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Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Politics, &c.

NO. XLI.

REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 1817.

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modest merit of this eulogy, it is pre- with Buonaparte on board the Northumtended to be partly extracted from the berland, and twice gossiped a quarter LETTERS from the CAPE OF GOOD grand publication preparing under the of an hour with him at St. Helena. To HOPE, in reply to MR. WARDEN; with eye of the calumniated worthy himself! these prodigious sources of information is Extracts from the great Work now com- Considering the hands by which this to be annexed several important conpiling for publication, under the In-volume has been manufactured, abroad ferences with some of his followers, and spection of Napoleon.-Svo. pp. 206. and at home, we are not surprised to a peep or two (how obtained is rather To keep alive the memory of the great meet all the old phrases which some too delicate a point to be stated) at man of St. Helena, another volume has folks have called Jacobinical in their the book now writing to wash the blackbeen got up, and the above is its pom- productions for several years past. We amoor white in the eyes of posterity. pous and imposing title. It consists of do not wonder to hear that the Bourbons So qualified, this pseudo-Englishman ten letters, dated Cape of Good Hope, "filled France with scaffolds and pro-speaks as if he had lived in Paris during from April to June last, signed C-, scriptions," though it would not be the last fifteen years. At the business and addressed to some my dear Lady easy to particularize even six executions; of the infernal machine "the indignation C-," who it seems takes a warm inte- nor that Buonaparte was so merciful that of Paris was extreme ;"--when Georges rest in the fate of General Buonaparte. he did not send any one to the guillotine and his friends were executed, Pichegru Who Monsieur Cis, it is not worth during the long and busy period of his made away with, and Moreau banished, while to inquire: suffice it to say that last reign of a hundred days;-nor that they were unpitied and detested by all Las Casas is insinuated to be the fur- honest Marshal Ney, for being merely Paris :-the author either was in France nisher of the materials; that Sir Robert" misled by the unanimous voice of the during these periods, and all the rest of Wilson had a nephew, a midshipman, on French army and people," was afterwards the time his justification of Buonaparte board the Northumberland; and that the murdered; nor that Moreau, Pichegru, worthy knight's present political opinions Georges, and even the Count d'Artois, are marvellously enforced, as well as his were the vilest of traitors for daring to work on Russia bepraised, in this compi- conspire against the lawful imperial Nalation, which is remarkable for the neat poleon;-nor that France is to a man interweaving of parentheses, suited to the anti-Bourbon, and heart and soul in views of the discontented party, and the clever manner in which half a dozen versions of oft-canvassed facts, vamped up so as to look like new, are made the foundations for a long tract of factions politics, which possesses neither novelty nor entertainment.

occupies, or he takes an unwarrantable licence in asserting matters of which he could have no knowledge but by report of the most questionable kind.

Entertaining the most contemptible opinion of this volume, and an utter dislove with liberty and the Emperor :-none belief of its having the slightest pretenof these things surprise us, we repeat, sion to veracity; looking upon it as a since we know the channel whence they mere political vehicle, to keep alive the come; that channel of contradictions, curiosity of Europe, and the hopes of the which united attachment to the grossest turbulent and disaffected, concerning a tyranny that ever existed, with a love of man it would be well for mankind to liberty. forget as soon as possible; we shall not attempt to dissect the arguments, or expose the absurdities of which it is made up. Old stories not much altered, a few second-hand anecdotes that might be picked up any where, and an unblushing effrontery, are all the characteristics of this weak and unprincipled fabrication. It is calculated for the meridian of France, and thither let it find its way: but the sound sense of this country rejects such trash, of which we will defile our page with quoting the blasphemous conclusion alone-the writer thus apostrophizes his amiable and persecuted idol:

The work is professedly an apology for Monsieur C- of the Cape, prates Buonaparte, or rather a panegyric upon against legitimates' and legitimacy,' all the good deeds of that hero, includ-with as true a slang as if he were a ing the kidnapping and imprisonment of Ghent or London editor, and seems to the Royal family of Spain; the viola- consider the odious offence implicated in tion of neutral territory, seizure, and murder of the Duc d'Enghien ;' the massacre of 800 of the garrison of El-Arish in cold blood, &c. &c. &c.; and to enhance the

these terms with due abhorrence.

He describes himself (the varlet!) to be an Englishman; as if any Englishman could so disgrace himself as to stand forth the palliator of the blackest crimes, It is curious enough to mark the opposite the reviler of every moral principle, the line pursued by the revolutionists on occasions slanderer of his native country, and the of great general resemblance. Of the imprisonment of Ferdinand VII. (whose person was parasite of villains and assassins. No! obtained by means never glanced at, because the ground-work is French, and only so it is impossible to excuse, far less to justify them much of the additions English, as go to on any one principle of honour or honesty), it is said that the sufferer had no cause to compromote the views of certain factious and plain, because forsooth his betrayer ailowed disappointed individuals, not far to seek.cled it." him 60,0001. a year to live on at Valençai, a good The mystery affected by the anonymous library, almoners and confessors: But to con- scribbler is too flimsy, and his contrafine Buonaparte, whose surrender it requires all dictions too palpable, to deceive any one; their casuistry to distinguish from that of a dangerous prisoner of war, is a shocking out- yet, among his boasted qualifications for more than an object to "point a moral;" rage apon sovereign rights, and the rights of writing an authentic work, full of recon-a beacon to warn the world of the cer

"I respect thee with the crown of thorns that force has now placed on thy brow, even more than when numerous diadems encir

We have had enough of Buonaparte. It is time that he should be nothing

humanity! Policy justified the violation of dite matter, he tells us that he can speak tain remorse and punishment which neutral territory, to destroy the Duc d'Eng. French better than Mr. Warden, who awaits unprincipled ambition and inhucrime to set all the lovers of independence in could not speak it at all; that he had the man despotism.

hien; but to arrest Baron Massenbach, is a

a flame.

honour of several minutes' conversation

TRAVELS in the interior of AME- another immense natural production, RICA, in the years 1809, 1810, 1811," the Grand Saline." This Saline &c. By John Bradbury, F. L. S. don.-8vo. pp. 364.

wrongs

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pearance

As it would exceed our limits to enter minutely into the natural history of this is situated about 280 miles south-west of region, we shall merely notice that its Fort Osage, between two forks of a small subterranean geography is interesting Vast caves in the branch of the Arkansas, one of which and extraordinary. This volume, though it follows very washes its southern extremity; and the incumbent rock swallow up streams closely upon the track of Messrs. Lewis, other, the principal one, runs nearly parallel, which never revisit the upper earth: Clarke, Pike, and others, yet contains a within a mile of its opposite side. It is a in many parts there are chasms called variety of information, particularly as hard, level plain, of reddish coloured sand, Sink-holes," from 30 to more than connected with botany, mineralogy, and and of an irregular or mixed figure. Its diameter, and dimigeology. There is an abruptness in its greatest length is from north-west to south-200 yards in commencement which we do not under-east, and its circumference full thirty miles. nishing towards the bottom like an instand, and allusions to some disputes and From the appearance of driftwood that is verted cone; and in these trees grow and scattered over, it would seem that the whole the rushing of waters is heard. In the of which the author complains, plain is at times inundated by the over- caves abundance of nitre is generated; into which, if we did understand them, Howing of the streams that pass near it. three men by simply lixiviating the soil, we would not enter. As we proceed we This plain is entirely covered in hot, dry have made 100lbs. of salt petre in a learn that his object was to investigate weather, from two to six inches deep, with a objects of natural history presented by crust of beautiful clean white salt: it bears day. A bed of coal in the Illinois territhe interior of the new world. In treat- a striking resemblance to a field of brilliant tory was so completely on the surface, ing this subject we have a good many snow after a rain, with a light crust upon its that having accidentally caught fire it specimens of American style, a good top. On a bright sunny morning, the ap-burnt for several months in 1810: the of this natural curiosity, is highly lead mines of St. Genevieve have been deal of American feeling, not a few in-picturesque: it possesses the quality of successfully wrought since 1725. stances of indifferent grammar, some looming, or magnifying objects, and this in In descending the river from St. Louis confusion of moods and tenses, a slight a very striking degree, making the small coinage of new words, and an occasional billets of wood appear as formidable as to New Orleans in the month of Decemindefiniteness of description which leaves trees. Numbers of buffaloes were on the ber, our traveller experienced a succession of dreadful shocks from earthquake. us in the dark as to the precise nature of plain. the matters described. The latter, in a The circumjacent country is rugged The river was agitated as with a storm, scientific work, is the greatest defect; and broken; the soil generally a red the noise loud and terrific; the crash of our language is in no danger of corrup-clay, with huge masses of gypsum, and falling trees, the screaming of wild fowl, tion from such a source, and the author occasionally gravel and marshy ground. the precipitation of the banks into the is generally comprehensible; and the in- The cotton-tree and a fine species of stream, formed altogether a scene of inconceivable confusion and affright. On clination towards American sentiments plum abound. land and water during seven days, the is a more commendable quality in a tra- The level of the bed of the Mississipi party sought alternate preservation from veller who has been hospitably received is from 150 to 200 feet below that of the these tremendous convulsions, of the nain that country, than the ingratitude surrounding country, which pours many ture of which and of the perils they which seeks only to spy the nakedness great rivers, as well as minor streams, escaped some notion may be gathered of a land, and abuse the kindness of its into the immense trough of this mighty from the following. confiding population. At day-light (on the first night) we had Mr. Bradbury accompanied an expe- it appears that the frequency of pyrites is counted twenty-seven shocks during our dition of from fifty to eighty persons up the foundation for the belief of the ex-stay on the Island (where they had sought the Mississipi, (i. e. "the mother of wa-istence of silver, which still maintains refuge from their boat), but still found the ters") and Missouri rivers. He gives an itself in some opinions, notwithstanding chasin, so that it might be passed. The account of Upper Louisiana, and of the fruitlessness of every effort to pro-river was covered with foam and drift timOhio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennes- cure that ore, since the celebrated Mis-ber, and had risen considerably, but our boat was safe. While we were waiting till see; the Illinois and western territories. sissipi scheme, which shook the credit of the light became sufficient for us to emHis propensities seem to be such as mercantile Europe a century ago. With bark, two canoes floated down the river, in would constitute a good Back-woods- a few exceptions of isolated sandstone, one of which we could perceive some Indian man; fatigues, dangers, and privations the Missouri territory is formed of calcago for nothing, and he thinks civilized reous rock; a whitish limestone, conpleasures happily exchanged for the taining abundance of organic remaius, el-dorado of buffalo-shooting, associating such as entrochii, anomiæ, &c. with savages, and traversing deserts.

flood. Lead ore is found in parts; but

corn and some clothes. We considered this as a melancholy proof that some of the boats we passed the preceding day had perished. Our conjectures were afterwards confirmed, as three had been overwhelmed, and all on Fossil bones have been dug up in various board perished. When the day-light apThe most important facts in a poli- parts in Upper Louisiana. At a salt lick, peared to be sufficient for us, I gave orders three miles from the Merrimac River, and to embark, and all went on board. Two tical point of view, which Mr. Bradbury twelve from St. Louis, several bones have men were in the act of loosening the fastcommunicates, are those respecting the been discovered, evidently belonging to the ening, when a shock occurred nearly equal abundance of coal and iron in the Mis-same species of Mammoth as those found on to the first in violence. The men ran up the sissipi territory. These great sources of the Ohio and in the Orange County State of bank, in order to save themselves on the himan comfort, and materials for national New York. I have (adds our author), fre- island, but before they could get over the industry and strength, are found, accord-quently been informed of a place on Osage chasm, a tree fell close by them and stopped ing to our author, in prodigious quanti-River, where there are abundance of boues their progress. The bank appeared to me ties in this quarter; but as the descripof great magnitude. General Clarke shewed to be moving rapidly into the river, and I me a tooth brought from the interior: it was called out to the men in the boat, "Coupez tion of their site and form can afford We now found oura grinder, and belonged to the animal men-les cordes," no gratification to our readers, we shall tioned by Cuvier, called by him Mastodonte selves again on the river. The Chenal du pass from them to the account given of avec dents carrées. Diable (a run of a dangerous nature) was in

been on land. The trees on both sides of

lution.

This phalanx moves through the woods with considerable celerity, picking up as it passes along, every thing that will serve for food. That all may have an equal chance, the instant that any rank becomes the last, they rise, and flying over the whole flock, alight exactly a-head of the foremost. They succeed each other with so much rapidity that there is a continual stream of them in the air, and a side view of them exhibits the look for food long before they become the appearance of the segment of a large circle moving through the woods. They cease to last rank, but strictly adhere to their regula tions, and never rise till there are none beIn some tribes, ahind them.

as their precursors or brother colonists.

sight, and appeared absolutely impassable, Their ideas of property among them- the warlike deeds of their lords; nor will from the quantity of trees and drift-wood selves is perfectly accurate. Their chief our space allow us to extract any of the that had lodged during the night. riches consist in horses, which are ob- entertaining passages relative to the huntWe continued on the river till 11 o'clock, tained from the nations south of them, ing of the Indians, and their mode of when there was a violent shock, which the Chayennes, Poncars, Panies, &c. who life; the wonderful habits of the beaver seemed to affect us as sensibly as if we had often steal them from the Spaniards in and of other remarkable animals, such as the river were most violently agitated, and Mexico. They believe in a Supreme the fœtid skunk, the Columbo migratothe banks fell in, in several places, within Being, a future state, and supernatural rius, &c. &c. We can only mention reour view, carrying with them innumerable agency. The great Spirit is the giver of specting the latter, that they associate trees, the crash of which falling into the all good, and the bad Spirits are little in prodigious flocks, covering sometimes river, mixed with the terrible sound attend-wicked beings, scarcely more malicious several acres of land so closely as to hide ing the shock, and the screaming of the than our Fairies. the ground. geese, and other wild-fowl, produced an When an Indian has shot down his eneidea that all nature was in a state of disso-my, and is preparing to scalp him, with the tomohawk uplifted to give the fatal stroke, We can scarcely suppose any situation he will address him in words to this effect: more appalling than that here detailed; "My name is Cashegra. I am a famous warour voyagers were fortunately preserved, rior, and am now going to kill you. When and floated down in safety to the lower you arrive at the land of spirits, you will see Chickasaw Indians, whom they found the ghost of my father; tell him it was Cadistracted with terror from having seen shegra that sent you there." He then gives the blow.. the solid earth riven open in many places, accompanied by dreadful phenomena. nearest of kin to the murdered acting as Murder is punished with death, the One of these persons accounted for the executioner. Cowardice is visited by earthquake in a curious manner. He degradation to menial labour and the Attributed it to the comet that had appeared a few months before, which he de- work of women. scribed as having two horns, over one of husband has a right to bite off the nose Mr. Bradbury states that the honeywhich the earth had rolled, and was now of his Squaw, if she commits adultery! bees introduced to America from Europe lodged betwixt them: that the shocks were Suicide among the Sioux women, and are increasing prodigiously; they have occasioned by the attempts made by the female infanticide, are not uncommon, now penetrated all this part in myriads, earth to surmount the other horn. If this though it is generally held that these and have spread so much in common could be accomplished, all would be well, if crimes are displeasing to the Father of with the white people as to be held either otherwise, inevitable destruction to the world would follow. Life, and will subject the perpetrators in the land of spirits to drag about the tree to which they hang themselves: for this reason they always chuse the smallest tree that can sustain their weight. Among the tribes of Indians with whom The ceremony of smoking the Calumet Mr. Bradbury came in contact, a mul- is too well known to require further titude of curious ceremonies and customs notice. The pipe our traveller smoked with the Sioux had a head of red stone, We crossed Knife river at the upper were observed. Of these we shall note a few of the most remarkable, without (Killas) and a stem six feet in length, village of the Minetarees. The old Squaw attending much to the lucidus ordo, or highly decorated with tufts of horse-hair who brought the canoe to the opposite side of the river, was accompanied by three distinguishing between Sioux, Mahas, dyed red. A game is mentioned among young Squaws, apparently about fourteen or Osages, Crow-feet, Gros-Ventres, Tetons, fifteen years of age, who came over in the Ottoes, Choctaws, Mandans, Aripatoes, skittle alley, about nine feet in breadth, and swam over to take care of our horses. When A place was neatly formed, resembling a canoe, and were followed by an Indian, who Foxes, Snakes, Flat-heads, or Aricaras. ninety feet long: a ring of wood, about five our saddles were taken off and put into the It is common to them all to devote their inches in diameter, was trundled along from canoe, Mr. Brackenbridge and myself stepclothes to the Medecine, or Great Spirit, one end, and when it had run some distance, ped in, and were followed by the old Squaw, when any cause renders them furious, two Indians who stood ready, threw after it, when the three young Squaws instantly and to rush forth with their tomohawks in a sliding manner, each a piece of wood, stripped, threw their clothes into the canoe, in their hand, destroying all they meet. about three feet long and four inches in and jumped into the river. We had scarcely This bears a striking resemblance to breadth, made smooth on one edge, and embarked before they began to practice on kept from turning by a cross piece passing us every mischievous trick they could think running a muck, in the eastern world. through it, and bended backwards so as of. The slow progress which the canoe A peculiar custom of the Aricaras is to resemble a cross-bow. The standers-by made enabled them to swim round us freto have kept an account of the game; and he whose quently, sometimes splashing us; piece, in a given number of throws, more seizing hold of the old Squaw's paddle, who frequently came nearest the ring after it had tried in vain to strike them with it; at other fallen, won the game. times they would pull the canoe in such a manner as to change the direction of its course; at length they all seized hold of the hind part and clung to it. The old Squaw called out to the Indian who was following our horses: he immediately swam down to our assistance, and soon relieved us from our and alternately harangued in praise of frolicksome tormentors, by plunging them

We will not say that theories equally absurd have not been maintained by philosophers nearer home than this Indian sage.

the Mandans which is new to us.

A sacred lodge in the centre of the largest village. This is called the Medecine Lodge, and in one particular corresponds with the Sanctuary of the Jews, as no blood is on any We shall not pause to select a descripaccount whatever to be spilled within it, not tion of a Squaw dance, in honour of even that of an enemy; nor is any one, having taken refuge there, to be forced from it. a successful expedition. Many of the This lodge is also the general place of de- Squaws equipped themselves in their posit for such things as they devote to the husband's clothes, danced in a circle, Father of Life.

We shall close our observations and

this volume (entertaining, as we trust appears from our review, in spite of all its defects) with an aquatic adventure more sportive than the earthquake. On returning from a visit to the Mandan's, our author says

then

successively over head, and holding them the clearing of an edifice, which, from the the Royal Academy are now possessed of. for a considerable time under water. After size of the stones employed in it, as well as much greater advantages and more adesome time they all made their escape from from their peculiar arrangement, is judged quate means of education than at any; him by diving and swimming in different to be anterior to the architecture of the former period; and we trust they will directions. On landing, by way of retalia- Cloaca Maxima, and contemporary with the tion, we seized their clothes, and caused monuments of a much more remote period, not be slow to evince a correspondent much laughing between the Squaw and the and which are called Cyclopean. It is con- improvement. Indian. We had many invitations to have jectured, that this singular edifice, in which Professor Carlisle will begin his course staid to smoke, but as it was near sunset, large reservoirs for water are found, was of Anatomical Lectures on Monday the and we had seven miles to ride, they ex- destined to some public use. There has 10th of November. cused. just been found in the excavations of the Temple of Concord, of the site of which Having noticed these points, which there is no longer any doubt, the fragment almost constitute an era in the history of of a fourth votive inscription, which shows this great National Institution, and bode that an individual had vowed to give five (we are deeply impressed,) rapid advances pounds of gold, in honour of the Goddess of in the cultivation of the Fine Arts in Concord. Our ancestors were much in the England, we may be permitted to advert right to endeavour to render that Godess to the peculiar and favourable circumpropitious. stances of the present time, all tending to that desirable result. Peace is the natural friend of the Arts and Sciences; but peace has been restored to this coun

This adventure of the black mermaids would make a whimsical picture, A woman and child of this tribe were remarked for having brown hair.

FRENCH LITERATURE. The following extract affords a witty picture of one or two matters connected with the literature of France:

THE FINE ARTS.

ROYAL ACADEMY.

"The Academy is said to be in a complete revolution; an innovating spirit, an active and powerful force is continually imIn addition to the many valuable casts try under advantages, in this respect, pelling the Rois fuineans of our literature. lately presented to the Royal Academy unexampled at any former period. The It is absolutely demanded that they should by the Prince Regent, His Royal High-productions of the chisel and the easel be good for something. The first Tuesday ness has very graciously used his in- had assumed a more distinct importance of every month will be henceforth conse- fluence with the Pope to obtain such in the war and concluding negociations, crated to a literary sitting, in which the pro- others from the fine Antiques in the dif- than they had ever done before; Rome ductive Members will be charged with the task of amusing the unproductive Members, ferent museums and palaces of Rome, as and Greece alone affording even the (for we ought to distinguish between the have been considered desirable speci- shadow for a comparison.

The noblest

titled Academicians and the Academicians mens for the English school; of these the works of human genius attained their who have titles.) Regulations have already following have just arrived :-A Groupe just rank as fit objects for the noblest been decreed, which are fatal to the ambition from the Villa Ludovise, variously named emulation of the most powerful Princes.. of Messrs. W ** *, and other pretenders Pyramus and Thisbe, Poetus and Arria, A Picture and a Province, a Statue and a to the chair. Oracles are pronounced on the Hæmon and Antigone-another Groupe State, were weighed in the same balance; uncertainties of the language. The immoveable dictionary is set in motion. And from the same Villa, called Papirius and and it seemed to be thought that the chief who is this useful disturber? It is the new his Mother, or Theseus and Ethra-and glory of the greatest countries would be, perpetual Secretary M. Raynouard, who, with the Barberini Faun :-the latter is well next after establishing a solid and lasting the authority of a Grand Master, seems to known as one of the finest fragments ex-tranquillity, justly to possess the finest have addressed to each of his colleagues on tant of ancient Sculpture. Several more specimens of the immortal Arts. The their lethargic throne, the terrible words of are shortly expected; which, with their splendid part taken by Great Britain in Macbeth, "thou shalt sleep no more." If these last words, addressed to the Aca- present extensive collection, and the the contest; her stupendous exertions for demicians, could be applied to the readers of casts they are procuring from the Elgin Spain, her liberal policy in Italy, her M. Fièvec, they would render us a great ser- Marbles, will render the Antique School honorable impartiality in France, her vice. We intended to speak at some length of the Royal Academy superior, per- generous friendship towards Germany, of his History of the Session of 1816, but haps, to any on the Continent. The Re- all contributed to gain her golden opievery time that we have attempted to run gent's munificence in this instance is no nions. By grasping at nothing, she has over this formidable volume, the obscurity less patriotic than princely. of the work spread before our eyes, and we gained as much as she could desire. proceeded mechanically to look for our The Painting School, besides the Spain has enriched her with pictures, night-cap; no matter at what time of the Cartoon of the death of Ananias from Italy with its hitherto jealously-preserved day-the hour of sleep was come. We began Hampton-Court, and some valuable pic-treasures, and the spoils collected in Paris, a page.... we dreamt the rest; let us be tures from Dulwich Gallery, is enriched restored by her justice to their lawful told now that this great volume has pro- this year with several very choice ex-owners, have become, in many cases, the duced no effect! All that we remember of amples from the collections of Lord fair objects of purchase and acquisition. our reading is a few words like the follow Grosvenor, Lord Egremont, Lord Ash- Happily, too, at this epoch, her sceptre ing-Formerly; M. de Castelbajac Feudality. M. de Bonald. burnham, Mr. Angerstein, and Mr. Wat is swayed by a Prince aware of the Piet Procession. son Taylor. It is pleasing to see the It is impossible for us to render a more exact liberality of the Patron of this Foundation account of this history. Our readers see that so handsomely seconded by the noble they do not lose much by this; and assured- and the wealthy promoters of the Arts. ly M. Fiêvee cannot but gain.

Tithes.

M.

value of the Fine Arts, himself distinguished for exquisite taste, and knowledge of their excellency, and adding to the munificence worthy of a mighty By a recent Regulation, the Library is Sovereign, the skill and judgment of the open for the accommodation of the most accomplished connoisseur. Under Architectural Students two evenings in such auspices, need we wonder at these ROME, 27th September.-The excavations the week; which will afford them no proceedings in the Royal Academy, which undertaken on the site of the ancient Tus- inconsiderable opportunities of acquiring promise so much for the future British culum, afford results calculated to excite professional information. In this, as in School; at the spirit of our nobleme curiosity. The workmen are advancing in every other department, the Students of treading in the steps of their Princ

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

LEARNED SOCIETIES.

OXFORD, Oct. 25.-On Wednesday last the following gentlemen were admitted to Degrees:Rev. John Stonard, M. A. of Brasennose college, and Rector of Aldingham, in the county of Lancaster and Diocese of Chester, was admitted Bachelor and Dr. in Divinity, grand compounder.

Bachelor in Civil Law-John Poulter, of New College.

Masters of Arts.-Mr. James Yonge, of Exeter coll. Rev. Edward Robert Butcher, of University coll.

Bachelors of Arts.-Tho. Stephen Hodges, Esq. of University coll., grand compounder; David Howell, Esq. of Christ Church, grand compounder; Mr. Stephen Reay, of St. Alban Hall; Mr. Matthew Mundy, of Exeter coll.; Mr. James Bullock, of Worcester coll.; Mr. Arthur Johnson, of Wadham coll.; Henry Biddulph, Esq. of Magdalen coll.

at the enthusiasm which prevails amonglish works, by the eminent literati chosen by In so considerable a task, which goes into our rising artists; and at the extraordinary his Majesty the King of France, to compose such minute detail, it would be almost impossible that some faults should not escape developement of the popular feeling and the Journal des Savans. Mr. Well's Essay on Dew, which has, it the author, either through inadvertency or admiration of those divine labours, in seems, been translated into French by a fatigue, if we may call faults what is, prowhich it has truly been said, that not only Mr. A. I. Tordeux, is analysed at great perly speaking, only a small want of per the crament and refinement, but the length by Mr. Dalony, who speaks in high fection. "We believe we have discovered a wealth and prosperity of a Nation consist. terms of the rare sagacity with which the small number of such," says M. Chezy, ingenious author has succeeded in unveil." and we take the liberty of pointing out ing the real causes of the phenomenon of to him the following." Having given a few, dew, and in deducing from one principle M. C. proceeds to point out some of the the explanation of several curious facts very interesting articles relative, as well to which have been either forgotten or misun- the manners and customs of the Indians, as derstood. to their mythology, their belief, their fêtes, J. Shakespeare's Dictionary, Hindoustany &c. with which the dictionary abounds, and and English.-"The study and comparison which render it a highly interesting work.→ of languages with each other, have long "These quotations," he continues, “taken been considered as among the surest means at random, will give, we hope, a sufficiently of throwing light on the history and origin advantageous idea of Mr. Shakespeare's Doctors in Medicine.-John Scott, M. A. of nations. Let us suppose that we were work, which, in truth, one cannot suffof Brasennose coll., Bachelor, and licensed wholly deprived of historical documents, ciently commend; it is besides admirably to practise in Medicine.-William Montgo-yet if we remarked a striking analogy be-executed in the mechanical part; the Per mery Boyton, M. A. of St. Alban Hall. tween different languages, even though sian character is very beautiful, and when spoken by people remote, and separated we say that the Diva-nâgari character is the from cach other, we should be forced to con- same that was engraved by Mr. Wilkins, fess either that these people had a common and which he employed in his excellent origin, or that they must have had long and Sanscrit grammar, we need not add any intimate communications. In this point of thing in its praise." view there is no language in the world more "Some persons, (says Mr. C.) may perhaps interesting than the Sanscrit; its relations think that the Hindoustany did not deserve with the Greek and the Latin being as extra-to have such a work undertaken to facilitate or linary as incontestable. However, besides the study of it, it being generally considered this learned language, the different idioms as a jargon useful only in commercial transof India, which are very numerous, offer an actions, and of no value to literature; inexhaustible field to the labours of philolo- this is an error, and if any one entertains gists. Mr. Shakespeare has taken for the such an opinion, it is for want of being acbasis of his work the Hindoustany Diction- quainted with the important labours of the ary of Captain Taylor, revised, enlarged, and learned and indefatigable Gilchrist upon published at Calcutta, by Dr. Wm. Hunter, this language, and the mass of literary in 2 volumes, large 4to. Mr. S. states, that treasures which this celebrated orientalist though he has added some thousand Hin- has collected in this branch.-M. Chezy doustany words to the magnificent work of observes, that he was already acquainted Taylor and Hunter, he has been able, by with most of these works collected by Mr. omitting numerous quotations which he Gilchrist, by means of catalogues sent him thinks of no use to beginners, and by em- from England; but having lately conversed ploying a smaller type, &c. to reduce his with Mr. G. C. Haughton, Professor of HinThe admissions at St. John's college this edition to about half the size, and half the doustany at Hertford college, he has obyear are exactly 100, being a greater num-price of the preceding. M. Chezy, though tained from that learned orientalist more ber than in any former year. The admis-he much approves the economy in the particular information respecting this branch sions at most of the colleges are also more printing, regrets the omission of the nume- of Asiatic literature, and adds a list of the rous quotations from the best poets who principal works in the Hindoustany lanhave written in the various dialects of the guage, both original and translated, which Hindy. The author has taken particular have been printed by the order and at the care to point out the different languages expence of the college of Fort William. from which each of the words in his diction- This list, says he, will show that Hindousary is derived, by prefixing the initial capital tany literature is not to be disdained. Bcof the name of the language from which sides, this language may soon be learned, by they are supposed to be taken. Thus H those particularly who have a slight knowbefore a word, signifies that this word is ori-ledge of Arabic, Persian, or some dialect of ginally Hindy; S. Sanscrit; P. A. T. G. &c. India. Nor is it only to those who desire to that it comes from the Persian, Arabic, make it their particular study, that Mr. Our readers will observe, that in the Sep-hances the value of this work is, that every useful; on account of the great number of Turkish, Greek, &c.; and what greatly en- Shakespeare's dictionary will be eminently tember No. no less than three of the seven lindoustany word taken from a foreign lan- Sanscrit words which it contains, and the articles which it contains, are reviews of guage, is followed by this same word, most extreme scarcity of the Amaracocha, the works proceeding from the British press; frequently brought back to a primitive ra- only glossary of the Sanscrit hitherto print and we embrace with peculiar satisfaction diral, and printed in the peculiar character ed; it will also greatly facilitate the study of this opportunity of bearing testimony to the of the idiom to which it belongs. The uti- that beautiful language, till the appearance attention shown to English literature, and hity of this is particularly observable in the of the long desired dictionary of Wilson. the candour displayed in the review of Eg- etymological part relative to the Sanscrit, We have therefore no doubt, but that on Shonld we be able to afford room, we pro and we cannot sufficiently admire the saga- both accounts, the Hindoustany dictionary pose to give, from time to time, some brief city with which the author, or rather the of Mr. Shakespeare will be eagerly sought account of the preceding numbers of this Jour-authors, have restored to their Sanscrit roots after by all lovers of Asiatic literature. nal, since its recommencement in September certain words which are strangely disfigured in the Hindousiany language.

CAMBRIDGE, Friday, Oct. 24.-Lord John Thynne, son of the Marquess of Bath, and the Hon. Edward George Moore, son of the Earl of Mount Cashell, are admitted of St. John's college.

The Hon. George Spencer, son of Earl Spencer, and the Hon. Mr. Fielding, brother to the Earl of Denbigh, are admitted of Trinity college.

numerous than ever remembered.

In the list of the Caput, inserted last week, for Rev. John Kaye, D. D. Christ coll. read Rev. Francis Barnes, D. D. St. Peter's coll. Divinity.

JOURNAL DES SAVANS.

Referring to the intention which we announced in our 35th No. of analysing the most interesting contents of the Journal des Savans, we now proceed to execute our purpose.'

-1816.

The review of Lilawati, in a treatise on Arithmetic and Geometry, by Bhascara