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tion. The walls of one have a border 
composed of wreaths of flowers : in the 
centre is a painting with figures as 
large as life, representing “ Priam and 
Hecuba begging Achilles’ to’ give up 
‘the dead body of Hector.” The 
painting of the second pavement re- 
presents the “ Judgment of Paris.” It 
is hoped that farther researches on 
this remarkable spot will bring to light 
other interesting remains of antiquity. 
FRANCE. 
Every thing connected with Bour- 
bon France is in such bad flavour in 
England, that, if we had any French 
literature of importance to announce, 
it would be considered as *‘ good out 
of Nazareth.” The enslaved press of 
that great people now exhibits little 
besides libels on the revolution, and 
eulogies in verse and prose on the 
royal ‘conqueror of divided and be- 
trayed Spain; while philosophy yields 
so pliantly before priestcraft, that 
even chemistry seems at a stand, 
-except in some trifling experiments on 
eleetro-magnetism. Legitimacy and 
fanaticism have blighted in seven 
years the fruits of the labours of a 
generation of heroes and philosophers. 
Under ‘such circumstances, and an 
inquisitorial and insolent police, Paris 
is avoided by foreigners; and few 
English are now found there, except 
those who sacrifice every thing to their 
temporary curiosity, or who cannot or 
dare not reside in their own country ; 
Spirit of Philosophical Discovery. 
[Jans i, 
and even these prefer the Netherlands, 
Switzerland, or Italy. , 
A second edition, enlarged and im- 
proved, is announce! at Paris, of the 
“Histoire Civile; Physique, et Mo- 
rale, de’ Paris, depuis les’ premiers 
temps historiques jusqu’a nos jours,” 
‘by J. A. Dutaure, in ten volumes oc- 
tavo, and atlas quarto. 
In the Jardin des Platites at Paris, 
there are.at present about 6000 species 
of the végetable kingdom, caretully 
classed and arranged, according to 
the system of Linneus. ' 
ITALY. 
It is intended to establish at Rome 
an English Academy of the Fine Arts. 
The English Academy of London, of 
which Sir Thomas Lawrence: is presi- 
dent, has already allotted a certain 
sum for this establishment, which is 
to be kept up by annual subscription. 
M. ANnGELo Mat, prefect of the 
Vatican Library at Rome, has just 
published’ a second edition’ of ‘the 
Fragments of the Works of Frontonus. 
These he had discovered originally in 
the Ambrosian Library of Milan, but 
he has now considerably augmented 
them, by fresh discoveries made in the 
treasures of the Vatican. The literary 
public will be gratified to learn; that 
among’ these augmentations are more 
than a hundred letters of Marcus 
Aurelius, Frontonius, and others: This 
edition, styled the ‘Palimpsest, is dedi- 
cated to the Pope. 
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J original contriver of a safety- 
lamp, and asthe inventor of a very 
secure one, begin at length to be re- 
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