3901.] 
Goddefs of Wifdom, whofe fhield is in- 
f{cribed with the name of the late Emprefs 
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bute this medal in future 4s prize in the 
Inftitution for the Deaf and Dumb;. The 
Catherine II. in allufion to the firft ukafe infcription is Charles del Epée, né a Ver- 
of the Emperor, in which he declares to failles Az 1712, mort a Paris en 1739 3 on 
follow the principles of government adopt- 
ed by that fovereign. The infcription is in 
German, Strength and Wifdom; under- 
neath is engraved 4. 12 Marz, 1801, the 
day when the Emperor came to the throne, 
The French Minifter of the Interior has 
lately iffued a decree refpecting the refto- 
ration of the famous groupe of Laocoon, 
which was formerly attempted by Micu. 
ANGELO, who however found his work 
not fatisfactory. All ftatuaries are now 
invited to communicate models of arms 
for the three figures of the groupe to be 
examined by a committee, who will ad- 
judge the prize to that model which is 
found worthy of, the whole, and the 
artift whofe work it is will be engaged 
by government to undertake the reftora- 
tion, for which he is to receive the fum of 
10,000 franks. For the firft acceflit 
2000, and for the fecond 1200 franks are 
appointed. 
It is reported, that the bookfeller 
Faucxe, at Paris, has obtained the ex- 
clufive privilege of importing French 
books: into the Ruffian empire, after he 
had prefented nis Majeity with a plandrawn 
up for that purpol® 
There has been lately eftablifhed at Pa- 
ris a Bureau de Legiflation Eirangeére 3 or, 
an Office for Foreign Legiflation ; in 
which every law, civil,.criminal, military, 
marine, or thofe refpecting police and 
trade, of all European nations, are to be 
tranflated into the French language. ‘Tne 
perfons employed in this inftitution are the 
following: for the Flemifh, P.H. Mar-, 
RON, known by the share he has in the 
Magazin Encyclopédique ; for the Italian, 
Botponr and Popo.eri: for the Ger- 
man, LAMEY and WiNKLER, the laft of 
whom has tranflated feveral German pa- 
ers for the Magazin LExcyclopédique. 
he directors of the inftitution are La 
~“MiueRRE, fworn tranflator of the northern 
and fouthern languages,and author of many 
tranflations from the Englifh; and Bros- 
SELARD, known by his tranflation of 
Cicero de Officiis, the fecond edition of 
which was printed laft year. 
Citizen Duvivier, at Paris, has ftruck 
a medal of eighteen lines in diameter, in 
memory of the well-known Abbé DE 
L’EpeeE, late inftructor of the deat and 
dumb. As the image bears a ftriking 
dikenefs to the deceafed, the minifter of 
Lhe interior has thought proper to difwi- 
the reverfe is read, Au gemé Inventeur de 
L Ari @infiruire les Sourds Muets dans les 
Scienceset les Arts. 
Another medal has been Jately ftruck at 
Paris on the Peaceof Luneville, which is 
thought to be one of the beit. that has appear- 
ed during the Revolution. On one fide is 
imprefled the head of the Chief-conful, 
with the infcription, Bazaparte Premier 
Conful dela Republique Frangaife ; on the 
reverfe, an upright ttanding figure, holding 
in.one hand an olive branch, in the other 
a cornucopia, with the infcription, La 
Paix de Luneville. 
‘The celebrated Dr. Hurenanp has 
publifhed an addrefs to the phyficians 
of Germany refpecting the Cow-pox ; 
in which he earnefily folicits their at- 
tention to the following important que- 
ries: Is the Waccine-inoculation a 
fure Preventive againft the Small-pox; 
and, if it does not always fecure againft 
the {mall-pox, under what circumitances 
is it not found to be a Preventive ?”—— 
** Does the Poifon imparted by the Vac- 
cine-inoculation produce any mifchievous 
change or degradation in the organization, 
from which evil effects might be appres 
hended, after Jiaving recovered from the 
difeafe itfelf?”—In order to bring into 
one point of view all the experience rela- 
tive to thefe points, fo that fatisfactory 
refults may thence be drawn, Dr. Hufe- 
‘land invites all thofe who have practifed the 
vaccine-inoculation in Germany, to inform 
him as concifely and diftin@ly as poffible 
how many fubjects theyhad inoculated-~On 
how many they had afterwards tried the 
effects of inoculation with the, fmall-pex > 
—Whiether any of thefe latter had been 
infeéted with the fmall-pox; and, in fuch 
cafes, what was the ftate of the matter 
with which the patient was inoculated, 
and what the fymptoms of the difeafe thae 
was the confequence of the inoculation? 
~—-Whether dangerous or fatal accidents 
had occurred in the cow-pox?—Whether 
any difeafes, or even ficklinefs, have after- 
wards followed, which feemed to have a 
connexion with the cow-pox ?——-Whether 
the difeafe be;found on the cows in various 
places, and the accidental infection of 
men, and thethereby effected fecurity from 
the fmall-pox, had been there obferved » 
—All the reports fent to him Dr. Hufe- 
land means to publith in his Journal, 
which, as it is read by almolt every phyfi- 
ee. cian. 
