© 3g08.t7- 
complete the collection. Of these, a 
Scurabaus of extraordinary magnitude, in 
Egyptian granite, is not the least curious. 
A fragment of the head of a borse, said 
to have belonged to the car of Minerva, 
is among the rarest examples of art. 
From the extraordinary spirit and cha- 
racter of the bead, it is more probabie 
(as Pausanias mentions that the contest 
part of the sculpture of the Parthenon } 
that it is the head of the horse springing 
from the earth at tlie stroke of the Lri- 
dent. ; : 
_ Ifreport says true, that this collection 
is to be sold, who would mot be sorry for 
he country that should 1 evlect to place 
it among its public treasures? If report 
Says true, that the noble earl formed it 
with a view to future sales who -_ not 
be sorry for his lordship? But these are 
invidious reports, too often cireulated 
without the smallest foundation in truth. 
closed, has p 
i essful, that not 
uly the w 
mices of the gallery 
Le 
ZS a 
Including Notices of Wo 
' A BIOGRAPHICAL: Index to 
| 
en Scotch, a 
eight Irish members, are. introduce 
alphabetical order, as vel as the be 
of bishops, which 
Javits, of Bath, has in the 
press an Inquiry int 
Carditis, or the Inflamination of the 
ustrated by Cases and. Diss¢ 
Dr. Davis's design to show: 
faculty bave been mistaken with 
to the symptoms of this disease ; 
it is probably of more Frequaphhe 
currence than bas beew supposed; and 
that, contrary to the, assertions of our 
hest systematic writers, tere ace.circtuns 
noe by which it may someyimes be; 
listinguished in pracuces 
ie. 
Literary dnd Philosophical Intelligence. 
between Minerva and Neptune formed a“ 
VARIETIES, LireRAny anv PritosorHicat,’~ 
rksin Hand, Dontejlic and Foreign, 
og Authentic Communications for this Article will always be thankfully received. 
1 has ugver before been 
YF tween the 
the Symptoins of © 
15t 
were defrayed by the concourse of the 
public, but a very respectable dividend 
of profit remained for distribution at the 
close-of it. This iufant exhibition was 
last winter sanctioned by the President 
of the RoyalAcademy, who sent to ittwo 
oil pictures, painted jn fis best manner, 
It is tobe hoped the example of Bath 
may be followed by other opulent provine 
cial towns. (ip Hy 
‘The fourth Exhibition of the Norwich 
Artists opened on the’ 45th of August, 
The number of pictures and drawings 
this year greatly exceeds tliat of the fore 
mer. They exhibit mgre attempts at 
originality, jn every department of the 
art, and Mon exertion and improve- 
ment in several of the ingenious members| 
-of this society. 
Mr, Bacon’s Equestrian Statue, St. 
Jone: aud the British Gallery, 
will form the subject of the retrospect 1 
the ensuing number. UM) Neel 
There swill shortly be published two 
Views of Richmond, Yorkshire, from 
drawings by an eminent artist, and eas 
graved by Landseer, 
Mr. Wittiams, the barrister, and au- 
ole Law relative to the. 
of a Justice of the 
aris mae’ sae 
For some time past a ve warm lites 
rary comiroversy has been kept up bes 
garl of Stanxzops, Dr. Catte 
x, and Mr. Hawkes, on 
; ment of the musical scale, 
tter gentleman, to provethe prace 
lity of his system, bash ah ore 
tica 
gan built, under his own direction, by 
Mr, Elliott, upon a new ‘constructiony 
which totally sets asidethe imperfections. 
hitherto ue upon that and other. 
keyed instruments, which have bafled 
the attempts of every one who has heres . 
tofore removed them. Mr. Hawkes’s 
discovery goes so far as to make every 
key on the organ and piano-torte, exe 
j , tending 
