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and in the firft part of the /ewenteenth cen- 
tury; which will ferve as a facred monu-- 
ment of the génits and claffical erudition 
of the Scots; and will evince, that in the 
powers of Latin compofition, they were, m 
the zra here fpecified, inferior to the Ita- 
lians alone, and greatly fuperior to the 
F tata to ae Englifh, to the Poles, to 
the Germans, and the Dutch. 
Ata late meeting of the HIGHLAND 
oe fome communications were 
ade from a fub-committee, which repre- 
fent confiderable progrefs to have been 
made in the endeavour finally to afcertain 
the truth in that interefting literary quef- 
tion, concerning the authentici ity of the 
poems afcribed fo Offian the fonof F ingal. 
The following Table indicates, the 
ew Geographical Diftribution of the 
Ligurian (Genoefe) Republic, including. 
the departments, capital towns, popu- 
lation, and the number of deputies that 
each department returns to the Leciilative 

Body. 
Departments. Capitals. Population. D. 
zt Genoa, Genoa, 31205 - 13 
2 Delle Palme, San-remo, $3647 6 
3 Capo-Verde, Diano, 40120 6 
4 Maremcla, Pietra, 40659.) «6 
§ Latimbro, Safona appoT 6 
6 Catufi, - Valtri, 39736 6 
7 Palcevera, Rivarola, 33698 5 
2 Lemo, Gavi, 26800. 4 
g Eaft Ligurian, Rochetta, 25820 4 
10 Weft, Ottone, 25280 4 
tz Bifagno, St.Martino, 40390 = 6 
z2 Golfo Tigulio, Rappallo, 40430 6 
3° Entella, Chiavani, 40570 6 
24 Vala, Givanto, 40153 6 
15 GoltadellaSpezia,Spezia, 40210 «6 
636485 go 
Profeflor OLIvaRius, of Kiel, con- 
tinues to publith the pevicdical work 
which we bei 
the valuable articles in the laft Num- 
ber, on “the t:5e; 1b of the prefs in’ Den- 
mark, proves, that under the Deanifh 
Government, defpoticalas itis, the meit 
delicate fubjeéts can be handled + with im- 
punity. 
‘Ehe complete works of P. REESE 
intendant of ‘the Illes of of France and Bour 
bon; have been recently publifhed in 
Peris, in‘ore oftavo volume. This ¥o- 
lume contains the life cf PoivereE; his 
<¢ Voyage dune Pkilofophe;” ao tion 
relativevto the agriculture cf the above 
colonies extra&t of a voyage to the Phi- 
lip ppine iflands ; milion to the Molucca 
iiends extract of a voyage at Son- 
rat to India and China; letter relative 
to the indian m thed of dying ; secanye 
ore announ nced.---One of 
common foap. 
Literary and Philofophical News. : 
of the removal ‘OF the cinnamon and clove 
trees to the Ile of France; &eo:&e2' 
‘Fhe Brunonian fyftem, which has met 
with fo much oppofition in the native 
country of its author, has found. profe- 
lytes in feveral parts of. Europes=> A 
German payfician, WEIKARD, -pub- 
lifhed fome time ago, ‘* An Examina- 
tion of a more firple Sy ftem of Medicine, 
or the Tiluftration and Confirmation of 
the Medicinal Doéiriae of Brown.’* 
This work has been traniiated inte the - 
Italian language, and enriched with= 
notes, by Profefior FRANK, of the Uniz 
verfity of Pavia; and from this Italian 
edition a French one is preparing by Lez 
VEILLE, member of the Medical Society 
of Paris. 
On the 1 of December lat, the Dis. 
rector General of Public Inftruéction .in 
Paris diftributed. the prizes among the 
fuccefsful candidates, pupils of the Na- 
tional fchool of painting and feulpture. 
Real talents, developed by aconftant and 
laborious gee con were crowned at 
this interefting ceremony. 
‘The great ‘confumption of foap, which 
of courfe is attended with a proportion- 
ate confumption of oil, renders the manu- 
fa€ture of woollen clathe very expenfive.: 
Several attempts have therefore been made 
te difpenfe with this ingredient, by fub- 
ftituting pot. afhes in its head: but the 
ftronge ‘alkaline properties of the latter 
never fail to corrode the cloth, and render: 
it unferviceable. ‘Fo remedy this incon= 
venience, M. CHAPTAL has made ex- 
periments of a very ingenious precefs, by 
faturating the -alkaline liquid wool, 
previous to its application to the manu- 
facture of cloths. Aitér lixiviating the 
aihes, he faturates the water, and lets © 
it evaporate to a certain degree. He 
then throws into his lixivium pieces: of.’ 
cloth and wool, taking care to ftir the 
compolition, till the rags are completely 
Ailieteet An adequate preporti cn of 
ace is fuperadded, tili the corrofive qua-=: 
lities of the licuid are perteétly abforbed 5 
when it may he uted without the fmalleft-. 
inconvenience or danger. It communi-. 
cates an excellent elofs to the cloth, 
renders it completely {upple; and in., 
every refpeét anlwers. ali the purpofes-of 
It is necefiary to obferve, 
that the cloth in the. fir infance ac- 
Guires a very itrong and difagreeable 
fmell, which, however; vanifhes on its 
bei ing bleached. And, fecondly, the in- 
difcriminate. ule of pieces of cloth of var 
rious colours, in faturating the Fea wasn 
communicates a dufky t: ince to the cloth, : 
which 
