376 French National Institute, &c. 



Rev. Thomas William Wrighte, A.M. secretary, and 

 Rev. John Brand, A.M. secretary for the year ensuing. 

 The society afterwards dined together at the Crown and 

 Anchor tavern in the Strand, according to annual custom. 



FRENCH NATIONAL INSTITUTE. 



The class of history and of antient literature of the French. 

 National Institute lately held a meeting for the purpose of 

 distributing the annual prizes. 



One of the subjects which had been proposed was the fol- 

 lowing : 



" 'J'o examine what was the administration of Egypt, 

 from the conquest of that country by Augustus to the taking 

 of Alexandria by the Arabs; to give an account of the 

 changes which it experienced during that interval; the con- 

 dition of the Egyptians ; and to explain what was the con- 

 dition of strangers domiciliated in Egypt, and particularly 

 the Jews." 



Of all the memoirs sent to the meeting, not one appeared, 

 to possess sufficient merit to obtain the prize ; the subject 

 was therefore again given out for the meeting in the month 

 of July 1807. 



The class then proposed, as the subject of a prize essay to- 

 be adjudged in July 1S08, " to examine what has been the 

 influence of the crusades upon the civil liberty of the people 

 of Europe, upon their civilization, and upon the progress of. 

 their learning, conniierce, and industry." 



The prize oOcrtd is a gold n,icdal of l.')00 francs in value ; 

 and the discourse, which must be in Frruch or Latin, must 

 be given in before the 1st of April 7 808. 



IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, LITERATURE, AND 

 THE FINE ARTS, TURIN. 



This academy, formerly the Royal Academy of Turin, 

 which was new modelled in consequence of Piedmont being 

 annexed to France, has published two q^uarto volumes of 

 memoirs for the years 12 and 13. One of tpe volumes is. 

 appropriated to the labours of the Class of Literature and the 

 Fine Arts ; the other, compiled by the secretary, INI.. Vassal i 

 Eaudi, mentions the changes that have taken place in the 

 list of academicians, the various papers read at the meetings, 



and 



