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pears at Madrid a weckly agricultural 
paper, entitled, Seminario de Agricultura. 
To Spanifh America, the Havannah, 
Buenos- Ayres, andithence to the Philippine 
Iflands, many copies of Cazeta de Madrid 
are fent by the monthly packet-boats. 
The Spanifh news-papers are very 
rarely read out of the dominions of Spain. 
‘To the king’s ambatiadors and refidents 
in foreign countries, the Office for Foreign 
Affairs fends the Gazeta de Madrid free of 
expence: but to make the poftage lefs, 
they cut out the political articles which do 
not relate to Spain. 
But the more frequently are foreign 
news-papers now read in Spain. The 
French Journals have been wholly prohi- 
bited by the Holy Inquifition fince the 
a4th of December 1789: the editor of 
the Moxiteur hefitated not to infert in his 
paper of the 2d of January 1790 this de- 
cree of condemnation again{ft himfelf. 
‘Though this prohibition remained in force 
notwith{ftanding the peace and treaty of 
alliance afterwards concluded ; yet the Pa- 
rifian news-papers are carried in abundance 
acrofs the Pyrenees, efpecially into Bilboa. 
And if the price were lefs (e. g. that of 
the Moniteur amounts at Madrid to 250 
pezos fortes); the number imported would 
be ftill more confiderable. Many copies 
of the Gazette de Leide, and the Florence Ga- 
zette, are likewile brought into the Spanifh 
fea-ports ; the latter chiefly for thefe who 
are unacquainted with the French language. 
As for the Spanifh dominions out of 
Europe, political news-papers are pub- 
Jithed at Mexico and Santa-Fé. The 
Gazeta de Mexico appears twice a-week, 
one fheet in 4to, almoft like that of Ma- 
drid, but printed on better paper. ~ It 
contains all the new royal ediéts (Cordule), 
and of political and commercial intelligence 
whatever relates to. the country. The 
Gazeta de Santa Fé is pretty fimilar as to 
its contents to that of Mexico. Both fur- 
nifh much important intelligence towards 
enlarging our ftatiftical knowledge of Spa- 
nifh America. The viceroys, however, 
have not favoured or promoted this branch 
of literature. When in 1795, a Spanifh 
Abbaté endeavoured at Lima to eftablith a 
third Gazeta for Spanifh America; fuch 
obftacles were thrown in his way, that 
after a trial of one year the undertaking 
was given up. 
Sa aa 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
INTELLIGENCE re/pecting M. VON KOT- 
ZEBUE. 
HE fate of one of the moft favourite 
ale writers of Germany excited general 
Correét Intelligence refpceting M4. Von Kotzebue. 
[Déc. ry 
intereft and concern. When his laf 
drama, The Chevalier Bayard, was re- 
prefented at the Berlin Theatre, with 
great, and in this infance certainly not 
undeferved, applaufe, this general lympa- 
thy manifefted itfelf by feveral unequivo- 
cal proofs. At Pyrmont every one brought 
his picture, and eagerly enquired after the 
fate of the man, whom they had often 
been wont to fee at that place. Almoft 
all the public papers fpoke of him, and, 
when no authentic intelligence could be 
obtained, communicated the flying reports 
of the day ; for of diftorted half-true half- 
falfe accounts refpeéting him there were 
plenty in circulation; and part of them like- 
wife found their way into foreign papers. 
In the mean-time the more cool obfervers 
prudently referved their judgment, and, 
firmly relying on the generally acknow- 
ledged innocence of the man, confidently 
waited for a more favourable decifivn, in 
confequence of an application in his be- 
half to the Emperor Paul. Nor were they 
ceceived in their expectations. As foon 
as that monarch received convincing proofs 
of his innocence, he ordered him to be re- 
called as expeditioufly as poffible from the 
banks of the Tobol and the frtifh, with 
the exprefs command, that every affittance 
fhould be given on his journey, and that 
a {um ot money fhould be paid him to 
defray the expences. On the 7thof July 
O.S. this meffage of life penetrated into 
thofe diftant regions of Northern Afia. 
Joy gave ttrength and wings to the return- 
ing exile. He performed with alacrity in 
1g days a journey of above 2700 miles on 
roads almof impaflable ; and on the 4th 
of Auguft found in Peterfburg his wife 
and his children, whom the emperor had 
invited thither to receive him on his ar- 
rival. The poet, who fo often in draw- 
ing fcenes of the happy meeting of long- 
parted triends and lovers, received the pencil 
from the hand of Nature herfelf, and em= 
ployed it with irrefiftible effet to produce 
the moft tender emotion in the fpectators, 
here enjoyed the pleafure of an unexpected 
interview with thofe he loved, and exhi- 
bited in reality a {cene which furpailes all 
the powers of defcription. He is now re- 
ftored for ever, to his family, his friends, 
and, it is to be hoped, likewile to the Dra- 
matic Mufe, who, notwithftanding all the 
cabals and oppofition againit him, ever 
reckoncd him among her chief favourites. 
In order to give M. von Kotzsbue a 
proof of his fatisfattion and of his tho- 
rough conviction of his innocence, his Ma~ 
jeity the Emperor of Ruffia was gracioufly 
pleafed to beftow on him, foon alter his. 
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