(269) Fine Arts, Science and Literature.

A PATENT has heen granted toa Mr. Meſſenger, for an improvement in the method of tranſparent painting upon fuk, linen, or cotton. The dark parts o° the painting are engraved on copper, and marked on the filk, &c. The colours are aſterwards laid on with a bruſh.

We have to announce, that Mr, Dyer’s promiſed work(though printed off) will not be immediately publiſhed. It is thought beiter to poſtpone the publicacion till the bulk of his ſubſcribers ſhall return to town.

Mr. Thomas Holloway, that ingenious- artiſt, who engraved moſt of the plates for the Engliſh edition of Lavater's Phyfognomy, and ſuperintended the whole, has publiſhed propoſals for publiſhing engravings of the Cartoons of Raphael. He.has obtained permiſſion from the King to, copy them, and is now- at Windſor tor that purpoſe. u

Mr. Taylar, commonly called Taylor the Platoniſt, and who is Under Secretary to the Society of Arts, is now preparing Lis tranſlation and notes of the Metaphyhcs of Ariſtotle for the preſs. We hear it will be printed at the expence of a. noble Peer, who does honour to himſelf, his-order, and his country, by patronizing a man, who, although fingular in his opinions, has merit, induſtry, and integrity, to recommend them.

As the przmiums beſtowed by the Society of Arts are equally given for the encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Fine Arts, and Commerce, we inſert them here.

The Society of Arts, Manufa&ures, and Commerce, have this year diſtributed the following premiums:

Iz Agriculture.—To the Marquis of Tichfield, for having planted 49 acre and an half of land with acorns—the Gold Medal.

To Thomas Johns, Eſq. M. P. for having planted 400,000 larch treeé— the Gold Medal.

To the Rer. W. Smith, for baving planted 11 Acres and an half of land with apple rrees—the Gold Medal.

To John Lake, for having planted fix acres of land with apple trees— Thity Guineas.

To Jóhbn Cartwright, Eſq. for planting ſix acres of land with apple trees— ‘Twenry Guineas. NA 6

To Thomas Jones, of Fiſh-ſtreet-hill, for cultivating 4,053 plants of true rhubarb— Thirty Guineas. i: ¿

To John Mirehouſe, Eſq. for improving waſte moors—the Gold Medal.

To the Rev. H. B. Dudley, for having gained 206 acres of land from the ſea—

In Chemiſtry.—To Thomas' Jones, Fiſh-ftreet-hill, for having procured 21lb. 707. opium from poppies, grown in Great Britain—Fifty Guineas.-

In Polie Arts.— To Miſs Eliza Barrett, for a varniſhed drawing of a landſcape—the Gold Medal. is a0 Miſs Francis Taibèt, for a painting after Titian—the largeft Silver

alette,‘

To Mifs Charlotte Lloyd, for a drawing from a buſt of Eurypides—the Jeſſer Silver Palette.

To Miſs Mary Smirke, for a drawing of the entrance of the Monaſtery of St. Auguſtine, at Canterbury—the larger Silver Palette.

To Mr. John Colman, for a drawing of a Mill, at Dorking—the larger Silyer Palette.

To Mr. W. Weſtal, for a landfcape; À view from the Terrace, at Richmond—the leſſer Silver Palette. ts(AA Mr. Henry Moſes, for two drawings for ſhipping-=the leſſer Silver-

alette.

I: Manufaéures.—To Mr, Thomas Clulon, for inventing a loom for weaving fignred ribbons—