Netscher, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Hilliard, Oliver, Cooper, Petitot, &c.

In one of the rooms appropriated to this exhibition, we find what is of itself deserving of a visit, by all who are interested in ancient science and literature, the sculpture of the cir- || cular zodiac of Dendera, which was copied from the original (now in the public library at Paris) in Carrara marble, by order of Buonaparte. Independently of its illustration of Egyptian antiquity, it is a beautiful specimen of art.*

BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

Pieneman's picture of the Battle of Waterloo, exhibiting in a wooden booth-like fabric in Hyde Park, forces itself upon our attention as "a weed that has no business there." Certainly the picture, whatever may be its merit, is out of its place; unless indeed it were fair- || time, and its receptacle were kept in countenance by other booths and shows. Mr. Pieneman is described as a member of the Royal Institution, and First Director of the Royal Academy of Amsterdam, Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands, &c.

The principal object

The original was purchased by Louis XVIII., for the sum of 150,000 francs, about £6,500 sterling.

in the picture is, as it ought to be, the Duke of Wellington, mounted on his charger Copenhagen. Regarding this as a single figure, without reference to surrounding objects, it constitutes a fine display of cool self-possession and dignified heroism. It is simple, grand, and imposing. Thus we have nearly exhausted our praise. The moment of action is that of the evening of the 18th of June, when the Duke of Wellington, hearing of the approach of the Prussians, orders a general attack upon the French. In our estimation, the scene altogether betrays too much repose for a time of such intense and active interest. Little, we apprehend, could be determined from the picture itself, without the printed description and key-it does not tell its own story. Its faults of perspective and of drawing are numerous; and the colouring, especially of the flesh, is any thing but that of nature. To the latter remark there are, of course, some exceptions. The horses, generally speaking, are much finer fellows than the men. Some of the portraits, however, are sufficiently striking. Had we been that hero, the Prince of Orange, we think we should not have been at all desirous of occupying so prominent a station on the canvas. A great deal might be said about this picture, but we shall content ourselves with adding that its size is 27 feet by 18.

FROM the 12th to the 15th of July, a cluster of spots traversing the sun's disc, and increasing daily, formed an interesting telescopic appearance. From the 15th to the 18th they occupied a space equal to 111,386 miles, or nearly fourteen times the diameter of the earth. Herschel attributed the spots on the sun to the emission of an aëriform fluid not yet in combustion, which displaces the great luminous atmosphere, afterwards itself to serve for supporting combustion. Hence he supposed the appearance of copious spots to be indicative of the approach of warm seasons on the surface of the earth. The recent hot weather seems to give weight to this theory. On the 19th of the month, from two to three in the afternoon, the thermometer in many places stood at the unusual height of 91 in the shade; within two degrees of the height it attained on the 24th of July, 1818, which is believed never to have been equalled in Britain but on the 16th of July, 1793.

A swimming school has recently been established in the Waterloo Road, with a constant stream of fresh water flowing through it.

A sloop of war is fitting at Portsmouth, to convey Captain Clapperton and Captain R. Pearce on an important mission to Africa.

Major Laing has sailed for Tripoli, whence it is his design to travel to Timbuctoo and explore the Niger. The Geographical Society of Paris, aided by the Government and by private individuals, have offered rewards to the amount of £240 to the first traveller who, in conformity with certain conditions, shall penetrate to Timbuctoo by the way of Senegal.

A New Zealand chief has contrived, by throwing himself on board a Liverpool trader at sea, to reach this country for the purpose of begging some muskets and gunpowder, to enable him to meet a hostile chief on equal terms.

The Emperor of Russia has made a grant of 50,000 rubles per annum, to be distributed amongst Russian artists studying at Rome.

A curious painting, picked up at Walcheren, representing Charles II. dancing at a ball at the Hague, in the year 1660, and containing nearly a hundred portraits of the distinguished persons who surrounded him on the eve of his restoration, is now in the possession of Mr. Henry Smart, of Tichbourne street.

The new gold coinage is out: the head is superior to any that we have hitherto had of our monarchs; and the arms on the reverse are beautifully executed.

It is remarkable that the editors of our three

leading literary reviews have all retired about the same time. In the Quarterly, Mr. John Taylor Coleridge has succeeded Mr. Gifford; Mr. Macculloch has succeeded Mr. Jeffrey in the Edinburgh; and the Monthly, many years under the superintendance of Mr. Griffiths, has || passed into new hands.

French Plays, by the most distinguished performers from Paris, are to be acted next season by subscription at a new theatre, to be erected at the Argyle Rooms, under the patronage of the most distinguished nobility. Perlet is to be the manager, and Beazeley, of Carlton Chambers, is appointed to construct the theatre.

Scottish Songs, by Allan Cuningham. The Minstrelsy of Ireland, by Mr. Crofton Croker.

A Volume of Poems, by Professor Wilson. Bernard Barton's Poems, with numerous Additions.

Mr. Coggins (author of the Musical Assistant, &c. &c.) intends to publish, in twelve numbers, a Collection of Sacred Harmony, Vocal and Instrumental, principally selected from Correlli, Handel, Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, Weber, &c.; arranged for the voice, with an Accompaniment for the Piano-Forte or Organ.

Preparing for publication, and dedicated, by permission, to the King's most excellent Majesty, a Series of Sixty Engravings of Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery, from Drawings, by Captain Batty, of the Grenadier Guards, F.R.S. The publication of these Views will be conducted on the same plan as those of the Rhine, &c., and the plates will be engraved by the most eminent Artists. Wood-cut Vignettes

In the year 1765, the number of four-wheeled carriages was 12,904; it is now 26,729, besides 45,856 two-wheeled carriages At the former period, the number of coachmakers in London was thirty-six, who employed about four thousand men in the different working branches of the manufactory; there are now one hundred and thirty-five, employing fourteen thousand.

The following rather curious details are found in the Annals of M. Campy, for 1817. Pomerania ranks first as to morality, and there, out of 4,760 persons, there is only one criminal. In the towns of Dusseldorf, Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, and the country round Munster, there was on the contrary, one criminal in 400. For 6,432 persons in Pomerania, there was only one thief, and only one for 3,000 persons in Eastern Prussia and Silesia; while in Treves and Coblentz, there was one for 800. Where there are most holidays, there are most robberies; but other crimes are not so frequent.

It is known that the recent discovery of the Miltonian MS. in the State Paper-office attracted the notice of his Majesty, under whose auspices the work, so long lost to the world, has just been published. We understand that, in consequence of this, and other interesting discoveries made within the last few years in the same quarter, his Majesty has been pleased to appoint a commission to examine the documents in that valuable repository of the records of former times, with a view to printing the most important of them. The Commissioners named are, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. C. W. Wynn, Mr. Croker, and Mr. Hobhouse. Mr. Lemon, the deputy keeper of the State Paper-office, by whom the MS. above mentioned has been found, is appointed secretary to the commission.

Works in the Press.

A Treatise on the Medical Application of the Vapour Bath, by Dr. Gibney, of Brighton. The Life, Diary, and Correspondence of Sir W. Dugdale, by W. Hamper, Esq. No. 8.-Vol. II.

the interest of the work will be enhanced by appropriating for this purpose many of those Views, which, though not considered of sufficient importance for a copper-plate engraving, will be valuable as extending the illustrations of the scenery of those countries.

The Adventures of Pandurung Hàrl, an Hindoo, designed to illustrate the manner and character of the natives of Hindoostan, but more particularly of the Mahratta tribes, will very shortly appear, in 3 vols. 12mo.

A London Antiquary announces for immediate publication, the Chronicles of London Bridge; comprizing a complete History of that Ancient Structure, from its earliest mention in the British Annals, traced through all its various destructions, re-erections, and numerous alterations, down to the laying of the first stone of the new edifice, June 15, 1825. Compiled from the most authentic and valuable sources, both public and private, consisting of Characters, Ancient Histories, MS. Records, Original Drawings, Rare Prints and Books, and Official Papers; and illustrated with numerous highly finished Wood Engravings, by the first Artists.

Mr. Thomas Roscoe will soon publish, in a series of six volumes, with Plates, the German Novelists, to be printed uniform with the Italian Novelists.

Early in July will be published, the Holy War with Infidels, Papists and Socinians or Visions of Earth, Heaven and Hell, and of the Contending Powers of Light and Darknesss in the Nineteenth Century. By John Bunyan Redivivus.

The Gipsey, a Romance, by John Browning, Esq. from the German of Laun, will be published in a few days.

Instructions for Cavalry Officers, translated from the German of General Count Bismark, by Captain L. Beamish, are nearly ready for publication.

The first Number of the Pictorial Atlas History, Chronology, and Geography will be published on the 1st of August.

Mr. Crofton Cooker has in the press a New Series of Fairy Legends.

The Rev. C. H. R. Rodes, of Barlfro' Hall, Derbyshire, to Anna, youngest daughter of Wm. Gossip, Esq., of Hatfield House, Doncaster. Colonel Gilbert, to Miss M. G. Gilbert, of Clifton.

At Clifton, Captain Hely, H.P., second son of Brigadier-General Hely, to Charlotte, widow of J. Thomson, Esq.

Edward Downes, Esq., to Philippa Frances, only daughter of the late Sir John Burton.

Sir William Pilkington, Bart., to Mary, daughter of T. Swinnerton, Esq., of Butterton Hall, Stafford, and Wynaston Court, Mou

mouth.

Raikes Currie, Esq., to Laura Sophia, eldest daughter of the Hon. John Wodehouse, M.P.

At Norwich, J. Collins, Esq., to Laurina, only daughter of Major Edgar.

At St. George's, Hanover Square, Henry Wells, Esq., son of the late Vice Admiral Wells, to Albinia, daughter of the late Colonel Stephens Fremantle.

At Paris, Viscount d'Estampes, to Mira Hawkins Trelawney, second daughter of the late Charles Trelawney Brereton, Esq.

Hugh Davies Griffith, Esq., of Caer Rhun, to Miss Thomas, only child of the late Thomas, Esq., of Downing and Llewddarth, in the counties of Flint and Montgomery.

T. B. Lennard, Esq., M.P., to Mary, only daughter of the late B. B. Shedden, Esq.

Captain John Simcoe Macaulay, to Anne Gee, eldest daughter of the late J. Elmsley, Esq., Chief Justice of Lower Canada.

Captain Price Blackwood, R.N., to Helen Selina, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Sheridan, Esq.

Charles Greenwood, Esq., to Ann Louisa Adriana, eldest daughter of the Rev. Alex. Sterky, one of his Majesty's chaplains.

Sir William Ashburnham, Bart., of Broomham, near Hastings, to Juliana, third daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Humphry.

Henry Baring, Esq., M.P., to Cecilia Anne,

eldest daughter of Rear Admiral Windham, and niece to the late Right Hon. Wm. Windham.

The Right Hon. Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon, M.P., second son of the late Earl of Clare, to Diana, eldest daughter of the late Charles Woodcock, Esq.

Algernon Capel, Esq., nephew to the Earl of At St. James's Church, Piccadilly, Arthur Essex, to the Right Hon. Lady Caroline Janetta Beauclerk, third daughter of the Duke of St. Albans.

John Jackson, Esq., to Anna Dodsworth, fifth daughter of Sir Wm. Beechey.

At Kensington, Capt. Frederick Clements, to Alicia Frances, eldest daughter of the Rev. Richard Brickenden, and niece to the Earl of Cavan.

The Rev. H. Cockeram, to Mary Octavia, daughter of the late Sir Wm. Frazer, Bart.

Il Conte Emilio Guidoboni Visconti, of Milan, to Frances Sarah, third daughter of P. H. Lovell, Esq., of Cole Park, Wilts.

B. H. Munro, Esq., son of the late Lieut. General Munro, to Lewina, daughter of L. D. G. Tregonnell, of Cranbourne, Dorset.

ments.

Aged 80, the lady of Sir Edward Stracey, Bart.

Aged 76, Amabella, relict of C. Roberts, Esq., of Stamford, and daughter of the late Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, Bart.

Emma Maria Elizabeth St. John, widow of Henry Beauchamp Lord St. John, of Bletsoe. Mrs. Colvill, relict of Robert Colvill, Esq., and daughter of Sir Charles Asgill, Bart.

Edward Majendie, Esq., aged 23, youngest son of the Lord Bishop of Bangor.

In her 9th year, Anna Maria, daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone.

In St. James's Square, the Most Noble William Beauclerk, Duke of St. Albans. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, William Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Burford. The Rev. Dr. Mountain, Bishop of Quebec. At Richmond, Pierce Butler, youngest son of Colonel Carrington Smith.

Wm. Brown, Esq., aged 77. His talents as a gem engraver were first-rate. In early life he enjoyed the patronage of the Empress Catherine of Russia. Many of his finest productions are in the possession of his Majesty.