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Two expeditions for the interior of 
North Africa, are about to proceed, 
under the patronage of * the British go¬ 
vernment ; one of them by the African 
Association. They take their depar¬ 
ture from Tripoli, under the protection 
of the Dey, and with his recommenda¬ 
tion to the black princes of the country. 
The two companies proceed in conjunc¬ 
tion from Tripoli to Mourzouk, the ca¬ 
pital of Fezzan. There they separate; 
the one directing their course eastward 
by the temple of Jupiter Ammon into 
Egypt; the other eastward to the Niger. 
Thus some of the grand problems of 
African Geography have a good chance 
of being speedily and satisfactorily 
solved. 
A Treatise on the Law, Principles, 
and Utility of Insurance upon Lives, 
including summary Remarks on Insur¬ 
ance Companies, their high rates of 
premium, &c.; also Tables exhibiting 
the rates of annual premiums, and the 
probabilities of duration and expecta¬ 
tions of human life; together with a 
synoptical arrangement of the princi¬ 
ples and dissimilarity of the various 
Insurance Offices, will speedily be pub¬ 
lished by Frederick Blayney, au¬ 
thor of a Treatise on Life Annuities. 
A silver goblet was presented to Sir 
John Sinclair, on the third day of 
the Holkham sheep-shearing, (Wednes¬ 
day, 4th of July, 1S21). Mr. Coke, on 
that occasion, stated his entire approba¬ 
tion of the Code of Agriculture , which 
he considered to be the best book that 
had hitherto been published on that 
subject; and his satisfaction at having 
an opportunity of publicly expressing 
his friendship and regard for its author. 
At the Workington Agricultural 
Meeting, a cup was also presented to 
Sir John Sinclair, Bart, for his agri¬ 
cultural exertions. The inscription on 
the cup is— 44 Presented to Sir John 
Sinclair, Bart, by the Workington Agri¬ 
cultural Society, as a mark of the high 
sense entertained by that Society of the 
great benefits derived to agriculture 
from his unremitting exertions. 1821.” 
We most sincerely unite our voice to 
those of Messrs. Coke and Curwen, in 
the tribute due to the patriotic exer¬ 
tions of Sir John Sinclair, whom we 
consider one of the greatest, because 
most useful, practical philosophers that 
England ever produced. 
A new edition is printing of Arthur 
Young's Farmer’s Kalendar, in 12mo. 
under the superin tendance of John 
Middleton, esq. author of the Survey 
of Middlesex, Sic. 
A small volume is in the press, con¬ 
taining Eight Ballads on the Fictions 
of the Ancient Irish, and several Mis¬ 
cellaneous Poems, by Richard Ryan, 
author of 44 A Biographical Dictionary 
of the Worthies of Ireland.” 
The same gentleman is preparing for 
publication, a Catalogue of Works, in 
various languages, relative to the His¬ 
tory, Antiquities, and Language of the 
Irish; with remarks, critical and bio¬ 
graphical. 
Shortly will be published a new 
work, entitled the Duellist, or a'cursory 
view of the Rise, Progress, and Practice 
of Duelling, with illustrative anecdotes 
from history, by the author of 44 The 
Retreat,” &c. &c. 
A Monthly Journal of Popular Medi¬ 
cine, explaining the nature, causes, and 
prevention of Disease, the immediate 
management of Accidents, and the 
means of preserving Health, has been 
undertaken by Charles Thomas 
Haden, surgeon to the Chelsea and 
Brompton Dispensary, &c., of which 
four Numbers have appeared. The 
objects for which this publication was 
first instituted, were, to lay before the 
public, in familiar language, as much 
of the principles of medical science as 
may enable them to understand and 
recognize the state of health when pre¬ 
sent ; to know the mode in which dis¬ 
order of the healthy functions is pro¬ 
duced, and consequently the principles 
which lead to a rational system of diet, 
exercise, and clothing ; to distinguish 
between the state of health and that of 
disease, and therefore to mark the ap¬ 
proach of coming diseases; and to be¬ 
come alive to the important truth of, 
how simple the remedial means are, 
which will remove a commencing dis¬ 
ease, and lead a complaining patient 
back again to health. 
The second and third (or last) series 
of Church of England Theology, by the 
Rev. Richard Warner, consisting 
of ten Sermons in each series, on points 
of Christian Practice, and on the Para¬ 
bles of Jesus Christ, printed in manu¬ 
script characters, for the use of young 
Divines, and Candidates for Holy Or¬ 
ders, are now in the press, and will be 
published in the present month. 
Mental Discipline, or Hints on the 
Cultivation of Intellectual Habits, ad¬ 
dressed particularly to Students in The¬ 
ology and young Preachers, is printing, 
by Henry Foster Burder, M.A. 
The Rev. Mark Wilks is preparing 
an English edition of the Old Cevennol, 
by Rabaut de St. Etienne. Shortly 
