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Literary and Philofophkal Intelligence'. 



[Jan. 1, 



eumftances of the difeafe. The ni de of 

 treatment adopted with relpeft to the 

 others, afierthis dlfcovery, was more fiic- 

 cslstuL Tiie fiitt indications of this fa- 

 vourable changeappearcd in tlie projeflion 

 of the blood-vc (Tt!.. At the period when 

 M. Halle drew up the above l^iatement, 

 the three labourers had almoi't entirtly re- 

 covered, and tlieir fkin had refumtd nearly 

 its natural colour. 



The Chevalier Canova, the celebrat- 

 ed fculptor, has gone from Rome to Vien- 

 na to ereiSl the monunitnt of the Archdu- 

 chefs Chriftina, an immenfe compofition 

 of eight marble figures, larger than life, 

 the models and the execution of which 

 have long been ohjefts of admiration at 

 Roiiie. Before his departure M. Canova 

 exhibited to the puMic the model of a co- 

 loffai group, repieltnting the combat of 

 Theftus and a Centaur. Tliis group is 

 to be executed in marble for Milan. 



The following details relative to the 

 arts at Rome are given by one of the moft 

 diflinguifhed fcieniific men of rhat city. — 

 ♦' We cannot boaft of many iiteraiy pro- 

 duflionsj but, to m:ike amends, great 

 pains are taken for clearing, cleanling, 

 and better preferving, the ancient raonu. 

 ments of archite^lure. His Hulinefs 

 lias greatly promoted this part of the art, 

 one of the m"ft interefting of antiquity. — 

 The architeif and the antiquary will ac- 

 quire new fubjeifs of eruduion, and new 

 works and new engravings will be render- 

 ed necefl'ary. The Work of Desgo- 

 DETZ, a new editiim of which is about to 

 be publifiied by M. Carlo Fea, will de- 

 rive an immenfe advantage from thefe la- 

 bours, and will become almotf eniirely 

 new. H-vv different from what we have 

 been acculfomed tu behold it, will appear 

 that celebrated Pantheon, hitherto aimoll 

 unknown, though the mod beautiful of 

 ancient edifices, and in the belt preferva- 

 tion. The Flaviin Amphidieatie, or Co- 

 lifeum, will be cleanfed, and t'ne public 

 will li've accefs to it, as to a mufeum. — 

 The Temple of the Sybil at Tivoli has 

 been repaired ; and the two arches of Sep- 

 timius Seveius and of Conliantine hive 

 been cleared of the earth which covered 

 them. The column of Antoninus has 

 been cleaned, and is no longer covered 

 with dufl. The fuppo'ed Temple of 

 Veda at R' me, on the Tiber, a< well as 

 the nsighbouring cne of Fortuna Cirilis, 

 will be cleared of the rubbifh ;n which 

 thev have betn as it were buried ; and the 

 i;!:erior of them will be cl anfed. Thug, 

 by the exertions of hrs Holinefs, ancient 

 Rome will be expofed to view, and mo- 



dern Rome will be embellifhed. Nor has 

 the Holy Father forgotten the moft cele- 

 brated of the rnodern buildings, the final! 

 circular temple erefled in 1501, after the 

 defigns of the illuftrious Bramante 

 Lazzeri, under the aufpices of Ferdi- 

 nand the Catholic, King of Spain. It 

 fell into ruins fome years fince, not fronj 

 age, but in confequence of the late 

 troubles. It was fold, in orJer that its 

 precious materials might be removed :— 

 but his Holinefshas refolved-to repair it 

 in a ftyle of great elegance. In a (hort 

 time M. Carlo Fea will (peak of all thefe 

 new undertakings in tlie fecocd volume of 

 his Mifcelianies, which he has particu- 

 larly devoted to what relates to the re- 

 fcarches now carrying on, exclufive of 

 what will be faid in his Illuli rations of 

 Defgodetz. M. GuATTANiwill likewife 

 treat cf them in a new Journal which M. 

 Carlo Fea is about to undeitake. The 

 former gentleman is at prefent engaged on 

 the Sequel to the Unpubliflied Monu- 

 ments, in which will be foimd many iiite- 

 reiling partirvilars. The Muieum of the 

 illuftrious Cardinal Borgia has pafTctJ 

 into hands by which it will not be neglect- 

 ed. His nephew, the prel'ent poflcffor is a 

 man of information, and has a deep fenfe 

 of the glory which the Cardinal acquired 

 for his family by this unique collection. 

 He continues the engravings which his 

 uncle intended to have executed from 

 drawings of the moft remarkable objeiSls 

 in the Mufeum. He ha* communicated 

 the .Mexican Manulciipt to M. Alex- 

 ANDiiR VON Humboldt, and has per- 

 mi:ted h ni to make ufe of it for his 

 work : but he is thwarted in his noble 

 defigns by the pretenfions of the Propa- 

 ganda. The Cardinal made that lociety 

 his heir, but bequeathed the Mufeun and 

 ether legacies to his family. He unfor. 

 tunately made ufe of the fipreflijn, " My 

 Muleiim which is at Vci;etri ;" and the 

 Propaganda claim a light to every thing 

 that happened to be at Rome at the mo- 

 ment of the Cardinal's death, though the 

 articles inconteltibly f )rmed a part of the 

 Mui'eiiin. By a lecond fatali'y the Cop. 

 tic inlliuments, of which M. Zoega has 

 julf completed the de('cri|jtion, were among 

 the objects that had been brought to 

 Rome. This important work cannot 

 therefore be publiOied till after the deci- 

 fion of the procefs, unleis the two parties 

 come to a previous arrangement. — Two 

 learned Sicilians, the Chevaliers Lando- 

 LINI and Serrini have refided for ibme 

 time at Rome. The former, who has 

 already evinced fuch zeal for the antiqui- 

 ties 



