Herculaneum Manuscripts, — Aerostation. S3 1 



a thousand years past, no one preceding Mr. Cockerell 

 should have dug three feet deep, the whole of the sculp- 

 tures having been found so near the surface. It is confi- 

 denlly hiiped, that the benefit of this extraordinary disco- 

 very will be secured to this country, by their prompt con- 

 veyance ( n board one of his majesty's ships of war to a 

 British port. — Indeed we have reason to believe that orders 

 to this effect have already been issued. 



We are happy to learn that the above is not the only op- 

 portunity which will be afforded to the admirers of ancient 

 architecture. A mission from the Dilettanti Society is on 

 the eve of departing, under the sanction of Government, in 

 a Turkish frigate destined for Smyrna, and commanded by 

 capt. Gibraltar. The object of the mission is to make dili- 

 gent search for antiquities and ancient relics in Asia Minor 

 and the Ionian Isles. A young architect and draftsman 

 of very superior talents has generously abandoned a lucrative 

 office, to aid by his talents the views and objects of this So- 

 ciety. We have no doubt that the result of this mission 

 w'ilj gratify every admirer of the arts, and every man of taste, 

 cufiosilyjand letters. 



HERCULANEUM MANUSCRIPTS. 



The unrolling and explanation of the manuscripts found 

 in Herculaneum are pursued with much industry by Messrs. 

 Rosini, Scotti, and Pessette. They have, under the pa- 

 tronage of the Neapolitan government, published lately 

 some fragments of a Latin poem upon the war between 

 ^lark Antony and Augustus, and a considerable part of 

 the second book of Epicurus upon Nature • the above gen- 

 tlensen do not despair even yet of finding the whole trea- 

 tise of this author. There has also been committed to the 

 press a moral work of Pisistratus, the celebrated disciple of 

 Epicurus ; likewise some fragments of Colote upon the 

 Lycidas of Plato, and of Caniscus upon PViendship. The 

 entire work of Philodennus upon Rhetoric is at this mo- 

 ment in a state of forwardness. 



ASCENT OP MR. SADLER's BALLOON AT HACKNEY. 



At about seventeen minutes before three, on Monday the 

 12th of August, Mr. Sadler and captain Paget having taken 

 their seats, a barometer, thermometer, compass, two grap- 

 pling-irons, a telescope, ballast amounting to about 130 lbs. 

 weight, and refreshment, having been previously stowed in 

 the car, Mr. Sadler, jun. desired all hands to let go; and 

 immediately Afterwards the machine began to ascend in a 

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