Trensactions of Foreign Academies, &c. 007 
tive to a Project for an Universal Lan- 
guage; and M. Erman terminated the 
session, with a Discourse on the Finances 
of the Ottoman Empire. 
PRIZES PROPOSED BY THE AUSTRIAN 
GOVERNMENT. 
The Emperor of Austria has caused 
the following prize questions to be pub- 
lished : 
Q. 1. What are those Substances, 
either Indigenous er Eurepean, that 
can replace the Exotic Drugs employed 
in Medicine? 
Q. 2. What are the Indigenous Sub- 
stances best calculated as Substitutes 
for Camphor ? 
Q. 3. What Substance, or Compo- 
sition, is the best Substitute for Jesuits’ 
Bark ? 
Q. 4. What are the Saber none that 
can best supply Sena, Jalap, and Ipe- 
cacuanah, the Gratiola and the Mineral 
Bodies excepted? 
Q.°5. What is the best Substitnte for 
Opium ? 
The prize for each of these questions, 
isasum of 500 ducats; and all letters 
are to be directed to the Director of the 
Faculty of Medicine at Vienna. 
“ Meduilles frappées a occasion de 
L’Intercue. des Deux Empereurs @ Er- 
jfurt.” An Account of the Two Medals, 
struck in consequence of- the Interview 
between the Two Emperors at Erfurt. 
The first of these two medals presents, 
on one side, the busts of the two empe- 
rors (Alexander and Bonaparte); and 
on the other is an old ian, sitting ona 
stone, and supported by a genius, so as 
to indicate the place of interview. The 
second medal is dedicated to the Empe- 
ror Napoleon, by the city of Erfurt. It 
represents, on one side, a view of that 
city, with the following inscription: 
ERFORDI® XIV. OCTOBRIS MD.CCCVIII. 
On the other side, is this legend : 
NAPOLEONI GRATA CIVITAS. 
These medals are of the sizeof a 
crown piece, and are sold for 60 rix- 
dollars in gold, three in silver, aud one 
in bronze. : 
At the Leipsic Easter Foir of 1809, 
the works exhibited cousisted of 2000 
articles, among which were 128 ro- 
mances, and 50 theatrical works. There 
were also nearly 400 translations, and 
the whole of this catalogue is exclusive 
of such publications as are written in 
foreign languages, together with musical 
compositions, geog?: aph ial charts, ac. 
The Zelandic Academy of S 
Middiebourg, has 
sCciehces ‘at 
published a list of 
prizes for the best elucidations of the 
eee ing subjects : 
. On the Construction | of Risbans, 
or Low Terraces, covered with Stone, 
instead of the High Works now used, to 
prevent. the Effects of the Tides on the 
Dutch Coasts. 
2. An Ixplanation of the Nature of 
Scarlatina, Feu Volage, Hr. {Febris 
Scarlatina seu Rubeole ), and the: best 
Manner of Treating it. And, 
3. On the Causes of spontaneous _ 
flammation of Phosphorus, a CUcuo. 
Prize Questions for the ’Veur 1311. 
1. An abridged Account of the Sci- 
ences in Zeland ;_ and,. 
2. A Memoir on the following Ques- 
tion: “ Have Electrical Conductors pro- 
duced. those Advantageous Effects ex- 
pected from them, after so long and so 
fair a trial; and have they not only pre- 
served from the Effects of Lightning those 
Buildings where they. were fixed, but 
also such as are in the immediate Viti. 
nity?” 
The prize for each of these questions 
is a gold medal, of the value of 30 
ducats. 
The Academy of Fine Arts at Milan, 
has proposed the following prizes for the 
year 1010: 
Prizein Architecture. 
A ‘spacious Gallery, destined to re- 
ceive the choicest Specimens of Paint- 
ing and Sculpture. ‘The prize, a medal. 
of “cold, valued at 60 sequins. 
Prize in Puinting,, : 
Publius Cornelius Scipie restoring to 
Allucius, Prince of the Celtiberians, his 
Consort, wld was his Prisoner, together 
with at the Gold which his Bolations 
had laid at his Feet, for her Ransom. 
Prize, a medal of gold, valued at 120 
sequins. 
Prize in Sculpture. 
Pyrrhus, accompanied by Periphantes 
and Avtomedon, folicwed by a Troop 
ot Soldiers wmed with Hatchets, forcing 
open the Gates of Priam’s Palace. Prize, 
a medal of gold, worth 40 eae: 
Prize ‘ in Engraving 
The Representation of some well- 
known Picture, not yet engraved. Prize, 
a medal of 30. sequins. 
Design jor « Figure. 
Ulysses forcing away the Shadows in 
the Iniernal Regions, with his. Swerd. 
The same prize. 
Ornamental Desi sion. 
A Chimney for a Royal Apartment. 
Prize, 20. sequins. 
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