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of every (Tefcription, which had bc'cn feized by the Neapoli- 

 tans on the banks of the Tiber, are to be reftored to the 

 French by virtue of the lad article of the treaty of peace with 

 the king of Naples: for this purpofe two commiltaries have 

 been fent to Italy ; one of them the fon of Chaptal the nii- 

 nifter for the home department, the other Dufourny, an ar- 

 chiteft. 



The inftitute for deaf and dumb perfons, conducted by 

 Sicard, is perhaps one of the mod ufefid eftablifliments which 

 Paris can boaft. The progrefs made by the pupils under 

 their able and benevolent profelTor excites an univerfal admi- 

 ration. Maffieu, the favourite of the abbe Sicard, and the 

 rnoft intelligent of his pupils, afts as fecond malkr. Some 

 time ago a lady afked him in writing what was gratitude: 

 to which he replied without hefitation, The memory of the 

 heart. It was impoffible for any one of the fpeftators, 

 gifted with all his fenfes, to have replied with more juftnefs, 

 truth, and delicacy. 



The manufaAure of porcelain at Seves, near Paris, is open 

 daily to public view; as is alfo that of the Gobrlins in Paris. 

 In the latter, a number of artifts are now employed in copy- 

 ing in lapeftry the mod pleafing fubjeAs which can be feleft- 

 ed ; — landfcapcs, cattle pieces, pieces of fruit, flowers, &c. 

 Some of thcfe are intended for prefents; the others are fold 

 in proportion as they are finiflied. 



The national inftitute ofmufic, which was eftabliflied in 

 1793, and wiiich is now ftyled the confervatory of mufic, is 

 under theadminiftration of five perfons, who are lodged in the 

 building, each with a falary of five thoufand livres. The 

 profeflbrs, fevenly in number, have each a falary of fifteen 

 hundred livres. The number of pupils, males and females, 

 amoimts to about five hundred. The prizes are diftributed 

 annually with great pomp; and the fuecefsful candidates 

 fing or play publicly the pieces which have been crowned 

 by fuccefs. From fix to eight concerts are given an-, 

 nually, to excite an emulation in the pupils, and to difplay 

 their talents. 



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