for certain improvements in cutting paper. Nov. 1, 1830.

J. Bowler, of Castle-street, Southwark, Surrey, Hat Manufacturer, for certain improvements in machinery employed in the process of dyeing hats. Nov. 4, 1830.

J. Benedict Nott, of Schenectady, in the State of New York, but now of Bury-street, St. James's, Middlesex, Esq. for certain improvements in the construction of a furnace or furnaces for generating heat, and in the application of heat to various useful purposes. Communicated by a foreigner. Νον. 4, 1830.

T. Bramley, Gent. and R. Parker, Lieut. R. N. both of Mousley Priory, Surrey, for certain im provements on locomotive and other carriages or machines applicable to rail and other roads, which improvements, or part or parts thereof, are also applicable to moving bodies on water, and working other machinery. Nov. 4, 1830.

A. Bell, of Chapel-place, Southwark, engi neer, for certain improvements in machinery for removing wool or hairs from skins. November 4, 1830.

A. Whiting Gillett, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, Merchant, for an improvement in the construction and application of wheels to carriages of pleasure or of burthen, or to machines for moving heavy bodies. Communicated by a foreigner. Nov. 4, 1830.

G. Givinett Bompas, of Fishponds, near Bristol, Esq. M.D. for an improved method of preserving copper and other metals from corrosion or oxidation. Nov. 4, 1830.

J. Gibbs, of Crayford, Kent, Esq. for improvements in evaporating fluids, applicable to various purposes. Nov. 6, 1830.

J. Hall, the younger, of Dartford, Kent, Engineer, for a machine upon a new and improved construction for the manufacture of paper. Communicated by a foreigner. Nov. 9, 1830.

G. Minter, of Princes street, Soho, Middlesex, Upholsterer, &c. for an improvement in the construction, making, or manufacture of chairs, which he intends to denominate "Minter's Reclining Chairs." Nov. 9, 1830.

H. Pratt, of Bilston, Staffordshire, Miller, for certain improvements in the making and manufacturing of quarries applicable to kilns for drying wheat, malt, and other grain, and to various other purposes. Nov. 11, 1830.

Sir Thomas Cocbrane, Knt. (commonly called Lord Cochrane) of Regent-street, Middlesex, for an improved rotary engine, to be impelled by steam, and which may be also rendered applicable to other purposes. Nov. 11, 1830.

C. Stuart Cochrane, of Great George-street, Westminster, Esq. for certain improvements in the preparing and spinning of Cashmere wool. Communicated by a foreigner. November 13, 1830.

J. Tyrrell, of St. Leonard's, Devonshire, Barrister-at-Law, for a method and apparatus of setting sums, for the purpose of teaching some of the rules of arithmetic. Nov. 13, 1830.

T. Sands, of Liverpool, Merchant, for certain improvements in spinning-machines. Communicated by a foreigner. Nov. 18, 1830.

BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIRS, &c.

Life of Mrs. Jordan, by James Boaden, with portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. 28s.

Life of Bruce, by Head, (Vol. 17 Family Library,) 18mo. 5s.

Mundy's Life of Admiral Rodney, 2 vols. 8vo.

24s.

Anecdotes of Napoleon, 3 vols. 18mo. 9s.

BOTANY.

Loudon's Gardener's Magazine, Vol. 6, 8vo. 218. HISTORY, VOYAGES, &c.

History of the Western World, Vol. 1-United States of America (Lardner's Cyclopedia, Vol. 13,) 6s.

Travels of eminent Missionaries, by A. Picken, 18mo. 7s. 6d.

Lingard's England, Vol. 8, 4to. 35s.

Bell's History of the first Revolution in France, 8vo. 128.

Narrative of Events during the Revolution at Brussels, 35.6d.

Nicolas's Observations on Historical Literature, 7s. 6d.

JURISPRUDENCE.

Shaw's Domestic Lawyer, 12mo. 9s.

Statutes, 2 Geo. IV. and 1 William IV. 8vo. 185. Hobler's Familiar Exercises between an Attor

Dey and his Clerk, 12mo. 6s.

MEDICAL.

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Monro's Elements of Anatomy, 2nd edition, 2 vols. 8vo. 38s.

Hawthorn on Ventilation, 12mo. 2s. 6d.
NOVELS, TALES, &c.

Way of the World, 3 vols. 31s. 6d.
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Scenes in Our Parish, 12mo. 5s.

Stories from Italian Writers, 2s. 6d.

Stories of American Life, edited by Miss Mitford, 3 vols. 318. 6d.

Carne's Exiles of Palestine, 3 vols. 31s. 6d.

Atherstone's Sea Kings in England, 3 vols. 31s. 6d.

Mrs. Bray's Talba, 3 vols. 27s.

Romance of History-France, 3 vols. 31s. 6d.

POETRY.

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THEOLOGY.

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Whately on Romish Errors, 8vo. 10s.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

Bertini's New System of Learning Music, 4to. 10s. 6d.

Art of Correspondence, English and French, 2 vols. 18mo. 5s. 6d.

Le Keepsake Français for 1831, 21s.
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Edinburgh Cabinet Library, Vol. II.
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History of Chemistry, Vol. I.”

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Ringelbergins on Study, translated by G. B. Earp. 12mo. 4s.

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Trollope's Sallust and Cicero's Four Orations, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Letters from a Peruvian, 12mo. 3s.

The Show-folks, by Pierce Egan, 12mo. 28. Shipp's Military Bijou, 2 vols. 15s. Satan in Search of a Wife, 18mo. Is. Annual Peerage for 1831, 2 vols. 28s. Household Book of Elizabeth of York, Svo. 21s. Margate, a Poem, with designs by R. Cruikshank, 1s. 6d.

Green's British Merchant's Assistant, 8vo. 21s. A Visit to the Zoological Gardens, 12mo. 3s. 6d. Hood's Comic Annual 123.

The Emperor's Rout, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

LITERARY

The Life of Sir Thomas Lawrence, the anticipation of which has formed the ground of many enquiries, is now in so forward a condition that it may be safely expected by the Public in the course of the present month. A large contribution of materials has been made by the Family and Friends of the lamented President; and it is said that there will be made known in the work some very singular details relative to the suspension of Court favour in regard to him on a certain occasion, and his subsequent re-admission into the distinguished

circle.

A highly curious Work, compounded of materials wholly inaccessible to ordinary writers, is about to startle the reading world by its appearance. It is a political novel, destined to bear the lofty title of "The Premier," and to reveal some of the arcana of ministerial management, the coun. ter-workings of opposition, the pleasures and pains of office, and, in short, much of the hidden machinery of the grand state drama. The owner of the (book's) title is supposed to be a celebrated individual who has recently made his official resig. nation; and a genuine story of private life is said to be incorporated with the political and satirical ingredients of the work.

Sir Arthur Brooke's Sketches of Travels in Spain. and Morocco, which we last month announced as approaching towards publication, will appear during this month. The Work, in its Spanish portion, will treat particularly of a romantic district little visited by travellers-The Sierra Morena-and the whole will have the illustration of beautifully executed plates.

We learn that the forthcoming Romance of " The Tuileries" comprehends a period of interest unequalled in the annals of French history; from the first popular triumph in the fall of the Bastile, to the establishment of the Supremacy of Napoleon in the victory of Marengo. It is said that every character of note, figuring during that important interval upon the political stage, is introduced into the pages of this Work.

Sir John Sinclair's Correspondence, edited by Himself, will issue from the press in the course of the present month. It will exhibit, probably, a greater variety of Letters from Eminent Individuals than may be found in any similar Work of modern date, and will possess for the curious the farther attraction of about two hundred autographs.

REPORT.

The Number of the "National Library," for the present month, has the powerful support of Mr. Horace Smith's talent. The subject matter, Games, Sports, and Festivals, comes in coincidently with the Season. Among the embellishments is the representation of a Hawking-party, from a celebrated picture by Wouvermans.

Mr. Payne, the English advocate and propagator of Jaco'ot's System of Instruction, has in the press, L'Homond's Epitome Historiæ Sacræ, with a translation and a Preliminary Treatise.

A Satirical Novel, under the comprehensive title of " Paris and London," may be shortly expected from the pen of the ingenious author of "The Castilian."

Dr. Hamilton, of Plymouth, announces a popular History of Medicine, Surgery, and Anatomy, in their mutual combination, with Incidental Biographical Sketches of the most Eminent Professors in each Department.

A second series of "Sketches of Irish Character," and a second edition of the first series, by Mrs. S. C. Hall, is about to be published.

A Narrative, entitled "An Only Son," by Wm. Kennedy, author of "Fitful Fancies," &c. is in the press.

Mr. M'Culloch, Professor of Political Economy in the University of London, is preparing for publication a Theoretical and Practical Dictionary of Commerce and Commercial Navigation.

The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, by Thomas Moore, Esq. is nearly ready for publication, in 1 vol. small Svo.

Preparing for publication, An Analysis of Archbishop Secker's Lectures on the Church Catechism, arranged as a Course of Sermons preparatory to Confirmation, by the Rev. Richard Lee, B. A. Vicar of Aslackby, and Curate of Walcot, Lincolnshire.

Mr. Rowbotham, of the Academy, Walworth, has in the press "A Course of Lessons in French Literature," on the plan of his "German Lessons."

"The Spirit of Don Quixote;" being a selection of the Episodes and Incidents, with a sum-" mary sketch of the story of that popular romance, will appear early in January.

Mr. Dunkin has in the press a second edition of "The History and Antiquities of Bicester," to which is added an "Inquiry into the History of

M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT.

It is only in compliance with the established forms of biographical notices that we commence the few particulars we have to give of this distinguished Frenchman, by stating that he inherited, on the female side, illustrious blood, and was descended on the male from a noble line of military characters, amongst whom are the names of a Coligni, and a Constant de Rebecque, who saved the life of Henri Quatre at the battle of Coutras. The biographer of Benjamin Constant may well be excused for passing hastily over the subject of his family, since he avoided himself any thing like reference to his origin, and relied entirely on his talents and public conduct for obtaining the estimation of his country. On one occasion, however, when a political opponent in the Chamber of Deputies threw out a doubt as to his qualifications as a Frenchman, Constant was obliged to produce evidence of his parentage, and from that time forward he was treated with increased deference by the aristocrats of the "côté droit." The memory of this eminent statesman, orator, and patriot, will be immortal. His attachment to freedom was ardent and sincere. That noble object was always his; and neither the seductions of power or of fortune, nor the perils he had to encounter in its defence, ever induced him to relinquish it. His whole life was a struggle against all the principles and interests that are adverse to the people. ple. Writer, deputy, citizen, he attacked, during thirty years, despotism in every shape, and did more than any other man in France to crush it. Constant had all that weakness of human nature which thirsts for occasions of excitement; he sought the gratification of that desire sometimes in the boudoirs, sometimes at the chances of the gaming-table, but never with more ardour than in the tumult of public affairs and the stirring events of political life. The storms of the tribune had peculiar charms for him, and he loved the animating excitement of Parliamentary contests. Never was orator more ingenious; never was a keener or more resistless logic displayed in the senate. He seemed to sport with the difficulties of style and thought; he understood what Bacon calls "the edge and the weight of words;" his speeches, therefore, always commanded attention, and elicited from his enemies a reluctant admiration. No man ever laboured more indefatigably. The extent of his works, if they were collected, would be prodigious. It is said, that during the debates of the Chambers, he was often engaged in writing on the most abstruse subjects; and that in this way he composed

much of his valuable work upon religion.* But he possessed the rare faculty of rapidly transferring the energies of his mind from one object to another; and would frequently emerge from the abstraction of the writer, and take an able and effective part in the discussion. In society, the conversation of Constant was original and striking; in general ironical; seldom serious. It was remarked, that, though sedate even to sternness in public business, and grave and studious in the closet, it was difficult to engage him in serious conversation. He retained not only in manhood, but in age, a fondness for the sports of boyhood. It is scarcely ten years since, at the villa of Baron Davillers, he followed the leadership of some young lads in leaping to the bottom of a sandpit, and fractured his thigh. He had a tedious confinement, and a great deal of suffering, which he bore with cheerfulness and resignation. The intimacy which subsisted between Constant and Madame de Stael is well known. That celebrated lady had an unbounded friendship for him. He has left a disconsolate widow, but no children. The maiden name of Madame Constant was Hardenburg; she was first married to General Dutertre, from whom she was divorced; and M. Dutertre was several years colleague or co-deputy of M. Constant. The latter lived with his lady on terms of the warmest and sincerest attachment. Their establishment, suitable to their small and even contracted fortune, was of the plainest description: they occupied a "troisième étage;" Constant was used to write in a small closet, his amiable wife at his side, and on his knee his favouritecat, an animal for which, in common with Chateaubriand, he entertained an affection. Constant was tall; his hair fair; his features mild and interesting; his gait careless: only two years ago he had a certain air of youth, particularly when in the tribune. His two last years were painful; he became daily more attenuated, and his body exhibited the symptoms of a rapid decay.

Several times he was observed in the Chamber to be overcome with sleep, and twice he fainted. We regret to add, that mental vexations clouded his latter days. After the mighty event of last summer, he was appointed Vice-President of the Council of State. The superior place was filled by his friend and pupil the Duke de Broglie, and this circumstance induced Constant to acquiesce easily in the arrangement; but when

* It appears that he was barely enabled to complete this work before his death. It is stated to be a most interesting and important production.

M. Merilhon succeeded the Duke, the case was altered, and Constant refused to hold office under that Minister-a refusal not to be wondered at, when it is considered that the latter was scarcely known in politics, while the former was a veteran statesman of the most brilliant reputation. All the arts of persuasion were tried, but Constant was high-minded and proud, and notwithstanding the embarrassing mediocrity of his private income, he remained firm in his resolution not to take place. It has been said, we know not with what truth, that he accused himself, in common with his political friends, of having been wanting to his country in the transactions which followed the "three days;" and that the feeling that measures sufficiently energetic had not been adopted by the popular party, when every thing was in their hands, preyed upon his spirits, and accelerated the dissolution of his alres already shattered frame. We have given but a few traits of an eventful and interesting life. His country, letters, civilization, and humanity, will mourn the death of Benjamin Constant. France laments him, as the best and greatest, or amongst the best and greatest, of her citizens. Europe laments him as a man whose great principles of freedom and philanthropy were not confined by the borders of his country, but embraced, in an exalted and extended patriotism, the interests of every enslaved and afflicted people. peo

The Journal des Debats says "The Chamber and the French nation will lose in him an orator, an eloquent defender of constitutional principles, principles, a writer who added to a powerful display of sound logic, the ornament of an enlivened, striking, and original style. It is not six days since his voice was heard in the Legislative Assembly, where the news of his death excites, even now, feelings of the most painful regret, which must be shared by every friend of publ public liberty, no matter what nation gave him birth."

There is a discrepancy in the statements given of the age of this illustrious individual; some accounts represent him as having reached his sixty-fifth, others only his fiftysixth year. He died of a chronic disorder in the stomach. His death was sudden, and, owing to his having accustomed his friends to see him in a lingering state, was rather unexpected. It is several years since he met with a serious accident in descending from the tribune; the fall obliged him to use crutches. The want of exercise, and those unpleasant circumstances which he explained to the Chamber of Deputies a few days before his decease, besides a constant application to political and literary occupa tions, had greatly injured his health, which naturally go good. An alteration soon manifested itself, but did not diminish his exertions; the strength of his mind overcame his bodily infirmities, so that he was one of

was

the most diligent and attentive members of the Chamber. He died in the Protestant faith,

B. Constant had a presentiment of his approaching end. "We have not forgotten," says the Constitutionnel, "the last words he uttered in the tribune. 'Permit me,' said he, 'to implore your indulgence, not for my principles, but for the imperfections of a refutation drawn with haste. Naturally weak, and in bad health, I feel a sadness I cannot overcome this sadness, gentlemen, it is not in my power to explain. I cannot account for it, but have endeavoured to surmount these obstacles in the discharge of my duty, and my intention, at least, is worthy your indulgence.'

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"These words marked a most impressive melancholy, and produced in the Chamber and on the public a deep sensation. unfortunate foreboding is verified. great citizen, the great publiciste, is no more, and his death will be for France and all Europe the subject of mourning. Literature will respect his name, civilization shed tears, the Academie Française regret him."

The funeral of M. B. Constant took place on Monday the 13th, at eleven o'clock in the morning. A deputation from the Chamber of Deputies, among whom were Casimir Perrier, all the Ministers, the State counsel, three of the King's aides-de-camp, who had also sent two of his carriages; the municipal corps, having at its head the Prefect of La Seine; deputations from the Polytechnic School, from the schools of medicine, of law, of pharmacy, of commerce, of the beaux-arts, of the Morale Chrétienne, and various other associations; pupils of the College of Bourbon, and various other deputations; the artillery of the National Guard, with the officers of the staff, brought up the procession, at the head of which was a detachment of the cavalry of the line, and the Hussars of Orleans. Upwards of 200,000 persons occupied the road from the Rue d'Anjou St. Honoré, as far as the Protestant church of the Rue St. Antoine.

On leaving the church, several voices exclaimed, "To the Pantheon! to the Pantheon!" The National Guards and the pupils of all the schools appeared opposed to that wish, patriotic without doubt, but which came inopportunely. A few energetic words uttered by M. Odillon Barrot, Prefect of the Seine, were sufficient to calm the slight commencement of tumult, and the procession continued religiously its march towards the eastern cemetery, where it was arranged that the remains of a great citizen should repose for a short time, previous to a more pompous removal in July to the Pantheon.

The pall was borne by the CommanderGeneral of the National Guards, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Council of Ministers, and the Prefect of the Seine. Pupils of the schools 1831.

of law, of medicine, of arts, and workmen, not being able to bear the coffin, dragged the bier. An immense crowd blocked up the way from the Place de la Bastille, as far as the streets which lead to the churchyard of Père La Chaise, upon the entrance and in the interior of which a multitude of citizens and National Guards were also assembled. The tomb prepared to receive the remains of the defender of the people, placed in front of that of General Foy, and not far from that of Manuel, was surrounded by a numerous detachment of National Guards, charged with maintaining order, and with preserving a place for that part of the procession which was to assist in the funeral honours. At half-past five the bier was carried into the place of sepulture. General Lafayette began to speak; nothing could be more firm, nor true or energetic at the time, than the eloquent allocution of the city orator to the manes of his illustrious friend. After General Lafayette, Odillon Barrot pronounced, in a tone of grief, a few noble and affecting words. Eusebe Salverte, member of the Chamber of Deputies, ad vanced in his turn to the brink of the tomb, and paid the tribute of admiration due to the character and services of his colleague.

A warm and affecting eulogium on the merits of B. Constant was also delivered by a Polonese patriot, Napoleon Czapki. -" I, also," he said, "am his fellow-citizen. The most devoted friend to liberty-the eloquent advocate of the rights of every people-M. B. Constant, belongs to all mankind.

If thy generous voice could still be raised at the tribune, thou wouldst say to France, the cause of Poland is yours; that she never consented to the division of her provincesan odious political crime, disavowed by the conscience of every nation. Thou wouldst say, that she has never ceased to be a nation. How useful would thy eloquence have been to my country! Thy popular voice would have reminded the Great Nation of the torrents of blood shed on all points of the globe for the French standard." Several other speakers were heard; among others, M. Laborde, the King's Aide-de-Camp.

At eight o'clock the ceremony ended, but still a considerable crowd remained near the tomb, with General Lafayette and the authorities. Many speeches were delivered, but after General Lafayette withdrew, the immense body of people, who filled the churchyard, retired in the greatest order. The bones of Constant, however, are to have only a temporary resting-place at the cemetery of Père La Chaise. The church of St. Genevieve is to be restored to its original destination, and the ashes of this illustrious character will repose, before many months, in the general mausoleum of the patriots and heroes of France.

FRANCIS THE FIRST, KING OF NAPLES.

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The King of Naples died on the 8th of November, an event which seems to have affected his loyal subjects with but little apprehension, as the funds for several days rose in proportion as his end approached. The Hereditary Prince was immediately proclaimed King, by the title of Ferdinand II. The first act of the new King was a proclamation, declaring the intentions of the young monarch respecting the civil, military, financial, and ecclesiastical affairs of the kingdom. Francis I. was born August 19, 1777, and was consequently in the 54th year of his age. He ascended the throne of the Two Sicilies January 4, 1825.

It appears that incautious exposure to the inclemency of the climate in Spain was the original cause of the King's complaint, a pulmonary affection, which, partly through subsequent fatigue, partly through inattention and indocility, at length became fatal. His Majesty beheld the imminent approach of death with tranquillity, and occupied himself with the affairs of the kingdom almost up to his last hour; then calling his family around him, he took an affectionate leave of every one, bestowing his parting blessing, and shortly after expired. We are indebted to a correspondent of the Court Journal for some curious particulars relative to the ceremony of his interment. The body was left in the bed for twenty-four hours, guarded night and day by gentlemen of the chamber and body guards; it was then moved to a table covered with crimson velvet, laced with gold, with a corresponding mattress and pillow, in the middle of the room where his Majesty used to sleep and dress. Here many persons of the Court were admitted to kiss his hand. The adjutants of the chamber afterwards put the body in a shell, and carried it, accompanied by various dignitaries, among whom were the major-domo, the chief usher, the captain of the guards, &c. with lighted torches in their hands, to the place where it was delivered to the physicians and surgeons to be embalmed. In the hall of the viceroys, a tomb was erected under a royal canopy, with four altars on the sides. On the tomb were seen the emblems of sovereignty. On the 15th, the royal body, dressed in the habit of Grand Master of the Order of St. Genuaro, was placed upon the tomb, and there guarded night and day by the same personages, and in the same way, as during the King's lifetime, on occasions of high ceremony. In the mornings of the 15th, 16th, and 17th, mass was celebrated on the four altars; and in the afternoons, the "Libera" was sung in the room by the four orders of religious mendicants: the people were admitted on those days. On the 17th, at half-past two, the body received the benediction, pronounced by the head