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Literary Intelligence.

A Critical Essay on the Writings of St. Luke, translated from the German of Dr. Frederic Schleimacher: with an Introduction by the Translator, containing an Account of the Controversy respecting the Origin of the three First Gospels since Bishop Marsh's Dissertations.

Scottish Songs, Ancient and. Modern; illustrated with Notes, a Critical Introduction, and Characters of the most eminent Lyric Poets of Scotland. By ALLAN CUN

NINGHAM.

The Elements of the Differential and In

tegral Calculus. By the Rev. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, of the University of Dublin.

An Analytical Treatise on Plane, and Spherical Trigonometry. By the same.

The Principal Roots of the Latin Language, simplified by a Display of their Incorporation into the English Tongue, with copious Notes.

A History of the Roman Emperors, from the Accession of Augustus to the Fall of the last Constantine. By Mr. C. A. ELTON, author of Specimens of the Classic Poets.

A Translation of all the existing Fragments of the Writings of Proclus, surnamed the Platonic Successor, by THOMAS TAYLOR, the Platonist.

SIR JOHN BARRINGTON'S Historical Anecdotes of Ireland.

Letters of Marshal Conway, from 1744 to 1784, embracing the period when he was. Commander of the Forces and Secretary of State.

The Highest Castle and the Lowest Cave; or, Events of Days that are gone; by the Author of the "Scrinium."

Instructions for Cavalry Officers, translated from the German of Gen. Count Bismark, by Capt. L. BEAMISH, 4th Drag.

Origines Ecclesiasticæ, or the Antiquities of the Christian Church; and other works of the late Rev. J. BINGHAM, M. A.

A Dissertation on the Coventry Pageants and Mysteries, with the Taylors' and Shearmen's Pageant, &c. By THOMAS SHARP.

The Memoirs and Correspondence of Paul Jones, from original documents in the possession of Mr. J. H. Sherburne, Registrar of the United States' Navy.

Mr. E. H. BARKER, one of the joint Editors of Stephens's Greek Thesaurus, is writing a Life of Dr. Parr,

A Course of Catechetical Instruction on the Life, Doctrines, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. By the Rev. HARVEY MARRIOTT, Rector of Claverton. Also, by the same, Biblical Questions, illustrative of the History, Doctrines, and Precepts of the Old and New Testament.

The Fifth Part of the Progresses of King James I.

Letters to a Friend on the State of Ireand, the Catholic Question, and the Merits of Constitutional Religious Distinction. By E. A. KENDALL, Esq. F.S.A.

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No. XXIV. of Mr. WOOLNOTH's Views of Ancient Castles, being the completion of the work.

Preparing for Publication.

Ancient Knighthood, and its relations with the past and present State of Society, and particularly with the modern Military Profession. By E. A. KENDALL, Esq. F.S.A.

The same Author is also preparing, Zoological Errors and Mytho-Zoology; or Inquiries concerning Sea-serpents, Crokers, Mermaids, Unicorns, Were-wolves, Ogres, Pigmies, &c.; to which is added, Continuation to the Natural and Civil History of several known Animals.

Sermons, Expositions, and Addresses, at the Holy Communion. By the late Rev. ALEXANDER WAUGH, A. M. Minister of the Scots' Church in Miles Lane, London. To which is prefixed a Short Memoir of the Author.

Essays on the Evidences and Doctrines of Christianity. By JAMES JOHN GURNEY.

A Practical Illustration of the Book of Psalms. By the Author of the Commentary on the New Testament.

Sephora, a Hebrew Tale, descriptive of the country of Palestine, and of the manners and customs of the ancient Israelites.

Outlines of Truth. By a Lady.

Botanical Sketches of the twenty-four Classes in the Linnæan System, with fifty specimens of English Plants taken from

nature.

Nugæ Sacræ; or Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Reports of the Parliamantary Proceedings of the last Session, systematically Arranged azd Criticised, in one vol. 8vo. Also, in another vol. to be had separately, if required, Abstracts of all important Papers presented during the Session.-To be continued annually.

Pathology and Treatment of Dropsies. By Dr. AYRE.

An Annual Work, entitled Janus, consisting of Tales, occasional Essays, popular Illustrations of History and Antiquities, serious and comic Sketches of Life and Manners, &c. &c.

A Translation of La Motte Fouque's Romance, the Magic Ring.

Paul Jones, a Romance. CUNNINGHAM.

By ALLAN

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ORIENTAL LITERATURE.

The encouragement given to Oriental literature in France becomes every day more extensive. The vast stores of the royal library, so rich in Oriental literature, are to be explored anew, and those MSS. deemed worthy of impression are to be printed at the public expence. The governments of Europe vie with each other in seconding this impulse. The King of Prussia has founded an university at Bonn, which is devoted to the study of the Asiatic languages; the King of Bavaria, the Duke of Gotha, and the King of Denmark, have sent into Asia and Africa in search of manuscripts; Holland brings farth successors to the Schultens, and Russia is lavish in its encouragements and rewards to genius. After mentioning these facts, a report by the keeper of the seals in Paris, proceeds: Would it not be possible, after the model of the great Byzantian collection, and the compilation of the councils, and of the historians of France, which were formerly executed at the royal press, to form a collection of the principal Oriental works, to be published under the auspices of your Majesty? It would be very easy for the royal press to complete the execution of this enterprise, without any interruption in the usual course of its proceeding, or even without its causing any material expense." A decree has since been issued, containing regulations for the accomplishment of the project.

PRUSSIAN LITERATURE.

-A royal edict has been issued in Berlin, forbidding the publication of all works against the established religion; at the same time ordering that, in all discussions on these subjects, invectives and personalities should be avoided. Defamatory writing is decidedly forbidden; and if by chance, the censor should permit their publication, they are not the less liable to be seized; but in such case the editor has redress in the censor, who being found insolvent, the government is charged with the debt. Since the 1st. of January this year, this penalty has been suppressed, and the editor is subjected to a fine. Moreover, he is obliged to send

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two copies, one to the Berlin library, and another to the university: a third copy is considered as the right of the censor, as before. No foreign work must be sold without express permission.

THE DUKE OF YORK'S SPEECH.

The premium of three guineas for the best Welch translation of his Royal Highness's admirable Speech on the Catholic question, was lately awarded to Mr. Robert Davies, of Nant Glyn, in Denbighshire; and a further sum of one guinea each has been given to Mr. Pugh, solicitor of Dolgelly, and a person under the signature of "Gregore," for their translations of it.

NEW INVENTION IN PRINTING,

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The Dutch papers contain an account of a new discovery in printing, or a new application of lithography, for the reprinting foreign journals, by which it is calculated that the subscription to these papers, which now costs each the postage and triple stamp31 fs. 20 cents per qr., not including the porterage, will be only 10 francs. The reprint will be executed by lithographic and process, to which the inventor has given the name of identigraphy. Every foreign journal, for which there shall be one hundred subscribers, will be reprinted, and the reprint appear two hours after the arrival of the mail. The prospectus fixes no prices except for the Moniteur, the Consti tutionnel, the Cour Francaise, and the Pandora. The Moniteur will cost fourteen, twenty-six, and fifty florins, for three, six, and twelve months; the two opposition journals, nine, sixteen, and thirty florins; and the Pandora, eight, fifteen, and thirty florins. The difference between them and the present prices will be from 25 to 30 per cent.

HYDRAULICS.

M. Schwebel, a mechanic of Strasburg, has just invented a singular machine, with a lever, to replace the hydraulic lever, which possesses the double action applicable to all machines moved by water or horses, either lows, &c. It facilitates by its strength the for spinning, flour-mills, sawing, forge-belmachine to which it is applied, giving it a more regular movement, and fills the place of two horses where four are required,-and is also very useful in times of drought, as it will work a machine with half the quantity of

water.

DIORAMAS.

These exhibitions, in which the spectators are subject to the peristrephic motion of an amphitheatrical building, are becoming deservedly popular. Besides the celebrated one in the Regent's-park, London, there is one in Paris, and another in Manchester.

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Arts.-Antiquarian Researches.

The one in Regent's-park is now exhibiting
the Ruins of Holyrood Chapel," a moon-
light scene, painted by M. Daguerre, and
the "Cathedral of Chartres," by M. Bouton.
So powerful is the illusion, when viewing
the mouldering ruins of Scotia's ancient
glory, that the very figures appear to move,
and the clouds to recede from the eye,
There is nothing like a painting; every
thing seems reality; and all this effect is
produced by the wonderful management of
light and shade; thus displaying the triumph
of perspective, and the ne plus ultra of pic-
torial illusion. The tomb-stones and mo-
numents in the parts lighted by the moon,
and the female figure in contemplation before &
lamp, give a powerful interest to the picture,
and shew the wonderful effect of light.-
The Diorama in Paris has lately exhibited
a new picture, which represents the effect
of fog and snow. The view is taken across
a Gothic vestibule in perspective, behind
which nothing is at first discovered but a
dim horizon. By degrees the fog disperses,
and affords a peep of a vast forest of firs and

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larches, in an immense valley. To obscurity a brilliant light gradually succeeds. The vapours rise, the sky is illuminated, and the tops of mountains shew themselves.-The Diorama in Manchester, is exhibiting the view of the Valley of Sarnen, in Switzerland; lately in the Regent's Park.

BURMESE CARRIAGE.

The Burmese Imperial state carriage, which was captured at an early period of the present sanguinary Indian war, has just reached this country, and is now preparing for a public exhibition. It is, without exception, one of the most splendid works of art that can possibly be conceived, presenting an entire blaze of gold, silver, and precious stones of the latter the number must amount to many thousands, comprehending diamonds, rubies, sapphires white and blue, emeralds, amethysts, garnets, topazes, cat'seyes, crystals, &c. The carving is of a very superior description. The carriage stands between 20 and 30 feet in height, and was drawn by elephants.

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.

Antiquities found in the Vicinity of Brool, on the Rhine. By Dr. RUDOLPH BRANDES.

ble impression on it; so much so, that it was in a mouldering state, had entirely lost its firmness and brittleness, and when broken, pressed, or scraped, fell into small leaves like mica. It had completely lost its transparency; but it was still evident, from its appearance in the centre, that it was origi

The importance of the vicinity of Brool to the Antiquary, says the Doctor, is sufficiently known, as well as the great discoveries made there by the diligence of M. Dorow. It was through his kindness thatnally perfectly transparent, that part, from I obtained the antiquities considered in this memoir, with the request to analyse them as speedily as possible.

I. A Fragment of Roman Glass found near

Brool.

The invention of glass is known to be very ancient; nevertheless few antique remains of it have come down to us, or have been analysed. Although the art of manufacturing glass was not carried to that degree of perfection among the ancients to which it has been brought in our days, still in some branches of it they had gone very far, as has been sufficiently shown by the learned investigations of Winkelmann. The piece of glass which I obtained from M. Dorow was a fragment of a round vase, and weighed about 10 grains. Its colour was of a milky-white with a very blueish cast. A pellicle of a brilliant gold-colour covered its exterior, and in part its interior surface. This had so much the appearance of gilding, that without a chemical trial one would have taken it to be gold. The long period of time during which the glass had been exposed to the effects of the air, water, and the pressure of the earth, had made a visi

having somewhat resisted the destructive effects that had acted upon the rest, being so still. Wherever the glass was covered with the gold-like pellicle, it was not transparent; but where free from it, it was perfectly clear. By endeavouring to separate that covering, no gold-leaf was detached, but thin leaves of glass; and the surface beneath soon offered a similar appearance. In some places that metallic tarnish assumed a fine blueish, red, or green hue; and a similar appearance was produced by taking off the apparently metallic pellicle which was on the inside. This shows that the cause of this tarnish was the same as that which acts upon the glass long exposed to the weather,—such as in old church windows for instance; and which has a similar appearance. However, to convince myself completely of the absence of gold, I heated as many as possible of the shining glass leaves in nitric acid, by which process the gold-coloured covering entirely disappeared, and the leaves remained without colour. In order to find out the component parts of the glass, the Doctor submitted it to several chemical processes. The result of which was, that the glass consisted of 1. Silica; 2.Soda; 3. Lead; 4. Oxide of manganese; 5. Oxide of iron; 6. Lime;

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A piece of a light brown-red waxy substance appeared to be a fragment of sealing wax of which the Romans had made use. The piece weighed about 20 grains, became soft and fluid when heated, burned with a flame, left a carbonized residuum, and by a greater and continued heat a very small yellowish hard substance.

From the examination, it appeared that the sealing-wax consisted for the most part of common wax, to which a little gum and turpentine had been added, and which seemed to have been coloured principally by redlead; containing besides a few leaves of gold

which seemed to have been added to enhance the beauty of the wax, although in very small proportion.

SAXON COINS.

Two small coins have lately been dug up at Southampton, in a field to the east of the path-way leading from St. Mary's Churchyard to the gas-works.

These two coins are Saxon silver pennies. They were found near a considerable portion of wood-ashes, intermingled with burnt bones, in a kind of circular pit, which extended to a depth of about nine feet from the original surface of the mould, before the clay was removed. One of them is that of Burgred King of Mercia, exactly as engraved in Ruding's Coinage, Plate 8, figure 17.-The other has & head in the centre of the obverse, but no king's name, simply that of the moneyer; the inscription being DIORMOD MONETA.

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the reverse is DOROBERNIA CIVITAS, Canterbury City. This may probably be rare, as there is not one in Ruding's Book exactly resembling it. There is, indeed, one of Beldred, King of Kent, plate 3, with the same moneyer's name, but differing in all other respects. The name of Diormod

occurs also among the moneyers of Egbert, as stated by Ruding, vol. I. p. 246, but no specimen is given of money coined by him. The coins themselves are in pretty good preservation. Ruding observes, and the poor workmanship and appearance confirm the fact, that in the reign of Burgred the art of coinage had sunk into the lowest state of barbarism in point of execution." Both the coins are deficient in the weight necessary to make up the 240th part of a Troy pound of silver; the pound being 5760 grains, the silver penny ought to weigh 24 grains. One of these weighs 20 grains, the other 22. It does not appear, however, that the silver penny was ever coined of a greater weight than 224 grains. This was the weight at the time of the Norman

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conquest. It was gradually diminished, in succeeding reigns, until, in 1601, it was made to weigh no more than 74 grains; at which weight it has continued ever since.

It is a curious fact, that these two little coins, in the year 1050, would have purchased seven gallons of wheat; a century later, when wheat was double the price, they would have paid for a day's labour in husbandry, and would have bought three gallons and a half of wheat.

On Saturday, Sept. 10, as the workmen who are employed in making a culvert in St. Aldate's, Oxford, were digging near Christ Church, they found a York penny of Edward I.; as engraved in Ruding, Plate 3, jeton or abbey token, in a very high state fig. 18. The same day they also found a of preservation; on the obverse side is a rude head, and AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA; and on the reverse is a cross fleury with a small fleur de lis in its centre.

Aug. 6. A gold coin of the Emperor Valens, in the highest state of preservation, was found a few days ago in the garden of J. J. Champante, Esq. at Taunton. On the obverse, round the head, has this inscription, "D. N. VALENS, P. P. AVG.", and on the reverse, "RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICE." On the exergue," SIRM," denoting that this coin was minted at Sirmium, the capital of Pannonia. Its weight is 69 grains. The Emperor Valens died A. D. 378.

time since for the foundation of a building Aug. 6. A mason, in digging a short in the environs of Vienna, found a Turkish aigrette, enriched with diamonds, which is valued at 60,000 florins. It was probably worn by an Ottoman officer killed in a battle fought under the walls of Vienna, by which Sobieski saved Germany.

On July 20, as some workmen belonging to Sir T. Hare, bart. of Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, were at work at low water in the river Ouze, near Stowbridge, they discovered, deeply imbedded in the silt or sand, a perfect human skeleton, upon each foot of which were the remains of a shoe. In digging beside it, they found twenty silver and copper coins, viz. one silver of Edward VI. one of Mary, six of Elizabeth, and three of James I. and nine copper coins of the same monarch, from whence it seems clearly proved that it was the body of some person unfortunately drowned in the latter reign. The copper coins are in remarkably high preservation.

An ancient tiled flooring, about two yards square, was lately discovered on the east side of the cemetery in Kirkstall Abbey. The tiles are each about four inches square, highly glazed on the surface, and of various

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SELECT POETRY.

MORNING AND EVENING.

the morn,

OH! dost thou not love the first blush of [silence of night, When the song of the grove breaks the When dances the dew on the tremulous thorn, [so light. Unbrushed by the breeze which is passing

And dost thou not love the soft stillness of [is the lay,

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eve,

Tho' clos'd is the flower, and tho' hush'd When the feelings partake of the calm they perceive, [a prey? And the breast is no more to the passions

And hast thou ne'er stray'd on the shores of

the ocean, [and rest, When Night stills all nature to silence Save the ne'er-ceasing dash of the rude billow's motion,

And the moon-beam which sports on its turbulent breast?

And whilst the lone beach thou in silence didst tread,

Lov'd you not on that scene there to lin

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Like grey mists from the shrouded hill, or storms from April day;

There is a shadow on thy brow, a tempest in thy soul,

No earthly hope may banish now, no mortal voice controul!

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Boundless rover unconfin'd! Tyrant of imperious reign! Lord of Pleasure, Grief, and Pain! Teacher of the erring heart, Wisdom's ray to me impart ; Come with her enlighten'd power, Renovate life's drooping hour! Pure and of celestial kind, Let me thee an angel find!

These lines were found among the papers of a literary lady, whose collection of Poems, published many years since, have been much admired. Upon the original MS. she has made this remark, "I think these are the best verses I ever wrote."

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