are emptied into the hive destined to receive | Calhoun, Demy, and Ichabod Charles
the colony as quick as possible, and swept Wright, Fellow of Magdalen College. Rev.
with a bunch of feathers into the interstices George Rolleston, Merton College. Rev.
between the combs. The hive is instantly Daniel Francis Warner, Magdalen Hall.
reverted, and placed on the stand.
Rev. John Jones, and Rev. George Wood-
house, Trinity College.

to many obligations, by this attention to the
medical branch of it; Sir W. Johnstone
Hope, under whose auspices a similar insti-
tution is being formed for the benefit of the
Widows and Children of the Lieutenants of
the Navy; Mr. Ommaney, Drs. Tait, Rhod- The operation is best performed in the
dam, Wilson, Veitch, and many eminent evening. In a few hours after the union, alt
naval and medical characters. It is not our will be quiet. Next day, you may perhaps
province to deal in toasts and compliments: see a few skirmishes, owing to the sprinkling
we have given this account for only one rea- liquor having missed some of them; but
son-to enforce the expediency and humani-very few will suffer death. This year I do
ty, the usefulness and the wisdom, of other not think I lost threescore of bees by the
classes of men, be they literary, scientific, operation. Four quarts of small beer, with
or professional, following the adinirable ex 1b. of common soft sugar, should do for
ample of this Supplemental Fund; and form the uniting of two common sized hives.
ing associations which shall, when they are In this method of uniting hives, there is
no more, preserve those most dear to them no danger of drowning the insects, as there
on earth from the unhappiness of poverty, and is in uniting them by Mr. Huish's manner, or
the degradation of falling into the dregs of so-creating a bloody and exterminating civil war,
cial life.
the general consequence of Mr. Bonnar's
plan.

LEARNED SOCIETIES.

HIVING BEES.-When a live is too weak to stand over winter, or when it is wished to left to naturalists. It would appear, that The explanation of the principle may be deprive the bees of their honey, without suf- bees judge very much by the smell, and that focating them, it is now the general practice all those scented by the small beer and to unite the hives, in either of these situasugar are thus induced to regard each other tions. The method of uniting bee-hives, as as friends and associates. (Ed. Phil. Journ.) practised by M. Huish, except in the hands of a very experienced apiarian, is attended with very considerable risk to the lives of the bees; whilst Bonnar's method is not unfrequently attended by the destruction of a considerable proportion of the community. A safe and effectual mode of uniting hives, particularly when the honey season is advanced, has been successfully practised for 30 years, by the Rev. Richard Paxton, Minister of Tundergarth.

CAMBRIDGE, May 5th.
Robert Woodhouse, Esq. M. A. F. R. S.
Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, was
on Monday last unanimously elected Luca-
sian Professor of Mathematics, in the room
of the late Dr Milner, President of Queen's
College.

HONORARY MASTERS OF ARTSH. A
Wallop Fellowes, Trinity Hall. Edmund
G. Hornby, and George M'Neill, Trinity
College.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.-John Hunt, St. Alban Hall. W. Ives, Magdalen Hall. W. Lemuel Shuldham, Christ Church. G. Burmister, and F. W. Gray, Trinity College. Adam Foskett, Worcester College.

The Rev. John Jones, M. A. of Jesus College, and Archdeacon of Merioneth, hás been elected Canon Bampton's Lecturer for the next year.

On Saturday last the Rev. Thomas Keble, M. A. was admitted Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

FINE ARTS.

ROYAL ACADEMY.

No. 311. The last Scene in Massinger's Play of a New Way to pay Old Debts, with portraits.-G. Clint.

No. 99. Capstern at work drawing up fishing boats.-W. Collins, R. A. Elect. Attractive among the attracting, the unobtrusive excellence of this artist's works are sure to win the regard of the judicious, and' the admiration of the uninitiated. A glance is sufficient to discern light, and this quality pervades in a particular manner the pictures of Mr. Collins. His coast scenes, and they are generally his choice, have been studied with reference to the peculiar effects of light both as it operates on sky and distance; and though his foreground details have little on which to animadvert, they are always appropriate and picturesque. Such Mr. Paxton's method of uniting hives is The following gentlemen were on Tuesday are the performances of this artist; and if we this: An empty hive being procured, is in last admitted to the undermentioned degrees: may judge by the continued character of his verted on the hive from which it is wished DOCTORS IN DIVINITY: The Rev. Dr. pencil, they will continue to command the to dislodge the bees, either to take their ho Elrington, Provost of Trinity College, Dub-attention of every lover of art. ney, or to unite them with another hive.lin, admitted ad eundum: The Rev. R Ro Betwixt the two hives thus connected, a berts, of St. John's College. small piece of wood is so placed, as to keep these two hives about an inch apart on one side. The reason of placing this stick across the mouths, and between the two hives, is to prevent the bees, after being driven up the one side of the hive, descending (which they would do) by the other to the hive from whence they were dislodged. The hives being in the situation now described, the operator strikes on the under hive, (taking care not to strike so strong as to hurt the combs), till the bees, being terrified by the noise, take refuge in the upper hive. A quantity of small beer must be made milk warm, and as much soft sugar melted in it as will make a thin gruel. A bunch of feathers, or brush, must also be ready. The operator now gently lifts the hive containing the dislodged bees: his assistant also is ready to lift up the hive with which these are to be united. The hive which is to receive the new colony is turned with its mouth upwards, when a person standing ready sprinkles as quick as possible the bees as they show themselves with the liquor already described. When he thinks all are pretty well drenched, he stops. The same operation having been performed on the other hive, that is, the hive which was dislodged from their own work, these bees

MASTERS OF ARTS.-W. Taylor Rayne, and J. T. Austen, St. John's College,

BACHELORS OF ARTS-G.Powlett Thom son, St. John's College. Edward Curteis, Sidney College. J. Brooks Crowe, Pembroke Hall.

Sire W. Browne's Prizes. The two me dáls not disposed of in former years were on Tuesday last adjudged as follows:-For the Latin Ode, to Mr. Henry Thompson, Scholar of St. John's College. For the Greek and Latin Epigrams, to Mr. Richard Okes, Scholar of King's College.

The Senate have not agreed to the report of the Fitzwilliam Syndicate, relative to the site of the intended Museum.

May 6th. Thursday the following: Degrees were conferred :--

BACHELOR IN MEDICINE.-F. Hopkins
Ramage, St. Alban Hall, incorporated from
the University of Dublin

BACHELOR IN DIVINITY. Rev. John
Williams, Fellow of Exeter College.

MASTERS OF ARTS.-George Fitz Ernest,
Esq. St. Alban Hall. Rev. T. Gunston

We have said, "This is one of the best dramatic things we have ever seen." In making this remark we do not mean to exalt it above many preceding works of this kind. More especially, such as those of Zoffany, Harlowe, or of Mr. Clint's own performance in the last Exhibition. The impression it makes is very striking, and the skill dis played is very great; one objection however is, to its being too theatrical. The arrangement is that of the theatre; the dresses those of the theatre; and the characters of course the same. As likenesses they are excellent; but that' quality invariably interferes, more or less, with qualities of art. We need only instance that of the principal figure-Kean, in Sir Giles Overreach. Neither his figure nor his youth give the idea of the sordid and tempestuous character drawn by the poet, for the individual likeness breaks the charm of the imagination. The theatre is not a school for painting: a hint may be taken, an expression may be caught, but they must be moulded into form by the skill of the artist. Still this picture, for what it aims at, is fully entitled to public admiration: the artist, in productions of the class to which it belongs, has many and great difficulties to

Of all in him? how many more will own
None can supply the place that he has left
In the warm breast. The manly virtues grew
And flourish'd with him-yet of tender heart,
In honor spotless, and in friendship true,

He bore at once the brave, and gentle part.
And come, ye seamen! gallant, hardy race!
Nor blush to find a tear is trinkling down
The furrow'd traces of each sea beat face,

That heart wrung tear virtue is proud to own! Oh, come and mourn your Brother and your

Friend!

SKETCHES OF SOCIETY.

removed, she had borne this child and seve-ed cocoa-nut at his head, with such force and
ral others. Either through forgetfulness, violence as would, had it struck him, have very
however, or the strength of maternal affec- speedily stopped his rhetoric; but luckily it
tion, she neglected to destroy this eldest came against a stone and was dashed to pieces.
proof of the god's omnipotence, and the girl
grew up, and got married in due course of
time. Her husband soon after died, and a
second, whom she wedded, followed the ex-
ample of his predecessor; as did her father
and mother not long after. These accumu-
lated misfortunes drove the woman nearly

After remaining there several hours, (during which time great quantities of sweetmeats were offered to her, of which she ate very greedily) and seeing that her determination had not been in the least degree subdued, I thought it useless to stay any longer; but left the hircarrah there with directions He knew and loved ye, and was loved again-mad, and for two months previous to the to continue his efforts, and to give me a reAnd think on Norris sometimes when ye bend time of which I am speaking, she had done gular account of the sacrifice, in case he In pensive sadness o'er his grave-the Main! nothing but wander about the village, eating found it impossible to put a stop to it. every thing that was offered her no matter About two hours after my return to camp,' by whom. In consequence of this she had I had the pleasure of seeing the woman enter soon lost her caste, and the seclusion from it also, accompanied by an immense crowd; her own friends, which this circumstance and on enquiry I learned that after my deThe following account of a prevented sa- rendered indispensable, completed her mi-parture she had continued inexorable till she crifice, in India, contains particulars of sery: and having taken it into her head, got near the top of the precipice, when she Hindu superstitions, with which we were that all these mishaps were the consequences fainted away, and remained senseless for a previously unacquainted. The transaction of her mother's vow remaining unfulfilled, long time; that upon coming to herself took place at Puchmurry, in the Goand Hills.she determined to proceed and execute it in again, Ram Sing (the hircarrah) seeing a At a short distance from Puchmurry, there her own person. little irresolution in her countenance, took is a celebrated natural cave, in the bottom of Colonel Adams had, with that humanity advantage of the circumstance, and, falling a solid rock, and this being sacred to Maha- which forms so conspicuous a part of his chaat her feet, conjured her to abandon her deo, and otherwise very famous, great num-racter, directed his own principal hircarrah,|horrible intention. The Brahmins joined. bers of pilgrims annually resort to it for the and a Brahmin to accompany us, and to ex- with him until she was prevailed upon to repurpose of prayer and ablution, in a small plain to the woman that no such sacrifices were turn to camp, whence Colonel Adams, quantity of water, with which the bottom of ordered, or in any way authorized, by any of having furnished her with money to defray the cave is always covered, owing to a con- their own laws, and to use their utmost endea-her expences, got her conducted home. tinual dripping from the roof. The female vours (excepting force) to prevent the self-de- From the above account, for the authenpart of the pilgrimage, however, have more struction. The Brahmins who accompanied ticity of every part of which I can vouch, it sensible motives for their visit to this wild, the woman, joined us most heartily in our ef- may be inferred that these sacrifices are not unattractive place of worship; and it is their forts to change her resolution. She was per- owing to the Brahmins, and that no intoxizeal for increasing the native population that fectly sensible, and understood every thing we cating drugs or liquors are made use of to gives rise to one of the most cruel and mur- said to her; but a decided negative was the stimulate the victim's resolution, or to deaden derous sacrifices that takes place in India. only answer we could get to our entreaties her feelings; but that the Brahmins themWhen a woman has been so long barren that she would refrain from sacrificing her- selves are ready and willing to use all their as to make even hope itself turn to despair, self. Her Brahmins told us that if she endeavours to prevent so horrible a custom. she proceeds thither, and after going through would only return, her friends would will-The infanticide, which is practised at Puchthe usual ceremonies, entreats Mahadeo to ingly and kindly receive her, and that no murry, is a most horrible and barbarous remove her unfruitfulness, and concludes disgrace whatever would attach itself to her custom, but that is the act of the parents, the whole with vowing to sacrifice her first-name if she declined fulfilling the vow of her not of any one else; and it would, I doubt born infant at his shrine, by dashing it not, be prohibited altogether if practised in headlong from a high and craggy rock, close our territories; but those hills belong to to the one in which his cave is! This most the Bhoonslah; and we have of course nodreadful act is executed, I was told, yearly, thing to say to them. by at least one mother; but it bore a different aspect while I was there, and it is this of which I am about to inform you. The case was that of a full grown woman, who came to destroy herself in conformity with a former vow of her mother's, and my curiosity being greatly excited, I went in company with another gentleman, to witness the whole proceeding in the event of our not being able to put a stop to it altogether. We found the woman sitting near the base of the rock, from which she was to cast herself headlong; having in one hand a knife and a cocoa-nut, and in the other a small looking glass. She appeared to be about thirty, and as ugly as any woman could well be; several Brahmins were near her, but she seemed to regard no one,-merely exclaiming, at the intervals, "Deo b,hur Jee," in a loud and disagree

able tone of voice.

On enquiring into the cause of the approaching suicide, I was informed that the woman's mother had vowed, in former days, to offer up her first-born, to Mahadeo; and and that her sterility having thereby been

mother. We likewise made known to her
that Colonel Adams would have her cou-
ducted safely back, and the Soubadar of
Hurdah, the place of her residence, would
(as the Brahmins said he had offered to do
before she set out) give her a pair of bullocks
and a small piece of ground for her support.
In fine, every thing that could possibly be
urged, and every advantageous offer that
could be made, proved quite ineffectual in
shaking, even in the least degree, her reso-
lution of dying.

SECT OF INDIAN DEISTS.

The following account of the Sauds, a religious sect in the Upper Provinces, is from the Second Report of the Calcutta Committee of the Church Missionary Society.

1. In March 1816, I went with two other gentlemen from Futteh-gurh, on the invitation of the principal persons of the Saud sect, to witness an assemblage of them, for the purpose of religious worship, in the city of Furrukhabad, the general meeting of the sect being that year in that city.

The warmth and good will with which the Colonel's hircarrah (himself a high-caste Hindoo) endeavoured to save the unhappy woman, were not less creditable than surprising; and every Brahmin present seconded his efforts with the most sincere good 2. The assembly took place within the will imaginable. She was so determined, Court-yard (Duulan) of a large house. The however, upon taking the leap, that instead number of men, women, and children, was of listening to us with satisfaction, she re- considerable: we were received with great peatedly ordered the music to play, so that attention, and chairs were placed for us in our voices might be drowned; but a slight front of the Deurhee, or hall. After some. and silent hint from us, was quite enough to time, when the place was quite full of people, insure disobedience to her orders on the part the worship commenced. It consisted solely of the musicians; and indeed every one pre-in the chanting of a hymn, this being the sent seemed heartily to wish us success. only mode of public worship used by the One old Brahmin was so very importunate Sauds. with her, that she threw the before-mention- 3. At subsequent periods, I made par-.

ticular enquiries relative to the religious opi- | over the country. An annual meeting takes | committee, who promises to extend his pronions and practices of this sect, and was fre- place at one or other of the cities above tection to the new work. quently visited by Bhuwanee Dos, the prin- mentioned, at which the concerns of the sect cipal person of the sect, in the city of Fur- are settled. rukhahad.

4. The following is the substance of the account given by Bhuwanee Dos, of the origin of his sect:

5. About the Sumbut year 1600, or 177 years ago, a person named Beer,bh,an, inhabitant of Beej,hasur near Narnoul, in the province of Dehli, received a miraculous communication from Ooda Dos, teaching him the particulars of the religion now professed by the Sauds-Ooda Dos, at the same time gave to Beer,bh,an marks by which he might know him on his re-appearance: 1st. That whatever be foretold should happen. 2d. That no shadow should be cast from his figure. 3d. That he would tell him his thoughts. 4th. That he would be suspended between heaven and earth. 5th. That he would bring the dead to life.

6. Bhuwanee Dos presented me with a copy of the Pot,hee, or religious book of the Sauds, written in a kind of verse, in the Thenth Hindee dialect, and he fully explained to me the leading points of their religion.

7. The Sauds utterly reject and abhor all kinds of idolatry, and the Ganges is considered by them with no greater veneration than by Christians, although the converts are made chiefly, if not entirely from among the Hindoos, whom they resemble in outward appearance. Their name for God is Sutgur; and Saud, the appellation of the sect, means, servant of God. They are pure deists, and their form of worship is most simple, as I have already stated.

8. The Sauds resemble the Quakers, in their customs, in a remarkable degree. 9. Ornaments and gay apparel of every kind are strictly prohibited; their dress is always white.

10. They never make any obeisance or sulam.

11. They will not take an oath, and they are exempted in the Court of Justice; their asseveration, as that of the Quakers, being considered equivalent.

12. The Sauds profess to abstain from all luxuries, such as tobacco, paun, opium, They never have nauches or

and wine.
dancing.
13. All attack on man or beasts is for-
bidden but in self defence, resistance is al-
lowable.

18. The magistrate of Furrukhabad informed me, that he had found the Sauds, an orderly and well conducted people; they are chiefly engaged in trade.

THE DRAMA.

There is another character, a young English nobleman, who has become acquainted with a Baroness, a charming widow, whom he resolves to marry. The Baroness, however, is no other than a comic actress of the theatre, whom the noble lord, to his no small mortification, recognizes on the stage in the part of a chamberinaid.

These characters have a peculiarly original and comic colouring. When the evening appointed for the representation of. the author's play, is near at hand, some disputes arise between the performers, as to the merits of their respective characters. These difficulties are however surmounted, and the piece is performed with the highest success. He now arrives at the denouement. Of course all mistakes are cleared up. The British peer is in a furions rage, at being duped by an actress; the Indian cousin reMr.nounces the hand of Lucille, who receives a fortune of two hundred thousand franes, and the two lovers are united. Lucille is represented as a model of decorum and virtue.

COVENT GARDEN.-Midas.-This very
popular burlesque was performed, for the
first time this season, on Wednesday; Apollo
by Duruset, and Mysa by Miss Tree. Both
are favourites with us; the former from his
melodious voice and unaffected style, the
latter from her sweet notes and pleasing man-
ner. Duruset touches the heart as much as
any vocalist we ever heard, and never fails to
make us love music by the simple yet grace-
ful way in which he sings; displaying at once
a rich organ, and cultivated talent.
and Mrs. Liston, and Emery, played their old
parts, with their old effect.

FOREIGN DRAMA.

SECOND THEATRE FRANÇAIS.

The first and second acts were loudly applauded; some degree of coolness was maniFirst representation of Les Comediens, a fested during the third; a few symptoms of comedy in 5 acts, by M. Casimir Dela-disapprobation occurred during the fourth; vigne (author of the Sicilian Vespers). and the fifth was crowned with enthusiastic success. Such is the history of this representation, which attracted a numerous and brilliant audience,

Molière once intended to write a comedy on the players: but he confined himself merely to two excellent scenes in his Impromptu de Versailles, and he thus apologizes for not having fulfilled his original design :-" I have my reasons for renouncing it; and to say the truth, I never thought the thing worth the pains. It is a trifle, a joke which would never excite laughter."

At Versailles, Paesiello's opera of King Theodore at Venice has been revived. This opera, when first brought out at Paris, about thirty years ago, was performed for seventy successive nights.

THEATRE DES VARIETES.

What appeared so hazardous to Molière, First representation of l'Ennui,or Le Comte has not, however, frightened a very young Derfort.-Arthur Count Derfort, being saauthor. M. Delavigne has chosen actors for ted with pleasure of every kind, falls a vichis leading characters, and he seems to have tim to ennui; his days are spent in inintroduced himself among them; for the dolence, and his life becomes such a burdramatic author who is the victim of the then to him, that he resolves to rid himvanity and rivalry of the perforiners, re-self of it, and to transfer his fortnne to his sembles M. Delavigne, since he is a young friend Arundel. The latter, however, inpoet full of ardour, imagination, and talent. stead of accepting the offer, undertakes to He sends a new comedy to the manager of cure the Count. He persuades him that the the Bourdeaux Theatre, and after a thousand title and estates of the house of Derfort, refusals and complaints, the performers are which he possesses, are the property of the prevailed on to accept their parts and the gardener Robin, who has been unjustly deevening is fixed for the first representation. prived of his right. Thus, supposing he is The author is more than usually interested reduced solely to his own resources, Arthur in its success, as on that success depends his feels all his faculties developed with fresh marriage with a young and beautiful actress ardour and activity; his heart opens to senof the Bourdeaux Theatre. On the othersations which he had lost, and he endeavours hand, a cousin of the young actress, arrives to render himself serviceable to his old serincognito from India, to marry her, or at vants whom he had neglected. He exerts least to make her a sharer in an immense himself to obtain the liberation of Arundel, fortune bequeathed to him by an uncle. who is confined for debt, and he engages to The young gentleman accidentally meets take the management of a manufactory. the principal comic performer of the Bour- Finally, he is happy, and his happiness deaux company, from whom he learns that would be augmented should the young and his fair cousin has embraced the theatrical beautiful Marie consent to become his wife; profession. He wishes to see her without but being now destitute of fortune, he cannot being known, and for this purpose he as-presume to offer her his hand. Marie, howsumes the character of a theatrical inspector from Paris. The comic actor, before mentioned, transforms himself into an author, and gives him a roll of blank paper, which is humbly presented to the president of the

longer any reason to apprehend an attack of the spleen, Arundel explains the stratagem he had employed. On hearing this Marie wishes to return the ring which Derfort presented to her as a pledge of his attachment; but the Count resolves to marry her.

VARIETIES.

to know that Mr. Elliston was prevented by
illness from appearing before it, is to us in
comprehensible; especially as the repetition
of a successful new piece, no less than the
Lady and the Devil, depends on his recovery.
We advise the Doctor to stick to the Hanover
Square Rooms; and leave the Drama to us,
who know how to treat its symptoms.

much more bookselling business is done, there has hitherto been no production of this useful nature, if we except Messrs. Longman and Company's monthly lists, which are however more effective in the country than in the metropolis.

A quarterly literary work has been established at Botany Bay.

Contents of the Journal des Savans for April. Roquefort, Supplement Glossaire de la Langue Romane.-Reviewed by M. Raynouard.

METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL.

M.

These Play-bills, en passant, are becoming Augsburg, 19th April.-Last night at 7 more amusing than in their ancient dry and hours 32 minutes, there was seen here a barren state. That to which we have alluded meteor, which appeared nearly three times also desires "The Tradesmen of the theatre as large and three times as bright as the to make up their accounts to the 1st of Martin, Memoires sur l'Armenie. — M. beautiful planet Venus. This meteor came May, that they may be examined and dis-Silvestre de Sacy. from the East South East, passed by the charged." We look with impatience to see Walckenar, Le Monde Maritime. · moon 3o to the north, and by Venus 16 to the new act brought into Parliament for Abel Remusat. the south, and descended within 80 to the amending the Drury Lane building act, Dodwell, Tour in Greece.-M. Letronne. western horizon, where it disappeared be-printed at the bottom with the accounts of Strabo, French Translation of.-M. Raoul hind a cloud. It passed in 4 seconds from the broad farcical, pantomimical drama of Rochette. the neighbourhood of the moon to the place Harlequin's invasion:' we mean no allusion Raoul Rochette, Dictionnaire Universel where it vanished in the western horizon; to Mr. Calcraft, who brought in the (Par- | de la Langue Française.-M. Daunou. it emitted a beautiful bright red and bluish liamentary) Bill, nor any pun on the (Thelustre. atrical) Bill, in which we advise its insertion. Transposition.—An anagrammatist, looking at the posting bills, in which the success Thursday, 4 of King Lear is so largely inscribed, obMunich, 22d April.-The celebrated tra- served, that it was nothing but Ink Glare. veller, Mr. F. W. Sieber, has sold to the Lear, after to-day, is announced to be Royal Academy, his collection of Antiqui-performed thrice a week, instead of every ties collected in Candia, Egypt and Palestine; night; and the bills say that the new tragedy but interesting as these objects are, much of Virginius is deferred in consequence of greater attention is excited by a pamphlet this increasing attraction. Another pawhich Mr. Sieber has just published, under ragraph, among these samples of unintellithe title of "the Cure of declared Hydropho-gible absurdity, runs in these words :-bia." The author speaks with such decided conviction of the discovery, that neither the physician nor the psychologer can avoid feeling hope and confidence.

The Philadelphia theatre was destroyed by fire, said to be the work of incendiaries, on the 4th of April.

"Mr. KEAN, is sustaining his newly acquired honours with the most astonishing effects, and the whole Corps Dramatique are anxious to uphold the reputation, which their A dramatic writer, whose piece was hissed, united endeavours have given, to this unwas consolingly told by a "d-d good- equalled production of our immortal Bard." natured friend," that he should submit with-i. e. Mr. Kean's newly acquired hoout irritation to the voice of the public. "Poh!" he exclaimed, “don't talk to me about it, unless you can tell me how many fools make the public!"

nours !!!

MAY, 1820.

Thermometer from 39 to 55. Barometer from 30, 15 to 30, 05. Wind E. b. S. 4, and N. E. 1.-Generally cloudy.

noon.

Friday, 5-Thermometer from 31 to 54.
Barometer from 30, 05 to 30, 08.
Wind N. E. and E. 1.--Generally cloudy, till
Saturday, 6
Thermometer from 26 to 61.
Barometer, from 30, 06 to 29,95.
Wind S. S. W. and 3.-Morning clear,
generally cloudy; Rain in the evening.
with a sharp white frost; the rest of the day
Sunday, 7 Thermometer from 41 to 64.

Barometer from 29, 78 to 29, 82. Wind W. and W. S. W. 1.- Clouds passing; sunshine at times.

Monday, 8

Rain fallen,025 of an inch.

Tuesday, 9 - Thermometer from 48 to 64. Barometer from 29, 82 to 29, 89. Wind S. b. W. 2. Morning cloudy, with sunshine; the rest of the day clear. Lightning in the S. F. about 10 r. M.

Thermometer from 47 to 62. Barometer from 29, 91 to 29, 83. Wind S. b. W. and S. b. E.-Generally LITERARY NOTICES. cloudy; Rain in the evening, and partial showers They seem determined in France to follow Mr. Croly, the author of the noble during the day. poem up the new order of Parnassus, which has, of Paris, and other excellent productions, is so creditably to his Majesty, been commenc-about to publish a poem, in the Spenser staned in the person of Sir Walter Scott, as we za, entitled, "The Angel of the World," find prefixed to a translation of "LALLA founded on the celebrated story of Haruth ROOKH," just published in Paris, a biogra- and Maruth, told by Mahomet, as a warning phical sketch of the author, entitled "No- against the dangers of wine. The angel detice sur Sir Thomas Moore." legated to rule the earth, is tempted by a spirit sent to try his virtue, and is undone. The poem abounds in descriptions of the more splendid phænomena of earth and air in the East. The scene of the temptation is placed in view of Damascus, the rose and wonder of Asia.

Extra-judicial, Medical Criticism on the Drama! Dr. Pearson has invaded our province, and we cannot allow his inroad to pass without resistance. In the Drury Lane Play-bill of Monday, (a very unfair vehicle for such an attack as he has made on the dramatic talents of the proprietor and manager of that theatre) the learned Doctor says,

"I think it my duty to state, for the satisfaction of the Public, that although Mr. ELLISTON is considerably relieved from his late severe disorder, he is still so ill as to be incapable of any performance in his profession without considerable hazard.

Warren's Literary Register.-A weekly sheet under this title has been commenced by a young bookseller in Bond Street, and seems to us to be well entitled to countenance. It is a sort of catalogue raisonée of new works published or imported, and, being circulated in a convenient shape, unmixed with other matter, is calculated to extend the knowledge of what is doing in the literary world, and consequently to promote the general interests of literature. There are several (we are at least acquaintNow why the Esculapian critic should ima-ed with two) records of this kind in Paris, gine it would give satisfaction to the public and it is curious that in London, where so

GEORGE PEARSON, M. D. Sunday, May 7, 1820, George Street, "Hanover Square."

Rain fallen,175 of an inch.

Wednesday, 10-Thermometer from 42 to 62.
Barometer from 29, 59 to 30, 02.
Wind S.W.3. Alternate showers and sunshine.
Edmonton, Middlesex. JOHN ADAMS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are compelled to postpone our intended notice of the Literary Fund for another week; and indeed, the present pressure of new and interesting publications, obliges us to curtail our miscelLanies more than at any other period of the

season.

Mr. Nugent Bell's extraordinary work, on the Recovery of the Huntington Peerage, respecting which we purposed to add another notice to that contained in our No. 165, has been published: but we have not been able to perform our design. The same may be said of Wordsworth's new Poems, of which we have not had it in our power to resume the consideration, since they issued from the press. We hold all these matters, however, to be debts due to our readers, to be discharged as speedily as possible,