Vor, IV.] 
him ftands France, arrayed like Minervay 
with her left-hand on the Laws. She is 
fupported by Juftice, who difplays her ufual 
Attributes. The Altar of Liberty is deco- 
rated with the Roman Fasfes, furmounted by: 
the Cap of Freedom, and encircled by a Gar, 
Jand of Oak. 
The Legend 
Confifts of the Royal Oath, which was as fol- 
» lows 5 
Je Jure 
D’erre FIDELLE 4 LA NaTIon 
Brea WAT LOon. 
; Rewerfe. 
Within the -inner Circle is the following 
. fcription ; 
Le Vavu! 
Du Peupce N’est 
Prus Dourrvux 
Pour Mat. 
Jaccerte La 
ConsTITUTION. 
13. SEPTEMBRE 
L’An, IIT pELA 
*LIBERTE. 
Within the outer Circle we find that this was 
Mefflage Du Rox ~ 
A v’Ass. Nat. Const. | 
Prefident Jes.Gme. Toourer, 
No, Obverfe. 
Liberty feated on a cube, upholding the fileum, 
or the Cap, with her Right-hand, while her 
In- 
Left leans on the Table of the Law, infcribed - 
~ Droits DE L’HomMeE. 
Article V. 
Behind her is the Gallic Cock ftanding on a 
fluted Column, in the A& of Crowing. 
Legend, 
Lizerte Sovs ta Lor, 
Exergue. 
L’An, II. pera Lrseare. 
Infcription on the Reverie. 
ReEvouuTion Francaise, 
1792- 
No. 6. Obverfe, 
A Hercules attempting in vain to break a Bun- 
dle of Rods. 
Legend. 
Les Francais Unis, 
Sont INVINCIBIEE, - 
No.7. Obverfe. 
Wer-ules breaking a Sceptre, and trampling on 
the Enfigns of Royalty. 
Legend. 
La sAGESSE GUIDE SA Force. 
Exergue. 
La Fix pu 
DeEspoTisM®, 
Rever/e. 
A Pyramid. 
Lezend. 
Respustica Gablica, 
Anno J, -- 
Exergue. 
Zine PERENNIWS, 
£792. 
Medal.— Marine School of Anfterdam. 
549 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazines 
SUR, 
THE following defcription of the Ma- 
rine School at Amfterdam, is taken. 
from the MS. journal of the Travels of 
of THou1N into Belgium and Holland, 
part of which was lately copied into the 
DECADE, a periodical publication of Pa- 
ris, J think it calculated to inform, or 
gratify, the intelligent readers of your va- 
luable Mifcellaay,and highly to deferve the 
attention of the Britifh nation at large. 
This republican feminary, in which 
the ftadtholderian government took no 
fort of concern, but furyeyed with diftruk 
and difpleafure, owes its origin, like ‘the 
greater part of the moft intereftiny efta- 
blithments of Amfterdam, to the public- 
{fpirit of individuals, who fubfcribed at 
firft towards its ere€tion, and now contri= 
bute annually a certain fum, in proportion 
to their means, towards its fupport. Its 
object is to form a number of expert fea- 
officers, capable of rendering fervice to the » 
commerce and ngval tactics of their coun- 
try, 
“Tt was M. Teyflet, vice - prefident 
and fecretary of the eftablifhment,’” fays 
Thouin, “ who introduced us into the 
houfe, and made us acquainted with 
every part of its economy. He informed 
us, that it was founded.in 1785; that ic 
commenced with twenty-five fcholars, 
whefe number had graduaily increafed te 
150, the prefent eftablifhment.: that it 
had already furnifhed the mercantile ma- 
rine with fixty excellent feamen; and 
thar feveral other eleves were now about to 
proceed on board the veffels of the repub- 
lic, equipping for .the defence of the 
States. 
«“ Thefe ¢léves are taken from among 
the children of citizens of all conditions, 
from the age of feven years to thar of 
twelve. Here.we fes the tons of opulene 
merchants, thofe of fuperior officers, of 
governors of eolonies, clafed along wach 
the children nf, fimple ftreer-porters, and 
comrpon failors. TVhele Jat are inftruéted, 
&c. gratis; the others.are required to pay 
a {mall board of tweive florins per month ; 
all, however, are clothed, fed, and taughr, 
in the fame manner, without any dug 
tinction of treatment whatever. 
‘The objeéts of.-inttruétion, are, the 
mathematigs, aftronomy, defign, and the 
living languages of thofe nations with 
whom commercial intercourfe is the mot 
frequent, The pupils are alfo exercifed _ 
to the working of a fhip, in ail its parts, 
and in every poffible circumflance wherein 
it 
