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London, England, 1839-04-29 00:00:00

LITERATURE

LIFE OF' BURNS.—BURNS' P OEMS.—
BUI 3-NS' PROSE WRITINGS.
Chambers, Edinburgh, 1839.
We have h eue, in three separate Parts, each.cf which
is a full octay. s ize, and the whole cost of which is not
more than five- sl :illings, the entire works, prose as well
as verse, of Blatt] s, and also his Life by Dr. Currie.
wh:ch may be ono .sidered the best that has yet appeared,
if we except per) aps Lockhart's graphic memoir in one
of the early num hers of C'onstable's Miscellany. Mr.
Chambers has c "onferred a great boon on the reading
public by this chea p and handsomely got-up edition of
the most highly gil .ted and popular of all the Scottish
poets.
41POUNIII

COL fitT CIRCULAR.

Now ready, in post Bvo., price 65.,
Her Majesty and her august Mother attended Divine A RTS and ARTISANS at HOME and
Service yester day morning in the Chapel Royal, St. lam._ ABROAD; with SKETCHES of the PROGRES
James's. The Scrim in was preached by the Rev. Mr. of FOREIGN MANUFACTURES.
Strong, who took his text from Romans, chap. 14, verse By JELINGER C. SYMONS, Esq.
17. The Prayers' were read by the Rev. Mr. Hall. the Late Assistant-Commissioner on the Hand-Loom Inquiry, and
Lessons by the RA 'v. Mr. Dakins. The Altar Service since deputed by the Government to inquire into the Condi-
was read by the Itt nr. Messrs. Hall and Dakins. The tion of the Artisan Classes in France, Switzerland, Austria,
Chant was Crotch's , the Te Deum and Jubilate in C, Belgium, &c.
William
Arnold ; the Sanctus and Responses, Arnold ; the Anthem : London
Tait,d
John Cumming, L Edinburgh; Simpkin,ondo London.
Marshall, and Co.,
an
" Ascribe unto the Le rd," (Travers), was sung by Messrsonrlon ;
Hobbs and Welch. Sir George Smart presided at the WILLIAM HUNTINGTON'S WORKS.
organ. I JOHN BENNETT, BOOKSELLER and
The Bishop of Norwic 11, Clerk of the Closet, was in PUBLISHER, informs the admirers of the Rev.
waiting. The Mug Suite included the Countess of WILLIAM HUNTINGTON, that he has his WORKS
Charlemont, Lady' Flora Hastings. Hon. Miss Anson, now ready, in six large volumes kivo., containing upwards of
Marquis of Headfor t, Earl of Surrey, Hon. William 4,000 pages, price only 78s. 6d. The work is carefully printed
Cowper, arid Col. Buckley.
• from Mr. Bensley's twent3-volume edition, without any abridge-
The' ment published at 124 and contains the whole, except a few
Chapel.
Princess Augtistal attended Divine service in the ; controversial pieces, at ;bout one-third the original cost.
, London : John Bennett, 25 and 26, New..atc-street.
The Earls of Goeford, Wilton, Haddington, and Caw- 1 car Bennett's Catalogue of nearly 6,000 -vets. of Old and
dor were among the Nobility present. ' New Books, chiefly on Divinity, is also ready, gratis.
Her Majesty and Suite returned after the service in
three of the Royal carriages to Buckingham Palace.
The Duchess of Gloaacester visited the Queen yesterday.
Her Majesty rode out ,on horseback for two hours and a
half on Saturday afternot n. The equestrian party in at•
tendance on her Majesty consisted of the Hon. Miss Mur-
ray, Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Headfort, Colonel Buck-
ley, Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Hon. William
Cowper, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Surrey, and Lord
Alfred Paget.
The Marquis of Normanby. Viscount Melbourne, and
Lord Hill had audiences .of the Queen on Saturday.
Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, honoured the Italian Opera House with
their presence on Saturday evening. In the Royal Suite
were the Countess of Charlemont, Lady Flora Hastings,
Hon. Miss Anson, Mrs. Brand, Marquis of Hertford, Earl
of Surrey, Hon. William Cowper, and Colonel Buckley.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Au-
gusta of Cambridge, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
attended Divine service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor
Chapel. Miss Kerr was in waiting on the Royal Duchess.
The Duchess of Glouceliter visited the Princess Augusta
yesterday at Clarence Home, St. James's.

CHALMERS' BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY-RE.

EDITED.
In the press,
ANEW BIOGRAPHICAL and HISTO-
RICAL DICTIONARY, comprising an Account of
the Lives and Characters of the most eminent Individuals of
Ancient and 3lodern Mimes; more especially of those distin-
guished in British History.
Messrs. Longman and Co., and Mr. Murray, the proprietors
of this work, are anxious to render it one of the highest autho-
rity, and with this object in view, they have divided the Lives
into Classes, and have placed each class in the hands of gentle-
men whe have devoted their attention to the particular Classes :
(the whole being afterwards incorperat'd into one alphabet. )
The general arrangement and superintendence of the work is en-
trusted to a gentleman of acknowledged literary eminence. The
Proprietors have much pleasure in stating that they havealready
engaged the assistance of some of the most distinguished wri-
ters of this country, and also of the Continent ; and they keg
to assure the public that they will spare no exertion or care
that may contribute to the value of their undertaking. The
work will be compactly printed, and sold at a moderate price.
Further particulars will be announced in due course.
%* Communications from individuals possessing information
not publicly accessible, will be thankfully received by the
Publishers.

- Prince Edward of Saxe Wiemar arrived at Marlborough
House on Saturday, from Sandhurst.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign Office. It was attended by all the Ministers
except Lord John Russell. The Council sat three hours.
Mr. French, M. P. and Mr. Villiers Stuart, M. P. had
interviews with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday in
Do wningr street._ _

May the First
THE SPORTING
Edited by "

Sir iiihn M'Neill transacted business at the Foreign
Office on Saturday.

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