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desolations occasioned by this disastrous phenomenon is fearful; and there is reason to apprehend that it will occasion a great scarcity of provisions. Many people are suffering under diseases occasioned by the bad quality given to the waters by the ashes, and a general mortality has seized the horned cattle. In the district of Gabang the mountain Goenang Loewer sunk in on the 27th

February, and buried a kampong of eight families who dwelt upon it. A similar event took place on the night of the 4th and 5th of March, in the district of Talaga, where a number of houses, with all their inmates, were in like manner overwhelmed in ruin, and not a trace of their existence left. Many rice fields are buried, and the river Ty Dienklok is quite dried up. ib.

ENGLAND.

The Navy.-The following is the present disposition of the British naval force.

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of felony; and that Read had no idea of indicting them, until he was instigated by a man of the name of Roberts, the keeper of the house of correction at Wolverhampton, with the view of gaining the reward called " Blood Money," which was accordingly pocketted by Read and the keeper of the prison, to the amount of 801. This case having been fully established, and laid before Lord Sidmouth, by the Rev. Mr. Guard, a higly respectable clergyman, his Lordship granted a respite. The men who bear good characters, have since been liberated.-Edin. Mag.

FRANCE.

Description of Egypt.-The French government is proceeding in a spirited manner with the grand Description of Egypt, begun by the command of Bonaparte. Two livraisons, as it is well known, have appeared. The third will be divided into two sections, the first of which is nearly ready. This section contains 200 plates; 74 of antiquities, 45 belonging to the modern state, and 81 to natural history: They are accompanied with four parts of text, namely, two of antiquities, one of modern state, and one of natural history. The price of this section is 800 francs on fine, and 1200 francs on vellum, paper. The second half of the third livraison, which will complete this magnificent work, will appear in the course of the year 1818. It will contain 200 engravings belonging to the three departments of Antiquities, Modern State, and Natural History, and a geographical atlas of Egypt, compris ing a general map of the country, in 53 plates. The price of the two papers will be 1200 francs and 1800 francs.

ib.

A new species of wheat.-A variety of wheat, indigenous to Egypt, which grows so rapidly, that it is fit to reap three months after sowing, has been for some years cultivated in Belgium. Several agriculturists are endeavouring to introduce it into France. They assert that the bread made with it is of far superior quality to that of rye. It is obvious that, under various circumstances, this new acquisition may be a resource of the highest importance.

ib. Natural History.-M. de Lalande, one of the directors of the Museum of Natural History, is preparing for a new

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Royal literary expedition.-The Emuseful knowledge, and transplanting to peror of Austria, desirous of advancing his dominions some of the valuable natural productions of the New World, has availed himself of the opportunity of the marriage and departure of his daughter the archdutchess Leopoldine, science, who, with the permission of the King of Portugal, are directed to explore the most remarkable parts of that country, to examine the different productions of the three kingdoms of nature, and to enrich the European collections with specimens of them. His imperial majesty has granted the sums necessary for the expedition, and given the chief direction of it to Prince Metternich. The Persons appointed to proceed to Brazil for this purpose are: -Dr Mikon, physician and professor of botany at Prague; M. Gatterer, belonging to the cabinet of natural history; M. Enders, landscape painter; M. Schott, botanical gardener at the palace of Belvedere; Professor Pohl, advantageously known by several works on mineralogy; M. Buchberger, painter of plants; and M. Schick as librarian. The first four sailed from Trieste

to send to Brazil a number of men of

in the frigates Austria and Augusta, and the other three will embark at Leghorn with the archdutchess. M. Schreiber, director of the imperial cabinet of the account of the voyage. natural history, is appointed to write Messers Spix and Martens, members of the Academy of Sciences at Munich, have joined the expedition.

ITALY.

ib.

Roman Antiquities.-A letter from Rome, dated the 15th May last, gives the following interesting particulars re'lative to the antiquities lately discovered in that city: "You have probably heard of the discovery near Albano, of an ancient burial-place, covered with the lava of the volcano which afterwards produced the lakes of Albano

and Nemi. At this place were found a great quantity of vases of terra cotta, containing others of a peculiar form of the same material, also utensils, fibula of bronze, small wheels, and ashes of the dead. M. Alexander Visconti, in a dissertation read before the Archæological Academy, attributes them to the Aborigines. It is certain, that as these vases were covered with the lava, they must be anterior to the foundation of Alba Longa, which was built after the extinction of the volcanoes.-The excavations are continued at the Forum, as also on the declivity of the Capitol facing it. The Portuguese ambassador, the count de Funchal, a very intelligent man and zealous antiquary, has caused the ancient Clivus Capitolinus or street which ascended from the Forum to the Capitol, to be cleared at his own expense. The ancient pavement was found constructed in the usual manner of Roman pavements, of basaltine lava, which they call silex. The street ran from the arch of Septimus, between the temples commonly called those of Jupiter Tonans and of Concord; and in the distance of 140 feet between those two temples and the arch, there is a difference in the level of 13 feet, which must have rendered the ascent very inconvenient.-By the side of the temple of Jupiter Tonans, towards the Mamertine prison, the government has just cleared the remains of an edifice hitherto totally unknown, and highly decorated. It seems to have been destroyed by fire; but there is still an ancient pavement formed of slabs of Numidian, Phrygian, and African marble; and many fragments and blocks of marble which formed the decorations. They are of the most exquisite workmanship, very delicate and very rich, which leads me to believe that the building was of the age of the Vespasians; and since it is known, that near the arch of Septimus stood the temple of Vespasian, I am inclined to attribute these relics to that edifice, especially as the trunks of two colossal statues have been found there, one of an emperor, and the other of a female having the air of a Juno, but who might possibly be an empress under that form. This, however, is but conjecture. Among these relics have been found fragments of columns of Numidian and Phrygian marble, which decorated the interior of the cella. The walls were also

faced with Phrygian and Carystian marble. It is to be hoped that some inscription will remove all doubts on the subject, and determine the use of the edifice.-The column of Phocas is almost entirely cleared, at the expense of the duchess of Devonshire, and under the direction of our mutual friend, M. Akerblad. Two sepulchral inscriptions have been found here. They do not belong to the column, and must have been brought hither in the middle ages. A very interesting discovery has however been made respecting this column, namely, that it was erected on a pyramid of steps, one of the four sides of which is in good preservation. It has been erroneously stated, that the discoveries made near the edifice commonly called the temple of Jupiter Stator, or the temple of Castor and Pollux, corroborate the idea, that these are the remains of the Musuem. There was no edifice at Rome known by that name; but the most likely opinion is, that it was the Comitium, or place to which the people resorted to vote for the acceptation of the senatus consulta, and the election of priests; and this opinion, first advanced by Nardini, is daily rendered more probable. There is every appearance that the forum will be entirely cleared-a work of very great interest for the topography of Rome. Without the gate of St. Sebastian, near the Via Ardeatina, in a farm belonging to the dutchess of Chablais, called Tor Marancio, have been found a considerable number of ancient Mosaic pavements, antique paintings, and fragments of sculpture. Inscriptions on the leaden pipes which conveyed the water thither, seem to indicate that this was the villa of the Manutia family. The pavements represent nothing but trellises or compartments, only one of which displays different colours: the others generally are white or black One of these pavements is very remarkable: upon it are seen the ship of Ulysses and the Syrens, one of whom, with birds' feet, is playing on a lyre. In another part of it is represented Scylla, half woman and half fish, enfolding two men with her two tails, and striking the water with a ship's rudder. The paintings decorate a small chamber, and are remarkable for the subject alone; they represent three females of infamous celebrity, but in the most decorous attitude. They are inscribed beneath Pa

siphae, Myrrha, and Canace. A fourth, whose name is effaced, appears to be Scylla.' Edin. Mag.

A material for roofing, cheap and durable, is formed by dipping sheets of coarse paper (such as button-makers use) in boiling tar, and nailing them on boards or laths, exactly in the same manner as slates. Afterwards the whole is to be painted with a mixture of pitch and powdered coal, chalk, or brickdust. This forms a texture, which completely resists every description of weather for an unknown time. Extensive warehouses at Deal, Dover, and Canterbury, and churches and farm-houses in the north, have been so roofed for more than fifty years, without requiring repairs. Mon. Mag.

Mr. COLERIDGE's Sybelline Leaves prove that, though in days of error, he was a man of sterling genius, yet that the light of truth, which now blazes upon him, has blighted his fancy. This is as it should be, fable and poetry; fact and dullness. "Fire, famine, and slaughter," the poet's master-piece, written in 1794, fills six pages of the volume; but in 1817 he judges it necessary to preface it by twenty-four pages of apology, in which Pitt, his fiend of 1794, is, by the same pen, in 1817, converted into "a good man and great statesman." ib.

The ingenious authoress of Conversations on Chymistry, has published a pleasing volume of Conversations on Botany, which nothing but the inveterate dullness of scientific nomenclature will prevent from becoming as popular as her former work.

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containing the qualities, anecdotes, and superstitions relative to those trees, plants, and flowers, which are mentioned in sacred and profane history; the particulars of some rare and curious plants which bear the names of celebrated persons; and also those which are used in the religious worship and civil ceremonies of divers nations; together with the devices, proverbs, &c. which derive their origin from these vegetables: concluding with a romantic story, entitled, "Flowers, from the French of Madame de Genlis, with explanatory notes," &c.; by Eliza J. Reid. Edin. Mag.

A. FINLEY, of this city, proposes to publish A Quarterly Theological Review,' to be conducted by the Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely, A.M. The four numbers to be published annually, are to contain 600 large octavo pages. It is stated to be the chief object of the Review, to make its readers well acquainted with all the most important Theological Works which shall be either published or re-published in America. The price to subscribers will be three dollars a year; and to others, one dollar for each number. We are informed that the first number will be published on the first of January next, and will contain, among other things, a Review of the late 'Essay' of Bishop White, and of the 'Reply' to it by J. E. All the matter of this Theological Review, except the extracts from the works reviewed, is to be original.

"ROB ROY."

The literary world is looking with great anxiety for the appearance of this novel. The hero of it is Robert Roy Macgregor, so celebrated in Scottish song and story. The tale will no doubt be located among the wild scenes of Loch Lomond, where Rob Roy's cave and his haunts are still pointed out. The author of these novels still remains unavowed, though the general belief has fixed upon Walter Scott. He has certainly been among the scenery of Loch Lomond early last summer. The very anticipation of the novel we are told has drawn the attention of travellers to the scenes of Rob Roy's exploits. So great is the demand for the extraordinary productions of this author that we are told ten thousand copies of Rob Roy are printing. Ed. Analectic.

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FAREWELL ADDRESS,

SPOKEN BY MR. KEMBLE, AT THE EDINBURGH THEATRE.

WRITTEN BY WALTER SCOTT.

As the war-worn horse, at the trumpet's sound,
Erects his mane, and neighs, and paws the ground-
Disdains the ease his generous lord assigns,

And longs to rush on the embattled lines,
So I, your plaudits ringing on mine ear,
Can scarce sustain to think our parting near;
To think my scenic hour forever past,
And that those valued plaudits are my last.

But years steal on, and higher duties crave
Some space between the theatre and grave;
That, like the Roman in the capitol,

I may adjust my mantle ere I fall:

My life's brief act in public service flown,
The last, the closing scene must be my own.

Here, then, adieu! while yet some well-graced parts
May fix an ancient favourite in your hearts;

Not quite to be forgotten, even when
Yor look on better actors-younger men:
An! if your bosoms own this kindly debt
Of old remembrance, how shall mine forget?
Oh, how forget!how oft I hither came,
In anxious hope, how oft returned with fame;
How oft around your circle this weak hand
Has waved immortal Shakspeare's magic wand,
Till the full burst of inspiration came,

And I have felt and you have fann'd the flame!

By Mem'ry treasur'd, while her reign endures,

These hours must live-and all their charms are yours.

O favour'd land! renown'd for arts and arms,

For manly talent and for female charms,
Could this full bosom prompt the sinking line,
What fervent benedictions now were thine!

But my last part is play'd, my knell is rung,

When ev'n your praise falls faultering from my tongue,
And all that you can hear, or I can tell,

Is-friends and patrons, hail, and fare you well!

The above Address was delivered by Mr. Kemble with great effect, under frequent interruptions from the feelings of the audience; and loud applause continued after the exit of this long admired actor.

M

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