The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-28

The Tx rolls of papir prefented to the Pyiss, Of
WaEe5 by the king OF Naples, are arrived in I ondon
and, under the immediate aupices of BIZ, RIVAL Ty5
h55,will be given to the world with all convention
iPeed In the year 500 his Royal Highnefs direa-
ed the Rev'd. foLa Hayiey,a gentleman well on,I;6.
ed for the talk, go TO Italy and with fnitabe pro
viiion, to exert himlef on the fpot under the permit
hon OF the ling OF Naples, unrol and tranicribe
the papri. MIR. Hayter addrelIed letter to rho
Prince at the cGtiet Of his mifIlon in 1900 an
from which will be intereaing to our readers. The
number OF the as layedfrop 5erculaneun & Pompeii
siad to be about 500; but if rightly informed
by thoie Whole official lituatinn mutt give then, =
competent knowledge of the fubie5f, your ROYAL
ttgneis by facilitating the developenen of thee yo
lunes, will probably be the means of further excavs
ton, and OF reicuing from their nterment an mimi,
quantity OF others About thirty years ago, his Sic
an Majeity ordered the developement the tranfcrpt
on and the printing Of thole volumes which had then
been iaved, to be undertaken This operation was
accordingly begun, and has never been difcontinued
till the late invalion of the French But its mode
however excellent, was extremely flow; it has been
performed by aiingle perfon, with ngle frame onI,
under the direction Of the Marquis del Vaao, Cham
berlain to the king, and PRECEDENT of the ROYAL AGA
DENY. me frame coniiits of feveral taper and OBJ
long pieces Of wood with parallel threads Of (t 4bt
run each de, the length of each PIECE yyben ,ba
frame is laid on any volume each piece of wood r,n
be fixed preciiely over each line of the nave while
the repeSve threads, being worked beneath each line
and aited by the corresponding piece of wood above
raiie the line upwards, and diCcofc the characters 70
view. The operation ieems ingenious and well a.
dapted 10 the purpole; it was, believe invented nv
Capuchin, at Naples--Ihe fruits of it are Eaid 70
be two publications only, one on muiic, by the cele
DRAFTED Pmlodemus, who Contemporary of Cice.
70 and the other on cookery. The frf is in nj,
Majefty's library, at the Queens palace 'Cbrorob
the obging Poneneis OF Mr.. Barnard, the Kings IL
braran, have had the advantage of peruiing IT, In
deed, hope your Royal 5ghnefs will not difapprove
my acknowledging in this place. the very warm and
rePeetiu interef which both this gentleman and the
Right Honorable the PRECEDENT of the ROYAL Society
have expreiied for the furtherance Of your ROYAL
Highneis's great and good defgn. Meanwhile, by
tins pecmen OF Philodemus. I am convinced that Il
the frames mould be multiplied TO the propored ex
tent ieVersi pages Of thirty different manufcripts
might be dieioed and tranfcrbcd within the Cnace If
one week. But the very period az which fhs mann.
ierps were buried ierves point out to your ROYAL
Highneis that you may expect the recovery of either
the whole or at es parts Of the beH writers of an
tiqutY, hitherto deemed rrecoverable All Of theft.
IN truth, had written before that PERIOD if we EXCEPT
Jaotus, whole i"eimable works were unfortunately
not competed till twenty years afterwards during the
reign OF IrsJan. Nor can il be imagined for a mo-
ment, that among FIVE or tx hundred manufripts. al
ready exc9vated and Especially from the numberlef,
ones winch further excavations may fupply lot at
iHeh period ~ two Of the noh capital cities r the
rieheit, mot frequented, and mon learned province
Of Italy, each Of them eabhded feat of the arts
& fcienees,esch olthem therefottofhemo dininouH
ed Romans, not any part Of thofe luxurious authors
fhould be diicovered. But the manufcr2 Of Philede
mus t'et MAKES the reverfe Of uch an idea appear
much more probable. 10 the moderns whe have
/" Urf7ojfsd an hee5aias fJof tie
TIE bidSsnJsd efbarvorys ="
his Treatfe on muic cannot indeed he h,-,or,d o.
communicate much information vet the fab;eq I,