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of Spain; commencing with the Goths, 
and preceeding, by the Aréds, to the 
prefent time. This work, with the ex- 
cellent Treatife of Father FLORES, on 
the Antique Medals of Spain, will form 
a complete colleétion of the medals of 
th -t country. 2 ah 
The PRINCE of PEACE, who teftifies 
the moft laudable zeal for the progrefs of 
the {ciences, underftanding that Dr. Don 
FrRANCIso SALVA had read, at the 
Royal Academy of Sciences, at Barcelona, 
a Memoir on the Application of Elec- 
tricity to the Telegraph, and prefented 
at the fame time, an Electrical Telegraph 
of his own invention, requefted to ex- 
amine the apparatus himfelf. Satisfied 
with the exaétneis and celerity with 
which communications may be made by 
meaas of it, he introduced the Doétor to 
.the King of Spain. The Prince of 
Peace afterwards, in the prefence of 
their Majefties andthe whole court, 
made fome communications by this’ tele- 
graph, completely toetheir fatisfa€tion, | 
The Infant D. ANTONIO propofes to 
have one of them on the moit complete 
conftruction, which fhall poffefs power 
fufiicient. to communicate between the 
greateft diftances, by land or fea. With 
this view, his Highnefs has ordered the 
conftruétion of a machine, the cylinder 
of which is more than forty inches in 
diameter ; and he intends, as foon as it is 
finifhed, to undertake a feries of curious 
and ufeful experiments, in conjunétion 
with Dr. D. Sarva. ‘This is an em- 
ployment worthy of a great prince: and 
as foon as the refults reach us, we fhall 
enjoy much pleafure in prefenting them 
to the public, 
Some valuable relics of antiquity have 
lately been difcovered, by digging, at 
Piperno, the ancient Pivernum, in Italy. 
They confift of fculptures and writings. 
Among the former are coloffal ones of 
Tiberius and Claudius, with bufts of 
Marcus Aurelius, Fauftina the younger, 
and Meffalina, all by the beft artifts, and 
in very high prefervation. Further par- 
ticulars fhall be given in a future Num- 
ber. 
A beautiful painting, in frefco, of 
Corregio’s, has lately been difeovered in 
_the monaftery of St. Paul, at Parma, 
its fubject is, Diana returning from the 
Chace, in a gilt chariot, drawn by two 
hinds. It is greatly admired for rich 
and poetical compofition ; for elegance 
and correctnefs of defign; for harmony 
and frefhnefs of the colours; and for an 
execution free and eafy in all its parts, 
Varieties, Literary and P hilofopbical. 
[ Feb, 
perfeétly according with the judicious 
and delicate tafte of the inimitable author 
of the Samt Ferome and the Night. 
MicHAvx, a non-refident member of 
the National Inftirute, and a celebrated 
botanift, known for his Travels in Perfia, 
has lately returned from the United States 
of America, where he has been employed, 
by the French government, for the laf 
ten years, in cclleciing objects for the 
advancement of natural hiitory, botany, 
and agriculture. Unfortunately, in his 
return to Hurope, he was thipwrecked, 
at Egmont, within eight leagues of Am- 
fterdam. The paflengers were faved, as 
were his colleétions and MSS. except a 
/cheft of birds, and fome memoirs. 
The firft volume of the feeond edition 
of GRIESBACH’s new teftament is ar- 
rived, and is upon fale at ELMsty’s.— 
The learned have been for fome time 
looking for it, and to the liberality of the 
Duke of GRAFTON we are indebted 
for the numerous improvements, which 
make this a moft valuable acquifition to 
facred literature. His grace offered to 
‘print the new edition in England; but 
as GRIESBACH had for the laft twenty 
years been employed in improving his 
work, -it was thought better that he 
fhould fuperintend the new edition, and 
that a certain number of copies fhould 
be printed on paper fent from England, 
at the Duke’s expence. Of thefe copies 
many have been difiributed with that 
liberality, which does honour to his 
Grace's {pirit ;. and the others, for the 
fake of general convenience are upon 
fale. The work is very much increafed 
in fize ; the prefent volume contains 
only the four gofpels, in 554 ottavo 
pages ; prefixed are feven feétions of 
prologomena, in 132 pages. The titles 
of thefe feétions are,—r1ft, On the origin 
of the text in common ufe, and its gene- 
rally efteemed authority.—2z. The plan ~ 
which was purfued in forming this edi- 
tion.— 3. A view of the chief critical 
obfervations and rules by which the edi-. 
tor’s judgment was formed on different 
readings.—4. The mode obferved in 
printing the text.—s5. In what the pre- 
fent differs from the former edition.— 
6. Explanation of the marks of abbre- 
viation,—7, Catalogué of the Greek ma- 
nufcripts. When we confder the ac- 
ceilions made to facred literature, within 
the laf twenty years, and the induftry 
of the editor, we cannot doubt, that this 
work will be eagerly fought after by 
all who wifh to have an accurate know- 
ledge of the teffament in the original. 
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