She then stood for a moment mutely gazing on I see the dark blue lightning lour They now retired, and Donnington, half-discovering his anger, hurried his differently agitated companions to another room; presently a whole throng of devils rushed up to him, franticly waving their torches, and yelling discordantly: The curse of the father, The groan of the mother, The hate of the brother, Be on thee past.---Away !---away ! The protecting Sibyl is herself a suffering victim in the relation of her own miseries, a fine passage occurs, descriptive of her seeking to implore the dying benediction of her offended parent. "On entering the house, that house in which I had been so happy, and which I had so voluntarily deserted, how forcibly was I struck with the different objects as they arose like old, but reproachful friends, around me. The large old bible, from which I had frequently read to my mutely attentive father, was still resting on the very table, 'covered with sacred dust,' on which I had last placed it-Samuel had left me in the apartment alone, I observed that the very page at which I had been reading was turned down; an unaccountable impulse induced me to open it, the first verse chilled my heart Mr. Ball is an improving writer, and who is already soaring over the heads of the great mass of novelists; and we shall be happy to see him adventure into the more beautiful, and as we suspect the more profitable path of historical novel, in which assuredly his powers would bear him triumphantly. In justice to the author, we must notice that the sense of many passages is injured by the carelessness of his printer. The Recluse; from the French, by M. Le This enchanting romance is a translation of "Le Solitaire," which has made a greater impression in France, and over the whole European continent, than any work of this class, of modern times. Its splendid imagery, and fearful depth of interest, its historical character, eloquent language, and genuine simplicity, set it in on the highest ground of literary merit. We exceedingly regret our inability to give extracts. The concluding history of Charles the Bold, is of extraordinary richness and beauty. MISCELLANIES. The Voyager's Companion, or Shell Collector's This very useful little pocket volume, apthose who possess the book, its value is well pears in a new and improved edition. By appreciated; those who do not possess it, and are attached to the pursuits on which it treats, will find it a companion of much greater merit and usefulness, than its modest title imports. It contains amongst a variety of information, concise and clear directions for the seeking, cleansing, packing, and importing rare shells, the processes of preserving the skins of animals; and the best method of taking and preserving the insect tribe, &c. PROVERBS, CHAP. 1. Verse, 25, 26. "The full length portrait of my mother hung over the mantle-piece. 1 thought it seemed to frown sorrowfully upon me; my neglected lute was suspended from the back of my own chair, IA chronological Chart of the contemporary touched it mechanically; its hollow tones as they died away in the apartment, seemed like the knell of the dead; I could no longer support my feelings, but faintly ringing the bell, Samuel returned; ⚫I cannot bear to be alone,' shuddered 1, either stay with me here, or conduct me to my father's chamber.' Sovereigns of Europe, from the Norman A most agreeable and useful appendage to every library, and an indispensable assistanţ to the reading-room of the juvenile student. This excellent production of Dr. Goldsmith, has made a welcome appearance in a new edition, in which we have a pleasant and valuable addition, in a series of exquisite engravings in illustration of the leading papers. The Citizen of the World. By Oliver Gold- ||ental History; to books of travels into the smith, East; and to the Holy Bible, is now preparing for publication, in quarto. It will consist of faithful representations, together with copious and detailed explanations of the Hieroglyphical Engravings, which have been disinterred at Babylon, Nineveh, and other of the oldest cities of the world, and of the star-worshipping ages. These engravings have been found to reflect considerable and unexpected light on the books of Job, Genesis, and Chronicles, and on other parts of the Sacred Scriptures; particularly those of Sculpture, Astronomy, and Chronology, in the ancient nations of Assyria, Persia, Canaan, Egypt, and the Oriental Ethiopia. The Aid to Memory. A very complete and judicious common place book, of clear and novel arrangement, which give it a powerful title to encourage ment. The greater part of the materials which form the subject of the work, have been collected and brought to England by his Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart.; his brother and secretary Sir William Ouseley Sir Wil The standard edition of the Poems of Ossian, with a map of the scenery, and numerous illustrations, by Hugh Campbell, Esq. F. A. S. will make its appearance in March. In it the authenticity of Ossian is placed beyond further doubt or controversy. Speedily will be published, in one vol. 8vo, Chinzica, a poem, in ten Cantos, founded on that part of the history of the Pisan Re-liam Rouse Boughton, Bart.; Captain Ab. public, in which is said to have originated the celebrated Triennial Festival, called the Battle of the Bridge. Locket, and other distinguished travellers. The work itself will be the production, after much study, of John Landseer, member of the Society of Antiquaries, and of the London Royal Academy of Arts, and engraver to the Antique Monuments of Chaldea and Canaan. At Cheshunt, the Lady of C. P. Meyer, Esq. Bolton, the Rev. Philip Ward, M. A. to Horatia of a daughter. ter. Nelson Nelson, the adopted daughter of the late At Leyton, Essex, Mrs. Barclay, of a daugh- Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson. At Liverpool, Thomas Brandreth, Barrister at Law, to Harriet, fourth daughter to the late Ashton Byron of Fairview, near Liverpool. At Stoke, Captain Henry William Bruce R. N. At Rome, on the 6th of January, Letitia B. Wyse, the Lady of Thomas Wyse, Esq. of the Manor of St. John's Waterford, Ireland, of a son. The ceremony of baptism was performed by the Car-second son of the Rev. Sir H. H. Aston Bruce, dinal Archbishop of Lyons, and his Eminency Cardinal Fesch, when he received the name of Napoleon, the Sponsors were John Talbot, Esq. nephew and heir presumptive to the Earl of Shrewsbury, and the Princess of Possedi. Bart. of Downhill, in the county of Londonderry, to Jane, youngest daughter of Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Inglis Cochrane, commander in chief at Portsmouth. At the Cathedral Church, Exeter, John Tyrrell, The Lady of Colonel J. J. Cochrane, third Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law, of regiment of guards, of a son. Clonard, in the county of Kildare, to Mary Ann, 96 only daughter of John Mackintosh, Esq. of Exeter. On the 11th of February, the Right Hon. The Earl of Albemarle, to Miss Charlotte Hunloke, daughter of the late Sir Henry Hunloke, of Wingerworth, in the county of Derby. The bride was given away by her uncle, T. W. Coke, Esq. the Ladies Keppel and Miss Sydney acting as bridemaids. The ceremony was private, and was performed by the Bishop of Norwich. On the 4th of February, by the Rev. John Rollerton, Vicar of Burton, the Rev. Henry Jenour, Rector of Epperston, Nottingham, to Caroline, youngest daughter of the Rev. William Smelt, Rector of Gelding, and niece to the Earl of Chesterfield. On the 12th of February, by the Hon. and Rev. Henry Cust, the Hon. John Henry Knox, third son of Viscount Northland, to the Lady Mabella Needham, youngest daughter of the Earl of Kilmorey. DIED. Lately, aged 8 years and 8 months, George Fredrick Billinghurst Taylor, third son of Captain Taylor, P. M. late of the 54th Regiment of Foot, and of the Royal Flint Militia, and grandson of the late H. Billinghurst, Esq. M. P. of Mitcham Hall, Surrey, and of High Bellinghurst, and Gatehurst, in the county of Sussex, and great nephew of the late Admiral T. Brodrick. He was a most dutiful, affectionate and pious child, and is deeply and deservedly lamented by his afflicted parents and relatives. At Plymouth, after a short illness, Captain Sir Thomas Lavie, commander of H. M. Ship, Spencer 74 guns, leaving a widow and ten children, to deplore their irreparable loss. On the 10th of January, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the Duchess of Bourbon, on her way to the church of St. Genevieve, whither she was going This illustrious lady to perform her devotions. was Louisa Maria Theresa Bathilde d'Orleans, and was born at St. Cloud, the 9th of July, 1750. She was married on the 24th of April 1770, to the Duke of Bourbon, and the only fruit of this union was the unfortunate Duke d'Enghien, assassinated at Vincennes, in 1804. The poor have lost in this august princess, a parent, and constant benefactress. At his apartments in Albany, Piccadilly, Rear Admiral. John William Spranger. At Caen, Normandy, 18th December last, of a pulmonary consumption, Michael O'Brien, Surgeon, R. N. At Dulwich, of a decline, Henry Vetney Jackson, Esq. of Jesus College, Oxford, only son of H. Jackson, Esq, In Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square, 11 years of age. Sophia Catharine Fletcher, eldest daughter of the late lamented Sir H. Fletcher, Bart. Astley Park, Surrey. At her house in Pall Mall, Lady Bunbury, relict of the late Sir C. Bunbury, Bart. aged 78 years. At his residence, Charles-street, Clarendonsquare, Captain Cole, R. N. deeply regretted in all the ties of humanity; he was a brave and experienced officer; had lost a leg in leading a body of seamen to the storming a battery at Martinique, he was then first Lieutenant in his Majesty's ship Blenheim, of 74 guns. At Madras, East Indies, on the 30th of August last, after a few hours' illness, the Hon. Sir George Cooper, second judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Madras. 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