394 Scientific Intelligence.—Statistics. 
2. Progress of Mutual Instruction in Denmark.—The monitori- 
al system of instruction was first introduced into Denmark, in 1819, 
and although opposed with great zeal by the clergy in its early stages, 
it was supported by a few of them, and having early received the 
sanction and support of the king, it made rapid progress. The 
Chevalier Abrahamson is regarded as the true founder of the system, 
and its most efficient promoter in that kingdom. The following is a 
statement of the number of schools, progressively, established on that 
system. 
In the beginning of 1819, - - - 1. school. 
end of 1819, - =; 
1820, - = . 1 « 
1821, 5 ; LBasiott 
1822, - 3 = 35. « 
1823, = Q44. « 
1824,)..- " ~. 605 
1825, , . 1143... 
1826, - 5 ~ 1545 of 
1827, . . 2003. 
1828, - ae “ 
302 
At the latter period, the organization of 344 other schools had been 
commenced, which it was hoped would be in activity at the end of 
the present year. The total number of schools of mutual instruction 
would then be 2646, that is nearly two thirds of the whole number 
in the kingdom.— Rev. Ency. Sept. 1829. 
- 3. Educational Beneficence.—It appears from a recent discourse 
pronounced by Ch. Dupin, at the conclusion of his course of “ Geom- 
etry and Mechanics applied to the Arts,” that one of the most enlight- 
ened magistrates of Paris, M. Cochin, Mayor of the 12th Arrondisse- 
ment, has established in his district, which contains near eighty thou- 
sand inhabitants, schools for the benefit of the poorer classes of all 
ages. The subscriptions by which they are maintained, he. has lib- 
erally aided by his own resources. Ina retired and healthy situa- 
tion, he has constructed an infant school, for children from three to 
seven years of age, where the children of the laboring classes may Te- 
main from morning till night, well taken care of and instructed. Four 
hundred children are to be admitted during the present year. 
nother sch mutual instruction, for three hundred boys, from 
) fourteen years of age, will be provided, in which they will 
