ment of burned bones, unaccompanied with either arms or trinkets. This was certainly the primary funereal deposit: but, however rich in materials, or elegant in form, the articles found nearer the surface of the barrow may be deemed, their high antiquity cannot be disputed; for, although the grape cup exceeds in beauty and novelty of design any we have yet discovered, the other two cups of unbaked clay, and rude workmanship, bespeak the uncivilized era to which the construction of this sepulchral mound may be justly attributed." II. One of the sepulchral mounds, to the north of Chidbury Hill, in the year 1805. "In opening this barrow, the first object that attracted our attention was the skeleton of a small dog, deposited in the soil three feet from the surface; and, at the depth of eight feet ten inches, we came to the bottom of the barrow, and discovered the following very perfect interment collected on a level floor. The body of the deceased had been burned, and the bones and ashes piled up in a large heap, which was surrounded by a circular wreath of horns of the red deer, within which, and amidst the ashes, were five beautiful arrow-heads, cut out of flint, and a small red pebble. Thus we most clearly see the profession of the Briton here interred. In the fiint arrow-heads, we recognize his fatal implements of destruction; in the stag's horns, we see the victims of his skill as a hunter; and the bones of a dog deposited in the same grave, and above those of his master, commemorate his faithful attendant in the chace, and perhaps his unfortunate victim death. Can the language either of history or poetry speak more forcibly to our feelings than these mute and inanimate memorials of the British Hunter." III. Amesbury, or the Holy Stones. The Srst attempts made by Mr. Cunnington on this barrow proved unsuccessful; as also those of some farmers, who tried their skill in digging into it. Our researches were renewed in September, 1808, and we were amply repaid for our perseverance and former disappointment. On reaching the floor of the barrow, we discovered the skeleton of a stout and tall man, lying from south to north; the extreme length of his thigh-bone was twenty inches. About eighteen inches south of the head, we found several brass rivets intermixed with wood, and some thin bits of brass nearly decomposed. These articles covered a space of twelve inches or more; it is probable, therefore, that they were the mouldered remains of a shield. Near the shoulcers lay the fine celt, the lower end of which owed its great preservation to having been originally inserted within a handle of wood. Near the right aum was a large dagger of brass, and a spear head of the same metal, full thirteen inches long, and the largest we have ever found, though not so neat in its pattern as some others of an inferior size. These were accompanied by a curious article of gold, which I conceive had originally decorated the case of a dagger. The handle of wood belonging to this instrument exceeds any thing we have yet seen, both in design and execution; and could not be surpassed (if, indeed, equalled) by the most able workmen of modern times. The British zigzag, or the modern Vandyke pattern, was formed with a labour and exactness almost unaccountable, by thousands of gold rivets, smaller than the smallest pin. The head of the handle, though exhibiting no variety of pattern, was also formed by the same kind of studding. So very minute, inthrown out thousands of them with their deed, were these pins, that our labourers had shovels, and scattered them in every direc tion, before, by the necessary aid of a magnifying glass, we could discover what they tached to the wood to enable us to develope were; but, fortunately, enough remained atthe pattern. Beneath the fingers of the right hand lay a lance-head of brass, but so much corroded that it broke to pieces on moving. Immediately over the breast of the skeleton lozenge, and measuring seven inches by six. was a large plate of gold, in the form of a It was fixed to a thin piece of wood, over the edge of which the gold was lapped; it is perforated at top and bottom, for the purpose, probably, of fastening it to the dress as a breast-plate. The even surface of this noble cheques, and zigzags, following the shape of ornament is relieved by indented lines, the outline, and forming lozenge within lo zenge, diminishing gradually towards the centre. We next discovered, on the right side of the skeleton, a very curious perforated stone, some rough articles of bone, many small rings of the same material, and another article of gold. The stone is made out of a fossil mass of tabularia, and polished, rather of an egg form, or, as a farmer who was pre. sent observed, resembling the top of a large gimblet. It had a wooden handle, which was fixed into the perforation in the centre, and encircled by a neat ornament of brass, part of which still adheres to the stone. As this stone bears no marks of wear or attrition, I can hardly consider it to have been used as a domestic implement; and, from the circumstance of its being composed of a mass of seaworms, or little serpents, I think we may not be too fanciful in considering it an article of consequence. We know, by history, that much importance was attached by the antients to the serpent; and I have before had occasion to mention the veneration with which the glain nadroeth, or adder stones, were esteemed by the Britons; and my classical readers will recollect the fanciful story related by Pliny on this subject, who says, trat the Druid's egg was formed by the scum of a vast multitude of serpents, twisted and conjured up together. This stone, thereforc, which contains a mass of serpularia, or little serpents, might have been held in great veneration by the Britons, and considered of sufficient importance to merit a place amongst the many rich and valuable relics deposited in this tumulus with the body of the deceased. RUSSIA. KRUSENSTERN, in the relation of his Voyage round the World, states that, "The Emperor of Japan caused it to be notified to the commissioners whom he carried, that his subjects traded only with the Dutch and Chinese; as to the Russians, he begged them to return to their own country; and, if they valued their lives, never to come back. GERMANY. In a posthumous work of M. B. BORKHAUSEN, lately published at Darmstadt, the author projects a new system of arranging plants; founded on the mode of insertion, on the resemblances and combination of the stamina, without regarding the number of the sexual parts. He divides plants into two principal classes; that is to say, into Phenogamia, and Cryp togamia. The first class is subdivided into, 1. Thalamostemones; those of which the stamina proceed from the receptacie. 2. Petalostemones; those which derive their origin from the Corolla. 3. Calycostemones; those united to the Calyx. 4. Pistillostemones; those attached to the Pistil. Each of these four classes is afterwards subdivided into orders, genera, and fa milies. 5. Cryptostemones or Aphrodites; those of which the parts of fructification are not discoverable. This class is divided into four orders, viz. 1. The Filices: 2. the Rhizospermæ ; 3. the Musci; 4. the Musci hepatici. Mr. PIERRE HEIL, a Bavarian artist, has invented a new instrument of music, which renders the notes visible by means of colours, and which he has named "Harmonicon à tons visibles,' (the visible Sound Harmonicon.) It appears from an account at Westphalia, presented to the minister of the interior, that in the departments of the Aller and Elhe, not less than 33,560 acres of common land, have been parcelled out and cultivated from April 1810, to January 1811.-Since January, 1811, there has been parcelled out Pacha, Grand Vizier to Soliman I:80,000 turbans, 1,100 bonnets, orna mented with gold; 500 ornamented with precious stones; ditto sabres 800; gold and silver in bars, or melted, 100 inillions; manuscripts of the Koran of the finest writing, 8000, many of which were ornamented with precious stones; 32 jewels, valued at many millions; 8 large of gold, each piece being of the weight of chests, containing each 100,000 pieces four ducats; and 20 boxes filled with topazes; among the kitchen utensils were 40,000 copper kettles. He was with our Wolsey. contemporary FRANCE. In the present French empire there are from forty to fifty millions of inhabi tants, consequently nearly two millions of those born every year attain the age of twenty; and a conscription of 120,000 young men of 19 or 20, is one in eight of those born within the same year, and one in two hundred of the whole male population. The whole French army contains, however, one in thirty five of the whole male population. In Great Britain it appears, by the Population Tables, that the land and sea service engages one in nine of the whole male population. The Magazin Encyclopedique, the most extensively circulated literary journal published on the Continent, we are told, vends only about 2000 per month, being less than half the number of the Monthly Magazine. Splendid engravings and magnificent typography are now carried on at Paris, to the highest pitch. At least, twenty great works are in progress, the cost of which will be not less than two hundred guineas per book. At the head of all the subscriptions appear the names of the Emperor and Empress, of the members of the imperial family, and often of the marshals and other great officers of the empire. Distinguished titles continue to be bestowed also on men of letters and artists, and all other public encouragements are given to literature and science. We understand that several members of the Institute attend the emperor in his progress through Russia, and splendid accounts are hereafter to be published of that Empire, similar to the great work on Egypt. Some curious MSS. and literary relics have already been sent from Moscow to Paris. The following relation was lately laid before the Imperial Institute, by CHAP TAL: TAL:-On the 10th of April, 1812, at six minutes past eight in the evening, the night being very dark, the atmosphere was on a sudden illuminated by a whitish light, sufficient to see to read by, which lasted about fifteen seconds, and disap. peared gradually. Two minutes and a half afterwards, a considerable detona tion was heard, resembling the explosion of a mine, and followed by a commotion so strong, that several persons thought it was an earthquake. At Gailloe and at Alby, it was supposed that the powdermagazine at Toulouse had blown up. Some minutes after this explosion, the sky cleared up, and the stars appeared. Two days afterwards it was known at Toulouse, that meteoric stones had fallen, six leagues from that city, in the commune of Burgau, in the department of the Upper Garonne, and in that of Savenes, department of Tarn and Garonne. According to the account of M. Filhol, a distinguished physician at Grenade, near Burgau, and that of the curate of Save neus, it appears that a great brightness was seen, like that of a rocket, and a number of explosions heard like a rolling fire of musquetry, which lasted several minutes, gradually died away, and was followed by a confused noise from the north-west. Soon after was beard a whistling of bodies passing through the air, like stones thrown from a sling; the detonation and rolling noise was from the south-west to the north east. Several of these aerolites fell at Pech meja, at a farm on the side of a wood; one of them upon the house, breaking through the tiles, and bending the lathe that supported them. Another fell on the threshing floor, and was picked up by the farmer; another fell by the side of Gourdas, and several on the side of Seucourien, and one at La Praderes, near Savenes. The utmost distance between the places where they were observed to fall was four thousand toises (about four and a half English miles). The different specimens brought to Toulouse, weighed from six to eight ounces. They are not whole, and have all of them a part of their surface of a blackish colour, and, as it were, carbonaceous. In the interior, they are grey, and resemble the stones that fell at Aigle, but appear to contain much greater quantity of metallic substance. Their specific gravity is $813: The number of these stones a seems to have been very considerable, but the darkness of the night, and the alarm of the spectators, probably prevented many of them from being found. The following sketch of the French Emperor is drawn by M. FARE, a German, who served in the armies during the revolution, but left it on Bonaparte taking the Imperial title: "I have seen this man, whose name is Bonaparte: I have seen him an officer in the artillery, general in the army, consul, emperor. When yet the Italian in his name (Buonaparte) gave him no concern; all then complexion; he had neither the habits, the was Italian about him, his physiognomy, his manners, nor the agreeable figure of a French man; the rough motions and the sharp form of the foreigner displeased. A cold reserved air gave his exterior an appearance of indif ference for all about him." He always walked concentrated in himself. Careless of the events which awaited him, but always occupied with his glory, he appeared determined to perform whatever could conduct him towards it. In all places and at all times, he appears to be alone and insulated. Nothing that surrounds him can reach him; he alone they are the means, himself is the end. His forms his world. Men are nothing to himmouth is hideous when he smiles on them; it is a smile of contempt, a smile of pity, which cheers cowards in the terrible immovability of the rest of his features. This solitary smile has been given to him by Heaven; I have seen this man; he is simple in his pri vate manners, in his tastes, and in his wants. An uniform the least showy, a black hat without any other ornament than the cockade-this is his dress.He has neither a taste for the table, nor for women, nor for the fine arts; these tastes would level him with other men; he has only one, that of being above them. He speaks little, he speaks without selection, and with a kind of incorrectness. He gives little coherence to his ideas; he is satisfied to sketch them by strong outlines, His words, pronounced with a sharp voice, are oracles; he does not occupy his attention by the form in which he gives them, provided the thought is weighty, strikes, and over. turns. I have seen this man-I have seen him near; his head is a rare union of the most marked characteristics. Every portrait of Bonaparte will be known, even if it should portraits of Frederick the Great; he admits not resemble him, in case they are like the of an overcharged likeness. It requires only lips-where the contempt of men alternately resides-to be placed between the protuberance of such a chin, and the concavity of such a transition from the noge to the upper lip." REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. Four Fugues for the Organ; inscribed (by permission) to the Right Hon. the Earl of Rochford; and composed by George Guest, esq. of Wisbeach. 75. 6d. HIS thirteenth work of Mr. Guest Thas been published by subscription, and, as willing encouragers of real merit, we are glad to observe so respectable a patronage. The composer, we presume, does not mean to send forth this work as a full sample of his science. Yet, in making this remark, we by no means intend to say, that it is not respectable in the arrangement and conduct of its harmony. The subjects are ingeniously conceived, and the whole is worked with a degree of address and mastery that speaks considerable skill in this difficult species of composition. We find among the subscribers many Country organists; and, most assuredly, these gentlemen will derive from the coinpositions as much professional use as pleasure. Though well calculated for chamber performance, they are more especially so for the parish church, and we doubt not their being very generally resorted to by provincial professors. Beauties of Psalmody, in two parts; by J. Ashton. 7s. 6d. masters. The first part of this collection of church melodies contains fifty-eight psalm tunes, chiefly modern; the second, of ten short anthems, in prose and verse, selected from the works of Corelli, Perez, Mozart, Latiobe, and other distinguished The harmonies are in four parts, are arranged with tolerable propriety, and certainly form, what the author in his preface professes to be his object, a pleasant and useful practice for are somewhat adsuch performers as vanced in the science. Mr. Ashton informs the public, that the compositions by Perez have been in his possession We are not more than twenty years. told whether they now, for the first time, appear in print in England; nor are we prepared to say, whether that be the fact. They are, however, of a very beautiful cast, and considerably enrich the publication. On the whole, we feel our. selves justified in saying, that Mr. A. by his science, taste, and assiduity, has produced to the public a highly acceptable volume of familiar church harmony. Three Catches, for three Voices; written and composed by John Parry. 1s. These Catches, which are presented to "The the public under the titles of London Cries," "The Village Bells," and "Hush, Hush, you sing too loud," are composed for three voices. These little compositions are well harmonized. The melodies mingle with an effect which must please every cultivated ear; and we assure Mr. Parry, that his points and imi tations have not been lost upon us. "Robin Adair ;" with an introductory move ment; arranged for the Piano-forte from the new edition, as sung by Mr. Brabam with enthusiastic applause; and dedicated to Miss Georgiana Harvey, by P. Antony Corri. 2s. 6d. Mr. Corri, in his manner of treating this beautiful little melody, has given considerable play to his fancy, though he has not, perhaps, adhered so closely to the style of his subject as a rigid critic would require: but the exuberance of the imagination often atones by its richness for the eccentricity into which it runs, and we have pleasure in saying, we cannot deny Mr, Corri this palliative. "Le Fugitif;" a Sonata for the Pian-forte, with an accompaniment for the German Flute or Violin; composed by J. Monro. 45. This sonata comprizes three movements; the first of which is in common time of four crotchets, the second in triple time of three quavers, and the third (a rondo) in common time of two crotch ets. These movements are well con- Six Waltzes for the Piano-forte; composed and The introduction to this beautiful little air is greatly creditable to Mr. Ling's imagination: and the arrangement of the melody is tasteful and ingenious. The whole forms an exercise for the instrument for which it is designed, as improv ing as pleasing; and will, we predict, attract general attention. Number Number Three of National Melodies, consisting of the most admired Airs of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; arranged as Rondos, or with variations for the Piano-forte, with an introductory movement to each; composed by the most eminent Authors. 2s. 6d. In the present Number of this useful and pleasing work, we find the beautiful air of "Where the Bee sucks," given in. the key of B flat. The adscititious matter is ingenious and tasteful, and the whole forms a useful, as well as an inviting excrcise for the instrument for which it is designed. Six Hymns; the words selected from the collection used at Surrey Chapel; composed and figured for the Piano forte, by W. Dixon. 5s. Mr. Dixon, in this little collection of Hymns, has evinced some taste in Psalmody. The melodies are easy, pleasant, and familiar; and the parts (four in nunber) are combined with a considerable portion of skill. Advice to a Young Composer; or a Short Essay on Vocal Harmony; by James Peck. 2s. This little work is accompanied with "Preliminary Observations," which may be perused with advantage by the juvenile student in composition. The rules, as far as they go, are clearly laid down; and a method is observed throughout that cannot fail to usefully open the way to a higher stage of study. Clementi and Company's Collection of Rondos, Airs, with Variations, and Military Pieces, for the Piano-forte; by the most esteemed com. posers. 3s. The pages of the little publication be fore us are occupied by a Rondo, (Polo noise,) composed by Mr. Field. The subject, though not brilliant, is pleasing, and the adscititious matter is ingenious and connected. A New and Complete Guide to the Art of Playing on the Violin; by T. Goodban. 10s. 6d. Mr. Goodban's "Guide" contains a diments of music; explains all the marks, comprehensive treatise on the first rucharacters, and words, used in the science, and the nature and formation of the different scales. The instructions for bowing, fingering, and shifting, are exem plified by appropriate examples, and illustrated by lessons, airs, and duetts, which, from their judicious arrangement, in respect of the difficult keys in which they are given, are fully calculated to promote their object. Mr. Goodban's "Advice to the Learn er," we have perused with pleasure; and the student will read it with profit. In a work of this nature, after so much has been done by others, little remains to exercise the talents of a new tutor. Where there is no scope for invention, and little demand for taste, progression and arrangement are the grand objects before him; and if he is happy in these, and throws by them a clearer light on the mystery he is teaching, the public are indebted to him. This Mr. Goodban has effected; and, in the exercises he has selected, has displayed a choice that bespeaks both his good general judgment, and high qualification for the task in which he has been engaged. ALPHABETICAL LIST of BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced between the 14th of October, and the 14th of November, extracted from the London Gazettes. N. B.-In Bankruptcies in and near London, the Attornies are to be understood to reside in London; and in Country Bankruptcies at the Residence of the Bankrupt, except otherwise expressed. |