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GREEK ANTIQUITIES.

(Coutinuedfrom THE. SUN of Saturday.)

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• The mOnument- erected by the !inhabitants of
Olbiopolis to the memory of 'rheocles exhibits one
of the most valuable specimens of the Greek lau-
,.
guage, in use during the first century of our
era in. Little Tartary, in regions which now con-
tain so different a population. We transcribe
here some passaget..of ,the inscription, translated
from the literal version, of M. Raoul Rochette.
"'There is no one," says .the Learned Editor,
" who will not, after reading the beautiful con-
" cluding „words of this decree, corictive.a high
" idea, of the character of a pepple so sefisibte of
" benefits conferred; .and so grateful for services
4,‘ rendered:",:.
I.7nder the Archonship of.Theocles, son of Satyrtif,,, Archon
for the 14th time, and of. his colleagues, on' the 15th of the
month l3oedromion, the General Assembly having met; on the
proposition of Antiphon son of Anixemenes, the Archons de-
creed :—Whereas Theo Les, son of Satyrus
worthily supported the dignity ofhis ancestors, and has mani-
fested, like them, his liberality and his attachment to the State;
and that, by the mildness of his manners, the goodness of. his
character, and his undeviating kindness in all instances, and
towards all persons, as well as by his moderation; his filial
affection for his country, and'his hospitality towards the Greeks,
he has enabled this town ,to return the services she has receiv-
ed . . . . Whereas also, that in the various offices he has held,
in his priesthood, in his military command, and in all his religi-
ous functions; he has generously and constantly dedicated him-
self to the service pf
.his country, conducting himself in a mild,
affable, and equal manner towards every person, and scrupu:
lously performing all his duties ; and that after having filled
four times the office of supreme Magistrate, as it becomes men
like him to do, invariably rendering his authority agreeable to
all, behaving towards his equals in years as a brother, towards
theoged as a son, and with children as a father, in one word,
endowed with every virtue,--he has been carried off by a jea-
lous fate before he had completed the year of his magistracy :
to all these titles, the citizens of Olbiopolis
to express their grief at the loss of so worthy a Magistrate . . .
resolve that his statue, armed for battle, should be erected, at
the public expence, in the gymnasium constructed under his
direction; and that this decree, engraved on a column of
White marble, should be placed in the most conspicuotts part
of the town, (in order that all the world may learn to know a
man of such approved courage and virtue)—a man who was
the protector of his fellow-citizens, and the benefactor of
strangers,—and that it may, operate as an encoutagement to
those who, like him; shall cherish and serve this State.

This . inscription, as, well as another at page
204 very imperfect, and the restoration of which
does honour to the learning and ingenuity of .M.
Raoul-Rochette, is ibeautiful and affecting. It
is not, however, so much by a cursory perusal of
these ancient monuments that we can derive in—
struction from them, as by the reflections to
which.they giVe birth, and the researches
lovers: of science are enabled .through them to
prosecute successfully. Many persons, utiac-
quainted with philological studies, will not easily
comprehend the use that may be made of the
eulogium of a magistrate engraved on a stone, or
of a few Greek verses; expressing the grief of a
_disconsolate mother weeping over her dead in-
fant. These .-persons are not aware that our
knowledge of classic languages is as. imperfect as
our knowledge:
..of ancient history. The works
which contain the .conversational language of the
ancients have reached us; at the most, in the pro-
portion only of ten out of a thousand ; we know
not half the words of which were cOmposed at a
certain period, the numerous dialects of Greece;
and lastly, if we may be permitted to enter into
details which may appear too minute, important
as they become when:the:elements o.f a language
are in question, we could shew that we have
Scarcely
.even an idea- of th4.l4stem of ortho-
graphy adopted at, Athens in the time of Plato,
or of that which was followed• at Rome in the
time of Cxsar. A part at least of these blanks
may he supplied by the study of inscriptions;.
and by no other meats. But to derive the greAest
possible information from these curious rnonu-:
meats, which so many active and wisely directed
researches daily.discoveramid the ddst of ruins,-
.and to throw a true
.light on the obscurity . of
antient times, we should possess not only erudi-
tion, and a profound knowledge of tht4;:'Classic
languages, but also a sound judgment; 'luminous
and correct critical powers, and that sort of
mind, so rarely to be found, which observes, aria-'
lyses and compares facts, which CAtii. extract new
truths, and deduce useful ..applications from
them. This assemblage
_Of .qualities appears to
be united in.M..Raoul-Rochette,- arid .we are
joiced that he has not confined-his labotirs to a
mere description of the marbles 'receidly disco-
vered in Taurida. Hi first gives: us the original
Greek as communicated to him : he then annexes
to it a FrenCh translation ; but each inscription
is .to him, properly speaking, only the text,
whilst the considerations of every description
which arise out of it, and which are as it were
its commentary,' form the main body, and in fact
the principal merit of the work. • Thus,. we are
enabled to.point out to those who take some in-.
terest in antient geography a series of obServa
tions (pp. 84' et seq.) on different nations who.
formerly inhabited the tracts of country to the
north and the west of the Euxine. Dionysius
getes, Ptolemy, Scylax, Straboi and Stephen. of
Byzantium often mention them; but the' text of
these authorities was so imperfect, and had been:
so corrupted,' that up to the present moment the
most tkilful interpreters have regarded it as
nearly unintelligible. We owe its complete re-
storation and explication to corrections, equally
ingeniods and probable; which we regret we
cannot transcribe here. The learned are not the
only persons who will peruse with interest a dis-i
sertation on the countermarkt (p. 80.) sometimes
placed en ancient medals; another (p. 20.) on
the divine honours paid by the inhabitants of
Olbia to Achilles, Chief or Protector of the
' Bridge (HONTAMI); lastly, a curious digres-
sion on a Divinity 'peculiar to the Grco-Scy-.
thians of the Bosphorus, called Achaicaurus, re-
specting whom M. Raoul-Rochette explains or
corrects several passages of Strabo, Lucian, and
Diogenes Laertius, which have hitherto been
rather obscure. Many passages skilfully brought

PR ICk, S2i :I,IN-PEy Mt.

tOgether and. explairted,(p.'7l.l,Aewiliat violent
operatiOns on the clrculatlngcndiurn of a country
which our' Own annals and those of other moderii.
nations !;() frequentiy exhibit,' were not uuktiown
to nations of high antiquity. Leucod, .6r
Bosphorus, being in want of money, called ilt ail
the coin in circulation througlcouf his" 'i:ornitsions,
and immediately re-stamped it, araking a pieee
which was worth one drachma afterwards:pas!4
for tztoui by Whipli means he obtained a supply
equal to One half of the current valye of the
pieces thus newly stamped. If is woethy 'Of re-
mark that notwithstanding this .4ngular Esca.i
operation, related in a plainsinipke Manner, with-
out any connnent, by Doty s nus io.hls Sfratogernj,
the Greeks were so, habituated to violent
sures on the part' of their rulers;
not oil that acCount the less esteemed by "his
cOntitrymen as a very Moderate and wise Prince.
Several medals have been n
worit; for the first time. Among them IS a medal
of this same King I.eticono). 60.),'0f whom We
have just spoken ; three' fned,ilSof sCilurns;
of the Scythians"(p. 95.) who, contended for some
time against the poWer of the great Mithridates,
and which medals form :quite a neW branCik
numismatics ;. three (p. 120 and l 36) of Ithescu-
poris, a coteroporary of Augnst,Ds ; two (p. 126.)
of Cotys the Aspuritan,.brollierof.gheKuporis
and many others:the 'enumeration of which would
occupy. too much space,' We cannot conclpde.
without expressing our opiniOn that this work o,r
M. itaOul-Aochette' is one of the most
the' best conceived; and the 'incist instructive
which has been published on the Subject of Greed
Antiquities.

The Late MARQUIS of LONDONDERRY.i

We have already stated th'at the remains of tlia
lamented Marquis will be interred to-morroW by the side df
-those of hiS. friend the immortal Pitt 4 ih Westminster Abbey.

On Saturday night the arrankernenta•for'the:•runttal -vere Matte
in the Abbey. During the day the 4orltinen Cieieetnpidyeil
to complete the grave, and the Caltentc4i;cie6ted' Muria Te
vault a platform of considerable siiefor 'the eriOns ttehainu
the funeral tb stand Upon during tfie.kb/enirtiti.` The' enfEn
covered with fine crimson velvet,''otitytitibited gilt
furnitiire ;' and the plate is silver gilt,' do Which is the' folow

ing inscription
" The Most•llOnotn'abie' Robenf •Of •Londbraler r;,.
Earl of Londonderry, Viscount, Castlit'eagb", .Thiron'L'ondor;-.
deny in 'lreland, Knight of the Most 'NoMe. Order of the
Garter; ,one of his Majesty's Most,Honourable Privy Council,
and his principal Secretary of. State..for Voreign Affairs.,--
Barn June l 8; 1769. Died Angust.ls;lll22." • '-
At-a late hour last night we'wereinformea that the'b:xly was
yesterday:evening_brought-ta town from North Cray. The fu-
neral procession willnpve from St. James's-squarp at 10 o'clock
to-morrow morning precisely.. It will pa:Ss through the square,
along Pall...mall, Cockspur-stieet, Chating-etosS,Whitehall,
Parliament,street, direct to the North entrance of the Abbey,
where it. will linnet- brthe Dean and Minor Canons. The
body will be taken direct to the grave (not to the Communion)
and the funeral-service will be read oyeethe grave.
ANOTHER Acdouzur.—The coffin in which the deceased
Nobleman is to be interred, will be removed from the Under-
taker's to. St. James's,square to. feceive the body, which was
brought to town late yesterday evening, from North-Cray.—
It. was brought in .a shell lined only with lead. Dr. Ireland, the
Dean of Westminster, arrived in town from his scat near Ox-
ford, for the purPose of being present at the 'funeral. of the
Marquis:7:-;He-WIR read thefuneralseriice.—TheChnir of West-
minster have received orders to.attcnd on the morning of the fu-
neral at the Abbey, ana they are aPpoirited to meett-ate proces-
sion at:the Western entrance of the Abbey, with the Deaa, &;'..
at their head, when 'a funeral -anthnui,iill be sung, in:addition
to the channting of the funeral service, ~The Police. Officers of
Bow-street,' QUeen-square, and Marlboroligh-street, • will be
placed at the entrances leading tcrivirds the Abbey,' to keep
oeder,,uncler the direction of .111 r. of Bow:street, and
Rainsford, of Queen-square. It is said the present Viscount
Castjereagh, late' the Hon. Mr. Stewart, son of the deceased
-brother, Lord Stewart,. Will be thief 'mourner at the
It will ,not be, in any sense of the word, a public funeral ;
bnti,on the contrary, as private as possible. ThoSe of his Ma-
jesty's Mini4•ers who shall be in town to-morrow Will only attend
the funeral as private friends.: No persons will he admitted
to theinterior. . of. the Abbey. but such as previously obtain
tickets. Sir Geor,e Naylor Garter King at Arms, will attend
the fiinelal• in his 7ofidal egarkter of Garter, and pronounce
ever ihe-grave the deceased's title, as is 'usual on all-occasions
when.a K. night Companion of the Order of the Garter is in.-
terred. • •

Noi•th Cray.;iday Evening....—The grief of the Marchk..
•ness has assumed the character of a -calm melancholy.. She 'is
sotnqimes for hours together almost without speaking to those
aboutlier,:and a settled lawn at these times 'appears to hang ovt r
her mind; Her neardst frientis are apprehensive of serious conef-
qUerres to het! health. Her batlyship walks fora short time every
evening in the Shrubbery, attended by Lady Suffield or Lady
Emma Ed#ectitnbe, and- sornetimes by both these Ladies, who
are extrmely assiduous in their duentions 'to the Noble Lady.
A Nines ltlessq,uger.arriVe,d t,fiesourse of this day with die-.
patches (said to be from Edinburgh) fin. Loid
and a letter fioth 'the Earl of Liverpool to that' Noble Lord ar-
rived about the tame dine'. We are infonned from undoubted
authoiity that no person whatever will be adririttell into any par-.
:of Westminiter Abbey. en the' occasion of the ftineral, 'unless
with tickets previously obtained: : - • :

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The Journql des nebats, of the, 14tb.inst.x con.:
tains the following just observations on the death
of the. Marquis of LONDONDERRY, of the nature
of which-it was not yet correctly informed

" The death 0( the Marquis of LONDONDi:RRIt, at the vow
moment when he was pieparing nt) set out for the Congress 61
Aye great Powers, is one of those unexpected events by which
Providence is pleased to derange the combinations of men. At
any period the loss of such a man would have been felt ; but on •
the eve of a great European negociation, itis a blow which, mtist
suspend, for the time, the t?tarch of affairs. The Tirade/ice and
diponiaticskill of 8o experienced a Minister ars not the only. ua-
lities which rendes the consequences of that loss incalculable: tfl
'Marquis of LondbneleiTy was person all Y esteemed, approved, and
loved hy.the-mosfpoWerful Sovereigns of Europe, to whose inti-
macy he had been admitted. This made him 4 kind of cencilia-
tory PoWer, and in some measure a Mediator between all th..
Courts, principally when the Monarchs had personal re-unions.
—He 'was at Once the N,estot and the Ulysses of Congresses;
the gentleness of his .word powerfully aided the depth 4nti
intelligence Of his combinations. May 'We, after ibis loss,
still•hopeffor pionipt and decisive results from a Cc'rgress ;
The Continent possesses great Ministers and wise Trzinces ;
but where shall now be found a mediator between the nccus-
garilY‘liVerging interests of States ? Who. will be able to bring
to such an office, so many personal advantages, together with
so much political information ? 'Who will represent England,
whose influence could alone counterbalance that of' 'Russia ?
Who will'Undertake the task of defending the resolutions of
• the Congresg before the British Senate ? ln England, the death
of one of the principal members of the Ministrydwill, ne deypt,
prodtree a great sensation ; but the Ministry will not be so
deeply shaken as many persons may wish. Lord . Liverlioo/
and Mt. Peel hold the reins ,of the Administration of the In-
terior : Mr. Canning has not yet sailed ; the Marquis Wel-
lesley, brother to the Duke of Wellington is Viceroy of 'lre-
land, and the Ministry contains betides' other men of great
capacity." •