A LITERARY REPORT:{

The Rev. T. D. FOSBROOKE, M.A. F.R.S. author of British Monachism, &c., intends to deliver in the Metropolis, during the winter, Two Courses of Archeological Lectures, twelve in each course.

Speeches of the Members of the House of
Commons thereon.

Mr. Robins, whose local knowledge' of the country and of the transactions rendered him peculiarly competent to the task, has A new Volume of Poems, by JOHN written the History of the late Revolution in CLARE, the Northamptonshire Peasant, is in Mexico, including a Narrative of the Expethe press, and is expected to appear about dition of General Xavier Mina, with some Christmas. > Observations on the practicability of opening a commerce between the Pacific an Adlantic Oceans, and on the future importance of such commerce to the civilized world. This interesting work will be published in the course of a few weeks.

A Prospectus has been circulated of a New Periodical Religious Magazine, conducted by members of The United Secession Church of Scotland, entitled the Christian Recorder, and British and Foreign Religious Intelligencer; the first number will appear in January.

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The First Part of Mr. DAVID BOOTH'S Analytical Dictionary of the English Lan✓guage, is now in the press. The same Gen⚫tleman is also preparing for publication, a dework to be entitled The Morality of Human -Nature, compared with that of Religious Systems and with the Doctrines of Modern Philosophers.

The General History of the House of Guelph, or Royal Family of England, from the first Record of the Name to the Accession of George the First to the Throne of Great Britain, printing under the immediate Patronage of His Majesty, will be ready early in December, in one volume 4to.

Mr. ACKERMANN has issued Proposals for publishing in Six Monthly Parts, An Historical and Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea: illustrated by Twenty-four highly finished and coloured Engravings, from Drawings made for the purpose by Messrs. PUGIN and GENDALL, It will be printed in the same size and style as his other Illustrated Works, and the First Part will appear on the first of January, 1821.

The same Publisher is also preparing a Description of the Manners, Customs, &c., of the People of Dalmatia, Illyria, and the adjacent Countries, in Two pocket Volumes, embellished with 32 coloured plates. This work will form the Commencement of a Series intended to embrace all the Nations of the Globe, and to be denominated The World in Miniature.

Dr. PARIS will shortly publish a Tabular View of Medicinal Combination, illustrating - its objects and effects, on one large sheet, coloured so as to indicate the operation of each ingredient in a Compound Formula, upon the principle established in his Pharmacologia, &c.

In the Press, Observations, shewing the National and Domestic Evils resulting from too low a Rate of Wages, with Hints respecting the means likely to render the Working Classes better satisfied, more loyal, contented, and happy; to which is annexed a Copy of the Act of Parliament upon this subject, passed July 24th, 1820, and the

Mr. MURRAY will shortly publish (if a sufficient subscription can be procured,) an Account of the Discovery of a New Continent called New South Shetland, with a Description of the Manners and Customs of its Inhabitants, illustrated by numerous Engravings, from Drawings made on the Spot, by Captain J, ROGERS. 4to.

Mis. WILLIAMS, author of the Summary Method of Reading, and other useful works upon Education, will publish at Christmas, Conversations, on English Grammar, in a Series of Familiar Dialogues between Mother and her Daughter.

Shortly will be published, The Mental Calculator, a compendium of concise (but general Rules of easy solution on various useful and interesting Problems in Astronomy, forming an Epitome of the Elements of that Science; to which is annexed a Guide to the Constellations; by Mr. LovEKIN.

Preparing for Publication.

Translations from the Russian, By Mr. John Bowring. With Preliminary Remarks on the Language and Poetical Literature of Russia.

Such is the World; a Novel

A New Edition of Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler; with entirely new Embellishments.

A New Edition of Bingham's Origines Ecclesiasticæ. By the Rev. Richard Bingham, Grandson of the Author.

The Earthquake; a Tale, in 3 vols. By the Author of the Ayrshire Legatees, or the Correspondence of the Pringle Family.

The Automatical Camera Obscura. By
the Author of The Village in an Uprour.
A Christian Biographical Dictionary. By
John Wilks, Jun.

The Little Manufacturer.

The Geography of the New Testament, in the simplest Language.

The Poet's Child; a Tragedy. By Miss Isabel Hill.

The Principles of Medicine, on the Plan of the Baconian Philosophy. By R. D. Hamelton.

A second edition of Mr. Lloyd's Translation of Alfieri's Tragedies, with Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alfieri.

DIGEST OF POLITICAL EVENTS.

A LITERARY REPORTI

The Rev. T.D. FosBROOKE, M.A. F.R.S. author of British Monachism, &c., intends to deliver in the Metropolis, during the winter, Two Courses of Archeological Lectures, twelve in each course.

A new Volume of Poems, by JOHN CLARE, the Northamptonshire Peasant, is in the press, and is expected to appear about Christmas. →

A Prospectus has been circulated of a New Periodical Religious Magazine, conducted by members of The United Secession Church of Scotland, entitled the Christian Recorder, and British and Foreign Religious Intelligencer; the first number will appear in January.

The First Part of Mr. DAVID BOOTH'S Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, is now in the press. The same Gentleman is also preparing for publication, a work to be entitled The Morality of Human ...Nature, compared with that of Religious Systems and with the Doctrines of Modern Philosophers.

DIGEST OF POLITICAL EVENTS.

ONE act of the great drama which has been exhibiting before England and the world during the last four months, is at length concluded. The Queen's TRIAL has been brought to a conclusion, and the country is at least relieved from those disgusting and licentious details, which have done so much mischief to public morals. We wish we could add, that the country is relieved from all matter of peril and perturbation arising out of that inquiry. We fear, however, before the question can be finally settled, . evils of a different nature from those above alluded to, may be expected. But we shall abstain for the present from comment, and proceed to carry down the historical narrative of this momentous transaction, from our last digest, to the period at which we are writing.

The Queen's Counsel having concluded the defence of their illustrious client, on Thursday, the 26th October, the following day, and part of the next, were occupied by his Majesty's Attor**ney-General in replying. In performing this task, he avoided all declamation all oratorical appeals-all those arts by which the passions may be momentarily excited, while the mind remains unconvinced. His business simply was to shew, if he could, that the charges preferred against her Majesty had not been disproved by her own witnesses; to demonstrate how the evidence in support of the bill was sustained and confirmed by that which was adduced - against it; and lastly, what was the legal conclusion to which the peers were bound to come, assuming the truth of the statements he had made. It may easily be supposed, that a mass of evidence, occupying upwards of 1000 folio pages, was not very easily to be reduced to a series of demonstrated propositions, except by the application of great legal acumen, and the exercise of that faculty which juridical practice may improve but cannot bestow. We will venture to say, however, that no candid person can read the reply of the Attorney-General, without acknowledging that he fully accomplished this gigantic labour.

He was ably supported by his learned co-adjutor the Solicitor-General, who, with the scanty materials which his predecessor's wide sweep of argument and illustration had left him, made a powerful impression on the house. Some parts of the case, which had been entangled with manifold contradictions NEW MONTHLY MAG.-No. 83.

and perplexities, he was remarkably happy in elucidating; while the manly energy with which he repelled certain inflammatory, and, we will add, disgraceful allusions of the adverse Counsel, did equal honour to his head and heart. His peroration was very forcible. My learned friends," said he, “ have endeavoured to awaken every sympathy, every passion of your lordships' nature; they have even appealed to the basest of all passions, the passion of fear. In this high and august assembly, of a nation renowned for its firmness and intrepidity, my learned friends have appealed to the passion of fear. Your lordships have been told by one of my learned friends, that if you passed this bill into a law, you would commit an act of suicide. By another of my learned friends you were told, that if you passed this bill, it would be at yourperil! The words hung sufficiently long upon my learned friend's lips to be clearly understood, but they were afterwards affectedly withdrawn. I was astonished to hear such arguments urged

arguments which could not serve, but might have an injurious effect on the case of the illustrious individual in whose behalf they were urged. I know, my lords, that your lordships dare not do any thing unjust; but I know at the same time that you will do what the ends of justice require, without regard to any personal consequences which may follow. But, my lords, it is not in this place only that such arts, have been resorted to; a similar course has been followed out of doors-every attempt has been made to intimidate your lordships and overawe your proceedings. Even the name of her Majesty herself has been profaned for base and factious purposes. In her Majesty's name, but undoubtedly without her consent, attacks have been made upon all that is sacred and venerable. The empirethe constitution-the Sovereign-the hierarchy-every order of the state all has been darkly and malignantly attacked under the shield of her Majesty's ..name. But, my lords, I do not suppose that this has been done with her Majesty's consent: if it had, well might we exclaim

'dum capitolio

Regina dementes ruinas

Funus et imperio parabat."

In such a case we might well expect
the commencement of a new era; but I
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again say, that I impute no such motives to her Majesty. I say, my lords, that if in looking to the whole of the evidence, you shall have the strongest moral conviction on your lordships minds of her Majesty's guilt, but yet feel that there has not been such evidence brought forward as would lay the legal foundation of guilt; in that case, my lords, you will throw out this bill; you will say to her Majesty, in the language of my learned friend Mr. Denman, go thou, and sin no more.' But, my lords, if, on the other hand, looking with that calmness and impartiality which the great importance of this case requires, you find that the case is borne out by the strongest, fullest, and most satisfactory evidence, if no doubt hangs upon the minds of your lordships, then, my lords, knowing the tribunal I have been addressing, I am sure you will pronounce your decision on this great and momentous question with a firmness consonant to your high and exalted

station."

The legal part of the proceedings being thus concluded, the next step which the house had to take was, to enter upon the discussion of the second reading, and to declare, by its votes, whether the evidence adduced had been such as would justify that second reading. An adjournment of two days took place, in order to allow time for the noble lords to examine and digest the evidence, and to come fully and solemnly prepared to the great question.

had so pre-occupied all those legal grounds of debate which he intended to take, that he found his range unexpectedly narrowed. From whatever cause it arose, the fact is certain, that his speech fell considerably below that point at which public anticipation had previ ously fixed it. Let it not be supposed that we are depreciating the real value of what he uttered. As far as it went, it was excellent, it was worthy of himself; but its fault was, that it did not go far enough; that it was not so complete, so decisive, so comprehensive a view of all the bearings and details of the evidence, as was expected from his capacious mind, from his gigantic powers of argument, and from his consummate legal acumen.

There was a remarkable difference between the speech of the noble and learned lord, and that of the Earl of Liverpool, who treated the question, not with forensic subtlety, but with the plain, straight-forward, and intelligible reasoning of an unperverted mind. He looked at the evidence, and at the inferences fairly deducible from that evidence, with what we call, par excellence, the feelings and sentiments of an Englishman. He attempted no violent or overstrained deductions; no wilful suppression of material circumstances; no partial application of insulated facts. He conceded, fairly and honourably, what might be considered the weak points of his case; he yielded, without a moment's reluctance, the full benefit to On Wednesday, Nov. 1st, they re-as- the accused, of every thing which could sembled, and the Lord Chancellor be claimed in her behalf; he dismissed opened the discussion. His speech from his view all controverted or quescould not be otherwise than able and tionable testimony; and yet, when he convincing; but we confess we were had thus winnowed and sifted the evidisappointed with it altogether. If dence, when he had thus dispossessed there was one subject that by possibility himself of much which a less honourcould come before the House of Lords, able antagonist would have retained, he which was more adapted than another still made out a case so complete and to call into play his stupendous powers unanswerable, that it seems wonderful of mind, it was the one then under his it did not produce an unanimity of consideration. It was, in fact, in its opinion among their lordships. The very nature, a purely judicial case; an conclusion was heard with profound atabstract argument of law; a dry, tech- tention-we might almost say, with nical estimate of evidence. We have profound emotion. known this noble and learned lord deli-"We come now," said the noble ver a much more elaborate judgement lord, " to a decision, in which, I hope in the Court of Chancery, upon an in- and trust, your votes will not be intricate case of equity, than the one he fluenced by fear, affection, or interest : pronounced to the Peers upon the mo- and I trust and believe, every peer will mentous and solemn inquiry whether a give his vote from the bottom of his Queen of England should be degraded heart, according to the best of his judgfrom her rank and constitutional privi- ment, and in fulfilment of the dietates leges. Perhaps the speeches of his Ma- of his conscience. I will not believejesty's Attorney and Solicitor-General, I never can believe-that the country