clasp,

Taught her 'twas all in vain.

But we must reluctantly break off. If our young authoress will have the courage to shut up her Byron and her Moore, and devote herself to the study of her great originals, the poet of Ravenna and his successors, together with those of no less fame, who enriched our Elizabethan age with their immortal works, we will promise her that her labours will be satisfactory to herself, and their products acceptable to the public mind. We know no

shining,

Scenes and Stories by a Clergyman in Debt, &c. 3 vols. 1835.-If the scenes of folly, and vice, and crime, followed by their sure companions poverty and remorse, which are here displayed, should alarm the timid, awaken the thoughtless, or restrain the dissolute, a good and sufficient purpose will be effected by the perusal of the volume. Wretched indeed are the guilty scenes which it pourtrays; there is the seducer and his victim, the sharper and his prey, the rapacious usurer, the brutal gaoler, the reckless spendthrift, the hardened criminal, and the broken-hearten debtor. There is every variety of character which can be furnished in

London, the needy villain's general home, The common sewer of Paris and of Rome.

The Episcopal Form of Church Government, by the Rev. John Medley, A.M. -So much do we like the plan and execution of this treatise, that we wish it printed in the very cheapest possible form, that it may be widely distributed among the lower classes of society, from the tradesman downwards. It discusses a very important subject which is not at all understood, or too little valued by the great mass of the people, and even by those personally and practically religious; added to which, the enforcement of the duty of obedience to authority, as well spiritual as civil, is a subject which is peculiarly wanted in the present day, and can never come with a better grace, or with more probability of its success, than from a minister of the Gospel.

A Digest of the Laws and Regulations of the Wesleyan Methodists, by Samuel Warren, LL.D. 8vo. pp. 323.-In this volume our Christian brethren, the Wes

fame.

leyan Methodists, will find John Wesley's deed of declaration, by which the legal sense of the word Conference' was determined, and provision made for the perpetual existence of that body; and also a digest of the determinations of 'the Conference' arranged in three general classes, as relating to the preachers, the people, and the management of their revenues. There is also a Miscellaneous division comprehending the rules by which the libraries, chapels, and schools are governed, and an Appendix containing a Summary of the Doctrines of Methodism, and various legal forms applicable to chapels. The volume will be found very useful by those for whom it is intended, especially at the present time, when it appears that uncertain 'usage has been, in some instances, permitted to usurp the place of those established rules by an adherence to which alone the body of Methodists can be maintained in its separate existence. The work may also be safely appealed to by inquirers as containing a genuine 'portraiture of Methodism. Amongst many regulations of great excellence there are others the character of which exhibits the dangerous consequences of even a slight departure from the simplicity of those laws which regulate our Established Ecclesiastical Polity.

Original Psalms, or Sacred Songs, taken from the Psalms of David; in twenty different metres, by John Beaumont, 12mo. pp. 294.-The writer of the Sacred Songs contained in this version, says, they are his own composition," and after the example of the late pious Dr. Watts, "Imitated in the language of the New Testament." He further adds, "in the sincerity of his heart he has

done what he could-Let those who can do better." We must say that to accomplish this would be no great difficulty.

Sacred Poetry, by a Layman. A new edition, revised, 1835.-In general the poetry of this volume is not without merit; but occasionally the author slumbers; and forgets some of the essentials of his art-exempli gratia.

As youth has pass'd its day away,
And glides into the prime;
So oft the coming years of man

Are in the shade or shine.

Oh! well may suff'ring manhood mourn
For froward youth's decline,
The sickly budding of the fruit

The blighting blast of sin.

Half the merit of this kind of poetry, lies in the neatness and exactness of the finish.

The British Wine-maker and Domestic Brewer, by W. H. Roberts. 1835, 12mo. -Home-made wine is generally left to the discretion of very ignorant persons, as farmer's wives and tradesmen's housekeepers, consequently it is very badly made, very sweet, or very sour; and can seldom be swallowed with impunity. Mr. Roberts's treatise teaches us how to make wine from British grapes on scientific principles, and Mr. Hamilton's success shews that, when well made, it is equal to the best growth of France."Insere nunc Meliboee pyros, pone ordine vites."

Specimens of the Dramatic Poets, by Charles Lamb, 2 vol. second edition, 1835. -We perfectly well remember Charles Lamb, in the reading-room of the British Museum, diligently making extracts from Garrick's collections, for these wellselected and entertaining volumes :-and we remember Miss Lamb doing us the honour of showing her brother's MSS. to us, previous to publication; and we remember her incredulity, and goodhumoured peevishness, when we informed her, that we also possessed most of the Plays, from which her brother had made his selection another volume, from the still rarer and older Plays would be of value. Mr. Collier, or the Rev. Mr. Dyce, could well perform the task: but the latter gentleman is brushing cobwebs from Skelton.

Rose Buds rescued, by the Rev. S. C. Wilks, A.M. 1835.-There is much variety of talent shown in this little volume, considerable poetical feeling, and a spirit, if we mistake not, of Christian love and

sincere piety. The poems are generally founded on little moral incidents, which are illustrated and explained, if not in a high strain of poetry, yet in verses correct, elegant, sometimes humorous, and always agreeable. It is a volume we can recommend.

Lectures on some of the Articles of Faith, by the Rev. R. C. Dillon, M.A. Minister of Charlotte Chapel, Pimlico, &c. Mr. Dillon's congregation have shown that they have profited by his discourses, by their anxiety to have them perpetuated in print. We have seldom read any, that have given us more pleasure. Candid, well-informed, well-argued, and we consider, rightly interpreting Scripture, they have presented much valuable truth, in a plain and easily intelligible form. We particularly recommend Lecture v and vi. on Predestination and Election. We are not sure that all persons, who agree with him in other points, will receive his arguments on Infant salvation on the grounds he has placed it (p. 145-6); but he has treated a most difficult and disputed subject, with the most devout piety, and remarkable discrimination.

Wishaw's Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar will be found an exceedingly useful publication, both for present and future reference. The names are arranged both in alphabetical and chronological lists; in the first of which are given their academical degrees, inns of court, dates of call, courts in which they practise, official appointments, circuits, chambers, &c. Separate lists are added of the Judges, King's Counsel, Serjeants, Advocates, Legal Members of the House of Commons, &c. &c.

Sacred Classics. - Primitive Christianity Knox's Christian PhilosophyBoyle's Veneration due to God. vol. xii. xiii. xviii. xix.- We have had occasion to commend the very careful and judicious selection of treatises and authors made by the very learned editors of the present work. They have a still further call on our thanks for the elaborate and learned treatise of Cave, and the pious and eloquent dissertation of Boyle. Dr. V. Knox's Christian Philosophy was more required by the feeling prevalent in his days, and in the time before his, than in our's but still it is a treatise of value in itself; of sound scriptural views, and written in an entertaining though singular

manner.

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Sunday," a Poem, by the author of "The Mechanics' Saturday Night."

History of the Condition of Women in all Ages and Nations. By Mrs. CHILD, author of "Mother's Book," &c.

Graphics: A Manual of Drawing and Writing, for the Use of Schools and Families. By R. PEALE.

Tables of Discounts, Net Proceeds, Per-Centage Profits upon the Sale of Goods, on a New Plan of Arrangement. By DAVID BOOTH, author of "Interest Tables," &c.

A History of English Literature, Critical and Philosophical, by Mr. D'Is

RAELI.

A new edition of the Works of Sir John Suckling, with a Life of the Author. By the Rev. ALFRED SUCKLING, LL.B.

Researches on the Organisation, Functions, and Diseases of Membranous Secreting Textures. By THOMAS TURNER, M.R.C.S.L. &c.

Indian Sketches; or, a Visit to the Pawnees, and other Indian Tribes, by a Nephew of Washington Irving.

A Third and concluding Series of Mr. JESSE's Gleanings.

Laborde's Visit to Petra, translated and corrected, with the original Plates reengraved in a cheap form.

Histories of Malta and Poland, for Young Persons, by Mrs. MARKHAM.

A Hand-Book for Travellers in the Netherlands, on the Rhine, in Germany, Tyrol, and Switzerland.

Mr. BULWER's new Work, entitled "Athens, its Rise and Fall, with views of the Arts and Sciences, the Literature, and Commerce of the Athenian People." Miss LANDON's Poem, "The Vow of the Peacock."

Dr. HOGG's Travels in the East, entitled, "A Visit to Alexandria, Damascus," &c.

Mr. CHORLEY'S Series of Tales, chiefly laid in Italy.

The Second and concluding volume of M. de TOCQUEVILLE'S Work, on Democracy in America.

GRESHAM COLLEGE. WINDSOR.-On Tuesday, July 14, the Gold Medal, awarded by the Professor of Music in Gresham College, for the best composition in Sacred Vocal Music, was presented to the successful candidate for the year 1834.

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five voices from the 86th Psalm, "Bow down thine ear, O Lord," was performed as a part of the Afternoon Service in St. George's Chapel, and the congregation then adjourned to the Town Hall, which was completely filled with the inhabitants and visitors of Windsor, assembled to witness the interesting ceremony. the Quartette, from Spohr's Last Judgment, "Blest are the departed," and a few glees, had been sung by the gentlemen of the choir, the medal was presented to Mr. Elvey, accompanied by an address from Mr. Horsley, of which the following is an outline: "Mr. George Elvey: In the absence of the Gresham Professor of Music, whose advanced age prevents him from attending here to-day, it is my grateful office to present you with this medal. It is highly gratifying to you, Sir, and to me, as English musicians, to know that there are persons, who have a taste for the highest and noblest productions of our art, and who are ready to hold out every inducement for their cultivation and encouragement. You have well responded to their good intention. Your anthem, which we have just heard, is calculated to do you the greatest credit, whether we consider it in regard to conception or execution. The style is truly ecclesiastical, and the construction of the parts shows that you have carefully studied the best authors, and that your mind is imbued with their excellencies. There is one circumstance connected with this anthem, which I am desirous to mention. On former occasions there was always a little discussion between my brother umpires and myself, with regard to the relative merits of the compositions submitted to us. But in your case, there was none: we were at once agreed that to you the prize medal should be given; and I flatter myself that your success with us, was not without effect in placing you in the honourable station * which you now occupy. May your career be prosperous! May you live in honour, and die in happiness!"

Mr. Horsley intimated, at the close of his address, that the candidates for the medal of the present year, must send in their compositions to the umpires, on or before the first of October.

solved that application should be made to Parliament for a grant of a sum of money in aid of effecting this strictly public undertaking. The grounds of the committee's expectation that some assistance in this way will be conceded to them, are, that St. Saviour's Church is a conspicuous object and ornament in the line of the southern approach to the metropolis, over the new London Bridge; that it is a splendid specimen of the architectural taste of our forefathers, and that by attention to the preservation of such monuments, a national feeling for works of grandeur, symmetry, and elegance is diffused, while the tangible historic monuments of our country's annals are preserved. That the edifice has all the extent and grand proportions of a cathedral, being from the lowest door to the end of the retro choir, or Lady Chapel, upwards of 250 feet in length. But that the district by which, at the suppression of monasteries, it was purchased, is much too poor to be burthened with an expenditure for restoration, which cannot be calculated at less than 15,000l., the parish having already expended nearly 30,0001. on various portions of the sacred edifice, and upwards of 5,000l. having been voluntarily subscribed by individuals in completing the Lady Chapel and Altar Screen. That although a subscription through the diocese of Winchester has been successfully begun, by many of its respected clergy, yet evidently a very long time would elapse before a sufficient sum could be collected by the contributions of patriotic individuals to commence the work. In the meantime the unroofed dilapidated walls of the nave are fast falling to decay, and but a few years delay would render it necessary rather to rebuild than to restore. The Lady Chapel at the east end, which has been so beautifully re-established in its pristine elegance by the voluntary contributions of the public, is a proof that public feeling, in this polished age, is not dead to such matters; and thence we may fairly infer, that where a greater public effort is wanted to forward an object still more extensive and important, parliamentary aid may be most reasonably solicited; the purpose being strictly national, and therefore parliamentary. What a magnificent pile would St. Saviour's Church present to the eye, when properly restored by the hand which has so well revived the architectural elegancies of the Lady Chapel! We should have the choir, with its primitive groined roof, continued to the central tower which rises between the transepts; the central tower open, as it originally was for a certain height upwards, like that of the GENT. MAG. VOL. IV.

church of St. Cross at Winchester; the groined choir and rich altar screen have happily been already restored with most accurate attention to original details. To all this would be added, in two distant vistas viewed from either aisle, the light interlacing shafts and pointed windows of the Lady Chapel. Will the representatives of the British nation, a reformed Parliament, deny some few thousands from the public purse to effect a purpose so striking, so tasteful, so patriotic as this-which will be a monument of their wisdom and liberality to future ages? Most certainly, we trust, they will not, but that they will show that there are occasions on which Englishmen are united in one common generous sentiment and honest pride of country. And we entertain the better hope of the success of this application when we remember that which attended a representation made to the first reformed Parliament, the object of which was to secure a sufficient space to lay open this magnificent and venerable church with its appendages, to the public highway over the new London Bridge. In addition to the munificent patronage and zealous exertions of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese in support of the noble work, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, who most liberally contributed to the restoration of the Lady Chapel, has been pleased to sanction the generous endeavours which are now making for the complete restoration of this interesting and magnificent diocesan church, with his best wishes and warmest approbation.

The Rev. A. H. Kenney, D.D. the esteemed Rector of St. Olave's, Southwark, has kindly consented to offer his services as Secretary to the Committee, which already comprizes in its number the Rt. Hon. Lord Walsingham, Archdeacon of Surrey; Rev. Dr. Dealtry, Chancellor of Winchester; Archdeacon Hoare, Rev. Dr. D'Oyly, Rev. HughJames Rose, Charles Barclay, Esq. M.P., Richard Alsager, Esq. M. P., John Richards, Esq. M.P., Charles Pott, Esq. Benjamin Harrison, Esq., Samuel Paynter, Esq, J. Sydney Taylor, Esq., A. J. Kempe, Esq., J. B. Nichols, Esq., William Paynter, Esq., T. B. Burbidge, Esq., Edw. Sells, Esq., Andrew Clark, Esq., Thomas Saunders Esq., John Newman, Esq., W. W. Nash, Esq., P. H. Leathes, Esq., and who, with the officiating clergy of the parish of St. Saviour's, and Henry Weston, Esq. banker, Southwark (the Treasurer of the Fund), have undertaken to receive contributions for this excellent work.

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SALE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES.

(Concluded from p. 189.)

Scarabei found in the tombs at Thebes.The following were bought for the British Museum : -A Bracelet of 12 very small Scarabei, 107. 15s.-Eight, 6 of them with cartouches, 67. 16s. 6d.-One of blue porcelain, with hieroglyphics and a cartouche, 81. 8s.-One in form of a vase, very rare, with 12 lines of hieroglyphics, 7. 15s.- A Tablet of hard stone, with a Scarabeus, underneath a boat, with a deity at each end, 121.Six others, with interesting cartouches, 71. 17s. 6d., were bought by Lord Prudhoe. - A most beautiful Scarabeus of hard green stone, bound with gold, and 13 lines of hieroglyphics, 32/ 11s., bought, we believe, for the Duke of Devonshire.

Engraved Stones.-A Cylinder of agate, engraved, a Persian king in a car shooting arrows at a lion, 221., Brit. Museum.-A piece of hard stone, highly polished, with Cufic characters, set in gold as a seal, 81.

Ornaments set in Gold, &c.-A Necklace of 39 large porcelain beads, connected by gold fastenings and clasps, perfect, 147. 10s., Br. Museum.-A Scarabeus of jasper 14 in. long, taken from the breast of a mummy at Thebes, 16l. 10s, Brit. Mus.

Gold Ring, with figure of Isis, 177. 10s., Brit. Mus.-A magnificent and solid gold Signet, with a cartouche, bearing the royal name of Amenophis the First, and having also other inscriptions in hieroglyphics, brought from Memphis, 511. 9s.; weight 1 oz. 6 dwt. 12 gr. of fine gold. This is a most rare and highly interesting object. Several writers agree that during the whole of the reign of this Pharaoh, Joseph was prime minister. It was bought by Mr. Sams, who enriched his valuable and extensive Egyptian Collection with many curious and important articles from this sale; but whose name seldom appears, he having generally purchased by an agent who used the signature W.An elegant Necklace, of seven gold shells, two gold fish, head-dress of Horus, &c. 351. 15s., British Museum.-A solid gold Ring, with the figure of a deity from Memphis, 187. 10s., Cattermole.. An Abraxos, of lapis lazuli; on one side a figure with two pair of wings extended; in its right hand a scorpion, in the left a lion; underneath is a cartouche, consisting of figures of animals, among which is a giraffe; in the reverse, eight lines in Greek characters, 24l. 5s. Brit. Mus.

Deities, &c. in hard stone, porcelain, lapis lazuli, &c.-Necklace of amethyst beads, and Scarabæus of lapis lazuli, 6., British Museum.-Head of a Statue in

basalt, fine, from Memphis, 10., British Mus. Statue in basalt, Man and Wife, on a throne, with hieroglyphics, 51. 10s., Cohen. Figures of the Porcupine, with crocodile and scorpion at bottom; and the Hare, seated, porcelain, from Thebes, 41. 17s. A figure of a Mummy, in blue composition, with neat hieroglyphics, unique, 34 in. high, from Memphis, 107. -A Cat, with its little ones, and the Epervier; both porcelain, from Abydos, 61. 8s. 6d.-Pthah, in green porcelain, standing on two crocodiles, 24 in. high, from Memphis, 4l. 11s., Brit. Mus.A naked female figure, calcareous stone, from Memphis, 4 in. high, 67., Brit. Mus.-Upright Vase, in form of the lotus-flower, probably unique, blue glass composition, a toilette ornament, with the colour in it used for the eyes, and the brush or stick of pietra dura, 311., British Mus. A Priest, in alabaster, rude work, before an altar of calcareous stone, curious, 15 in. high, from Abydos, 25l., Lord Prudhoe. A Priest seated on a pedestal in front 12 lines of hieroglyphics, with two cartouches, 21 in. high, from Thebes, 31. 10s., Brit. Mus.

Vases in Alabaster.-An Altar, or Offertory, with its appendages, consisting of 11 pieces: a table, 4 vases, 2 lachrymatories, and 4 bowls; on each a line of hieroglyphics, 481. 6s.-An alabaster vase, 11 in. high, from Thebes, 15l. 10s.-A round Vase, of ground alabaster, 197 5s., and four embalming vases with hieroglyphics, the covers human heads, 177. These six vases were all from Thebes.A Bowl, 10 in. in circumference, with a line of hieroglyphics, 101. 5s.-Round Vase of alabaster, 14 in. high, 36 in circumference, 5l. 5s. Small alabaster Vase, 2 in. high, for colour for the eyes, 51. 10s. Elegant alabaster Vase, 5 in. high, 7 in diameter, 91. 9s.-Vase of Corinthian marble, 6 in. in diameter, from Abydos, 91-Vase in green stone, with two cartouches, 14-A set of the 4 Vases or Canopi, representing the 4 Genii of the Amenti, or Amun-ti, viz. Netsonof, with the hawk's head; 2, Smof, with the jackall's head; 3, Hapee, with the head of a dog; 4, Amset, with the human head, 14 in. high, from Memphis: in front of each vase were six lines of hieroglyphics, each vase having the name of Psammitichus II, 721.-Elegant Vase, of dark blue glass composition, with stripes of white, yellow, and light blue, 34 in. high, from Memphis, 377.-Vase of serpentine marble, with handles, 4 in. high, from Memphis, 61. 6s.-Elegant Vase, with cover, in which is a cartouche, and in front of the vase numerous hieroglyphics,