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Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 



of the World mathematically demon- 

 strated on the Foundation of the First 

 Chapter of Genesis. 



The Duke of Mercia, the Lamenta- 

 tion of Ireland, and other Poems, by 

 Sir Aubrey de Vere Hunt, hart, are 

 announced for publication. 



Specimens of the Living Poets, with 

 biographical and critical prefaces, by 

 Mr. Alaric A. Watts, will shortly be 

 published in three volumes. 



Mr. Landseer, the engraver, has in 

 the press, Sabaean Researches, in a 

 series of essays, addressed to distin- 

 guished antiquaries ; illustrated with 

 engravings of Babylonian cylinders, 

 and other inedited monuments of an- 

 tiquity. 



Mr. F. Howell is preparing a new 

 Translation of the Characters of Theo- 

 phrastus, with the Greek text, notes, 

 and numerous wood-cuts. 



A General History and Description 

 of the Deanery of Doncaster, is print- 

 ing by the Rev. .1. Hunter. 



The Rev. C. Swan is printing 

 Sermons on several Subjects, with 

 notes critical, liistorical, and explana- 

 tory, in octavo. 



Mr. T. Tredgold is engaged on an 

 Essay on the Principles and Practice 

 of Heating by Steam. 



Exterior Views of the Theatres of 

 London and its Suburbs, with an ac- 

 count of each theatre, will soon appear, 

 by Mr. D. Havell. 



T. W. Kaye, esq. will shortly pub- 

 lish a Compendious Saxon and Eng- 

 lish Dictionary. 



The Rev. J- Kenrick is engaged 

 upon a translation from the German, 

 with additions, of Professor Zumpt's 

 Grammar of the Latin Language. 



A Short Treatise on British Song- 

 Birds, with fifteen coloured engra- 

 vings, by Mr. P. Syme, will soon 

 appear. 



The an(;ient vessel, discovered near 

 the bed of the Rotlier, in Kent, has 

 been for some time exhibiting in the 

 -Strand-bridge road. We have visited 

 it in the usual routine of the shows of 

 the metropolis, and think it well wor- 

 thy of the customary sliilliug demand- 

 ed on such occasions, not only as a 

 curiosity, but as some reward for the 

 .spirit of enterpris*! shown iu removing 

 it hither. \V«; doubt, liowever, whe- 

 ther it is as ((Id as is commonly said, 

 and some professional (ipinions concur 

 in this belief. IJetwecn .3 and 400 

 years is perhajis its greatest age : the 

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length is about sixty-five feet; the 

 breadth, to the best of our recollection, 

 about fifteen : the burden about sixty 

 tons. The floor or bottom is as flat as 

 a table, and, having had one mast 

 which let down forward, was probably 

 intended in a great degree, or solely, 

 for river navigation. Most of the 

 timbers are sound, but many of the 

 bolts, as might be expected, are 

 eaten away. 



FRANCE. 



The French consul-general in Egypt, 

 M. Drouetti, having made a large 

 collection of the antiquities of that 

 country, off"ered them for sale to the 

 government of France, wliich being 

 declined, he has presented them to 

 that of Sardinia, in consideration of a 

 pension for life, and they are now ar- 

 ranging for public inspection at Turin. 

 M. Jacob addressed to the Society 

 of Antiquaries of France, in July last, 

 an interesting description of an antique 

 vase, known by the name of Vase of 

 Mantua, now in the collection of the 

 Duke of Brunswick. It consists of a 

 single onyx, agreeably diversified with 

 rich colours, with bas-reliefs, and 

 ornaments of exquisite workmanship. 

 Some antiquarians consider it as hav- 

 ing belonged to Mithridates ; but this 

 is an assumption easier made than 

 proved. What is more positively 

 known in the tradition of this vase is, 

 that it formed part of the plunder of a 

 soldier at the siege of Mantua in 1630, 

 and was sold to a Duke of Saxe- 

 Lauenburg, for the sum of 100 ducats. 

 Its value is now estimated at 150,000 

 crowns. 



The Protestant Bible Society held 

 its fourth anniversary at Paris, on the 

 Kith of April : iM. de Jaucour, a peer 

 of France, presiding. It appears from 

 their Report, that in the course of a 

 year 4,600 Bibles, and more than 

 5,000 New Testaments, were distri- 

 buted. Of the numerous auditory 

 were a number of public functionaries, 

 with deputations from Bible Societies 

 of France, England, Switzerland, and 

 the United States of America. A hun- 

 dred and twenty similar associations 

 exist in France. 



'I'he Society of Geography of Paris 

 are publishing the Travels of Marco 

 Polo, from a manuscript in the king's 

 library, much more extensive than any 

 hitherto published. Prefixed is an 

 historical notice relative to Marco 

 Polo, with a chart, and remarks on the 



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