The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-07 00:00:00

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,

By Mr. SOTHEBY, at his House, WELLINGTON-STREET,
WATERLOO BRIDGE, STRAND, on FRIDAY, June 1 I,
and Three following Days (Sunday excepted), at Twelve
o'Clock,
THE LIBRARY of a CLERGYMAN, in.
eluding
Locke's Works, 4 vol. 4to; Lylie's Anatomic. of Wit, 2 vol.
black letter; Schinidii Concord. 1617 ; Shakspeat e, I 732 ;
Old Thrife, black letter; Wood's Buffoti, 20 vol.; Ander-
son's Poets, 14 vol. ; Wilson's Bible, $ ♦ol.; Clarke's Nel-
son, 2 vol. royal paper ; Shaw's Zoology, 42 vol.; Portfolio
of l'ortraits ; Inchbald's Theatre, 35 vol.; Prayton's Poems,
1630 ; Sir It. Naunton's Frapnenta Regalia, with original
Portrait ; Biblix Heb. Lensden, 1667: Musaruin Oxonien-
slum, 1654; Gwiline's Ner• Tray. 1608; Pope's Homer (Du
Roveray's edition), large paper,. 12 vol.; Belluin Gramm.
Trag.-Comcedia, 1635; and entertaining and curious Scrap
Book, in fine order, 5 vol.; Collection of Old Statutes, 1603;
Consturier's Nicliodenius his Gospel ; Lcunins's Secret Mi-
racles ; Wither's Brit. Rembrancer, 1624; Sir John Hay-
ward's Edward VI. and Elizabeth, with portraits, tine copy;
Raphael's Gallery, by Chaperon, fine copy, 1649, &c. &c. &c.
Also a Mahogany, and a Deal Book Case.

To be viewed; and Catalogues (price Is.) had, at the pace
of tiale.

LITERARY NOTICE.

The COLONIAL REGISTER and WEST INDIA

JOURNAL. No. 1.

As the importance of our Colonies is uni-
versally admitted, except by those who, to ac-
complish their speculative plans and visionary
notions would hazard the loss of them, every
thing which tends to the improvement and security
of those Colonies must be interesting to the Pa-
rent State. We therefore notice with pleasure a
Work that chiefly directs its attention to Colonial
interests. The Preface to the Work before us is
well written in point of style, and solid in point
of knowledge. The Author takes a comprehen-
sive view of Colonial connexions in general, and
particularly of those immediately related to
Great Britain. It is evident that he has studied
the subject in all its bearings. Though the mer-
cantile interests of Great Britain as a trading nation
are of very high importance, yet in other respects
their security is essential to our interest as one of
the greatest Maritime Powers on earth. The
Author justly observes, that " to every State
some means of defence are nlecessary ; and to
England, surrounded as she is by powerful and
warlike neighbours, those means must be great
and commanding. The West India Islands, by
their trade, supply us with seamen, whereby our
fleets are manned and our country defended."—
This is, indeed, one of the chief advantages of
our Colonial connexions, and therefore of essen-
tial consequence. He also further observes, in
answer to those who contend that to preserve
Great Britain a great sacrifice of men and money
is requisite, that" the few thousand troops which
are kept on foot in them ought to be considered
as much employed in the defence of the
Mother Country, as if marshalled on its shores,—
not to mention, as before observed, that the
number of seamen whose services these troops
are the indirect means of securing to the State,
prevents the necessity of having recourse to other
and more expensive means of defence." We
have principally directed our attention to the
Preface, because it treats on important topics, and
supports its reasoning by important facts; but
the work may be considered as a valuable, com-
mercial, and political Miscellany. Copious Ex-
tracts from valuable works, State Papers of im-
portance, accounts of all the Colonies belonging
to other countries, and matters of taste, poetry,
&c. &c. render the work interesting to all classes
who have had the advantage of education ; and
as such, we venture to recommend it to the atten-
tion of the Public, presuming that the Conductor
in his future numbers will fulfil the promise which
the present so satisfactorily holds forth,