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bands, was in 1804 three millions and a 
half. Since that time they have in- 
creased till they amount to a total, which 
jt is not at preseut possible to ascertain. 
_ The sepulchral vault in the late ducal 
ehapel, at Brunswick, has recently been 
rifled: the gold lace and gold fringe 
which ornamented the coftins: of the 
dukes have been carried off, together 
with four silver vases, containing the 
hearts of some of those princes. Thes 
yemaing were afterwards found throw 
about in the neighbourhood of the 
palace. , 
The spirit which agitates a number of 
the vehement heads of Germany has 
taken a new turn, and the reveries of the 
‘alluminati have been quitted for those of 
extravagant devotion. Several fanatical 
works have lately been published, in 
which the Germans are exhorted to 
put on hair-cloth, to turn hermits, and to 
impose on themselves the greatest aus- 
terities, and severest penances, One of 
these works, entitled ‘ Halle and Jeru- 
salem,” proposes to renew’ the ancient 
“pilgrimages to the Holy Land, 
FRANCE. 
There was lately for sale in the sale- 
“yoom of M. Sytvestne, at Paris, a 
uarto Latin bible, printed in that city 
in 1497, It belonged to Mary Queen of 
“Scots, whose name is written in the 
title-page, with her cypher M. S, and 
the following verses ; 
Meicux ne me peult advenir, 
Qu’a mon dieu tousiours me tenir, 
On the same title-page is the date, 1571, 
with the signature of the famous Besme, 
who the year foliowing assassinated the 
Admiral Coligny. He has also written 
some lines with his own hand; in which 
he iutreats God ‘to grant him grace to 
derive the profit resulting from perusal 
- of this holy book.” 
A whim has lately prevailed among 
-the young men of the higher classes at 
Paris, which shews itself, in ornamenting 
their bed chambers, and particularly 
their bed’s head, with arms and armour 
of all kinds; insomuch that the famous 
armoury of Don Quixote is completely 
outdone. Some are so particular as to 
group helmets and corslets on every 
- pannel of the wainscot. Arms, offensive 
Fd defensive, of every country, are dis- 
played with the most grotesque effect ; 
_ the Moorish poignard and the Turkish 
- sabre; the hangers of the Arabs, with 
the carbines of the Cossacks; the creeses 
gi the Malays, and the gagayes of Ma- 
“ “e 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
North American Indians. 
[July 4, 
dagascar; even: the clubs of the South 
Sea Islands, and the tomahawks of the 
This fancy 
has been of yieat benefit to the dealers 
in battered antiquities, who obtain five 
or six louis d’ors for articles, which not 
long ago they would bave thought thein- 
selves extremely fortunate to sell for as 
many livres. 
PRUSSIA. 
M. Cravunrus has lately made at Ber» 
lin, a promising. experiment with his 
machine for flying. He raised himself 
several times to the height of fourteen 
feet in thirty Seconds of time, by means 
of twenty-three strokes of his wings, 
carrying a weight of thirty-three pounds. 
He afterwards let himself down from the 
same height by: means of twenty-five 
strokes of his wings, in twenty-five se- 
conds, having a force of ascension of 
twenty-two pounds. The wings - are 
furnished with pipes, which close when 
the air is struck, and open by their own 
weight when the air is allowed to pass 
freely, There are powers of different 
action in the machine for rising and for 
descending. The pipes of one set are 
quiescent, while those of the other are 
in activity. The motive powers for 
descent are smaller than those for cle. 
vation; that for elevation has a surface 
of one hundred and sixty square feet, 
This machine, appled to a balloon, 
which possesses but. feeble powers of 
rising, permits the aeronaut, who con- 
ducts the balloon to rise to a certain 
height, to remain stationary at. that 
height, and to descend at pleasure with- 
out ‘emitting, and consequently losing, 
auy gas: but the inventor does not pre- 
tend to work it against the wind, as has 
been reported. 
Many of the inbabitants of this coun- 
try at present make use of the seeds of 
lupines, roasted, to supply the place of 
coffee; and, if the price of the latter 
should again rise, it is probable that this 
substitute only would be used. It is — 
called, Bishop’s Coffee, because an an= — 
cient bishop made it his ordinary be- 
verage. 
An adventurer, named ReizensTery, — 
formerly an officer in the Prussian ser-— 
vice, has collected an armed troop in. 
the neighbourhood of Frankfort on the 
Oder. The newspapers lately contained 
an order from the -Prussian aythorities, 
directing his apprehension, because he 
had taken an active part among the in, 
cendiaries, who have desolated the Mar-. 
gravate, 
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