and purchased all the designs and treatises which had been published respecting them. As Italy, at that time, belonged almost entirely to the French empire, M. Millin, supported by the government, easily overcame every difficulty. He had thus obtained a collection which was new even to the Italians themselves, and could not but lead many of them to reflect how little honour it did their own Literati, to have neglected so many admirable monuments, till at last a foreigner had judged them worthy of a minute examination. It was a favourite wish of Millin's to dedicate the rest of his life to illustrate and make known so many valuable and hitherto unknown monuments. He began the work a short time before his return to Paris, by writing several little treatises, and publishing a magnificently printed description of the antique Vases dug up at Canosa. The drawing and description of a beautiful Mosaic, representing the Roman theatrical costumes, was already far advanced when he died. It is to be published shortly. He had drawings made of the magnificent Mosaic pavement in Palestine, of the same size as the pavement itself. M. Millin was descended from a family of much consideration, which was called Millin de Grand Maison; as he had a brother, it seems that they divided the family name between them; the one called himself Millin, and the other de Grand Maison; but the former adopts the whole name in his early writings. His chief study was at first Natural History; though he did not penetrate far into this science, he however attained some reputation by his diligence as a collector. He then applied himself to Philology, and this afterwards led to Archaeology, to which he at last exclusively dedicated his attention, and with the most brilliant success. From his youth he had distinguished himself at Paris as an agree. able companion, and gained many friends and patrons. Their influence did not a little contribute to place him in a situation which fulfilled all his wishes. He became Keeper of the Cabinet of Antiquities, for which he had handsome apartments in the great buildings of the Library, Professor of Archaeology, and Member of the National Institute. From this time he enjoyed a considerable income, and had leisure not only for his studies but for social pleasures: in his way of living both went on extremely Last winter, M. Millin took a pleasure well together. So long as I was acquainted in visiting, every Sunday morning, several with him, the morning was constantly em- friends or foreigners who were recomployed in study at home, in his official du- mended to him, and to shew and explain to ties, which occupied but little time; and them the drawings and designs of every the afternoon in amusement abroad. Only kind which he had brought with him. As in the winter he had at his house one even-he mingled these verbal explanations with ing in the week his well known Thés Lit- remarks on the manners of the countries téraires. When a young man, he was, like through which he had travelled, and he almost all the youth of that time, an ad- possessed the talent of a very agreeable narmirer of the principles of the Revolution.rator, these little meetings were uncomHe had then assumed the name "Eleuthero-monly interesting. He had a particular rephile Millin, which was to be found gard for the German Literati; they also crowned with a little Cap of Liberty in eagerly sought his acquaintance, and no some of his books. At that time also he wrote where are Millin's merits better appreciated the "Almanack Républicain," and so:ne than in Germany. In his own country, other works, which, at a subsequent period, they were not sufficiently indulgent to him, he did not include in the list of his produc-in respect to his style, in which, as he wrote tions: they bear but too evident traces of the very rapidly, he was indeed in general very impetuous spirit by which the writers of that careless; hence his works were almost more era, particularly the younger ones, were read abroad than in France, where they had animated. His republican principles were but an indifferent sale. He published the not durable, especially as he was impri- Magazin Encyclopedique almost 20 years soned for some time during the reign of together. In his latter years Millin had his terror, and learned in a dungeon to see works printed at his own expense, and things in a different light. Under Buona-superintended the sale of them: as they parte's government he was extremely cautious, and almost timid in the expression of his political sentiments; and hence politics were never allowed to be discussed in his gallery. In his writings he did homage to Buonaparte, whenever an opportunity offered. Madame Buonaparte was pleased with his company, and sometimes consulted him respecting her fine collection of antique vases at Malmaison. Under the reign of Buonaparte, he received the consent and assistance of the Minister of the Interior for his two Archaeological tours in France and Italy, and returned from both enriched with literary treasures, but especially from the last, from which he had derived peculiar advantages. In every city he procured all the existing monuments, from the largest to the smallest, to be drawn by able artists, were mostly illustrated with coloured plates, he had every thing done at home, such as the colouring, the stitching, &c. so that his library was become quite a workshop. He never married. He had relations; but having reason to be dissatisfied with them, he left all his property to his friend the Countess de Lassolais. The preamble to his last will seems to me so characteristic, that I insert it here. Paris, Royal Library, Nov. 27, 1817.Being sound in mind and body, I declare that this is my testament. Before I express my last will, I will declare my last 'feelings. I die a Frenchman as I have always been: I hate nobody; but pity only 'those who would make reason retrograde. I have endeavoured to do good. I believe that I have succeeded, I have never in Among the oldest and most valued British friends and literary correspondents of M. Millin, was the Earl of Buchan; and it is gratifying to us to say, that our Publication, introduced through his Lordship to this distinguished foreigner, had the honour of receiving his marked approbation. The plan was in consequence likely to be adopted in France, as it has been in several cities of Germany.—ED. We extract from a Paris paper the following notice of the celebrated composer NICOLO, lately deceased. Nicholas Isouard, known by the name of Nicolo, was born at Malta in 1775. His father, who was one of the richest merchants on the island, sent him to Paris at a very early age, to pursue his studies. The greatest care was bestowed on his education, and music, which he ultimately cultivated so successfully, formed at this period only a source of amusement. His father intended him for the naval service, and he had already undergone several examinations before the marine board, when the French revolution broke out, and he was under the necessity of returning to his native country. It was then wished that he should turn his attention to commercial pursuits; but his taste for music was predominant, and he devoted every leisure moment to the cultivation of his favourite art. Having acquired considerable proficiency on the Piano, he studied the principles of composition under Michel-Auge Vella and Francesco Azopardi, and concluded his studies at Naples under the celebrated Sala. He afterwards received ls ons from Guglielmi, on the art of applying his musical knowledge to dramatic composition. He now totally abandoned the commercial profession, and proceeded to Florence, where he composed his first opera, entitled Aviso ai Maritati. He next visited Leghorn, and afterwards returned to Malta, where the Grand Master appointed him Maestro di Capella to the Order. When Malta fell into the power of the French, Nicolo returned to Paris, where he composed new music to several old Operas. He carefully studied the scores of Monsigny and Gretry, and to this study he was doubtless indebted for some portion of his skill in dramatic composition. He was eminently successful in setting to music the works of Hoffman, Dupaty, Bouilly, and Etienne. His numerous productions are characterized by grace and fancy, and, above all, by a profound knowledge of the resources of the art. His most favourite operas are-Michel Auge, Les Confidences, Le Medecin Ture, L' Intrigue aux fenétres, Léonce, Les Rendezvous Bourgeois, Un jour à Paris, Ceudrillon, Jeannot et Collin, Le Billet de Loterie, and Joconde; the latter is a perfect model for comic operas. Nicolo inay certainly be placed in the very first rank of modern composers. His works are stamped with the genius of the great Italian Masters; his orchestral arrangements are always rich, and his melodies fanciful and brilliant. These are qualities which must ensure a permanent existence to his scores. speeches were delivered in a manner below | sumption in chusing a character previously mediocrity, in the style of Messrs. Powell, in the possession of Miss O'Neill, for her Phillips, or Carr, interspersed with exam- debut at this house. Now, it is but reaples of that colloquial swiftly-uttered whis-sonable to suppose, that during her coopepering, which is peculiar to Mr. Kean him- ration with so able an actor as Mr. Conway, self. But where the higher emotions and whose reputation, and, if we are rightly inpassions are agitated, it was really curious formed, whose dramatic powers and talent to see the humdrumming Orestes leap into have acquired a distinguished increase since fire and potent delineation, fixing every he ceased to appear in London, one so He expired at the age of 42, after a short eye, and whirling every mind along with young and young to the art as Miss Sofit of illness occasioned by a pulmonary him through the tempest of misery and de-merville must have reaped considerable adaffection. To his widow and children he spair. These touches are nearly all that vantages from his advice and assistance. has bequeathed a considerable fortune, the we can specify as rendering passable an Having played the favourite Bianca oftener honourable fruit of his talents. In private otherwise heavy and indifferently acted play. than any other part, and under the auspilife, Nicolo bore a most amiable character. Pyrrhus is not a character the best calcu- cious circumstances of having an approving His literary acquirements were as exten-lated for the talents of Mr. D. Fisher, who public, and a coadjutor skilfully supporting sive as his musical knowledge, and he com- was barely respectable in it; whereas, from her to the utmost display of her genius, it bined with Italian originality a turn of the abilities for which we give liim credit, seems therefore not only a natural but a jufancy altogether French. He died esteemed he ought never to appear but to greater ad- dicious choice to have selected it for the and regretted by all who knew him. His vantage. Mrs. Mackenzie failed entirely arduous occasion of a debût more appalling obsequies were performed in the church of in Andromache (it is said from indisposí- than even a first appearance. The event Petits Peres, where several pieces from tion,-at any rate she was a distressed mo- justified the decision; for never has sucJomelli's Mass, Plantade's Agnus Dei, and ther;) and the part has since been assumed cess been more complete, and rarely better Cherubini's Mass for the Dead, were exe- by Mrs. Glover, with rather better fortune; merited. We do not like the ungrateful cuted. After the absolution, the band of but it is in itself a miserably lachrymose task of drawing comparisons, and we know the national guard performed a funeral affair. Mrs. W. West played and looked how dangerous it is to the foremost fame to march by Gossec. The corpse was followed Hermione very well, and was very much cause its foundations to be simultaneously to the church-yard of Mont Louis by a nu- applauded, though we do not know why we viewed with the efforts of the mistress of the merous train of literary gentlemen, musi- notice a criterion of desert so partial and tragic sceptre. But we are free to say, that cians, and actors. The pall-bearers were fallacious. as a whole we consider the Bianca of last M. M. Berton, Cherubini, Delreu, and Tuesday to be no iota inferior to her great Etienne: the latter pronounced an affecting predecessor. It may be that there is a less farewell over the grave of his friend. terrible working up of the closing agony, but perhaps it is rather a difference; and, taking the entire sweep of the character, our feelings and judgment are equally seized and secured by Miss Somerville as they were by Miss O'Neill in the tragedy of Fazio. There was no alteration in the rest of the cast. Nicolo has left behind him only one complete work, namely, the score of the Opera entitled La Lampe Merveilleuse, composed for the Academie Royale de Musique. THE DRAMA. DRURY LANE. THE DISTRESSED MoTHER. This tragedy, like every tragedy (we remember no exception,) adapted to the English from the French stage, possesses a general coldness and dulness, ill redeemed by the fury of a few scenes, and a character so essentially foreign, that no alteration can render it British. Racine's Andromache is a noble composition, congenial to the taste, formed by long habit, of the country where it was produced, eminently poetical, consistent with the rules by which the drama is there fettered, and abounding in beauties which bespeak a genius of the foremost order. Of Phillips' version of this piece, notwithstanding its merit and the praises it has received from celebrated pens, it is impossible to speak in terms of similar eulogy. As a poetical work it cannot rank very high; as suited to our national tastes and habits, it is even faulty; and we believe that its unfrequent revival, is entirely agreeable to the public feeling. It was, nevertheless, in our opinion, worth while to try its success at present at Drury Lane, where Kean might be expected to give great effect to some of the passages in the part of Orestes. In this there has been no disappointment, for in many of them he was wonderfully energetic and powerful. Never indeed has this actor performed a character more mixed with defect and excellence. All the level and declamatory COVENT GARDEN.-FAZIO.-There is a disposition towards splendour of scenery and decoration in this theatre, which frequently serves as the passport for shortlived afterpieces of little intrinsic merit, and oftener delights its visitors with show and magnificence appropriate to the dramas which are represented. A critic is almost ashamed to find fault with so captivating à blemish; but there certainly are plays, of which Fazio is one, in which many scenes would be more delusive, were their accompaniments plainer and better suited to circumstances, than they are where so much finery is exhibited. The opening scenes of the tragedy under our notice, afford a striking example of this: the humble dwelling of poor Fazio is almost as richly garnished as the palace of Fazio the possessor of the grand Secret of Alchemy. By this means, not only is the deceptive injured in the first act, but the advantage of contrast is denied to the sequel. Bianca has been performed by Miss Somerville, as the bills continue to announce her, though we believe she would legally answer to a shorter name, with the inore matrouly and dignified title of Mrs. before it. That has, however, very little to do with her acting the wife of Fazio. 1st. All Saints.-The Church of England instituted this festival in memory of all good men deceased, proposing them as patfor Christian imitation.-2d. ́All terns Souls. In Catholic countries, on the eve and day of All Souls, the churches are hung with black, the tombs are opened, a coffin, covered with black and surrounded with wax-lights, is placed in the nave of the church, and in one corner figures in wood, representing the souls of the deceased, are halfway plunged into the flames.-5th. When this tragedy was brought out last King William landed. The glorious Revoluseason at Covent Garden, and, to say the tion of 1688 is commemorated on this day, truth, without much effect, we mentioned when the throne of England was vested in how strongly it had agitated the audiences the illustrious House of Orange. Although of Bath, where Miss Somerville and Mr. King William landed on the 5th of NovemConway sustained the parts of the heroine ber, the Almanacs still continue to mark it and hero. Since that period they have, as the 4th. The diabolical plot of an atwith equal eclat, repeated their perfor- tempt made by the Papists to blow up the mances in many of the principal cities parliament is commemorated.-6th. Saint and towns of England, beguiling our pro- Leonard. Leonard, or Lienard, was a French vincials of their tears. We allude to these noblemen in the court of Clovis the Ist. He matters, because we observe that the lady was instructed in divinity by Remigius, has been a good deal charged with pre-Bishop of Rheims, and afterwards made Bishop of Limosin.-9th. Lord Mayor's day 11th. Saint Martin. He was a native of Hungary, and for some time followed the life of a soldier, but afterwards took Orders, and was made Bishop of Tours in France, which see he retained for nearly 26 years, and died about the year 397.-13th. Saint Britius. Britius, or Brice, succeeded St. Martin in the Bishopric of Tours, in the year 399. He died in 444.-17th. Saint Hugh. He was a native of Burgundy, and died in the year 1200, of an ague.-20th. Edmund, King and Martyr.-22d. Saint Cecilia.-23d. Saint Clement.-Old Martimas day.-25th. Saint Catherine.-29th. Advent Sunday.This and the three subsequent Sundays, which precede the grand festival of Christmas, take their name from the Latin advenire, to come into, or from the word adventus, to approach.-30th. St. Andrew. viticus xxv. 9. On the walls of Washington there were many drawings, writings, &c. by the multiand in Le-tude. Some of the pencil drawings exhibit the military commander hanging upon a tree; others represent the President running off without his hat or wig; some, Admiral Cockburn robbing hen-roosts: to which are added such inscriptions as "The Capital of the Union lost by cowardice; "Curse cowards;" "A- sold the city for 5000 dollars; "James Madison is a ras In a field near Yeovil, there have been lately discovered some very fine specimens of Roman pavement, with figures in altorelievo, representing two warriors bearing a stag, suspended on a pole across their shoulders, and a dog underneath, together with some Roman coins of Tetricus, Crispinus, and Vespasian. Tesselated pavements were found in three fields, one of which formed a floor of a room 12 feet in width, and 30 in length. from the root Expiated, removed out of sight, covered. A word from the same root first occurs in Gen. vi. 14. (speaking of Noah's Ark,) which has caused a variety of opinion, translated in our version" "Pitch." "Rooms “shalt thou make, and shalt pitch it with-cal, a coward, and a fool”—“ Ask no in and without with pitch." The word questions" &c. &c.—Idem. is here, with a little variation of the points, as a noun, rendered by the Septuaint staros, Bitumen, and understood in this sense in the Targum and in the Talmuds (see Buxtorf,) from the idea of covering or hiding: also applied to a city or dwelling, as a covering, or shelter. Mr. Bellamy, in his new translation of the Bible, has thought proper to apply the word to signify atonement; "rooms shalt thou "make for atonement," supposing that God could never give such a simple, self-evident instruction to Noah, for to pitch the Ark within and without with pitch. But the primary signification of the word is evidently To cover over, to hide; from whence the analogy is extremely beautiful to the idea of atonement, to shew forth the covering over, or hiding of sin from the sight of God, by expiation and making atonement. I am, Sir, &c. WILLIAM GOODHUGH. Appearance of the Heavens for Nov. 1818. To the Editor of the Literary Gazette. SIR, Allow me to correct some of the observations made by a correspondent in your valuable Journal of the 17th inst. who signs himself an Israelite: he says the day of atonement is expressed in Hebrew, October 25, 1818. The anniversary of the death of the Princess Charlotte falls before our next publication: Are British sorrows of so short a date as not to mark this day by mourning and religious observance? Advertisement from the "Kentucky porter :—' "TAKE NOTICE, The Courier of the Bas Rhin, only three weeks ago, announces the arrival of a regularly commissioned American agent to poll Germany for Emigrants, to settle in Kentucky and Virginia! Will any sovereign permit him to destroy his subjects? A Pennsylvania Farmer states, that "the water in which potatoes are boiled, sprinkled over grain or plants, completely destroys all insects in every stage of existence, from the egg to the fly.” It is not, we believe, generally known, that both the sisters of the late excellent Sir T. Barnard are authoresses. One wrote an account of Female Scripture Characters; and the other, Mrs. Julia Smith, an excellent Novel, called "The Old School." A Tavern Dinner has been advertised, "to commemorate the loss the nation sustained by the premature decease of the illustrious Princess Charlotte"!!! A lady advertises in the Times of Thursday, that she " Teaches (other) ladies the Re-Art of Conversing Well," and has a few hours to spare. Her "terms are high." Gentlemen who wish their wives taught to And beware of the swindler JESSE DOUGH-talk, are interested in this new School. ERTY, who married me in November last, and sometime after marriage informed me that he had another wife alive, and before I recovered, the villain left me, and took one of my best horses-one of my neighbours was so good as to follow him and take the horse from him, and bring him back. The said Dougherty is about forty years of age, five feet ten inches high, round shouldered, thick lips, complexion and hair dark, grey eyes, remarkably ugly and ill-natured, and very fond of ardent spirits, and by profession a notorious liar. This is therefore to warn all widows to beware of the swindler, as all he wants is their property, and they may go to the devil for him after he gets that. The said Dougherty has a number of wives living, perhaps eight or ten (the number not positively known,) and will, no doubt, if he can get them, have eight or ten more. I believe that is the way he makes his living. Literary Gazette, stamped in order to be trans-MARY DODD, Livingston County, KY.k own to complain again of things being mitted to the country free from postage.—ED. Sept. 5, 1817."-Fcaron's Sketches," I am afraid he must have been little accustomed to refer to his Bible, or he would never have fallen into such an error. There is no root in the Hebrew language that has any relation to 12 nor is there any mean ing attached to those letters. The first mention of the day of atonement is in Leviticus xxiii. 28. "And ye shall do no "work in that same day for it is a day of * The letter appeared in the London Literary Gazette, and its substance as an erratum in the : "That A gentleman took a servant into his house, who was much distressed by a liver complaint; but his new master having some skill in physic, soon cured him. Some time after, he desired this servant to assist the men in his farm-yard, as they wanted hands to complete a laborious piece of work before nightfall. The answer was, is rather out of my line, Sir."- Very well, John (rejoined his master) but do you remember that when you came into my service you were very ill, and that I cured you?'-"Yes, Sir, I own you did,” replied the man. 'Well then, John (returned his worthy master) that was rather out of my line. The fellow made no more ado, but hastened to the farm-yard, and was never out of his line. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. OCTOBER. Thursday, 22-Thermometer from 39 to 59. Barometer from 30, 20 to 30, 17. Wind EbS. 4.-Clear till the evening, when it became cloudy. Friday, 23-Thermometer from 38 to 54. Barometer from 30, 18 to 30, 21. Wind NE. 1.-Generally cloudy. Saturday, 24-Thermometer from 45 to 49. Barometer from 30, 25 stationary. Wind NE. .-Cloudy, with a few drops of rain in the afternoon. Sunday, 25-Thermometer from 44 to 60. Barometer from 30, 26 to 30, 23. Wind NE..-Generally clear. Rain fallen, 025 of an inch. Monday, 26-Thermometer from 44 to 62. Barometer from 30, 24 to 30, 29. 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The mode in which they effect this perpetuation of slavery, in violation of the spirit of the Ohio constitution, is to purchase blacks, and have them apprenticed to them. Some are so base as to take these negroes down the river at the approach of the expiration of their apprenticeship, and of sell them at Natchez for life!—p. 221. This is individual villany; we shall quote one or two instances of political corruption in this purest of all earthly governments. The author was living at a boarding house in New York. I This is a tolerable specimen, and we are inclined to believe even Cobbett, when he Declares that during the several years which he resided near the Treasury in London, he did not witness so much bribery, corruption, and place-hunting, as he had seen in one week in Pennsylvania; that members of the legislature were engaged in little, except smoking, drinking, and gambling; and that he could certainly have carried his point had he condescended to bribe. In all these opinions, Mr. H. (the Lancasterian Patriot, honourably mentioned in our last) joins his friend. Yesterday, at the dinner table, my attention was strongly fixed by a conversation In short, by a sort of underhand inbetween Commodore Decatur and a gentle-trigue known by the name of Caucus, the man, I presume a resident of this city: the following is nearly an accurate report. would remark that Commodore Decatur is a member of the Navy Board, and, of course, concerned in the contracts issuing from that body. Gent." Well, Commodore, there were some good bargains made by some people during the war.? Com. D. "So I guess." Gent." lose any thing by turning round: his rations paid well." M-, the contractor, did not Com. D. "A man ought to profit by what he sells." Gent." Yes; but democrats only had the chance." Com. D. "Contracts are conducted with the most perfect fairness. Government deals with that man who can supply the country to the most advantage." Gent." If so, how is it that throughout the whole war, and up to the present moVOL. II. whole spirit of freedom of election, from Some circumstances are related concerning the circulating medium which are worth recording. At Cincinnati, a flourishing town of from 8 to 10,000 inhabitants, our author remarks: The paper money system has gone beyond all bounds throughout the western country. Specie of the smallest amount is rarely to be seen, and the little which does exist is chiefly cut Spanish dollars, which are divided into bits of 50, 25, and 124 cents. Notes of 34d. 64d. 13d. and 2s. 2d. at very common; indeed they constitute the chief part of the circulating medium.—p. 235. At Washington the author for a purchase of worsted gloves at half a dollar per pair, such as are sold in London at 8s. 6d. per dozen, presented a Philadelphia one dollar note; it was refused to be taken without a discount of 24 per cent. A Baltimore note, being 100 miles nearer, was accepted; but the storekeeper, having no silver change, took a pair of scissars and divided the note itself with his customer. These half notes pass as currently as the cut dollars. How Bullion Committee, who thought we such things would have puzzled our notes! while we find such a circulating were ruined by a few millions of pound medium in the prosperous land towards which the tide of emigration has turned!! The Irish Shamrock Society at New York, is distinguished for its promoting this madness, by representing every thing From minute inquiry (says the author) I in America 50 per cent. cheaper than it understand that this thing called caucus,is, even to persons who can verify the was practically invented by Mr. John real facts in a few hours, and for its Adams, during his presidentship; and that hatred of the English ministers and it is now universally practised in the elecfirst choice of Mr. Jefferson, the presidentions to every office in America. Since the people. tial elections are managed by private meet- Eastern and Western states, through ings (or caucus) of the democratic members which having explored his way, Mr. settle among themselves who shall be pre-place for the sole of his foot, nor for his of congress, previous to elections: they Fearon could find no eligible restingsident. p. 321, 322. friends, and proceed with him into the By this means the members of Con-Illinois, the el-dorado of that cunning gress, excluded by the constitution from fox Morris Birkbeck, whither the author voting, do, in fact, elect the President! | went as a last resort, not doubting but But we shall now turn from the |