4801.) 
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fenate, which before was judge in its own 
caufe. In fine, he defired the tribunefhip 
afecond year, to ratify thefe laws, and 
put them in action, 
On’ the day of elef&tion he was about 
to repair to the capitol. Unlucky omens 
were reported.) He had embarked in the 
caufe of his country. Cornelia trembled, 
and was filent. He haftened to the aflem- 
bly. The people burft into fhouts of ap- 
plaufe. One of his friends rufhed through 
the crowd—*‘* The fenators have confpired 
_to murder you” — Then gird up your 
gowns, and ftand on your defence as well 
as unarmed men can,’’—‘* People (cries 
he) yeur defenders are indanger. ‘This 
head is in danger”’—and he touched it with 
his hand. The people fied. ‘* He de- 
mands a crown,” faid an informer, and 
hurried with the news to the fenate. Na- 
fica, a great land-holder, and proprietor of 
men, fliming with wrath, cries, “ Let 
thofe who regard the republic, and the pub- 
lic-peace, follow me.” ‘The fenate, their 
clients, and flaves, armed with clubs, ran 
furioufly to the capitol, They broke 
through the pufillanimous populace (they 
were not a people), flew three hundred, and 
murdered Tiberius. © 
- The fenate of Rome firft fpilled the 
blood of the Roman people—frit had_re- 
courfe to arms and flaughter, and affaffin- 
ated, before the Temple of Jupiter, a ma- 
giftrate whom the law had declared facred 
and inviolable. The dead body of Vibe- 
rius Gracchus.was thrown into the Tiber. 
The people beheld it. The wife of the 
Edile Lucretius Vefpillo paffed by— 
«© Lo! (the faid) one of the jewels of 
Cornelia.” 
Cornelia had ftill another—it was Caius. 
FO i Pe G. 
‘For the Monthly Mogazine. 
SKETCH of @ JOURNEY from COPENHA- 
GEN 10 HAMBURG, Xc. 
(Concluded from page 208.) 
OUDHE free* imperial city of Hamburg 
is divided into the Old and the New 
‘Town ; the fituation of the former is on 
low ground, but that of the latter is ra- 
ther elevated. The fortifications, which 
envelope the city, are good;, but the 
works are not what an engineer would 
call very ftrong : there are generally one 
_ * Jsit not a Solecifm to call that city free, 
the freedom of which is liable, at any time, 
- to be-violated with impunity byits neigh- 
bours o@ either fide ? “7 
Sketch of a Fourney from Copenhagen to Hamburg. 
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hundred cannon, of large calibre, mountedg 
thefe are fine brafs pieces, and, with about 
four hundred more in the arfenal, would, 
with/a well-difciplined garrifon, make a 
formidable defence azainit an enemy ; but, 
for obvious reafons, there would be great 
danger in admitting a wwell-di/ciplined gar- 
rifon into Hamburg, avid, without it, no- 
thing effectual could be done. The ram- 
parts, which are planted with rows of 
trees, are very broad, and have good reads 
for carriages and foot-paflengers, where 
any perfon is at liberty to ride or walk; 
they extend round ‘the city, and are in cir- 
cumference about five miles. The num- 
ber of gates*® is fix; they are called as 
follow: 1. The Altoza-thor, fo called 
becaufe it leads to that town, from which 
it is diftant abot one mile and a half; 
the Dam-thor; the Diecb-(Ang. Dyke) 
thor, and the Steix-tbor, each of which 
leads to different parts -of the country 5 
thefe are the principal gates: the remaing 
ing two are {maller ones, of little confe- 
quence: they are called the Brock-(Ang. 
Brook) thor, which is f{carcely ever ufed 
but in the winter, when {ledges are in ufe 5 
and the Sand-ibor, by which the mafiers, 
&c. of veflels lying in the harbour go out 
in the evening to their fhips. » 
This city, fituated chiefly on the river. 
Elbe, and partiy on the Alfter and the 
Bille, is feventy miles from the fea. The 
Old ‘own is interfe&ied by canals, over 
which there are a great number of bridgese 
Many of the ftreets are broad and hand- 
fome: the beft are the Admuralty-firafe 
(i. e. ftreet), the Neuwenwall-firafe, the 
Rodings-markt, and the Groffen-bliechen. 
The Rédings-markt is a broad ftreet ; 
it has a canal in the middle, with cranes 
fixed on each fide, for the purpofe of land-— 
ing the goods, which are brought up in 
{mall crait from the fhips lying in the hare 
bour ; by which means the goods are 
Janded at the merchant’s door, which is 
very convenient in a place where fo much 
trade is carried on asin Hamburg, The 
defcription of the Rodings- markt will ferve 
for that of moft of the large ftreets in the 
Old Town. ‘The houfes of the principal 
inhabitants are built of brick ; they are 
fix or feven ftories high, and very large, 
but not commodious, a principal part of 
them being occupied hy halls and ftair- 
cafes. ‘They are fometimes furnifhed in 
an elegant ftyle, but not frequently; for, 
though the furniture is always coftly, yet 
little'tafte is generally fhewn in the felec- 
* Dytch Thérer, fingular Thor, pronounced 
Deres me Bt : 
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