1801. ] 
of depriving him.of his office whenever it 
was deemed expedient, rented fome part of 
the land that had been bequeathed to the 
feheol. It happened that, upon ‘an in- 
creafe of the value of ‘and, an advance in 
the rent was offered to the mafter by ano- - 
ther perfon, above what the truftee at that 
time paid him. The mafter accordingly 
mentioned this circumftance to the truftee,. 
and informed him, it'was his intention to 
Jet the eftate to the beft advantage; but 
.was told in reply, that, unlefs he (the 
truftee) was allowed to hold the farm for 
the fame yearly rent, he fhould be inftantly 
deprived of his {chool. 
T am alto inclined to queftion the lega- 
Ely of impofing on the teachers of thefe 
{chools a condition that appears fo un- 
warrantable. It is certain that the re- 
moval of a mafter from his office refls only 
with the bifhop of the diocefe, to whom 
the truftees, if they have any grievances 
te complain of, ousht to make their ap- 
peal, and which, fhould their reprefenta- 
tions be preperly fubftantiated, would be. 
the means of procuring them fatisfaétion 
and redrefs. How far the engagements 
entered into with the truftees are valid and 
binding, I know not; but~ after the 
bifhop’s licence has been obtained, I fhould 
imagine all previous agreements immedi- 
ately to ceafe and become void. 
Ravenftonedale. J. RoBinson. 
¥.* If Mr. Cogan will confult Hooge- 
veen’s Notes on Vigeri Grecze Diftionis Idi- 
otiimis, p. 169, 170, he will find his opinion*, 
relative to the ufe'and fignification of the 
nominative cafe before the infinitive mood in 
the Greek language, fully confirmed. 
ee 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
DESCRIPTION of the GALLERY of AN- 
TIQUES in the CENTRAL MUSEUM of: 
the aRTS in Paris—/Vith a Plate. 
IME only can finally decide the 
controverly, whether it be a real 
gain or lofs to the arts, that the nation, 
which, in the intoxication of their joy after 
the Battle of Marengo, could write with 
Jetters of fire the infcription I/ ny g plus 
@ Alpes, tignalifed their victories in Italy 
‘by carrying off from that country the 
nobleit works of art. Though it is im- 
poffible to juftify the rapacity of the 
French commanders and commiffaries, and ‘ 
their infolent treatment of the yvanquiflied, 
by thus depriving them (as an Italian 
writer teclingly expreffes it) of even the 
7 ee 
* See a former Number of our Magazine. 
ct. af 
Gallery of Antiques in the Paris Mufeum. 
495 
_moft diftant hope of again raifing them= 
felves from the abyfs of debafement into 
which they had been precipitated by their 
victors ; yet, it was at leaft a fortunate 
circumftance, that, when the former pof- 
feflors were no longer able to defend thefe 
precious remains of antiquity, they fhould 
fall into the hands of a people, which, 
were it only from vanity and’ oftentation, 
beft knew how moft taftefully to exhibit, 
moft fecurely to preferve, and in the man- 
ner moft generally ufeful to communicate 
them. In fact, whatever be the opinion 
of the sight of the French to feize on 
thefe mafter-pieces of art; it appears, 
from the care with which the French com- 
miffaries had them packed and tranfported, 
from the manner in which they were tri- 
umphantly exhibited on one of the chief . 
feftivals of the Republic, and from the ju: 
dicious meafureg taken for their colloca- 
tion and publication, that it was always 
the earneft intention of the prefent and 
former rulers of the Republic to give to 
thefe treafures, as the common property of 
all men of cultivated minds, the greateft 
inviolability, fecurity, and ufetulnefs. As 
foon as the celebrated buft of Homer, 
brought from Rome, was unpacked, all 
artifts and amateurs who ‘wifhed to have 
a caft from it, were, by public advertife- 
ment, invited by the Adminiftrators of the 
Mufeum to infcribe their names for that 
purpofe. A fimilar invitation was given 
with refpeét to the admired Head of Bac- 
chus, from theMufeum Capitalinum, which 
was formerly called Ariadne. Even in 
Rome, the obtaining of fuch a_permiffion 
would not have been fo eafy.—And if they 
had happened to be fhut up i fome of the 
almoft inacceffible villas of Englith noble- 
men!!!—-What intelligent zeal pervades 
the Report on the beft means of preferving 
the marble of the ftatues from the influence 
of the weather, and the corroding mor- ~ 
phew, addrefied by Cit. Vauquelin, Chap- 
tal, Pajon, Moille, Roland, and Dejoux 
(two chemifts, two {culptors, and two are 
chiteéts) to the National Inftitute! “The 
inceration of the ancient Greek and Ro- 
man fculptors feems here again revived, 
with new improvements.  Befides the 
mute marbles, the French were likewife fo 
fortunate as to acquire the moft eloquent 
expofitor of them. The Abate Vi/conti, 
the firft antiquarian now living, emigrated, 
with the choiceft of his antiques, to Paris ; 
and was there immediately appointed to 
the honourable office of Confervator of the 
Antiques belonging to the Central Mufe-. 
um in the Louvre. How valuable is fuch 
a collection under the care of fo able an 
=o jnfpector | 
