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, - - 7 " 



1820, - - - 11 " 



1821, - - 15 " 



1822, - - - 35 " 



1823, - - 244 " 



1824, - - - 605 " 



1825, - - 1143 " 



1826, - - - 1545 " 



1827, - - 2003 " 



1828, - - - 2302 " 



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 JWecJianics 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. In a 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 re- 

 main from morning till night, well taken care of and instructed. Four 

 hundred children are to be admitted during the present year. 



Another school of mutual instruction, for three hundred boys, from 

 seven to fourteen years of age, will be provided, in which they will 



