The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-13 00:00:00

RRCULANRUM MANUSCRIPTS.

The kilowiag is the method that has long been pursued
In the unrolling of three important records of antiquity
Every maauscript halts exactly like a piece of charcoal rut
into the shape of ■■ ancient column, and it requires the
greatest care to prevent it from crumbling into mere coal-
dust. For ibis purpose, the outer part it covered with very
small pieces of skits applied le it with a light glue or liquid
gum. The roll is suspended was two ribbons, fastened to
so ripper board, which, with two parallel supporters, forms-
* sort of frame, of the shape of a Greek pi (II). The roll is
inseetover tied with Iwo initial threads to two pegs, which,
being gristly turned, unfold it by very slow degrees. It is
impossible to avoid the loos et some part of the manuscripts,
which the violent action of Hee heat, eombined with other
accidents, has either melted together, or so completely
fastened, that they cannot he drawn srueder entire ; but
these blanks are nut Hearty so numerous as might be ex-
pected. The writing of the Grecian manuscripts is so un-
commonly beautiful, that it makes the task of &cyphering
them, as fast se they are unrbilett, comparatively easy: the
Latin ones are much more difficult. The whole of the ies.
side of the rolls is black; but a slight ditirreace of shade
residers she ink eutleieutly perceptible. The Mei:scion does
the highest honour so the man who brat conceived the pus.
sibility of uurollieg a piece of charcoal. Millions of wells
informed men would have thought it absurd is undertake it.
There are in all seventeen hundred manuscripts is the Slu•
din, of which three hundred are already um tilled. The eyes
of all the amateurs of classics are anxiously turned to the
discoveries which may be made by these means, sod they
are justly impatietit to see the recall. Hitherto, the most
valuable of the works which have breu unrolled, are a treatise
by Epicures, and several other■ by his disciple Floludemus,
on music, rhetoric, virtue, and vice.

Mr. BHCQGHAtt dined on Friday at LinenWi-
lful-hal, mid will, of course, immediately resume
his professional labours. M►s talents, his knowledge,
his eloqm,nce, his industry as a statesman, have long
been known to the world; and the great cause, out
of which he has just come victorious, has sl,eafil that
he is no less admirable as a sagacious lawyer and to
resi.tible advocate.

A report having been circulated that the prosecu.
lion against Cuchi, Sacchi, Majucchi, &c. fur per-
jury, bus been dropped iu consequence of the
QUEEN'S victory over her enemies, we have made
inquiry, and are glad to find that theic is no foun-
dation whatever for such s rumour. The pro►ecu-
tion of these wretches is absolutely neceseary, us a
warning to the guilty, and as a protectiou to the in.
nocent.

LAW ArpoiNTHRNTs.--RICHARD RICHARDS,
F..q. Barrister at Law, son of Chief Baron RICH-
Aims, to be. Receiver-General of the Court of Ex-
chequer, vice Alum MDvsEY• Esq. deceased ;
,Mr.
Sttas Nana, of the Chancery Bur, to be one of the
Pilasters of the Court of Exchequer.
At Bow-street, on Saturday, seven persons were
examined ors charges of assault and breaking win-
doves during the bustle on the night before ; of these
live were amireltelided in front of an evening paper
office. They were all committed or held to bails
The light-fingered tribe were very active, and se.
serail pe►sons had thrir pockets picked at Ramsey
fair on Thursday. LAVENDER, fram Bow-street,
was there, arid succeeded, after a desperate resist-
'pc., its taking one of the gips). tribe, charged with
being concerned in poisoning the two men io
Maidstone gaol, as well as horse-stealing.
The East Indio Company's ship Buckingham,-
shire unwed at Port Louis, Isle of Mauritian, on
the 6th July, anti war to proceed on her voyage to
China oti the swill.

A stone, coffin, which tnettsared within full six
first four inches in length mid of • proportionable
width, was discovered uhout two ket brio* the sur-
face of the earth at 4ktiiu•ck, in Lincolnshire, on
the site where formerly stood au ancient
calk(' the Jerusalem House ; no cover was ou the
coffin, which war probably of wo►d, and completely
decived ; only a few bones were amongst the earth
hi the coffin.

Friday. at two O'clock in the afternoon, • Rre
broke out in the mimeo( the Rrv. LANCELOT C.
LEES, Scalar Fellow of New College, in Oxford.
B) the exertions of the Member. of the University
and sevtral persons of the City, the Amur% titre
st foututurtely subdned before much mischief
and done. The fire was occasioned by a brafier
having been plseed iu N I.llllrr of the room to dry
the wall., the fl &well from *hie!' cormormicated to
sheet which was thrown over a book-case, work-
men havirig bron employed in white-washing the
rooms. The sheet was burnt, and a few of the
boas were 'wordier].

The measles and small lam (says w correspond-
ent) still rage with violence in the town of Trow-
bridge: twenty have been interred on an average
every week for the 1t two mouths, principally of
these complaints.
On Wednesday last Witfintn Johnson, an old
mail, with a long grey heard, :mil drevved in a plaid
cloak, was brought, at Bails, before Sir tioautT
lIA►ER, Bart. charged with being an impostor.
He was closely eipituined by the Magistrate, and
persived that be was 103 years old, but, on being
searched, a writicii pension certificate was found in
his possession, proving him to he 75 years old only,
and a pru•ioner of Government. He has lately
much annoyed the inhabitants of Bath, mid on
several occasions behaved ext►emely rude and abu-
sive. The Magistrate committed him to the House
of Correction, at Shepton Mallet, for two months,
as a rogue and vagabond.

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