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ourA Vu EJITION.

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ITALY.--By LADY MORGAN.
Author of " France," " Florence Macart hy," " O'Dea-
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SMIRKE's SHAKESPEARE.
In the coins, of Publication.

ILLUSTRATIONS of SHAKESPEARE,
A. from Pictures Painted expressly for this WORK, by
ROBERT SMIRKE, Esq. R.A. and Engraved in the finest
style by the most eminent Historical Engravers.
A celebrated German critic has said, that the fame of
Shakspeare, " for centuries to come, will continue to gather
strength, like an Alpine avalanche, at every period of its de-
scent." Certain it is, that any work connected with Shak-
speare's name, and which has for its object the illustration of
his inimitable productions, may confidently rely on finding
favour with the world. His fame is the cause of . fame
in others. Commentators innumerable have been permit-
ted to inscribe their otherwise priishable names on the
eternal rock of his genius ; and even Players hare for
years acquired opulence and popularity by happy-portraitures
of his living characters. In announcing, therefore, a series
of engravings, intended as embellishments for any edition of
Shakspearr's Plays, it is unnecessary to offer an argument to
vindicate, or an apology to excuse, the undertaking.
The spirit of poetry, which hauats every scene of the Plays
of Shakspeare, beckons to her sister art to wander with her,
and thus " make society the sweeter welcome t" and it will
now, it is hoped, he seen that she dues not call in vain. In
the whole range of the drama, there are no winks in which
characters so striking and various, or situations so romantic
and delightful, present themselves, to invite the illustration,
and inspire the emulation, of painting.
The editions of our Poet's plays have for the most part been
published without embellishments, or encumbered with en-
gravings so indifferent, as to make their possessors consider
them " when unadothed, adorned the most." It is chiefly
to supply such editions that the Proprietors of the present
Work have undertaken it. Each Play will furnish subjects
for five elegant Engravings, in addition to a Vignette; the
aggregate number, therefore, of the plates will be Two Hun-
dred and Twenty-two.
The name of the Artist from whose hand the Paintings for
this Work are to proceed, may fully justify, and will doubt-
less not deceive, the most sanguine expectations. The Ge
nius of Snsirke has successfully displayed its power in his il-
lustrations to Gil Blase the Arabian Nights' Entertainments,
and the late Edition of Don Quixote ; and the varied scenes
of passion and humour, in the Plays of Shakspeare, will afford
a still more ample scope for the extraordinary skill and
beauty of his pencil.
The Proprietors, refraining from the usual promises and
flatteries of a prospectus, content themselves with referring
the patine to the Numbers already published of this Work, as
a fair sitecimen of the care and ability with which the whole
will regular!y be produced.

INIuDE OF PUBLICArION:

I. The Work will he comprised in Thirty-seven Numbers ;
each Number containing Five Illustrative Engravings, and a
Vignette.
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The Numbers already published are as follow :
I. The Tempest.
Taming of the Shrew.
111. Merry Wives of Windsor.

IV. Twelfth Night, (in February 1822.)
V. Measure for Measure, (in April.)
VI. Romeo and Juliet,. (iii ne.)
VII. Henry the Fourth, Rift I, (in August.)
VIII. Midsummer Night's Dream, (in October.)
IX. Two Gentlemen of. Verona, .December.)

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IWHITERALL, DEC. 17.
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WHITEHALL, DEC. 18. .
The King has been pleased to pant unto Sir John Croft, of
Cowling Ball, in the county of ork, Bart. his Royal License
and Authority that he may accept and wear the.insignia of an
Honorary Knight Commander of the Royal Portuguese Order
of the Tower and Sword,. which his Majesty the King of Por-
tugal has been pleased to confer upon him, in testimony of his
Most Faithful Majesty's approbation of his meritorious con-
duct while in the actual service of that Sovereign : And also to
order, that his Majesty's said concession and declaration be
registered,- together with the relative documents, in his College
of Arms.

Commissions in the North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry
Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Somerset.

George Messiter Esq. to be Captain ; Richard Strother Mus-
sel, Gent. to be• Lieutenant; John Stroud, Gent. to be ditto;
Henry Miller, Gent. to be Cornet.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
N. Driver, Steanbridge, Painswick, Gloucestershire, clothier.
BANKRUPTS.

E. Jarvis, Norwich, carpenter, to surrender, Jan. 2,3, and
29, at four, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. Attortiies, Mr.
Parkinson, Norwich, and Messrs. Poole and Greenfield, Gray's
Inn-square.
A. Barratt, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, farmer,
Dec. 21, at two, 22, and Jan. 29, at ten, at the Swan Inn, New-
port Pagnell. Attornies, Mr. Cooch, Newport Pagnell ; and
Messrs. Spence and Deshorough, Furnival's Inn.
S. (heave, Warrington, Lancashire, shopkeeper, Dec. 20, at
six, 29, and Jan. 29, at ten, at the Nag's Head Inn, Warring-
ton. Attornies, Mr. Dodd, Warrington ; and Messrs. Hurd
and .Johnson, London.

C. Pattison, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, ironmonger, Jan. 5,
at the George Hotel, Huntingdon, 9, and 29, at eleven, at the
Falcon Inn, St. Neot's. Attorney, Mr. Day, St. Neots.
J. Parr, Stand.lane, Pilkington, Lancashire, check-manu-
facturer, Jan. 4,5, and Jan. 29, at two, at the Coach and
Horses Inn, Deansgate, Manchester. Attornies, Messrs'. Per-
kins and Frampton, Holborn-court, Gray's Inn; and Mr.
Thomson, Manchester.
G. Turner, Liverpool, merchant, Jan. 15, 16, and 29, at one,
at the George Inn, Liverpool. • Attornies, Messrs. Taylor and
Roscoe, King's ench Walk, Temple; and Messrs. Lace,
Miller, and Lace, Liverpool.
S. Else, Tredegar Iron Works, Bedwelty, Monmouthshire,
shopkeeper, Dec. 27, 28, and Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Castle
Inn, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire. Attornies, Mr.' W.
Perkins, Merthyr Tydfil; and Mr. Gregory, Clement's-Inn.
G. C. Staples, Halifax, Yorkshire, woolstapler,,Dec. 23, at
six, 29, at ten, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax, and Jan. 29,
at eleven, at Bayne's Hotel, York. Attornies, Mr. Wigles.
worth, Gray's Inn-square ; and Messrs. Thompson, Stansfeld,
and Thompson, Halifax.
J. Cavey, Beckley, Sussex, dealer, Dec. 22, 29, and Jan. 29,
at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basing-
hall-street.' Attornies, Mersrs. Dawes, Lardner, and Fisher,
Rye, Sussex; and Messrs. Egan and Waterman, Essex-street,
Strand.

It. Bamfard, Pontefract, Yorkshire, maltster, Dec. 31, at
five, Jan. 1, and 29, at eleven, at the Old Elephant Inn, Pon-
tefract. Attornies, Mr. Lake, Cateaton-street, London ; and
Messrs. Clough and Brook, Pontefract and Huddersfield.
It. Bingham, Gosport, Southampton, clerk, Jan. 5,12, and
29, at twelve at the Star Inn, Gosport. Attornies, Mr. Mon-
tague, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; and Mr. G. A. Calla-
way, Portsmouth.
J. Wildman, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, London, mer-
chant, Dec. 22, at twelve, Jan. 8, at one, and 29, at twelve, at
the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basingliall-street,
London. Attorney, Mr. V. Le Blanc, New Bridge-street,
Blackfriars, London.
D. Crtllanan and T. Walsh, King-street, Wapping, soap-
makers, Dec. 22, 26, and Jan 29, at twelve, at the Court of
Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-kreet, London. At-
torney, 3lr. B. Thompson, iValbrook.
W. H. Marshall, Bristol. ship-broker, Dec. 29, 31, and Jan.
29, at one, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Attornies, Messrs.
Vizard and Blower, Lincoln's Inn, London ; and Mr. W.. Gre-
gory, Bristol.
DIVIDENDS.'
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Jan. 5, J. Ritson, Carlisle, tallow-chandler—Jan. 8, A.
Richardson, York-street, Marylebone, and T. Welch, Cleve-
land-street, Marylebone, builders—Jan. 8, H. Lucy, Tupsley,
Herefordshire, builder—Jan. 12, B. Fenner, Fenchureh-street-
chambers, City, flour-factor—Jan. 12, D. G. Davie and S. A.
Snowden, Plymouth Dock, drapers—Jan. 12, P. and L Black-
burn, Turnchapel Dock, Plymouth, ship-builders—Jan. 11., G.
Perfect, jun., West Mailing, Kent, surgeon and 'apothecary—
Jan. 19, T. Gowland, Great Winchester-street, merchant—Jan.
26, W. Pulleyn, Leadenhall-street, goldsmith—Jan. 12, D.
Campbell, B. Harper, and A. Baillie,Old Jewry, merchants__
Jan. 19, 0. Dwyer, Exchange-alley, broker—Jan. 22, W.
Fenchurch-street, merchant—Jan. 12, B. Bourdillon,
Waltharnstow, insurance-broker—Feb. 6, E. Cohen, City,
merchant—Jan. 26, W. F. A. Dufour, Berners-street, Oxford-
street, jeweller—Jan. 10, H. Clarke, Buchdcn, Huntingdon-
shire, grocer—Dec. 29, G. M. Thurkle, New-street-square,
Fetter-lane, wine-merchant—Jan. 10, J. Wortley. Liverpool,
wine and porter-merchant—Jan. 10, G. Watts, Chichester,
hatter Dec. 27, M. Vaughan and C. Appleton, Liverpool,
straw-bonnet-manufacturers—Feb. 5, J. W. A. Snuggs and J.
Walley, Lime-street, merchants—Feb. 9, T. Dove, Malden,
linen-draper.
CERTIFICATES, JAN. 8.

M. Forster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer—T. Hart, Brid-
port, grocer—J. Davies, M itcheldean, Gloucestershire, draper—
J. Marsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire, grocer—J. Callow, Prince's-
street, Soho, medical bookseller and publisher—J. Spear, Shef-
field, merchant.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

E. Plummer and F. Magnus, Boston, Lincolnshire, milli-
ners—J. Andrew and J. Frewer, Upper Thames-street, plum-
bers—S. Pride and J. Minis, Liverpool, boot and shoe-
makers—J. and S. Gifford, Netherbury, Dorsetshire, flax spin-
ners—C. Lund and A. Warmoll, Brewers-street, Somers-town,
rocers—W. Barlow and J. B. Mason, Watling-street, wholesale
ironmongers—W. Myers, I'. De.nison,and J. Lister, Leeds, tea-
dealers—G. and J. M diner, Salford, grocers—T. Hoyle, J. Lord
and J. Chatburn, Irwell Springs, Lancashire, calico printers—
H. Edwards and C. S. Cooper, Gloucester, builders.—G. R.
Kirke and A. Jarman, Battersea-fields, tanners—S. Solomon,
K. Lewis, arid S. K. Solomon, Charing-cross, army tailors.—
S. Dance and G. Smith, Bishopsgate-street-without, butchers.
—B. Vacher and S. Linthorne, Poole, coal-merchant-A.—J.
Emerson and 1. Howell, jun. Bristol, bratierS.—W. Humphries,
and R. Major, Frome Sclwood, Somcrsetshire, woolstaplers.