1809.] 
able time printing, the latitudes and lon- 
gitudes of various places, deduced from 
astronomical observ ations, have been 
published in a separate tract in Latin. 
M. Dents Santr, professor of archi- 
tecture at Rome, has been invited to Pa- 
ris by Cardinal Fesch, who is erecting a 
palace in the Rue du Mont Blanc. T ‘his 
edifice wiil be embellished with marble 
columns, wrought at Rome, as well as the 
beautiful statue representing the [mma- 
culate Conception, which is to be placed 
in the chapel. 
M. Borra, a member of the Legisla- 
tive Body, already known by his Flora 
Medicale e Corfu, has just completed in 
Italian, the History of the American 
War, This work, which will form about 
-$ix octavo volumes, is distinguished for 
perspicuity, fidelity, and impartiality. 
Tt likewise possesses the very rare merit 
of being written in the purest style, and 
forcibly reminding the lovers of the Ita- 
lian language, of the beauties of the 
— who flourished in the age of Leo 
The Phelloplastic Cabinet of M. Sta- 
maty has been for some time exlubited 
at Paris. It consists of representations 
in cork, of the most important and curi- 
ous monuments of ancient Rote, and 
the south of France. Nothing is so fa- 
vorable for representing ruins as cork; 
its colour and the inequality of its pores, 
heighten the illusion ; but itis very difficult 
to cut, and works so delicate as M. Stamia- 
ty’s require infinite patience. That ar- 
tist has spent twenty years in executing 
the articles which he is now exhibiting. 
They exceed forty: among which the 
great Pantheon of Agrippa, now the 
Church of the Rotunda at Rome; the 
Tower of Pisa, with eight rows of co- 
lumns, inclining 74 fathoms; the Trium- 
phal Arch of Septimius Severus: that of 
Constantine; the Pont da Gard, with 
three rows of arches; the Maison Carrée 
of Nismes, &c. &c, deserve particular 
notice. 
At Nice, in the.quarter of Cimiez, 
there isa Roman Amphitheatre, which 
consiantly attra¢ted the curiosity of 
travellers. ‘Chis monument of antiquity, 
which was worthy of being preserved 
with the greatest care, had been so neg- 
lected, that most of the seats were co- 
vered with earth; and the whole exhi- 
bited only a shapeless mass of ancient 
buildings, mixed with others of modern 
construction. ‘The present proprietor 
has determined to repair the errors of 
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his predecessors, and has uncovered 
nearly the whole of the ancient edifice, 
which, in several parts, is in high preser- 
vation. He has pulled down what in- 
tercepted the view of other parts, and 
has inclosed the whole with a_ wall. 
The pains he has taken have already re- 
ceived part of the recompense which 
they deserve, in the great number of 
medals which he has found in making 
these alterations. 
Some works, undertaken at the coun- 
try-house of M. Trempiry, at La 
Tronches, a village situated a little to the 
north-east of Grenoble, have brought to 
light the following antiquities :—-1. Seve- 
ral fragments of a mosaic pavement, 
composed of irregular cubes, and ar- 
ranged either in the form of a draught- 
board, with black and white squares, or 
in white and black parallel lines. The 
substance of the cubes is carbonated Jime. 
2. Several water-pipes of red clay,-of.a 
semi-elliptical figure, regularly fitted into 
each other, which served to conduct 
water into oe constructed in the form 
of the clubs on cards, and were bedded 
in a composition of broken tiles, lime, 
and ashes, without any exterior covering. 
3. Hollow bricks in the form of a 
parailelepipedon. Their surfaces are 
ornamented with diagonal transverse 
made about 
the middle of their length, correspond on 
either side. 4. A domestic lamp of red 
clay, without ornament, having under- 
neath this inscription : Aprior. The- 
spot on which these articles were found, 
contains to a considerable extent, ruins of 
Roman buildings, which were examined 
at some remote period. The situation 
and nature of these ruins, shew that the 
whole belonged to a Roman villa. 
The female zebra, which was one of 
the principal ornaments of the Menagerie 
of the Garden of Plants, died suddenly, 
after an attack of the cholic of two 
hours.’ This loss, which it will be very 
difficult to repair, is the more to be re- 
gretted, as hopes were entertained that 
she would produce, in due time, the off- 
spring of a new cross of her species, with 
a Lapland horse. The female mongrel, 
obtained from her former copulation 
with an Etrurian ass, continues lively, 
and ne Ai eae the inquisitive naret click a 
source of new observations. 
M. Dancer, has proved hy experi- 
ments, that soda, purified with alkohol, 
is not extremely pure, as has been suppo- 
sed; and that the analyses, made under 
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