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London, England, 1812-06-30 00:00:00

LORD WELLINGTON's CAMPAIGNS.

MVEVEQUE has the honour to inform the
Subecr.bera and the Pwhi.c in general, that the First
Part of the Angraviags of the ACHIEVEMENTS of the Al.-
LIED ARMY' in PORTUGAL and SPAIN, already an-
nounced, Is 'ready for delivery. Subscribers are requesta to
send for thesis, or to leave &Sr address at Mr. L'Eveque's,
Soho-quart; or at Messrs. Colnaglii and Co.'s, 23, Cockspur.
street ; where also may be bad the lira two Number' of the Por-
tuguese Costumes, and the View of the great Aqueduct of Lis-
bon, and of the Convent of Batallia, designed by Mr. L'Evoque
and engraved by Mr. Coyote.

inducted by DAVID BREWS IER, 1.. L D.
Fellow of the !loyal Society of Edinburgh, and the Society of
the Antiquaries of S:olland, with the assistance of Gentle-
men, eminent is Seem, and Literature.
In completing the Fir.t Part of Volume Fiitk of the MIN-
BU Gli F.NCYCLOPA:.DIA, the pcnprit tors cannot omit the
opportunity of acknowledging the liberal sod unAtampled pa-
tronage which this work has experienced. By proceeiling upon
a priuciple of selection, the leading Is-amine of science have
been treated at much Treater length than in works of a larger
size. No subject, however, of real importance, has been over%
looked or superficially :'cussed, and every article contains copi-
nus references to the hest authorities. The complete miglnality
of all the articles, distinguishes the EdiobJrgh Encyclopseitia from
every work of a similar kind. The volumes already published
contain =furors inventions and discoveries, and many original
views in the arts and sciences, which were never before commu-
nicated to the public.
The present half volume embraces many subjects of general to-
t -rest and importance. The article I3uebos Ayres contains the mgst
e account of that eetensive and interesting via...royalty
lilMts appeared in any language. Under the word Sublime is
given a conuensed view of that important subject. 'I Lae article
Burning Instruments compiehends the fullest details reepeering
:how sinb..lar machines, and an account of some new loventious
that have never been pytd:sbed. The ar: :le Canida has been
drawn up from information obtained directly from that country,
and from gentlemen who have rushed in it; and contains a full
account of its trade and commerce to the beginning of the year
1812. In the article Camera Lveida Is given a sic sription of a new
Instrument of tins kind, which has never appeared in any other
work. The article Candlemaklng contains the most recent method
employed in that manufacture. I he article Calendar comprehends
the various new ma; fines employed in the smoothing of
I lie biography of ;in-net, Lord Nlonboddn' has been composed
from the most eopions information procurid from his family. rbe
lives of Calderwood, and Campbell Earl of Argyle, Mee beat
written partly front original manuscripts ; and those of Burke,
Burns, Butler, and Camoens, are the production. of • see of our
most distinguished poets.
The leading articles in this half volume, beside those that we
have mentioned, are Brown, Bruce, Bishop Butler, Brute, Brutus,
Bryant, Buccaneer. Buchanan, Bucharia, Buckinghamshire,
Buffon, Bulama,Buliaria, Bullfights, Boonarotti, Burial, Burning,
Bute, Cadiz, Caermartbensitire, Caerfiarvonshire Cesar, Cites-
ria, Cairo, Calling:ls, Calabria, Calcutta, Caledonia, Calico, Cap
fornia, Calmucks, Calvin, Cambage, Centel, Campagna, Camper,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Canara, Canary Isles, Candle,
Cann*, Catinioab.

Vol.V. Part 11. will be published arty In September.