Agures, the remains of a very regular Roman building have been difcovered, of which Engineer Lieutenant Hofman has taken a plan. In one of the walls of this building was found a ftatue of bronze, gilt, about a foot high, reprefenting a Genius, without a pedeftal, which it was fuppofed was formed of five plates of the fame metal found near it, on three of which are infcriptions. We have no account of the Roman town now discovered; but near the town is an old caftle, which appears to have been one of their caftella; and different antiquities have been difcovered in the environs. Jen. Allg. Lit. Zeit.

At NUREMBERG has been published a defcription of various antiquities found in barrows made by the antient Germans near Eichstadt, with remarks, by Ignatius Pickel, and four plates, 1789. Several of thefe barrows are from five to ten feet high, and from forty to eighty in diameter. They are flat, and nearly level on the top. In thofe which were opened were found skeletons, rude earthen veffels, flightly baked, fmall iron knives, fpears, rings for the arms and legs, and other iron and tin utenfils. In one was a girdle, compofed of pieces of copper, faftened together with fmall rings. In each were skeletons at different depths, moftly lying on their faces; only one on its back, with the face to the Eaft. Jen. Allg. Lit. Zeit.

A German tranflation of Burigny's Life of Erafmus, by Reich, with notes by Henke, in fome effential points fuperior to fortin's, was published about nine years ago. Dr. S. Hefs has made an uniform work of it, in an account of his life and writings, with felect fragments from the latter, and fome original letters, in two volumes, 8vo, at ZURICH, 1790.

The Antiquities of the Via Appia, we are glad to hear, are in a train of being introduced to the publick. Amongit the various remains of Roman magnifiIcence with which Italy abounds, thefe monuments have hitherto almost efcaped the notice of the artift and the antiquary. Berger, Sur les grands Chemins des Romains, flightly mentions the courfe of the Appian Way, but gives no detail of its numerous monuments; and even Pratilli, who has published a fofio volume on the courfe of this road, has neglected its monuments and antiquities. The work in contemplation propofes to trace, with accuracy, the

whole extent of the Via Appia, from Rome to Brundufium; and to illustrate, by exact views, every antique monument adjoining, which merits attention. One part will comprehend the tract of country between Rome and Capua; the other, between Capua and Brundufium. Befides explanations at the bottom of each print, a fuller account will be given of the country and cities traverfed by this antient road, together with the infcriptions exifting there at this prefent time. The original drawings, executed by Carlo Labruzzi, an eminent artist at Rome, were done at the expence, and are in the poffeffion, of Sir Richard C. Hoare: the outlines of all the plates will be engraved at Rome by Labruzzi himself; and the whole work conducted under his direction, and for his benefit. The views are taken from Nature, with the utmoft exactness and adherence to truth; the chief obje&t being to give a faithful, not an ideal, reprefentation of the many and beautiful monuments which adorned this first and most magnificent of the Confular Roads; and which, even in their prefent ruinous and dilapidated state, deserve the notice of every curious traveller and lover of antiquity. A map will be given of the courfe of the road, with references to the fituation of each monument.-Each number (of which the firft will be completed next fpring) will confift of twelve prints, not to exceed the price of two guineas; and not less than one number to be delivered every year, by Mr. W. Palmer, near the New Church, Strand.

"A careful collation of the Greek MSS. of the New Teftament, now in the Royal Library at Paris, which have been ascribed to Robert Stephens, and a comparison of their readings with thofe of R. Stephens's margin, have been lately made; the refult of which is, that thofe are NOT the MSS. which he used in his grand edition of A. D. 1550.

"The author of the Letters to Mr. Gibbon, in his fecond edition, and Dr. Kipling, in his late commencementfpecch at Cambridge (which will be published), feemed to have afcertained this matter beforehand, as far as argu ment alone could prevail. But politive proof was ftill called for; and it will be given. And the charges which have been brought against the integrity of R. Stephens will be demonstrated to have been as injurious as they always appeared to be incredible.

Mr.

"Mr. Urban will relate this intelligence to his readers with pleasure, because it is always grateful to a liberal mind to fee the memories of the illuf trious dead rescued from unmerited reproach. T."

Encouraged by the fuccefs of his Herodotus, Mr. Beloe has made fome progrefs in the tranflation of Aulus Gellius. Of this author there is no tranflation in any modern language, except one, very partial and imperfect, in French. Mr. Beloe's work will confift of two volumes octavo, and be interfperfed with mifcelJaneous illuftrations and criticifms. We add to this article with pleasure, that the learned and worthy tranflator has just been prefented to the rectory of Erleham, near Norwich, with the curacy of Bowthorpe, in Norfolk.

Mr. John Pinkerton, author of the Enquiry into the Hiftory of Scotland, and other literary performances, is elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of Icelandic Literature at Copenhagen, by a diploma dated the 28th of laft September.

INDEX

INDICATORIUS.

We are forry what we faid of the "Antiquités Nationales" has been misunderstood by the Editor as too fevere a cenfure. We intended it only as a hint for improvement.

A CORRESPONDENT, who has remarked the inconveniencies our army in India fufters from the lofs of carriage-bullocks, would he obliged to any gentleman, acquainted with that country, to inform him and the publick, why bullocks are preferred to horfes for draught and carriage, even in war, in a country where it appears that the latter are fo common as to fupply 50,000 cavalry in a fingle district.

In Dr. Richardfon's edition of Godwin de Præfulibus, p. 394, it is mentioned, that Dr. George Hooper, Bishop of Bath and Wells, who died in 1727, was buried at Wells cathedral, and that there is in it a monument to his memory. A defcription of the monument, with a copy of any part of the epitaph that may notice the Prelate's family, is equested by AN OLD CORRESPONDENT.

A CONSTANT READER afks, if there is any plan of London divided according to the parishes? If there is not, he obferves, it would furely answer extremely well if fome perfon would undertake fuch a work upon various fcales; it being prefumed that the fmall plans in Stowe and Maitland are not to be much relied upon.

Who was the author of "a late English tranflation" of Homer's third book of the Iliad, quoted by Mr. Lowth in his Commentary on Jeremiah xxxiv. 18, 19, 20; which was firff published in 1718?

SOPHISTA CANTABRIGIENSIS wifhes to be informed where he may find a copy of Lillibullero, which all the hiftories of the Revolution mention to have produced fo amazing an effect in William's favour, and to have been propagated throughout the kingdom in an incredibly short time,

A. Z. aiks, what was the original mean, ing of the paffing bell, who was its first inftitutor, and for what purpofe?

SOME OF OUR READERS would be obliged to any philofophical correfpondent for an explanation of the caufe of that noife which is commonly perceived in ftoves that are much heated, and which refembles the regular strokes of a hammer upon an anvil.

AMINTO afks the reafon of sparks of fire appearing to follow the hand if you rub it hard and quick down the back of a dark-co loured cat in the dark?

CURIOSUS afks, whence arofe the custom of eating geefe on Michaelmas-day ?

The first thing which ALPHA recommends, we have good reafons for not doing. The other, he will find, is in general done.

ANONYMOUS merits confideration-but

not having read the "Thoughts on the Relaxation of Human Bodies," we cannot at prefent determine refpecting the propriety of its infertion. "The defender of calumniated merit" feems an odd expreffion when applied to bark.

PHILO MUTE's Queries would be beft anfwered by application to Mr. PHILIDOR

VERITAS may mean well; hut his letter was certainly not worth the postage.

We fhall thank PASTOR CORVENSIS for the "Hiftoriette" he mentions.

Mr. RAYNE's first letter came "too late" for laft month. In anfwer to his fecond letter, no pecuniary gratuity is ever accepted.

The drawing of a figure, with a Greek infcription, from S. H, came to hand; but wants fome authentication; or at least the hiftory of its introduction into this country.

Our correfpondent H. is at last bringing out his opinion on an uncommented paffage of Scripture (fee our blue Cover); the novelty of which may perhaps excite attention.

In our SUPPLEMENT we hope to pay off much of our numerous arrears. The View of WINCHESTER HOUSE fhall then appear; with thofe of DUNKESWELL ABBEY; K. EDWARD I's Fillar; CHESTER City Wall; an aërial PHENOMENON obferved in LEICESTERSHIRE; a fingular Figure from WARMINSTER; Mr. MILNER on a Sea! found at SALISBURY; án Epitome of the Polith and French Constitutions ; &c. &c. &c. with Title-pages, Preface, and copious Indexes, to our SIXTY-FIRST VOLUME.

In JANUARY fhall be given a View of St. MARY REDCLIFF church, Bristol; DurFIELD CHURCH in DERBYSHIRE; Portrait of RICHARD BLOND, and one fuppofed of MILTON when young; a curious MEDAL, a SEAL, NATURAL HISTORY, &c. &c. VERSES,

VERSES, INVITING STELLA TO

ON THE PUBLIC FAST DAY,
FEBRUARY, MDCCLXXX!.

DEA

TEA

EAR Stella, 'midft the pious forrow Our Monarch bids us feel to-morrow; The ah's! and oh's! fupremely trift, The abftinence from heef and whift, Wifely ordain'd to pleafe the Lord, And force him whet our edgelefs (word; Till, fkipping o'er th' Atlantic Rill, We cut Provincial throats at will: 'Midft all the penitence we feel For merry fins-midft all the zeal For vengeance on the faucy Foe, Who lays our boatted Legions low, I with, when fullen evening comes, To gild for me its falling glooms, You would, without cold paufe, agree Beneath thefe walls to fip your tea. From the chafte, fragrant, Indian weed, Our fins no pampering juices feed: And tho' the Hours, with contrite faces, May banish the ungodly Aces, And take of food a fparing bit, They'll gluttonize on Stella's wIT.

"Tea," cries a Patriot, " on that day! "'Twere good you flung the drug away ! "Rememb'ring 'twas the cruel fource "Of fad distruft, and long divorce, "Twixt Nations which, combin'd, had hurl'd "Their conquering jav'lin round the world.

"O Indian fhrub! thy fragrant flowers "To England's weal had deadly powers,` "When Tyranny, with imp ous hand, To venom turn'd its effence bland; "To venom fubtle, fierce, and fell, "As drench'd the dart of Ifdabel.

"Have we forgot that curs'd libation, "That coft the lives of half the nation? "When Boftop, with indignant thought, "Saw poifon in the perfum'd draught, "And caus'd her troubled Bay to be, "But one vaft bowl of bitter tea* ; "While Até, chiefly-bidden gueft, "Came sternly to the fatal feaft, "And mingled with th' envenom'd flood, "Brothers', Parents', Children's blood: "Dire as the Banquet Atreus ferv'd, "When his own Sons Thyeftes carv'd, "And Phoebus, fhrinking from the fight, "Drew o'er his orb the pall of night.

"To-morrow then, at least, refrain, "Nor quaff thy gafping Country's Bane! "For, O! reflect, poetic Daughter, " 'Twas vanquish'd Britain's Laurel-water †.” Lichfield Clofe. ANNA SEWARD.

* Alluding to the fhips' cargoes of tea which the Colonifts, on finding it taxed, threw into the Bay of Bofton; upon which hoftilities between them and the Mother Country commenced.

+ Allud ng to the n recent murder of Sir Theodofius Boughton, by laurel-water,

BRI

SONNET,

To MISS SEWARD. RIGHT Monitrix of Virtue's purest lore, [refin'd! Form'd to inftruct and pleafe with fenfe The fweet effufions of thy sprightly mind Sages and Beauties equally adore! SEWARD, poffefs'd of every power to charm, Sublimeft Truths with liveliest Wit to blend !

Preseed, thy Sex's ableft, kindest Friend, Folly's fantaftic Legions to difarm.

Let Fashion's fluttering Votaries idly fhine;
Be it thy talk from error to reclaim :
So fhall the well-earn'd laurel ftill be thine,
And Albion's Daughters still shall bleis thy

And lovely Philomel attunes her lay, Penfive I feek the lowly vale, and try

To chafe my forrows from my breast away, Slowly I wander o'er the verdant plain,

Forlorn, dejected, and with woe oppreft; My downcaft eyes can scarce from tears refrain, (breaft. Whilft the fad figh efcapes my grief charg'd But, ah! in vain my forrows I bewail; Julia hears not my melancholy ftrain: In vain, in mournful accents, I complain, Orto the winds proclaim my love-lorn tale: Unheard, unpitied, I lament my fate, Nor prayers, nor fighs, nor tears, can change my state. FITZ-ALAN.

SON NE T, of FAUSTINA MARATTI ZAPPI, To a Lady, with whom she supposes her Husband to bave been formerly in Love. NYMPH, whofe powerful charms his could gain,

Whom I defire with duteous love to
Thy praise he still refounds in every strain,
Thy hair, thy lips, thy wit, and gracefuleafe.
Tell me, if e'er, by thy foft voice address'd,
Silent was he, or could unmov'd appéar ?
Were looks perturb'd, and proud, to thee ex-
prefs'd?
[tear!
Such looks as force from me the frequent

Alas! I've heard, in former times his eyes,
Kindled by thine, his ardent flame reveal'd;
And then-but thy averted face I fee,
And confcious blushes on thy cheeks arise :
O fpeak!-Ah, no! thy lips, by filence
feal'd,
[thee.
Muft ne'er confefs his heart attach'd to

To MISS MARIA GH, MARGATE, ON HER BIRTH-DAY, AUG. 30, 1791.

NOF

OR yet the Zodiack held the even fcales,

Still o'er the day the Virgin fign appears; Clafp'd were the Equinoctial gales in fleep, For not a breeze disturb'd the lucent deep: Save where the reaper bound the year's increafe,

All was ferene-as is the Court of Peace.

This calm, portentous of some good to earth With time, gave way to dear Maria's birth: As forth the came from Hymen's ample horn, Behold, he cry'd, "a rofe without a thorn!" The raptur'd world receiv'd the Cherub fair, And gave her Grace and Wisdom, for their

care.

Twenty bright years have roll'd their orbits by[eye: Still more the charms than first fhe met the Refp.et and wonder then to please us strove; But now the warms a thousand hearts to love. On all her steps the fmiling Graces wait, And Juno's majesty directs her gait.

This with as fordid Love fhall ne'er defineWould to the Gods her charms were wholly mine !

Before the treads her Margate shores again, Or quits our Griufted for the raging main, May (weet Maria heed no other swain, Than him the humble Pattor of the Plain! Then, for her ceaseless good, each natal day To Heaven, or Jove, he 'll raife the tuneful lay: [alarms, Friendship and Peace fhall fhield her from And Love keep pace with dear Maria's charms.

HORACE, B. II. ODE iii. TRANSLATED.

WHENE'ER, by adverfe storms op

preft,

Or Fortune's partial favours bleft,
No taint imbibe of care or pride,
But let an equal foul prefide,
My Delius, fince a laft adieu

Muft part, ere long, the world and you;
Whether you give yourself a prey
To Melancholy's wretched fway;
Or bid the minutes gaily pafs,
Reclined on the eafeful grafs,
While cups of rich Falernian wine
Diffufe their influence divine,

And fpreading pines, above your head,
Their boughs with hoary poplars wed,
To fhade your limbs,-and waters clear
Attract the eye, and foothe the ear.
Hafte! bring the grape's nectareous juice,
The coftly effences produce;

Here order the too-tranfient rofe,
The flower that moft delightful blows;
While wealth with youthful years abides,
Nor Fate the vital thread divides.
Your purchas'd groves, and noble domes,
That vill, where yellow Tyber foams,
You fure must leave, to hold no more:
The heir fhall then enjoy your store.
What though you boast an antient name,
With riches crown'd, and deeds of fame;
Or, mearly born, distrest and poor,
From cold can find no friendly door;-

It nought avails:-both King and Slave
Fall victims to the cruel grave.
Death's wide and ever-open gate

Is pafs'd by all men, foon or late :

As Chance directs, or Fates decree,
We launch into eternity. W. SINGLETON.

ON VISITING THE GRAVE OF STERNE.

W

BY MR. SAMWELL.

ITH facred awe,
with kind concern,
We view the spot where Yorick
lies:

Here Friendship still shall vifit Sterne,
And tears fhall fill Affection's eyes.
Silent upon thy grave we stand,

And mufe upon the duft beneath;
The fairest flower from Nature's hand
Now withering in the fhade of Death,
When Evening dews thy turf fo green,

Humanity with gentle tread,
And bright-eyed Genius, oft are seen
Weeping befide thy earthy bed.

ON THE DEATH OF DR. JAMES MUIR-
SON, LATE OF NEW YORK.

BY A LADY.

ODE TO AURORA.
BY DR. PERFECT.

WEET, blushing Nymph! the gates of light

SWEE

With pearly hand unbar ;

Step forth, bright Goddess of Delight,
And mount your rofy car !

Expand the eye lids of the Eaft,

And develope the lawn;
O, drop your dew-delicious feaft,
The fpangles of the dawn!
Awake, and rouze the jocund train,
That lightly round you glow;
Begin your world reviving reign,
While infant Zephyrs blow!

With halmy lips breathe forth the Morn,
Diffufing odours round :——
The huntfman winds his early horn,
And dashes o'er the ground.
On every plant, and every flower,
In cordial warmth descend:
All Nature hails thy glorious power,
For thou art Nature's friend!
Now from the top of yonder mount
I fee thy opening ray;

Of light the animating fount,

The ftar of new-born day.
Expanfive ev'ry budding scene

In vernal Nature's íphere
Smiles on the Morn, whofe topaz mien
Illumines far and near.

What fragrance breathes from ev'ry flower!
How cryftal looks the stream!
Oh, how delightful is the hour

Of Morn's ambrofial beam!
The dappled Lark, fweet Child of May!
Salutes the rifing Morn;
While many a note, and many a lay,
Re-iffues from the thorn.

Ye feather'd Minstrels, join in fong!
Melodious Songfters, pour,
The morning meads and vales among,
Your undiffembled ftore

Of grateful praife to Nature's King,
Who gives the gale to breathe,
And tips with gold Aurora's wing,
Or filvers o'er the Eve!