Prints engraved from the Works of Corregio. more different than those which ap. pear in the fame picture. The Virgin and the child are of the most perfect beauty. There is a great variety of character in the different perfons prefent, yet that uniformity common to all herdímen and peafants. In fhort, this copy is fo admirable, that I was quite forry to be obliged to lofe fight of it fo foon, but I never fhall forget it. The Duke of Modena, for whom Corregio did the original picture, gave him only fix hundred livres of France for it; a great fum in.thofe days: but at prefent what ought it to coft? The following lift comprehends the greater part of the prints that have been engraved from the works of Corregio by eminent artists. The Virgin giving the Breaft to the Infant Chrift; by F. Spierre. The first impreffions of this admirable and rare print are before the drapery was inferted to cover the nudity of the infant, and the little trees to the left of the Virgin. The Virgin and Child, accompanied by the Magdalen, St Jerom, &c. by Mr Strange. The fame fubject, by Auguftine Caracci; by Cornelius Cort, and by Villamena. A Magdalene, by Mr Strange. The Magdalene lying at length in the defart, reading; by J. Daullé. An Ecce Horno, half length; by Aug. Caracci. Jupiter and Leda, Jupiter and Danae, and Jupiter and le; by G. Duchange. Sornique retouched thefe plates, and added draperies. A Repofe, angels with palmbranches; by F. Brizzi. Twelve prints reprefenting the celebrated Cupola of the Cathedral at Parma; by J. M. Grovannini, and by J. B. Vanni. Mercury educating Cupid, by A. de Jode. The NoTTE, or Night of Corre 275 gio, reprefenting the Nativity of Chrift, or Adoration of the Shepherds; by P. L. Surrugue; and by I. M. Mitelli. Marriage of St Catharine, by Angelica Kauffman; alfo by Capellan, Mercati, Picart, G. Mantuanus, and others. Two Allegorical Subjects, by Pi. cart. Venus ftanding in a Shell, by J. Smith. St Catharine, with a book; by the fame. Ganymede, Jupiter and Io, and Cupid making his bow; by F. Vane den Steen. The two laft of thefe have lately been engraved by Mr Bartolozzi. The Virtuof, being a portrait of Baccio Bandinelli; by Cornelius Viffcher. Madona and Child, by Drevet. Another, with Jofeph at work in the distance; by Aquila, and by Diana Mantuanus. The fame fubject, the figures the other way; by Paccioli. Another, by L. Vosterman. Virgin adoring the Infant Chrift, by Gregori. St John in the Defart, by Hollar.: Mary Magdalene bewailing her fins; by Mannl. Chrift praying in the Garden, by Volpato. Virgin and Child appearing to St Roch, by P. A. Kilian. The Virgin with the Infant Jefus on a pedeftal, with St John, St Ca tharine, St Francis, &c.; by Fef fard. The fame fubject, with the addi tion of St George; by Beauvais.. Affumption of the Virgin, by A quila. Diana and her Nymphs repofing, by The ZINGARA of Corregio; that is, is, the Virgin Mary habited in the Bobemian or Gypfey manner, feated in the midft of a landfcape with S the Infant Jefus; and St John feated, writing; by Agoftino de fan A, goftino. CRA I much applaud the diligence of thofe antiquaries who endeavour to bring to light any monuments or notices refpecting our ancient mo narchs. But they ought to remember, that the ftudy of antiquities is a dull matter-of fact bufinefs;' and that it does not admit of fancy or conjecture. And, therefore, it would be fit to inform the public what evidence there is that the picture, from which the print is made, was done for James I. of Scotland *. At first fight I doubted of the authenticity of the portrait in queftion. Eneas Silvius, afterwards Pope, under the name of Pius the Second, was auntio from Rome to Scotland in the reign of James I. He reprefents the King as quadratus & multo abdomine tardus. Now the portrait is of a tall flender man. The King tight, poffibly, have become corpulent to a degree of unwieldinefs after his picture was drawn; but that circum. ftance could not have made him quadratus, i. e. fquat and thick,' had he been originally tall.' I am, &c. Declaration by James to the People Р S. To all and fundry whom thefe prefents may in any wayes concern, greeting. Whereas, we are certainly inform'd, that it hath pleas'd Almighty God fo to touch the hearts of many of our people in Scotland, commonly called Cameronians, with a fenfe of their duty to us and their native country, that they are ready to joine in any underta king which fhall tend by force of arms to restore us to the throne of our ancestors, and our kingdom of Scotland, to its ancient, free, and independant state: Therefore, that nothing reasonable may be wanting on our part to encourage them in the performance of a defigne fo laudable, and fo worthy of Scots-men, we hereby renew the promisses we have already made in our former declarations in relation to the unhappy union of our two kingdoms, which we thereby declared void and null from the beginning: And we fur ther promife, that it fhall always be our care to protect fuch of our people commonly called Cameronians, as fhall prove dutiful and loyal subjects to us, from all fort of hardships and oppreffions. Given at our Court of Bolognia, By his Majesty's command. in Scotland called Cameronians. Extract of a Letter from London, Printed from the original. (L. S.) JAMES R. JA AMES, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. June 1. 1786. DID you ever hear of the extraordinary woman who died lately at Canada? She was twenty years without any evacuation, ex This is from a very refpectable Correfpondent, and merits an anfwer. E. cept New Chemical Furnace. cept a little perfpiration at the ftomach; received no fuftenance but one glass of wine in the twenty-four hours, which was poured down her throat-All parts literally dead, except the stomach, and dried like bone -Some vegetation like mofs grew on her forehead-Her mouth always open; the infide of which was as black as jet-Was fo fhrunk, that it was not fuppofed there were two ounces of flesh on her whole body, which, as it lay drawn together, did not feem longer than about two feet and an half. All the year round fhe lay on one fide upon a fingle fheet laid over a hand-board, and one blanket over her. The only figns of life exhibited was a little vibration at the ftomach about the time that her glafs of wine ufed to be given her. Her daughter drew money for her as a fhow to all curious people. I have had accounts of her by different perfons who went to fee her, particularly one who faw her once ayear for the fix last years of her exiftence. It is pretty remarkable, that her husband, who had been long blind, received his fight a fhort time after her death, and married another 277 Belon faw one at Conftantinople, which had been brought from Egypt. Frederico Zerenghi killed two near Damietta in the year 1600. Fifty-eight years afterwards there was one taken at Guirgué, the capital of Saidi, which Thevenot faw and defcribed at Cairo; and this seems to be the last epoch of the appearance of the hippopotamus in Egypt. Not only the race of this animal is loft, but even the very name is said to be now unknown to the inhabitants both of Upper and Lower Egypt *. To what are we to attribute this fudden disappearance of the riverhorse? It cannot have been occafioned by any increase either of the inhabitants or of their induftry; for it is well known, that in both these refpects ancient Egypt had greatly the advantage. Perhaps the only probable reafon that can be affigned is the introduction of the use of firearms. In almost every village on the banks of the Nile, the comman. der has two or three pieces of cannon, which without any fort of reafon are fired feveral times every day. The mameloucks, or Turkish foldiers too, are almoft continually in the field, or parading in boats on the river, and seem equally delighted with the perpetual noife of their artillery. Thefe frequent explofions, HE hippopotamus was formerly a timid hippopotamus to Abyffinia, in all probability, have banifhed the woman.. Hippopotamus. common inhabitant of the river Nile; it was found in every part of its course, and used to make great rava、 ges in the adjacent fields. From the terror occafioned by these animals, they were regarded as the fymbol of the principle of evil; for among fuperftitious people, the paffion of fear has always been productive of gods. They are now become exceedingly rare in Egypt, or rather indeed feem to have totally difappeared. In the two laft centuries only a very few were obferved. About the year 1550 where these noify machines are little if at all known. And happy would they never had made fuch an exit have been for the Egyptians if change. Journal de Phyfique. A New Chemical Furnace. WITH a view to remedy the in conveniences which attend the portable furnaces commonly used in chemical proceffes, a paper has been fubmitted to the confideration of the * Shaw and other travellers. Society Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, pointing out the following cheap and eafy method of making them more commodious in their conftruc. tion and use. To form the body of the furnace, which is the only part intended to be here defcribed, (as any perfon converfant with thefe machines will readily fashion the dome and other parts as may best fuit their intention), procure a cylinder, about eleven inches in diameter, and twelve or fourteen in length, made of ftrong plate-iron, riveted together; or, as the thickness of the lining will prevent its ever becoming hot enough to melt hard folder, it will be much neater if the joint be brazed: At one end, which is to be confidered as the bottom of the cylinder, a piece must be cut out about four inches fquare, which is to be the opening to the afh-hole; to this an iron door is to be fitted; just above this opening, three iron pins, projecting half an inch or more within fide the cylinder, must be well riveted on, at equal distances from each other; let another hole be cut in the iron cylinder, and a door fitted to it; this ferves for putting in the fuel, when the furnace is used for diftil ling, and fuch operations as require only a gentle heat. On the pins before-mentioned lay an iron-grate; and let the whole of the cylinder above this grate be lined with fire bricks, the joints well fitted, and laid in loam: by this means the objection to the lute of Becher and Shaw is obviated; and as the bricks may be left an inch and half or more in thickness, the heat will be better retained than in the black-lead furnaces of Dr Lewis. To fecure the iron-door, whenever the furnace is to be used as a wind-hole, or any ftrong fire raised therein, a piece of fire-brick is to be fitted to the opening, and the door fhut, which will effectually preferve the iron from injury. It has been cuftomary to makę portable furnaces in the form of a truncated cone, the smaller end being the lower part, that different fized grates may fit at different heights; if this fhape is ftill thought eligible, it may be eafily obtained, by leaving those bricks that are next the grate thicker than those towards the upper part; and the di minution may either be regular, or projections left at the heights required, on which the different grates may rest. Fire-bricks, fit for this purpofe, known by the names of Windfor bricks, and Nonfuch bricks, with the loam or earth, of which they are made, for fetting them, are easily obtained in every part of this king, dom. The well-known furnace of Dr Black of Edinburgh, when lined with brick as now recommended, will be found greatly to exceed in utility those which, having been hitherto lined with lute, have been li able to many objections. I Extracts from Wither's Poems. To the PUBLISHER. SIR, SEND fome extracts from the you works of an almost forgotten poet, George Wither. And am, &c From Fidelia. "For fhe, that doth one to her mercy take, Warms in her bofom but a frozen fnake: Which, heated with her favours, gathers fenfe, And ftings her to the heart for recompence." From Wither's Motto. "I have no mufes that will ferve the turn At every triumph, and rejoice or mourn Upon a minute's warning for their hire; If with old Sherry they themselves inspire. I am not of a temper like to those That can provide an hour's fad talk in profe For any funeral, and then go dine, And choke my grief with fugar-plums and wine. I cannot give a plaudit, I proteft, 279 Provide thofe trenches and those walls to ward, A million of old foldiers for his guard, Make cruelly, his dearest friend, away. To hang himself, to 'fcape the fear to dye"." In Britain's Remembrancer he thus defcribes the crowd which left London on the appearance of the plague. It is the most rational defcription of Cockneys that can well be imagined. "Those who, in all their life-time, never went So far, as is the nearest part of Kent; Thofe, who did never travel till of late, Half way to Pancras from the city gate: Those who might think the fun did rife at Bow, And fet at Acton, for aught they did know : When, as his Lordship thinks he breaks a. And dream young partridge fuckt not, but jest: Unless it move me, neither can I grin When he a causeless laughter doth begin." are fed As lambs and rabbits, which of eggs are bred. This fhows, that at the beginning of the reign of Charles I. when Wither wrote, fui cide was little known in England, |