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this principle, why should not any 

 other person live for the same length 

 of time, upon being deprived of 

 food, remains a question to be ex- 

 plained by the enlightened part of 

 the profession. 



Your's, &c. 



Wm. Robinson, V. S. 

 Tanmorth, Nov. 28, 1808. 



The following subjects are pro- 

 posed at Oxford for the chancel- 

 lor's prizes, for the year ensuing, 

 viz. — For Latin verses — " Corin- 

 thm." — For an English Essay — 

 " The love of our country."— "The 

 vice-chancellor has received a dona- 

 tion of 20/. which will be given to 

 the author of the best composition 

 in English verse, on the following 

 subject — " John the Baptist." — 

 The first and last of the above sub- 

 jects are intended for those gentle- 

 men of the University who have 

 not exceeded four years from the 

 time of their matriculation ; and 

 the others for such as have exceed- 

 ed four, but not completed seven 

 years. 



A person engaged in digging near 

 the entrenchments which surround 

 the castle at Bourn, lately discover- 

 ed a small urn, containg upwards 

 of sixty Roman coins. One of them 

 is an aureus of Nero ; the others are 

 denarii and sestertii of Constautine, 

 Augustus, and Maximilian. 



Buonaparte, by a recent ordin- 

 ance, has imposed a monthly tax 

 on every woman of the town in 

 Paris, rigidly enforcing the registry 

 lif their several directions with the 

 Prefect of Police ; and with a view 

 to prevent evasion of this impost, 

 he has appointed a penalty of 100 

 francs for any woman pursuing the 

 vocation of the sisterhood without 

 a licence. How depraved must be 



the morals of a government, which 

 seeks support from the vices of the 

 people ! 



New Theatre. — The ceremony of 

 laying the foundation stone of the 

 New Theatre in Covent-Garden, 

 yesterday, attracted a prodigious 

 number of spectators to the spot. 

 No labour or expense had been 

 spared to accommodate the Mason- 

 ic Order, the subscribers, and the 

 friends of the proprietors, perform- 

 ers, &c. The avenue for admis- 

 sion was at the Piazza door. Large 

 bodies of civil and military officers 

 were properly stationed, in order to 

 prevent confusion and disorder, A 

 brass box, as usual on similar occa- 

 sions, filled with coins of the pre- 

 sent reign, and a record of the 

 event, were deposited in the stone. 

 A silver trowel, of beautiful work- 

 manship, was presented to the Prince 

 of Wales. 



At half past twelve the duke of 

 Bedford, earl Moira, and other 

 distinguished members of the So- 

 ciety of Free-Masons, proceeded 

 in grand procession from the Free- 

 Masons Tavern to the scite of the 

 new Theatre. — They were here re- 

 ceived by his Royal Highness the 

 Prince of Wales, as Grand Mas- 

 ter, and some of his Royal bro- 

 thers. — Every preparation, requi- 

 site both for grandeur and conve- 

 nience, had been made. The area 

 was surrounded with scaffolding, 

 on which temporary seats had been 

 raised for spectators. — The terrace 

 upon which the Prince descended 

 from his carriage was an erection 

 of wood, matted and covered with 



green baize An awning was raised 



over his head ; and his Royal High- 

 ness led the way at the head of the 

 procession to the north-cast corner 



of 



