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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Chichester A literary and philosdphical society is about to be established 



at Chichester. 



Mineralogical Survey of Scotland. — The details connected^with this survey 

 are called for by the House of Commons ; by which, we suppose, is meant, 

 the accounts of the money expended, and the purposes to which it has been 

 applied, — for we are not aware of any very detailed advantages which science 

 has received from this project. 



Rvssia. — The Emperor of Russia last year contributed from his private 

 purse, 1st, To the expenses of a scientific journey in Russia : 2c?, To the 

 continuation of the publication of the Memoirs of the Imperial Society of 

 Naturalists of Moscow : and, 3c?, To the publication of a monthly huUetin 

 of the Society. 



London University — This university is now to receive a charter, with 

 power to grant degrees. It is feared that this circumstance will have an 

 injurious influence over this school ; but we are of a contrary opinion, — 

 rivalry never represses true talent. , ' r ? i' ' 



A monument to the memory of John Locke is about to be erected in the 

 hall of the University. 



Moyal Institution, London. — Our former coadjutor, Mr Ainsworth, is now 

 lecturing on geology in the Royal Institution. 



Halley's Comet The return of Halley's comet ought to take place in 



1834 ; but it is possible that it may be so influenced by Saturn and Uranus, 

 as not to make its appearance before 1835, or even 1836. 



LITERARY NOTICES. 



We understand that the proprietors of the Map of the Basin of the Firth 

 of Forth are about to publish, uniform in size, and upon the same scale, 33 by 

 26 inches, a Map of the Basin of the Tay, executed by Mr James Knox, 

 whose talents are so well known to the public by his former productions. 

 It includes the greater part of Perthshire, Strathmore, and the Braes of 

 Angus, a part of the Meams, and a portion of the county of Fife. It is 

 beautifully engraved ; and the physical features of that important and 

 valuable portion of Scotland are accurately delineated. In order to render 

 it more interesting, they will also publish along with it, The Topography of 

 the Basin of the Tay, including the same districts as the map, and by the 

 same author. 



We observe that the next v6lume of the Edinburgh Cabinet Library treats 

 of Egypt. 



Sir John Sinclair, with that generosity which has ever distinguished him, 

 has presented the copyright of his Statistical Account of Scotland to the 

 Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy j and these 

 gentlemen are about to publish a new edition of it. 



EDINBURGH : 

 Printed by Andrew Siiortreed, Thistle Lane. 



