The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-20 00:00:00

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Norentbrr 12, 1821.

THE PRINCIP,II, OFFICERS of His -MA-
JESTY'S 'WON/INCE do hereby give Notice,
-that Proposals will be received -at their Office, in
on 'Or
.6clore Monday.; the Vith Instant, from such Persons
as may be ° to undertake the Supply of CANDLES
for service of this Department, for a period of (Me Year,
tteteilninable after the expiration of the first YO'r, upon
notice of Three Months, at the option of either partY.
Samples of the Candles may be viewed upon application at
.the Principal Stoi-eheeper's °flier in the Tower, and farther
Particulars, together with the Terms and Conditions of
the Contract, may be: knoinn at the SecretarysOffee,- in:
alt-AMY aforesaid, any day between the Hours of Ten
a?" 1. f°47 0:Clock, where the Proposals must be delivered
sealed up, and endorsed "Proposals for Can d les;' but no Pro-
posals' can he admitted after the said 26th Instant,' at
• -rwe.r-re- a'Clueli;at-Noon of the same Day ; neither will any
77ender,be noticed, nnless tlle.Partymaking it, or an 4gent
Yn 7ris behalf,. shall attend. . .

By Order of the Board,
R. II CRKII", Sccretaiy.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE,,k,Noveniber

,
PRINCIPAL .OFFICER of. ii4.1114.1r
JESTY'S.ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that
Prr'Posals- 'will be received at their Office, in Pall-Mall, on
c I,efore Wedcsdety, the 4.14 Instant, ?rola such P;iions
np." be to untlerpche. the §itpply of OILS,' SOT-
i• --S, mitt other Articles, for service-of this Departm.7t for
a tlicriad of Th Years, deterntioable after the.. expiration
.Arotice of three
it4t
' 4" Party. •
Patterns and Samples of, the ,Irtfeles may be Viewed ?Ton
777,Meatiou at the . Principal,_ Storekeeper:.s: qffice the
aod farther Particulars, together with thei,Terms

. •
and CinditiOns'of the Contract, may be known at the "ere-
• Office, in Pall-Mall aforesaid, any day belnwen the
11?4,-s 7f Ten.and Four o'Cloch, where' the Proposals r must
be drlivered, sealed up, and endorsed " Proposals Air Oils,
Bottles, but no Proposals can
.be admitted after ,the
21.,. Instant, at TiCelve o'Cloa at Noon of the same:.:day
neither 421111 any, Pcnder •be noticed,unleSs tbe Park •niai;ing
41r an Agent in his behalf, shall attend.

By Order of the Board,
R. H. OREM', Secretary.

To T. TAYLOR, Esq.
No. 9, New Bridge-street, London.

HONOURED SIR,
IBEG leave to inform you) that ever since the
year 1790, I had been afflicted .with the Luca Venereal,
.which, from its obstinately resisting every course et medicine
prescribed by the must eminent, of the faculty here, and un-
`leTgoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis-
,9arged from the Hospital with little relief,. would appear to
°e of the most inveterate nature. In the spring ot last year
my disorder had got to such a head, as nearly to put a period
t° my existence—l had a large ulcer on the crown of my head,
one on each arm, and-my legs were broke out in a frightful
manner; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a
state of ulceration for the last seven years ; my left had also.
"vo large nodes on it,. was very much discoloured, and gave
We such excruciating pain,- particularly when warm in bed,
a' nearly to deprive me of rest; in this lamentable state,
wa, recommended by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received .so
,Z eat'a cure by them here), to take vos:r Leake's Patent-Pills,
hich I began to do on the 26th o. May; in the• eatirseof a
fortnight I began to receive benefit—in little more than a
ii,"th the ulcers on my arms were soundly healed—.
b
e°° after, the sores on my legsheadand healed also ; leavitig," how-
ver, considerablediscolouratien in the skin, and pain in ths
otte of the left, which, by the blessing of God, aria a little
longed,t,eperseverance in your invaluable Medicine, subsided ;
.„I,' • noes dispersing, the skin regaining its natural hue, and
•"‘ nocturnal pains gradually going off.—l thus became, by
your liberal advice, and medicine, perfectly free from all my
:otrraer complaints.—have recovered my former spirits a
rength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state having
continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew
I am at a lossin what terms to express my gratitude, but
("u' for the good: of other suffering. nithrtals, to make
this rny case as-public as possible, as I shall on every occa-
sion . •
~.tn-so doing you greatly oblige, -
Sir, your grateful, obedient, very humble servant,
ALEX. M URKER
Swan's Close, High-street,- Edinburgh. • •
Witnesses to the above Cure:—
John Thorepson, No. 3, New Poultry Market, Ediabrirgh,
John Wlntosh, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh.
yrepared and sold by the sole ProPrietor,
Surgeons, . THOMAS TAY-
tuR, Member of the Royal College of at his
Cr"' No. 9, New Bridge-street, London; Name, after a
e_l2stant residence of more than 40 years, in a practice peal-
,'" 'arly directed to the cure ot Venereal domplaints and those
incidental to. the Parts of Generation, ,with that inviolable
such
which men of his profession should always observe in
tratoithusty
"en cases, he Batters himself the advice and assistance he
administers to persons taking this Medicine, will
eestetnied, by a discerning Public, as an advattage seldom
att;analsle, and void of all ambiguity.
lir,tiso sold, by his appointment, tor the convenience of those
a.rmg at a distance, at-the Toyshop, No. 103, Oxford-street;
. Disborougs, N. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter,
onoeuth;bridge, Edinburgh; Mt .J - Ilwel• 'S, Dublin; and of
re son in every Considerable town in Greaandt Br
sealed up
itain and
*in nd, in boxes of only 2s. 9d. cac
45 full and plain directions, ailicreby persons, of either
,
maYcurc themselves with ease, tpted,seerecYr and safety,

rutils. Melancholy Catastrophe occurred on a
voyage •to the' South Sea Fishery,-7Captain HALES
sailed from England in the Ship Offiey, about the month of
October 1820, and having doubled Cape Horn, after a rough
pas Sage, 'early in 1821, he put into. the Island of St. Maria,
which is uninhabited, on the Coast of Chili, to rv-fit.,—On the
24th of, February, abOut 10 A. ax., several men were seen on
the beach, and Capt. Hales supposing them to be Spaniards,,
who had come over froth the Main, went on shore with his
Second Mate, Armourer, and four Seamen, armed, for the
purpose of procuring fresh provisions.' The party was seen to
land, and join the Spaniards, who appeared to be_ very friendly
with them ; they shortly afterwards retired from the beach to-
gether, and it was /supposed that Capt. Hales was in treaty
with them for provisions, and was gone over to the South Bay
to look at them,: Towards sun-set, the Captain not havingre-
turned,' the crew became alarmed . and a boat was despatched to
search for them, which returned with information, that on their
approach, several strange men were seen on the beach, and
krom their movements more were supposed to be concealed,
and it being near dark, it was deemed most prudent .to return
to the ship without venturing to ;land. The following
morning no tidings having been received of the party on
shore, at day-light. the Chief. Mate manned and armed two
boats, for., the purpose. of endeavooring,to find them; on
coming near the shore, they perceived a man naked, sitting
on the beach, and on landing, disCoyered him to be Thomas':
Moore the Armourer, covered with blood, and .severely wound-
ed ; perfectly sensible, and informed therm, that on their
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first landing, the Spaniards appeared to he friendly, giving
them bread and *meat, and induced them to accomPany•them
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Some distance. from the shore, where they were suddenly - sur-
rounded by 40 or 50 men armed, on which the Captain re.
solved to return to his boat,. which was refused, except on cOn-.,
&ion of their delivering- np their arms—They were compelled
to compingith these terms.—The Spaniards then treacherously.
bound thern,itiyo And two, and carried them about three miles
into ihe'island, and when dark, brought them back near to the
"beach, among some buifies.—siripped them—and cruelly stab.
bed !them in cold bleed; whdm NO left
for: dead, •he.;.baying received 23 wounds: in his body; and. ;two
sabre Cuts, one on eacb
,slclp of the neck..:.He perfectly
sensible, and, was immediately taken on board, where the Sin,.
peon examined him, andl found his wounds mOrtat.' • The boat
had ho sooner returne4thada number ofMen were seen Com,:
ing towards the beach, and soon afterwards a• dean presented .
himself dressed . in. the :captain's clothes, waving his hat for„ a
boat to come on shore';'" he was accompanied 'by three' or four 4.
,who. appealed to be Ofkets.iu,gicemuniforms, with cocked hatg
and sabred others were discovered from the mast head lying.
behind.thobeach.- The lvaderhf the party appeared so' much
like Captain Hales, that the Armourer was questioned wife=
-ther-he was Poictive thitlh6CiptitinWis.killed; when he assured
them be was, and that,the Captain or leader of the Spaniards:so,
Much resembled Captain' Itales,'thae he liod *rethorked it when;
on shore. The Offley immediately AATighed anchor,-and stood
for Conception, and at 5 r. it. the Armourer became much
worse, and at 9 the same evening died.—An instance of more
atrocious barbarity perhaps, never occurred Capt ». Hales, the
Second Ninth, Armourer, and four men perished, in this most
ifilimhan transaction ; ealit., Hales. liasleft a Widow and seVe-,
ral Children totally destitute of the means of subsistence, toobtain which, this appeals-Made With 'coriflattice to the
bene-
volence of the Public, convinced that they wild humanely con-.
tribute to the relief of an unfortunate family, who have been
deprived, by this' unforeseen and calamitous, event, of their only
support,, and who have thus been reduced from respectable and
comfortable circumstances, to thegreatest 'poverty and distress.
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CANADA; .
(nom. the Quebec Gazettes to the. Idth of Oct.)
QUEBEC OCT. 11.--The arrivals from sea at
this port have been unusually few during tile last
fortnight.
The annual Cattle Shew Exhibition and Ploughing Match of
the Quebec Agricultural Society was held on Mr. Anderson's
Farm, at Dorchester Bridge, on Tuesday last. The shew of
cattle was fully as:numerous as was to be expected, considering
the wetness of the seasons which has prevented the harvest from
being, completed,-and the badness of the roads. The quality of
the different deseriPtions of live stock exhibited appeared, in ge-
neral, inferior to What has been seen at former .exhibitions ;
this no doubt was, howeveripartlyowing to their being covered
with the mud ()rifle roads. Few agricultural implements were
produced. The' STiew of garden stuffs was good, and several
'articles much adriiired..
Twenty-one ploughs in all started for the ploughing matches,
eight held by 131itish Ploughmen, and thisteen by Canadians.
Different parts of the: field were allotted to the Canadian and
British plougbinen, and it. Was curious to compare not only the
work of the different ploughmen; but also of those trained on.
different sides of the Atlantic anti originally belonging to diffe-
rent nations. • The'Canadilai ploughmen coMplained that-the
ridges of the -British ploughmen were too flat and the ridglcts
not sufficiently turned, and the latter that the ridge's of theformer
were too high, their furrow slices too broad and laid too fiat,
and -the furrows between the ridges. too wide, occasioning an
useless waste of ground. Some ot the work of both parties-was
extremely well done. 4 •
Yesterday morning a slight powdering of snow, the first this
season, was observed on the tops of the most distant mountains
visible to the northward of this city. It disappeared however in
the course of the day. The first frost sufficient to form ice on
the standing pools of water along the roads, happened on.
Tuesday night. Wipes. are entertained that the rainy season,
which has'prevailed since the 29th August, is noW terminated.
-TURI.TIFS.—We give it as a proof of the highly nutritious-
qualities of this root, not only for. quadrupeds but also for
bipeds, that many of the numerous sportsmen who leave. Qu-
ebec at too early an hour to have had any thing to eat, on pass-
ing through the turnip fields bag a turnip or two, on which
they support the fatigues of walking the mud of the Ca.nardiere,
.the Little River or the Beauport beach, during the greater part
of the day.
Ittnayalso be mentioned as- an -instance of the degree of li-
berty which prevails in this country, that these and other sports-
men and their dogs frequent/y beat up the whole Of the corn-,
fields, which may happen to lie. oh their way, breaking fences,
4nd leaying gates open, without ever thinking of the antiquated'
notion of the Sacredness of the tight of property, or at all dread-.
.ing the law of trespasi, or any other'law which in Europe con-,
fines every, one to. what only. beloribmto him, or is common. to
the King 8-subjects. . .
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OcT. 18.—The absence.of altdemand 'for Wheat has COm- '
polled several. of the farmers in "the district of-Montreal to resort
to this marketiti boats with vegetables and, oats. Large quan-
tities of hay have alio recently been brought down by water.--
In some of the parishes which iAed to 'sell great quantities of
wheat for exportation,. farms,. pertly.dearetl., with a log..house
and barn, have been sold at' Sheriff Sales foriess than the usual
law expenses which must be-incurred to effect the Sale.' Unless,
then, the.fa.xmers inthe-Upper District resort, more generally,
to family manufactures for their supply, of clothing, they_will
soon be without the means of pietecting their bodies against the
intemperature of the seasons. :• The • ankles ~which they will
be able to purchase with the. price obtained for the.small, quan-
tity of Agricultural Produce required for the consumption -of
the towns, .will afford but- it momentary relief, for the prices
will speedily -fall still -lower, so as hardly to pay the cost of
bringing the produce.to market.; while the price.of imported
goods will rather increase, as money-hecomes scarcer because a
great part of it mugt be sent 'out of vOlintry to purchase
further suppliesin Great Britain. .
THE SEASOI;.—The weather to thepresent date has conti-
nued wet: Tice. faiidayi in suece:e:on* 'during the last week;
haya., however,-.enabled.the,farruers.,toget- in a -great part-of
the remainder of their. Oats, which had been cut and lying On
the gratrid. for several weeks. Quantities of green oats are
still but; as: well as 'the greatest part of the'- Potatoe
The Fall, Ploughing has also. been retarded. This morning
there Wiahaid frost and ice upwards of a . quarter of an inchthick. - - .

Ilis Excellency the Governor in Chief, accompanied by. Lady
Dalhousie? Hawthorn, Miss flay, . Lord Manic, and Capt., Nor; ..AiriNied.thjs .-d.ar:,frorn* ore/ the Steam. ,B, oat.
••. : -
Died on the: 14th iiis•,tjartl4 a few hours' se\tcreillness;
Mr. flediir Ras- s, a-Very,picmiii4yourt inan; .4ged 19 years.
He landed from thi Itchreca -o*,t* tiv the 'horning
about TO. o'clock; •-aOparently he•alth; ' but was ,iilrpi:ic-
diately skiedivitli the rilost'fident idillebdweli, occasioned
byinflarnmatiOn; -and hefOre 10 O'clock in die evening .he . hid
breathed-his last.-

PORT OF ,QUEBEC.'
ARRIVED. . .
. . .
Oct. 9..Schoprier Sally, Thomas:Wilson, 30 days from Halifax,
to Quirouet and Co. rum. sugar, tar, &c. •
Oct. 15. Schooner John, Glasgow,
.23 .days from Halifax, to
Ross and Mitchell, oil..
17. Ship Nassau, .Grossarll, Aug. from Waterford, to
W. Price, rum and ballast.
13. Brig Thistle, Allen,'•froin Tobermory and Pictou, 22d
Aug.-and 22d Sept. to order, ballast, 45-settlers.
Intelligence—The King was to leave Ireland on 31st Aug.—
The Brig Thistle landed 65 settlers at Pictou.
Below-:-Brig Grace, Liverpool, 25th •Aug. salt, to Froste
and Porter=Brig Sally, Newry,.29th Aug. ballast, to George
Symes,,Brig Royal Charlotte, Liverpool,. 25th Aug. general
cargo, _to Geo.- Ross—Brig Mary Russel, Trinidad, 6th Sept.
general cargo, to Forsyth and Co. •
Brig Alexander, Liverpool, 3d Sept. general cargo, 1 passen-
ger; to J. Jones, junr.

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PROVINCIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
• -- Quebec, 18th Oct. 1821.
His Excellency the Governor in Chief nas been pleased to
make the following appointments, viz; ,
Angus Cattanach; Gent. Surveyor of Lands, for the Pro:.
vince of Lower Canada.
William Macdonald, do. do. do.
William Ware, Gent. Surveyor of Lands, for the Province of
Lower Canada.
Denis Macaire Bruneau,.EN., Advocate, Attorney,S olici-
tor and Counsel in all his Majesty's Courts in the Province of
Lower Canada. .

Philippe Bruneau, Esq. to practise the Law iddo.
Charles Cavanagh, Robert Sfierar, Henry Johnston, Isaac
Duchene and Hypolite Landry, Commissioners for the Repair
of Churches in and for the District of (aspe.
Jean Thomas Taschercau, EacwAtivocate, to the Office of
one of the King's Counsel intire Law, for-the Province of Lower
Canada. . [To .be cont,inual

"I:ttfxrrY COLLEGE, Duni.ix....-We understand
that Doctor HODGKINSON will be elected 'to the
situation of Vice Provost, vacant by the' death of
the Rev. Doctor BARRATT. 'Doctor
IloncxIN-
SON is the senior member of the Board of Fel-
lows ; but the Vice Provostship is not necessa-
rily bestowed Upon the senior member.—(Dub-
lin Paper.) •
At a most respectable Meeting of the Com-
missioners of the Witham Navigation, held at
Boston on Monday the sth instant (the Right.
Hon. F. J. RomNsoN, Chairman), Mr. JOHN
RENNIE, son of the late eminent engineer, was
appointed to complete the. Report on the im-
provement of Boston Haven, which his father had
begun. It is now confidently expected that this
great work will proceed. _lt is a Measure of such
vast importance as that it cannot fail to produce
lasting improvement to the great leVel 'ail the
low lands between the rivers Trent and Glenn,
comprebending.the larger part of the County of
Lincoln.—(Lincobi Mercury.)

We. now proceed ,tO place before our Readers
the panorama of a great city, a beautiful. bay, a
volcano, 'gentle 'hips, high mountains, smiling
fields, calcinedn'rodis, :a rich soil, poor villages,
verdant groves; a►id striking ruins:
London. has - long' .admired -the' panorama of
Naples ; in this beautiful composition the spec-
tator was placed on bciard a ship in the bay ; but
we will now take him to a'different.situation, and
seat him on the• mountain which crowns Fort St.
Elmo and the eastern side of Which is covered
by the city of Naples.' What an immense hori-
zon is visible-i►rall directions, but one only, where
the high mountain_ of the Camaldules and its
picturesque convent -intercept the .view to the
north west,- and serve as a foil to the objects
tuate on the right and left of- this. obscure mass !
Beneath your feet, the city of- Naples descends
like an ampitheatre, inclining towards the baY,
on part of which it is seated, and projecting into
the sea a mole and a castlet If from-this last
point your eye follows the shore which ..runs
westward„ it beholdiTilla Reale, a promenade'
situated. between the hills and the shore ; and
the road which is parallel to it leads you to the
grotto. of PauSilyPus.- -Who excavated this long
cavern across the whole breadth of the mountain'

The people of Naples will tell you that it was
Virgil, for Virgil is knoWn even to the Lazzaroni
as a great magician. Seneca, who calls it the
Neapolital'i'burial vault, makes use, iu describing
. •
it, of a very remarkable. expression.: " there is
just fight enough," he says, 'io perceive the
darkness.": • Here is. an' instance of the risible
darknessof Milton. In the present day this sub-
terraneouS vault is not so obscUre as formerly,
Alphonso I. 'having•cauSed two apertures to be
made Which admit light from the top of the
mountain, and dimly illumine the depths of this
cavern. •

When you have passed. this Pausilypus, cele-
brated m ancient times for • its country houses,
and' even now so. very pleasant, a new scene opens
befOre yon.: Ilere you will perceive Lake.:Ag-
nano, the crater of eau ancient volcano ;. Solfatara;
which: .yeGAbreatens, to break out again, -.and
covers- with a,. light, locrustatiou a. boiling lake
Puzzoli.; with itsjwo antient-temples, amphi-
theatre, anAl_the
.enortnons,piles which enclosed
its iport a.. new, hay,. presents itself, and
is
divided Into several..., gulfs which have each
theirpective names.' There .Monte Nuovo, a
modern; ~yokcano, issued out: of the bowels of
the earth:,' on the 29th' of September, 1538;
it *.deiThiYed and buried the • town. of Tri-
petiola7Apit its,..inhabitants;..it filled up the-
LUtiltie lake, 'drover back the sea, and fore up
the
osliore. 'Further:On', the castle", of ►Baitt, which
'Comrnantls the.B4, tentitids' you of 'Nero and
Anictta en'the side-of the hill and down to
the are :the the -famous -town of
extblicd-by 'Horace for its delightful situ-
ation;' baths; .shoit distance stands
13au14 a-place celebrated by the death of A grip-
ping:-;-- Tallow: the line of the shore, and .you will
arrive at the 'Mitre IVlortuzin,--a vast pert, quite
circular and. very deep, where Piiity'Commanded
the Roman fleet, when, excited 'by his •ardent
thirstlor knowledge and curiosity, he landed on
-the7beaelL.of•.Stabix to observe the first kno%Vn
eruption of Vesuvius, and was suffocated .by
• thick,NapourS that surrounded him, .;and the -in-
supportablestench of .sulphureians•Matter,; If you
turn your steps from the sea, the first object you
will behold is. iVlount Cattrits; 'rendered famous
by the wars of the Itomatis and Samnites;-then Lake
Avernus,-the waters of which are *come freSh
antHimpidfatid no longer fatal to birds, and the
pretended grotto of the Sybil with :the remains
of temples. Presently a gate of elegant dimen-
sions and of.bighantiquity admits you into a vast
inclosure„:where a street. paved %Oat Attstilt, and
a multitude of arches' covered with briars and
bushes, announce to you that you are treading
.over the town of Cum t, which had attained cele-
brity before Rome waS.built.' An isolated height
in the midst of this plain still retains the base of
an edifice formed of enortnottrtlocks; and if you
possess the mania of conjecture, yOu',have only to
suppohe that this ruin-is th remains of the tem-
ple built by Dedalus, The:desolate Cuane yet
shews you the form and the,wreck of an amphi-
'theatre dug out of a mountain, and at.the aspect
of this immense cavern, which opens on the west
to. the coast, we cannot help repeating this verse
olthe
Exosum euboicx-latus inrer,,s rupis in antrum, &c.
. .
The sea Obliges you fo_return to the South,
you coast Lake A chernsia,'whiCh now has nothing
reMarkable attached- to it but its name, and ar-
rive at the narrow isthmus where stood Misenum.
Of the wonders of Lucullus nothing now remains
but a vast subterraneous vault supported by pillars,
and an amphitheatre,- the arena- of which has
been invaded by the sea, and where you cannot
enter exCeptin a boat. This Cape, this Mount
Misenum,- is excavated and cut. through in all
dire.ctions ; you NI ill still see some vestiges of its
antient glory; 'but we would- recommend you not
to go in-search of the place where /neas buried
his piper, from whom this promontory takes its
name. Cast yotir eyes towards the West,, a
canal of Moderate width separates you from'the
antient GEnotrides. Procida, the first of these
islands, is flat, uniform, and only rises a little on
its eastern side ; Ischia hides in the clouds the

other.
What mountain is. this of ,witich iiie rinkitdd
top is surmounted hy. a wonder •.of7`..artJ. it, is
Lupo de Monte,rbyfil• habitation. Of. .IMi)lasmitg
structure, which,- rising arnid,a .rnass. &pi
trees,
.reSerrihkes
,a magic palace suspeti4elii.by
thebands of fairies peer a:tuft of.:Teidure:l'dr-
ther one this road leads. yon.: to—Capila kits
-northern direction, to Caserta: on .the.riglll4.avad
to Beneyentum still more 'to .the right ; heKe the
p!ain rests the eyes, fatigued 'by the 'tugged .ap-
pearance of the mountains. Every 'where; The
'vine. clings to the young elm,-and, [load:shed; by
a vigorous sap, reaches and getß-..atove the•tijps
of the trees which support its ;and- its rapes of
the colour. of. amber hug in festoons. under
shady groves.:. The active-_fecunity,oLan, en-
tirely volcanic soil is. uot confined ,to this aoithle
produce ; the corn of Ceres, .which every where
else demands the immediate presence of the
sun, here •grows and ripens under the shade Of
vine-leaves and elms : and when the. Jtayv-est is
finished, the covetous husbandman still, exacts
new favours; he scatters on this previously thrice
fruitful land the seeds of vegetables„, ;lupines,
and other useful plants, which ht is able tozatbcr
in before the short and light hoar-frosts. set in,
Which are the lot of. even this privileged climate.
Let us now .a(3yq9Ce Over the
..eastern shore
of this beautiful gulf, where other phenomena
await us.

The first object which strili-es us is Vesuvius.
.completely detached from the Apennine C:hain,
it seems, says exsar Braccini,. as if it disdained
the contact of vulgar mountains. Like Parnassus,
it exhibits a double summit ; that on the left is the
Somma, or Monte di Somma,—that on the right is
.the volcano. The first is covered with. verdure
on its northern side, but its southern borrows
the black colour of its angry neighbouy,, and
turns towards the latter its concave flanks,.. ren-
dered rugged.by frequent conflagrations. A vast
mountain Of a cirCular forrn seryes as a common
base :fdr So.riniat and VeSuvius.

.
Tlie base is eight leagues. in Circumfeience,
.and is covered with' woods, vineyards, gardens,
and country houses At its . fee,Lextends.oß
~all
sides a gallery of towns and villiages, St. Giovanni',
Portici, Resina, the r tower of the -Greek, the
tower of the Annoticiada, without InCluding.ller-
culaneom, still buried in the earth, and •PoknFeii,
which is slowly discovering itself. • lie.loW;*the
sea offe:rs a new spectacle, sldps.and.enmerous
vessel's 'plough it in every
_direction; at.. the foot
of the;MuUntain,-,reign luxityy,.induStry.;., and ac-
tivity;, abOve, lava, ashej," cinders; scoria are
scattered about, and all presents .the
destructif.m and lastly, toweriug.,abOve,the sea,
the. iillages,,the volcannand its flames,. the::c.hain
of the Apennines exhibitsits'. eternal.snews,-and
completes • the. picture with its tqps.
Sometimes, when_the easternsajes prevail on this
coast, the. column_ of smoke Which comes out of
Vesuvius flies over the Bay in the form of a,bow,
and bending towards the region of the Solfatara,
seems to indicate the communication subsisting
between these two workshops of, Vulcan.
,'.Veyond the spot where Sad Pompeii begins to
skew itself again to the light,in thebayforMed by
the new direction of the Shore, you see Cos.le/P a
mare, all,oy al port anahabitittion,where the Bay of
' Naples, seen in atOttv,erse view, presents...the. most
imposing
~and varied Picture. T.!...qist of
.the
coast fors anNreeable contrast to .the.gloeirny
and rugged aspect of Vesuvius. .The townky.ott
perceive, and which seem' to incline towards the
sea, are Vico, Sorrento, and Massa, surrounded
by numerous villages ; and in these places, for-
merly dear to the Nymphs and the Muses„,Pan,
Ceres, .Bacchus, and Pornona'strive who shall be
most lavish of their riches on thp indoleneinha-
bitants., This portion of the continent is, te_rtni-
nated.
.by Cape Minerva ; and lastly, towards
the Smith, the' Isle of Caprem is the last.'Oject
which strikes
.the sight. Placed opposite to
Naples, it seems to :close the entrance
.of. the
bay : the summits of its rocks are so dividekas
to present the image of a, large crowns and seem
to remind us that formerly one of the master's., of
the world made this island the. theatre %of his
pleasures, his debaucheries, and his cruelties.
Such is the outline of the grPat picture annexed
by M. Amaury Duval, to the Memoirs of .Count
Orloff. lie has, moreover represented part of
the interior of Naples, and described Capua and
Caserta. We have given but a faint idea of the
numerous objects the author has brought together
in
.this composition;- but he had two .hundted
pagesat his command, whilst we have only a
couple of columns, in which we have. foUud it
very difficult to compress our observation's op two
great bays, two volcanos, and a dozen existing
or ruined towns.

The notes of .AL. Duval are very instructive
and curious.; his pictues, full of interest and
beauty, are excellent accompaniments 'to the
Memoirs' of Count Orluff,lind in fact form its
greatest •ornaments: The,in4tder who opens this
book at the tobcluding .volume will take a deeper
interest in the history ,of the people who inhabit
this h'ghly favoured cpuntry, and
,applying. to
Naples what the old men of Troy said.of the
beautiful Helen, he would exclaim, " so fine a
country is indeed worth a war." " Z.