274 Academy of Lyons. 



of the Society are at liberty to be candidates, on cpnditlotl 

 that their papers are dlftinguiflicd by fome device, and marked 

 with the letter L. 



The papers may be written either in Dutch, French^ 

 Latin, or German, and muft be accompanied with a fealed 

 note containing the name and addrefs of the author. They 

 mufi: all be tvanfmittcd to Van Maruni, fecretary to the 

 Society. 



The prize for the beft anfwer to any of the above queftions 

 is a gold medal, with the ufual impreflion of the Society, 

 containing on the edge the name of the author, and the year 

 in which he obtained the prize ; or, in lieu of it, at the option 

 of the author, thirty ducats. Thofe, however, who obtain 

 the prize, or an aceffit, fliall not, without the exprefs per- 

 miflion of the Society, publifh their papers, either whole or 

 in part, in the Tranfa6lions of the Society, nor in any other 

 work, or feparatcly by themfelves. 



The Society takes this opportunity of repeating, that they 

 refolvcd, in their fitting of 1798, to examine, in every annual 

 fitting, whether, among the papers communicated in the 

 courfe of ,the year, and not anfwers to queftions propofcd^ 

 there are any refpefting natural hiftory or natural philofophy 

 which defervc a particular reward; and, when this is the 

 cafe, to adjudge to "that paper, or, when there are feveral, to 

 the moft interefting, a filver medal with the Society'* im- 

 i)reflion, and a prefent of ten ducats befides. 



ACADEMY OF LYONS. 



C. V^erniac, the prefe6l of the department of the Rhone, 

 and C. Noel, commiffioner- general of the police at Lyons, 

 in conjunftion with fome members of the antient Academy 

 of Lyons, have revived that valuable inftitution under the 

 title of the Alheneum. The number of the members of 

 which it is to confift has been fixed at forty-five ; among 

 whom are comprehended thofe who made a part of the old 

 academy, and who now are reduced to fixteen. The Athe- 

 neum will have alfo fifteen aflbciates, and an unlimited 

 number of correfpondeats. It is divided into two cla0es; 



one 



