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SIVEWRIGIIT'

Novel mod advantogeons Mode of Adventure! ! !
ic slid J. SIVEWRIGHT, rvrr noxious to
14P • please a generons Public, Ism adopted an entire
new mode of atleeutierr, by whirl' the Public nee not ouly
sure of 6.0001. Consols in THREE PRIZES of 2,0001.
each fur Nutlr,ng ! but have the chance of whAtever Cepitel
end oilier l'r,zes my he drawn oo VAlristior'• Day, MI6
3lnotl. (F. bruary), for a very Willie( ri4, via
EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS MR A WHOLE TICKET,
I:l.lrre Slollimrs fur a Half I Four Sliittiogs for an Liglnh
Shillings for a Quarlrr Two Skilhags fur aSt ‘tertith.
As 'wry Ticket, draw* or umirairsi, or a small and
every Bleak. will Tremor frock
'furor Three Pound* Alosry for a Whole Ticker,

tI2 4 o fur • Illalf I. I 6 for an Eithlh
2 0 for • (brute? II I II 0 fora S•xtrent h,
Provided they err returned to the Offier at which they were

parelit.rii ON or !elute Friday, the 13.1 of Ft hruaiy.

Tic scheme is immcu•e(y !irk: as it cutitaiiis, its Consuls

end Illuney.
SIX PRIZES of /11.000!
TRUER mimes of £2.000!

Anil anions other Capital; ;auil at trail Three IPr'ces or
2,0001. Nowt be drawer on ire next Day, sett !Ley must Ire
3 rrrrr nitwit in tbe first Five disputes, and which the Pie-
thaletB ttTrtme WA February mast, to a certainty, oblates
.for nom", ms rttplanrrd in the Srtwosso (whirls are to be
Lail gratis) of J. mot J. SI V EtVIIIGIIT (Contractors),
37, C31'361111 ill, Holborn; 111311 3s, Ilayniarkri ; nod Ly
■ll their Agent. in the C try, who hare on sale Tickets
aid Storrs is vest variety ~f Numbers, sod which they
hope rill lie es (to Innate as in one Lottery in ilia late Con-
tra", when they wail A Li. the topoot. PRIZES in Shares!!!
'•• J. gait J. SIVE% Huai r, as Contractors, beg to in-
fittnt th► Pahl;c the sane ailypst.ige/ ere to be übteieed et
terry office.

9th Use PNlsi.o Pe atYs Donee of COI Mee* WOW
preselseeed and read, he adopted sad forthoith signed as the
Petition of this Meeting, and that it be left at the M+llll/41.1a
Haute till Twelve tielork on TUESDAY NEX 1., fur the
Signatures of such Meicliants, Bankers, and Traders, as
may he disposed to sign the same.
Sibly—That John Smith, Esq. M.P. Alexander Baring,
Erg. M and Nacos! Grcufell, Esq. M.P. be requested to
present ihe said Petitiriu to the Muse ef Cummous, on the
first convenient day after Tuesday mat.
9thly—Tbat these Resolutions be published iu nine of the
Newspapers.
10thly—That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the
Lord Mayor for having convened the seine, sail for his able
conduct to the

THE RETROSPECTIVE REV I EW__
NUIIIIIIE.RS I. 11. ill. IV—London,
We observe with pleasure any attempt to withdraw n shore
of the attention of the Ilestlmg Public (rum the multitioli-
nous and glittering offspring of the Modern Press to the
plainer and more masculine productions of "the olden
Brae," to restore to their healthy tone the tastes ahitb have
hems vitiated by the pugilism and isigh-rwassined dishes of
living riterera, sail to give them a relish for the more whole-
some and substantial viands of our micestors unfortiv-
nately the labourers its the rich mine of old Eughsh Litera-
ture have beets (with a few Istmourable exceptions) mere
lahouress, who, wartiog skill to separate the ore from the
dross, loser accumulated unwieldy mamma, In whirls the
outlier el. uncut, sire overwhelmed by heaps of loam and
valueless lumber. 'lle tasteless labours uf the were
bibtiu-
manisc, who,
" To aulitomicgl dullness adds his own,"

. .
are frequrutly as ilijorious to the cause of literature, as the
blind :cal of supei oiltlOU ill the interests of true retig. .
The Ilettorptetive It. viewers, we are happy to ober, re, bate
avoided the, errors which have been fatal to so many lite-
rary renorrectioni•is —The following passage is a fair expo-
'lithos of the plan of their Work :
.1 Wit shall out pay reclusiae homage to She mighty in
'lntellect—to those of heavenly mould, who, like the gluons
of old, art sloe offspring of the Gude, mid the ilaughtera of
nun ; far from it; many ethers Sr.. imposing, whether is
philosophy, poetry, or general literature, firma which stay
thiug orientalist dcsigu, profound to Simnel', beautiful in
imagination, or delicate is expressi 00000 C;111 be extracted,
will be considered worthy of a place in this wink. There
are few of the productions of mind, as well as of onshore,
which du not pi, • sooner useful or valuable properties;
massy pouilermis volumes, however tedious as a whole, fre•
gamily contain aionethierg us, ful sir beautiful, bat the road
to which is a. arid amid fatigiainz as journeying II gli the
desert of Arabia. to the g• me vote and film,' waters with
which it is sprinkled ;—to those green spots and fi-sla waters
we shall shorten she way. 1.1 our seelecitil and forgAten
poetry in particular we are often surprised, in the midst of
doll passages M. quaint Ciplirells, wills HIM Orig, lofty flights
of imaginatimi, or sparkling expressions, which me toe good
to be lost, end ha, meek eimumbercil with worthless netttrr
to to sought fur by general readers. lei other wink,. its
which the good is sir diffused amidst the bail, as to render it
difficult, if slot impossible, to si innate the different parts,
we shall opulent uor readers with au analysis, which is Mum
more mgr. e stile, and as Überlit as the originals. We shall
also, by • careful selection of particular (-einem, not only
endeavour to give sit idea of the triode of thought end style
of ;infield's ,I emboss, but to furnish a collection of ape.
! (linen. of she great, .1 part of nor ursters, so as to exhibit
a bird's rye vi..w of the rise and promise dune literature."
We will venture to •, they have dune all this and wore.
1 ,1,1
to the Nantleris whieli have already •ppearvd, they have not
wily rescued many beautiful piece. from the grasp of obii..
. vine, but Lave enriched our literature with much new and
original Ciilifillel. which, in 11011,10161118 of argument, in 54.
f iriY of research, is. beauty of diction, and, shove all, in the
, kindly and independent spirit *lnch pervades it, it would he
ilidieult to match iii the *hole range of contenipormy critie
cisin. We consider the aural success which this Review has
already experienced, divided as it purposely is, of all mere.
1 Dictum. attractions, appealing neitlwr to the panious or pre-
judices of any class of society, neither seeking nor receiving
1 the support of any party or sect, political or literary, as
I equally busiourable to the Mateo( the public and the talents
, u Ilse writers.

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