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Britton. Of the latter illustrated work we understand that the number printed was only 150 on large paper, and 200 small. A more extensive sacrifice of engravings is that made by Messrs. Harding and Lepard, of Lodge's folio portraits. These have been all destroyed, and the subjects re-engraved on a smaller scale for the new edition they are now about publishing.

Lodge's Portraits and Memoirs, No. I.
Harding and Lepard.

In our May number, last year, we noticed the exhibition of the series of portraits to be engraved for this important work, and we have frequently called attention to the progress of the two former editions, which are not yet completed. It is a most singular circumstance, and probably a novelty in our literary annals, that at one and the same time three distinct editions of the same work, of different sizes, and with different engraved plates, should be in the course of publication. As the fact speaks for itself, and we have, in the number above referred to, given our opinion of its importance, elegance, and deserved popularity, we shall only enumerate the portraits here engraved: 1. Sir Philip Sidney, from the original of Sir Antonio More, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, engraved by H. Robinson; 2. Ann Bullen, from the original of Holbein, in the collection of the Earl of Warwick, engraved by J. Thomson; 3. Archbishop Cranmer, from the original of Gerbicus Flicciis in the British Museum, engraved by W. Hall.

Indefatigable et Les Droits de l'Homme.

Huggins, Leadenhall-street.

This is a most excellently engraved representation of the spirited commencement of the action between the above unequal vessels, in Jan. 1797, off the coast of France. The Frenchman is going over, and her crew are running up the rigging; while the Indefatigable compliments her with a warm salute, and the Amazon is making approaches

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to complete what the other has begun. A strong wind, and a heavy sea, give additional interest to the scene. It is creditable to the engraver as well as painter.

Great Britain Illustrated, Nos. 1.-IV-Tilt.

The publication of these works will form a new era in the history of the Fine Arts. We never observed any thing before so remarkably beautiful, at such very low prices. Four interesting ruins, engraved by E. Finden, from drawings by the academician Westall, and accompanied by letterpress descriptive notices from the pen of Moule, author of the Bibliotheca Heraldica, &c. are to be found in each number, the price of which is only one shilling. The cheapness of these views is effected by the means of steel engravings, which allow of an immense number being struck off before the plate becomes damaged; and we are happy to hear that the sale answers the expectation of the proprietors. The views are distinguished for picturesque effect and importance of subject. The drawings are accurate and beautiful, and the engravings exhibit much softness. Four numbers have been published.

A new Spanish periodical, published twice a week, has appeared at Bayonne, under the title of Gaceta de Bayone. By DON ALBERTO LISTA.

The History of the South of France, during the Middle Ages. By FAURIEL.

Professor BOPP, of Berlin, is preparing a new edition, in Latin, of his Sanskrit Grammar, and a Sanskrit Glossary to his Episodes from the Mahahharata.

A new Almanack has appeared at Berlin, called Historisches Taschenbach. Mr. A. W. VON SCHLEGEL has contributed to its pages an historical, and Dr. CARL RITTER a geographical, account of India.

The first number of the London Review, a quarterly publication. Edited by the Rev. BLANCO WHITE.

Mr. BRITTON's third number of History, &c. of Gloucester Cathedral, with six engravings.

Illustrations of the Atmospherical Origin of Epidemic Disorders of Health, and of its Relation to the Predisponent Constitutional Causes. By T. FORSTER, M.B. F.L S.

Preparing for Publication.

Mr. BERRY, author of the Encyclopædia Heraldica, and other works upon heraldry and genealogy, is about to publish, arranged in counties, (beginning with Kent and Sussex, which he has lately visited for the purpose of collecting the necessary materials,) the Genealogies of the present resident Families, with numerous Pedigrees from the Visitations of each County, and other authentic Manuscript Collections. As it is not likely that the power formerly given to the heralds to make visitations will ever again be resorted to, the forthcoming work of Mr. Berry is likely to prove of great utility; for, although these Pedigrees may not of themselves be of sufficient legal proof to establish the claims of kindred set forth in them, their great importance must be admitted, as affording a ready clue to the obtaining of such necessary proof and confirmation, whenever the same should be required, by pointing out the times and places of nativity, baptisms, marriages, and burials, and such other legal documents as might easily be obtained to effect it. Mr. Berry intends to publish two counties annually.

A new edition of the Parochial History of Bremhill, by the Rev. W. L. Bowl.ES; and also of his Poem, Banwell-hill, or Days Departed.

M. VON EYSENECH, of Carlsruhe, is engaged upon a great historical work, illustrating the war of the succession in Spain, and embracing the period from 1683 to 1709.

A complete History of Portugal, down to the time of Don Miguel, is announced at Paris. By the Marquis DE FORTIA D'URBAN and M. MIELLE.

Adelaide and Theodore. By Madame De GENLIS.

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The History of the Rise and Progress of the Mahomedan Power in India, from its commencement in the year 1000 till 1620. Translated by Lieut.-Col. JOHN BRIGGS, late resident at Satara, from the original Persian of MAHOMED KASIM ASTRABADY.

History of the Life and Times of the great Lord Clive. By Sir JOHN MALCOLM.

Some Account of the Writing and Opinions of Justin Martyr. By the Lord Bishop of LINCOLN.

Tractatus Verii Integri; being a Selection of the most valuable Productions of the Fa thers of the Church during the first four Centuries: By the Rev. Dr. TURTON, of Cambridge.

An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, with explanations in Latin and English. By the Rev. J. BOSWORTH, M.A. and F.R.S.

History of India. By DE MARLES. The second portion of Mr. ATHERSTONE'S Poem of the Siege of Nineveh.

The Portraiture of a Christian Gentleman. By a Barrister.

A Prize Essay on the Lever, embracing its numerous modifications in the Wheel and Axle, and Pulley, in which the errors of Gregory, Lardner (in the Society's works for the diffusion of Useful Knowledge), Nicholson, and other eminent professors of mechanical science, are proved and corrected.

An Allegory, entitled, A Geographical and Historical Account of the Great World, with a Voyage to its several Islands; a Vocabulary of the Language, Map, Vignette, &c.

The Royal Library at Paris contains the best Collection of Oriental Manuscripts in Europe. The last catalogue was published in 1733, and since that period this department has more than doubled its treasures. A catalogue of the Arabic, Turkish, and Persian MSS. is preparing, which is expected to be enriched by notes from the pen of the learned SILVESTER DE SACY.

A History of the English Stage, which will include, in a separate department, a complete History of English Dramatic Poetry. By Mr. J. P. COLLIER.

SCHOOL OF SURGERY IN EGYPT. After many vain efforts, the perseverance of Mahmoud Ali has at last succeeded in forming a school of Surgery in Alexandria, As the professors, for the most part, understand little or no Arabic, the expedient is resorted to of composing their lectures in the Italian or French language, and getting them translated. The great difficulty to be overcome arose from the opposition of the Ulemas, who regard the study of anatomy a's a profanation of the dead. These, however, after much negotiation, consented to give the affair their connivance, and at this moment the study of anatomy is pursued with the same freedom in Egypt as in Europe. The Pacha has fitted up, for the use of the professors, the military hospital of Abu

Dscebel (the old mau of the mountain), and in the past year a course of medical lectures has been already given in it. In conjunction with the study of medicine a course of instruction in the French tongue has been instituted, and, on the whole, great expectations are entertained with regard to this establishment. The number of students in the medical school last year was twenty-five in the first class; thirty-eight in the second; and eighty-three in the third class, according to the degree of progress which they had already made. In the French tongue, thirty-three in the first class; twenty-three in the second; and forty-five in the third.

THE COLOSSEUM.

This building, which has so long attracted notice, and excited inquiry, will soon be opened. The original plan for the building, we believe, was simply the construction of a panorama on a grand scale, and the spirited proprietor justly conceived that he could not do better than begin with the capital of his native country, which is not only the largest in Europe, but exhibits more objects of vast undertaking and intrinsic value than any in the world. With this view, during three or four summers, he had his tent pitched on the summit of St. Paul's, and in the serenity of the mornings, and while the city was yet unobscured by the smoke which, during the day, is poured forth from half a million of chimneys, was occupied in tracing the outlines of the city, and the prominent objects of the country for at least 20 miles round. This being completed, it naturally occurred that the space around the building might be laid out in such a manner as to form an additional attraction to the public, and for this purpose he planned a great variety of buildings and works of different kinds, which are in the course of being completed, and which in a few weeks will probably excite more interest than the principal object, the panorama itself. This is the only part of the undertaking that is finished, and consequently our remarks must be chiefly confined to it. It extends round the whole of the interior of the building, and the canvass on which it is drawn is said to be between one and two acres in extent. The spectator is supposed to be placed in the lantern of St. Paul's, and has a view of London, such as it appears in a very clear day about noon. Those who have not seen the original in a fine day, at the height of 300 feet above the surface of the earth, will be astonished and delighted with the imposing scene which this panorama presents to view. A space of nearly seveu miles square, covered with houses and shops of every descriptiou, churches and spires, warehouses, docks, public buildings, palaces, &c., interspersed with the finest squares in the world, and traversed by the

the

winding Thames covered with thousands of ships, and vessels of almost all sizes and denominations, can hardly fail to excite astonishment even in the most callous observer. The river, with six bridges, forms the most conspicuous feature in the extensive view, the ships below London-bridge, the Monument, with the thick cluster of church spires around St. Paul's, the New Post Office, Somerset-house, and Westminster Abbey in the distance, form the next objects of attraction; and in the background there is a beautiful, though rather indistinct, view of Greenwich-hospital, Shooter's-hill, Harrow-on-the-hill, Surrey hills, with occasional glimpses of the Thames nearly as far up as Windsor Castle. The buildings and streets in the immediate neighbourhood are so distinctly seen, and correctly delineated, that almost every individual house and street may be recognized at once. The two towers of St. Paul's, with the roof immediately below the spectator, are given with the utmost correctness. The bridges also are excellent, and the scenery in the back-ground, with a few exceptions, deserves great praise. There are a number of curiosities, such as the old cross of St. Paul's, the hut in which Mr. Hornor took the outlines of the panorama, the circular space around the staircase destined for the exhibition of works of art, &c. An enchanting effect is produced on the spectator on quitting the gallery and ascending to the summit of the building, when, though in a different position, he has a view of the city in reality, the image of which he had seen in the panorama below.

The external works are in an unfinished state, but by the end of February will prob ably be completed and open for the public. They consist of a variety of departments, There is at present a conservatory, filled with a great variety of foreign and choice plants and shrubs; there is to be an aviary, a library, a reading-room, a refectory, grottos, waterfalls, jets d'eau, and, in short, almost every sort of amusement or recreation that can afford gratification, either to the studious or the mere killers of tine. The work, altogether, is novel and unique in its kind; and out of England, and, we believe, even in England, no undertaking, on such a grand scale, has been attempted by one individual. The terms for subscribers are said to be ten guineas for entrance, and ten guineas annually, which allow each subscriber to take with him two ladies. For this sum they have the use of the library and the reading of all new publications, and have admission, as often as they please, to every part of the premises.

JOURNAL OF THE PROTECTORATE.

A number of manuscript volumes, containing the Journal of the British House of Commons during the Protectorship of Crom

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well. has been discovered among a mass of books and manuscripts belonging to a Literary Society in New York, which for many years had remained undisturbed. This Jour nal has heretofore been lost, and no traces of it discovered by the British Historians and Antiquaries. The manuscripts were probably taken to America by the regicides, who fled thither on the Restoration, with a view to prevent the attainder of their friends, and to conceal the proceedings of the Rump Parliament.

KING'S COLLEGE.

According to the regulations adopted by the Council of the King's College, a chapel of the established church is to be built in the College. At prayers in this chapel, all the students, resident and non-resident, are to be required to attend every morning, The resident students are required to attend the service of the Church of England in this chapel on Sundays, and the non-resident students, whenever they are required by the principal, must attend there also. Persons properly recommended will be allowed, however, under the sanction of the principal, to attend lectures in any particular course of study, but never to such an extent as to interfere with the education of the students, or the discipline of the College. Persons so attending will not be recognised as students, nor will they be entitled to contend

for prizes and rewards: nor will certificates of attendance at lectures be granted to any persons who have not gone through the prescribed course of religious instruction.

PROGRESS OF ZOOLOGY.

Dr. Brookes, in his address at the anniversary meeting of the Zoological Club, stated, that its Museum contained 600 species of mammalia, 4,000 birds, 1,000 reptiles and fishes, 1,000 testacea and crustacea, and 80,000 insects; and that during the short period of seven months, the Gardens and Museum, have been visited by upwards of 130,000 persons. The Vivarium contains upwards of 430 living quadrupeds and birds; buildings for the accom modation of animals have been erected, so disposed as to afford them the opportunity of enjoying every approximation, consistent with their captive state, to the habits with which they are endowed by nature-as the bear's pit, the lama-house, beaver-dam, kangaroo-hut, aviaries for hawks, for owls, for small birds, &c. The vast outlay required for these works, for their preservation, and for the care and support of the animals, has been met this year, to the extent of 10,000l., partly by the admission of the public, and by the contributions of the members of the Society, who already exceed 1,200 in number.

SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.

Jan. 8. W. R. Hamilton, esq. in the chair; Decimus Burton, esq., Col. Sir A. Dickson, K.C.B., John Hugh Smith Pigott, esq., Rev. Stephen Hyde Cassan, M. A., and William Lynch, esq., of Dublin, were elected Fellows of the Society.

Mr. Ellis, Sec. A. S. exhibited an impression of the seal which he described as that of the bailiff of the town of Bruges; but erroneously, as we are informed by a friend. Our correspondent says, that an impression of the same was some time ago presented to him, as from the seal of Bridgenorth, in Shropshire, and he believes it to be the same as is still used by the bailiffs of that town; which is called Bruges in a charter of King John, aud in one of as recent a date as the reign of Charles I. is styled "Bruges, alias Bruggenorth, alias Bridgenorth."-Mr. Ellis also contributed paper on the privileges of the precincts of Black Friars and White Friars, London: introductory to a curious document, a "Note" of the liberties of the above district, temp. Elizabeth, and illustrative of the Alsatia, a leading feature in "The Fortunes of Nigel," and which was not fiually disfranchised till the passing of an act of Parliament of the 8 and 9 William and Mary.

Jan. 15. H. Hallam, esq. V. P. in the chair; Thomas Stapleton, esq. was elected Fellow.

Mr. Ellis communicated the instructions to Henry Killegrew, esq., who was sent into Scotland in 1572, soon after the news had arrived of the massacre of St. Bartholomew. In some prefatory observations, Mr. Ellis remarked, that Walsingham was then the English Ambassador at the court of Paris; and it was evident from his correspondence that he was at the time impressed with a persuasion that the diabolical achievement had been "premeditated and minded long time before," by the party of the house of Guise. The object of Killegrew's mission into Scotland was to acquaint the Scottish Lords how decidedly this was the opinion of the English Queen; and to assure them of her support, should any danger induce them to require proof of her amity.

Jan. 22. W. R. Hamilton, esq. V. P. in the chair; James Hoffman, esq. was elected Fellow.

A communication was read from Frederick Madden, esq. F. S. A. one of the librarians of the British Museum, illustrating and giving an abstract of a highly curious poem in Norman French, preserved