not a place was to be obtained in any part of the house. When the box-office opened in the morning, the preffare to procure places was fo exceffive, that many gentlemen had their clothes torn in pieces, their hats and shoes carried away in the crowd, and themselves, fometimes, feverely bruised, and almost fuffocated in the attempt. There is reafon to believe that if the theatre had been twice as large it would have been equally thronged. The terms of his engagement were fo liberal that he received from the managers, for his fhare of the profits of fifteen nights, the enormous fum of fifteen hundred and twenty pounds, as appears from Mr. Betty's receipt in Mr. Knight's poffeffion. Perhaps it would be difficult to find an example of fo large a fum having ever before been paid to any individual for perfonal exertion alone, in the fame fpace of time.

• From Liverpool he went to Chester, where he played feven nights; and his performances, as ufual were attended by all the gentry of the neighbourhood for a circuit of many miles. He left

that city on the 9th of November, in order to perform a few nights at Manchefter, which was his last engagement in the country, previous to his appearance on the boards of the metropolis.

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It is a little remarkable, that, though on the stage his deportment and address are fo completely thofe of a man, yet in private life he is more than commonly childish all his amusements and fports are infantine, even beyond his years. But though among his equals in age he is sportive and boyish, his ufual manner is ferious and penfive fometimes he appears reftrained and timid; at others, he feems indifferent to every thing around him. But his fondness for play, and for every thing elfe, inftantly give way when his favourite purfuit is in the question. His attachment to his art is paramount to every other pailion; and his character is another illustration of the remark, that nature seldom inspires a strong ambition for any object without furnishing, at the fame time, the abilities to obtain it.'

NOT a few of our readers will rejoice when they are informed that the Medical communication of this month clofes the long protracted controversy. In the Anthology for March we informed the writers that after the publication of the pieces then on file, the aft of which we have now published; the difpute muft cease, and from the little intereft it has excited, we feel no difpofition to recede from our determination. Medicus will therefore pardon our unwillingness to admit his reply The conductors of fuch a mifcellany are compeiled to remember the question of the friend of Perfius, " Quis leget bac ?"

We are forry that our friend the Botanist is filent. Is this feafon, fo full of the bloom of nature, unpropitious

to the unfolding of the petals of elocu tion?

The communication of G is received, which, together with the Family Phyfician, No. 1, fhall have our early attention.

The Literary Wanderer has hitherto found admirers; and he will therefore allow us to neglect No. 5, as his correfpondents do not write fo well as himself.

We should have acknowledged the receipt of the letter of Conftance in our laft number. It fhall have a place in our next.

In our next number, we fhall commence the publication of Sacontalá, or the Fatal Ring; an Indian Drama, from the Sanfcrit of Cáladáfá, whom Sir W. Jones calls the Indian Shakespeare.

The conductors of such a miscellany as ours cannot affume the proud and manly language of Bynkershoek, "I have leifure to write, but no leisure to copy." Indeed we take fome merit for the judgment with which we copy in this instance.

We may venture alfo to promife in our next number, a review of the life of Sir W. Jones. We have alfo in preparation, reviews of the life of Washington, and of the tranfactions of the Academy of Arts and Sciences; all from fources to which we shall be proud to owe an obligation.

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O proceed with the Duke's account of the late eruption.

"The 2d of September the lava remained stationary in the cottage and grounds of Andrew Guida, there opened for itself a paffage laterally towards the Monticelli, and by the evening had extended itself at least 200 palms. The other lava, whofe direction was towards the Cardinal's Cafino, had advanced by the 18th hour 2152 palms in a valley, taking along the fide of the cottages of Ubaldo and Guarino. Its front was about 15 palms wide, its height 9, and its direction was to the fouth, with an inclination of 30 degrees weft. Having calculated the entire length of this body of lava, it refulted that, from the mouth of the crater to the place where it then stopped, the diftance was 13,600 palms, and from this place to the Cafino of the Cardinal was 12,500.

"On the 3d September nothing new took place on the fide of the Cardinal's house, nor did the lava here advance. The other, on the fide of Guida's, continued to fpread, but proceeding on an an cient body of lava it did no da Vol. II. No. 7. Un

mage. On the 4th, about the 20th hour (half past 3 o'clock P. M.) there arofe a violent tempeft from the east, which lafted more than two hours. Nothing new took place in the lava. In the evening the fire from the mountain was increased, and the eruptions of ftones were more frequent. There were perceived more copious effufions of new lava from the orifice. On the 6th, notwithstanding the faid overflowing, the lava made no progrefs; but the explofions were louder, and the fmoke more confiderable. the 7th, about half past 5 A. M. the lava recommenced its progrefs, which was however not very fwift; but preferving its width of 1700 palms it did not advance together, but in various divifions, or parts. In one hour it

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progreffed 20 palms, preferving the height of 30. From the morning till the 23d hour the lava advanced 680 palms, and entered into the territory of Borelli and Ruggiero. In this night L went again up to the crater. I did not find it very different from what I have described it to be on the 1ft September, except that the little mountains were fomewhat increased. Two mouths ejected or vomited fire, two others alhes

and small stones; and from the large mouth, above described, arofe a column of black smoke, which afcended through the air with redoubled and repeated whirlpools. On the fides of the little mountains fmall quantities of fmoke were feen to iffue.

"The lava, which I have mentioned as having been amaffed against the edge of the crater, was all covered with a faline cruft, compofed of fal ammoniack, muriat of foda, or common marine falt. This was alfo found in large pieces, mixed with earthy particles, at the foot of a new mountain in the crater. This will demand a better and more exact analysis, which I fhall make on a more fuitable occafion. We may then perhaps decide, whether this falt be a native falt of the mountain, or produced from the water of the fea. From a variety of decifive obfervations, which I fhall in proper time communicate to the publick, I believe it to proceed from the fea.

"Having approached the lava, I found its channel leffened at leaft to five palms. After this however there iffued another ftream, which uniting to the old one, at the base of the mountain, formed a fingle one. The fmoke being carried to the oppofite fide by the wind, it became eafy for me to afcend upon the place whence the lava ifflued. The lava iffued from beneath a grotto formed by the lava itself, and in the paffage it produced an awful trembling and emitted an infupportable heat. The grotto was about 15 palms wide, and the lava which iffued collected into a maís about 8 palms wide, from

whence, like a ftream iffuing from a lake, it fell into its regular channel and defcended along the fides of the mountain. It was beautiful to fee the refiftance, which the external air made to the fluid matter,which iffued from the grotto; which you faw fometimes recede to one fide, fometimes to the other, till, having overcome the obstacle, it precipitated itself to the base. In this place the red colour of the lava was different from what it appeared on the ift of September, fince its outer furface was covered with a yellowish coat; which might have been occafioned as well by the evaporation of fulphur, as by fome liquified metal, which came in contact with the atmospherick air at the moment of its oxygenation. The great quantity of fulphur, which was developed in these eruptions, is derived, in my opinion, from the decompofition of pyrites or fulphurick metals, and particularly copper, iron, and arfenick, which are the metals moft common to Vefuvius. The fulphur is difengaged from those metals and from oxygen, which may be developed or produced in the decompofition of water or of the atmospherick air, or from caloric, which, by abforbing, volatized it. By thefe means fulphur is either found pure on the surface of the lava, or by the atmosphere reduced to an acid ftate; and the metals abovementioned are found divided from the fulphur, either in a pure ftate, as the ferrum fpeculare, and octagonals; or in a itate of oxyds, as the martial ochre, the green oxyd of copper, or the red oxyd of arfenick. The