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tciuli'iioy ill the co.eclion of cnonco^s 

 j)vacticcs, ami in tiic j)romotiou of 

 juslice. 



'i'iio Rf'v. IIiiRBFRr TvIaksh, a naiiic 

 of coiisidcMihiP ilistiiictiuii is; j;oieinic;il 

 liteialiirc-, liiis bc<n apiioisilcil to suc- 

 ceed Dr. \^'atsoii a.-; IJisliop of LlHiidafl". 



A collt-'clioii of Di'iii5i:is, in two vo- 

 lumes, hy Sir Jas. Bland Eukgess, is 

 in the press. 



'J'lic Spauisli Dicfiouurv of Neumaii, 

 {rrt'i'.llj improved hy Air. Jliiowrv, wiiich 

 lias been so loisa; in tiie piess, is now 

 nearly completed; the number of words 

 added exceeds thico thousand, hicludiuf^ 

 all the terms of art, mannl'aetures, and 

 rommcrce, many of which are to be 

 found in no other dictionary whatever. 



jNIemoirs of Mr. Sheridan will appear 

 in the course of the present month, fiom 

 the pen of Dr. Watkins. They arc 

 drawn partly from oriv,iiial doenments, 

 and illustrated bj some of his correspon- 

 tlcncc, and tiiat of liis friends, and will 

 include the history of his family. 



A translation is prcpariiip;, from the 

 revised sheets, as j)riiited, of the valua- 

 ble antiquarian travels in Italy of the 

 Icarncil arclucolosist, M. ]\TiLLf7v. No 

 work has appeared on tlic Coii'.inent 

 dniiiiir many years which possesses 

 nuire legitimate claims on the curiosity 

 of the literary world. 



Mr. Hemiy Koster will soon pub- 

 lish, in a tjnarto voiunie. Travels in 

 Brasil from i'crnanibuco to Se: ara, with 

 ficcasional excursions, and a vo3ajje to 

 Maranani; illustrated by plates of cos- 

 tumes. 



Dr. Smith, of Salisbnry, has an- 

 nounced his intention, in conjiniotion 

 with Air. C^OATKS, oi' Institutiui;; Lec- 

 tures on the Practice of jVIedicine, 

 J'harmney, Alateria !\Iedica,and Botany, 

 at tlie Infirmary of that ci<y. It is a 

 laudable example, which ought to be 

 followed by the Medical Olliccrs of oHicr 

 provincial hospitals. 



Ati iron brid;j;e, on tlie principle of 

 tcnacit'/, of a t\\eu1> feet span, fit lijr tlie 

 transit of the lari?est ami heaviest of car- 

 riages, is now ere<-tcd on Mr, Dixie's 

 premises, I''aleoii Square, London. Al- 

 tliou;^li ca|)ahle of sii.':tuii;in<^ twcnty- 

 Ihrec Ions and upwards, tlie iron-work 

 itself does not wei;jh twenty ewt. 



A new steam vessel, of 112 tons, was 

 lately tried on the Thames. She went 

 from IJIackfriars Bridge to Battersea 

 BriJ);e. in thirty '4 inuies, and back 

 llirou'fli London in fifty-two minutes. 

 The steam en;c'"<', of twenty-four Iiors(; 

 power, the paddle wheels, and the uia- 



e];inery necessary to give ami convey l!;e 

 iiiovement, vvei!;li only ii\c tons. It is 

 cotisttucted under the ti-rection of Mr. 

 Brunei, of Chelsea, by i\[r. Maudslev. 



A i)assage steam-vessel now works 

 daily between I.ondon and Twicken- 

 liam, and two others between London 

 and ISlrtrgate ; both at rixed hours, witli- 

 ont regard to wind or tide. 



Mr. Salt, in a letter to a friend in En- 

 gland, observes: Oil our way from Malta 

 we touched at the islaud of Milo, 

 where the inhaiiitants have lately dis- 

 covered a theatre of whitemarble, which 

 appears, from tl-.c little that has yet been 

 exposed to view, to be in very perfect 

 pri'servation. The scats at present 

 opened are seven in ninnbcr, b<aiilifnlly 

 wuikcd out of large masses of the fini-st 

 marble, formiiig the segment of a circle, 

 whose diaiiicter, if complete, would be 

 116 (eet. liniiiensc ruins of solid walls 

 stand c!o.<o by, and a fewreniMins of in- 

 scriptions have been found in the iieigh- 

 bonriiood. 



■I^} sons' Magna Britannia, yoltmie 

 VII, containing Cumberlaud, will soon 

 appear; and, at the same time, Part HI. 

 of Britannia Depicla. 



Baron d'L'KLAXSKi's Travels in Italy, 

 with a iew occasional Poems, are print- 

 ing in two dudilecimo volumes, for the 

 benclit oi'his widow. 



Dr. Nathan Yoitng, of Edhiburgb, 

 h;is published an account of a singular 

 malformation of the liunuin heart in a 

 labourer 49 years of;ige. The oigan w as 

 about twice the natural size, !'<ik a man 

 of oidinary stature ; and weighed, when 

 ireed liom the eoagula, and v\ith its ves- 

 sels cut short, twenty-eight ounceii aud 

 forty-four grains. 



Mi: Bakkwell, keeper of Spring- 

 Vale Asylum, Stalfordshire, purposes 

 shortly to deliver to a select number of 

 friends, at Manc-licster, a single lecline 

 on the nature and causes of mental de- 

 rniigcmenf, a descri|)tion of the synip- 

 tfuns that indicate the approai-li of that 

 disoider, and the best means of pi'eveiit- 

 ing it, with a description of the dillbrent 

 appearances of it when it has taken place, 

 and the proper medical and moral treat- 

 ment; should (his lecture meet the ap- 

 probation of those to whom it is sub- 

 mitted, in the (list iiistancc, it w ill be re- 

 peated in Manciicster and other towns, 

 as Mr. Bakewell's other avocations may 

 permit, 



'i'li<; second volume is nearly ready 

 for public ation, of Mr. Shaw iVIason'.s 

 Statisiical Survey of Jn land, drawn up 

 lioju the commonicaiions of the clergy. 



Edjiy 



