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İnflammation of sulphuretted Hydrogen by Nitric Acid.-M. Berzelius has found that if a few drops of the nitrous acid be poured into a flask, containing four or five cubic inches of sulphuretted hydrogen, and the flask closed with the finger, it becomes so warm as to produce combustion, with a beautiful flame, and a slight detonation, which forces the finger from the mouth of the flask. It is necessary that the acid should be very pure for this purpose, and that the gas should be free from aqueous vapour.

Medals found in France. The excavations for antiquities at Famars were resumed on the 23d of August in the or chard of the chateau. The most interesting discoveries made in these buildings were, a small statue of Minerva in bronze, clasps of the same metal very well executed, and two ivory combs of curious workmanship. On the 25th of September, a very precious discovery crowned the labours with a degree of success beyond the most sanguine hopes : at the foot of the main wall which encloses the Hypocausta, discovered in 1813, there were found two bronze vases filled with silver medals. The first, of a round form, and covered with a bronze patrea, contained 3920; the second, of a more elliptical shape, and furnished with a handle, contained 2658: and 3377 were found in a third vase of an elegant form, and which was preserved whole. The total number of silver medals is 9955. These coins, which were in excellent pre servation, are from the age of Augustus to that of Constantius. A considerable number, especially the more recent, are as brillant as if they had just come from the mint. It would be difficult to fix at present the value of this treasure; we can, however, state, that several reverses, mentioned as rare by Mionnet and other authors, are in great numbers. This is considered to be the most important discovery of the kind made in the depart ment of the north.

To the above interesting notice we subjoin the following, extracted from the Petites Affiches de Valenciennes of Saturday, the 9th ult. :

A second important discovery has just taken place at Famars. at the moment when the shareholders of the excavations spontaneously doubled their shares. On the 7th of October, at ten in the morning, four vases of terra cotta, filled with silver Roman medals, were discovered at six paces distant from those found before and at the foot of the same wall. The

first contained 1065, the second 1923, the
third 1412: these three vases were of red

earth, with only one handle; the fourth,
a very large one, of an orbicular form,
contained alone 5115 medals; total 9515;
which, added to the 9955 found on the
25th September, make the astonishing
number of 19,470 silver medals found at
Famars in less than a fortnight. What
hopes for the future! One of the red
vases is perfectly whole. The medals of
the last discovery are larger than those of
the first; they are all radiated heads;
among them are the effigies of Balbinus,
Pupienus, Gordianus Pius, Philippus,
senior and junior, Otacillia, Severa, Tra-
janus Decius, Herennia Etruscilla, Hos-
tilianus, Trebonianus Gallus, Volusianus,
Carinus, and others, with a great variety
of different reverses. The partakers in
the excavations at Famars are informed
that the distribution of the lots of medals
will take place next week.

Egyptian Sarcophagus.—It is announced, that there has arrived at Marseilles a magnificent sarcophagus, brought from Alexandria, and found in the ancient sepulchres of Memphis, near the valley of the Pyra mids, in a well of more than sixty feet in depth. The lower part of this monument is eight feet long, about two and a half high, and three and a half at its greatest width. It is covered with a number of hieroglyphics, mythological figures, and symbols, executed in a superior manner, in ingrailing. This large and superb piece weight more than 3000 kilogramms. The lid, the workmanship of which is not less remarkable, weighs nearly as much. The two parts, placed in different conveyances, were immediately sent to Paris. The body is of a deep green, resembling the colour of bronzes marked with spots of a rich dark red. Besides these spots, uniformly spread over it, the lower part is variegated in three or four places, with broad stripes of bright yellow, like that of tortor, which extend all the way to the top. These accidents relieve, in an admirable manner, the gloomy colour of the ground. When the lid is on, this monument, by the richness of the material, its colossal dimensions, and its ma jestic form, presents a coup-d'œil, of which no similar monument, hitherto known, can give an adequate idea. What adds still more to its importance is, that there are no other blemishes than two slight notches in the upper edges of the case, made, without doubt, by those who formerly wished to remove the lid, to carry off the contents of the tomb.-French Paper

Fosil Bones.Whilst learned men are

engaged in discussions upon the pretended
fossil man, the Lyonese bave just discover

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ed, not far from their walls, a real fossil elephant, in ground which has not till now been dug up M. Bredin, Director of the Royal Veterinary School, has visited the openings, and has ascertained that the petrified bones found therein have really belonged to an elephant. The less learned persons of the neighbourhood believed them to be the bones of a giant, others of a mammoth; while the amateurs of historical memorials consider them as the remains of one of the elephants of Hannibal's army; but the learned writer who gave, in the Gazette de Lyon, the details of this discovery, traces the origin of this skeleton to the revolutions of the globe, anterior to all the documents of antiquity. The excava tions are still carried on. Amongst the elephant bones have also been found some bones of the ox.

A Glacier melted by Hot Water. Mention has been already made by us of the labours directed by M. Venetz, engineer of the bridges and roads of the depart. ment of the Valais, to accomplish the destruction of the ice which covers the Dranse. Last autumn there remained only 292 feet. The work has been re-commenced this summer; but the avalanches which have fallen from the upper glacier, during the winter, have so filled the breaches which were made last year in the lower glacier, that at the beginning of June the Dranse was covered again to an extent of more than 1000 feet. During the course of

the same month the work was considerably impeded by avalanches, which fell every. instant, and even on the 8th July, a great part of the pipes were covered with a huge mass of ice. In placing some new ones at the commencement of the month of August, they discovered some remains of the last, at more than thirty feet deep. It is truly a war against nature that they carry on; scarcely have they been overcome on one. point ere they attack another; and when M. Venetz cannot reach the glacier by falls of water, he dams up, and makes the Dranse overflow itself, in order to undermine it at the foot. It is thus that he is continually impeded by a thousand foreseen and unforeseen obstacles. Unfortunately to this is added the most distressing circumstance of all, that of an illness brought on by the excess of his fatigues, and from which he is scarcely recovered at this moment. But he hopes still, in spite of all, to free the Dranse entirely this year. The whole mass of the glacier is already reduced about one-half of its cubic bulk. currents of water at present fall upon it; and by means of a breach effected in its centre, the spectator may observe at a glance, by the enormous height which still remains, the incredible effect which these little water-falks have produced. M. Venetz is unable to comprehend how he had the courage to begin undertaking the destruction of this glacier, but he now assures himself of success.

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WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

In the press, and will be published, about the end of December, a Collection of the Promises of the Gospel, arranged under their proper heads, with Refections and Exhortations deduced from them; by John Colquhoun, D. D. Minister of the Gospel, Leith.

Christian Experience, or the Spiritual Exercises of eminent Christians in different ages and places, stated in their own words. Collected by John Brown, Minister of the Gospel, Whitbarn.

A Reply to Professor Lee's Remarks on an Appeal to the British and Foreign Bible Society, on the subject of the Turkish New Testament; Printed. at Paris, 1815. By the Author of the Appeal.

The Question of Christian Missions stated and defended; a Sermon, with Particular References to the recent Persecution in the West Indian Colonies; by Lichard Winter Hamilton, Leeds.

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In the Press, Pascal's Thoughts on Reli gion and other important subjects, translated by the Rev. Edward Craig, A. M. with a Biographical Memoir, foolscap, 8vo. (This will be the only complete and faithful translation of this celebrated work ever offered to the British Public.)

J. Howe's Blessedness of the Righteous, a new edition in 18mo.

The Life and Diary of Lieutenant-Col. John Blackadder, Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle, abridged from the larger work, by Andrew Crichton, 18mo. portrait, price 28.

Part I. (to be completed in two) of the History and Antiquities of the Parish and Palace of Lambeth, in 8vo. and 4to., illustrated with twenty copper-plate engravings and twenty wood-cuts, is just ready.

An English Translation of M. Picard's spirited work, Gil Blas de la Révolution, ou les Confessions de Laurent Giffard,

which has become so popular in Paris, is promised soon to appear.

The Rev. Mr. Fry's History of the Christian Church, which was nearly ready for publication, and which was destroyed at the late fire, is again at press, and will shortly make its appearance. A new edition of the Exposition of the Romans, and Translation of the Canticles, is also in the press.

The attention of the public will shortly be solicited to a subject of great importance, ir a View of the present State of the Salmon and Channel Fisheries, and of the Statute Laws by which they are regulated." By Mr. J. Cornish.

In the Press, and speedily will be published, A V.ndication of those Citizens, of Geneva, and other Persons, who have exerted themselves for the Revival of Scriptural Religion in that City, in Reply to the Representations of M. Cheneviere and Ro

bert Bakewell, Esq. In Six Letters to the, Editor of the Monthly Repository. By. John Pye Smith, D. D.

Also, in the Press, The Mirvan Faly; or Christian Principles developed in Early Life.

Part 1 of Sermons and Plans of Sermons. By the late Rev. J. Benson.

The fourth volume of Grant's History of the English Church and Sects, bringing down the narrative to 1810.

The second volume of Lectures on Popery. By the Rev. J. S. Sergrove, LL.B. My Children's Diary; or the Moral of the Passing Hour: a Tale for Young Per

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sons.

With the Almanacs, Nov. 22, will be published, price 6s. 6d. Time's Telescope for 1825, with an Essay on Poetry, and two Original Poems.-Also the Evangelical Diary for 1825.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

RELIGIOUS.

An Explication on the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, in Consistency with the Holy Scriptures; by the late John Brown, minister of the gospel, Falkirk, to which is subjoined an Appendix on Baptism, price Is. 3d.; stitched 1s. 6d. boards; 1s. 9d. 1s. 2d. bound.

Memoirs of the Rev. Thomas Halyburton. With an Introductory Essay, by the Rev. David Young, Perth 12mo. 4s. bds.

The Mourner's Companion; containing Flavel's Token for Mourrers; Cecil's Visit to the House of Mourning; Shaw's Welcome to the Plague, Farewell to Life, and The Angelical Life. With an Introductory Essay, by Robert Gordon, D. D. Edinburgh, 12mo. 4s. boards.

Essays and Sermons of the Rev. John M'Laurin. With an Introductory Essay, by the Rev. John Brown, Edinburgh, 12mo. 6s. 6d, boards.

The Christian Martyr, a Tale of the First Century. Intended for youth, 18mo. 3s. boards.

The History of Mary Forbes, the Pious

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Sabbath School Teacher, 18mo. 1s. 6d. boards.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Dictionary of Musicians, from the earliest ages to the present time, comprising the most important biographical content of the Works of Gerber, Choron, Fayolli, Count Orloff, Dr. Burney, Sir John Hawkins, &c. together with upwards of a hundred original Memoirs of the most eminent living Musicians, and a Summary of the History of Music, 2 vols. 8vo. 21s. boards.

Conversations of Lord Byron. Noted during a residence with his Lordship at Pisa, in the years 1821 and 1822; by Thomas Medwyn, Esq. 24th Light Dragoons, 4to. L.1, 11s. 6d. boards.

Self-Advancement; or, Extraordinary Transitions from Obscurity to Greatness; designed as an object of laudable emulation for the youthful mind, by the author of Practical Wisdom, &c. price 7s. 6d.

A Fractical System of Algebra, designed for the use of schools and private students, by P. Nicholson and J. Rowbotham, 12mo. 2s. 6d. boards.

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