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the fortunate Pepin, found a vaft-empire 
en the ruins of their dominion. 
Whilf, im an advanced age, Citizen 
Asnquetil is, in this manner, repofing 
from the hifterical labours to which he 
ewes his reputation, Citizen BoucHauD, 
that Neftor of literature, whom fixteen 
complete luirums, and three years addi- 
tional, cannot wean from the fudies which 
have conftituted the charm of his life; has 
yead to the Clafs three Memoirs, all of 
which indicate a very extenfive erudition 
gnd indefatigable refearch. 
1. A Second Memoir on the Authority and 
Ufe of Infcripticns, inthe Laws affecting the 
private Life of the Romans, aud in their 
Poatifical Law, ‘till the Period in which 
hey embraced Chrifiianity. : 
2. 4A Membir on the Perpetual Edié, 
divided into three parts. —It appears from 
the firt that this editt was compiled by 
order of the Emperor Adrian, and -was 
intended to be referred-to as a perpetual 
' Jaw in the tribuflals of Rome. The fe- 
cond part contains fome particulars of 
the lite, the knowledge, and the writings 
ef the lawyer Salvius Julianus, to whom 
the execution of this labour was entrufted. 
In the third, the author inveftigates the 
authority which the perpetual. edict had 
acquired, explains the order and mate- 
rials, and, daftly, treats of the different 
eommentaries and lawyers relative to this 
edict, from which it appears that, in gee 
neral, they adopted the order which Julia- 
nus followed. 
3. A Memoir on the Moral Writings of 
Cicero.—The author admits that the mo- 
rality of Cicero is found ; but he obferves, 
that the ideas of the philofophical arator, 
taken collectively, do not form a regular 
fyftem, and that the paflages which con- 
tain thofe ideas, lofe much of theis force, 
for want of coherence and arrangement. 
3t may be further objected to the pririci- 
piles of Cicero, that he is fometimes at 
variance with himlelf ;—the caufe of this 
wmconliltency may be traced, perhaps, to 
the flate of human knowledge at that pe- 
riod. There was no.truth which had not 
been called in queftion by certain piilofo- 
phers, which fome bad not even ablolutely 
rejected, and which had not been obicured 
by the fophifms of therhetoricians. Truths 
which appeared. inconvenient were at- 
tacked, denied, and ridiculed. Some 
writers defended them, merely to difplay 
their wit, and did not convince, becaufe 
they were not convincec themfelves. In 
fine, every thing was uncertain, every. 
thing was a fubjeé of difpute, and Cicero 
appears, fometimes, a iceptic, like the 
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Proceedings of Learned Societies. 
(Dec. I, 
other philcfophers. We are often at a lofs 
to underftand whether he. fpeaks of the 
opinions of his time, as a fimple hiftorian, 
or whether he propofes Ais own thoughts 
to the reader. Meral principles prefented 
with fo much dubiety by the author, can 
have but little influence on the reader. 
Citizen LEGRAND-LALEU, anaflociate- 
member, hasread a Fix/? Memoir on the ancient 
Aduinifiration of Criminal Fuftice in-France. 
Another affociate-m@aber, Citizen 
Koca, has: tranfmitted to the Clafs the 
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Notice of a Manufcript Code of Rachion, — 
Eijfhep of Strafbourg, written in the year 
787, and now. gepofited in the central 
library of the department of the Lower 
Rhine. 
Citizen PorRreR has made fome Obfer- 
wations on this Notrce, which he has com- 
municated to the Clafs. 
UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN. 
In the public bofpital fome alterations 
teok place in 1800. The Regency of 
Hanover afiigned to Profeflor ARNE- 
MANN two beds for his chirurgical cli- 
nical Je€ture, and eight beds to Profeffor 
W aRDENBURG, for his medico-chirurgi- 
cal clinical lecture. Since the union of 
the City Sick-houfe with the Academical 
Hoflpital, the whole has been fitted up, fo 
as to contain twenty-one beds. Profeffor 
STROMEY¥ER, who had been fixteen years 
phyfician to the hofpital, and who, by his 
{kill and attention, had deferved well of 
the Inititution, has requefted permifficn 
from the Government to refign that labo- 
rious Gflice, which, has been gracioufly 
granted, and Profeffor Wardenburg ap- 
pointed to fucceed him. 
mann has publithed further accounts of 
the ftate and happy progrefs of the Chaz- 
cum founded by him, and continued under 
his direCtion—(1) State of the clinico- 
chirurgical Inftitute at Gottingen, by J. — 
Arnemann, ato. Gott. 1800-—(2) Ninth 
Report relative to the Chirurgico-clinical 
Inftitute at Gottingen, gto. 1800.—Jn it 
he gives a review of the difeafés of the 
laft ‘half-year; and we learn, that the 
number of patients amounted to 1ot, 
whom the author has claffed according to 
the difeafes with which they were afflict- - 
ed—i. Difeafes of the eye, 61—1i. Defe&t 
of hearing, 2—iii. Cancer of the lips, 4—= 
iv. Swelling of the neck—v. Deformity 
of the back, 1—vi. Rupture, 1—vii. 
Dropfical rupture, 1—viii. Preternatural 
excrefcences, 3—ix. Varicofe ulcers, 1— 
x. Glandular tumours, 1—3si. Cancerous _ 
fores, 1—-xii. Ulcers in the legs, 1—=xili, 
Fiflala, 1-—xiv. Chronical inflammation, 
2——X¥a. 
Profeffor Arne- - 
