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inlurmoil and misery, and themselves and eighteen pence per day, had he remained 



their governments in irretrievable debt nt home, we have here a dead loss of labour 



and ruin. The additional labour and con- amounting to .172.500/. per day, or, taking > 



sequently national wealth that might be the number of working days at 313 in the 



made effective, if standing armies were year, of 53,992, 500/. per annum ; but, in 



not deemed necessary for the dignity of addition to this enormous sacrifice, what 



empires, may be understood from the fol- amount shall we add for the value of 



lowing statement : " Throughout Europe wasteful equipments, for wasting and 



there are rather more than 2,300,000 men wasted clothing, provisions, ammunition, 



under arms, which is in the proportion of cc., and for the thousands on thousands of 



upwards of I in every 100 souls, suppos- horses withdrawn from agriculture and 



ing its whole number of inhabitants to be other useful purposes, and consigned to 



2C5, 000,000. Now, if \re allow each sol- the unproductive homestead of -the bar- 



dier to have been capable of earning but rack ?" 



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Introduction to Medical Botany, third edition. By T. Castle, M.D. F.L.S, 



Linncean System of Botany, illustrated and explained. By T. Castle, M.D. 

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Scientific Memoirs ; selected and translated from Foreign Journals, and 

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Shortly will be Published, 



An English Grammar. By Matthias Green, Birmingham. 

 T Select Plays from Shakspeare,. chiefly adapted for the Use of Schools and 

 Young Perso'ns, with Notes, selected from the best commentators. By E 

 Slater. This selection comprises the following admired Plays, viz. Hamlet, 

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Mr. Jacob Jones announces for publication, during the month, a third edition 

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This day is published, 12mo. 



First Progressive Latin Exercises, adapted to the Orthography and Etymo- 

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BRISTOL MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



This great assemblage of British and Foreign savans commenced on Mon- 

 day 22d, the general committee having previously assembled on Saturday 

 for the arrangement of business : and the Marquis of Northampton was ap- 

 pointed to fill the place of the Marquis of Lansdowne, whose absence was 

 owing to the lamented death of the Earl of Kerry, his eldest son. The whole 

 number of visitors according to our latest information was very nearly 1300. 



The following was the arrangement of the different sections during the 

 meeting . 



A. MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. (At the Merchant's Hall) President, 

 Rev. W. Whewell ; Secretaries, Prof. Forbes, W. S. Harris, Esq., and F. 

 W. Jerrard, Esq. 



B. CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY. (At the Grammar School) President, 

 Rev. Prof. Gumming ; Secretaries, Drs. Apjohn and C. Henry, W. Herapath, 

 Esq. 



C. GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. (At the Institution) President, Rev. Dr. 



