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


would be deemed noG valuable acquiiition and trea-
lure, and form in literature. 1t is extreme
~ fortunate that the characters of thee manufcripts
whether they fhon,d be Greek or Latin. n,mG be
very obvious and iegbe. Before the year OF our ord
~ and fone time after it, the Majuicul;e or Uuci-
ales Lttere, capital letters, were foley uied A
page, therefore, in OF the,e n,anucripts would
pre!ent to your Royal Highneis an exact image of
tome muiated INTERRUPTION in tlole languages on an
ancient column, llacue fsPulchre. There oanuo,
remain doubt, emitting the ahurances from
men of official tuatou to that effee that your Row
al Hghneiss superintendent will receive every poiii-
Bile aiiitance from the Marquis del Vaao: and in
that cafe it feems improbable thst the obieG of this
million can be altogether fruitef. With fuch ter
mnation oft, however, YOUR ROYAL Hiyhnefs ty hav-
ing propoied to with his Scilian Ma:efy in the
quicker and more eifeual dcveopement, tranfcript-
on and publication of theie manulcripts will reap the
atisiaction of having made 4 mott prncely attempt
III behalf of knowledge and lterature on an occaion
where their interetts mighe be affected mott nater-
ally, and in of which no annals have afford
ed, or can hereafter afford an example Your very
interpoiition will be your glory Your want of
iucceis will only make the learned world feel with
gratitude what YOU would have DONE" The inter-
petition of the Prince Of Wales has had the happr eff
feet OF revivng the dropping iprit, of the Italian Lii
tera and the conequence has been that the buineis
oil enrolling and tranlcribug the manuicrpts now pro-
eeeds with the mon promiing fucceis in forty-lix
years, nor more than eighteen rolls had been devotion
ed before the interference of his Royal fIghnes, but
under his encouragement ninety have been recovered
| IN two years Several ofthefe will be publiihed in
the hrit iniance, Naples and afterwards in this
country, under the fanction of his Royal Hiehnefs
| by Mr. Philips, who will alto have the honour of
FULFILLING the iix original rolls which have already
arrived Carleton Horfe
Mr. Goldion, of Portimouth has made feveral ex
perments to aieertan the ee of vaccination in the
hand, and has uniformly produced veiice dinstlv
diherent from that from the fame matter in the arm
having every refembanee both in rcfpe3 to ize and
the peculiar @se tint, that which takes place in the
caiual diieae. The reult OF theie experiments with
further fa6s and CELEBRATIONS Oh fmai-pox fubfeouent
to vaccination, will be fept to the prels in few
days. -
A new economical Lamp, applicable to domefic
Purpote and which pone1es the vauab,a property of
cling the perfect cobuhion of common lamp oil.
OF nan the price of ipermaceti oil, 70 as to Weld
cheerful durable, and aesdy light, without PRODUCING
the ieait imoke or ineil; will hortly be laid before
the public
ipirited literary undertaking is about TO be corn,
sheed on very extsniive lcals under the title of
select Modern CiaHics. This work which is intend
ed to form complete collection of the mot diain-
guthed productions OF French, German Italian and
other foreign writers, will be embehed with nun,.
rous engravngs, and printed in fyle OF elegance. e.
mar to SharPe's Britih Claffics. The sranilatons
contained IN this collection will be entirely new ard
the works of each writer will be accompanied with
biographical memoir and explanatory notes This
ielectlon viii appear in periodical numbers COM
mencing with Zimnernsnn's celebrated work ON so
ntude winch viii occupy two volumes. SINGULAR ne
1t may appear, this is the fri Epglii tranfation of
that popular performance, that mas ever been at
tempted from the language. in which it was originally
Mr.. J. W. Bofweli has invented taIIow lam,
which regulates It's fuPply by spontaneous move
ment; iPeaKIg OF one that nc has ufei he flaws r.
required no attendance whatloever but regulated ire
iupPy with preciion, and afforded, El,evyife, an A.
geeao'e lpees@ce, having IA ia
the ar OF thoie Of an animal from their eaa re.at
on TO an evident object and adapting themielyc5 70
all lis changes After three months experience we
are informed that it very convenient for reading or
writing by, keeps nearly the fame height and OF
the fame degree of ineaity and yields the greaeN
degree OF light at the naileit coft in proportion of
domeRic pnrpofes
Jos. NIafon Cox, M D. of Fifhponds, near BriRol.
has III the Preis, work entitled Practical Obferva.i
ons on iniansty, i'll which ome fuggetons are offered
towards an improved mode of treating dfeafes of the
nind and iome rules propofed which it is hoped NAV
lead to more humane and luccefsfu method of cure
to which are fuboined remarks on Medical iurifpru
dsnce as connected with diieaied intellect.
NJ. Knobelsdorf has preieDted to the ROYAL Aea-
denny OF Sciences, at Berlin nce his return from the
embay at Conttantinople, volumes of P.rfian ma
nucnPts, which ne collected during his relidence in
the ear His Prefent compartments. l. The great
hliiory OF the Eat, by Mirkond, in vols @ Selea
riltories 8 a liiitory of the family Self, down to
Schsh Abbas 4. The Hi0ory of Nadir Schah and
O. Two works of the celebrated poet Ciami.
About century ago, Sophia Eleonora of StoIberg
began collection of Funeral Oratons, which has
been Preierved and ncreafed till it now forms trea
lure OF great value; the catalogue of which about TO
be publilhed, forms Of itelf large folio volume.
Councillor DOefeld has formed collection of
$4,000 Geographical Maps, which the king of Prut
ila has lately Purchafed for 10000 forms.
Colbert has found that white earth confdered as
pure aunine, and employed at Turin in the fsbrica
ton OF porcelain, contains o. OF magnolia
The Hydraulic Ram of M. NIongolfer, has been
contributed at Schaffhauens by Councillor Pitcher
IN very ingenious manner. The machine is made in
the form OF beautiful antique altar nearly in the
tyie OF that or Eucalyptus, repreented in different
engraVings A balm about fix inches in depth, and
from eighteen to twenty in diameter receives the
water which enters into pipes that defend in fpi-
raiorm INTO the bale Of the altar The water by its
weight, puts i'll motion valve third Of the water
nearly eioapes but the. ren, by the prslure of the
valve forced into the receiver, and thence rifles in
very narrow pipes As it Attends hoylv. the reGn
a1ce OF the air makes no leube ipr ion 70 that bv
means OF this machine, which continually a2s bv IT,
eli, water may be conveyed from a lake or river
on houies iItuated on mountain. M Pitcher has
conveyed water by to a cattle which nands AZ the
height OF ieveral hundred feet above the level of the