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ang, and ina, week’s time not.a drawing in the collection re- 
nd apouned to be copied. ; 
ve 46. - Seulpture. —Canova_ has just finished a work which 
“is said to be superior to every other production of. his chis- 
el. It is a group of collossal statues, one of which | represents 
_, Theseus killing a Centaur. The hero grasps .in his left 
m - hand the neck of his enemy, whose human part is still mak- 
»oang useless struggles against his formidable opponent, who 
_difts in his right hand the massy club of Periphates. _ This 
roup is: destined for the imperial. court of Vienna. a 
AG. ern Schools i in France.—At the Society i in 
say Paris for the amelioration of elementary instruction, M, Jo- 
.,mard.read on; the 24th of March last a detailed report of 
-. the, actual state of those schools in France. From this it 
«Appears. there. were then, 1550, schools of mutual instruction 
| dn activity in France, . which is more than 200 above.the 
_ bumber of last year. 170,000 pupils received instruction in 
ae hase schools, enna RN 
iy “48. Serge Pie. whole number of births i in the pene 
. Tae during the year 1817, is stated to have been 786,810 
_. boys, and 714,796. girls: ‘The number of deaths was 
, 423,092 males, and 405,469 females, of whom 208,954.died 
. under 5 years, of age. Increase. of population, . 670,045. 
- The. number. ‘of dagiyiduals, who. had _attained the, age of 
, BO yeats.was.. 2. 5, - 68,723». 
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