3(36 Ri'ysian Society cf Arts and Sciences, <2#c. 



IMriiRIAL KUSSIAN SOCIETY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES 

 AT ST. PETERSBUUGH. 



This society is at present employed in making arrangements 

 for the I'uturc use of the Roman letters in writing and print- 

 ing the Russian language. Aecounls from St. Petersburg}! 

 speak highly of the rapid progress of literature through all 

 the Russias. 



ROYAL SOCIETY, COPENHAGEN. 



M. Moeller, director of the grammar school at Slagelse, 

 in Denmark, has this year received the gold medal from this 

 socicry for the best answer to the following historical prize 

 question : " Upon the misapplications which both antient 

 and modern historians have made of what are called 

 pragmatical histories, and on the means of preventing 

 stich mistakes." 



THE ROYAL ACADEMY, STOCKHOLM. 



This academy has announced the following prize subjects 

 for the present year : 



Histo)-y — " Historical remarks upon taxes and imposts^ 

 and the manner of raising them in Sweden, during the 

 middle ages." The prize is a gold medal of 26 ducats. 



Greek, Lat't/u or French Languages — " On the resem- 

 blance of the Latin writers of the two epochs generally 

 known by the appellation of the golden and silver ages ; and 

 examination whether the varieties in style and taste which 

 characterize these two periods in the Roman literature, may 

 not be attributed, as well as the varieties in modern litera- 

 ture, to the prouress of society, and improvement of the 

 human mind." The prize is a gold medal of 26 du- 

 fcats. 



The ossavs must be transmitted to Stockholm on or be^ 

 fore the 20ih of January 1807. 



ATHEN^UM AT POICTIERS. 



On the 31st of August, 1805, the Athenaeum at Poicticrs 

 held a public meeting. The president, professor Fradin, 

 opened it with a discourse on the utility of the belles lettres 

 and philosophy. Various treatises were then read by the 



different 



