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RAWLIN SON' q LECTURE ON
_B larTsr7L-PrtfitES
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Lieutenant-Colonel itawiluson., delivered jesterlay,
at the .London Institution, the last of thien.lecturee
the Nineveh sculptures and the cUtteiforhi insoriptionc„/
'On the two former evenizige the lecturer
.hattdeersaiibor -
the nature of the writing and language. 'of ttlefifi 11411411-34.
.tiens: the monuments—ettdt vases, aaff/P.,, ;..
-cylinders—on which they were found? rand thefpiaeeanr.,
and manner in whichAlae: morsurtill44" diseq4z;e4;:l4.;''
taeBreWste-liloatshlehem,
with-whi yecisterdal;:ll
tiotr or the hitherto totally tinknoivh language situt*-t:f! ;
'riivedi *4. .A good 'deal of perSonal
process by •tellioti.theloarrect intesPrateet,lNl
mixed up. with thC enhjects; •of course. give:•
..10 ,{5}lA fi
be the caseßecatwuriein,
oonsidered the most valuable would be certainly the most
cab assure him that it was Very, far from tedi-
svwron rceh,grettleodugwouldzsi .Ti
nuseruninteresting, as was evident from thb fixed at-
, tentien'of a numerous,audience: siorntalotisl Euliv
Of *ice, '' some thousand' years, eitending.4Foinc:ll234% .dshhe iseti
13. q., to 1273 8.C.; have been reinalieVfNinidirkiithe hirwOlo`
into historic light by the aiscoveiy and interpreteition of ''"1"
' the'.cuneiform writing ;. and: the even ea 9f
.at they oitad 41t 1;:e,
of,niqe, hundred -years,--from-127333Qa,]Uit'
have been found chronicled in thie.language-by. a people.-
'lnlinieat to the Jews, but corroborating and ehiCidating
in every instance yet met with the account of those
same events in the Scriptures—a newly-speaking an-
tique profane tongue and a pagan people, thus attiestiser
the historic truth of the sacred writinge. •Cleatiy, •
and as minutely .as. the_ time. allosved,. the, lecturer -
traced the manner in which first one knowa ,Paine
date among the kings of-the -Assyrian dynasty-led to _
the names and dates of another of the preceding Chal-
dean dynasty, and this again in its turn to others, until
"it last nearly half of the kings of the Chaldean period
(the 1,000 years above referred to) had their names and
dates securely fixed, those of the remaluileebeiu; more
!oi• less accurately coojectured... During, this pena the
language-seems to: have Veen in a Itansitiometate,:trout
the,llarnatic family of languages to the Semitic. In • •
• the next period of 900 'years, the the rs.niftuige
seems to have assumed its permanent Semitic character
and to have remained the same through the third or Ba
bylonian period, from 625 8.C.-10 .338-8..-Ct :We can, - -
not,-in so short a notice, attempt to refer specially to
Colonel Rawlinson's, account.• of the doings of moat of
these'kings, particularly/as. .few of. theua.have been hi-
therto known to us. The familiar names of Senna:Cho.
cheriband Nebuchadnezzar, and SA rdanapafu's, should
not; however, be passeraeFfin-iiilenice. The history
:of_the last of these is written upon the -fragnientiv of a
stene, which. must - bave-orieinalir-bent 811 feet
41&414,15 feet vei&. With•tegkrd tut Seuenacherik Col.
Havelinson read a translation-be bad -made, of an inscrip.
tion on a stone brought to this country:five years since
'by Mr. Layard, which is a detailed account of 'Senna-
cherib's first campaign against Judah, and the submis-
sion of Hezekiab, and which, though much longer,
agrees with the account given in the 18th chapter of the
2d Book of Kings in every respect, except the amount
of silver given up by Heztkiab. No account, however,
has been yet found of the second and unsuccessful cam-
paign of Sennacherib, when 185,000 of his hosts were
smitten with death in one night, which is described at
length in the 18th and 19th chapters of Kings 11. ;
nor is' it likely that such an account will be found,
the Assyrians not being wont to chronicle their own
defeats. Colonel Rawlinson also read a translation
of an inscription on a marble now in the India
w
House, giving an account of the great—publicorks undertaken by Nebuchadnezzar, in which a
passage occurs supposed to refer to this king's mad-
ness. It is very difficult and obscure, but it runs some-
what in this way :—"At this time it pleased the Gods
to harden their hearts against the King Nebuchadnezzar,
so that he became dark, and his works were stopped ;
but when the Gods repented, he again continued his
Tabours." Another incident related in the cuneiform
character is of great historic value, as it does not merely
show that profane and sacred history on a particular
point are reconcileable, but actually corroborates the
latter by the former. From them we learn that Nineveh
really did fall in the reign of Nabonidus, but that he had
retired upon Borsippa, leaving his son Belshazzar as
viceroy or acting king, at Nineveh.
In conclusion, we would add, that if the two former
lectures of Col. Rawlinson were like that of yesterday,
they contained just as much and no more matter than
such lectures ought to cox tale, and set it firth in ex-
actly the proper style : not full, but highly suggestive ;
giving evidence of correctness andflabour, but not over-
laid. Col. Rawlinson's delivery, too, is excellent—in
fact, just that of a gentleman talking at his ease. It
we might venture to hint an improvement, we would
suggest that in any future lectures he should pronounce
.the ,difficult and unfamiliar names of these old Chaldee
and Assyrian times more slowly, distinctly, and in a
more English, though no doubt less correct, manner.

[PRKIE 4D. STAMPEP OD•

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was passing around. him. He lieemed-,,ie be pc,t4-.
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sessed, by! a feeling that he was in England, for all
his rambling remarks referred . to_home ; while a
smile on his face, vacant and unmeaning-as-was-71s
expression, seeinedto ehow thatrliefil4l4l['l 10a0 ict§ ,
much satisfaction as he was any longer caPable ox
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enjoying;
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Wonderful escapes are related.oncalltides: .13)1r- :
' hap's none are more striking than, the-following :
A soldier was leading in the camp of 2'3l.lRegl-,
ment • a valuable ' charger' belonging -'401';11/1hjor
Robert Bruce:' A. shell bilist, disembowelling the'
hortze and tearing•laiminto ,nearly two parts, but
the soldier escaped unlinrt. Two of the'iarge'
marquees occupied by :the--iiek-nien of Vie, regi-
ment were torn by'. shells, and a round: shot
passed through one of • the wooden huts, in which
were several patients, finding its
.way out 'clOse
to the head of One' of :them-, who • was perfectly
disabled' froth moving ; ::yet - lierfe:.were, injured.
Some remarkable escapes lie.re.,,tol4_at all the,
hospitals nearest to the "siege train-depots, foitiNr
the regiments had been' `March-ed.- away for iiafety.
many sick and wounded remained in the hospitals,
attended by the surgeons. - The.very closeness of
some of the camps wined to be a sourfre of safety
for the shells, which Wereprojected slantingly; and
afterwards fell and explOdedbia the ground; appa7
rently fell more thickly_ at a censiderable_distance
.frcira,the depots thin ni the -immediate' neighlikinr- '
hood. Many burst among the hutsorthe Second.
DiVisien and, in • the Vorenrooff ravine, , and some
fell 'as far even as.the camp 'of the Fourth Division
There was a-pain Pal story iprea&about that.the
sick men in the English siege-train. 110444 were;
all burned, from the -hospital hut having been
overthtoWn and preventing their `e.44.pe:- This
turns ...out; happily, ,to: be whOl4 ..tintettet. : , The:
_:*o4-,iji , ..,__ , ~,,
first explosion yin tne,..crlnik- 4 epon btit flat
. one
of the patients;' of whbm there wets eight or zifne
in the hut, was injured by the .'fall of :the timbers.
Their escape was almost miraculous. It is attri-
buted chiefly to the men having crept under their
iron bedsteads before the yielding timbers of the
roof had fallen to the ground. The sick of the
French camp were in the Divisional ambulance on
the opposite side ,of the ravine from the depot.
The ambulance is reported to be very much in-
jured. No man within the boundary of. the
French siege train could possibly have 'escaped
without loss of life or most severe injury. The
English commissary of the field train department
is said to be missing. .
When the writing of this account was com-
menced, a little after 5 p.m., the fire was still
burning briskly. It arose chiefly from •the con-
sumption of timber remaining from the huts, por-
tions of platforms, gun-carriages, bhell-boxes, and
other wooden articles used in artillery purposes.
The evening air was becoming misty, and a strong
glare was reflected in the sky. But the materials
were quickly exhausted, and about 7 p.m. the
flames were extinct, and smouldering embers alone
remained. _ _

The explosion and subsequent fire attracted the
notice of the Russians encamped on the north
heights and along the range overlooking the Tcher-
naya valley. They advanced in considerable num-
bers towards the edge' of the Inkerman cliffs, and
stood in evident delight at the spectacle presented
to their view. Presently the French opened a fire
upon them from the guns of some batteries, whiCh,
it is said, were previously masked, and of the ex-
istence of which the enemy was in all probability
unaware. The Russians were at once driven back,
and they appeared to retire in such haste that little
doubt was entertained of the French shot having
found their way among them.

APPRECIATION 01P ARTISTS IN
BELGIUM.

The ceremony over, M. Leys was reconducted in
triumph to his house. The scene recalled to mind all
the old Flemish traditions. The artist, leaning upon the
arms of two friends, followed two others who carried the
crown upon a cushion of velvet, while behind came
M.
dense crowd of the citizens. In the evening also
the
Antwerp was present at a banquet held in the Palle of
Antwerp Philharmonic Society.

THE BIBLB BURNING AT KINGSTOWN.

—Threatßileevr.
Irris I cl‘
after Wednesday.th
thefire.
r e.
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ifiausiow:
ther oracci intl-d
Pecherine was present, accompanied by Mr. Thomas
011agan, Q.C., and Mr. Charles Xernan. Mr Cor.
dered to the effect that there were Bibles and Testament
ballis appeared for the Crown. Informations were ten.
in the heaps of books that were wheeled to be bu 9
and that fragments of the Old and New rut,
Testaments
Father Pe`cherine was identified as one
• present at the fire, aiding and
ttes prabetting.
no defdLoe entered ; whereupon Father There
was
tered into recognisances, himself • PEcherine en-
werKe
rities of 501. each, to abide h• in 100 L and two seen-
la trial at the next com-
mission.

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DUBLIN, NOV. 28.—1 t appears that, after all that has
been said to the contrary, the wishes of the people of
Cdrk to have Borne of the vessels of the Baltic fleet
stationed for the winter in Queenstown Harbour will be
gratified ; and that as soon as they shall have been re-
fitted at the English dockyards the ships intended for
that station will proceed there.

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The Belgian artiste who have received honours and
rewards for their share in the Paris Exposition are now
enjoying the homage of their fellow-citizens. To each
some tribute of respect has been paid. Antwerp, on
Monday, was the scene of a remarkable demonstration,
men of all classes and orders of occupation uniting in
doing honour to the well-known artist, M. Ley?. As
early as ten o'clock in the morning flags floated from
the houses and the streets were lined with people. At
noon the Minister of the Interior and deputations from
the artistic societies of Brussels, Ghent, and Malines
arrived and proceeded in carriages to the Museum.
Artists, burgomasters, senators, representatives, and
military aut!ioritfet were there assembled, while M.
Leys was conducted to the spot at the heal of a long •-•
procession, accompanied by music and banners. M.Leys
on taking his scat looked very paTe and— was much of - -
lected ; in the tape were his wife and children. After
music and speeches, M. Loos, in the name of the Muni-
cipal Council, read an address, which, written on
parchment and splendidly bound, was then presented to
M. Leys amidst the acclamations of the crowd. A crown
of gold was then plsced by the Minister of the Interior
upon the artist's head amidst a "tempest" of braves.
After another address M. Leys rose and addressed the
as-emblage as follows :
" Gentlemen;--You have planted in my heart an in•
effaceable souvenir. Iu return for the ovation whi,:h you
have paid me, I can say but one word, but it is a word
trom the heart—' thanks, Messieurs, thanks 1' I accept
the crown which you offer me in the name of Antwerp.
But belongs it to me alone ? Its leaves should be
shared by all those who labour for the glory of the
Flemish school : by all those who have consolidated
its renown at Paris. It is the triumph of Flemish art
more thin a personal triumph which has excited your
sympathies. •I can only accept your tributes in this sense ;
it is then only that they will become fruitful for the future;
fruitful for art itself. The crown you offer me thus be-
comes a symbol of union, of touching fraternity ; and the
confraternity of artists is the progress of art. Is not this
union already accomplished ? Delegates of the Cercles of
other cities come to applaud our triumph. One day the
Antwerpian artists will juin in honouring the laurels ob-
tained by other cities, and the grand fusion of the apostles
of beauty will so accomplish itself. From this fusion we
can all derive now courage for those contests, which are
always regenerative. How can it be otherwise? Are we
not sustained by all that can give us energy and courage ?
The presence at this fete of Al. the Minister of the Interior
speaks of the sympathy of the Government ; the eagerness
of our magistrates makes known the goodwill of the com-
mune ; this immense public assemblage proclaims the ap-
preciation of every citizen. Each artist will find in this
supreme encouragement a new impalse—a new stimulant.
New progress will be made ; your sympathy will provoke
it. In the name of art, then, gentlemen, I once more
thank you."