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LITERAttY

The 17 tr,no,iy of Mr?Holo.yy with S. : shown in a
6011 (If di., Phi:o:ophical EirOld coninined in Mr. Comi?e',
c• Co/wit/tam/ of Man." By Scutt, Esq., Edinburgh.
Frasei and Co
~ 1835.

Among. the various works which have recently emanated from
the presi, we know of none Mi,re calculated to corrupt the prin-
ciplessof the superacial and unreasming reader than the popu-
lar, and. in many,resprcts, fascinating work. of .Mr. Combe on
"The Constitution of 'Alan." It contains nuMberleSs theories
and positions which are diametrically opposed to the divine re-
cords, and, in their tendency., subversive of human happiness.
In the masterly work bef,re us these. infidel notions are com-
bated with the greatest success. The author has entered most
fully into thessubji.ct, and abundantly proved the danger of for-
saking the light of revelation for the delusive glimmerings of,
" philosophy falsely so celled." The plausible analogies con-
tained in Mr. Combo's work are exhibited in Striking contrast
with those , which are fairly deducible horn flick and con°,
horated by history. We very much regret that our space to,
day will not admit of our giving any extracts from this triumphant
vindication of the sacred- volume. We shall, however, recur to
the subject; and, in the meantime, we earnestly recommend to
our readers the perusal of Mr. Scott's refutation, especially to
such as may have been iMposed upon by the premature sys-
tematising of a science which is still in its nonage,
.and which
numbers among its Notaries so many avowed unbelievers.

Tho British Colonial Librciry, by R. lifontganiery Martin, FN.,
F.S.S., in itielce 11.1: History of Southern
Africa. London :, Mortimer, ltis36.
This is a republication, in a More portable shake of the ela-
borate work of Mr. Martin on the British Colonial P. oiseSsions—
a work whiCh is deStine'd to occupy a prominent position in our
standard literapre. . The present volume contains a lucid
deseriPtioa,ortitse, history, physical charaCters, climates, pro
ductions, or the important and
flouxishing colonies of the Cape of Good Pope, MtiOtitios, Sey-
chelles, &c. It is rePlete_ with information on the capabilities
and resources of these distant' possessi,eis. One of the most
Valuable features in the work i 9 the copionsness of its statistical
retuins. These are evidently drawn: up with the greateStdih-
izeuce and accuracy. The author has had peculiar advantages
itt the execution
._of this departuient—haYing hail free acre,' to
all the government offices, tor the purpose of consuitinit tlie fie-
Cesxary docuMents. In other respects the present work is ex-
tremely interesting, and ought to supersede many of the tra6y
prodUctionss which are admitted into the libraries of the young.
Each volume is accompanied by a map, neatly executed, and
with the boundaiies coloured, of the respective Colonies.

. . . .
German Classics.—The if Odeani, a Romantic Tragedy,
inlive acts, 11,144 a Prologne.; translated from the German of
Srhiller. By Egestorif. Loudon : Black, Young, and Young.
This is the first of a series of translations Flom the inexhausti-
ble stores of German classic literature; and, from the specimen
now.before us, we are led to believe that the author is. qualified
for,the task which he has undertaken. The language is correct
and idiomatic throughOut,.and, in many parts, characterised by
considerableforceand elegance. The work merits a more im-
posing exterior than the copy before us possesses, and the piece
certainly, requires it. We understand that the trauslator in-
tends sleoveriug a course of lectures in Liverpool on the litera-
ture of Germany.

A Vindication of the. Right of the Bishops to sit and vote in the
House qf Peels. By the Rev. Peter Heylyn, J).D., with In-
troductory Remark's by the Editor. London : Pickering.
1835.

This pamphlet contains a vigorous, pertinent, and seasonable
reply to the malicious attacks upon the spiritual barons, with
which the radical press has been teeming for some years. The
preparatory remarks very strongly exhibit the features of the
present.time in their correspondence with those of the period
which immediately preceded the civil wars in England.

The Thistle,; or, Angio-Caledonian Magazine. July, August,
and September. • ,
This unpretending periodical is carried on with much ability,
and must prove a valuable.aequisition to ScoOutten who
.have
crossed the Tweed to settle in England. It will serve to perpe-
tuate their national predilections.'ap,d to keep alive their inte-
rest in the religious institutions of their native.country. Its po-
litics are- conservative, and in ecclesiastical government it is
opposed to the voluntary system.

Fi4her's Plan of Liverpool and its Environs, including the Che-
shire Coast.

This is quite a gem in its way. The map has been draWn
from the-surveys of our townsman, Mr. Austen. The engrav-
ingis heautifufly executed. The municipal wards are carefully
delineated and neatly coloured. The stra.nger in Liverpool par-
ticularly will find this a valuable companion in his perambula-
tions, both on account of its accuracy and its copious informa-
tion.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Mlt. BUCKINGHAM WITH

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

We publish the following letter, not because we feel any inte-
rest in the matter in dispute,,but because it affords a striking
ex-position of the political moralily.of our Hume Secretary
Mr. Buckingham. to Lord John Russell.
SALISBURY, Sept. 13, 1835,
MY Logo,-4 have just received.your letter of the 10th-inst.,
addressed to me at Guildford, and forwarded to sire here.
.1 have been accustomed. for so many, years past to think and
speak of- your Lordship in terms of eulogy and approbation,—
because I believed you were really at heart the sincere friend of
that Liberty and Justice which you advocated with your lips,—
that it-was with the greatest possible reluctance! was compelled,
by the force of conviction, to change the tone of eulogy for one
of reproach--and I can assure you, with the utmost sincerity,
that even now, after all the bitterness of disappointment in which
you have caused my hopes to terminate, it would give me far
more pleasure to be able to speak of you with praise than cen-
sure. It was, therefore, "more in sorrow than in anger" that
my appeal to my constituents was made ; and it was in the same
feeling that I entered upon this correspondence.
As your Lordship intimates to me, in a postscript, your inten-
tion to publish the letters that have passed between us, I may
state that I have not the slightest objection to this course, and
am quite willing to leave the verdict on it in the hands f the
British public. In closing .our correspondence, therefore, for
the presedt at least, with this.brief reply, I may add, that when
your Lordship intimates the existence of some facts, which
would have materially altered the view of the case, and asserts
that I have kept these back from. public view, you seem to wish
it to be understood that I am cognizant of such facts, and that
I studiously conceal or suppress them. If this be the impression
which you• desire the public to receive from your expressions, I
must declare, in the most solemn manner, that I know of no
single fart that can in the slightest degree either justify or ex-
tenuate your public conduct in the matter between us. If I. did,
I would willingly snake it known; but my own retrospective
view of the case revives in Inv recollection many. facts, that, if
made generally known, would aggravate rather titan soften the
cruelty of the treatment I have received.
There were two public opportunities presented to your Lord-
ship in the House of COIIMIODS, on the two separate debates on
My claims, in which you might have publicly stated these facts,
in justification of your desertion of a cause you had once so
warmly espoused; but you did not embrace either of these
occasions for so doing. A third opportunity has been presented
to you by this correspondence, when, instead of hinting at the
facts, and iniimaany their suppression, it was open to you: to
have made them public yourself. And a fourth opportunity was
offered to you in the public meeting proposed by me for that
purpose, and this has been rejected.
Upon all this the public will form their own judgement,, for
whatever may be said then, can be as effectually said now : and
probably more so. as I do not know any shape in which the
house could be made to entertain a question of personal differ-
etiice between two of its members, unless it were to be brought
;forward as a breach of privilege, charging the noble leader of
the 'louse of Commons with sending a letter to a member whom
he h •
•id Injured, with a view to provoke him to fight a duel : for
in this, of course, it must have been intended by you that the
affair should terminate, if your personal integrity had not, by a
nice distinction, been separated from your public and pasha-
' nientary abandonment of principle.
. lam glad that the explanation, which I could conscientiously
give, of the meaning and intent of
to satisfy your lordship that my expressions, was such as
there wasnecessitvto follow _up
your letter with a• cha ge..—n d I mayi
biecatsnow say should
o perhaps
llst.ayeti ihesita •
t tingly declined to acctelPiti
it
life too with
greater propriety than could have dune at an earlier stage of
this correspondence.l
have had to peril my often, anti in too many shapes
(duel, I am aehamed to say, mom, the
number,f athttoaueghhm,
einilpteo-
feiice of that liberty of the press in
penizi,ti.silisoneiimttolYdoubt my want
which I am still a sufferer,) to
of courage on alltit and proper
one in which it was either worth your loraThip'st while to naskt
me to attempt the destruction.of year life,
or worth my while
to put it in vont• lordship's power to take away my own. lam
4 ow fur a moment that it Would he
sure it worth. embitter toy future days it. I could be tempted. to
in
inibrue,y hands in your blood; and still I think much better
than
to supposes of youotherwise
than deeply painful to yco to be the hostile shedder of mine :
and yet, if this were not to, be risked on both sides, our going
out to fight a duel,' in order to determine whether your lordship
had or not acted inconsistently—in advocating atnne'titne what
you had deserted, at anether—
would be an idle ceremony, wily
tit for ridicule. -
I wish your lordship to live for many years, that 7,-ou may
have an opportunity of retracting your steps, and retries-mg
Your errors, in much more important questions than my
.inili-
vidual wrongs, great as I feel them to he : and k desire myself
to live_ in order that, it I cannot make soy Oppressors give back
the property of which thee have plundered my children as well
as myself, 1 may devote the remainder of my days to useful, and
honourable labour, for the purpose of leaving them some oilier
legacy beside: injured. yet unstained name. For these rea-
sons I shall not lightly trifle with that precious gift which,Gon
alone can give. and which it is impious in span to attempt to
destroy; and while I.shall endeavour to keep myhands pure
from the blood I,f others, I will not willingly tempt any men,—
and more especiallY
those who,have
.ahead ynjuretbne—taiidd
the guilt or initialer to the other wrongs for which they will yet,
in another and a juke: world, have one day to answer and to
atone.

.. . .._
As. ' am anxious.that"this ghnuld reach your lordship without
delay, that it maybe added to the correspondence you are about
to publish, I close it thus abruptly; and am
Your lordship's humble servant,
J. S BUCKINGHAM.
To the Right Han. Lord John Russell, M.P. •