S96 Scientific Intelligeiice. — Statistics. 



the constantly increasing progress of civilization in the different 

 parts of that country. The two cities which present the most 

 brilliant results in this respect are Florence and Milan ; they 

 cultivate at once, and nearly with the same success,, the sciences, 

 letters and arts *. In each of these two capitals vast enterprizes 

 are entered upon for the publication or reproduction of esteem- 

 ed works, new or old. Venice, formerly so active, seems now 

 immersed in torpidity, unless with respect to the fine arts. 

 The same is to be said of Genoa. Turin publishes memoirs, 

 but with less zeal or splendour than Milan. Naples furnishes 

 excellent works on the antiquities which surround it. What 

 shall we say of Rome ? There is nothing of importance done 

 there now, excepting in philology. It would be unjust to over- 

 look Bologna, which is distinguished in the medical sciences, in 

 mathematics and painting. In fine, the great number of Aca- 

 demies, and learned and literary societies existing in Italy, proves 

 that, in that country, the improvement of the human mind is 

 every where considered as an important object. 



46. Number of Crimes in Prussia. — In the Annates sur 

 V Administration interieure de VEtat^ a very useful work, pub- 

 lished by M. Kamps, there is contained some very interesting 

 information respecting the crimes committed in Prussia. It is 

 truly remarkable how much their number varies according to 

 the different provinces. The province of Pomerania stands in 

 the first rank as to morality. Among 4,760 individuals, there 

 was only a single criminal. In the lowest rank are found the 

 cities of Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Dusseldorf and Munster, 

 where one criminal is reckoned in every 400 individuals. It is 

 the same with regard to robberies. In 6432 Pomeranians, and 

 in 3000 inhabitants of Eastern and Western Prussia and Sile- 

 sia, there is not more than one robber. But there is reckoned 

 one for every 800 inhabitants of Treves and Coblentz ; and the 

 same for every 400 inliabitants of Aix-la-Chapelle, Dusseldorf, 

 Cologne and Munster. Wherever there are most holidays, 

 there also are most robberies. Other crimes, however, are pro- 

 portionally rarer in those cities. At Aix-la-Chapelle and Co- 



• Each of them publishes a great number of journals, especially Milan, in 

 which there are so many as twenty on science or literature. 



