be supposed a monument of the most remote antiquity; but the researches of M. Champollion in Egypt show, in an uninterrupted series, the monuments of six kings anterior to Memnon, of the same dynasty, the eighteenth of Manetho, among whom appears (according to M. Champollion) the great Thutmosis or Moeris, whose name is found on the obelisk of the Lateran, a monument executed in the beginning of the nineteenth century before the Christian era. And some learned Englishmen of the present day have discovered the name of Osortasen I., a great king, who appears to be the last of the sixteenth or the head of the legitimate seventeenth dynasty, residing at Thebes during the usurpation of the Hyksos. His reign therefore, according to chronological calculations made by M. Champollion, Figeac, began in the year 2082 before the commencement of our era. We find the name of this king on numerous monuments, even as far as Mount Sinai. And here may be noticed a circumstance, very interesting in the history of Egyptian art. M. Champollion had already demonstrated that under the Pharaohs of the eighteenth dynasty the arts were not in their infancy, but recovering after a disastrous epoch, and that they were founded on a long-established perfection, both in style and execution. Now, according to some notices communicated through Sir William Gell, the sculptures which exhibit the name of Osortasen I. are of incomparable beauty. This circumstance, and the extent of monuments erected by him, might induce us to believe that his reign was the last before the invasion of the Hyksos, and not the first of the dynasty which must have ceded to that nomade race a cons siderable tract of country.

Next follows an extract from Sir William Gell's letter, dated at Naples on the 13th of last August. This curious article announces the arrival of Lord Prudhoe and Major Felix, who had traced the entire course of the river Nile through Egypt, up to its division into two great branches, generally distinguished by the names of Blue River on the East, and the White River towards the West. These travellers ascended the Blue River as far as Sennaar (which is now in possession of the Pacha of Egypt), and thence they crossed, by land, to the Bahar el Abiad, or White River. One grand object of their research in Dongola and Sennaar, was to ascertain the site of Meroe; and they affirm that Meroe, near Dongola, is not only written, but pronounced Meroe, and not Merawe, as the name appears in maps, and that the village of Sheba, mentioned by Josephus, forms a part of it. Nevertheless, it must be allowed that this is not the Meroe of the ancients, but corresponds to the old Napata, the ruins of which were discovered in 1821, by Messrs. Waddington and Hanbury, a short time before the remains of ancient Meroe were ascertained by M. Cailliaud to be in the vicinity of Shendy, near which the penetrating genius of D'Anville had already, by a kind of divination, fixed its site. Those English travellers declare that the edifices, sculptures, and hieroglyphics of Ethiopia are much inferior to those of Egypt, and not more ancient. They returned to the White River about 120 miles above its junction with the Blue, in a place called Shallieh; and they observe that the character of its current, and, more particularly, the ste rility produced by its deposit, prove that Bruce's River coming from Lake Dembed, is the true Nile. Lord Prudhoe and Major Felix have published at Cairo tables of the Egyptian kings of the sixteenth dynasty, as far as Amasis, founded on existing monuments; also tables of the Persian monarchs, the Ptolemies, and the Roman sovereigns of Egypt, from the same authorities. They have, at the same time, fixed the date of all the public edifices in Egypt and Nubia up to the second cataract. M. Champollion, meanwhile, was at Thebes, and is said to have discovered the Egyptian names of a multiplicity of animals, vegetables, and other objects relative to natural history. Mr. Burton has published four numbers of his Excerpta Hieroglyphica' at Cairo, with lithographic illustrations. Among other curious matters, the first part contains the celebrated list of kings from the Table of Abydos, given with the

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utmost exactness. The second presents a long series of the divinities of Denderah,' consisting of about forty figures, and forming a complete pantheon, not subject to error, each figure having its proper name affixed in the following manner: This is Horus, This is Isis,' &c. In the same number are described the four faces of the Obelisk of Heliopolis, erected by Osortasen, the most ancient king (according to these learned Englishmen) of whom any traces remain in Egypt. The second number of the Excerpta' shows the name of this king Osortasen on the Obelisk of Feiyoom, remarkable on account of its terminating in a hemisphere, and not, as usual, in a pyramidical form. However fascinating the subject of Egyptian antiquities, our limits will not allow us to extract as much as we could wish from the work before us; but for the gratification of those interested in hieroglyphical literature, we must notice the following passage. (p. 105.) The dictionary of ancient Egyptian words derived from the enchorial writings by Dr. Young, has been fatally interrupted in consequence of the death of that most learned and industrious antiquary; but Mr. Wilkinson, in a letter written from Cairo to Sir William Gell, announces, that he had himself made considerable progress in the Coptic language, and had published at Malta fourteen pages of words in Coptic and hieroglyphics, extracted from a much more copious work on which he had been long employed during his residence in Egypt. He had also compiled from original monuments an Egyptian Pantheon, and a succession of the Pharaohs. His researches have been eminently useful and important respecting the hieroglyphic signs, used to indicate a name placed at the end; the expletive signs, and those of an active and reflective sense; the signs of adverbs, and many other grammatical minutiæ. Mr. Wilkinson, finally, has ascertained the name of Thebes (concerning which he differs from M. Champollion), and is now engaged in publishing at Cairo and Malta an account of his discoveries, in which he has been much assisted by a manuscript found by Lord Prudhoe in a convent, and containing a Coptic glossary.'

The Bullettino for October 1829, presents a very interesting notice by M. Quatremère de Quincy, on the monuments, paintings, and vases found at Pompeii, and a letter from Dr. Panofka to Professor Gerhard, respecting the Prince of Canino's Etruscan vases. From this we shall extract one passage for the information of young antiquaries. I was much struck,' says he, at finding that the same vase exhibits the names of two artists, one accompanied by the word EгPA&E or EгPA&E, denoting the painter; the other name having by its side the word EПOIEI or EПOIEZEN, referring to the potter. But it remains to be ascertained whether, in vases ornamented with paintings, the proper name joined to the word EПOIEZE, does not indicate a person who united the art of pottery with the talent of painting, or who, at least, caused to pass under his name the paintings executed in his workshop.' (p. 138.)

It is not in our power at present to notice various other articles both in the Bulletins and the Annals, well worthy of the antiquary's attention. The subsequent numbers, which we hope soon to receive, will furnish, there can be little doubt, much interesting matter, of which an account shall be given in our journal. Meanwhile it affords us great satisfaction to learn that besides the illustrious and learned English sojourning on the continent, and of whose names some are already mentioned, several distinguished scholars and lovers of the arts residing in this country, have caused their names to be subscribed at the London agent's (Mr. Rodwell, bookseller, New Bond-street), as members of the Roman Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica.'

Sweden.

His Majesty the King of Sweden has commanded the University of Lund to create Ochlenshlaguer a Doctor of Philosophy. This is the first instance of this diploma having been conferred by order of his Swedish Majesty.

A Swedish translation of Erik Menods Barndom, by Ingemann, is about to be published. INDEX.

INDEX

TO THE FIFTH VOLUME.

350-the two first volumes translated | Dindorf, his edition of the histories of
into English, 352. contents of the
other volumes, 353-changes in the ar-
rangement, ibid.
Constant, Benjamin, Mélanges de Litté-
rature, 518.

land's researches, ibid.--monotremata, |
ibid.-marine mammalia, 361-few
fossil remains of birds, ibid.-reptiles,
362-crocodiles, ibid.-chelonian rep-
tiles, 363-Cuvier's Recherches sur les
Ossemens Fossiles, 364.

France, her policy as influenced by Rus-
sia, 56-overawed by Prussia and the
Netherlands, 57-her subserviency to
Russia, 60-its consequences to be pre-
vented by co-operating with England,
ibid.-recent changes in the cabinet,
ibid.-loss of votes to the ministry in
consequence of Labourdonnaye's dis-
missal, ibid.-remarks of le Globe, 61
-its character of Polignac, 62-dan-
gers to be apprehended from the spirit
evinced by the Liberals, 63-difference
between the internal political condition
of France and England, 64-Labour-
donnaye's dismissal a benefit to the ca-
binet, ibid.-progress of ecclesiastical
power, 461 (see Ecclesiastical)-church
government, 480.

Geology, valuable services of zootomical
studies to, 354- Cuvier and Bron.
gniart's geological examination of the
structure of the Paris basin, 356-illus-
trations of their work on ditto, 357—
translations of the preliminary dis-
course, ibid.

Gentility, universal affectation of, in
England, 29.

Germains, les, poem by Marcellis, 259.
German poetry, influence of English mo-

dels and English ballad poetry on, 131
-erroneous notion respecting, 133.
Globe, le, remarks of that journal on the
treaty of Adrianople, 58-on the recent
change of ministry in France, 61.
Grabbe, Don Juan and Faust, a tragedy,
514.

Grandier, Urbain, story of, who is exe-

cuted fer having exorcised some nuns
at Loudun, 121.

Greek Literature, faction against the
study of, by a party named the "Tro-
jans" in the reign of Henry VIII., 399.
Grimm's German Grammar, 493.

Hauch, (Danish) poems by, 515.
Highmore, Dr. M., studies for all the three
learned professions, 90-not permitted
to practise as Doctor of Laws, being in
deacon's orders, 91.
Hungary, Picture of by Coaplovics, 503-
productions, ibid.-various races of the
population, and national character, 504.
Homer; jewels not mentioned by him,
53-doubts as to the Iliad and Odyssey

545

being the productions of the same indi-
vidual, 383-Wolf's view of the ques-
tion coincides with Vico's, ibid.-the
Odyssey exhibits an advanced state of
civilization, ibid.-the art of writing
unknown in the age of Homer, 384.

Ibis, the, ascertained by Cuvier still to
exist in Egypt, 357.

Ichthyology, Cuvier's work on, 358-dif-
ficulties attending the classification of
fishes, 372-Cuvier and Valenciennes'
work, 373-history of the science, 374

classification, 375 cartilaginous
fishes, ibid.

Infernal regions of the ancients, remarks
on their local situation, 138.

"of,

Jesuits, Girardet's "Evangelium
240 their abominable doctrine of men-
tal reservation, 241-illustrations of it,
242-their convenient doctrines rela-
tive to simony, ibid.-remarks on the
restoration of the order, 271-Dallas's
work on the Jesuits, and the "reply"
to it, ibid., note-history of Loyola, 272,
&c. See Loyola. His vision connected
with the foundation of the order, 313
-share taken by Laines in regulating
the new institution, ibid.-advantages
of this order to the Romish church at
the time of the reformation, ibid—it is
confirmed by the Pope, 314-differ-
ences between this society and the other
religious orders, ibid.-regulations ob-
served in admitting members, ibid.-
their vow of obedience to the Pope, 315
-respective duties of the four classes,
ibid.-offices of the provincials, 316-
power of the general, ibid.-religious
discipline of the novices, 317-lax and
accommodating principles of the order,
321-their jesuitical observance of the
oath of obedience to the Pope, 323-
their influence in political affairs, ibid.
-their services to the Romish church,
ibid.-unfairly dealt with by Pascal, 324
—their seminaries in France, 481.
Jewels not mentioned by Homer, 53.
Judicature, Bentham's system of, 155–
process of a legal suit, 156-number
and disposition of courts of law, 157–
Bentham contends that each court
should possess jurisdiction in all cases,
ibid.-how far their jurisdiction ought
to be limited, 158-inconveniences of
the common arrangement, ibid.-ad.
vantages and defects of the English cir.
cuits, 159 appointment of judges, 160
-objections against their irremova-
bility, ibid.-what number of judges
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