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ceipt taken, the medal will not be sent, but to the a'athor 

 himself, or to the bearer whom he shall employ. 



CELTIC ACADEMY, PARIS. 



This academy at a late meeting i^ubmitted to the test an in- 

 genious contrivance of one of its members, which communi- 

 cates the faculty of corresponding and conversing with per- 

 sons of whose language you are entirely ignorant, without 

 anypreliminarv stvuly, without expense, without embarrass- 

 ment, or the least mental exertions. ' It was tried by twen- 

 ty-five academicians on the European languages, and this 

 trial demonstrated^ that by means of this discovery, a per- 

 son may travel wherever he pleases w^ithout an interpreter ; 

 that he may ask for every thing lie wants, converse on every 

 kind of subject interesting to a traveller, aiid- even express 

 metaphysical ideas. This process is intended to be made 

 public. 



LITERARY SOCIETY, MANILLA. 



Dr. Anderson, of Madras, has published in the Madras 

 Gazette the following letter, which he bad lately re- 

 ceived from the Manilla, annovmcing the formation of a 

 literary society in that city : 



" There is' lately instituted here, under the immediate 

 protection of government, a literary society, to which they 

 have done me the honour to appoint me secretary. The 

 intention of this society is to produce a journal every 

 month, treating of the different branches of uscfid sciences 

 pi" tiie Philippine islands, in order to encourage industry. 

 Each will begin with an historical extract of these islands 

 .since the connnencemeut of their establishment by the Spa- 

 niards, drawn from the most approved authors on this sub- 

 ject, deprived of all superstition in the antient relations. 

 After that they will speak of the three kingdoms, the ani- 

 mal, the vegetable, and the mineral. Agriculture will oc- 

 cupy a great^ space ; and commerce and industry will fur- 

 nish the journal with something upon navigation. A few 

 sheets will be reserved for the remarkable events of every 

 description which may have occurred, with observations on 

 their different accidents. This is nearly the plan, which 

 you will be able to judge more of by the prospectus, which 

 I shall have the honour of sending to you by the first op- 

 portunity ; but it is at present in the press, and will not 

 appear before the end of the month. The society, wishing 

 to acquire all the information and light which can tend to 

 render their work more useful, and at the sarne time enter 



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