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made in the House of Commons, by Mr. J. Maxwell, the Member 

 for Lanarkshire, which failing to attract the notice of the reporters, 

 found its way into the public prints in a very crude and unintelligible 

 shape. The Hon. Member has in consequence written the substance of 

 his speech on that occasion, and with much valuable information ap- 

 pended to it, has published it in the shape of a pamphlet. The distressing, 

 the painfully distressing condition of the artisans is set forth with the 

 most appalling minuteness, and we shudder to think of the want of 

 knowledge, or indifference, or at least inactivity to the subject, evinced 

 on the part of those by whom only such a state of things can be alleviated. 

 The case of these unfortunate petitioners is thus presented to the public, 

 in the hope that the positive existence of a great amount of human 

 misery, will command, not only the sympathy, but the active interference 

 of the legislature. 



The Juror's Guide, or the Spirit of the Jury Laws j pointing out the 

 qualifications, duties, powers, and liabilities of Jurors in general, 

 whether on Grand Juries, Special Juries, Petty Juries, or Particular 

 Inquests. By a Barrister. Hurst, St. Paul's Church- yard. 



An authentic and intelligible digest of the laws which regulate the 

 ancient and highly-prized institution of trial by jury, cannot be received 

 otherwise than with favour. The author claims no higher title for this 

 production than that of a careful compilation— and in that character its 

 usefulness cannot be questioned. It is fully equal to the modesty of its 

 pretensions. 



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Dr. Siebenpfeiffer. Uber Erziehung und Unterricht — On Public Education 

 and Instruction. Bern, 1834. 



Dr. Siebenpfeiffer is, in many respects, one of the most celebrated 

 Germans now living. A brief sketch of his life may, possibly, excite 

 some degree of interest, and enable the reader to form a just estimate of 

 the importance attached on the continent to the work above quoted. 

 Dr. Siebenpfeiffer was not originally bred a scholar. At an early period 

 of his life he was employed as clerk by a receiver of taxes (a kind of depart- 

 mental treasurer), a situation which only requires the usual requisites of 

 an accountant. AUout the year 1814, the amiable daughter of a Professor 

 of the University of Fribourg, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, made a deep 

 impression on the heart of the young clerk. Her father was a Mr. de 

 Weisseneck, a man of considerable merit, who had been on terms of 

 intimacy with the present King of France, when the latter rambled, 

 a refugee, over the continent, at the time of the French Revolution. 

 Mr. deWeisseneck being, however, less proud of his letters of nobility than 

 of his profession, intimated that his daughter should never marry a 

 man who had not attained a similar rank in the literary world to 

 himself. This determination induced Mr. Siebenpfeiffer to devote himself 

 to study, and, such was his zeal and application, that at the termination 

 of three years, having passed the requisite examination with great 

 applause, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Law from the University of 

 Fribourg ; and, shortly after, he also received the hand of the lady who 



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