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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Calton-hill.

N.B.-The Observations are made twice every day, at nine o'clock, forenoon, and four o'clock, afternoon.-The second Observation in the afternoon, in the first column, is taken by the Register Thermometer.

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13 April 1820

F. Close, Ensign
Lieut. Thompson, from hp. Lieut.
23 March
Croker, from hp. Lieut. do.
Gordon, from hp. 3 F. G. Lieut.
24 do.

Campbell, from hp. 54 F. Lieut.
vice Nesfield, cane.
13 April
W. Browne, Ensign by purch. vice San-
ders, prom.
9 March
Ensign Pack, Lieut. vice D'Arcey, 8 Vet.
12 April
Keal, Lieut. vice Williams, 2 Vet.
13 do.
O'Gorman, from hp. Roll's Reg.

Bat.

Bat.

Ensign

J. Weyranche, Ensign

66

13 April Lieut. Lowson, from hp. 2 Line, K.G.L. Cornet, vice Buckley, prom. 30 Mar R. W. Tr. Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Scovell, K.C.B. from 72 hp. Staff C. of Cav. Lieut. Col. Com. více Hamilton, dead Lieut. Campbell, Captain, vice Logan,

1 F.

9 Vet. Bat.

23 do.

78

6 April

Ensign Thomas, Lieutenant, vice Clyne 83

5 do.
Pictet, from 5 F. Lieut. vice
Campbell

A. A. Duff, Ensign, vice Tottenham,
dead
5 do.
G. Gordon, Ensign, vice Thomas 6 do.
Serg. Maj. Richardson, Adj. and Ensign,
vice Cameron, dead

12 do.

13 do.

A. de Fountain, Ensign by purch. vice
Turner, ret.

J. Frith, Ensign, vice Van

res.

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30 March

Ryneweld, 6 April Mackenzie,

13 do.

do.

do.

do.

Ensign Dwyer, Lieut. vice Baldwin,

Ensign Worth, Lieut. by purch. vice
Spottswood

S. S. Sealy, Ensign by purch.

Ensign Ashmore, Lieut. vice

50 F.

A. S. Young, Ensign

6 do. 84

88

8 Vet. Bat.

7 do.

H. W. Knox, Ensign

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T. W. Eyles, do.

6 do.

23

Capt. Rentoul, from hp. 52 F.
Strangways, 9 Vet. Bat.

Capt. vice

13 do.

26

by purch.

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Farquharson, Major

Ensign Shaw, Adj. and Lieut.

5 Vet. Bat..

A. Shaw, Ensign

Bt. Major Macleod, from hp.
vice Simson, 6 Vet. Bn.
Ensign Gordon, Lieut. vice
Bat.

30 March
vice Shaw,

13 April
do.

35 F. Capt.

29 March Lowe, 6 Vet. 13 April

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Ensign Wilson, Lieut. vice Conry, prom.

F. H. Buckeridge, Ensign

1 W. 1. R. Ensign Miller, from hp. W. I. Rang.

2

Ensign, vice Visc. Beauchamp, 10 Dr. 23 March Dawson, Lieut. vice Hield, dead

30 do.

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Webb, from 1 Dr. with Capt. Wm Cox, Rifle Brigade

Pitts, from 43 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Jackson, hp. 94 F.

Fitz Gerald, from 2 W. I. R. with Captain Stepney, hp. 4 W. I. R.

Clyne, from 1 F. with Capt. Hulme, hp. Whalley, from 23 F. rec. diff. with Captain Ross, hp. 14 F.

Minchin, from 38 F. rec. diff. with Captain Piper, hp. 100 F.

Johnstone, from 71 F. with Capt. Barnard, h. p. Rifle Brigade

Crosbie, from 21 F. with Capt. Moray, hp.

7 Dr. Lieut. Peers, from 2 Dr. G. with Lieut. Caldwell, 80 F.

58 F.

Atkin, from 61 F. with Lieut. Smith, hp.

Cresswell, from 88 F. with Lieut. Walpole, hp. 3 F. G.

Stephens, from 1 F. with Lt. Ebhart, hp. Cornet Martin, from 3 Dr. G. with Cornet Grant, hp. 23 Dr.

Burke, from 2 Dr. rec. diff. with Cornet Hobart, hp. 11 Dr.

Ross, from 3 Dr. G. with Cornet Currie,

hp. 23 Dr. Ensign Gibbs, from 92 F. with 2d Lieut. Spratt, hp. 3 Ceylon Regt.

Van Ryneweld, 72 F.

Lieut. General Elliot, late of Royal Marines Major General Kemmis, late of 40 F. Cheltenham 2 April 1820 J. Mudge, R. Art. London 17 do. Lieut. Col. Shearman, 26 F. Gibraltar 8 March Major Tyler, R. Art. Gibraltar 4 do. Courtenay, hp. Nova Scotia Fenc. Boulogne 28 Jan. Capt. Duport, R. Art. Demerary 25 Dec. 1819 Mandeville, 58 F. Berhampore, Bengal

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

Sept. 5, 1819.-At Quilon, the lady of Captain Elphinstone, a daughter.

9. At Bombay, the lady of Capt. Keith, Subassistant Commissary-general, a daughter.

Oct. 2. At Bombay, the lady of William Erskine, Esq. a daughter.

6. At Madras, the lady of John Shaw, Esq. register of the Supreme Court of Judicature, a son. Dec. 17. At the Island of Ithaca, Mrs Knight, 75th regiment, a son.

Feb. 21, 1820. At Douglas, near Cork, the Hon. Mrs Henry Murray, a son.

March 3. At Riga, the lady of Alexander Henry

a son.

13. At Udoll, the lady of Mr Mackintosh, late of the royal artillery, a daughter.

21. At Kilravock Castle, Mrs Rose of Kilravock,

a son.

26. At Hampstead-house, the Countess of Huntingdon, a son, her tenth child.

29. The Duchess of San Carlos, a son.

31. At Orangehill, the lady of James Christie, Esq. a son.

April 2. In Harleford Row, London, the lady of J. Cowan, Esq. a daughter.

3. At Edinburgh, the lady of John L. Campbell, Esq. of Achalader, a son.

At St Ann's, Alderney, the lady of John Buchan Sydserff, Esq. of Ruchlaw, a daughter. 6. At Moncreiffe-house, Lady Moncreiffe, a daughter.

At Glentyan-house, Renfrewshire, the lady of William Stirling, Esq. a daughter.

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Lady Jane Peel, a son.

18. Mrs Bridges, Duke-street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

20. Mrs Alexander Wood, Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, a daughter.

21. Mrs Paul, 65, York-place, Edinburgh, a daughter.

23. At Edinburgh, the lady of Alexander Hunter, Esq. W. S. a son.

Lately, in Portugal, the lady of Major Mackintosh, 10th Portuguese cavalry, a son.

In Montagu-square, London, the lady of J. R. G. Graham, Esq. M. P. a son.

At London, the lady of Alexander R. C. Dallas Esq. a son.

MARRIAGES.

Sept. 8, 1819. At Nagpoor, James Gordon, Esq. surgeon to the Residency, to Maria Louisa, only daughter of Mr George Fraser.

Jan. 10, 1820. At Demarara, Captain Macduff Hart Boog, to Miss Eliza Thornton, daughter of Thornton, Esq. Cumingsburg.

March 7. At Anstruther, Mr S. Williamson, surgeon, R. N. to Mrs Mary Robb.

20. At Lochside, the Rev. Robert Smith, minister of Lochwinnoch, to Margery, eldest daughter of the late William Barr, Esq. of Lochside.

21. At Campbeltown, at the house of Colonel Macalister of Barr, by the Rev. Dr Robertson, Angus Macalister, Esq. of Balinakill, to Miss Frances Byng Macalister, eldest daughter of Col. Norman Macalister, some time governor of Prince of Wale's Island.

23. Valentine H. Mairis, Esq. of the 78th Highland regiment, to Elizabeth, second daughter of T. Edwards, Esq. of Bishop's Lavington.

27. At Gallanton, James Hutchison, Esq. East Weems, to Agnes Ann, fourth daughter of Mr William Roper.

-William Dixon, jun. Esq. of Govanhill, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late John Strang, Esq.

29. At Edinburgh, Mr Robert Ritchie, merchant in Edinburgh, to Miss Marion Seton, only surviv ing daughter of the late Mr James Seton of Drummaird, surgeon in Kennoway.

April 3. At Dumfries, Mr Robert Milligan, writer, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr Hugh Rorrison, writer, Kirkcudbright.

-At Edinburgh, Charles Bayley, Esq. surgeon, to Miss Christian, daughter of the late Charles M'Kenzie, Esq. writer, Edinburgh.

4. At Blochairn, near Glasgow, Roderick Reace, Esq. writer, Inverness, to Ann, fourth daughter of the late Rev. Angus Bethune, minister of Al

ness.

6. At St Pancras, Yorkshire, Henry Francis Hough, Esq. of the Honourable East India Company's service, to Eliza Paton Bruce, daughter of the late Lieut.-Gen. Robert Bruce, of Elstree, in the county of Herts.

The Rev. Edward Bankes, son of H. Bankes, Esq. M.P. to the Hon. Frances Jane Scott, daughter of the Lord Chancellor.

7. At Miss Hope's, No 98, George-street, by the Rev. Mr Walker, John Scott, Esq. of Gala, to Miss Magdalane Hope, sister to Sir John Hope of Pinkic.

8. At Aberdeen, Colin Allan, M. D. surgeon of the late 7th West India regiment, to Jane Gibbon, only daughter of the late Peter John Knox, M. D. formerly of Santa Cruz.

10. At Edinburgh, James Dallas, Esq. merchant, to Marion, third daughter of Robert Johnston, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh.

13. At Walcot Church, Bath, Arnold Thompson, Esq. 81st regiment of foot, to Anna Maria Bunbury, fourth daughter of the late Captain Abm. Bunbury, 62d regiment of foot.

17. At the house of Lord Robert Ker, the Right Hon. Lord John Campbell, to Miss Glassel of Longniddrie.

- At Provanside, John Gabriel Buchanan, Esq. writer, Glasgow, to Catherine, second daughter of James Carsewell, Esq.

18. At Gartincaber, John Burn, Esq. advocate, to Anne Maule, only child of the late William Murdoch, Esq. of Gartincaber.

- At Callander, Captain Ranald Macdonald, of the 19th regiment of foot, to Flora, daughter of Alex. Macdonald, Esq. of Dalelia.

-At Wardour Castle, Lieut.-Colonel G. Macdonne, C. B. late J. F. officer in Canada, to the Hon. Laura Arundell, second daughter of the late, and sister of the present Lord Arundell.

-William Wemyss. Esq. Deputy Commissarygeneral, to Mrs Davidson, widow of the late Major Davidson, 12d regiment.

19. At Edinburgh, Alexander Steele, Esq. Morningside, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr Hugh Grieve, Dalhousie.

-At Aberdour, Mr John Morison, merchant, Edinburgh, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Capt. John Thomson, Aberdour.

28. At Mouswald Mains, Annandale, James Hogg, Esq. author of "The Queen's Wake," &c. to Miss Margaret Philips, third daughter of Mr Peter Philips, farmer there.

29. At Edinburgh, by the Rev. Rich. Shannon, John Gibson Lockhart, Esq. advocate, to Sophia Charlotte, eldest daughter of Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford, Bart.

Lately, at Cleasby, in Yorkshire, Richard Binks, Esq. of Hull, to Isabella, youngest daughter of the late George Gordon, of Middleton Tyas. The bride is turned of 55 years of age; and the bridegroom (who has only been six months a widower,) is upwards of 76.

At Rome, the Hon. William Dawson, to Patience, youngest daughter of Lieut.-General Scott, and grand-daughter of the late Sir Edward Blackeit, Bart.

In Portman Square, London, the Hon. R. W. Penn Curzon, to lady G. Harriet Brudenell, second daughter of the Earl of Cardigan.

At Braughen, Hertfordshire, the Right Hon. Lord Kirkcudbright, to Miss Cantes.

DEATHS.

Aug. 13, 1819. In the camp near Malligaam, in the East Indies, where he held the situation of commissary, Lieut. Thomas Baird, of the 5th regiment native infantry, on the Bombay establishment, eldest son of Thomas Walker Baird, Esq. advocate, in the 24th year of his age.

Oct. 9. At Chinsura, in the East Indies, George Johnston, Esq. late coach-maker in Calcutta, third son of the late Mr James Johnston, farmer in Roughswiel.

22. At Bombay, Hector Macdonald Buchanan, younger of Drumakiln, cornet in the Madras cavalry.

Nov. 13. At Calcutta, of a fever, Mr James Hay, surgeon, from Carron, Stirlingshire, aged 22.

17. At Demerara, Henry, aged 22, and at Kirkaldy, on the 29th March, 1820, Andrew, aged 30, both sons of Mr Michael Beveridge, Comptroller of the Customs, Kirkcaldy.

Dec.23. At Buenos Ayres, Licut. J. Reid, R.N. eldest son of the deceased Mr James Reid, shipmaster in Fraserburgh, much regretted.

Jan. 30, 1820. In the Island of Grenada, Mr Charles C. Brown, youngest son of Mr John Osburn Brown, Esq.

31. At Port Royal, Jamaica, of two days' illness, Mr Robert Schanks, midshipman, his Majesty's ship Iphigenia, youngest son of Mr John Schanks, Edin-Grove, Fife.

Feb. 2. At Gibraltar, Mr George Steuart, Admiralty midshipman, R.N. youngest son of the late Andrew Steuart, Esq. of Auchlunkart.

8. At Demerara, Mr Thomas Jones Cumine, fourth son of Archibald Cumine of Auchry, Esq. county of Aberdeen.

11. At Skibo, Sutherlandshire, in her 94th year Mrs Macdonald, relict of John Macdonald, Esq. Breakish..

senger.

15. At St Petersburgh, Mr Brown, a King's MesHe had been sent out with despatches to the Russian Government, announcing the death of our late King, and the accession of his present Majesty.

23. At Savil, in the island of Sanday, Orkney, Mrs Helen Douglas.

25. At No 1, Prince's-street, Miss Beatrix Thomson, aged 22.

28. In Mrs Miller's house, No 10, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Miss Janet Macdonald.

March 1. At Palermo, James, fourth son of the
late David Paterson, Esq. banker in Edinburgh.
4. At Gibraltar, after a long illness, Major Chas.
Taylor, of the royal artillery.

5. At Rosemarkie, Charles Matheson, Esq.
-The Countess of Fauconberg.

11. At Peterhead, Mrs Gordon, wife of Alex. Gordon, Esq. of Invernettie.

-At Salutation, near Darlington, in his 105th year, Mr Benjamin Garnet. He never experienced one day's illness, and walked about till a few hours before his death, and had the use of all his faculties to the last.

13. At Elsinore, after a short illness, Mr Mullens, of the firm of Mullens and Knox.

14. At Knightsbridge, aged 84, Dr Michael Underwood, many years physician to the British Lying-in-Hospital, and the accoucheur who was engaged at the birth of her late Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte.

15. At St Petersburgh, Louis Duncan Cassamajor, Esq. secretary to the British embassy at the court of Russia.

17. At Epsom Wells, Mr William Hitchener. 19. At Carlung, Ayrshire, Archibald Alexander, Esq. of Boydstan.

20. At Kingston, Surrey, Lieut.-Gen. Gabriel Johnston, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

-At his house, in Manchester-street, Manchester-square, London, Gilbert Hall, Esq.

21. At his house, in Lower Brook-street. London, in the 92d year of his age, Viscount Curzon.

- At Dollar, in the sist year of his age, and 57th of his incumbency, Mr John M'Arbrea, parochial

teacher there.

-At Ettrickbank, near Selkirk, William Scott, Esq. of Ettrickbank, late of the island of Jamaica.

At Ardoch, Captain Charles Moray, youngest son of the late Charles Moray Stirling, of Abercair

ney.

23. At Perth, Capt. Colin Campbell of the West Perthshire local militia.

24. Agnes Reid, spouse of Mr John Wright, Hermitage Place, Stockbridge.

-J. Peel, Esq. of Fazely, brother to Sir R. Peel, Bart.

-At her house, in James's-square, Mrs Jane Legrand, relict of Mr Alexander Ferguson, writer in Edinburgh, and only surviving daughter of the late Edward Legrand, Esq. of Bonnington.

25. At Cadogan Terrace, near London, in her 86th year, Mrs Moore, widow of Dr Moore.

At Innergellie, James Lumsdaine, Esq. of Innergellie.

- At his house, in Forth-street, John Thomson, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh.

26. At Woolwich, Francis Purves, Esq. son of the late Sir Alexander Purves of Purves, Bart. -At Edinburgh, James Dickson, Esq. Depute. clerk of the High Court of Admiralty.

In the 25th year of her age, at Gifford-park, Edinburgh, Margaret Mein, wife of James Imrey, builder, and in a few hours after, her infant son. Both mother and child were laid in one grave. 28. At Seafield Baths, Joseph Thomson, Esq. Jedburgh, late of the island of Jamaica.

- Alexander Graham, Esq. of Limekilns. -At Dunbar, Mrs Margaret Gilloch, spouse of Mr John Kirkwood, upholsterer there.

-At Mr Sime's, North Leith, Joseph Stoney, Esq. late of Stonehenge, Jamaica.

29. At Peebles, John Murray Robertson, Esq. Commissary and Sheriff-clerk of Peebles.

-At his house, in George's-square, Edinburgh, Robert Little Gilmour, Esq. W. S.

- At Ormiston, Miss Jane Johnstone. -At her house, in Castle-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Skene, sen. of Rubislaw.

30. At Edinburgh, Richard Drake, youngest son of the late Admiral Deans of Huntington.

31. At Colinton, William Forbes Hunter, son of Robert Hunter, A. M. parochial schoolmaster there.

-At East Linton, Andrew Brand, Esq. late of the island of Nevis.

-At Upper Grosvenor-street, London, Patrick Crauford Bruce, Esq. of Glenely.

- Mrs Walker, wife of Mr Andrew Walker, Graham-street.

-At Hampstead heath, in the prime of life, the Right Hon. Frances, Countess of Huntingdon, her Ladyship having lain in the Sunday preceding of her tenth child.

April 1. At the house of William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. Kensington Gore, the very Rev. Isaac Milner, D. D. F. R. S. Dean of Carlisle, President of Queen's College, Cambridge, and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in that University.

At 72, West Newington, Mr Robert Ponton.
At Salisbury Green, Lady Dickson of Preston

field.
At Anstruther Easter, David Henderson, Esq.
late commander of the Prince of Wales Excise
yacht, aged 77, near 50 years of which were spent
in that service.

2. At Brompton, in the 42d year of his age, Dr Thomas Brown, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh; a man of the highest talents, the greatest worth, and the most amiable disposition and manners.

At Cheltenham, major-Gen. Kemmis

-At Howard-place, Charlotte Augusta, eldest daughter of Captain Thomas Hamilton.

3. At Leven, Mrs Mary Morris, wife of Hugh Hutcheson, Esq. surgeon, R. N.

At her brother's house, Beanston, Miss Beatrice Bairnsfather, daughter of the late Mr Bairnsfather, Harperden.

4. At his mother's house, Salisbury-street, Edinburgh, Mr J. N. Anderson, much and justly regretted.

-At Kirkaldy, Mrs Wemyss, widow of the late Dr Alexander Wemyss, physician in Kirkaldy.

5. At the manse of Crail, Mrs Catherine Beatson, wife of the Rev. Andrew Bell, minister of that parish.

At Edinburgh, in her 73d year, Mrs Elizabeth Miller, relict of Mr John Milne, formerly at Mill of Stonehaven.

6. At Campbeltown, Alex. Auld, Esq. of Carcoside, and late of Demerara.

8. At his apartments in Hampton-court Palace, Colonel Thomas, master of the Robes, and Groom of the Bed-chamber to his Majesty.

-At Peterhead, Thomas Arbuthnot, Esq. merchant and bank-agent there.

-At Juniper-bank, Mr John Thorburn, farmer. - At Peebles, Arundel Spens, youngest son of Colonel Spens, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

At Dumfries, Miss Agnes Kennedy, second daughter of the late Francis Kennedy of Dunure, Esq.

9. At Solsgirth, Mrs Susanna Robe, spouse of James Tait, Esq. of Solsgirth, and eldest daughter of the late John Robe, Esq. of Dilloter.

10. At Killihasie, Miss Stewart, eldest daughter of the late Robert Stewart Fleming, Esq.

11. At Dysart, after a few hours illness, Mr James Fraser, schoolmaster.'

-At his house, in Howe-street, John Forrest, Esq. late merchant in Edinburgh.

13. At St Andrew's, Mrs Alison Tullideph, the last surviving daughter of the late Principal Tullideph, of the United College, and relict of the Rev. Mr Thomson, minister at Kingoldrum, in her 85th year.

At his house, James's-place, Leith Links, Mr William Scott. late brewer, Leith, in his 63d year. 14. At Hermitage-place, Mrs M'Arthur of Little

mill.

- In Oxford-street, London, in her 74th year, the Dowager Lady Burgoyne.

Mrs Catherine Wight, Lawnmarket, Edinr. At her house, Gayfield-square, Edinburgh, aged 98, Mrs Marion Carfrae, relict of Mr John Porteous, late soap-manufacturer, Edinburgh. 15. At his house, St James's-square, Edinburgh, James Robertson, Esq. W.S.

16. At Edinburgh, John, eldest son of Patrick Irvine of Inveramsay, Esq. W.S.

- In Conduit-street, Hanover-square, London, William Macnamara, Esq. late captain in the Hon. East India Company's service.

17. In Upper Norton-street, in his 87th year, Claud Russell, Esq.

18. At the Pavilion, Brighton, of a consumption, Mr Charles Maxwell, one of the junior pages of the presence to his Majesty.

28. We announce with regret the death_of William Davies, Esq. of the firm of Cadell & Davies, booksellers in the Strand, London. This melancholy event took place on Friday afternoon. Mr Davies had been for some time in a declining state of health, but appeared better than usual in the morning of Friday. He was a man of polished manners, liberal principles, and unsullied purity in all his dealings. Esteemed in life by all who knew him, he is lamented in death by a numerous circle

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THE Drama, of which we are about to give some account, defies the critic more than any work we have ever met, and yet, few things that we have read have produced on us an impression more immediate or more likely to be permanent. The mysterious relation between our world and that of spirits has afforded in all ages a foundation for works of the highest poetical interest; no other works of fiction, indeed, have a firmer basis of reality in the depths of the human mind. They bring back to it its obscure longings-they give a form to its most inward hopes and apprehensions -to the thoughts, which we scarcely dare to shape into words-and they connect the terrors and eagerness of believing childhood with the wildest and most daring speculations into which we can venture, concerning our nature and our destiny.

The subject of the drama before us is the old story of Faustus. Convinced of the vanity of study-of the impossibility of attaining precise knowledge on any subject of human inquiry-he applies himself to magic -commands the presence of different orders of spirits-sells his soul to the devil-abandons himself to the indulgence of his passions-and remains still distracted by the same restlessness of mind that first led him to forbidden studies--still dissatisfied

while he attains the object of every new desire. Even while he is rejoicing in his new knowledge-even while he endeavours to justify to himself his apostacy from Heaven

he is felt to be the slave of a mean degraded being, whom he despises of a heartless cunning and deriding devil.

To express our feeling of some of the peculiar merits of this drama, would be in some degree to invite from our readers the charge of presumption against our translation. Though we admit the objection, yet it is scarce possible to avoid saying a few words on the subject. Goethe seems to us to have conveyed the most lofty conceptions of the nature of man, and those beings with whom we are connected for good or evil, in language rich yet simple-dignified yet familiar -and in parts of the work, we almost believe, while we are listening, in the magical effects attributed to sound. Nothing that we know in our language can give any idea of the charm we allude to, but a few of the most inspired passages of Coleridge; often, while engaged in our present task, have we thought of Kubla Khan and Christabel, and felt an idle regret that we could not have the enjoyment of reading the passages which we most admired in the German tragedy, shadowed out in the rich mystical num

We think it proper to mention, that the translations in this number of the Hora Germanicæ are not executed by Mr Gillies, but by another friend, whose contributions in verse and in prose, serious and comic, have already very frequently honoured our pages,

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