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AT a MEETING held in the Apartthents of the Royal Society, Edinburgh, July 9, 1828, the Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court in the Chair_ wanted for immediate use have been bound in 115 volumes. TOWER. Parliamentary Petitions and Bills (hitherto ineilited) .4 sorted and transcribed for the press. Edward I. ann. 7,9, 11, 16, 2.5, 33, and of va rious years, of which the exact date is not yet ascertained. Edward 11. ann. 1,4, 5,9, 12, 13, 11, 1.5, 20, and of valious years, of which the exact date is not yet ascertained. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1829. No. 11,418. PRICE 7D. • ResoLvzn, That this Meeting is deeply impressed with sentiments of admiration and respect for the talents and virtues which distinguished and adorned the character of the late Mr. WiGALD STENVOT . , and, with a deep sense of the I, nnour which hia ienius and learning have reflected on his country, during his long and bright career as an Author and Public Instructor in the most important de partments of Philosophy. That this Meeting, is common with many of the friends and admirers of Mr. Stewart, is desirous that there should remain to future times some lasting public Monument of the high estimation in which he was held by his contemporaries, and of the reverence with which his memory is cherished by all those to whom he was known. That in the opinion of this Meeting, a.Monuttimit of 4 11 Architectural kind would be the best fitted for the at tainment of thcir wishes. That the Committee be authorized to publish these Re solutions in the Edinburgh and London Newspapers, in order to afford to those who may approye of the object of this Meeting an opportunity of giving their concurrence and aid in its accomplishment. _ This Meeting appointed J. T. Gibson.Cra;g, W. S., to be their Secretary and Treasurer, to whom corn- Munications may be addressed. Subscription papers wilt he fund at the Chambers of Messrs. Gihmin-Craigs and \Vardlaw; Sir Win. Forbes and Co.'s; and at the shop of I ‘ll*. Black, bookseller, North Bridge, Edinburgh; at John Richardson's, Esq., solicitor, 20, Fludyer-street; and the Banking-houses .of Messrs. Ransom and Co., and Messrs. Coutte and Co., London. SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Right Honourable -the Lord Chief Commis sinner. of the Jury Court. ... 4:21 P The Hon. Lord Gillics Alloway ... l5 15 •---- Corehouse Earl of Lauderdale l2 10 Sir James W. Moncrieff, Bart lO 10 John A. Murray, Esq l5 15 G. J. Bell, Esq 5 5 Thomas Thompson, Esq J. Gibson Craig, Esq W. Gibson Craig, Esq lO 10 Dr. John Thomson 5 5 Professor Pillans 'Professor Napier 5 5 John Fullerton, Esq 5 5 W. H. Mayfair, Esq lO 10 Sir 'William Hamilton, Bart 5 5 John Horner, Esq.... Dr. Alison Adam Black, Esq 5 5 John Mowbray, Esq lO 10 J. R. M'Culloch, Esq 3 3 Dr. Gregory 5 5 Rev. R. Morehead 3 3 J. T. Gibson Craig, 1 7 ,1 5 5 llt•nry Cockburn, Esq 7 7 An Old Pupil 1 1 2Eneas M'Bean, Esq 3 3 The Hon. Lord Mackenzie lO 10 David Wardlaw, Esq 3 3 James Ivory, E.l 3 3 Thomas Mansfield, Esq 3 3 Francis Jeffrey, Es(' l5 15 John Cunninghame, Esq 3 3 IL H. Drummond, Esq., M.P.. Thomas Maitland, Esq 3 3 Miles A. Fletcher, Esq 5 5 Dr. M'Lagan 3 3 David Cathcart, El 3 3 ' Professor Wallace John Craig, Esq Alex. Lawrie, •Eqq. Win. A. Lawrie, Esq 3 3 10 10 5 5 Sir A. C. Maitland Gibson, Bart 5 5 Sir J. H. Dalrymple, Bart.. 5 5 William G. Adam, Esq. Elias Cathcart, Esq • Rev. A. Alison lO 10 Archibald Alison, Esq lO 10 J. A. Stuart Mackenzie, Esq. Colonel Gibson 1 1 Adam Maitland, Esq. Kirkman Finlay, Esq. Lord Minto . Sir W. Macleod Bannatyne Lord Viscount Palmerstone Henry Mackenzie, Esq. Sir James Montgomery, Bart. James Browne, Esq 1 I Sir Walter Scott, Barr. ... lO 10 Thomas F. Kennedy, Esq. ALP ' 10 10 Lady Hopeof Carriden 5 5 . James Jardine, Esq - 5 5 The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, M.P Earl Dudley Dr. G. C. - D. Buchanan Professor Wilson Anthony Mactier, Esq 5 5 Hon. Lord Glenlee Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael, Bart Dugald Bannatyne, Esq. Andrew Bannatyne, Esq 3 3 Mrs. Lindsay Honourable C. F. Stewart Sir George Mackenzie, Bart. James Cruickshanks, Esq. Alexander Cruickshanks, Esq lO 10 James Nairne, Esq. Sir T. D. Auckland, Bart. ' 10 10 John Richardson, Esq 3 3 Admiral Adam 5 5 James. Watt, Esq lO 10 Professor Leslie . 5 5 John Stark, Esq. John Robertson, Esq. ... 2 2 The Duke of Natnilton 25 0 John Allen, Esq. William Newbigging, Esq. William Maitland, Esq. Robeit Stevenson, Esq 5 5 Alexander Kettle, Esq Hugh Mure, Esq A. APLeod, Esq. Alexander M'Gregor, Esq. William Rathbone, Esq. George Harvey, Esq., Plymouth John Macfarlane, Esq 5 5 Sir James Mackintosh Robert Rutherford, Esq. Earl of Wemyss Sir Coutts Trotter Dowager C untess of Selkirk Earl o Selkirk Daniel Ellis, Esq Right Hon. Sir Robert Liston Viscountess Hampden The Hon. Lad? Hope of Luffness David Cleghorn, Esq. Marquis of Lansdown J. Wishaw, Esq. Edward Marjoribanks, Esq lO 10 M;as Edgeworth Marquis of Bute Hon. C. A. Murray lO 10 Lord Grenville • Edward Ellice, Esq lO 10 = Wilson Dobie Wilson, Esq James Simpson, Esq. M.D. 2 2 Patrick: Miller, M.D., 'Exeter 35 0 Major William Miller, h. p. unattached • Mathew Miller, Esq., Liverpool ..., 35 0 Rev. Mr. Findlater, II ewlands Robert Ferguson, Esq., of Raith Rev. Robert Lundie, Kelso Sir William Arbuthnot, Bart. Th e Hon. Lord Eldin Lord Dunmore 2l 0 W. H. Sands, Esq 3_ 3 _ _ Sir John Sinclair, Bart. James Scarth, Esq. Major Alston • William Trotter, Esq. Rev. John Williamson, Twynholm lO 10 Robert Robertson, Esq. Ayr 2 2 -Jitnu.s Johnston, Esq. of Demera , a. tady Ashburton 2O 0 Marquis of Lothian 5O 0 David M'Farlan, Esq. William John Dalyell, Esq 5 5 William Thomson, Esq. surgeon 2 2 J ohn Cunningham, Esq. of Duchrae 5O 0 Professor Walker, Glasgow !lon , George Elliot, R.N .. ;1• 141 Y Isabella Douglas 'adY Katherine Halket 2 2 John Young, Esq. of Cleish J 5 „ . Patrick CI uicksliankg, Esq. ProfesAor Cousin, Pari. F. W. Becher, 111. D 1 I Leonard Horner, El Sir James Hall, Bart. A. Swinton, Esq 3 0 An Old Pupil. The Rev. A. Forrester of Linton 2 2 John Guillemard, EN 5 0 Amount subscribed ~.X1869 5 A GENERAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS to the MONUMENT in honour of Mr. STEWART, will he hell k the Apartments of the Society of Scottish An tiqualics, Royal Institution, Mound, on TUESDay the 7th day ofJuly next, at Three o'clock Edinburgh, June 13, 1829. 11111ERRING'S PATENT LIGHT BEA• VER HATS, at 21s. to .265... weighing only 51 ounces, are the best ever offered "to ptblic notice ; for durability and brightness they are unequalled ; they are not more than half the weight of the common made hat, and will wear equally as long. Carriage, Opera, and Tra velling Hats and Caps of every Invention.—Establish tents, S 5, Strand, corner of Cecil-street ; 121, Edge ware-road ; and at Liammerstnith. In Tv7ll Vols. Syn. 245. T RAVELS IN TURKEY, EGYPT, NUBIA, PALESTINE, &c. By 11.., R, MADDBN, Esq: Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington. street. This day was published, price 2s. THE POLL for the ELECTION of a REPRESENTATIVE in PARLIAMENT for the UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE, on TUESDAY, WED.. szsuay, and Tunas])AY, the 16th, 17th, and ISth of June, 1829. CANDIDATES : William Cavendish, Esq. M.A. Trinity College. George Banker, Esq. LLB. Trinity Hall. By HENRY GUNNING, Esq. M.A. Senior Esquire Bedell. Cambridge : printed by J. Smith, piinter to the Uni versity ; for J. and J. J. Deighton, Cambridge; J. C. G. and F. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-yard, and Waterloo•place; J. and W. T. Clarke, Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields ; and Hookham, Bond-street, London. On July Ist will be published, .No. I. (to be continued monthly), price 3s. 6d., with an Engraving, by Henry Rolls, from a Picture by David Wilkie, Esq., R. A., in his Majesty ' s Collection, T HETHREE CHAPTERS, for JULY, 1829. I. POETRY AND ROMANCE :--The Splendid Annual ; Hook—Hynm to the Virgin ; L. E. L.—lto precht the Robber; Southey—The Pen and Pencil; Cun ningham—Epitaph in Butleigh Church; Southey-0 come, my Love ; D irley. 11. ESSAYS, CRITICISM, CHARACTERS, &c.:— The late Session of Parliament—Brustrions Visiters— Countess of Derby, Sir H. Davy--Reginald St. Amory— The Naval Officer. 111. SOCIETY AND MANNERS :—The Monthly Club. _ - London : Published by John Sharpe, Duke-street, Pic. cadiily. This flay was. published, the Eighteenth Edition, consider ably improved, price 18s. boards, or. Ns. 6d. half-bound parchment hack, PATERSON'S ROADS of ENGLAND and WALES, and the SOUTHERN PART of SCOTLAND. By EDWARD MOGG. Arranged upon a plan entirely novel, and the whole re• modelled and augmented by the addition of numerous new Roads and new adrneasurements ; with an Appendix, being a Description of the direct and principal Cross Roads com municating with the improved old Passage Ferry, across the River Severn, near Chepstow ; with a Map of the Banks of the Wye. To which is added, a Tour through Wales, &c. Printed for C. J. G. and F. Rivington ; Longman, Ree. ) Orme, Brown, and Green; J. M. Richardson; C. Chapple; Baldwin and Critdock ; J. Booker; Hurst, Chance, and Co.; W. Joy; Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot ; J. Sharpe ; J. Duncan ; Simpkin anti Marshall ; J. Hearne ; H. Steele ; W. Reynolds ; J. Fraser ; E. Mogg ; and G. and J. Robin son, Liverpool. THE healthy functions of the Stomach and Intestinal Canal preserved and restored by the use of warm water only, by means- of MAW and SON'S Improved Domestic Instrument, and a basin of warm water. The most distressing cases of obstruction and irre gularity may be instantly relieved, and the system soon restored to a state of natural activity. The Instrument is BO portable as to admit of being carried in the pocket, and does not require the assistance of a second person. Print ed particulars and an engraving, sent to any part of the Kingdom, or the Instrument to any part of Town, on post-paid application to Geo. Maw and Son, 55, Alder manbury, London, where may be seen satisfactory testi monials of its efficacy. BUTLER'S FLUID EXTRACT of SARSAPARILLA. SARS APA RILL A has of late years been KY much used as an alterative in Scrofulous Affections, Scurvy, and other cutaneous Diseases, and is considered by the most eminent Surgeons of the present day as the very best Medicine for re-establishing the constitution after it has undergone the effects of Mercury, or has been injured by what is denominated Secondary Symptoms. This Fluid Extract contains all the properties of the Root, in a concentrated state, will keep for any length of time, and the Patient, in one minute, may make a Decoction of any strength, by the addition of water. Sold in Bottles at 4s. 6d., Bs. 6d., and 20s. by Messrs. Butler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's London ; Sackville-street, Dublin ; and Prince's-street, Edinburgh ; and the principal Medicine Venders ; of whom may be had BUTLER's COMPOUND ESSENCE OF CUBERS. This preparation is a strong Essence of the Cubebs, in combination with other ingredients, which, whilst equally mild and innoxious to the constitution, having been found by experience materially to increase the known efficacy of the Cubebs, it is therefore confidently recommended for those affections arising from diseases of the Kidneys, Blad der, &c. and that class of Diseases generally in which the use of the Cubebs has been found so serviceable. In Bottles at 44. 6d., Bs. 6d. and 20s. _ _ ta- Observe the address of " Messrs. Butler," Oa the Label. THE ARMY. The Depot of the 18th Royal Irish will remove this morning from the Citadel to Longroom Barracks ; and the Depot of the 96th Regiment from Longroom to the Citadel. The Detachment of the 3d Light Dragoons, which have been waiting here for same time, embarked on Monday, on board the Amphitrite transport, and sailed for Liver pool.— Devonport Journal, June 25. Three Troops of the 6th or Enniskillen Dragoons ar rived on Sunday from Liverpool, un.ler the command of Major Warren ; their head-quarters were Nottingham, but they have been doing duty in the neighbourhood of Manchester since the late disturbance.—Dublin Paper, June 24. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. THURSDAY, JUNE 25.—High water 59 minutes past five o'clock.—. Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Fanny Connell, Joy, from Lisbon ; Pacific, M'Gowan, from Jamaica ; 13elem-Caseie, Jones, from Lisbon; Glasgow, Duncan, from Sligo. CLEARED OUTWARDS.--The Elise, Hess, for Kiel ; Euphemia, . for St. Thomas; Crown, Hopper, for Quebec; Ann, Fowler, for Quebec; Christian, for Demerara. Passed Holyhead, inward bound, Willi Mabb, from Trinidad. Passed Great Orm's Head, inward bound, the Perseve rance, from Mobile. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. RECORD COMMISSION. RETURN OF AVORKS NOW Is PROGRESS; ALSO ' WORKS PREPARING FOR PR E SS. TO THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF CCIMIONS IN PARLIAMENT. ASSEMBLED. In ob?dience to the order of your honourable House, dated 6th May, 1829, directing that there be laid before the House " A Return of all the Works now in progress under the direction of the record commission ; also of works preparing for the press, but of which the printing isnot yet commenced, together with an account of the extent and magni tude of such intended publications, .the time within which each of them may be completed, and the pi o bable expence of each ;"-- I humbly beg leave to state as follows: ENGLAND.-WORKS NOW IN PROGRESS. I. Inquisitions Post 111orte74. The records thus entitled commence at the Tower, with the reign of Henry 111., and are preserved there, until the reign of Richard 111., inclusive ; from this time to the twentieth year of Charles 1., they are extant in the Chapel of the Rolls. The calendars to the Inquisitions at 4he Towe? have been made complete in four volumes, the firs of which was published in 1806, the last in 1828. On completion of the Tower series, it became necessary to commence that at the Rolls Chapel, which has accordingly been done ; and it may be confidently expected that these calendars may be comprised in volumes, and that for various rea sons, especially from the records themselves having been for some years past in the course of reparation and arrangement, they may be made complete in print in less than half the time that the Tower series occupied, and probably at an expence not exceeding 2,4001. per volume, printing and editorship inclusive. This statement has been drawn up with the assist ance of Mr. Palmer, who is to furnish copy for the press, and who is chief clerk to John Kipling, Esq., Keeper of the Records in the Rolls Chapel. 11.—Valor Feclesiasticus.-26 lien. VIII. Of this record, remaining in the Ofw•ice of First Fruits, the first volume was printed in 1810, and the whole work finished in 1825, in five volumes, in- eluding indexes to each volume of places and per sons; in addition to which, it having been deethed essential that a general index to the entire work should be subjoined in a sixth (andlast) volume, this compilation has been proceeded upon, and has re cently been finished in manuscript ; meanwhile there have fortunately been discovered in the Augmenta tion-office and Chapter-house, Westminster, certain supplementary articles connected with this Ecclesi astical Valor, and.of the same date; these are now in the press, by way of appendix, and as soon as they are finished, the general index will be put to press, and proceeded upon with all despatch consis tent with accuracy. The expence, it is thought, will be undev2,ooo/., printing and editorship inclu sive; and Mr. Lemon, the compiler of the gener►l index above-mentioned, is of opinion that it will probably he finished in less than two years. Fwdera.—New edition enlarged. The new edition of this work was ordered by the Commissioners to be prepared for the press in 1813, and the first part or volume was published in 1816, commencing with the reign of William the Conqueror; since then it has been carried on to the sixth part or volume, the - last bringing -down the work to the end of the Reign of Edward the Third; the last part, however, though very nearly complete as to text, cannot be published for a few months on that account, and because the index is of cou►se not quite ready. Calculations have been formed within what com- ' pass of volumes this work can be contained, for the period to which the Tower records extend, mmely, the reign of Richard the Third: and it appears there is reason to believe it may be comprehended within the quantity of nine volumes or parts, in ad dition to those already printed; the probable time of executing it will be but little more than 12 years, as apparently the most difficult periods of the work have already passed. With regard to the expence likely to be incurred, it will be, perhaps, including printing and editorship, about 2,900/. per volume. In the above calculation, the editors, viz, the secre tary, Mr. Holbroke, and Mr. Bayley, of the Tower, which last-mentioned person furnishes the most con. siderable portion of copy for the press, are agreed in opinion as to the above estimate of time and ex pence. In respect to the continuation of the work to the time when Sanderson's edition, in 20 volumes, ceased, it seems quite impossible at present to cal culate how many years, or at what expence, the work could be made complete. IV.—Records of Me Duchy of Lancaster. Two volumes of Calendars to these Records have already been published, the first in 1823, the second in 1527. A third volume is in the press, but not in great forwardness. The Calendars now in progress have extended to the 27th year of Queen Elizabeth, and it may be ex pedient to continue them to the reign of Charles 1., inclusive. The present volume, and two more, it is thought, will be sufficient to comprehend the whole probable time, eight years; expense about 1,7001. per volume, which will include editorship as Well as printing.— The secretary and Mr. Minchin, who are the editors, are agreed that this time and expellee will be suf ficient. V.—Calendar of the proceedings in Chancery. Tower. These calendars or indexes extend through the reigns of Elizabeth, James 1., and Charles I. The first volume was published in 1827; the whole of the second volume is printed, with the ex ception of the index. Five volumes more will be required to make the work complete to the reign of Charles I. inclusive; and it is conceived that they may, without inconve nience, be finished in seven years from the present time, at a probable expellee of 2,5001. per volume, printing and editorship inclusive. Mr. Bayley, of the Tower, who, assisted by the secretary, is the editor, concurs in this statement as to time and expellee. VI. Rolls (j . Parliament.—New edition. Mr. Palgrave. This comprehends the records and proceedings of the great councils and Parliaments of the realm, from Henry 11. to the close of the reign of Henry VIII. The collections began in 1823, the printing in 1825. One volume, containing the parliamentary writs, temp. Edward I. has been published, con sisting of 1152 pages, and two parts of the-parlia mentary writs, B.e. temp. Edward 11. are in the press, of which last-mentioned parts 1468 pages are worked off. The collections for the later reigns not being com pleted, the entire extent of the work cannot be ex actly calculated; but it appears that the materials for the reigns from Henry 11. to Edward 111., bath reigns inclusive, will form about nine volumes or parts r each volume or part containing from 1,000 to 1,200 pages. On the average, a part or volume of the before-mentioned bulk will be completed in each year, at an expense not exceeding 2,000/., and which sum includes editorship, collation, transcripts, clerks, stationery, and all incidental disbursements, printing excepted i which the King's printer states will prc bibly be about 3,0001. per volume. Mr. Paigrave, the editor, has also annexed a state ment, in accordance with the above, in a letter to the secretary, which is given at length, by way of appendix. WORK PREPARING FOR PRESS. VlL—Materials for a history of Britain, .fro»: the earliest period to the Accession of Henry VIII. —Mr. Petrie and Mr. Sharpe. The first portion, reaching to the year 1066, will make five volumes. Two of these are ready for press immed;ately ; the printing and paper for an edition in folio, of 750 copies, the number at pre- sent ordered by the Board, will cost about 1,350/. pe•r volume ; on the supposition that each volume will contain 1,000 pages, the work, it is conceived, cannot be contained in less than from 20.t0 25_vo- tomes : with respect to the expenses of editorship, Mr. Petrie and Mr. Sharpe, to whom the publica don is intrusted, state their inability to set forth the probable amount, before the first portion be com pleted; and they decline accepting any remuneration until that period arrives; neither are they able to state with certainty the length of time which the work will require to its completion ; not less than k one year, however, for each volume, will be requite The above statement has been made by the Editors, Messrs. Pettie and Sharpe. VIII. REPARATIONS OF RECORDS IN PUBLIC REPO- SITORIES. This necessary operation commenced by order of the Board on the Ist July, 1819, and has been con tinued to the present time, and is still in progress. The following arc the names of the offices in which these operations have taken place I. The Office of the First Fruits. 11. The Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. 111. The King's Remembrancer. IV. The Duchy .of Lancaster. V. The Rolls Chapel. VI. The Chapter House, \Vestminster. VII. The Augmentation Office. The documents which required reparation in the Office of First Fruits, and in that of the Lord Trea surer's Remembrancer, have been completed; those in the King's Remembrancer's Office have only in part been completed, (viz. about six hundred bundles of Exchequer proceedings), on account of great part of the records in the office having been removed into Westminster Hall, as a place of temporary deposit, in the year 1821, and the consequent disability of carrying on the work properly, until a more fit place of deposit could be provided for them. THE OFFICES STILL REMAINING INCOMPLETE, ARE, 1. The Duchy of Lancaster, in which office '240 volumes have been formed from bundles and bound, containing inquisitions post mortem, pleadings, sur veys, &c., from Henry VIII. to the 23d of Elizabeth. 2. The Rolls Chapcl.-162 bUoks, comprehend- ing the series of inquisitions post mortem, from the reign of .Henry VII. to the 12th year of Queen Elizabeth, have been bound in folio, which pre viously were in bundles, and consequemtly not easy of reference. 3. The ',Chapter house, IVestminster.-303 volumes' have been bound in folio and quarto, con taining valuable historical and other• papers, surveys; rentals, &c., of various periods from early time. 4. The Augmentation Office.-287 volumes, in folio and quarto, of a similar nature. with those at the Chapter House, including also more than 5,000 deeds, have been bound, and neatly 16,000 rolls, most or them previously unarranged,.unknc4n, and obscure, have been completely repaired, newly with parchment backs, and labelled, and endorsed with the titles of their contents. To the _operations above-mentioned the Secretary to the Board has given his general superintendence over all the works here described, and his more particular attention to the two last-mentioned offices ; every book and roll having been inspected and marked by him, for all which, however, as yet, he has received no remune ration whatever. It will be observed, that ten years nearly have been employed upon these reparations, the whole amount of charge during that period has been 6,1371. 6s. 7d.: consequently these works have very little exceeded in expense, one year with another, the sum of 6001., and the whole has been paid for binding and mecha nical labour. ......... ___ _ How much longer it may take to put the present offices in a state of complete arrangement, cannot be stated with any degree of precision. SCOTLAND. --WORKS IN PROGRESS AT TILE PRESS. 1.--The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Of this work ten volumes are already printed ; viz., from the second to the eleventh inclusively.— The first volume, with its introductory prolegomena, is in progress at the press, and may probably be com pleted within the present year. The indexes of matters to the whole work will constitute the twelfth and last volume, but cannot •be in readiness for the press in less than two years from this time. Each of these volumes will extend to about GOO pages ; the printing and binding of each volume will cost about 1,5001. The expence of transcription and other editorial expences cannot be exactly ascertained, but in addition to those already incurred and provided for, they may be estimated at under 1,0001. IL—Collection of Ancient Royal Charters. Of this work a part is already printed, which is intended ultimately to form the first part of the second volume of a work which will extend to three volumes in folio. The expense of printing the por tion of this work above alluded to exceeded 1,000/., but if the number of copies should be reduced from 1,000 to 500, the expence of the whole that remains to be executed would probably not exceed '2,000/. The expellees of transcription and other editorial expences would amount to at least an equal. From the peculiar nature of the work, four or five years would still be required for its completion. M.—Abridgment of the Registers of Seisins. This is a work not intended for general circula tion, but solely to facilitate researches in the Gene ral Register House, which are at present of a most laborious, tedious, and expensive kind ; and of which the difficulty has long been progressively in creasing. The abridgment commences with the year 1781, and the first 20 years have been nearly completed at press ; and this portion of the work will amount to 3,500 pages in folio. The second series of 20 years, will, in extent, exceed the first by at least one-hallTand cannot be safely completed within less than four or five years. It is a work which must afterwards proceed progressively at nearly the same rate. Only 21 copies are printed, and the expence on that head amounts to about 2/. 108. per sheet. The expences of compiling, tran scribing, &c., amount at present, to about 1,100/, per annum, and cannot be greatly diminished till the an•ear be fully brought up. WORKS PREPARING FOR THE PRESS. I.—Abridgment of the Re,gister of thc Great Seal. The compilation of this work has been in regular progress since the year 1821; its probable extent, when printed, has been calculated at two closely printed volumes in folio, on the supposition of its being brought down to the Union ►n 1707. The state of the actual compilation, however, which comes down only to the reign of Queen Mary, ren ders this conjecture uncertain. Several years, not less than four, must be required to complete the abridgment, but in the mean time it will be sent to the press; and on the supposition of its amounting to two closely printed volumes of 700 pages each, the expellee of printing may be e:timated at 3,000/., and the other editorial expences at from 1,6001. to 2,0001. 11.—An Abridgment of the Register of Entails. A selection from the records of Privy Council. An index to the Register of Entails. Considerable preparations for these works have been made, but at present their completion remains suspended. JOHN CALEY, Secretary to His Majesty's Commisioners on the June 11, 1529. Public Records. APPENDIX. !G, Duke-street, Westminster, May 12, 1829. In obedience to the Order of the House of Com mons of the 6th instant, the undersigned transmits the particulars of the New Edition of the Rolls of Parliament now in progress, and on which he is en. gaged, under the direction of the Board. THE WORK COMPREHENDS I. Assizes, ordinances, and legislative and judicial proceedings of the great councils and of the " Curia Regis," from the reign of Henry IL. to the period when the series of Parliament Rolls, properly so called, begins. 11. The writs of summons to the end of the reign of Henry VII. when the Rolls of Parliament ter minate. 111. The proxies of the spiritual and temporal lords, and all documents affording evidence of the attendance given by peers or others specially sum tnont,d to Parliaments or great councils. IV. The writs of election for the Commons, to gether with the returns thereto. The writs de ex pelvis, and all other documents relating to the at tendance of the members of the Commons, and their parliamentary character and privileges. V. The Rolls of Parliament corrected and re vised, the former edition not being a faithful trait- Ecript from the original record. VI. Petitions or bilis presented to Parliament or to the council ; pleas in Parliament or before the council, (very many of which are not entered on the existing Rolls of Parliament); proceedings in in ' ferior courts which originated in Parliament or in the council, or were returned into Parliament or before the council ; all inquests taken by virtue of parlia- mentary commissions, and all other documents sup plying the numerous chasms in the Rolls of Parlia ment, or arising out of or elucidating the proceed ings of Parliament or the council, from the reign of Jolan to the reign of Henry VII. VII. Writs of military service, and other docu ments relating to military service. The text, composed of the before-mentioned ma- terials, is accompanied by a full alphabetical digest; by a chronological abstract, and by such tables (c. g. tables of the returns of the writs of election) as are required by the nature of the text of each volume; this apparatus being added for the purpose of ren tiering the contents more accessible to the reader, who may not be conversant with ancieat records. - The extent and magnitude of the work may in some measure be estimated from the general view of the materials ; but it is Rot in the power of the editor to state at present the exact number of vo lumes which.the whole will form, inasmuch as the records for the reigns of HenrylV. V. and VI. _ 'eve only been partially examined, and the collec ions for the reigns of Edward 111. and Richard 11. are not completed. So far, however, as he can eal. culate, the work, to the conclusion of the Parlia mentaryWrits of the reign of Edward 111. will ex. tend as follows ; viz. - • See Statement c Henry 11. Richard I. and John 1 vol. of Searches Henry 111 1 vol. See State Meat Edward I. Parliamentary Petitions, Rolls, &e. 1 vol. Published Edward I. Parliamentary Writs, &c. See Statement Edward 11. Parliamentary Petitions, _ . Rolls, &c. In the press, Edward 11. Parliamentary Writs, &c. 1 vol. divided into two parts Edward 111. Parliamentary Writs 2 vols. The editor was appointed a sub-commissioner for the purpose of executing the Work, on the 27th April, 1822 ; and the printing of the First Volume, entitled "Parliamentary Writs, &c. of Edward 1." began in October, 1825, and was completed in July, 1827: it contains 288 sheets, or 1,152 pages. The printing of the Second Volume began in October 1827. On account of the bulk of important matter, it has been divided into two parts, of which 367 sheets, or 1,468 pages, are worked off. The First Part is nearly completed, and the Second is expected to be ready for delivery in the course of the year: In calculating the progress of a work intended to embrace all the materials evidencing the legal and political history of the constitution, derived from so many sources, and of which the materials are scattered, not only in the different repositories of public re cords and in public libraries, but also in ecclesiastical registries and other repositories, partaking of a pri vate character, allowance must be made for unex . . pected difficulties, and also for the loss of time and inconvenience occasioned by the great dispersion of the materials. When practicable, the proofs have always been colla'ed three times by the editor with the original records, and it has frequently happened, that when one portion of a sheet has been taken from originals at the Tower, other portions are taken from originals at the Chapter House, or the Mu seum, or Lambeth Library. The collation is also rendered very tedious by the necessity of verifying the names of persons and places by comparison with other documents. Other delays arise from the necessity of investiga tions which are suggested as the work proceeds, and which are not to be foreseen when its general plan is formed. On the average, however, judging from what has been effected, and calculating upon the same scale, the editor thinks that in each year he can complete a volume, containing from 250 to 300 iheets, or from 1,000 to 1,200 pages, at an expense intAacceeding 2,0001. for each volume. In ordinary it Is expected that the expense will not exceed • per volume (and which sum includes tran s, the salaries of clerks employed in copying digests, stationery, and all other disbursements). In order to insure the steady and expeditious publication of the work it is necessary that the editor should, as lie has hitherto done, continue to employ himself unremittingly upon the same; and that the collection of materials, the working off of the text, and the composition of the abstracts and digests (the latter being by far the most important and laborious portion of the task), should all advance pani passu, for if any one of these processes be interrupted the break occasions a loss of time which cannot be after wards recovered. It is also highly important that the editor should be able to secure the assistance of clerks, who must be specially trained to the work, and qualified for the employment by habit and practice ; the pecu liarities of the language (particularly the Norman French), and of the character, rendering it impos sible to employ persons whO are not so educated. For the farther information of the House as to the magnitude and extent of the work, the editor adds a statement of the searches and transcripts which have been made, arranged according to the reposi tories of records; such of the transcripts as are not Edward 111. ann. 28, and of various years, of which the exact date is not yet ascerta i ne d. Richard 11. ann. 1,5, 7,11, 13, 17, and of various years, of which the exact date is not yet asect tained. Henry IV. ann. 3, and of various years, of which the exact date is not yet ascertained. Henry V. ann. 2,9, and of various years, of which the exact date is not yet ascertained. Henry VI. ann. 1,3, 4,6, 7,8, 9, JO, 15, 28, and of various years, of which the exact date is not yet ascertained. Edward IV. Various years, of which the exact date is not yet ascertained. The petitions of various years are the most numerous. The first set, consisting of upwards of 4,000, was produced to the editor in 1822, and the transcription and.collation thereof was completed io 1825, as appears by the alphabetical lists delivered to yott, they belong, principally, to the earlier reigns A second set, which consists of about 1,000 bills and petitions, chiefly of the reigns of Henry IV., V., and VI., was produced to the editor in 1826. Several bags and hampers of unsorted petitions, since brought from the White Tower, remain to be examined. The petitions of ascertained years to the close of Henry VI., and all those of Edward IV., remain to be transcribed. Many parliamentary proceedings remain upon files in the White Tower, intermixed with judicial writs, &c.; these also require examination. IVrits of Elcclion, and Returns and Writs de .E.r. penis. Edward-I. ann. 18, 25, 26, 28' 5 . 29, 30, 33, 31, 35. All the above are printed in the first volume of the Parliamentary Writs. Edward 11. ann. I, 2,5, 6,7, 8,9, 10, 12, 1 1, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. All printed in the second volume of the Parliamentary Writ!. Edward 111. ann. 1,2, 4,5, 6,7, 9, 10, 11, I,J, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 46, 47, 50, tran scribed and prepared for the press. Richard 11. ann. 1,2, 3,5, 6,7, 8,9, IC), 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, the I;ke. Henry IV. ann. 1,3, 7,8, 12, the like. Henry V. ann. 1, 2. (The remainder of the writs and returns for the reign of Henry V., and the whole of Henry VI. and Edward IV., remain to be transcribed.) Proxies. Edward Land 11. Various years, printed in the two volumes of Parliamentary Writs.• Edward 111. Various years. General Parliamentary Collections. John. Close, patent and other rolls of Chancery searched, and part of matter transcribed. Henry 111. Rolls searched, &c. Scutage rolls :ranscribed. _ _ _ Edward I. Rolls searched, and all the matter re lating to parliamentary proceedings and to mi litary service transcribed. Orig►nal military returns transcribed. In part printed in the First Volume of the Parliamentary Writs. Edward 11. The like. In part printed in the Second Volume of the Parliamentary Writs. Edward 111. and subsequent reigns. Roll, par tially searched and documents transcribed. Thirty-three and 35 Edward I. and'l4 Edward 11. Proceedings in Parliament transcribed from the Vetus Codex, or Black Book.. CHAPTER HOUSE. Richard I. John and Henry 111. Rolls of the • " Curia Regis" searched for documents expla natory of the origin and jurisdiction of the Great Council and .Parliament and matter in part tranrcrilSed. Fifty-two Henry 111. Rolls of proceedings pur suant to the Edict of Kenilworth, transcribed. Edward I. and H. Rolla of Placita coram Rege searched, and Inrohnente relating to Parliament and Parliamentary Proceedings transcribed. In part printed in the First and Second Volumes of the Parliamentary Writs. Rolls of Parliament, 18, 23, 26, 2 3,2 P, 30, 33, and 35 Edward I. transcribed. Two Edward I. Taxation Roll of the Borough of Ipswich transcribed. BRITISH MUSEUM. In this reposity all the principal lieger boar, chartularies, historical and legal volumes and collec tions, as well as the original charters, have been ex amined, and the parliamentary and constitutional do cuments have been noted or transcribed. Partly printed in the Parliamentary Writs, Vols. I. and 11. These collections are too numerous and varied to admit of being stated in detail, but amongst them are the following : Acts and Proceedings of the Council, 3 Ric. 11. to 36 Hen. VI. including many parliamentary proceedings, Custumals of Torkesay, Ford wich, Reading, Sandwich, and Winchelsea, Assizes of Hen. 11. PUBLIC LIBRARY; CAMBRIDGE. Parliamentary Documents transcribed from the register of Henry de Estre, Prior of Canterbury. Printed Parliamentary Writs, Vol. 1. Transcript made of a MS. of the Registium Brevium of the time of Henry 111. being the earliest copy known; and which, by showing what \Vete the writs de cursu, in the early part of the reign of Edward I. affords the means of judging the cases iu which it was necessary to apply to the. Council in Parliament, as the authority by which special writs were issued. LINCOLN'S INN LIBRARY Lieger books and other MSS. examined, and do cuments transcribed. Partly printed in the Parlia mentary Writs, Vol. I. INNER TEMPLE LIBRARY. Petyt's Collections examined, and such documents as are not accessible in the original records, trans cribed. Partly printed in the Parliamentary Writs, Vol. I. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S REGISTRY, LAMBETH PALACE. The Registers of Archbishops Peckham, Win chelsea, and Reynolds, including the reigns of Ed ward I. and 11. have been searched, and all the do cuments relating to Parliament, and to the parlia mentary privileges of the clergy, have been trans cribed. In part printed in the Parliamentary Writs, Vols. I. and 11. CHAPTER HOUSE, CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. The same searches made as last-mentioned, and all the matter transcribed to the close of the reign of Ric. 11. In part printed in the Parliamentary Writ. , , Vols. I. and 11. TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, GUILDHALL. The Letter Books of the city of London, A. to 11. comprising the reigns of Edward I. 11. and 111. and Richard 11. examined, and all documents relating to parliamentary or constitutional history transcribed. In part printed in the Parliamentary Writs, Vols. I. and 11. TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, IPSWICH. Black Book of Ipswich transcribed. This volume contains the customs of the Borough, the proceed ings which took place when the first charter was granted by King John, a. r. 1 9 , and the admissions of foreign burgesses. To John Coley, Esq. FRANCIS PALGRAVE. Hay Harvest is begun in many places in this district. The crop is better than was apprehended from ti►e drought in May. Some farmers who have begun cutting consider it an average c►op. Wheat, in 8, me situations, is !wady at its length. Generally it is coming into rar. With ordinary weather it will be ripe towards the end of Auguste.... qiassioto Chreeiek. . .0