The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-11 00:00:00

TIIE• HERCULANEUM MANUSCRIPTS.

We have great satisfaction in announcing the
great progress which has been made, under the
auspices of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
in the unrolling and recovery of the Papiri found in
the ruins of Herculaneum. The public are already
informed that the Prince, from that ardent zeal for
letters which so justly endears him to the liberal and
learned wo:ld, exerted all the inguence of his high
station and character, to procure the sanction of the
King of Naples to the unravelling of those stores of
enunent literature, which were, otherwise, doomed
to perish unexplored. He completely succeeded in
kis application. The King of NaFks not only made
the Prance a present of the same number of volumes
as he had been induced to give to the Emperor Na-
poleon, but he also gave free leave to the literary
agents of His Royai Highness to exert their skill to
recover the hidden treasures of literature' and sci-
ence. Accordingly the Rev. Mr. Heyter has been
at Naples for a consider-able time, engaged, with a
number of assistants, in this important work, and
scholars of every country will be delighted to hear
that he has made rapid progress in the task.

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Previously to tile intederencs of the Prince of
Wales, eighteen manuscripts had been opened in
the course of forty-six years. but under his auspices
nearly ninety have been opened in the course of two
years. This is a patronage worthy of the Prince,
and cannot fail to inspire the literary world with the
fondest hopes of the magnificent protection which
learning and the arts are likely to derive from his
future reign. Mr. Heyter writes from Portici in
May last, " That though the difficulties in unra-
velling the almost extinguished Papiri are incre-
dible, and the operation of course most dilatory, as
the persors employed may even yet be considered
as learners, yet every day new lights are opening to
them." Above fourscore manuscripts have been un-
rolled under his direction, entirely or in part. Among
these, seven were Latin, but these it was unfortu.
nately necessary to relinquish, in consequence of a
fatal accident, which reduced them to powder. He
hays' discovered at the end of one manuscript the
name of Demetrius Pkalereus. Fragments of four
books of Epicurus are ready for publication. The
engravings of one book, and of six columns of an-
other, are completed. A Treatise on Anger
another De Nature Dearsnw, as well as a logical Es-
say by Philodemus, arc also ready for publication.
The Treatise on Anger is anonymous. That De
Nature Thome appears to be by Pheedrus, the
friend of Cicero.

On Monday last, as a bricklayer at Kithem near
Hull, a young man about twenty years of age, was
at work on the roof of a house in that place., belvag-
ing to Mr. R.,cu Mtn Dt:Nt4, of Driffickl, the tile be
held by slipped, and finding he could not rccovcr
himself, he leaped from the height of about seven
yards, to the ground; when, to the astonishment of
every person present, be received no material injury.

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111LITAItY_PROMOTIONS.

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If the Cdosty Surrey.
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sign T. Acton to be Lieutaxiaitt, vice Teortall, pommel;
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Acton, promoted ;dated as above.

Loyal Sjuiliwark Volunteer In 'antry-ATo be Fire I.ieithiman
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