tlemen that are returned from Egypt, have 
acquired a perfect knowledge, both of the 
literary and vulgar language. The learned 
DE Sacy, who is fo well verfed in that 
language, is, likewife, about to publifh 
an extenfive Grammar in Arabic and 
French, which is allowed by thofe pra- 
- ficients who have perufed his manufcript, 
, to be one of the beit that ever appeared. 
The fourth line of the Paris telegraph, 
which, according to the original defign, 
ought to reach as far as Nice, in Pro- 
vence, for want of the neceffary funds, is 
only carried as far as Dijon—the other 
three reach, the one to Lifle, the other to 
Breft, and the third to Strafbourg—from 
Lifle, which is a-diftance of r20 leagues, 
intelligence will arrive in fix minutes, 
three for the: queftion, and three for the 
anfwer. 
The Ex-baron of St. Croix is now pub: 
lifhing a new edition ot his Critical Ex- 
amination of the Antient Hiftorians who 
treat of) the life and actions of Alex- 
ander the Great (Examen Critique des 
ancieas Hiftoriens d” Alexandre le Grand} 
with large notes and additions, in one 
vol. ato. 
In the laft year at Paris the number of 
males born in marriage was 7504, of fe- 
males 7325. The number of males born 
out of marriage was 1792, and of females 
1852, making the general total of chil- 
dren born 18,116... The number of mar- 
riages for the fame period was 3326, and 
of divorces 720. ‘Lhe number of perfons 
deceafed 10,446 males, and £0,301 females 
making together 20,767. 
There has lately appeared at Paris the 
fecond edition, confiderably augmented, 
of A Manual of a Courfe of Chemiftry ; 
or, the Elementary Principles, in Theory 
and Pragtice, of that Science, by Citizen 
Bovitton Lacrance. This new work, 
however, muft not be confounded with 
that which appeared about two years ago, 
under the fame title, as it differs effen- 
tially from it, both in the plan which the 
author has adopted, and in the manner in 
which he has executed it. In his firft ma- 
nual, Citizen Bouillon Lagrange only 
intended to prefent exact defcriptions of 
all the procefles, by means of which fuch 
and fuch other veiults wereto be obtained, 
The avidity with which that work was 
bought up, quickly demonftrated the 
public conviétion of itsutility. The firft 
edition being now entirely:out of print; 
the author has judged it neceflary to pub- 
lifh a fecond; but withing to render*it 
more interefting, he has made it his ba- 
Literary and Philofephical Lnielligences 
finefs to add fome illuftrations, which ap-_ 
peared to him proper to favour the ftudy 
[May 3; 
of chymiftry, and to accelerate the pro- 
’ grefs of that feience. 
GERMANY. _ 
Thofe who had expected that falutary 
confequences would follow from the regu- 
lation that lately took place at Vienna re- 
fpecting the licenfing of books, have found 
themfelves greatly deceived. Since the 
union of the book-cenforfhip with the 
police, it 1s become more difficult than 
ever to obtain permiffion to read a prohi- 
bited book. The fate of the newfpaperg | 
and journals in particular is extremely 
hard ; for almoft all of them are fent back 
at the frontier ftations. A new law has 
likewife been enaéted, that all books pub- 
lifhed fince the death of Maria-Therela 
fhould be again examined by the licenfers, 
Nothing can exhibit a more ftriking cen- 
traft, than the indulgence fhewn under the — 
reign of Jofeph II. which, in fomeé in-« 
fiances, was perhaps carried too far. 
A new tragedy, in blank verfe, intifled ° 
Regulus, has lately been produced on the 
Vienna Court-fiage, by which the author, 
a young poet, of the name of KOLLIN,' 
has acquired general admiration. The 
fame tragedy has likewife been aéted in 
Berlin with applaufe-——IFFLAND aéted 
Regulus in an admirable manner. 
The fcience of aftronomy is: now culti- 
vated with much zeal in Germany. The 
Duke of Gotha in particular, has greatly 
contributed towards exciting this zeal ; 
and the obfervatory, which he erected at 
Seeberg, near Gotha, is under the direc- 
tion of M. von Zacu, the moft attive, 
and ene of the bet, aftronomers in Eu- 
rope.’ Dr. OLBERs; of Bremen, was the 
fit of the German aftronomers who faw 
the Prazzt, at Bremen, on the firft of Ja- 
nuary, 1801. Though the honour of the 
firft difcovery of this planet is due to Pr- 
Azz, it is but juftice to ftate, that, 30 
years ago, Profeflor Bove, of Berlin, 
maintained with great probability, that 
the wide {pace betwixt Mars and Jupiter 
could not be void, grounding his opinion 
on the proportion which KEPLER had 
found to exift between the. periods of re- 
volution, and the diftances of the planets. 
The library of the Univerfity of Wit- 
tenberg has been lately enriched with about 
1000 volumes, bequeathed to it by W. 
Orro WiLHELM VON DEN BRINKEN, 
who died in December, 1800. They con- 
hit cf the beft works-on Hiftory, Geogra~ 
phy, &c, i 
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