sto 10. DOMES T ric 
«MOST important addition has been 
{ made to:the National Gallery in Pall- 
Mall; it is aeabinet picture by Correggio, 
representing the Virgin and child: consider- 
ing the extreme rarity of this artist’s’ works, 
any tolerable specimen of his skill would 
be. an acquisition. How valuable then must 
a painting be; which is in the very best man- 
ner of this exquisite master of graceful and 
delicate expression, and which is moreover 
in the highest state of preservation! It is 
altogether unique—at once so beautiful and 
so original, that, at a glance, even an 
unpractised eye would. pronounce it the 
work of a first-rate painter, and that the 
painter. could be no other than Correggio. 
There is no other undoubted picture by 
this artist in this country, except that in the 
Duke of Wellington’s collection; but that 
is very inferior to the picture of which we 
are speaking. The picture, in the National 
Gallery, which was formerly called a Cor- 
reggio, is new acknowledged to be a copy, 
and not a very good one. The present 
picture was in the Madrid. collection, from 
which it found its way into the hands of a 
Dutch dealer, and from him passed into the 
possession of Casimir Perrier, the eminent. 
Parisian banker, from whom it was pur- 
chased at a high price (if any price can be 
called high for a nonpareil), in order to be 
placed in the National Gallery, of which it 
bids fair to continue the brightest gem. It 
is the picture of which Raphael Mengs 
speaks with such just enthusiasm. 
~ Inerease of Wealth.—In the year 1765, 
the number of four-wheeled carriages was 
12,904; it is now 26,729, besides-45,856 
two-wheeled carriages. At the former 
period, the number of coachmakers in Lon- 
don was thirty-six, who employed about 
four thousand men in the different working 
branches of the manufactory; there are 
now one hundred and thirty-five, employing 
fourteen thousand. 
’ It is known that the recent discovery of 
the Miltonian MS. inthe State Paper-oftice, 
attracted the notice of his Majesty, under 
whose auspices the work, so long lost to the 
world, has just been published. We un- 
derstand that in consequence of this, and 
other interesting discoveries made within 
the last few years in the same quarter, his 
Majesty has been pleased to appoint a com- 
m to examine the documents in that 
‘aluable repository of the records of former 
times, with a view to, printing the most 
important of them. The commissioners 
named are, the Speaker of the House of 
Commons, Mr. ‘Secretary Peel, Mri’ GC. 
W. Wynn, Mr. Croker and Mr. Hobhouse. 
t. Lemon, the deputy keeper of the State 
per- office, by whom the MS. above men- : 
tioned was found, is appointed secre- 
tary to the commission. _ 
Montuty Maa. No. 412. 
LP ease 
VARIETIES, LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS, 2° 
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The Wellin Windsor Great Park hasbeett 
opened, by command of His Majesty, and’ 
the wife of one of the keepers ordered to at-’ 
tend every morning from seven tonine. Iti* 
is the opinion of the medical gentlemen that ” 
the water is equal tothe Leamington, and” 
superior to the Cheltenham. That beautiful 
avenue, the long walk, is every morning’ 
thronged with persons frequenting it. 
French Plays, by the most distinguished 
performers from Paris, are to be acted next 
season by subscription at. a new theatre, to 
be erected at the Argyle Rooms, under the 
patronage of the most distinguished nobility. 
Perlet is to be the manager, and Beazeley, 
of Carlton Chambers, is appointed to con- 
struct the theatre. 
Adulteration of Bread and Tea.—Mr. 
Clark, the operator at Apothecaries’ Hall 
for the last twenty-two years, was engaged, 
from the 4th of September till the 28th of 
February, by the direction of the Lords 
of the Admiralty, in analyzing 1,467 sacks 
of flour, which were lying in warehouses at 
Hull. He took samples from each sack: 
and in some he found that upwards of a 
third was plaster of Paris and ground bones, 
two of the most abominable ingredients, 
and which the stomach of neither man nor 
beast is capable of digesting. He sent 
specimens of this stuff baked, in many of its 
processes, to the Lords of the Admiralty ; 
it was almost as black as jet, and required 
a hatchet to cut it: the person who owned 
it, and who was about to send it to Spain 
or Portugal, was fined in the penalty of 
£10,000. Mr.C. said a mixture of flour was 
generally thrown in, but the ground bones 
and plaster of Paris were exceedingly de- 
ceptious to the’eye, although instantly de- 
tected by the chemist, as they would im- 
mediately effervesce upon the application 
of vinegar or other acid, and affect the nose 
most powerfully. 
Mr. Clark has also lately analyzed some 
Caper Souchong tea, and found there was 
twenty-five per cent. of lead ore in it. 
Prof. Buckland seems to have ascertained 
the fact that hedgehogs prey on snakes, 
by the following circumstance :—A hedge- 
hog, which had been for some time in an un- 
domesticated state in the botanic garden at 
Oxford, was put into a box, together with 
a common stake (coluber natrix). The 
hedgehog was. rolled up at the first meet- 
ing, and appeared not to see its companion, 
which was in continual motion, creeping 
round and round the box, but evincing on 
its part no inclination to hostility. The 
Professor then laid the hedgehog on the 
body of the snake, touching it with that 
part of the ball where the head and tail 
meet. The snake proceeded to crawl; 
the hedgehog started, opened slightly, and, 
seeing what was under it, gave the snake 
a ~ bite, then closed as if for defence ; 
