202 Miscellanies. 



17. Scientific Congress at Metz. — A circular printed letter which 

 we have received, signed by M. Victor Simon, Secretaire de L' Acad- 

 emic royale de Metz, &,c. &;c. &£c., announces (hat a scientific meet- 

 ing of savans of France, Germany, and other countries, will be held 

 at Metz in September. It is desired that the purpose of attending 

 may be made known, and also the subject which the individual will 

 discuss. This is the fifth meeting of the French scientific men, held 

 in different cities in the departments. 



Metz is about sixty five miles northeast of Paris; it is an ancient 

 and famous city. It has eminent individuals, and various institutions 

 for science and arts — for literature, humanity and arms. It has fine 

 Roman antiquities, and is in the midst of a beautiful country. We 

 trust that some of our countrymen will attend, as they have done in 

 England as well as on the continent. 



18. JVeiv York Statistical Society. — A statistical society has been 

 recently incorporated by the Legislature of the state for the city of 

 New York. Its capital stock is fifty thousand dollars, in shares of 

 two hundred and fifty dollars each ; the society to commence opera- 

 tions when the whole sum shall have been subscribed and five thou- 

 sand dollars paid in. It may hold real estate convenient for the 

 transaction of its business, provided the income does not exceed five 

 thousand dollars. 



The society is modelled upon the plan of that of London, incor- 

 porated in 1834. 



All opinions are excluded — facts only being its object, and as far 

 as possible, those that can be arranged in a numerical and tabular 

 form. The subject was divided by the British Association at Cam- 

 bridge, into 1. Economical — 2. Political — 3. Medical — and 4. Mor- 

 al and Intellectual Statistics. The class of 



Economical Statistics comprehends, 1st, the statistics of the natu- 

 ral productions and the agriculture of nations; 2dly, of manufac- 

 tures ; 3dly, of commerce and currency ; 4thly, of the distribution 

 of wealih, or all facts relating to rent, wages, profits, etc. 



Political Statistics furnish three subdivisions, 1st, the facts relating 

 to the elements of political institutions, the number of electors, ju- 

 rors, etc. ; 2dly, legal statistics ; 3dly, the statistics of finance and 

 of national expenditure, and of civil and military establishments. 



Medical Statistics, strictly so called, will require at least two sub- 

 divisions, and the great subject of population, although it might be 



