The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-30 00:00:00

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION.

By Mr. SOTHEBY, at his House, Ni). 3, WELLINGTON-
STREET, STRAND, on TUESDAY, July Gth,- and Four-
teen following Days (Stindays excepted),
AMost Choice and Valuable COLLECTION
of GREEK, ROMAN, ENGLISH, and FOREIGN
COINS and MEDALS, in Gold, Silver;and Copper, the Pro-
perty of a late Highly-respected and Eminent COLLECTOR;
Including.

The fine Syracusan Medallion ; a most choice Series of
Greek Cities and .Kings ; the famous Petition Crown, by
Thomas Simon; Ramage's and Blundeau's Patterns; a very
fine Collection of Medas by those r celebrated Artists, Abra-
ham and Thomas Simons,. Stephens of Holland, the Itoet-
tiers, Hedlinger, &c &c. Amon.- the Coins will be found
'
that interesting Piece, the Oxford Crown of Charles 1., with
a View-of the City tinder the Horse-; also, the Oxford Penny
of Charles 1., and a most interesting Collection of Siege and
other local Coins,: struck during the Troubles of that unfor-
tunate Monarch ; together with many others of the greatest
rarity and interest.

Admission to view (with Catalogues only) on Friday, July
2, to the time of Sale.

NEW BUILNG.,
FOR THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SO-
CIETY, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE..

This building, which will prove equally an
ornament and an honour to the town in which it
stands, is rapidly progressing towards completion.
The exterior is finished, and as soon as the hand-
some front railing issues from the hands of the
founder (TuomAs COOKSON,Esq.), the building
will be opened to public view. In the interior,
the Lecture-room is nearly finished, as is also the
Museum. The plain and bold style of the former
forms a happy contrast with the lightness and
elegance of the Museum, and the more grand and
tasteful design of the great room. The scaffold-
ing erected in the latter for the execution of the
work in the ceiling, was removed a few days ago,
when the effect—even to those most familiar
with it—was most imposing, and excited the
warmest approbation of all who witnessed it.
The chasteness and elegance of its lengthened
unbroken entablature, joined to the grandeur
and magnificence of its pannelled and finely-
arched ceiling, enriched with the finest orna-
ments and mouldings, in the purest Grecian
taste, produce, indeed, an effect of which it is
not easy to speak too highly, and afford a happy
assurance that this room, when finished, may vie
with any room in the kingdom.

FOR THE SUN.

NEW NAMES.

• The Germans form new words, and names of
things, by compounding others of their own
language ; but in England and France it is
agreed that the best and most significant com-
pounds are formed from the G reek. •New in-
ventions demand- new name*, and as this is a
very inventive age, the appearance of Greek
learning is daily increasing in our language. The
most beautiful invention, within the memory of
living persons, is clearly that of the Panorama,
Which gives a knowledge of any-place, as to its
situation, aspect, and vicinity, almost equal to
actual inspection. It makes us really travellers
at home. BARKER, the very ingenious inventOr,
anti admirable painter of these views, gave them
a name taken fairly .from the Greek ; composed
of pan all, and orama, a view or prospect : mean-
ing that they gave a general or complete view of
the -place represented. The evident propriety of
the name established it in England, and it soon
became current in France and other countries.
It was quickly understood that °Nna was the
part of the word which signified a view.; and
therefore, when other kinds of views were de-
vised, it was contrived to prefix different Greek
terms to denote other kinds of views.

Hence we have Cosmorama, from Cosmos, the
world, implying various views in every part of
the world. More recently we have had Diorama,
which has puzzled some persons as to its mean-
ing ; but which is easily understood w hen the
exhibition is seen ; there being two views, or
scenes, and no more. Therefore Diorama im-
plies two views, or a double prospect, just as
Diandria and Dionia, in Botany, mean two
males or two females. Should the ingenious
contriver of these singularly perfect scenes ever
display three at once, he Will then, doubtless,
call his exhibition Triorama ; like T,'iandria,
&c.—All this is very well, and regular enough ;
but, on a sudden, a monster of a word assails
us in the tr,,w Nahirorama ; made from Nature,
English, or Natura, Latin, joined with the Greek
orama ; a combination 5o absurd, and contrary to
all rules of Etymology, that no scholar can
hear it with patience, or persuade himself to
pollute his tongue with it. The fact is, that the
exhibition is, as to its objects, the same as the
Cosmorama; but, :if a new name was wanted,
Physiorama would mean the same as the present
word, and be rightly formed from Phusis na-
ture, &c.

These terms, formed out of two different lan-
guages, are usually stigunitized under the name
of hybrid or mule words, and are generally
avoided, though one or two might be found in the
modern chemical nomenclature, which is for the
most part correct, and formed according to
analogy. I will instance only in Hydro-carbonate,
in which the first part is Greek,' the latter pure
Latin. This, however, can form no justification
for Naturorama, when Phy;dorama offered itself
so readily.

If you think this little discussion may amuse
or inform any of your Readers, or if the publica-
tion of it may tend to get the error corrected, of
which I complain, it is quite at your service.
ETYAIOLOGIcUS.

Last week two brace of young woodcocks were
caught in the neighbourhood of Oughtibridge.
They were found to have escaped from a nest
hard by, which conned six young ones and a
bad egg.