474 MisceJlaneoui Intelligence. 



'that several deficiencies in the Aihbrosian MS. are supplied by 

 that of Turin, leave no room to doubt of their being copies 

 essentially different. 



2. The Black Prince. — Extract of a letter from Bourdeaux.-— 

 " A few days ago were discovered among the ruins of the 

 castle of Castlemar in Medoc, several silver coins, or demi-gros 

 of Aquitaine, which exhibit on one side the effigy of the prince 

 of Wales, in a ducal attire, armed with a sword, standing under 

 a Gothic canopy ; and on the reverse two fleur-de-lys and 

 two leopards, symmetrically separated by a full cross, marked 

 with six points, indicative of the value of the coin. Round the 

 portrait of the prince is the legend, Ed. Ps. gns. Reg. Agl. B. 

 (Eduardus primogenitus regis Anglise B.) ; and on the reverse, 

 Acit. Prncps. (Aquitanise Princeps)." 



3. Prize Question, — ^The programme of the prize of eloquence, 

 which is to be distributed by the French Academy in August, 

 1821, is as follows: " To determine in what consists the 

 poetic genius, and how it is to be discriminated, independent 

 of the diversity of languages and the forms of versification, 

 in all the different kinds, from the Apopee to the Apologue." 

 The works of the candidates to be sent before the 16th of May. 



The subject of the prize of eloquence for 1822 is, '' An Elo- 

 gium on Le Sage." 



4. Cleopatra's Needle. — This well-known monument of anti- 

 quity is expected to arrive shortly from Alexandria, a present 

 from the Pasha of Egypt to His Majesty George IV. It is 

 rumoured that it will be set up in Waterloo-place, opposite to 

 Carlton-house. The weight of the mass is about 200 tons, 

 the diameter at the pedestal seven feet. It is understood that 

 we are indebted to the influence of S. Briggs, Esq., British- 

 resident at Grand Cairo, with the Pasha of Egypt, for this 

 magnificent monument. 



