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His politi- 
tions, to be permanently i ing; but hi 
on Canada, and his papers on the “Albany plano Union,” 
have been recommended as valuable m 
soning and eloquence. On the general doctrines. 
of the principle of population, and the freedom of com- 
merce, and practical points of the corn-trade, and the 
ap money, his sentiments are considered as correct 
and ; but, on the more abstract subjects of the value 
of man and the éffects of © currency, he 
is thought to be inaccurate and su ial, not so much 
from any flaw in his deductions, as from the insufficiency 
efhis data, On subjects of morality, especially on those 
virtues which apply £0 the. great body of mankind, his 
compositions are irably adapted to accomplish their 
object, by their clearness, their soundness, their kindli- 
pem, her concies ion, and pointed illustrations. 
and 
rational of hers, never losing sight of com- 
mon sense in any of his speculations, or yielding up his 
either to enthusiasm or authority.* In 
his personal and moral character, he was istingui 
by industry Kk, 
« And here let me with all 
that to divine Providence I am 
indebted for the felicity I have hitherto enjoyed. _ It is 
yed, and that has crowned them 
y faith in this respect leads me to 
hope, I cannot count upon it, that the divine 
goodness will still be exercised towards me, either by 
pesos the Sarason of my happiness to the close of 
ife, or by giving me fortitude to support any melan- 
choly ie cha may happen to me as to many 
others. My future fortune is unknown but to Him, in 
whose is our destiny, and who can make our very. 
afflictions subservient to our benefit.”. See Life of Dr 
Franklin, written by himself, and continued by Dr Stu- 
ber ; and Eulogium on Dr Franklin by Dr Smith. (q) 
FRANKS. See France, p. 543. 
FRASCATI, the ancient Tusculum, is a town of 
Italy, in the Campagna di Roma, situated on the side 
of a hill about twelve miles from Rome, The modern 
town is situated much lower down than the ancient 
city, but still in such an elevated and airy situation as 
a klin ty to another, without, even seeming to be at y 
f i] or “on 
r to exert any labour in the ; 
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visited by Mr Eustace, by long lines of walls, and of 
intermingled with’ shrubs and bushes, 
even to the summit, and Sack the sides of the moun- 
tain. From ‘this there is an extensive view in every 
direction, Towards the south-east’ is seen Monto Ca- 
tone and the Prata Porcia, once the property of Cato. 
At Grotto Fenata, about 14 mile distant, stood the fa- 
vourite Tuscan villa of Cicero. It is now an abbey of 
Greek monks, and stands on one of the beautiful hills 
which form the Alban Mount. In ition to the 
opinion of Dr Middleton and Mr Me , Mr Eus- 
tace maintains, that not even a trace of the ruins of 
this villa is to be seen. The principal, perhaps the 
whole of the building, says Mr Fuistine, still stood at 
the end of the 18th century, when St Nilen, a Greek 
monk from Calabria, fixed himself on the spot, and, 
after having demolished what remained of the villa, 
erected on its site, and probably with its materials, his 
monastery, which in process of time became a rich ab< 
bey, and as it was first founded, so it is still inhabited 
by Greek monks of the order of St Basil. At each 
end of the portico, is fixed in the wall a fragment of 
basso relievo ; one represents a philosopher sitting with 
a scroll in his hand in a thinking posture ; in the other 
are four figures supporting the feet of a fifth, of a 
colossal size, su pee to represent Ajax. _ These, 
with the beautiful pillars that support the church, 
are the only remnants of the decorations and furni- 
ture of the ancient villa. The church contains little 
remarkable, excepting the chapel of St Nilus, painted 
by Dominickino ina masterly style. The wall is se- 
into compartments, and in each compartment 
1s represented one of the principal actions of the pa- 
tron saint. The Demoniac Boy, near the altar, and 
St Nilus praying near the end of the chapel, are sw 
to be the two best.” See Eustace’s Travels. 
nw) 
. FRASERBURG, a town of Scotland, in the county 
of Aberdeen, is situated on the south side of the point 
called Kinnaird’s Head. The streets, which are spa~ 
cious, intersect each other at right angles; and the 
houses, which are neatly built, are covered with slates 
and tiles. The prison and town house stand near the 
centre of the town. The cross is a fine hexagonal 
structure, with three equidistant hexagonal abutments. 
The ground area is about 500 feet, and a stone pillar, 
12 feet in height, surmounts the whole, - In the west 
end of the town stands an old quadran, tower, of 
three stories, which is part of a large edifice, intended 
for a college, which Sir Alexander Fraser was em- 
wered to erect by a charter from the crown in 1509. 
The harbour of Fraserburgh, though small, is never- 
theless good, having from 11 to 16 feet of water, and 
admitting vessels of” 300 tons. There is Donn ma 
rage in a bay contiguous to the harbour, of about three 
es long, and one broad. Linen yarn is manufac- 
tured here to the extent of three or four thousand pounds 
annually, A light-house has lately been erected by 
government on the top of the old castle, situated on the 
promontory of Kinnaird’s Head. 
* The latest and most complete edition of the Works of Dr Franklin is that which was published in I.ondon, in 3 vols 8vo. 1806. 
