- Leipzic, 
346 Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
Since the revolution operated by Lrn- 
N#us in the fcience of botany, almof all 
the countries of Europe have had their 
Floras, or a catalogue of their refpective 
vegetable produétions, claffed after the 
method of that great maiter. There is 
none, however, extant for antient or the 
° et-devaunt Alface, no botanift having hi- 
therto completed for the public the i imper- 
fect works of the Naturalifts Mappus and 
Lindern, published about fixty years ago, 
it appears that the celebrated Profeffor 
J4ERMANN had been labouring for thirty 
years together in compiling a Flora of. 
Alface.” The extent of the plan which 
he had adopted, and the perfeétion which 
he wifhed to beftow on his work, pre- 
vented him from publifhing it before his 
death ; but there is every reafon to expect 
that Citizen HamM_ERr, his fon-in- law, will 
thortly lay it before the public. 
A periodical work ts now publifhing at 
intitled : Commmentarii Secietatis 
Philologice Lipfienfis. Ed. curavit Curis- 
Tianus DanisL Becxivus. Vol. prim. 
Partprim. This new journal is compofed 
in Latin, and wilt form a repofitory 
wherein M, Beck and the other members 
of the Philological Society of Leipzig will 
communicate to the public a knowledge of 
all the works, more or lefs confiderable, 
that have a relation to philology ; for ex- 
ample, the A@a Eruditorum, the Biblio- 
theca Critica of Ruhnken and of Wyt- 
tenbach, and other fimilar periodical 
works, ‘The reafan that has induced the 
authors to prefer the Latin tongue for this 
journal, may be eafily conceived, viz. that 
by thy means philologifts:of all countries 
(among whom the Lavin is ftill the uni- 
verfal tongue) may derive advantage from 
at. This periodical work will contain 
—1. Obfervations and memoirs on phi- 
ology i in general, and its different parts, 
as likewife on hiftory, antient geography, 
archeology, &c. ; on the manner of read- 
ing and of explaining antierit authors, and 
onthe interpretation of different paflages, 
exprefions, &c.—2. Judgments on: the 
opinions and the difcoveries of the learned 
in this kind, and modeft ‘critiques of er- 
rors which may have been committed on 
this fubject. ee iitey of MSS. that 
have fiot yet been collated, or that have 
een fo improperly.—q. Short academical 
diliertations, either whole or in extracts. 
5. The tranflation of extract of memoirs 
on fubjects of philclogy, contained in the 
journals or colleCtions of different coun- 
tries..—6. The obfervations publifhed in 
the literary jousnals, or other works of 
tw 
[ Nov. 1, 
criticifm, on occafion of books newly pub- 
lifhed. And 7. Extraéts of philological 
works of a certain-extent, and the moft 
complete lift poffible of the works that 
fhall appear on philology. 
A general meeting cf all the members 
of the Society for Encouragement of Na- 
tional Induftry, took place at Paris, on the 
gth of Meffidor laft. The affembly, at 
which Count Rumford, and SirC, Blagden, 
of the Royal Society of London, corre- 
{ponding members, afiied, was very nu- 
merous. The Minifter of the Interior 
prefided over this fitting, and opened it 
by a difcourfe. Citizen DEGERANDOo, 
Secretary, gave an account afterwards, in 
the name of the Council of Adminiftra- 
tion, of its labours during the lat fix 
months, of the refearches which it has 
made, of the premiums which it has 
granted, and of the contributions the So- 
ciety has received. Citizens Perit, in 
the name of the Commiffion of Financés, 
and CHASssIRON, in the name of the Cen- 
fors, gave in accounts of the treafury, and 
of the diftribution of the fums contained 
in it. Different new inventions were pre- 
fented to the Society. The number of 
the members who compofed the Council 
of Adminiftration, has been augmented to 
fifty-nine. Committees have been ap-= 
pointed for finances, mechanic arts, chy- 
mical arts, oeconomical arts, agriculture, 
and commerce. 
The Court of Madrid is about to fend 
two gentlement of {cientific character to 
the interior of Africa, viz. Don Babia 
Le Buerc, for geography, and S. De 
Noruas CLEMENTE for natural hiftory. 
They are expected to arrive in England 
for the purpo/e of purchafing mathematical 
and aftronomical inftruments, as likewife 
to confer with Mungo Park, and the mem- 
bers of the African Societykx—Don Mu- 
Tis will likewife go at the expence of the 
Spanifh Government on a voyage to South 
America, attended by his learned pupil 
Zea. They will vifit feveral unknown 
parts of the Spanifh pofleflions in that 
quarter of the globe; and ‘the moft fan- 
guiné hopes are entertained of the refult of 
their philofophical labours. — i 
The Society of Agriculture of the De- 
partment of the Seine has lately opened a 
fub{cription to procure from Spain four 
thoufand fine woolled fheep, which, ace 
cording’ to the treaty of Bafle, ftill remain 
at the difpofition of the French Govern 
mirat. “4 
According to M. Lenz (a German 
Profeilor, and late tourift in Sweden) the 
Royal 
