344 Foreign Literature and Scvence. 
(Dard) appears to be a man of great mind. ‘The establish- 
ment at St. Louis is under the direction of the Education 
Society in Paris. 
A society is to be established in Edmburgh for the pro- 
motion of arts, similar to that in London, and connected 
with a repository of models on the plan of that at the Adel- 
phi. 
The king of Denmark has granted a pension of two hun- 
dred crowns during two years, to four persons distinguished 
for their knowledge, to encourage them to travel in foreign 
_ countries. 
Dr. Perret, of Switzerland, has found that the roots of 
the Plantain, (Plantago major, minor, et latifolia,) is an 
excellent febrifuge. 
Laterature of the Low Countries—During the first quar- 
ter of the present year there have appeared in the low 
countries (kingdom of Hoiland) three hundred and eighty- 
six new publications, of which eighty-eight are original ; 
of these sixty are in Dutch, nine in French, four in Flem- 
ish, four in Latin, and eleven in other languages. 
Bohea tea has been successfully cultivated in the depart- 
ment of Arriege in France. 
Necrology.—Sir Charles Blagden, the celebrated’ Eng- 
lish Philosopher, died at the house of Count Berthollet, 
Arceuil, near Paris, on the 26th of March last. He was 
eighty years of age, and retained to the last the sprightlhi- 
ness and vivacity of middle age. He spent much of his 
time m France, and was a diligent frequenter of the Insti- 
tute, where he held an honourable seat. He was noted for 
pursuing the most exact plan in the distribution of his time, 
in his meals, his visits, &c. He kept a journal of passing - 
events, in which were found the occurrences of the morn- 
ing preceding his death. He kept up a regular correspon- 
dence with his friend, Sir Joseph Banks. He left a con- 
siderable fortune, and was very liberal towards the poor. 
