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excepted. The univerfity of Ingolsftadt 
is to be transfered to Landfhut : where. it 
is to open in. November next. The ex- 
pence of this removal is calculated at above 
60.000 florins. The canons of the colle- 
giate church of St. Martin at Landfhut, 
each of whom has hitherto enjoyed an in- 
come of 2,000 florins, are in future to be 
eftablifhed at Ingolftadt, with a falary of 
only 600 florins. The remainder of the 
‘revenues of the church are by the ele&or 
beftowed on the univerfity. “The Domi- 
nicans of Landfhut are to be diffolved : 
and their very fpacious monaftery and 
church will be fitted up for the ufe of the 
univerfity. It is faid, that, to indemnify 
the burghers of Ingolftadt for the lots they 
fuftain by the removal of the univerfity, all 
thofe who enjoy penfions from the elector 
will be obliged to fpend them there; and as 
it is a fortified place, the military f{chool 
' is to be transfered thither. 
The laft anniverfary féte of the foun- 
dation of the French Republic, celebrated 
at Paris the firft’ of Vendemaire, year 8, 
as it related to the arts and {ciences, was 
highly interefting. During the fix comple-. 
mentary days of the year 7, all the libraries 
and mufeums were opened to the public; 
the rmanufaétories of Gobel tapeltry and 
Seve China were expofed to the view of 
the citizens as the interefting produce of 
their induftry. The area of the National 
Palace of Arts and Sciences was decorated 
with the moft beautiful French tapeltry ; 
the famous tapeftries of the Vatican, work- 
ed after defizns of Raphael, were alfo ex- 
hibited to public view. In the middle of 
this vaft court was raifed the ftatue of 
-INDusTRyY, furrounded with trophies and 
emblems relative to the arts. 
raifed floor, near the ftatue of INDUSTRY, 
were exhibited the models of thofe ma- 
chines which had obtained the prize from 
the National Inftitute and other learned 
focieties ; alfo famples of the various ob- 
jects of the arts and of induftry, which 
were diftinguifhed the preceding year by 
the jury charged to examine them. In 
the, middle of the hall of the Central Mu- 
feum were confpicuoufly placed thofe 
works of fcience and of literature whofe 
authors had been judged by the National 
~Inftitute worthy to be proclaimed in the 
‘Champ-de-Mars, on the day of the féte of 
the Republic. There were diftingmifhed 
alfo thofe productions of the fine arts, the 
atthors of which had merited the fame 
honour; ‘they were pointed out in the 
hall by an in{criptionand a branch of lau- 
rel. On the day of the féte the procef- 
‘fion of the adminiftrators and perfons in 
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Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
Upon the 
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authority formed themfelves as ufual, but 
were preceded by / 
1. Young citizens who had obtained this 
year the prize in the central and fpecial, 
{chools. 
2. Thofe artifts whofe works were dif- 
played in the hall,.and diftinguifhed by the 
Wational Inftitute. 
3. Authors whofe works had heen equally 
honoured by the Inftitute. 
4. Mechanics and manufa@turers who had 
expofed machines, the year before, in the 
Champ-de Mars, the utility of which had 
been proved fince by a {pecial jury named to 
examine them. ) 
5. Labourers crowned in the department 
of the Seine on the agricultural fete. 
The Prefident of the Directory then 
charged the Prefident of the National In- 
fiitute to proclaim the excellent works ; 
upon this, he mounted the tribune, and 
obferved firft, that the National Inftitute 
had declared its intention of not pro= 
claiming the names of any of its own body, 
whether refident or non-refident members, 
as it conceived itfelf not proper to pro-~ 
nounce upon the merits of thofe works 
they have given to the public, and efpe- 
cially as it renders publicly every year an 
account of its labors to the legiflature. 
Works of fcience, literature, and the 
fine-arts, which have been honoured by 
the National fnftitute: 
Sciences, Mathematics, and Natural Phi- 
lofophy. 
Citizen Kramp, profeffor of natural 
philofophy and of chemiftry, at the central 
{chool in the department of Roer, at Co- 
logne, author of a work intitled, ** Ana- 
lyfis of Aftronomical and Terreftrial Re- 
fractions.” 
Citizen H. FouqueEt, profeffor of the 
{chool of medicine at Montpellier, author 
of the work intitled, ‘* Obfervations upon 
the Conftitution of the Six Firft Months of 
the Year Five, at Montpellier, and upon 
the principal Difeafes which have reigned 
there during the laft fix months in this 
commune and its environs.” 
Citizen P, DescHarMes, author of a 
procefs to folder plate, and take the waves 
and air-bladders out of glafs. 
Literature, and the Fine Arts. 
Citzien SYLVESTER DE SACY, depart- 
ment of the Seine, has given, under the 
title of, <* Notices of the Manuicripts,”” 
(publifhed at the National prefs) Memoirs 
upon the Hiftory of Oriental Literature. 
In the greater number, he has analyfed 
fome precious hiftorical monuments, very 
little known, of Yemen and of other coun- 
tries in Arabia. One memoir treats parti- 
cularly of the arabico-Spanithmanufcripts, 
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