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29. Monument of Pultowa. 



A monument of cast iron has been erected at Pultowa by 

 ihe emperor Alexander, in memory of the victory obtained 

 fay Peter the great over Charles the 12th of Sweden. 



Idem. 



30. Biography of Linneiis. 



Chaver has recently brought to light at the house of a 

 Florist, a biography of Linneus, in the Swedish language, 

 written by himself and continued to his death. 



The manuscript has been sent to Upral and will soon be 

 pubhshed in an 8vo. of five hundred pages. It will be or- 

 namented with six engravings, presenting two portraits of 

 the celebrated naturalist, a fac simile of his writing, his 

 monument in the cathedral church and the arms of his fam- 

 ily. — Idem. 



31. Jurisprudence in Switzerland, 



A premium of fifty louis has been granted to M. Han- 

 gard by a convention of inhabitants of the Canton de Vaud, 

 in Switzerland, for the best dissertation on the question, 

 " would the institution of juries in criminal cases prove ad- 

 vantageous in the Canton de Vaud." The memoir will be 

 printed at the expense of the Canton and spread through- 

 out Switzerland. The author has decided against the es- 

 tablishment of juries in Switzerland though an admirer in 

 general of that excellent institution. But in the Canton the 

 judges are appointed by the people at determinate periods j 

 they receive nothing from government, and have neither 

 grace, favours, nor fortune to hope for. Their independence 

 is established by good laws, and they enjoy besides the en- 

 tire confidence of the nation. These reasons with many 

 others, not less plausible, are developed in the memoir with 

 great precision. — Idem. 



32. Education of the Poor, 



If the school for poor children at Hosfevyl demonstrates 

 the happy influence of a moral education upon a large scale. 



