(2) The Aca(Vanie this Inscriptions et Belles Lettres was founded in 1663, by Colbert, and has 40 ordinary, 10 honorary, and 50 corresponding mend rs, and S foreign associates. It has for its principal objects the Andy of medals, inscrip tions, monuments, antiquities, and ancient and 0114.11illi It has various prizes at its disposal, and publishes tiemoires. Its annual public meeting is held in November.
(3) The Academic des Sciences was founded in 1666, by Collswt, and has 66 ordinary. 10 hon orary, and 100 corresponding members. rind 8 associates. Its prizes include :111 annual sun] of 30(10 francs, given alternately, for the best discussion of a subject in mathematics and physics; the Montyon prizes. six in number, hav ing an annual value of 44.845 francs; the Laland pri 7k. given annually. for astronomical work; and several others. This Academy publishes Memoires. Its annual public meeting is held in December.
(41 The AcadCanie des Beaux-Arts was founded by Mazarin iu 1648, and the subjects of painting and sculpture, music, and architecture were added respectively in 1664, 1666, and 1671. It has 40 ordinary, 10 honorary, 10 foreign asso ciates. and 61 corresponding, members. Besides the prizes in painting, sculpture, architecture, engraving. and music. awarded to the pupils of
the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Conservatoire do Musiquc. it has under its charge the publica tion of the Dirtionnaire y4nt'ral des bears.r-arts. It also conducts the examination for the Prix the Rome in the various arts. Its annual public meeting is held in October.
(5) The Acridtanie des Sciences Morales et Politiques was restored in 1832, after having been suppressed in 1803. and has 40 ordinary, 10 honorary, and 45 corresponding members, and (.3 foreign associates; it is divided into five sec tions. and has for its chief purpose the discus sion of mental philosophy, law and jurisprudence, political economy and statistics, general and philosophical history, and polities, administra tion, and finance. It has the Baujour, Faucher, Balphen, Bordin, and other prizes at its dis tribution. It publishes .1ymoires, and its an nual public meeting is held in December.
The academies forming the institute of France meet regularly in the Mazarin Palace, which is on the left hank of the Seine, opposite the Louvre, and their meetings are attended with much ceremony. Consult De Franquecille, Le premier siecle de l'Institut de Prance (2 vols., Paris, 1395).