1828.] 
towards the Mont du Chat, and from thence 
to the Little St. Bernard. Besides, the 
original line laid down by Hannibal, on the 
evidence of previous inquiries from the 
natives of the Alps, who invited him and 
guided him, corresponds with this as to 
distances—which Livy will not do at all. 
Not ashadow of doubt can be entertained 
of the actual route being north of the Isere ; 
and Vienne, as was observed, corresponds 
with the distance marked by Polybius from 
the mouth and passage of the Rhone ;—from 
Vienne the course to Mont du Chat is 
direct and obvious; and from thence the 
vale of the Isere and the pass of Little St. 
Bernard equally so. No reason upon earth 
can be given for his going farther north, on 
the one hand, by the more impracticable 
passes Mont Blanc and Great St. Bernard, 
or on the other to Mont Cenis, far away from 
the Insubres, through whose country he 
certainly passed—that is, along the vale of 
the Doria Balea by Aoste and Isere. Po- 
Domestie and Foreign. 
425 
lybius has, in short, two fixed points, the 
one 275 miles from the mouth of the Rhone, 
that is Vienne; and the descent from the 
hills through the Insubres, that is, north of 
Iyrea and Turin—the whole line therefore, 
from west to east, must have been consider- 
ably to the north of Mont Genevre and 
even Mont Cenis. 
We have no space for niceties, but every 
thing which bears upon the question is 
discussed by the authors—and._ no shirking. 
They have themselves examined the country, 
completely, and in all directions—thoroughly 
sifted their materials—given to every body 
a hearing, and to every body their due: and 
all in a calm and temperate spirit which 
nothing but good faith and confidence in 
their researches could well support. General 
Melville, who spent many years in surveying 
the Alps, has the merit of first indicating 
the route now established, though he seems 
to have inclined to Great St. Bernard. 
MONTHLY THEATRICAL REPORT. 
WSILE our sheets are coming from the 
press, and preparing to take, under the hands 
of the binder, that form which speeds them 
through the delighted world, the Theatres 
will be raising their curtains, and display- 
ing their drop-scenes. We are not gifted 
with the faculty of prediction, and therefore 
think it wiser not to say what the Theatres 
are, and shall be, till they open. Covent 
Garden commences with a Shakspeare 
temple, painted by that capital artist, 
Roberts, and with a management directed 
by that not less capital artist in his way, 
Fawcett. But in what shape his ingenuity 
is to delight the world, we know not; for 
we have been painfully forced, from long 
experience, to doubt the actuality of the 
annual speculative list put forth in the 
| INSTITUTE—ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
_ Paris, June 16.—After the prizes had 
been awarded, as mentioned in our last 
Number, an historical eulogium of M. Ra- 
mond was read by Baron Cuvier, perpetual 
3 a Also a Physiological Memoir 
on the Brain, by M. Magendie. Baron 
Fourier, perpetual secretary, then delivered 
ecretary. 
an historical eulogium on M. Charles; and 
afterwards, M. Prony read a memoir on 
the labours of the late M. Perronnet. The 
“subject of the prizes for the years 1829 and 
were then announced.—23. M. N. 
atore, director of the observatory at 
] mo, forwarded to the Academy the 
ifth book of one of the astronomical works 
of Piazzi, and which was wanting in the 
M.M. New Series.—Vou.VI. No. 3.4 
newspapers, always giving us the “ promise 
to the ear” of from three to five Comedies, 
a pair of Tragedies, and a profusion of 
minor performances that would take up the 
brains of a whole generation of adapters. 
Drury Lane comes out in great force. By 
the accession of Farren, the Comic company 
is complete and admirable. With the best 
fop on the stage, in Jones, and the best old 
man, in Farren, Comedy can require 
nothing beyond the powers of the company- 
Wallack’s American trip has left the stage 
in the hands of Mr. Cooper, whose intelli- 
gence, moderation, and good sense, mark 
him for the situation. But excepting a 
Tragedy, from Miss Mitford, a Drama, 
from Knowles, and an altered play, from 
Kenny, the Theatrical Library is empty. 
PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 
library of the Institute. MM. Navier and 
Mathieu reported very favourably on a. 
perspective sector of M. Lalaune, an in- 
strument for facilitating the attainment of 
the perspective lines in a drawing. MM. 
Lacroix, Poinsot, and Navier, made a most 
flattering report, and recommended for in- 
sertion in the “ Recueil des Savans Etran- 
gers,”? a memoir of M. Corances, on the 
Integration of some Equations of Partial 
Differences, and on the Movement of Water 
in Vessels). MM. Dumeril and Blainville 
then presented a report, a memoir of Dr. 
Foville upon the Anatomy of the Brain ; 
and the Academy requested the continuance 
of his investigations.—30. M. Mirbel read 
a note on a remarkable development of the 
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