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MonraGue’s Letters, Gay’s and 
Moore's Fables, Srerne’s Journey and 
the Vicar of Wakefield, are the only Eng- 
lifh productions that have yet appeared 
from the Stereotype Prefs at Paris. 
‘They are in general of three qualities of 
paper, to fuit every clafs of cuftomers. 
_ The Senate of Hamburgh is ereéting a 
Monument, in the form of an obelifk, to 
the memory of their late Commercial 
Profeflor Buscu.—His valuable library 
was difpofed of in June laft.—Its fituation 
ison the banks of the Alfter, on the ram: 
parts. 
Dr. CLARKE, in his * Survey of the 
Power and Opulence of Great Britain,” 
gives, on refpectable authorities, the total 
acres of land in the ifland at 73,173,627, 
of which 51,178,628 are in cultivation. 
Of this number, 2,337,000 have been 
cultivated fince the revolution ; of which, 
2,304,000 have been taken into cultiva- 
tion during the prefent reign, yet. prices 
have advanced more during this reign than 
they have done for two centuries before. 
‘The Doégtor fuppofes the average produce 
of an acre at three quarters of wheat ; 
and a quarter he judges fufficient to fup- 
ply one perfon with bread for one year. 
One of the lonefles of the Botani- 
cal Garden at Paris whelped during the 
night between the 18th and toth Bru- 
maire (year 9) three young ones, alive 
and at the fulitime. This is the fame 
lionef{s, which, having become pregnant, 
for the firfi time laft year, hurt. herfelf 
and milcarried on the 17th Meffidor. 
On the day of her.whelping fhe appeared 
Janguifhing, and_would not eat. She 
whelped her firft young-one at teno’clock at 
night, the fecond at eleven o’clock within 
a quarter, and the third at two o'clock in 
the morning. She uttered no cry, and 
was as gentle to her keeper as nfual. 
Thefe young lions, all three males, were 
at their birth about as big as adult cats, 
but they had a bigger head and their eyes 
were open; they crawled along the ground, 
and their cries were like the very loud 
mewings of a cat when exafperated. 
Thew heads were void of mane and 
their whole bodies covered with .a reddifh 
hair, {potted with points and blackifh 
bands; their tails were marked with black 
yings on a ground of tawny colour. 
Thete three young lions are well in health 
and grow ftronger every day. The mo- 
ther cherifhes them with the greateft care. 
This 1s net the firft time that lions have 
produced in Europe. An example of this 
1s quoted in the Awz de la Nature, or 
Chix @Odfervations fur divers objedis de 
Literary and Philofiphical Intelligence, 
[Odober ty 
la Nature et de Tl Art, which the author 
‘ 
, has taken from an Englifh book, intitled - 
Loudon in Miniature, and printed in that 
city in 1755. 
London, we were conducted to fome iron- 
grated cells, in form of half-moons, inha-' 
bited by lioneffes of different ages. The 
firft fhewn us was the Princefs Dido, then 
in all the vigour of youth, about fix years 
old, and hand{ome in every refpett. The 
fecond was named Jenny ; we were told 
fhe was about forty years old. This was 
the oldeft lionefs: ever feen in the Tower, 
although for five hundred years this kind 
of animal has been kept there. She has 
been mother of nine young lions, all be- 
gotten by a lion named Marco, now dead. 
Thefe nine young lions died in rearing, 
with the exception of Nero, who died 
about two years ago, having lived to 
be ten years old; and of Nazacy, wha 
lived double that age. It was not with- 
out extreme caré that they could preferve 
thefe two laft young lions, for no animals 
are more difficult to rear, on account of 
the convulfions which they are fubjeé&t to 
at the period of dentition. 
kept for the firft year in a warm chamber, 
and fed with milk. They were as gentle as 
fheep, but theirnatural ferocity was quick- 
ly developed with their growing ftrength.”” 
They write from Milan, June 11, that 
General MIOLLIs has caufed to be tranf{- 
ported to Ferrara, in a public and ho- 
nourable place, the bones of the immortal 
ARIOSTO, who was born in that city. 
The common opinion is that Ariofto was 
born at Reggio. But his family being 
allied. to the Duke of Ferrara, and 
Duke Alphonfo having invited him 
to his court, he built a houfe at Ferrara. 
This houfe indicated the fimplicity of a 
philotopher. Being afked wherefore he 
was not more magnificently lodged, 
be who had built fuch fuperb palaces in 
his Orlando Furiofo; he made aniwer ‘that 
qords were much more eafily and fooner 
collected than fiones.’? He died in the year 
1535, at the age of ¢9 years. 
For fome years lait paft the public Li- 
brary of the city of Hamburgh has made 
ome important acquifitions. Befides the 
French works purchated for the fums that 
have been furnifhed by a fubfcription 
of many merchants; the cabinet of medals, 
attached to this library has been equally 
enriched by a pretty numerous feries of 
coins of the city of Hamburg, which — | 
were in the poffesfion of the heirs of M, 
AMSINK. The expence of this purchafe 
has been likewife made by a Society of 
Merchants, by means of a voluntary. fub- 
{cription 
** Entering the Tower of | 
iad 
They were 
