33© Memoirs of Ear 



ifeelion of any one. This work ha» 

 been sncressfuHy introdnoed into the 

 Polytechnic and Normal schools. 



Besides the prodnctions here noticed 

 from the same autlior, were " Ijctters 

 on London and the English," penned 

 ^Vith great impartiality ; and "Travels 

 i'n Austria, during the Campaign of 

 1809;" a work replete with observa- 

 tions relative to statistics, the sciences, 

 arts, manners and customs, to great 

 historical events, and to aneedotes 

 tliat often express, in pointed terms, 

 the characterizing traits of those 

 events. 



While making his observations as a 

 tourist, he would frequently repair to 

 the field Of battle to dress the wounds 

 of the soldiers; and there he invented a 

 certain military instrument, called by 

 the French, Les Baguettes. tJnder 

 this new directi<m of his ideas he 

 wrote, " On the Means of Destruction 

 and Resistance which the Physical 

 Sciences may contribute in a National 

 War." He was an associate also, in 

 important periodical and other works, 

 the objects of which are sufficiently 

 pointed out by their titles ; as the 

 " Annals of Physics and Chemistry," 

 "The Complete Course of Agricul- 

 ture," " The Bulletin of the Society of 

 Encouragement for National Indus- 

 try," the " Dictionary of Medical 

 Sciences," " IMemoirs of the Medical 

 Society of Emulation," the " Revue 

 Encifclopedique." &c. For liftecn years 

 he was collecting and arranging the 

 materials of a " Practical Manual 

 i)f Chemistry." 



M. C. G. projected the formation of 

 a Nomad Institute, to perambulate the 

 different parts of France, at stated 

 intervals, to remark on tiie progress 

 and wflnts of local industry, and to 

 invite the attention of government to 

 the result of their researches. 



In the midst of tliese literary occu- 

 pations, M. G. had not neglected the 

 duties of a citizen. Having sketched 

 out a plan fur the organisation of a 

 Board of Health, it was adopted, by 

 M. Dubois, prefect of police ; and 

 M. G. was appointed reporting secre- 

 tary. For nineteen years he acted in 

 this capacity, with that zeal, activity, 

 and philanthropy, which prominently 

 marked his character. 



From his frequently visiting manu- 

 factories, -workshops, hospitals, pri- 

 sons, &c. he made observations on the 

 maladies prculiar to different cmploy- 

 nunts; and, in amoral view, on the 



on Cupobidncoi [iSJay fj 



defects, vices, good qualities, Sie. 

 most apparent in them. He was ea- 

 gerly engaged in this work, when suf- 

 fering under pains that would hardly 

 let him hold his pen. His eldest son,, 

 who succeeds him in liis profession of 

 pharmacy, with a humane and com- 

 mendable zeal, intends publishing his 

 father's " Treatise »n Public Health." 



M. G. had been, in 1785, one of tho 

 foumlers of the Lyceum of Paris,, 

 which, under this name, and that of 

 the AthenfeHm, for thirty-seven years, 

 has proved an asylum to the votaries 

 of science, philosophy, and literature. 

 In early youth he had been a member 

 of the Society of Judiciary Benefi- 

 cence, the object of which was to 

 rescue the poor from the grasp of 

 chicanery, to discriminute between 

 causes well or ill founded, amd t© pro^ 

 vide a fund for supporting the former. 



In private life, M. G, enjoyed a 

 justly deserved reputation, and bis 

 domestic career was a continual source 

 of benefits. He was peculiarly for- 

 tunate in losing none of his earlier 

 friends, and in readily gaining fresh 

 ones. Among them, was the intrepid 

 and generous Montcgre, who had de- 

 voted his services to the civilizatioit 

 and instruction of the Haytian ration. 

 His premature decease is honoured 

 by a monument, erected by the Pre- 

 sident and General Boyer. An in- 

 scription intended for the tomb of 

 Gassicourt, will eulogise him as de- 

 voted to humanity, to his country, antl 

 to friendship. 



ACCOUNT of BARON CAPOBIANCO, th(t 

 NEAPOLITAN PATRIOT. 



The horrible fate of this noble pa- 

 triot may serve to characterise in some 

 degree the government of the French 

 at Naples, or rather to exhibit despo^ 

 tism under a general ligiit. Capobianco 

 was a nobleman of wealth and power 

 in Calabria Citra. When the French 

 invaded a second time the kingdom of 

 Naples in 1806, an opinion, grounded 

 on erroneous associations of ideas ami 

 suppositions, made them appear to the 

 majority of the Neapolitans, still as 

 deliverers of the countries they con- 

 quered. The two French princes w|io 

 reigned over Naples, presented them- 

 selves to the view of that ardent, rather 

 than calculating people, as the repre- 

 sentatives among them of a revolution 

 which had been undertaken against 

 the old despotism of Europe. The 

 Neapolitans seemed then to forget 



that 



