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sibility, by applying to thearcbbishop of Canter- bury, the bishop of London, ana the earl's executors, who directed the sum to be divided among the authors of the following works. They ate deuomioated the Bridgewater Treatitet :

I. On the Power ^ Wiedom, and Gocdnete 0/ Ood, wmoni- fetted in the adaptation of external Nature to the moral and intellectual Conetitution of Man. By the rer. l^omaa Chalmers, professor of divinity in the unireraity of Edin- bnrgb.

II. The adaptation of external Nature to the phyticai Condition of Jlfan. By John Kidd, M.O., F.R.S., rcgliu proftssor of medicine in the university of Oxford.

III. Astronomy and General Pht/sice, contidered with refer- ence to Natural Theology. By the rev. William Whewell , M.A. F.R.S., feUow of Trinity colleee. Cambridge.

IV. The Hand : it» Mechanism and vital Endourmenta aa etineing Design. By sir Charles Bell, K.H., F.R.S.

V. Animal and Vegetable Phyeiology. By Peter Mark Boget, H.D., fellow of and secretary to the royal society.

VI. Geology and Mineralogy. By the rev. William Bucli- land, D.D., F.R.S., canon at Christ cborcb, and professor of Geology in the aniversity of Oxfbrd.

VII. The History, Habits, and Inetinete of Animals. By the rev. wniiam Klrby, M.A., F.R.S.

VIII. Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Dires. Horn. By William Front, M.D., F.R 8.

1829, April. Died, William Reio, printer, one of the establishers of the Glasgow Courier, and for a long time its editor. Mr. Reid was tged seventy-one years at the time of his decease.

1829, April 23. The Catholic charter of pri- vileges, which passed into a law, by the consent of the three estates of the realm, on the 13tb of April, came first into operation on this propitious day. Messrs. Whiting and Branston, printers and publishers of the Allot London weekly news- paper, issued a double number containing all the debates which had taken place in both houses of parliament upon this important question, and which for size of paper and quantity of type, surpassed every preceding effort of the press.

1829, June 3. At the theatre royal, Covent garden, a benefit was given in behalf of the Printers' Pension Society. The performances were the Castle of Andalusia, a Musical Me- lange, and the comedy of Charles 11. Keeley, in the character of a printer's devil, delivered the following address, written for the occasion, by W. T. MoDcrief, esq.

(Spealcs MUwf the Seema.)

What I I go on and thank the gentlefolks I Go on the stage I A plague upon your Jokes— I cannot do it— I should die with shame I Well, if I must— mind, you shall bear the blame.

(Enters, cleaning a Printer's Ball.)

Ladies and Gentlemen— I beg your pardon For thus appearing here in Covent-Garden; Tts not my faolt — I'd rather be at home. But I was by the Printers press'd to come. Having got all they can from you — 'tis civil — For thanks they coolly leave you to the Devil! Start not — the Printer's Devil! that is me. No blacker than I'm painted, as yon see, The Devil- that with Faust the first of Printers (Colled Doctor Faustns) had such odd adventures. Every thing's thrown on me, but you shall hear — Master, yon know, commands the overseer. The overseer he lords it o'er the men. The men they fag the 'prentices, and then The 'prentices blow me up— that's not civil— So good or bad, all's laid upon the Devil I For every thing they want the pressmen call me, And if I do not answer they black ball me. Kay, with abase the very Anthors cram me. And when 1 go for copy, curse and damn me <

Still I most q>eak a good word for the knaves, Altbongh they use us worse than Tnrks do daves. Tat if die Devil does not bare pity, they Will rarely stew— therell be the deuce to pay. Gentlemen of the Press, I ask your aid To aid those who aid you— you're all one trade— Bxcose my freedom — but you must agree The British Press in all parts should be free; And where, I'll ask you, would be your reports. If the Compositors were out of sorts; The ponderous words from many a learned head, Take yon that down, they put in kindred lead; Give your notes valae— measure out your rhymes. And yield " ita form and pressure to the Times." The Press, great engine of all human good, The widest spread, the easiest understood — Which knowledge drcnlates from pole to pole. Corrects the heart, improves and diarm* the soul t To which unnumbered blessings owe their birth. Which yields an immortality on earth I Oh! of its membera pardon each transgression. And let their merits make a good impression; Nor yonr kind patronage to those refuse, Who're galley slaves to fomish you the News. When pres^i^yf poverty, and cms*!! by care, Lald-up, and <A their metal /—in despair I In worn-out case and burthened helpless elves. Too oft with types in minion of themselves; What aid shall sooth their wants and charm their grief ( Our Printenf Fund, which yields to all relief; Wbich Pensions age, gives to desert Its due. But which still owes its best support to yon. Will yon support it still and grant our suit- Bestow your aid, and your applause to boot t — Yes, from your presence here, n proof I putt. We Printers like to see our bases full. TIs all correct, no chance can now defeat as. So without boiUiin, I'll make my Ttrfeftu

1829, Aug. Died, Geqroe Wood, for some years proprietor, editor, and publisher of the Kent Herald, at Canterbury. Mr. Wood was a native of that city, where he died at the early age of thirty-nine. He first entered upon the newspaper business by starting the Man of Kent, a weekly journal, in which he undertook to point out all ibe abuses of the county, but which had not a very long career. Shortly after its close he purchased the Kent Herald, then limited in its circulation, but which he raised into high esteem with the liberal party. He was a man of extensive observation, of considerable reading, and energetic spirit in what he undertook, or engaged others to undertake. He was fond of literature; and took an active part in the estab- lishment of a museum at Canterbury. In pri- vate life Mr. Wood had many estimable qualities, — his charities were extensive without ostenta- tion — his friendship was sincere — ^his hostility open and manly. In his death the poor man lost a friend. That he was not free from faults must be admitted; but they were errors that his relatives may regpret, yet not feel ashamed of " Z>« morfuM nil nisi bonum." Be it not forgotten, that his life was eminently useful to his native place, and advantageous to the general cause of mankind. There was reason to fear that his de- cease was hastened by the embarrassed state of his affairs, but he had long been a martyr to the gout. Alas!

" He was bat born to try The lot of man— to stiflier and to die I "

1729. Dee. 27, Died, R. Edwards, printer, of Crane-court, Fleet-street, London. He was confidently employed by Spencer Percival to print the book containing the Delieate Investi-

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