face) was sold by auction (as before stated.) The sale lasted 24 days. His

shire, which were collected by Warburton, Anstis, and other antiquaries ;-also considerable treasures in the department of Family History, and Pedigree, with Heraldical Collections of Le Neve, and most of the Heralds and Kings at Arms, back to the time of Glover and Camden ;-and many original Abbey Registers of great value, as Records in tythe causes, &c.—and finally, every paper and volume that could be procured, relative to the office of Secretary to the Treasury, which Mr. West enjoyed for many years. His intimacy with the second Harley, Earl of Oxford, seems to have contributed much to enrich him in several of the aforementioned particulars.

'MR. PH. CARTERET WEBB's Collection, consisting chiefly of Parliamentary and Revenue History, contains numberless curious articles relative to the Chancery, Exchequer, and Treasury, the Spiritual and the Admiralty Courts, Wards and Livery, Star Chamber, &c. Among these are above thirty volumes of the Papers of Sir Julius Cæsar, Judge of the Admiralty in Queen Elizabeth's time, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Master of the Rolls in the time of James I. and Charles I. From them may be gained almost a complete history of the finances of those reigns, together with much secret information, and many curious unpublished State Papers, connected with the general history of those times. Sir Julius Cæsar's manuscripts were exposed to sal many years ago, at an auction in St. Paul's Churc

Prints and Drawings were sold in 13 days: Coins and Medals, in 7: Plate and

Yard, where Mr. West and Mr. Webb became the principal purchasers of them. Mr. Webb, being Solicitor to the Treasury, was likewise attentive to collect all memorials of the business of that office down to his own time. Several volumes of his manuscripts belonged to Lord Somers; and many, not the least curious, relative to law business, were the property of Mr. Umfreville, who, having incurred an extraordinary expense in carrying his election as Coroner for Middlesex, was under the necessity of selling his collection.

IN addition to the two collections which have been already described, there are many volumes of copies, done at a great expense, from the Tower and Cottonian Records. Many of them are of singular value, as they preserve the contents of some originals which are obliterated, burnt, or lost. There is likewise a very considerable collection of original letters to and from the kings and queens of England and Scotland, from the time of Henry VIII. to that of George II.

For the extent of the present Catalogue no apology is deemed necessary. If any manuscripts ever deserved a circumstantial Catalogue, these surely do. The trouble which it has cost, and the expense which it has incurred, are far outweighed by the single consideration, that a Catalogue of this description will not only improve the value of the property,

Miscellaneous Curiosities, in 7: Pictures, Framed Prints, and Drawings, in 4 days, the same year.'

Royal Institution.

Mr. DAVY, in his fifteenth lecture, on the chemical phenomena of nature, considered the general effects of water in equalizing the temperature of the globe. Seas are warmer in winter and colder in summer than the countries which they surround; and these circumstances are connected with admirable effects in the general system.

THE great rains in the tropical climates take place chiefly in the bot season but in the polar regions in the cold

but, it is hoped, confer an important and permanent advantage upon the Republic of Letters.'

season: and the heat is mitigated in one case, and the cold in the other.

THE anomaly of the superior specific gravity of water, as compared with ice, Mr. Davy stated as of great use; for if it had been capable of forming at the bottom of the sea, it must have continually accumulated: but it is produced only at the surface, where it is exposed to the sun and air.

British Gallery.

No. 193. A Landscape and Cattle. Evening.

No. 205. A Landscape and Figures. Both by Miss F. Reinagle.

MISS REINAGLE has an exceedingly good taste. The composition in these landscapes, is excellent; and reminds us

a little of Claude. The colouring is rather too violent: but when time shall have somewhat remedied this defect, these pictures will have considerable claim to the notice and approbation of the connoisseur.

202. Tintern Abbey.

G. Arnold.

THESE beautiful ruins are not placed in an advantageous light: on a close inspection, however, there will be found to be great knowledge of handling, and judicious arrangement of scenery, in this pleasing production of Mr. Arnold's pencil.

Purchased by Lord Granville Leveson Gower.

223. Rigby Park.

R. R. Reinagle. A VERY pleasing picture, in the manner of Hobbima. Nothing can be more rural and picturesque than this bit of scenery. Nature seems to have been studied in preference to those meretricious ornaments and graces which de