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rope some 20 years ago. The Ambassador keeps a Journal, but no part has yet been translated or published in any European language,

into Rome, in company with Arnold Pan-
narz, on the occasion of printing the twenty-
seven maps for the cosmography of Ptolemy.
He died before the work was quite finished,
and it was therefore executed by another
German, Arnold Buckinck (Bucking) at
Rome, in October 1478. The practice was
continued for some time in the 16th cen-

FINE ARTS.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ROME.
Nov.

The Barbarini Faun is at last released and sent off to Munich, where a Saloon of the new collection of Statuary will be named af ter it. Besides the desire of keeping in Rome works of art of this importance, a law-suit gave rise to the delay which has taken place. It is well known that this statue ornamented the Tomb of Adrian, and was found in erecting the new fortifications of the castle of St. Angelo.

To the Editor of the Literary Gazette. Sir,-As I have observed you have occasionally favoured your readers with specimens of monumental inscriptions, I beg leave to handtury, but afterwards abandoned, probably to you the enclosed, which seems to me to be a because it was too difficult and tedious, till model for compositions of this sort. The in- the second half of the 18th century, when scription is copied from the tomb in All Saints two Germans, almost at the same time, and Church, Hertford, and is from the classic pen of without knowing any thing of each other, Lord John Townshend. If it meets with your renewed the attempt. The first who pubapproval, its insertion in the Literary Gazette lished a specimen was Augustus Gottlieb, a While the old private collections are grawould I think be acceptable to your numerous Prussian, deacon at Carlsruhe, and who cor-dually decreasing, the discoveries in Quintireaders, and much oblige responded with the celebrated printer Wil-liolo near Trivoli shew how much the bosom Yours, &c. R. R. liam Haas of Basil, that he might cut types of the earth still covers. for him on a certain plan, to be used in map- fragment of the statue of a Youth, and a NeA very beautiful printing. His first attempt was made in reid, are added to those already mentioned; 1776. It anticipated Breitkopff in the and I hope that these discoveries will remain publication and execution of his ideas, undivided, and fill a room in the Borghese and was called typometry. In the same Museum.' year, however, appeared the Environs of Leipsig, by Breitkopff, as a specimen; and his second attempt, in 1777, in which, and also in succeeding essays which were not made public, he constantly endeavoured to improve his invention.

To the Memory of
Isabella Georgiana Townshend,
Third daughter of Lord John Townsend and
Georgiana Ann his wife:

She died the 17th of September 1811, aged 20.
Oh gone for ever! loved, lamented child!
So young, so good, so innocent, and mild,
With winning manners, beauty, genius, sense,
Fond filial love, and sweet benevolence;
The softest, kindest heart, yet firmest mind,
In sickness patient, and in death resign'd.'
Never-oh never yet a fairer bloom
Of opening virtues found an early tomb.
How hard thy trials, how severe thy woes,
She, she alone, thy sorrowing mother knows;
Who three long years with sad foreboding heart,
Bankrupt of every hope from human art,
Still wept and watch'd, and still to heav'n for
aid

Her fruitless vows, with meek devotion paid;
But thou! pure spirit! fled to endless rest,
Dear child! my heart - dear Bella: thou art
blest:

Mr. Didot will now probably find some
method to facilitate the very troublesome
process. That may be, Nam inventis facile
est addere.

DISCOVERY OF AN ARABIAN ANTIQUE IN
POLAND.

Some months ago, there was found in making a road near Brielany in Poland, a brass tablet, on which was delineated the celestial globe, with an Arabian inscription. And oh the thought that we again may meet-The Society of the Lovers of the Sciences,

Oh! not another gleam of hope so sweet
Dawas on thy father's breast with welcome ray,
To soothe his grief and cheer his closing day.

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

PRINTED MAPS.

The celebrated Mr. Firmin Didot is now employed in engraving the dies for moveable types for printing maps, which will, it is afarmed, equal those engraved on copper, and which invention seems to be exclusively his own. Many attempts have already been made to print maps with moveable types, among which the specimens from the presses of Messrs. Haas of Basil, and Périaux of Rouen (who exhibited in the Exhibition of Arts this year, a beautiful map of the department of the lower Seine) are particularly distinguished; but they do not satisfy the expectations of connoisseurs: it is therefore hoped, that Mr. Firmin Didot, by his talent and zeal, will succeed in conquering the difficulties which have hitherto opposed the complete success of this important branch of typography: A

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begged from Mr. Chiarini, Professor of Ori-
ental Languages to the university of Warsaw,
an explanation of this antique. He was of
opinion, that the tablet formed a part of an
astronomical instrument made by an Arabian.
Soon after this, another such astronomical
instrument, with similar tables and inscrip-
tions was, found in the convent of the Piarists
this subject, on the 24th of November, at
at Warsaw. Mr. Chiarini read a treatise on
the sitting of the Society, and stated, that
the brass tablet which had been found, con-
stituted, as it appeared to him, part of an
Arabian Astrolabe.
present in the hands of the Piarists, came
The instrument at
from Italy about two centuries ago with the
first Piarists. The inscriptions on it men-
tioned the cities of Almeira, Toledo, Cor-
dova, and Seville in Spain. The inscription
on the fragment which was found near
Bielany mentions the cities of Cairo and
Medina.

LEARNED SOCIETIES.

CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 31,

The Hulsean prize for the present year is adjudged to the Rev. Edward White, B.A. of Corpus Christi college, for his essay on The fitness of the time when Christ came into the world."

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The great patron and introducer of the English Father Taylor, formerly a Dominican Monk, died lately, and will certainly console himself in the other world for the curses of the lacquies, and the whole tribe who impose, circumstantial letter on the prices, drinkinoupon strangers. He wrote last y year a very ney, tarifs, &c. in Rome. This was-whether with or without his consent, I do not know,-printed in London, and the idea suggested that every Englishman travelling to Italy ought to take a copy with him. As all articles are set down on the most economical scale, as a Roman Abbé is accustomed to buy, it is natural that such a book be considered as a real act of treason to the state, by the inhabitants of the Spanish place, the coachmasters, &c. Many Englishmen, indeed, make shift with the plan of the city, without any lacquies.

The Church of San Paolo f. 1. m, will now undergo the repairs of which it is so much in need; several parts which are wanting in the folding doors (very clumsily cast in the middle ages at Constantinople,) are to be repaired by the ingenious Prussians, as Messrs. ther attempt is making in the Colosseum, to Hopfgart and Jollage are called here. Anodrain off the subterraneous waters into the Circus Maximus. The incurable disorder of the architect Mr. Stern, and that of the pubremedied, leave the Campo Vaccino, the Arch lic treasury, which is at least difficult to be of Titus, and the Temple of Peace, in the same ruinous condition. Count Blacas intends to continue the excavations of her grace the Duchess of Devonshire, near the pillar of Phocas. Naro's law suit, on account of a sepulchral Monument of which he has taken possession, will be determined in a few days.

The whole affair of the fishery in the Tiber has, like all inconsiderate attempts to effect. something of importance, done more harm than good.

Belzoni, says another of our letters from Rome, has happily returned from Egypt, and will proceed from Venice, where he is at pre sent performing quarantine, to England, to receive payment for the antiquities he

has discovered.
lately made excavations in Cyrene. They
discovered several beautiful statues and other
interesting antiquities, and sent them off to
London.

Several Englishmen have | Upwards, and taught me-hope. At last he died;
And now there's not one left, but thee my friend,
My old acquaintance, unto whom my heart
Turns with a full confiding. Never 'till now
Didst thou or any other hear me tell
How first I knew De Lacy: aye, he was
The desolate stranger of that winter's day.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

A FAMILIAR STORY.

It was a winter morning. I had turned Into a shop to buy some glittering thing For poor Cecilia: many a golden toy, Crusted with diamonds and gems lay there, And he who sold them, with obsequious look, Watch'd every motion, and commended much His wares, their workmanship and rare device, The water of each stone, its size and hue. I stood there undetermined, when a man Came slowly in. He shook the rain away, And wip'd the blinding sleet from off his eyes, (I thought I saw a tear) and in a voice Of proud, yet hesitating sadness, told The master of the house, he wish'd to sell Some trifles-for a friend. The fellow scowled, And, in impatient utterance, bade him wait. The colour mounted to the stranger's cheek; But quick subsiding, left a paleness thereMore visible than before; and then he sigh'd Like one who must endure the sharp neglects And scoffings of this money-getting world. I could not suffer this: I am not wont (You know it) to heap weights upon the fallen, So gave up my precedence. I mark'd well The stranger's look: It was the face of one Who had spent a life in study,-deeply mark'd As if the lightning of the passions had Been there and marr'd it. On his lips there sate A melancholy smile. Shyly he glanc'd Around, then softly whispered his demand. It was too much-the tradesman's look replied. "You cannot then?' he spoke-then, with a sigh, And such a look as man gives when he parts With all he loves for ever, did he thrust His shaking hand into his breast, and pluck'd A bauble thence-a picture, as I thought: He held the thing in silence for a time, Clench'd hard-at last, relaxing from his grasp, He seem'd to venture on a glance, and wip'd The dimness from the glass, and laid it down, Pointing toward it. "Dead Victoria," (He shuddered as he spoke) "the last is gone, The last memorial now has passed away. Must it be thus?-and yet, what matters it?— Art thou not writ upon my heart for ever?— If thou canst hear me from thy starry home, Thy home amongst the angels, pity me, And pardon that I here do give thee up.— (Thy likeness)- sell thee, beauty, to defray The bitter world's necessities. Not for me, Not for my wretched self, abandon'd, lost. Oh! I could stare upon misfortune still With a bold front, and bid my grief be dumb ; For I have been accustom'd long to face The biting winds of winter-man's neglect― Injustice, hate, bitter and freezing want,— Without a hope, save one-beyond the grave."He push'd the picture from him, and beseech'd The man to keep it for a time-perhaps He might redeem it. But let me end my tale: I made a friend and sav'd him; and when I Sate in darkest anguish by my dying bride, And rav'd and curs'd the world, and did abjure Heav'n and its mighty mercies, he did tend (This stranger) like a minist'ring spirit round My couch, and saved me from a bloody death. He soothed my angusih, and did lead my thoughts

[By Correspondents.]

0.

THE VENUS DE MEDICIS. Array'd in nought but her own loveliness She stands, a being of celestial mien, Such as, 'tis said, the gods did once caress; In form-in grace, the type of beauty's queen. 'Twould seem that genius once, with soaring wing,

On nature's privacy had stol'n so near,
That, as her hand was sweetly fashioning,
A faultless being for some brighter sphere,
He bore the image in his eye away,

And, swift descending to his native earth, With one impassion'd touch impress'd that clay,

And gave the paragon of beauty birth.
Camden Town.
H. A. D.

30th Dec. 1819.

IMITATION OF BURNS.
The sun's a lowin i' the sky,
The laverock is aboon,
Heard ye not the curlew cry,

They wauken'd him sae soon.
Fresh dighted is the swaird wi' dew,

And draps are on the bushes,
The morn, my Jeanie, 's like to you,
Wi tears as well as blushes.

Then up, how can ye sleeping hide
To hear the burdie's sang,
When we have mony a mile to ride,
And a weary way to gang.

Up, up, or the glaized pane 'll be brak,
Dinna ye hear me rappin,
Deil's i' the lassie, winna she wake,
I'll be na langer stappin.

LINES,

EVAN.

Written at an Inn within sight of Consbro' Castle,
Yorkshire.

(A Scene in the Romance of Ivanhoe)
Here lofty Consbro' rears his crest sublime,
Tho' full of years, yet unsubdued by Time:
As some proud chief, still destined to command,
In feudal pomp o'erlooks the prostrate land.
His ample form with vernal honours graced,
Whose shelt'ring beauty hides wide Havoc's

waste.

The smiling Vale that peaceful rests below;
The gliding stream meandring in its flow,
In fitful flash reflecting beams of light,
As windings give it to the dazzled sight,
Save when it wanders on in sombre mood,
Beneath the margin of the darkening wood.
The grey smoke wafted by the gentle gale,
That scarce with motion stirs the slacken'd sail;
And nigh the splashing mill a mingled sound
Is heard to rise mysteriously profound,
As if some dire Enchanter's magic spell
Escap'd in echoes from his secret cell.
Ofttimes upon the breeze soft notes ascend,
But soon in harsher strains discordant end.

Vainly the passing stranger seeks the cause,
In some portentous change of nature's laws:
He learns that, fashion'd for the work of death,
The cannon's bore is heard upon the heath.
The charm now fled, no more with placid mien
Or soften'd beauty swells the sylvan scene.
Old Consbro's awful brow thick clouds o'er-
spread,

And angry seems to rise his time-crown'd head;
And as Imagination holds her power,
She rules the impulse of the varied hour +.

D.

The works of the Messrs. Walker of Rotherham, for the boring of cannon.

+ These lines were written, and many sketches were taken as singularly beautiful, by the arof the sylvan scenery in which Ivanhoe is laid, tist from whose pen they came, many years ago. This shows how fine an eye the author of that romance has for nature, and how accurate, as well as picturesque, are his descriptions. Of the effect of this book we could cite no higher instance than that of a gentleman, who after reading the account of the Tournament, and rising to go out, called his servant to bring his helmet, instead of hat. The general power of these novels has never been more highly and happily expressed than by a literary lady, who is so enthusiastic an admirer of them, as to say, "It is a happy thing to live in this age, were it only for the pleasure of reading them."

HODGE.

The wild winds blow, Fast falls the snow,

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And Nature looketh drear:

The fields and trees
The shepherd sees

Deck'd in their wintry gear.

The gobbling ducks,

The hen that clucks,

And cock that struts so bold:

The lowing cows,

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And bleating ewes.

Seem pinched by the cold.

The toiling steed

Regrets the mead

Where he was wont to browse;

The lazy hog

Grunts at the dog

That keeps him from the house.

But Grey-malkin,

All snug within,

Enjoys the blazing fire;

And sleek and fat,

Doth gently pat

The mouse that dares her ire.
Now Hodge returns!

The faggot burns,

The sparkling ale goes round;
The brown nuts too
Appear in view,

And mirth and glee abound,

The rosy maid,

Of man afraid,
Refuses to be kist;

And matrons grey
Fling care away,

To play at loo and whist,
Such are the joys—
No care annoys

The happy countryman;
The winter howls,

The north witch scowls-
Hodge higher fills his can!

He heedeth not

The storm a jot,

Whilst all around is warm:
The hail may fall,
The wind may bawl-
These give him no alarm.

His barton's full,
The cow and bull
Shew Hodge's thrifty care;
And more than this,
His men I wiss

The farmer's kindness share.

No churl is he,

But blythe and free

He bears a gen'rous heart;
And those that are

In fortune spare,
Acknowlege his desert.

Now I will show

What mickle woe
Attends a town-led life;
And eke repeat
What seemeth meet,
Or single or with wife.

The air is thick,
The mud doth stick,
And clog up all the way;
The busy crowd,
So dull and proud,
Wear out the dingy day.
At night they roam
Are seldom home,
But in the tavern seen :
With throat like drum
His wife doth come,

A bitter shrew and quean.

"What, at your pot,
You lazy sot!"

She says in frantic fret:
But she, poor thing,
Gets a drub-bing,

Which sure none can regret.

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Thus have I shown,

That in the town

The people do not well :
But honest Hodge
Doth Fortune dodge,
And gives and lives himsel'.
His ruddy cheek
And pimply beak
Shew little want or care;
He's early up
Then takes a cup,
And wends to field or fair.
Meanwhile the cit
Sees visions flit

Of contracts, stocks, and loans;
Thrice cent per cent

He grasps content-

He starts-awakes, and groans! J. H.

SKETCHES OF SOCIETY.

ANECDOTE OF GENERAL THEODORE REDING

VON BIBEREGG.

Commanding the Swiss troops in the service of Spain.

(Extracted from the Journal of a Germun Officer in the Spanish service at the battle of Baylen.)

it.

I cannot refrain (says the officer) from relating an anecdote, which throws such a pleasing light on the character of the immortal Don Theodore Reding, a man who by his intrepidity, personal valour, and sound judgment in the military art, greatly contributed to the success of that day. On the evening before the battle, several dragoons of one of our most distant pickets of cavalry brought bound into the camp, about twenty Andalusian peasants, who were conducting a number of mules and asses loaded with water, by a secret road, to the French, when they were seized by our people. The heat was so excessive, that persons of eighty years of age remembered nothing to equal The peasants trembling awaited their sentence, before the General's tent, well knowing that death was the consequence of their crime. At last the commander appeared. Curiosity had drawn together some young officers, to whom Reding said: "Gentlemen, form a circle. These men, (continued he, addressing us with great seriousness,) were conveying to the enemy, who are, we know, suffering for want of water, that necessary article; now determine their punishmentI will collect your votes." The gallows according to the Laws of War," said the first, the second, and the third. The peasants turned pale. Some voted for shooting them; the most compassionate for drawing lots and punishing every fifth man. "But do not let us," said the General, "decide too hastily in a case of such importance; which of you, gentlemen, can know how many of us may survive to-morrow? What induced you, (turning to the peasants,) to act in this manner? You ought to contribute to our success;-you, whose interest it is to do the French all possible harm, even you bring provisions to the enemy's camp!"

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General, we have done wrong, (said one

of the peasants,) but have some excuse to offer. Our huts and our corn were a prey to the flames. We are all fathers of families, and no prospect but starvation remained to us for the approaching winter. We knew very well that the French paid two reales for a glass of water, with this money we hoped to relieve ourselves from want. Our sons are here in the army, and we also are prepared to die fighting for our country. A part of this very money was intended for powder, as we are too poor to procure our ammunition, as is required of us." Tears sparkled in the eyes of the Hero. He went into his tent, came out with a purse in his hand, and gave every peasant a piece of gold worth five ducats, saying, "Divide the water among your countrymen, and leave the French to me; to-morrow they will have something to drink." He would not stop to receive their thanks, but immediately after this noble action withdrew. It is remarkable, that in this battle Swiss were seen fighting against Swiss, who here murdered each other for the pay which they received from foreign nations. The French Swiss regiments, who wore a red uniform, were called by ours the Red Swiss, and they were in fact not a little inveterate against each other. Two Redings commanded Spanish troops, and one a French Brigade. Don Theodore would not see this latter, Don Carlos Reding, when he was made prisoner.

THE DRAMA.

Our return of the drama this week is nil; no novelty has been produced at either of the great houses, and we are not so much in love with theatrical antiquities, as to compose an essay upon them. The pantomimes continue their attractions. The Bean-Stalk seems to be productive; and Grimaldi having exchanged his squire's for a clown's dress, is more at home than ever in the blanket, wherein he is so happily, since by proxy, tossed.

NEW DRAMA.-A Musical Draina, taken from the popular novel of the Antiquary, is in rehearsal at Covent Garden Theatre. Liston is to represent Oldbuck the Antiquary; Emery, Ochiltree; and the principal musical characters by Duruset, Miss Stephens, and Miss Tree.

THEATRE DU VAUDEVILLE.

La Somnambule, a Vaudeville in 2 Acts.Nina went mad for love; but Cecile, the heroine of the new Vaudeville, merely becomes a sleep-walker because her lover has forsaken her through unfounded jealousy. Cecile, in revenge, resolves to bestow her hand on another admirer. Every thing is arranged for the wedding; and the intended bridegroom arrives, accompanied by Gustave, the faithless lover, of whose adventure he is ignorant. Gustave sees the fair phantom during the night, and some words which Cecile utters in her sleep convinces him that his suspicions of her were groundless. The author, it would appear, takes it for granted

that a woman necessarily speaks truth in her sleep; though many a fair dreamer might be inclined to dispute the principle.

Be that as it may, Gustave, too generous to destroy his friend's happiness, determines to set off on the following day; but Cecile's shawl, which is found in his chamber, explains the whole affair to Frederick, and he renounces the hand of his intended bride, in favour of her former lover. This, it must be allowed, was the most prudent course that could be adopted by a gentleman about to marry a sleep-walking wife.

THEATRE DE LA PORTE SAINT MARTIN.

First representation of Les Petites Danaides, ou Les 99 Victimes.-This is a parody on the Tragedies and Operas that have been founded on the story of the Danaides. M. Sournois, a restaurateur, takes place of King Danaus. He has fifty daughters, who are married to their fifty cousins. Cupid is irritated that Hymen should thus deprive him of so many subjects, and he deputes a dream to M. Sournois, which gives him the nightmare; and informs him that one of the bridegrooms intends to send him ad patres. Terrified at this warning, Sournois, who has not been made acquainted with the name of the delinquent, thinks the surest way is to dispatch all his sons-in-law at once.

He summons his daughters to meet him in the evening in the cellar. Cupid, who is also in attendance, examines the casks, and finds in one of them fifty knives, which he transforms into fifty daggers.

VARIETIES.

There have been, for the last few days, several spots visible on the sun's dise; some of them very large. It is remarkable that these spots change their figure and position, and disappear and re-appear with unusual rapidity.

Rousseau could not endure spoiled children. One day, as some children were playing in the gardens of the Tuileries, Bernardin observed to him; "These are beings whom you have rendered happy; your advice has been followed." Rousseau replied, "I spoke against those who tyrannize over children; but now it is the children who lord it over their governesses and tutors.

Among the advertisements of the present period, are several of “Finishing Academies." A countryman stepped up to Mr. a bookseller at Doncaster, who was standing at his own door, and enquired if this were the Green Dragon? Mr. led him gently out to the middle of the street, and pointing to his sign, the Bible and Crown, said, "Is that like a Green Dragon, friend?" I do na knaw, (replied Hodge, not in the least disconcerted) for I never seed ane !??

A discussion respecting oysters, at present occupies public attention in Belgium and Holland. A bank of oysters has recently been discovered in the neighbourhood of Antwerp. These oysters, it appears, do not agree with the Belgians; but the Dutch, on the contrary, are very fond of them and Sournois' daughters range themselves in hence a serious dispute has arisen in the circles round the barrels. My little an-journals of the two countries. The Bata gels," says the father, "you must perform vians say the oysters are not English; but me an act of service: do me the favour to the Belgians like them the better for that, kill your husbands this evening." Forty-nine and pride themselves in giving the preference swear to execute the barbarous orders, and to their own native oysters; the moderates, they conceal the daggers in their ridicules. who may be said to belong to the stomach M. Sournois, however, observes that Made-faction, cat both impartially. Thus political laine has not sworn like the rest; he sus feeling attaches itself to every thing! Where pects that she intends in petto, to save M. will party spirit next find a niche-since it Pincée, her husband; and he reproaches has penetrated even into oyster-shells! her for her weakness.

This scene resembles one in Gombaud's tragedy of the Dainaides: when Danaus exhorts his daughters to murder their husbands, one of them seriously asks :—

"Pour leur donner la mort, comment les prendrons nous ?"

"Il faut les enivrer"replies Danaus. Hypermnestra then observes that her husband never sleeps, and that the strongest wine cannot intoxicate him. In this instance the tragic poet is at least as burlesque as the author of the parody.

Madelaine prevails on her dear Pincée to fly. The forty-nine bridegrooms retire to rest, and soon meet their fate. Their ghosts are seen rising to heaven, with their cotton night caps; and Sournois and his daughters are hurled to the infernal regions, where they are doomed to endure endless grotesque

torments.

The piece was received with warm approbation.

A child of little more than seven years of age, named Faustin Hugues, is at present the object of enthusiastic admiration at Naples, for his extraordinary performances on the violin.

LITERARY NOTICES.

Contents of the Journal des Savans for December 1819.-Raoul Rochette Deux Lettres à mylord d'Aberdeen.—Reviewed by M. Letronne.

of which has been made into English, wherein he not only maintains that it is the incumbeat duty of Hindoo Widows, to live as ascetics, and thus acquire divine absorption, but expressly accuses those who bind down a widow with the corpse of her husband, and also use bamboos to press her down and prevent her escape, should she attempt to fly from the flaming pile, as guilty of deliberate woman murder. In support of this charge, as well as of his declaration of the illegality of the practice generally, he has adduced strong arguments founded upon the authorities considered the most sacred. This treatise has excited a strong sensation in India, where the horrible custom against which it is directed is still lamentably pre

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JANUARY, 1820.

Saturday, 1- Thermometer from 13 to 29.

Barometer, from 29, 60 to 29, 72. Wind N., and W. by S. Morning clear;

the rest of the day foggy and cloudy. Sunday, 2-Thermometer from 17 to 40. Barometer from 29, 80 to 29, 66. Wind S. .-Foggy and cloudy; with rain at times.

Monday, 3-Thermometer from 33 to 25. Barometer from 29, 67, to 30, 15. Wind N. 3 and 4. — Morning cloudy, with a Rain fallen,375 of an inch.

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little snow, the rest of the day clear.

Tuesday, 4-Thermometer from 19 to 29.

Barometer 30, 26 stationary.
Wind S.W..--Generally hazy,
Wednesday, 5-Thermometer from 14 to 24.

Barometer from 30,31 to 30, 35.

Wind S.W. 1.-Generally hazy.

Rime particularly thick in the morning. On Tuesday the 11th, at 5 hours, 35 minutes. 54 seconds (clock time), the third Satellite of Jupiter will emerge from an eclipse.

Lat. 51. 37. 32. N. Lon. 0. 3. 51. W. Edmonton, Middlesex. JOHN ADAMS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. R. R.'s communications are received with acknowledgments.

Mlle Vauvilliers Histoire de Jean d'Albert, Reine de Navarre.-M. Daunon. Feerozabad. The Kamoos or the Ocean.-Y. is a more accurate than liberal critic, on the adM. Silvestre de Sacy.

George Reinbeck, Dramatic Works (in German).-Mr. Vanderbourg. P. Basile de Glemona. Supplément au Dictionnaire Chinois-Latin.

BURNING OF WIpows.-About a year ago, Bykunthnauth Banoorjee, Secretary to the Brahmyu or Unitarian Hindoo community, published a tract in Bungla, a translation

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verb "only" being, certainly loosely and erruneously, placed before instead of after the words "inferior" and " published,” in the first col. of our last Number. The sense requires the latter; and it was sheer haste in preparing for Saturday a review of a quarto volume, not seen till Thursday afternoon, which caused the careless blunders. Erratum.-In our last Number, in the review of Sir W. Ouseley's Travels, col. 2, p. 9, line 52, for Trinity" read "Unity" of God.

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Miscellaneous Advertisements,
(Connected with Literature and the Arts.)

British Institution for promoting the Fine Arts
in the United Kingdom.
NOTICE TO EXHIBITORS,

THE Pictures, &c. intended for Exhibition
and sale in the British Gallery, the ensuing season,
sust be sent there for the inspection of the Committee,
en Friday the 14th, and Saturday the 15th of January

ext, between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon,

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