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principal coffee-houfes. Several new jour- 
nals came forth during the Revolution; but 
notwithi{tanding the abundance of mate- 
rials in that ftormy period, the Monitore 
di Rema was the only one whote exiltence 
was protracted rill the diffolution of the 
republic. It was fupplanted by the Spetta- 
tore Romano, edited by the ABBaATE 
Caro Fea, advantageoufly known as the 
author of feveral works of his own, and by 
his editions of thofe of MENGs and W1n- 
KELMaNN. This paper, however, was 
{oon given up froma want of fusf{cribers. 
Since the year 1801, there has appeared 
at Romea well conducted gazette, entitled 
Notizie del Mondo, which is continued w:th 
confiderable fuccefs. 
Libraries in Rome —There are at pre- 
fent three public hbraries in Rome: 1. 
That of the Vatican. 2. That belonging 
to the Convent of Dominicans della Maria 
fopra Minerva: and 3. That of toe Au- 
guftins. To obtain a reading of the 
books or man ufcripts of the Vatican 
libiary, one muft have a {pecial permiflion 
trom the Cardinal Secretary of State, which 
is not procured without much difficulty. 
It formerly pofleffed a molt valuable col- 
leftion of MSS. a confiderable number of 
which have been carricd to France during 
the war of the Revolution. The two other 
libraries are richer in the printed works, 
than that of the Vatican; but in vain fhould 
we look in any of the three, for the beit 
produétions of modern foreign literature. 
Lhe librarics of Mineiva and of the 
Auguftins, are open every day, and 
every perfon may have accels to the 
literary treafures they contain, without 
any particular permiflion. Accommoda- 
tions for perufal of the books, or making 
extracts from them, is provided. Witn 
refpeét to the prohibited books, a fpecial 
permiffion from the Maettro e Sagro 
Palazzo, is required. 
On the 17th of May, the new Univer- 
fity of Dorpat was honcured with a vifit 
from its illuftiious founder, the prefent 
Emperor of Ruffia. All the profefiors 
were prefented to him, and received with 
the moft winning condefcenfion. His 
Majefty then infpetted the cabinet of natu- 
sal hiftory, the library and other inftitu- 
tions. A great number of ufeful works, 
by the profefiors and others, have already 
iffued from the Univer/ity Prefs. 
Mr. KouLer, whoie antiquarian tour 
to Mofcow, has been {poken of in a for- 
mer Magazine, has extended his views to 
the Crimea, to which country he has fet 
out from Mofcow, accompanied by the 
stlebrated Mr, KuGetcen Jandicape- 
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painter to the Emperor of Ruffia, who 
liberally patronifes the undertaking. 
Moch may be expected from the united 
talents of thefe travellers, i in this interedt- 
ing country, whica is till fo impertedtly 
known. 
The laft accounts from Mofcow in- 
form us, that Dr. REDowsKy, late fuper- 
intendant of Count Rafumow/fko’s Botanic 
Garden, near that city, was on the point 
of fetting out upon his journey to the 
Caucalus ; the expences being defrayed 
by the Count, a mott zealous and intelligent 
cultivator of Botany. 
Ata mecting of the Royal Society of 
Sciences at Copenhagen, on the 18th of 
May, Profeflor MuNTEeR read a very 
inerefling memo relative to the fones 
that have fallen from the clouds. The 
fociety has adjudged to Mefirs. Kanpe 
and JuGeNs a hilver medal; to the tormver 
for a dillertation on a new method of Jay- 
ing down plans of the fea coaft; and to 
the latter fur bis newly invented method 
of hardening fteel ipiings. | 
The late Duke oF GoTua has left 
40,000 1ix-dellais out of his private pro- 
perty, for the fupport of the celebrated Ob- 
fervatory at Seeberg, near Gotha; which, 
he fays in his will, he had ereéted with 
the favings out of his private purfe, with- 
out any contribution from the property 
of the State. 
From a catalogue annexed to the Fourz. 
gen. dela Lit. de France, it appears that 
Jatt year, there were publithed in France 
roor books. Of thefe 175 treated of 
natural hiltory, botany, chemiftry, phydics, 
medicine, and mathematics; 71 of the 
mechanic aris, manera anes politics, 
ftatiftics, military tactics, &c.; 294 be- 
Jonged to the department of hiftery, bie- 
graphy, geography, law, ethics, and reli- 
gicn; 349 are to be elafled under the 
head of belles lettres, (108 of them being 
tales or novels). ‘The remaining 112, 
confilted of mitcellaneous and bibliogra- 
phical works, almanacks, di&tionaries, &c. 
in the Italian republic, a director gene- 
ral of vaccination has been appointed to 
fuperintend all the inoculators of the 
cow-pocks in the departments, who are 
obliged to fend him an account of theie 
procecdings.—-Miizi, the vice prefidenr, 
is a zealous promoter of the general diftu- 
fion of this prevention cf the traall pox. 
Citizen LsczPEDE has lately read to the 
National Inftitute, a memoir on cei tain ani- 
mals of New Holland, the cdeicriniion of 
which has not yet been publifhed. The 
firft of thefe animals is a frefi-water tor- 
toile, the neck of which equals oae aie 
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