hSz Mufa:um of Natural Hi/lory, Paris, 



The prize will be a gold medal of the weight of five he(5lo- 

 granimes. and will be adj idgid in the public fitting t)f Ki- 

 vofe i5, vear J2 of the reiniblic Papers will be received till 

 the i^tli of Vcndemiaire, vear 12. 



H'ljhry. — What has hicn the influence of the reformation 

 of Luther on tlie political fiination of the difleient ilates of 

 Europe, and the progrefs of knowledge ? 



The prize will be a medal of the fame value, and will be 

 adj'idojed in the public fitting of Meifidor 15, yeai' H- Papers 

 will he received till the 15th 01 Germinal, year 11. 



Chem'ijlry .—'Y\k Clafs of the iVlathematical and Phyfical 

 Sciences had propofcd, in the vear 8, the foiltnving qneltion : 



"■ Wh.;t are the ch. rafters whtch in vegetable and anmial 

 matters diliinguilh th lie which ad as a ferment and thofe 

 in which ihey produce fenuentation ?" 



But as the memoirs received did not fulfil the conditions, 

 the Clafs again propofed ii for the year 12. 



The prize will be a gold medal of the value of a kilo- 

 gramme, and will be adjudged in the public fitting of Ger- 

 minal 15, year 12. 



Fainting. — What is the influence of painting on the arts 

 cf commercial indufl.ry? To make known the advant?,geS 

 which the fta'e derives from this influence, and that which 

 it has reafon to e:\pc6l ? 



The prize will be a gold medal of the weight of five hefto- 

 grammes, and will be adjudged in the public fitting of Ni- 

 vofe j^, year 12. 



MUS>^UAI OP NATURAL HISTORV, PARTS. 



A letter from C Martin, dated Cayenne, 28th December, 

 cotitatrts very fatisfaftory details refpee^ing the cultivation of 

 the 'piceries : be onlv waits for the favourable feafon to under- 

 take i(Jme trials in regard to that of the pepper plant. Victor 

 Ungues, agent of government, has afligned to him a piece 

 of (ground for that purpofe. The objeiil is to afcertain what 

 are the trees fittefi for lerving as props to the jiepper plants, 

 giving preference to thofe which, being fufceptiljle of multi- 

 plication by flips, have. a thick fpongy b;:rk, and which rifing 

 to a fmall height have, however, a long duration. But this 

 is not the onlv reiiilt which it is wiflied to obtain by thefe 

 trials, 'ihe ifland of ( avehne is the diflrict which was firft 

 cultivated in that colonv ; the foil in fome parts is ex- 

 haulitd, and it is ncci iliirv to leave it at rell before any 

 other plants can be c"intj;ittcd to it with hopes of fueccfs : 

 befid("i ihis iii'/oiivenience, it is expofed to a fcourge fiill 

 more pixjudicial to eultivationj^t is ravaged by ants, which 



devour 



