Literary and Philosophical Intelligence 



55 i 



PORTUGAL. 



The kingdom of Portugal contains 

 873 elcmenlary schools. In 266 of 

 them the Latin language is taught ; in 

 21 the Greek language and rhetoric ; 

 in 17 natural and moral philosophy. 

 The University and Preparatory Col- 

 lege of Coimbra contain at present 

 from 1,200 to 1,600 students. The 

 total of young persons educated in 

 these various public establishments is 

 about 30,000. There are, besides, se- 

 veral especial institutions ; such as the 

 Acaddmy of Commerce and the Ma- 

 rine at Porto, which contained 315 

 students in 1820; that of Lisbon, 

 which had the same number in 1821. 

 In Lisbon are also the Royal College 

 of Nobles, aji Academy for the Arabic 

 Language, the School of Civil Archi- 

 teclurc and Design, the Royal School 

 of Sculpture, that of Engraving, the 

 Musical Institute, and several others 

 of minor importance. Tiie Military 

 School for mutual Instruction, into 

 which the children of the citizens were 

 admitted, had in 1818 2,518 pupils, 

 and the number has been much aug- 

 mented since. The Royal Academy 

 of Sciences of Lisbon publishes inte- 

 resting memoirs annually'. Other lite- 

 rary societies have been recenlly 

 formed in the citj', among which is the 

 Patriotic Society of Encouragement. 

 The average number of books printed 

 in Portugal, from 1805 to 1815, was 

 942; but ftn accession of liberty has 

 given a more active impulse to the 

 press. The number of publications 

 lias been trebled in the two last j'cars, 

 and that of journals is also much 

 increased. 



The public journals now publishing 

 at Lisbon are as follows : — 



1. The Diai'io des Cortez. This is espe- 

 cially appropriated to the sittings and pro- 

 ceedings of the Cortez, 



2. Las Actas das Cortez contains the 

 official Arts of that legislative Assembly. 



3. II Diario di Governo ; which contains 

 public news and intelligence of an official 

 character. 



4. The Regulator, a French journal. 



6. 11 Camjiian Portugues, a political 

 journal. 



6. II Portugues Constitutional. 



7. Trobeita (the Trumpet), an opposi- 

 tion joiunal. 



8. Cidadao Portugues (the Portuguese 

 Citizen), a political journal. 



9. The Citizen Artist, a political journal. 



NORTH AMERICA. 



A journal iu the Upited States re- 



[Julyl, 



ports the fact of a serpent being killed, 

 not long since, on the banks of the 

 Delaware, that was remarkably swell- 

 ed about the stomach. When opened, 

 there was found in his body an alli- 

 gator, six feet and a half long, by 

 thirty-seven inches in circumference : 

 it was in good preservation, though 

 dead ; but the eyes were not in their 

 sockets. ]t did not appear that the 

 natural vivacity of the serpent had 

 abated from the circumstance. 



Mr. Jefferson, formerly President 

 of the United States, has been a prime 

 agent in the establishment of a uni- 

 versity at Charleville, near Monticello, 

 the place of his residence in Virginia. 

 Though eighty years of age, he con- 

 structed the plan, and has superintend- 

 ed the buildings, which are nearly 

 finished. " We shall endeavour (says 

 the illustrious founder,) to render thig 

 university the first of all the establish- 

 ments of this kind iu our country. 

 There will be ten professors, iuvited 

 from hoth hemispheres, with distinct 

 apartments for each; also five eating- 

 rooms, and 104 chambers for the re- 

 ception of 208 pupils." The requisite 

 funds are allotted by the state. 



INDIA. 



An expedition, sent out by the 

 British government of Madras, to de- 

 termine the length of the pendulum 

 at the Equator, arrived, with all the 

 proper instruments, at Bcncoolen, in 

 Sumatra, on the 20fh of April, 1822. 

 The governor immediately made ready 

 a vessel to convey them under the 

 line, with materials and workmen to 

 act jjursuant to their instructions. 



The Society of Agriculture of Cal- 

 cutta, at its annual sitting of May 22, 

 1822, was favoured with the ofl'er of 

 an annual donation of 1000 rupees, on 

 the part of the local government. Dr. 

 Alexander Russel ^^as admitted a 

 member. 



A notice lias been issued, by order 

 of the government of Calcutta, that to 

 any of the pupils studying the oriental 

 language in Fort William, that shall 

 produce a certificate from the profes- 

 sors, announcing proficiency in any 

 one language, a gratuitous donation 

 shall be tendered of 800 rupees ; and, 

 in anj' case of remarkable progress, 

 double the sum. 



An oflicerof the garrison of Madras 

 has now in the press a work, entitled, 

 " an History of the Rise and Progress 

 of the Mahratta Power." 



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