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arrived at a magnitude which it has often itself described as alarming. So 

 far is India from yielding a tribute to Great Britain, that in loans and aids, 

 and in the expense of fleets and armies, it has cost this country enormous 

 sums !" 



Again ; " we have the advantage, it may be said, of the commerce with 

 India. There is an inveterate habit in England of estimating not commerce 

 in general, but commerce with this or that country, in addition to others, far 

 beyond its value. They who are under the dominion of this blind persuasion, 

 do not reflect that commerce is exchange, and that England or any other 

 country can only exchange what she has got to exchange. But can any 

 doubt that England could exchange all that she has got to exchange which 

 is but a limited amount, if India " were in the deep sea sunk ?" To make 

 out this argument then, they must say, that we exchange on better terms 

 with India than we could with any other country ; but if they do say so, it 

 will puzzle them to make good their position. " 



Under the head of COAL TRADE, are these observations : " One thing is 

 positively certain, that for a great many years to come, the supply of coals 

 will be equal to the demand. Mr. Taylor, an experienced coal owner, calcu- 

 lates the quantity consumed in Great Britain and Ireland, at 15,580,000 

 tons annually, exclusive of foreign importation ; and this estimation does not 

 differ eventually from those of Messrs. Stevenson andBakewell. With regard 

 to the extent of the Coal fields, it is the opinion of Mr. Taylor, that those of 

 Durham and Northumberland are adequate to furnish the present annnal 

 supply for 1700 years. Dr. Buckland, the celebrated geologist, thinks this 

 estimate much exaggerated, but he is of the same opinion with Bakewell, that 

 in South Wales alone there are coal-beds which will meet the present demand 

 for 2000 years to come. When we take into account the other extensive coal 

 mines throughout England and Scotland, it must appear sufficiently absurd 

 that the exportation of this valuable mineral should be cramped by heavy 

 duties, on the ground that the mines would become soon exhausted." 







THE EXILE OF IDRIA. A GERMAN TALE. IN THREE CANTOS. 

 LONDON : COCHRANE AND M'CRONE. 



This unpretending performance has some beauties and many faults. The 

 former, however, are scarcely striking enough to elicit applause, nor the 

 latter to provoke censure. The author is evidently possessed of considerable 

 imagination and feeling ; and may, we shouldthink, with more care, be more 

 successsful. 



THE BYRON GALLERY. PART V. LONDON : SMITH, ELDER & Co. 



This number is quite equal to either of its predecessors. The engrav- 

 ings, after the designs of Westall and Parris, are much superior to the 

 other three. In the first plate (Westall) by Finden, representing a scene 

 from Marino Faliero, we observe a clear and delicate line in the principal 

 female figure, which is, moreover, prettily designed ; but there is some confu- 

 sion in effect between the Doge and the guard. This latter person is unceremo- 

 niously meddling with the old man's cap, whereas it is evidently intended 

 that his hand should be supporting his own chin. 



LIBRARY OF ROMANCE, No. 3. WALTHAM. LONDON. SMITH, ELDER, 



& Co, 1833. 



WE feel a strong desire to encourage by all fair and proper means, the 

 enterprize of Mr. Ritchie, conceiving, as we do, that if it be successful, it 



