Littrari) and Miscellaneous hiteUigence. [June 1, 



In a recent work, entltkd "A New 

 Pictmc of Prague." are »lic following 

 sfiilislioal (lelaiis. The mimlier of iiilia- 

 bilanls is 96,618; of whom 80,794 are 

 Christians, 7824 Jews, 650(1 of the 

 army, and 1500 strangers. In 1820, the 

 marria;;es were 736, legitiniato births 

 4199, illegitimale 1500, and deaths 

 3683. Of these last, 191 were horn 

 dead, 1328 died in their first year, 14 of 

 the small-pox, and 6 were suicides. 

 Herein are not isicluded snch as died in 

 the hospitals. The <lisieinpers most 

 common are rheumafisms, disorders of 

 the Uuiu;s, dropsies, frightful apoplexies, 

 and mental alienations. Jn 1820, the 

 following articles of consiiuiption entered 

 the city: — 22,215 oxen, 3,353 cows, 

 42,239 calves (they kill tlieiii here very 

 young, — three da3s old,) 27,525 hogs, 

 37,052 lambs, more than a million of 

 geese, 1,026,035 bnshels (Vienna mea. 

 sure,) (if grains, of which 285,468 were 

 for the breweries, 18,899 hogsheads of 

 wine, 28,441 hogsheads of brandy, and 

 562,541 of beer.^ 



From a program lately pui>!isiied, by 

 Dr. GoERiNG, of Liibeck, it ap))ears 

 that in the Magdeburgh Library there 

 is a manuscript which contains extracts 

 relative to the letters of Seiseca, the ten 

 books of Diogenes Laertius, and Justin 

 nian's Institutes, that have not yet ap< 

 pcarcd in print. 



FRANCE. 



In a new treatise on wool and sheep, 

 by Viscount de Jotemps, it is clearly 

 shown, from many experiments, that the 

 wool of Naz, where a flock of Merinos 

 has been carefully attended during 

 twenty-six years, excels that in any 

 other part of Fraiice, and is at least 

 equally bciutiliil with the finest of 

 Saxony. The Ciiamhers of Arts and 

 Manufactures of Sedan and Rethel have 

 confirmed this decision, in temis tiie 

 most honourable. In its raw state, and 

 as worked up into cloth, it gained the 

 first gold medals, in (he last exposition 

 of the products of national industry. 



M. JoMAliu, of the Institute, has pub- 

 lished a geographical notice on the 

 country of Nedjid, iu Central Arabia, 

 a part bul very little known. It has 

 generally been taken for a desert; but, 

 liom fresh materials collected by this 

 writer, it is found to contain a great 

 number of little oases, that supply both 

 dwellings and subsistence to a pretty 

 numerous population. That of Nedjid 

 amounts to 300,000, of whom more 

 than 60,000 are capable of bearing arras. 

 There 



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JVfr. Arrowsmllh's decease (see our 

 55th volume, page 469), and is intended 

 soon to be brought out by his sons and 

 nephew, who are spiritedly pursuing the 

 geographical an<l hydrographical works 

 on which Mr. Arrowsmith was engaged. 



Mr. KiioDKS is printing a second 

 criilion of Peak Scenery, or the Derby- 

 sliire Tourist, v^hicli will contain a revi- 

 sion of the quarto copies, with a preli- 

 minary chapter, a scries of road sketches 

 for the use of tra\eilers, and a map of 

 the county, with the routes of the diffe- 

 rent excursions. 



The progressive augmentations of the 

 population iu the colony of the C:ipe of 

 Good liope, may be thus enumerated: 

 — In 1793, Mr. Barrow fixed it at 

 61,917 individuals. In 1S06, as detail- 

 ed in an actual census, the number was 

 75,145; in 1810, the number was 

 81,122; iu 1814, 84,069; in 1819, 

 99,026; in 1821, 116,044. The four 

 last are also from actual eiuimerations. 

 In 1822, calculating by estimate, tl'.e 

 number was 120,000. In"l818, the num- 

 ber of whites was 42,854, of hottentots 

 22,980, and of negroes 33,320; at present, 

 there are 28,840 hottentots, and 32,190 

 negroes. In the free population, one 

 death, and more than two births, may 

 be assigned to fifty individuals. The 

 bouses in Cape Tow n are 1750, and the 

 inhai'ilants 18,430; among whom aro 

 7,534 negro slaves. In 1821, the public 

 revenues of the colony amounted to 

 1,403,510 rix-dollars, ;ind the expenses 

 to 1,247,908. The culture of the vine 

 is enconrageil, and large quantities of 

 its produce are exported. 



RU.SSIA. 



At Novogorod fair, which ended on 

 the 3d of September last, the n)erchan- 

 dize brought thither is valued, in the 

 Petershurscli Gazelto, at 94,580,000 

 roubles. Of llietx' are especiall} noiiceil, 

 twelve millioiis value of tea from China, 

 five millions of furs from Siberia, 

 10,360 roubles' worth of works in eo|)- 

 per, iron, and other metals. 'I'hc net 

 jirofits of the fair arc rated at three mil- 

 lions of roubles. 



GERMANY. 



Tl'.e total population of the Ger- 

 man Coufedeiation, may be divided 

 into nearly 17,000,000 of Catholics, 

 13,000,000 of Protestants, and 200,000 

 Jews. These are scattered over a su- 

 perficies of 11,870 (Icmi-square miles of 

 Germany. The federal army, in time 

 of peace, is fixed at 301,780 men, and 

 in time of war at 452,670. 



