Literary and Scientific Intelligence. THE Highland Society of London has pre'sented its medal, and 50 guineas, to Mr. Armstrong, Gaelic Lexicographer to the King, in approbation of his Gaelic Dictionary. Amonst the newly-elected Peers are two individuals-Sir John F. Leicester and Sir Charles Long, now Lords De Tabley and Farnborough-distinguished by their love and patronage of the Fine Arts. The Foundation Stone of Edinburgh College was laid in the year 1789: the last stone of the building was fixed in June 1826. Letters from Captain Franklin, dated September 6, on the Great Bear Lake, announce that Captain F. had penetrated to the mouth of the Mackenzie River, which he found to discharge itself into an open sea. The Expedition was in high health and spirits, well supplied, and looking forward with confidence to the approaching season for action. Three several expeditions-under Captain F. himself, Lieutenant Back, and Dr. Richardson-had been out, preparatory to the main attempt in the ensuing year. Major Laing, who is penetrating to Timbuctoo from Tripoli, was, on the 27th of December, at a place called Tuat, whence he was to proceed on the 28th for his destination. The Adventure and Beagle, under the command of Captain King, have sailed from England for the purpose of surveying the coasts of South America. Captain Kotzebue has returned to Portsmouth in the Russian corvette Enterprize, after a voyage of survey and discovery, occupying about three years. At the end of October another earthquake was experienced at Shiraz, in Persia, which destroyed many buildings, overthrew the celebrated tombs of Hafiz, Sadi, &c. It is said that the apple, engrafted on sycamore stocks, is not likely to be affected by frosts. The tree blossoms late, and the fruit attains a large size. A new dioramic picture, painted by M. Bouton, is now exhibiting in Paris. The subject is the Monastery of St. Vaudrille, near Rouen. M. Daguerre is finishing a picture from a sketch which he took during his last journey into Switzerland. It will exhibit one of the most majestic scenes of the Alps, placed in contrast with the details of an ancient Swiss village, &c. These pictures will, in succession, we have no doubt, be exhibited in London. An English company of comedians is now performing at Amsterdam, under the management of Mr. Smithson. Weber's funeral took place, in a comparatively humble style, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Moorfields, on the 21st of June. The Rondinini Faun, a celebrated antique statue, has been purchased for the British Museum. Beattie's Minstrel has been translated into Italian by Mr. Mathias, the author of "The Pursuits of Literature," &c. Mr. M. is also known in Italy as the translator of the Carac tacus and Sappho of Mason, the Lycidas of Milton, the Naids of Akenside, &c. Mr. Brown is said to have succeeded in impelling a carriage by gas, at the rate of five miles an hour, up an acclivity of ten inches in ten feet. On level ground, the rate of motion is eight or nine miles an hour. Works in the Press, &c. The Revolt of the Bees, a Tale. In five or six Parts, to form two quarto volumes, an Historical, Topographical, and Statistical History of Westminster; including Biographical Anecdotes of the most eminent and illustrious Individuals connected with the City, by Messrs. Neale and Brayley. By Mr. Lass, author of the "Journey to Rome and Naples," a History of the Arts of Painting and Sculpture in England, for the last twenty-five years. By W. G. F. Richardson, author of "Poetic Hours," the Life of Carl Theodore Körner, written by his Father, with Selections from his Poems, Tales, and Dramas, translated from the German. Network, or Thought in Idleness, a Series of Light Essays. The Principles of Light and Shadow, being a Second Part of Hints on Composition in Painting; illustrated by Examples from the most eminent Painters; by John Burnett. A History of the Parish of St. John, at Hampstead." The eleventh and concluding number of Mr. Britton's Chronological Illustrations of Ecclesiastical Architecture, with three Double Plates, numerous Tabular Lists, Indexes, &c. By L. E. L., author of the " Improvisatrice," "The Troubadour," &c., The Golden Violet, with its Tales of Romance and Chivalry; and other Poems. The Sixth Number of Mr. Williams's Select Views in Greece. Illustrations of Conchology, according to the System of Lamarck, in a Series of Twenty Engravings on royal 4to., each Plate containing many specimens; by E. A. Crouch. A Selection of Sacred Harmony, by J. Cog gins. Reflection, a Tale; by Mrs. Hofland. Lectures on Astronomy, accompanied and illustrated by the Astronomicon, or a Series of Moveable Diagrams; designed for the use of Schools and Private Students; by W. H. Prior, in 12mo. By Dr. Elliotson, a translation of the last Latin Edition of the Institutions of Physiology, by J. F. Blumenbach, M.D., Professor of Medicine in the University of Gottingen. With Plates, The Sheffield Anti-Slavery Album, or the Negro's Friend, containing Zambo and Nila-The Missionary-A Word for the Negroes-The Discarded Negro-The Voice of Blood-Sandanee's Dream-Zangara -The Voyage of the Blind-AnticipationAlonso-Sabastian-The Negro Slave, &c. &c. The MARRIAGES. At Stapletown, County Carlow, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Stopford, Archdeacon of Leitrim, third son of the Earl of Courtown, to Annette, daughter of Wm. Browne, Esq., and niece to the Earl of Mayo. At Cranbrook, the Rev. Henry Cleaver, of Hawkhurst, Kent, to Caroline Charlotte Wilhelmina, daughter of the Right Hon. Lady Louisa de Spaen. At St. Mary-le-bone, Francis A. Morris, Esq., late of the Royal Lancers, to Sophia, youngest daughter of J. J. Holford, Esq. of York Place, and of Kelgwn, Carmarthenshire. At Calcutta, the Ven. John Hawtayne, Archdeacon of Bombay, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the Hon. Sir John Franks, Knt., one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. At St. Mary-le-bone, Capt. George Probyn, to Alicia, daughter of Sir Francis Workman Macnaghten, of Roe Park, county Derry. The Rev. Herbert Oakeley, third son of Sir Charles Oakeley, Bart., to Athol Keturah Mur. ray, daughter of the late Lord Charles Aynsley, and niece of his Grace the Duke of Athol. Edward Osborne, Esq., to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Fly, Vicar of Willesden, and Chaplain to his Majesty's Household. Edward Knight, Esq., of Chawton House, Hants, to Mary Dorothea, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. At St. Mary-le-bone, the Rev. J. H. Cotton, Precentor of the Cathedral Church of Bangor, to Mary Lawrens, eldest daughter of Dr. Sam. Fisher, and niece of the Bishop of Salisbury. At Dover, Peter Hesketh, Esq., of Roashall Hall, Lancashire, to Eliza Debonnaire, only daughter of Sir Theophilus John Metcalfe, Bart., of Fernhill, Berks. At Walton, Surrey, Sir John Powlett Orde, Bart., to Eliza, daughter of the late Peter Campbell, Esq. At St. James's Church, Mathew Wilson, jun., Esq., to Sophia Louisa Emerson, only daughter of the late Sir Wharton Amcotts, Bart., of Kettlethorne Park, Lincolnshire. Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart., to Jane Matilda Lilly, eldest daughter of the Rev. Montague J. Wynyard, Rector of West Rounton. At Bath, John Pistor, Esq., to Elizabeth, second daughter and co-heiress of the late C. Worthington, Esq. of Lansdowne Crescent. At Kensington, James Henry Clough, Esq., to Miss Stone, of Rolleston Park, Staffordshire. DEATHS. At Paris, Lady Sydney Smith, the lady of Admiral Sir William Sydney Smith. At Boulogne-sur-Mer, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Nevill, eldest son of the Earl of Abergavenny. At Dublin, aged 80, Leland Crosthwaite, Esq., President of the Chamber of Commerce, &c. Aged 86, the Rev. Baptist Noel Turner, M. A., Rector of Denton, Lincolnshire, and of Wing, Rutland, At Shroton House, Dorset, Rear Admiral At Cupar, Fife, Colonel David Boswell. At Bath, aged 70, the Dowager Countess De At Great Dumford, Wilts, aged 72, Mrs. Louisa Margaret Harris, sister to the late, and aunt to the present Earl of Malmesbury. The Right Hon. Lady Louisa Boyle, youngest daughter of the Earl of Cork and Orrery, aged 19. At Battersea, aged 74, Lady Elizabeth Pratt, daughter of the late and sister of the present Lord Camden. At Plymouth, Lieut. Col. Westropp. At Guy's Cliff, Warwickshire, Mrs. Bertie Greathead. Aged 33, Bridget Anna, wife of John Gurdon, Esq., of Assington Hall, Suffolk. In Lower Brook Street, aged 21, the Right Hon. Lord Dorchester. In Great Portland Street, aged 39, Carl Maria Von Weber, the composer of Der Freischutz, Oberon, &c. At Belew, Her Imperial Majesty Elizabeth, At Richmond, aged 46, Louise Isabella, wife of John Payne, Esq,, and eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Hugh Elliot. On his passage from Arracan, aged 25, George M. S. Robe, youngest son of the late Sir Wm. Robe, K.C.B. At Vienna, Lord Ingestrie, eldest son of the Earl of Talbot. At Cheltenham, the Hon. Mr. Vavasour, of Haslewood Hall, Yorkshire. At Bodryddan, Flint, aged 81, William Davis Shipley, the Very Rev. the Dean of St. Asaph. Annabella, widow of Count General James Lockhart, of Lee and Carnwarth, Scotland, OR COURT AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES, No. XX., FOR AUGUST, 1826. EMBELLISHMENTS. A Portrait of the Most Noble ANNE, MARCHIONESS OF WINCHESTER, engraved by J. THOMSON, from a Painting by T. STEWARDSON. A beautiful coloured whole-length Portrait Figure, in a Marine Dress. A beautiful coloured whole-length Portrait Figure, in a Morning Dress. TO SUBSCRIBERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. Weddings, by a Farish Clerk, No. II." certainly in our next. We regret its delay; but we are unavoidably in arrear with the favours of many of our correspondents. For the guidance of our friends in general we take leave to say, that we can offer no opinion or make any promise respecting articles, the whole of which may not at once be submitted to our inspection. “Lines on returning from Abroad,” by " R.," will appear very shortly-most probably next month. We feel exceedingly obliged by the attention of the respected and valued friend by whom they were transmitted. The continuation of " Wanderings in the Land of Hafiz" has been, with many other favours, unavoidably postponed. We hope to present it in our succeeding Number. We are sorry to remark, for the delay is vexatious, that a repeatedly promised communication, which ought to have been prompt, has not yet reached us. The conclusion of " The Astrologer" may be looked for next month. We are glad to hear again from our obliging old correspondent in the North, " B. G.” Her story of" The Haunted Isle" has reached us in safety. A private letter has been despatched to "BRIDGET." She shall receive the utmost attention in our power. Unfortunately for us, and for our fair contributors, capabilities do not always keep pace with wishes. We cannot command space commensurate with our desires. "Sketches from my Diary, No. II." will, we trust, meet the eye of the author on the first of the approaching month. One of our country friends will perceive that we have taken the liberty of altering his signature. He will know the reason why. "MATILDA," who dates from Chapel Field, in the neighbourhood of Leeds, may be assured that we shall be glad to hear from her. It affords us sincere pleasure to learn that the author of " The Smuggler's Daughter” has arrived in safety upon the French coast. We hope she does not contemplate the smuggling over of any contraband articles. PRINTED BY J. L. COX, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS. AUGUST, 1826. |