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mic society of Aix listened to report of M Salier concerning this discovery. We will add to the above, that the researches, which M. Champollion has already made in Egypt, have modified his ideas upon certain points of the history of that country and the order of succession of the ancient kings He still be- lieves that Sesostris is not the same with Rhamses the Great ,but Rhamses Mej-Amu, (he love of Jove) the founder of the nineteenth dynasty. Whoever he may be, our enter prizng traveller has obtained, from the new and numerous data he has received during his travels, many striking and precious c0n6rma- tions of the facts which are mentioned in the Bible. He has likewise recovered the DOT trait of Sesonchis, founder tf the twenty se- cond dynasty, (the Sesak of our holy baoks) and a bts-relcf which refers tothis monarch's invasion of Judea.

 The Acoustic Chdir.-Thc ancienis were more cOnversant with the origin and f>ma- ton of s"unds than ourselves the famous ca ven of Dionysius the tyrant, ,hewn in the rcck, so as to rese emblc in it's sinuositcs the interior contours of the human ear and transmit to q distance the slightest murmurs, is sufficient proof Of their progrCssin the science of accns- ties. It is likewise known tlat the Greeks

 invented very ingenious mean, to augment the compass of the voice in their theatres. MT Curtis, who for several ye.,rs have studied the diseases cf the ear, has lately invented chair which is provided with cylinder or tamb ur, and ustic pipes for the use of the deaf It is sufficient cnly to sit ill it to understand Il conversation in suppressed voice which may be carried on in any part of the room. The pipes transmit with great distinctness the low tones, which are uttered at a distance. We have made trial of it, and could distinguish, in this marvellous chair, the minutest nfeX- icns of the voices of persons, who were whis- perng in the opposite extremity of the apart mcnt; and an air, played by a musical snuff clearly as if it were placed upon a table by our side.