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Work is written in a lively unaffected style, and put fwraith exident impartiality, conveying, front the plainness 2 very clear account of the different scenes through jet the writer passed."—See Monthly Review, Oct. 1818. ---- ISGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO 1)0 HIS DUTY." LITHEN an Individual not only exercises his genius, 11 tut: embarks his Capital in a public cause, though it may lot considerable time to give publicity to his endeavours, and Acne Public sensible of the justice of his claim to superiority, um one acquainted with the real characteristics of the Uri -0 anion, will doubt their genius in discovering, or their libe i:a is wending the exertions of those who devote themselves oic comforts or elegancles of life. " England expects every -Ind() his duty"—and she has a right to expect it so long as curies the reflection to her own bosom ' • but there are many, natural inactivity leaves them in obscurity for the want of ezertion, who condemn C-. • Public for withholding their „ when in fact they have taken no pains to na.Ae them • alle tb 3% patronage is due—that they court their smiles, or Whir attens:-m. This, however, cannot be urged in the swiestance; for there is not a town in England, Scotland, M or Wales, whose walls have not spoken to every. one geoid, in plain and urgent language, " USE TUR -23 BLACKING;" nnr hat this friendly admonition conveyed so many hundreds, nay thousands of " tu ll e s,' on incurring an . expense far beyond what could pos inkimagined by anr but those who have absolutely ezpe rdt. If you should feel dis Posed to say, " why use TUR, 24 BLACKING in preference to any other'?" I beg Wennauswer—isr. Because TURNER has spared neither pew expense to arrive at the summit of perfectiou in the cipition et his Blacking, has carefully combined io,itingre isiasprescrve the leather, render it soft and pliable, end phew inimitable • lustre with the hest exertion of bileur, steepled thnic destructive spirits which burn and harden the ihr,aud &feat the very purposes for which th.:y were in volute-Iy, Because TURNER has not only surpassed all his espetitesiu the art of manufacturing his Machine, but has sptigni iteredibk sums in giving it publicity though the bizt Kintdom. And, in conclusion, TURNER feels so con- 1 ors of ti superiority of his Blacking, and the seal with which kasb_eo actuated fur the public good in making it known, hie baldly says, " TRY ME—PROVE ME; make tad ei of a single brittle, and he has no doubt the result will prove alai! suhfactury, that every man will feel, not only a plea re,but a duty, in saying to his neighbour, " Use l'uasea's Lace." 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This day were published, elegantly panted, In 2 pocket volume*, With two fine Portraits, price 14s. boards, ME3IOIRS of Count GRAMMONT. By Count HA MILTON. Translated from the French. With Notes. Illustmlone, and a Sketch of the Life and Writings of Hamilton. London: ikt• foe Lachine**. Wughes, Raiding, Mayor, aisi,Toltes,lins , square • Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Pater nosier-row; tßodwelliod 'Martin, Boed-street? and G. Cowl* and Ce. Pealtrr. 6 .* These highly distinguished Memoirs aidlowed to owe' ie dsp celebrity as much to the picquant spear the narrative, art° the rich store of secret anecdote wpika.they contain of dis tinguished characters during that inapottatit period of our his tory, the Usurpation and the reigns of . .. Charles and JAMell Hitherto they hair been only-offered ad the Public in a form too expensivc to admit their general circulation—they are now pre sented at *price calculated to obviate that objectless, although printed and embellished in • style of elegance. • : , Just published, Very handsomely and closely printed in Columns, Royal -Ito. price XII I ls. in boards, Vols. I. -I I. and Il I. of ATHENA OXONIENSES: the History of all .L I. the Writeris and Bishops who have had their Education in the University of Oxford, from the Year 1500. First written by ANTHONY A. WOOD, of Merton College; and now very.cousiderably augmented in Text and Notes by the Rev. BLISS, Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. 119• The three volumes now before the public contain up ' wards of Sixteen Hundred Lives, comprising the Athena from ' the year 1500 to 1680, and the Fasti from 1500 W 1640. The remainder of the original Work will -be completed in one volume more, which will be published in a very short time. It is then proposed to continue the Lives and Annals to the year 1800, adopting a plan similar to that pursued by the first author. For this purpose very copious materials are already collected ; and it is earnestly requested that such gentlemen as any curious and authentic documents relative to the Ox fordees ;riters, will have the kindness to communicate them to the editor, who will, on his part, spare no exertions to render the work as perfect and interestin r g as pomade. Printed for Lackington ,ind Co. Longman and Co. F. C. and J. Ilkegtons Payne and Foss ; Cadell and Davies ;J. and A. Arch ; J. bLjerman ; Black ant Co. R. H. Evans ; Baldwin and Co. J. Booth ; Nich ols and Co. London : and .1. Parker, Oxford. THE FAST OF ST. MAGDALEN. • 1110adAtet, IN TUrn VOLV3IIII. BY MISS ANNA MARIA PORTER. The eventi recorded in these volumes, even if re lated in the simplest manner, would form a story of Thsary isterest ; but wrought up as they are, by id imagination and fine taste of this gifted writer, they constitute a romance of the highest class. The work, indeed, might, without impropriety, be designated•by the title of a Prose Epic; for the ac tion is grand and entire, and the characters are dig nified. Miss PORTER has laid her scene on Tuscan. ground, and has chosen, for the subjects of her ficti tious biography, the descendants of-Loazezo the Magnificent, after their exile from Florence. In the conduct of this " high argument" she has displayed equal spirit and consistency ; her exhibition of Italian manners in a romantic age is impressive and appro priate ; and all the minor accessories are in admirable keeping with the principal groupes of the picture. To undertake a fiction illustrative of this classic and enchanted ground may be considered a bold at tempt, after the signal achievements of Mrs. Ran ey-met in the same region of invention. But in truth the powers of that engaging writer are of a nature wholly distinct from those displayed in the present performance. The luxuriant descriptions with which her tales are charged, and perhaps encumbered, prove that her peculiar talent was scenic, if such an expres sion be allowable ; that of Miss PORTER, on the other hand, claims to be distinguished as dramatic. She resorts very sparingly to the expedients so lavishly employed by her predecessor, and produces effects equally striking by a much simpler apparatus. With a kindred taste for the picturesque, she intersperses her narrative with many fine though rapid sketches; but, intent on a loftier aim, she leaves them to be bodied forth by the imagination of the reader. Her descriptions are fully adequate to maintain the charm of the illusion, without interrupting or sus pending the progress f the action. In proportion as that action becomes involved and complicated, they are less frequently introduced, and are at length only Kiven is such m'easure as to assist in its graceful developement. The story, as already observed, is engrafted on a memorable passage of history, and is managed with admirable felicity and skill. It would be premature to exemplify its merits, either by abstract or analysis; but we may add, that its 'termination is prosperous, and leaves an impression on the mind as pleasing as the recollection of past music. It is difficult to de tach a just specimen from the narrative; we therefore select from the characters the following portraiture of its hero, the Marquis of Valombrosa " Perhaps no man had more fi iends, and fewer enemies; for his fine qualities were not without-alloy, and his associates, remembering that he now and then sunk beneath their level of' prudence and command of temper, forgave his excelling them in generosity and temperance. At four and twenty, (that charm ing age when yOuth breaks into manhood, and the greatest indiscretions find perhaps too ready an ex cuse in the ardour of the blood!) Valombrosa's cha racter certainly displayed the faults of his age; but these were really overbalanced by a far larger pro portion of amiable and estimable properties. " Frank, true, and unsuspicious ; firm as warm in friendship ; with large and liberal views of his duties as a patriot and a patron ; rightly understanding the best and most splendid means of exalting the nobi- pc, cell - • , -~ V-L t/~~ /tic e :E SEVEN- PENCE. lity of his name; respectful to age and misfortune; prompt to pity ; eagee to redress wrong as to forgive injury.; easily convicted of error; prot d r ot mime ; lied family honour than of family antiquity ; kind nearly to excess to those beneath him ; and attached to his kindred with the tenderest affection. " Among his faults might be numbered credulity) rash judgments, aversion-U:0 deep investigations, and a deficiricy of that mental courage without which all our virtues are built on sand. His- temper, which carried anger, as the flint doth fire, bad never received any check from himself nor others: for if it light ened through his social circle, the storm was so brief, and such enchanting sunshine succeeded, that IA companions thought ottly of enjoying the present brightness ; and it it gathered over a domestic, such a shower of bounties and favours, almost ithinedi ately fell from the stance cloud, that gratitude or self interest, or indulgent partiality, stifled complaint. " Valbmbrosa's engaging physiognomy devetoped this eharacteg to the most careless observet, for its rapid changes were true to every variety of his feet. ings, or his fancy. Ardour was perhaps chief characteristic ; yet only strangers thought sit: for in the sweet every-day of home, his heart and his eyes overflowed with tenderness. Every one that had seen Valombrosa, called him singularly handsome ; yet when they tried to ascer tain the preckegrounds for such an assertion s they could not recollect them. g , A graceful manliness of figure, and an expen sive countenance ; an air of nobleness ; and a voice to which he could give the music of every tender or powerful passion, made him become hii quality. Thus accomplished, amiable, young and rich, the women of course decreed him all the honours of an Apollo." GERMAN PAPERS. FRANKFORT, NOVEMBER S. One of the snost profound and comprehensive Ad. dresses, which' has yet been delivered to the Diet, is undoubtedly the " View of the various Systems of Legislation on the Freedom of the Press, particularly Germany; which was given in.by M. Von Berg, Minister of Holstein Oldenberg, in the 51st Sitting of the Diet. This View, drawn up in consequence of the Resolution of the Order of the Diet, of the 26th of March last year, is preceded by a develope ment of the Municipal System of the Liberty of the Press, with its different modifications, and followed by an exposition of its application to legislation ; par ticularly for the German States. His Excellency communicated at the same time the contents of two Djsscrtstions, delivered to the Diet in 1817, one by Baron Drai., of Manheim ; the other by Professor Hiltenbrand ; and lastly, the work of Professor King, of Leipsic, presented in 1818, on the Liberty of the Press in Germany and in England. The Report is divided into four sections. M. de Berg, after ex plaining in the preamble the intentions of the Diet, in charging him with this work, the object and the mode of the Report, proceeds to the general prin ciples, defines them as well as the abuses of the Li cense of the Press, and the Censure ; and explains the two principal systems, on the Liberty of the Press—namely, that of Justice, and of the 'Vice, both in theory and in the legislation now followed in many European States, especially in Germany. Hii Excellency concludes his Report, by a view of the ancient laWs of the. Empire, and the points on which they had been departed from formerly. He exa mines what depends on the Confederation in general, and on the Governments in particular. He con chides, by proposing to testify the satisfaction Of the Assembly to the Authors who have sent in their works. The Diet passed unanimously, a Vote of Thanks to M. de Berg, for the luminous manner in which he has treated the subject ; and appointed a committee to lay down principles, and propose uni form measures in this respect. RESOLUTIONS. I. A committee, consisting of Messrs. M. Count of Buot Schauenstein, Martins Baron Wangenheins, Baron Perkheim. and M de Burg, is charged to deliver an opinion, on the manner of establishing uniform principles, and adopting uniform mea sures on the Liberty of the Press, taking as a basis, the Repuis of M. de Berg. ' The gratitude of the Diet shall be expressed to the Byron Thais, and to Professor King, for tlwit writings; which base met with unanimous approbation ; and the Assembly places that of Professor Hillenbrand, among the number of useful writings. SWITZERLAND, OCTOBER 31. Messrs. Demolin and Co. of Lausanne, and M. Dubellay, Prior of Mnrtinach, have lately delivered to the Government of the Canton of the \Tennis, the sum of 15,000 francs, subscribed by English travel lers in Switzerland, for the relief of the inhabitants of the Valley of Bagne. The collection made on the first day, in the Canton of Argovia, for the same purpose, amounted to 8,000 francs. ZWOLL, OCTOBER W. Between Valte and Exloo, in the Veere, (or marsh.) in the district of Drenthe, a bridge has been disco vered four feet under ground, which has been uncu. vered for a length of a league and a half, and the 4nd of which is not yet known. The following Are some particulars : " The bridge, of which more is daily discovered, runs from the Weerdingerlout throne: the marsh, past the Hanr, and the convent Ter Apel, a distance of about three full leagues. It consists principally of ropes firs, of the length of 12 feet, heady laid together. When the marsh ground is carefully taken up, no in. terval is to be seen between these stems, which are on an average three or four inches in diameter. Hero and there,lnstead of stems, there are split planks of the above length, and various (I'm:eters. There zee no nails, and all is hewn with the axe. It is geze; believed that this is the bridge of Gerrnanices, me... tioned in Tacitus, and which was laid Arm ti!'s place by 40 Roman cohorts, on occasion of .t :tatty retreat, 15 years after the birth of CHRIS r.". i 0 t t 4 , v