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On a neat stone monument: "If a faithful discharge of duty, and the most honest, diligent, and attached conduct for a long course of years, ever claim the expression of Gratitude, it is due to the memory of John Bayley, who departed this life on the 15th day of September 1792, aged 65 years, and lies interred near this place. A memorial of his regard for an excellent servant, and a worthy man whose loss he much laments. This stone was erected by George Earl of Warwick, anno 1793."

62. A Memoir of Charles Louis Sand; including a Narrative of the Circumstances attending the Death of Augustus Kotzebue. 8vo. pp. 92. G. & W. B. Whittaker.

IN this publication, much valuable information is collected relative to the state of political parties in Germany; though the Editor has devoted too great a portion of the volume to speculative opinions, in order to gratify that party-feeling under which he has evidently laboured; having occupied no less than forty pages with introductory matter. He states, that he

"has observed the extraordinary sen. sation created by the fate of M. Kotzebue, and has been very forcibly struck by the great degree of involuntary sympathy every where so eagerly manifested in favour of the perpetrator Sand, whose portrait he frequently saw exhibited in frames containing those of the most distinguished German patriots."

From the Author's representation, it would be natural to conclude that Sand had committed an act that was more deserving of general admiration than of universal odium. When he speaks of an "involuntary sympathy" being every where manifested in favour of this execrable assassin, we suspect that he has only frequented those circles where a Revolutionary sympathy prevails, rather than an involuntary one. Though he apparently deprecates the foul deed committed by Sand, still he wishes to qualify assassination, in a general sense, as appears from the following passage:

"A Timoleon, a Scævola, a Brutus, if they teach any thing, teach that au GENT. MAG. October, 1819.

invasion of public liberty, is a private wrong, which every individual is called upon by the noblest principles of his nature to redress by his own right hand: and lest the example of the patriot should be thought too weak for the encourage. ment of such virtue, the precept of the sage and of the lawgiver, add fresh incitement to the aspiring student."

For our parts, we hesitate not to class Sand with the odious and fanatical assassins of Henry III. and IV. of France. As the latter were prompted by religious phrenzy, so the former was urged on by the infuriated spirit of political madness; for the science of politics has its madmen, as religion has its fanatics.

We will now proceed to the Memoir.

"The young student of theology, Charles Louis Sand, who acted the Brutus of this terrific drama, was born of highly respectable parents at Weinseidel in the margravate of Baireuth. Such was the modesty of his demeanour, and mildness of his disposition, from his earliest years, that the friends of the family, and the teachers under whom he was placed, almost equalled his parents in the warmth of their affection for him. His person

was engaging, his manners agreeable, and the uniform propriety of his conduct in the highest degree examplary. His remarkable docility, and the eager thirst for knowledge with which he was inspired, produced in him a frame of mind, most happily adapted to the study of divinity, and while at the schools, his correct deportment and assiduous application more than justified the sanguine expectations of his family and friends; so that there was not only a fair promise of his becoming a faithful minister of the Gospel, but a distinguished ornament of his national Church."

The writer then proceeds to pass some animadversions on the conduct and sentiments of the celebrated Kotzebue, as tending to suppress the spirit of liberty in Germany, and check the progress of liberal opinions; when, in reality, this statesman's principal object was press the abuses existing in the German Universities, and expose the ebullitions of political fanaticism that too frequently degraded the German press. On this account the dagger of the assassin, instead of the pen of criticism, was brought into action.

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was, the concluding sentence to his strictures on the tumult at Gottingen. It was as follows: Truly every father who casts an anxious look on his son, would thank that Government which set the example of banishing from its Universities the unbridled and capricious will of the students : for in this so called academical liberty, more good heads and hearts are ruined than formed,' &c.

"While at Jena, Sand was not only a witness to, but a participator in the litetary feud to which the violent comments of Kotzebue gave rise. Having with many other students then present fought for the best interests of Germany, he dreaded nothing so much, as the probability of that writer's principles and doctrines tending to mislead both the Princes of Europe and the public; by which the dearly-earned triumphs gained during the preceding contests would be bartered for perpetual bondage. As the unshaken and ardent friend of truth, it was therefore natural for Sand to look with indignation on that part of the Imperial Counsellor's writings, which reviled and calumniated those teachers and professors, whom he knew to be irreproachable both in morals and character; nor when the subject happened to be discussed by his companions, did he hesitate to express the abhorrence in which he held the foreign stipendiary and political apostate,' as Kotzebue was now designated. This extraordinary young man was thus led on from one reflection to another, until his enthusiastic imagination led him to suppose, that the sacrifice of a mercenary journalist would contribute to the liberation of the whole German people from oppression. To such a pitch of impetuous energy was he carried on some occasions, that Sand would often conclude a long comment on the dangerous consequences of tolerating any writer, who had thus set the liberties of his country at nought, by observing, it became an imperative duty, and even a virtue to punish them; adding, with an air of the greatest apparent composure, that having after long reflection overcome the dreadful contest between his love of Country and sense of Religion, he was himself prepared to strike the blow, often exclaiming in a tone of hysterical exultation-Dulce et decorum est pro patriâ mori !"

The particulars of the horrible assassination of M. Kotzebue, were briefly detailed in our Magazine for March, page 373.

The Volume concludes with a defence of the German Universities.

63. A complete Parsing Grammar; or, A Practical Key to the Grammatical

Construction of the English Language, for the Use of Families, Private Teachers, Public Academies, and Senior as well as Junior Students. By T. Whitworth, Professor of the Greek, Latin, and English Classics, &c. 12mo. pp. 216. Longman and Co.

The Plan adopted by the Author, in this elementary work, appears better calculated for the instruction of young Students in the Principles of Grammar,than any we have noticed for a long time. Every Rule is copiously elucidated by appropriate Examples, on the principles of question and answer so that the construction of each sentence, given in the various Examples, is rendered clear and apparent to the meanest capacity.

In the Preface the Author remarks,

"The utility of such a practical Treatise on the English Language, the Author humbly trusts, will be apparent, when it is remembered that to arrive at a perfect grammatical knowledge of any tongue, the clearest definitions are required as to the order and government of its parts of speech and surely nothing can be better calculated to facilitate the acquirement of such knowledge than by exhibiting examples in such a light, as, upon the slightest glance, point out to the student not only the reasons of grammatical construction, but also that an acquaintance with it is indispensible to the expressing of his ideas correctly and void of all ambiguity;"

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"England's Remembrancer; coutaining a true and faithful Narrative of that never to be forgotten Deliverance, the Spanish Invasion in 1588. With numerous Biographical Additions; and a curious fae simile Frontispiece, representing the Spa

nish Fleet, with the Devil, the Pope, Cardinal Allen, and the Pope's Nuncio, sitting in Council, Collected for the information and benefit of each family. By Samuel Clarke, pastor in Bennet Fink." 4to. 36 pages.

3. "An Historical and Critical Account of Hugh Peters, after the manner of Mr. Boyle. By W. Harris, (author of the Lives of James I. Charles I. &c.) with Portrait of Hugh Peters." 4to.

4. "The Court and Character of King James I. Written by Sir A. W. With additional Biographical Notices; and Portrait of Sir Anthony Weldon, being an eye and ear witness." 410. 64 pp.

5. "Life of the famed Mr. Blood." With Notes; and Portrait of Blood. 6. 26

King James's Declaration to his Subjects, concerning Lawful Sports to be used." 1618. 4to. 12 pp.

7. "The Fatal Vespers: a True and Full Narrative of that signal Judgment of God upon the Papists, by the Fall of the House in Black Friers, London, upon the Fifth of November, 1623. With interest

ing illustrative Notes; and fac simile View of the House in Ruins. Collected for the information and benefit of each family, by Samuel Clarke, pastor of Bennet Fink."

8. "No Jest like a True Jest: being a compendious Record of the Merry Life and Mad Exploits of Captain James Hind, the great Robber of England; black letter. [With fac simile Portrait.] Together with the close of all at Worcester, where he was drawn, hanged, and quartered for High Treason against the Commonwealth, 1652." 4to. 28 pp.

very neatly and uniformly printed in small quarto, and the orthography of the original has been preserved.

65. The Alchymist. By the Author of "Ornaments Discovered;" "The Metamorphosis; or, Effects of Education ;" "Aunt Mary's Tales for her Nephews and Nieces." 12mo. pp. 206. W. Darton, junior.

THE Author of the Alchymist has in former publications of this nature given some pleasing illustrations of the benefits arising from an early attention to Education.-It appears to be a favourite system; and it is happily supported in the very pretty little Story of the Alchymist, which would be found an agreeable halfhour's amusement by young people, even beyond the age of childhood.

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9. "The Second Captain Hind: the Notorious Life and Actions of that infamous Highwayman, Captain John Simpson, alias Holiday, who was executed at Tyburn, on Saturday the 20th of July, for Felony and Burglary. With an Account of his mad Pranks, Projects, and strange Exploits; particularly how he robbed the King's tent of 1000. also the Churches of St. Michael and St. Peter's, in Ghent. His committing Murthers, Rape, Felonies, and near 150 Burglaries. To which is added, his Behahaviour in Newgate, and last Dying Speech at the place of execution." 4to. 14 pp.

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10 The Dumb Philosopher; or, Great Britain's Wonder, containing` a faithful and very surprising Account of Dickory Cronke, a Tinker's son in the County of Cornwall, who was born dumb, and continued so for 58 years; and how some days before he died, he came to his Speech with Memoirs of his Life, and manner of his Death." 4to. 24 pp.

The Tracts already published form part of an extended series; but may be purchased separately. They are

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OXFORD, Oct. 9.- Tuesday the Rev. Frodsham Hodgson, D. D. principal of Brasenose College, was, in full convocation, invested with the office of ViceChancellor; after which he nominated his pro-Vice-Chancellors, viz. the Rev. Drs. Cole, rector of Exeter, Thos. Lee, president of Trinity Hall, master of Pembroke, and Dr. Peter Vaughan, warden of Merton College.

Nearly ready for Publication: The History of Bishop's Weremouth, Monk's Weremouth, and Sunderland. By Mr. GARBETT.

*Constantinum Magnum non tantum in Britannia Cæsarem primum dictum esse, sed è Britannia oriundum fuisse, adeo certum judicat Baronius, ut non nisi extremæ dementiæ homines illi sententiæ repugnaré dicat. (Strauchii Bre. viarium Chronolog. p. 849.)

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The London Tradesman; a familiar treatise on the rationale of Trade and Commerce, as now carried on in the Metropolis.

"Letters on History," by the Author of Affection's Gift, &c. &c.

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A View of the History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos; including a minute Description of their Manners and Customs, and Translations from their principal Works. By the Rev. M. WARD, of Serampore, Bengal.

A History of the House of Austria, from the foundation of the Monarchy, by RoDOLPH, to the death of Leopold II., 1218 to 1792.

Italy in 1818 and 1819, comprising Remarks, Critical and Descriptive, on its Manners, National Character, Political Condition, Literature, and Fine Arts, by JOHN SCOTT, author of a Visit to Paris, &c. Scripture Testimony to the Messiah ;" a Work intended to elicit, by a cautious induction, the whole evidence on the most important Question in the Unitarian Controversy. By Dr. PYE SMITH.

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in Connecticut, America; with a Life and Portrait of the Author.

A Memoir of Mrs. Hutton, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Philip Henry; the Life is written by the Rev. Matthew Henry, and has never been printed. By Mr. J. B. WILLIAMS of Shrewsbury.

Characters of the Living British Novelists, with specimens of their Works; including a critical account of recent Novels, published anonymously, or under fictitious names.

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The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Commencement of Hostilities in May 1803, to the present Time. By Mr. JAMES.

Pope's Essay on Man, illustrated with Designs, by UWINS; and a full length Portrait of the Author, from the original, by JERVAS.

A few Plain Reasons for the immediate Repeal of the Tax on Foreign Wool. By JAMES BESCHOFF.

We are glad to see that the pretty Song by Miss Eliza Stewart,-" Oh, come while the pale moon's laving," inserted in our Magazine for April, p. 354, has been ably set to music, arranged for the pianoforte, by Mr. Joseph John Harris.

ANTIQUARIAN AND PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCHES.

TRAVELS OF F. W. SIEBER.

Mr. F. W. Sieber, a native of Bohemia, sailed for Alexandria in November 1817; there he viewed the curiosities of that city, Pompey's Pillar, the Obelisks of Cleopatra, the Catacombs, and other remarkable objects. Thence he continued his journey to Rosetta, embarked on the Nile, and arrived at Cairo.

The peace and tranquillity which at that time prevailed, induced him to follow the advice of his friends, and undertake a journey to Nubia: he set out, accompanied by a Mameluke, in a vessel hired for that purpose. On this voyage he saw the celebrated cities of antiquity, with their still well-preserved ruins, in succession, Antinoe, Hermopolis, Lycopolis, Abydos, Panopolis, Tentyra, Koptos, Thebes (Gurnu, Medinet, Abu, Karnak, and Luxor), Hermonthis, Latopolis, Appolinopolis magna, (Etfu), Ombos, Syene, Elephantine, and Philæ, passed the Cataracts, and returned to Cairo, after an absence of four months, on the 20th of April, 1818, loaded with many curiosities.

He was not able to visit Mount Lebanon with advantage this year, because he did not land at Jaffa till the 23d of June, and to be able to return to Egypt during the inundation of the Nile, he could only visit Jerusalem; he remained at that place forty days, examined and described every thing remarkable in and near this city. To remedy the want (which has long been felt) of an accurate geometrical plan, noting all the antique remains of this important city, Mr. Sieber promises to publish a most correct topographical plan of Jerusalem and its environs.

On account of the continued West winds,

he stopped at Cyprus, visited Amathunt and Paphos, returned then the more easily at the appointed time to Damietta, and arrived at Cairo on the 23d of September, when the Nile was at the highest. His acquisitions, which he had left there, were soon packed up and forwarded by way o Rosetta to Alexandria, in order to return, during the particularly favourable season, November and December, to Europe, which he reached in sixteen days, and arrived safely in the harbour of Triest on the 8th of December.

His collection, which he has brought to Vienna, and intends also to exhibit to the public, is already arranged, and contains antiquities and curiosities of many kinds, three of the most beautiful mummies in remarkable fine preservation, a number of other curiosities, and a selection of rare natural productions of the countries which he has visited.

His collected plants and seeds of three Floras-those of Crete, Egypt, and Palestine, he intends to publish in Herbaries, and will afterwards print the physiographical representations of the respective Floras, besides a description of the plants.

His remarks on the Leprosy and the Hydrophobia, will be particularly interesting. It is well known that the latter does not exist in Egypt. Chance assisted Mr. Sieber in discovering the cause of this disorder being unknown in that country, and he has accordingly proposed a peculiar method of curing the Hydrophobia, after the disorder has actually broken out, respecting which he will publish a separate essay.

Faithful to his purpose, he designs to prepare within two years, after completing

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