[Jan, I, 
5;/) Meaning of the Term GaihbiS. 
defatlgable research by' Bode, The 
first part of this tribute to departed 
excellence, was published at Halle in 
ISIO, under the title of ‘‘Literary Me¬ 
rits of the Professors of He.lmstaedt'* 
Gottingen, meanwhile, bids defianee 
to the ravages of time and war, and is 
even at present distinguished by the mu- 
rhfxence and solicitude of the youthful 
monarch of Westphalia, whose motto, 
les appears in ^is respect to 
be descriptive of his conduct. The 
19th of August will never be forgotten in 
the annals of this University. After 
having been expected for several days. 
King Jerome arrived about noon, es¬ 
corted by a guard of honour, which con¬ 
sisted of students and doctors. The Aca¬ 
demic Body was formally presented by 
Baron Leist, in the library hall; on 
which occasion the present pro-rector 
Hugo, and the astronomer Gauss, were 
invested with the order of the West¬ 
phalian Crown. 
The library of GotiingcUf already 
one of the most useful and most com¬ 
plete in Europe, is to be enlarged. The 
adjacent church will be annexed to it, 
and will immediately be prepared at the 
liing’s expence. This enlargement is the 
more necessary, as Gottingen is to be 
enriched with all the valuable manuscripts 
and books of the Helmstaedt library 
which the former does not as yet pos- 
gess. The remaining part is to be 
shared by the Universities of Halle and 
Marhin'g. Part of the ^Helmstaedt li¬ 
brary, with the concurrence o'i Gottingen^ 
is to be added to the library at Wolfen' 
f)uttel, which then will be rich in ancient 
n^anuscripts and prints; notwithstanding 
Hanger had delivered to the French 
many valuable antiquities. 
After the ceremony above adverted to, 
King Jerome surveyed the Museum 
of Natural History, whither Blume.nracii 
has removed his collection of sculls. 
The professors were also indemnified 
for some losses, and had their salaries aug- 
mentdd. Those who had received in- 
vitatiotis to remove to foreign Uni¬ 
versities, have promises of further ad¬ 
ditions to their income. Baron Lefst, 
superintendent of all the Universities 
and schools in Westphalia, is indefa¬ 
tigable in exerting himself to promote, as 
much as possible, the prosperity of those 
institutions. Heyne, the Nestor of 
tiyigen, has especially obtained, as he 
merited, the confidence and friendship 
of thU minister. 
The new Astronomical Observatory 
at Gottingen will be completed with 
the utmost expedition early in the en¬ 
suing year. Harding, the celebrated 
discoverer of Juno, is in the mean time, 
at the king’s expense, gone to Paris, 
to confer with the astronomers of 
France. 
Halle has likewise experienced, in a 
very distinguished manner, the patronage 
of King Jerome and his ministers, who 
seem to be zealous to afford succour to 
the arts and sciences. The finances of 
this academic institution lately amounted 
only to 59,700 franks, whereas the 
expences exceeded 106,300 franks; 
the deficiency has, however, been sup¬ 
plied; and the annual salaries aug¬ 
mented with 8,100 franks. This Uni¬ 
versity sustained a considerable loss 
by Heil’s removal to Berlin. 
The literary institutions of Franconia 
have been considerably augmented from 
the funds of the suppressed school at 
Closterbergen; and the Padagogiumf 
which continues to be directed by the 
Chancellor Niemeyer, and wdiich, for 
the education of youth, is one of the most 
flourishing and best-regulated schools 
of the country, receives equal, 
and in some respects greater, support 
from the King of Westfhalia, than it 
used to receive from the King of 
Prussia. The botanic garden, under 
the immediate care and direction of 
SprenceLj, is, for variety and rarity, 
particularly distinguished among the 
German University gardens. The li¬ 
brary alone receives annually from King 
Jerome, the sum of 1,800 dollars, for 
the purchase of new books and ather 
necessary articles. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine^ 
SIR, 
''l^OUR correspondent, on the subject 
5 of chess, in the Magazine of last 
month, must have been peculiarly unfor¬ 
tunate in his researches into the various 
treatises which have appeared on what 
he justly styles “ that interesting game,’^ 
in not being able to collect from them 
the meaning of the term Gambit. I 
should rather have supposed the enquiry 
to have proceeded from some Tyro in the 
art, who had never looked into any trea¬ 
tise; and indeed it were just as reason¬ 
able to expect that a scholar, who had pe¬ 
rused ail the learned disquisitions on the 
ancient Grecian drama, should have been 
at 
