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seription, in such tolerable« preservation as 
to allow the following fragments of trans- 
lation: — “My country is the immortal 
Rome ; my father is its emperor and king.” 
“ My name is Allicilla, the beloved name of 
my mother.” ‘“ Destined for my husband 
“trom infancy, [leave him in dying four sons, 
approaching to manhood.” “ It is by their 
pious hands that I have been placed, still 
young, in this tomb.” 
Norbery.—This celebrated oriental scho- 
lar died recently at Upsal, aged 79. 
» French Parties.— A treatise has been pub- 
lished at Paris, under the title of Les M7- 
nistres Prévaricateurs, ou Etrennes aux Fa- 
voris des Rois, with this motto, “ La roche 
Tarpéienne avoisine la Capitole.” It af- 
. fordsa perfectisample of the violence of 
political parties in France, and presents a 
frightful necrology of about three hundred 
ministers of state who have been hung, 
beheaded, burnt, strangled, flayed alive, 
quartered, drowned, shot, stabbed, stoned, 
mutilated, tortured, flayed to death, &e. 
By way, we suppose, of pointing the moral 
of the work, portraits of the present minis- 
ters of France are prefixed to it! ! 
» Cabinet of M. Vernon.—Among the his- 
torical relics of M. Denon’s cabinet are a 
great many ‘of the implements which be- 
longed to the Inquisition of Valladolid, the 
ring of Jean sans Peur, Duke of Burgundy, 
who. was assassinated on the bridge of 
Montereau; plaster casts-of the faces of 
Cromwell and Charles XII., fragments of 
the bones of the Cid, found in his burying- 
place at Burgos; fragments of the bones of 
Abelard and Heloise, taken out of their 
tomb at Paraclete; the hair of Agnes 
Sorel, who: was buried at Accaboca ; part 
of the mustachio of Henry IV, King of 
France, found entire on the exhumation of 
the bodies of the kings of France at St. 
Denis, in 1793; a fragment of ‘Turenne’s 
shroud; some of Moliere’s and La. Fon- 
taine’s bones; one of Voltaire’s teeth; an 
autograph signature of Napoleon, with a 
piece of. the shirt that he wore at. the 
time of his death, a lock of his hair, and a 
leaf of the willow under which -he lies: at 
St. Helena! ! 
New and expeditious Mode of Bleaching. 
—The process of washing by steam, which 
by the Company proceeds now with great 
regularity, has given rise to a discovery 
that promises an equal if not a greater 
benefit to the public. The Patent Steam 
Washing Company can, by the aid of their 
works, and by a peculiar process, bleach 
linen of a\strong thick-twilled substance in 
twelve hours, which operation, according to 
the old plan, used to take up_ several 
monthse1i; os: 
Water Works at Marly.—The old ma- 
chine having been for a long time-in a 
perishing state, a new machine has been 
recehtly constructed, at the expense of the 
King of France, in which the aid of steam 
has been called in, and which possesses 
much greater force and much less danger 
~ 
Varieties. 
of accidental interruption than its pre- 
decessor. It has cost’ about two millions 
of franes. hat SN - 
Franco Abyssinian Rams. — Lately 
seven rams, ‘of a new race of sheep 
were sold by auction in the neighbourhood 
of Paris. ‘This new race has been pro- 
duced by the crossing of French ewes with 
Abyssinian rams, under the enlightened 
superintendance (as the Parisian journals 
have it) of the Countess of Cayla. Their 
fleece surpasses in brilliance any hitherto 
known in Europe, and they are exceedingly 
hardy and prolific. There was much com- 
petition on the occasion amongst the rich 
agriculturalists, manufacturers, and ama- 
teurs. The finest of the seven, called the 
Dongola, about two years old, was bought 
for 2,500 franes by the crown—two others 
were sold at 1,500 franes each, and the 
remaining four at various prices, between 
1,200 and 1,500 francs. —The beauty of 
these animal excited general admiration. 
Anderson’s Account of Cannibalism, as 
practised in the Island of Sumatra,—We 
were now in the heart of the cannibal coun- 
try, ‘and I was determined to investigate the 
habits and manners of the people’ among 
which I remained. I again ascended the 
hill, to the Batta village, where a large 
crowd assembled in and round the balei or 
hall, sharpening cruses and swords, and 
making cruse-handles. I did not observe 
the heads of any victims here; but upon 
speaking to the Rajah of Munto Panri, on 
the subject, he told me of a man who had 
been eaten only six days before, at. one of 
the villages close at hand, and that if I 
wished it he would send and get the head 
forme. He accordingly despatched some 
of his ‘people, and shortly afterwards we 
observed a large party of Battas coming 
down the mountain with this trophy of vic- 
tory. This unfortunate wretch was’ de- 
voured, I was informed, in five minutes, 
each warrior obtaining only a very ‘small 
piece. The Body was shared out,as. chil- 
dren do cakes at home. I shall never for 
get the impression on my mind at the sight 
ofa bare skull, suspended at ‘one end of a 
stick, a bunch of plantains on the other 
extremity, and flung over a man’s shoulder. _ 
‘The chief of the village accompanied it, and 
brought with him to the Rajah of Munto 
Panri, six slaves, who had been caught two 
days before, viz. four women and two chil- 
dren. I was offered many slaves, but re- 
fused the acceptance of them: I might 
have:seen the disgusting ceremony: of eat 
ing human flesh, had I chosen te accompany 
the Rajah to the fort, which he was about 
to attack with 500 men; but thinking it not 
improbable that some poor wretelt might be 
sacrificed to show me the ceremony, I: de- 
clined witnessing it. ‘They seemed quite 
surprised that: I should have entertained-a 
doubt of the prevalence ofcannibalism. : The 
Rajah was about to besiege eight forts, 
under the authority of Rajah Pinding, of 
the tribe Terdoso. It is not for the sake 
