simplest sound that swells the gale,
The common sun-the air--the skies-
To him are opening Paradise.'

GRAY.

1. VEGETABLE MECHANICS. Extraordinary Climbing Plant.-The cogue of Chili is one of the most extraordinary climbing plants ever noticed by naturalists. It is not, like the hop, convolvulus, or the vine, contented with the support afforded

Evergreens. All the trees of Abyssinia, (indeed of all tropical countries) are evergreen, and bear fruits and blossoms all the year round. The same branch, however, only bears once a-year. It has been remarked, that the order of bearing follows the points of the compass; first, the west branches-then the south-succeeded by the north-and, lastly, by the east. Our own holly bears berries and blossoms at the same time, as well as our strawberry tree, (arbutus unedo,) and other evergreens; but we are doubtful whether the branches bear in the order recorded of the Abyssinian evergreens. Sol blucite Todd 3. MINERALOGY.

Analysis of Pitkaithley Water.-Dr. Thomson, of Glasgow, in his valuable paper on the Mineral Waters of Scotland,

1. AGRICULTURE. Tige sita Manure for wheat.-In an address delivered before the Dorchester Agricultural Society, by Dr. Muse, the President, it was stated that animal manures are peculiarly necessary for wheat crops, because gluten, the characteristic proximate principle of wheat, contains nitrogen, which assimilates it to animal bodies. We think this is a refinement in agricultural chemistry which will be found of little practical utility. A few good experiments would be worth a million of such theoretical conjectures.

2. GARDENING.lse 19dto o Prevention of the Ravages of SnailsIt is stated, in The Gardener's Magazine, if we mistake not, that the most effective preservative of scarlet runners, French beans, &c., from the ravages of snails and slugs, is to sow radishes between the rows, the snails and slugs being said to prefer the young radishes to the beans. We have tried the experiment without success, our radishes are at this moment untouched, while our beans are, night after night, selected for a

latest and, has given the following account, by the supper-salad by the depredators y, of the celebrated wells of Pitkaithley.

A wine gallon, according to this analysis, contains

Muriate of soda, (common salt)

Visible magnitude altered by temperature.-M. Le Cat, in his ingenious work on the senses, remarks that objects appear smaller in cold frosty weather, and, of course, larger during the warm days of summer and autumn, provided that the sun does not shine bright. He accounts for this from the pupil of the eye being considerably contracted by cold as well as by bright light, and relaxed by heat and diminished light. Jasry sit sved ban 7. ASTRONOMY.

boy Joshua commanding the Sun to stand still.-The assitronomical difficulties of the miracle recorded in Joshua

12, 13, are proposed to be solved by Dr. Ladd, by By a similar apparatus, called a way-wiser, attached iotranslating, And Joshua spoke to Aleim the day to the wheel of a carriage, the distance travelled may when Aleim delivered up the Amorites to Israel; and be accurately ascertained. Both forms of the appaJoshua said, before Israel, 'Sun! be thou silent upon ratus are made by Harris, No. 50, High Holborn. Gibeon, and thou, O Moon! in the vale of Ajalon.obs 962 fredag And the sun was silent, and the moon stayed after the people were avenged of their enemies. Shall not this be written in the book of Jasher, that the sun was silent (i. e. astonished) in the midst of Heaven, and hastened not during a whole day."

As visitors of the Opera, and fully sensible of the merits of Mademoiselle Sontag, we have felt rather nervous during the early part of the week, in consequence of the reported sudden indisposition of this lady. Of this untoward event we were not aware, until we had undergone, on Tuesday, the usual mobbing at the doors; a nightly ordeal, which is now somewhat diminished by the novel and curious labyrinth constructed in the vestibule; in the interior, a pretty general sprinkling of bills made us speedily sensible of our misfortune. The opera of Semiramide, effectively performed, might have proved some consolation, but it was evidently ordered out at a very short notice; Mademoiselle Brambilla replaced Madame Schutz in the character of Arsace, and considerable portions, particularly of the second act, were wholly omitted. Our increasing anxiety for Mademoiselle Sontag's recovery was by no means lessened by the report of her complaint, lying more against the avidity of the managers than in any physical disorganisation; the latter rumour we felt more disposed to credit, from the many instances within our personal knowledge of the parsimony of the present direction, contrasted with the traits of liberality we have heard to the honour of the fair vocalist. In this state of uncertainty, our fears for the lady's health were effectually set at rest, by a glimpse of a countenance, more smiling than the weather at Ascot; and the large bill, which, from the uncertainty in Opera affairs, we always look for with avidity on the day previous to a performance, gave us perfect relief in the announcement of Otello, for this evening, embodying both Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Sontag.

The Opera in its present cast, with the additional aid of Zuchelli, in a subordinate character, has been twice performed ofor the separate benefits of the two prime dannes Our report of the first of these performances may not have appeared as ample as usual, inasmuch as we have hitherto held benefits to be extra-judicial, partly from the occasional bizarreries of the night, but chiefly from the constant ill-advised attempts at entirely new dines of character by the candidates for universal suffrage; these exhibitions do not, therefore, properly speaking, come within the pale of criticism. Madame Pasta had the modesty to denominate the assumption of the part of Otello an attempt; for ourselves, we confess we felt greater anxiety as to the success of Mademoiselle Sontag in that of Desdemona; the latter lady having, however, commenced her reengagement by a third and regular performance of the part, we shall deliberately state our candid opinion of the respective qualifications of the ladies for the two characters, alike new to a British audience.wor

Of the musical execution of the part of Otello, we are bound to speak in unqualified terms of praise. Madame Pasta's tones were as much crisper, in comparison with those of her predecessor, as they fell short in that particular quality on a recent assumption of one of Velluti's characters; but the intonation was ever true, and her portions of the concerted pieces were most effectively thrown out, nay, occasionally almost too powerfully. In the stanza of her opening air, Premio maggior di questo,' which our readers may recollect, from the beauty of the accompaniment, she was particularly successful, although, in the latter portion of the same piece, the Moor and the chorus did not perfectly Rodrigo were also delightfully executed. Curioni, it is understand each other. Her duetts with Iago and the challenge, until Madame Pasta roused, if not her true, had his eyes shut during the greater portion of antagonist, at least the attention of the house to the fullest pitch of admiration. From what we have briefly stated, it will be easily gathered that the part of Otello could scarcely find a better representative. We certainly were not surprised by those extraorrally look for in any new character which Madame dinary bursts of passion or of feeling which we natuPasta undertakes; but it was a meritorious, and, throughout, satisfactory performance, which, notwithstanding the heaviness and length of the Opera, will, we have no doubt, be often repeated.

the success of Mademoiselle Sontag, in the character We have more than once expressed our anxiety as to of Desdemona; we are, however, happy to say, that our fears for her reputation have been groundless. Her delineation and execution of the character is of that add considerably, it will certainly not diminish her correct and studied cast, that, although not likely to deserved fame in this country. Of an improvement, in respect of softness and chastened intonation, we felt remarkably sensible; the harshness to which we have occasionally adverted, seemed almost to have dis

appeared, except, perhaps; in the latter portion of the trio, in the second act, where we could not but notice a most disagreeable stress of voice. Whether this character has been particularly studied under the GranMaestro at Paris, we know not, but her execution has been, throughout, more a l'Italienne than in any previous character. The first recitative was as effective as any portion of the Opera; the last line of it was embellished by some exquisitely soft passages. In the following air, the same description of ornament was more frequently introduced, but that exquisite motivo, Lungi fanguendo,' had little effect, notwithstanding the innumerable ascending and descending divisions towards the close, in this instance, they reminded us of Gray's characteristic of a Gothic building-

the Petit Tambour,' and that is somewhat too common) are new to us, and have the characteristic spirit of our lively neighbours.

These remarks are equally applicable to both the publications of which we have quoted the titles. The accompaniments for the guitar, in the first of them, show a perfect acquaintance with the powers of that elegant instrument. Though they require a light and brilliant finger, yet they are free from unnecessary and unmeaning difficulties; and, though simple, yet they are by no means meagre in respect to modulation and harmony. The accompaniments for the piano-forte, in the other selection, will be found to be judicious and satisfactory, And, on the whole, these little volumes cannot fail to be highly acceptable, as being additional, and very pure specimens of the finest national music in the worlds

posed by John Barnett, Mayhew. 2s.

A very pretty ballad, (in G 2-4 time,) written within the compass of E upon the first line, and its octave above. A pleasing simplicity pervades the whole, which

is assisted by an unusual modulation into the sub-dominant of the key in the second strain.

'The Shamrock,' a Rondo for the Piano-forte, composed and dedicated to Miss Fanny Hunt, by J. A. Moralt. Cramer and Co., 2s. 6d.

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And passages that lead to nothing.' Mademoiselle Sontag's happiest efforts were decidedly in the latter portion of the second act; whether we notice the, bravura execution in Barbara ciel ti-I'd be a Dove, written by Harry Stoe Van Dyk. Comranno,' the touching and feeling entreaty in 'L'error d'un infelice,or the imploring and distracted action throughout the remainder of the finale, we must do this young lady the justice to state, that the recollection of Madame Pasta in the character was temporarily obliterated. In the long bed-room scene, her physique was rarely equal to the varied and conflicting emotions; the invocation to her father, 'Oh padre! ah che mai feci,' was affectingly and energetically sung, but, in general, a tameness pervaded her portion of the scene, which the recollections of the thrilling action of her immediate predecessor, rendered doubly perceptible. mendation of Moralt's very desirable trifle. It is exWe are most happy also to speak in terms of comOf female costume we always speak avec respect; we shall, therefore, not stop to inquire whether Desde-tremely expressive, tasteful, and well imagined. mona ought to be dressed à la Pasta, in white, or à la allegretto movement (in E flat 2-4 time) which may be Sontag, in black, the which we believe to be the most accomplished by a Piano-forte player of moderate acprevailing colour among Venetian ladies; bat we canquirements with little trouble; and whatever industry not, as admirers of Mademoiselle Sontag's personal, may be bestowed upon it, will be amply repaid. as well as musical, qualifications, pass over her Pa risian coiffure, without entering our protest against the want of keeping and congeniality with the character betrayed in its arrangement; its peculiarity to our ideas was such, that on her subsequent appearance in an undress, we should, as strangers, not have recognised the same individual; but, enough Mademoiselle Sontag's performance of Desdemona may be classed with that of Donna Anna, as a well-studied and correct portraiture of feelings, which in other hands mightness his performance, have experienced singular delight, be susceptible of a far greater degree of intensity. Curioni's Rodrigo is a jewel, after the tones of Signor Torri, He executes all the solos in a neat and molto

dolce style, occasionally dropping, to judge by his countenance, into a state of somnambulancy; still be is, probably, the best Rodrigo we shall see, and, certainly, the most useful member of the present establishment. Notwithstanding the previous performances, the quartetto, nay, even the chorusses, were often not together. There are some trifling alterations in the libretto and scenery, which need not be particularised.

NEW MUSIC.

1. Ten Arietts, arranged, with an Accompaniment for the Spanish Guitar. By Miss Stark. The Arietts Selected from MSS. in her possession.-2. Twelve Arietts, with a Piano-forte Accompaniment. The Arietts Selected from MSS. in possession of the Publisher. Miss Stark. Preston, 71, Dean Street, Soho. London, 1828.

THESE are very elegant and agreeable publications, and do much credit to the Lady to whom we are indebted for them. Notwithstanding the multitude of such works, and the consequently hackneyed character of many beautiful Italian airs, which have been served, usqué ad nauseam, the present selections have the very uncommon charm of novelty. The greater number of the melodies are new to us, and, we think, will be found to be equally new to the public. They are, at the same time, remarkably beautiful, and full of that graceful simplicity and expressive sweetness, which distinguish the native strains of Italy from those of all other nations. The poetry of some of the songs may, at first sight, present something of a stumbling-block to our young virtuose, being couched in the Neapolitan and Venetian dialects; but there is nothing real in this difficulty which consists merely in a few peculiarities of spelling, and a few grotesque words, the meaning of which may easily be guessed at. A tolerable Italian scholar can have no difficulty in understanding the meaning of those verses; and there is a naïveté, a Doric character about them, which would be ill exchanged for the present Tuscan idiom. They are perfectly smooth, and delightfully suited to the character of the melodies. There are also two or three French songs, which (excepting

Three Italian Ariettas, by Asioli, arranged with an accompaniment for the Guitar, and respectfully inscribed to the Hon. Miss Arundell, by J. A. Nüske. Ewer and Johanning. 2s. 6d. .

We have had the pleasure of noticing Nüske (in the Athenæum, No. 23, page 364) as a very superior writer, performer and teacher of the Guitar, and we now repeat that all who have had the good fortune to wit

not unmixed with astonishment at the remarkably excellent arrangement of harmonies produced by him, upon an instrument apparently so inapplicable to the purpose.' The publication now reviewed, being only an adaptation of vocal music, with an accompaniment for the Guitar, does not afford that scope for criticism which an original composition would, but still the publication evinces great talents. The ariettas are as follow: No. 1. 'Ah che il destino;' (an adagio in G 3-4 time)[; No. 2. 'Chi sento intorno al core' (an allegro in C, common time); No. 3. Se resto sullido' (an allegretto in C, 3-8 time.) The leading fingering is occasionally marked, and the whole is admirably arranged.

The Echoes, a Canzonet, written to an admired Air by C. M. Von Weber, the words by William Ball, most respectfully inscribed lo Miss Caroline Kean, Chappel. 1s. 6d.

This is the pleasing cavatina, in Euryanthe, composed by Weber for Maille. Sontag, and is a very expressive, clever and scientific morceaux. Although abounding in modulation, yet it still exhibits a simple and pleasing melody, qualities which demand and deserve applause when judiciously united. The words, being written for the music, evince ingenuity, and are 'wedded' to it. And the Aria is anfandantino, (in C 2-4 time,) within the same moderate compass of the two E's as the song at the head of this review, I'd be a Dove.'

Dressler's Selection of Beauties, with embellishments for the Flute, dedicated to Amateurs. (No. 5.) Cocks and Co. 3s.

The fifth number presents the following agreeable variety, viz.-No. 1. A Romanza (in B flat, common time) by Berbiguier. No. 2. An interesting and simple German air (in D, also common time) with four variations by Dressler. No. 3. A Swiss air, (of the Rayner school,) an andante ad-libitum in C. No. 4. A Ger.. man allegretto, (in D, 2-4) embellished by the editor. No. 5. A shewy and well written solo (in C) by Köhler. No. 6. Sul margine d'un rio,' (in C.) No. 7. Mozart's Romanza, an adagio (in D, 3-4 time.) No. 8. A waltz, (in C) with variations by Gabrielsky. No. 9 is an ingenious romanza, an adagio molto, (in E minor) as a duett, by Dressler, recommended as peculiarly

adapted for the improvement of tone, and the book is concluded by six useful and well written preludes, by Gabrielsky.

Original Thema, with Variations for the Piano-forte, composed and dedicated to Charles Neate, Esq., by his pupil, Charles Salaman, op. 1. Cramer and Co. 3s. This commencing work of a young composer, deserves favourable notice, for many reasons. "The Thema,' (although not particularly original) is clever and pleasing, and is an andante (in F, common time) between a march, and a slow hornpipe of the old school, the characteristics of which, are bars with syncopations, and those with dotted quavers alternately, being quite English. The variations keep up the style and mannerism of the 'Thema' with propriety, and without any striking attempts at novelty, are deserving of praise from their unpretending nature. The fifth variation is marked in 12-16 time (rather affectedly and erroneously) instead of 6-8 time; and the author should form two bars into one, to become the obsolete and unusual time he indicates. It then should be marked 24-16, agreeing with the metre and rhythm of his theme, similarly to Handel's original edition of his Harmonious Blacksmith.'

ENGRAVINGS, to d to s

The Young Recruit, engraved by A. Duncan, after a Painting by J. Thom, of Edinburgh. Moon, Boys, and Graves. London, 1828.

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THE subject of this print is an interesting one. old Scotch Soldier, who has lost a leg in the service of his country, is represented sitting in his cottage, surrounded by his family, and teaching one of his infant sons the manual and platoon exercise. The Young Recruit appears to have caught all the military ardour and enthusiasm of his father, and in his attitude and expression, seems to be every inch a soldier.' The mother looks on with evident delight, and the elder brother gives also an approving smile. All the accessories of the picture are most appropriate: and the engraving, which is in the line manner, is very clearly and skilfully executed.

The Fishes of Ceylon, Drawn from Living Specimens. By J. M. Bennett, Esq. No. 11. Longman and Co. London, 1828.

In a recent Number of The Athenæum' are no

ticed the First Part of this interesting work, and we are glad to see the Second Part fully maintaining the character there given of the undertaking. The Number now before us contains Four Drawings of Ceylon Fishes, coloured from the life and not merely to the natural historian, but to the lover of the curious and the beautiful, the specimens are such as cannot fail to be highly interesting and acceptable.

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Illustrations of Virginia Water, and the adjacent Scenery, celebrated as the favourite and frequent Retreat of his most gracious Majesty, in a Series of Views, from Sketches made on the spot. By W. A. Delamotte, jun. Drawn on stone, by W. Guaci. Bulcock. London,. 1828.

The First Number of this work has just appeared. It is intended to be completed in three parts, each containing four plates, price 7s. 6d. per Number, or 10s. 6d. for India proofs; the size of both being Imperial 4to. The vignette, in the engraved title, gives a distant

view of Windsor Castle, with the river Thames, and the villas, lawns, and shrubberies, on its banks; with a foreground of Grecian architectural fragments. The first view is of the Artificial Ruins at Virginia-water, seen from the Dry Arch, looking down on vistas of trees towards the lake. The second is of the High. Bridge going across the lake, with the rising upland in the distance; and the third is of the Caseade falling over masses of rock, and bordered by appropriate wood. They are all pleasing views, and have the great charm of novelty; as, from the great privacy observed and enjoined by his Majesty respecting this favourite spot, we believe it has hitherto been extremely difficult. to obtain any but the most hurried and partial views of the scenery. A good series like this was, therefore, a desideratum, which, we doubt not, will well repay the undertaking.

Atlas of Ancient Geography. Dedicated, by permission, to the Rev. Dr. Russell, Head Master of the CharterHouse School. In 4to. Parts, price 10s. 6d. each. J. Vincent. Oxford, 1828.

We cannot speak too highly of this excellent publication. We have looked carefully into the maps of those portions of the globe, with the ancient as well as modern geography of which we are best acquainted, and have found them free from many of the errors which disfigure even the best authorities that preceded them; while, besides the excellent execution of the maps themselves, the illustrative plans and views of the several places and objects treated of by the ancient historians, give great additional value to the work. The atlas is intended to contain upwards of seventy quarto plates, and its price not to exceed three guineas. If the remaining Numbers be of equal merit to the two now before us, (which we have no doubt we shall be able to announce when they come before us,) it will deserve, and we hope enjoy, the patronage and approbation of the public at large.

VARIETIES.

SELECTED FROM ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS OF CONTINENTAL CORRESPONDENTS.

METTERNICH, TASSO, AND ROSSINI.

Italian ingenuity itself was, for once, wholly foiled; and. in their perplexity, the disappointed Managers had the hardihood to solicit, in humility, information as to the cause of offence they or the author had unintentionally given. The reply was really too ridiculous for Italian nerves, imposed upon as they were by Austrian gravity. The story was of Greece-certainly not of Greece at this day,-and also in the opera,

'Corinth's sons were downward borne;'

Yet, they live in the verse that immortality saves,' and many an Othman mother wept.' So it would not do; and the managers might just as well have read aloud The Morning Chronicle,' Dr. Paley's 'Evidences of Christianity,' or their countryman Father Paolo's History of the Council of Trent,' as dare to bring forward the Anti-Moslem Opera. Lord Cochrane, Royer Collard, or his Majesty of Bavaria, would have been equally acceptable to the taste of legitimaey. The poor Managers, disciplined as they had been, scarcely anticipated this coup d'etat, but they had learned, by bitter ex perience, that remonstrance was treasonable, and supplication ineffectual. The expenses they had incurred taught them not to be improperly fastidious, and nature's mother-wit, was called into action by the dictates of a hard necessity. The proposition they made was actually acceded to with pleasure by the authorities; the self-imposed provisions of the Manager on the performance not only admitted but applauded, and the piece appeared. What, think you, that the provisions were? The title of the piece was changed to that of 'The Siege of Grenada.' The Grand Vizier became at once the Catholic King Ferdinand of Spain; Minotte, the Governor of Corinth, was metamorphosed into Aboa-Abdallah, the last of the Moorish Monarchs of Grenada; a compliment here to Isabella and the Inquisition, and there to Arab valour and Saracenic refinement, rendered the opera not only palatable, but desirable as a vehicle of instruction; and, for once, the rulers and the ruled were equally content.

MADAME DE GENLIS.

'Les Soupers de la Marechale de Luxembourg' have appeared from the pen of La Comtesse. It is composed of her reminiscences of the virtuous period of the Parc aux Cerfs; and, sacrificing truth at the altar of the idols of the olden time, she vaunts the character of those better days, and hesitates not to hold up La Marechale the Comtesse de Boufflers, and others of her ancient arquaintance, as patterns of good taste, genuine piety, and correct feeling, to the degenerate females of our urn age. As Madame de Genlis has announced herself as a zealous opponent of all liberal institutions, and the determined enemy to the affording instruction to those in humble life; and as she refers to the past in evidence of the justice of her views, it is but fair to reduce to fact, what the Comtesse advances on speculation, disgusting, although it be to re-open the sepulchres of rottenness and corruption at her invitation. The Marechale de Luxembourg, (who was the daughter of the Duc de Villeroi, the tutor of Louis XV.) married the Duc de Boufflers; but a few days had scarcely elapsed from the sacraments of the church having sanctioned their union, ere they contrived to introduce into her house, her former lover, M. de Fimarçon, where he remained some time in the disguise of a laquais, until his mistress became wearied of his attentions, when he was displaced, to make way for another lover; and, at length, such was the gross unblushing profligacy of her life, that actors, valets, and porters, openly, as truly, boasted of her favours-She died intoxicated. The Comtesse de Boufflers was first the avowed mistress of the Marechal de Duras, and subse

macy and of the Holy Alliance reigned triumphant, and no obstacle appeared to the free exercise of tyranny and oppression, Austria, with the will, possessed the power of warring with knowledge, and suppressing the expression of all the better aspirations of men subjected to her rule. She could unopposedly aid the hordes of Arabs in their endeavour to exterminate the Greeks; she could, without a murmur of complaint or discontent on the part of the afflicted, crush, with the iron hand of power, the hopes of Italians; she might threaten, if she dared not openly to invade, the longexisting liberties of Switzerland; she might, despising the world's mockery, even deprive Sir Robert Wilson of his honours,-forbid Lord Holland entrance on her territories, and anathematize (in terms as civil as those of The Quarterly Review') the productions of Lady Morgan; but when circumstances have changed so fearfully to her prejudice as they have now done, when the tocsin of war has been sounded at her very gates, when the dark shadows of coming events warn her to be prepared against the hour of trial, and to ward off the mighty mischief, the elements of which repose as yet in her proper bosom, it would have been expected, that the chains of those on whom she must ultimately depend for safety, might have been relaxed; or, if a return to charity were as wholly uncongenial to her nature as denied by her past policy, that the hardships of her sway would have been pursued with the same energy, but with more dignity-and that the ferocious action of the tiger might have been substituted for the harmful but mirth-sharing gambols of the ape. But, no! Pantaloon is still allowed his laugh, and the Milanese his sneer; the very slaves of power feel their dignity as men enhanced by a contemplation of the absurdity of their rulers; and, by comparison, own a superiority equal to what the most intellectual of Rome might have confessed in himself to the horse of Caligula, or the bold and fearless Swede to the boot of his wandering master.

The Opera of The Siege of Corinth,' the music of which is of Rossini's composition, was but lately announced for representation at the principal Theatre of Venice, and every exertion made by the Managers to do honour to the splendid production, and to gratify the popular taste; but, on the eve of performance, the intervention of Government forbade its performance. If the interdiction were apparently uncalled for, theVenetians had been too often accustomed to the caprice of the authorities to be greatly astonished; but speculation on the motives of their master was at least permitted them, if expressed with that decorum which the

To this farce another succeeded, scarcely inferior in

rara) had recently written an opera, entitled Tasso,' in honour of him who poured his spirit over Palestine.' The music had been all composed, and the piece ready for representation, while Italian prudence had been largely exerted to avoid the introduction of names, or other expressions which, by the most remote probability, could be offensive even to the light-laced Pasha of Italy. It was, however, as angrily as imperatively forbidden to be performed, published, or read. The author (if he be wise, and will venture to move without his passports) may be on his way to England; for his punishment will, without doubt, be eventually as severe as his crime was inexplicable. Tasso had been beloved by a Princess of the House of Este, and it was as publicly as ostentatiously announced, that the mention of his name was an offence to the Imperial Family.' It is still true, that the children of this world are in their

generation wiser than the children of light.'

FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

If there were one point more than another on which the French so long and so reasonably prided themselves, on comparison with the English, it was their gastronomic science, and the perfection to which they had attained in the culinary art. The glories of the Grand Monarque, the victories of Napoleon, La Charte itself, and the exit of M. de Villèle, were circumstances light as air' in comparison with the cook's discoveries they might boast, until, in an evil hour, the defection of an Ude, from the savoury land of his birth, and the mighty inventions of a Kitchener, threatened to turn the scale in favour of ourselves, and enable us to look a fricandeau, a ragout, or a daube, in the face, without the necessity of blushing for our ignorance, but, on the contrary, congratulating ourselves on our superiority. This was too much by Very. Strasbourg, Orleans, Tours, and Toulouse, all and every place in France which has contributed to the gourmandise of the metropolis, took the alarm, and it was resolved at once, and amply, to avenge the injured honour of their country. L'Architecture des Patés' has been just announced for publication, in a large volume, adorned with 125 plates, by Monsieur Caréme. This is no puff. Carême (having little to do with eating, as his name purports) has generously devoted his talents to benefit his compatriots; a beefsteak-pie of the Doric Order, a pigeon of the Ionic, and a pullet of the Corinthian, are now the order of the day. Pork patties, á la Gothique, and oyster à la Mosque, are coining into fashion; base shaft, or capital are pointed out to your choice, and a new order of eating has been happily established.

quently of the Prince de Conti, and others; but let us spare our readers the details of infamy and vice, which Madame de Genlis has not cared to evoke: or we might pursue the revolting score, the diapason closing full' in one who, on the bed of sickness and ready for the tomb-with Les Heures in one hand and the pen in the other pronée by Jesuits, and flattered by ultraslays the flattering unction to her soul of forgetfulness of her own misdeeds, and holds forth, for the admiration and imitation of the world, those who disgraced it horror when dead.

THE OSAGE OF AQUITAINE.

All who have of late frequented the Palais Royale, at Paris, must have remarked the very singular personage who has acquired the title of L'Osage d'Aquitaine,' from the Parisians. His name is Pierre Chedruc Duclos, and his age fifty-six years; his long beard. (which would fitly grace a pioneer of the Old Guard) is black; he boasts a pair of enormous moustachios ; and his dress is the very luxury of misery. A gray,. faded, and dirty great coat, torn and with many a rent, which he has worn for years, is fastened round his, body by pieces of twine, instead of buttons; his pantaloons, which hang in tatters on his legs, are secured to them by cord; and, by the same means, his shoes are kept upon his feet. This affectation of wretchedness has not arisen, however, from mercenary views, or, by moving pity or exciting compassion, to procure the viler means of existence; but it would seem to be as a self-imposed penalty (wherefore, I cannot say,) that he dooms himself to be daily exhibited to the sight of his fellow-men in the garb of misery in those very haunts where he was once distinguished as the gayest of the gay-the admired of all observers.' His figure is renarkably fine, and he possesses a noble physiognomy, although his eyes have the expression of deep and settled melancholy. His hands might more than vie for size and delicacy with those of Buonaparte or of Byron; his manners are those of one long used to the best and most refined society; his language is equally forcible and elegant, and his voice melodious, Miserable as he now is, poor Duclos was once the Coryphæus of a party; public journals were devoted to his praise; his valour and gallantry were the theme of many a tongue; and his duel, long since, with the celebrated Colonel Fabvier, aroused the interest of the Parisian fair in his favour. He is rich, but refused to receive his rents or use his property; a humble bed is reserved for him at the honse of a person named Jolivet, in the Rue Pierre Lescaut, for which he daily pays the moderate sum of twenty sous, which he, in the same manner, borrows from different persons, who, under the title of a loan, are disposed to bestow their charity on one they once admired and esteemed. He was lately arrested for the third time, and conducted before the tribunal of Correctional Police, as a vagabond, and, when demanded his reason for the strange habits he had adopted, laconically replied, 'Juse de mon droit de liberté. He was discharged; and, on retiring, bowed to the Court with a degree of grace

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which those most accustomed to other Courts would faiu imitate, were it possible.

MADEMOISELLE SONTAG.

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The following is the sketch of a tale current in Germany respecting that inimitable actress Mademoiselle Henriette Sontag. The explanation may not be difficult to those acquainted with High Life on the Continent. Amongst the numerous admirers of Mademoiselle Sontag, a young gentleman presented himself to notice under the modest appellation of Werner. known previously to his many rivals, he preserved his incognito with the object of his flame; but accompanies her every movement, and finally confesses his love, and demands her hand. She inquired if he had his father's consent, whoever that father might be? but her lover, in submitting to the necessity of applying for it, discouraged all hope of its attainment. A concert was given on the day the answer arrived; but that answer was fatal to their wishes, and Mademoiselle Sontag resolves that it shall be her last appearance in public. On the succeeding day an Ambassador at the Court of the Grand Duke in whose territories she resided waited upon her with a declaration of his Highness's passion, and the offer of making her his wife. The actress refuses, but the tenacious Prince offered to abandon the reigns of Government to his brother, and retire to private life, if Mademoiselle Sontag would yet accept his hand. She positively refused to accede to his request, and at the same moment the door opens-his Highness, who had overheard the conversation, enters, and exclaims, 'Then, if thou wilt not be my wife, thou shalt be unto a daughter.' Werner-her beloved Wernerrushes in-falls at the Prince's feet, and blesses his father for his promise of ensuring their mutual happiness!

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The event of this strange history is, that the Grand Duke has insisted on the lapse of a certain period of time to prove the attachment of the lovers, ere they be united; and that Mademoiselle Sontag, like Don Miguel, should travel, to prepare herself for her future elevated station,-that her independent spirit refused the support proffered her by the Prince, which accounts for her yet appearing on the stage; but that she is ever attended in her wanderings by a noble delegate of his Highness, for her protection and assistance.

HENRY HUNT.

Mr. Henry Hunt is in France, and, in the absence of other novelties, has produced a sensation in Paris, nearly equal to what the Cossack once did in London." He is termed there' Le Sterne Radical; and, while he endeavours to render himself prominent to men's notice, his looks, actions, and sayings, are daily recorded, and served up for the amusement of the Parisians. In comparing the capitals of France and England, preference of praise is bestowed upon the former by the boot-polishing orator; and the ladies of the Marché aux Herbes have been thrown into extacies by his unbounded approbation of their asparagus, the greatness of their size, and the smallness of their price. His assertion that there are more shops deserted and unoccupied in one street of London than in all Paris, Rouen, St. Germain, and Dieppe,' has reconciled to him the political and commercial interest of the French me. tropolis; and, it is hoped, that he will further gratify the Parisians, by appearing on the stage of the English Theatre!

EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.

A FEW days since, an actor, generally respected and esteemed, of the uame of Michelan, proposed to make a debut at the Theatre of Rouen; but, having excited (I know not wherefore) the severity of the pit, he was so much affected by the expression of its disapprobation, that he fell down dead on the stage.

REMARKABLE ARTIST,

THE INAUGURATION OF LUCIFER.

THE strife is done: and the defeated spirits,
Retreating from the archangelic sword,-
Fast-cleaving with the might that arm inherits
Which wars omnipotently for the Lord,-
Approach the bounds of heaven, aud thence recoil,
Fearful and quick, and with a wild accord,
As from the verge of the celestial soil,

Convulsion-stricken, they now first behold
The abyss beneath them-where, in dark turmoil,
A chaos of past worlds, huge shadows! hold
Their course, unrein'd by order, through the gloom
Of the unfathomable darkness: cold
And blighting airs assail them, and perfume,
As from a wilderness of poison-flowers,
Breathes suffocation o'er the stricken bloom
Of their eternal natures: and fierce showers
Of piercing hail upon their faces beat,

Till their hearts yearn again for heavenly bowers.
And ever and anon a scorching heat-

Scorching, though momentary-lightning-born,
Strikes them with fire, and thunders at their feet,
As from a thousand clouds in tumult torn,
And whirlwinds fiercer than e'er cleft the earth,
Ring dreadful music in their ears forlorn!
They gaze, and turn in terror; but there stirr'th
A power behind them that impels them on,
And their immortal life hath no more worth
Than an immortal sorrow: still as stone
A moment yet they stand; then startling, leap
Into the darkness-but not all alone,
One tarries on the verge of heaven's blue steep;
And his bright sword, the vanquish'd minister
Of his profane rebellion, with a deep

And mutter'd curse, whose blasphemy doth stir
The cherub host, he in the archangel's face
Holds gleaming-'tis the sword of Lucifer,
And he that bears it, Lucifer! My place

In heaven, the nearest to the throne of God,
Must henceforth be left vacant; or disgrace
Will wait on him who treads where I have trod;
For I was greatest, and a lesser there,
Though now the first of yon accurst abode,
Unto the hosts of heaven will but declare

4y greater glory: although fall'n, I warr'd
But to be more exalted-and I dare,
Though fallen, combat still; and still will guard
My second station in the universe-

And be the God of Evil !'-Thus, debarr'd
From heaven, the chief of her rebellious curse
Speaks threat'ning; and then darts, with gesture wild,
To join his ministers, whom clouds immerse.
Unmoved, in majesty the archangel smiled,
And silent in his sacred glory stood,

Nor deign'd reply: so ever unbeguiled,
When the bad rail, should stand aloof the good.
Then, lo! a barrier of adamant,

Its strength hid in its brightness, which imbued
With twilight the dim chaos, far aslant
Before the empyrean gates was blazing flung,
And shut them thence for ever: and a chaunt
Of choral voices a sweet triumph sung
Celestially, and music of high heaven
Exulting from the arch cerulean rung.
Those angel accents, and that music, given
Forth from ten thousand lyres-that barrier's light
Struck on their ears and eyes, as darkly driven
The rebel spirits wing'd their downward flight:
And then they furl'd their pinions, and look'd up.
As those who journey in a wild by night,
Outworn, and weary, and well nigh to droop,
Gaze fondly on the cheerful taper, shining
In some far cottage window; so that troop
Look'd long, until, the brightness fast declining,
And the sounds heard no more, their wings unfurl'd,
And the King shouted, Dastards, that, repining,
Do Heaven an homage, seek me out a world
Wherein the greatest sons of Heaven may dwell,
Proud as the region whence their hosts are hurl'd!
Though fallen, we are eternal, and no quell
Can crush our immortality! Seek-build
Even here our throne, where, all immutable
As he in Heaven, we'll reign. Air shall be fill'd
With our omnipotence-its waste our clime;
And, for our palace, let the clouds be piled!'
At the dread mandate of their chief sublime,
Those sinful spirits the great work began
With ardour consentaneous as their crime;
And, in deep silence, where no murmur ran,
Vast airy halls and cloud-wrought pyramids,
Proud towers and temples metropolitan,
Arose towards ether; and angelic lids

From bright eyes flashing wonder, were uplifted
To view each structure (which all sight forbids,
Save an immortal's) start-as air were gifted
With Heaven's self-forming life-i' the void, erect:
And, as the mighty columns rose and shifted
Their place, at will of each proud architect,
The spirit of transcendant light pour'd through
The clouds from heaven, and did around reflect
Her than glories: at the radiant view,

Those fallen joy'd; and, with celestial art, From every beam illustrious beauty drew,And starry ornaments on every part

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Hung of their air-built palaces; and streaming (Full veins of brightness, flowing from Light's heart) From one vast eminence, came splendour-beaming, As Fire's own soul were there: 'twas the king's throne," And thereto Lucifer, his high brow gleaming With an intemperate light, wafted alone: And on that pinnacle of glory seated, Survey'd his empire-for the work was done, And his rebellious legions loud repeated Dread praise and homage to their still bright king; And, in oblivion of their pride defeated, Sang victory and heavenward triumphing!

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

W.

OXFORD, May 31.-Saturday, being the last day of Easter Term, the following degrees were conferred :

Bachelor in Divinity.-The Rev. J. Jones, Fellow of Jesus College.

Bachelor in Civil Law.-Rev. T. V. Bayne, M.A., Scholar of Jesus College, and Head Master of Warrington School.

Masters of Arts.-Rev. J. W. Cary, Rev. G. Price, Magdalen Hall; H. H. Dod, Rev. T. A. Holland, Worcester College; Rev. T. Fogg, St. John's College.

Bachelors of Arts.-E. C. Tufnell, Balliol College, Grand Compounder; B. Simpson, Scholar, R. Pain, H. Smith, Queen's College; J. F. E. Warburton, M. J. Taylor, Brasennose College; A. E. Sketchley, R. Pritchard, Magdalen Hall; W. P. Powell, J. C. Young, Worcester College; J. Pearson, W. R. Ward, J. B. B. Bateman, Balliol College; Right Hon. A. Viscount Acheson, T. P. Bridges, I. H. Pring, Christ Church; E. E. Hughes, J. V. Lloyd, H. R. Thomas, Jesus College; J. L. Brown, T. J. Cartwright, University College; E. J. Phipps, Exeter College; E. Benbow, Pembroke College; L. A. Sharpe, Fellow, O. Philpott, St. John's College.

Wednesday, the first day of Act Term, the Rev. W. T. P. Brymer, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundem; and the following degrees were conferred:

Bachelor in Medicine (with Licence to Practise).-J. M. Calvert, Oriel College.

Bachelor in Civil Law.-W. A. Rew, Fellow of St. John's College.

Masters of Arts.-J. E. Denison, Rev. S. Smith, Student, Christ Church, Rev. T. Twysden, Merton College, Grand Compounders; Rev. J. Horsford, W. R. Bigg, Queen's College; Rev. J. Wakefield, St. Edmund Hall; Rev. J. Pughe, Rev. H. Hughes, T. Bevan, Rev. H. Vaughan, Rev. T. Lloyd, Jesus College; Rev. W. Millner, Worcester College; G. J. Penn, H. Labouchere, Christ Church; J. Parry, Fellow, Brasennose College; Rev. C. Floyer, G. D. Tyler, Trinity College; Rev. H. R. Harrison Lincoln College; Rev. S. Gragg, Magdalen Hall. Bachelors of Arts.-C. T. Gaskell, Trinity College, Grand Compounder; P. Turner, Pembroke College; R. Rolland, St. Mary Hall; F. H. Hele, W. J. T. Dodgson, H. Moule, Queen's College; T. Sutton, J. R. Redhead, St. Edmund Hall; T. Curme, Worcester College; R. Pennefather, H. C. Smith. C. S. Twisleton, Scholar, R. Scott, Balliol College; J. G. Phillimore. Student,M, W. Ridley, T. C. Whitmore, H. R. Beaumont, R. F. Saurence, Student, Christ Church; K. Trimmer, J. Slade, H. N. Goldney, J. Lawson, St. Alban Hall; W. Harding, University College; J. Hamilton, J. Higgon, T. W. Booth, Brasennose College; J. J. Richardson, Oriel College; J. A. Giles, Scholar, Corpus College; W. Pilkington, J. H. Hughes, Demys, Magdalen College; H. D. Sewell, W. A. Trenchard. J. Purton, Trinity College; F. T. New, St. John's College; J. C. Crowley, R. G. Lewis, T. B. Saunders, Wadham College; G. S. Escott, J. Manisty, Lord Crewe's Exhibitioner, Lincoln College; E. E. Villiers, Postmaster, W. Nettleship, Merton College.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

We are informed that the Winter's Wreath, for 1829,' will be published with additional claims to public attention.

An Essay on the Formation of Man, adapted for the perusal of youth, with an Appendix, containing a Chemical Analysis of the Solids and Fluids. By Henry William Dewhurst, Surgeon, Lecturer of Anatomy and Surgery. It will appear in a pocket size.

Preparing for publication, in 4to., A Universal Prayer.' A Poem. By Robert Montgomery; author of 'The Omnipresence of the Deity,' &c.

Instructions on French Pronunciation, and on the Genders; in the form of a French Vocabulary and Reader. By M. de La Voye, of the E. I. M. Coll., in 4to, is preparing.

Mr. Britton announces that the letter-press to the Architec tural Antiquities of Normandy' will be ready for delivery, gratis, to the subscribers on or before the 1st of July; and, also, that some of the copper-plates of Robson's Cities' will be destroyed after 250 large, and 800 small paper, are worked. Notions of the Americans, by Mr. Cooper, the admired no. velist, will appear immediately. In this work, a genuine pic. ture of American life and manners will be given, which, it is supposed, will have the effect of counteracting some of the superficial and erroneous accounts of recent English travellers. The Bride, a Tragedy, from the pen of Joanna Baillie, the celebrated dramatic poetess, will speedily be published

A work of the greatest interest and importance to Invalids, particularly at the present season of the year, is announced by Dr. Harwood. Its object is to demonstrate the curative influence of the Southern Coast of England; with Observations on Diseases, in which a residence on the Coast is most beneficial.

Mr. Stephenson, the well-known oculist and aurist, has in the press a work (which will, no doubt, be of the greatest practical utility) on Deafness, with an explanation of its causes. and instructions as to its prevention and cure.

Mr. Craufurd's Journal of an Embassy from the GovernorGeneral of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochina China, will include an account of the Geography, Government, Commerce, Religion, Manners and Customs of the Siamese, CochinChinese, &c. &c. It will be immediately published.