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• &. AD11718 . 111. c :. N. t-r ( - 0 . • - • - • miiiik. ".. IP , • • 9 ...", , . . • • ..1 41 ,. .(r ." 1 l j - 1. . 11 'ffl V• A f , ' • •:, ' iel - ' e ' • i- • ___k i ,-- e •"Al wit , • 4' •4 - I) 4 b# 1; , ti ; ' .a• , , rte; — "41, r k . .4 . , ti... -f • Al l• 5... „ 44& ..0:A. , =•-- 'r' ), 77 b' . 1 TI P EI Ni..... ~... •ialLfrin R/Vir . _ . • I 1 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBiIt 23, 1801 *NumBER .900 PRICE SIX -PENCW i THEATRE ROYAL, DRURT.LANR. THIS PRESENT EVENING, DECEMBER 23, will be acted the Comedy of THE PROVOK'I) HUSBAND. Lord Townly, Mr. Minton ; Mr. Manly, Mr. Powell ; Sir Francis Wronghead, Mr. Dowton ; Squire Richard, Mr. De -camp ; Lady Townly, Mils Duncan; Lady Grace, Mrs. H. Siddons: Jenny, Mils Mellon. 'Yu which will be added (for the 19th time) a New Melo. Drama, in two Ads, called ELLA ROSENBERG. On Saturday, The Jew ; with (never performed) a New `C; rand Comic Pantomime, in which Mr. Laurent wilLasake his Arit appearance on this Rage. . ALBION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE, 'CHANGE ALLZY. DZCZAIBet 17, 1807. NOTICE is hereby given, that, in purfoance of a General Court of Proprietors of the A Lures Flat rnd I Ist INSURANCe COMPANY, held 011 the 29th Of Odober tact, a Divi dead, at the rate of 61. per Cent. clear of Property Taz, on the Inftalments made, will be payable according to the number of Shares which gull be held by each Proprietor on the ajth of De ccrnber inftant. This &Twat ptiblifhed, Handfsmely printed in Three Volumes stet, and illuftrated by a Map and Genealogical 'Fable. price 51 51 in boards, a very few Copies on Royal Paper, ()Ace 81 81 in boards, THE HISVORY of the HOUSE of AUSTRIA,' from the Foundation of the Monarchy, by Rbodoiph, of Hapfburgb, to tht Ocath of Leopold the Seeoud—i 18 to 179 a. By WILLIAM COXE, Archdeacon of Wihs,and Resler of Bemertoo. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Dirties, in the Strand. Of Whom alto may be bad, New Editions of all Mr. Cole's other Works. CHRISTMAS VACATION. On Friday, January ',will bepubilfficd, and delivered Gratis to Parebafers, ACATALOGUE OF DICTIONARIES, GRAMMARS, and other SCHOOL BOOKS, which are felling whelefak at the reduced prices affixed, for ready money, by Lackington , Allen, and Co. Flnfbitry fquare. As L. A. and Co poffers in their own Copy-right a lame af fortment of neat and acclrate Editions of School 80 , is, and are enabled. by their extentive dealing+ in ill t branch, to fupply the evies of other Publiffiers on the fame liberal terms they prefume to offer this Catalogue, with co-fi :once, to Schnolmil% ten ind Teachers, aiTurcd that it merits an attentive perufaL Every article is *di Ewer', Won& bouttd, and warranted complete. The Dividend, fo declared, may be received at the Company's Houle in 'Change Alley, on Friday the zit of January next, be tween the hours of Eleven in the Morning, and Three in the Afternoon ; or on any following day, (Sunday excepted) between the fame hours, until Saturday the 9th of January incluflve After that day, the Dividend may be received on any Tuefday, between the hours above mentioned—By Order of the Board of Direetors, WARNER PHIPPS, Secretary Thht day were pnblillted, • In One Volume Bvo. price's in boards, MEMOIRS of the LIFE of the GREAT CONDE, written by his Serene Highncfs the PRINCE of CONDE, his Great Grandfon, now in England. Tranflated by FANNY HOLCROFT. Printed by R. Juiane, for Longman, Mara, Ram and Orme, Paternofter-row. Thal day was I:inhaled in Two Vownics, price spa. 'I 'HE DUKE of LAUZUN, in flitiorical, mance,replete with Anecdotec of the Court of Louis XIV. and forming a Companion to the Duchefe of la Valliere. By MADAME de GENIIS. Printed for H. Colburn, No. p. Coodoit-Itreet. Of whom may be had, ju ft publithed„ Zoological Anecdotes, or Authentic and interetting Fats re- Wis., to the Lives, Manners and Economy of the Brute Creaiisn, I Tots ICC This day was publifhed, In Two Volumes, I artio. with Plates by Lowry, price 145 in boards, the Second Edition revircd and corralled, CONVERSATIONS on CHEMISTRY. In which the Elcmetits of that Science arc familiarly explained and illuttrated by -Experiments. Printer( for Longman„ Hsu ft, Rees,and Orme, Pats:molter-row. " The view which is taken of the fsbjcdt embraces the molt in terelling and important parrs of the fcience; the leading dodtrincs of Chenuftry are explained in a manner which is at the fame time familiar and correct; the perfpicuous; and the dialogue is natural and unembarraillJ."—Monthly Reid w, July. IS A Memoirs of Female Phildophers z vol tot. This Work is founded on Humes Four Philorophers...fee his Efrays. ChAftina, or Memoirs of a German princes, by the Author of estbiine of Lichfield z vole 91. KING'S THEATRE, HAYMARKET. December as, 1807. R WATERS, jrint Proprietor of the laid .LY.L Theatre and Mortgagee of the other Proprietor's !hare (in right of his exeeutorfhip to the late Mr. Gooki) think s it Incum bent on him as a duty, to prevent the Nobility, Gentry, Subfcribers to the Opera, and the Public, from being led into error by the Profpeetus juft yuldilhed in Circular Letters and Bills of the Opera for the enf big Sedan, which Profpeelus has been rejedted by him, and th• r tire rtqueits they will pay no Subfcriptions but into the bands of Mars. Alexander Davifon, Noel, Templer and Co Pall Mall, the legal Bankers to the Opera Concern, and hich Subferiptions mutt be placed in the names of Marrs. Contt, I.owton and Palmer, Truftees of the Opera Houle. Ana as foon as the award is given on the Arbitration now pending, it will be fuLmitted to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public . - AYOUNG MAN of rerpet2abliety and (mall For. tune. and who can command zoo). or 3001, as eircumitances might require, would with to procure a Commilion in the Arms . or a Situation of Emolument in the Employment of Government, and would be happy to obtain either through the means of any Gentleman or Lady who have intereft to procure fuch a fituation, and would accept of a douceur for the fame, proportionate to the Advertifer's ability, or the fituation might require. Atldrefs by letter to B D. No. 20, Dean-ftreet, Soho, London —• Secrecy may be relied on. The Sorrow% of Gußavin, or the Hi!tory of a Young Swede by the Earonef4 Crudner, a vole toff. RURAL ARCHITECTURE. — This day was publifhed, price 71 in boards, The F..tieth Volume of THE LOUNGER's COMMON PLACE BOOK, or Mifeellancous Collettionsio Hittory, Science, Criticifm, Poetry and Romance. 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Of whom may he had, lately pubblhed by the fame Author, LETTER.S FROM THE MOUN I'AINS. Third Edition, in 3 Vols. tamo. Price 13s 6d in boards. " The charm of there Lcttcrs cotififts in their being the artiefs tffoGon of a fuperior mind. There is Reding good fed,: in moil of her remarks on Book,, Manners. Education, &c. and a great Blare of originalb y. she alw.tyi appears to us in a light at once refpedable and amiable. Her underflanding is Brong, her fancy lively, her fenfibility acute She has the art of placing every thing before our eyes ; we fee her, we hear her, and we become ac quainted with her ; and when we (hut het book, we kern to take have of a friend." COUNTY FIRE OFFICE. Southampton Brett, Strand, London, EnabMed by an ASSOCIA LION of NOBLBMEN and GENTLEMEN, iu the Counties of BUCKS LEICESTER NOVI INGHAM BEDFORD LINCOLN OXFORD BER KS MIDDLESEX WARWICK HERTFORD NORTHAMPTON YORK. WANTED, a Married Man, Member of the Church of England, as Governor to a Parith Workhaufe, 7o Milts from London, containing about 140 Paupers. He mutt be thoroughly acquainted with the manufadtory of Backlog and Coarfe Linen, and capable of keeping wreck Accounts. Refeedt able reference will be required as to character. Addrefs to A. B. Jack's Coffee Hook, Mark -lane, London, Bating rame and added's, ages of the man and his wife, how em played i.f late years wherlur any children, number of their ages, awl ♦::at fsbry will he required• 8 A CAtalo.vue of Book' on Agriculture and Rural Economy , Planting, Gardening, Rural Architecture, Landfca?c GaYarning. &c DR. CIREGIOR - Y'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA This day was publiand, In three Volittn,s, Ottavo. price ti. ys in board', The Second Edition of THE SHERIFFS' FUND For the temporary Relief of the diftreffed Familia and Depen• emits Perfons in Confine Meat - .1 tc•tvporary Provifion for Perfons who, on ban, difcharged tram Confinement, have no mans of prefcnt For t Purcbafe of fuch Toots, Implements, tad Materials, as may conduce to habits of Induftry In Debtors and Criminala— Kid fur the pecuniary Ai.l of other Objca in Diftrefs, who came under the official Cognizance of the Sheriffs of London And Middlefel. r HE Sheriffs of this populous City and County, 1 in the e x ecution of their Office, art ncceffarily brought into ciaitaift with cafes of accumulated mifery and dithers ; hut, they .4-a at prefent unprovided with any effectual means of alleviation or relief. To eitabliflra permanent Fund for this purport, the prefent Sheriffs appeal to the benevolence of their Fellow Citizens and of the Public at large, pledging themfelves to render, Muni time to time, fuch Public Reports of the difpofition of the Monies entrufted to their care as than at once prove the ntceffity of the exiitence of fuels a Fund, and atuniantly repay to all feeling minds the amount of their donations. Sobfcriptiors and communications are received by the prefent C asnT H, Efq Q2een-ftreet, Clieaplide,and R to PA, Ely Bridge Urea : who will take ctiarge of the diltribution of the Fund, make quarterly reports to the Public and the Suhfcribers ; and, with a view to give permanence to the plan, will :Joanne a joint controul and attention to it for fuch time as may be found neceirary af• -r they are out of (Ace The lord Mayor and the .v.vn Sheriffs for she time bang will be Trultecs for the lecurity and fucceffive transf , r of the Fund . Subfcriptions are alio rectived by the Under Sheriffs, J. F. Van. dercom, Efq Binh lane, Cannon-ltr: et. and John Leigh, Efq Crefeent-piace, Bridge•Rrctt ; by the Keeper; of Nev.-gate, the cittfpur street and Poultry Canters, :out Ludgate ; and by all the Bank - era in Loodon. SUBSCRI . ..The Lord Mayor 10 10 c The I-Mly Mayorefs a 2 0 Mir; Anfliry t r 0 Mr Sheriff Strth 10 10 0 Mrs Smith a 1 0 Mr Sheriff Phillips tq so o Mrs Phillips a 1 0 A Nobleman so 0 0 TP. . so 0 0 R. Taylor and Co 1 2 0 Therntbwaite &Co 2 1 0 A Wire Broker to 10 0 Alderman t , ir Mat thew rioxhazi 5 5 Sir John Carr s I Mifa Wedgwcod 10 0 S H. s o IPTIONS. I Produce of the Poor's Boxes at the Comp. ter% and Ludgate— Heft Week o to 8!- Ditto—Second Week o t 7 to; Ai he Under Sheriffs It leffra Vamic ream and Leigh to to 0 IMars Orme, Gough Square 10 10 0 Mr James Adlard, Duke-ltreet 2 2 o ikiefirt Kty, Dalton, and Co S 5 0 Mr Griffiths, Horn Tavern - 1 1 0 lAn Willman 07 11 Sir James Branfeomb (late Sheriff) 2 1 0 I Lady Branicomb I t o S. G. Martinet, Ef4 a a o Philip Blake, Efti 2 2 0 James Duff, Efq. of !Arbon a 1 C MT lienjtmin Cooper t x 0 Mr M. Ward I 1 0 A Sheriff's Officer 1 0 0 Mr. Lucas 1 1 0 A. Sephens, Chelfea s S A Trench Fterigrant 0 7 Produce of the Poles' Boxes at Newgate ...--birtt Week a 14 Ditto--SecondWeek 1 t 3 Ditto--Third Week I 7 Ditto--Fourth Week t o L. B. Allen, Ffq., s 2 A. H. 5 o o Dr. Haws 1 t o N. B. The Committee of City and Bridge Houle Eflaten have placed 251 at the difpofal of the Sheriff. inwards the purcha'n of Clothe.; and the Prifoners have for lime time been indebted ha. *cry acceptable fupplies of Fragments of Prnvifions front Meffrs. Birch and Co; the London Tavern; the City of Lamina Tavern; the New LondonTaver: : and the London Coffee Iloofe. The Sums already colledted have hcen partly ft irled in the put hate of Potatoes. which have been diftributed to tlwfe Pelf°. ners who have families with no means hut the Prifori Allowance of t 4 Our.ces of Bread per Day, and in Coals. which have been diftributed in (ma quantities to the fires in the pooreß Wards, Small Sums have alfo been given to feveral deftirnte Perfors on their leaving the Prifon, at:d SmalJ All o wances have been made to the helplefs Wives and Children of Pcrfons in confinement—. In a few cafes aififtance has been given to m: ice up the amounts necelfary to compound ad - tinns for debt; and in this way four ;trefoils were lately liberated for tl tBl4d. who otherwife might Lava been detained for an imeecfinite period.. For the Benefit of Country Refidents. TRUSTEES. His Grace the Nike of Rutland, K. G. The Molt Noble the Marquis of Buchingham, K G. The Mof Noble the Marquis of Satifbury K G. The Right Honourable the Earl of Northampton The Right Honourable the Earl of Buckingham(like The Right Honourable the Earl of Upper Offory. ALL Perfons who continue minted with this Affiwiation Seven Years, whether their Policies be origi gladly taken out for Seven Years, or be renewed animatly, will be rendered Proprietors, and participate with the original Subfcri hers in the Profits of the Elt•hlifhmcnt. With this advantage, they have the peculiar and valuable affuranee of not bring liable to make good the Loffes of others, as the Cole refponfibility is nu dertaken by'an eztenfive Affociation of Noblemen and Gni-le /nen, who-have fubfcribed a Capital of 356,00.1. to guarantee the engagements of the Office. Theft: Profits are confidered to be very cert,in, as the Office has a feledion of the bell Iland's, and it, masiageritin is units , cumbered by large and numerous Salaries—•the 'fruiters. Dirce ,' tors, aad Auditort,ad gratuitouily. The Capital embarked afro, whale amply fufficient to cover any train of I.offes which can rea -1 fonably be conceived in an Office which rejedts great hazards, is not 10 great as to difperfe the Profits on there tranfaditnis through an exceffire extent of Shareholders. Infuranecs are dr.:died in and about fueh parts of the ME TROPOLIS as partake of the nature of Coniarry Rifle; I e. the WnSFFIBN Part thereof, and the NEW BUILDINGS generally.—.office Hours from Nine to Four daily. Agents are appointed in all the principal Cities and Towns in the Affociated (and other) Counties. • STATE LOTTERY OF 25,003 TICKETS, litgins DRAWING Bth of MARCH, sB3B. To be. drawn in Tim Days. SCHEME. Prizcs of L so.wo are L 63,c00 3 .... 10,Doo 30,000 4 --* 1.000 - 10 poo 10 -- : COO - 20,000 3 0 ........ 503 15.003 45 1.0 • 4.5 03 GO --... 50 .-- 3.0= 1 ,coo -- 21 - 11,003 5.103 ---• 15 76,500 ss.ozo Tickets NO FIXFII PRICF. 1. Iso,o 0 1 'HE above SCHEME, with Not three Blanks to L a Prise, contains nearly double the number of Capital Primp( any Y.rxtrry for many years patt, though many of thofe Lotttrie, confilted of Go 003 Tickets . PRESENT PRICE. Ticket Lao 19 Half - is 0 Eighth Zs ts 6 Qarter 5 9 o I Sixteenth t 8 6 TICK Ell.) and SHARES are now felling by SWIFT and CO. No. t t , Poultr y , and 14, Charing Crors, Who have likewife on Pale Tickets and Shares in a great variety ra Nytuhers in the GRAND CITY LOTTERY, of Freehold House. difeharged of Land Tax, eontais.ing Capital Prizes to the amount of 104403 1 viz' s valnd.l at L 4 r,O " 0 7 valued at L. 4,000 s ........—. 7,000 6 ---., 3,030 4 ---- 6,000 1 -- SAW Preftnt Priec-1 icket . - 71 le. Half 4 0 o Eighth o (Leaner - s 3 o Sixteenth - oto 0 To be drawn in Guildhall, 26th Aril, 38.8. DR.WILLICH, DrGRANTand br RUSSELL, eminent Phyneians, and feveral regular bred Surgeons, be fides many other perfons of charader, having been thoroughly convinced of the excellent properties of the YELLOW F h:V ER REMEDY in fubduing Malignant Fevers, and preferving health in onwholefome climates, have given their ftrongeft . fanetion. and fupport to this invaluable Medicine, the particulars of which will he found by a reference to Pamphlets juft publifhed, containing fame very rectat and incontrovertible fads ofits efficacy, which may be had grat at the Warehoufcs of the Inftitutloa,cftablithed for the dhtrirution of the Remedy, at Charing Crofs, and at the Weft India Docks, Landon, and in Cattle ftreet, LiverpooL N. B. Surgeons of Garriiiatis, and other Medical Gentlemen going abroad, eontuue to be fupplied with a fuflicient quantity of the Yellow Fevet?Remsdy,gratis,to convince theft of kg efficacy, land of its being reaUy an article not tote difpenfcd with by theft claim anxious to prcfavc health in to lcie% cliantcs. - • - APORTRAITURE of Q . I.IAKERISM: taken from a View of the moral Education, Diteiptine, peculiar Cullom', religious Pri , :eiples, political and civil Economy, and Charader of the Society of Friends. By THOMAS CLARKSON, M A. _ _ _ _ _ Author of fevers' Ways on the Siihjedt of the Shve Tra de. Printed for Longatan,Hurit. Rees. and Orme, Pat•rnMkr row. " Mr Clarkfon has rendered an important ferviee to the com munity by the faithful delineatim which he has exhibited of the education, fentiments, manners, eintoms. and difeipline of the fockty. We have perufed his volumes with plesfure ' and have been inftrudted by many of the obfervatious • and wedifeover in the whole a vigour of thought and a depth of ref edlion which belong to no ordinary Klan. —Critical Review, March, OW. " This book is tube conlidered as a faithful portraiture from the life of the molt remarkable people exiiting among us Its publication will form u great an era in the liiitory of the Society, as that of their famous Apology."—Ann. R, v. tBz6. This day waspublacd, . . In One Volume rzn.n , rmhellilhed with two Ergravings.mprice 4s Ocl bound, the Second Edition of MATE RNA.L I N3TRUCTIONS r FAMILY CONVERsA I lONS nn Moral and Entertaining Subjcdts, int erfperfed with Hiltnry, Bi"graphy and Original Stories, deigned for the perufal Gl' Youth. ELIZA BETH lIELME, Author of—ln ftrudive Rambles in London—Hißory of England. &c. 8:c Printed for ;Allman, Hurß, Rees and Orme, Paternofter•row. " The name of this author has feveral times appeared in our pages, and always, we believe, accompanied with commendations of her diligence, ingenuity and gond principles There is fomething in the plan of the prefent lit•ic Work particularly pleating. Mrs. Heinle has evidently examined many hittorical and other works to bud mates ials for her pu rook, and appear• to have feledted them with judgment. It is with great pkafure that we recommend a Work, the delign of which is I fenfible,aud the execution fo tacit adtory."—Britint Critic, April 11303. This day was puhliled, In Three VtAlumei Was* price il. !is 6d boards The Third Edition, corredeti and much enlarged, of A POLITICAL. INDEX to the HISTORIES of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND; or a Complete Regißer of the Hereditary Honours, Public Offices, and Perfons in Office, from the earlleit Periodsto the prefent Time. By RO tERT BEATSON, LL. D. _ _ _ _ Printed for Longman, Hurft, Rees, and Orme,Paternofter row. " The Public are certainly obliged to the Author far the com pliment and publication of fo ufcful a work : a work produced at the caper:cc of much time and great labsur, and executed with ft:ldt fidelity."—Monthly Review, Vol. 75. As above may he had by the fame Author, Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783, the 2d edit. in 6 vols. Rya price 31. p. In the month of January next wiU be publithed, by the fame Author, in 3 vols. Ilv*. A Chronological Regifter of both Honks of Parliament, from the Union in 1708 to the Election of the Third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iret*ndln This day was publilhed. in Two Volumes rtarto, illußrated by Thirty.two Engravings, Price Three Guineas in Extra Boards,' A TREATISE en FORMING, IMPROVING, and MANAGING COUNTRY RESIDENCES, and on the Choice of Situations appropriate to every Oafs of Purchafers. In all which the Objedi.in view is to Unite in a better manner than has hitherto been done, 'a Taße founded in Nature with Economy and Utility, in conftrutting or Improving Manfions and other rural Buildings: fo as to combinearchitectural Fitnefswith Pidir• refque Effetts, and in forming Gardens Orchards, Farms, Parke, Pkafure Grounds,Ahrubberies, all Kinds of ufefut or decorative' Plantatiuns, and eVety Ohjslet Of Cnnvenisnce ur Benny peculiae to Country Seats: according to the Extent, Charaeter, or Styles! Situations, and the Bank, - Fortune and Expenditure of the Propriiw ton; from the Cottage to the Palace. With aqAppeudin By JOHN LOUDON, Efq. F.L S ' Pritl;;ed for Longman, Hunt, Rers and Onne, Patentoiler tow: " The talkwhich Mr. Loudon has undertaken is one fur which he appears to have been peculiarly' well qualified ; not one of the feveral writers Who have preceded him in the fame line can be faidto Fifers thofs extertfive views and that maturity of Judgment veLich charaderifcs the work befort. us." Ox rein Rev... Jan I Os, 7.. in One Shilling Weekly Numbers. On Saturday, January 2, rBot, and on every following Saturday, till' ennyeted in 120 Numbers, will be publifhed a Number price One Shilling.of A NEW andCOMPLETE DICTIONARY of I- ARTS and SCIENCES ; including the Welt Improvements and Gircoverics and the prefent State of every branch of Hum= Knowledge. By GEORGE GREGORY. D. D. Author of the Ecor;OMY of NATUaIt,I.III of Cif ATTCRTON, &c. &c. This work is already well known to the Public, as a Complete and Modern Dielionary of Arts and Sciences, anfwering every Curiae of Reference on all Subjeds, and (caving as a Companion to Dr. Johnfon's Didionary of the Englilb Language, with which it czaCtly correfponds fize. It is now preiented to the Public in a form adapted to the mons of the numerous Perfons to whom it may not have been agreeable to purchafc it in Ten Shining Monthly Parts,orcomplete in Two Volumes quarto. It may, however,bc had, if &fired, of all &sok ftliers in the latter forms. Aft cr the Univetfal Reception and Favourable Approbation with whit.* this Work bas been honoured, it would be fuperfiu ous to comment on its particular merin, and on its capacity to Peeve all the purpofes as a Book of Refererce of the molt volumi nous Cyclopedia.. The fize is obvioufly the heft adapted to the general purpolcs of a iaionary, a fpecies of Work which ought always to be comprifed within the fmalleft polllble number of Volumes, that Didionary being plainly an object of Preference for the avowed purpok of all filch works, which can be the Molt eafily confulted. It may therefore be fairly prcfumed that no perfon converfant is literary purfuits, or in the praCtice of confulting Books, wit knowingly give preference to a Dialanery of uncertain merit in numerous fmall Volumes, when one of acknowledged and ifta- Minted credit, and equally ample in its Content., can be procured at lets expense in Two handfoant quartos, a Gze rendered legiti mate GT (itch Works by fueceffive approve,: Editions of Dr. Jobn fen's Didtiunary. 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In one very large and clofely printe4 VoluMeigvlL ( altrerPonding v. i It Watkins's Biographical Dietionary). accompanied by reps. ra . e Maps of every County iu England, and hy.varlous Maps of Wales, Scotland, and In.:and, price 14s. complete in boards, of the Didtionary done up without the Maps price x6s. in board!, or the Maps done up feparately price ros.6tL half bound, forming the cumpleteft MIPS of the Pritlfh Ulan& yet publ lbed , every Map having been drawn purpecly from original materials on new plan, ATOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY o f t h e UNITED KINGDOM, compiled from PARLIAMEN TARY, GOVERNMENTAL, and other AUTHENTIC MO DERN DOCUMENTS and AUTHORITIES, (each of whiclit are annexed to the rerpedivc articles, of particularly &Scribed in the Preface) and containing LEGAL, ECCLESIASTICAL., GEOGR A PHICA L. TOPOGR A PHICAL. ANTI ZIA ELAN, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, and STA rISTICA L. 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