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London, England, 1827-10-11 00:00:00

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This division of the earth
in comsfarisorftof •Asia, atasetica, ser. -the mints co&
face of Africa. A mere a'djtinct of the immense Asiatic
continent, the whole peninsula could hardly contain'
basin large enough for the Nile, the Kiang, or the Ansi.
zons. Its loftiest mountains cannot be compared in
height or in extent to the Andes or Himalaya. If ng
its downs and uncultivated lands were added, st.
ssndy plains of Ahica, the augMentation woe
wholly imperceptible.- Tne European archipelago,
much inferior to the vast labyrinths hi other regions or
the-. cavil!. The producrions of the animal, the see..
table. and the mineral kingdoms, confined to the saw
continent; are few and insignificant. Its mime do nit'
Ad Ind in gold; the diamond is not fogad aracog
Insierals. Thine are nut more than fifteen or tweery.
species of quadrupeds that belong exclusive], to
and these a e not cf the most useful kind. Son e
anise: Ja,
'as the horse, the ox, the sheep, and the dog, have been
greatly imprinted by the ease and industry of milt
lilt the most valuable natural productions have been
imparted from other gum to sof the Wl' rld. The wore,
was brought from India, fie wool from Mauritania,
theseacfs from Persia, the orange from Ch:na, and the
.potato horn America. If cc are rich, our nealh I:I-
-bsen derived from the produce or crib of rt!Al• cc2n.
--(ties. But such is the power of the hunstsimind, thane,—
bars en, rugged, and wild regian, *bleb' nature !fadrt.!y•
'covered with f rests or enrtch:d with iron, t as, aro
a lapse r f 4000 years, been comp'etely changed by
its inhabitants. Their civilization, it is true, bas been
more than once interrupted; but it has beer:kind
impracticable to extinguish it or set limits to its progtess.
Wi attempt in Vain to separate the-gifts of n •hrrefrora
the discoveries of art ; climite is Modified by cultivo.
tion ; navigation has put within our react: tfe ptodcce
of every zone. Europe, in which tire beaver bui:t in se.
cwity its habiration on the banks of solitary ran ro, has
become the seat of powerful empires: its.gelds yield
rich harvests; its cities are adorned with p.laces; our
small peninsula extends its sway over the rest tithe
earth; it is the lawgiver of Ate world ; its inhabitants
are spread over every country; a whole conticent hats
been peopled by its colonists. The batbationef-Aftlet
its deserts and burning sun, cannot much longer ob.
stsUct the progress of our traiellert European ens.
-toms and institutions hive been transplanted to Osea.
nica ; European. anniesbave almost subdued the con.
tinent of Asia; laritish India and Asiatic Russia must
ere brig be conterminous ; the immense but feeble ern.
pile of the Chinese may resist the arms, hot not the
Rue nce -E mope. T4ve °amnia-the exclusive paisimena
of Europeans or theiroolonists.• The inhabitants oldie
most polished nations in odrer parts of theeasth iedcas
venture beyond their coasts; our mariners sail fearless.y
to the most distant seas. —The curets:se length of this
continent, from •Cape-St. Vincent to the Ural mountains
near Ekatetinebuig, is 1215 leagues, aid' its extreme
breadth, from Cape Matapsn in Greece to Clpe Nortb,
S7O leagues. •

Altirow did not begin to writePercditelod lintO be
was forty•seven years of age. He sold it for 51. to Si.
muri Simmons, 4pri1.27..1667. In tyro yews arm,
he had 51. for the mead edition. In 1680, Mrs. Mika
sod atl her right. for Simmons then sold the copy-
right for 251. It•is si extraordinary fact iltatjitkoa
had great difficulty in gelling the boi k licensed. p%
-Beotley, the first editor of the Paradise, Lest lint 106
guineas for his edition. , Dr. Newton, the nett editor,
got 6301. for the .earadise Lost, and 100 guinea for the
Regained. It was an extraordinary -misjudgment el
the relebrate.ci-Waller. who speaks thus of the iist sp.
'pearanre of Paradise Lost :—" The old blind schen!•
mastEr;John Milton, hath poblished a tedious Pomo.
the Fall Of Marti if-its length
.be not considered a mot
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it hag Ito other:

•RtswenstowD7 A NCISN T REC 0 R DS. —TR the come
of ski— daborgualergushent a • short time bacit,'is the
Couri,ol Exchequer. (a Court in which, from the name
of the subjects frequently discussed, it is necessary fee
both the Judges and Adv9sates, more Partieularly
advert to the ancient state of tt e kitigdam thin pers
haps any other), the folliwing.obsetwations upon the
dispersion of manuscripts at the fall.oltbe abbies oa
cursed;-When the lesser abbies were" dissolved,. is
event that happenerrin the 27th year of Henry Villth,
the Pri sti, who still retained hopes of better times,
althouAh they were commanded to send their parent*
the augmentation office, generally disobeyed their or-
ders, and endeav,,ered to secure the most vain .ble of
the it deeds and records, either by consigning them to
the care of private persons, or by sending them to RAN,
where they were deposited in the Vatican, or in other
places of security: Of those tbeteeorained irtMbp
dom, many have been discovered in the archives of
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p ivate families, and some were reclaimed when better
times•of their owners arrived. But the- reign of MEI
being too short a period for restoring the establishments
which bad been so violently overturned, the writing!'
and records of Monasteries have, like the estates which
they described, conveyed or adapted to peculiar uses
for the most part remained in the hands of lay Po,
seasons, who seem, while they grasped them iicic,P."
dity, to have, with a more than religious tenacity, ad•
tiered to them. Those that are preserved m the VAtr
can, or dispersed over Italy, are now of little use, andi
indeed, when found'and rete.red to, are considered call?
as objects of cariosity.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, BASINGHALLdTU
.11161101 It OW. • II

E. Kerby, Stafford-street, Hood-strtet, bealtnasec,,,,.„,.. 3
J. flashy, PaU-snall•place, Pall.mall, • ••••• 3 P
It. Emma, &rood, Kent, borse•aleakr „._ ~.. =O.
G. Hart, West Ham, Essex, corn-rnerchant —....... I "
I 11
It. T. =oft, Ipswich, lineLdraper ...... 2
:P. Egan, Strand, bookselkr and stationer
T. Pritchard, Foot's Cray, Kent, airless •• II
J. T. Humpleby, Abchurch.lane, &punkin' heater ....... lit
J. Phillips, York-place, Old Gravel-lane, potato-salesman I
It
W. Thomas, Upper King-street, Holborn, carpenter ....... Il
DMIDIXDS.
W. U. Robinson, Robinson's-row, Kingdand, apothecary ...... It
U. H.Stansfeld. King-street, Ctseapside atuffmanufactarer ...
G. A. Gasley. Crest Newport-street. Long-acre, upholsterer

MARRIED.
At Domban Captain Philip Maughan, of the HIS. East India
C•iotpany's Marine, at,d a Member of the Marine Roaril,.liorobat.
to Eliiabeth, youngest daughter of the late James Arnott, Esq,
Forfarabire.

DIED.
Oct. 7, at V.'ildernest Park, Lady Caroline Stewart, wife e
'Stewart. Esq. M.P. for the county of upeolderry, and &tight/
of the Marquis and Marchioness Camden.

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