7thly. That man is not gifted with faculties which will enable him to comprehend the ultimate nature either of material or immaterial things. 8thly. That the brain is necessary only to the superior faculties of animals; it is not essential to their vegetative functions, since thousands of creatures exist and multiply without it. It is only found in those which are destined to hold a superior station in the scale of animated existence. 9thly. Phrenologists believe the soul to be a divine emanation, not scrutable by our senses, not fathomable by our reason, but self-evident, and further manifested to us by religion and revelation. 10thly. They believe insanity to be only a disease or disorder of the brain, and that the soul or immaterial principle can never be diseased, nor can ever die. 11thly. They believe that by observation and induction the functions of many parts of the brain have been discovered, and most of these parts are ascertainable externally. 12thly. It is impossible to distinguish the function of any part of the body by examining its anatomical structure alone the functions of the spleen are not known to this day, although its anatomical structure has been accurately described in ages past. 13thly. That the peculiarities in the form which distinguish the sculls of men and most animals depend on the formation of their brains, and so assimilated to each other are they, that either the scull or the brain may be given to find the form of the other. 14thly. That the size of the brain is not alone sufficient to indicate the power of its action; it is necessary to know the nature of the circulation, the habits and vegetative functions of the individual, before an opinion of the extent of action of any cerebral organ can be correctly estimated. 15thly. The number of the mental faculties in animals increases only as we find the cerebral parts added to their nervous system in ascending the scale towards man. 16thly. 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Mr. Charles Richardson is preparing a new Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Explanation of the Words commences with the Etymological or Intrinsic Meaning, their various applications in use are traced in orderly connexion, and the Quotations in Illustration, are arranged Chronologically from the most Ancient to the most Modern Authors. A Booksellers' Assistants' Society has recently been formed at Leipsic, the objects of which are stated to be the promotion, after the labours of the day, of friendly intercourse and improvement, by means of a library, lectures, and a reading-room. Classes will also be formed for instruction in the most useful living languages. The lectures are to embrace the various arts connected with book selling, such as letter-founding, printing, bookbinding, paper-making, copper and wood engraving, lithography, &c.-Foreign Quarterly Review. An Epitome of the County of Warwick, containing a brief historical and descriptive Account of the Towns, Villages, and Parishes, with their Hamlets, by Thomas Sharp, Esq. Author of a "Dissertation on the Coventry Mysteries," &c. &c. is nearly ready for publication. The first No. of a History and Description of the late Houses of Parliament and ancient palatial edifices of Westminster, by E. H. Brayley, and J. Britton, Esq. to be completed in Ten Monthly parts, illustrated by numerous Embellishments, will be published on the first of January. PREFERMENTS, MARRIAGES, &c. PREFERMENTS. The Rev. R. Cooper Christie, LL. B. has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester to the Rectory of Fretherne, in that diocese, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. James Hartley Dunsford: patron, the Rev. Collingwood Forster Fenwick, LL.B. of Brook, in the Isle of Wight.-The Rev. George Roberts has been licensed to the perpetual Curacy of Coleford, in the Forest of Dean, in the patronage of the Lord Bishop of Gloucester. MARRIAGES. At St. George's Church, Hanover-square, Lord Bruce, eldest son of the Marquis of Aylesbury, to the Hon. Miss Beresford, daughter of Lord Decies.-At Halton Chapel, the Hon. Arthur Lascelles, fifth son of the Earl of Harewood, to Caroline, fourth daughter of Sir R. Brooke, Bart. of Chester.-At Oldswinford, Henry Granger, Esq. of Stockwell House, Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton, to Helen, eldest daughter of William Henry Freer, Esq. of Stourbridge, Worcestershire. -At Tenby, Sunderland, Clay Fowke, Esq. fourth son of the late Francis Fowke, Esq. of Boughrood Castle, Radnorshire, to Miss Price, niece of Mr. P. Price, Tenby.-At Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, Mr. W. Minton, to Miss E. Meredith, both of Hereford.-At Cheltenham, the Rev. Edward Synge, Rector of Kilherrin, county of Galway, Ireland, to Emily, daughter of Sir Richard Steele, of the city of Dublin, Bart.-At Newton Solney, Mr. Bartley Hoskins, eldest son of Abraham Hoskins, Esq. of Newton Park, in the county of Derby, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Thomas Piddocke, Esq. surgeon, of Burton-upon-Trent.--At St. George's Church, Birmingham, Mr. John Bedford, of Frederick-street, Newhall-hill, in that town, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Henry Taylor, Esq. of Tipton.-The Rev. John Macauley, Vicar of Loppington, Salop, to Miss Large, of Malpas.-Edward Battersby, Esq. of St. Ann's, Dublin, to Miss Ellen Jones, of Cheltenham.-At Edgbaston, Birmingham, Owen Owen, Esq. of Coles The Death of H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucester took place at Bagshot Park, Nov. 30, after a painful illness of a fortnight's duration, which he bore with the greatest fortitude, resignation, and piety. His Royal Highness William Frederick Duke of Gloucester was in his 58th year, and had he lived until next month would have completed it, being born in January 1776, at Rome, whither his father went shortly after his private marriage, on the 6th of September, 1766, with Maria, the Countess Dowager of Waldegrave. The Duke completed his education at Cambridge under Dr. Beadon, and had scarcely quitted college before he entered the army. In 1805, on the death of his father, he succeeded to the title, and on the motion of Lord Henry Petty (the present Lord Lansdowne), who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer, his allowance was increased to 14,000l. a year; and, greatly to his credit, his Royal Highness has always kept within the bounds of his income. In 1816 the Duke married his first cousin, the Princess Mary, the fourth daughter of George III, and is said to have stipulated that it should by no means be expected to influence his political conduct. His Royal Highness, notwithstanding his limited fortune, was a munificent patron of many of the public charities, which happily abound in our vast metropolis. Besides being a Knight of the Garter, and a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, his Royal Highness was Ranger of Bagshot-park, and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. The military career of the Duke was as follows:-The first commission of his Royal Highness was that of Captain in the First Foot Guards, with the rank of Colonel, and dated 11th March, 1789. In March, 1794, his Royal Highness, then Prince William, went to Flanders to join his company in the 1st battalion, and on the 16th April was appointed to the command of a brigade, consisting of the 14th, 37th, and 53rd Regiments. His Royal Highness was immediately afterwards appointed to the command of the 115th Regt. (3rd May, 1794,) and had a letter of service as Colonel on the staff and to do the duty of General Officer in the army, in which capacity he served the whole of the campaign. On Feb. 16, 1795, his Royal Highness received the rank of Major-General. Nov. 8, same year, he was appointed Colonel of the 6th Regiment of Foot. While MajorGeneral, he was appointed (1799) to the command of a brigade comprising two battalions of the fifth and two of the 35th, forming a part of the Duke of York's army. Nov. 13, 1799, his Royal Highness received the rank of Lieutenant-General; April 25th, 1808, that of General; May 26th, 1809, appointed to the Colonelcy of the 3rd Guards, now the Scots Fusileers; in 1816, his late Majesty, by special warrant, conferred on the Duke the title of Prince of the Blood Royal, on the occasion of the marriage of his Royal Highness with his cousin the Princess Mary.-The venerable Dr. Carey, whose indefatigable labours in translating the Holy Scriptures into the languages of the East are so well known to the Biblical scholar, and to all the friends of Missions, has finished his earthly course. He expired at Serampore, the scene of his valuable and interesting labours, on the 9th of June, declaring to his surrounding friends, the Cross of Christ and the Atonement of the Redeemer to be the only and all-sufficient ground of his confidence and joy.-At Birmingham, in the 102d year of her age, Mrs. S. Collins.At Bath, Viscount St. Leger, only brother of the Hon. Mrs. Leighton, widow of Col. Leighton. This lady has lost her husband and brother in the short space of a few days. In his 58th year, the Rev. Samuel Lowe, A. M. Rector of Darlaston, in the county of Stafford.-At Stockton Rectory, Anne Barbara, wife of the Rev. Charles Whitmore, A.M. and fourth daughter of the late Thomas Giffard, Esq. of Chillington, Staffordshire.Aged 38, Mary Ann, wife of Lieutenant Jas. Reece Lane, R. M. and eldest child of the late William Parry, Esq. of Arkstone Court, Herefordshire-In the 94th year of her age, Ann, relict of Francis Derry, Esq. formerly of Birchin, in the parish of Castle Froome, Herefordshire.-At Cheshunt Park, the residence of T. A. Russell, Esq. Lieut-General G. A. Armstrong, aged 63.-At Clifton, Richard Jenkins, Esq. of Beachley Lodge, Gloucestershire, aged 58.-Aged 51, sincerely and deservedly regretted by her family and friends, Ann, the beloved wife of Thomas Leonard, Esq. of Worcester.-In France, Charles, only son of Thomas Fitz Herbert, Esq. of Swinnerton Hall, Staffordshire,-At NO, VI. near Great Marlow, Bucks, Hypatia, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Lewis Evans, Vicar of Froxfield, Wilts, and niece of the Rev. A. B. Evans, Gloucester.-At Bitterley Court, in the county of Salop, in the 69th year of his age, the Rev. John Walcot, 39 years Rector of the parish of Bitterley.-In the 54th year of his age, John Scudamore Lechmere Pateshall, Esq. surgeon, of Hereford. In the 89th year of his age, William Read, Esq. of Brunswick-square, Gloucester.-At Tewkesbury, Mr. William Shakspeare Hart, the seventh descendant from our immortal bard.-At Mountain, Holt, James Smith, Esq. aged 61; a distinguished agriculturist, and well known as a member of the Bath and West of England Society. At Peterborough-house, Fulham, (having survived his wife only three weeks,) Sir C. Egleton Kent, Bart. of Ponton House, aged 50. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his only child, now Sir C. Kent, Bart, a minor.-In the 83rd year of his age, Jonathan Peel, Esq. of Accrington House, Lancashire, the sole surviving brother of the late, and uncle of the present, Sir Robert Peel, Bart.-Aged 46, Thomas Pringle, Esq. for several years Secretary to the London Anti-Slavery Society.-At the Moors, near Ross, Susan Bennett, and on the following Thursday, Ellen and Martha, sisters of the above, of the ages of 21, 19, and 16, daughters of Mr. John Bennett, of that place; they were all buried in one grave on Friday, the 28th ult. The whole of them a few days previous enjoyed perfect health.-Aged 39, Richard Jones Powell, Esq. of Hinton, near Hereford, Recorder of the City, and Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the County. He was one of the Vice-Presidents, and a liberal benefactor to the Herefordshire Female Servants' Reward Society. His death is deeply regretted whether as a public or private man, his life was most valuable. ---At Cradley, near Stourbridge, Catherine, wife of the Rev. S. Fiddian, Wesleyan Minister, late of Hereford.-Martha, the beloved wife of Mr. Richard Law, of Kidder. minster.-In Euston-square, London, in the 72nd year of her age, Elizabeth, relict of Thomas Creswell, Esq. late of Tenbury.— In the 75th year of her age, Mary, relict of John Jones, Esq. late of Hazel Court, Herefordshire. At his house at Stourbridge, aged 74, W. Scott, Esq.-At Saltley, Warwickshire, at the advanced age of 102, Mrs. Jane Twist.-The French Papers announce the death of a man at Polock, in Luthania, aged 188. He had seen seven monarchs on the throne of Russia, and served Gustavus Adolphus as a soldier during the 30 years war. At 93, he married his third wife, who lived 50 years with him, and bore him several children.-At Manchester, Rowland Detrosier; he directed his remains to be devoted to the purposes of science.-At Glasgow, aged 43, the Rev. Edward Irving.-Mr. F. A. Ebert, the great German bibliographer, and chief librarian to the King of Saxony. His death was occasioned by a fall from a ladder, from which he was reaching for a book in the Royal Library.-In Cadogan-place, in her 75th year, Lady Tryshens Bathurst, eldest sister of the late Earl Bathurst.-At Lea Hall, Yardley, within a few days of having completed his 80th year, John Blount, Esq. one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Worcester.-At Barrow 3 N [The Meteorological Report for Malvern, for each succeeding month, will appear regularly in the forthcoming numbers.] * A luminous arch, stretching across the heavens from East to West, was visible on the evening of the 3rd. It was first observed at 8 p. m.; its western extremity, which appeared the most brilliant, was a little to the south of a Lyræ: it then passed through the triangle formed by the three principal stars in the constellation Cygnus, and its eastern limb was somewhat to the north of Jupiter and Aldebaran. About an hour afterwards the arch was more faint, and had moved five or six degrees to the southward, its eastern extremity being then nearer to a Aquile than a Lyræ. At the time of its appearance, the wind was light from the south, the temperature mild, and the sky generally overspread by a very thin stratum of cloud, more dense in the north than elsewhere. Stars of the first and second magnitude were very visible; the smaller ones mostly obscured. It will be seen by the table above that the weather for the subsequent days was windy, with rain, accompanied with a considerable fall in the barometer. |