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seller attending from Frankfort, which 
in general sent ten before the late trou- 
may in Germany. 
‘he University of Leipzig has resolved 
one to call by the name of Napo- 
leon that group of stars which lies be- 
tween the girdle and sword of: Ovion; 
and a namerous deputation of the Va 
versity was appointed to present the 
conqueror with a map of the group so 
named. 
The new organization of the Academy 
of Sciences at Munich still occupies the 
attention of the Bavarian Government. 
Its Jabours are to be more extensive 
than those of any similar Institution in 
Fiurope ; foritis to have, under the di- 
rection of the ministry, immediate super- 
intendance over ail the establishments 
for public instruction in the kingdom uf 
Bavaria. The President of the Academy 
is to be the Privy Counsellor Jaconi, a 
man respected throughout Germany, as” 
well for his pnilosophical writings as for 
his Poe character. Among the oiher 
academicians whose names have been 
announced to the public, are those of 
-M. Seyffer, an astronomer, late Director 
of the Observatory of Guttingen ; ar VAR, 
Eichhorn, the celebrated historian and 
orientalist, also from Gottingen; M. 
Wiebeking, from Vienna, distinguished 
for his knowledge in hydraulics; and M, 
Wolf, known by a valuable History of the 
Jesuits. The Royal ga at Munich, 
already very considerable, is about to be 
augmented by a commission , empowered 
to select for it ever y valuable article found 
in the libraries of the suppressed monas- 
teries. The collection of Pictures at Mu- 
nich, by the add‘tion of the Galleries of 
Manheim and Dusseldorf, is become che 
finest in Europe, the Museum Napoleon 
alone excepted. 
Mr. Orsers, the celebrated astrono- 
mer of Bremen, discovered, on the 29th 
of March, a new planet; the second for 
the knowledse of which we are indebted 
to that indefatioable observer, as it 1s 
well known that he is likewise the disco- 
verer of the planet Pallas. 
ue Murcer, painter to the Ki ing of Ba- 
varia, bas lately. published a pamphiec, in 
ai ih | SHER Sea racer pronounc- 
dby Kotz ebue on the productions of the 
Fine Arts, in his ‘Tray els from Livonia to 
Rome an ia} Naples. It is said that this 
refutation contains many general ideas 
on the arts, developed ina very ingeni- 
ous manner. 
FRANCE. 
The beautiful Gallery of Salzthal, 
which belonged to the late Duke of 
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Brunswick, has arrived in France. It 
is particularly rich in the first-rate pro- 
ductions of the Flemish Scheol. The 
Duke had made considerable additions 
to it during the first ten years ef his 20- 
vernment, 
The numerous objects of the Fine 
Arts collectedin the Museum of Cassel, 
as well as the beautiful Gallery of Pic- 
tures im that city, and the colossal statue 
of Hercules, which decorated Weis- 
senstein, near Casscl, have also reached : 
the French capital. ‘Vhe, colleetions ef 
Paris have been further enriched by the 
antiquities found at Berlin and Potsdam, 
which alone filled one hundred chests of 
prodigious size. 
The workmen of a farmer near Mon 
tereau recently made a discovery, which 
excited the curiosity and avidity of all 
the antiquaries of that neighbourhood. 
In a copper vase, of a rude form, which 
vas broken by the implement used by one 
of the workmen, were found about four 
hundred Roman medals of bronze. The 
proprietor of the ground collected most 
of them, though the workmen had di- 
vided them at the time of the Giegeteny 
These medals are in general in good 
servation, and almost all of them ies 
to the later periods of the Roman em- 
pire. 
M. Auisert, Physician of the Hospi- 
tal of St. Louis, has commenced a work 
on Disorders of the Skin; the second 
number relates to that dreadful disorder 
the Plica, of which he enumerates five 
sorts. He describes their general and 
particular symptoms, their analogy witla 
the disorders, and the causes favourable 
to their production. Five instances have 
been foundin Paris; he has gathered his 
information from these, and foe an x= 
tensive cor respondence with Polish phy- 
sicians. 
M. Perron has ann Aanped at Paris 
the publication of an Account of the 
Voyage and Discoveries in the South 
Seas in the corvettes Geographe and = 
turaliste, in the years 1800, 1801, 18 
1803, and 1804. 
two volumes quarto, and will contaia 
forty-one charts. M. Peyron was the 
Naturalist to the expedition, and has 
compiled this. account of the. voyage by 
command of Bonaparte. 
M. Lecurnautr, ove of the Natura- 
asts belonging to the expedition under 
Captain Baudin, who was detained at 
Batavia by ness, is- arrived at Nantz 
with a superb collection of Natural 
History, and one of the most vainahie 
collections of arms and instruments, ve. 
procured 
This eM will be in 
