second of the above-mentioned pamphlets) propose, that we should pay, not the nominal capital of the debt, but only the sums actually advanced to government, with an equitable allowance for the higher rate of interest, which would, in that case, have been paid; or, in other words, they propose to augment our present burdens by increasing the annual charge of the debt, and to gain a distant future advantage, by annulling the terms of the contract between the nation and the public creditor, and by substituting, in its stead, such an agreement as shall to them seem meet. The wisdom and morality of this scheme are in admirable unison, "quales decet esse sorores."

We cannot condescend to enter into a minute discussion of the absurdities and villany of such schemes of fraud: nor is it worth while. Far from being carried into effect, they will never be even listened to in Parliament. Whatever may be the temporary delusion of a few country gentlemen overwhelmed with mortgages, our great aristocratical interests, whether Whig or Tory, will support ministers in the maintenance of the public faith, and England will have another instance to add to the many already recorded in her history of the inestimable benefit accruing to a country from the compact political influence of opulent nobles. They have been called the ornamented Corinthian capital of society. The metaphor does not do them justice. They are, in fact, the key-stone of the political arch. They will not tolerate, that the fame of England should be tarnished, and that, too, in circumstances which hold out no motive or excuse for a public breach of faith.

To those who are willing to sacrifice public honour to their own imagined interests, we would suggest, that crimes, to accomplish their purpose, must go on in a long train, and that it would be well for them to consider, how the policy they recommend may probably terminate. If legislators, hurried by the importunity, or awed by the influence of one class, violate the legal rights of any part of the community, they must make more than one step in the career of injustice. The road will become rough and more thorny, as they proceed; and the final result will bring the heaviest destruction upon those, whose engrossing selfishness and mole-eyed ignorance first urged a deviation from the clear path of integrity.

NEW BOOKS

PUBLISHED FROM NOVEMBER, 1821, TO FEBRUARY, 182%

ANTIQUITIES, ARCHITECTURE, AND FINE ARTS.

A Description of the Antiquities and other Curiosities of Ancient Rome By the Rev. Edward Burton, MA. Student of Christ Church. 8vo. 15s. Views on the Thames from Richmond to Oxford, drawn on Stone by W. Westall, ARA. Imp. 4to. Part I. 9s. To be completed in 5 Parts.

Views of the Colosseum, with Plans, Elevations, and Sections, engraved by W. B. Cooke and J. C. Allen. Part I. Super royal folio, 17. 1s. Proofs, im perial folio, 17. 10s. India paper proofs, 17. 18s. To be completed in 5 Parts.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq. from his own MSS. and other authentic Documents in the possession of his Family, and of the African Institution. By Prince Hoare. With Observations on Mr. Sharp's Biblical Criticisms. By the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. David's. 4to., with a Portrait. 27. 12s. 6d.

Memoirs of her late Majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen Consort of George IV. Including ample Particulars and original Information relative to her early Life; her Marriage; the secret History of the years 1795-6, the Conduct of Lady Douglas, and the Origin of that Conspiracy; her Travels on the Continent; her Correspondence; the History of the Milan Commission, &c. &c. By John Wilks, Jun. 2 vols. 8vo. 16. 1s. boards.

The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year 1822, containing Memoirs of celebrated Men who have died in 1820-21. 8vo. 15s.

Lady Jane Grey and her Times. By George Howard. With Portrait and numerous Cuts, post 8vo. 12s.

The Private and Confidential Correspondence of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, principal Minister to King William for a considerable Period of his Reign. By the Rev. Archdeacon Coxe. With a Portrait from a painting by Sir Peter Lely. 4to. 37. 3s.

The Life of W. Hey, Esq. FRS. Member Roy. Col. Surgeons, London. Part I. The Professional Life, with remarks on his Writings. Part II. The Moral and Social Life, with Appendices. By John Pearson, FRS. FLS. MRI., &c. 8vo., with Portrait. 18s.

'DRAMA AND DRAMATIC POETRY.

Maid or Wife? or the Deceiver Deceived. A Musical Comedy in Two Acts. By Barham Livius, Esq. 2s.

Saul, a Tragedy, translated from the Italian of Alfieri; and Jephtha's Daughter, a Scriptural Drama. By a Lady. 5s.

Sardanapalus, a Tragedy: the Two Foscari, a Tragedy: and, Cain, a MysBy the Right Hon. Lord Byron. 8vo. 15s.

tery.

Dramas of the Ancient World, viz. the Deluge; the Plague of Darkness; the Last Plague; Rizpali; Sardanapalus; the Destiny of Cain; the Death of Caing and the Nereid's Love, By David Lyndsay, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Martyr of Antioch; a Tragic Drama. By the Rev. H. H. Milman, Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. 8vo. 8s. 6d.

The Weird Wanderers of Jutland, a Tragedy; and Julia Montalban; a Tale. By the Hon. and Rev. Wm. Herbert. 8vo. 8s. 6d.

The Widow's Tale; and other Poems. By the Author of Ellen Fitzarthur. Small 8vo. 6s. 6d.

Sir Marmaduke Maxwell; a dramatic Poem: the Mermaid of Galloway; the Legend of Rich. Faulder, and twenty Scottish Songs. By A. Cunningham. foolscap 8vo.

EDUCATION.

The History of Scotland, from the Invasion of the Romans till the Union with England, with a supplementary Sketch of the Rebellions in 1715 and 1745, and Remarks on the National Institutions, &c. With nearly 600 Questions adapted to the above. By D. M'Intosh. 12mo. 6s. bound, or 5s. 6d. boards.

A Grammatical Dictionary, containing, in Alphabetical Order, Rules for Translating English into French, according to the Grammar and Genius of that Language, with Examples and Explanatory Notes. By George Picard. 2s. 6d. bound, or 5s. fine paper, neatly bound.

A Dictionary of French Homonymes; or a New Guide to the Peculiarites of the French Language. By D. Boileau, crown 8vo. 9s. 6d.

An Harmonical Grammar of the Principal Ancient and Modern Languages. By the Rev. F. Nolan. 2 vols. 12mo. 17. 5s.

Dialogues on Chemistry, intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People: in which the first Principles of that Science are fully explained: to which are added Questions and other Exercises for the Examination of Pupils. By the Rev. J. Joyce. Fourth Edition, corrected and newly arranged. 2 vols. 12mo. half-bound.

HISTORY.

A Chart of the Episcopacy of England and Wales, exhibiting in one Poiut of View the Succession of Bishops in their respective Sees, and the Number of Bishops in the respective Reigns of our Kings, from the time of Henry VIII., with the Dates of their Consecration and Abbreviated Latin Signatures, &e. 1l. 1s.

A Brief Display of the Origin and History of Ordeals, Trials by Battle, Courts of Chivalry or Honour, and the Decision of private Quarrels by Single Combat; also a Chronological Register of the principal Duels fought from the Accession of his late Majesty to the present Time. By James P. Gilchrist. 8vo. 12s.

France for the last Seven Years; or the Bourbons. By W. H. Ireland. 8vo. 129.95

The History of France, Civil, Military, Ecclesiastical, Political, Literary, Commercial, &c., from its Conquest by Clovis to the Death of Louis XVI. By the Rev. Alexander Ranken, DD. Vol. 9th and last. 9s.

The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France, February 1793, to the Accession of George IV., January 1820: with an Account of the Origin and progressive Increase of the British Navy, illus trated from the Commencement of the Year 1793, by a Series of tabular Extracts, contined in a separate Quarto Volume. By William James. In 2 vols. 8vo,, with a Quarto Volume of Tables. Price 17. 16s. Part I.

LAW.

A Selection of Precedents, from the best Manuscript Collections and Drafts of Actual Practice, with General Common Forms and Variations, adapted to all the Circumstances usually occurring; forming a System of Conveyancing; with Dissertations and Practical Notes. By W. M. Blythewood, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn. Parts I. and II. 10s. 6d. each.

The Introductory Lecture of a Course upon State Medicine, delivered in Mr. Grainger's Theatre, Southwark, Nov. 1st. By John Elliotson, MD., &c. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

An Inquiry into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, concerning Life and Organization. By John Barclay, MD., &c. 8vo. 14s.

The Principles of Medicine, on the Plan of the Baconian Philosophy. Vol.I. On Febrile and Inflammatory Diseases. By R. D. Hamilton. 8vo. 9s. Essays on Surgery and Midwifery; with Practical Observations, and Select Cases. By James Barlow, Surgeon. With Plates. 8vo. 12s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Symptoms. Parts I. and II. consisting of highly humourous Plates. By Alken. Price 12s. each.

The Author of Junius discovered in the Person of the celebrated Earl of Chesterfield. 8vo. 5s.

18.

'Life in Paris. With coloured Plates by G. Cruikshank. Roy. 1s. 6d. Demy, per No.

Letters of Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey; with Illustrative Notes. 8vo. 9s. 6d. A View of the Moral and Political Character of the Haytians. 58. boards. The Encyclopædia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, on an Original Plan, comprising the two-fold Advantage of a Philosophical and an Alphabetical Arrangement. With appropriate and entirely new Engravings. Part V. 11. 1s. boards. To be continued regularly till completed.

Memoirs of a Life chiefly passed in Pennsylvania, within the last Sixty Years. 8vo. 9s. 6d.

A New Dictionary of Anecdotes illustrative of Character and Events; from Genuine Sources. By George Ramsay. 8vo. 15s.

Suggestions on Clerical Elocution. By John Lettice, DD., Prebendary of Chichester, &c. 3s. 6d.

A Letter to Edward Coplestone, DD., Provost of Oriel Coll. Cambridge, on his "Inquiry into the Doctrines of Necessity and Predestination." By Philalethes Cantabrigiensis. 1s. 6d.

A Remonstrance, addressed to Mr. John Murray, respecting a recent Publication. 1s.

An Address to Parents, &c. on the "New System of Education;" in which the Insufficiency and Defects of the prevailing Plans are pointed out, and the Objects and Advantages of the "New System" stated, whether in its Application to Schools or Private Families. By James Perry, Author of "The New System." 1s. 6d.

Thoughts on the present System of Academic Elocution in the University of Cambridge. By Eubulus. 1s. 6d.

Essays, Moral, Philosophical, and Stomachical, on the Important Science of Good Living. By Launcelot Sturgeon, Esq. Fellow of the Beef Steak Club, &c. &c. 12mo. 7s. 6d.

The Art of employing Time to the greatest Advantage the true Source of Happiness. Post 8vo. 9s. 6d.

The Theory and Practice of Gas-Lighting; in which is exhibited an Histo❤ rical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Science, and the Theories of Light, Combustion, and Formation of Coal; with Descriptions of the most approved Apparatus for generating, collecting, and distributing Coal Gas. By T. S. Peckston, of the Chartered Gas-Light and Coke Company's Establishment. 8vo., with 14 Engravings. 17. 18.

Thoughts on the Defective State of Prisons, and Suggestions for the Improvement; with Hints for the Discipline, Police, and Labour of Prisoners, &c. &c." By Thomas Le Breton, late Capt. of the 71st Regiment, and Keeper of the