344 Foreign Literature and Science. 
_ (Dard) appears to be a man of great mind. The establish- 
ment at St. Louis is under the direction of the Education 
Society in Paris. © 
A society is to be established in Edinburgh for the pro- 
motion of arts, similar to that in London, and connected 
with a repository of models on the plan of that at the Adel- 
The king of Denmark has granted a pension of two hun- 
dred crowns during two years, to four persons distinguished 
for their knowledge, to encourage them to travel in foreign 
countries. 
Dr. Perret, of Switzerland, has found that the roots of 
the Plantain, (Plantago major, minor, et latifolia,) is an 
excellent febrifuge. 
Literature of the Low Countries—During the first quar- 
_ ter of the present year there have appeared in the low 
countries (kingdom of Holland) three hundred and eighty- 
six new publications, of which eighty-eight are original ; 
of these sixty are in Dutch, nine in French, four in Flem- 
ish, four in Latin, and eleven in other languages. 
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ment ae in France. 
_ Necrology.—Sir Charles Blagden, the celebrated Eng- 
lish Philosopher; died at the house of Count Berthollet, 
Arceuil, near Paris, on the 26th of March last. He was 
eighty years of age, and retained to the last the sprightli- 
ness and vivacity of middle-age. He spent much of his 
tme in France, and was a diligent frequenter of the Insti- 
tute, where he held an honourable seat. He was noted for 
pursuing the most exact plan in the distribution of his time, 
in his meals, his visits, &e. He kept a journal of “passing 
events, in which were found the occurrences 0 
ing preceding his death. He kept up a regular correspon- 
_ dence with his friend, Sir Joseph Banks. He left a con- 
siderable fortune, and was very liberal towards the poor- 
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