370 Miscellaneowi, 



MISCELLANKOUS. 



The Swedish astronomer Svannerg has this year reeeive-d 

 the prize bequeathed by Lalaude, to be given annually for 

 x\\z best work on astror.uiny. 



M. Lconhard, of Manau, near Frankfort on the Main, 

 has announced an intention of publi^>hing annually a work 

 on mineralogy', upon an extensive scale. He solieils ori- 

 ginal communications, and purposes publishing his first vo- 

 lume on the 1st of January, 1807, under the title of "A 

 Mineralogical Pocket Book." 



Several of the medical literati on the continent are at pre- 

 sent engaged in malting inquiries and experiments upon the 

 influence of music In the cure of diseases. 



A lying-in hospital has been established at Halle, in Sax- 

 onv, Upon an extensive and liberal plan. The subscription 

 for its erection has been filled^ and a lacge fund is also pro- 

 vided for its annual support. 



The editors of the Gazette de Sarite have announced a 

 premium af a gold medil, of the value of 200 franks, for 

 the best answer to the following questions : " What are the 

 proximate causes of epidemics ? Do they depend upon va- 

 rious miasmata which are conveyed through the medium of 

 the air, or are thev occasioned by actual contact ? Or do 

 they depend merely upon the qualities of smells ? Is it clear 

 that all stimidants are preservatives against infection ?" 



The answer may be written in Latin, French, Engjish, 

 Italian, Spanish, or German, and must be given in on or 

 before the 17th January, 1507- 



The emperor Napoleon has purchased, from his- brother- 

 in-law prince Borgliese, the famous Borgliese Villa and all 

 Its contents at the price of 13 millions of franks : the valu- 

 able collection of antiquities it contained are to be transport- 

 ed to Paris in order tr> enrich the Napoleon museum. 



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