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Sprengel has just published, in the German language, an interesting History of Botany; and the same subject has been taken up by Schultes, in his History of Botany.

There has just appeared at Vienna, a work in 3 vols 8vo, with 135 folio coloured plates, by Dr Joseph Sherer, entitled, Tables of the Anatomical Wax Preparations in the Imperial Museum."

The celebrated Danish sculptor, Thorwaldson, resident in Rome, after Canova, one of the most distinguished modern artists, is publishing Engravings of his celebrated Bas-reliefs.

Tiedemann, Opel, and Liboschitz, have published the first fasiculas of their Natural History and Anatomy of the Amphibia.

The well-known naturalist, G. R. Trevirancus has published a fifth volume of his Biology.

There has lately appeared at Munich, an interesting work in folio, by Wagenbauer, on the Art of Drawing Landscapes on Stone. Dr Fr. Lud. Walther has just published a Treatise on the different Races, Kinds, and Varieties of the Common Dog.

Among the effects left by the celebrated Werner, there are several MSS. nearly ready

for the press. This great man had printed nothing since 1774. His labours always appeared to him not sufficiently matured; but his instructions are spread over the world by thousands of his scholars. His Cabinet of Minerals has become the property of the Mineralogical Academy of Frieberg.

The fifth volume of Professor Hausmann's Mineralogical Travels in Scandinavia has just been published.

ITALY.

Canova has just finished a charming group, a nymph reposing upon a lion's skin, and a boy playing on a lyre. He is now employed upon a statue of the King of Portugal.

Professor Moricchini, of Rome, having discovered the magnetising power of the violet rays of the prismatic spectrum, the Marquis Ridolfi has succeeded in magnetising two needles, the one in thirty, the other in forty-six minutes; and can now charge with the magnetic power, by the same process, as many needles as he pleases. The needles thus magnetised (namely, by directing on and passing over them, for a period of not less than thirty minutes, the violet rays of the spectrum, through the medium of a condensing lens) possess all the energy and the properties of needles magnetised in the common way by means of a loadstone. Their homonomous poles repel, while the heteronomous poles attract, each other; and, made to vibrate on a pivot, their point turns constantly to the north, their heads to the south! This adds to the wonders of magnetism, and must be regarded as a very extraordinary discovery.

WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

LONDON.

Mr John Sidney Hawkins will shortly publish, in 1 vol. 8vo, an Inquiry into the Nature, History, and first Introduction of Poetry in general, but more particularly of Dramatic Poetry, and of that sort of verse which the Latin Poets employed in their Comedies; tending to shew, from the strongest possible evidence, that poetical licenses are unnecessary, and that the verses of Sophocles, Plautus, Terence, Pindar, and Horace, are erroneously regulated, but may be correctly distributed without any violation of the laws of Prosodia.

In the ensuing month will be published, a Genealogical and Biographical History of the Family of Marmyun; with an account of the office of King's Champion attached to the tenure of the Barony and Manor of Scrivelsby in County Lincoln, part of the ancient demesne of that family-containing a variety of matter never before published, lately collected from the public records, and embellished with several engravings.

A little volume, entitled, Plurality of Worlds; or some remarks, Philosophical and Critical, in a Series of Letters, occasioned by Discourses on Christianity, viewed in connexion with the Modern Astronomy, as published by the Rev. Dr Chalmers, is in the press.

Proposals have been circulated, for publishing by subscription, De Vaux, or the Heir of Gilsland, a poem, in five cantos, by Robert Carlyle. The subject is the Feud between De Vaux, the Norman Baron of Gilsland, and Gil Beuth of Danish race, the original proprietor of the demesne. The scene is laid in Cumberland during the reigns of Stephen and Henry II.

Mr J. Norris Brewer has announced an intention of speedily publishing Collections towards a Biographical Account of His Grace Hugh, late Duke of Northumberland.

Preparing for publication, in two large Svo volumes, illustrated with maps, "An

Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures," by Mr Horne, sub-librarian to the Surrey Institution. This Work, on which the author has been engaged for many years, will be divided into three parts. Part I. will contain a View of the Geography of the Holy Land, and of the Political, Religious, Moral, and Civil State of the Jews, illustrating the principal Events recorded in the Scriptures. Part II. will treat on the various subsidiary Means for ascertaining the sense of the Scripture-Figurative Language-The reconciling of the apparent Contradictions of Scripture-Quotations from the Old Testament in the New, with New Tables of all the Quotations Applications of the Principles of Scripture -Interpretation to the Historical, Prophetical, Doctrinal, and Moral Parts of the Bible. Part III. will be appropriated to the Analysis of the Scriptures, comprising an account of the Canon of the Old and New Testaments, together with Critical Prefaces and Synopses to each Book. A copious Appendix will be subjoined, containing an account of the principal MSS. and Editions of the Old and New Testaments-of various Readings, with a digest of the chief Rules for weighing and applying them-Rules for the better understanding of Hebraisms Lists of Commentators and Biblical Critics of eminence, with Bibliographical and Critical Notices of each, extracted from authentic sources; together with Chronological and other Tables, necessary to facilitate the study of the Bible. It is a peculiar feature of this Work, that references are made throughout to the most approved writers on every topic, in order to assist further researches, and thus render the volumes a useful Manual to the Biblical Student and to Divines.

Col. Mark Wilks will speedily publish the second and third volumes of his Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an attempt to trace the History of the Mysore.

The Elements of History and Geography, ancient and modern, exemplified and illustrated by the principles of Chronology, by the Rev. J. Joyce, will soon be published in two 8vo vols.

Mr Accum has in the press, Chemical

Amusements, comprising a series of curious and instructive experiments in Chemistry, which are easily performed, and unattended with danger.

Miss A. M. Porter is preparing the Knight of St John, a Romance.

The Poetical Remains and Memoirs of the late John Leyden, M. D. are preparing for publication.

The History of the Rise and Progress of the Judicial or Adawlut System, as established for the Administration of Justice under the Precedency of Bengal; with an Inquiry into the Causes of Litigation, and the delay in the termination of Law Suits in the Court of Adawlut, 1 vol. 8vo.

Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, in the years 1813 and 1814, with Remarks on the Marches of Alexander, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand, by John M'Donald Kinneir, Captain in the service of the Honourable East India Company, Town-Major of Fort St George, and Political Agent at the Durbar of his Royal Highness the Nabob of Carnatic, 2 vols 8vo, with a large map.

The History of the late War in Spain and Portugal, by Robert Southey, Esq.

A Work is in contemplation, and will be shortly laid before the public, entitled, "History of the Helvetian, Austrian, Apennine, Pyrenean, and Northern Floras,” considered with respect to the points of origin from which the different families of plants have travelled to the valleys and plains, and become mixed together; illustrated by a Botanical Map of the regions assigned to each.

Shortly will be published, the Life of Richard Watson, Lord Bishop of Landaff, written by himself at different intervals, and revised in 1814; to be published by his son, Richard Watson, L. L. B. Prebendary of Landaff and Wells. The Work will be handsomely printed in 4to, with a Portrait of his Lordship, from an original Portrait by Romney.

Memoirs on European and Asiatic Turkey, from the Manuscript Journals of Modern Travellers in those Countries, edited by Mr R. Walpole, will soon appear in a 4to volume, illustrated by plates.

EDINBURGH.

The Edinburgh Annual Register, for the year 1815.

In the press, and speedily will be published in 4to, Mr Robert Law, his Memorials of Remarkable Things in his Time, from 1638 to 1684; with notes by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. Mr Law was a clergy man of the Presbyterian persuasion, who carefully noted down the most remarkable

events which took place in Scotland during his life, including Witchcraft, Necromancy, and the Apparition of Spectres. His Memorials, which have never before been printed, are not only highly amusing through the author's turn for diablerie, but very valuable from the historical matter which they contain.

MONTHLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

AGRICULTURE.

LONDON.

A Review (and Complete Abstract) of the Reports to the Board of Agriculture from the Southern and Peninsular Departments of England; by Mr Marshall, 8vo. 12s.

BIOGRAPHY.

Biographia Literaria, or Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life and Opinions; by S. T. Coleridge, Esq. 2 vols 8vo. £1, 1s.

DRAMA.

What Next? a Farce, in two acts; by T. Dibdin. 1s.

Past Ten o'clock, and a Rainy Night; by T. Dibdin. 1s. 6d.

My Uncle, an Operetta, in one act; Samuel Beazley, Esq. 1s. 6d.

EDUCATION.

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The Juvenile Review, containing Moral and Critical Observations on Children's Books, intended as a Guide to Parents and Teachers in their Choice of Books of Instruction and Amusement, Part I. 1s. 6d. The Traveller in Asia, or a Visit to the East Indies and China, with an Account of the Manners of the Inhabitants, Natural Productions, and Curiosities; for the Instruction of Young Persons; by Priscilla Wakefield, 12mo. 4s. 6d.

The Palace of Truth; by Madame de Genlis, with coloured engravings. 3s. 6d.

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ing a Description of a New and Successful Mode of Operating in certain cases of Obstruction about the Neck of the Bladder, &c.; by Edward Grainger, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, 8vo. 9s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The British Review, No 19. 6s. The Colonial Journal, No V. 8s. The Sexagenarian; or the Recollections of a Literary Life, 2 vols 8vo. £1, 1s.

A Treatise on the Science of Ship-building; with Observations on the British Navy, the extraordinary decay of Men of War, and on the Causes, Effects, and Prevention of the Dry Rot; also on the Growth and Management of Trees: the whole with a view to improve the Construction and Durability of Ships; by Isaac Blackburn, Ship-builder, Plymouth, 4to. £1, 5s.

The East India Register and Directory, corrected to July 1817.

Armageddon, the first eight Books; by the Rev. G. Townshend, Trin. Coll. Camb. 8vo. 12s.

Reft Rob, or the Witch of Scot-Muir, commonly called Madge the Snoover, a Scottish Tale, 12mo. 5s.

A Supplement to Junius Identified, consisting of Fac-similes of Handwriting, and other Illustrations, 8vo. 3s.

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POETRY.

The Lament of Tasso; by Lord Byron, 8vo. 1s. 6d.

Sibylline Leaves, a Collection of Poems; by S. T. Coleridge, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

De Courci, a Tale, in two Cantos, with other Poems; by James Thomson, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Greece, a Poem, in three Parts, with Notes, Classical Illustrations, and Sketches of the Scenery; by William Haygarth, A. M. 4to. £2, 12s. 6d.

The Hours, a Poem, in four Idylls; by Henry Hudson, Esq. 8vo. 7s.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Observations on the Causes of the Depression of Agriculture and Home Trade, containing brief Remarks on Taxation, Tithe, Poor's Rate, Rent, and Emigration. 2s. 6d.

Observations on the Importance of Gibraltar to Great Britain, as the means of promoting the Intercourse with the States of the Mediterranean, particularly with Morocco;

by Captain Christopher Clarke, Royal Artillery. 3s.

THEOLOGY.

Observations, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical, on the Canonical Scriptures; by Mrs Cornwallis of Wittersham, 4 vols 8vo. £2, 2.

On the Rule of Faith, in Reply to Mr Jos, Fletcher, Minister of the Independents at Blackburn; by Jos. Fairclough, 8vo. 1s. 6d.

Sermons on various Subjects; by the Rev. John Nance, D. D. 2 vols. 18s.

Considerations on the Doctrines of the Evangelical Clergy, and on the probable Effects of Evangelical Preaching; a Sermon, by the Rev. Richard Warner, Vicar of Norton St Philip's, Somerset, and Rector of Great Chalfield, Wilts, 8vo. 4s.

Sermons Translated from the French of Daniel de Superville, formerly Pastor of the French Protestant Church at Rotterdam, with Memoirs of his Life; by John Allen, 8vo. 9s.

EDINBURGH.

Lacunar Strevelinense. A Collection of Heads etched and engraved after the Carved Work which formerly decorated the Roof of the King's Room in Stirling Castle. Splendidly printed, imperial quarto, with forty plates. £2, 12s. 6d.

The History of Ireland, from the Earliest Ages to the Union; by the Rev. Samuel Burdy, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Summary of the Law relating to New Trials in Civil Suits, by Courts of Justice in England; by John Peter Grant, Esq. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

An Attempt to establish Physiognomy upon Scientific Principles; by John Cross, M. D. 8vo. 8s.

Pictures of War from Authentic Narratives, with Reflections on the Practice of National Hostilities, some of them Original, but chiefly extracted from eminent Writers; by Irenicus, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

The Trial of James Watson the Elder for High Treason, 8vo. 4s. 6d.

The Student, a Periodical Paper, 12mo. 5s. 6d. (Glasgow.)

NEW FRENCH PUBLICATIONS.

Notice Historique sur la Calabre pendant les dernières révolutions de Naples; par A. de Rivarol, Capitaine de la Garde Royale, 8vo.

Liste des prix des livres de la Bibliothêque de feu M. le Comte de Mac-CarthyReagh, vendue à l'enchère par Debure frères, 8vo.

Abrégé de la vie et des miracles de l'illustre Confesseur de J. C. Saint Léonard, premier saint de la Couronne de France, 12mo.

Questions sur la Législation actuelle de la Presse en France, et sur la doctrine du ministère public, relativement à la saisie des écrits, et à la responsabilité des auteurs et imprimeurs ; par M. Benjamin de Constant,

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Observations sur l'Ouvrage intitulé “ La France, par Lady Morgan ;" par l'auteur de Quinze jours et de Six mois à Londres, 8vo.

Recherches Anatomiques sur les hernies de l'Abdomen; par Jules Cloquet, 4to.

Voyage sur le Mont Blanc, entrepris le 15 Septembre 1816; par le Comte de Lusi, officier des Gardes de S. M. le Roi de Prusse, 8vo.

Considérations philosophiques et morales sur le Magnétisme Animal, ses principes et ses rapports avec le fluide nerveux, les esprits animaux, le galvanisme et l'électri cité; par Charles Cadot, 8vo. Imprimé à Brunswick.

Nouvelles expériences sur la Nature et les Variations de l'aimant relatives à la Navigation, où l'on propose un nouveau mag, nétomètre universel; par J. P. Sarrazin de Montferrier, 8vo.

Chenier, Tableau Historique de la Littérature Française, depuis 1789, 2d edit.

8vo.

Lullin de Chateauvieux, Lettres écrites d'Italie en 1812 et 13, 2 vols 12mo.

MONTHLY REGISTER.

Europe.

FRANCE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

AN extraordinary document has just appeared, which, if genuine, may at some future period be the source of important events in this country. It is a representation of Maria Louisa, late Empress of France, protesting against the occupation of the throne by the Bourbons, and claiming it for her son, Charles Francis Napoleon. This instrument is dated February 19, 1815, and addressed to the Congress then sitting at Vienna; and it bears, that the Powers there assembled ordered it to be registered among the acts of Congress, with the concurrence of the Emperors of Russia and Austria. The French minister protested against this decision, and refused to sign it. The London Courier, however, asserts that the document is a fabrication.

The French Government, it is said, has succeeded in raising another loan to the amount of three millions sterling. The contractors are the houses of Baring and others. We understand it was finally concluded on the 23d July at Paris, at the rate of 62.50, being about 2 or 3 below the preceding fortnight.

Letters from Cambray say, that it is now considered as quite certain that the Duke of Wellington is gone to Paris, entirely on account of the negotiation for relieving France from a second fifth of the allied army. It is added, that all the allied powers do not approve of this measure; but Russia and England have expressed themselves not disinclined to it.

The Duke De Richelieu has addressed a letter to the Chapter of Toulouse, requesting their assent to a plan for restoring the Church of France to as much of its ancient splendour as possible, by creating new Sees, and re-establishing some of the most ancient. This is to take place with the concurrence of the Pope. The Chapter immediately agreed to the measure as far as it affected their jurisdiction.

The Duchess of Berri was safely delivered of a daughter, at Paris, on the 13th July; but the joy of the royal family upon this occasion was of short duration, as the child died two days after.

SPAIN.

The Paris papers of the 2d instant contain an article from Madrid, stating, that Ferdinand has been advised to grant a general amnesty to his subjects; which wise

measure originated with the Finance Minis ter, Don Martin Garay, who, having made the proposition to the Council of Finance, received from them a report, strongly re commending the measure, and containing various reflections, agreeable both to sound policy and humanity.

Letters of the 15th ult. from Madrid mention, that the finance decree of 30th May, notwithstanding the opposition of the clergy, both by inuendoes in the pulpit, and elaborate pieces in the papers, had been favourably received in the provinces.

The letters from Spain state, that nearly the whole of the Spanish cavalry, to the number of 2000, were about to be sent to South America. Another article states, that eleven men are to be taken by lot from each regiment of the line in Spain, and the whole force thus assembled, amounting to about 6000, is to be sent to South America.

The unfortunate General Lacy, it appears, has been shot at Majorca. A letter from Perpignan, dated July 13, gives the following account of this event-When the Spanish government sent orders, after the sentence passed on General Lacy, to send him to Majorca, it was because fears were entertained that the numerous friends whom Lacy had at Barcelona, might be able to excite a commotion in his favour. The most urgent representations were made in favour of the General by several officers of the highest distinction, in order to obtain a mitigation of the sentence of death, but they were ineffectual. On the arrival of General Lacy at Majorca, his sentence was read to him, and he was shot on the morning of the 5th. This officer, who had so many times shed his blood for the service of his country, died with equal composure and firmness. "All that I request (said he) is to die by the hands of my ancient brethren in arms-it was on the field of honour, and while combating the enemies of Spain, that a warrior like me ought to have finished his career. After these words, he said to the soldiers—“ Fire !”

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PORTUGAL.

We learn from Lisbon, by a letter of a recent date, that thirty of the conspirators have been condemned. General Gomez Friere is to be banished. Baron Eben's

fate was undecided: No confessions have been made by him; but a number of papers, which he had confided to a young woman, to whom he was under an engagement of marriage, have been secured, and it is said their contents furnish much im

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