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Proceedings of Public Sorietiei. 



May I, 



quired (with his superior abilities) iu 

 tours through France, Italy, England, 

 and other countries, wliere his capacity 

 and industry fitted him for a thorough 

 acquaintance with the ancient schools, 

 and the distinctive characters of each 

 master. 



A descriptive catalogue has been 

 printed at Madrid, of the paintings con- 

 tained in this museum. A little time 

 and experience will evince the efficiency 

 of the plan, and Spain will possess such 

 a property in the arts as could scarcely 

 be expected in the present state of her 

 public affairs. 



Europe cannot shew, iu any other 

 public establishment, so remarkable a 

 selection as has been alieady formed 

 and incorporated in this new arrange- 

 ment; forty-tbree by the celebrated 

 Murillo, whose worksare now so scarce ; 

 forty-four by Velasquez ; forty-two by 

 Melendez; twenty-eight by Ribera, 

 surnamed L'Espagnolefo, fifteen by 

 Johannes, and eight by Cano; with 

 those of several other painters of the 

 old Spanish school. 



Twenty-four modern paintings merit 

 the compliment paid to them, of being 



inserted here, and of being contem- 

 plated with a species of congenial vene- 

 ration; they are by Bayen, Paret, 

 (Joya, Aparicio, Madrazo, Maella, San- 

 chez, and Montalvo. 



The inventive talents of Spanish 

 painters have been of less value, com- 

 paratively, from their being moie espe- 

 cially occupied on subjects of religion ; 

 the museum ])ossesses, however, more 

 than a third unconnected with this sub- 

 ject ; fourteen represeul battles, fifteen 

 history or fiction, twenty-eight views 

 of towns, harbours, gardens, and other 

 landscapes, thirteen of Howers, eight 

 of fruits, forty-two of hotels and inns, 

 fifty-two portraits of well-known cha- 

 racters, and twenty-one of imaginai-y 

 persons, half of whom are of a grotesque 

 description. 



The rapid and successful movements 

 of this museum will doubtless become 

 an object to a numerous class of artists 

 and amateurs, in whose minds it will 

 facilitate the formation of new ideas, 

 and to whom it will prove a store-house 

 from which tlie imaginative faculty 

 will draw its materials. 



PROCEEDINGS OF PUBLIC SOCIETIES. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Premiums offered for 1821-22-23-24. 

 No. I. — Soilhiff. 



TO the person who shall make, and 

 report to the Board, the most sa- 

 tisfactory experiments on soiling upon 

 fresh-mown green food, roots, and 

 straw, for one whole year, the greatest 

 number of milch cows, fatting beasts, 

 or other cattle, (horses excepted,) not 

 fewer than ten in the whole. — Fifty 

 Guineas, or Plate to that value. 



To tlie person who shall make, and 

 report to the Board, under the preced- 

 ing conditions of trial, an accoimt, the 

 second in merit — Tivenfy-five Guineas, 

 or a piece of Plate of that value. 



To the person who shall make, and 

 report to the Board, an account of ex- 

 periments which shall be third in merit 

 — Ten Guineas, or Plate to that value. 

 No. II. — Soiling. 



To the person who shall make the 

 most satisfactory experiment of rearing 

 cattle on the soiling system ; stating 

 the process from calving till three years 

 old, with detailed accounts of the food 

 given, state of health and weight from 

 one to three years old, with any other 



remarks which may elucidate the prac- 

 tice. — Ttvetiftf-five pounds. 



No. ill.— Stall-feedint;. 



To the person who shall, by experi- 

 ments, ascertain in the most satisfac- 

 tory manner, the means of supporting 

 the greatest stock of cattle by stall- 

 feeding, throughout a year; soiling 

 them in summer, on natural, or artifi- 

 cial grasses, or other green food — The 

 Gold Metal or Fifty Guineas. 



To the next — t^tventy-five Guineas. 

 No IV. — Storing Turnips. 



To the person who shall make, and 

 report to the Board, the most satisfac- 

 tory experiments on drawing and stor- 

 ing turnips for winter or spring use, on 

 wet, loomy, or clay soils, preparatory 

 to a wheat crop — The Gold Medal, or 

 Fifty Pounds, 



No. V. — Food of Horses. 



To the person wh6 shall keep the 

 greatest number of horses, not fewer 

 than six, during the space of six months 

 from the 1st day of November, 1820, to 

 the lastday of April, 1821, on potatoes, 

 carrots, Swedish turnips, or other green 

 food, with a view to the diminution of 

 hay, or any other mode which can ac- 

 complisl) 



