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so arranged, that the children who attend 
them are generally able to earn their 
livelihood in the intervals. On a mode- 
rate computation, there is a teacher for , 
every fifty children 
kingdom. 
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FRANCE. ir 
The archives of the different states 
brought from Ratisbon, Rome, and Vi- 
enna, to Paris, are to be deposited in a 
new building erected on purpose for thei, 
to be called the Palace of the Archives 
of the Empire. The arrangement will 
include three divisions, French, German, 
and Italian, All the papal archives, in- 
cluding the different documents relative 
‘to the donations of Constantine and 
_ other emperors, are now on their way 
from Rome to Rheims. 
The repairs of the church of St. Ge- 
nevieve, lately the Pantheon, are conti- 
nued with activity. The pavement of 
ban and white marble, i in compartments, 
s begun. The repairs and embellish- 
patigy of the subterraneous church, des- 
tined to the interment of eminent men, 
will soonbe completed. At the entrance 
cof this vault are the tombs of Rousseau 
and Voltaire. The towers of this church, 
which, during the revolution, were 1 ig 
entirely demolisiied, will be rebuilt a 
ATT ALY { 
Lucren Bowapa RTE, who possesses a 
~ fine villa ia the vicinity of Rome, and de- 
votes his attention to the arts and scien- 
ees, has recently made some valuable dis- 
~ ‘eoveries. Several houses helonging to the 
ancient Tusculum have been discovered, 
in which have been found, besides various 
pieces of furniture, seven large statues, 
one of them a Muse of singular beauty. 
~The Roman antiquarics estimate this 
treasure at 22,000 rix dollars. 
|) AFRICA. 
In addition to the circumstances al- 
ready detailed respecting the late earth- 
quakes at the Cape of Good Hope, the 
following particulars are communicated 
ina letter, dated Cape Town, January, 
1810. . ‘‘ My last letter was principally 
about ‘earthquakes, which have been 
Tepeated almost every day since the 4th 
ult. During the last week we have had 
five or six shocks, but none except the 
three on December 4, and ‘two since, 
have been violent. “The Dutch inhabi- 
tants begin to console themselves with 
the idea that the noises we hear are 
thunder, although not a cloud is to be 
seen in any part of the sky. These 
earthquakes have greaily reduced the 
value of houses, most of which in the 
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colony are more or less damaged. Sali 4 
every part of the settlement the shocks 
have been experienced, in some slightly, 
in others in a more violent degree, Salt 
Ss hii 
throughout ‘the water has been thrown up in places at 
the distance of three or four miles from 
the sea, without leaving any appearance 
of springs or openings in the soil. In 
other parts, where the soil is black, as low 
down as our wells have besa dug, 
several spots of white sand,, about six 
feet in diameter, and generally Of a re", 
civcular form, have ‘been thrown YS ho a 
evidently in union with water, whic 
immediately subsided. Springs of wa 
have also burst out in many parts of h 
colony where there never. were al 
before. A waggon, which cam ( 
Cape Town two days ago, sunk 
top of the wheels in a quicksand, a 
ig. thrown up in the middle of a road ths 
was before as hard as a rock. I 
are the only effects that will be prod 
by such subterraneous convulsion: 
have great reason to he satished wit 
result, ‘since our climate appears » he 
been — greatly ameliorated. by the ‘i 
Ever since the first shocks, we have. 
experienced cool pleasant weather, a L. 
have been free from those __ viol in 
winds, which at this season al the 
year, usually prevailed three days ou 
Beven During the last mouth, ¥ 
dadoh Healt bistier: than 72°. ‘and ‘the 
barometer has varied between 29+ Lathe 
80:15, Our winter passed wit only.one. 
storm of thunder and lightning, and t that, 
by no means violent. ‘The first winter of 
my arrival (1808,) I believe we ‘ha 
thander two or three times a week, for, 
five weeks successively. If, as sii 
philosophers assert, “electricity be the: 
cause of earthquakes, ' nay it, not also 
account for the absence of ‘comleemene ee 
lightning, which we have Pxpereanent se 
during the last winter?” + - Ze Bee 
| AMERICA. . 
Steam has been applied in the United. 
States, to the purposes of inland tavie.. Us. 
gation, with complete success... ae 
passage-boat between New York and - 
Albany is 160 feet long, and wide in, 
proportion, with accomodation for 100) .- 
passengers; and the machine which. 
moves her wheels is equal to the power, 
of 24 horses, and is kept in motion by. 
‘steam froma copper boiler, 8 or 10, feet. 
in length. «Her route is 150. milesy which 
she performs regularly twice a week, and 
sometimes in so little as 32 hours when 
the wind is fair; light square sails are, 
employed to increase ey speed. 
,0CEEDINGS 
