certain modifications would be extended to spirit, and perpetuated by the wisdom and goodness of God through every progressive stage of future existence. Several essays on painting, sculpture, and music, bore the marks of a masterly hand.

Mr. Jennings had rendered the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, of Dante into very elegant, spirited, and classical English. His account of the stage, as it existed in his youth, was extremely amusing. The comparative merits of rival candidates for dramatic fame were treated with great critical skill, but produced no very splendid eulogium in favour of the theatrical performers of the present day. Mrs. Siddons he complimented judiciously, but by no means enthusiastically. He complained of the fashionable whine of all the modern tragedians, and the contagious shake of the head, that was utterly destructive of true dig nity and grace. Of lord Orford, as an antiquarian, he spoke contemp. tuously. His pictures of Dr. John son were executed with infinite spirit; they differed materially from those already in our possession, but of their truth of colouring we could not doubt, All that remains to be said of this extraordinary personage is, that it was his express desire that his body after his decease should be burned.

For the Literary Magazine.

BOMBARDMENT OF COPENHAGEN.

THE following letter from a respectable merchant in Copenhagen exhibits a melancholy picture of the consequences of the late bombard ment of that city by the British, which will be read with a lively in terest by every feeling mind. The peculiar situation of this unfortunate country renders this statement doubly interesting to Americans, and has induced us to preserve it in this miscellany.

Copenhagen, Sept. 9, 1807.

GENTLEMEN,

Circumstanced as at present, without books or papers to refer to, I must claim your indulgence for waving the subject of business, and confining the views of my present respects solely to the communication of myself and family being in existence, unhurt, and yet in health; likewise the cursory detail of those incidents that succeeded the date of my last address. If my memory be not affected, I think I advised you of the appearance of the fleet, army, &c., in our roads. I shall not now follow the occurrences in succession, but observe, that for ten days they continued to experience the most friendly hospitality from the inhabitants, as well as aid in victualling and providing of their shipping, &c., both at Elsineur and here, without the smallest jealousy or suspicion of intended hostility.

At the expiration of that time, Mr. Jackson suddenly appeared in this city with the modest demand of our navy as a deposit against French intrigue and influence, to be restor ed at the period of a general peace. The demand was peremptorily refused by the junior Bernstoff, deput-. ed to sit here in the absence of the prince royal, and the older minister, Bernstoff. The audience and discussion at the end of this demand lasted but an hour, when Mr. Jackson took leave and refuge on board the fleet. The second morning af ter, the town was in a convulsed state, from the well authenticated report of twenty thousand troops having landed, at about the distance of six English miles. Such was the confidence of this government, in the characteristic honour of yours, that the necessity for preparatory opposition was wholly overlooked until this latter event was fully proved and established. In this state of affairs, and being without any regular troops, the defence of the city was left to about six thousand militia, the burghers, students, &c., all of whom exerted themselves.

day and night in fortifying the ramparts round the city, and making every necessary preparation for defending the honour of their king and

country.

In this occupation they were employed, I believe, twelve days incessantly, when a flag of truce appeared for the governor, Peyman, with a demand similar to Mr. Jack son's, that met the same fate. This brought forward, the day following, a proclamation from Gambier andCathcart, explaining the circumstances that impelled the king, their master, to adopt the measures which menaced the refusal of their demand through Mr. Jackson, and wishing to impress the ideas of friendly intention towards the go vernment, in case it would yield to the object of their expedition. This proclamation brought forward frequent interchanges of flags and estafetts, that eventually terminated in the surrender of the town being demanded, with this addition, that, if refused, the bombardment would on the following day commence.

For many nights previous to this, several skirmishes took place be tween the enemy and a corps of volunteers, composed of youths from the different respectable families of the city, whose active ardour and spirit merited a better fate than eventually awaited them, as up. wards of 80, besides double the number desperately wounded, fell in the detached conflicts.

Intended hostilities being now announced, it was time to provide lastly for the women and children. Having of this description 16 in number under my protection, I was constrained to appoint a cellar 16 feet square, as the only place of refuge or seening safety. In this we remained from Wednesday the 2d of September until the Sunday following (God be praised), unhurt, notwithstanding the front of my house, the offices, with every windowframe and glass being hurt and destroyed by the showers of shot that struck and burst around me.

The operations of the first night

having ended, a flag was sent in, but indignantly dismissed.

On Friday, after Thursday night's hostilities, a second appeared but was refused; the consequence was observed in the determined resolution of the enemy to exert their every power on Friday night, in reducing the city to ashes. About ten o'clock of that night, two of the principal churches were assailed by shells and rockets; these took fire, and, notwithstanding the continued exertions and persevering activity of the firemen and engines, communicated to, and totally destroyed, upwards of 430 large and commodious newly erected houses, two churches, rendered more than 800 houses unfit for winter-dwelling, and left, after cursory examination, scarcely 160 houses without more or less injury. The loss of inhabitants cannot be yet ascertained, but from the many missing whom I have individually known, I fear it is great indeed.

The governor, burghers, &c., now saw the impossibility of further resistance, and capitulated on Saturday, with the delivery of the citadel, the two arsenals, and the whole of the fleet; further as to particulars I am not able to go, therefore will cease with hostilities, and endeavour to impress you with the idea of effects.

Besides the houses consumed and damaged in the city, the governor ordered those of the leading avenues and suburbs to be burnt; of these it is supposed 380 were levelled, so that, on the whole, at the present moment, it is supposed that nearly 10,000 people of various descriptions are and will be exposed to every inclemency of weather, present and approaching, without the possibility of being provided for at this late season, having lost every chance of repairs by the loss of the various deposits of public and private timber, that would otherwise assist in affording temporary shelter.

Take this, my dear friends into consideration were you but half an hour witnesses of what I have yesterday and this day beheld, I am

satisfied you would be more affected than if I were days employed in detailing the existing miseries and distresses, and, here without the prospect of even temporary alleviation, so generally are they felt and distributed. Let me conjure you therefore as friends, as men divested of those principles that now appear to be adopted by your government, to come forward, arrest the attentions and considerations of the humane and charitable publicly and privately, in behalf of thousands who have fallen victims to the most wanton instance of unprovoked aggression at this day on record. Where is the boasted national character? Henceforth lie still anti-jacobins, Mallet du Pan, flowery preachers, orators, and pamphleteers, for now your labours are in vain, and become vague and futile. The drum beats for a war of extermination; piracy and plunder are now the or der of the day.

Forgive me, gentlemen, if any personal feelings urge me thus harshly to anticipate the future result of late operations here; but, in the mean time, pardon my once more calling your attention to the numerous crowds of widows, aged, and orphans, that now look up to the benevolent and charitable, and imploring your individual exertions in behalf of their wretchedness and sufferings. Were it possible for only ten gentlemen who daily meet at Lloyd's to take a moment's glance into my house, offices, and cellars, alone, I am confident the object of my solicitations would be accomplished. Yours, &c.

N. B. I have scrawled this over in a state of mind not the most enviable, and at a hazard when or how it is to be conveyed.

For the Literary Magazine. LITERARY, PHILOSOPHICAL, COM. MERCIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL

INTELLIGENCE.

MR. THOMAS DOBSON, of this city, has issed proposals for pub

lishing, by subscription, a New Translation of the Sacred Scriptures. The Old Testament from the Greek of the Septuagint, and the New Testament from the most correct Greek Text; with occasional notes By Charles Thomson, Esq., late secretary to the congress of the United States.

Kimber, Conrad, & Co, intend shortly to publish, from the second London edition, enlarged and improved, Accum's Chemistry, in 2 vols., 8vo., with plates; price, neatly bound and lettered, five dollars.

C. & A. Conrad & Co. have lately published the first volume of the American Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Science, for 1806-7.

By a report of adjutant-general Hunt, lately laid before the assembly of New Jersey, it appears that the militia of that state amounts to 33,360 men.

Mr. Kellogg, of New Marlborough, has invented a shearing machine, which promises to be very useful, not only to clothiers, but in promoting the woollen manufacture in this country. The machine is worked either by water or hand, and is said to shear cloth, by a moderate movement, at a rate of two yards per minute.

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has received an important aid in the loan of sixteen pictures for the term of one year; those works, the property of Robert Fulton, are in the most exquisite style of painting, and are now exhibited at the academy, where public curiosity and a fine taste may be gratified.

The first picture, thirteen feet long by ten high the figures as large

as the life, is painted by our immortal countryman, West. It represents King Lear in the storm, and at the entrance of the hovel. This work is in the most heroic and poetic style of composition: the grandeur which is displayed in the figure of the grey-headed old man; his distress, approaching to madness, contrasted with the calmness and kind attentions of his friends, Glocester and Kent; the silly indifference of the fool, and the sullen me. lancholy of mad Tom, are admirably conceived; the drawing and drapery of this picture has never been surpassed by any artist; the colouring is very fine; the clair obscure well observed; the burst of lightning and glare of torch light through the storm of rain and gloom of night produce an effect, a tout ensemble, which cannot be described, and must be seen to be sensibly felt and understood.

The companion to this picture is of the same size, and is also painted by Mr. West. It is taken from a scene in Hamlet, representing Ophelia before the king and queen, who, seated on the throne, appear struck with conscious guilt; the beautiful Ophelia is one of the most elegant figures we have ever seen: she is robed in white; her flaxen locks hang in loose disorder over her forehead, and down to her waist; with her left hand extended, she care. lessly strews around her the rue and thyme, while her eyes exhibit a wandering of mind and a delirious indecision. Yet she is mild and gentle; rage makes no part of her character in her we contemplate the most beautiful and interesting of her sex, whose sensibility has bereaved an elegant mind of reason; and we feel inclined to sympathize in all her sorrows.

In these works, the Lear possesses the boldness, grandeur, and dig. nity of a mind accustomed to command, &c. The Ophelia has all the softness and delicacy of execution which is necessary to the female character.

These two paintings are in the

true style of classic composition, and, while they excite the highest respect for the talents of the artist, they reflect great honour on the genius of our country: they are of themselves a basis for forming a good taste in our new school of art.

The third picture is painted by Mr. West's eldest son, Raphael, and is the only one which he ever executed of the size. It is from the play As You Like it, representing Orlando and Oliver in the forest. This picture has something very original: it approaches to the style of Salvator Rosa, is well imagined, finely drawn, and boldly executed. On examining it we have to lament that the world is not in possession of more of the works of this gentleman, for his genius is certainly of the highest order.

The next are the Columbiad paintings, eleven in number, taken from different scenes in that elegant and patriotic poem of Joel Barlow, lately published in this city. They are each thirteen and a half inches long by ten and a half inches wide, painted by Smirke, and in a style of delicacy and high finish which has not been seen in this country: the compositions are sublime and poetic, the colouring rich, the tonings warm and harmonious. These works, relating chiefly to the history of our country, are extremely interesting, and may be considered as gems in the art.

Added to these is a portrait of Mr. and Mrs. West in one picture, painted by Mr. West. Also, a portrait of Mr. Fulton, painted by Mr. West. They are executed in a masterly style.

The Angel appearing to the Shepherds, by Pynaker, is a most charming work for effect and transpa rency.

The Troubadour playing on the violin, by Skalkin, is good.

The Slaughtered Bullock, by Ostade, a very curious piece of still life.

The Flemish Boors, by Brower. Portrait of an Old Man, by Ravintine, curious for its high finish.

Adam and Eve, and the Death of Abel, is by an Italian artist, whose name we cannot announce at pre

sent.

The Earl of Stanhope, and a portrait of Joel Barlow, Esq., by Robert Fulton, Esq.

In addition to the above, are a number of fine paintings, belonging to Mr. Lichleightner, and on sale.

It is with pleasure we announce, that the monument to be erected to the memory of the officers of the navy, who fell during the different attacks made by our squadron on the city of Tripoli, in 1804, has arrived at Boston, in the United States frigate Constitution, and that it will shortly be landed at the navy yard at Washington.

The expence of this beautiful piece of sculpture, which, for grandeur of design, elegance of ex cution and size, far excels any thing of the kind ever seen on this side of the Atlantic, has been defrayed out of the slender means of the officers of the navy.

History, seated at the base, looking back, recording these events. Mercury, the genius of commerce, la menting the death of his protectors. A female Indian representing America with two children bearing the fasces explaining to them the events, and four large bronze lamps represerting the flame of immortality.

On the pedestal appears the following inscription in letters of gilt bronze:

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY of captain Richard Somers, Lieutenants James Caldwell, James Decatur, Henry Wadsworth, Joseph Israel, and midship

men John H. Dorsey, Who fell in the different attacks that were made on the city of Tripoli, in the year of our Lord. 1804, and in the XXVIII year of the independence of the United States.

A flame of glory inspired them, And Fame has crowned their deeds.

History records the events; the children of Columbia admire, and Commerce laments their fall.

To convey some idea of this monument, we subjoin a short though imperfect description.

Its base is 16 feet square, and its height 23 feet. It is composed of the purest white marble of Carrara, with ornaments and inscriptions of gilt bronze. The pedestal is highly ornamented with inscriptions, representative of the actions, trophies of war, &c., in bas relief, and supports a rostral column, surmounted by the arms of the United States. Fame, standing on one side of the pedestal, with the palm and laurel, crowns an urn, which bears this inscription:

Hic Decorae Functorum in bello Virorum Cineres.

The monument has been imported in fifty-one large cases, and weighs above fifteen tons. The figures are as large as life, and the whole will cost above 3000 dollars, which is to be raised at the following rates of subscription: commanders $20, wards room officers $10, and offi cers of the rank of midshipmen, &c., $5. The subscription, we understand, is nearly completed; and, from the known spirit and generosity of our officers, we are confident it will soon be closed.