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4 .;'~: -,.... - • • ' 7 - .Nf . „ _4 ~ . • •mr• -.---, NUMBER 11 103.] PRIVATE TUITION. - - - _ AVACANCY is now open in the Family of a married Clergyman, who prepares a few Pupils for the lUniversities, or thpir respective Professions. The distance front London is within twelve milts. Letters to be directed for the Rev. W. M. Mr. Reynolds, Ilookseller, 137, Oxford-street, London. RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. beg leave to congratulate their Friends and the Public on the Testoration of the Old F.nglish Lotteries, and take the liberty "to recommend to their patronage a Scheme which they pledge 'themselves to be deserving of it, .as it combines all the features Brost attractive to Adventurers.—There are NO C LASSES— tbe Prises are ALL STERLING MONEY, and the whole One Hundred and Twenty CAPITALS are floating, and may •di be drawn the First Day, consequently it is recommended to those who intend to adventure, to make their purchases before the Drawing, which commences the SOTH OCTOBER. THE SCHEME CONTAINS 5 of £20,000 10 of £l ,000 2 2 '2O 20 3 ..... 2,000 60 And 5,600 other Prizes, ALL MONEY! •; Tickets and Shares are on Sale by RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, ani Co. at their Old Established Office, 104, Bank-Buildings, CornhilL PUBLIC APPROVAL. THE new Lottery Scheme (as I anticipated) ap pears to have met with public approval; I cannot, there fore, do better than remind my best friends of its principal fea :a.es.—lt contains 3 Money Prizes of £20,000! 2 Money Pt izes of £lO,OOOl 2 Money Prizes of £5,000! 'Aioney Prizes of £2,000! 110 other Money - Capitals! 5,600 other Money Prizes ! Not are fixed l'rizes.—All the Tickets in the Wheel before the :First Day.—.lll the Capitals may be drawn in First Hour of First Day.--Not any Classes.—ln fact, it is only a plait) Old fashioned Old-English Scheme; as the Contractors are deter mined to try which the majority of the Public like best, viz. the present sort of Scheme, or those with Classes, Re-Drawing, &c. as it of course is immaterial to the Contractors which are adopted, their only aim being to please the Public. Tickets and Shares are selling at my Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross. In the late Lottery I sold the grand Prize, No. 4,680, Prize of X. 10,000 and several minor Capitals. I have the honour to be, The Public's devoted Servant, T. BISH, Stock Broker. Schemes gratis. Drawing begins 30th NEXT MONTH, OCTOBER. HAMPSHIRE. Between SOUTHAMPTON, F ARENA M, and GOSPORT. INELIGHTFUL MARINE RESIDENCE, Viith Offices; capital Agricultural Farm, with Farm-House and Outbuildings, Cottages, and upwards of HUNDREU AND FIFTY ACRES Df Meadow, Pasture, Marsh, Arable, and beautiful Wood Land ; with extensive Common-rights. TO BR SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street), At Garraway's Coffee-house,' Change-alley, Cornhill, on TllOll. DAY, the 26th of September, 1 522, at Twelve o'Clock, A VERY DESIRABLE ESTATE, comprising a .L 1 delightful Marine Villa, seated on a Lawn, upon an emi nence commanding beautiful and extensive Views of the adja cent Country, the Southampton Water, Isle of Wight, &c. Planned for the accommodation of a Family of the first respect ability, and handsomely fitted up, with excellent and convenient altached and detached Offices, extensive Pleasure-grounds and Walks, productive Garden, fully stocked, cropped, and planted ; principally enclosed by Walls clothed by numerous choice Fruit trees, and watered by a Stream which can be admitted at plea sure. A good FARM-HOUSE and Farm-yard, planned on the most Unproved principle, with every convenience, sundry Cot tages, and upv. ards of THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES Of Meadow, Pasture, Marsh, Arable, and beautiful Wood Land, cultivated upon the best system of Drill Husbandry, and in excellent condition ; a most eligible Property for a Gentle man fond of country enjoyments, of agricultural pursuits, and aquatic excursions, the Lands extending to and bounded by the river liamble, which is navigable by vessels of considerable bur den ; in a Neighbourhood of the first respectability, excellent Roads in all directions, distant eight miles from Southampton, five from Fareham, and eleven from Gosport. To be viewed by applying to Mr. Geary, of Fareham, of whom Particulars may be had; and.at the Dolphin, Star, and Coach and Horses, Southampton; the India Arms, and Rose, Gos port ; Fountain, Portsmouth; Mr. Gunner, Solicitor, Bishops Waltham ; George and White Hart, Winchester; King's Arms, Guildford and Godalming ; at Garraway's; and of Mr. Robins N 0.170, Regent-street, opposite Burlington-street, where a Plats of the Estate may be seen. MORGAN AP GRIFFITHS; OR, THE WIZARD IN WALES. THAN Morgan Ap Griffiths no Spanish Grandee With pride of descent more inflated ; At foot of his tall Genealogical tree This marvellous item was stated,— " Died, Hoel Ap Griffiths, of whom 'twat narrated, " Ile liv'd before Adam or Eve were created!" This statement excited much mirth and surprise, And many behev'd that Ap Griffiths' progenitor No other could be than the Father of Lies, And Morgan to service of Imps an inheritor, Their gambols displaying, their humour as suits, And frequently seen in his high-polish'd Boots! The merriment, last David's day, had began, When enter's' Ap Griffiths of wizard repute, - The merriment ceas'd—for this wonderful man By WARREN'S Jet Blacking adorning each Boot, .Appear'd as if dark tiny elves, a whole legion, In sportive manseuve, his B oots were besieging! And thus a bold Cambrian Ap Griffiths address'd :- 0 My ferry goot Sir, bur makes free to presume, " Each Elf in your Foots, on hur earnest request, " You'll orter in peace to tepart from to room ; 4 ' An porter it were, here again when you roam, " To leave all tese shentlemen tevils at home! Ap Griffiths remov'd this absurd superstition, Explaining the Blacking's high, worth and utility; Now Wzaszts, reveal'd as the Jetty Magician, Is land as a Wizard of potent ability ; The brilliant fine Jet who to mirrors transforms, Our taste who improves, and oar dress who adorns! This Easy Shining and Brilliant, BLACKING Prepared by ~~~~ ~~~ 30, STEA ND, London; And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. , LIQUID, in Bottles 6d. 10d. 12d. and Did. each. • Also PASTE BLACKI NG, in Pots, 6d. 12d. and 4 64. , each A Shilling Otit at Paste is equal to Four Is. Dostlaseiriquid• Ask for WARILUN's Mackin*. . , . • • / 1 ... • • ' - - - .. • . • : ..-°t:;:•!=t - -, —. 7.- - :1 App i pp. , 2 0,... \,......._, , , : •. 1 , . .; I 4 : : - . I . - (ill% ~. 1 j e 4,'' ' . 1 4 ' l / 14 , , " 1° 11 l -Ii i f ''' . , ... .. lb 't *F ( It t i r l - *NW AP; lii. . . • .1 . .: . .... a • Afil :i , i t, . ..• • .7* ~ge . p , 4 , • •• i ; r! -auta.4---••••,.. . ;FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1822. / FLUTE MUSIC. This day was published, the Third Edition, carefully corrected and improved, with considerable Additions, prim Ss. ACOMPLETE GUIDE to the ART of PLAY. ING the GERMAN FLUTE; being a plain and easy Introduction to the Thorough Knowledge of that elegant and fashionable Instrument, laid down in the most familiar Manlier. The Gamuts contain the best and most approved Methods of Fingering : the different modes of Tonguing Passages are exem plified in Forty-two Examples, and Illustrated by Lessons, Airs, and Duets, progrosively arranged ; to which are added, Twenty-seven of the most Popular and Favourite Airs, properly adapted ; Twenty-two Cadenzas, in the most difficult as well as the most familiar Keys, Major and Minor ; Tables of Transpo sition; and a Description and Use of the Flute with Nine Keys, familiarly explained with proper Scales, stewing the use of every additional Key yet brought into practice. Also a New and Easy Method, with plain Directions far Studying this de lightful Art, whereby those who have not the assistance of a Master cannot fail of attaining a competent Knowledge thereof. The whole containing every Information requisite to enable the Learner to proceed with ease and satisfaction in the study of the German Flute.—Composed and Arranged. By JOHN BEALE, Professor of the German Flute. London t Printed by Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter, and Co. 20, Soho-square, Manufacturers of Patent German Flutes with elastic Plug Keys, and Clarionets, and Wholesale fultic•sellers. POULTRY, PIGS. MTLCH COWS% AND BEES. This day was published, With a coloured Frontiviece, price 6a id. in boards, a New Edition, of APRACTICAL TREATISE on BREEDING, REARING, and FATTENING all kinds of DOM ES TIC POULTRY, PHEASANTS, PIGEONS, and RAI3- BITS ; including an interesting Account of the Egyptian Me thod of Hatching Eggs, by artificial Heat, with some modern F.zperiments thereon; from Memoranda, made during forty years' practice. By BONINGTON MOUBRAY, Est Fourth Edition; with additions on Breeding. Feeding, and 'Managing Swine, on Mikh Cows for the Family Dairy, and on Bees. Alr. Aloubray's little Book on the Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening, all kinds of Domestic Poultry, &c. is unquestionably' the most Practical Work on the subject in our language. The Author's aim seems to have been to avoid scientific detail, and to convey his information in plain and intelligible terms. The convenience of a small poultry yard, two or three pigs, with a breeding sow, and a cow for milk, cream, butter, and cheese, in an English country house, appears indispensable. To point out how these may be obtained at a reasonable expense, seems to have been Mr. Moubray's object; and by adopting the plan of his Work, any Family may furnish their table with these lux uries at one third of the price they are obliged to pay at the markets • and the Farmer and Bleeder may render it a source of additional profit."—Farmer's Journal. London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Pater noster-row. ItiPAIR OF PIOLTROOD CHAPEL. • I'o THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SI R—l read with pleasure in the Public Prints that his Majesty, on quitting Edinburgh, had left orders for the repair and fitting up of the Royal Chapel at Holyrood Palace. I hope this Is true, both as it must afford a gratification to the lovers of architectural antiquates, and as it is another proof of his Majesty's good taste and liberality. It is several years since I, taw this elegant little ruin, b u t I thou g ht it, at the time, as fine a specimen of Gothic architecture, for , its size, as any I had met with. In fact, both that and the Palace itself are well worth the observation of a stranger, and, having acquired an additional in terest from the circumstance alluded to r and the late Royal visit there, you still not, I dare say, think it im pertinent to ir.sert the following little account of each : Holyrood Palace (or House, as it is more generally lieledy stands at the bottom of the town, or extremity of the Cauongatvetreet. It was originally founded by David I. as an Abbey, and called the Abbey of Holyrood House, and from his endowment, and that of succeeding Sovereigns, it became one of the most opulent religious establishments in Scotland. James V. according to the Editor of Camden, erected the towers on the N.W. side, together with other build ings, for I Royal residence. Most of these, with the exception of the towers mentioned, were burnt by Cromwell ; and the corresponding towers, at the other extremity of the Palace front, as well as the rest of the Palace, as it no* stands, were executed by Sir William Bruce, by the directioniof Charles ll. In point of form, there has been often observed a striking resemblance of this Palace to that of Hamp ton Court. It is quadrangular, the Chapel and N.W. towers filling up one side of the square, and the other sides and the back being completed by buildings of a; more modern date. The court in-the centre is hand some and spacious, and surrounded by elegant piazzas. A large imperial crown in the middle of the principal front, excellently carved in stone, has a grand and imposing effect, and bespeaks it a Royal Palace. The only remains of the old Palace, are the N.W. towers, which are occupied by the Duke of Hamil ton ; but these are by far tie most interesting part to a visitor. In the second floor are the apartments of the unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots, preserved as nearly as possible in the state she may be supposed to have left them. In one of them her own bed still remains. • It is of crimson damask bordered with green silk tassels and fringes. The cornices of the bed are open figured work in the present taste. The embroidery on the bed and chairs is said to be chiefly the work of Mary's own fingers. A little room or closet ad joining is reported to be the place where the Queen was supping with her favourite ltizzio and an at tendant, when Darnley and his associates rushed in and seized him. The small circular stone staircase by which they ascended still remains, the entrance concealed by tapestry. In this closet I was shewn ' part of the armour, and a large bust of James V. Con-. sidering the great age of the furniture, it is astonish ing to see it so little decayed, and the keeper of the" Palace merits great praise for the excellent repair and attention bestowed on these apartments, highly in teresting as they must be to every person of taste. . Adjoining the bed-chamber, and communicating with it, is the Presence Chamber, a magnificent room, with a square pannelled ceiling, elegantly varied by the initials, M. It. &c. in gold. Towards the out ward door of this apartment some large dusky stains are visible in the oaken floor, traditionally said to be, occasioned by the blood of Rizzi°, and which nO, washing has been able to efface. Many tales are handed down concerning- them, which have little claim to probability ; but the tradition of the fact it-, self has been so uniform, that there can be no doubt' of its truth. The appearance of the marks them selves also bear strong evidence in their agreement with the circumstances of the murder ; they com mence at a distance from the small supper closet mentioned (the conspirators having had the huma nity to spate the Queen the sight of the first blow), and run in spots and streams to the anti-room or lobby, where the whole party are said to have stabbed him at once and where there is a great mass of stain, as though Rizzi° had there bled to death. The ap pearance of the whole, from age, is neatly that of ink. The Chapel is the only part of this Royal residence remaining which can lay claim to any great antiquity, and appears to be about five centuries old. It had a fine eastern window, and was supported on the sides, by buttresses terminating in pinnacles. Through the ignorance of an architect it was deprived of its roof, and has now been for many years in a forlorn and ruinous condition. ki 1756 the Chapel was covered with great a weight of stones, that it fell in about ten years afterwards. It has long been despoiled of all its ornaments, and nothing latterly remained unravaged but a few fragments of its once Royal owners. I saw in an open vault in it a few incomplete sets of boxes, containing the remains of some of the ancient Scotch Monarchs. Among these the large arm-bone and thigh-bone of Lord Darnley, quite black, bears testimony to the great size Of that unfor tunate man. In the belfry is to be seen a well•exe cuted marble monument, with the statue reclining at full length, of Robert Lord Belhaven, who died in the year 1659. The other chambers, called the Royal apartments, occupy three sides of the square. of eke flrkt"floor the great quadrangle. On the north is a spacious 14.. lery, upwards of 120 feet in length; but no ways pro. portioned it:height...lt, was hung all *er with pot- , -Wilts of 111 Monarchs, through an imaginary series of upwards of 2,000 years. They are very poorly painted, and are repotted to have tweik*ali done by 1•one hand. In one suite of rooms the vitas are wain scotted Kith' ak ; the festoons of flowers and foliage over the doors-and mantlepiecee are well executed ; but the stucco.orevalbenss of the sou% similar tomost , of • that period„uns.ni.y4 m asz i The 4purtuielit.s on the ~User bi4ell ;if • we R i ver pcopciiy .62 2, */1 ix, ."‘'• ,f.s A NEW WORK ON SPORTING SUBJECTS, - POZUSHED MONTHLY. lust published, illustrated with Sixty Cuts (48 on Wood, and 12 accurately Coloured, after the manner of Drawings), price 17s. neatly half-bound and lettered, Volume I. (containing January to June), of the ANNALS of SPORTING, and FANCY GA ZETTE; a bbtommta, entirely appropriated to Sperting Subjects and Fancy Pursuits: containing everything worthy of Remark on Hunting, Shooting; Coursing, Racing, Fishing, Cocking, Archery, Pugilism, Wrestling, Single Stick, Pedes trianism, Cricket, Billiards, Rowing, Sailing, &c. accompanied with striking Representations of the various Subjects. With respect to the Embellishments of this Work, it is in tended, by a decided superiority in Paper, Printing, and Illus tration, to continue to place it far above the reach of competi tion, and to render it an appropriate ornament for the Library of the Country Gentleman and the Man of Fashion. The Draw ings ate made from Life, by the most esteemed Artists; and all Representations of Field Sports are beautifully coloured after Nature, which, from their superior style of execution, have the effect of so many " Animated Pictures :" the Work is further illustrated with numerous Engravings on Wood. The Subjects will include the best Breeds of Horses and Dogs used in the Field ; also every species of known Game in the habitable World. This interesting Work is published on the first day of each I%lontli, and reco:ds everything connected with Field Sports; so that the Volumes may be considered as a complete Register of these subjects.—The Numbers for July, August. and September, being 1,2, and 3of the Second Volume, may he had, 2s. 6d. each. London Priuted.for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternos ter-row. FOR CORNS, BUNIONS, &c. MORRIS'S ROYAL BRUNSWICK CORN PLASTER, prepared from a Recipe belonging to her late Majesty. It is an excellent Remedy for eradicating Corns, and giving relief to those who have hard fleshy substances at the bottom of their feet, without the least pain or inconve nience, and will prove a very useful Family Plaster for fresh Wounds and Scalds, likewise for Bunions. Prepared by G.l MORRIS, Chemist to the Royal Family, Kensington. Sold in Boxes at ls. lid. and 2s. 9d. by Butlers, Chemists, No. 4, Cheapside, and 220, Regent-street, London; 20, Water too-place, Edinburgh; 34, Sackville-street, Dublin; and by the principal Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. N. B. Purchasers are requested to ask for Morris's Brunswick Corn Plaster, and to observe the name and address of " Butler, 4, Cheapside," are engraved on the Stamp attached to each Box, to dioinguish the Genuine from Imitations under similar titles. Carpe diem— .Be promptly wise. WHEN Science began to explore the complicated machinery of Man, she was speedily entangled in a la byrinth of mysterious confusion, from which intellectual perse- verance alone emancipated her. Ignorance and empiricism, however, still oppose their venomous isostility, and the prejudice of weak minds,in some measure, encourages their audacity. As Truth is to Falsehood—so may our public statements be com pared with their unqualified pretensions, and to expose their fa► laci2s we have not hesitated to avow ourselves as practitioners in a class of Diseases which endanger the mystic evolutions of Nature. To be brief : we are Members of the London Col lege of Surgeons, can establish the integrity of our Character upon the success of Twenty Years practical experience, and an nounce the grateful testimony of those in whom lung suffering had nearly extinguished every hope of relief. We pledge ourselves to the removal of Syphilis, from it incipient symptoms to the remotest stages, characterised by every doubt and whatever malignancy. The intricate and much neglected diseases of the Urethra have been carefully and studiously considered, as have also those delicate and Important sympathies which refer to the Female Sex. The infirmities of virility have been especially noticed. whether as arising from the debilitating tyranny of a tropical atmosphere—the natural bias of constitution—the imprudence of gisiety—or the more alarming results of a propensity to practices " which shun the light;' the progruis of which is marked by a gradual iereliction of the sal. mad powers. To all who are thus circumstanced, and mom especially to such as are aspirants, for connubial pleasures, we earnestly recommend our Commentary (Vie Zgis of IJjaf, the perusal of which must prove beneficial totheir moral happiness The Book may be kad at SO, ratetnostenrow ; 59, rall-Mall; 01, raccadilly ; 14, Prince's-strut, Soho; 174, and 32, Fleet street ; 40, West Chewpsislwi Burk , and Slo venian, Norwich; Deck, Ipswich; Shr,ppard, Bristol ; Barratt and Duffield, Bath; liar, Cambridge; Headley, Leeds; and by all Booksellers. Re/4 " /k ' Can be f•rwarde4 to am part of the country; Pa. tients writing for the same, will please tb enclose a Bank Note. Mantissa, at been fee eemiltation as email. 4. • aititand. C13..A1. Sdriesurs e N irmyn.otreet, Et. Jaines's • and N0,.11, Boa vei LOndat putease-fiese . 06 OMR. "::',; 5! •, Or. 500 300 ~~~ ~ •. , . • 1.41‘ PRICE SEVEN-PEtICK &fished, and the Palace being deserted by O m a n IL they served for many years &idly as lumber minas for such of the Nobility as had a claim to lodgings within the Palace. When the Palace was fitted op, some years since, for the residence of the French Princes, the appropriation of these was altered, and the whole building was repaired and decorated. It was again completely repaired, &c. for the late re ception of his Majesty. Several residents make very genteel perquisites by sheaving visitorslthe curiosities of the Palace. Each has a separate department, and must of consequence have a distinct compensation. The Palace is one of those places which is vibited by every stranger and, to the intelligent mind, it certainly affords a subject of very delicate entertainment. Yet many, and even well-educated people, observes a modern Scotch writer, have passed all their lives in Edinburgh, and never entered within its venerable walls. That it Should be in agreat measure - tusk:sown to the English is not to be wondered. 'RICE OF BRAAD. • When the attention of Parliament was first called to the Agricultural Distress, the price of wheat was about 60s. the quarter. The average price has re cently been given as ander 40s. If such the fall it% wheat, it might be expected that bread would deg. dine in proportion. But has the price of the guar tern loaf been diminished anything like one-third within the period we have mentioned ? The lan time that wheat was as low as it is now, was in the year 1779. On Kennett being installed Lord Mayor that year, the average price of the loaf was entered on the 9th of November, at 5.' for the quartern.-::. As three shillings a sacdt,has been added to the price of baking since then, which is nearly a halfpenny the loaf, it ought now to be std. the quarters. This statement admits of no question or dispute,- and the conclusion is, that bread is now one half dearer than it ought to be. It landholders will not look into this, , they _will deserve to go without their rents. All the laws and regulations respe4ng provisions are be.. come -a dead letter and waste paper. The t rut h i s , there is a great deal of management between the mealmen and the bakers to prevent that reduction- in the price of bread, which, under existing circuits• stances, the Public have a right to expect. When the Assize was taken away, we remember a Coni mittee was to be appointed to regulate the affairs of the baking trade. The business of this Committee _ was to determine at what rate bread should be sent forth to the Public. They thus form a direct cod spiracy against that competition which it was the ob ject of the Legislature to excite. Almost the only .. competition produced, arose from the occasional in troduction of strangers into a neighbourhood. These persons, it can hardly be doubted, were merely paid tools in the hands of the regulars. The part they had 'to act was very simple and straight forward. No comedian has his task more completely before him. The actor, who was to make his debut as a cheap bread seller, was to enter, and offer the quartern and other loaves for sale enormously under price. These were to be made of all sorts of trash, that the Public might be disgusted with the attempt. He was to sus tain several convictions for short weight, and finally the tool pretended to be ruined, to shew that it was impossible for a baker to get a living, who failed to exact the price fixed upon by the Committee. The Committee will of course be on the alert to defeat whatever may have been intended . for the general good, in the Act -which comes into operation before the close of the present month. We trust their ope rations will be vigilantly attended to in the proper quarter, and that due care will be taken to ensure the Public generally the blessing of cheapness in the article of bread, since the farmer cannot escape'the inconvenience of it when parting with his corn. The bounty of PROVIDENCE, felt as it ought to be by all classes, would produce that largely-extended con sumption which must prove one of the most efficient remedies for agricultural distress: but when wheat, and good wheat, is at 38s. or 40s. we put it to the candour of every man who understands the subject, whether the quartern loaf is not too high- at nine pence? It does not belong to us to determine who it is that gains an excessive profit—the mealman or the baker. By one or the ether the Public is most no toriously wronged. Ettrrarss.—Yesterday, John Leonard and Cathe rine Leonard, his wife, with two children about nine years old, one of them so crippled as to be unable to walk, were brought up to Hatton-Garden Office, by Jennings, the Mendicity Society, charged with begging at the west end of the town. The man stated, that he. was born at Naples, which place he left when only nine years old, and went out in one of his Majesty's vessels, and was wounded at the siege of Algiers in the shoulder, and whilst lying on the deck his leg was broken; and now being wounded, and entirely destitute, he was obliged to wander about the streets. The Magistrate recommended Mr. Jen nings to report them to the Society. Vraolin.—This great, ancient, and famous:Epis copal City, to be made still more famous by the ensu ing Congress of Sovereigns, formerly belonged to the Venetians, and was placed by Bonaparte in the Dl partrneat of the Adige, in the kingdom of Italy. It has three Castles and a College of Learned Men, called Gli Pilarinonici. The Town-hall is a ruagni6- cent building. Vei ona is the country of Catullus, Vi truvius, Pliny the elder, Frascator, Paul Veronese, itc. Itstandi upon the Adige, which runs through the city, and extends to the environs in the form of marshes. In 1788 the Venetians dried up the marshes in a cir cumference of about 50 miles. It has 50 , 000 inhabi t darts. There are many silk factories , and the trade in I olives is very valuable. The French took it in 1796 I and in 1805. It is eight leagues N.B. of Mantua, 1 d tee 'aft: Venice, 1 - •