Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-09-21
The British Mnsen,,,

ABROAD. he increased disposition TO nav
which capitalists discover, is having salulafy
effect. The fact that new United STATE,
Loan was taken by our own people, is the oc.
casion Of much congralulation, to-day, in and
about the Bank of England The shock l.,
American credit was not occasioned half 50
much by the inability of Illinois and Indiana
as the Reputation Of Mississippi, and the il.
difference Of Pennsylvania. The insolvency
of The Bank Of the United States, and In,
robberies committed by the North American
and olher Trust Companies, though swallow .
ing up millions OF English capital, would hay.
had no injurious effect upon our pecuniary
character as a Nation, so long as The Srarc
Governments preserved their faith and assered
their integrity Nor is the money we owe
them wanted or required They only ASK haI
like Bassano, we should evlnee determine i.
lion 10
Come fairly of from the great debts wherein.
Something too prodigal, time hath left Us gagged. >
had heard SO much of the BRITISH MUsEuY.
from those who bad seen il, and read so muc IA
about il from Tourists and Travellers, lha; {
had come 10 regard it as New-York or Alba.
ny Museun upon large scale; and wen,
there to-day because 1t was ONE of the Many
London Lions, not expecting TO be paTicuar-
interesting. Those, therefore, who have been
through this institution, can Judge of nv d.
mazemeni when lis wonders were revealed Co.
me- Earth and Ocean" I" have been literal,
f" plundered" 10 make up this endless collection
oi all mat walks, on swi;ns, or flies, or creep,
or crawls You have here an epitome of all
and more than all, that Noah received into rh,.
Ark shall not, of course, be absurd enoug,
10 attempt 10 describe what saw but | do
want TO give you some inkling- some faint no
tion-of what this Empire has, by exlraordins-
ry munlficence, gathered together for the ga
luitous instruction aud qualification of vlslor,.
But The attempt will be lame and Impoten, or
| could not even procure The various catalogues
short of an expense Of loriy-lhree pounds se
ling, or S2I5l The catalogue OG printed boos,
alone, in Ihe library, published by LOngmau
Co. costs pounds shiIlngs.
There are 3 cases of RaPacioDs Beas,s'
containing from one To fifty different aniDals Of
this species. There are thirty cases contain
ing i" Hooled Beasts" each with from five 10
fily specimens, while those of the species roo
large Tor cases, are arranged upon lhe gnor 10
front. There are so cases Of - Birds Of Prev
each containing from an hundred 10 an hundrst
and fifty specimens. Oflhis number there are
over forty different species of the Eagle. Of
'' Nocturnal Birds" mostly OF The owl and ts,
species, there are FIVE large cases, and over
four hundred specimens. OF other birds, en-
hr.o sb,,,tli inf
there are l34 cases, each containing lf0fn one
hundred 10 three hundred specimens Of
"Shells" there are forIy-one cases upon ;he ia
bles, with specimens too various and too NUM-
erous 10 be even estimated. Upon the walls.
over The cases, hang the portraits of ll6 MHn-
archS, Noblemen. Artists, or persons dl>ue-
guished for their learning or virtue, all by eml-
nenI artists, among which are TWO fine pictures
of Cromwell, two of Mary Queen ol Sous,
Queen Elizabeth. Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Isaac
Newton, Martin Luther. sc. &c.
In another gallery are 10 cases, containing
more than a thousand specimens of " Reptiles
There are also % cases filled with Handel
Beasts" embracing every species OF ape, mon-
key and baboon, OF which there are betweea
Two and three hundred. There is such an aP'
proximaIion between the highest order OF tbs
tribe, aud the lowest species Of The humln
race, that the organ of speech Is alone waning
10 form a connecting link. The finny tribe, ia
all their varieties, are arranged in cases which
fill gallery an hundred feet long. Engiand.
you know, abounds in minerals, minute aud
beautiful specimens of which are dIsplayed
here. Sixty cases are devoted to mineralog'
cal collecuons, arranged in The same manned
as in our State Geological Museum Tbs
collection, however, in several respects, is mol
as complete as that obtained by our lndeia'lga'
bic Geologlsts. There are l05 different sPe-
cimens Of minerals, with labels describing lhei
properties.
But the Gallery of ANTIQUITIES attracts
most attention, and exciles The highest admra
ton. | had only an hour where days wonlG
no. suffice Two large Galleries are hsl
with ancient Greek and Roman sIatuary. i.
mong these is a bust of Trajan, head o'
Apollo, statute of Thalia, head OF Marcus
Aurelius, heads of Paris and Helen, grou,
of Bacchanalians, bust OF Severus, head O'
Nero, a bust Of Marcellus. with an inscnpuoH'
Priam supplicaiing Achilles to deliver TO h'n
The body Of Hector; Hercules, with eIe0
sitting upon a rock, &c. &c. There are S'i