1822.] 
The author of the Amatory Works 
of Tom Shuffleton, is about to publish 
a poem, in the manner of Beppo, en- 
titled Faliero; or, the Life and Adven- 
tures of a Neapolitan Libertine; dedi- 
cated to the Right Hon. Lord Byron. 
A Critical and Analytical Disserta- 
tion on the Names of Persons, by JOHN 
HENRY BRADY, esq. will soon be pub- 
lished. 
Mr. OvEeRTON has in the press an 
Inquiry into the Truth and Use of the 
Book of Enoch, as it respects his pro- 
phecies, visions, and account of fallen 
angels, such book being at length found 
in the Ethiopic canon, and translated 
into English, by DR. LAURENCE. 
The Rev. SAMUEL BURDER, M.A. 
has far advanced in the press, a new 
work, entitled, Oriental Literature, ap- 
plied to the illustration of the Sacred 
Scriptures, designed asa sequel to orien- 
tal Customs: in two large volumes, 8vo. 
closelyand handsomely printed. It will, 
besides a great body of interesting matter 
selected from the most important mo- 
dern publications, contain much valu- 
able criticism from a work of Dr. Rosen- 
miiller, of Leipsic, lately published in 
German, and now first translated into 
English. At the same time will be 
published a new edition, being the sixth 
of the Oriental Customs, in 2 vols, Svo. 
greatly augmented from the same 
sources. Both these works will appear 
the first week in May. 
Messrs. NoEL and LA PLACE, pro- 
- fessors in the University of Paris, hav- 
ing made a collection of Reading Ex- 
ercises for the use.of French Youth, 
which has been eagerly adopted in the 
schools of France ; a duodecimo edition 
of the same is printing in London, for 
the use of English schools. It is ac- 
knowledged on all hands to be the best 
selection from the classic authors of 
France that ever appeared. 
A Compendium of the Laws of Na- 
ture and of Nations, by Mr. J. P. 
THOMAS, is in the press. By an error 
in the arrangement of the paragraphs 
in our last number,- this desirable 
work was assigned to Mr. Ryan instead 
of Mr. Thomas. 
Chinzica,a Poem, in Ten Cantos, is 
in the press; it is founded on that part 
of the history of the Pisan Republic, 
in which is said to have originated the 
celebrated Triennial Festival, called 
the Battle of the Bridge. 
Anexhibition of Splendid Drawings, 
by the eminent English Artists, has 
been opened at No, 9, Soho Square, 
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There are also a few genuine specimens 
of the old mastezs, Michael Angelo, 
Raphael, Correggio, Claude, Rubens, 
Vandyke, Rembrandt, &c. ; and abril- 
liant collection of enamels by Muss. _ 
Elements of Jurisprudence, and a 
Systematical View of the Laws of Eng- 
land, as treated ofin a course of Lectures 
read at Oxford, by RICHARD Woop- 
DESON, esq. D.C.L. Vinerian Professor, 
&e. &e. the second edition, in 3 vols, 
Svo. with numerous corrections and 
additions by the author; and addition- 
al notes by W. M. ByrHm Wood, esq. 
of Lincoln’s Inn, are preparing for pub- 
lication. 
A reprint of that valuable and scarce 
little Manual, FRANCIS QUARLES'S 
Enchiridion, or Institutions Divine and 
Moral. is printing in royal l6mo. with 
a portrait of the author. 
Mr. L. J. A. MAc Henry, author of 
the improved Spanish Grammar, &c. 
has in the press a third edition of the 
Exercises on the Etymology, Syntax, 
Idioms and Synonyms of the Spanish 
Language. 
The Songs of Anacreon, of Teos, are 
in the press; translated into English 
measure, by hornd THURLOW. 
Early in March will be published, 
Marian De Britton, a. Novel in 3 vols, 
by Capt. Dk RENZY. 
in the year 1763, the population of 
Newfoundland consisted of 13,112 in- 
dividuals: 348,294 quintals of dried 
cod-fish were carried to market, 694 
tierce of salmon, 1595 tons of train oil, 
and the fur taken by the inhabitants 
was valued at 20001. In 1796, the pro- 
perty employed, and. the produce, were 
as follows :—400 sail of shipping, 38,000 
tons at 71.—500,000 quintals of dry fish 
at 18s.—3700 frails of salmon at 40s.— 
1000 barrels of herrings at 10s.—3300 
tons of oil at 25].—4900 seal-skims at 
41.—2000 shallops, boats, &c. &c. at 
301.3; and sundry merchandise in store, 
valued at about 300,000]. ; making an 
aggregate of nearly 1,200,000]. sterling. 
In 1807, a printing-office was establish- 
ed in St. John’s, and a weekly paper 
was published, for the first time, in that 
year. In the following, regular post- 
offices in St. John’s and the other prin- 
cipal distriets were likewise formed, 
The commercial prosperity of the is- 
land was carried to its zenith during 
the last war; in a single year, it had 
exported one million two hundred 
thousand quintals of fish.—Anspach’s 
Listory. 
The following is a statement of the 
number 
