1822:] - 
we made in page 246 of the. present, .vo- 
lume of the Monthly, Magazines may, ex- 
¢cuse our omission of further \details| here, 
as to the reliquiz described, in order, to 
snbjoin two pleasing extracts, of an ins 
ferential naterey An excellent geological 
Map of the south-eastern, parts of Sussex 
is given, followed by six) plates, of,sec- 
tions. of ‘strata,* .&c.. |} Mr. Mantel, at 
the: conclnsion of his interesting | vo- 
Inme, mentions some important. details 
whicly he has been forced to omit for 
want of) room: we hope and trust that 
the liberal patronage he will now. receive 
from the: public will encourage the pre- 
paration of -a ‘second volume, in which 
these details might» be given, and the 
Tilgate investigation filly, gone into. In 
a preliminary Essay to this superb vo- 
lume;:'which» a ‘clergyman, not named, 
had drawn) up |.and presented to Mr. 
Mantel, we find several excellent remarks, 
regarding the connexion of geology with 
religion, which are alike» calculated to 
advance ‘the interests of both, and do the 
writer great credit.:: On the account in 
Genesis, he observes, that the first object 
of Moses was, “to claim for the.God ‘of 
Israel, the glory of having» created the 
whole visible universe.” His second ob- 
* It should have been mentioned in our 
page justreferred to, thata much lower 
part,lof the British series of strata than 
any which belong to the South-Downs, and 
lying northwards, .considerably detached 
from: the space embraced by Mr. M.’s 
mapyscalled: Tilgate Forest, is the part 
within which such new and extraordinary 
organic remains have lately been found, 
as to create doubts, whether its. strata 
should be associated with those of Stones- 
field,\in Oxfordshire, or with the strata of 
the peninsula of Purbeck, in Dorsetshire ; 
to which, we are desirous of adding, those 
of Lyme-Regis, in the latter county ; and 
of ssuggesting: our, doubts, whether. the 
proper Blue-Lius strata, of Smith's maps 
and descriptions, have really, been-ascer- 
tained on the Dorsetshire coast, or only. 
these ‘Tilgate strata; and, whether both or 
either of them, are identic with those. of 
Stonesfield? ..At.present.our materials are 
far too scanty to,allow of any. satisfactory 
decision: ithe; first, thing requisite, is, an 
acenrate and minute survey and map of the 
whole forest, range, from the, neighbour- 
hood: of Horsham ;to, that,.of, Battle, in 
order tovascertain the whole extent of the 
‘Vilgate stvata,,and in, what, manner the 
same pass mder,or abut against the, strata 
surrounding :themion every,side: we have 
mentioned Battle, because the waved slaty 
sandstone of ‘that| place, and some.other 
circumstances, seem to, indicate the pre- 
sence of the Tilgate stvata/in that part of 
Sussex, and \perliaps | they, extend, further 
eastward. NID 
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447 
ject.was, to givejan account of the origin: 
of man, and.of ;that,order of things which 
first. began to exist at.the same time wiili 
man,, Such) being, manifestly the sole ,ob= 
jecis, of .Moses,,all, we, can; reasonably, ex- 
pect from, him, touching scientific poiuts is; 
Jist, thathe, should, say nothing, directly 
contrary to the;certuin conclusions, of phi- 
losophy; secondiy,.that he should, furnish 
some few hints in aid ,of such:conclusions,; 
both of which expectations, he goes on to 
shew, have been fulfilled by) Moses,, who 
says nothing of the creation of the solid 
matter of the earth, on either of the days, 
whether equal or unequal, long:or short, 
of which he has spoken; but, on the con- 
trary, speaks of it as a prior event, having 
happened ‘in the beginning ;” not in any 
short or limited period of time... [n.his 
concluding observations, Mr. Mantel ob- 
serves, ‘‘the strata which the author has 
endeavoured to sketch, “have manifestly, 
with but few exceptious, been formed by, 
gradual deposition at the bottom, of, tranx 
quil seas;. the zoophites. and _shell-fish 
having, in all probability, been enveloped, 
while living in their native beds,...1t, is, 
also evident, that these formations, took 
place at periods snificiently remote from 
each other, to allow of the consolidation 
of the inferior beds, before, the upper.ones 
were deposited; the line, of separation 
being always distinctly marked, and, the 
inhabitants of each formation, essentially, 
diflering from. those contained in . the 
strata, either above or below it.” ; 
In a short pamphlet, just issued, fiom 
the press, entitled, Codification, Proposal, 
reasons would be such as to snow the be- 
neficial 
