such subjects, we may
attribute the great force with which that maxim is appreciated.

In France, the situation of its SAVANS is highly respectable, as well as
profitable. If we analyze the list of the Institute, we shall find few
who do not possess titles or decorations; but as the value of such marks
of royal favour must depend, in a great measure, on their frequency, I
shall mention several particulars which are probably not familiar to
the English reader. [This analysis was made by comparing the list of the
Institute, printed for that body in 1827, with the ALMANACH ROYALE for
1823.]

Number of the Members of the Total Number of each Class
Institute of France who belong of the Legion of Honour.
to the Legion of Honour.

GrandCroix......... 3 80
GrandOfficier..... 3 160
Commandeur........ 4 400
Officier.......... 17 2,000
Chevalier......... 40 Not limited.

Number of Members of the Institute Total Number
decorated with of
the Order of St. Michel. that Order.

Grand Croix....... 2
100
Chevalier......... 27

Amongst the members of the Institute there
are,--

Dukes................... 2
Marquis................. 1
Counts.................. 4
Viscounts................ 2
Barons.................. 14
--23

Of these there are
Peers of France.......... 5

We might, on turning over the list of the 685 members of the Royal
Society, find a greater number of peers than there are in the Institute
of France; but a fairer mode of instituting the comparison, is to
inquire how many titled members there are amongst those who have
contributed to its Transactions. In 1827, there were one hundred and
nine members who had contributed to the Transactions of the Royal
Society; amongst these were found:--

Peer........................ 1
Baronets.................... 5
Knights..................... 5

It should be observed, that five of these titles were the rewards of
members of the medical profession, and one only, that of Sir H. Davy,
could be attributed exclusively to science.

It must not be inferred that the titles of nobility in the French list,
were all of them the r