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Distinguished Persons; deduced from ancient Records, state papers, manuscripts, parochial documents, and other original and authentic sources. The work will be illustrated with a map of the Manor and Parish, interior views of the Palace and Hollandhouse, the Town and Church, portraits of eminent Persons, monuments, and other embellishments.

Dr Granville is preparing a Series of Memoirs on the present State of Science and Scientific Institutions in France; containing a Descriptive and Historical Account of the Royal Garden of Plants, the Royal Institute, the Polytechnic School, the Faculty of Sciences, the College of France, and the Cabinet of Mineralogy, the Public Libraries, the Medical School, and the Hospitals, with plans of the latter, never before published, &c. & Interspersed with anecdotes and biographical sketches of all the eminent characters who have appeared in France during and since the Revolution, in the va rious departments of Science.

A Prospectus is in circulation of a new weekly paper, to be entitled "The Caledonian," which is to appear in November, at the cheap rate of 4d. each number, for the purpose of diffusing more extensively a knowledge of the progress of science, literature, manners, and political opinions in Scotland.

Messrs Treuttel and Wurtz, publishers of Schweighæuser's Herodotus, in 12 vols Svo, have felt it necessary to caution the public against a mutilated and imperfect reprint of it; and, in their own defence, have reduced the price of the five-guinea edition to four guineas, and the nine-guinea copy to eight guineas.

The Lexicon Herodoteum, upon which Professor Schweighauser has long been labouring with indefatigable zeal, will be published by them as soon as possible.

The Iron Chest, a poem, is preparing for publication, by the author of the Recluse of the Pyrenees.

Mr Westall has, in a considerable state of forwardness, a Series of Illustrations to Mr Campbell's Pleasures of Hope, and Gertrude of Wyoming, which will be engraved by Mr Charles Heath; forming a union of the talents of two of the most ingenious artists of our age and nation, in combination with the works of one of the best modern poets.

In November will be published, Time's Telescope for 1819; serving as a complete guide to the Almanack; containing an explanation of saints' days and holidays, with sketches of comparative chronology, astronomical occurrences in every month, and a naturalist's diary.

Speedily will be published (introductory to a superb edition of the Seasons, &c. with original illustrations and embellishments), a new Biographical Memoir of James Thomson; which will contain many interesting incidents of his early life, and that of his ru

ral patron, Sir William Bennet, Bart. of Marlefield; a fac simile of Thomson's handwriting; and specimens of an unpublished and autograph collection of Thomson's early poems (twenty-nine in number), which manuscript has been preserved nearly a century by the lineal descendants of the Duke of Montrose, to whose sons, Mallet, the friend of Thomson, was preceptor. Together with a compilation, including the criti cisms and essays on Thomson's Works, by Murdoch, Johnson, Cibber, Warton, Aikin, Anna Seward, &c. The volume will be dedicated, by permission, to the Earl of Buchan, whose name, in many ways, has been long associated with that of Thomson.

Mr Zachariah Jackson will soon publish, in an octavo volume, a Restoration of 700 passages to their pristine beauty, which, in the Plays of Shakspeare have hitherto remained corrupt.

Essays on the Institutions, Government, and Manners of the - States of Ancient Greece; by Henry David Hill, D.D. Professor of Greek in the University of St An drews. 8vo.

A Series of Chronological Tables of History and Literature, consisting of Twelve Tables of History and four of Literature; translated from the German of Professor Bredow, of the University of Breslau, by Major Bell. royal folio.

Charenton; or, the Follies of the Age; a Philosophical Romance; translated from the French of M. Lourdoueix. 8vo.

The Tour of Africa, containing a concise Account of all the Countries in that Quarter of the Globe, hitherto visited by Europeans; with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; by Catherine Hutton. 8vo.

Occurrences during a Six Months' Resi dence in the Province of Calabria Ulteriore in the Kingdom of Naples, containing a Description of the Country, Remarks on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, and Observations on the Conduct of the French toward them; by Lieut. Elmhirst.

Night; a descriptive Poem; by E. Elli ott, jun, foolscap 8vo.

The History of Raymond and Madame Pyrreau. Two volumes. By the Author of John De Castro, Elsmere and Rosa, &c.

A Year and a Day; a Novel. Two volumes. By Madame Panache, Author of Manners.

Castles in the Air, or the Whims of my Aunt; a Novel. Three volumes. By Miss Halliday.

The Bard of the West; commonly called Eman ac Knuck, or Ned of the Hills; an Irish Historical Romance, founded on facts of the Seventh Century; by Mrs Peck. Three volumes.

C. F. Wieles, Esq. has in the press, Lamioli, a Novel, in three volumes.

The Rev. Archdeacon Nares is printing, in a 4to volume, Illustrations of difficult Words and Phrases occurring in the English Writers of the age of Queen Elizabeth,

EDINBURGH.

The Edinburgh Encyclopædia; or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; conducted by David Brewster, LL. D. Fellow of the Royal Societies of Lond. and Edin. &c. &c. 4to, and illustrated by maps and engravings from original drawings by Blore, Provis, P. Nicholson, Farey, &c. Vol. XIH. Part I. 4to.

We understand that the Sermons preached by the Rev. Drs Ranken and Campbell, in the Outer High Church, Glasgow, on the Sabbath after Dr Balfour's Funeral, are speedily to be published.

A Series of Essays and Dissertations, Historical and Literary; by the Rev. Robert Burns, Paisley.

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Elements of Chemistry; by James Millar, M.D. Editor of the Encyclopædia Edinensis. One vol. 8vo. This work will contain,-1. Principles of Chemistry-2. Phenomena of Nature-3. Arts and Manufactures.

Facts and Observations towards forming a New Theory of the Earth; by William Knight, LL. D. Belfast. One vol. 8vo. The Collected Works of the late W. C. Wells, M.D. F.R.S.L. and E. with a Memoir of his Life, written by himself. One vol. 8vo.

Memorials; or, The Memorable Things that fell out within this Island of Britain, from 1638 to 1684; by the Rev. Mr Robert Law. Edited from the MS. by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. One vol. 4to, with a frontispiece.

Edinburgh Monthly Review, No I, price 2s. 6d. to be published on the 1st of Janu

ary.

The Rev. Dr Chalmers of Glasgow will shortly publish a volume of Sermons, preached by him in the Tron Church Glasgow.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, and into the Means and Causes of its Increase; by the Earl of Lauderdale. Second Edition, with considerable additions. One vol. 8vo

Commentaries on the Laws of Scotland, and on the Principles of Mercantile Jurisprudence; by George Joseph Bell, Esq Advocate. Third edition. Vol. II. 4to.

Mr Elias Johnston, teacher of Mathematics in Edinburgh, announces a revised edition of Professor Hamilton's Introduction to Merchandize; containing Treatises on arithmetic, algebra, commerce, bills of exchange, book-keeping, mercantile laws, and the public funds.

An edition of Selden's Table Talk, very elegantly printed by Ballantyne, and illus trated with Notes, will speedily be published. This publication resembles the curious and entertaining Collections of Ana, which are so numerous in French literature; and in the opinion of Dr Johnson, it is superior to any book of that denomination: "A few of their Ana," he remarks," are good, but we have one book of that kind better than any of them."-Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, p. 321.

Speedily will be published, First Latin Lessons; selected from the Classics (with the authorities subjoined), arranged under the respective Rules of Syntax, beginning with Exercises on the First Declension, and advancing by gentle gradations. To which will be added English Exercises under each Rule, with Notes, and a complete Vocabulary. By Thomas Macgowan, one of the Masters of the Academy, 25 Sect Street, Liverpool. 18mo.

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Pathological and Surgical Observations on Diseases of the Joints; by B. C. Brodie, F.R.S. Assistant-Surgeon to St George's Hospital, and Lecturer on Surgery. Illustrated by plates. 8vo. 16s.

Practical Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Marasmus, and of those Dis orders allied to it, which may be strictly denominated Bilious; by Joseph Ayre, M.D. Member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, one of the Physicians to the General Infirmary at Hull, Senior Physician to the Hull and Sculcoates Dispensary, and Physician in Ordinary to the Lying-in Charity at Hull. 8vo. 7s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hakewill's Views in Italy, illustrative of Addison, Eustace, Forsyth, &c. No II. Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts, No XI. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

British Review, No XXIV. 8vo. 6s. Thomson's Annals of Philosophy, No LXXI. for November. 2s. 6d.

Gleanings and Remarks, collected during many months of residence at Buenos Ayres, and within the Upper Country; with a prefatory Account of the Expedition from England, until the surrender of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, under the joint command of Sir David Baird, G.C.B. K.C., and Sir Home Popham, K.C.B.; by Major Alexander Gillespie, now upon the full pay retired list of the Royal Marines. Illustrated with a Map of South America, and a Chart of Rio de la Plata, with pilotage directions. 8vo. 10s.

Antiquitates Curiosa; the Etymology of many Remarkable Old Sayings, Proverbs, &c. explained; by Joseph Taylor. Foolscap 8vo. 5s.

A Treatise on Fluxions; by Professor Vince, A. M. F.R.S. The sixth edition, enlarged throughout; with the addition of Problems in pure and mixed Mathematics. a great number of New and Interesting

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The Elements of the Ellipse, together with the Radii of Curvature, &c. relating to that Curve; and of Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces in Elliptical Orbits; which is added, the first of Dr Matthew Stewart's Tracts; by Jas Adams, Surveyor, Stonehouse, near Plymouth. 8vo. 12s.

A Perpetual Key to the Almanacks; containing an account of the fast, festivals, saints' days, and other holidays in the calendar, and an explanation of the astronomical and chronological terms; by James Bannatine. The whole corrected and improved, with an original table of the constel Îations, their names and origin, and the number and magnitude of the stars which compose them, &c. &c.; by John Irving Maxwell, of the Inner Temple. New edi tion. 2s. 6d.

The Report of the London Committee of Investigation, presented at a Meeting of Insurers, held at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, on Friday, September 25, 1818. 2s.

The Gentleman's Annual Mathematical

Companion, for 1819; containing Answers to last Year's Questions, &c.; also new ones proposed for the next, together with some original and interesting Papers never before printed. No XXII. 2s. 6d.

The Quarterly Journal of Foreign Medicine and Surgery, and of the Sciences connected with them. No I. 3s. 6d.

The Modern London Catalogue of Books, with their Sizes, Prices, and Publishers; containing the Books published in London, and those altered in Size or Price, since the year 1800 to October 1818. 8vo. 8s.

NOVELS.

Recluse of Albyn Hall; by Zara Wentworth. 3 vols 12mo. 16s.

The Veiled Protectress, or the Mysterious Mother; by Mrs Meeke. 5 vols. £1, 7s. 6d. Nightmare Abbey; by the Author of Headlong Hall. 6s. 6d.

The Fast of St Magdalen; a Romance; by Miss Anna Maria Porter. 3 vols 12mo. £1, 1s..

POETRY.

A Few Leaves from my Field-book; by William Woolcot.

The Modern Antique, or the Muse in the Costume of Queen Anne; by J. Gompertz. 8vo. 12s.

The Anglo-Cambrian; a Poem in four books; by M. Linwood. 12mo. 5s.

POLITICS.

A Letter from Sir Robert Wilson to his Constituents, in Refutation of a Charge of

having dispatched a False Report of a Victory when in Spain, contained in the last Quarterly Review. 1s. 6d.

A Letter to the Right Hon. Sir William Scott, &c. &c. in Answer to Mr Brougham's Letter to Sir Samuel Romilly on the Abuses of Charities. To this edition is added, an Examination of the principal Cases of Abuse published in Mr Brougham's Appendix, and the Third and Fourth Reports of the Committee of the House of Commons, viz. Winchester, Eton, Westminster, St Bees, Huntingdon, Croydon, Mere, Spital, the Berkshire, and other Charities. Fourth edition, greatly enlarged. 3s.

A Reply to the Strictures on Winchester College, contained in Mr Brougham's Letter to Sir Samuel Romilly, M. P.; by the Rev. Liscombe Clarke, A.M. Fellow of Winchester College.

A Vindication of the University of Cambridge from the Reflections of Sir James Edward Smith, President of the Linnean Society, contained in a pamphlet, entitled, "Considerations respecting Cambridge," &c.; by the Rev. James Henry Monck, B.D. Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, and Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge. Second edition, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The Report from a Select Committee of the House of Assembly, in the Island of Barbadoes, appointed to inquire into the Origin, Causes, and Progress of the late Insurrection. 3s.

TOPOGRAPHY.

The Emigrant's best Instructor, or the most Recent and Important Information respecting the United States of America: selected from the works of the latest travel

lers in that Country, particularly Bradbury, Hulme, Browne, Birkbeck, &c.; by John Knight. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

A Chronological History of Voyages into the Polar Regions; undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific: from the earliest period of Scandinavian Navigation, to the De parture of the recent Expeditions, under the orders of Captains Ross and Buchan; by John Barrow, F.R.S. To which are added a Narrative of Captain Buchan's Expedition into the Interior of Newfoundland, and a Relation of the Discovery of the Strait of Anian, made by Captain L. F. Maldonado, in the year 1588. With an original Map of the Arctic Regions, One vol. 8vo. 12s. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern and Western States of America; contained in Eight Reports, addressed to the Thirty-nine English Families by whom the Author was deputed, in June 1817, to ascertain whether any, and what Part of the United States would be Suitable for their Residence. With Remarks on Mr Birkbeck's "Notes" and

"Letters." By Henry Bradshaw Fearon. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

EDINBURGH.

Annals of Aberdeen, from the Reign of King William the Lion to the end of the year 1818; with an Account of the City, Cathedral, and University of Old Aberdeen; by William Kennedy, Esq. Advocate. 2 vols quarto, with plates. £4, 4s.

The Duty of imitating Departed Worth; a. Sermon, occasioned by the lamented Death of the Late Rev. Robert Balfour, D. D. Preached in Albion Street Chapel, Glasgow, October 25, 1818. By Ralph Wardlaw. Is. 6d.

The Salt-foot Controversy, as it appeared in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine; with a Reply to the Article published in No XVIII. of that Work; with other Extracts, and an Appendix. Only 100 copies are printed. 8vo.

Reports of Cases used in the Jury Court, from the Institution of that Court in 1815, to the Sittings at Edinburgh ending in July 1818; by Joseph Murray, Esq. Advo cate. Svo. 158.

Outlines of Moral Philosophy, for the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh; by Dugald Stewart, Esq, F.R.S. &c. formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. Fourth edition, 8vo. 8s.

The Trial of Andrew M'Kinley, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 26th July 1817, for administering unlawful Oaths; with the antecedent Proceedings against William Edgar, John Keith, and Andrew M'Kinley. Taken in Short-hand by John Dow, Esq. W.S. 8vo. 16s.

A Letter on the Principles of the Christian Faith; written by Hannah Sinclair. Fourth edition, 18mo. 1s. 6d.

Encyclopædia Edinensis; by James Mil. lar, M.D. Vol. II. Part 4. 4to. 8s.

Poems on various Subjects; by the late William Muir, Campsie. With Notices, biographical and critical, of the Author, 5s. Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, No LX. 6s,

Elementa Linguæ Græcæ. Pars Prima, -Complectens Partes Orationis Declinabi les, et Contractionum Regulas, &c. Studio Jacobi Moor, LL. D. in Academia Glasguensi olim Litt. Gr. Prof. Pars Secunda, Complectens Verba Anomala et Defectiva, et quasdam ex Præpositionibus. Studio Andrea Dalzel, S.R. S.E. Nuper in Academia Edinensis Litt. Gr. Prof. &c. Nunc Demum,-Reliquas Præpositiones, Adverbia, Conjunctiones, Syntaxin, Prosodiam, Regulas Accentuum et Dialectus. Studio Georgii Dunbar, S.R. S.E. et in eadem Academia Litt. Gr. Prof. A new edition, Svo, 79.

MONTHLY REGISTER.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c.

MILITARY.

Dr. G. Cap. E. Wildman, from 20 Dr. to be Major, vice Hartwell, ret.

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24th Sept. 1818 Lieut. Robert M'Douall to be Capt. vice Fisher, dead 17th do. Ensign T. Jervis to be Cornet by purch, vice Evered, ret. 10th do. Hosp. Assist. G. Finlayson to be Assist, Surg. vice Callow, dead 24th do. Surg. T. Carton, from h. p. 79 F. to be Surg. vice Crofton, ret. 25th do. Lieut. F. Clarke, from h. p. to be Adjut. and Lieut. vice Leith, ret, on h. p. as Adj. 17th do, Gent. Cadet W. F. Marlton to be Ensign by purch. vice Jervis, 6 Dr. G. do. C. M. Chase to be 2d Lieut. by purch. vice Reeves, prom. 10th do. Bt. Lt. Col. S. T. Popham to be Lieut. Col. vice Kelly, dead do.

Bt. Major T. C. Green to be Major, vice Popham

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Lieut, P. Kelly to be Capt. vice Green do. Ensign W. Mellis to be Lieut. vice Kelly

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Lieut. H. Jervis to be Adjut. vice Co-
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17th do.
Assist. Surg. T. M. Perrott, from h. p.
43 F. to be Assist. Surg. vice Bunny,
ret. on h. p. 43 F.
25th do.
Gen. Sir G. Beckwith, G. C. B. from 2
W. I. R. to be Colonel, vice Earl of
Lindsey, dead
21st do.

2 W. I. R. Maj. Gen. Sir H. Torrens. K.C.B. from African Corps, to be Colonel, vice Sir G. Beckwith do. Lieut. A. Turner to be Adj. vice Goode, cancelled 1st Oct. Af.Corps. Maj. Gen. Hon. Sir E. Stopford. K.C.B. to be Colonel, viee Sir H. Torrens 21st Sept. W.I.Ran. James M'Nicol to be Ensign, vice Stevenson, dead 1st Oct.

Garrison, Lt. Gen. Sir J. Doyle, Bt. and G. C. B. to be Governor of Charlemont, vice Earl of Lindsey, dead

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73 F.

Swinburne, from 43 F. with Capt. Hay, h.p.

Lieut. Fairlie, from 42 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Stevenson, h. p. 37 F.

Pierard, from 47 F. rec. diff. with Lt. Mitchell, h. p. 41 F.

Saunders, from 20 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Cooper, h. p. 66 F.

89 F.

O'Brien, from 2 F. with Lieut. Crawford,

Wyatt, from 2 L. Gds. rec. diff. with Lieut. Hanbury, h. p. 1 F.

Morris, from 1 F. with Lt. Babington, h.p. Richardson, from 2 F. with Lieut. Berkeley, h. p. 92 F.

- J. Shea, from 58 F. rec. diff. with Lt. Rice, 12 Dr.

Chambers, from 1 F. G. with Ensign Sir J. M. Burgoyne, h. p. 71 F. Cornet Jacob, from 4 Dr. G. with Cornet Stevenson, h. p. 3 Dr. G.

Ensign Trimble, from 11 F. with Ensign Farmer, h. p. 103 F.

81 F.

Smith, from 12 F. with Ensign Lewis, h. p.

M'Coy, from 13 F. with Ensign Thomas, h. p. 100 F.

Paymaster White, from 68 F. with Lt. Read, h. p. 81 F.

Surg. Ballingall, from 33 F. with Surg. Vallange, h. p. 10 F.

21st Sept.

Deaths.

Resignations and Retirements.

Major Hartwell, 6 Dr. Gds.

Lieut. Leathes, R. Art.

Cornet Evered, 6 Dr. Gds.

Quart.-Mast. Webb, 1 Tower Hamlets Mil,

Appointments Cancelled.

Ensign Browne, 58 F.

Adj. Goode, 3 W. I. R.

General.

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Lieutenants.
Calderwood, 12 Dr. 30 Sept. 18
Carter, h. p. 21 Dr. 27 Apr.
Moore, 60 F. 24 Aug.
M'Arthur, h. p. 79 F. 17 Dec. 17
Second-Lieut. & Ensign
| Carroll, 87 F. 29 Oct. 1817
Stevenson, R.W. I.R. 21June 18
Little, York Rang. 20 Sept. 17

Francis, h. p. 81 F. 27 Apr. 1818 FitzGerald, R. Eng. Paymaster.

Hodgson, 8 F.

21 Aug. 18 Adjutant.

Clark, Dumfries Mil. 30 Aug. 18
Miscellaneous.

Dillon, Dep. Assist. Com. Gen. at
St Kitt's
16 Aug. 1818
Rev. J. Guilding, Officiating
Chap. at St Vincent's only.

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