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London, England, 1801-05-27 00:00:00

he
adapted it in 'a moo anu W 11.,• 1!,161.14
leaves all attempts at emendation hopeless: His
invention conneds the utmost stretch of possibility
with the utmost degree of prphability, in a manner
that 'equally surprizes our limey, persuades our
judgment and affects our heart. His compositibn
always hastens to the most necessary point as its
center, and from that disseminates; to: that leads
back as rays; all secondary ones. Group, form, and
contrast are subordinate to the event, and common-
place ever excluded. His expression, in strid uni_
son with, and decided by character,. whether calm, _
animated, agitated,' convulsed, or absorbed by the'
inspiring passion, unmixed and pure; never contra-
' dids its cause, equally remote from tameness and
grimace : the moment of his 'choice never suffers
the aftion to stagnate or to expire ; it is the mo-
ment Of transition, the crisis big with the past and
pregnant with the future.—lf separa;ely taken, the
line Of'RAPHAEL has been excelled in corredness,
elegance, and energy ; his colour far surpassed in
tone and truth, and harmony ; his masses in round:
ness, and his chiaro oscuro in effed—considered as
instruments of pathos, they have never been equal-
led ; and in. composition, invention, expression, and
the power of telling a story, he has never been ap-
proached."

IMPROMPTU.

Rot sox, with wondrous hngth of ears,
Strange faculty ! e'en siltnee hears,

When stirring there'S no mouse;
But if he does, this.truth is dear,
That silence he can never hear
While JONES is in the Howe.

NIIIIM.

The Farms of Mr. BENFIELD, at Woodhall, all
sold for more than thirty years purchase. The
whole amount of the sale of this estate is upwards of
180,0001. The for:net-sale was not ratified ; there-
fore the late sale was made by order of the Court of
Exchequer, under art extent ; and the amount of the
present sale is 13,0001. more than the former prices.
The lovers of Port Wine will, perhaps, be sorry
to , hear that the quantity arrived in the Port of
London, is by no means so great as has been stated :
instead of amounting to zs, or 30,000 pipes, it
scarcely exceeds 7030.-
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A few days ago a Gannet, or Solon Goose, was
found alive.on the beach, tieur :Seafx,l. It seemed
to be in a state of torpitede ; it did not make the
least effort to escape. The Gannet is a bird of pas-
sage, and one of its most favourite resorts is the
Island of St. Kilda, the inhabitants-of which are
principally supported by them and their eggs
throughout the year. This is the first instance in
the recolleCtion of the people of Seaford and Lewes,
of a Gannet being seen on, the Sussex coast.

The Illy of our modern DramatistS is not un-
fOrtunately confined to the boards of the Theatre--=
Their vanity induces them to hang themselves up
to ridicule even in the window& of. our Print Shops.
Miss Ds CAMP has resigned her situation at the
Haymarket Theatre, and takes a trip to several
Provincial Stages during the :.untrner.
Notwithstanding all the late Newspaper reports,
we can assure our Readers that nothing has recently
occurred relative to a new arrangement of the Prii-
perry of Drury-Lane Theatre.
Mrs. Sitcom) left Town yesterday for Birming-
ham; where she is engaged to perform at the Thea-
tre for a few nights.
There is a Chinese work said to be in existence,
.entitled, Su Ikgen, Che which is a Treatise on
the manufacture of. Paper. In this Work arc con.'
tained receipts for making that article from-'hemp,
bamboo, or straw,_ or rice. A Mandarins of the
Palate, is stated to have been the inventor of the
art of making Paper from the bark of different

trees.
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A very curious inquiry is now pursuing in Paris
by a'speculative man. He has undertaken to as-
certain the number of beggars in that metropolis.
He sets out for this purpose daily accompanied by a
servant who carries a large bag. of French lOW.
To every one who asks him for alms he. gives a
sous. His first day's journey cost him 3z francs,
his second, 2.8. He considers fifty days as sufficient
to complete his inquiry, and that it will not cost
more than 1500 francs.
Humboldt, at Caraccas, in South America, has
made' some interesting observations on the motion
of the barometer near the equator. " I have read,"
says he, " in the Transaatons of the Bengal So-
ciety, that, the barometer rises and falls there re-
gularly every twenty-four hours. Here, in South
America, its motion is more astonishing. There
are four atmospherical 'tides every twenty-four
hours, which depend only on the att'rattion of the
sun. The mercury falls from nine o'clock in the
morning till four o'clock in the evening. It rises
from four till eleven o'clock ; it falls from eleven
o'clock till half past four in the morning ; it re.
ascends from that time till nine o'clock : neitheir
winds, storms, nor earthquakes, have any influence
on this motion." This laa goes a great way to-
wards proving the general truth of Mr. Howard's
theory, given in the Philosophical Magazine, Vol.
VII.

We have several times taken notice of the scan-
dalous disregard of the SAD B ATH that is to be seen
in the purlieus Of Drury-lane, among the ?to,
whose shops are almost as open on Sundays as on
every other its), in the week, except
.their own
Sabbath, which is observed with the utmost solem,
pity. Surely, these People should be grateful for
the toleration which they enjoy, and not insult the
establiihed Religion of the Country that protects
them. We cull upon the Parish Officers
,to
the shops kept by the Jews in Russel-court, and the
adjoining avenues,- which every Sithday exhibit an
appearance very offensive to every friend of decency,
as well as to every good Christian.
yew, the famous fortune-teller in Crbss-street,
Hatton-Garden, was sentenced on Saturday to six
monthsimprisonnaent in the House of Corre6tion.
And another fortune-teller (a female), who pretend-
ed to -possess the art of distinguishing the fortunate
numbers in the lottery, was consigned to the same
place of wail:lenient for three months.