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 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



An Association for the encouragement of Literature is this year established 

 in London, with the object of " bearing the expense of publishing works of 

 merit, in whatever branch of literature, whose authors may be unable to do 

 so themselves, or to effect agreements elsewhere ; or generally, who may be 

 desirous of placing themselves in the hands of the association." Such an 

 institution has been long wanted for the publication of costly scientific 

 M'orks ; and will be the only means of rescuing from thraldom that unfortu- 

 nate tribe called " booksellers' drudges." 



Mineraloyical Survey of Scotland. — The following manifesto appears in 

 the last number of Professor Jameson's Journal, under the report of the 

 proceedings of the Wernerian Society :— " The Professor laid on the table 

 a copy of a return to an address of the House of Commons relating to sums 

 of money granted for mineralogical purposes in Scotland ;■ from which it 

 appeared, that no part of the money had been granted to this society, nor 

 to the Edinburgh Museum, although the printed parliamentary votes had 

 mentioned the Mineralogical Society of Scotland, and the newspapers had 

 stated that part of the money was for the Edinburgh Museum ; but that 

 the whole sum, amounting to upwards of £ 7000, had been paid to Dr 

 John MaccuUoch of Woolwich, for the mineralogical survey of Scotland, 

 never until now ♦ heard of by men of science in Scotland. It was remarked, 

 that it would be desirable in government to cause to be published forthwith 

 the results of this expensive, and it seems owXy partial survey of Scotland." 



If the " men of science" in Scotland had never before heard of this 

 mineralogical survey, we had chanced to become acquainted with its appoint- 

 ment, and had heard the job attributed to a very different person from poor 

 Dr MaccuUoch ; a charge which we did all in our power to remove in our 

 last number. We reserve our remarks on the unprecedented proceeding 

 which has thus been brought to light, until we have an opportunity of 

 hearing the other party ; for we cannot conceive so nefarious and barefaced 

 a fraud — as this would be, were all vve see at present unimpeachable — unmi- 

 tigated by a shadow of excuse. 



University of Munich The number of students frequenting the Univer- 

 sity of Munich, during the winter session, amounted, in the middle of 

 December last, to 1844, independently of the pupils of the clerical seminary; 

 but, including the latter, the total number is 1903. 



University of Edinburgh A petition has been addressed to the Houses 



of Parliament by the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, praying that 

 the University of Edinburgh be put on an equality with the English and 

 Irish Universities, with respect to representation in Parliament. 



Lindnefs Cabinet of Natural History. — M. Denis Lindner, at Bamberg, 

 who possessed a cabinet of natural history valued at 100,000 florins, has 

 made a present of it to his native town, and has funded a capital of 5000 

 florins to increase it, and ensure proper care being taken of it aftesjiis death. 

 I— Lit. Gaz. 



Lieutenant Holman A second letter from our remarkable friend, mentions 



his leaving Canton on the 13th of December ; and his intention of sailing 

 from Macao about the end of the week for Van Diemen's Land and New 

 South Wales, in the Merope. He speaks indignantly of the conduct of the 

 Chinese authorities, and deplores the submissiveness shewn on the part of 

 the Company. — Ibid. 



Scientific Societies. — It is estimated that there are above fifteen hundred 

 learned and scientific societies in the world ; above half of which are occupied 

 in the encouragement of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. — Ihid. 



• In italics in the original. 



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