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dug up. It is of fine ivory, except 
where slightly decomposed. 
A second edition of Mr. HAMPER’s 
Tract on Hoar-stones is printing. © 
GERMANY. 
A deep alluvial deposit of calcare- 
ous tufa has been found at Meisen, in 
Saxony, containing fossil remains of 
the mastodon, megatherium, Irish elk, 
and elephant, and other colossal ani- 
mals now considered as extinct; and 
among them, it is said, human skulls 
have been discovered ! 
POLAND. 
Mr. Harvey, in a letter to Dr. 
Brewster, has enabled that gentle- 
man to introduce into his valuable 
Journal an engraving of the house and 
chair of COPERNICUS. It appears 
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that this great astronomer and philo- 
sopher resided in the highest garret to 
the right. 
FRANCE. 
The French papers give an account 
of the trial in Paris of Eugene de 
Pradel, the author of a small brochure, 
entitled, Les Eiincelles, containing five 
songs, which were prosecuted as libel- 
lous. After the pleadings had been 
gone through, and before the Tribunal 
of Correctional Police retired to deli- 
berate on their verdict, M. de Pradel 
begged to add a few words to the de- 
fence made for him by his counsel, 
when he delivered the following 
verses :— 
Ma muse vivait inconnue: 
Armer contre ses chants votre sévérité, 
C’est donner a son nom une célébrité 
; Qu’elle n’aurait point obtenue. 
Sous les verroux, ot l’ona peu d’amis, 
Un sonlagement a ses peines 
Sera-t-il vainement promis? 
Devra-t-elle accuser Thémis 
D’avoir voulu river ses chaines? 
Soldat, j'ai suivi nos héros ; 
Prisonnier, j’ai chanté la France : 
En Ja chantant, j’oubliais tous mes maux ; 
Ses lauriers cachaient mes barreaux ; 
Sa gloire charmait ma souffrance. 
Si je suis coupable d’erreur, 
Mes torts sont bien involontaires : 
Toutes les vertus me sont chéres ; 
Elles se plaisent dans mon cceur; 
Je vois tous les hommes en fréres ; 
Opprimé, je plains l’oppresseur ; 
Pauvre et captif, je chante mon malheur, 
Et les méchans ne chantent guéres. 
Respect for the court did not pre- 
vent his being loudly cheered by the 
auditors. The judges could not, how- 
ever, be moved, and they condemned 
M. de Pradel to be imprisoned six 
months, and to pay a fine of 1000 
franes. 
SWITZERLAND. 
A machine has lately been intro- 
duced at Lausanne, in Switzerland, 
for making bread, thatis, for preparing 
the fermentation of the dough, which 
seems to deserve imitation in other 
countries. Itis simply a deal box, a 
foot in breadth and height, and two 
feet in length, placed on supports, by 
which it is turned by a handle like the 
cylinder used for roasting coffee. oY 
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