The warmth of his heart, and the steadiness of his attachment to his friends, were indeed not less remarkable than his high intellectual qualities. He had a marked part in that circle so eloquently described by Mr. Macaulay, "in which every talent and accomplishment, every art and science had its place."

the metropolis struck off with wonderful accuracy and amusing effect. His rustic figures are no less true and excellent. In his larger work, The Royal Palaces, the engravings are splendid, and the text replete with talent, whether applied to graphic remark or antique anecdote and research. His Wine and Walnuts (originally published in the Literary Mr. Allen has died worth about £7000 or £8000, Gazette, and then collected in three volumes,) atof which he has bequeathed £2500 to the descend-tracted much public notice, and induced him to start ants in his mother's second marriage, named Cleg- a weekly periodical of his own, which was called horn, and resident in the western states of Ameri- the Somerset House Gazette, but lasted only for one ca. The sum of £1000 and all his medical books year. The pains he bestowed on his anecdotical and manuscripts are bequeathed to his intimate inquiries were extraordinary; and every little incifriend Dr. John Thompson, Emeritus Professor of dent and fact which he stated, if capable of confirPathology in the University of Edinburgh. In re-mation, were as carefully investigated as if he had spect to his other manuscripts his wishes are ex-been composing national history. This gave great pressed in the following terms :value to his pictures of elder times, his biographical sketches, and touches of manners. Latterly he communicated some agreeable papers to Frazer's Magazine, in which it is believed the last of his literary essays have appeared.

"I bequeath to Col. Charles Richard Fox all my manuscript journals, diaries, and letters, with the exception of such as have been already devised to Dr. Thompson, of Edinburgh. I know that my manuscript collections, which were made for purposes that I cannot hope now to execute, are of no value to any one but myself; but I am loath to destroy them while I am still alive, and having the same confidence in Colonel Fox which I had in his father, to whom I had formerly bequeathed them, I am sure he will take care that they fall into no hands after my death where they can be used to my discredit." His Spanish and Italian books are left to Dulwich college. The will is dated Oct. 29, 1S42.

HENRY NELSON COLERIDGE, ESQ.-Jan. 26. In Chester place, Regent's Park, Henry Nelson Coleridge, Esq., M. A, Barrister at Law.

Mr. Nelson Coleridge was the son of Colonel Coleridge, a brother of the poet. He married his cousin, a daughter of the poet, a very learned and accomplished lady; she published some years ago a translation of the " History of the Abipones," from the Latin of Dobrizhoffer, and more recently a beautiful fairy tale called "Phantasmion." He was educated at Eton and at King's college, Cambridge, where he was elected Fellow, and graduated B. A. 1823, M. A. 182-. He accompanied his uncle, the Bishop of Barbadoes, on his outward voyage, and the result was a work entitled "Six Months in the West Indies in 1825," originally published anonymously, but with his name in the third edition, 1832, which is one of the series of Murray's Family Library.

He was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, Nov. 24, 1826; practised as an equity draftsman and conveyancer; and was appointed Lecturer on the principles and practice of equity to the Incorporated Law Society.

During his long career Mr. P. was intimately associated with all the principal artists of the time, and also with very many of its literary ornaments. His conversation was original, instructive, social, and entertaining, and caused his company to be much courted by all who could appreciate these agreeable qualities. He was connected with the late Mr. Ackerman, and the suggester and main-spring of many of that worthy publisher's most successful undertakings, from the issue of a print to the institution of the famous subscription for the sufferers in Germany. His mind, indeed, was ever full of curious projects; but perhaps his perseverance was not equal to his invention, and fortune did not reward his efforts so liberally as to bless his closing days with the independence his genius so richly deserved.

He was, we believe, the son of a respectable leather-seller in Holborn, and displayed so early and strong a predilection for the arts as to induce his father to place him on trial with a clever draughtsman and print-colorer. But when the time came that he should be bound an apprentice, much as he liked the pursuit, he refused to accept the master; and at fourteen left him in disgust because he had called his word in question! This sense of respect and right grew up with William Henry Pyne; and to the end of his life, though afflicted with much suffering, his temper was placid and amiable, his conduct affectionate and unworldly.-Literary Gaz.

It is with much regret that we inform our readers of the sudden and painful death of the Rev. Samuel Kidd, M. A., the talented Professor of Oriental Literature in University College. The Rev. gentleman fell down in a fit of epilepsy on Monday mornered him. He was an erudite scholar and a sincere

In 1830 he published an Introduction to the Studying, and died before any assistance could be rend

of the Greek Classic Poets.

In 1836 he published the Literary Remains of Christian.-Court Journal.

Mr. S. T. Coleridge; and he has since been the editor of several other posthumous editions of various portions of his great relative's writings.

He also wrote several articles in the Quarterly Review.

W. H. PVNE, Esq.-May 29. At Pickering Place, Paddington, after a long illness, aged 84, William Henry Pyne, Esq.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.

Great Britain.

1. Arts, Antiquities, and Chronology of Ancient Egypt By George H. Wathen, Architect. Longman and Company.

As an artist, Mr. Pyne possessed a great facility Egypt, as the birth-place and cradle of his art, of pencil, and a charming taste and fancy for natu- must ever be a country of peculiar interest to the ral and picturesque objects, whether animate or in- Architect; but if he is also an antiquary, the atanimate. His publication in quarto entitled "The traction is irresistible. Mr. Wathen visited Egypt Microcosm of London" is a most pleasing perform-partly for professional improvement, and also to ance, and the character of the varied population of gratify a liberal curiosity. The result of his inves

tigations leads him to conclude, that many incorrect opinions are current regarding Egyptian antiquities, and particularly as to the age of some of the most interesting monuments. In his very elegant work, Mr. Wathen, with diffidence, submits these views to the judgment of the public. This is the original feature of the volume. It is embellished with architectural and other plates, mostly taken from the magnificent works published by the French and Tuscan governments, and with tinted lithograph plates from views made by the author.Tait's Magazine.

2. History of the Hawaian or Sandwich Islands, embracing their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends, Discovery by Europeans in the Sixteenth Century, Re-discovery by Cook, with their Civil, Religious, and Political History, from the Earliest Traditionary Period to the Present Time. By James Jackson Jarves, Member of the American Oriental Society.

There is always something intensely interesting in watching the gradual development of civilization in any country, and we know of none of the little green spots of earth rising out of the bosom of the ocean for the habitations of man where this is more

true than of the Sandwich Islands. Considered as

bearing upon the interests of France, England, and America, these islands are of vast political importance, yet to the eye of the philanthropist and the philosopher, they furnish other material of abundant speculation and contemplation, and the history which the American traveller and author, Mr. Jas. Jackson Jarves, has here given us, is as really in

teresting in its arrangement and management as in its material. Writing from personal observation, we have a faithful description from the best means of its attainment, since no hearsay evidence can equal that of the bodily organs; and while the present is displayed in the colors of existing truth, the past has been narrowly investigated to furnish its own history. Thus Mr. Jarves has produced a really capable and interesting work, into which is crowded a vast mass of information, of which perhaps the most important feature is the theology of the land, though its domestic usages might seem to rival such a preference.-Metropolitan.

3. A Practical Treatise on the Laws, Customs, and Regulations of the City and Port of London. By Alexander Pulling, Esq., of the Inner Temple. 8vo. London: Stevens and Norton.

kind of knowledge; and Mr. Pulling gives ample details respecting the regulations of the port of London, the conservancy of the Thames, the public markets, the Exchange, &c. He has made extensive researches, and compiled his volumes with considerable method. We can, therefore, confidently recommend this "Practical Treatise" to the attention of our readers.-Monthly Magazine.

SELECT LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS.
GREAT BRITAIN.

Pictorial History of the Jews, and Natural History of the Holy Land. By John Kitto.

History of Etruria, Part I. By Mrs. Hamilton Gray.

Closing Events of the Campaign in China. By Capt. G. G. Loch.

The History of Gustavus Vasa.

A Visit to the East, comprising Germany and the Danube, Constantinople, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Idumea. By Rev. Henry Formby, M. A.

Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1638-1842. Reprinted from the original edition, under the supervision of the Church Law Society. Wrongs of Women. By Charlotte Elizabeth.

FRANCE.

La Russie en 1839: par le Marquis de Custine. Paris.

Esprit de l'Economie Politique : par Ivan Golowine, Auteur Russe. Paris.

Histoire de Jeanne de Valois, duchesse d'Orleans et de Berri, reine de France, foundatrice de l'ordre des Annonciades: von Pierquin de Gembloux. Paris.

GERMANY.

Synoptische Tafeln für die Kritik und Exegese der drei ersten Evangelien: von J. G. Sommer. Bonn.

Uebersetzung und Auslegung der Psalm

Kirche von Dr. A. Tholuck. Halle.

Das wahre Geburtsjahr Christi, oder wir sollten 1862 anstatt 1843 schreiben: von W. D. Bloch. Berlin.

F. Passows Vermischte Schriften. Herausgeg. von W. A. Passow. Leipzig.

This Work may be read with advantage, not only by the citizen of London, but by every person who wishes to obtain a comprehensive notion of the present state of the last relic of the old munici-en, für Geistliche und Laien der Christlh. pal institutions of this country. These institutions are extremely curious, and well worthy the study of the politician. The explanation, however, of the functions of the Lord Mayor, the Common Council, the Aldermen, is more than a mere object of curi osity. These names are almost of daily occurrence in life, and comparatively few are acquainted with the whole extent of their duties. To those who feel a desire to rescue themselves from this state of ignorance, we cannot recommend a better guide than Mr. Pulling. He will tell them all they need know, not only of the principles on which the city is governed, but also of the mode of administering justice; its courts, its police, prisons, &c. The laws relating to the poor are also very fully detailed in the volume before us. But the most important portion of it is, perhaps, that in which the machinery of commerce is entered into. The public, we repeat, have long been in want of this

SWITZERLAND.

Ueber Johannes Marcus und seine Schrif

ten, oder welcher Johannes hat die Offenbarung, verfasst: von F. Hitzig. Zürich.

Anecdota zur neuesten Deutschen Philo. sophie und Publicistik von Br. Bauer, L. Feuerbach, F. Köppen, K. Nauweach, A. Ruge und eineigen Ungenannten, herausgeg. von A. Ruge. Zürich.