ARE 
at cefiance. You will never perform so 
much in the hands of art, as in those of 
an able-bodied peasant. es 
The Plough.—Il have been more for- 
tunate than the spade, in respect to im- 
provement. It has even been attempted 
ta render the agency of cattle unneces- 
sary, In respect to my efforts. 
. The Harrow.—Cease to boast your 
supposed advantages ; for on examining 
Retrospect of French Literature—Miscellanies. 
these with attention, you will soon be for- 
ced to confess your errors. lc 
Do you allude to those pretended im- 
provements, according to which man was 
to be substituted for the ox, or the horse? 
What an absurdity is it, to believe, that 
he could equal the powers of a being des- 
ined by nature for this kind of labour? 
But supposing, which however 1s impossi- 
ble, that man were so able so manage you, 
and by your aid, open broad and deep 
furrows, what advantage would result 
from this new method? Is it the sup- 
pression of an expensive mode of cultiva- 
tion by means of cattle? Bat is not the 
animal now fed for that purpose, useful 
also on account of its dung? What would 
the earth, thus ploughed by you, produce, 
were it left solely to itself? Its fertility 
vould be soon annihilated. I insist no 
farther, respecting these ridiculous errors, 
because I perceive with satisfaction, that 
no real farmer ever falls into them. 
ce r iH] 1erl | Aa a) eS - Z + . “is « 
Sur les Ouvres de Fihangiert.”—In- “yjausgewitz and Mathias Sarbiewiski, 
telligence concerning the works-of Fili- 
angieri. ; 
So jealous was the court of Vienna 
formerly, lest the inhabitants of the pro-. 
vinces should conceive any adequate no- 
tions of justice, that the * Systéme de Le- 
gislation,” by Filiangierl, was prehibited 
both in the German and Hungarian lan- 
guages, although he himself had been 
couptenanced, and even employed, by 
the late Emperor. The Italian edition, 
however, was permitted, on due applica- 
men. 
«“ Account of Abraham Conrad Swaving,” 
—who died lately at Harlem, in the 46th 
year of his age, was a pastor of the esta- 
blished church. Instead of theological 
disputes, 
imosity, this amiable divine, who was a 
distinguished member of the Society of 
Sciences, applied himself aimost entirely 
to microscopic observations, and he has 
left several memoirs pointing out the 
means of improving the usual processes 
for this purpose. 
~* Sur Stanislas Auguste.”—Relative 
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tion, to be read by learned and discreet 
to Stanislaus Augustus, late King of 
Poland. 
This prince appears to have been bet- 
ter calculated for a retired literary life, 
than the brilliant, but delusive splendour 
reserved to him by the favour of the Em~- 
press Catherine. He had been in Eng- 
land, understood its literature, and fre- 
quently employed its artists. During the 
first ten years of- his reigh ig caused 
several medals to be, struck att “SW, 
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of which the following is a lish... 
% 
which. foment hatred and ani-. 
I. LARGE,MEPALS. > _~ 
4. A medallion prgsented by the © 
Board of Mint, in mgimory,of the new 
coinage, struck by the king,,at his own 
expence. Sadat. A 
2. Another in commemoraiaos, 7f the = 
free gift of the Courlanders.3 
‘5. A medal presented by his Majesty, 
to Prince Lubomirski, grand mareschal 
of the court, on account of his having 
prevented both piague and famine from 
desoiating Warsaw. 
4. A medal usually presented by the. 
king to men cf merit. The inscription 
consisted of a single word: ; 
Merentibus. 
; II, SMALL MEDALS. 
1. A medal to the memory of Charles” 
Wyrwitz, director of the corps of Cadets, 
pers 
“Adam 
q 
at Warsaw. ont & : 
2. Another to the honour of 
poets. - 
8. A third struck by order of the king, . 
on the confederation of Bar, in 1769: the 
following is the inscription: = 
ai Pro fide, grege, et lege. 
“a 
4, A medal, in memory of Stanislaus + 
a 
-Konarski. 
5. Another in memory of Martin Poe 
zobut, the astrenomer. . +; Aedsg q 
6. One in memory of Antonis Porta= 
luppi, Rector of the Military School o 
Cadéts, at Warsaw. 
7. An inferior medal for men of merit, 
with the same inscription as the formers 
Merentibus. a 
8, A medal, representing a vessel as= — 
sailed by a tempest, and steering steadily 
among opposing rocks and dangers.» The 
motto: A 
1 or 
Tu ne cede malis. 
In respect to this medal, which the 
king never bestowed willingly, there ex- 
ists a curiuus piece of secret history. Soon 
after it had been struck, a caricature 
print appeared, inwhich this same ship 
made a conspicuous figure, while its sup- 
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