for a river, because it does not flow et rivus est locus per longitudinem depressus quo aqua decurrat cui nomen est a Пoyovρew id est a fluendo.-Dig. lib. 43, tit. 21, 1. 1, § 2. De rivis. Besides, in point of size, it equals or exceeds Kyswick, and the quantity of water in the one may be set off against that in the other, which, it will not be disputed, is a compensatio de liquido in liquidum. Secundo, The solitude that reigns along the bold and precipitous shore of Ullswater, is peculiarly romantic and pleasing, for, amidst a scene of broken banks, one naturally looks for a sequestration, but the sides of Kyswick are covered with houses, and if two lovers had an assignation there, it would soon be intimated all over the country. Tertio, As to the islands,-Vicar's Island spoils the effect of the rest, for it is covered with corn fields, which are certainly out of place there, corn being parsonage, and not vicarage. Forbes on Teinds, p. 39. Not to mention that its banks are quite deformed by Mr. Pocklington's fortifications, 1. 1, § 6. De ripa monien, &c. Lastly, It is impossible to enter Borrowdale with personal security, from the suspension of loose rocks which are constantly tumbling down, so that few travellers have orderly proceeded to the top of it, whatever diligence they may have used. Besides, the wad mines are in lease, and therefore form a proper wadset, which has nothing to do with the lake. With regard to the authorities cited, the organist Avison was an inferior judge, and not competent to decide the question, being in the special service of the Bishop of Durham, and proceeding to Carlisle in a retour. Replied for Kyswick. The fertility of Vicar's Island is in its favour, and the beauty of the scene will be increased quantum locupletior facta, while the islands of Ullswater are denuded, not only of trees, but of grass, and even the goats on them have been allowed a separate aliment. Mr. Pocklington's buildings have done no harm. et domum suam reficere unicuique licet, 1. 61, d. De reg. besides they are nova opera, which will look better when the lime is blackened by the weather. Duplied for Ullswater.-It will never improve, quod ab initio vitiosum, &c. The travellers preferred Kyswick by their first interlocutor, but a second bottle being presented and discussed, they could see no difference between them, and found accordingly. XVII. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY. Proposals for publishing by subscription, a new, elegant, and splendid edition of the Decisions of the Court of Session on the plan of, but greatly superior to, the celebrated editions of Shakespeare, Milton, Hume, and Thomson. CONDITIONS. 1. This work will be comprised in one hundred volumes huge folio, at the moderate price, to subscribers, of fifty guineas each volume, and as only 20,000 copies are meant to be thrown off, the price to non-subscribers will probably be greatly raised. 2. 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PARODY ON THE PRECEDING. By George Cranston, Esq. Lord Corehouse 1. O say not William, youth divine, |