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hia employers, and the respect of his fellow- worbnen. From his ^neral knowledge and urbanitT, few men in bis class of life were more acceptable as a companion, than the learned pig.*

Sacnd to the memonr of

AoUf WILLIAIMON,

praHnum printer, in Edinburgh,

who died October 3, 1833,

aged 73 yean.

All mj stays are loosed;

'mjr cap la thrown off; my bead is worn oat;

my box is broken ;

my spindle and bar have lost their power ;

my till is laid aside;

both legs of my crane are turned oat of their path j

my platen can make no impression ;

my winter liath no spring ;

my rounce will neither roll ont nor in ;

stone, coffin, and carriage, have all failed ;

the binges of my tympan, and Crisket, are immoreable ;

my long and short ribs are rusted ;

Taj cheeks are much worm-eaten, and mouldering away;

my press is totally down I

Hie Tolome of my life is finished 1

not without many errors ;

molt of them hare arisen from bad composition, and are

to be attributed more to the case than to the press ;

there are also a great number of my own ;

misses, scuilb, blotches, blurs, and bad register :

bat the tme and faithful Superiatendent has nndcrtakea

to correct the whole.

When the mactiine is again set op,

(incapable of decay,) \

a new and perfect edition of my life will appear, elegantly bound for duration, and every way fitted for the grand Bbrsry of Hie Oreat Author.

18.32, Oct. 3. Died, William Ford, an emi- nent bookseller, at Manchester, aged sixtT-one years. Mr. Ford was on his outset in life en- gaged in what was then called the Manchester trade ; and, at the time he was thus occupied, he indulged, at his leisure, in the pursuit of literature and the arts. Having a most exten- sive memory, he amassed stores of information on those subjects which few men possessed. He was at length advised by his friends to become a bookseller, in which he acquiesced, and taking hia private collection for his stock in trade, he published, in 1805, a most valuable catalogue, in which he displayed a profound knowledge of iibliography and curiotis literature. Several publications of the same kind, of subsequent iates, are replete with valuable information, the esults of continued and zealous research, and vbich gained for Mr. Ford the correspondence md friendship of many curious collectors, par- icularly sir Walter Scott, Dr. Dibdin, and Mr. fleber. Mr. Ford's knowledge of the works of »otIi ancient and modern engravers was most xtensive, and his judgment accurate. In his i,tter years he experienced the vicissitudes of ortune, often the attendant upon talent ; but he stores of his information were always acces- ible to his friends, and many opulent possessors r rare and choice productions of art and litera- are acknowledged the advEmtages they derived roTn Mr. Ford's superior information.

1832, OeC. 10. Died, Jobs Hampson, of the nn of Hampson and Hadfield,t Manchester,

• A tcchinleal term for a pressman, t Srakey Hadfleld nnfoitonately pot an end to his ex- tence, bj banging. In his printingHufflce, Angust, 1833.

aged forty years. Mr. Hampson was a native of Manchester, where he served his apprentice- ship to Mr. Haydock. He was well skilled in botany and entomology, and highly respected in the printing trade. His death was very sudden, while he was at work in the printing-office.

1832, Oct. 25. Died, John Bumpus, book- seller. Skinner-street, London. He was exten- sively known throughout Great Britain by his sales of books by auction. Mr. Bumpus unfor- tunately drowned himself in the Suny canal, having shewn symptoms of insanity some days before. He left a widow and six children.

1832, Nov. 31. Died, James Conway, who was distinguished for his literary powers, and for a singular zeal and assiduity during a twenty years' connexion with the metropolitan press. For eighteen months preceding his death, Mr. Conway was the Parisian correspondent of the London Tijnet, where be died. He was a native of Cork, where his connexions were respectable.

1832, Jan. 17. The Scottith Guardian, pub- lished at Glasgow.

1832. The Dumfries Timet.

1832. The Ayr Obierrer.

1832, Feb. The Endeavourer, No. 1. A series of periodical papers, which appMied in the pages of the Gentleman's Magazine.

\&3St, March 31. Taies Edinburgh Magazine, No. 1, printed for and published by William Tait, Edinburgh. The political doctrines of this journal are the same as the Weitmineter Review, and has met with an unprecedented success.

1832. Mag 12. The Neu;aulle Journal, No. 1, printed and published by the proprietor, Messrs. Hemaman and Perring, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1832, Julg 7. The Saturday Magazine.

1832, July 20. The Newcastle Press, No. 1, published at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Discon- tinued October 4, 1834.

1832, .<lt<$r. 21. JTte Northumberland Adver- tiser. No. 1. published at Shields. Discontinued March 25, 1834.

1832, Oct. 1. The Wreath; or, Nottingham Literary Miscellany of Prose and Poetry, No. 1, printed and publisned by Thomas Kirk.

1832. The Coionwf, (Hobart Town, Australia.) This paper was commenced by a joint-stock company, and conducted by three patriotic gen- tlemen, Messrs. Meredith, Gregson, and Robert- son, as the People's Journal.

1832. The Chinese Repository, printed and published monthly at Canton, in China. This periodical contains forty-eight pages, circulates above seven hundred, and would be considered good even in England. Among the places to which it is sent, we find some spots where we should hardly expect that many readers would be found ; such as Honolulo, on the Sandwich Islands. More than a third of all the numben printed go to the United States, and about fi% reach England. Besides extracts from Chinese gazettes, and details of occurrences, it contains much information relating to China, translations of historical documents, correspondence with the government, and frequently original articles.

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