augmenting the income of some of the poorer fellowships. The Rev. Robert Tyrwhitt, of Jesus College, Cambridge, has bequeathed to that university £4000 navy five per cents, for the promotion of Hebrew learning. The Rev. Dr Charles Burney, and the Rev. John Cleaver Banks, trustees of a certain fund appropriated to the use of the late Professor Pórson during his life, have transferred to the university of Cambridge, £400 navy five per cent. stock, the interest of which is annually to be employed in the purchase of a book or books, to be given to the resident undergraduate who shall make the best translation of a proposed passage in Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Massinger, or Beaumont and Fletcher, into Greek verse.The passage fixed upon for the present year is the second part of Henry IV. act third, scene first, beginning with "O Sleep," and ending with "Deny it to a King." The List of Publications entered at Stationers' Hall, has made its appearance, in 26 folio pages, for the year since June last. Above three fourths of these have been demanded by the ten Universities and Libraries entitled thereto. It appears that Trinity College, Dublin, and the Scottish Advocates' Library, are the only two institutions which do not demand novels and music. We may soon expect to be gratified by the commencement of the Grand National Monument, which is finally determined on, upon the design of Mr Wilkins, author of the Antiquities of Magna Græcia, and M. A. of Cambridge. There was a ehoice of two hundred designs, and the expense is estimated at £200,000. FRANCE. A translation into French of the "Tales of My Landlord" has just been published at Paris, in 4 vols 12mo. Les Archives des découvertes et inventions pendant l'année 1816, lately published at Paris, contain accounts of the discoveries of M. Gay-Lussac on the combinations of azote and oxygen, and on prussic acid: of those of M. Poisson on the theory of the tides; and of M. Biot on light. M. Biot, it appears, is making rapid advancement in the career of the illustrious Malus; and his invention of the fine instrument to which he has given the name of colori-grade proves how eagerly he seeks to turn the results of his discoveries to purposes of use. It is a well established principle, that three united agents concur in the destruction of alimentary substances Lair, heat, and water and that, by neutralising one of these agents, the action of the other two is paralysed. M. Fouque, jun. of Pa- A new census has been taken of the population of Paris, which has been found to exceed 860,000, being 20,000 more than London within the bills of mortality. Dr Esquirol has read to the Academy of Sciences of the Institute, a memoir on the kind of mental derangement to which he gives the name of hallucination, a new term, denoting a species of insanity, in which the patient receives, through one or more senses, those impressions which sight alone otherwise conveys. In support of the principles and considerations which he has developed, he adduces some very curious facts, and among others, the case of a person almost the only sign of whose derangement consisted in his hearing secret voices, which incessantly reproached him with something had done. z that he that M. Laugier, who was the first discovered the presence of sulphur and of chromium in aërolites, has submitted to the Academy of Sciences a memoir, in which he proves, by the details of chemical analysis, the identity of the ele ments of those substances with the eno บ mous masses of iron found in Siberia by Pallas, and which seem, in their composition and origin, to be like other masses found in different parts of the world, in the midst of vast plains from all the fossils of which they differ. Perpetual Motion.-To the many supposed solutions of the problem of perpetual motion, another has just been added by a M. Louis of Valence, formerly captain in the Neapolitan service. He has found, he says, "means to raise a column of water strong enough to force another to the same height. Thus, when the impulse is once given, this machine will perpetually retain its action, if there exists a fluid which does not lose by evaporation, or a material indestructible by use. One may however employ a quantity of water sufficient in play for several years. This same machine may be employed as the impelling power, for the production of various kinds of regular motions. The inventor proposes to adapt a clepsydra to it, and he is convinced, that by means of a basin or reservoir, a private house might derive various advantages from it." Ancient Tombs.-There has just been discovered at Baslieux, near Longwy, a considerable number of ancient tombs concealed under broad stones, the removal of which uncovers square compart ments of brick-work. In each tomb was found a skeleton, rarely two, and several parts of arms, such as sabres, swords, javelins, arrows, daggers, axes, &c. An iron head of an arrow placed in the centre of a skull, is doubtless the sign of a combat. No sign of christianity has been found among the numerous articles that have been collected. bas relief some persons think they recognise the principal Gallic Divinity, Mercury Teutates. According to appearances, it is thought that the time of the event which gave rise to these inhuma tions, may be fixed about the first irruptions of the Vandals, in the beginning of the 15th century. On a No less than five new epic poems are announced as being soon to enrich the literature of France. Their titles are Philip-Augustus, by Mr Perceval-Grand. maison; The Maccabees, by Mr Raynouard; The Holy War, by Mr Fontanes; Tasso, by Mr Campenon; and Richard, by Madame de Stael. NETHERLANDS. An ingenious mechanic in Holland, invented some years ago, a machine for deepening and scouring canals, rivers, docks, ports, &c. which, at the depth of 12 or 20 feet, cuts up all sand, mud, or hard clay, with the greatest ease. This machine can fill a mud-boat, containing 432 cubic feet, in the space of six or seven minutes with five to eight men, or with one horse power. It equally works at the borders or edges of rivers, the same as in the deep middle stream, clearing all away or deepening as required.-Also, a mill for draining marshes, overflowed lands, &c. which it performs with such celerity, that, for example, in 1770 acres, there are 77,101,200 square feet, which, multiplied by four, the depth given, contains 308,404,800 cubic English feet, for the mass of water to be drained; this can be done with ease by one mill in 359 days, whatever the wind may be; and an instance has been known of its emptying the amazing quantity of 320 tons per minute. GERMANY. It has been recently ascertained, that fogs contain a great portion of water, but not in a condensed state, being kept suspended by the opposed powers of the electric fluid with which it is charged. A convincing proof of this was lately afforded by a curious meteorological occurrence in Westphalia, where the fog being driven by a gentle north-east wind against the trees, the electric fluid was attracted, condensation and congelation took place, and the largest trees were torn up by the roots, by the preponderating weight of ice upon their branches. If Messrs Kauffmann, senior and junior, of Dresden, have exhibited four instruments composing an orchestra, which they call the Belloneon, the Cordalaudion, the Automaton Trumpeter, and the Harmonicord. The upper part of the Belloneon exhibits a trophy of arms, in the midst of which are placed twenty-four trumpets reversed; and the lower part encloses two kettle-drums with their sticks. It executes flourishes and marches with extraordinary perfection. it contained other wind instruments, it might be compared with Mälzl's Panharmonicon, exhibited some time since in London and Paris. The Cordalaudion produces together and separately the sounds of the piano-forte, and of four flutes, which play with such precision and accuracy, that the illusion is complete. The Automaton gives out notes with double sounds. But these instruments, though highly curious, are surpassed by the Harmonicord. It is shaped like an upright piano-forte; a cylinder is adapted to it, and turns at a very small distance from the strings, which are the same as those of the piano. By pressing down the keys, which embrace four octaves and a half, the friction is effected. Two pedals serve to make the rotation of the cylinder quicker or slower, and to render the vibration stronger or weaker. Under the hands of Messrs Kauffmann, this instrument gives out sweeter tones than the Harmonica, and produces a truly celestial harmony. Mr Menke of Berlin, has invented a process for converting Mahogany sawdust into a soft paste, which becomes harder by exposure to the atmosphere, and is susceptible of receiving and retaining the forms given to marble, wood, and bronze. This substance takes the most beautiful gilding, as well as the colour of bronze. It is made into candelabra, lustres, lamps, vases, statues, and all kinds of ornaments for furniture, which equal in elegance the finest works in bronze, and cost only one-eighth of the price. The catalogue of the late Leipzig Easter Fair occupies 330 octavo pages, being considerably thicker than of late years a proof of the favourable influence of the present pacific state of affairs upon the branches of trade connected with literature and the sciences. ITALY. Sculpture, &c.-Rome, 27th March. The digging up of the very ancient Urns and Sarcophagi about Albano, is diligently continued. Their form is rude, representing sometimes little towers, sometimes strange little houses, in the shape of an oven. These are found, of every variety of size, filled with ashes and bones; and the opening is closed by a lid, which is fastened with brass pins. Round about, and also within some of them, are pieces of amber, little shields, swords, lances, and clasps of metal, pots, lamps, and tripods. The material of which these Sarcophagi or urns are composed, is not burnt earth, but, according to appearance, a mixture of earth and mineral pitch, or coals. What is most remarkable is, that in order to find them, one must dig first through a layer of Peperino, and then a thick stratum of earth; so that it is evident that they have been buried under a stratum of lava, like Herculaneum and Pompeij. Now since, according to the tradition, Ascanius founded his new city on the Lake of Castel Gondolfo, (the extinguished Volcano of the place,) the antiquity of these things must be placed farther back than the Trojan war, however averse one may be to allow this. The Archæological Society at Rome has already begun to examine all these remains; and we may expect very divided opinions, and violent disputes, on the subject. A fragment of the Consular Annals was found at Rome, on the 29th of March, in the ruins of the Temple of Castor. It corresponds with the tables that were found some time before, and deposited in the Capitol. They contain the names of eight of the Decemvirs, who were the authors of the law of the twelve tables. The following account of the manuscripts lately discovered and published by Mr Mai of the Ambrosian Library at Milan, we give in his own words: "Amongst the Bobian MSS." says he, "I found one which contains the works of the Christian poet Sedulius; and, while I was examining it very closely-'O immortal God!' on a sudden I exclaimed, 'what is it that I see? Behold Cicero ! behold the light of Roman eloquence buried in unmerited obscurity! I recognize the lost orations of Tully, I perceive his eloquence flowing with godlike force from these fountains, abounding with sonorous words and noble sentiments.' By degrees the titles also of the works disclosed themselves in the margin of the MS. Judge with what rapture I was filled, when I detected large unpublished fragments of three orations of Cicero, to wit, pro Scauro, pro Tullio, and pro Flacco. They are written in large and beautiful characters, each page being divided into three columns. The oration pro Scauro, is surrounded with elegant scholia, of which some are written in very ancient, though minute, capital letters; others in a ruder hand, but still ancient, and, as it appears, from the same author. The writer of these scholia I suspect to have been Asconius Pædianus. For the style and complexion, and kind of writing, seem to point him out. The MS. is in octavo, because the monkish transcribers of Sedulius doubled the quarto leaves. The character of the Sedulius is of a very ancient form, but very different from that of the Cicero. It is the opinion of several antiquaries, that the former may be referred to the eighth century of the Christian era; and the latter to the second or third. The four books of Sedulius are mentioned in the ancient catalogue published by Muratori, and this Codex continues them, though in a mu tilated state." These manuscripts formed part of the library of a convent at Bobio, in the Appennines, which had been purchased in the seventeenth century, and brought to Milan. SPAIN. Madrid, April 29.-The king has consulted the academy of St Ferdinand on the best means of checking the inunda tion of ludicrous engravings, in which picture-sellers carry on a traffic humiliating to the arts, and even to the nation. Objects the most sacred, the King, all the august members of the Royal Family, are made the subjects of such engravings, and are even transformed into caricatures. To avoid this profanation, and on the report of the academy, it is ordered 1st, That individuals even of that body, or of whatever class they may be, shall not in future publish any work of art, or of literature, without having the same first submitted to censors, and obtaining the approbation of the academy. 2d, That those who are not members of the academy, and not wishing to take the title of the same, shall be fined fifty ducats (about £6 sterling), in case they should presume to paint, engrave, or in any other manner give to the public the representations of sacred objects, or portraits of his Majesty, or of the persons of the Royal Family, without having previously obtained the consent of the academy. WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. LONDON. Annals of the Fine Arts, The Fourth Part of this work, which has been delayed beyond its usual time, in consequence of the death of one of the proprietors, will be published early in June, and the succeeding parts as regularly as heretofore. Dr Jackson is preparing for publication a Sketch of the History and Cure of Febrile Diseases; more particularly the Febrile Diseases of the West Indies, as they appear among the Soldiers of the British Army. Mr Nichols will publish, in the course of the month, a Journal of a Voyage to New Zealand, in company with the Rev. Samuel Marsden; with an account of the state of that country. A work on the Ruins of Gour is announced, which will be represented in 18 Views, with a Topographical Map; the whole compiled from the manuscripts and drawings of the late N. Creighton, Esq. The ninth volume of the Poetical Register, containing above three hundred original and fugitive poems, and numerous criticisms on poetic and dramatic works, will appear this month. The tenth volume is in preparation. The Lady's Receipt Book, containing a collection of valuable miscellaneous receipts and choice secrets, in useful, elegant, and ornamental cuts, by Wm Pybus, author of a Manual of Useful Knowledge, &c. will speedily appear. Lectures on Scripture Doctrines are preparing by Dr Wm Bengo Collyer. The Hon. Wm Herbert has nearly ready for publication, a new and corrected edition of the Musa Etonensis, with additional pieces. Dr Montucci has in the press an Account of the Rev. Robert Morrison's Chinese Dictionary, and of his own. It will form a 4to volume, containing about 200 pages, on superfine vellum paper, with above 1000 engraved Chinese characters. The Rev. T. F. Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron, which has been delayed by the 1 great increase of matter, is expected to appear in July. Capt. C. Clarke, of the Royal Artillery, has in the press a Summary of the State of Spain at the Restoration of Ferdinand VII. A new work, in one volume 8vo, will shortly appear, entitled, "Authentic Memoirs of the Revolution in France, and of the Sufferings of the Royal Family;" deduced chiefly from accounts by eye-witnesses, which will exhibit, besides information from other sources, a combined narrative of details from MM. Hue, Clery, Edgeworth, and the lately published and interesting Journal of the Duchesse D'Angouleme. Thomas Walter Williams of the Inner Temple, Esq. is printing a continuation of his compendious abstract of all the public acts, on the same scale and plan as the acts passed anno 1816, which will be published immediately after the close of the present Session of Parliament. We are extremely happy to hear that Miss Edgeworth has another work immediately forthcoming, consisting of two tales, Harrington and Ormond, forming, together, three volumes. The third volume of the new edition of Wood's Athena Oxoniensis, with great additions, edited and continued by Mr Bliss, will be published the end of this month, closely printed in royal 4to. The fourth volume is in the press. A small work of much utility will be published in a few days, entitled, Errors of Pronunciation, and Improper Expressions in current use, chiefly by the Inhabitants of I London; to which are added those in similar mis-use by the inhabitants of Paris. A New Spanish and English Dictionary will be published within a few days, in which the number of additional words incorporated exceeds 50,000. It will be the most complete dictionary of any two languages extant. Mr Colburn has in the press a Transla tion of the very interesting Narrative of the די Russian Captain Golownin, who was detained for three years a prisoner among the Japanese. The Rev. Wm Milne is printing, in an 8vo volume, a Translation from the Chinese, with Notes, of the Sacred Edict, containing sixteen maxims of the Emperor Kanghi, amplified by his son, Yoong Ching; with a paraphrase by a Mandarin. The Rev. W. Bellamy is preparing for the press a Concordance to the Bible, to be printed of a uniform size with the editions of the Family Bible, lately edited under the direction of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; by the Rev. Geo. D'Oyley and the Rev. Dr Mant. Mr Alex. Chalmers has completed that great undertaking, the new edition of the General Biographical Dictionary, in 32 vols Svo. The magnitude of the labour may be conceived, when it is known that this edition has been augmented by 3934 additional lives; of the remaining number, 2176 have been re-written, and the whole revised and corrected. Appended to each article are copious references to the sources whence the materials are derived. Mr Conrad Loddiges of Hackney, long celebrated as a cultivator of plants, is preparing for the press the Botanical Cabinet, containing coloured plates of exotic and British flowers which have blown in his garden. The whole will be published in parts, and comprehend a great number of the most curious species known in Great Britain. The Clerical Guide, or Ecclesiastical Directory, containing a register of the Dignita ries of the Church, and a list of all the Benefices in England and Wales, is in the press. The Rev. Dr Williams is preparing for publication a new treatise on geographical science, to be entitled, The Geographical Mirror; containing an accurate and comprehensive description of the known world, according to the most recent discoveries and arrangements; to which will be added, a comparative view of ancient and modern Geography, with an interesting and popular selection of notices respecting the manners, customs, antiquities, and leading historical outlines of the various nations of the earth. The same author has in the press The Parent's Catechism of Useful Knowledge. A new work has been commenced, under the title of The Continental Medical Repository; exhibiting a concise view of the latest discoveries and improvements made on the Continent in medicine, surgery, and pharmacy; conducted by E. von Embden, and assisted by other gentlemen of the faculty. It will be published in quarterly numbers. The Greeks; being the Jeremiad of an exiled Greek," Venu de France d'une manière inconnue," with notes and characters, will be published in a few days. At the commencement of 1818, will be published, (to be continued regularly, at least once every three months,) Vol. I. Part I. of the Encyclopædia Metropolitana, or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, on an original plan; comprising the two-fold advantage of a philosophical and an alphabetical arrangement; with appropriate and entirely new engravings. EDINBURGH. Lectures on the History of Ancient and Modern Literature; translated from the German of Frederick Schlegel; with notes, and an introduction by the Translator, in 2 vols 8vo. Lacunar Strevelinense. A Collection of Heads, etched and engraved after the Carved Work which formerly decorated the Roof of the King's Room in Stirling Castle. In one volume imperial quarto. A Treatise on Geognosy and Mineralogical Geography, with numerous plates, illustrative of the mineralogical structure of the earth in general, and that of Great Britain and other countries in particular; by Professor Jameson. In 2 vols 8vo. The Edinburgh Encyclopædia, Vol. XI. Partell. Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. II. Part II. A Summary of the Law relating to the granting New Trials in Civil Suits by Courts of Justice in England; by John Peter Grant, Esq. 8vb. 0 Sermons, by the Rev. Dr Romeyn of New York, are printing, in one volume Svo, and will speedily be published. Professor Paxton, of Edinburgh, has just issued Proposals for publishing by subscription, in three 8vo vols, an interesting work of great research, entitled, The Holy Scrip tures Illustrated; from the Geography of the East; from Natural History; and from the Customs and Manners of Ancient and Modern Nations. Though the general scheme has been anticipated, the proposed arrangement is more systematic than any former work, and there is every reason to expect a performance that must be a valua ble accession to the Christian library. Rob Roy; by the author of Waverley, &c. 3 vols. na vel Dr Duncan, jun. has nearly completed q the new edition of the Edinburgh Practice of Physic.good way gaitse A new History of Berwick upon Tweed, with notices of the neighbouring villages, by the Rev. Thomas Johnstone, minister of to the Low Meeting-House in that town, in 1 vol. 12mo, accompanied with a new plan of o the town, will appear towards the end of July.sk Mr W. Paterson, author of Views in Edinburgh, is preparing for the press a work on the Scenery and Antiquities of Mid Lothian, the first part of which will speedily be published. 2 R |