WORKS IN THE PRESS. A Treatise on Scrophula (to which the Jacksonian prize was adjudged by the Court of Examiners of the Royal College| of Surgeons); containing its nature, treatment, and effects, particularly upon children, and on alteration produced by the disease in the structure of all the different parts of the body. By Eusebius Arthur Lloyd, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. DESCRIPTION OF DECORATIONS, &c. church were most magnificent: the im mense quantity of plate belonging to the church of Notre Dame was embellished with the richest stuffs, trophies, escutcheons, and triumphs. Besides the princi pal entrance, there was constructed a peristyle of eighteen marble columns, on which was erected an immense amphitheatre. The pillars of the nave were surrounded with gold gauze, as high as to the upper galleries: mantells in gold and silver, decorated the tribunes constructed between the pillars in the circumference of the church: the supporters of the tribunes were covered with rich draperies of velvet, sprinkled with fleurs-de-lis, in gold. Over the chapiters, genii, with allegorical attributes, holding crowns, surmounted the armorial bearings of the best towns, the deputations from which assisted at the ceremony. The pillars of the upper galleries were enve garlands. THE exterior decorations of the four pillars which support the roof of the clois-loped in silver gauze, and entwined with ter for the arrival of his Majesty, consisted of allegorical representations, the arms and cyphers of the King, and of the Duke de Bordeaux. Between the arcades are erected statues in gold, of the best towns in the kingdom, with their arms, and escutcheons at the extremities, bearing the names of the different departments. All France being thus represented, appeared is if united in this sacred asylum to receive the monarch. Two strait pillars, which are before the entrance into the porch, supported a grand pediment ornamented with a circlet of roses, in the midst of which glitter the arms of France: cornices, ornaments, and an open gallery give to this façade a monumental appearance. The two feet to the right, are ornamented in front and on the reverse with four colossal statues in gold, representing Clovis, Charlemagne, St. Louis, and Henry IV. The roof of the portico, and the walls that support it, are adorned with statues of twenty-four bishops of Paris; amongst whom are distinguished Sully, St. Renay, St. Denis, St. Landry, St. Germain, &c. These venerable pastors seemed as if uniting their prayers with those of all France, to draw down the blessing of heaven on this tender branch of the Bourbons. The decorations for the interior of the The great pillars of the cross of the church, in the midst of which the baptism was celebrated, was surrounded with gauze: the beautiful effect beggars all description, produced on this ground of gold gauze, by the wreaths of laurel and olive which ornamented the pillars from the top to the bottom, in the form of a lozenge, between which were bouquets of natural lilies. To complete these dispositions, and to mark that all France, and consequently, all the army should be present at this august ceremony, four groups of colours were placed at these four pillars; for the Prince destined to reign over France should be valiant; and so far from suffering her glory to diminish, he must augment that which his illustrious ancestors have bequeathed to him, and which the French nation will require of him. On the right and on the left of the cross, were erected steps for the peers and deputies of France; the tribunes placed over them, formed three arcades supported by columns similar to those of the nave, and which were made to correspond with the whole. At the entrance of the choir was erected a magnificent altar: the middle part was composed of an arcade terminated by a pediment supporting a cross. Four pillars in- lapis lazuli, richly adorned with gold Collyer, was much more profound than those who only conversed superficially with her were likely to discover; for wisely considering the line usually prescribed in such pursuits to her sex, she made no display of her scholarship, yet she was always ready to give her testimony when properly called out; indeed on those occasions, it was impossible altogether to and precious stones, were disposed in front, and at the back of the pilasters; they were surmounted by angels in gold, bearing on cushions the baptismal honours; such as the chrism-cloth, the salt-cellar, the ewer, and the holy chrism. On the pedestals were placed chandeliers, and the vermilion cross from the King's chapel, and vases of immense value. All the choir was hung with crimson silk, sprinkled with fleurs-de-conceal the rich and rare acquirements, lis, and adorned with gold fringe; the upper part of the pillars in the gallery were ornamented to correspond, and over every pillar of the church were placed angels holding branches of light. Fifty beautifully cut crystal lustres, ornamented with gilt bronze and rich candelabras, completed the lighting up of the church; aud the happy idea has been followed up of imitating on the glass panes of the cross, at the end of the choir, the beautiful paintings on glass, which have been so much admired in the three chaplets of roses, of the cross, and over the organ. MRS. PIOZZI. in various sciences, which this lady pos sessed. Her writings are many of them before the public; and if some incline to condemn a colloquial style, which, perhaps, she was too fond of indulging, all must admire the power of her genius, and splendour of talent, so variously displayed. She was particularly happy in jeu d'esprits, numbers of which lie scattered amongst her friends, and will, we hope, be collected. Her Three Warnings have long been enshrined and held in universal admiration, as a specimen of the precosity of her talents. On grave subjects, those who knew her best will say, she most excelled. Her religion was pure, free from all wild speculative notions; her faith was built on the Scriptures, that rock of our salvation, the continual perusal of which was her delight. She knew "in whom she trusted;" and in the fullest conviction of those sacred truths, she closed a virtuous life, declaring to a friend, who watched over her last moments, that she quitted the world in the fear and trust of God, the love of her Saviour, and in peace and charity with her neighbours and with all mankind. LET RAYS. THE late Mrs. Piozzi, the once celebrated Mrs. Thrale, was descended, both on the paternal and maternal side, from the ancient and respectable families of the Cottons and Salisburys, Barts. in North Wales, but still more distinguished as the intimate friend and associate of Dr. Johnson, Burke, Sir J. Reynolds, Goldsmith, Garrick, Murphy, and most of those literary constellations which formed the Augustan galaxy of the last century. The world has long known in what estimation || MAGNETIZING POWER OF THE VIO. her society was held in that circle where these illustrious men, with Mrs. Montague, Mrs. Carter, Vesey, Boscawen, and others, formed a coterie never surpassed in talent and acquirement in this or any other country. The vivacity of this lady's mind was a never-failing source of pleasure to all who had the good fortune to enjoy her society, while the brilliancy of her wit, tempered by invariable good humour and general benevolence, delighted all who approached her, and offended none. Her manners were highly polished and graceful; her erudition, the result of a regularly classical education, under the learned Dr. PROFESSOR PLAYFAIR gives the following account of an experiment of which he was a witness:-After having received into my chamber a solar ray, through a circular opening made in the shutter, the ray was made to fall upon a prism. The spectrum which resulted from the refraction was received upon a screen; all the rays were intercepted except the violet, in which was placed a needle for the purpose of being magnetized. It was a plate of thin steel, which was found to possess no polarity, and not to exhibit any attraction for iron filings. It was fixed horizontally on the support by means of wax, and in such a direction as to cut the magnetic meridian nearly at right angles. By a lens of a sufficient size, the whole of the violet ray was collected into a focus, which was carried slowly along the needle, proceeding from the centre towards one of the extremities, and always the same extremity; taking care never to go back in the opposite direction. After operating fifty-five minutes, the needle was found to be strongly magnetic; it acted powerfully on the compass, the end of the needle which had received the influence of the violet ray repelling the north pole, and the whole of it attracting, and keeping suspended, a fringe of iron filings. BIRTHS. At Vienna, her Excellency Lady Vane Stewart, the British Ambassadress, of a son, who is heir to the large estates in the county of Durham. In Montagu-place, Montagu-square, the lady of Major-General Sir James Lynn, K. C. B. of a daughter. The lady of the Hon. Captain King, R. N. of a son. In Gloucester-place, Lady W. Fitzroy, of a daughter. In Wimpole-street, Lady Johnstone, of a son. MARRIED. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Sir C. Grey, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court at Madras, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir S. C. Jervoise, Bart. of Idsworth Park, Hampshire. The Right Hon. Heneage, Earl of Aylesford, to the Right Hon. Lady A. S. Greville, sister to the Earl of Warwick. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Sir H. Lambert, Bart. to Anna Maria, youngest daughter of the late Hon. Edward Foley. The Hon. C. Langdale, third son of the late Lord Stourton, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late M. C. Maxwell, Esq. of Everingham Park. At St. George's, Hanover-square, J. Hardy, Esq. late of Edmonton, to the very amiable and accomplished Maria Theresa Darby, only daughter and heiress of the late William Darby, Esq. formerly of Madras. The happy pair left town for their beautiful and romantic seat on the Sussex coast. Captain J. Drummond, of the Coldstream Guards, to Miss Georgiana Augusta Finch. At St. George's Hanover-square, Lieut.-Col. Cooper, to Miss Baker, daughter of the late Sir G. Baker, Bart. W. Dickins, Esq. of Cherrington, Warwickshire, to Lucy, daughter, of the Hon. Mr. Justice Park. DIED. At Clifton, Mrs. Piozzi, in the 82d year of ber age. This celebrated lady held a high station in the literary and fashionable circles, of which herself, and the admirer of learned men, her she was a distinguished ornament. An author friendship and intimacy with Dr. Johnson were alike honourable to both. An independent fortune, a mind richly stored, a lively wit, and pleasing manners, rendered her a most desirable companion. second daughter to the Earl of Stamford and At Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, Lady M. Grey, Warrington. At Kilgraston House, the Hon. Mrs. Grant, of Kilgraston. At his house in Bruton-street, in the 78th year of his age, Henry Lawes, Luttrell, Earl of Carhampton. 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