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LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

The following works are in the press :An Epistle to Archdeacon Nares, V. P. of the Royal Society of Literature, from R. Polwhele, an Honorary Associate.

Maps and Plans Illustrative of Hero dotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, chiefly selected from D'Anville, Rennell, Anacharsis, and Gail.

Chronicles of London Bridge. By an Antiquary of London.

A Greek Derivative Index, in pocket size, containing the principal Technical Terms, used in Anatomy, Botany, Chemis try, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Surgery, for the use of Students. By Mr. J. C. Litchfield, MRCS. &c.

Wanderingsin in Wales, 1 vol. post 8vo. An Estimate of the true Value of Vaccination as a Security against the Small Pox. By T. M. Greenhow.

The Good Nurse; or Hints on the Management of the Sick and Dying-in the Chamber and the Nursery. By a Lady. In 1 vol. 12mo.

The Third Volume of Mr. Britton's Beauties of Wiltshire was consumed in the fire at Mr. Moyes's, and is reprinting. It will be principally devoted to North Wiltshire; and comprise Accounts of Malmsbury and Lacock Abbeys, Avebury, &c.; a Map of the County, and 13 Engravings.

The Housekeeper's Ledger; a Plain and Easy Plan of keeping Accurate Ac

counts of the Expenses of Housekeeping, and the Elements of Domestic Economy. By William Kitchiner, MD. Author of the Cook's Oracle; to which is added, Tom Thrifty's Essay on the Pleasure of Early Rising, and Scheme for an Early Hour Company.

A small Collection of Geographical Papers, by various Hands, respecting New South Wales, by Mr. Field, late Chief Justice of the Colony.

The Sertum Cantabrigiense, or Cambridge Garland, containing an Alphabetical Digest of the Tripos Lists from 1754 to 1823; by the Rev. Archdeacon Wrang

ham.

The Museum, a Poem, Cantos I and II, by John Bull.

Odd Moments, or Time Beguiled.

Mr. Britton's History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church, with 10 Engravings by J. and H. Le Keux, &c. from Drawings by Mackenzie, &c.

The First Volume of Architectural Пllustrations of the Public Buildings of London. By J. Britton and A. Pugin. It will consist of 70 Engravings, and at least 300 pages of letter-press, illustrative of the Architecture and History of the Theatres, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Hall, the Churches of St. Martin, St. Stephen, Walbrook; and St. Bride, Fleet-street; and other edifices.

WORKS LATELY PUBLISHED.
Architecture, &c.

The History and Antiquities of Wells
Cathedral, illustrated by 24 Engravings,
by J. and H. Le Keux, Sands, &c. from
original drawings by Martin, Gandy,
Shaw, &c. comprising a comprehensive
Account of the See and Church, &c. By
J. Britton, F. S. A., &c. Price 21. 10s.
Med. 4to., and 41. 4s. Impl. 4to.

History and Biography.
The Life of John Buncle, Esq. By
Thomas Amory, Gent. 3 Vols. Post 8vo.

14. 10s.

Memoirs of the Life of John Law of Lawriston. By John Phillip Wood, Esq. Foolscap. 68.

An Historical Inquiry into the principal Circumstances and Events relative to the late Emperor Napoleon. By Barclay Mounteney. 8vo. 16s.

Medicine and Surgery.

An Epitome of Chemistry. 3s. 6d.
An Explanatory Dictionary of the Ap.

paratus and Instruments employed in the
various Operations of Chemistry. By a
Practical Chemist. 8vo. 168.
Turner's System of Medico-Chirurgical
Education. 8vo. 12s.

Miscellanies.

Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron, from the Year 1808 to the End of 1814. By the late R. C. Dallas, Esq. 8vo. 15s.

Salmon and Channel Fisheries. By J.
A View of the present State of the
Cornish, Esq. 8vo. 6s. 6d.

Considerations on Negro Slavery. By
Alexander M'Donnell, Esq. 8vo. 10s. 6d.
Friendship's Offering, or the Annual
Remembrancer for 1825. 128.
A practical Epitome and Exposition of
the whole Stamp Law and Duties. By
J. A. Heraud. 6s. 6d.

English Life; or Manners at Home: in
four Pictures. 2 Vols. Post 8vo. 14s.
Urania's Mirror; or a View of the
Heavens: on a Plan perfectly Original.

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The Rev. W. Birkett, to the Vicarage of South Tawton, Devonshire.-The Reverend Chancellor March, to the Prebend of Chute and Chisenbury; and The Rev. W. H. Majendie, to the Prebend of Beaminster Prima, Salisbury Cathedral.-The Rev. Frederick Charles Blackstone, to the Vicarage of Heckfield, Hants, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Milton.-The Rev. T. H. Elwin, to the Rectory of Bradfield St. Clare, Suffolk, vacant by the death of the Rev R. Davers.-The Rev. Edgar Rust, BA. to the Rectory of Drinkston, Suffolk.-The Rev, W. Maddock Williams, BA. of Baliol College, Oxford, appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Marquis of Londonderry.-The Rev. Dr. Fea, appointed Domestic Chaplain to HRH. the Duke of Sussex.-The Hon. and Rev. Southwell Keppel, MA. to the Rectory of Snitterton St. Andrew, with All Saints, Norfolk; Patron, the Earl of Albemarle.-The Rev. R. Cobbold, to the United Rectories of Everard and Wortham Jervis,

Suffolk. The Rev. C. Cutler, MA. to the Mastership of the Free Grammar School, at Dorches ter. The Rev. Thos. Mills, to the living of Faston and Bringhurst, Leicestershire. The Rev. Joshua Rowley, to the Rectory of Holton, Suffolk. The Rev. Hugh Owen, DCL. Rector of Beccles-cum-Endgate, Suffolk, to the Vicarage of Rendisham, in the same county.

CAMBRIDGE.-The Seatonian Prize is adjudged to the Rev. Hamilton Sidney Beresford, MA. of Clare Hall, for his Poem on "the Death of Absalom."

Thomas Le Blanc, Esq. LLD. Master of Trinity Hall, is elected Vice-Chancellor of this University for next year.

The following is the subject of the Norrisian Prize Essay for the ensuing year:-" No valid argument can be drawn from the incredulity of the Heathen Philosophers against the Truth of the Christian Religion."

BIRTHS.

Oct. 17.-At Queenhithe, the lady of Alderman Venables, a son.

22. At Enkie House, the lady of Sir J. Hope, of Craighall, a son.

27. At Shooter's Hill, Kent, the lady of Sir Thos. Bloomefield, Bart. a son.

Nov. 1.-The Hon. Mrs. Toler, a son.

2 In Stanhope-street, Mayfair, the lady of the Rt. Hon. Robert Peel, a son.

5. At the house of her father, Sir George M'Keith, Bart. the lady of J. F. Ellerton, of the Hon. East India Company's Civil Service, a daugh

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SCOTLAND.

In George-street, Edinburgh, the lady of Lieut. Gen. Sir John Hope. GCB. a son.

In Prince's-street, Edinburgh (Nov. 8), the Hon. Mrs. Sinclair, of Ulbster, a son.

MARRIAGES.

Oct. 25.-At Whimple, Devon, Sir Gregory A. Lewin, Barrister-at-law, to Elizabeth Caroline, daughter of the late Wm. Buller, Esq. of Maidwell Hall, Northamptonshire, and niece of Jas. Buller, Esq. of Downes, near Exeter.

30. At Croydon, by Archdeacon Law, the Rev. Edward S. Pearce, only son of the late Dean of Ely, to Elizabeth, fifth daughter of Geo. Smith, Esq. MP.

By Special Licence, at Hepburn Hall, Durham, George John Vernon, Esq. eldest son of the Hon. G. Vernon, of Sudbury Hall, in the county of Derby to Miss Ellison, eldest daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq. MP. for Newcastle upon Tyne.

Nov. 1. At Fulham Church, Robert Mangles, Esq. of Sunning Hill, Berks, to Charlotte, third daughter of Rear Admiral Ross Donelly, of Sussex House, Hammersmith.

2. At Marylebone Church, John Skelton, Esq. of Spanish Town, Jamaica. to Elizabeth Jane, only daughter of Col. Pritchard, Royal Artillery. -At Marylebone Church, Henry, son of the Hon. Matthew Fortescue, to Caroline, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Russell, Bart,

By Special Licence, at West Grinstead Park, Sussex, the seat of Sir Walter Burrell, MP. for that county, by the Hon. and Rev. Lord Erskine, Gabriel Shaw, Esq. to the Hon. Frances Erskine, eldest daughter of the Rt. Hon. Lord Erskine. -At Hartshead, Yorkshire, Charles John BrandJing, Esq. of the 10th Royal Hussars, to Henrietta, youngest daughter of Sir George Armytage, Bart. of Kirklees, in the same county. 9.-At Lakenham, near Norwich, Capt. W. Bragge, of the 3d Light Dragoons, to Margaret, second daughter of James Goodeve Sparrow, Esq. of Gosfield-place, Essex. -At Marylebone Church, Mr. Thomas Langham. of Bentinck-street, Manchester-square, second son of Mr. John Langham, of Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire, to Miss Frances Brooks Young, only daughter of Mr. E, T. Young, Coleman

street.

-At Newcastle-under-Lyme, James Smith, Esq. one of the Magistrates of that place, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the late John Clewes, Esq. formerly an Alderman of that Borough, 11. At Gwennepp, Cornwall, Joseph Moore, Esq. MD. of Lincoln's-inn-Fields, to Elizabeth, daughter of J. Williams, Esq. of Scorrierhouse, in that county.

18. At St. Pancras' Church, Arthur Taylor, Esq. youngest son of John Taylor, Esq. of Norwich, to Elizabeth Emily, youngest daughter of the late Commissioner Lane, of his Majesty's navy, and niece of John Hunter, Esq. Hunter-street, Brunswick-square.

-At Marylebone-church, James Weale, Esq. of York-buildings, Baker-street, to Susan Caroline, eldest daughter of Ellis Ellis, Esq. of Weymouth street, Portland-place.

20. At Marylebone-church, Robert M'William, Esq. of Furnival's-inn, to Charlotte, danghter and Co-heiress of the late Wm. Horsfall, Esq. of Norfolk-street, and of Wath, Yorkshire.

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ABROAD.

At Paris, at the chapel of the British Ambassador, Henry R. Bagshawe, Esq. second son of Sir W. Bagshawe, Bart. of the Oaks. Derbyshire, to Catherine Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Gunning. Esq. late of Lower Grosvenor-street. At Paris, (Oct. 14), at the British Ambassador's Wm. Duncan Godfrey, Esq. eldest son of Sir John Godfrey, Bart. of Kilcoleman Abbey, Ireland, to Mary, daughter of John Coltsman, Esq. of Flesk Castle, Killarney.

At Corfu (Oct. 19), Capt. Holines, of the 90th Light Infantry, to Amelia, eldest daughter of Major Gen. Sir Patrick Ross.

By Special Licence, at the Cape of Good Hope, Capt, P. Cortlandt Anderson, of the Hon. East

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Oct. 14.-At Earl's Terrace, Kensington, Mrs. M'Arthur, widow of the late Col. M'Arthur, in her 74th year.

17. Elizabeth, wife of John Cobbold, Esq. of Holywells, Ipswich, a lady well known for her various attainments, and as a cultivator and patroness of Literature and the Fine Arts. 22. At Dullingham-house, Cambridge, Lieut-Gen. Christopher Jeafferson, in his 63d year.

25. Mrs. Jackson, widow of the late W. Jackson, Esq. Deputy Commissary-Gen. to the Forces. 27. At Hopwell-hall, Derbyshire, Thomas Pares, Esq.

28. In Sloane-street, Chelsea, Mrs. Smith, widow of the late Col. George Smith, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

29. At Beaumont Cote, near Lancaster, aged 55, Thomas Butler, Esq. eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Butler, Rector of Bentham and Whit tington, and nephew of the late Alex. Butler, Esq. of Kirkland-hall, in the same county. Nov. 3.-At Hastings, in his 47th year. Sir W. Young, Bart.

3. In his 634 year, Wm. Cottee, Esq. of Beaumont-place, Shepherd's Bush.

- Lately, Wm. Viliers, Esq. of Worsley-green, Worcestershire, senior Magistrate of Birming

bam.

4. At Torquay, Devon, Catherine Maria, wife of the Hon. Abraham A. Hely Hutchinson, one of the Commissioners of Customs for the United Kingdom.

5. At Margate, the Dowager Lady Dryden of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire.

8. At Portswood-house, Hauts, Elizabeth, relict of the late Count Dupont.

At Sandgate. Kent, Sophia, wife of Henry Merrick Hoare, Esq. of York-place, Portmansquare.

9. In Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square, George Thomas Bulkeley, Esq. formerly of Lisbon, aged 85.

-At Samuel Smith's, Esq. MP. Berkeley, MajorGen. T. Carey, of the 3d Regt. Guards.

10. At Esher, Surrey, in her 824 year, Elizabeth, relict of Major Abingdon, of Cobham, in the same county.

13. At Copt-ball, Hendon, Thomas Nicholl, Esq. formerly Lieut.-Col. of the 70th Regt.

17. In Hatton-garden, aged 71, Daniel Eliason, Esq. formerly of the firm of Goldsmid, Son, and Eliason.

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At Dublin (Oct. 30), the Rev. C. Maturin, Curate of St. Peter's, Dublin, author of Bertram, Melmoth, and many other popular productions.

ABROAD.

At St. Addresse, Normandy (Oct. 21), aged 70 Robert Charles Dallas, Esq. formerly of the Island of Jamaica, and author of the History of the Maroon War, Perceval, Aubrey, and other novels, and of the Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron.

At Brussels (Oct. 27), Alex. Ramsay Robinson Esq. of Kensington.

In the Island of New Providence, West Indies, Captain W. R. Dawkins, Commander of His Majesty's ship, Helicon.

At Florence, Capt. Donald Macalister, of Loup and Torresdale, in his 54th year.

At Kandy, the Hon. Sir John D'Oyley, Bart. member of his Majesty's Council in Cevlon, and President and First Commissioner of Govern meut in the Kandyan Provinces,

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