Page images
PDF
EPUB

that they cannot ope their mouths but out there flies a trope! They remind us of Martinus Scriblerus, who, instead of ordering his door to be shut in good English prose, used to transfuse his wishes into blank verse, and say,

The wooden guardian of our privacy
Quick on its axle turn.

We cannot afford space for extract, or we could select many beautiful passages from the Duke of Mantua. The description of the growing sounds of a many-voiced echo is admirable:

We laughed

On that still night, until the whispering woods
Grew loud, and thousand voices started forth
From bough and hoary stem, bursting, as if
To riotous life!

Some of the songs are also very elegant. Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims, is a small volume which is said to be the production of a Mr. Hazlitt. The anthor, whoever he may be, has given us a number of good thoughts, such as might be the "ground-work of se. parate essays;" but the greater part are too long and too laboured to come properly under the denomination of Maxims. There is only one point," says the author, "in which I dare even allude to a comparison with Rochefoucault: I have no theory to maintain; and I have endeavoured to set down each thought as it occurred to me, without bias or prejudice of any sort." Now, we apprehend that this theory of Rochefoucault's (the selfishness of Man), whether true or false, constitutes the very charm of his book. It is the leading strain that carries along the attention of the reader, the string which threads his pearls together; and we should have been better pleased had the writer avoided the want of connection in his aphorisms. Besides, aphorisms require as many thoughts as words, and in these Characteristics we have twice or thrice as many words as thoughts.

The Letter to the Mistresses of Families on the Cruelty of employing Children in the

Sweeping of Chimnies is a small pamphlet; but is, notwithstanding, well worthy of attention and perusal, both on account of the subject and the earnestness with which it is written. The author not only shows, by -irrefragable evidence, the cruelty of the practice; but demonstrates that its continuance is owing solely to the apathy of -the "Mistresses of Families," and that there are few cases in which the machine would not be equally efficacious, The master chimney-sweep prefers the boy, because otherwise he must work himself; but the lady of the house has only to issue her commands, and they must be obeyed.

ARBORICULTURE.

No. I. to VIII. of Dendrologia Britannica ;or Trees and Shrubs that will live in

[blocks in formation]

Hay's Catalogue of Greek and Latin Classics, in which will be found every Edition of importance that has appeared in this Country and on the Continents. BIOGRAPHY.

28.

Memoirs of William Stevens, esq. Treasurer of Queen Anne's Bounty; by the Hon. Sir James Allan Park, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Third edition. 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Memoir of John Aikin, M.D. with a Selection of his Miscellaneous Pieces, Biographical, Moral, and Critical; by Lucy Aikin, fine portrait. 2 vol. 8vo. 1l. 48. boards.

Memoirs of the Marchioness De Bonchamps ou La Vendee; edited by the Countess of Genlis. 12mo. 5s.

Sketches of the Lives of Correggio and Parmegiano, with Notices of their principal Works. Small 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

Memoirs of a young Greek Lady; or Madame Pauline Adelaide Alexaudre Panam, versus the reigning Prince of Saxe-Cobourg. 12mo. 10s. 6d. boards.

CLASSICS.

Plauti Comœdiæ Superstites, 3 vols, 18mo. (Regent's Edition,) 16s. boards. A Greek and English Lexicon, by John Jones, LL.D. 8vo. 11. 10s.

DRAMA.

The Whole of the Dramatic Works of

William Shakspeare; complete in one pocket Volume; being the smallest, neatest, and cheapest, Edition of Shakspeare's Dramas ever printed. Extra-boards, 11. 1s.

EDUCATION.

which the Rules of Composition are briefly A Syntactical English Grammar, in exemplified, &c. &c. adapted to the Use of Schools; by David Davidson. 3s.

Human Understanding, in Question and An Epitome of Locke's Essay on the Answer; for the Use of those who intend to enter on the Study of Metaphysics. 2s. 6d.

Tales of Boys as They Are: with frontispiece. 28. half-bound.

A Brief Treatise on the Use and Construction of a Case of Instruments for the Improvement and Benefit of Young Students; by G. Phillips. 18mo.

[merged small][merged small][ocr errors]
[ocr errors]

FINE ARTS.

The Scenery of the Rivers Tamar and Tavy, in forty-seven Subjects: exhibiting the most interesting views on their banks,

including a View of the Breakwater at Plymoutlu, drawn and engraved by Fred. C. Lewis. Imperial 4to. 21. 10s.

No. I. of the Rivers of England, from Drawings by J. M. W. Turner, R.A. W. Collins, R.A. and the late Thos. Girtin: containing Shields, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and a View of Eton. Engraved in mezzotinto on steel. Each number to contain

three plates, and to be published quar. terly. Royal 4to. 10s.

The Works of Antonio Canova, in Sculpture and Modelling. Engraved in ontline by Henry Moses, with descriptions from the Italian of the Countess Albrizzi : published in parts monthly. Imperial 8vo. 4s., 4to. 6s.

A Portrait of the Rev. Edward Irving, A.M. minister of the Caledonian Church,

Hatton Garden. 9s.

The Italian School Design, being a FacSimile of Original Drawings by the most eminent Painters and Senlptors; by W. Y. Ottley, esq. 1 vol. complete, with 84 plates, super royal folio, 121. 12s.-Colombier, 18l. 18s.

Part I. of a Series of Picturesque Views of Edinburgh, engraved in the line manner; by W. H. Lizars, with a succinct Historical Account of Edinburgh. 4to. 5s. royal 4to. 10s. 6d.

No. II. of Views in Provence, and on the Rhome, engraved by W. B. Cooke, as iilustrative of an Itinerary of the Rhone; by John Hughes, A.M. Royal 4to. 68. 6d.

An Illustration of the Architecture and Sculpture of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, 12 plates; and accompanied by an historical and descriptive Account of the Fabric.

GEOLOGY.

The Stratification of Alluvial Deposits, and the Crystallization of Calcareous Stalactites; in a Letter to J. Macculloch, M.D. &c. by H. R. Oswald. 15. 6d.

sewed.

MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

Number II. of Anatomical and Physiological Commentaries; by Herbert Mayo. vol. 5s. 6d.

Practical Remarks on Fractures at the upper part of the Thigh, &c. &c.; by Henry Earle, F.R.S. 8vo. 8s.

The results of Experience in the successful Treatment of Epilepsy and other Nervous Disorders, pointing out a safe remedy for these complaints; by T. I. Graham,

M.D. 1s. 6d.

Observations on the Nature and Treatment of the prevailing Disorders of the Stomach and Liver; by T. I. Graham, M.D. of Carshalton. 5s. boards.

MISCELLANIES.

No. XV. of the Retrospective Review. 58.

Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Cus A Glossary, or Collection of Words, toms, Proverbs, &c. which have been thought to require illustration in the works of English Authors, particularly Shakespeare and his Contemporaries, closely printed in double columns to range with Todd's edition of Johnson's Dictionary; by Arch. Nares. 21. 15s. boards.

The Trial of the Rev. Edward Irving, Hatton Garden: with five portraits by M.A. minister of the Caledonian Church, Cruikshank. 8vo. 2s.

No. I. of the Mechanic's Magazine. 8vo. 5d. Published weekly, and embelHished with illustrative wood-engravings.

The Wonders of Nature and Art, containing an Account of the most remarkable and curious Animals, and Mineral and Vegetable Productions, in the World; also the Manufactures, Buildings, and Wonderful Inventions of Man; compiled from the works of established authority; by the 12mo. 4s. Rev. W. Hutton, M.A.

NOVELS, TALES, AND ROMANCES. Influence and Example; or the Recluse: a Tale. Foolscap 8vo. 6s.

Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations. 3 vols. post. 8vo. 11, 5s. 6d.

Legends of Scotland: Second Series, 3 vols. 19mo. 16s. 6d.

Gulistan, or the Flower Garden of Sadi. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Italian Stories, translated by Miss Holford. Foolscap 8vo. 5s,

Precipitance: a Highland Tale. 2 vols. 19mo. 18. boards.

What Shall Be, Shall Be; by Mrs. Meeke. 4 vols. 12mo. 11. 4s. POETRY.

The Village Schoolmaster. A Poem; by Lancelot Raymond. 12mo. 1s.

Poetical Memoirs; the Exile, a Tale; by James Bird. 8vo. 6s. 6d.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. Remarks on the External Commerce and Exchanges of Bengal, with Appendix of Accounts and Estimates; by G. A. Prinsep, esq. 8vo. 5s. 6d. boards.

A Memoir of Central India, including Malwa and adjoining Provinces, with the History and copious Illustrations of the past and present Condition of that Conntry; with an original Map, Tables of the Revenue and Population, a Geological Report, and comprehensive Index; by Major Gen. Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B. &C. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 12s. boards.

Report of the Debates in the House of Lords on the Motion of the Marquis Lansdown, “That a Bill for granting relief to his Majesty's Subjects not being Members of the Church of England, in

relation

relation to the Solemnization of Matri mony, be read a second time. 8vo. 18.

THEOLOGY.

A Dissertation on the Fall of Man; in which the literal sense of the Mosaic Account of that Event is asserted and vindicated; by the Rev. George Holden, M.A. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Bishop Marsh's Theological Lectures, Part VII. (on the Authority of the Old Testament.) 8vo. 28.

Five Lectures on the Gospel of St. John, as bearing Testimony to the Divinity of our Saviour; delivered on the Fridays during Lent, 1823; by C. J. Blomfield, D.D. Rector of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, and Archdeacon of Colchester. Second edition. 12mo. 28.

Scripture Names of Persons and Places familiarly explained; intended as a Companion to the Reading of the Holy Scriptures, for the Use of Young Persons.

12mo. 4s.

Bishop Hall's Sacred Aphorisms, selected and arranged with the Texts of Scripture to which they refer; by Richard Brudenell Exton, Rector of Athelington, Suffolk. 12mo. 38. 6d.

Parochial Instruction; or Sermons delivered from the Pulpit, at different times, in the course of Thirty Years; by the Rev. James Bean, M.A. one of the Librarians of the British Museum, and Assistant Minister of Welbeck-chapel, St. Mary-le-Bone. The second edition. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Devotional Exercises, extracted from Bishop Patrick's Christian Sacrifice; adapted to the present Time, and to gene. ral Use; by Latitia Matilda Hawkins, 12mo. 3s.

The Psalms of David, translated into divers and sundry kindes of verse, more rare and excellent for the method and va. rieties than ever yet has been done in Engfish, begun by the noble and learned Sir Philip Sidney, knt. and finished by the Countess of Pembroke, his sister. Now first printed from a copy of the original MS. Transcribed by John Davies, of Hereford, in the Reign of James the First, with two portraits. 12mo. 128. boards.

The Reflector, or Christian Advocate; in which the united efforts of modern infidels and Socinians are detected and exposed, illustrated by numerous examples: being the substance of the Busby Lectures, delivered on appointment of the Lord Bishop of London; by the Rev. S. Piggott, A.M. of St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Part I. of Scientia Biblica. Being a copious collection of Parallel Passages, printed in words at length for the illustra tion of the New Testament. 3s.

Letters on the State of Christianity in India; in which the Conversion of the Hindoos is considered as impracticable; by the Abbé J. A. Dubois, missionary in Mysore. Small 8vo. 7s. boards.

TOPOGRAPHY.

A Panoramic View of the City of Edinburgh and Surrounding Country, compre. hending the varied and picturesque scenery, as seen from the top of the Caltonhill, from an actual drawing on the spot by Mr. Tytler, will appear in a few days beautifully printed in chalk by Simoneau, and handsomely coloured on imperial drawingpaper.-Size, ninety inches long by twentyone inches broad.

A Guide to the Giant's Causeway, and North East Coast of the County of Antrim, with a Map and Engravings after drawings by G. Petrie; by the Rev. G. N. Wright. Royal 18mo. 6s. boards.

A Descriptive Guide to Fonthill Abbey and Demesne for 1823, including a List of its Painting and Curiosities; by John Rutter, 8vo. with a highly-finished plate and vignette. 4s. sewed.

Remarks on the Country extending from Cape Palmas to the River Congo; by Capt. J. Adams. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

Part VI. Vol. IX. of the Journal of Voyages and Travels :-A Voyage round the World, between the Years 1816 and 1819; by M. Camilla de Roquefeuil, in the ship Le Bordelais.

Journal of Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand; by R. A. Cruise, esq. 8vo. 9s. boards.

BRITISH LEGISLATION.

ACTS PASSED in the THIRD YEAR of the REIGN of GEORGE THE FOURTH, or in the
THIRD SESSION of the SEVENTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM.

CAR

AP. CIV. To continue, until the 31st day of December, 1824, the Bounty to Vessels employed in the Greenland Seas and Davis's Streights; and to authorize his Majesty to alter the Times for the sailing of the said Vessels, and any of the Limitations conMONTHLY MAG. No. 386.

tained in the Acts for allowing the said Bounty.

Cap. CV. For granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between the Port of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and the Isle of Man.

Z

Cap:

1

Cap. CVI. To continue for one Year so much of an Act of the last Session of Parliament, as increases the Duties payable on Sugar imported from the East Indies.

Cap. CVII. To allow, until the 1st day of August, 1823, a Drawback of the whole of the Duties of Customs on Brimstone used and consumed in the

making and preparing Oil of Vitriol or Sulphuric Acid.

Cap. CVIII. For vesting all Estates and Property occupied for the Barrack Service in any Part of the United Kingdom in the Principal Officers of his Majesty's Ordnance, and for grant ing certain Powers to the said Principal Officers in relation thereto.

Cap. CIX. To repeal the Duties and Drawbacks on Barilla imported into the United Kingdom; and to grant other Duties and Drawbacks in lieu thereof.

Cap. CX. To amend the Laws for the Prevention of Smuggling.

Cap. CXI. To allow, until the 10th day of November, 1824, the Exportation of Spirits distilled from Corn for Home Consumption in Scotland, to Parts beyond Seas, without Payment of the Duty of Excise chargeable thereon.

Cap. CXII. To authorize the further Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, for the Completion of Works of a Public Nature, and for the Encouragement of the Fisheries in Ireland.

Cap. CXIII. To amend an Act, passed in the 50th year of his late Majesty, for directing that Accounts of Increase and Diminution of Public Salaries, Pensions, and Allowances, shall be annually laid before Parliament, and for regulating and controlling the grant"ing and paying such Salaries, Pensions,

and Allowances.

Cap. CXIV. To provide for the more effectual Punishment of certain Offences, by Imprisonment with hard Labour.

Cap. CXV. To regulate the Qualification of Persons holding the Office of Coroner in Ireland.

Cap. CXVI. For the more convenient and effectual registering in Ireland Deeds executed in Great Britain.

Cap. CXVII. To reduce the Stamp Duties on Reconveyances of Mortgages, and in certain other Cases; and to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for removing Doubts as to the Amount of certain Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland respectively.

Cap. CXVIII. To amend an Act made in this present Session of Parlia ment, for amending an Act made in the 1st year of his present Majesty's Reign, for the Assistance of Trade and Manufactures in Ireland, by authorizing the Advance of certain Sums for the Support of Commercial Credit there.

Cap. CXIX. To regulate the Trade of the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, and for other purposes relating to the said Provinces.

Cap. CXX. To defray the Charge of the Pay, Cloathing, and Contingent Expenses, of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain; and to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Quarter-masters, Surgeons, Surgeons-mates, and Serjeantmajors of Militia, until the 25th day of March, 1823.

Cap. CXXI. To defray, until the 25th day of June, 1823, the Charge of the Pay and Clothing of the Militia of Ireland; and for making Allowances to Officers and Quarter-masters of the said Militia during Peace.

Cap. CXXII. For raising the Sum of 16,500,0001. by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 1822.

Cap. CXXIII. To amend an Act of the 1st year of his present Majesty, for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England.

Cap. CXXIV. To amend an Act passed in the 1st and 2d years of his Majesty's Reign, for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland.

Cap. CXXV. To enable Ecclesias tical Persons, and others, in Ireland, to grant Leases of Tithes, so as to bind their Successors.

Cap. CXXVI. To amend the general Laws now in being for regulating Turnpike-roads in that part of Great Britain called England.

§ 2. enacts, that after the 1st of January, 1826, the nails of the tire or tires of the wheels of waggons, carts, and all such vehicles made use of upon turnpike-roads, shall not project above one quarter of an inch beyond the surface of the same; and inflicts a penalty for disobedience upou the owner, of a sum not exceeding 40s. and upon the driver of a sum not exceeding 208., for every such offence,—that is, for each time the vehicle with wheels dif

ferently constructed shall be drawn upon a turnpike-road.

§ 5. enacts, that the trustees or commissioners shall, after the 1st of January, 1824, continue to collect for every waggon, &c. baving the fellies of the wheels of less breadth than four and a half inches,

or

or for the horses, &c. drawing the same,
the same tolls as by such local acts are
payable in respect of such waggon, &c.
and for every vehicle having the fellies of
the wheels of four and a half inches, and
less than six, one-sixth less than the tolls
payable for the same; and for every vehi-
cle having the fellies of its wheels of the
breadth of six inches or upwards, or for
the horses drawing the same, one-third
less than the tolls which are payable for
the same, by any turnpike-road act.
Table of Weights allowed in Winter and
Summer to Carriages directed to be weigh-
ed (including the Carriage and Loading).

Summer. Winter.

Tons.Cut. Tons.Cut.

For every Waggon with
9-inch wheels
For every Cart with 9-inch
wheels

6 10 .. 6

[ocr errors]

3 10 .. 8 0

0.9 15

For every Waggon with
6-inch wheels
........ 4 15 ..4 5
For every Cart with 6-inch
wheels
............. 3
For every Waggon with
wheels of the breadth
of 44 inches ••••••••• 4
For every Cart with wheels

5

of the breadth of 44 inc. 2 19 For every Waggon with

....

1 15

tees or commissioners of the road whereon they are contractors.

13. empowers trustees and commissioners to compound with individuals, for any term not exceeding one year, for the tolls payable upon the road under their management.

$15. orders, under a penalty not exceeding 51. for disobedience or falsehood, the owners of waggons, &c. from and after the 1st day of October, 1823, to have the christian and surnames, and place of abode, of the principal partner or proprietor, painted at full length, in one or more straight lines, in letters of not less than one inch in height, upon some conspicuous part of the right or off side of the vehicle, or upon the off-side shafts thereof, before it shall be used upon any turnpike road, and during the whole of the time it shall be so employed.

$19. provides that nothing in the recited Act, or in this Act, relative to the breadth of the wheels of vehicles, or to the regula tions of weight, or to the tolls payable in consequence, shall extend to chaise marines, coaches, landaus, berlins, baronches, phaetons, sociables, chariots, calashes, hearses, breaks, chaises, curricles, gigs, 87 chairs, or taxed carts, or any cart not drawn by more than one horse or two

..9 15

[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]

.. 1 10

wheels less than 4 inc. 8 15 Forevery Cart with wheels less than 4 inches § 6. orders that, where by the authority of any local act of parliament, for the preservation of high-ways, a scale of tolls shall have been digested, and where the additional tolls imposed by the 13th of the late King have not been levied, the trustees and commissioners do after the 1st of January, 1824, continue to collect the tolls as they have already collected them, without regarding at all those imposed by the said

act.

7. provides, that where, the tolls shall be in the hands of trustees or commissioners, and not leased or let to farm, and where they have been raised, that they shall be reduced within fourteen days after the passing of this Act; and where the tolls have been leased or let to farm, authorises the trustees and commissioners to compound with the lessee or farmer for the reduction, in conformity with this Act, ordering its provisions to be put into im mediate execution, upon the reduction taking place, and not waiting till the 1st of January, 1824.

§ 8. releases contractors for, and farmers of, tolls, whose contracts and agreements extend beyond the 1st of January, 1824, who shall, in consequence of this Act, be desirous of relinquishing their undertakings, from the same, provided that they do on or before the 1st of September, 1823, give notice in writing of their intention, to the treasurer or clerk of the trus

oxen.

Offences for which Toll-keepers are liable to
Penalties.

Demanding or taking a greater or less toll than they are warranted in doing.

Demanding or taking toll of persons exempt therefrom, and who shall claim such privilege.

Refusing to permit persons to read the inscriptions upon the board exhibiting the scale of tolls.

Refusing to tell their christian and sur. names, or giving false ones, to persons de manding the same on paying toll.

Refusing to give to persons paying toll a ticket denoting the payment thereof.

Unnecessarily detaining or wilfully obstructing a passenger or passengers, from passing through the turnpike gates, upon the legal toll being paid or tendered.

Making use of any scurrilous or abusive language to any trustee or commissioner, traveller or passenger.

§ 44. prohibits the appointment of the same individual to the situation of clerk and surveyor.

45. inflicts a penalty of 501. upon any surveyor, who shall have any interest in any contract for work, materials, and tools.

§ 65. prohibits trustees or commissioners, in altering or deviating the course of any part of the turnpike-roads, to commit any of the following acts, without the consent in writing of the proprietor or owner, or those who shall be authorized to act for them

T

« PreviousContinue »