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      French , in the course of the ensuing month . It i % entitled f Documents Historiques et Reflexions sur le Gouvernement de la Hollande . Par Louis Bonaparte , Ex-ftoi de tlollande , " This work contains every event

      relating to the political or financial situation of Holland , from the commencement of the reign ot Louis until the close of his government ; sketches of the invasion of Italy and expedition in Egypt , in both of which the author was present ; relations of most of the important events in Spain , and his refusal of the crown of that

      kingdom on the renunciation of Charles IV . to Ferdjnand his son , and the formal cession of the latter to Napoleon ; copies of the letters of Charles and Ferdinand , relating to the conspiracy of the latter against his father ; the hitherto secret motives of the marriage of the author

      with the daughter of the Empress Josephine , and their subsequent mutual agreement to a separation ; the events which occurred on the separation of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine ; the various princesses afterwards proposed to Napoleon , and the

      reason of his selecting the daughter of the Emperor of Austria ; numerous characteristic and highly interesting letters from Napoleon to the author , exposing his views , situation and purposes ; an indisputable genealogical history of the family of Buonaparte , extracted from

      various histories of Italy and other public documents , all of which prove , beyond doubt , the illustrious rank they held in Italy , even in the 12 th century , and it is somewhat singular , that 600 years ago Androlius Buonaparte was Grand Podesta , or Governor of Parma , where is

      now the wife of Napoleon as Grand Duchess ! An important letter from the Due de Cadore , explaining the intentions of the Emperor relating to Holland , the various united propositions of France and Russia to accommodate with England , and a variety of Anecdotes of the Author , of Napoleon , and of his family .

      Although this work may contain many events already known to the public in a general way , yet coming from the' hand of one Vyho vtfas on a throne , and who had tin hnmediatte share in . all that occurred , johied to Jhia universally acknowleged probity ^ nd good faith * form

      together an unanswerable ; motive for giving it the preference over any other modern publication ; and it is assuredly next in point -of interodt to a woi » k from the pen of Napoleon himself . It is already inquired after with eagerness upon the vtontfnent ? | n Holland there is not a gentleman who will not be desirous of possessing it , as it contains an accurate statement of the political and financial

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      situation of his country during a momentous period ; and as it is written with the utmost candour , and is totally exempt from any expressions which might offend the most partial Bourbonist , it

      will find a wide circulation in France ^ where the . Author , being known to be somewhat opposed ; to the maxims of his brother ' s government , will likewise be read with equal avidity by the most determined Ultras .

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      The " Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , " which shewed such jealousy of Bishop Watson , during hi ^ life , has admitted his Apology far the Bible into its list of books , and published a cheap edition , at Is . 6 d . or 15 *? . the dozen .

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      jK > REIGN . Trance . " In the Chamber of Deputies the Abbe Greg otfRE has been excluded by a large majority , as is alleged ^ on account of his share in the fate of . Louis'X VI

      The ostensible reason ivas of a technical Jotid , relating to some hreguJarity in im election ; but the real feelings of the Deputies , and their ^ personal dislike of the individual , were avowed idth np little vehemence and tumult on fche occasion . » O

      And yet ML < Jregoire ha ^ part whatever in the death of that mojoauch . He proposed , it is true , the abolMoh of royalty ; and , on various occasions , used very unmeasured and « mwarxa « taWe language , because he used the language of the day . But he was not present in the

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      Intelligence . —Literary . — Forei ' gn . —France . 63

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      The Church Union Society of St : David ' s offers a premium of £ 50 . for the best Essay on the Necessity of a Church Establishment in a Christian Country , for the Preservation of Christianity among the People of all Ranks and Denominations , &c .

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      Early m the coming year , 1820 , will be presented to the public , The Chronicles of UUa'd , commencing from the earliest point of time marked ; the traditionary portion of which is the work of Eoius , Prince of the Gael of Sciot , Ib-er , who ruled in Gael-Ag 1400 years before Christ .

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      On the 1 st of February will be published , W . Baynes and Son ' s Catalogue of Old Books , for 1820 , Part I . Comprising a very valuable and extensive collection of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History , both English and Foreign , Dictionaries , Lexicons and Grammars , in various languages , and the best Greek and Latin Classics .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1820, page 63, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2484/page/63/