Fourth. Because, the delivery of the copies is to be to the warehouse-keeper of the Stationers' Company, and not to the public bodies themselves; the alledged right, therefore, of those public bodies is consequent on the entry at Stationers'-Hall.

Fifth. Because the section of the Act which directs the delivery of the copies to the warehouse-keeper, does not so direct in regard to books printed and published generally, but "printed and pubFished as aforesaid," that is, as so en tered at Stationers'-Hall for the purpose of securing the copy-right under the pemalties of the Act.

Sixth. Because such was the understanding in regard to the provisions and objects of the Act, at the time it was passed, and for a century afterwards, as is proved by the proportion of entries at Stationers'-Hall.

Seventh. Because, (owing to evasive booksellers entering a part only, and delivering such part only of their work as an odd volume of a set, the others being useless to a pirator,) it was found necessary to explain the Act, by the 15th of Geo. III. when the claim for copies was restricted to "books that should be printed and published, as had therein been mentioned," and did not even in that Act, made for securing the full benefit to the public bodies, extend the claim to books printed and published generally.

Eighth. Because, in the 41st of George III. wherein it is directed, that two copies shall be delivered for Ireland; the claim extends in like manner only, to "books which shall be entered in the register at Stationers'-Hall," which entry, however, is optional.

On this subject, the London booksellers have held several public meetings to consider of the means of resisting this special and novel claim on their property, amounting, on new books and new edi tions, to nearly five thousand pounds per annum; and we understand, they intend to apply to Parliament for an explanatory Bill. We wish them success; but, if any supposed interest of the Universities, or any pertinacious legal influence should deprive them of a remedy in that quarter, we advise them to try the question again and again, till some Jury will take on itself to decide on the law of the case, as well as the fact. At the

same time we are persuaded, the public bodies themselves will not persist in being plaintiffs in suits, which, it is evident from the previous reasoning, cannot have their basis in the Act of Anne, and must have a deleterious effect on elegant literature. We admit, notwithstanding, that the practice is involved in confusion and perplexity, but the fault is neither in the law, nor in the parties concerned. It is a natural consequence of that judicial decision which made the common right paramount to the enacted right, and rendered the entry at Stationers'-hall of no practical utility to the publishers. Our unsophisticated reason always taught us, that universal common right was mo◄ dified by an Act of Parliament, and merged in its conditions; and that to enforce the conditions was the sole and only use of an Act of Parliament, But, in this case, a court of law decided, that the common and statute right were co-existent, however inconsistent and incompatible, and thereby rendered the pro

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visions of the statute of no avail. nul that decision, and the law and the parties will be again on their proper foot ing. Let there be no copy-right, as the law itself directs, except in books entered at Stationers'-hall; and every valuable book will then und its way to the Uni versities; the option remaining as it ought, with the booksellers-to enter or not to enter, as heretofore.

Mr. EDWARD PUGn, of Denbigh, an ingenious and well-known artist, proposes to publish by subscription, at three guineas, in one volume, quarto, CAMBRIA DEPICTA; or, PICTURE of NORTH WALES. The work is to be embellished with above EIGHTY beautiful views, drawn on the spot by himself; and engraved in aquatint, in the first style of elegance, and coloured after nature.

Mr. ROBERT STEVENS, of Lloyd's Coffee-house, is about to put to press an Essay on some subjects connected with the contract of Marine Insurance.

Proposals have been circulated for reprinting in London, the French MONITEUR, verbatim et literatim, and the names of subscribers are invited at eight guineas per annum. Among other rea sons, it is alledged that, "in regard to foreign news, the English press is now nearly in the same state of degradation as the press of Russia; that the foreign intelligence is garbled and miserably translated, chiefly by one hand in a public office; that important facts are often suppressed, coloured, and distorted; that French Bulletins and other documents

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are often kept back for successive days, for stock-jobbing and other corrupt purposes; and, in fine, that few or no foreign papers now reach London, except through Ministers, or Newspapers under controul." The Moniteur abounds in literary and philosophical articles, and its republication in London would, we should think, be extensively patronized. The Rev. H. H. BABER, of the British Museum, has completed his publication of a Fac-Simile of the Greek Text of the Book of Psalms, as preserved in that most ancient Manuscript of the LXX. Version of the Old Testament, the Codex Alexandrinus.

The same gentleman intends to publish, by subscription, a Fac simile of the Pentateuch after the same manuscript. He remarks, in his prospectus, that the Codex Alexandrinus is a Greek Manuscript, comprising the whole of the Old and New Testament; and stands, with respect to its antiquity and internal excellence, in the foremost rank amongst the Manuscripts of the Holy Scriptures.

In consequence of an increase in the establishment of the Royal Hospital for seamen, at Greenwich, the directors have come to a determination to erect houses and offices for the civil officers, on the outside of the building; and a considerable extent of ground, at present covered by houses, &c. eastward of the Hospital, has been purchased for this purpose. The intended building will extend nearly the whole length of the east wall of the Hospital, to which it will run parallel, at about thirty yards distant, and will be completely detached and inclosed. The principal entrance will face the great east gate of the Hospital, and is to have a colonnade to correspond with that in the market, opposite the west gate; the front, next the river, will consist of a range of buildings, in form of a crescent.

The Junior Departinent of the Royal Military College has been removed from Great Marlow to Sandhurst, near Bag shot; and the Senior Department from High Wycombe to Farnham, in Surrey.

The readers of the Monthly Magazine will perceive that we have this month commenced a report on the State and Progress of the active Science of Chemistry which we hope to be able to continue with equal spirit and interest.

In January will be published, in two volumes in folio, with the arms of the peers, the Peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nubility of that kingdom, from their

origin to the present generation, by Sir Robert Douglas, of Glenbervie, bart. The whole revised and corrected, with a continuation to the present period, by JOHN PHILIP WOOD, esq.

Speedily will be published, Sicily and its Inhabitants, by WM. HENRY THOMPSON, esq. in one vol. 4to. with engravings from drawings taken on the spot.

Early in the present year, Mr. Cor BURN, an enterprizing publisher, of Conduit-street, will publish an entire new work, to be continued annually, entitled, The Literary and Scientific Calendar of the British Empire. It will contain: 1. The Dictionary of all Living Authors, announced for some time past. 2. A similar Catalogue of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Musical Composers. S. A Register of all the Universities and Public Schools. 4. An Account of all the Public Societies, Institutions, Libraries, and Exhibitions; with various other useful and interesting tables, &c.

The translation of CHATEAUBRIAND'S Beauties of Christianity, with illustrative Notes, by the Rev. HENRY KETT, will appear in a few days.

The third volume of GOUGH's edition of Hutchins's Dorsetshire, will speedily be published.

At the late General Meeting of London Apothecaries, held at the Crown and Anchior, Strand, Mr. Burrows in the Chair, it was resolved

That the improved education of the regular apothecary has much advanced the importance and utility of his character, and been highly advantageous to the public; but that his services have been by no means sufficiently remunerated, nor his respectability advanced in proportion.

That a large body of pretenders have assumed the character and functions of the re

gularly-educated apothecary, to the great detriment of the public health.

That the executive of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Society of Apothecaries, be requested to concur and unite in an application to Parliament for an Act for the improvement and better regulation of the Practice of the Apothecary throughout England and Wales.

That country practitioners be requested to form distinct committees, to co-operate and correspond with the London committee on the means best adapted to promote the general and local interests of the profession.

Mr. WILLIAM BULLOCK is arranging the materials of a splendid work, relative to the most recent discoveries in Natural History, with engravings, coloured from original specimens.

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A second edition of the New Art of Memory, founded upon the principles taught by Mr. VON FEINAIGLE, with some important additions and improvements, will be published in a few days. It will be embellished with a portrait of the professor.

Mr. MILLARD, of the Surrey Institution, will shortly publish a second edition of his New Pocket Cyclopædia.

A monthly Journal of last month, which professes to be the keeper of secrets of the press, advises that the Russian bulletins be reprinted in French, and sent for distribution over the continent; but it recommends the choice of better agents than were employed in a similar affair relative to the Gazette of the Battle of Salamanca, of which it says, $10,000 copies were printed in French and German, and sent as far as Gottingen, where they now lie rotting in a cellar!"

The Chancellor of the University of Cambridge has determined that a third gold medal should be annually given for the encouragement of English poetry, to a resident under-graduate, who shall compose the best ode, or the best poem in heroic verse; and the subject for the present year is COLUMBUS.

The Seatonian prize for 1812, has been adjudged to the Rev. FRANCIS WRANGHAM, M.A. of Trinity College, for his *poem on "Joseph's making himself known to his Brethren."

At the missionary stations in India, the Scriptures are printing in almost all the dialects of that continent: at Canton, Mr. Morrison has printed the Acts of the Apostles in Chinese, which is to be followed by the book of Genesis, &c. and numerous copies of the Scriptures have lately been sent from this country to Sicily, Tunis, Smyrna, Constantinople, and the Greek Islands.

Shortly will be published, the third edition of Neal's Sacred History, in Familiar Dialogues. To this edition will be added the History of the Jews, in sixteen letters, by the same author.

In the course of the month will be published, an Inquiry into the Propriety of allowing the Parish Clerk to read the Lessons of Scripture in the Church, with Observations on some Parts of the Service.

The lovers of Grecian sculpture will be pleased to learn that this country will soon receive a great and important acces sion to its present stores, in a frieze in alto relievo, 100 feet long, found by MONTHLY MAG. No. 235,

Messrs. Leigh, Cockerell, Foster, Baron Haller, and Monsieur Linkt, at the Tem ple of Apollo Epicurius, Phigalis, evis dently one of the works of Phidias. It contains the two subjects of the quarrel which arose at the marriage of Pirithous with Hippodamia, and the battle between the Amazons and the Athenians. The whole formed the frieze of the interior of the Cella, which was of the Ionic order, and the relievo is even higher than that of the temple of Theseus. The opinion of its being the work of Phidias, independently of the style of sculpture, is strengthened by the circumstance of the temple being built by Ictinus, who generally gave the preference to the above sculptor.

Mr. JOHN CORMACK, of Forry, in the county of Caithness, has this season reared a few seeds of salmon oats. Five grains were planted at the distance of six inches from each other; the product of which were 150 stalks, bearing 2,550 grains!

Speedily will be published, Observations on the Laws of Marriage, particu larly in reference to the case of Deser tion, or Final Separation; in which the right of the injured party is supported by Religious, Moral, and Historical Evi dence.

RUSSIA.

A very interesting catalogue or list ap peared at Polotzk, shortly before the French invasion, containing the names and descriptions of all the members of the Society of Jesuits, in that empire, down to the end of 1811. It is entitled,

Catalogus Sociorum et Officiorum Societates Jesu, in Imperio Russia." The General in Chief, since September 1805, has been Father Thaddeus Brzozwski. The society has several colleges, and has sent out various missions. The number of its members is three hundred

and forty-seven, who are of all coun tries.

A physician, at Moscow, named REHMAN, has discovered that the bark of the pomegranate is a good substitute for Peruvian bark, in most cases, and particularly in intermittent fevers. He has printed a treatise to demonstrate its efficacy.