Ske. 
“barbarous hands, had already beén sub- 
mitted to the former government by M. 
Fea, commissioner of antiquities, aud 
zaken into consideration. ‘Lhe rubbish 
has already begun to be cleared away, 
‘and the stalls and small houses which in- 
tercept the view of the edifice, will spee- 
‘dily be demolished. ling ha 
also been made to clear the three princi- 
-pal apartments in the baths of Tutus, 
which have been most admired by 
- strangers, and are sufficient to impart a 
correct idea of the celebrated grottos of 
Ludio.aud Arellio, of which Raphael af- 
te:wards produced highly elegant imita- 
‘tions in the lodges of the Vatican. It 
-bas farther beén resolved to repair what 
remains of the temple of Antoninus and 
Faustina ; of the theatre of Marcellus; of 
the portico of Octavia; of the temples of 
Concord and Jupiter Stator; and other 
mionuments of ancient grandeur. 
Canova is at present engaged upon 
two colussal statues in bronze of Boua- 
parte, one on foot, the other on horse- 
back. Richetti, a celebrated founder, 
has already finished the cast of the former. 
The latter will, itis said, surpass in size 
the largest known works of the kind, 
whether ancient or modern. 
EAST INDIES. 
Most of our readers are probably ap- 
prised that some years since the nutmeg 
and clove-trees were brought from the 
Molucca islands, and introduced intd- 
several of the British settlements in the 
east; and, among others, Bencoolen. Ac- 
counts recéived during the last ‘three or 
four years from Bencoolen, have fur- 
nished, from time to time, tle most satis- 
factory reports of the thriving state of the 
plantations established at that place, and 
they have now attained such maturity 
and extent as.to have become aa object 
of national importance, and of emolument 
to individuals. The recent accounts Sur- 
pass all former expectations. ihe trees 
are represented as loaded with fruit; and 
the younger plantations are in such pres- 
perity, that in the course of a few years, 
the. produce of Sumatra will be compe- 
tent to the supply of the European mar- 
ket with cloves, nutmegs, and mace. 
Thus a valuable branch of trade, long 
monopolized by the Dutch, and consi- 
dered as necessarily dependent on the 
ossession . of. the Molucca Islands, has 
Se transferred from a foreign country, 
and already opens to Great Britain a 
new source of national and _ private 
wealth. Thesoil and climate’ of Suma- 
‘tra. are particularly favourable to the 
Literary and Philosophical £ ntelligence. 
A beginning has’ 
—culuvation than he imagined. 
(Sept. 1, 
‘clove and nutmeg, dnd these, as well as 
‘the mace of Bencoolen, are found both 
in’ appearance and quality to be at least 
‘edual to the prodace of the Moluceas. 
~~ Two gentlemen iately attached to the 
‘embassy of the Hon. Mr. Elphine 
stone to Peskour, were, at the date. of 
Jaté letters from India, preparing to em 
bark on oné of the streams of the Indus, 
and to preceed down that river to its 
moath. They are probably the first Eu- 
ropeans, since the days of Nearchus) who 
have navigated on the Attack. 
One advantage, which could searcely 
ave been foreseen, has arisen from the 
late march of the British army to the 
banks of the Sutledge, namely, the in- 
‘troduction of vaccination into the Punjab. 
The Sings, the Sikhs, and the different 
people of that country, whosé religious 
prejudices are far less inveterate than in 
other parts of Hmdoosfan, received the 
vaccine most gladly, gdve every facility 
to its propagation, and have takeh such 
precautions as are likely to ensure the 
continuance and extension of that mild 
disease. From its favourable reception 
in the Punjab, we may expect soon to 
hear of its being introduced ?nto Cash 
mire, and the adjoining countries. 
AMERICA. 
About the middle of June, 1809, some 
men digging for gold in the province of 
Quito, in’ South America, came to an 
extremely hard substance about two feet 
below the’surface of the garth. On dig- 
ging it'up, it proved to be the shaft of a 
column exquisitely ornainented with 
grape-vine, &c. This induced them to 
dig farther, and they met with a prodie 
gious quantity of remains of elegant co- 
lurns, beautiful arches, and every other 
appendage’to the most splendid edifices. 
These are to be found ina space of about 
two miles in circnmference, and are in 
appearance the remains of a large city; 
but when, or by whom erected, is uncer- 
tain. The figures upon them appear, 
‘from their shape, coutour, dress, and 
- other circumstances, to be Niexican. 
It 
is also reported that some remains of 
statués hate been found, which would 
bear a comparison with the most cele- 
brated productions of Greece and Rome. 
The black pepper plant thrives re. 
markably well in the Botanic Garden, 
in the Island of St, Vincent, and. has 
been producing fruit there for sume time. 
The doctor finds it a plant of more’ easy 
He has 
hkewise cultivated a considerable, quan=- 
tity of cloves. =~ z 
AFRICA, 
