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dred and forty-six individuals. In the capital there has 
been a slight diminution, owing to the tendency of rich 
proprietors to engage more extensively in iron works and ag- 
ricultural employments. The whole population in 1818, 
was two millions five hundred and forty-three thousand four 
hundred and twelve. 
M. Keenig, a painter of Bern, in Switzerland, has invent- 
eda method of producing transparent pictures so as to ex- 
hibit the effect of the sun, moon and fire in the greatest per- 
fection. His lamtlscapes of Switzerland are said to be much 
more perfect representations of the sublime scenery of the 
Alpine regions than any thing hitherto produced. 
Oil has been extracted in Italy from the grape seed. It 
affords a light equal to that of nut oil: the smoke and odour 
are scarcely perceptible. 
Preparations are making in Malta to introduce the system 
of mutual instruction on the coast of Africa, through the me- 
dium of the Arabic. A small book has been printed i in that 
language explanatory of the system. 
The Greeks of the Tonian Islands are about to witness 
the realization of their fondest hopes—the establishment of 
a University in Corfu. Lord Guilford has received from 
the English government the necessary instructions for car- 
rying the project into execution. The Count Capo D’Is- 
tria, a native of Corfu, has contributed by various dona- 
tions to the endewment of this University. He has furnish- 
ed M. Politi, professor of chemistry in the new University, 
with the means of establishing a complete chemical labora- 
tory: 
A society of artists and men of letters in Paris, have en- 
gaged to publish a collection of lithographical portraits of 
celebrated men and women of that country, with a short bi- 
ographical memoir of each person, and a fac simile of their 
writing as far as it can be obtained. Two numbers, con- 
taining each four portraits with their notices, &c. are pub- 
lished. monthly at seven francs per number.—Idem. 
