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tioning the hardship to which accused persons are still subjected by being tried by Special Juries. These juries are, in the country, the nominees of the Crown. Surely, in a case where the powers of the Government are brought to bear against an individual in so delicate a matter as seditious libel, the subject ought to have a protection somewhat similar to that which he is allowed in cases of high treason, of challenging peremptorily thirtyfive of the jury."

Dr. SOUTHEY has printed in a separate volume a very piquant fragment of South American history, which he had previously written for an Annual Register. It contains the full details of the extraordinary Expedition of Orsua and the Crimes of Aguirre. By that obliquity of reason which for many years has disgraced this writer, he likens the crimes committed from motives of avarice to the violences committed during the French Revolution in defence of eternal principles against the conspiracies of foreign despots. But on this topic his mind is deranged, and we have only to lament that so much industry and talent as the author notoriously possesses, should, from this cause, be so unhappily perverted.

A very intelligent lady has submitted to the public a series of Letters written in America, describing its present state of Society and Manners. Her style is good, her information apparently faithful, and her opinions are enlightened and liberal. It is not one of those mechanical works, of which too many have appeared on the United States, but it is a volume adapted to the perusal of the educated and superior ranks of society, to whom it will convey a better acquaintance with the real state of that country than any recent work which we have seen.

The fifth volume, forming two parts, has appeared, of HUMBOLDT's lengthened, but valuable work on South America. It has the advantage of being written by a philosopher, and of appearing in our language from the elegant pen of Miss WILLIAMS. The former volumes have been so extensívely read, and are so deservedly respected, that we have merely to remark on these, that they exhibit the same interesting details of countries hitherto undescribed, and in every paragraph the same enlightened views, which have characterized all the former volumes. The extent of the work verifies the adage, that "Life is short, and Art is long;" for, although there is nothing superfluous in this series of volumes, and M. de Humboldt is too able ever to become dull, yet the work is a study upon which thousands, even among the inquisitive, will not adventure. Nevertheless, it contains an inexhaustible fund of information, and no good library

can be considered as complete without it. In this performance, M. Humboldt and his colleague have raised a monument to their fame, which will last as long as the rivers and mountains which they have celebrated.

The lovers of Meteorology will find instruction and much gratification in Mr. GEORGE MACKENZIE's System of the Weather in the British Islands. He professes to have discovered the cycles of the winds; and, as we do not think such discovery impracticable, his work merits the attention of the public. It is, however, a work of details upon which we have not room to enter, though there is a method in his reasoning, which entitles it to respect.

The first of the two parts has appeared of BAYLEY'S History of the Tower of London, illustrated throughout by a series of exquisite engravings. He conceives the Tower was begun by William I. and finished by William II.; and he then traces its history and uses during every subsequent reign to the restoration, narrating with interest and originality the various events which occurred within its walls. An inscription still existing in the Beauchamp Tower, written by Charles Bailey, a partizan of Mary Stuart, is given in facsimile:

"ANNO D. 1571; 10TH SEPT. The most unhappy man in the world is he that is not patient in adversity. For men are not killed with the adversities they have: but with the impatience with which they suffer." CHARLES BAILEY. Words which ought to be written in letters of gold in every church and seminary.

Mr. H. HUGHES, a very ingenious artist of Denbigh, has applied the art of engraving on wood to Landscapes, in a work called The Beauties of Cambria. We understand he is draughtsman, engraver, and compiler of the accompanying histories. Such varied powers would entitle him to liberal patronage, even if his work were less ably executed than it is. But, in truth, it has considerable merit in every respect, and it proves that engraving on wood, at present an English art, will, in due time, stand in competition with every other method. By his worthy countrymen, Mr. H. will no doubt be zealously encouraged, and the public at large cannot but participate in their feelings.

Two pamphlets, entitled Property against Industry, and the Principles of an equitable and efficient System of Finance, by HARRISON WILKINSON, are written upon the idea that productive property, and not labour, is the legitimate object of taxation. The author proposes to abolish all the present taxes, except moderate custom duties, and to impose, in their stead, a tax upon property, real and personal, sufficient to meet the exigencies of the state.

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This would be to exempt the poor from burthens, and throw them on the rich, who it is with great shew of justice contended, bear a very disproportionate part of the indirect taxation. There is little chance that a Parliament of landed and monied men will ever pass this scheme into a law; but it is, at all events, deserving of their consideration, at a time when every man renders a public service who suggests a plausible means of extricating the nation from its awful and still increasing embarrassments.

Novelty of system seems to be, at present, the primary recommendation to all elementary books. There is now announced a third edition of an Introduction to Arithmetic, on a system never before published. It is accompanied by a Key. The new plan, as appears from an explanation, which the author calls his exegesis, is, that all the questious are so contrived that the answers will be multiples of nine. A general view of the present state of the foreign slave trade, is given to the public by the Fifteenth Annual Report of the African Institution, and by an abstract of the information laid before the House of Commons on this subject; from the latter of which we intend, next month, to lay some highly interesting extracts before our readers. It will be seen, with sorrow and indignation, that the Continental powers persist in a vigorous prosecution of this infamous traffic, and that the remonstrances made by our government have been hitherto attended with little success. prohibitory laws against this trade, in the words of Sir Geo. Collier, will become a mockery, unless our ships, employed on the African coast, shall have the full powers of a belligerent, as to search, against slaving vessels. Looking at the abstract principle alone, we should say that no nation can sanction, or ought to protect, its subjects in carrying on a traffic contrary to the common rights of human nature; and that we should be justified in treating as pirates all vessels detected in the fact.

ANTIQUITIES.

All

The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London; with Biographical Anecdotes of Royal and Distinguished Persons, deduced from Records, State Papers and Manuscripts, and other original and authentic sources; by John Bayley, esq. F.S.A. 4to. 31. 13s. 6d. Part V. of Ancient Wilts; by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, bart. 41. 4s.-large paper 61. 6s.

AGRICULTURE.

Baxter's British Agricultural School Account Book, which will, when worked out, exactly correspond with the Key to his Farmer's Account Book. folio, 14s. 6d.

A Key to Baxter's Farmer's Account Book. folio, 14s. 6d.

ASTRONOMY.

The Elements of Astronomy; with Methods

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The Moralist; or Essays on the Means of Moral Education, addressed to Parents; by the Rev. John Phillips Potter, M. A. 12mo. 4s. bds.

Cours Elementaire de Litterature generale; ou Analyse Raisonnée des differens genres de Compositions littéraires et des Meilleurs ouvrages Classiques; par M. de Bouillon. 12mo. 5s. bds.

An Introduction to Arithmetic, on a System never before published; the principles of which are calculated to facilitate the improvement of the Pupil, and to lessen the labour of the Teacher; by George Gregory. 4s. bd.

A Key to Gregory's Arithmetic; to which is affixed a Compendium of Logarithmic Arithmetic; by the same Author. 12mo. 4s.

FINE ARTS.

Part IX. of Portraits of the British Poets; containing Six Portraits, four of which have never before been engraved. Svo. royal paper 14s., proofs on India paper and 4to., 28s. Part VI. of Nash's Views in Paris. 4to. 16s., large paper 30s.

Part III. of Kenilworth Illustrated. 4to. 10s. 6d. sewed.

Lithographic Prints of Kenilworth; by W. H. Smith. oblong. 5s. sewed.

The Beauties of Cambria; consisting of Sixty Views of Sublime and Picturesque Scenery, in the twelve Counties of the Principality; engraved on wood, from correct drawings on the spot; by H. Hughes: published in parts, each containing ten views, at 10s. 6d.

HISTORY.

A Ten Years' Residence in France, during the

the severest part of the Revolution; from the Year 1787, to 1797; containing Anecdotes of some of the most remarkable Personages of that period; by Charlotte West. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

Ten Years' Exile: Fragments of an unpublished work, composed in the Years 1810, 11, 12, and 13; by Madame de Stael: now first published from the original MS., by her Son. Translated from the French. 8vo.

LAW.

Vol. III. of Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, which commences with the Accession of his present Majesty.

MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

Observations on certain affections of the Head, commonly called Head-ache; with a view to their more complete elucidation, prevention, and cure, together with some brief Remarks on Digestion and Indigestion; by James Farmer, surgeon. 18mo. 2s.

No. IX. of the Quarterly Journal of Foreign Medicine and Surgery, and with the Sciences connected with them. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

An Account of the rise, progress and decline of the Fever lately Epidemical in Ireland; together with communications from Physicians in the Provinces, and various official Documents; by F. Barker, M.D., and I. Cheyne, M.D. F.R.S. &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 6s. Annals, Historical and Medical, during the first four years of the Universal Dispensary for Children, St. Andrew's-hill, Doctors' Commons; by John Bunnell Davis, M.D. 8vo. 12s. bds.

Rules and Methods for Feeding, Clothing, and Rearing Young Children; by the same. 8d.

A Treatise on Scrophula, describing the Morbid Alteration it produces in the Structure of all the different parts of the Body, and the best method of treating it; by Eusebius Arthur Lloyd, surgeon. 8vo. 9s.

Observations on some of the General Prin ciples and on the Particular Nature and Treatment of the different species of Inflammation; by J. H. James. 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

The Physician's Guide; being a popular Dissertation on Fevers, Inflammations, and all Diseases connected with them; compris ing observations on the use and abuse of Blood-letting, Mercury, Cathartics, Stimulants, Diets, &c. &c.; by Adam Dods, M.D. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

A Practical Essay on Ring-worm of the Scalp, Scald Head, and the other species of Porrigo, with a view to establish the Treatment of the Diseases on sound and efficient Principles; by Samuel Plumbe. 8vo. 7s. 6d. coloured plates.

MISCELLANIES.

Enchiridion, or a Hand for the one Handed; being explanations of a set of instruments which supply to persons who have lost a hand or an arm, all the assistance requisite for the common offices of life; by Capt. George Webb Derengy.

No. XLIX of the Quarterly Review. 6s.

No. XXII. of the Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts. 7s. 6d. The Official List of the Navy, corrected to the end of June, 1821. 2s.

Sketches of the Manners and Institutions of the Romans. 12mo. 7s.

Whist rendered Familiar, by a new and easy introduction to the Game; by J. G. Pohlman. 1s. 6d.

Essays and Characters of a Prison and Prisoners; by Geoffray Mynshall, of Gray's Inn. Post 8vo. 7s. 6d. Reprinted from the original edition of 1618; only 150 copies have been printed for sale.

Practical Observations on Cold and Warm

Bathing; and Descriptive Notices of Watering Places in Britain; by James Miller, M.D. 12mo. 4s. 6d. boards.

Steam Boat Companion, and Stranger's Guide to the Western Islands and Highlands of Scotland. 12mo. 6s. 6d, bds.

Thompson's Self-indicative Time Tables. folio, 12s. 6d. half-bd.

Part II. Vol. 5. of the Edinburgh Gazetteer, 8vo. 9s. sewed.

Observations on the Deviations of the Compass. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

NATURAL HISTORY.

No. I. of Zoological Researches in the Island of Java, &c. &c. with figures of Native Quadrupeds and Birds; by Thomas Horsfield, M.D. royal 4to. Il. 1s.

No. I to VII. of Hutton's Abridgment of Buffon's Natural History, to be continued weekly. 6d.

scriptions of the Vertebrated Animals, arranged conformably to the modern discoveries and improvements in Zoology; by Ed. Griffith. 35 plates, 4to. 11. 5s.

Part I. of the General and Particular De

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

Scientific Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics; together with amusing Secrets in various Branches of Science; by W. Enfield, M.A. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

NOVELS.

Harley Radington, a Tale; by Miss D. P. Campbell. 2 vols. 12mo. 10s. 6d. boards. Scenes at Brighton, or "How Much," a Satirical Novel; by James Hoole, esq. 3 vols. 12mo. 15s. bds.

The Soldier's Child; or Virtue Triumphant; by Charlotte Caroline Richardson. 2 vols, 12mo. 12s. bds.

Sympathy in search of Peace at Home; a Novel of a novel kind; a Tale of the Times, from Carlton Palace to the Poorhouse; an Evening's Amusement, at which every one is invited to laugh, but no one obliged to cry; by H. B. Gascoign. 12mo. 5s. bds.

Rolando, a Romance; by A. Henry. 2 vols.

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The Midnight Wanderer; by M. Campbell. 4 vols. 11. 2s.

The Young Infidel; a fire-side Reverie. 12mo. 4s.

The Ayrshire Legatee; or the Pringle Family. 12mo. 7s.

POETRY.

POETRY.

Napoleon and other Poems; by Samuel Gower, Esq. 7s. 6d.

The Expedition of Orsua; and the Crimes of Aguirre; by Robert Southey, Esq. L.L.D. 12mo. 5s. bds.

My Note Book; or Sketches from the Gallery of St. Stephen's; a Satirical Poem; by Wilfred Woodfall, Esq. f. cap. 8vo. 5s. bds.

The Poems of Alexander Montgomery, a Scottish Poet of the Sixteenth Century; with Biographical notices; by David Irving, L.L.D. Post 8vo. 18s. only 230 copies printed.

Rome, a Poem. 8vo. 6s. bds.

The Cottage of Pella; a Tale of Palestine, with other Poems; by John Holland, 8vo.3s.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

An Essay on the Production of Wealth; with an Appendix, in which the general principles of Political Economy are applied to the particular circumstances in which this Country is at present placed; by R. Torrens, Esq. F.R.S. 8vo. 12s.bds.

The Restoration of National Prosperity shewn to be immediately Practicable. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The Liberty of the Press and Public Discussion; by Jeremy Bentham, Esq. 8vo. Is. Hints to Philanthropists; or a Collective view of Practical means of improving the Condition of the Poor and Labouring Classes of Society; by William Davis. Svo. 4s. 6d.

THEOLOGY.

No. VIII. of Dr. Chalmers' Christian and Civic Economy of Large Towns, on Sabbath Schools. 8vo. 1s.

The Moral Tendency of Divine Revelation asserted and illustrated in eight discourses preached before the University of Oxford in 1821, at the lecture founded by the late Rev. John Bampton, M.A.; by the Rev. John Jones, M.A. 8vo. 10s. 6d. bds.

Sermons; by the late very Rev. William Pearce, D.D. Dean of Ely. 8vo. 12s. bds.

Discourses adapted to the Pulpit, or to the use of Families, from Tracts and Treatises of Eminent Divines; by the Rev. Edward Atkyns Bray. 8vo. 8s. bds.

Correlative Claims and Duties; or, an Essay on the Necessity of a Church Establishment, and the means of exciting Devotion and Church Principles among its Members; by the Rev. Samuel C. Wilks, A.M. 8vo. 12s. Practical Reflections on the Psalms, or short Daily Meditations; intended to promote a more frequent and attentive study of the Psalter; by Mrs. Sheriffe. 2 vols, 12mo. 12s. Seventeen Sermons of the eminently pious and deeply learned Bishop Andrews; modernized for the use of general Readers; by the Rev. Charles Daubeny, Archdeacon of Sarum. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Sermons by the late Frederick Thruston, A.M. 8vo. 12s. bds.

Prejudice and Responsibility, or a Brief Inquiry into some of the Causes and the Cure of Prejudice against Religion, and into the doctrine of Man's Responsibility for imbibing it. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

MONTHLY MAG. No. 357.

Practical Sermons; by Abraham Rees, D.D. F.R.S. vols 3 and 4. 8vo. 11. 4s. bds.

TOPOGRAPHY.

Warwickshire Delineated; by Francis Smith. 12mo. 5s. 6d. bds.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

Part V. Vol. 5. of the Journal of New Voyages and Travels, contains J. Haufner's Travels on Foot through the Island of Ceylon, with engravings, 8vo. 3s. 6d. sewed, 4s. bds.

Travels in South Europe, from Modern Writers, with Remarks and Observations; exhibiting a connected view of the Geography and present state of that Quarter of the Globe; by the Rev. William Bingley, M.A. &c. 12mo. 6s. 6d. bds.

An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and of its Inhabitants, with Travels in that Island; by John Davy, M.D. F.R.S. 4to. with engravings, 31. 13s. 6d. bds.

Vol V. of M. de Humboldt's Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the years 1799, 1804; translated by Helen Maria Williams. 8vo. 11. 4s.

Italy; by Lady Morgan. 2 vols, 4to. 31. 13s. 6d, bds.

Craven's Tour through Naples, 4to. 21. 15s. Travels in various Countries of the East; by Sir W. Ousley. 4to. 31. 13s. 6d. bds. New French Books Imported by Dulau and Co. Soho Square.

Choix de Voyages dans les quatre parties du monde, ou Précis des voyages les plus intéressans par terre et par mer; par J. Mao Carthy. Tomes III. et IV. 8vo. plates and map, 18s.

Aventures d'un jeune officier Français dans le royaume de Naples. 2 vols, 12mo. 6s.

Euvres complètes de l'empereurJulien, traduites pour la première fois du Grec en Français; par R. Tourlet. 3 vols. 8vo. 11. 11s. 6d. Histoire de l'Astronomie moderne ; par M. Delambre, chevalier de Saint-Michel, etc. 2 vols. 4to. plates, 41. 4s.

Le vieux Cévénol, ou Anecdotes de la vie d'Ambroise Borély, mort à Londres, âgé de cent trois ans sept mois quatre jours; par Rabaut-Saint-Etienne; précédé d'une Notice sur sa vie, 18mo. portraits. 3s.

Des Institutions d'Hofwyl considérées plus particulièrement sous les rapports qui doivent occuper la pensée des hommes d'Etat; par M. le comte L. de V. 8vo. 5s.

Manuel historique du Système politique des états de l'Europe et de leurs colonies, depuis la découverte des Deux-Indes; par M. Heeren. 8vo. 9s.

Mémoires sur les Opérations militaires des Français en Galice, en Portugal et dans la Vallée du Tage en 1809, sous le commandement du maréchal Soult, duc de Dalmatie; par M. Le Noble. 8vo. avec un atlas militaire. 18s.

Books Published or Imported by Treuttel, Würtz, and Co. Soho Square.

Les Euvres complèttes de Madame de Staël, publiees par son Fils; complete in 17 vols. 8vo. 71. 10s. Delambre

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Delambre, Histoire de l'Astronomie Moderne, 2 vols. 4to. 31. 10s.

Marquis de Villeneuve, Precis de l'histoire 8vo. 9s.

Bonstetten, Etudes de l'Homme, ou Recherches sur les facultés de sentir et de penser, 2 vols. 8vo. Géneve. 13s.

Comte D***, Précis historique sur les Revolutions des Royaumes de Naples, et de Piédmont, avec carte, 8vo. 7s.

Collin de Plancy, Anecdotes du XIX. siécle, ou Collection inédite d'historiettes et d'anecdotes récentes, de traits et de mots peu

connues, d'aventures singulières, de citations, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 15s.

Saint-Edme, Constitution et Organization des Carbonari, ou documens exacts sur tout ce qui concerne l'existence, l'origine, et le but de cette Société sécrète, 8vo. 7s.

Bavoux, Leçons préliminaires sur le Code Pénal ou examen de la législation criminelle, 8vo. 12s.

Fortia d'Urban, Nouveau Système Bibliographique, mis en usage pour la connoissance desEncyclopedies, en quelques langues qu'elles soient écrits, 12mo. 4s. 6d.

THE MONTHLY REVIEW AND REGISTER OF THE FINE ARTS. "The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labour employed in it, or the mental pleasure produced by it." REYNOLDS.

Exhibition of Pictures painted by the late BENJAMIN WEST, Esq., President of the Royal Academy.

THE

HE reputation of Mr. West as an historical painter of great acquired talents for the day in which he flourished, is well known. His sons have made a collection of his works in a new gallery, built on the site of their father's paint ing and exhibition rooms, which is lighted in a novel and excellent manner. The pictures are placed against the walls, and sky-lights, concealed by an inner colonnade and ceiling, shower down an intensity of light upon them, which is by no means serviceable to the late President's weak and inefficient mode of painting. His portrait, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, gains by its brilliance, but not the thin and watery colouring of Mr. West. As a proof, none of his latter pictures, particularly the "Christ Rejected," and the "Death on the Pale Horse," look half so well as they did in the half light of the gallery in Pall Mall.

The principal pictures, which, however, are all well-known to the public, are, the Elevation of the Brazen Serpent; Raising the Widow's Son; the Crucifixion; Christ Rejected; Death on the Pale Horse; the Deluge; and the Golden Age. Mr. West's general style, as displayed in these pictures, and in others which are not in this collection, is well known to the public, and their number and size are proofs of his industry and perseverance. The late President was a laborious and indefatigable student, but not an historical painter of genius.

Portrait of Bonaparte, engraved in mezzotinto, by GOUBAUD and SAY.

Mr. ACKERMAN has caused a very

fine portrait to be engraved of NAPOLEON, from an exquisite original drawing by GOUBAUD, taken from life during the 100 days. As a highly finished engraving and correct likeness of the most eminent man of any age, it merits the patronage which it no doubt will receive. It is clearly and beautifully executed in mezzotinto, by Mr. Say, who has rendered it an excellent historical portrait.

The Marriage of Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, to the Lady Anne Mowbray. Engraved by WM, SAY, from a picture by JAMES NORTHCOTE, Esq. R.A.

The picture, whence this mezzotinto print is engraved, was one of the leading historical pictures in the exhibition at Somerset House, which is just closed. The principal actors in the piece, as is well known, are both children, and the infantine gaiety and affected grandeur at the finery of their habiliments, and the imposed gravity by the desire of the officiating priests, are well conceived.

The Charge of the Life Guards at the Battle of Waterloo; painted by LUKE CLENNELL, and engraved by WILLIAM BROMLEY.

The unfortunate situation of the able painter of this clever picture, and his family, has excited the commiseration of all who have been acquainted with it, and the excellent print now before us has been published under the direction of a committee of noblemen and gentlemen, for the benefit of the afflicted artist and his family. The composition, grouping, and arrangement of the picture, gives one of the best ideas of such a dreadful conflict that has ever been painted, and Mr. Bromley has done ample justice to his

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