The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-28 00:00:00

S,OCIFTY OF ARTS.

• Yesterday :being the Anttiversary of 'this trtily
useful and.phtriotic Society, for the 'distribution of
preniituus acid rewards, at 11-Or house in *the
Adei-
phi ; his Grace the Duke. of NORFOLK, President,
was i the Chair, and the Meeting was honoUred
by the "presence of the. Baroness DI To-r,a.,- Count
WonoNzoir, (late 'Ambassador from Russia), the
Swedish, 'Portuguese,. and Hessian Ambassadors,
and as 'many persons, of distinction, and Ladies of
fashion and •beauty,. as the Great Room could pos:-
sibly hold, to the exclusion of, theMentbers of, the:
Society, who handsomely•gave placd on this occa-
sion. ' His Grace arrived at:,half-past eleven, and
cotitinued in the most
,condescending and familiar
conversation k-k-ith the other Officers of the Society,and
the Company, (as lie did also for more than half an
hour after thAusiness tea's concluded); and at twelve
o'clock the Cliai6vas taken; and the: business- com-
menced with
flat Oration, by boaor CHARLES ',FAY-
LOR, the princitdl! Secretary, on the patriotic views
and labours. of this Society since its establishment
in 1754 ; in the course of which, he noticed the prin-
cipal objects 'of public-utility which' the premiums
and' bounties, from thne /o time given. by the So,-
ciety, had brought :to light- and perfeeled, and en—
tered into minute details on the design and objeds
of the premiums awarded in the present Session;
,some of which remarks we shall notice further on.
The worthy Secretary observed, that the permission'
which the Society gave, in 1766; for the Artists of
that day to exhibit their Pidures in the Society's
rooms, gave rise to the noble and annual
.Exhibition;
since made in the Royal AcadeMy's, apartments, in
Somerset House; and he took this occasion of pay-
ing a just tribute of :respe.6l to the Memory of the
late Mr. JAMES BARRY, whose remains were lately
seen deposited; with funeral solemnity, in the So-
ciety's. Room, hung with the sublime yrodudions
of his pencil, till removed to be deposited in 'St.
Paul's Cathedral, between the remains of Sir
CHRISTOPHER WrlENand Sir !JOSHUA REYNOLDS'.
A good likeness of Mr. BARRY, which 1 hung. at
the back Of the President's Chair, was stated to
have been painted at Aothe,.- and to have been pre-
sented by' WM. MOFFAT, Esq,' a Member of the.
Society. The Secretary, is the course of hiS speech;
explained the mode of eleding Members, of the So-
ciety, an honour not denied to the fair sex, and the
Manner of conduaing the various departments of its
business; he further stated', that all the Officers of
the Society were annually elected by ballot, and that
every 'meeting of the Society, lor its Committee, is
open to every,Member ; that 136 new Members
have been eleded'Since the present Session .com-
menced, and that more than 60,0001. has been ex-;
pended, since the establishment of the Society; in
premiums and bounties. •
The Chairman then called upon 7.. C. Curwen; Esq. M.P:
whose late communications to the Society have related to the
plantiQg of 1,200,000 trees ; to the raising of carrots, which ale
stated to go as far as the produce of more than twenty time
the same quantitrof land, hi oats, in the feeding of horses';
and, to the supplying the poor ,with new milk., :k 2.d.. per
quart, and yet bo as to leave a, profit, to the Arable Farmer,
witotthall apply his green winter crops to the teedin4 of
cows.—His Grace remarked, that. he had seven or eight times
before delivered to Mr. Curwen diirecOnt honorary marks 'of
the Society's approbation, but never with greater satistac_.
tion than on the, present occasion. .

Mr. Curwen, in'a neat speech, thanked his Grace and the
Society ; and remarked, that flattered as 4e was, hisinerit4
if any,thad been called forth by the encuuragcu►eut of the
Society: r • •

The Gold_Mt.dal of the Soe,lety was. nett pTeserrted to it:
Phillips. Esq. of Tyn-y- Rhos, near Oswestrl's, tbr improv-
ing Waste Lands.

. .
. G. Caltharpe, Esq. of Goshertoti, Lincolnshire, receiv-.H
ed a Gold Medal, for the largest cut tivatiOn of Spring-.,.v heat.
.The Secretary explained tl►e object of the Society in this
premium to be the hope of discovering. a superior and More
produet►ve species r f Wheat, to be Sczn in tl►e-Stnlifg instead
of the Autumn.

Mr. J. S. Wade, of Benhall,, Stilt)lk, received a Gold
Medal for planting OSiers.
Mr. Charles -Layton, of Reedharn-hall, in Norfolk, re'..
ceived a Silver Medal for the comparAiveculture of Turriiiis
by drill and broad-cast, which calibrated the superior advan-
tages of the former. •

in the absence of Nir.-•Williani .Chethani, of Mallor Moor,
Derbyshire, a Silver Medal was; by desire, delivered to. MI-.
john Taylor, a Me►nber.ot tneSociety,.fur Improviiig Waste
Land. --
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ft the absence of Mr. V obOt Sal Mon; of Woburn, Bedford=
shire','a Silver Medal was, for him, delivered to Mr. Farey, a
hlemly,n, who. on..being requested front the Chair; explained
the objee,k of Mr. S.'s communication to be, the laying down
rules tot profitably thinning and pruning English Plantations.
of fir, and other timber trees, so as to produce, in time; clear
and useftit timber, like that imported hop abroad; and that
the same was amply illustrated by large. specimens of the
knots of timber, well and i l pruned, or neglectol, as is too
cominohly the case. The Secretary stated, that the late ex.:
cellent Duke of Bedford hat
.the merit of miginating
course of experiments which led to this comtnunication.

Jr. Charles Wilson, of Worcestetstreet, Borough, re-
.ceived a bounty of ten guineas, in an elegant purse, for his
CoMpoSition of Plaister to cure Damp
,Walls. His Gtace
complimented Mr. W. on the service he would thereby ren-
der to the occtipieis of lie* houses, and-to the owners of va-
luable pictures and other works of :tits, -anifasked several
questions ; in. the
.answers to which, an allusion to an in-
vention by Mr. W. of weaving Ladies' :Garters of Spiders'
Webs, produced a general sonic on the countenances of the
fair ones present. • "
To the Baroness Tott a Silvei• Medal was delivered, for
the Margravine of Anspach, tar a. Model, by her, in bas te-
lict, of her late illustriousconsort, the MargraveofAr ,pack :
on the l‘Latgravine's letter being read by Mr. Combs, the As,-
sistantSecretary, His Grace paid a handsome compliment tb
the Noble Baroness, .aad to the illustrious Family wliose
memory and abilities .the • likeness before' them. would per-
petuate.

Mr. Sebastian Grandi, of Brownlow:street (late from
Rome), received a Silver Medal for his Materials or Colours
for Painters. His Grace observed, that the high testimonials
which the first Artists of the present age had given in favour
of these Colours, made him regret that Sir Joshua Ref wilds
had not Jived to avail himself of their- use.

To Miss Folkes, daughter of Sir Martin Folkes, a Silver
Medal was delivered, for a Miniature Painting. ,
Mr. J.B.'Lane, of Upper Grosvenor-street, received the
Silver Pallet, for an Historical Drawing.
Miss H. A. Jackson, of Hanover-street, for a Drawing of a
Lady bathing,•received a Gold Medal. Ills Grace neatly corn-
pliinented'her on the merit and beauty of the Drawing, and
of its Author.

Miss lillier, of Stoke Park, Guildford, received the greater
Silver Pallet, for a Drayving of Flowers.
Miss Francillion, of Norfolk-street, received a like reward
for a similar subject.

Miss S. 'C. Day, of Lower Bryanston-street, received the
smaller Silver Pallet, for an Historical Drawing: a depart.
ment of the art, as'his Grace observed, which is but seldom
attempted by young Ladies.
Mr. G. Gutch, of Oxford, received a Silver Medal for a
Drawing of Wrexham Church, &c.
Mr. P. M. French, of Great Alie-street, received the
smaller Silver Pallet, for an Architeclural Drawing.
Mr. A. Rairaback, of Warren-street, was presented with a
Gold Pallet, for a Line Engraving. •
Mr. L. Clennel, 'of Twickenham Common., received a
Gold Pallet, for an Historical Engraving on Woad. ,
Mr. BranSton, of Wynnyatt-street, received Silver Pal-
let,Tor an Engraving
loud,

, .
Miss Maty Hay,. of Chaodos-streer, a very youn Lady,
r&eived tl4e Silver Medal of thr.-.-:Soelety, set in Goky-for, a
Drawing in Indian Ink. His Grace observed, t hat .the Rules
ot the Society admitted only of a Silver Medal fir this-Per-
lUrmanee,; but their high sense of its merit-has been thuS ex-
vre;sed Mr. West, the President of .the Royal Academy,
having seen it,,,declared it to be..."the greatest edort of art he
ever wituessed.by.a.young person. %, ,

Miss-I,omin', of Newington-place, a very handsome young
Lady „received the great;:r Silver Pallet, for a Draiv_irig.
- -

,Miss Beverley, of Spring-gardens, a young Lady Of great
beauty, received a greater Silver Pallet, for a Lari&cape. •
ialfpenny, of Stafford-place, received agreater
Silver Pallet, fur it i)rawii~g.
Mr. 'teorge Corbolcl,• of rjohn-street, received a. smaller
Silver Pallet, for a Drawing.

• Mr. Tohn Itoinhe-y, of Warren street, 'received a smaller
Silver Pallet, for an Outline Drawing. •

Miss A ndree, of Hatton-garden,' a.yonng Lady of great per-
sonal accomplishments, received a greaterp Silver Pet, for
a Portrnit Oil Colours.

Miss Sarah Benwell, of Oxford, received a greater Silver
Pallet, fora Ijrawings

Miss B. Scott, of Brighton, a young Lady fifteen years of
age, of great beauty, received a greater Silver Pallet, for a
Drawing. •

. . .
Miss M. 13iiton,,_of New: London.streei, a very little-Girl*
whom his Grace stated to have received no Professional
struetion, received a smaller Silver l'allct, for a Drawing.
a .
Mr. Richard Neate, of Hadley, a ,Yonng•Gentleman, cap--
pled in all his !hips, except his leftliand, received a smaller
Silver Pallet, for a Drawing. -' • : '

Mr. S. Grandi (before mentioned) received a Bounty_ of zo
Guineas; Aor his preparation for Pannels for painting upon.

. In'concluding,tbe Subjeel of Polite Arts, the Se-.
.cretary- stated, that the celebrated Miss LinwOod
baying early in her life been honoured by the notice
of this Society', bad this year 'sent an excellent needle-
work copy of one of Gainsbo-rough's pidures, which
bad been exhibited. •
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Mr. J. Robertson, of Edinburgh, received 2O Guineas for
a Machine to weave Fishing Nets.
'Mr. William Neven' of Woolwich, for 'Weaving extremely
fine cloth, receiVed 15 Guineas.
• Dr. Thomas. Cogan, of Eath, received a*Gold Medal for a
Drag, the use of which, at the request of the President; he
'explained, in sak,iiig 'persons who have sunk under water; it
has barbed points, which can, by turning ofa screw, be used
or not, according ,as -the unfortunate person •is dressed or
naked a long light pole,,as well as a line being attached to
it; facilitate also the object in view.
Mr. George Small, Member, in the absence of john Trot-
ter, Esq. 'received for him- a Gold Medal, for a Curvo-linear
saw ; the operation of which Mr. Sniart explained, at the
'request of tile Chair, ikcutting Out. circular pieees of
or cuitirw. thin curved v' steering wood : as also how the same
saw can be made to cut iliiterent curves.

Mr: Neil Snodgrass, of Scotland; (through the Secretary)
received •4o Guineas ( which he preferred to a medal), for the
detail of a mode of successfully heating rooms without' any
damp or danger of fire. •
Mr. john 4ktistin, of Glasz4*, through the Secretary, re-,
ceiVecl a Gold 'Nledal„tbr d Loom capable of being worked by
any Ali 11 or-engine. • •
Mr. jOhn MiddletOn, of St. Mthin's.laile, received a Sil-
ver Medal, for tWolinpro'vements in Paper.staining ; one of
which was 'stated, to consist in a new ,Press, cap Able of lay-
ing on a greater body of colour in large patterns, than the lever
press in use ; the other, a new made of advanciitg the Paper
as it is printed. , •

Ur. G, Field, of Newman. street, through,the Secretary, re.
ceived a Silver Medal, for an improved Stove, with hot Clo-
sets, fOr heating and drying,.
Mr. BenjaMin Stott, of Bermondsey-street, received a
Bounty of aD Guineas, for a Machine capable of
Sheep and other Skins, fur the Parchment-makers;.and other
••

Mr. lathes Hardie, of Cidsgow, through Mr, Tare}', a
Member, received rc Guinea's, for a►, improved Bookbinders'
'fuming Press ; it has but One screw of Iron, instead of two
wooden ones as are now used.

Mr. ¶oseph Davis,:of Kingsland=road, received ►o Guineas
for an improved Machine for the.use of Glaziers and Painters,
when repairing or painting the upper windows of houses.

Mr. A..gtass, of Porter-street, received to Guineas for an
li-nflroved work-tab.*, :fur the use of Shoemakers, so that
they May stand at their work.
Mr: Philomel of York County, Lower Canada,
received a Silver Medal ; and Mr. G. 'Ward, of. Camden, in
Upper Canada' lo Dollars each, through the Secretary, for
the culture of Hemp. . .

• Ali.. Vaughah attended on behalf of Mr. Freder3c3: Arnold
and Mr. los. Cornwall, and received ;FSilvcr Medal tiir
for t IA; growth of Hemp in Upper Canada.

His Gracelere rose, and in a short speech thanked
the company for their polite attention to.the details
of the business;- and adverting to the distinguished
Foreigners present, paid a, handsome compliment to
the attention paid by.the Emperor of Russia to the
Arts of Peace, and particularly to the talents and
produ6tion's of Englishmen..
Great praise is due.tO Messrs. ANDREWS, MiDG-
LEI', RIVERS, SAMUEL, SOLLY, and TAYLOR,' the
Managers on this occasion; for the -attention they
paid to the Company,

On Saturday. n:ght last, between nine and ten
6:clock, a man named.Anibrose, . who lives at Bear-
sted, was stopped at the top of Lill: Hill, near Maid-
itone, ny three men, appearing to be soldiers, dressed
in buff coloured' jackets, with Military buttons, No.-
5:,;, and the word atfordshire thereon. They drew
their bayonets, threatened to run him through, and
robbed him of a blue jaaet and a flannel one, two
handkerchiefs, a hat, and a round frock, with Bs. in
1110.11 CV ; one of their regimental :yirkets, as
befbre described, with the letters S-W.l) inside the
colfar.

Same night, 'about eleven o'clock, on the London
road, about one-mile 'itoth Maidstone, a labouring
man; named Rose, was. knocked .down by three sol-
diers with drawn bayonets, supposed to be the -same
desperadOes, and ro6bed of his hat and new round
frock.—Soon after, Mr. Thomas Marden, of the
White Horse, Bearsted, 'was stopped by. the satne
three men, with drawn bayonets, about two rn:les
from thence towards Larkfield, and robbed of a ten
pound Bank of England note, half a guinea in gold,
and sixpence in silver. The above three men are
understood, to be deserters from the 52d Regiment ;'
two of them are Opposed to be Itishnien, the third.
an Englishman, and-were seen passing through
Larkfield, towards London, about twelve o'clock
the same night, with round froCks over their other
clothes. '

Last week, as Mr. George Hogg, of Hazon, near
Felton, was returning from Morpeth market, along
with his brother and some other farmerS, he had
occasion to stop a little upon the, road, while the
rest of .the company proceeded forwards. From
the great • fall of rain on that day, 'it was infer-
rid by the company. that Hazon bourn would be dan-
gerous.to pass, and they therefore went round by the
bridge, but Mr. Hogg not stispetaing that his friends,
lad taken that precaution, attempted the ford, and
unfortUnately perished. The horse having come
'owe without his rider, every possible search, was
made for him, without cifeia, and his body was not
found till next day, at, about a mile distant from the
;pot where befell in. '