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ments. Only 12 pupils are to be received at one time, into this inſtitution. ‘The theory and praétice of agriculture; the théory and praâice of com- merce; writing; arithmetic; civil and natural hiſtory; geography; draw=- ing; w.th the Latin and French languages; and the principles of the Pro- teſtant religion; are the branches of inſtruXtion to be there taught.

Great ſeverity of cold now prevails, particularly inthe South of France. ‘The Saone is frozen up. The Rhone alſo begins to’be covered with ice.

The price of grain continues to fall at Stockholm. As the produce of the laſt harveſt was not unuſually abundant; this effe& is attribbted to the peace, and to the preſent ſtagnation in the orn-trade of Sweden.

The Emperor of Ruſa, with policy limilar to that of our Henry the Seventh, has iſſued an order permitting his ſubje&s, in all caſes, to make, at pleaſure, a fair ſale’ot the nds. The conñſequences of this permiſſion cannot but be infinite}y beneficial to Ruſſian huſbandry,

The Socizty of Rufflian Noblemen and Gentlemen for the Improvement of Rural Economy and the Uſetul Arts has ſubfiſted ahmoßt ever ſince the acccſlion of the late Emprels Catherine; has beſtowed very many præmia, with the happieſt ſucceſs; has collz&ed accurate deſcriptions of almoſt ail the valuable prafices in huſbandry which are peculiar to Ruſha; and has introduced an extraordinary number of improvements in al the ecumenical practice of Ruſſian huſbandry, and domeſtic life. Lts exertions are, juſt now, continued more ſtrenuouſly fhan ever.

The dykes in Holland were broken down by the ſtorm in the end of

December; and to the infinite terror and loſs of the huſbandmen, more than nſequenace, inundated. French department of the Lower Rhine, the Conſular Government has directed thoſe who were labourers in huſbandry, farmers, or artiſans, to be re! i to their country, ât their own requeſt: thus teitifying due reſpect to thoſe moſt important einployments upon which human life depends immediately for its ſuſtenance.

In the courſe of laſt month, or rather between the 2 5th of December and the 22d of January, the prices of wheat, barley, malt, o: ts, and ſplit-peas have riſen in the Corn-market of London. The prices of ry<, ho! le-beans, and hog-peas were the ſame on the latter as pn the former, of theſe days. The prices of Negro beans and boiling peaſe, have fallen.

It is a remarkable fact, that, in con:equence of the exceſſive waſte and ex- pence at which cattle are now fattened for the London market, the Roaſt Beet of old England, is the moſt expenſive luxury which an inhabitant of the metropolis cán, at this moment, put upon his table. Poultry are, in com- pariſon, the cheapeſt article of animal food that is- ſold in London, A turkey, a gooſe, ora couple of common fowls g90, at this time, farther, as a dinner to a tamily, than any good roaſting piece of beef, or a round of beef for falting and boiling that can be bought tor the ſame money. Every miltreſs of a fa. mily, every houſekeeper, every gentleman who attends to the purchaſe vf meat for bis own houſhold, and its conſumption, can bear teſtimony fo the truth‘this fa. Nothing can more ſtrikingly evince,—how extremely pro- fitabl ois the breeding and fattening of poultry ot all ſorts!—and how very ruinoús to the country are the preſent methods of rearino beeves for the but- cher f—T'he writer of theſe words can aver from his own knowledge, that ths caſe has been the ſame in London, for nearly theſe la three years.

The culture of the poppy in India has received a confiderable check by a prohibition iſſued at Canton which forbids the future importation of opium into the Chineſe empire.

The HicHLAND SoctETY of Scotland held their anniverſary general meeting for the year 1802, on Tueſday January 12th, in their Ball in South Bridge Street, Edinburgh. The Earl of Eglintone, one of the Vice Prefidents, in the chair. Above 100 Noblemen and Gentlemen, Meinbers of the Society, were preſent.’ To the number of 44 new Members were admitted. The Sas

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