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terefting to mankind, has been reinftated 
again into its former rights, with all its at- 
tendant beneficent \ confequences. 
friend of truth is at full liberty in Pruffia 
to extend his inquiries upon any fubject, 
and no defpotic mandates prevent him 
from publifhing the refults of his invefti- 
gations. Opinions are no longer criminal; 
the amiable monarch of Pruffia fuffers his 
fubjects to declare their mind freely, even 
with regard to his own perfon, becaufe he 
” Literary and Philyfophical Intelligence. 
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is confcious that he has no reafon to fear’ 
the judgment of his cotemporaries, and 
has fufficient power to prevent any abufle, 
by a wife and paternal government. It is 
therefore not matter of aftonifhment, that 
the life.of the late king, whichis far from 
being fattering, is circulated without any 
fear at Berliny and in the Pruffian domi- 
nions, The title of this book is, ‘** Saul 
the Second, called the Corpulent, King of 
Cannonland,’ Berlin and Potfdam, 1798, 
Svo. &c. &c. The King of Prufa and 
his amiable Queen rival with each other: 
in difplaying their laudable zeal for the 
promotion of mental illumination, and hold 
out every encouragement to merit. The 
two following letters, which we extraét: 
from the Annals of the Pruffian Monarchy, 
a periodical work of confiderable” merit, 
will convince our readers that our affertion 
is not unfounded. = eae 
- To the Rev, — FirpueEr at Spandau. 
FEELING -the higheft intereft for every 
thing which tends to promote the im- 
provement of the lower clafles of my people, 
and which leads them to ufeful a&tivity; the 
Sunday School inftituted by you at Spandau. 
could not fail to intereft my attention.” It 
has afforded me pleafure to obferve the pro- 
grefs of this inftitutich, the ative fupport - 
which it has received from benevolent citi- 
zens, and your laudable zeal for the enlarge- 
ment and improvement of it. The benefit 
which your congregation has derived from ‘it, 
alfo has not efcaped my notice. You have 
evinced thereby real merit, which is fa much 
the more deferving to be acknowledged by: 
your Sovereign, as your modefty, a virtue fo 
rarely to be met with in our times, has not 
permitted you to feek for the reward of it any 
where elfe but in the confcioufnefs of having 
performed a good and ufeful aGtion. I have 
therefore waited only for an opportunity of 
accompanying my approbation with an attual 
reward. This has oftered itfelf at length, by 
the vacation of the “vicarage of St. Michaelis 
<Archangeli, of the chapter of Minden, which I 
confer upon’ you, as your 
-  .. Affe€tionate King, 
Dec. 1798. FREDERIC WILLIAM. 
fo G. E. L. Paurmann, atHatberflade. 
RECEIVE my fincere thanks for the poems. 
which you fent me; I coniider the cemmy- 
‘ 
-Marienburg, by Kratter. 
‘of Baron Trenck. 
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nication of them as a proof of your attention, 
and affure you, with pleafure, that I thall al- 
ways remain Your affe€tionate Queen, 
November 13, 1798. Louise, 
All the’ Cenfors at Riga are Ruffian. 
pricits, who know ne other language but 
their own 5 for which reafon every book 
which requires a licence to be imported, 
muft be previoufly tranflated tothem. If 
they fuppofe they have difcovered fome- 
thing objectionable in a book, it is con- 
fifcated immediately, and committed to the 
flames. One of the young Livonians 
who returned this fummer (1798) from 
Germany, took the fplendid edition of 
Wieland’s Works with him. Untortu- 
nately a volume was taken up for infpec- 
tion, which contained fomething that ap- 
peared to the prieft to militate againft the 
tenets of the Greek Church; and the vo» 
lume; with its beautiful prints, was inftant- 
‘ly thrown into the fire, which f{potled the 
whole fett, worth twenty-fix guineas — 
Whole leaves are cut out of the foreign 
new{papers, before they are circulated ; 
and it is even faid, that they are to be pro-= 
hibited entirely.- 
The following is an extract from the 
lif of books lately prohibited in Ruffia: 
The celebrated literary Gazette of Jena. 
Annals of the lateft Theological Litera- 
ture and. Ecclefiaftic Hiftory. ‘Fhe An- 
nals of the Britith Literature and Hiftory, ~ 
by Archerhols. ‘The Minerva of the fame 
author. Biographies of Lunatics, by 
Spiefs (a moft innocent and ufeful work). 
All the works of Burger, the celebrated 
author of Leonore, &c. The-Maid of 
The Happi- 
nels of Love, by Kieift (a moft elegant 
and beautiful poem). All the works of 
Diderot. The lateft Children of my Hu- 
mour, by Kotzebue. Edward, &c. by 
Moore. Zeluco, by the fame. ‘The Life 
btat prefent du Roy- 
aume de Portucal, par Dumourier. All 
the works of Profeflor Kant and his fol- 
lowers. Ga@the’s Writings: Guftavus 
Vafa, the Deliverer of his Country, a tra- 
gedy, by Brooke. - Hermfprong ; ory 
Man as he:is not. “he German Ency- 
clopedia of Profeffor Kriinitz (a work of 
‘uncommon merit, and of an entirely harm- 
lefs tendency). ° Lucius Junius Brutus, 
Father .of his Country, a tragedy, by 
Brooke. Mengzikoff and Natalia, a drama, 
by Kratter. All German Aimanacs.— 
Wieland’s new Mercury of Germany. 
Debenales New French Grammar for Ger- 
mans. Prophecies of J. Brothers.: Ru- 
dolph of Werdenberg, by Lafontaine (a 
molt excellent nevel, intended: to agri 
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