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350 Proceedings of Learned Socicties. 
neralogy, botany, rural economy,’ and 
the veterinary art, anatomy, and zoology, 
and medicine and chirurgery, fix mem- 
bers each. ‘The firft.clafs may elect fix 
of its members among thofe of the other 
clafles of the Inftitute. It may likewife 
nominate a hundred correfpondents, fe- 
leSted. from among: the national and fo- 
reign literati. “Ine fecond clafs to be 
compoled of forty members. To it is 
particularly configned the compefition of 
the French Di€tionary and culuvation of 
the French language. It is to undertake, 
under the head of language, dn examen 
of the important works of literature, of 
hiftory, and of {ciences. ° The colleGion 
of its critica] obfervations to be publified, 
at leaft, four times a year. It may elect 
twelve of its members from among thofe 
of the other claffes of the Inftitute. The 
third clafs to be compofed of forty mem- 
bers, and of eight foreign affociates. 
The learned languages, antiquities, and 
monuments, hiftory, and all the moral 
and polttical {ciences in their relation to 
hifiory, are to be the objets of its re- 
fearches and its labours. Its peculiar 
province will be to enrich French literature 
with the works of Greek, Latin, and Ort- 
ental authors, fuch as bave not hitherto 
been tranflated. It is to employ nlf in 
the continuation of the diplomatic col- 
legtions, and may chufe nine of its mem- 
bers from among thofe of the other claffes 
of the Inflitute; it may nominate fixty 
national or foreign correfpondents. The 
fourth clafs to be compofed of twenty- 
eight members, and of eight foreign afio- 
ciates; to be divided into fections, de- 
fignated and compofed as follows :— 
Painting, ten members; {culpture, fix; 
archiie@ure, fix; engraving, three; and 
mufical compofition, three. It may choofe 
fix of its members from among thofe of 
the cther ciaffes of tne Infiitute; may 
name thirty-fix correfpondents from ameng 
the national or foreign candidates. The 
foreign affocia‘e members are only to have 
a aeliberative voice ‘for cbjc&ts of the 
feiences, of lierature, and of arts, but 
wot to make a part cf any fe€iion, and 
not to receive any ftipend. ‘The actual 
native or French affociates of the Inftiiute 
to make a part of the 196 corre/pondents 
attached to the claffes of the fetences, of 
the belles lettres, and of the fine arts. 
The correfpondents ave not to t:ke the 
title of members of the Inftitute. They 
will lofe thar ef correfoondents, on be- 
coming domiciiaied at Paris. The mem- 
[May dy 
bers of all the four cleffes will be intitled 
to affit reciprocally at the particular ft- 
tings of each, and te give recitals there, 
on making a previous demand. . They 
will affemble four times in the year, em- 
bodied as the National Iniiitute, to give 
an account of their labours. . They will 
elect, in common, the Librarian and the 
Sub-librarian of the Inftivute, as likewife 
the agents that appertain in common to 
the Inftitute—each clafs to held every 
year a public fitting, at which the taree 
others will affit—the Inftitute will re. 
ceive annually, from the public treafury, 
1500 francs for each of its non-aflociate 
members; 6000 francs for each of the 
perpetual Secretaries—and for its general 
expences, a fum to be determined every 
year, on the demand of the Inftirute, and 
to be comprized in the budget of the Mi- 
nifter of the Interior.—The Inftitute will 
appoint an Executive Committee, con- ' 
fitting of five members, two of the firft 
clafs, and one of each of the three others, 
to be named by their refpettive claffes, 
with authority to regulate all that relates 
to the adminifration of the general ex- 
pences of the Inftitute, and the repartition 
of the funds among the four claffes, &c. 
&c. Every year the clafles are to diftri- 
bute prizes, the number and value of 
which are to be regulated as follows :— 
The firft clafs, a prize of 3000 francs ; 
the fecond and the third clafs, a prize of 
1500 francs each; and the fourth ciafs, 
capital prizes of painting, fculpture, ar- 
chite€ture, and mufical compofition. Such 
as fhall obtain any of thefe capital prizes, 
will be fent to Rome, and maintained at 
the charge of Government. The nomi- 
nations to vacant places in each of the 
clafles to be confirmed by the Firft Conful. 
The perpetual Secretaries to be likewife 
fubje& to the approbation of the Firft 
Contul. 
CHEMISTRY. | 
Supplement to a preceding Memoir on Stones 
prefumed to have fallen from the Skies. 
As we have already obferved, lately, in 
the notice of the preceding quarterly fit- 
ting, the attention of the learned has been 
attracted afrefh to the fingular frenes, 
whofe origin is unknown, and which tra- 
dition fuppofes to have fallen from the 
Heavens. ‘Fhe French chemifts have been 
defirous to convince themlelves of the 
identity of thefe tiones, and of the na- 
ture of their component parts, already 
indicated by Mr, Edward Howard. 
Citizen Vauguelin has procured fpeci~ 
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