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Analyzed and Examined. By George Pur- Belsham, minister of Essex Street Chapel. ves, LL. D. 8vo. 9s. 8vo. 4s.

POLITICS.

Corrected Report of the Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning, in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, May 6th, on Mr Lambton's motion for a Censure on Mr Canning's Embassy to Lisbon. 8vo.

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The Colonies and present American Revolutions; by J. de Pradt. 8vo. 12s.

Antidote against Distractions; by R. Steele, A. M. 3s. 6d.

The Ægis of England; or, The Triumphs of the late War, as they appear in the Thanks of Parliament, progressively voted to the Navy and Army; and the Communications, either oral or written, on the subject, chronologically arranged; with Notices Biographical and Military. By Maurice Evans, Navy and Army Agent. extra boards.

THEOLOGY.

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On the Principles of the Christian Religion, addressed to her Daughter; and on Theology; by Mrs Lucy Hutchinson. 8vo. 10s Gd.

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.

The Bible Class-Book, or Scripture Readings for every day in the year. 6s.

A Plea for Infant Baptism; to which is annexed an Appendix, containing_two forms for administering the rite; by Thos.

TOPOGRAPHY.

The Post-roads in France for 1817, be ing a Translation of the "Etat General des Postes." With a large Map. 8s.

A New Companion for Oxford, or Guide through the University. With a series of Etchings. 8vo. 4s.

TRAVELS.

Travels through France and Germany in the years 1815, 1816, and 1817, comprising a View of the Moral, Political, and Social State of those Countries; interspersed with numerous Historical and Political Anecdotes, derived from authentic sources, by J. Jorgenson, Esq. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

EDINBURGH.

The Edinburgh Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary, comprising a complete body of Geographical, Physical, Political, Statistical, and Commercial. Vol. I. Part I.

Price 9s.-Accompanied by

A New General Atlas, constructed from the latest authorities, by A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to the Prince Regent, exhi biting the boundaries and divisions, also the chains of mountains, and other Geographical features of all the known Countries in the World; comprehended in 53 Maps, from original drawings. Royal 4to. Price L. 1, 16s. neatly half-bound.

The Edinburgh Annual Register for 1815. Vol. VIII. L. 1, 1s.

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 4to. With 40 Plates. L. 2, 12s. 6d.

The Farmer's Magazine, No. 71. 3s.

WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

LONDON.

MR JOHN SIDNEY HAWKINS will shortly publish, in one volume 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 show, from the strongest possible evidence, that poetical licences 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 connection with the Modern Astro

nomy, 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 Gill 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 Northumber

land.

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 Presidency 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 Asta Minor, Armenia, and Kourdistan, in the years 1813 and 1814, with Remarks on the Marches of Alexander, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand, by John Macdonald Kinnier, 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 the 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 concemplation, and will be shortly laid before the public, entitled, "History of the Helvetian, Austrian, Apennine, Pyrencan, 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 with a Botanical Map of the regions assigned to each.

Shortly will be published, the Life of Richard Watson, Lord Bishop of Llandaff, written by himself at different intervals, and revised in 1814,-to be edited by his son, Richard Watson, LL. B. Prebendary of Llandaff and Wells. The work will be VOL. I.

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.

In the press, and speedily will be published in 4to, with plates, maps, &c. A Journal of the Proceedings of the Embassy to China. By H. Ellis, Esq. Third Commissioner of the Embassy.

The Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay. With numerous Engrav ings.

EDINBURGH.

Dr Buchanan will immediately put to the press an Account of the Kingdom of Nepal. Dr Buchanan resided, for several years, in that interesting country, during which time he was indefatigably employed. in collecting information relative to its Natural, Civil, and Political Condition. The value and accuracy, as well as vast extent of Dr Buchanan's Researches concerning India, are too well known not to make this work a welcome present to the public.

The Rev. C. Maturin, author of the tragedy of Bertram, has in the press a Tale, in 3 vols.

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 clergyman 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.

It will be gratifying to those who patronize Celtic Literature, and more especially to those who read the Gaelic Language, to know that the Poems of Ossian, in the original, are now in the press. These are reprinted from the splendid edition in 3 vols. 8vo, but without either the English or Latin translations, being intended for those only who can read Ossian in their vernacular tongue.

The lovers of Scotish melody and vocal poetry will be pleased to learn, that the second volume of Albyn's Anthology is in its progress through the press, and will be ready for delivery early in the approaching winter.

MONTHLY REGISTER.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

EUROPE.

FRANCE.

NEGOCIATIONS are stated to be going on for relieving this country from another fifth of the army of occupation. Some of the allied powers are said to be averse to this measure, although England and Russia have expressed themselves in favour of it. The French Government, it would appear, however, now repose confidence in its own stability; since, by a late decision of the Minister, approved of by the King, a door has been opened for the progressive restoration to active service of that numerous and formidable corps, the half-pay officers of the revolutionary French army. A certain number of them are henceforth to be attached to the different corps d'armée, and one half of the commissions which fall vacant in future are to be distributed amongst them. This appears to be a measure of good policy, as it has been recently manifested, that the French troops, without their officers, are not always to be depended on. A detachment of the line, attending the execution of Captain Oudin on the 18th ult. at St Genies, who had been ordered to be shot for being concerned in a former insurrection, wheeled about, and refused to fire; for such alarming insubordination, they have been one and all dismissed the King's service. Captain Darillon, who commanded them, has also been cashiered, and is farther to be tried by a court-martial.

Another evidence of the general confidence placed in the stability of the present French Government, is the fact of its having succeeded in negociating another loan, to the amount of three millions, with Mr Baring and others. The contractors are to receive the stock at the rate of 62 f. 50 c. being about 24 or 3 below the quotations of the preceding fortnight. Immediately after the terms were known in Paris, stock was sold at 67 f. 50 c. for money, and 68 f. 20 c. for the 1st of September.

Connected with this subject, a document appeared in the end of last month, which, were it not that its authenticity has been positively denied, might start formidable doubts of the security of the present Government. This instrument bears to be a representation of the Archduchess Maria Louisa, late Empress of France, protesting against the occupation of the throne of that country by the Bourbons, and claiming it for her son, young Napoleon..

The document is dated 19th February 1815, addressed to the Congress of Vienna; and it is stated, that the ministers of the Powers there assembled, with the concur rence of the Emperors of Russia and Austria, ordered it to be recorded in the protocol of the act of Congress.

The Paris papers of the 2d August mention the arrival at Nantes of the miserable monks of La Trappe, who had found an asylum in Britain from the horrors of the French revolution, and who now return to their native country to seek their early solitude. They had resided for about 22 years at Lulworth, in Devonshire, where their exemplary conduct had obtained for them universal esteem.

ITALY.

The following is given, on the authority of private letters from Paris, as the substance of the treaty entered into with the great allied powers who signed the act of Congress, respecting the sovereignty of the duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla:

"The duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, will be restored, after the death of her Imperial Highness the Duchess Maria Louisa, to the Infanta Maria Louisa, (widow of the Duke of Parma and King of Etruria,) and to her male descendants in a direct line, with the exception of the districts situate on the left bank of the Po, and inclosed in the estates of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. In default of male issue, the rights of succession of the Emperor of Austria and of the King of Sardinia will be revived. The Infanta Maria Louisa will, in the mean time, obtain provisional possession of the principality of Lucca, and will receive the arrears of 500,000 francs, which Congress had assigned her. Austria has reserved the right of maintaining a permanent garrison in the fortress of Placentia. In virtue of this treaty, Spain has acceded to the act signed at Vienna on the 9th of June 1815."

By this treaty, it is said that young Napoleon is to have the apanages in Bohemia, once belonging to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the revenues of which are worth 700,000 francs, or something more than L. 29,000 Sterling per annum.

Letters from Rome say, that Count Blacas has delivered to the Pope the Concordat signed by the King of France. A promotion of cardinals is shortly expected,

in which, besides the French prelates, several Italians will also receive the hat.

Letters from Naples state, that the vicinity has been cleared from the brigands, who have long invested it, in a curious manner. The Neapolitan Government has taken into full pay and active service two of the ringleaders, who have promised to make all their followers good subjects.

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

The Paris papers contain a letter written by the mother of the Emperor Alexander to the King of Spain, expressive of the esteem and friendship entertained by her son for the King of Spain, and communicating the Emperor's desire that her Majesty should wear the decorations of the Order of St Catherine. From the warm terms in which the letter is expressed, it has been inferred, that this particularly good understanding between the Courts of St Petersburgh and Madrid is brought about by special circumstances, and a political hypothesis is immediately made out, according to which it is supposed that, by the representations of Spain, Russia has been induced to assist with her great armies in the reduction of the revolt ed Spanish colonies. But the facts stated are surely not sufficient to warrant such important inferences; and the London ministerial papers confidently assert, that there is not the slightest foundation for them.

An article from Madrid, in the Paris papers, states, that Ferdinand has been advised to grant a general amnesty to his subjects. This wise measure appears to have originated in the advice of the Minister of Finance, Don Martin Garay, who, having made the proposition to the Council of Finance, received a report from them on the subject, strongly recommending the measure, and containing various reflections agreeable both to sound policy and to humanity.

There is now no doubt of the fate of the brave but unfortunate General Lacy. He was carried to the Island of Majorca, and, immediately on his arrival, on the morning of the 5th July, was shot. A letter of the 13th, from Perpignan, says, "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 regret," 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 finish his career." After these words, he said to the soldiers, "Fire."

Accounts from Portugal, of the 9th instant, state, that Baron Eben, and about thirty others of the conspirators, had been found guilty, and was expected to be ordered for execution. General Gomez Friere is to be banished.

The Portuguese squadron which is to convey the Princess Royal to the Brazils had arrived at Leghorn, and would shortly proceed to its destination.

GERMANY.

A new general Congress, it is said, will immediately assemble at Carlsbad, composed of the following persons: Mr Lamb, as minister for England; for Russia, the Count Capo d'Istria; for Austria, the Prince de Metternich; and the Prince de Hardenberg and Compte de Caraman for the Courts of Prussia and of France. The principal objects of the deliberations of this Congress are presumed to be the affairs of South America, together with the disputes between the crowns of Spain and Portugal.

A letter from Berlin says, "The new Prussian Council of State, and the Grand Presidents of the different provinces of the monarchy, have, by a very great majority, rejected the plan of finances submittted to them by M. Bulow, the Finance Minister, on the ground of incompetence, declaring, at the same time, that the Provincial States have alone power to decide in this case, and, consequently, that the King shall be prayed to convoke the said Provincial States. This decree of the Council of State is of the highest importance, and will form an era in the Prussian annals."

The project of a new constitution for Wurtemberg has met with much opposition, and occasioned a great deal of discus sion. The people insist upon the re-esta blishment of their former rights, and the King, who is said to be goaded on by the Emperor of Russia, seems determined to oppose them. Russian influence is said to be so great in these states, since the marriage of the King with the sister of the Emperor, that the whole of the military are now attired in Russian uniforms.

The free towns of Hamburgh, Lubeck, and Bremen, have presented a long memorial to the Diet at Frankfort, on the subject of the depredations of the Tunisian privateers, which states that the captain and crew of a Hamburgh vessel have been carried into slavery. The Diet appointed a committee of five to report upon the best means of securing the trade of Germany against these pirates.

Switzerland suffered dreadfully in many parts by inundations in the course of July last. Several rivers broke their dikes; houses and bridges were destroyed in many places; and on the banks of the Lake of Constance, many communes were laid under

water.

In the Oberland, the fields, meadows, and plantations, were entirely submerged, and masses of the soil were seen floating about, torn up by the fury of the waters, covered with potatoes, vegetables, and hay. The storm had caused great mi sery to the poor peasantry, already suffer.

ing severely from the dearth of provisions. -An extraordinary circumstance occurred during the inundation. A large manufactory of tiles, situated near the village of Fleuden, was entirely surrounded by water, which at length made its way into magagines full of lime. In an instant, the whole edifice was on fire; the owners had previously quitted it, and, as no assistance could be afforded, it was burned in the midst of the water, down to the level of it. A letter from Vienna of the 2d July informs us, that the mountain of Hansruck, in Upper Austria, has disappeared, and given place to a lake. This mountain was very elevated, and gave its name to the country. In the preceding month, several phenomena had caused some dreadful event to be anticipated. From time to time subterranean vents had occasioned little explosions, and very much disturbed the inhabitants of the country. Some ten cottages situated on the verge of the mountain were destroyed. It is not said that any men had perished in the disaster.

The Royal National Theatre of Berlin was destroyed by fire on the 29th July. So rapid were the flames, that it was impossible to save any thing; and it was only by the activity of the firemen and police, that two churches, between which the theatre stood, as well as the neighbouring houses, did not also become a prey to the flames. The damage is estimated at about a million and a half of crowns. The building was 244 feet long, 155 broad, and 155 high within the walls. The fire which destroyed it is believed to have been wilful, and twelve persons, suspected as the incendiaries, have been apprehended.

A state of the organization of the Austrian army has been published, from which it appears that there are 564 generals, and 380 colonels, of whom 321 of the former, and 163 of the latter, are unemployed. The forces are composed of 58 regiments of infantry of the line, of which six are in France, and three in the Neapolitan dominions.

There are 21 battalions of grenadiers, 17 frontier regiments. a battalion of Czaikistes, a regiment of Tyrolean chasseurs, composed of four battalions, 12 battalions of chasseurs, of which two are in France, and five battalions are in garrison. Besides these, there are the cavalry, the artillery, the miners, sappers, &c.

Population, & of Austria.-A periodical work on statistics, politics, and history, published at Vienua by the Baion de LICHTENSTERN, contains the following statistical sketch of the provinces and population of the Austrian monarchy, as they stand since the treaty with Bavaria, on the 14th of April last :

1. Austrian States.-1. The country below the Enns, in extent 464 5-10ths square miles, with 1,048,000 inhabitants. 2. The

country above the Enns, including the Innviertel and the portions of the Slansruckviertel newly united, 208 6-10ths square miles, and 628,000 souls; the duchy of Styria, 392 square miles, and 798,100 inhabitants; the duchy of Carintha, 190 square miles, and 278,000 souls; the duchy of Carniola, with Idria, 190 square miles, with 377,000 souls; the country and principality of the Tyrol, with the tribunal of Wells and the lordships of the Voralberg, excepting that of Weller, 514 square miles, and 692,000 souls; the duchy of Salzburgh without the districts of Launen, Trisendorf, Titinanning, and Wagen, for the portions situate on the left bank of the rivers Salach and Saal, 162 8-10ths square miles, and 164,000 souls.

2. States of Bohernia. The kingdom of Bohemia, with the districts of Egra and Asch, 951 4-10ths square miles, and 3,203,000 souls; the margravate of Moravia, with the Austrian part of the duchy of Silesia, 551 8-10ths square miles, and 1,708,000 inhabitants.

3. The kingdom of Galicia, including the Buckovine and the district of Tarnopole recently re-united thereto, 1514 square miles, and 3,645,000 souls.

4. The kingdom of Hungary, with the provinces and districts of the kingdoms of Sclavonia and Croatia, 4112 square miles, and 7,900,000 souls.

5. The grand duchy of Transylvania, with its annexed military frontier, 1064 8-10ths square miles, and 1,660,000 souls. 6. The kingdom of Dalmatia, with the districts of Ragusa and Caltaro, 304 square miles, and 543,000 miles.

7. The Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, divided into the governments of Lombardy and Venice, 830 4-10ths square miles, and 4,290.000 souls.

8. The countries of the Austrian military frontier, in Croatia.-1. The commanderies of Carlstadt and Waradin, 231 square miles, and 295,000 sculs. 2. The Bannat frontier, 47 5-10ths square miles, and 95,000 souls. 3. The frontier province of Slavonia, 135 square miles, and 230,000 souls.

4. The Hungarian Bannat, 145 square miles, and 171,000 souls. 5. The military frontier of Transylvania, 137,000 souls.

Total, 12,046square miles, and 27,956,000 inhabitants.

DENMARK.

The government of this country has availed itself of the first moments of peace to remove the burdens caused by the war, including the extraordinary income tax, which had been imposed for eight years.

On the 25th ult. the prisoners in the House of Correction at Copenhagen revolted, and set the prison on fire; cannon loaded with grape shot were brought down

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