Star.
London, England, 1819-10-29 00:00:00

LITERARY DISCOVERY.

There has been discovered in the Ambrosian Li-
brary, at Milan, a manuscript copy of the Iliad w
Ibincr, which has singularly attracted the attention
of the learned; first, for its antiquity, which appears
to border on the fourth century ; and by sixty pictures
in it equally ancient. We know that the first manu-
script upon which all the editions of Homer have
been founded is posterior to the tenth century ; the
newly-discovered one bears a text more ancient by
about six ages. The characters are square capitals,
according to the usage of the best ages, without dis-
tiaciion of words, without accents, or the aspirates;
that is to say, s% ithout any sign of the modern Greek
orthography. The pictures are upon vellum, and re-'
present the principal circumstances mentioned in the
Iliad. These pictures being antique and rare, copies of
them have been engraved with the greatest exactness.
They are not perfect in the execution; but they pos
sess a certain degree of merit ; for they are curious,
inasmuch as they present exact representations of the
vestments, the furniture, the usages, the edifices, the
at ins, the vessels, the sacrifices, the games, the ban-
quets, and the trades of the time, with the precise
characters of the gods and heroes, and other infallible'
and numerous marks of their antiquity. M. ANGELO
MA to, a Professor of the Ambepsian College, has
caused the manuscript to be printed in one volume,
with the engravings from the pictures, and the nume-!
1.,,us scholia attached to the manuscript. These new
scholia fill more than 36 pages in large folio ; they
are all of a very ancient period, and the greater part
of them are by authors anterior to the Christian era,
and to the school of Alexandria. The authors quoted
are 140 in number, whose writings have been lost, or'
arc entirely unknown. There are among them titles'
of works which have not come down to us, and un-
edited fragments cf Poets and Historians ; they quote
the most celebrated manuscripts of Homan, such as
the two Of A NISTA MA lUS, those of ANTIMACHUS, Of
A ItGOLICOUS, the common one ; in short, all the best
of them; but no authorities are so often quoted. as
those of ARISTA WOGS, A R ISTOPII A N 68, and Zuwo-
Dorus ; that is to say, the learned men to 'whom the
Poems of HostEn arc indebted for the most ingenious
corrections. The manuscript, however. does not con-
tain the Iliad entire, but only the fragments which
relate to the pictures. .

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1819.
THE FUNDS.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE CiCLCCK
Bank Stock '214 213 213 k
S per Cent. iiejuced 65;i11
3 per Cent. Consols G6it
3/ per Cent. 7411 i
4 per Cent. 834'1
5 per Cent. Navy 1021.1 i
Bank Long Annuities 171746
India Stock 204—India Bonds 7 9 pre.
Exchequer Bills (2d.) 3s. 2s. dis. .
Omni= 4 n dis.
Consols for Acct. 66fif.

Consols this morning commenced at 661, but
fell in five minutes to 66i. At one o'clock they were
done at 66f. The denial that there was a difference
between Government and the Bank of England, is
said to be incorrect :—lt is asserted, on the contrary,
that such misunderstanding does exist, and that it
has materially assisted to depress the Funds.

Paris Papers of Monday and Tuesday arrived this
day : their contents, however, are still unimportant.
'On Monday, Baron D'ULT RICHT; the Saxon Minister,
had an audience of his MAJZSDY, to deliver a Letter
from his Sovereign, notifying the Marriage of his
Royal Highness Prince FREDERICK of Seas with the
Archduchess CAROLINE of PRUSSIA..

Count TATISCIIEFF, Envoy Extraordinary from
the Court of Russia, has quitted Paris, on his return
to Russia.

French Funds, Five per Cents, 70f. 95c.

At a late hour last night a Flanders Mail arrived,
with Brussels Papers to the 22d instant, from which
the following are extracts : •

MADRID, OCTOBER s.

There is more talk than ever of the cession of the Island of
Cuba to England, upon conditions which are not yet known ;
but which are variously spoken of. In the mean time the inha-
bitants of that Island offer to the Mother Country an Immense
sum if it will recognize their independence, for they cannot bear
the idea of being transferred to the British Government. It is
now doubtful whether the proposals will be accepted.
The fever has stopped at Seville, and has not penetrated fur-
ther into Andalusia. Cadiz is the place where its ravages are
the most terrible. Fifty or sixty persons die there daily ; twelve
Captains of transports belonging to the Grand Expedition have
died in two days; all business is at a stand, and every where
images of death meet the eye. Of course there can be no thought
of sending an army to America against the Independents; nor
can it be foreseen whether it can be done when the fever has
ceased. All the regiments are dispersed and disorganized.
The cordon in the Sierra Morena, to cut off the communica-
tions with La Mancha and Estremadura, is very strict, and the
reason fugitives cannot find an asylum in these two provinces.
In the midst of our misfortunes, the entry of our new young
Queen into this capital will be on the 19th of this month. • The
fetes on this occasion will have a melancholy air, which must
Beet the feeling heart of the young Princess. It seems more
and more certain that the fate of the Exiles will be alleviated,
and that many of them will be permitted to return to their
country. Though the measures adopted in Andalusia to prevent
the spreading of the contagion to those parts of the kingdom in
communication with the capital, must dispel all fears of its pass-
ing the bounds drawn, it has been thought proper to place a de-
tachment of troops at Ocana, ten leagues front Madrid; to esta-
blish a Municipal Junta of Health ; to shut up all the small gates
of the city ; and place guards of citizens at the five royal gates,
to watch all strangers entering the city. The news front An-
dalusia is still alarming.
VIENNA, OCTOBER 14.

The Emperor Alexander and several German Sovereigns were
expected here at the time of the Congress, which it is supposed
will be protracted beyond the period now fixed for the re-open-
ing of the Diet ; and various subjects will be discussed, which
will contribute essentially to consolidate the Confederation; and
to all appearance the Institutions, the want of which have been
hitherto felt, will be established. Mr. Itutizar, the Ex-Conven-
tionalist, died on Thursday, after a lung and painful illness.

A Dutch Mail arrived this morning, and brought
Papers to the 27th instant.
The funeral of the Princess of BRUNSWfCK took
place on Tuesday last, and was performed with
due solemnity, and every mark of respect for her
memory.