All Austria's alert for the fray, the fray! The Monarch of Russia stands forth, stands. forth!. The World doth commend Humanity's friend The glory and pride of the North, the North! Fam'd Blucher has summon'd his bands, his bands! Fam'd lucher has summon'd his bands, his bands! The gauntlet he throws, defying his foes, Which ne'er to a Tyrant he'll yield, he'll yield! The Netherland Prince, at his post, his post! The Netherland Prince, at his post, his post! The orange flag shews, unfurl'd to his foes, The Hollander's signal and boast, and boast! The flame is wide spreading through Spain, through Spain ! The flame is wide spreading through Spain, through Spain! Arous'd from her trance, she turns upon France, And pants for the combat again, again! And Sweden has marshal'd her might, her might! And Sweden has marshal'd her might, her might! Well skill'd to command, the Prince of the land, Arrays his bold hosts for the fight, the fight! High rear'd" for the right!" lo, the fleurde-lys! High rear'd "for the right!" lo, the fleurde-lys! Its blossom is pale, but it waves in the gale, We soon it reviving shall see, shall see! From his throne shall the Tyrant be hurl'd, be hurl'd! From his throne shall the Tyrant be hurl'd, be hurl'd! Leagued millions at hand, shall rush on his land, His downfall shall rescue the world, the world! The Corsican Spoiler no more, no more, HYMN TO NATURE. Written near Loch Tay, Perthshire. O Nature! powerful goddess, hear Thy ardent votary's modest pray'r, To whom thy wildest works are dear ; Let me thy kindest bounties share. While others bend the supple knee [June 1, To worldly pomp and pageant power, Of endless beauty, fire, and grace. Spread o'er the distant hill; My pensive steps from prison freed, Should busy haunts, and tiresome bondage leave; To list the murmurs of the dashing stream Break through the close embower'd shade, The music bids my soul be still, And 'mong the woods in dusky brown array'd, I court the sweet poetic dream. Be mine the task when day's withdrawn, To pace with pensive steps the lawn, Or gaze with rapture on the rippling tide; When Cyhthia's soft and radiant beam, In beauty gilds Tay's dimpling stream, As o'er the sands its silvery waters glide, The pensive and the solemn scene, Suits me of melancholy mien, It soothes my soul for sorrows past, Yet bleeding o'er life's wretched waste; Palsied by sloth, by rankling care, Those mental powers in bondage lie, Ting'd by the hand of dire despair, Thy charms assume a sombrous dye; Nor spring's sweet smile, nor clouds of gold, That dress in fancy forms the west; Nor rocks that frown in grandeur bold, Nor woods that spread their soothing shade, In Autumn's rich and varied dyes array'd, Can tranquilize my troubled breast. Or o'er yon mountain waste I stray, That sweet in morning's dewy tints is dress'd; I mark the vivid hues of early day, And tread the turf where only herds have press'd. The distant hills, in ether clad, retire, The lake's pure surface widely spread, Reflects the clear blue summer sky: Along the bold indented shore, 'Mong bowery groves, my pilgrim fectare led, Each hidden beauty to explore; And from each scene that meets the eye, I catch the painter's grace, the poet's fire. R. CARLYLE. 1815.] [ 437 ] INTELLIGENCE IN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. PROCEEDINGS OF UNIVERSITIES. OXFORD, April 20.-The following gentlemen were admitted to degrees:B. D.-The Rev. P. C. Chambres, of Jesus Coll. M. A.-The Rev. W. Poynder, of Trinity Coll.; the Rev. J. Davies, of Worcester Coll.; the Rev. W. Jackson, of Queen's Coll. B. A.-Mr. E. Halhed, of New Coll.; Viscount Belgrave, of Christ Church; Messrs. C. Carr, of University Coll.; H. Bosanquet, of Corpus Christi Coll.; T. Amory, of Wadham Coll.; J. Beckett, of Trinity Coll.; H. B. Batchelor, and W. H. J. Beauchamp, of Worcester Coll.; R. Anderson, and C. Blencowe, of Lincoln Coll.; F. Gregg, of Brasennose Coll. April 22.-Mr. R. D. Thomson was admitted scholar of New College. April 26.-The following gentlemen were admitted to degrees: M. B.-J. C. Fyler, esq. of Trinity Coll. B. A.-Mr. W. Dickins, of Exeter Coll.; April 27.-Mr. P. C. Chambres was elected fellow, and Mr. J. Jones scholar, of Jesus College. May 3.-The Rev. R. L. Townsend, M.A. of Worcester College, and rector of Alderton, in the diocese of Gloucester, was admitted B. and D. D. grand compounder. The sarae day the following gentlemen B. A.-Messrs. T. Hunt, of St. Alban May 8.-The Rev. Wm. Davies, M. A. and Mr. Henry Biss, B. A. were elected fellows, and Messrs. R. L. Cotton, W. L. Pope, and Edw. Rich. Gardener, scholars of Worcester College, on Dr. Clark's foundation. The names of those candidates who, First Class of Discip. Mathemat. et Litera Humaniores.-Amory, T. Wad- May 11.-The Rev. Wm. Wilson, and the Rev. Wm. Nicholson, were elected fellows of Queen's Coll. VOL. III. 3 M 436 1 Proceedings of Universities, &c. Same day, Mr. F. Vane was elected taberdar of Queen's Coll. CAMBRIDGE, April 22.-Mr. C. Thirlwall, of Trinity College, was elected a fellow on Lord Craven's foundation. May 1.-The Rev. Thos. Jackson, B. D. fellow and tutor of St. John's College, was unanimously elected Norrisian professor of divinity. May 3.-A grace to the following effect passed the Senate at a congregation, but not without opposition: "Since an opinion exists in some parts of the country, that the students of the university cannot with safety return im mediately to their colleges, on account of a fever being prevalent in this place: May it please you that (although there is great reason to hope such opinion is groundless, yet in order to prevent the anxiety of friends) their term be allowed to all under-graduates who, having kept the last Lent Term, are absent during the present Easter Term." The same day, John Cottingham, esq. B. A. of Trinity Hall, was admitted M.A. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.-On the 3d of May, the dignitaries of the two universities assembled in the Jerusalem Chamber, to elect the King's scholars, when the following were the fortunate candidates:- To Christ Church, Oxford-Messrs. Randolph, Buli, Knyvett, Totton, and Fau cit. To Trinity College, Cambridge-Messrs. Dr. HALLIDAY, physician in Birmingham, has ready for publication his translation of Dr. P. Frank's (Professor of Physic at Vilna, formerly at Vienna) Illustration of the Doctrine of Excitability; and of Dr. Roeschlaub's (Professor of Physic at Bamberg) Exposition of the Causes of Diseases. Both of these treatises have in view to establish the practical use of the doctrine analytically, corroborated from real experience, without hypothesis. They examine candidly the errors of Brown, and in other parts of Brown's doctrine, they elucidate and defend, or at least give him the merit which is due to him. Dr. HALLIDAY also proposes to have ready some time this year, his Observations in a Tour through certain Provinces of Eastern Russia, namely, Nizhnei Novogorod, Cazan, Orenburg or Ufa, Zimbirsky, &c. wherein will be given an account of the Bashkiers, Tschuvashes, Mordvas, Tipteru, and Mecherikee Tartars, forming the Biznurtnee Kozack re [June 1, giments, &c.; a description of the great yearly Market at Makarea, in the Government of Nizhnei Novogorod, &c. Mr. DONOVAN is preparing for the press two distinct periodical works ou the subject of British fossils: the one elucidatory of the English Antediluvian Zoology; the other of the vegetable remains, under the title of the English Antediluvian Botany. Of each work there will be two editions: the smaller in 8vo., to correspond with his various publications on British Zoology, the other in super-royal. As Mr. Donovan is known to possess one of the finest collection of fossils in Europe, either in public or in private hands, a series of publications of very unusual interest on this subject, may be confidently expected. Proposals are issued, for publishing by subscription, a Set of Twelve Views in the Islands of Mauritius and Bourbon, engraved in aquatinta, from original drawings, taken on the spot, by an Officer in the Army. The forthcoming work of M. DE CHA TEAUBRIAND, entitled Recollections, &c. will, we understand, comprise several essays on Morals and Literature; and, in particular, his opinions on the merits of Young, Shakspeare, and Beattie. H. SETCHEL and SoN have just published a Catalogue of Pamphlets alone, unconnected with Books. This is be lieved to be the only attempt of the kind in London since the times of T. Davis, author of the Life of Garrick, who then lived in Russell-street, Covent-garden, where he published a similar one in 1771. An Inquiry into the State of the British Navy, and the Constitution of the Admiralty Board, together with various Reflexions arising out of the late Coutest with America, will speedily appear. A new and highly embellished edition of Walton's Complete Angler, will be published in a few weeks by Mr. BAGSTER, accompanied by fresh portraits of Walton and Cotton, from the original paintings; that of the latter from a drawing by Linnell. In this edition the plates of fish are portraits recently taken from living subjects. Among the vignettes are, Walton's house, in Fleetstreet, Theobald's, two views of Beresford-hall, &c. There is also a material accession of notes. A few copies of the portraits (proofs) will be separately printed on a larger paper, for the accominodation of collectors. Nearly ready for publication, a new and handsome 8vo. edition of Burnet's 1815.] Intelligence in Literature and the Arts and Sciences. History of his own Times; in printing which the folio edition has been compared with the octavo by Dr. Flexman, so as to combine the advantages of both editions; and the paging of the folio is preserved in the margin. The Hydrographer of that useful periodical work the Naval Chronicle, has nearly ready for publication an edition of the entertaining Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a work which, next to the inspired volume, has perhaps afforded more delight and moral instruction than any book in the English language. The present edition will appear in such a form as to be entitled to a place in the most select libraries; it will be revised and corrected with a view to the particular advancement of nautical education, illustrated by technical and geographical annotations, and embellished with maps and wood-cuts. The British Institution having recently refused admission to a picture of extraordinary merit now exhibiting at Spring Gardens, some inquiry has taken place with regard to the pretensions of those which have been returned to their respective artists by the Royal Academy this year. The result is so remarkable, that it will be published on the 1st of June, under the title of "The Rejected Pictures," with some observations on their compositions, &c. Mr. ACKERMANN has nearly ready for publication a graphic work entitledNaples and the Campagna Felice. It consists of a series of humorous letters from a traveller on the spot, descriptive of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of that delightful city and its vicinity, as well as of the antiquities and of other objects of curiosity with which that classic soil abounds. Among those, the remains of Herculaneum and Pompeii, the ruins at Pozzuoli, Baja, Misenum, and the island of Capri (of which latter a minute description is entered into), occupy a considerable portion of the work. A detailed account is given of the an cient Papyri, and of the manner of unrolling them, and also of the ancient Greek paintings discovered in Herculaneum, and deposited in the Royal Museum at Portici. The work is illustrated by numerous copper-plates and by several wood-cuts, consisting of maps, plans, views, copies of ancient Greek paintings, and by a set of humorous designs of Rowlandson's in the manner of his drawings for Dr. Syntax's Tour. The Rev. SAMUEL BURDER is preparing for the press a new edition of the 439 late Dr. Gibbons's Memoirs of eminently pious Women. A new volume will be added containing accounts of such as have died within these few years, so that the whole will be comprised in 3 vols. 8vo., embellished with 18 portraits, engraved by Hopwood. The Rev. G. YOUNG and Mr. J. BIRD are completing the History of Whitby and the Abbey of Streonshalh, with a Statistical Survey of the adjacent country to the distance of 25 miles, undertaken by the late Mr. R. Winter, for the benefit of whose widow and family it will be published. Messrs. ROBINSONS and HOLDSWORTH, of Leeds, have issued proposals for publishing by subscription a new Map of the extensive county of York from an actual survey. As no such survey has been taken since that by Jeffreys in the middle of the last century, the necessity of such a work will be evident from a view of the changes which have taken place since that period. The great triangles, with the latitudes and longitudes of the county, will be laid down from Colonel Mudge's Trigonometrical Survey, by Messrs. N. and F. Giles, of New Inn, London, as a grand basis to the general survey. The angular survey of the small triangles will be made upon that basis by Mr. C. Greenwood, of Wakefield, under the inspection of Messrs. Giles; and Mr. C. Greenwood will also superintend the admeasurement of the full survey of the county. The drawing of the original map for the engraver will be made by Mr. William Mounsey, of Otley, and the engraving executed by a first-rate artist, under the immediate inspection of Messrs. Giles and Greenwood. The whole will be on a scale of three-quarters of an inch to a mile, and consist of two parts of four sheets each. Dr. AIKIN is engaged upon an historical work to be entitled Annals of the Reign of George III. The Rev. LATHAM WAINWRIGHT, of Emanuel College, Cambridge, will speedily publish a brief description and vindication of the literary and scientific pursuits encouraged and enforced in that university. SAMUEL BROOKES, F. L. S. has nearly ready for publication in a quarto volume an Introduction to the Study of Conchology, illustrated by coloured plates. The Hon. WM. HERBERT has in the press a new poem in seven cautos, under the title of Helga. The Rev. W. BELOE is superintending 440 Intelligence in Literature and the Arts and Sciences. the printing of Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters of Books and Men, by the Rev. Joseph Spence, arranged with notes by the late Edm. Malone. The work will be accompanied by a preparatory dissertation, and additional illustrations by the editor. Mr. M. GREGSON, of Liverpool, has prepared for the press a few choice MSS. under the title of Fragments of the History of Lancashire. Mr. FORD proposes to publish, on the plan of Mr. Britton's Architectural Antiquities, a Series of Engravings from drawings by Mr. Palmer, of Cheetham's College, in Manchester, to be followed by a similar series of the Collegiate Church in the same town, which is one of the finest specimens of Gothic architecture now remaining. Mr. THOS. HOWELL is preparing for publication an Account of Shrewsbury and its Environs, illustrated by woodcuts of the principal buildings. The Rev. J. WHITELEY, head-master of the free grammar school in Leeds, is preparing for the press Sermons and Essays, in two 8vo. volumes, including a few Sermons by the Rev. J. Leadley, late Fellow of Magdalen College, Cambridge. Miss KING will shortly publish a volune of Poems and Reflections, chiefly on serious subjects. Capt. ALGERNON LANGTON has made considerable progress in a translation from the Spanish of the Life and Adventures of the Squire Marcon de Obregon. The author of Celtic Researches is preparing a small volume on the subject of the Conversion of the Jews. The Rev. G. S. FABER will in a few days publish Remarks on the Effusion of the Fifth Apocalyptic Vial, and the late extraordinary Restoration of the Imperial Revolutionary Government of France; to which is added, a Critical Examination of Mr. Frere's combined View of the Prophecies of Daniel, Esdras, and St. John. Mr. WM. GODWIN has nearly completed Lives of Edward and John Phillips, nephews and pupils of Milton, including various particulars of the literary and political history of their times, - with portraits, in one vol. 4to. Letters from a Medical Officer attached to the Army under the Command of the Duke of Wellington during the campaigns of 1812, 13, and 14, addressed to a Friend in England, will speedily appear in one volume 8vo. Letters from Westmoreland, contain [June 1, ing Fringe and Tassels, and a few Stitches in the Side, for the new Covering of the Velvet Cushion, are preparing for the press. Mr. DYER has in the press, in one vol. large 8vo. (corresponding to his History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge), the Privileges of the University of Cambridge, containing a chronological table of all its charters from the earliest to more modern times (ar-. ranged according to the Christian era and the kings of England), together with a series of the principal charters themselves, with various other public instruments and documents relating to the University, and intended to serve as a summary of its annals. It will be accompanied with a preliminary dissertation by the editor, and some additions and emendations to his own history. An interesting discovery has recently taken place, which will, no doubt, excite in a high degree the attention of the literary world: it is no less than a regular correspondence of fifteen of the most inportant years in the life of David Hume, which, we hear, will speedily be put in a state for publication. The Biographical Dictionary of Living Authors, so long expected by the literary world, will certainly appear in the course of the present month. Mr. WILLIAM LESTER, the celebrated engineer, has recently obtained a patent for a new mode of converting a parallel into a rotative motion; by means of which all the effects of animal draught can be accomplished without that complexity of machinery which has hitherto presented a bar to the successful application of steam power for propelling carriages by land, and canal boats by water. This invention, which is most simple in its nature, will enable the inventor to propel carriages of every description on every kind of road, and vessels of every bulk by water. It also does away the necessity of beams, cranks, and fly wheels, in steam engines, to produce a rotative motion, which is most happily accomplished by this all-powerful agent. An engine on this principle is now in preparation to propel a canal boat. Mr. JOSEPH HUME, of Long-acre, has discovered a method of preparing emetic tartar by processes admitting the employ ment of common black sulphuret of antimony. Two parts of this sulphuret in fine powder, and one part of nitrate of potash, are to be mixed and added to two parts of sulphuric acid, previously mixed with eight parts of water, and suf |