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Sober Views of the Millenium, by the Rev. T. Jones, of Creaton, Northamptonshire. Of the extreme sobriety and moderation of Mr. Jones's views of a great event, supposed to be mysteriously predicted in Scripture, no doubt can be entertained; and we are most willing to separate the opinions of a very sensible man and pious Christian from the wild ravings of fanaticism and the rash hypotheses of overheated imaginations and weak judgments. Mr. Jones's reflec

tions towards the conclusion of his book are worthy of all praise.

cession of subjects so similar to each other, viz. the destruction of the great heathen cities of the ancient world, by the predicted judgments of God; thus Babylon, Nineveh, Tyre, &c. have all separate narratives; and the causes and sequences being nearly the same in all, the reflections and opinions cannot be much diversified. The introductions and notes also are too long; and, though well written, are rather out of place in a book of poetry. For the particular faults which we wish to be removed, they consist chiefly in some trifling defects of taste in the versification. The author has a

Penruddock, a Tale by the author of strange and affected pronunciation of

Waltzburgh. 3 vols. We cannot commend this novel either for the propriety of the fiction, the probability of the incidents, the elegance of the sentiments, or the truth of the characters. The object of the author seems to have been, to make his tale exceedingly mysterious. Indeed, a cloud of mystery hangs over the whole narrative from beginning to end; from the introduction of the hero as a gipsy in the first part, to the attempt to carry him off by an Italian swindler in a night-anchored bark on the day of his nuptials, in the last. All the females too are as mysterious as the gentlemen, with the exception of the two ladies' maids, who behave like sensible women, and are by far the most interesting of the whole. One of the ladies walks into a gentleman's bedroom at dead of night, with a lamp and dagger, and sits quietly on the fauteuil, and talks to the astonished inmate in violation of all decorum; then blows out the candle and disappears-this, too, from a lady past forty! Another is going to be married to a very amiable young man, but changes her mind, after everything is signed and sealed; and the bridegroom, with well-bred nonchalance, agrees to the alteration, though she was the chosen of his heart, and he was devotedly attached to her. Such persons as these, are, therefore, beyond our criticism; and we again say, that the ladies' maids are the only rational part of the menage.

Songs of the Prophecies, by S. M. Milton. This is a very pleasing and instructive volume. The descriptive passages in the poems are, many of them, of great beauty; possessing much delicacy of expression, with an elegant selection of images, and a flowing, harmonious verse; there is, in fact, a truly poetic vein throughout. For the defects, the first and greatest consists in the suc

many words; and others are misplaced.
As,

And on the gentle evening's calmness, OH !
Full many a minstrel's harp's enrap-

turing strain

Pour'd forth its low wild notes of pathos on the plain.

Again this botch of an exclamation oc

curs

No tree, nor shrub, nor flower blowing
there,
[low,

A sombre, sullen waste! from far be-
The dark funereal waters leave the bare
And rocky mountain-sides, or deep,
[flow, &c.
Full many a fathom down, their currents
Once more,

deep oh!

the ark

Yet burst them bravely, fearlessly, and oh!
How clear and how sublime shines forth
[adventurous bark.
Of truth. Oh! give the sails to your
And,

For oh! the ivy climbs the temple's pride.
We do not like the concetto,
Wasted in beauty, beautiful in waste.

Nor such lines as

And what they did of good, go ye and do likewise.

Crush'd beneath which, the mountains deem'd stedfast.

As of the fire of his ancestors shone.

But these are only as mosses and lichens on the trunk of the poetic tree, which may easily be removed; in the meanwhile, its sap and vigour seem to prognosticate future crops of rich and mellow fruit. The moral parts of the poem are not equal to the descriptive; and there are proofs scattered up and down, of immaturity of taste; but while there is little to blame, there is much to commend; and if we do not extract any passages, it is only to induce our readers to read the whole.

FINE ARTS.

ETCHINGS BY REMBRANDT.

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The late Mr. Pole Carew's fine Cabinet of Rembrandt's Etchings was lately dispersed by auction, and a preface to the catalogue informs us that this collection was surpassed only by that of the Duke of Buckingham, the sale of which we recorded last year. If the latter proved more abundant in rare and unique specimens of the master, Mr. Carew's at least possessed its due share of gems of no ordinary interest, as the following prices of some of them will amply testify:Rembrandt's most celebrated work, Christ healing the Sick,' known among collectors as The Hundred Guilder, produced 1631. 16s. bought by Sir Ab. Hume. The Portrait of Tolling, the Dutch Advocate, 2201., purchased for M. Six, of Amsterdam, whose ancestor is commemorated by one of Rembrandt's finest portraits. The Little Polish Figure,' a diminutive gem of an inch and a quarter high, 537. 118. was bought for the King of Holland. The Rat-killer,' 59. 178. by Molteno & Graves. The rare portrait of Renier Ansloo, 74. 11s. by Mr. Harding, A Girl reading,' 15l. Mr. Woodburn. Lutma, the Goldsmith,' 31 10s. by M. Claussin, of Paris. Asselyn the Painter, with the easel,' 39. 18s. A Portrait of Rembrandt drawing, 317. 108.; another portrait of him, 581. 168. The finest specimens of this collection were either carried off by foreign agents, or found their way into private collections at home, whilst the officer of the print department of our national establishment sat a quiescent spectator of the sale, without funds at his disposal to dispute the possession. It is to be hoped the results of this sale may not be lost upon the Committee of the House of Commons who are now investigating the affairs of the British Museum, and that greater funds will ere long be placed at the disposal of the Trustees.

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Four Views of Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Rutland. These are from original drawings by Joseph Rhodes, Esq. of Leeds. They consist of two exterior views, the more distant one taken from the lake, and the near view from the woods below the castle on the north-west. Plate 3. represents the Grand Hall and Staircase; and plate 4. the interior of the Chapel, with the altar-piece by Murillo. The plates are of large quarto size, well executed in lithography, by the masterly hand of P. Gauci,

Leonardo da Vinci.-A picture by Leonardo da Vinci has been lately discovered at the palace of Fontainebleau, which had long been given up as lost. The subject is Leda, and it is spoken of by the contemporaries of Leonardo in the highest terms of praise.

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HEATH'S Gallery of British Engravings. 8vo. & 4to. Parts I. II.-The rapacious cupidity of foreign publishers, which has long pirated with impunity the copyright of English authors, has lately directed its attack upon the works of our gravers, whose acknowledged superiority in the execution of small plates has made their works an article of profitable speculation in the continental markets. accomplish their purpose still more effectively, the said publishers have even proceeded to engage English artists to make the copies. In order to encounter, on equal terms, this unjust and illiberal competition, the proprietor of the Keepsake, the Book of Beauty, the Picturesque Annual, and Turner's Annual Tour, has determined to offer to the public, both of England and the Continent, impressions from the original plates, at a less price than his competitors can sell their stolen and inferior copies. His plan is to give three engravings in each shilling part, together with descriptions. They will usually consist of one portrait or fancy head, an historical subject, and a land. scape.

The wonderful durability of engravings on steel prevents any perceptible difference between the earliest and the latest impressions.

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The Napoleon Gallery; or, Illustrations of the Life and Times of the Emperor of France. 12mo. Part I. This is an English edition of a series of French etchings, said to be taken from all the most celebrated pictures, &c. produced in France during the last forty years." It is to be completed in sixteen monthly parts, each containing six plates. They are effectively executed in outline, slightly shaded; and will certainly form a very interesting series when chronologically arranged, or as illustrations to the various Lives of Napoleon, for which their size well adapts them. In one instance "The Retreat from Moscow," the letter-press does not at all answer to the story of the picture.

British Atlas, by J. and C. WALKER. Longman. This work is to comprise separate maps of every county in England, and the three Ridings of Yorkshire.

Wales will be contained in four sheets, and will be so arranged that they may be joined together, and form one map of the Principality. The whole will be completed in twenty-three monthly numbers, each containinng two maps. The plates measure sixteen inches by thirteen; yet are sold at the very cheap price of 9d. plain, or 1s. coloured. In the first part are Lincolnshire and Gloucestershire, and in the second Kent and Dorsetshire. The modern electoral divisions and boundaries are duly inserted.

In Parts VIII.-X. of SHAW's Specimens of Ancient Furniture, some very great curiosities are represented. A reliquary of box work, said to have been brought from Spain, is an exquisite specimen of ancient carving, in the most florid ecclesiastical style, and deservedly occupies two plates. The enamelled candlestick of the twelfth century, belonging to Sir Samuel Mey. rick, and formerly engraved in the Archæologia, makes a most splendid figure in colours, which are copied with the utmost fidelity and beauty. We have here also that monarch of all curule seats, the chair in St. Mary's Hall at Coventry.

EXHIBITIONS.

The lovers of the art of painting have now before them not only the Exhibition at Somerset House, which is considered to contain many pictures of great merit this year; but also two Water Colour Exhibitions; and at the British Gallery a

very choice assemblage of the old Masters, together with nearly one hundred portraits on enamel by Mr. Bone, of eminent persons in the reign of Elizabeth.

At the Diorama two new pictures by M. Bouton have been opened. The Campo Vaccino, at Rome, is a splendid production; but the interior of the church of Santa Croce, is managed with the most magical effect. Day is succeeded by night, and the darkness followed by the whole building being lighted up with candles, for a nocturnal service, attended by a full congregation, which, wonderful to say, leave their seats on its termination, and presently the dawn of returning day is seen with its own peculiar rays of light.

At the Panorama in Leicester Square Mr. Burford has opened a new view of Thebes, and the gigantic temple of Karnak. The drawings have been supplied by Mr. Catherword the architect, to whom Mr. Burford was indebted for the view of Jerusalem, now exhibiting at the same place. Though the forms of the archi tectural ruins of Thebes have become familiar from recent works, yet the visitor cannot fail to be struck with their actual magnitude, and with their painted variety of colours still glowing in the burning sun.

Mr. Rippingille's works are exhibiting at the Cosmorama rooms in Regent-street. Among these are the Post Office, the Recruiting Party, and some excellent scenes of French life; and an Hogarthian series of six clever pictures, displaying the Progress of Drunkenness.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

New works announced for Publication. The First Part of a Series of 143 Plates of Roman Coins and Medals, comprising all the important varieties of the Consular or Family Series, and those of the Empire, from Pompey the Great down to Trajan Decius. Including many of those struck in the Colonies and Imperial Greek Cities, embracing a period of 475 years. With Introductory Ob

servations. By the late Rev. JOHN GLEN KING, D.D. F.S. A. &c.

Greece and the Levant; or, Diary of a Summer's Excursion in 1834. With Epistolary Supplements. By the Rev. R. BURGESS, B.D. Author of The Topography and Antiquities of Rome."

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The Autobiography of Cowper: being an account of the most interesting portion of his life. Written by Himself.

REV. PETER HALL on Congregational Reform.

Biblical Theology. Part I. The Rule of Faith. By the REV. N. MORRENS. GENT. MAG. VOL. IV.

Chronological Charts, illustrative of Ancient History and Geography. By JOHN DREW.

Lectures on Moral Philosophy. By R. D. HAMPDEN, D. D. Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford.

Letters on the Philosophy of Unbelief. By the Rev. JAMES WILLS.

A Volume of Sermons, adapted to the Mechanical and Agricultural Population. By E. W. CLARKE, Rector of Great Yeldham, Essex.

Statement of the provision for the Poor, and the Condition of the Labouring classes, in a considerable portion of America and Europe. By NASSAU W. SENIOR, Esq.

Rosebuds rescued, and presented to my Children. By the Rev. S. C. WILKS. German Historical Anthology. By ADOLPHUS BERNAYS, PH. DR.

Valpy's History of England illustrated. Being the Third Vol. of the continuation L

of Smollet's History. By the Rev. T. S. HUGHES.

The Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the London Clay, by J. S. BOWERBANK; with numerous plates, by J. D. C. Sowerby.

The Life and Times of William III. King of England and Stadtholder of Holland. By the Hon. ARTHUR TREVOR, M.P.

Colburn's Modern Novelists.

The plan of this spirited publication is professedly an imitation of the late admirable edition of the Waverley Novels, which has been eminently successful. The enterprising bibliopolist, who has so long distinguished himself in this particular department of amusing literature, now appears determined to gratify the publie taste in a more extended degree, and at so cheap a rate, that nothing but an immense circulation can adequately remunerate him. This material object we have little doubt will be ensured, if we take into consideration, independently of the beauty and cheapness of the volumes, the distinguished Authors whose leading works are to appear in the collection, and the eminent artists engaged in the execution of the embellishments which adorn the volumes. Among the Authors connected with the series appear the names of R. P..Ward, Esq, author of Tremaine'; E. Lytton Bulwer, Esq.; Theodore Hook, Esq.; Earl of Mulgrave; Capt. Marryatt; B. D'Israeli, junior; Rev. R. Gleig; Horace Smith, Esq.; T. H. Lister, Esq.; P. R. James, Esq.; J. B. Fraser, Esq.; Rev. G. Croly, author of Salathiel'; John Banim, Esq.; Capt. Glascock; E. S. Barrett, Esq.; Mrs. Gore; Lady Morgan; Lady C. Bury.

The volumes which have already appeared (the merits of which are now too well known to require observation) consist of Pelham, by E. Lytton Bulwer, Esq. 2 vols; the celebrated Irish national tale, called O'Donnel, by Lady Morgan, the three volumes published in one; Tremaine, by R. P. Ward, Esq. in 2 vols. ; and Brambletye House, by Horace Smith, Esq.

OXOFRD, June 9.-The Theological Prize for 1835, on the following subject, "The Death of Christ was a propitiatory Sacrifice, and a vicarious Atonement for the Sins of Mankind," has been awarded to Mr. John Cowley Fisher, B. A. of Queen's College.

June 16. The Chancellor's Prizes for the present year have been this day adjudged to the following gentlemen:

Latin Verse," Julianus Imperator Templum Hierosolymitanum instaurare aggre

ditur," James Cowles Prichard, Scholar of Trinity.

English Essay, "The influence of ancient Oracles on Public and Private Life," James Bowling Mozley, B.A. of Oriel.

Latin Essay, "De Jure Clientelæ apud Romanos,” Roundell Palmer, B.A. Probationer Fellow of Magdalen, Ireland and Eldon Scholar, and late Scholar of Trinity.

Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize for the best composition in English verse, “The Burning of Moscow," Seymour Fitzgerald, Commoner of Oriel.

CAMBRIDGE, June 12. The Chancellor's medal for the best English poems was adjudged to T. Whitehead, of St. John's College.-Subject, "The Death of the late Duke of Gloucester."

The Greek Porson Prize of this year has been adjudged to W. J. Kennedy, of St. John's College. Subject, Shakspeare's 3d Part of King Henry VI. Act II. sc. 2, beginning "My gracious liege,"

&c.

ROYAL SOCIETY.

May 28. Sir B. C. Brodie, V. P.The reading was commenced of a paper on the influence of the tricuspid valve of the heart on the circulation of the blood, by T. W. King, esq.

June 4. The Rev. G. Peacock, V.P. Mr. King's paper was concluded; and a report was read from a committee for collecting information respecting the occurrence of, and the more remarkable phenomena connected with, the earthquakes lately felt in the neighbourhood of Chichester, by J. P. Gruggen, esq.

The following gentlemen were elected Foreign Members of the Society: M. Elie de Beaumont, M. Frederic Cuvier, M. P. Flourens, Professor Hansen, and Dr. Rosenburgh.

The Society adjourned over Whitsun week to June 18.

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

May 18. The Anniversary Meeting was held at the Society's apartments in Regent street, at which the necessary changes were made, Sir John Barrow, being elected its President for the ensuing year, and F. Baily, W. D. Cooley, and Thomas Murdoch, esqrs. Vice-Presidents. A very favourable report was made of the proceedings and prospects of the Society.

The annual premium which his Majesty places at the Society's disposal, had been awarded this year to Lieut. Burnes, for his most valuable and interesting Travels up the River Indus, and across

Western Asia. The council has voted 5001, towards the outfit and maintenance of two expeditions of discovery, one to the interior of South Africa, from Delagoa Bay, the other to the back of British Guiana; and, for the promotion of these objects, his Majesty's Government has been pleased to grant the sum of 1000l. Capt. J. E. Alexander, of the 42d regiment, started some time since on the African expedition; and Mr. Schomburgh, a scientific gentleman in the West Indies, is already at George Town, preparing for the contemplated explorations in Guiana. It was stated, that no late intelligence had been received of Captain Back; but that in all probability August or September would bring tidings of him, and that his return might be looked for before the expiration of the year. The council had subscribed towards the expense of publishing an elaborate grammar of the Cree language by Mr. Howse, a gentleman who has passed many years in the Hudson Bay Company's territories; and also

to a translation from the Danish into English of Captain Graah's voyage to the east coast of Greenland, both which works are in progress. From the treasurer's report, it appeared that the funds of the Society are in a most prosperous state; for, notwithstanding the above extraordinary expenses, the Society was possessed of 4,80001. stock, together with a respectable balance in the bankers' hands. In the evening a number of its friends and supporters assembled, and dined at the Thatched House with the Raleigh Club, at the table of which the idea of founding this Society was first brought forward by its present President, Sir John Barrow, five years ago.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

May 29. At the adjourned general meeting (see p. 644), after a protracted discussion, the Council succeeded in obtaining the election of Sir R. Gordon and Mr. Grant into their number, by a large majority.

At the usual monthly meeting on Thursday, the 4th of June, it appeared that a deputation of the fellows, composed of Dr. Bostock, Sir C. Forbes, and Sir J. Sebright, had waited on the Council with a resolution, to the effect that it would promote the welfare of the Society and a more friendly feeling among the members, if the Council were in future to be guided in the election of officers by a combined principle of length of appointment and non-attendance at the business meetings; i. e. that two members of counril should be selected to go out by seniocity of appointment, and three by the fewest number of attendances. The pre

sident, treasurer, and secretary to be exempted. To this resolution the council agreed, and it was arranged that it should be submitted to the consideration of the members of the Society, who of course will agree to it.

LONDON UNIVERSITY.

May 23. The Annual Meeting for distributing the Prizes was held this day. Lord Nugent presided. The business of the Meeting was commenced by Dr. Elliotson reading the general report, which contained a highly satisfactory account of the advance of medical science at the

University. It stated that the medical pupils derived the greatest possible advantages from the establishment of the North London Hospital, which afforded them the opportunity of attending to the practice of their intended profession, without being compelled to have recourse to any other institution than that to which It also announced the they belonged.

gratifying fact, that the number of medical students had, since the report of the last year, increased from 350 to 390. Among the prizes were a gold medal to William Marsden, of Yorkshire, and a silver medal to Matthew Morehouse, of Huddersfield; in both cases for proficiency in Materia Medica. Thomas Morton, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, also received four prizes-the two gold medals respectively for Surgery and Midwifery, and two silver medals for Anatomy and Practical Anatomy.

ROXBURGHE CLUB.

A meeting of the members of the Roxburghe Club having been convened on the 16th May, for the purpose of electing a President, in the place of the late Earl Spencer, Lord Viscount Clive was proposed as his Lordship's successor by the Duke of Sutherland, seconded by the Earl Cawdor, and was unanimously elected to fill the Chair.

The anniversary meeting of the Club was holden on the 17th inst. when the following members were present:-Lord Viscount Clive, President, the Duke of Sutherland, Earl Cawdor, the Hon, and Rev. G. Neville Grenville, the Hon. Baron Bolland, Sir S. R. Glynne, Bart., Sir Francis Freeling, Bart., Wm. Bentham, esq., the Rev. Henry Drury, M.A., Geo. Hibbert, esq., J. A. Lloyd, esq., J. H. Markland, esq., J. D. Phelps, esq., Tho. Ponton, esq., E. V. Utterson, esq.

His Grace the Duke of Buccleugh and Queensberry, K. G. was elected a member of the Club.

The President presented to the Club a beautiful volume printed in black letter

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