188 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



Great Britain and Ireland. France. 



Sheep, ^c 40,860,000 35,189,000 



Value of Exports 1,000,000,000 370,000,000 



Cotton imported & wrought 25,000,000 10,500,000 



Public Debt 20,000,000,000 3,050,000,000 



Interest thereon 1,000,000,000 . 232,000,000 



Revenue of the state .... 1,500,000,000 889,210,000 



Proportion of Individuals 1,800,000,000 827,790,000 



(Gazette de France.) 



The population of Great Britain and Ireland is, according to 

 the best authorities, about 17,000,000 souls. 



2. Sdentific Expedition. — A steam-boat is to be launched at 

 Pittsburgh, to be employed in an expedition to the Yellow Stone 

 River ; the object of which is to obtain a history of the inhabi- 

 tants, soil, minerals, and curiosities. Major Long, of New 

 Hampshire, topographical engineer ; Mr. Graham, of Virginia ; 

 Mr. Wm. H. Swift of Massachusetts, from the military academy ; 

 Major Biddle, of the artillery ; Dr. Jessup, mineralogist ; Dr. 

 Say, botanist and geologist ; Dr. Baldwin, zoologist and phy- 

 sician ; Mr. Peale, of Philadelphia, landscape painter and orni- 

 thologist ; Mr. Seymour, ditto ; and Major Fallow, of the Indian 

 department, form the expedition. The boat is 75 feet long, 13 

 beam, draws 19 inches water, and is well armed ; she carries on 

 her flag a white man and an Indian shaking hands, the calumet 

 of peace, and the sword. Her machinery is fixed to avoid the 

 snap and sawyers of the rivers. The expedition has the best 

 wishes of the lovers of science. 



3. German Universities. — The disturbances connected with 

 the Universities of Germany, appear to have had considerable 

 efiect upon the number of Students belonging to them. For- 

 merly Gottingen reckoned more than a thousand students ; but 

 from a late estimate it appeared to have only 770. Halle has 

 500; Breslau has 366 ; Heidelberg has 363 ; Gressenhas 241 ; 

 Marburgh has 197; Kiel has 107; Rostock has 160; Greifs- 



