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Dr. L. 'VVhchler's Lectures on the 

 History of the Natioual Literature of 

 the Germans, translated from the Ger- 

 man, is printing in two octavo vols. 



Mr. J, FiTZADAM, formerly an able 

 seaman, and author of the Harp of the 

 Desert, will soon publish Lays on Land, 

 in foolscap octavo. 



In a few days will "be published the 

 First Part of a Poem descriptive of the 

 Deluge. 



Tlie Rev. Mr. Nolan is printing 

 his German Grammar, and tlie Spanish 

 only remains to be done, whidi will 

 be finishe;! in the present mouth. The 

 Hebrew, Syriack, Ciialdee, Greek, La- 

 tin, Italian and French, are uniformly 

 printed, and the whole forms a Poly- 

 glott Grammar, in which the genius 

 of the principal ancient and modern 

 languages is explained upon a uniform 

 plan. 



Progress of Crime and Distress. — By 

 a statement lately presented to the 

 House of Commons, it appears that 

 during the last seven years tlie num- 

 ber of persons committed for trial, 

 under criminal charges, has been as 

 follows : — to which is added the num- 

 ber cKecuted. 

 1814 Committed, 6,.S90 Executed, 70 



1815 7,S18 .'57 



1816 9 091 9.') 



1817 13,932 115 



1818 la,.^ 97 



1819 14,254 108 



1820 13,710 107 



[May J, 



78,762 649 



In London and Middlesex the num- 

 bers have been as follow : — 

 1814 1,646 21 



1815 2,005 



1816 2,226 



1817 2,686 



1818 2,665 



1819 2,691 



1820 2,773 



11 

 29 

 16 

 21 

 23 

 46 



16,692 167 



For some years past a skull, re- 

 ported to be that of Cromwell, has been 

 exhibited as a curiosity. It will be re- 

 collected tliat tliis head and two others 

 were, after the restoration, affixed over 

 the entrance of Westminster Hall, and 

 remained there till the leign of Anne, 

 when they were removed. The head 

 in question is one of these, and on 

 taking its dimensions, it is found to fit 

 the still-existing hat of Cromwell, in 

 the possession of Mr. O. C. of Cheshunt. 

 There can, therefore, be no doubt but 

 it is the skull of the Protector. 



Eighty five new churches and cha- 

 pels are proposed to be built, contain- 

 ing settings for 150,000 persons, at an 

 expence of a million. 



A History of the late War in Spain 

 and Portugal, in three vols, quarto, is 

 preparing by Dr. South EY, Poet Lau- 

 reate. 



A small volume of notes on the Cape 

 of Good Hope, made during an excur- 

 sion through the principal parts of that' 

 Colony in the year 1820, is announced. 



A New Series of Curiosities of Lite- 

 rature, in 3 vols. 8vo, are in prepara- 

 tion ; by J. D'ISRAELI, Esq. 



An Account of the Abipones, an 

 Equestrian People in the Interior of 

 South America, translated from Mar- 

 tin DoBRiZHOFFER, two-aud-twenty 

 years a Missionary in Paraguay, will 

 speedily be published in 3 volumes. 



Lord Byron, not content with be- 

 ing the best English poet of his day, is 

 desirous of proving himself the best 

 swimmer, bj' publishing an account of 

 his liaviug swam across the Hellespont, 

 in botli directions, in 70 and 65 mi- 

 nutes; and having on another occasion 

 won a bet by swimming 4 hoars and 

 20 minutes without rest. 



A fossil oyster siiell discovered m 

 the Hymalaya Mountains, a bull-rush 

 84 feet long, and a serpent with tw6' 

 heads, have been deposited in the Mu- 

 seum at Calcutta. 



The publication of J. Sams's descrip- 

 tive catalogue of an extensive and va- 

 luable collection of books at Darling- 

 ton, which we announced lately, as 

 being nearly reafly, is, we understand^ ; 

 deferred till the months of July or Au-^ . 

 gust. 



The second volume of the Comedies 

 of Aristophanes, translated from the 

 Greek, with numerovis illustrative ■ 

 Notes ; by Thomas Mitchell, A.M.- 

 is in the press. ' ' 



The Odes of Pindar, translated into 

 English verse, with Notes ; by AbrA- 

 HAiM Moore, Esq. will soon be pub- 

 lished. 



It is benevolently proposed to esta- 

 blish a Floating Hospital on the Thames, 

 for the use of diseased seamen. 



The personal Histoiy of King George 

 the Third, undertaken with the assist- 

 ance of, and in communication with, . 

 persons officially connected with the 

 late King, and dedicated, by express 

 permission, to his present Majesty, 

 with Portraits, fac-similes, and other 

 engravings, will soon be published, by 

 EnwARD Hawke LocKER,Esq.F.R.S. 



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