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Arnong the celebrated Italians, who 
have taken refuge in France, is C. Dan- 
DOLO, 2 Venetian, diftinguifhed for his 
knowledge of chemiftry ; and who, on pre- 
fenting one of his works to the Inftitute, 
received the moft flattering teftimony of 
his merit, both from Berthollet and Four- 
eroy. : 
‘The Monument erected to the memory 
of the Poet Goprreb-AuGustus Bur- 
GER, by voluntary fubfcription, has been 
inaugurated at Gottingen. Itisa figure 
of a Germany in tears, of the height of 
5 feet, placed upon a pedeftal of 28. She 
is reprefented as in the aét of crowning 
the funeral urn of the Poet, whofe death 
the deplores. It is the joint workmanfhip 
of the brothers Heyd, artifts of Caffel. 
‘The monument is placed in a_ public 
Garden, near the gate of Albania, which 
is known to have been the favorite canton 
of Burger. For fome account of his life 
and writings, the reader is referred to the 
firft volume of our Magazine, page 117. 
A good account of his life and writings, 
will be found alfo in “© The Annual Ne- 
ctology” for 1798. 
The French Government has given or- 
ders to procure the Otaheite cane, which 
we have long fince introduced with great 
fuccefs into the ifland of Jamaica, for their 
remaining fettlements in the Weift-In- 
dies. 
A French philological critichas made loud 
complaint againft the new Dictionary of the 
French Academy, in 2 vols. 4to. which he 
calls a Pofthumous Royal Work ; the cal- 
culations and dates are all made after the 
ancient regime, and the months of the new 
calendar being not fo much as mentioned. 
On the contrary the definition of Fanvier 
is as follows: Fanvier ef? le premier mojs 
del’ année, fuivant l ufage actuel, The 
new weights and meafures are alfo omitted, 
and all the terms which the new chemiftry 
has given birth to. The orders of the 
King are retained, as the ordre de St. Mt- 
chel, de St. Louis, du St. Efprit, but  no- 
thing like 2 ordre du jour. At the word 
Injiitut, the inftitution of Bologna js 
fpoken of; but nothing is faid of the In- 
fitut National, which has encircled or 
drawn within itfelf all the academies of 
France. “The word Revolution the Dic- 
tionary applies it to certain memorable and 
violent changes ‘which have agitated cer- 
tain countries, and cites thole of Rome, 
Sweden, and England, but not a word of 
the French Revolution. The critic founds 
his right to complain in this manner of the 
Hichonary, as the National Convention or- 
Literary and Philefophical Intelligence. 
[March f, 
dered it to be perfe€ted by the aid of cer- 
tain literary characters. 
One of the French Generals in Egypt 
having given orders relating to the removal 
of fome mummies, a native, who fufpeéted 
that there muft certainly be treafure con- 
cealed about the bodies, elfe an European 
would not give himfelf fo much trouble, 
determined to try his fortune alfo. He 
accordingly fet himfelf to work; and al- 
though he did not difcover any gold, yet 
he found a roll of hieroglyphics, under an 
arm of one of them. ‘This has been fent 
to the National Mufeum. 
The atrocious affaffination of the French 
Ambaffadors at Raftadt, occupies at this 
moment the attention of GirropET and 
VERNET, two of the firft painters in 
France, who have been ordered by the 
Confuls to make that outrage on Human 
Nature, the fubjeét of two feparate defigns 
which are to be engraven. 
In the fitting of the National Inftitute, 
held on the sth of Brumaire, Bonaparte 
communicated many interefting details re- 
lative to Egypt. The canal, of which 
traces aredifcoverable, is 100 feet in breadth 
and 24 feet in depth; in fome places it is 
narrower. Monge is of opinion that thefe 
are the remains of two canals. It would 
appear that it was purpofely filled up. 
Near Suez there is an embankment to hin- 
der the water of the fea from flowing into 
the defert. The communications have 
fince been publifhed under the title of 
Memoirs relative to Egypt, an_Englifh 
tranflation of which will be publifhed ina 
few days by Mr. Phillips. : 
The French haye difcovered in Egypt a 
very large roll infcribed with hieroglyphic 
characters. What renders this dilcovery 
more valuable is, that a Greek, Syrian, 
and hieroglyphic infcription were found to- 
gether. ‘The meaning of the two firft is 
exatly the fame; they tell us, that the 
canals had been cleaned out; and it is there- 
fore probable that the hieroglyphies fig- 
nify the fame thing. It is hoped that thefe 
rolls will furnith a key for deeyphering- 
hieroglyphics. 
The learned mineraiogift DoLomtev, 
returning from Egypt in a crazy veffel, 
which let in water every where, was 
obligedto put in at Tarentom, where he 
was immediately arrelted. He found 
means, however, fo writea letter to C. 
Lacépéde, in which he exprefles his fears 
for his life; in coniequence of which the 
learned men of the National Inftitute have 
written to their correfpondents in Italy 
and in London, ‘‘ and principally (fays the 
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