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GEOGRAPHY.

Part I. of the Modern Traveller; to appear in monthly Parts, to correspond in size to the Percy Anecdotes. 2s. 6d. each. Memoirs of India; comprising a brief geographical account of the East Indies; a succinct history of Hindostan, from the Earliest Ages to the end of Marquis Hastings' Administration in 1823. By R. G. Wallace. 8vo. 14s. boards.

HISTORY.

The History of the Commonwealth of England, from the commencement of the Civil War to the Restoration of Charles the Second. By William Godwin. 8vo. 14s.

Vol. III. and IV. of History of the Literature of the South of Europe. By M. D. Sismondi. Translated from the original by Thomas Roscoe; which complete the work. £.18s.

Memoirs of a Three Years' residence in Japan; with Observations on the Country and the People. By Captain Golownin.

3 vols. 8vo. £.1.116d. Napoleon's Historical Memoirs, dictated at St. Helena to Count Montholon, Bertrand, Gourgaud, &c. corrected by himself. £.18s.

The Manuscripts of 1814; or, Memoirs of the last six months of the Reign of Napoleon. By Baron Fain, with a Fac-simile of Napoleon's Abdication, &c. 12s.

Parts 7. and 8. of Count Las Cases Journal of the Conversations of Napoleon, which complete the work.

The Historical Life of Joanna, Queen of Naples, &c. &c. with Details of the Literature and Manners of Italy and Provence, in the 13th and 14th Centuries, with portrait, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. £.1u5s.

LAW.

Plain Instructions to Executors and Administrators, shewing the Duties and Responsibilities incident to the due Performance of their Trusts; with directions respecting the Probate of Wills, and taking out Letters of Administration, &c. 8vo. 5s. sewed.

Kearsley's Tax Tables for 1824. 1s. 6d. Williams' Abstract of the Acts passed 4 Geo. IV. 10s. 6d.

MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

A Practical Manual for the Preservation of Health, and the Prevention of Diseases incidental to the Middle and Advanced Periods of life. By Sir Arthur Clarke, M.D. &c. 12mo. 5s. 6d.

The Pupil's Pharmacopoeia, being a literal translation of the new edition of the London Pharmacopoeia, the English following the original in Italics, word for word,

and the Latin text being marked, to facilitate a proper pronunciation. In addition to which, the chemical decompositions are explained in a note at the foot of each preparation, &c. By W. Maughan, Surgeon. 6s. boards.

Practical Observations on the Symptoms, Discrimination, and Treatment, of some of the most common Diseases of the Lower Intestines. By John Howship, Surgeon. 8vo. 8s. 6d. boards.

Plates in Folio, illustrative of a Work on the Distortions to which the Spine and Bones of the Chest are subject; with an inquiry into the merits of the several modes of practice hitherto followed in the treatment of Distortions. By John Shaw, Surgeon and Lecturer on Anatomy.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Nos. I. to IV. of the Literary Observer and Light Essaying: containing Reviews, Original Papers, Anecdotes, &c. Paris Literary Chit-chat, the Theatres, &c. &c. 4d. each.

The New Annual Register for 1823. 8vo. £.luls.

Relics for the Curious, containing Legendary Tales, Singular Customs, extracts from remarkable Wills; and Anecdotes, clerical, professional, and miscellaneous.

No. II. of Points of Humour, illustrated by George Cruikshank. This work contains ten passages from the most celebrated comic writers. 8s.

Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions, or an Attempt to trace such fllusions to their Physical Causes. By Samuel Hibbert, M.D. F.R.S.E.

The Bachelor's Wife; a selection of curious and interesting extracts, with cursory observations. By John Galt, Esq. Post 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

Numbers I. to VI. of the Weekly Literary Magnet; embracing, 1. Original Papers. 2. Reviews. 3. Miscellaneous Matters. Poetry; Jeux d'Esprit. Literary and Scientific Intelligence. Edited by T. Merton, Gent. 3d. each.

Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen. By W. S. Landor, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo. £.14s.

The Lawyer's Common-place Book, arranged upon a new plan, with an Alphabetical Index of upwards of Six Hundred and Fifty Heads, which occur in general Reading and Practice. 4to. 10s. 6d.

The Aid to Memory, being a commonplace-book upon a new plan; suited alike to the Student, the Scholar, the Man of Pleasure, and the Man of Business. By J. A. Sargent. 4to. 10s. 6d. Foolscap 4to. 6s. boards.

An Essay on the Inventions and Customs of both Ancients and Moderns, in

the use of inebriating Liquors. By Samuel Morewood. 8vo. 12s. boards.

The Edinburgh Annual Register for the Year 1822. Svo. £.1uls. boards. NATURAL HISTORY.

An Epitome of Lamarck's Arrangement of Testacea; being a free translation of that part of his works, De l'His

toire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres; with illustrative observations and comparative and synoptic Tables of the Systems of Linnæus and Lamarch. By Charles Dubois, F.L.S. &c. 8vo. 14s. boards.

NOVELS AND ROMANCES.

Sayings and Doings; a series of Sketches from Life. 3 vols. post 8vo. £.110s.

The Hermit Abroad. By the celebrated author of "The Hermit in London, and Hermit in the Country." 4 vols. 12mo. £.18s.

Duke Christian of Luneberg; or, Traditions from the Hartz. By Miss Jane Porter. 3 vols. 12mo. £.14s. boards.

Ellen Ramsay, a Novel. 3 vols. £.118. boards.

Scotch Novel Reading, or Modern Quackery, a Novel; really founded on Facts. 3 vols. 12mo. 16s. 6d. boards.

Frederick Morland. By the author of "Lochiel, or the Field of Culloden." 2 vols. 12mo. 14s. boards.

Aureas, or the Life and Opinions of a Sovereign; written by himself. 7s. 6d. boards.

12mo.

Patience, a Tale. By Miss Hoffland. 12mo. 6s.

POETRY.

Vol. I. of Beauties of the British Poets, with Critical and Biographical Notices. By F. Campbell, Esq. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

The Odes of Pindar, in English Prose, with explanatory Notes. To which is added, West's Dissertation on the Olympic Games. 2 vols. 8vo. £.11s. boards.

Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain; selected and translated by John Bowring, Esq. Small 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Agamemnon of Eschylus; translated into English Verse, with Notes critical and explanatory. By J. Symmons, Esq. A.M. of Christ-church, Oxford. 8vo.

The Birds of Aristophanes; translated into English Verse, with Notes, by the Rev. H. F. Cary, A.M. author of the Translation of Dante. 8vo. 9s. 6d.

The Grave of the Suicide; the Parting Kiss; and other Poems. By Maria Sophia. Foolscap 8vo. 2s. 6d. bound. History of Joseph, in Verse, in Six Dialogues. 12mo. 1s. 6d. boards.

Il Pastore Incantato; or, the Enchanted Shepherd; a Drama; Pompeii, and other Poems. By a Student of the Temple. Post 8vo. 7s. 6d. boards.

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Australia; with other Poems. Thomas K. Hervey, Trinity College, Cambridge. 12mo. 6s. boards.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

A Treatise on the Principles of the Usury Laws, with Disquisitions on the Arguments adduced against them by Mr Bentham and other Writers, and a Review of the Authorities in their favour. By Robert Maughan. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The West-India Colonies: the Calumnies and Misrepresentations of the Edinburgh Review, Mr Clarkson, &c. Examined and Refuted. By James M'Queen, 8vo. 12s.

Substance of a speech delivered at a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Norwich, on the subject of British Colonial Slavery. By Joseph John Gurney. Is

Letter to the Hon. J. Abercrombie, M.P. on the New Irish Tithe Bill. 8vo. 2s. 6d. sewed.

THEOLOGY.

Conversations on the Bible. By a Lady. 12mo. 7s. 6d. bound.

Practical Wisdom, or the Manual of Life: the Counsels of Eminent Men to their Children. 12mo. 7s.

A Third Course of Practical Sermons, expressly adapted to be read in Families. By the Rev. H. Mariott, Rector of Claverton. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Of the Use of Miracles in proving the Truth of Revelation. By the Rev. John Penrose. 12mo. 2s. 6d.

An Epitome of Paley's Evidences of Christianity; containing the substance of the Arguments comprised in that Work, in the Catechetical Form. 12mo. 3s.

The Rev. F. A. Cox's Answer to the Rev. H. F. Burder, on Baptism. 8vo.

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Vol. VIII. of the late Rev. A. Fuller's Works. 8vo. 14s.

A Compendious View of Creation, with Reflections, &c. By James Paterson, Surveyor. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

Leisure Hours; being a Collection of Narrative and Didactic Pieces, on subjects connected with the Evidences, Doctrines, and Practical Influence of Christianity, originally published in Edinburgh as separate Tracts, during the years 1820 and 1821. 18mo. 4s. boards.

EDINBURGH.

Caledonia; or, An Account, Historical and Topographical, of North Britain, from the most Ancient to the Present Times. By George Chalmers, Esq. F.R.S. and S. A., Volume III. £.33s. Large paper £.4146d. boards.

A System of Anatomical Plates, ac

companied with Descriptions, and Physiological, Pathological, and Surgical Observations. By John Lizars, F.R.S. &c. &c. Part IV.-The Muscles of the Trunk. 10s. plain, 21s. coloured after Nature.

No. IX. Lizars' Picturesque Views of Edinburgh. 4to. 5s. Proofs on large paper, 10s. 6d.

Extracts from a Journal written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the years 1820-21-22. By Captain Basil Hall, Royal Navy, author of “a Voyage to Loo Choo." 2 vols. Post 8vo., with a Chart. £.1.1s. boards.

The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only Survivor of the Ship Boston, during a Captivity of nearly three years among the Savages of Nootka Sound; with an account of the Manners, Mode of Living, and Religious Opinions of the Natives. Small 8vo. 5s. boards. Zoë: an Athenian Tale. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d. boards.

Leaves from a Journal; or, Sketches of Rambles in North Britain and Ireland. By Andrew Bigelow, Medford, Massachusetts. Post 8vo. 6s. boards.

The History of a Servant Maid. To which are added, Mr Baxter's Advice to Servants. 2s. 6d.

Mr Owen's objections to Christianity, and new view of Society and Education, refuted, by a plain statement of Facts; with a hint to Archibald Hamilton, Esq. of Dalziel. By the Rev. John Aiton, 3s. 6d. boards.

A Catalogue of the Indigenous Phenogamio Plants growing in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh; to which are

added, a few Genera from the Class Cryptogamia, with their Localities affixed. By James Woodforde, Esq. 12mo. 3s. 6d. boards.

Man's Judgment at Variance with God's. A Sermon. Preached in St George's Church, on February 5, 1824, in behalf of the Edinburgh and Leith Seaman's Friend Society. By the Rev. Henry Grey, M. A. Minister of the New North Church, Edinburgh. 1s. 6d.

Songs of Israel. By William Knox ; consisting of Lyrics, founded upon the History and Poetry of the Hebrew Scriptures. Foolscap 8vo. 5s. boards.

The Beauties of Modern French Writers; a selection of instructive, moral, and interesting extracts, from the French Writers who flourished towards the end of the Eighteenth Century, and the beginning of the Nineteenth, with Biographical and Critical Notices, and a Portrait of M. Jouy. By M. V. De Fivas. 12mo. 6s. 6d.

Dr Brown's History of Missions. 2 vols. 8vo. New Edition. £.168. boards.

A Favourite Set of New Quadrilles for the Piano-Forte, as performed by D. R. Murray and his Band, at all the fashionable Parties of the Nobility and Gentry. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The History of Matthew Wald. By the Author of Valerius, Adam Blair, and Reginald Dalton. In one volume, Post 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

Supplement to Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. VI. Part II. (which completes the Work.) With Engravings. £.158.

MONTHLY REGISTER.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

EUROPE.

FRANCE. The French Chambers were opened on the 23d March, by a speech from the King, which is, in its tone, pacific. Nothing explicit is said with regard to the affairs of South America; but the late invasion of Spain, and the overthrow of all her free institutions, is alluded to in terms extremely offensive: It is called "the most generous as well as the most just of enterprises." Happily, how ever, the same generosity and justice cannot be extended to South America. the late elections, the Royalist party have obtained an immense majority in the Chambers, and it is said the Ministry will have much to do to keep down the ultra spirit of their new allies. The Chamber of Deputies was for several days engaged

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in verifying the return of the Deputies. On the 26th and 27th they were almost wholly employed on the return of M. Benjamin Constant, one of the sixteen liberals who have been elected. M Dudon contended, contrary to the decision of the bureau, that M. Constant was inadmissible, because he had not received letters of naturalization; and as his ancestor had been compelled to quite France in 1605, for the crime of high treason, he did not come within the operation of the law of 1799, which declared, that any person born in a foreign land, related in whatsoever degree to exiles banished on account of religion, should be considered as naturalized Frenchmen. It is well known that M. Constant is a native of Geneva, to which his ancestors retired

from France in 1605, On some former occasion, during the revolutionary times, he had claimed the right of French citizenship, which had been denied. On that occasion, he stated in his petition, "that he was descended from an ancestor who had been banished from France for a cause of which he could not but approve, inasmuch as he was implicated in a project formed by the Protestants, tending to establish a republic in France." This document, which was unknown to the bureau, M. Dudon had sought out, and contended in the Chamber, that it proved the family to have left France for high treason, and not on account of religious persecution. M. Dudon concluded a long speech, by telling M. Constant that he was not a Frenchman, and could not sit in the Chamber. M. Constant defended himself and his family very ably. The question was referred back to the bureau for re-consideration. In the course of the debate, some of the liberals ascended the tribune several times, and fairly pleaded in apology, that their party was now so small in number, that they were obliged to make up the deficiency by double and triple speeches !

On the 5th instant, in the Chamber of Peers, the War Minister presented a project of law, declaring that the peace-establishment of the army, which has an accession of 40,000 annually by recruiting, should in future be increased by 60,000 recruits annually, and that the duration of the military service should be eight years instead of six; this arrangement will increase the peace-establishment of the French army to 350,000 men. In the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Finance communicated the project of law for reducing the interest of the National Debt from five to three per cent. The project of law, for rendering the Chamber of Deputies septennial, and another project for recruiting the army, were also presented to the Peers on Monday, by the Minister of the Inte rior, and that of War. The Chambers, it appears, are to be called upon to vote supplies for the service of two years. The sum asked for 1824 is 895,852,656 francs, or £.37,327,252 sterling. That for 1825 is a little more, 898,933,580 francs, or £.37,455,565 sterling. No additional taxes are to be imposed for the service of those years. The following facts appear in the income and expenditure of 1823: The expenses of the campaign in Spain amounted to £.6,831,560, including 22 millious of francs paid for the support of the Spanish troops: 11,877,731 francs had also been applied to the Spanish Government

during the campaign.-Ferdinand has entered into a convention for repaying those sums. The whole of the supplies for the year 1823 amounted to about £.45,800,000 sterling. The produce of the taxes exceeded the estimates by 18,380,585 francs; but all the receipts, ordinary and extraordinary, fell short of the expenditure by the sum of 32,618,988 francs.

SPAIN. The last letters from Madrid and Cadiz state, that the Spanish Government is about to remove the prohibition that has hitherto existed on the impor tation of cottons, and other goods, into Spain, and that the duties on imports generally are to undergo a material diminution. If some of the old Spanish prejudices respecting prohibitions are thus made to give way, it will be among the most remarkable proofs of the straits the Court is reduced to by the want of money.

PORTUGAL. By recent advices from Portugal, it appears that apprehensions are entertained of some new convulsions in that country, against the constitutionalists. Printed proclamations had been found in the morning on the corners of the streets, inviting the people to rebel in favour of the queen, and against the king. The fact of these proclamations being printed, and that in a country where the freedom of the press does not exist, and where the means of printing are, besides, very confined, had created a great sensation, which was not lessened by the murder of the Marquis de Loule, one of the king's chamberlains, and his confidential friend. The king had gone to Salvatierra to pass the Shrovetide with his daughters, when festivities were to take place. The dead body of the Marquis was found lying in the open air, in a part of the palace that was some time ago burnt, and not rebuilt. He was in his full uniform, with all his insignia. There were two great contusions on his head, and a sharp instrument had entered his mouth, and come out at the top of his head. He was found in the morning of the 1st, and as it had rained heavily during the night, and the clothes he had on were dry, it was concluded that he had been conveyed to this unfrequented spot after the completion of the murder. The general voice seemed to implicate the Infante Don Miguel as a party.

TURKEY AND GREECE.-The Algemeine Zeitung of the 22d ult. contains the gratifying intelligence of the taking of Coron and the outworks of Lepanto by the Greeks, on which latter occasion the English Officers of Engineers, who are

gone to the assistance of the Greeks particularly distinguished themselves. Lord Byron had returned from Tripolizza to Missolonghi, and had been everywhere received with great honour. The Odessa accounts of the 4th ult. also confirm the news of the Pacha of Egypt having de clared himself independent of the Porte. It was long known in Constantinople that he meditated great things, and the Porte therefore tried to weaken him, by ordering him to furnish 10,000 men to combat the Greeks. Mohamed, instead of complying, resolved to declare himself independent. This news had caused great consternation in the Divan, as the declaration was attributed to the intrigues of Russia. A large Turkish army has been ordered to assemble at Sophia, the usual point of preparation when war is dreaded with Russia.

AFRICA.

ALGIERS. Official intelligence has been received from the British squadron

off Algiers. Admiral H. B. Neale was off that port in the Revenge, with five frigates; the Dey had refused to treat, and was making preparations to sustain a bombardment. For this purpose he had dismantled the vessels of war which were in the Bay, and had drawn them up under the Mole. He had also commanded an immense number of troops from the interior, to man the fortresses. This news was brought to Gibraltar on the 19th ult. by the Phaeton frigate, which had been dispatched by the Admiral. The British force consists, according to an article in the Journal des Debats, of seven frigates, five of which blockade Algiers, and two Bora.

ASIA.

EAST INDIES.-By the arrival of the Ogle Castle from Bengal, letters and papers have been received from thence to the 2d November. The Hurkara of the 29th September contains very distressing details of the mortality occasioned by the cholera morbus, which appears to have continued its ravages for an unusual length of time. At Bocranypore, in the middle of October, the widow of a wealthy native immolated herself on the funeral pile of her husband. A notification from the Prince of Wales Islands, issued by the Governor, states, that all duties levied on the exportation of goods, the produce or manfacture of Great Britain and Ireland, America, China, and British India, shall be suspended until further notice. Excellency had also adopted a general modification of the port charges.

VOL. XIV.

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MEXICO.-Mr Ward, one of the commissioners sent to inquire into the political state of Mexico, has returned in the Thetis man-of-war. It is said that the British commissioners had entered into favourable agreements with the Mexican Government. A commotion took place at Mexico on the 23d January. General Lobato, formerly a shoemaker, was at the head of it. Its object appears to have been to procure the payment of his troops, and the expulsion of the old Spaniards from places of trust. The Congress and executive power resisted the attempt, and are said to have prevailed, and secured twenty-two of the ringleaders, one of whom had been shot. An amnesty had been granted to many of the mutineers. The city was for two or three days threatened with pillage, but it was preserved. M. Hurtado has arrived from Columbia to arrange M. Zea's loan. BRAZILS.-Accounts to the 10th Ja

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nuary have been received from Rio Jarally tranquil. Addresses from various The Brazils appear to be genecities have been sent, highly approving his Majesty, and requesting that it may of the liberal Constitution proposed by be proclaimed as the law, without waiting for the decision of a future assembly.

A proclamation has been issued by the Senate, declaring its approbation of the

Constitution which had been offered for its acceptance by the Emperor; and to avoid the delay which would ensue from the convening of any new assembly, it was resolved that the citizens should have an opportunity of writing their approbation to the new Constitution in two

books, which were to be prepared for the purpose. There is another and a subsequent proclamation from the Senate, announcing that it had ascertained beyond a doubt that the new Constitution was agreeable to the people, and requesting his Majesty to fix a day when it should be sworn to as the fundamental law of the empire. Various orders were also given from the War-Office, for the purpose of obtaining a precise knowledge of the state of the arsenals, of the navy, and, in short, of all the means of defence possessed by the empire; also for the assembling and marching of troops, &c. &c. The Emperor has ordered all Portuguese who have not taken the oath of fidelity to the cause of Brazil, and of fidelity to the Emperor, to be expelled from the Brazils.

PERU. The following news from Lima is of very late date: as was anticipated, the success of the Royalists, or old Spanish party, has been very short-lived. Bolivar, in conjunction with the Chilian

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