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This day was published, in foolscap Sy°. with Cuts, price Ss. _ _ _ TALES of the TABLE, ttITC H EN, and LARDER; consisting of Select Epicurean Pmcepts, Nutritive Maxims, Reflections, Anecdotes, site. illustrative of the veritable Science of the Mouth ; which includes the Art of never breakfasting at Home and always dining Abroad. Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave Marta lane. HAMPTON. TO LE r, FURNISHED, for One Year, or longer, A COTTAGE: Pleasantly situated near the Church, 13 miles from Hyde-park Corner. Containing Dining and Drawing-rooms, Seven Bed rooms, &ore-room, Kitchen, Warehouse, Brewhonse, site. &c. Coach-bouse, and Two-stall Stable, with other conveniendes ; good Flower Garden and Kitchen Garden of Half an Acre, with excellent Fruit Trees.—Rent .6100, including Rates and Taxes. Apply at Rumen's Library, Hampton. ESTATE AND HOUSE.AGENCY OFFICE,' NO. 93, BISHOPSG ATE - STREET- WITHIN. HENRY L. 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But its principal claim to attention is founded en the entire novelty of the plan : each Slap presents not only the Geographical Outlines of Countries, but a series of numbers affixed to the Mountains, Rivers, and Cities, which indicate their comparative rank, and enables the Student, by reference to the Table of Classification, to discover their actual magnitude. The Isothermal Chart exhibits the Climate of different Regions, as determined by Tbermometrical Observation, with their most im poitant productions, and presents a striking illustration of the diversity existing in the same Latitudes according to the situation of Countries. In the Moral and Political Chart, the outlines of each country contain a number, showing its Population, and several emblems indicating its Government, Religion, and State of Civilization, and forms, in effect, a Moral Picture of the World. Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave Maria•lane. Of whom may be had, A complete SCHOOL CATALOGUE. On the Ist October, 1829, will be published, price Two Shillings, (to be continued Monthly,) No. I. of the EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF NATURAL and GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE. Conducted by an ASSOCIATION of NATURALISTS. Illustrated occasionally with Maps, Charts, and Engravings. CONTINTS :-Art. I. A Description of the Landes of Acquita ria, by W. Ainsworth. Esq.—Art. 11. Description of Five New British Species of Shells, with Figures, by Captain Thomas Brown, F R.S.E.—Art. On the Electricity of Me Simple and Com pound Galvanic Circles, by K. T. Kemp, Esq.—Art. IV. Account of the Island of Jersey, by Alexander Sutherland, Esq.—Art. Y. Notice of the Cavitary Worm, with a Plate, by W. Ithind, Esq. Surgeon—Art. VI. Oral Information on the Origin of the Gork has, by Captain Ayton—Sir Itufane Donkin's Dissertation en the Course and Termination of the Niger, Land. 1829.—Polydore Pouis Crustaces de la Mediteranee, et de son littoral, Paris. 1828. 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THE PICTURE OF AUSTRALIA ; exhibiting a faithful representation of the Geographical Position, Sutface, and Appearance of the Country ; of the Seas around its Shores ; of its Climate and Meteorology; of its Native Productions and Na tive Inhabitants ; of the several Colonies in New South Wales, Van Dieman's Lod, the Swan River, Melville Island, and other Places ; of the Agricultural and Commercial Resources of the Country, and the prospect which it bolds out of Advantage, whe ther to the intending Settler, to the Merchant, or to the Country at large. Printed for Whittaker. Trencher, and Co. Ave Maria-lane. nil day was published, I2mo. with coloured Plates, price ss. boards, LETTERS ON ENTOMOLOGY : Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Persons; and to faci litate their acquiring a Knowledge of the Natural History of Insects. 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In a preliminary notice, the Author observes : " The great Southern Continent, with the adjacent island of ♦an Diemen's Laud and the smaller islets, has been the subject of much dtscription, some of which is of a conflicting and contradic tory nature. On the one hand, those countries have been held out as a ' Canaan of plenty,' where the settler has nothing to do but set down and wax wealthy ►y the mere operation of nature ; and on the other, they have been depicted as the abodes of crime, and the sport of the seasons. The new settlement at the Swan River has given them more than their wonted degree of interest ; but, at the same time, it has tended to concentrate the public attention, perhaps too muck, to that particular spot. " Keeping these circumstances in view, it has been my object to set Australia before the reader in its true aspect end condition, as far as there are data for determining these ; and leave him to draw his own conclusions. In order to accomplish this, I have collated the published authorities with some care; and I have been fortunate enough to receive. from those upon whose ability and veracity I can implicitly depend, a considerable number of new facts, as well as the means of correcting a few mistakes in former writers. In short, I have endeavoured to make the book a ' Pic ture of Australis,'—a mere outline, it is true, but still, I hope, faithful to the original in the principal features." The Author has been true to hit promise. Within the compass of one volume, and in eleven chapters, he gives us a general de scription of these regions —their seas, islands, and reefs—climate, soil, and appearanse of the country—native minerals and plants— animal—native population—progress of discovery—towns, build ings, colonial population, institutions, and cultivated produce. In treating of the climate of Australia, we have the following passage : " From a register of the weather kept at Sydney, during the year 1821 and 1822, it appears that the greatest temperature on the 7th of February, was 77 deg. at six in the morning, 88 deg. at noon, and 84 deg. at night; and the lowest, on the 14th of July, g deg. SO ieg. and 51 deg. at the same hours respectively. Another register, kept at Paramatta. gives the lowest tem perature (in June), 26 degrees, and the highest (in January), 106 degrees, which gives a seasonal range of 80 degrees. On the Blue Mountains it freezes at bight for several months, and there are falls of snow, which are unknown on the coast, though hail be not uncommon. As is the case in other countries, hail falls towards the summer months, in large and Irregular masses. The rapid and great thanges of temperature that take place when th e wi n d changes from north-west to south-east, are the causes of this formation so hail. The following Gibvract of the state of the weather, taken daily for eleven months, at six in the morning, at noon, and at eight in the evening, will give some idea of the climate at Sydney, with regard to dryness and moisture : Month.. STATE Or ATIVISTERRN AT SYDNEY. I Clear. 1 Cloudy or Foggy. '6a.3112m.' 12u. IS 17 17 18 16 June July August September October November. December January February ... March April .... • 13 S 15 10 sl S 1 7 15 I I 14 IS H 3 47 1 IS .011 . 14 8 r.as 6~.ar' 1:1•2m. 8 •.f[ Total in 534 r n— Da }79 .- 15111.141 ye•.•• I " The climate of Van Diemen's Land differs from that which niu,t be taken as the average of New Holland, by having none of the tropical character. If the summer heat in New South Wales be taken at about 90 deg. that of Van Diemen's Land cannot be rated Much above 70 deg. As compared with the sea coast of New South Wale*, the winter in Van Diemen's Land is probably colder in proportion. The surface of the country ii more diver. sited : it lies nearer to the storms of the antarctic ocean, and the weather is in consequence more variable—approaches more nearly to the character of that of England., But there are none of those burning winds from the North West, to which the inhabitants about Sydney are exposed, and which, followed as they frequently are, by winds equally cold from the opposite quarter, render the climate there uncomfortable, if not unhealthy. Another thing : though the temperature be lower than in New South Wales, and consequently not adapted for the same kind of produce, it suits better with the common grain of England; and as, upon an island of so comparatively small dimensions, and with • very varied sur face, the wind front almost every point of the compass most be, to some extent, charged with rain, there is a annparative exemption from those failures trf the harvest through - drought that are but too often felt in New South Wales. The rains in Van Diemen's Land either do net fall with the same viohnce as in the other colony, or ,the differeqt nature of the soil and surface does nut project them so rapidly into the sea: thus,' thoughsonie of the low lands are under water cluthig thekeinternumlbs, the alarming inundations which swell the dived in New Smith' Wales ate unknown. Van Diemen's ,'Land ie.elso.ipueis kilter watered, though. in Enniequence of the "bars, raed, and other luterr . uptiona, ;Ant skews are not very available fir ttiland navigition, t We Idtaii 'take a tuntiet"OfpOrdnlty -of g l a c hapter from this intcrestint tvdrir: In flit meintime:'We ity that no one Who either , intends procerilingio that ginner, orteitti Wishes to know the com forts or privations of their relatives there, ought to hi Without it. 7 3161 7 5 4 T 6! 4 I 9 12 7 5 1 7 . 11 1 4' 4 5 3I 6 15 I 1 1 41 19 1 9 5 14 11 I 8 8 23 5 . 5 5 24 8 10 4 142 49 57 68 FRENCH PAPERS. From the Journal des Debate The reports relative to the uneasiness and disunion (dislocation) of the Ministry multiply, and daily become more con sistent. We at first paid but little attention to them, but Dow the division in the Ministry is sufficiently advanced to reveal it self by positive anecdotes, which have escaped from confidence by bad humour and spite. The Ministers are almost as bad among themselves as they are with the nation. A few days ago the Council Chamber was the theatre of a singular scene. The Ministers had been signing Oreloatalances, and discussing some measures of economy, when one of them, whose name will boo easily guessed, said, " There were more important things to con sider than those; that he was astonished at the inactivity of. she Cowen in so imminent a crisis ; that it was necessary, before any thing else, to think of the Chamber. You know (added he) that although I am not a Member of it, I was chosen to represent and attract a part of the left centre. I did not think, in fact, that it will be possible to go on without it; but it is impossible to obtain it with the nominations that have been made, and the language which is held by the Ministerial Jour nals. We must take a decided part, and designate by acts the line of moderation, to which part I desired to attach myself." On this raising of the buckler, two other voices were heard, and they uttered the words moderation, moderation, united with firm- Demi." The Prince de Polienac held his tongue, but his count?. nance seemed to approve the expression. But M. de la Bourdon nape replied, with hauteur, " that moderation had lasted too lung—that it excited the insolence of the factions—that it was necessary to go forward boldly, and that all the outcry would fall of itself; that, above sU, it was necessary, as soon as possible, to place energetic men in some of the Prefectures, in order to be prepared against every thing." In concluding, he said, " Un happily, energy was rare, and fear even seemed to have crept into the Councils of the Government." At this word fear the colour rose on the cheek of M. de Courvoisier. He replied an grily, " that the fixed character of his principles was notfear that he had no morefear than M. de la llourdonnaye." Then, giving himself sop to his oratorical vivacity, he said some very good thing s against exaggeration and violence, as be used to do in the Chamber in the year 1819. AI. de la Bourdonnaye railed again at the Re volution and the pusillanimity which encourages it; and he added, with great bitterness, " that there was something very strange in managing at once the Revolution and the Jesuits" • Hurt at this last trait, M. de Courvoisier was about to reply by some vehement sortie, but the Prince de Pulignac endeavoured to restore calm by saying " that every body in the Council was united by hatred for the Revolution ; that he thought with the Keeper of the Seals as to the Jesuits, so useful to the Monarchy ; but that the time was not arrived for reviving the two Ordonnances. M. de la Bourdonnaye replied violently, spoke for a long time, and was sup ported by two Members of the Council. It was even said that up to a certain point the Prince de Polignac appeared to agree with him in opinion. They separated without having decided any thing, and very discontented. Since this scene, the word. fear, and swaltoseu which endangers the Monarchy, have been much repeated by some subalterns (sous mires). It is probable, however, that no person will retire immediately from the Ministry. The bond of necessity is stronger than all their disputes. How are they to go on? How are they to disembarrass themselves of each other? Mow, above all, could they recruit themselves? In every way there is the same impotence; and yet time runs on, and difficulties grow with public hatred. A Journal this day publishes the following ; at the present mo ment it appears to us to be of great importance : " We, the undersigned inhabitants of the five departments of the ancient province of Brittany, under the jurisdiction and protection of the Royal Court of Humes, bound by our own oaths, and by those of the heads of our families, to fidelity to the King, and attachment to the Charter ; considering that a handful of political madmen have conceived the audacious design of attacking the very basis of our constitutional rights conferred by the Charter ; considering also, that if Brittany has found, in the enjoyment of these rights, the compen sation of those that were secured to her by her union to France, her national character and her honour equally induce her to imitate the generous conduct of her ancestors, by resisting the usurpation and arbitrary caprices of Ministerial authority ; and considering, finally, that any armed resistance would be the most dreadful calamity, that it would be unjust, and without motive, as long as legal resist ance can be had recourse to ; and that the most certain means of rendering preferable recourse to judicial authority is to ensure to the victims a mutual and fraternal link with their fellow-citizens-- We declare, connected as we are by the ties of honour and legal right, Ist. To subscribers individually for ten francs, and also the underwritten, whose names are inscribed on the electoral lists of 1830, for the tenth of the contributions attributed to them on the aforesaid lists; and we oblige ourselves to pay the same money on presentation of the drafts of Procurators-General, in case they should be named, conformably to the third article of the present declaration. " 2d. This subscription will form a common stock or fund for all Brittany, destined to indemnity the subscribers for any expense they may be put to by their refusal to pay any illegal contributions imposed upon the public, either without the lice, regular, and constitutional assent of the Kind and the Chambers established by the Charter and the present laws, or even with the assent of the Chambers created by any electoral system contrary to the same comtitutioual regulations. " sd. In case of any illegal change in the mode of elections, or any illegal establishment of taxes, two proxies of each district shall assemble at Pontivy ; and as soon as they are 20 in number, they will bare power to elect amongst the subscribers three Plocerators- General and an Under Procurator in each of the five departments. " 4th. The duty of the General Procurators will be to receive the subscriptions, to afford indemnities, conformable to the aeeond article, at the request of any subscriber prosecuted for the payment of illegal contributions; to sue in his name through the said Sub- Procurator of his department for justice against the exactors, by all possible means allowed by law, and to become the accusers s.f all those who are accomplices or abettors of the establishment of illegal taxes. sth. The subsctibets and proxies of this district to assemble with the proxies of the other districts, and to deposit the present subscription in the hands of the General Procurators." It is asserted that in some new subscriptions an article has been added, in which the subscribers engag► to refuse their support and votes in political affairs to any author or accomplice of measures tending to the establishment of an illegal tax. From the Courrier Francais of Saturday. Those honours, so spontaneous, so full of enthusiasm, calmness, and dignity—those testimonies of gratitude which burst torch from the midst of the numerous population among whom General La fayette passed, are a subject of grief for the men of power, and their writers undertake the task of manifesting their spite. It is not the triumph of a man which wounds them so deeply, but it is the striking reprobation of their pretensions to despotism, and the triumph of the purest constitutional doctrines; and it is one of those cities of France which was always the greatest enemy to re volutionary excesses; it is the rich, industrious city, the second capital of Frasier, Lyons, which upon this occasion distinguishes itself among all the others. Whit mure manifest proof could be given of the general progress of whelesome ideas, legal doctrines, and love of liberty? " It is," says the Gnette of Lyons, " In a city still bleeding from the hor rors of anarchy, theta scene has been re-produced, which in a measure gives new lifftsfo.:the revolution, and again beings before our eyes alielso.circjamsoncns which our memory reteaces." Yes, Lyhns still bkrds with (be judicial furies and the rumbling of the fatal fun er al cart still resoulida within its walls; this is why it vets with terror the. man of categories Minister, lug that Ivrecelsres ' with friendship the- inan..twho in his keg career always toot part with the law against .tysnonsp- • Our population look. wpon• La- ' t layette as the .representative of sketatirter. You see the Re-; volution resuscitated, sulth . all les.-dfrcumstances, In 'avientblies the moo peaceable, the most legal, and the most noble' In their objects; and this shows y o u clearly enough that for ynu the Revolution is in the Charier. and in that social movement which It allows to the people ; whilst you only discover o rde r i n t h e regime of the dictator and in that death-like ina c ti on i n w hi c h you would make nations remain before power. You have in horror all that you can give to the citizens—that political activity which distinguishes the free man—they cannot stir but you must cry out rebellion, and call the gendarmes. If they avail themselves of the tight given to them by law to verily the eke ' toral lists, they are saluted with cries of " Down with the Foe. does." If they use their privilege, which the law does not forbid, ' of testifying their gratitude to their defenders, then th y are assailed with " DoWn with the Revolutionists!" You would make of the people a species of automaton, which only moves and claps its bands when the Commissary draws the string. Not only would you deprive this automaton of all spontaneous action, 'but you would even deprive him of all moral sentiments. You Mudd make it a crime for him to be possessed of sentluseut and , and to be able to distinguish good frtim tell; perwcution • = taa bin e sefits. You know too well his own opinion ',of, .yonrself. aside, oestiments be would manifest towards yeti, Who were free lea de as It would be snore agreeable to you s besides, if the people 'were to forget those who had supported them, in , order that lac might talk about their ingratitude, and deprive them of such sup port ; and if Gen. Lafayette had traversed France without being perceived by the people, what a fine opportunity would this have been for you to declaim against their ingratitude, and u po n the duplicity of those who devoted themselves to their cause! But you will not have that pleasure ; the people are now too intelligent to be ungrateful; they know how rarely men are found who sa crifice themselves in their service ; they have the bean to love them, and firmness enough loudly to proclaim that love. The French people gave a dowry to the family of General Foy, an they have awarded an unparalleled triumph to General Lafayette. Honour, then, be to that grateful people! The devotion of Li layette is too pure, too disinterested, to require homage; but if the people had not offered it to him, it would have been to !twit, sod nut to the General, that the people would have done wrong. PATRIOTIC BANQUET arras To GEN. LAFAYETTE. From the Precurseur de Lyons, Sept. i, The Banquet in honour of General Lafayette was given this afternoon, in the' magnificent saluim Gayat, which was beauti fully ornamented with shrubs, and contained' about 500 of the most respectable citizens. The bust of the friend of Washing ton, crowned with laurel, was placed in the saloon, and the General on his arrival was received with enthusiastic applause.— A band of music played some of the most favourite airs during the dinner. Among the most distinguished guests were Condere, Deputy of the Department du Rhone; Messrs. de Coreelles and de Schomer), Deputies of la Seine; two sons of M. Augustin, Peeler; the Consul of the United Sates ; and, the Deputies from the towns of St. Etienne and Vienne. After the health of the King had been drunk with 'neck applause, M. Con dere proposed " General Lafayette." Other warriors have gained battles, and other orators have made eloquent speeches ;'but for civic virtues he has no equal.—The General returned thanks la a very eloquent speech, front which we give the following extracts : " I am proud and happy (said the General) that my passage through this great and patriotic city should have afforded me an opportunity of again expressing my constant hatred to oppression, and my determination to resist all the attempts made by coun ter revolutionary incorrigibility—(Great applause). Gentlemen, yod are menaced with hostile projects, but how will they be carried Into execution? Will it be by the Chamber of Depu ties? My colleague and friend, your respectable Deputy, M. Condere, will attest to you, and all his colleagues who ate at this banquet will also attest, that in the moment of danger our Chamber will -how itself faithful to honour and to patriotism— Do they wish to dissolve the Chamber? Then it would be the affair of the electors ; and certainly they will elect Deputies worthy at the occasion, of the nation, and of themselves. Will they dare by simple ordoanances to vitiate the elections, and to exercise an ille gal power? No ; the partisans of such measures will no doubt call to mind in time that the strength of every Government ocly exists in the arms and in the purse of each of the citizens who compose the nation. The French nation is acquainted with its rights, and well knows how to defend them. " Let us hope, then, gentlemen, that these plots will be overturned. In the meantime, permit me to propose the following toast Tor the department of the Rhone, and to the city of Lyons, the ancient metropolis of industry, the courageous enemy to oppression; may her liberty, her dignity, and her prosperity be firmly based on the full and entire enjoyment of every natural, of every social right, which she has invoked in all times, and under the worst of sir eumstaneas • " As soon as the enthusiastic acclamations which followed this speech subsided. 241. do Careen's. Deputy, addressed the Assem bly. After remarking upon the disbandment of the National Guard; who, he said. were destined to defend the Charter, he passed a high and well-merited eulogium upon General Lafayette. " The National Guard of France and its illustrious founder, ' was then drunk with much sheering, and the following, among other toasts, succeeded— " To the Members of the two Chambers, who have so gloriously defended the rights of the nation." '• To the Magistrates, whose courage is a guarantee for the due execution of our laws."—" To the Army. who *iU stiU know how to make the honour of France respected."—" To the American People; they are indebted to us for Lafayette, but they offer Washington as the model of heroes and legislators." The - American Consul at Lyons returned thanks for the latter toast, and proposed " France—may the relations of commerce and friendship which exist between her and the United States increase, and become more closely united." M. Dupaiquler then gave, " The Constitutional Deputies of the Department of the Rhone, Messrs. Condere, Humblet, Come, and Jors ; they have faithfuUy performed their duty, and may we here. after Rive them colleagues worthy of them." " The health of M. de Corcellos, Deputy of the Seine," having been given, that gentleman, in returning thanks, said—" Our It laerty is now menaced, and we must unite in defence of it. Let the manifestation of public opinion be a rampart before which our enemies shall By with terror. Let our ranks close; if they were to make an attack, our victory would be certain ; we shall preserve ani ameliorate our institutions; and insure also the happiness, the glory, and, the prosperity of our dear country." After several other patriotic, and many eloquent speeches, the Aleeting broke up. From the Messnger des Chambres of Saturday evening. Under date of the Bth of September, we learn from Lyons. that the Authorities had posted an Ordennance prohibiting the display of seditious signs or emblems, under the penalties decreed by the law of 1822. It appears that the Police of that City took umbrage at some flags and streamers of divers colours, which wereon the mast-heads of boats during General Lafayette's eacur *ion on the Saone the preceding evening. It was above all looked on with an evil eye that two or three young men, at the moment of the General's return, should lay hold of and wave these flags. However, the greatest tranquillity reigns in this large city. A horrible attempt has been committed within these few days at Cambray. on the person of a young and beautiful female, by se veral individuals belonging to the noble profession of arms, and of the most elevated class in society. Mi., —v of an honourable family, but of a tight chatac te r, h a d engage d ig ' au.ceiminal course with a young officer of cavalry, whom she left for an officer of infantry. It is said the two rivals determined to punish them selves for the wrongs of their mistress, by fighting a duel; but, joked by their brother officers, they abandoned that idea, and re solved to revenge the infidelity of the lady on herself. The cavalry officer induced Miss —to pay him a visit. This unionunate, enticed into an infernal ware, was seized by the twu rivals and their friends. The pen reffises to retrace the ignoble vengeance which they toot. She was 'taken -back to her house, with her hair cut of, and her body ill-treated. The Procureur du Hal at Cambray is officially investigating the case. Among other witnesses of what took place, besides the im mediate par. les, was the son of a Peer of Prance. From the Constittetionnet t f &turtle:l . Several departmental Joirnals state !bat * agents have been sent to different towns, in order to ascertain the opinions the Depu ties, and to endeavour to attach them to the new Ministry. W e are told that one of these weenie has arrived in this department—. that he has been to Douai, where he saw certaii Deputies, but he took care not to address him,elf to those men who woulti- have r«- ceised hint with all the honnora due to' such a ntiisitlin. These aping, who mime such a tell calling, in *sin employ both pro mises and menaces, bht they will newer disband the battalion of nOu Vilieleists, who have cmt France s dear.—Ferilk de Combrai. The Cunddirtiertnel gives a letter dated Perpignan, Sept. 7, which