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Anecdote of John Duke of Marl borough,

On the Difficulty of affigning the
real Character to Antique Fe-
male Statues,

Of the Island of Cerigo, anciently
called Cythera,
Extracts from a Traveller's Jour-
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A fuccinct Account of Herculanum, Pompeii, and Stabia, 342 The German Play at Venice, an

Anecdote, 344 Remarks on Perfian Poetry, 348 Obfervations on the Perfian Peri, 350 Sketch of an Hiftory of Poland, 351 A Sketch of the History of Canals,

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State of the BAROMETER in inches and decimals, and of Farenheit's THER MOMETER in the open air, taken in the morning before fun-rife, and at noon; and the quantity of rain-water fallen, in inches and decimals, from May ift to 31ft, within one mile of the Caftle of Edinburgh.

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THE

EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,

OR

LITERARY MISCELLANY,

FOR MAY 1796.

DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEW.

CASTLE HUNTLY, the feat of top. From this obfervatory, in the

George Paterfon, Efq. is delightfully fituated in the Carfe of Gowrie, in Perthshire, about fifteen miles diftant from Perth, and fix from Dundee. It anciently belonged to the family of Gray, from which it paffed to the family of Strathmore, and then had the name of Castle Lyon; but the prefent proprietor, who married a daughter of the late Lord Gray, has restored it to its original name, which it now retains.

Castle Huntly is built upon a rock, at a small distance from the river Tay. Many additions have been made to it by the prefent proprietor. Two wings have been added; alfo turrets, and an obfervatory upon the

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fummer months, the view is charming. Although the fublime of Nature dwells not here, yet the eye is delighted in contemplating the fields waving with golden grain. The hills that bound the view are cultivated to the fummit. A richer prospect cannot well be imagined. The grounds around the castle, though not extenfive, are laid out with taste. From the dull uniformity of Art, they have now affumed the fimplicity of Nature. Travellers who come many miles to vifit the Highlands of Scotland, and view the wonders of Nature there, would not be disappointed although they ftepped afide to take a peep of Caftle Huntly.

For EDINBURGH Magazine.

OBSERVATIONS ON PROVINCIAL COINS.

To the EDITOR,

the time, his form and preffure," in bearing fymbols of the high fpirit of political party which is a characteriftic of thofe days. The naval victory on the tft of June 1794, the nuptials of the Prince of Wales and Duke of York, and the imprison ment of Ridgeway and Symonds, are recited on London halfpence. One exhibits Paine on a gibbet, as a worthlefs criminal; while others Sf2

YOUR polite reception of my few loose observations on Provincial Coins*, emboldens me to fuggeft, by way of fupplement, that a fixth clafs of devices, worthy of diftinction and imitation, might have been included. -Some derive confiderable dignity from their recording hiftorical events; or how the very age and body of

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lafs him with Sir Thomas More, and mention him with applause, &c. With regard to fubfequent improvement, it fhould have been remarked, that among the best pieces recently published, not a few are found deftitute of the date of the year when they were iffued: of fuch are most of the coins of Kimpson of Birmingham bearing public buildings; on thofe of Skidmore, Holborn, altho' the periods when St Andrew's and St Luke's churches were founded are given, no year appears for the birth of the coin: Caermarthen half penny has the iron-works, and the Stratford one "commemorates Shakfpeare," and tells, what every body knows, the years of his birth and death; but thefe pieces are register. ed into no æra of time with respect to themselves. In monuments fo lafting, this is a most deplorable and radical defect. The omiffion cannot be too feverely reprobated; nor its future correction too earnestly enjoin

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An effential improvement has lately appeared in the fabric of coins: adopted by Mr Boulton of Birmingham, to preferve more effectually their impreflions from the effects of attrition: a plain and broad circle, confiderably elevated, furrounds the figures on the field, into which the letters of the legend are indented in intaglio, in a fimilar manner to thofe ufually occupying the external rim. This improvement is differently modified, in different pieces ;fome having circular, and others elliptical portions of the field, bearing the more interesting fubjects of the defign, funken deeper than the level of the exterior parts. The original of this beautiful invention feems to be from the hand of Duprè, a Parifian artist, in his fine" Medaille qui se "vend cinq fols chez Monneron ;' ftruck on the first great æra of the French Revolution in 1790.

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ANECDOTES OF PERSONS CONNECTED WITH THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

Dumourier.

compofition, writes with elegance

DUMOURIER poffeffes fingular pon all fubjects, and is intimately as

acquirements: he is a good orator, an able politician, an excellent writer, and one of the best generals of his age. His father, alfo, was a man of talents, and by infiiting that he fhould never learn any thing by heart, prevented him, according to his own account, from ever forgetting any thing!

It has been generally fuppofed that he acquired an immenfe fum of money during the revolution; but he folemnly declares this to be a cruel and unjust afperfion; and boasts that he is now indebted to his pen, as he was formerly to his fword, for his fup*port.

He has an uncommon facility at

quainted with every thing relating either to the politics or the wars of Europe. He received a fum equal to gool., of our money, for his life, from a bookfeller at Hamburgh, in the neighbourhood of which city, and within its territory, he now refides, with

Madame Genlis-Sillery-Brulart. who occupies part of the fame house, and, like himfelf, is employed in writing. This celebrated lady is well known as an author, and has lately published a new work, relative to the age of chivalry," called Les Chevaliers de Cygne. Her husband was a member both of the national

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affembly and the convention, and the intimate and particular friend of the Duke d'Orleans, fince known by the name of M. Egalité.-The wife was the preceptrefs of the Orleans family, and is allowed to have infpired the young men with noble ideas. She always inculcated that birth was accidental, hereditary diftinction tranfitory, and that the only things which a good man can deem certain, are his knowledge and his virtues. Both her pupils conducted themselves like heroes at the battle of Jamappe, and are now the martyrs of their father's crimes, and their own friendfhip to Dumourier. Along with Madame Genlis and M. Dumourier, refides

M. Valence,

who rose to the rank of Lieut.-Gen.
His forehead is feared with wounds,
one of which, inflicted by an oblique
ftroke of an Auftrian huffar's fcymi
tar, peeled off the kin in fuch a
manner, as to roll it like a bandage
over his eye. This occurred when
he was charging the enemy, at the
head of a detachment of cavalry.-
He is a brave foldier; and although
the actions of Pichegru and Jourdan
have obliterated, in fome degree,
those of Dumourier and Valence, the
two latter must be allowed to have
formed the troops that have fince
acquired the former, moft, if not all
their glory.
It was in the fame
manner that Philip prepared for the

victories of Alexander.

Abbè de Calonne.

The Abbé, who enjoyed great influence, while his brother held the high office of comptroller-general of the finances in France, is at prefent the editor of the Courier de Londres, formerly the Courier de l' Europe. He poffeffes a portion of the talents fo confpicuous in his family..

M. de Calonne.

who ftill terms himself "miniftre d'état," acquired much celebrity both before and fince the revolution. His talents raifèd him from a fubordinate fituation, to a place of high truft and confidence under the monarchy. He was a great favourite with the Queen, and is accufed by his enemies of having administered to the diffipation of her majefty, and the king's brothers, particularly the Count d'Artois, who now affumes the title of Monfieur, or first prince of the blood. The deficit, first publicly pointed out by Necker, fprung from frequent hoftilities without, and a contaminating and debating corruption within, the kingdom.

Calonne's peace administration, and Necker's war without taxes, neceffarily led to the affembling of the notables. The notables begat

the ftates-general, the ftates-general begat the national affembly, the national affembly begat the conftituting affembly, and that begat the republic.

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After felling a moft fuperb collection of pictures for the common caufe, M. de Calonne ftill fupports it, and his brother, by means of his writings in the Courier de Londres. frere," fays he, in his last able pamphlet," eft du nombre des émigrés qui travaillent pour fubfifter. 11 eft livré à une corvée faftidicufe, afin de n'être charge à perfonne. Loin de rouger d'en etre réduit là, on doit s'en glorifier"

Among a number of important, (fome, perhaps, may be inclined to think them paradoxial affertions,) he infifts, that France ftill poffeffes nearly three times the quantity of circulating fpecie in Great Britain; that the raises, communibus annis, one-8th corn more than fufficient for the maintenance of her own inhabitants, and that the whole public debt contracted by the emiffion of the affignats, now converted into mandats territori.

This ci-devant comptroller-general, aux, might be cancelled for about

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