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Little minds may obje& to the heavens 
being fo dark, as to give the idea ofa 
thunder ftorm rather than of the great 
light which is defcribed in the text—but 
little things muft be facrificed to the 
freat end. 
Mr. Samuel Daniel has publifhed pro- 
polais for a feries of prints, réprefenting 
Views near the Cape of Good Hope, and 
the interior of the country ; the ,appear- 
ance and coftume of feveral tribes of tne 
natives, and alfo various examples of the 
animals found in that part of the world 
engraved by himfelf, from drawings taken 
from nature, coloured to imitate the ori-_ 
ginals. 
This publication promifes to be pecu- 
_jiarly interefting, as Mr. Daniel, during 
a refidence of three years at the Cape, had 
occafion to explore the interior of Southern 
Africa, and penetrated further into that 
country than any other traveller of whom 
any account has been hitherto publifhed. 
The laft convoy from Italy reached 
Paris on the roth of the preceding month, 
January. It contains a great number of 
curiofities, among which are to be parti- 
eularly cited the valuable objects fent by 
the Pope asa prefent to the Firit Conful. 
Tt will fuffice to ftate that there are in this 
collection a very confiderable number of 
engraved ftones, both camecs and inta- 
flios, together with bronzes, miozaics, 
antique paintings in frefco, chimney pieces 
with incrufted mofaic work, vafcs, urns, 
medals, &c: &c. 
The Venus of Medicis ftill continues to 
excite the admiration ef the amateurs and 
connoiffeurs of the French capital. Their 
ttention is likewife drawn to two very 
fine ftatues, the Great Melpomene, four- 
teen Engl:th feet in height, and the Ceres, 
in height thirteen feet. In addition .to 
thefe recent acquifitions, is to be feen cne 
of the moft admirable produstions of an- 
tiquity, namely; the Pallas of Velletri, 
dilcovered in that place about four or five 
There is not any known 
years ago. 
Rewiew of New Mufical Publications. 
(a 
ftatue covered with drapery,. fo beautiful 
as the one,in .queftion, Tf is thirteen 
Englifh feet in height, poffcfles a character 
of fublimicy and grandeur, and is particu: 
lirly admired on account of its drapery, 
which appears to be not of marble, but of 
c.oth. Lt was open for the firft time to 
public infpeétion, on Chriftmas day laft. j 
The Spanifh Ambaffador having pre- 
fented to the Firtt Conful a buf of Alex- 
ander, found at Tivoli, in the Palace of 
Pifo, the latter has beftowed it on the 
Museum. Itis of very fine workmanfhip, 
of a grand character, and reprefents the 
hero in repofe. On the breaft is the fol- 
lowing Greek in{feription : 
AAEZANOPOE 
OIATIIIIO 
MAKEAON 
It may not be uninterefing to our 
readers to be furnifhed with fome parti- 
culars relatively to the piece of tapeltry 
which has excited fo much of public at- 
tention in Paris. It has already been an- 
nounced that it was wrought by Matilda, 
the wife of William the Conqueror, the 
hiltory of whofe landing it reprefents, Te 
contains no lefs than two hundred and 
forty {quare feet Englifh. The explana- 
tions are embroidered if the Latin Jan 
gua.e. At leaft a thoufand figures are 
introduced into this fingular and very ex- 
traordinary production, which required 
an application of ten. years to complete. 
Although executed in wool, it is ina good 
fiate of prefervation. ‘The colours are 
fine: it difplays a great fpirit in is com- 
pofition, with a force of expreffion, and 
a correétnefs of drawing, which were 
{carcely to be expected from the imperfect 
{tate of the arts when it was undertaken. 
The coftumes and weapons are parcicu- 
Jatly isterefting to the lover of antiquity. 
This hiftorical piece of tapeftry was for- 
merly at Bayeux, where it was exhibited 
on holidays, in the choir of the cathedral. 
See our Supplement. 
REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
The Wife with Two Hufbands, a Mufical Drama, 
as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury- 
Lane. Compofed and feletted by Fofeph Maz- 
~ zinghi, Efg. 10s. 6d. 
M:: MAZZINGHI, whofe compof- 
tions in general have excited fo 
‘much of our admiration, has.furnihed, 
in this, his Jaf work, an additional claim 
fo our praife. The new mufic in the 
Montury Mac, No, 141, 
“© Wife with Two Hufbands,”’ is not 
only excellent in itfelf, bat poffefles the 
merit of fo far affimilating its ftyle to 
that of the feleéted matter, that the whole 
feems the production of the fame hand. 
The air ‘* To Sleep’s Embrace with Joy 
I Fly,” fone by Mrs. Mountain. The 
Duet, ** How can you thus Cruel,” 
fung by Mrs. Mountain, and Milfs De 
B Cainps 
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