An Appendix of Notes, much longer than the Sermon, is introduced by a remark, that "Of course the Clergy, at whose request this Sermon is published, are not pledged to the approving of the matter contained in the following notes; I can only express my hope that it will meet with their approbation." 78. The Proofs of the Spirit, or Considerations on Revivalism: a Sermon, preached at St. Mary's Chapel, Penzance, on Sunday April 24th, 1814, by C. Val. Le Grice, M. A. Perpetual Curate of Penzance. 8vo. pp. 36. Rivingtons. "The observations in this Discourse from Ephes. v. 9, 10.) were occasioned by a process denominated a Revival, lately introduced into this town among the people called Methodists. For the propriety of the allusions in it, the Author contents himself with referring to the earnest wish of his congregation for its publication, and to their voluntary and liberal offer towards defraying the expence; and forbears from entering into a detail of circumstances, which have given offence to very many respectable persons among the Methodists themselves." Having stated the object of this Discourse in the Author's own words, we shall only add, that it is illustrated by notes; in one of which it appears that the Revivalists are a peculiar sect of Methodists, who have published their distinct rules and doctrines. We are likewise told, on the authority of Nightingale's "Portrait of Methodism, that " Dr. Whitehead (fellow labourer with Wesley) did not approve of Revivalism. He informs us that the Revivalists are those who are more particularly partial to noisy meetings. They claim as a Christian privilege, a right to indulge their propensities to prayer and praise even during the time the Minister is preach Several subscriptions of two guineas; few under half a guinea. ing +; and indeed at any other time when they think themselves called upon by the motions of the Spirit. They are a simple, harmless, wellmeaning body; but enthusiastical and ungovernable to an extraordinary degree. In Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds, they are numerous'." 79. A Treatise on Diamonds and Precious Stones, including their History, natural and commercial To which is added, some Account of the best Methods of cutting and polishing them. By John Mawe, Author of Travels through the Diamond District of Brazil, &c. Longman and Co. 8vo. THE subject of this work cannot fail of recommending it to the notice of those who feel interested in the wonderful operations of Nature, which, in the dark and hideous recesses of the earth, forms substances the most exquisitely beautiful, tinged with unequalled colours, and when brought into the rays of the sun emitting a degree of brilliancy hardly tolerable singular honour of being permitted to to the sight. Mr. Mawe has had the dedicate this and his former work on Brazil to two Prince Regents: the present is laid at the feet of our Monarch pro tempore, by permission, under the impression that a treatise on Gems and Precious Stones, w which are more exclusively appropriated to the service of the great, would with peculiar propriety be inscribed to a Prince whose acknowledged taste renders him the natural Patron of the most rare and beautiful productions of the Mineral Kingdom. The Author informs us in the Preface, that his object has been to present the Amateur of Gems and other precious Stones a simple yet useful history of those valuable and pleasing substances. Hence he has not only selected from systematic works of high authority the most important technical characters, by which each species is distinguished; but has added from his own experience and observations, as well as from various other sources, such "particulars, relative to their commercial history, and to their employment in jewellery, for the purpose of personal decoration, as he + An attempt was lately made by one of them to interrupt the service in a neighbouring church, but the Churchwardens led him out. 672 conceives to be generally interesting." the mine. The different sections and chapters of the book treat on the general estimation and value of the diamond, the knowledge possessed by the an- The extreme rarity of large and Mr. Mawe mentions twò successive periods when there was a great inflar of diamonds into England, which wa on the first finding them in Brazil, and at the time of the French Reve lution; but, as the really valuable i diamond bears an enormous price, and the purchasers are necessarily very limited in number, they are slow of sale. We cannot but add, we think this a very entertaining and necessary supplement to the Author's Accou of Brazil. HISTORICAL CHRONICLE, 1814. INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. My Lord, On the evening of the 12th F tary event of importance has occurred in this quarter since made my last report. It gives me much concern to have to lay before your Lordship, the euclosed reports from Major-gen. Colville and Major-gen. Howard, of a sortie from the citadel of Bayonne, on the morning of the 14th instant, in which Lieut. gen. Sir John Hope having been unfortunately wounded, and his horse shot under him, was made prisoner. I have every reason to believe that his wounds are not severe, but I cannot but regret that the satisfaction generally felt by the army upon the prospect of the honourable termination of their labours, should be clouded by the misfortune and sufferings of an officer so highly esteemed and respected by all. I sincerely lament the loss of Major-gen. Hay, whose services and merits I have had frequent occasion to bring under your Lordship's notice. By a letter from Lieut.-gen. W. Clinton, of the 6th, I learn that he was about to carry into effect my orders of the 4th and 8th of March, to withdraw from Catalonia, in consequence of the reduction in Catalonia of the force under Marshal Suchet. Upon the breaking up of this army, I perform a most satisfactory duty in reporting to your Lordship my sense of the conduct and merit of Lieut.-gen. W. Clinton, and of the troops under his command since they have been employed in the Peninsula. Circumstances have not enabled those troops to have so brilliant a share in the operations of the war, as their brother officers and soldiers on this side the Peninsula; but they have not been less usefully employed; their conduct when engaged with the enemy has always been meritorious; and I have had every reason to be satisfied with the General Officer commanding, and with them. I send this dispatch by my Aide-de-camp Lord G. Lenox, whom I beg leave to recommend to your Lordship's protection. WELLINGTON. I have, &c. [Here follows a dispatch from Majorgen. Colville to Lord Wellington, enclosing the subjoined account of the sortie made by the Enemy from the entrenched camp before Bayonne.] Camp near Bayonne, April 15. Sir, In consequence of Lieut. gen. Sir John Hope having been wounded and taken prisoner, it falls to my lot to have the ho nour to detail to you, for the information of his Excellency the Commander of the Forces, the result of an attack made by the Enemy on our position in front of the Citadel of Bayonne on the 14th instant. Yesterday morning, a considerable time before day-break, the Enemy made a sortie and movements above-mentioned. It was towards the right that Lieut.-gen. Sir John Hope was taken. In endeavouring to bring up some troops to the support of the picquets, he came unexpectedly in the dark on a party of the enemy; his horse was shot dead and fell upon him, and not being able to disengage himself from under it, he was unfortunately made prisoner. I regret to say, that, from a letter I have received from him, I find he was wounded in two places, (arm and thigh,) but in neither of them dangerously; you will easily conceive, Sir, that only one feeling, that of the greatest regret, pervades all the troops at the Lieutenant-general's misfortune. The Enemy having commenced their attack between two and three o'clock in the morning, a considerable part of the operations took place before daylight, which gave them a great advantage from their numbers; but, whatever end they might propose to themselves by their attack, I am happy to say it has been com. pletely frustrated, as they effected no one object by it, except setting fire to one house in the centre of our position, which, from being within 300 yards of their guns, they had rendered perfectly untenable before, whenever they chose to cannonade it. From the quantity of fire of every description which the Enemy brought on us, you will easily conceive our loss could not be inconsiderable. In Major-gen. Hay, who was well-known to you, his Majesty's service has lost a most zealous and able officer, who has served a considerable time in this army with great distinction. The loss of the Enemy must however have been severe, as he left many dead behind him, and he was afterwards observed burying a good number of men. In regard to prisouers, we had no opportunity of making many, from the facility the Enemy possessed of retiring under the guns of their works. and attack in great force, principally on the left and centre of our position of St. Etienne, in front of the citadel. The left of the position was occupied by picquets of Major-gen. Hay's brigade; the brigade itself had been directed to form in case of alarm near the village of Boucaut, as it was merely serving provisionally on this side of the Adour; the centre by piequets of the 2d brigade of guards, and the right by picquets of the 1st brigade of guards. Major-gen. Hay was the General Officer of the day, in command of the line of outposts, and I regret much to say, was killed shortly after the attack commenced, having just before he was shot given directions that the Church of St. Etienne should be defended to the last. The Enemy, however, by great superiority of numbers, succeeded in getting in towards the left of the village, and got momentary possession of it, with the exception of a house occupied by a picquet of the 38th regiment, under Capt. Foster of that corps, and who maintained himself till the support coming up, Major-gen. Hinuber, with the 2d line battalion, King's German legion, under the command of Lieut.-col. Bock, immediately attacked and retook the village. The Enemy attacked the centre of our position likewise in great numbers, and by bearing in great force on one point, after a sharp resistance, they succeeded in compelling one of our picquets to retire, and which enabled him to move up a road in the rear of the line of picquets of the centre of the position, and which compelled the other picquets of the 2d brigade of guards to fall back till the support arrived up to their assistance, when the Enemy was immediately charged, and the line of posts re-occupied as before. Major-gen. Stopford, I regret to say, was wounded, when the command of the brigade devolved on Col. Guise. In conse quence of the Enemy having gained temporary possession of some houses which had been occupied by the picquets of the centre of the position, Col. Maitland found the Enemy was in possession of ground on the rear of his left, and immediately advanced against him rapidly with the 3d battalion of 1st guards, commanded by Lieut. col. the Hon. W. Stewart, on a ridge of ground which runs parallel with the roads; and Lieut.-col. Woodford, of the Coldstream, ascended the hill at the same time: by a simultaneous charge, these two corps immediately dislodged the Enemy, and re-occupied all the posts which we had before possessed; and from the time the Enemy was dislodged, he did not shew the least disposition to renew the attack. Col. Maitland expressed his satisfaction at the conduct of both his officers and men, and also his obligation to Lieut.-col. Wood d, for his prompt concurrence in the [The dispatch concludes with acknowledging the services of Major-generals Hinuber and Stopford, Colonels Guise, Maitland, Upton, Dashwood, M⚫Donald, and Burgoyne, Royal Engineers.] K. A HOWARD, Com. 1st Div. [The Total British and Portuguese Loss was 8 officers and 142 privates killed; 36 officers and 421 privates wounded; 6 othcers and 230 privates missing prisoners).] Names of the British Officerall Killed, Worri ed and Missing, 01April 14. Killed.-General Staff Maj..gen. A Hay. Permanent Staff, . G. L. Capt Baron F. Dreschell (brig. maj.). Co stream-guards, 1st batt. Capt. and Lieut col. Sir H. Sullivan, Lieut. and apt. Be W. G. Crofton. 2d line batt. G. L Maj. P. Chuden, Capt. H. Muller. Jine batt. K. G. L. Lieuts. J. Meyer, C. Kohler. Wounded. General Staff, Major-gen. Hon. E. Stopford, Lieut. and Captain H. Dawkins (brigade-major), sl.—23d light dragoons, Capt. G. E. Battersby, aide-decamp to Maj.-gen. Howard, sev.-Artillery, K. G. L. Major and Lieut.-col. G. J. Hartmann, sl, Royal Horse Art. Lieut. H. Blackley, sl.-Royal Engineers, Capt. T. Dickens, sev.; Lieut. J. C. Melhuish, s-1st Guards, 3d batt. Lieut. and Capt. J. P. Percival, W. Vane, sev.--Coldstream Guards, 1st batt. Capt. aud Lieut. col. G. Colyer, Lieut. and Capt. W. Burroughs, sev.; Lieut, and Capt. J. V. Harvey, sl.; Ensigns F. Vachell, sev.; W. Pitt.-3d Guards, 1st batt. Lieut. and Capt. C. L. White, sev. (dead); Lieut. and Capt. C. A. West, sl.; Lieut. and Capt. J. B. Shiffner, sev. (since dead); Lieut, and Capt. L. Mahon, Adj. F. Holbourne, sev.-Royal Scots, 3d batt. Capt. W. Buckley, sl. 38th foot, 1st batt. Major and Lieut.-col. J. T. F. Deane, Lieut. R. Deighton, sl. 47th, 2d batt. Lieuts. J. H. De Burgh, and W. Kendall, sl.-60th, 5th batt. Lieut. J. Hamilton, sev.-1st light batt. K. G. L. $ Capt. F. Hulseman, sev.; Capt. C. Winecke, sl.; Lieut. H. Wollrabe, sev.-2d light batt. K. G. L. Capt. F. Winecken, aud Lieut. L. Behoe, sev.-2d line batt. K. G. L. Lieut.-col. A. Beck, and Lieut. E. Fleish, sl.-5th line batt. K. G. L. Capts. J. Bacmistier and G. Notting, sl. -13th reg. of the line, Capt. Clare, sev. -5th Caçadores, Capt. Doub, sev. British Officers Missing.-General Staff, Lieut.-gen. Hon. Sir J. Hope, K. B. Capt. W. L. Herries, dep.-assist. quarter-master-gen. severely wounded. 52d foot. Lieut. G. Moore, aide-de-camp to Sir J. Hope, sev. wounded.-1st guards, 3d batt. Capt. and Lieut.-col. the Hon. H. Townshend, sev. wounded.—3d guards, 1st batt. Ensign T. W. Northmore.-2d light batt. K. G. L. Capt. George Wackerhagen. Foreign-office, April 29. Earl Bathurst has notified, by command of the Prince Regeot, to the Ministers of Friendly Powers resident at this Court, that measures have been taken for the blockade of the ports of Norway. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Downing-street, May 8. Captain Milnes, Aide-de-camp to Lieut.-general Lord W. Bentinck, K. B. has arrived at this office, ringing the following Dispatch, addressed y hus Lordship to Earl Bathurst. Genoa, April 20. My Lord, My dispatch of the 6th inant will have made your Lordship acainted with the occupation of Spezia, with the movement of the troops down Herbat period. Upon my arrival at Leg horn, I learnt that there were only 2000 men in Genoa. The possession of that harbour and fortress was of such very great importance, that I determined to move on as rapidly as possible, and to take advantage of its defenceless state: not succeeding, I bad a safe retreat upon Spezia, from whence I might advance the infantry by Pontremoll towards the Po.Upon my arrival at Sestri, I found that the Enemy had been reinforced at Genoa. The garrison consisted of between 5 and 6000 men. The roads in the mountains being very bad, and the means of transport, as well by land as by sea, being limited, I was not able to concentrate the army till the 14th. On the 8th the Enemy was dislodged from the strong country near Sestri. On the 12th, Maj.-gen. Montresor's division drove the Enemy from Mount Fascia and Nervi; and on the 13th established himself in the advanced position of Sturla, The country was extremely mountainous and difficult, and the troops met with considerable opposition. On the 16th, dispositions were made for attacking the Enemy, who had taken a very strong position in front of Genoa; his left upon the forts Richelieu and Tecla, his centre occupying the village of St. Martino, and from thence extending to the sea through a country the most impassable I ever saw, thickly covered with country houses, only communicating with each other by narrow land between high walls. On the 17th at daybreak the attack began. The 3d Italians under Lieut.-col. Teravignac attacked with great spirit a height in front of Fort Tecla, drove away the Enemy, and took three mountain guns. A part of the 3d Italians moved up the hill towards Fort Richelieu, while Lieut.-col. Travers, descending from Mount Fascia with the Calabrese and Greeks, got possession of the highest part of the hill above the fort, and some of his men pushed forward actually under the wall, when the garrison, afraid of being taken by escalade, surrendered. Fort Tecla was hastily evacuated, and the greater part of the Enemy's force made prisoners. The fortunate possession of these strong forts, together with the heights, completely exposed the Enemy's left, which in consequence retired. The attacks upon the Enemy's right were made in three columns by Major-gen. Montresor's division, supported by that of Lieut.-general Macfarlane. The troops advanced with great vigour; and although the intersected state of the country enabled the Enemy to maintain himself for a considerable period, his left being turned, he was obliged at last to retire precipitately into the town. The impossibility of making use of artillery, and the cover everywhere afforded both to the attackers and defenders, prevented and serious loss on either side. At noon |