preparations for a second assault-undergoes an operation for relief against inward weakness.-He mistakes a wasp's nest for the honied store-and suffers for his miscalculation. 8. It is a bad tale which has not two handles.--Some require a double coat of varnish to be fit for exposure in the market. Jack Radical smokes John Bull with happy success.Painting and rhetoric put both in requisition to aid the cause of Jack's revenge. -Jack's high sense of gratitude and of the utility of Trullism in his wars. He establishes a band of Amazons. 9. John Bull's reflections upon the new principles of Jack Radical. They are elsewhere looked upon with a more favourable eye. First anti-radical lecture of John to his son. The young man's patience and temper put to the proof by it.-Degeneration of republican virtue among the moderns. 10. Letter of Madame Guillotina de Revolution to Mous. Jean Radical. The jealousy of Bet.-Happy unanimity of opinions in council. It rains flaming Addresses and Petitions upon John's breakfast table-and counter petitions at supper-time. 11. The Lecture resumed. -War declared, everlasting and irrevocable, by Jack Radical against Mead and Metheglin-and by Bet against Gin and Tea-for the good of the realm.-High legal privilege of Mobs to overawe the Magistracy and dictate to the Legislature-and threaten and scare the peaceable into rebellion.-Wickedness and illegality of the contrary opinions and practice.

Radical Reform-its general result. 12. Wise caution of Jack not to burn his own fingers with his own fireworks.-His Mentor forsakes him, and Jack now speaks out like a mau-and discovers the drift of radical petitioning. 13. A wise hint from antient radicalism, adopted into the mo dern-is worthy of imitation.-In democratical ejectments delays are dangerous. -The Fable of the Bees.-Its moral unacceptable to Jack Radical. · . His own picture of Radicalism-disapproved by John Bull."

And thus ends Jack Radical.

37. A System of Education for the Infant King of Rome, and other French Princes of the Blood, drawn up by the Imperial Council of State, with the Approbation, and under the personal Superintendance, of the Emperor Napoleon. 8vo. pp. 161. Lackington and Co.

What the Reader may expect to find in this very extraordinary "System of Education," will be shewn by

an extract from the Translator's Preface:

"The reign of Napoleon is the most extraordinary period in modern history. Past ages have produced a long list of

conquerors, who have raised themselves upon the ruins of their country, and deluged the world with blood; but no one before ever entertained the idea of dethroning all the Sovereigns of Europe, and supplying their places with a family till then unknown.

"Money has been regarded by some Statesmen as the sinews of war; while others have maintained, that whoever was master of the sword would sooner or later become master of the purse. Napoleon possessed both: beside which he fortified his throne with family alliances, and a series of institutions as extraordinary as they were new. A code of laws was drawn up with consummate ability; a national education introduced; and every thing, civil, military, and religious, was made to centre in himself. He saw the Kings of Europe invoking his protection, and meanly cringing at his feet. He became intoxicated with success, and, ceasing to feel like other men, thought his dynasty established beyond the reach of fortune. He forgot, that opinion was power, and became impatient of control, till, by substituting his own caprice in place of the public will, he was left without a friend in the hour of danger, and his fall was as rapid as his rise.

Per

"It is difficult to divest ourselves of prejudice in viewing his public character. While some consider him as a demigod; others look upon him as a sanguinary monster without a particle of virtue. haps he was neither; and the future bistorian will probably attribute the extraordinary events of this extraordinary man's life rather to the peculiar circumstances in which he was placed, than to a depravity of morals, or to any great superiority of genius. Certain it is, that in his fifteenth year he passed for a youth of very common abilities, as may be seen from the certificate of the professors of the military college of Brienne, where he studied, at a time when they had nothing to hope or fear from him who afterwards gave a new impulse to thought, and balanced the destinies of the civilized world."

"Royal Military School at Brieune. "Examination, 1784. "Account of the King's Scholars of an age to enter the service, or to be sent to the school at Paris: namely.

[A list of 52 of the Scholars follows here, among which Buonaparte's name stands second.]

the 15th of August, 1769; 4 feet, 10 inches, "M. de Buonaparte (Napoleon), born 10 lines high; has gone through the fourth class; of a good constitution, and excellent state of health; of a docile, courteous, and grateful disposition; has always distinguished himself by his application to

the

the mathematics; is tolerably acquainted with history and geography; but indifferently skilled in accomplishments, and in Latin, in which he has only gone through the fourth class. He would make an excellent seaman. Deserves to be admitted into the school at Paris.'"

"It did not escape the penetrating eye of Napoleon and his political advisers, that whatever is taught in early life makes a deep impression on the mind; and for this purpose he established a military education upon a rational scale, of which he himself was the sole director. He nominated the members of the University, and they appointed the professors in all the public schools. Without their special licence and authority no branch of education could be taught in France; nor could any one attend the seminaries of learning without paying the yearly sum of twenty francs to the university.

Many Sovereigns before him have neglected the instruction of the rising generation, and some priests have publicly condemned it; but we believe this is the first instance of a Sovereign imposing a tax upon the people, for the liberty of sending their children to school. The catechism, obliged to be taught there, was a farrago of politics and religion, conformable to the spirit of his reign. It every where inculcated the doctrine of passive obedience, and coupled the name of the Emperor with the name of the Deity!

"But in their opinion something more was still wanting, to direct the public mind, and perpetuate the race of Napoleon. All the branches of his family were to be governed by particular laws. They were to depend on him alone. A system of education, the result of long debate and mature deliberation in the imperial Council, was drawn up for the infant King of Rome and the other Princes of the blood; and this system, in its original state, is now submitted to public opinion.

"When the Imperial Family was ob liged to abdicate the throne, the manuscript, with a great variety of state papers and original documents, that had been deposited at St. Cloud, fell into the hands of a gentleman, who has enriched his country with many things of a similiar nature; and we may venture to affirm, that it is the most extraordinary system of education that has ever appeared in print. The style proves the source from which it sprung. It is often luminous, and sometimes obscure, as if the Government had an object in view, which it wished to conceal. It paints Napoleon in his true colours, and lets us see into the inmost recesses of his soul, by completely unveilGENT. MAG. August, 1820.

ing the mystery, which has long enveloped his political character.

"To the English version it has been thought proper to join the original French; because no translation can convey in adequate language, such a correct idea of the spirit of the work, as the work itself." A fine sketch of the young Napoleon is prefixed.

39. Stories selected from the History of France, for Children, intended as a Companion to the Stories selected from the History of England. 12mo. pp. 216. Harris and Son.

THIS is a judicious selection of memorable events on the History of France, from the time of Clovis, the first Christian King, in 481, to "The Royal Victims in the late sanguinary Revolution."

We select the earliest article, which is also one of the shortest:

"A great many hundred years ago, the beautiful kingdom of France was under the dominion of the Romans; but a King, called Clovis, drove them out of it. He was then an idolater, which means one who did not worship the true God; but his wife, Clotilda, was a Christian, and she tried to make him despise his idols, or false gods. One day when he was fighting a great battle against the Germans, he was wounded in the knee, and not able to fight any longer, so that he was on the point of being conquered; but he then remembered the true God whom Clotilda worshipped, and he swore aloud that he would be a Christian if he gained the victory. All at once his officers felt fresh courage, and attacked the Germans with new rage. The enemy were cut to pieces; and Clovis, remembering his vow, went to Rheims, which is a city in France where all the kings are crowned, and was baptized by St. Remi, the Bishop of that place. This ceremony was performed with great splendour on Christmas-day, and many Bishops went there to add to the grandeur. The streets were covered with tapestry all the way from the King's house to the Church; and he and the Bishop walked hand in hand, followed by the Queen and all the people. The sister of Clovis, and three thousand French, were baptized at the same time. The king, after his christening, gave the Bishop many fine estates; and the greatest noblemen did the same. Clovis was buried at Paris, in the Church now called St. Geneviève. In his reign silk-worms were first brought into France, from Greece, or Italy; but they came originally from the East Indies."

LITERARY

CAMBRIDGE, June 30,

The annual Prizes of Fifteen Guineas each, given by the Representatives of this University, for the best dissertations in Latin prose, were on Monday last adjudged to Thomas Thorp, of Trinity College, and Edward Boteler, of Sidney College, Middle Bachelors.-Subject,

In GEORGIUM Tertium, τον μακαρίτην,
Oratio Funebris.

No prize adjudged to the Senior Bachelors.

The Porson prize for the best translation of a passage from Shakespeare into Greek verse, was on Monday last adjudged to William Henry Fox Talbot, Scholar of Trinity College. The subject from Macbeth, Act I. Scene the last.

Ready for Publication. Anti-Scepticism; or an Inquiry into the Nature and Philosophy of Language, as connected with the Sacred Scriptures. By the Author of the " Philosophy of Elocution."

Sermons, Doctrinal and Occasional. By the Rev. WILLIAM SNOWDEN, Perpetual Curate of Horbury, near Wakefield.

A Poetical Epistle to a Friend on Missions, Schools, and Bibles. By a Nonconfabulist.

The Rich and Poor shewn to be of God's appointment, and equally the objects of his regard; in two Sermons preached in his Majesty's Chapel, Whitehall, on Sunday the 16th, and Sunday the 23d of April 1820. By THOMAS CALVERT, B. D. Fellow and Tutor of St. John's College, Cambridge.

A Guide to the Stars; being an easy method of knowing the relative position of all the principal Fixed Stars from the first to the third magnitude in either hemisphere, particularly those which are useful for finding the Longitude at Sea. By HENRY BROOKE, Teacher of the Mathematics, Geography, Astronomy, &c.

The Establishments of M. Emmanuel de Fellenberg, at Hoffwell, considered with reference to their claim upon the attention of men in public stations. By the Count LOUIS DE VIELLEVIEILLE.

Illustration of the Divorce Transactions and Court Proceedings in the time of Henry VIII. from "Strype's Memorials of the Reformation" — which gives the original Papers and Records; and contains also, Memoirs of the two English Cardinals Wolsey and Pole.

The second volume of MORELL'S History of England to the close of the Reign of George the Third, and which completes the series of Studies in History.

An Epistle from William Lord Russell, to William Lord Cavendish, supposed to have been written the evening before bis execution. By the Right Hon. GEORGE CANNING, M. P.

The United Kingdom tributary to France; the real cause of the Distresses of the Country, demonstrated in a Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, First Lord of the Treasury.

On the Duties and Qualifications of a Physician; more particularly addressed to Students and junior practitioners. By JOHN GREGORY, M. D. F. R. S. A new edition, 12mo.

A Series of Designs for private Dwellings, lithographed in quarto; comprising perspective elevations adapted to geometrical measurement, and plans of the several stories, with explanatory references. By T. HEDGELAND.

A Treatise on the Plague, designed to prove it contagious, from facts, founded on the Author's experience, during the visitation of Malta in 1813. With observations on its prevention, character, and treatment; to which is annexed an appendix, containing minutes of the Author's evidence given before the Contagion Committee of the House of Commons, accompanied by their Report. By Sir A. B. FAULKNER, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, &c. &c.

Observations on Variolous Inoculation, and Vaccination; in a Letter to a Friend. With an appendix, containing some remarks on the extension of Small Pox, in the town of Melksham and its vicinity. By J. F. HULBERT, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, &c.

The first Two Parts of an entirely new Work on Fruit, entitled, "The Horticultural Repository," containing Delineations of the best varieties of the different species of English Fruit, &c. By Mr. BROOKSHAW, (Author of that celebrated work, the "POMONA BRITANNICA.")

Life in London, or, Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. accompanied by his elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. By Mr. EGAN. It will be completed in about Twelve Numbers, each number illustrated with three characteristic coloured plates. The Scenery will be drawn from real life, by Robert and George Cruikshank.

ing the Memoirs of a family in the North.

The Rector's Memorandum Book, be

Preparing for Publication.

Henry the Eighth and George the Fourth; or the Case fairly stated. By THOMAS HArral.

A new

A new edition of the late Dr. Toulmin's History of Taunton. By Mr. JAMES SAVAGE. It will contain all the additions which the Author had collected previously to his death; and will be brought down to the present period.

Travels in Syria and Mount Sinai. By the late JOHN LEWIS BURCKHARDT; consisting of, 1. A Journey from Aleppo to Damascus. 2. A Tour in the District of Mount Libanus and the Antilibanus. 3. A Tour in the Hauran. 4. A second Tour in the Hauran. 5. A Journey from Damascus, through Arabia Petræa and the Desert El Ty, to Cairo. 6. A Tour in the Peninsula of Monnt Sinai.

A Grammar of Classical Literature. By Mr. JOHNSTONE, Schoolmaster, of Stan

more.

Sketches illustrative of the Manners and Costumes of Italy, Switzerland, and France. By R. BRIDGENS, Esq. containing five coloured plates, with descriptive letter-press.

Twenty-four Select Views of the principal Ruins of Rome; with a panoramic outline of the Modern City from the Capitol. By HENRY ABBOT, Esq.

Life of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury; compiled principally from original and scarce documents.

Lettres à Monsieur Malthus sur differens Sujets d'Economie Politique, et notamment sur les Causes de la Stagnation du Commerce. Par J. B. SAY, Auteur du Traité d'Economie Politique.

An Account of the Naval and Military Exploits which have distinguished the reign of George the Third. The work will be embellished with numerous coloured plates.

Devonia a Poem, in Five Cantos, desscriptive of the most interesting Scenery, Natural and Artificial, in the County of Devon interspersed with Historical Anecdotes, and Legendary Tales. By the Rev. G. WOODLEY, of St. Marys, Scilly, Author of "Cornubia," &c.

At the sale of the late Mr. Bindley's library, at Evans's in Pall-mall, a collection of single poems and ballads, published at about a halfpenny or one penny each, bound in eight volumes, sold at the immense price of 8371.

A most excellent and interesting Cabinet Picture, representing the Queen's Public Entry into Jerusalem, painted by Signor Carlini, at the command, and according to the directions of her Majesty, is now exhibiting in Pall Mall -The Queen is riding on an ass, dressed in a Turkish dress. Bergami is mounted on an Arabian charger. This portrait is that of a goodlooking man; florid, for an Italian, with more of a German countenance. His eyes are light and pleasing, his nose well-shaped, and his cheeks, lip, and chin, covered with hair, approaching to auburn in its colour. -Correct portraits of young Austin, Lieut. Howham, R. N. and about 12 others, are introduced.

ASTRONOMY.

The true regular distances of the moon, from a certain number of fixed stars throughout each month, and from the sun also in the first and last quarters of each lunation, are calculated, for every third hour at Greenwich, and published in the Nautical Almanack, which furnishes the means to navigators of finding the longitude, through observations which they make of the distance of the moon from a star or from the sun, for comparison with the Greenwich distance of the same luminaries, at that instant, obtained by interpolation. The defect of this method of finding the longitude, highly useful as it is, consists in the slow apparent motion of the moon, in approaching or receding from a star, which is fixed, and more so from the sun, which has itself a slow apparent motion in the same direction with the moon : on the contrary, several of the planets, according to the rate of their own motions visibly recede from or approach towards the moon, through a considerable portion of each lunation, and these planets, when so circumstanced, have a considerably greater apparent ve locity of approach or recession from the moon, than the sun or any stars have therefrom. For want of tables of the apparent distances of the moon and the planets, being published in the Almanacks, navigators have not yet been able to avail themselves of the planets, in their lunar observations; but this defect the Danish Government is about to supply, by the Almanack for 1822, which is to appear in June or July next, and contain the planets' distances from the moon every three hours at Copenhagen, calculated under the directions of M. Schumacher, Professor of Astronomy.

ARTS

LITHOGRAPHY.

We have frequently had the satisfaction of noticing the progress of this useful art; and we now feel pleasure in announcing that Mr. J. Ruthven of Edinburgh has at last succeeded in constructing a press on the principle of his Patent, that answers most perfectly for printing from stone. It is free from the disadvantages that have hitherto attended Lithographic Presses, and promises to render the art very generally adopted throughout England. Any degree of pressure is at once brought to bear on the stone by means of the lever. The roller is found to clear the stone from the printing ink at each impression, and the labour of winding the bed through is much less than by the me

thod hitherto used. By this machine a greater number of impressions may also be obtained in a day than formerly. One of them has been for some time at work at the Lithographic establishment of Mr. Charles M. Willich, No. 6, Dartmouthstreet, Westminster; where it may be seen by the admirers of this interesting Art. The press has also the advantage of being equally applicable to copperplate printing.

The length of the Press is 33 inches, and the height 20. The carriage, which contains the Stone, is 15 inches in length and 10 in width. The cylinder, or roller which produces the impression, is 10 inches in length.

EXTRAORDINARY COPPER-PLATE PRINTING.

The following is from the report of the Central Jury, on the productions of French industry exhibited in the Louvre in 1819: -M. Gonord exhibited in 1806, porcelain on which copper-plate engraving had been transferred by mechanical means. He has again appeared at the exhibition of 1819, with specimens of the same art perfected. He has arrived at a singular but undoubted result. An engraved copper-plate being given he will use it for the decoration of pieces of different dimensions, and by an expeditious mechanical process, enlarge or reduce the design in proportion to the piece, without changing the plate.'-In a note, it is said, that

M. Gonord has made a discovery of which the announcement has excited

the surprise of the publick. If an engraved copper-plate is given to him he can take impressions from it of any scale he pleases. He can at pleasure make them larger or smaller than the plate, and this without requiring another copper-plate, or occupying more than two or three hours. Thus, if the engravings of a large atlas size, as for instance, those belonging to the Description de l'Egypte were put into his hands, he would make an edition in octavo without changing the plates.' The certainty of the process has been corroborated by the Jury, who were admitted by M. Gonord into his works.

HYDRAULICS.

Mr. Perkins, the ingenious inventor of the siderographic process of engraving,

has