of 96 feet, presented by John Moys, Esq. Richmond.

A drawing of flowers, executed by miss Sarah Rogers, of New York, who from her birth has not had the use of her hands, holding the pencil, pen, brush, or scissors, in her mouth, presented by William Hamilton, Esq., Woodlands.

Handsomely cut papers and needle work, by miss Ann M. Honey well, of New York, who was born without hands; she holds the paper or work in her toes, and the scissors' or needle in her mouth, occasionally clearing the thread, &c., with the stump of her arm; likewise her shoes, which exactly resemble the diminutive shoes of the Chinese ladies, presented by herself.

New patent washing machine, invented by S. Willard, jun., New York.

A collection of mosses and corallines, presented by Mrs. Martha Moore.

Another collection of ditto, together with chrystals, &c., from Bath, presented by Mrs. Dilwin.

Fossils, chiefly corals, formed on the falls of the Ohio, and in a cave in the Great Barren, presented by Mr. Bickham.

Arabic coins, found in the ruins of the ancient city of Carieta, near Gibraltar, presented by Mr. Daniel Smith, Burlington.

Impression of the medal to commodore Preble, presented by Mr. George Armitage.

Seven Brazilian coins, from 1719 to 1806, presented by Mr. Willet.

Chinese wooden bellows, a dag. ger, and other curiosities from Owyhee and Java, presented by Mr. Charles Graff.

Specimens of Irish turf, Dutch turf, and a loadstone from Schuyler's mountain, presented by Mr. Talbot Hamilton.

An ancient copper coin, dug from among the ruins of a triumphal arch in Tripoli, presented by Mr. Henry Denison.

Specimens of Prussian Blue, manufactured in Philadelphia, and presented by Mr. Caldcleugh,

The 61st air voyage of the famous Mr. Blanchard, being the 11th of his lady, was performed the 3d of August, near Rotterdam. Though every prospect appeared very favourable for the intended voyage, yet it was disturbed by an unfortunate accident. A quarter after 6 o'clock, the beginning was made with filling the montgolfiere, and before half past 7 o'clock the balloon was perfectly ready, and left the ground; but unfortunately took hold by an iron wire, on which it before had been fastened, loosened itself violently, and received a large rift, which occasioned the flying off of the balloon against a large tree, and thereby got an opening. Nevertheless the voyage would have been

eminently distinguished was the woman taken in adultery, the celebrated chef-d'œuvre of Rembrandt. There are some circumstances in the history of this picture which deserve to be stated. It was painted by Rembrandt for his patron the burgomaster Six, and occupied seven months of the artist's time. It remained in the burgomaster's family until last year, when his descendant, who was ruined by the revolution in Holland, found himself under the necessity of selling this last memorial of taste and munificence of his ancestor. The purchaser was obliged to use great precautions to prevent it from falling into the hands of those rapacious agents of Bonaparte, who are employed to plunder every country that has fallen under his power of its best works of art. The picture was secretly moved to a port on the Baltic, where it was shipped for England. Since it has been in Mr. Christie's rooms, sir Francis Baring offered 4000 guineas for it; but it was finally knocked down at 5000. As a painting, it has never been excelled. There is a kind of magic effect produced by its colour, after which we search in vain among the known principles and common practices. of art. A magnificence, a splendour, and brilliancy are united with a delicacy, freshness, and transparency, which has never been rivalled, and whilst every thing that the pallet could supply has been tributary to the artist's hand, the whole has been so skilfully subdued, and kept down to its proper tone and just harmony, that nothing has been left predominant, or decided, or gaudy. By the most happy union and contrast, a regularity of effect has been diffused over the whole; and whilst the most powerful colours which belong to the Gula, and the Triumph, have been employed, the genius of the painter has enabled him, by opposition and contrast, to make the grand effect of his composition fall under that class which comprehends the sober, the solemn, and the sublime.

feet from the surface, built of stone, and arched over with Roman bricks, with a small door of entrance at the north end; the length of the vault was eight feet, the height six feet, and breadth five feet; in this was discovered a coffin of coarse rag-stone grit, covered with a flag of blue stone, about seven feet long, three feet two inches wide, four inches thick, and one foot nine inches deep, containing a human skeleton entire, with the teeth complete, supposed to be the remains of a Roman lady, and to have been deposited there from 1400 to 1700 years. Near the skull lay a small glass phial, or lachrymatory, with fragments of another phial, the inside of which appeared to have been silver. At a little distance from the vault, was also found an urn of a red colour, in which were deposited the ashes and bones, partly burnt, of a human body. It is supposed that the urn must have lain there near 2000 years, as the Romans discontinued the practice of burning their dead prior to that period.

An extraordinary commotion was observed in the tide in Truro river, Scotland, on the morning of Saturday se'nnight; the sea had been ebbing about an hour and a half, when it suddenly recoiled with a very rapid current, and flowed about eighteen inches perpendicular at Truro quay, then ebbed off and re-flowed a second time. We have not heard whether the same effect was observed upon the coast; nor can we account for such phenomena, which have indeed been observed on former occasions, without being known to be accompanied by corresponding convulsions of the earth. But recollecting that at the time of the great earthquake, which destroyed old Lisbon, a similar commotion was observed in the sea on the Cornish coast, it is viewed in the present case with some apprehensions.

Master Betty, the British Roscius, has finally retired from the stage.

He is educating for the church by a respectable clergyman, who is to have 300l. a year for his tuition.

There are now living at Chumleigh, a small town in the north of Devon, three women, whose united ages form a total of 277 years. Two of them bear the same name, but are not related to each other; the elder, Mary Collins, who completed her 93d year last December, succeeded her husband many years ago in the capacity of sexton of the parish, and, until within these few months, she diligently performed the duties of that office. No one was more methodical nor expeditious in the digging of a grave; and at this time, she regularly tolls the bell, and, during divine service, perambulates the church to keep idle boys under proper discipline; indeed the watchful eye of the old sexton is frequently made known to the congregation by the resounding lashes of her whip on the backs of the little culprits. Her stature is rather masculine, she walks perfectly upright, her chief food tea, and her strength so well preserved that she occasionally assists her daughter, who is a poor washer-woman, in that laborious employment.

In cases of fire, the following is suggested to those who may be employed in its extinction: As heat and smoke ascend to the upper part of the room, a stream of pure air occupies the space near the floor, a person can crawl on his hands and knees, into a room full of smoke, and by keeping his face close to the floor, he may go and return where no one could walk upright. This method is practised by the London firemen, who have hence acquired the name of Salamanders.

There is not an article of commerce that more strongly proves the rapid progress of the domestic