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l,iterary and Philosophical Intelligence. 



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in proof that such 

 practical. 



The Royal Institute of France, which 

 was heretofore all iiarinony, and boasted 

 that ill its composition self-love was 

 unknown, cannot now, alas! boast of 

 cither; and, if the sacred ])iovcrh — that 

 a house divided against itself cannot 

 stand— hold universaily true, the In- 

 stitute approaches another ilissolution. 

 — ^At the usual weekly sittings, without 

 any previous notice, the secretary pulls 

 out of his pocket the list of five or six 

 persons nominated by Government, 

 whose creatures are all in their place- 

 It is in vain that a free and unbiassed 

 member, who sees only in the Institute 

 e body consecrated to the ad\ancenient 

 of learning, raises his voice to declare 

 such sufl'rages unworthy of them. — 

 Heretofore strangers were freely ad- 

 mitted to the sittings of the Institute ; 

 at present tlie Presidents and Vice-Pre- 

 sidents sufi'er none to be admitk'd who 

 cannot produce some testimony of an 

 ^utire conformity of political principles 

 to the present order of things; in conse- 

 quence, several English of distiuclion 

 have been unable to attend the sittings. 



The stamp-duty on pamphlets has 

 been so fatal to literature, that the Ma- 

 gazin Ettci/clopediqite, the Mercure 

 Etranger, the Annales de C/iimie, the 

 Journid de P/i_)/si(jne, the Journal de 

 Phannacie, the Journal General de Me- 

 dicine, the Journal dex Arts et Manu- 

 factures, the Journal d' Agriciihnrc, and 

 in fact nearly all the Monthly Journals, 

 Lave been obliged to be suspended on 

 account of it. It is indeed a most 

 sweeping tax ;— every prospectus, every 

 shop-bill, every eircularlcttcrof a Irades- 

 Bian, every bill of " lodgings to let", 

 pays tribute to Government. 



UNITED STATES. 



On the 6th of June, 1816, the Bible 

 Society of aiassaclmsetts made their 

 annual report. A larger nundter of 

 Bibles have been distributed by them 

 during the last than any former ycai-, 

 \iz. 186 large Bibles, 2475 conmion 

 JBibles, and 556 Testaments; in the 

 whole 3217. Of this number, 700 have 

 teen committed to missionaries, to be 

 distributed in the Western states, the 

 remainder have been distributed chiefly 

 within the limits of the commonwealth, 

 through the agency of the ministers of 

 religion. 



Judge Cooper, of Pennsylvania, has 

 written a work entitled, Some Informa- 

 tion concerning Gas Lights ; with six 

 plates of the diflereut a^ach^erj hjtliwto 



employed in producing the gas, wliethcr 

 on a large scale for cities, or in a small 

 way for manufaetories, theatres, or do- 

 mestic purposes. 



Mr. Daniel Rapine, of Washington 

 City, has published an Essay on Natu- 

 ralization and Allegiance. This work 

 is attributed to John F. Dumoulin, esq* 

 of that city, and maintains the right of 

 expatriation. 



Mr. Fielding Lucas, of Baltimore, 

 has published No. 1. of Sketches of 

 American Orators. 



Tiie city council of Baltimore have 

 recommended the use of carburetted 

 hydrogen gas for lighting the streets of 

 that city. 



A steam-frigate has been launched at 

 New York, three hundred leet in length, 

 two hundred in breadth, and thirtecii 

 feet thick at its sides, which are com- 

 posed of oak planks and cork alter- 

 nately; it carries 44 guns, four of which 

 arc 100-pounders, the others are from- 

 42 to 60. Besides which, in order to 

 prevent boarding, it can discharge upon 

 its assailants a himdrcd gallons of boil- 

 ing waU-r every minute. By the same 

 mechanism, likewise, 300 sabres arc 

 moved outside its j)ort- holes with the 

 most perfect regularity ; and, four times 

 fvery miimte, as many long spears are 

 darted out with the most incrcdibls- 

 force, and pulled back every time- for a 

 fresh emission. 



Mr. William Plumer, of Epping, 

 N. H. is preparing for publication, a 

 History of the late War between the 

 United States and Great Britain. In 

 reviewing the causes of the war, an ac- 

 count will be given of the most imi)or- 

 tant controversies and negotiations which 

 have taken place between England and 

 this country from the peace of 1783 to 

 the war of 1812, accompanied by suck 

 notices of French aggressions as seem 

 necessarily coimectcd witli the principal 

 subject. Particular attention will also 

 be bestowed on the cfl'ects of the war, 

 on the state of parties, and the civil in- 

 stitutions of the United States; on the 

 internal condition of the country, its 

 commerce, arts, and manufacturers ; and. 

 on the probable influence of the late 

 coutest on the future relations of the tww 

 countries." Four Histories of the late 

 war, besides that of Mr. Plnmer's in 

 New-Hampshire, are advertised to be 

 published. Some of them with plates^ 

 One in Philadelphia m 4 vols. ; one in 

 New-York ; one at Cayuga, state of N c w- 

 YojHi ^U Oft? itt l^ciitucky. 



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