1304.] 
Dr. JENNER has prefented Dr. Car- 
RO, of Vienna, a {nuff-box, with this in- 
ftription, Edward Fenner to Fean de 
Carre, as atoken of his efteem and gra-" 
titude, fer Dr. Carro’s having firft diffuled 
the practice of vaccination on the Conti- 
pent, and for tranfplanting the vaccine 
matter into Afi. 
We learn from Rome, that the prefent 
Pope thews every inclination, ag far as his 
fiender revenue will permit, to encourage 
the arts. Canova’s Perfeus has been 
placed in the Mufeum of the Vatican. 
Engravings have befides been made of a 
number of ancient tlatues and bas-reliefs, 
which have hitherto been neglected. The 
subteraneous refearches at Oftia.go on 
with confiderable fuccefs, befides a num- 
ber of pillars, ftatues, and pieces of Mo- 
faic work, 800 coins have been found, 
chiefly bronze, and for the mof& part of 
the times of Trajan and Adrian ; among 
them are two very rare ones of Pertinax. 
ArchiteGure, it is alfo expeéted, will re- 
ceive a rich acceffion from the antiquities 
ef the fame age, in the difcovery of fome 
of thofe very rare porphyry fton-s, Nero 
antica. New refearches have alfo begun 
to be made at the foot of the Cavitol, and 
the Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus. 
At the depth of 12 feet, the bafes of the 
pillars have been laid open, and are dif- 
covered to be adorned all around with the 
moft beautiful bas-reliefs. Similar re- 
fearch-s have been begun around the Tem- 
ple of Fauftina, and other parts of the 
Campo Vaccino. Among the foreign ar- 
tits at prefent refident in Rome, the D inith 
ftatuary, THORWaLDSON, has pecul,arly 
diftinguithed himfelf, and is likely to 
prove 2 dangerous rivaltoCanova. He 
has been there for the laft fx years, and 
has in that time fent fevers] fmall pieces 
to England ; but his laft work chiefly ef- 
tablithed his reputation as a great artilt. 
This piece is a Jafon, as large as the life, 
at the moment he has got polleffion of the. 
golden fleece ; and it is looked upon as 
one of the moft beautiful pieces of fculp- 
fure in moderntimes. He has now be- 
gun upon the fame figure again in a beau- 
tiful block of marble for Mr. Hope, of 
Amfterdam, who has agreed to give 800 
alucats for it. He is befides emplored 
on a bas-relief which reprefents the tak- 
ing away of Brifeis from the tent of 
Achilles. The rooms in the galleries at 
Florence, which have been for fome time 
pat fhut, have again been opened, and the 
flatues and paintings which had been car- 
ried away from them have, as far as pofli- 
bie, keen reltored, 
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A gentleman of the government of 
Woronele lately purchafed from Prince 
Vrubofkoi, fix thoutand peafants; and at 
the fame time put it in their power to pur- 
chafe their freedom by reimburfing to bit 
the fum given to the Prince. The firit 
ufe which thefe peafants made of their 
liberty, was to write to his Imperial Ma- 
jetty, thanking him for the edidt which 
authorifes thefe tranfactions ; and afking 
permiffion from him to build; at ther 
own expence, a church, undey the name 
of the gentleman to whom they owed their 
new fituation. The fame letter contains 
an offer to make a canal themfelves, fif. 
teen verfts in Ikngth, which would facili- 
tate an intercourle of the greatett impor- 
tance to commercial induttry. 
The obfervatory at Paris has lately 
made the valuable acquifition of an excel- 
lent meridian lunetie. "It is eignt feet long, 
with an objective glafs of tour inches in 
diameter. This noble infrument had 
been ordered in London, by M. de Cas- 
Stnt, was begun by Ramifden, and is fi- 
nifhed by his fucceflor M. Berge. This 
meridian lunette is intended to replace 
the ancient one. 
Same experiments of cultivation, with 
refpect to exotics, are now making in the 
gardens De la Venerie, at Turin, the re- 
fults of which have been communicated 
to the Senator ConnupsT. Among tne 
plants fubmitted to thefe trials are the 
linus of Egypt, now more than a metre in 
height, the earthanus or faffron, of the . 
fame countrys the indigo tree, and the fee 
or rice, of the Ifle of France, the opal, 
with living cachineal, cotton-trees, pota- 
toes of America, Egyptian foda, ' paftels, 
wnd many leguminous plants from the 
colonies. All thefe plants or fhrubs are 
in excellent condition. Many of them 
have flowers ; others afford hopes of fruit 
at no great diftance. 
The King of Denmaik has lately 
granted to Meffrs Exias Gruner, and 
Co. the privilege of expediting by the 
poft, the Sound Lift; that is to fay, the 
amount of the number of fhips that pafs 
that ftreight, with the name of the cap- 
tains, the ftate of the cargoes, their arrival, 
departure, defignation, &c. to which will 
be annexed the details of the daily tempe- 
rature, &c.in fine, all the news of Elfincer, 
which have any relation to commerce and 
navigation, fuch as fhipwrecks, &c. By 
this means foreign merchants will have it 
in their power to procure regularly, and at 
‘a moderate price, very valuable documents, 
which cannot otherwife be had but with 
great difficulty. ~ ! 
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