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university of Dorpat, presented the plan of this enterprlscj 

 which began upon the meridian of the observatory of Dor- 

 pat, Lat. 56 N. It will be executed at the expense of the 

 university. The emperor has approved the plan, and has 

 given two thousand ducats to procure the requisite instru- 

 ments. Dr* Walbeck, astronomer at the observatory of 

 Abo, acts in concert with professor Struve. 



38. Gymnastics. — The Gymnastic establishment of M. 

 Clias, in Switzerland, which has existed seven years, has 

 obtained complete success. There now exist in the differ- 

 ent cantons, fifteen gymnastic schools, well organized, an- 

 nexed to academies, or colleges, and directed by pupils of 

 M* Clias. A great number of boarding schools have also 

 adopted gymnastic exercises, because they begin to feel gen- 

 erally, the advantages of this part of education. 



39. Marseilles. — Mutual Instruction. — An evening school 

 has just been opened in this town, for the admission of a 

 great number of adult workmen. The minister of the in- 

 terior, with a view to encourage this philanthropic ob- 

 ject, has grantod assistance to the founders of this school. 

 In many establishments, the evening hours of the society 

 are devoted to the elen^entary instruction of adults. The 

 friends of humanity will doubtless wish, that these examples 

 may find imitations in all parts of the kingdom. 



40. Zeal for ant'qnity. — The circular zodiac of the tem- 

 ple of Denderah, in Upper Egypt, one of the most cele- 

 brated, and ancient pieces of anti.^uity, in relation to 

 astronomy which the world can produce, has, with aston- 

 ishing address, and dexterity, been removed from the ele- 

 vated platform of the temple, conveyed to the Nile, floated 

 down the rivers to Alexandria, and transported to Marseilles, 

 whence it will be taken to Paris, to ornament probably, the 

 grand museum of the Louvre- It is a stone of about lO 

 feet square, attached to a mass of rock 2i feet thick. 



41. Hospitals in France. — It appears by a recent work 

 of Baron Dup-n, entitled " Histoire de radministration des 

 scvours publiques," that the number of individuals in the ^ 



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