to our own times. Its poetry has, in all times, been held in great esteem. The University of Moscow is now rebuilt on a better plan, and in a style of greater magnificence than before the conflagration. The Emperor, besides his other bounties, has consigned the sum of 400,000 roubles for the eréction of an hospital close to the University, for the purposes of a Clinical school, wherein, at present, at his charge, are 200 medical students, besides others intended for the Academy of Chirurgery. The cabinet of natural history is progressively augmenting, under the assiduous direction of Professor Fischer. During the two last years, the collection has acquired a number of minerals, conchites, and birds, with the rich her. bery of Dr. Trinius. The M. KOUMAS, first Professor in the Great College at Smyrna, and distinguished by his learning among the Greeks, has just published, at Vienna, the two last volumes of his "Course of Philosophy." whole work is a methodical abstract of all the best compositions of the German philosophers. Its object is to instruct the Greeks in modern philosophy, and its circulation is likely to be very considerable. The printing-office established at Chios has commenced its operations, and is now in full activity. Its first production is an excellent discourse of M. the Professor Bambas, read the year before last, at the opening of the course of the Great College of Chios. This discourse is so elegant in its typography, that it might seem to come from the presses of London or Paris. This office will gradually spread, throughout Greece, a number of valuable works, that may contribute to the regeneration of this once classical land. A College on a large scale is about to be founded at Zagori, in the province of Epirus. The voluntary donations for this establishment amount already to 60,000 francs. M. Neophytos Doucas, a learned Greek ecclesiastic, has contributed himself the sum of 10,000 francs. Letters from Canton report the successful prosecution of Mr. Morrison's labours, in the printing of his Chinese Dictionary. The second part was begun, in April, 1811; this volume consists of a thousand printed pages, in 4to. and contains above 12,000 Chinese characters, the most in use, with numerous examples. In Feb. 1819, 600 pages, comprising near 8000 characters, were completed. The printing of all the volumes of this important work will occupy a space of hardly less than ten years. It appears that an official Gazette is published in China, which is considered as the organ of Government in every matter connected with the religion, laws, manners, and customs of the country. In its plan, it totally differs from the Gazettes of Europe, wherein articles of a miscellaneous description are inserted for money. No article appears in the Gazette of China, which has not first been submitted to the inspection of the Emperor, and having received his approbation, not a syllable can be added to it. A deviation from this rule would incur a severe punishment. In 1818, an officer in a court of justice, and also employed in the post-office, suffered death, for having published some false intelligence, through the medium of this Gazette. The reason assigned by the Judges, in passing sentence, was, that the party culpable had been wanting in respect to his Imperial Majesty. The Gazette of China comprehends documents relative to all the public affairs of that vast Empire; also extracts from all the memoirs and petitions that have been presented to the Sovereign, with his answers, orders and favours granted to the mandarins and to the people. It appears every day, making a pamphlet of 60 or 70 pages. M. REMUSAT, Chinese Professor, and a Member of the Academy of Inscriptions, &c. at Paris, has lately published an article, entitled, "the Description of the Country of Camboge, in the 13th century of the Christian Era." It is wholly collected and translated from a number of Chinese works, and especially from the narrative of travels made in that country, at that time, by a Chinese author. A new geographical chart forms an important addition to a work which may be considered as truly interesting. A work has been published at Paris, entitled "Memoirs, Historical and Geographical, relative to Armenia," accompanied with the Armenian text of the history of the Orpelian Princes, by Stephanus Orpelian, Archbishop of Siounia; and also with other pieces of a similar character. Small has been the number of treatises relative to this country; and this seems to be more complete and learned, as to the Armenian history, chronology, and geography, than any other that has hitherto appeared. The History of the Orpelian Princes was written about the end of the 13th century. Among other researches, it is demonstrated that China, propely so called, was well known to the antients, and that the country and government were distinct from those of India. It appears that there is no Armenian text or work that can be traced higher than the fifth century of the Christian æra. There is a French translation to the whole, with curious notes. ARTS ARTS AND SCIENCES. ELECTRICAL BATTERY. Dr. Dana, of Harvard University in America, has constructed an electrical battery of plates, extremely portable and compact, and from his experiments, appearing to be very powerful. It consists of alternate plates of flat glass and tin foil, the glass plates being all sides two inches larger than those of foil. The alternate plates of tin foil are connected together, i. e. 1st, 3d, 5th, 7th, &c. on one side, and the other series, or 2d, 4th, 6th, 8th, &c. on the other side, slips of tin foil extending from the sheet to the edge of the glass plates for that purpose. These connexions unite together all the surfaces, which, when the battery is charged, take by induction the same state. battery constructed in this way contains, in the bulk of a quarto volume, a very powerful instrument, and when made of plate glass, it is extremely easy, by varnishing the edges, to keep the whole of the inner surfaces from the air, and to retain it in a constant state of dry insulation. DIVING BELL. A The first use of the diving bell in Europe was at Toledo, in Spain, in the year 1588, before the Emperor Charles V. and ten thousand spectators. The experiment was made by two Greeks, who, taking a very large kettle suspended by ropes with the mouth downwards, fixed planks in the middle of its concavity, upon which they placed themselves, and with a lighted candle gradually descended to a considerable depth. In 1683, William Phipps, the son of a blacksmith in America, formed a project for searching and unloading a rich Spanish ship sunk on the coast of Hispaniola. He represented his plan in such a plausible manner, that Charles II. gave him a ship, and furnished him with every thing necessary for his undertaking; but being unsuccessful, he returned in great poverty. He then endeavoured to procure another vessel from James II. but failing in this, he got a subscription opened for the purpose, to which the Duke of Albemarle largely contributed. In 1687, Phipps set sail in a ship of 200 tons burden to try his fortune once more, having previously engaged to divide the profits according to the twenty shares of which the subscription consisted. At first, all his labours proved fruitless; but at last, when he seemed almost to despair of success, he was fortu nate enough to bring up so much treasure, that he returned to England with the value of two hundred thousand pounds sterling. Of this sum he got about twenty thousand, and the Duke ninety thousand pounds. Phipps was knighted by the King, and laid the foundation of the fortunes of the present noble house of Mulgrave. THE LONGITUDE. This A Mr. Hoene Wronsky complains in the Gazette de France of the illiberality of the British Nation in not granting him the reward of £.20,000 proposed by Parliament for the discovery of the Longitude. person declares, "that he has established a new lunar theory, which gives the solu tion required." Proud of his discovery, he hastened from Paris to London, where he immediately waited upon Sir Joseph Banks, who referred him to Dr. Young, by whom, he says, every thing is done at the Board of Longitude." In the mean time all his instruments, in spite of his remonstrances, were taken from the Customhouse and exposed to the Board of Longitude, who, after having minutely examined them, discovered his secret, and then coolly returning them to him, informed him that his discovery was not new, and that the Board had entertained a similar idea. M. Wronsky complains, that not only was he refused the Parliamentary reward, but even his expenses to London were not paid, which he says, was the more unjust, as the English unfairly ob tained a knowledge of his lunar theory, and his theory of refractions. We should be glad that the Board of Longitude would reply to M. Wronsky's statements. MACHINE FOR WOOL. A machine has been invented for the purpose of spinning woollen yarn, much superior in fineness to any hitherto produced, and particularly adapted to fine bombazeens, &c. Ten guineas were given to Mr. Stead, of Kirkstall, near Leeds, by the Merino Society, for yarn spun by this machine. The pound of yarn produced 95 hanks, of 560 yards each in length, 53,200 yards, or 30 miles and 400 yards to a pound of wool. PATENT VESSEL. A patent vessel is building in Hull, and is well worth the attention of ship owners; she has no timbers, but is constructed of five alternative layers or courses of plank, crossing each other at right angles, a mode of building which seems to give great strength, as she has no floor heads nor futtock feet, so difficult to secure in other vessels. NEW INVENTed Watch. An Artist at Cemberg, in Prussia, has constructed a watch which imitates the human voice, and answers questions in German and Polish; besides executing musical airs. IVORY PAPER. The Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, have voted thirty guineas to Mr. S. Einsle, for his communication on the method of mak. ing Ivory Paper for the use of Artists. He produced, before the Committee of the Society, Count Blacas, French Ambassador at Rome, has caused excavations to be made for several months past, in the Temple of Venus, at Rome, built by Adrian, situated between the Coliseum and the Temple of Peace. They are superintended by M. Fea, one of the Antiquarians of Italy, and by M. Landon, an architect, and a pensioner of the King of France. The excavations which have been made near the arch of Titus, have been attended with results which were not expected. They found there six white Grecian marble steps, which conducted them to the portico of the buried temple, a large pedestal which supports the steps, a part of the ancient way, five feet and a half in breadth, and thirty in length, on which a balustrade of white marble was supported, the fragments of which have been found. Opposite to the Temple of Peace they have discovered two pillars of Phrygian marble, two feet in diameter, with a Corinthian capital of beautiful workmanship, an entire entablature covered with ornaments, in a very good style, and several Corinthian bases. All these five fragments are in the same order. In the same place have been found the remains of several private habitations, which had been taken down by Adrian, in order to make room for his Temple. Two rooms still exist, which are decorated with paintings; they have evidently suffered from some local fire, for a great quantity of calcined materials and broken marbles have been found. They have also found two human skeletons, some pieces of terra cotta, a little bust of Bacchus, and several ornaments in bronze and marble. ROMAN AND GERMAN ANTIQUITIES. The Prussian Chancellor of State has given orders for collecting together, into the Museum at Bonn, the Roman and German antiquities which are now dispersed in various parts of the provinces of Westphalia along the Rhine. Every proprietor of land may undertake whatever diggings or examinations he pleases on his own estate; but he will not be allowed to displace those antiquities which by the station they occupy are historical monu. ments. This attention is due to the object, and to the intention of past ages. It, therefore, gives us pleasure to announce that a society of men of learning has been formed in Silesia, for the purpose of explaining and publishing the antiquities found in that province; and also another for the same purpose is formed at Naumburgh, in Thuringia. There can be little doubt of this disposition spreading to other provinces; and perhaps it may become general under the patronage of the various governments of Europe. The whole, when properly arranged and digested, will doubtless elucidate many points of history which are now obscure. EGYPT. re On the subject of subterranean searches for antiquities in Egypt, we learn from recent advices, that the objects disinterred hitherto are very inconsiderable, in comparison with what remain to be discovered. A rivalship exists between the Arab inhabitants and the Europeans, as to the art of successfully excavating the mountains of sand, wherein have been buried, for ages, the porticoes, buildings, and subterraneous galleries of every description. The Arabs have pierced into the earth to the depth of several fathoms, and are continually collecting vases, mummies, and other remains of antiquity; and, though ignorant enough in other matters, can now distinguish objects that are rare and in good preservation, from others of an ordinary sort. The Arabs of Gournon are zealously attached to this occupation; so much so, that, considering the address with which they execute these labours, it is thought the Europeans will have no occasion to undertake them, but for money may procure whatever the bowels of the earth shall disclose. SELECT POETRY. Paler still the glow-worm glow'd, Fled the gems that glanc'd on the night, Where are the ghosts of the dead, And startl'd the darkness dismal and drear, Like giants their stature increasing to Swath'd in the soil'd sheets of the charnel and tomb, While trembled the peasant belated in gloom, As pacing the yawning churchyard, thrill'd with dread, [fled, Who willingly would, had he power, have From the yell of the damn'd, and the groans of the dead? Have the spirits of darkness sped? Over a murderer's all-shunned grave, But they hear the cock crow, and they start as they hear The bells cease their peal, and the rout disappear, Each ghost to his prison-house fleetly retires, To fast, and to purge off its guilt in the fires. * Extracted from an unfinished and never to be finished Drama. HYMN For the ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. By MR. MONTGOMERY, Author of "The Sabbath." WHEN ISRAEL, press'd by Pharaoh, stood, Affrighted, on the Red-sea shore, At thy rebuke, O LORD! the flood Retir'd, the ransom'd tribes pass'd o'er. When Peter, walking on the wave, Felt his faith fail, his courage sink, Thy blessed SON was there to save, Aud snatch'd him from destruction's Within thy courts, great GOD! behold But help was nigh-and they are here:Here, in thine house their vows to pay, And praise Thee with their living breath; Where had their Spirits been this day, Hadst Thou not rescued them from Redeem'd from the devouring tomb, TO NATHAN DRAKE, M. D. WITH witching eloquence and truth, Hast thou describ'd the dear delights, Accessible to Age and Youth, In frowning Winter's stormiest nights. While turning o'er thy first essay, My heart so warmly feels its spell, It cannot for an hour delay, The thanks which thou hast won so well. Such pictures,-whether they describe, In truth's own simple eloquence, The frolicks of a youthful tribe, Happy in early innocence ; In whose bright eyes the vivid gleam Of HOME'S lov'd fire-side gaily glances; While the more mild and chasten'd beam From older ones-their mirth enhan ces; Or whether they pourtray the charm, Which erst o'er Cowper's spirit stole ; When Evening's pensive, soothing.calm Sheds its own stillness o'er the soul ;Such pictures do not merely pass Before the eye,and fade in air; Like summer-showers on new-mown grass, They call back living-frèshness there. Aye! e'en to lonely hearts, which feel That such things were, and now are not, Not poignant, only, their appeal, But fraught with bliss, yet unforgot. Yes, bliss!-for joys so calm and pure, Leave blessings with the heart they bless'd: And still unchangeably endure, E'en when not actually possess'd. For thee, my Friend! if wish of mine, A Bard obscure, could call down bliss ; Could I implore for thee or thine, A more delightful boon than this?. Than-that thy mother's green old age, May be her child's, or children's too; And that each charm that decks thy page, Thy own fire-side may prove is true. Woodbridge. BERNARD BARTON. LINES, Written under the pressure of Misfortune. SEE, modest Spring again her mantle throws [grove; O'er the wide landscape-deep within the The young-ey'd violet with the primrose blows, [love.And all creation breathes once more of And list; how sweet from yonder hawthorn brake, [lays, The blackbird warbles his resounding While more remote her plaintive strains awake, [praise. Whom lovers love, and musing Poets But does no heart amid this versal joy, Pine silently away in ceaseless pain? Does pleasure triumph without one alloy, And pure felicity unrivall'd reign? Oh, no!-delight within the lonely soul May never dwell, while unrelenting fate Darkens life's sunshine as the moments roll, [late: And leaves the bosom drear and desoThen haste away, in pity, oh, ye hours, For not the seaman toss'd upon the wave More longs to hail again his natal bow'rs, Than I, to rest in peace within the silent grave. ORLANDO. PSALM CI. Translated. WITHIN the temple of the Lord, Exalt your voice with sweet accord, The silver-sounding psaltery bring, Let the loud cymbals here rejoice, While |