11 DECEMBER 1852, Page 11

The French Government has offered four prizes to dramatic anthem

A long or a short piece at the Comedic Franeaise, and a long or a short piece at any other theatre, are to be the works of competition; and whiche ever authors, having achieved a success, are found to have compliedinest with the conditions of a moral purpose, will be entitled to one of the four prizes, that is to say, to 5000 francs or 3000 francs, according to the dimensions of the play.