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LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

The following Works are in the Press :Imaginary Conversations of eminent Statesmen and Literary Men, Ancient and Modern. By Walter Savage Landor, Esq. Journal of a Tour in France in the Years 1816 and 1817. By Frances Jane Carey, 8vo.

Flora Domestica; aDescriptive Catalogue of Plants that may be reared in the House; with Directions for their Treatment, and Illustrations from the Works of the Poets. 1 Vol. 8vo.

Mark Macrabin the Cameronian: a Tale. By Allan Cunningham, Author of Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry.

Hazelwood Hall; a Drama, in Three Acts, interspersed with Songs. By the Author of the Farmer's Boy.

A Memoir of Central India, with the History and copious Illustrations of the past and present Condition of that Country, in 2 Vols. 8vo. with an original Map, recently constructed Tables of the Revenue, Population, &c. a Geological Report, and comprehensive Index. By Sir John Malcolm, GCB. &c.

An Easy and concise Introduction to Lamarck's Arrangement of the Genera of Shells. By Charles Dubois, FLS.

Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand. By Captain A. Cruize, of the 84th regt.

Self Delusion; a Novel.

By the Au

thor of Domestic Scenes. Illustrations, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of the Novels by the

Author of Waverley, with Criticisms general and particular.-In Three Parts. By the Rev. R. Warner.

Historical Notices of Two Characters in Peveril of the Peak, to be printed in Post 8vo. uniform with that work.

Edward Neville, or, the Memoirs of an Orphan. In 3 Vols.

Elizabeth; being the first Part of a Series of French Classics, with Engravings, &c. Edited by M. Ventouillac.

Elements of a new Arithmetical Notation, in some respects analogous to that of Decimals; by which expressions producing a great variety of Infinite Series may be obtained, which can by no other means be found, &c. By Thomas Taylor, the Platonist.

A new Edition of the Principles of Forensic Medicine, embracing every Topic on which the Medical Practitioner is liable to be called to give a professional Opinion in aid of Judiciary Inquiries. By Dr. Gordon Smith.

Illustrations of the Mode of maintaining Health, curing Diseases, and protracting Longevity, by Attention to the State of the Digestive Organs; with popular Observations on the Influence of Peculiarities of Air, of Diet, and of Exercise, on the Human System. By Dr. Forster.

A Practical Treatise on the various Methods of heating Buildings by Steam, Hot Air, Stoves, and Open Fires, &c. By Robert Mickleham, Civil Engineer.

Meteorological Essays. By J. Frederic Daniell, FRS.

WORKS LATELY PUBLISHED.

Fine Arts.

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Biographical and Historical Memoirs. By Edmund Lodge, Esq. Part I. containing Five Plates, imperial 8vo. 12s. 6d. royal 4to. 25s.

Practical Hints on decorative Printing, with Illustrations, engraved on Wood, and printed in Colours, at the Type Press. By William Savage. Large paper, 117. 118.; small paper, 57. 158. 6d.

History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster. By T. P. Neale. 2 Vols. royal 4to. 10. 10s. imperial 4to. proof impressions, 157. 15s. crown folio, 217. imperial ditto, 347. 13s.

History and Biography.

The Saxon Chronicle, with an English Translation. By the Rev. J. Ingram, BD. 4to. 31. 13s. 6d. boards.

Memoirs of Francis Barnett, the Lefevre of "No Fiction." 12mo. 2 Vols. 12s.

Lingard's History of England, Vol. 5, comprising the Reigns of Mary and Elizabeth. 4to. 17. 15s.

General Carascosa: Memoires historiques, politiques, et militaires sur la Revolution de Naples, en 1820 et 1821. 1 Vol. 8vo. with a Map. 128.

The History of England during the middle Ages. By Sharon Turner. 4to. Vol. 3. 21. 2s. boards.

Orme's Memoirs of W. Kiffin. Post 8vo. 5s. 6d. boards.

Memoirs of General Count Rapp, First Aide de Camp of Napoleon. Written by himself. 8vo. 12s.

Medicine.

A Series of Elementary Lectures on the Veterinary Art. By Veterinary Surgeon Percivall. 8vo. 12s.

A Practical Treatise on the Symptoms, Causes, Discrimination, and Treatment of some of the most Important Complaints

that affect the Secretion and Excretion of the Urine. By John Howship 8vo. 13s. A Treatise on Mental Derangement. By Francis Willis, MD. 8vo. 7s. Gd.

Miscellaneous.

Blossoms of Anecdote and Wit, or Mirth for the Parlour. Foolscap, 7s.

Heraldic Anomalies; or, Rank Confusion in our Orders of Precedence. By it

Matters not Who. 2 Vols. crown 8vo. 11. An Essay on the History and Theory of Music. By J. Nathan. 4to. 17. 11s. 6d. A Hebrew, Latin and English Dictionary, containing all the Hebrew and Chaldee Words used in the Old Testament. 2 Vols. 8vo. 17. 10s.; royal ditto, 21. 2s.

Hebrew Dictionary and Grammar, without Points, together with a complete List of such Chaldee Words as occur in the Old

Testament, and a brief Sketch of Chaldee

Grammar. By James Andrew, LLD.

FRS. 8vo. 98.

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T. Vaux.

The East Indian Calculator. By Tho

mas Thornton. 8vo. 21s.

An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy. By William Phillips, FLS. MGS. L. and C. Third Edition. 8vo. 16s.

Military Exploits of Don Juan Martin Diez, the Empecinado, who first commenced and organized the System of Guerilla Warfare in Spain. 8vo. 78.

Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis, a reprint of Scarce Tracts relating to the County and City of Gloucester. Portrait and Map, 4to. 10s. 6d. royal 4to. 1 1s.

Queen Elizabeth's Progresses. By Nichols. New edition, 3 Vols. 4to. 91. 9s.

Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America, from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen, with Anecdotes descriptive of their Manners and Customs. By John D. Hunter. 8vo. 12s.

Recollections of the Peninsula. By the Author of Sketches in India. 8vo. 8s.

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Poetry.

the Prince of Castilian Poets, translated by The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega, J. H. Wiffen. Post 8vo. 12s.

Fables for the Holy Alliance. By Thos. Brown the Younger. 8s. 6d. boards.

National Songs of Scotland. 5s. 6d.

The Forest Minstrel, and other Poems.

By William and Mary Howitt. 7s. Cd. Poetical Memoirs; The Exile, a Tale. By James Bird. 8vo. 6s. 6d.

Italy. a Poem, Part I. By Samuel Rogers. Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d.

The Cambridge Tart; Epigrammatic and Satiric-Poetical Effusions, &c. dicated to the Members of the Univer

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sity of Cambridge. By Socius. Foolcap, 88.

Theology.

A Spiritual Guardian for Youth. By the Rev. Alex. Fletcher. 18mo. 3s. 6d.

The Holy Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, giving a modest and short Account of her exemplary Piety and Charity. By Anthony Walker, DD. abridged and revised by the Rev. J. W. Brooks, Domestic Chaplain to Lord Viscount Galway. 12mo. 3s. Gd.

Voyages, &c.

Travels through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark, to the North Cape, in 1820. By A. de Capell Brooke, MA. 4to. 27. 10s.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

The Rev. T. Gisborne, AM. of Yoxall, appointed Prebendary of Durham, vice the Rev. Dr. Price, deceased. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the Rev. J. Groom, MA. late of Cirencester, and Perpetual Curate of Bauten, in the county of Gloucester, to the Vicarage of Swindon, Wilts, void by the resignation of the Rev. T. Surtees.The Rev. W. Darch, to the Rectory of Huish Champflower; Patron, Sir J. Trevelyan, Bart.The Rev. Anthony Austin, MA. to the Rectory of Hardenhuish, Wilts: Patrons, A. Guy and W. Unthank, Esqs.-The Rev. R. Broadley, to the Rectories of Melbury Sandford and Melbury Osmond, Dorset; Patron, the Earl of 1lchester.

The Rev. Dr. Birch, LLD. Dean of Battle, collat ed by the Bishop of Chichester, to the Archdeaconry of Lewes, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. E. R. Raynes.-The Rev. W. Aldrich, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Boyton, in the county of Wilts.-The Rev. J. Paul, to the Church and Parish of Maybole, in the Presbytery and county of Ayr, vacant by the death of the Kev. Mr. Logan.-The Rev. Clarke Jenkins, BD. to the Rectory of Leigh Magna, Essex.-The Rev. Frances Skurray, BD. to the consolidated Rectory of Winterborne Abbas-cum-Steepleton, ių the county of Oxford,

BIRTHS.

April 28.-In Great Cumberland-street, Lady King, a daughter.

29. The lady of S. Crawley, Esq. MP. a son and heir.

The lady of Capt. J. P. Wilson, of the Hon. Company's ship, Hythe, a son.

May 4-At his Royal Highness' the Duke of Clarence, Bushey-park, the Countess of Errol, a son and heir.

5. At Islington, the lady of A. W. Law, Esq. chief officer of the Hon. Company's ship, Hythe, a daughter.

7. In Great Cumberland-place, the lady of John H. Pelly, Esq. a sou.

8. In Grosvenor-place, Lady Tullamore, a son. 13. Mrs. Captain Protheroe, of Hampton, a son. 16. In Upper Brook-street, the lady of Michael Bruce, Esq. a son.

18. In Manchester-street, the lady of Sir R. P. Jodrell, Bart. a son.

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At Hampstead, the wife of J. B. Nichols, Esq. a daughter.

At Harperley-park, Durham, the lady of G. H. Wilkinson, Esq. a son.

22. At Merry-hill, Bushey, Herts, the lady of Lieut.-Col. Charles Dance, a son.

24. At Sloperton Cottage, Devizes, the lady of Thomas Moore, Esq. a son.

25. In Upper Bedford-place, the lady of Nathaniel Ellison, Esq. a daughter.

IN SCOTLAND.

At Ardincaple-castle, Lady J. Campbell, a son. At Aberdour Manse, the lady of Dr. Bryce, a daughter.

At Holmes-house, Ayrshire, the lady of James Fairlie, Esq. of Holmes, a son and heir.

ABROAD.

At Colombo, in the island of Ceylon, the lady of H. Matthews, Esq. his Majesty's Advocate Fiscal, a daughter.

At Florence, the lady of Lieut.-General Sir Geo. Walker, GCB. a son.

At Boulogne-sur-Mer, Lady Catherine Caroline Bricknell, daughter of the Earl of Portmore, a

SOD.

At Gorruckpore, the lady of Lieut. Arch. Dickson, Bengal Infantry, a son.

MARRIAGES.

April 24.-By the Rev. Dr. Moore, the Rev. Robert Moore, Rector of Winbourne St. Giles, in the county of Dorset, to Sophia Elizabeth, eldest daughter of R. Henshaw, Esq.

29. David Holmes, Esq. second son of the late R. Holmes, Esq. of Ballyadam, Limerick, to Anne, third daughter of the late Sir Charles Price, Bart. of Spring-grove, Surrey.

May 1.-At St. Mary-le-bone, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Chester, John Herbert Owen,

Esq. of Dolfargan, Montgomeryshire, to Harriet, daughter of the Rev. C. Johnson, of Southstoke, Somersetshire, and Prebendary of Wells. 1. At Chelsea, Charles Schreiber, Esq. of Hiuchelsea-lodge, Hants, to Amelia, eldest daughter of Major-General Sir John Cameron, KCB. 3. At Brighton, by the Dean of Hereford, St. Leger Hill, Esq. Captain of the 12th Lancers, son of the late Hill, Esq. of Doneraille, to Catherine, second daughter of the late J. Nugent, Esq. of Clay-bill, Epsom, and niece of the late Right Hon. Edmund Burke.

7. At St. Martin's Church, John Barclay, Esq. of Barnes, Surrey, to Martha, youngest daughter of John Hawes, Esq. of Spring-gardens.

8. At Mary-le-bone Church, Christopher, eldest son of the late C. Cussack, Esq. of Furse-hall, Essex, to Frances, eldest daughter of R. Denison, Esq. of York-street.

At Wandsworth, Surrey, the Rev. J. Whitelock, to Frances Benedict Anastasia, only daugh• ' ter of J. Pritchard, Esq. of Gray's Inn-lane-road, and niece to the late Sir Willoughby Aston, Bart.

13. At St. Mary-le-bone Church, Capt. Job Hanmer, RN. of Holbrook-ball, Suffolk (nephew of Sir T. Hanmer, Bart.), to Harriet, daughter of the late T. Dawson, Esq. of Edwardston-hall, Suffolk.

At Mary-le-bone Church, D. Macnamara, Esq. surgeon NR. to Frances, eldest daughter of G. Fennell, Esq. accountant to the Treasury of the Navy.

Mr. A. De Symmons, of Bush-cottage, Wanstead, Essex, to Matilda, youngest daughter of the late J. Israel, Esq. of St. Mary Axe. 15. At St. James's Church, the Rev. Walker King, eldest son of the Lord Bishop of Rochester, to Anne, third daughter of Dr. Heberden.

17. At Kensington Church, William Bunnett, Esq. of that village, to Amelia, eldest daughter of Joseph Hume, Esq. of Notting-hill, Kensington.

20. At St. Andrew's, Holborn, S. Sheldon, Esq. of Woburn-place, to Mrs. Barry, of John-street, Bedford-row.

At Worcester, Charles Hastings, MD. son of the Rev. James Hastings, Rector of Martley, in the county of Worcester, to Hannah, eldest daughter of Dr. Woodgatt, of Worcester.

The Rev. W. Davis, of Hastings, to Caroline, only surviving daughter of the late W. May, Esq. -At Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, by the Rev. A. Steward, T. Steward, Esq. of Norwich, to Lucy, only daughter of J. S. Tuthill, Esq. of Heighham Lodge.

21. At St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. H. B. Owen, DD. Rector of St. Olave's, Hartstreet, Crutched Friars, Charles Gustavus Owen, Esq. of Queen's College, Oxford, to Elizabeth Sarah Hicks, of Davies-street, Berkeley-square. 22. At Hornsey, by the Rev. L. Coghlan, DÝ, the Rev. Richard Haygarth, Vicar of Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, to Elizabeth Catharine, only daughter of the late S. Leach, Esq. and niece to the late T. Leach, Esq. of Muswell-hill,

IN SCOTLAND.

At Templand, Aberdeenshire, J. Barclay, Esq. jun. of Templand, to Mary Anne, fourth daugh ter, of the Rev. Dr. Barclay, Minister at Kettle,

IN IRELAND.

At St. Anne's, Dublin, W. H. Oram, Esq. of the Scotch Greys, to Anne, eldest daughter of John Ball, Esq. of Shannon, in the county of Donegal. At Monart, county of Wexford, Lieut. G. Ogle King, late of the 21st, or Royal Scots Fusileers, to Sarah, second daughter of Newton Lett, Esq. of Killaligan.

ABROAD.

At Bermudas, Capt. Richard Hoare, of his Majesty's ship Dotterel, third son of H. H. Hoare, Esq. to Matilda, daughter of Rear-Admiral W. C. Fahfe.

DEATHS.

April 19. At his residence, in Montague-square, Sir Charles Bampfylde, Bart. in consequence of a wound received on the 7th, from a pistol shot, which entered his side. The murderer, J. Morland, a person formerly in Sir Charles's service,. upon seeing that his aim had taken effect, put a second pistol into his own mouth and destroyed himself. Sir Charles belonged to one of the oldest and most distinguished families in Devonshire, and was the twenty-second baronet. He married Miss Moore (daughter of Sir John Moore, Bart. KB. Admiral of the Red), who survives him, but they had not lived together for several years. By this lady he had one son, who succeeds to the title and estates. 21. At East-hill, Wandsworth, Charles Warren, Esq. of Constitution-row, Gray's Inn-road. He expired very suddenly while in conversation, his death being occasioned by an enlargement of the heart. As an engraver he ranked deservedly high in his profession.

23. At his house in Soho-square, in his 74th year, A. Arrowsmith, Esq. the celebrated constructor of maps and charts.

In Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, in his 86th year, Joseph Nollekens, Esq. RA. an eminent sculptor. He left behind him property amounting to 300,0001. amassed by habits of strict parsimony, or rather penuriousness. He bequeathed 50,0001. to Dr. Kenrick, Public Librarian at Cambridge; and a similar sum toFrancis Douce. Esq. the able Antiquary, and Illustrator of Shakspeare. The latter gentleman is also left residuary legatee.

24. Ated 69, Mr. Thomas Simpson, 41 years resi-dent engineer of the Chelsea water-works. Mr. Simpson was the friend of Rennie and Watts, and contributed greatly towards that distinction which the civil engineers of this country enjoy. He was the projector of the Lambeth waterworks: Glasgow and Liverpool also have both profited by his ingenuity, while London is in no small degree indebted to him for the pure wa ter with which it is supplied. He was a native of Black-hall, in Cumberland.

25. At his seat, Himley-hall, in the county of Staffordshire, aged 74, William, Viscount Dudley and Ward, who is succeeded by his only sonJohn William.

26. Bryan William Darwin Cooke, Esq. of Alverley Grange, in the county of York. -Aged 20, Mr. R. W. Wynn, a young artist of considerable promise. His death was occasioned by his gun accidentally going off, while he was shooting near Hornsey wood: he survived the accident but a few hours.

-At Chelsea, aged 69, Mrs. Reinagle, wife of P. Reinagle, Esq. RA.

27. In Newcate-street, George Winter, Esq. many years Common-Councilman for the Ward of Farringdon.

In Brunswick-square, the lady of W. Reader, Esq. Barrister at Law.

27. At Bath, aged 69, Richard Croft, Esq. 29. In Sloane-street, Capt. T. Hurd, RN. Hydrographer to the Board of Admiralty.

At his house, in Great Cumberland-place, Lieut.-General Vere Warner Hussey, aged 76. -At Worcester, Col. James Wemyss, of the Roy. Marines, and father of Col. Weinyss, late of the 50th regt. This Officer lost an arin at the battle of Trafalgar.

May 1-At Hill hall, Essex, in his 78th year, Col. Sir W. Smyth, Bart.

At his residence, in the Green-park, Lord W.,

Gordon.

2. At Cheltenham, in his 80th year, the RightHon. Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie, after an illness of two months. His Lordship was formerly a good law reporter, and author of several esteemed professional works. He married Lady Anu North, daughter of the Prime Minister, a connexion which brought him into political life. And, in 1801, he was created an Irish Peer. Two years ago he had the misfortune to lose his only son, a young man of no mean literary talent. His Lordship lately published a translation of the first Canto of Ricciar. detto, a romantic, satirical Italian poem, by Fortiguerri,

3. At Neweastle-upon-Tyne, Mrs. B. Scott, sister.. to the Lord Chancellor, and to Lord Stowell. -Suddenly, although after some previous indisposition, Mr. G. Carr, prompter at Drury-lane theatre. He has left a wife and 14 children. totally unprovided for, for whom a subscription has since been opened.

4. At his apartments, Frith-street, Soho, Major M. Sutton, of the late 97th, or Queen's own regt., an officer of distinguished merit, who, after. many years of active service in the West Indies, Mediterranean, Egypt, Portugal, &c. was afflicted with a total loss of sight, whilst serving. 8. At Oxenwood, Berks, Charles H. Randall, Esq. under the Duke of Wellington. 13. In his 38th year. John Cocksedge Bignold, Esq. of Catton, near Norwich.

15. At Houghton-le-Skerne, in the county of Durham, in her 47th year, Margaret, widow of the, late Rev. T. Le Mesurier, Rector of that place. 16. At his chambers, in the Middle Temple, in his 73d year, W. Lambe, Esq. formerly of Pontefract, in the county of York, but for many years past of. Tilgate-house, in the parish of Worth, Sussex, an acting magistrate for that district, and a bencher of the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn. 20. At Doddington, Gloucestershire, Anna Maria,* fifth daughter of Sir Christopher, and Lady Bethell Codrington.

22. At Moore-place, Lambeth, Charles Hyde, Esq. Surgeon.

25. In Grosvenor-place, Mrs. Bayard, relict of the late Major-General John Bayard, and daughter of the late Andrew Moffatt, Esq. of Cranbrook Hall, in the county of Essex.

IN SCOTLAND.

At Dumfries, James Crichton, Esq. of Friar's Carse, Dumfrieshire.

At Lasswade Hill, near Edinburgh, Lady Jane, Mary Boyle, daughter of John, late Earl of Glasgow.

IN IRELAND.

At Dublin, H. D. Villers, Esq.

At Piercy-mount, Sligo, Lady Gethin, the wife of Sir Piercy Gethin, Bart.

At Cavendish-row, Dublin, after an illness of some weeks, the venerable Dr. Thomas John Troy, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, He was born in that city in 1739; appointed Bishop in December, 1776, and trauslated to the Archdiocese of Dublin, in 1786. His funeral, which took place on the 14th of May, was a public one, which was attended by a numerous concourse of persons, and the number of carriages in the procession amounted to 120.

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