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thickness, without lime, and yet well joined together, but so ir- 
regularly that the architecture is of the kind denominated incer- 
tum. lf we are to believe that these are restorations made in the 
last days of the city, about the time of the siege of Sylla, and 
the earthquake A. D. 63, then the upper part of this description 
of architecture and the lower will be found to be more regular. 
Among a great number of these stones there was a monogram 
formed of an H and an [I:: on another a resemblance to the 
Greek L or cross formed of two Zs, similar to what-we see upon 
paintings of ancient vases and in the monograms cf medals. 
These probably were the characteristic marks of those who fur- 
nished the materials, while the Greek and Roman names which 
are so frequently met with, may have been those of the work- 
men, who probably did not think they would have been handed 
down to so late posterity. 
Among the works on coins and meda!s which enrich the Ca- 
binet of Meda's at Milan, there is a work in Chinese, published 
in 1759 by order of Kien Long. It contains designs of upwards 
of 900 antique vases which strongly resemble the Etruscan, and 
they ate of a very remote zra. 
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The Austrian Government has recently directed its particular 
attention to the diffusion of the means of education in Hungary. 
As the inhabitants of this kingdom speak four or five different 
languages, and their manners and religion are also different ; 
three large schools have been founded, at which teachers. will in 
future be educated, who will afterwards spread themselves over 
Hungary. ‘These schools have been established at St. André, 
Pest, andArad. Every branch of education necessary for the pre- 
sent state of European civilization will be taught at-these semi- 
naries, and the learning requisite for the Greek, Wallachian, and 
Illyrian churches, 
A late number of a Journal entitled Mines d’ Orient; published 
at Vienna by M.de Hammer, gives an extract from a curious 
letter respecting Arabian horses written by Dr. Seetzen, and 
dated Nioka, 14th of November 1810. The writer maintains 
that these animals are much less numerous than has generally 
been supposed, and he mentions 5,500 as being the whole num- 
ber of horses in all Arabia. He also combats the opinion ge- 
nerally entertained in Europe, respecting the beauty and good _ 
qualities of the Arabiam breed of horses. 
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‘FINE ARTS. 
Mr. West, the President of the Royal Academy, has we under- 
stand furnished Mr, Galt with materials for a history of his life. 
The 
