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views from rural life, all by his own hand. 
Of thefe it isintended io publith engrav- 
ings, by Kolbe a native of Berlin, who 
has already diftinguithed himfelf as an en- 
graver of landi{capes. 
“The Kino oF Prussia is patronizing 
the perfons in his dominionswho have Jauda- 
bly undertaken to erect a monument to the 
memory of Luther; we fhall tran{cribe 
his Majefty’s letter on this fubjeét, which 
is as follows: - 
‘© His Majefty’s the King of Pruffia, hav- 
ing feen by the report of the Patriotic Litera- 
ry Society of the county of Mansfeld, the 
fucceis of their enterprize for the ere&ion of 
a monument to Luther, informs them that 
the news of thofe happy effeéts give him great 
pleafure 5 and obferving that the faid Society 
have the hopes of being able to accomplith the 
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end they propofed, of combining a beneficent 
inftitution with the faid monument ; and his. 
Majetty, obferving too with pleafure, that 
they purfue this laudable objeé&, moft wil- 
lingly means to contribute as much as poffible 
to realize this good defign.— 
( Signed) ‘¢ PREDERIC WILLIAM.” 
The object of this Society is to found, 
with a monument fimple but worthy of its 
deftination, an inftitution in which will be 
reared poor orphans of both fexes, and 
more efpecially thofe of the workmen of 
the mines to whom Luther’s care was 
particularly direéted ; youths detlined for 
the minittiy ; and, in fhort, young perfons 
of all conditions, who #i}] receive an edu- 
cation as perfect as pofhble, for the bufi- 
The authors of this plan 
addrefs themfelves to all minds of fenfibi- 
lity and benevolence, of all countries, and 
ef all religions, to contribute to its exe- 
cution. ‘* Luther,” fay they, ‘* belongs 
to the Univerfe, which he regarded as his 
country. Chriitians of all denominati.ns, 
and even the Ifraciites, the Mahometans, 
the Hindoos, derive advantage from the 
rays of his hght.” 
The Government of the United Provinces 
of Holiand, in the year 1801, appointed 
Profeffor SigGENBECK, of Leyden, andM. 
WIELAND, a clergynian of Rotterdam, to 
form a complete and well-arranged gram- 
mar of the Dutchtongue. This grammar 
is now finifhed, and it is ordered to be 
taught-in all {chools ; and it is determined 
- that the orthography fixed by thefe gen- 
tlemen fhall be uled in all the public of- 
fices. 
Literary and Philofopbical Intelligence. 
[May 1, 
The Magiftracy of Augfburg have con. 
fifcated the whole edition of 1500 copies 
of Profeflor GomeR’s work on the Poli- 
tical Laws of Germany, and have, in 
their zal, fined the publifher.—Such is 
the liberty of the prefs at Augfburg!!! 
M. pe LALANDE writes that M. Piazzr, 
the celebrated aftronomer of Palermo, has 
found on the fixed itars a change of one, 
two, and three feconds, on account of the. 
fitvation of the earth in its orbit, This 
eff-& of the annual parallax, concerning 
which there have been di!putes for more 
than acentury, is a very intcrefting fact 
in aftronomy, and we fhail take the earlieft 
opportunity of prefenting our readers with 
a full account of the difcovery. 
A fociety has been eftablithed at Berlin, 
for the purpofe of fending out miffionaries 
to Africa, to difleminate among the Ne- 
groes the truths of Chriftianity, the know- 
ledge of European arts, and the feeds of 
civilization. “Iwo miffionaries have been 
already fent to the coaft of Guinea.’ 
The following fats refpeéting the popu- 
lation of the Ruffian empire are deferving 
of notice. In 1803, the number of mar- 
riages was 300,470; that of the births 
1,270,341 ; that of the deaths, 791,973, 
fo thatthe number of births exceeded that 
of the deaths 413,368, the population, 
therefore, increafed in a fingle year nearly 
haifa million. Among the deatis are 
reckoned 1145 between 95 and 100; 
158 between s00 and 105; go between 
105 and 110 3’ 34 betwecn 170 and 1155 
36 between 115 and 1293 15 between 
1z0 and 125; 5 between 125 amd 130 4 
and 1 between 146 and 150. . 
The remains of FeNELON have been dif 
covered in a vault, which efcaped injury 
during the ftermof the Revolution. A 
{ub{cription has been entered into for 
erecting a monument worthy of the memo- 
iy of the author of Telemachus. 
A geographical Dittionary of the Ruf- 
fian empire, undertaken four years fince at 
Mofcow, by WircHu, and other learned 
scographers, has been refumed, and we 
expect from it a variety of curious details 
and defcriptions, and complete maps of 
every part of thar vait empire. 
A young officer in the French marine 
has invented a draw-bridge, which is faid 
to be fupericr toany of thofe in ufe in this 
country. 
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