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valuable 'tvdttg; mixed IMO yolumieit, *Nell. were
-aken for *Writing petrehment in- t'he. middle now:
were sent partly to Rome and partly triMilani (e
the Convent of •at Bobbin. They
will now be again united in a Itoman Edition of
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tuem;.which. I shall lose no time in publishing. I.
will not now request your auenti6, most bressed!
Father, to some other fragments of these same CO-`
dices, although they are %col thy of pt:blication. Airy
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I be I:di:mined to express toy joy, &c. &c. &c.
(Signed) « ANGFLO
First Librarian of the Vi:.ican:'
Cicero composed hisl.!?ziblie (to which the above
letter refers).in imitation of, Plato. It is,allnded to
and quoted by S. Augustin, -Lactantius,..and others.
The fragments that 'have come down to us were
published by M. Bernardi, two volumes I`lno.
1807, with a dissertation on the piogreiA of the arts
and luxury among the It.mans.—Balchiin's Lonaotr
Magnzine.

LONQ.EVITY.
Died, at Charleston, en the Oth of January, Mrs. Starr Barrett,
after fully completing eve ketafred aul trept.y ••••a,s of an active
and various life. This venerable Lady was "any, in the year
160 of the Christina lEra, and 1078 (solar Calculation) of the
Hegira of. the Maholuechois, shout a year before the death of
Charles H. King of Spans, to which country her family had
emigrated at wr curly period of her life. Sae was horn in one
of the Barbary States, which is not ascertained, but it 1, gun-
posed under the Empire of Morocco. Peter 1. was then Czar
of Muscovy, a title new • enlarged to that of Emperor c f all the
Rusaias; Frederick Augustus was King of Poland; Charles
XII. was icing of Swedan; Frederick IV. ((son to Christian
V.) vans King of Denmark; William HI: King of England;
Peter !V. King of Portugal ; and Louis XV. King of France.
Mrs. Barrett possessed a constitution truly Arabian, the was
seldom or never alit, and rather withered away ha: some ma-
jestie tree, which gradually loses its moistere, but which the
tetiaptat has always spared. A variety of circumstances formed
her a great traveller, and she hod visited, with no unobservant
eye, the four quarters of the globe. She spoke ,Spa-
Itzlian, and Freuch, with great fluency ; was pet-featly
acquainted with the mixed Morisco or Frank, as it ia spukea by
de traders along the southern shores of the Mediterranean ;
was mistress of the Hebrew, and wrote, spoke, and mandated
the pure Arabic with caw: and eleaance. Her memory was very
Itenacious of impressions made ha early youth, but for the last,
half century the was apt to forget czaurreaces, from one day to
anther. She recollected the public Fay in Spain, upon the. im-
portant diacovery of the ral'ippint Wands, by the Spanish na-
vigators, as well as the battle cf Almanea, which was fought
on the frontiers of the kingdOrri of Valencia, when the army cf
Philip V. King of Spain, obtained a complete victory over the
Imperialists under dab Archduke Charles. Beth these events
occurred in 1707, when the subject of this notice was only eight
years of age. She was near the scene of action when Gibraltar
was besieged by theaSpimiards, in 1727. Idra. I)arrett was of
an easy and cheerful disposition, even after her blindness, which
continued during the last thirty years of her life. Latterly, ex-
treme debility bad reduced her to second infancy. She ate
every thing•within the pale of the 'Hebrew rale (heirs! a Jewess,
and strict in her religious duties); drank and slept well, and
was remarkably cleanly and partice'sr about her percon. After
dwelling thirty or forty years in London she went to America,
in 1789, being then iu the nth year of her rge, and heed in
Charleston ever since. Her' mortal sickness did rot last a fort-
night, when, having completed a truly retrial-chat age, the was
gathered to her fathers, Laving behind her half a doien gene-
rations, to the fifth and sixth removal. She died estternaol by
all who knew her, and greatly beloved by her family for ht:
amiable qualities turd fervent piety. They were accustomed to
look upon her with a feeling approechieg tc religious veneratian ;
nor could the.reflectiug mind regard her yerson or face fcr a
moment, without a sentiment that would thrill the heart Ind
make the ceunteuance tern pale. Her greet age bed caused her
to behold the sans and daughters of men fall before her like the
leaves in aututnn; and yet that life, extended .as it was to the
utmost span, must have appeared to. its possessor but as a
troebled dream, from which she was at length awakened by the
hand of death. The soul has burst its mortal prison-bonds:
" Svegliata fra gli spiri coati,
Ove ne! suet Fattor l'Alma s'interna!"

Mittinon-Haysz.,--Yesterday, John Byrne, an
Irishman, and a most accomplished imposter, was
brought up by the Seamans Committee Secretary,
upon-the charge of having shammed the agony and
conlulsions of death, -for the purpose of obtaining
charity. Upon being. asked what he had to say in
his defence? Byrne said,
" Your Honour, I have fought hard and bled, and here Tam,
after all, without a farthing. GOD visits ma with fits, and GOD'S
creatures (Geabiese 'em) pity me—look here, your Honour."
Ile then stripped up his leg, which had suffered
much from a wound, and then looked at the Alder-
man in the most imploring manner.
Alderman—Where is your parish?
Byrne—Parish ! I have none, tut I was born in Ireland.
Alderman—l can't think of punishing this fellow—pass him
to his place of birth.
HATTON-GARDEN.—Yesterday, *Mr. DAVIS, the
Pass-Master of the county of Middlesex, while get-
ting some passes for vagrants signed by the Magi-
strates; mentioned the case of an unfortunate man
(a sailor) who had been passed from Wolverhampton
to Stepney, he having been born at sea, and never
having gained a settlement on shore. The Stafford-
shire Magistrates bad acted on that vulgar misappre-
hension, that di persons born at sea.belonged to. Step
ney Parish. In 1813, however, the Parish got a verdict
before Lord Etaix-saottouott, that they were not bound
•to receive suds persons.—Mr. Davis said it was a hard
thing on this poor fellow, after being imprisoned and:
marched between one and two hundred miles across
the kingdom, to be refused. admission ; he was
thrown on his (Mr. Davis's) hands, and what was he
to do with him ? He could not send him back, sol
he gave him a shilling and sent him about his busi--
ness.—This poor fellow is therefore liable to be taken
up again in the first parish he is found beggiag, and
again committed.
Ustos-traLL.--Thursclay, J. Winclester war
charged with robbing R. Ellis of a silver watch, &c.
The prosecutor was gazing at a travelling exhibition
in Dover-street, when he was hustled and robbed.—
I A Constable seized the pi isoner as he Was running
away, and found the watch in his possession, when
a gang of the prisoner's 'confederates, consisting of
RD or came up to rescue him, btit after a despe-
rate battle were beaten off. The prisoner whilst at
the bar kept growling to himself, and swearing ven-
geance against his captors; to whom he promised
" two inches of steel," as. soon as he got his liberty
again. Mr. Eve:l.ez ordered the Clark to .draw up
his commitment and send.him to liorserr.onger-lane
at once, as the Court was then sitting. • Priwner,
(pointing to the Constable)—" I wish I could get out
of this place you •—, rd stick a knife in your gin-
's:lrd !" ALsorsinterz•-•••" Be silent,•sir." " How the.
H-11 can I," said the fellow, "_those men want to.
swear my life away ; they.get their living by it ; but
if ever I come..back," and here he stopped. "
matter (he rejoined) I'm not going f,,r ever." Mr.
lEvatica—" Oh ; yott are not, ha ! Well, then, I shall'
not send you to the Scissions now; but I'll commit
.you to the Assizes on the capital charge of highway
robbery; and mind you are.isot hanged." The com-
mitment was accordingly mule out for the