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any breadth required ; whereas, by thofe 
in common ule, 120 different ones are 
necefiary, the value of which is more than 
x20). 
Mr, Austin has laid before the fociety 
fpecimens of types or figures, formed of 
burnt clay or porcelain, For printing pat- 
teyns unon callicoes, or defigns for articles 
to be fewed or tambovured. Thefe types 
are not Jiable to be deltroy ed by fire, nor 
by lying in a damp place. They may be 
made to acertain depth, fo as to be varied 
at pleafure, the fame as Jetter-pie{s print- 
mg-types. A certain number may be 
marked on each ype to afcertain the ex- 
act proportion of tne price of tambouring 
or fewing; the rates of the fame work 
being frequently very irregular, for want 
of a regular ftandard to calculate them by. 
‘They may be purchafed at half, or-even 
one-fourth, of thefe cut in wood ; they are 
equally durable, or more fo, and may be . 
made finer than any cut in wood. 
In Agriculture, the filver medal has 
been voted to the Earl of BrEaDAaLBANE 
for his plantations of fir-trees; a gold 
medal to Tuomas JouNEs, Efq. for the 
plantation of 922,000 of oaks from acorns; 
one to J.C. Curwen, Efq., for the cul- 
ture of beans and wheat; and one to Mr. 
TayLor, of Beamifh, Durham, for im- 
proving wafte land. To SAMUEL Tayr- 
Lor, Efg., of Mofton, the filver medal 
has been adjudged for the growth of white 
thorn; one alfo to Mr. Mason, near 
Warwick, for the culture of carrots ; and 
one to Mr. SmirH, Buckingham-ftreet, 
for irrigating boggy land. To Mr. Wm. 
Watson, North Middleton, for compa- 
rative culture of turnips, has been given 
ten pounds ; to Mr. Seru BULL, of Ely, ~ 
thirty guineas, for planting ofiers; and 
to Mr. Farey, Crown-ftreet, Weftmin- 
fter, for experiments on the growth of 
trees, has been voted the filver medal. 
To Captain Mitter, of Axminfter, 
has been prefented the filver medal, fora 
pair of theep thears, in the ufe of which 
there is no rifque of cutting the aiimal; 
and, of courfe, 
to indiferent fhearers and to learners with 
the greateft degree of confidence. 
The Reavards conferred by ihe Society this 
Year, were prefented on the 2d of May 
to the re{peftive Candidates, by bis Grace 
the Duke of Korjolk, tke Pe efident, in 
the following order. 
IN AGRICULTURE. 
TO J. C. Curwen, Efg. M. P. Workington 
Hall, for ictekctingiet improvements; the 
gold medal, 
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To Richard Phillips, Efq. Tyn-y- Rhos, 
near Ofweftry, for Improving i land, 
clafs 453 the gold medal. 
To J. G. Calthrop, Efq- Cabhenes Line . 
colnthire, for the cultivation of fpring wheat, 
clafs 235 ae gold meaal. 
To Mr. 7.8. Wade, Benhull, near Sax- 
mundham, Ce for planting ofers, clafs 
2; the..gold medal. 
To Charles Layton, Efg. Reedham Hall, 
Norfolk, for comparative culture of turnips, 
clafs 26; the filver medal. 
To Mr. ‘Wai. Chetham, Mellor Moor, 
Derby thire} for improving, waite land, the 
fiver medal. 
To Mr. Robert Salmon, Woburn, Bed- 
forsthire, for remarks in pruning timber trees 
the filver medal, 
IN CHEMISTRY. 
To Mr. Charles Wilfon, 6, Worcefter- 
fireet, Borough, for a method of curing damp 
walls, ten guineas. 
To Mr. 
for painting, the filver medal. 
IN POLITE ARTS, 
To her Serene Highnefs the Margravine of 
Brandenburgh Anfpach, and Bareith, &&c. &c. 
for a model in bas relief of the late Mar- 
grave, the filver medal. 
To Miss Folkes, Cavendifh-fquare, for mi- 
Niature paintings, the filyer medal, 
To Mr. Charles Heath, Raffel Place, 
Fitzroy-fquare, for an original fketch of the 
battle of the angels, clafs 101, the greater 
filver pallet 
To Mr. |. B. Lane, 18, Upper Grofvenor- 
ftreet, for an hiftorical drawing of Alexander 
attacking the Perfians, after crofling the 
Granicus. i 
To Mifs H. A. Jackfon, Hanovereftreet, 
Hanover-fquare, for a drawing from nature of 
a lady bathing, clafs too, the gold medal... 
To Mifs Hillier, Stoke Park, Guildford, 
for a drawing of flowers from nature, the 
greater filver BES 
To Mifs Francillon, Norfoik-ftreet, for a 
drawing of flowers from nature, the greater 
filver pallet. - 
To Mifs S. C. Day, Lower Bryanftone 
ftreet, for an original drawing of Auguftus 
entering the apartnient of Cleopatra, the 
fmaller filver pallet. 
To Mr. G. Gutch, Oxford, for a drawing 
of Wrexham, clafs og, the filver medal. 
To Mr, P. M. French, Great Alie ftreet, 
for an archite€tural drawing, the {maller fil- 
ver pallet 
To Mr. A. Raimback, Warren-fireet, fora 
line engraving of puna gical in Tartarus, 
clafs- 107, the gold pallet. 
To Mr. L. Clennel, Twickenham Com- 
mon, for an engraving on wood of a battle, 
clafs z10, the gold pallet. 
To Mr. Branfton, Wynnyatt- fréte! fer an 
engraving on wood of a fcene in the comedy 
2 of 
Sebaitian Grandi, 6, Brownlow- 
fireet, Long Acre, for colours and materials 
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