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HE business of unrolling the Herculanean MSS. at Portici continues to be conducted under the direction of Mr. Hayter, chaplain to the Prince of Wales, and at expence of his Royal Highness, with great success. One hundred and thirty manuscripts have been already unrolled, or nearly so, and there remain about six hundred more. Eleven young persons are employed in unfolding the MSS. and others in copying or drawing them. A work by Philodemus has been discovered, on the Vices which approximate to Virtues; also, some pieces of Epicurus, Phædrus, Demetrius Phalerus, and Colotos.Among the Latin MSS, is one nearly approaching to the style of Livy; and among the Greek, the whole works of Epicurus.

The most valuable collection of Eastern MSS. ever brought to Europe by any individual, is said to be that of Major Ouseley, which arrived by the late Bengal fleet. Besides Arabic, Persian, and Sancrit books (amounting in number to nearly fifteen hundred), there are several port-folios of immense

size, containing mythological paintings of the most ancient kind, splendidly illuminated, and procured at great expence from all parts of Hindoostan, Tibet, Tartary, China, Ceylon, Ava, &c. with idols of stone, metal, wood, and other materials. Many of the volumes are filled with botanical paintings, executed in the most accurate manner; vast collections of natural history and mineralogy; original views and drawings taken on the spot in various parts of India; with a cabinet of the most rare medals, gems, and other antiquities. A complete series of the coins struck by Mahometan Princes, since the reign of Timour, with the armour, horse furniture, swords, spears, bows, arrows, and all the weapons used in Persia, India, and other countries of the East, with various musical instruments, and several hundred tunes set to music, by Major Ouseley, from the voice of Persian, Cashmerian, and Indian singers.

A new edition of Langhorne's translation of the Lives of Plutarch, is about to be published,

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with a preliminary Dissertation "on the Credit due to the first five Centuries of the Roman History." By Mr. Wranghamn.

A uniform edition of the works of the late Rev. Mr. Graves, author of the Spiritual Quixote, is preparing for the press.

The CHURCHMAN'S MEMORIAL, which was discontinued, owing to

the failure of the publisher, will be completed in the course of this winter.

A new edition of Johnson's Poets, with additions, will be published in the ensuing year.

The Life of the late Rev. Joseph Warton, D. D. with a Selection from his Poetical Works, is in the press.

OXFORD, OCT. 7.

HERev. Whittington Landon,

College, having been nominated by the Chancellor of the University, was, in full Convocation, invested with the office of Vice-Chancellor for the year ensuing. The Provice-chancellors are, the Rev. John Wills, D. D. Warden of Wadham College; the Rev. Michael Marlow, D. D. President of St. John's College; the Rev. Henry Richards, D. D. Rector of Exeter College, and the Rev. John Parsons, D. D. Master of Baliel College.

10. This being the first day of Michaelmas Term, the Rev Michael Ward, Student in Law, of Worcester College, was admitted Bachelor of Laws; Messrs. Charles Porter, Thomas Golightly, & William Harrison, B. A. of Brasenose College, were admitted Masters of Arts. Messrs Thomas, Edwards, Wills, of Wadham College, and Thomas Nixson Blagden, of Magdalen College, were admitted Bachelors of Arts.

24. The Rev. Samuel Swire, B. D. of University College, and Rector of Melsonby, in the Diocese of Chester, was admitted Doctor in Divinity Grand Compounder,

Mr. Henry Fynes, Rev. George Hornsby, and Rev. George Bliss,

mitted Masters of Arts.-Messrs. Richard Holmden Amphlett, of University College; Edmund Paley, of Queen's College; Francis Merewether, of Christ Church; Thomas Heber and Charles Golding, of Brasenose College; Thomas Hugh Clough and John Collins, of Jesus College, were admitted Ba chelors of Arts.

CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 23.

Mr. Joseph Thackeray, of King's College, was admitted a Fellow of that Society.

Ocr. 10. The following Gentlemen were chosen Officers of this University for the year ensuing: PROCTORS-George Barnes, M. A. Queen's; Samuel Chilcott, M. A. Sidney. MODERATORS-George Barnes, M. A. Queen's; John Browne, M. A. Trinity. TAXORS-William Webb, M. A. Clare-hall; Charles Rush worth, M. A. St. John's' SCRUTATORS-John Henry Renouard, M. A. Trinity; Thomas Castley, M. A. Jesus. Mr. Thomas Thomson, of Queen's College, Messrs. William Terrott, Richard

Richard Williams, and Robert Roberts, of St. John's;--Mr. William Hanbury, of Clare Hall, and Mr. W. G. Phillips, of Caius College, were admitted to the degree of Master of Arts; and Mr. C. E. Green, of Emmanuel College, to the degree of Bachelor of Law.

19. The Seatonian Prize is this year adjudged to Mr. C. Peers, M. A. of St. John's College, for his poem on Christ's Lamentation over Jerusalem.

53. The Commissary of this University resigned the office of Assessor, in pursuance of the intimation announced by him in the early part of August. We understand Wm. Hunt, Esq. Barrister at Law, and Fellow of King's College, is likely to be his successor, by the unanimous voice of the University.

The Hon. Win. Lowther, eldest son of Lord Lowther, is admitted of Trinity College.

The Rev. Charles Crane, B. A. of St. Mary Magdalen Hall, Oxford, has been instituted by the

Lord Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, to the Rectory of Stockton, in Warwickshire, on the presentation of Wm. Marsh, Esq.

The Rev. H. Hughes, head-master of the Free Grammar School at Nuneaton, has been instituted by the Bishop of Peterborough, to the Rectory of Hardwick, in Northamptonshire, on his own petition.

The Countess Dowager of Rosslyn has appointed the Rev. C. White, Vicar of Mickleton, Gloucestershire, to be one of her Ladyship's Domestic Chaplains.

The Rev. William Millers, B. D. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been presented by the Bishop of Ely, to the Vicarage of Madingley, in the county of Cam bridge, vacated by the death of the Rev. Daniel Bayley, B. D.

The Rev. Ch. Fonnereau, LL. B. late of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, is licensed to the perpetual Curacy of St. Margaret, in Ipswich, on the Rev. William Fonnereau, of Christ Church, Ipswich.

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T Overton, by Frodsham, in Cheshire, aged 78, the Rev. Joseph Harrison, vicar of Ince, and fifty-five years master of the grammar-school at Frodsham. This arduous situation he filled with the highest credit to himself and the greatest advantage to the many pupils, who, during so long a period, came under his care; several of whom are at this moment learned and respectable divines in the established Church, many eminent in trade, and in the different branches of literature. His thirst after knowledge was unbounded, his application anexampled, and his acquire

ments excited universal admiration. His manners were polite, affable, and cheerful; his heart melted at the tale of woe; and his purse was always open to relieve distress.

At Dublin, Arthur Browne, LL.D: his Majesty's prime serjeant, a senior fellow and senior proctor of Trinity college, Kug's professor of the Greek, &c. He was formerly representative of the university of Dublin in the Irish parliament. Dr. Browne was a profound scholar, an enlightened statesman, and a sincere Christian.

At Whitby, in Yorkshire, Joseph Tindall, Esq. son of James Tindall Esq

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Esq. of Scarborough, banker, and colonel of the Scarborough volunteers. He was bathing just below the west battery when he got out of his depth, and was unfortunately drowned. A young gentleman of Whitby, named Barker, who went into the water with him, narrowly escaped the same fate, by his exertions to save his drowning friend. A drummer boy belonging to the 51st regiment of infantry, gallantly plunged into the sea with an intention to rescue Mr. Tindall, but the tide ran so strong that he was quite spent before he could render him any assistance, though the boy was sufficiently near to hear him say, "If I have no assistance, I am a lost man." The fate of the deceased was peculiarly lamentable, as he had gone to Whitby with an intention of being married the morning following to Miss Mellor of that place, an accomplished and beautiful young lady. A large reward being offered, the most diligent search was made for the body during the whole of the day, but it was not found till the next morning, on the sands, about a mile from the place where he was drowned. Tindall was twenty-two years of

age.

At Haverfordwest, Pembroke shire, in his 85th year, the Rev. William Tasker. He was admitted M. A. of King's college, Cambridge, in 1755.

At his apartments in Kensington palace, universally respected and lamented, the Rev. Seth Thompson, in the 72d year of his age. He was formerly of Clare-hall, Cambridge, B. A. 1756; M. A. 1759.

Mr. Francis William Edwards, scholar of Trinity college, Cambridge. A few hours before his death he directed that a sum of money which he had received as a present from his godfather, should be distributed to certain charitable

This melancholy water-party, on the 1st of October, consisted of Mr. Hoare, George Peters, Esq. of Jesus college, Cambridge, and Captain Clarke. Their intention was to have proceeded to Gravesend in Mr. Hoare's sailing boat. Off Woolwich, about noon, or a a little after, the boat got aground, when Captain Clarke, attended by Mr. Peters, went into a small boat with a rope, in order to haul the sailing boat afloat. This they accomplished, and had returned so near to their companions that Mr. Peters, with too much eagerness and impatience, stood up to fling the rope on board, in the act of doing which he lost his balance and upset the boat. The current was very strong, and the sailing boat refusing to come round, Mr. Hoare could lend them no assistance. Mr. Peters, unable to swim, was repeatedly supported by his gallant friend Captain Clarke, who, with his well-known humanity, paid too little attention to himself. After repeated and ineffectual efforts to save Mr. Peters, Captain Clarke's strength became exhausted, and he was seen gradually to sink. At. that awful moment a boat put off to their assistance, and saw part of the body of Captain Clarke still floating; but before they could reach the spot, he sunk with his friend to the bottom. Their bodies, after remaining four hours in the water, were found and conveyed to the house of Mr. Peters's father, in Park-street, Grosvenor-square.

Capt. Clarke was well known and

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universally respected in the service. During the Egyptian expedition he commanded the Braakel of 64 guns, and afterwards protected our factory at Smyrna. During the above expedition his humanity gained him the esteem of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, when at a considerable expense, and whilst himself and most of the officers of the Braakel were severely indisposed, Capt. Clarke was the means of saving the lives of three hundred and fifty of our wounded soldiers, who were brought off the plains of Egypt, and had been sent away by many of the other ships. This gallant officer gave them up his own cabin, and fed and nursed the maimed with his own hands. He then went to the commander in chief, Lord Keith, and procured surgeons sufficient to attend them. The death of such an officer will be long and severely felt.

At Billingham, Northumberland, the Rev. Mr. Aspinwall, curate of Wolviston.

At Newton, near Kirby-Lonsdale, Cumberland, the Reverend Thomas Holden, who is supposed to have drowned himself in the river Lune, in which his body was found. He had recently come from Hallsall, near Ormskirk, where, about a year ago, he had a living, and a school, to Kirby-Lonsdale, where he took lodgings. He had been in a desponding way for some time. The coroner's inquest brought in a verdict of lunacy.

In his 71st year, at his house near the Senate-house, Joseph Merrill, Esq. for many years an eminent bookseller at Cambridge. He was possessed of very consider able property, and dying a bachelor has left 16676. stock, and 1700/. sterling, to various charities at Cambridge.

At Hammersmith, the Rev. N. Clavering, aged 77.

At Perth, in his 52d year, the Right Hon. George Kinnaird, Baron Kinnaird of Inchture in Scotland, well known for his mercantile connections.

At Egham, in the 73d year of his age, the Rev. James Liptrott, vicar of that parish upwards of thirty-three years.

At Bradford, the Rev. Joseph Dickenson Nicklin, M. A.

At Vienna, Richard Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam, Baron Guildford, and a Baronet. His Lordship married at Schuschitz, in Bohemia, the Countess of Thunn, third daughter of Joseph, Count of Thunn, and Wilhelmina, Countess of Ulfeldt, one of the most antient families in Germany. Her Ladyship died in child-bed, August 8, 1804, and left three children, Richard the present Earl, now ten years old, and two daughters. His Lordship married secondly Lady Shuldham, who survives him. No young nobleman every gave "fairer promise" than the deceased lord; his person was extremely prepossessing, and his manners were pleasing. He was educated under the auspices of his mother, the Dowager Countess of Clanwilliam, who has always been considered a model of virtue and propriety. As soon as he came of age he left his native country, and becoming attached to the continent resided principally upon it. He was in the 39th year of his age.

At Islington, in his 57th year, Mr. William Flower, formerly a wholesale stationer, in Cannonstreet. He was walking homewards from morning service, apparently in perfect health, when he fell down in a fit and expired immediately.

At Louth, in Lincolnshire, in his 55th year, the Rev. James Bolton, M. A. rector of Kelstern, in that county.

At Anstye, Hertfordshire, the

Rev.