1.823.] Antiquarian Researches. God, expected to be compensated by him with happiness hereafter! What rewards have not a right to expect, who have run a career so extraordinary, so tempestuous as mine has been, without committing a single crime, and yet how many might I not have been guilty of? I can appear before the tribunal of God. I can await his judgment without fear. He will not find my conscience stained with the thoughts of murder, and poisonings, with the infliction of violent and premeditated deaths, events so common 855 in the history of those whose lives have re sembled mine. I have wished only for the glory, the power, the greatness of France. All my faculties, all my efforts, all my mo ments, were directed to the attainment of that object. These cannot be crimes; to me they appeared acts of virtue! What then would be my happiness, if the bright prospect of futurity presented itself to crown the last moments of my existence"." (To be continued.) ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES. SIDE OF A STREET AT POMPEII. si Extracted from the Second Number of Fosbroke's Encyclopedia of Antiquities.) basanions tollssion half A. Shops.-The Roofs and Rails are modern. Shops. The shops at Pompeii have signs fixed in the wall, and stone-counters; the other parts being open, like those of brokers, butchers, and poulterers. The shops at Rome, as well as the taverns, were distinguished by pillars, projecting into the streets; and on the bookseller's columns were inscribed the titles of the works which they had to sell; the books being kept in nidi, the best in the upper, the worst in the lower. Plutarch mentions the showboard over the gate, and Petronius calls it the Venalitium, upon which were written the names of the goods to be sold. Particular trades lived in distinct streets. Shutting the shops, as now upon Sundays, was the Roman Justicium in times of mourning. Plutarch notes, that tradesmen attended their shops, while other persons walked abroad. Bankers and others had shops and bronze stands in the forum. Martial adds, that the streets of Rome and fronts of houses were choked up with sheds and stalls, which Domitian removed. The rich used to keep artizans for the purpose of making various goods. Thus Antony branded Augustus, on account of his father having been a ropemaker, and the tradesmen about the house of Paratus, called Pansa's, were probably slaves, who sold goods of their master's manufacture. "Shops at Pompeii are frequent; some of them being under an arcade; there being above a terrace with others, and part of a house. In the shop represented in the Engraving [given above], the counter was of the form of the letter L. In this were sunk and fixed large jars to hold the materials sold. In front of the counter the shutters were slipped in a groove, and the door, when closed, met the edge of the last, and being fastened, kept all secure. The door turned on pivots, and of course opened to the left. Other shops appear by the remains of their stair-cases, seen on the sides, to have had apartments above. In them are dwarf walls, against which were ranged oil jars and other goods. The shops have stone seats before them, and over the doors emblems of their trade in relievo, but the Phallus upon one of them is no proof of a brothel. No attention was paid to, uniformity in building, some houses advancing, others receding. "The first house on the right hand was thought to have been an inn. Chequers are 256 Antiquarian Researches. are exhibited on the sides of the door-way, and rings for tying horses were excavated. The bones of horses were also found in the stables, and in the cellar large earthen vessels for wine. Another shop had marks of cups remaining on the marble counter. The first was an inn, the second an Oinopolium or Thermopolium, answering to our coffee-house." HERCULANEUM. (Extracted from the same.) "Publick-houses. Nothing is a stronger proof of the size and populousness of Herculaneum, than its nine hundred públickhouses. These houses, as appears by the Herculanean placard*, contained not only baths, but Pergula-galleries at the top of the houses, or balconies, but more commonly green arbours, most probably the sense here, and Conacula, dining-rooms in the upper story of the house. A kind of counter appears at Pompeii, because the Romans did not recline, but sat, when they refreshed themselves at these places. Flaggons were chained to posts. Juvenal adds, [March The land that the vessels were common. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Feb. 28.-The subjects for the present year are, for the SENIOR BACHELORS: Quænam sunt Ecclesiæ Legibus Stabilita Beneficia et quâ Ratione maximè promovenda?-MIDDLE BACHELORS: Qui Fructus Historia Ecclesiastica Studiosis percipiendi sunt?-PORSON PRIZE: The passage fixed upon for the present year is: Shakspeare, Henry VIII. Act v. 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Fertile in genius, and matur'd by art, Not soft to steal, but stern to seize, the heart; In mould of figure, and in frame of mind, Nor fierce alone, for well his pow'rs can Calm declamation and attemper'd woe; clines, Yet checks the Deputy's abhorr'd designs; state: Tender and dignified, alike are seen When merely tender, he appears too cold, As when the lost Octavian's murmurs flow clines. Yet, spite of Nature, he compels us still Whose awful energy arrests the soul. Extracted from a Poem, entitled "The Stage," published in 1795. [March, At times, perchance, the spirit of the scene, Th' impassion'd accent, and impressive mien, May lose their wonted force, while, too refin'd, He strives by niceties to strike the mind; Yet still must candour, on reflection, own Much useful comment has been shrewdly shown ; Nor here let puny malice vent its gall, KEMBLE for actors nobly led the way, sage, Patient he cons the time-disfigur'd page; Hence oft we see him with success explore, And clear the dross from rich poetic ore; Trace, through the maze of diction, passion's clue, And open latent character to view. In form, in features, passions, and in mind, true, Nor let us, with unhallow'd touch, pre 1823.] Select Poetry. The glassy streams reflect his banish'd glow, [beaming brow. And fragrant zephyrs grace his crimson Yet Boreas' blasts succeed the milder ray, And driving sleet assails the budding trees; The transient gleams of Zephyr flee away, And icy-coats again attire the breeze: Tho' each possess alternately the air, And rove at large along the sylvan plain; Yet gleaming hope adorns this nether sphere, And blends in sweet oblivion the strain Of pleasure's blissful thoughts or pangs of rending pain. Hope! sweetest hope! that cheers the galley slave When chain'd for life unto the galling oar, That sheds a ray of rapture on the wave Of grim Despair, and lends a soothing pow'r [heart; To ease the dungeon captive's troubl'd "Tis Hope celestial! lovely to behold! That does th' enchanting period impart When Venus' train the blushing flow'rs unfold, And deck the shady groves and plains with fluid gold. Favonius pour'd a genial fragrant dew, Upon a bank, whose mossy sides were gay. With violet dress'd in robe of purple hue, And modest primrose in its best array; Adown its side in plaintive murmurs roll'd A glassy streamlet-holding to the sky Its azure mirror, ting'd with beaming gold Sprinkled from Phoebus' chariot wheels on high, [sky. What time he mounts majestic th' empyrean Mellifluous music fill'd the neighbouring [ear. Greeting with softest strains my ravish'd The speckled songster tun'd his notes to love, [near. And woo'd his tender mate soft warbling The jetty minstrel strain'd his feather'd throat, [along grove, 259 Translation of an Ancient Spanish Ballad*. YOUR horse is faint, my King, my Lord, His limbs are torn, his breast is gored, I pray thee, mount and fly! My King, my King, you're wounded sore; I hear their coming cry; Stand, noble steed, this hour of need; Be gentle as a lamb : I'll kiss the foam from off thy mouth : And plunge the rowels in his side My horse shall save my King! Nay, never speak! my sires, Lord King, So it but thine secures: How could I stand 'mong gentlemen, And say, "There's ONE that ran away You'll fill his father's place ;- -So spake the brave Montanez, As they came down the hill; * The incident on which this ballad is founded is supposed to have occurred on the famous field of Aljubarrota, where King Juan the First, of Castille, was defeated by the Portuguese. The King, who was at the time in a feeble state of health, exposed himself very much during the action, and, being wounded, had great difficulty in making his escape. The battle was fought A.D. 1385. A Plan |