Lost; M. Mennechet, Butler and Addison; M. Jay, | francs. Thus, the Parisian theatres and actors cost the Dryden and Prior; M. Raudet, Buckingham; M. Lan-government little short of 50,000l. sterling per annum. rent de Jussieu, Gay; M. Lepelletier d'Aulnay, Swift; Plate Glass.-A French paper states, that the largest i M. O'Sullivan, Pope, Gray, and Thompson; M. Dubois, piece of plate glass ever manufactured has just been Akenside; M. D. Montigny, Goldsmith; M. Charles finished at St. Gobin. It is 175 French inches high, by Nodier, Burns; M. de Chateaubriand, Beattie; M. Tail- 125 wide. In 1789, the largest produced was from 110 lefer, Cowper; Mad. Belloc, MM. Paulin, Paris, and to 115 inches in length, by from 72 to 75 in width; in Panithier, Lord Byron; Mad. Belloc and M. Artaud, 1815, from 125 to 130, by 75 to 80 wide: at the last exWalter Scott; M. de Maussion, Sheridan; M. Albert Mon-hibition at the Louvre, the largest was 155 inches, by tremont, Campbell and Rogers; M. Fontaney, Words- 93; and now, by a great effort of skill, the size has been worth; M. de Montalembert, Montgomery; Mad. Belloc, increased to 175 inches by 125. Thomas Moore; M. de Custines, Southey; M. Philarete Chasles, Crabbe; Mad. Constance Aubert, Miss Landon; Mad. Belloc, Miss Baillie; Mad. Pirey, Mrs. Robinson; Mad. Menessier, Mrs. Hemans! There are said to be already one thousand subscribers to this work, which, besides the above mentioned, is to contain a complete history of English literature. This part may doubtless be well executed, but we tremble for our immortal Shakspeare, who stands alone in the world of literature, after the satisfaction we have heard expressed at the literal translation of Othello. Burns, too-think of Tam O'Shanter and John Barleycorn in French! We would rather that other nations should remain in ignorance of our writers, than that those writers should be travestied. Notabilia. Chlorate of Sodium.-Dr. Munaret presented a ma. nuscript to the Academy, on the treatment of intermittent fevers by chlorate of sodium. He says it is as prompt and certain a febrifuge as bark or quinine, and merits preference;-first, because the latter is apt, in some constitutions, to confirm or to cause disorders, while the chlorate of sodium may be given in more powerful doses, without any of these results; secondly, because it is cheaper; thirdly, it may be taken as a preventative to these fevers when they are endemic; and, fourthly, because it may be administered even when the patient shows symptoms of gastric irritation. Discovery of Antiquities.-Some interesting discoveries have recently been made in the commune of St. Remi-Chaussée near Rheims. Some workmen, while digging, came to a Roman tomb; it contained a number of vases in good preservation, and several antique medals. The most curious thing discovered, was a statue of Apollo, on one side of which was engraved the words" Memento mei,” and, on the other, “Si me amas, basia me." Ancient Science.-M. Paravey, who eagerly pursues his researches on this subject, thinks he has found, among the ancients, a knowledge of the conducting rod in case of lightning, and iodine as a remedy for goitres. Falling in of the Soil.-A falling in of the soil lately took place about eight miles distance from St. Jean Pied-du-Port, in the territory of St. Jean le Vieux, between the road and the river Lansbihar, 500 paces from each. The pit thus formed, is 200 feet in circumference, 25 to 30 feet deep, and mud and water lie at the bottom. This sudden event was accompanied by a great noise, which was taken for the report of a cannon, and was repeated several times. Fossil Dogs.-The remains of dogs in a fossil state are rare, but a lower jaw has been taken out of the Rhine by some fishermen, together with other fossils. Professor Kaup states, that it in size resembles that of the Canis familiaris Scoticus, and in shape that of the bloodhound, and considers it as coming from the primitive stock of our sporting dogs. He names it Canis propagator. Professor Kaup has also discovered a new fossil lizard, which he calls Piscodon coleanus. Steam to India.--The Forbes steamer has at length arrived at Calcutta, after a very tedious voyage from Suez, which place she left on the 29th November, reached Juddah on the 5th of December, Mocha on the 16th, and Socotra on the 5th of January, where she experienced considerable difficulty in getting the coals on board, partly in consequence of the confusion which prevailed in the island, the British troops having just taken possession of it, and partly owing to strong winds and a heavy surf. She reached Madras the 18th of February, and Kedgeree on the 28th. She was detained about ten days at each depot for coals, and her sailing averaged about five miles an hour only.--Times. Paris Theatres.-(Extract from a private letter, dated 29th June)-Apropos of theatres, they have created a row in the chamber of deputies. These deputies, you must know, are most economical folk, and have taken it into their head, some of them, to be monstrous jealous and annoyed, at finding that Monsieur Veron, who farms the French opera, has made a large fortune in three years; whilst, on the plea that the said opera cannot pay its expenses, it obtains from the public treasury a yearly allowance or subvention of nearly 30,000l. Accordingly, when the article of of 50,000l. voted in the year's estimates, came before the chamber, M. Liadieres opened a broadside upon the theatres. The Great Opera with its solos had killed the national theatre of the Comic Zincographic Drawings. We recently paid a visit to Opera, whilst the Théatre Français with its subvention, Messrs. Chapman and Co's. zinc plate establishment, in merely gave night mares in five acts. "I tell you," quoth Cornhill; and, we confess, with a gratification which it this politico-critic, "that in respect of theatricals, minis- is not often our lot to feel, even in this wonder-working ters do not see beyond their noses." This created some age. Most of our readers are acquainted, more or less, amusement; M. de Broglie at the moment making great with the advantages of lithography. These advantages efforts to look through his spy-glass, while Thiers was Messrs. Chapman and Co. have, by a most ingenious peering at the orator through his spectacles. Then M. process, transferred to their new art. The prints we Fulchiror got up and perorated on the fall of the drama. have seen, have all the sharpness and firmness of the best But every Frenchman talks of the drama; it is the na-specimens of stone-drawing: and have these additional tional hobby-horse, so hardly ridden that one is not surprised to find it completely foundered, unfit to be harnessed in more honourable shafts than those of a coucou. The following are the actual sums paid by the French government to the theatrical establishments in the French capital:-The great French Opera, or Académie, gets, in all, 690,500 fr.; the Italian Opera 71,200 fr.; the Comic Opera 186,000 fr.; the Théâtre Francais 206,000 fr.; there are pensions to the amount of 39,000 advantages, that they do not require that immense labour from the artist in getting up, and that they are made on a plate scarcely thicker than a common Bristol board, instead of requiring a stone almost big enough to build a house with. Another branch of their valuable patent extends to the manufacture of a transfer paper, on which any person that can draw at all may make a sketch, and have it transferred to the zinc plate, and printed from, to the extent of six or seven thousand copies. We saw part Ancient Astronomy.-In consequence of M. Paravey's assertion, that the ancients had observed some of the satellites of Jupiter, M. Arago tried to ascertain if it were possible for him to see them without a magnifying glass, using only one that was darkened, in order to obscure the radiations. The experiment failed, but is to be repeated, as the moon was at the time above the horizon. M. Ampère suggested that a peculiar organisation could alone enable an observer to see the satellites without a telescope. of a sheet of the Times newspaper thus transferred, the | were returned, accompanied by the following laconic impression of which was as clear as the original print. note :-" D-d dull nonsense. Yours faithfully, Ja. The universality of its application, to maps, surveys, coro!" book-prints, &c., will make this, in a few years, one of the most extensively employed of the arts: and, in the mean time, we are glad to be among the first to call the attention of the public to a discovery, which will rank among the most wonderful of the nineteenth century. Mr. Salt's Collection.-We have been highly gratified by a visit to Mr. Salt's collection of Egyptian antiquities; the vases of the age of Psammetichus are among the most beautiful specimens of Egyptian workmanship in alabaster; several of the Scarabai, especially one bearing the head of Isis, are more exquisitely finished than any New Comet.-The Journal of the Two Sicilies, of Junc we have yet seen in cabinets; the models of the boats for 10th, states, that Sr. Bogalowski, director of the Royal the dead explain more of the funeral ceremonies than a Observatory at Breslaw, discovered a new telescopic volume of dissertations, while the various articles of fur-comet on the 20th of April, in the constellation Patera ; niture, found in the tombs, supply curious illustrations of to which, if still visible, the attention of other astrono. the domestic manners of the Egyptians. The mummies mers is directed. are really splendid; on one of them we observed a pecuharity, which, we believe, has not yet been noticed: the figures of some Asiatic enemies are painted manacled, and bound on the feet of one of the mummies, as a symbol of treading down the national foe. It is a pity that this collection should be dispersed; it will be a greater pity if it be allowed to go out of the country.—Athenæum. Greece. Several learned men, among whom are MM. Savigny and Von Hammer, have undertaken new travels in Greece, for the sake of historical and geographical discoveries. They are first to visit Euboea, and those parts of Asia Minor which may be accessible to them, especially the shores of the Propontis. Champollion.-The first number of the MSS. left by Champollion, the younger, has been published, under the superintendence of a committee. Sylvestre de Sacy, Letronne, Champollion-Figeac, Ch. Lenormand, Comte de Clarac, Biot, and Hergot, who form this committee, are names which vouch for the correct execution of the work. King Otho.-This young sovereign, it appears, bestows much encouragement and protection on all those endeavours which tend to preserve the ancient monuments of Greece. M. Kleuze, appointed by him, has asked for and obtained guards for all those which are important, and the labours of this gentleman have been first directed towards the parthenon and propylee, which he is trying to free from the surrounding edifices, but the progress is necessarily slow where there is no machinery to assist. Curious test of a preacher's talents.-Two friends in the north were, a short time since, disputing about the comparative talents of their respective ministers. Both at last waxed wondrous hot upon the subject, till at last one of them settled the question by exclaiming, with all the consciousness of victory in the dispute, at the same time addressing his opponent-"Your minister, sir, is a perfect driveller-a downright squeaker. When he speaks of a certain gentleman, the monarch of the nether world, he calls him, in a weak, tremulous voice, as if afraid to pronounce his name, the deevil'-but our min. ister calls him the devil,' at once; and more than that, sir, he speaks as if he did not care a for him." · Fine Arts.-The House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. Ewart, has appointed a select committee to enquire into the best means of extending a knowledge of the arts, and other principles of design, among the people especially among the manufacturing population) of the Country; and also to enquire into the constitution of the Royal Academy, and the effects produced by it, i. e. the R. A. The Monikins.-The London Literary Gazette says that it sent The Monikins, with a considerable fee, to one of the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens, in order to have it reviewed in an authentic manner; but the volumes Tribute to the Landers.-The foundation stone of the column to commemorate the indefatigable exertions of the brothers, Richard and John Lander, and to record the untimely fate of the former, who was murdered by the natives in his recent expedition to the Quorra, was laid at Truro, with masonic honours, on Tuesday week. The ceremony was highly imposing. Almack's Insulted. An insult, sufficient to provoke a national war, has just been offered to our high and aris tocratic association. The Paris journals contain an announcement, that a subscription ball will take place every fortnight at Ranelagh, in the Bois de Boulogne, near Passy; which "rendezvous of fashion is the Almack's of Paris, but in some respects superior;" and, oh, horror! "Tickets, two francs, to be had at the door!" T. Campbell. We see with gratification, from the Paris papers, that our valued poet has returned in safety from his African travels, and was being féted by the Polish Literary Association in Paris. We have the pleasure of hoping, that these travels will furnish materials for his pen, both in prose and verse. Forced Instruction: How to learn French!-- A friend of ours, on a recent visit to Paris, thought it well to make a virtue of necessity; and, in order to practise only the language of the country, so as to acquire facility in speaking it, resolved to board in a house where no Engin this respect, he agreed for his "pension" for a month, lish resided. Being satisfied on his particular enquiries sent in his luggage, and occupied his allotted apartment. The first day's dinner-hour arrived, and he had brushed up his French to meet the numerous party who sat down to it. Besides the head of the establishment, there were twenty-five at table, and they were-all Ame ricans!! Temperature.-M. Arago laid before the Academy the observations of Mr. Warden, on the remarkable fall of the thermometer during the last winter in the United States. It was the most rigorous season known there for fifty years. M. Sudre's Musical Language.-M. Sudre, who has invented a system of communicating ideas by means of a series of musical expressions, gave a lecture, accompanied with the fullest illustrations of his system, at the great concert room of the King's Theatre, on Wednesday morning. The medium of communication made use of in the first instance was a violin, and in the second a French horn. A series of phrases, collected from among the audience, were translated by him into his musical tongue, and communicated to another person placed at a considerable distance from him. This individual, on hearing the communication, which was made solely by certain notes of either of the above-named instruments in various combinations, immediately transcribed it into letters. He also occasionally repeated them ver bally, and re-translated them in some instances from the written musical notation into the language in which they were originally made, or into musical phrases, which were re-interpreted by M. Sudre himself. Two reports, highly favourable to the invention, have already been made by commissions constituted to examine it, in reference to its utility in peace and war, by the French ministers of war and marine. One to the same effect to the Academy of Arts, by special reporters of its own, and one to the Royal Institute. Lightning.-A curious instance of the effects of lightning occurred some time since at Grandvold; the electric fluid having struck and destroyed a church, and, at the same monent, a house six miles from it: a similar accident occurring several years afterwards to the new church and house that had been erected upon their sites. Mexican Antiquities, &c.--We have inspected a very interesting collection of Mexican antiquities and draw ings now in London, belonging to Mr. C. Nebel, (of whose exploration of Mexico Alexander Humboldt speaks in high terms of praise,) and beg to direct the notice of the curious to these specimens. Mr. Nebel proposes to publish an acccount of his travels in that country, where he seems to have employed his time so advantageously. Some of the articles are remarkable: such as monsterlooking priests dressed in the skins of human victims, grotesque pipes, representations of various heads, African, European, Asiatic, &c. &c. The whole well worthy of attention. The Société d' Emulation of Abbeville have opened the tumulus, called the Butto de St. Ouen, at Noyell-surMer, near the mouth of the Somme. It was found to contain about 600 skulls, piled one upon another, in the form of a cone. The lower jaw remained attached to all; and, as there were no other parts of the body, it is evident that they were interred just as they were struck from the body. The tomb is probably Celtic, and the heads those of prisoners or slaves, sacrificed to the manes of some chief. The search is to be continued, in the hope of finding the remains of the chief, or the rest of the bones of the victims. ERSKINE'S REJOINDER. Once Erskine, famed for wit and law, Was stepping forth from out his coach, "Not old clothes, blockhead, but new suits." A COMPARISON. "We must speak by the card."-Haml t." "What's she like?" I exclaimed to a whist-player grave, As Malibran dug, in Fidelio, the grave; "What's she like?" said the card-lover, full of his trade, Why she looks like the Queen of Hearts playing a Spade." Original Anecdote of Murat.-When this eminent cavalry officer commanded the horse of Napoleon, such was his strict attention to theatrical effect in his appearance, that after the battle of Wagram, when the French had been fighting three days and two nights, and when the wounded were brought into the temporary hospital to have their limbs amputated, &c. there sat, in the midst of this scene of surgical operation, suffering, and groans, Murat on a stool, curling the long hair, which he always wore, and which had got out of curl in the protracted engagement. Calligraphy and Lithography.-We have, lying before us, a large and beautiful specimen of fine writing on stone, executed by Mr. Edward Clayton, and published by Ward and Co. It is a Memorial, intended as a tribute of respect to the late Dr. Morrison, "the first protestant missionary to China, and founder of the AngloChinese College at Malacca." The Memorial is dedicated to the Loudon missionary society. Artificial Light.-The chief difference between the artificial lights commonly in use, and the natural light of day, lies in the peculiar yellow colour of the former, compared with the perfect whiteness of that derived from the sun under ordinary circumstances. The yellow colour of the flame of lamps and candles is considerably diminished by those contrivances which render combustion more perfect, by increasing the current of air in contact with the flame, and the light of carburetted hy drogen gas is less coloured than any artificial light that can be produced, fit for the common purposes of illumination. The first volume of Professor Popping's Voyage to Chili, to Peru, and to the River of Amazons, from 1827 to 1832, has been rencently published at Leipzig, handsomely printed in 4to, with a folio atlas of lithographic views. The second volume, which will complete the work, is announced to appear almost immediately. This voyage was undertaken by Professor Popping entirely at his own expense. He resided more than ten years in America; and the present work contains the result of his observations during six years of that time, (exclud ing altogether what belongs to natural history,-bis collections in that department, especially the botany and zoology of the western countries of America, being in tended, as we collect, for separate publication,) on the inhabitants and character of the different countries where he resided. Literary Entelligence. The Laird of Logan; or Wit of the West. By John D. Carrick. 18mo. 3s. 6d. How to observe Geology. By H. S. Delabeche. post 8vo. 10s. 6d. 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By Lord Brougham. Vol. 1. Second Edition. 8vo. 8s. Hayley's Life of Cowper, complete in 1 vol. 8vo. 12s. Bosworth Field; a Novel. 3 vols. post 8vo. 31s. 6d. We continue from Fraser's Magazine, the literary portraits, for which that journal has become so celebrated, by causing the insertion of an outline of the French portrait of Beranger; others are in preparation for November and December. In the second article, on the the Memoirs of Sir James Mackintosh, (erroneously credited in the text to Fraser,) from the London Quarterly Review, the reader, while he is gratified with the perusal of the facts, cannot fail to observe a tinge of party politics casting a shade upon the character of Mackintosh, which is unworthy of the review; we have published it as the best, on the whole, that has yet fallen under our notice; and, as the life is a most interesting one, shall perhaps find occasion to select a review of an impartial or opposite character. Mrs. Hemans occupies a prominent space in many of the English periodicals: more than one article will be found in our pages having that distinguished poetess for a theme: the "Recollections" of her, are highly pleasing: exhibiting her in a most amiable light. The "Long Engagement," from the London Metropolitan, may be safely commended to the perusal of the ladies. Captain Marryatt is as cheerful as usual: one of the best drunken scenes on record, will be found in the "continued" Diary of a Blasé. Blackwood's article on Willis's Poems shows too much rancour against Barry Cornwall; the same spirit was exhibited against him as the author of the life of Kean, leading us to fear that personal pique, rather than literary justice, is the object; the article is just to Mr. Willis. Near the close of the present number we have thrown together a variety of interesting matters such as our "table" accumulates every month, but for which we rarely find sufficient space; we commend them to the reader as affording a bird's eye view of affairs not noticed generally in other American journals. The topic of greatest interest during August among the scientific and literary in England, was the meeting of the British Association for the promotion of Science, held this year at Dublin, where hospitality and feasting have been so bountifully dispensed to the visiters, that business was with difficulty accomplished; every practicable accommodation was afforded for lodging, Feasting, feeding, and amusing the strangers. All this is supposed to detract from the prospects of the Association, and to retard its movements: notwithstanding which, the best feeling continues to pervade the meetings, and great confidence exists that benefits will result. The ensuing A meeting next year, will be held at Bristol, which was first in sending an invitation. Professor Hamilton was knighted by Lord Mulgrave, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on which occasion he delivered the following speech: "Professor Hamilton,-This is an exercise of one of those prerogatives of royalty, of which I self: most in unison, I feel assured, with the am here the representative, most grateful to mywishes of that gracious sovereign, on whose behalf I act: most in accordance, I am equally persuaded, with the unanimous opinions of that enlightened people, for whose benefit all power is entrusted. This act does not so much confer distinction, as place the royal, and therefore national, stamp upon that distinction, which has already been acquired by personal qualifications it is with the highest pleasure I now announce to and individual exertions. On all these grounds, you my present intention, more particularly in connection with this occasion, where you fill a high official situation in that association, as members of which we are here now congregated: those foreigners by birth, strangers to each other in social ties, who are nevertheless drawn together by the irresistible attraction of mutual enlightenment: it is from this brotherhood of knowledge, that, as Ireland's viceroy, I step forward to claim you as her own, and to appropriate to the land of your birth your distinguished reputation; and this I do, sir, because apart from every other consideration, I recognise in the expansion of intellect and the developement of science, the surest sources of the eternal triumph of truth.'" "The professor then knelt down; Lord Mulgrave took the sword, and placing it upon the professor's shoulder, said, "I Ireland's viceroy, bid you rise, Sir William John Hamilton." "At seven o'clock the company sat down to a splendid dinner. The toasting and speeches on the occasion were much after the established fashion, and to report them fully would occupy more space than the readers of a literary journal would willingly have so occupied.' It would be out of our power to follow the proceedings of the several sections or divisions into which the association was divided; in these, scientific papers were read by the members on various topics of greater or less interest; a few of the most interesting particulars, such as we have space for, may be appropriately here inserted. "Mr. Ettrick read an account of certain improvements in steam-engines, for rendering available the steam of high pressure boilers, which is below the pressure of the atmosphere, by permitting the sphere, and the steam of low pressure to pass off high pressure steam to pass off into the atmointo a condenser by a secondary slide. He also gave a report of certain improvements in securing the seams of boilers, by longitudinal, instead of the present circular, clenches. He also described a machine for drilling boiler plates, as rapidly as they can be punched by the punching machine. He also gave an account of certain improvements in the astronomical clock, which could not well "Mr. Cheverton read a paper on mechanical sculpture, or the production of busts and other works of art by machinery, and illustrated the subject by specimens of busts, and a statue in ivory, which were laid on the table. They were beautifully executed, and excited universal admiration. The machine, like many others, produces its results through the medium of a model, to govern its movements, but it has this peculiarity, that the copy which it makes of the original may be of a size reduced in any proportion; and that it is enabled to effect this result, not merely on surfaces such as bas-reliefs, but in the round figure, such as busts and statues. "Lieutenant Denham, R.N., made some observations on the vibratory effects of rail-roads; and a long discussion ensued between Dr. Lardner and Mr. Vignolles on the disadvantages arising from acclivities in rail-roads. The arguments on both sides were very strong, and the opinions of the section greatly divided; but the majority seemed to agree with Mr. Vignolles, that slight acclivities are not so injurious as has been commonly supposed. It is probable that the controversy will be renewed in another form. "Professor Stevelly described a new self-registering barometer. 2 "Two of the subjects brought forward in the anatomy and medicine section (5), which section, by the by, was one of the most active and efficient of the meeting, possess much public interest. We allude to the exhibition by Mr. Snow Harris, of Plymouth, of the bones of the lame hip-joint of the late lamented Charles Mathews; and to the no less extraordinary disinterment, from St. Patrick's Cathedral, and exhibition of the skulls of Dean Swift and the celebrated Stella, (Mrs. Johnston.) How far science can be promoted by such spectacles we cannot tell; but, allowing for every apology made for them, we cannot but consider them to be repugnant to the best feelings of human nature. In ourselves, the bare mention of the exposure of the partial skeleton of our great comic favourite and friend, while yet "festering in his shroud," excited a degree of pain and distress which no settlement of a point of anatomical or medical curiosity could qualify. Whether the shortening of his limb was caused by fracture, or by the rare disease called Morbus cora senilis, induced by the fall from his gig, might well have been left unexplored; and, at all events, if the enquiry had been made, it ought to have been made in private, and the result alone communicated to such of the profession as it could interest and guide. But to make a common show of poor Mathews's mutilated limb, whilst yet its living effect upon the laughing stage had departed from the general gaze only a few brief hours, was, we think, in very bad taste, and very inconsistent with the decent observance of respect for the dead. "We have reason to believe that opinions concurred in attributing Mathews's sufferings for so eriod to the disease above mentioned; the thigh-bone having no appearance of broken and re-united. "With regard to the phrenological examination the medical section, and again at a meeting of the of the skulls of Swift and his (?) Stella-first in phrenological society held on Monday evening in Sackville street-we have only time at present to state, that in the Dean's head the hemispheres were symmetrical. much at issue with the known character; but the twenty-one years, Swift had giddiness and deaf- vaults; the coffins were shifted; several were lopement. Her skull is rather large, but a very Harcourt gave a view of the finances of the as- read before the general sections should be pre- "Mr. Taylor, the treasurer, next gave a statement of the funds of the society. With respect to the pecuniary affairs of the association he the 30th of July last there was cash in the treawould give the meeting the general result. On surer's hands to the amount of 5091., in the stocks 23611. 3 per cents, and unsold copies of works, about 5601. In Dublin the treasurer had received from 1228 subscribers, in subscriptions and compositions, 17501., together with an additional sum of 941. for books sold, making the total amount 52141. The expenses and sums due by the association were probably 1000l., leaving a clear proaudience to state, that the receipts of the precedperty of 42141. ing year in Edinburgh were 16267., while in DubIt might be pleasing to thelin they amounted to 1750l. It was also very gratifying to be able to state, that grants for the this year at the disposal of the committee.>> advancement of science, of 1700l., had been placed |