One each at sixty pounds, eighty pounds, £100, £150, and £200. Each year, the chosen pictures are exhibited to the members and their friends; and, Saturday last, there was a private view of the prizes for the present year. They are forty-three in number, and include twelve pictures from the late Royal Academy Exhibition. The £200 prize is The Tired Huntsman, by C. Landseer, a very graceful illustration of Scott's song: "Huntsman, rest." The

second, or £100 prize, is A Scene from the Legend of Montrose, by F. Stone, in which Annot Lyle, of Darnlinvarach, charms, by her minstrelsy, the dark spirit from Allan Macaulay, whilst Lord Menteith leans over her chair: a picture of very considerable merit. The third prize, of £80, is the The Hencoop, by J. Inskipp; and the fourth, A View on the Banks of the Stour, near Canterbury, by T. S. Cooper; a very charming picture, price £100; the amount of this prize being only seventy-five pounds, the winner, Mr. J. Marshall, has added the balance, twenty-five pounds; which circumstance well illustrates the collateral advantages of the Art-Union to the encouragement of painters. The fifth picture is a prize of £75, View on the Medway, by J. Stark, a truly English scene, beautifully painted. The preceding five pictures are from the Royal Academy

Exhibition.

We have not space to particularize the several works in this small collection, which, notwithstanding the lowness of price of some of the pictures, (as the ten pound

and fifteen pound prizes,) contains but little mediocrity of performance. Among the remainder are two pictures by Inskipp, from the British Institution: River Scene, by J. Tennant, price seventy-eight pounds fifteen shillings; amount of prize, fifty pounds; the winner, Mr. C. Adlard, paying the balance. In one instance, the amount of the prize is only ten pounds, and the picture chosen, Prometheus bound by Force and Strength, by W. E. Frost, forty-two pounds. A few of the prizes are in water colours; as, The Hard Word, by W. Hunt, thirty-one pounds ten shillings; and The Stormy Evening, by G. Barrett, eighteen pounds eighteen shillings.

Altogether, as regards variety of subjects, and talent, the exhibition-room was well filled. Among the company, we were happy to see the Duke of Cambridge, who has ever been a zealous patron of art.

In conclusion, not only has the plan of the Art-Union succeeded à merveille, in London, but in various other parts of the kingdom. In Scotland, are two similar societies, whose funds, during last year, amounted to £5,521. Art-Unions have, likewise, been established in Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Norwich, Bath, and Bristol; and, in Ireland, where, up to this time, the arts have been grievously neglected, a similar association has been formed, and is proceeding, it is said, with good success.

THE UNGKA-PUTI.*

THIS very interesting creature will, (as the Court Newsman would say,) leave town, on her return to Clifton, on Monday, the 17th inst.; so that her last "public day" will be Saturday the 15th. We are happy to learn that her exhibition in the metropolis has been by no means unprofitable. This circumstance indicates a growing taste for zoology; since the majority of the Ungka-puti's visitors have been attracted by her rarity and structural peculiarities; for, among the vulgar, an individual specimen, however rare, could not compete with the united attractions of a whole menagerie.

A few days since, a gentleman called at the Egyptian Hall, and identified the Ungka-puti, Lucy, to have been his property about six years since, when she was not larger than his double fist. She had, at that time, a brother alive; and both were then tame and playful. They were brought with their mother from the forests

in the interior of Malacca, (not Sumatra, as supposed at page 274,) where the natives state the Ungka-puti to be of difficult cap

* For an Engraving of the Ungka-puti, see Literary World, No. 71.

ture, from its extreme agility, or flying leaps from tree to tree, of which the specimen at the Egyptian Hall affords such amusing exhibitions. The male Ungka died teething; and the mother becoming vicious, was shot by her keeper. The young female, Lucy, was next given by the gentlemen above stated, to his father, who is the proprietor of a large aviary at Macao; and who sold her to Captain Smith, as already related at page 274 of the present volume.

During the brief stay of the Ungka-puti

in London, she has been visited by all the leading zoologists and naturalists, and has been invariably pronounced to be one of the finest animals ever seen in captivity; and it is hoped that the Zoological Society of London will not lose this opportunity of making so important an addition to their menagerie as Lucy unquestionably would prove.

The following composition and description of the Ungka's Song, whoop, or cry, have been presented by a professor of music to the proprietors:

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"The peculiar quality of the Gibbon's voice, renders it difficult to determine, for a certainty, which E in the scale it begins upon; and it is thought to be, in reality, an octave higher than that set in the notes. In order to give an idea of the whooping of the Gibbon, (so far as the music is concerned, but not as regards the quality of the sound,) it has been compared to the tuning of a harp; first beginning with an E string, repeating the note at short intervals; stopping a short time, and beginning again. Then two strings are, as it were, struck, E and E sharp. The scale is now gradually ascended by the second string to the extent of one octave; but the progress is never greater than half a note at a time: the E and F natural, or E and F sharp, E and G natural, &c. being struck nearly together. When the second string has arrived at the octave E, (the animal going through a chromatic scale, though in a more or less irregular manner,) we are to suppose it to be very rapidly let down by half notes, and the two strings to be as rapidly struck. The rapidity of this descending chromatic passage is equal to that of an extremely rapid shake; and two notes are emitted at a time, as described in the music.

"This being completed, the animal remains quiet for a moment, after which follow two barks, each of which is com

posed of the low and high E sounded nearly at the same time. It appears that, in ascending and descending the scale, the intervals are always exactly half notes; and the highest note of the animal's voice, are exact octave to the lowest. The quality of the notes is very musical; and it is thought that an expert violinist would be able to give a very good idea (on the fourth string) of the Gibbon's composition; but not of the great power of her voice, which is certainly much more powerful than that of any singer ever heard; and this is written with a perfect recollection of the extraordinary capability of Signor Lablache.

"The Gibbon is usually a long time (perhaps ten minutes) before she comes to the rapidly descending chromatic passage; but when she has once done it, she soon runs through the preliminary part of her composition, and again comes to it."

Varieties.

Chatsworth.-The following Latin inscription has just been put up in the painted hall at Chatsworth, composed of a tablet of white marble, with red marble letters:-"Edes has paternas dilectissimas anno libertatis Anglicæ MDCLXXXVIII institutas Gul. S., Devoniæ dux, anno MDCCCXI hæres accepit: anno mærens MDCCCXL perfecit." Translated-" William Spencer, Duke of Devonshire, received as heir, in 1811, these most beautiful hereditary buildings,

which were commenced in the year of English liberty 1688; he completed them when in grief, in the year 1840."

The Goodwood Shield.-The shield run for at Goodwood this meeting is from a design by Bozzoni, and is manufactured by Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, the artists of the Cockburn Vase. The weight of it is 500 ounces, and, at a moderate estimate of the workmanship, it is worth £500. It may be truly

said

"Materiam superabat opus."

The diameter of this splendid piece of plate is thirtytwo inches. On it are represented, in basso-relievo, the races described in the 23rd book of Homer, amongst the games instituted by Achilles at the funeral of Patroclus. The figure of Achilles is seated. The figures of Agamemnon, Nestor, Idomeneus, Ajax, &c., are all introduced; and above them are the figures Apollo, Minerva, Victory, &c. The prizes for racers are in the fore-ground, and consist, in strict accordance with the Homeric description, of an unbroken mare, a vase and talents, a female slave, a tripod, &c. The whole is executed in very pure taste, and is full of classic simplicity and vigorous conception. The details of the workmanship are peculiarly elaborate, and shew to what great perfection the art of embossing, chasing, and working in the precious metals is brought.-Times.

Manchester and Liverpool Railway.-The net proceeds for the half year ending the 30th of June last, exceed considerably those of the corresponding period of the previous year, the amount for the first six months of 1839 being £48,211; and for the halfyear just concluded, £52,471. These larger proceeds have arisen more from reduced expenditure than increased receipts. The total receipts for the halfyear are £126,474: 9s. 8d.

The Green Park.-A great panic seems to have seized some folks lest the Green Park should be made as pretty and as picturesque as the Park of St. James. Like what St. James's Park was, the Green Park is at present; and as much like a park as Whence Turnham Green, or Kennington Common. the awful apprehension arises of its conversion into shrubberies and walks, and vistas and bowers, we cannot comprehend. If cows could complain, one might understand their great objection to be driven from their convenient resting-places; but we must say that we think, although we believe no such thing is in contemplation, the laying out of the present cow-field, called a park, in a park-like, or, rather, garden-like manner, would be a vast improvement. We quote these sensible remarks from John Bull, than whom no journalist better understands taking a popular grievance "by the horns,' stripping off its fallacy, and exposing its common

sense.

Galvanoplastics is the new name of Jacobi and Spencer's imitation of medals, reliefs, &c., by means of a galvanic deposition of copper. It has already been applied to the production of buttons, arabesques, and ornaments in copper; and Herr G. A. Muller, mechanician, of Leipsic, has recently applied galvanoplastics to typography. He has, however, been, in some measure, anticipated by the experiments made in 1839, at Rosel's printing-office in Munich, where, by following the method of Jacobi and Spencer, the lines of copper-plate were produced in relief. Wood-cuts were also converted into metallic plates, which, to say nothing of the advantage of the solidity of the metal, far exceeded the effect of the most perfect casting. The experiments for making stereo-plates in copper have also been successful.-German Paper.

Fleetwood.-An important addition has just been made to the facilities of communication between the manufacturing towns and the coast, as well as between the southern parts of England and the lake district of the north. At the port of Wyre, in Lancashire, the new town of Fleetwood has sprung up, and the harbour, one of the largest and most com

modious in England, has now the benefit of direct railway communication with the town of Preston, and, therefore, with Liverpool, Manchester, and London. There had previously been steam communication between Wyre and Ulverstone. The voyage is usually performed in about an hour; and a glance at the map will shew this to be a great accommodation to "the lake school of tourists," both as regards expedition and comfort. The advantage of this fresh opening to commercial enterprise consists mainly in the improvement of an important harbour, with lighthouse, &c. on a most convenient part of the north-west coast, and the establishment of such a communication between Preston and the sea as imparts to that seat of manufacutures all the practical benefits of a maritime locality.-Times. [Fleetwood is named after Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, Bart., M. P., to whose enterprise the country is indebted for this noble improvement. A portion of the valley of the Ribble, below Preston, is also named Hesketh Bank, in compliment to the public-spirited Baronet.]

Tooth-ache.-At a late meeting of the London Medical Society, Dr. Blake stated that he was able to cure the most desperate cases of tooth-ache, (unless the disease was connected with the rheumatism,) by the application of the following remedy to the decayed tooth: Alum, reduced to an impalpable powder, 2 drams; nitrous spirits of ether, 7 drams: mix.

A Poser.-At Plymouth, there is, or was, a small green opposite the Government House, over which no one was permitted to pass. Not a creature was allowed to approach save the General's cow; and the sentries had particular orders to turn away any one who ventured to cross the forbidden turf. One day, old Lady D- having called at the General's, in order to make a short cut, bent her steps across the lawn, when she was arrested by the sentry calling out, and desiring her to return, and go the other road. She remonstrated; the man said he could not disobey his orders, which were to prevent any one crossing that piece of ground. But," said Lady D- with a stately air, "do you know who I am?" "I don't know who you be, ma'am," replied the immoveable sentry, "but I knows who you b'aint, you b'aint the General's cow!"-so Lady D wisely gave up the argument, and went the other way.

New Institution.-There has lately been laid the first stone of the new lecture-room of the Westminster Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institution, in Great Smith-street. Although this Society has been established so recently as 1837, there are already as many as 1,800 subscribers, whilst the average number of members is about 400.

Church Establishment.-The Cathedral of St. Paul has one dean and three residentiary canons, enjoying an income of £10,000 or £12,000 a-year; and twenty-six officers connected with it, holding complete sinecures, amounting to an annual income of £12,000; and, in a very few years, this income will, in the ordinary course of events, be very largely increased. If you proceed a mile or two eastward of St. Paul's, you will find yourself in the midst of a population the most wretched and destitute of mankind, consisting of artificers, labourers, beggars, and thieves, to the amount of 300,000 or 400,000 souls! Throughout this entire quarter, there is not more than one church for 10,000 inhabitants; and in one, nay, in two districts, there is but one church for 45,000 souls. In the Cathedrals of Canterbury, York, Chichester, Lincoln, Carlisle, Chester, and Rochester, there is but one sermon preached on Sundays.Bishop of London in Parliament.

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CAVENDISH CHAPEL, RAMSGATE. THIS interesting structure has been erected in Cavendish-street, at the back of High-street, Ramsgate, for the accommodation of the Baptists of that town.

The building is from the design of Mr. James Wilson, of 6, Alfred-street, Bath, and 6, Welbeck-street, London; the architect of Queen's College, the Mechanics' Institute (engraved in Literary World, No. 23), and other edifices in Bath. The chapel at Ramsgate is of a very original character, both as regards exterior elevation, and internal arrangement; and presents a felicitous combination of the Anglo-Norman and early English styles of architecture. The principal front is 120 feet in length, and ninety feet in height, from the ground to the finial of the belltower, or canopy.

The interior is arranged in a novel manner, being, in form, like that of a double stage, or theatre, on the right and left of the pulpit, with a row of pews in the centre; the whole producing a very striking effect. The depth, within the walls is sixty feet. The building will accommodate 1,200 persons, or 1,500 crowded. The entire cost will be about £4,000.

The side buttresses of the exterior are not yet completed; but the chapel was opened for service on Wednesday, July 29 last.

THE PRUSSIAN "LANCASHIRE."

THERE are few districts in Europe, at present, which exceed, in manufacturing enterprise, wealth, and population, that part of the Rhenish provinces of Prussia which anciently composed the Duchy of Berg. It may be nearly included within a triangle drawn from Cologne, along the Rhine to the mouth of the Ruhz, and from these two points to Hagen. The valleys of the Wüpper, and of the streams pouring into it, are scenes of the most active and intelligent industry; and their manufactures of cotton, iron, cutlery, and brass nearly equal those of England, while they surpass them in cheapness! The prosperity of the country is visible at every step: coal, the origin of all manufacturing success, is found in abundance, waterpower is furnished by the numerous streams, steam-engines are erected everywhere, and the hills are covered with habitations, even up to their summits.

GOTHE AND SCHILLER. THE house of Göthe, in which he died, in the year 1832, is in the Frauenplatz, at Weimar; where the interesting relics of

him, and the collections which he left behind, are shewn to the public. The

summer residence of Göthe is within the grounds of the Ducal Palace. The house of Schiller is also pointed out, in the Esplanade, at Weimar. The theatre was once under Göthe's and Schiller's management.

In the new churchyard at Weimar, beyond the Frauenthor, beneath a small chapel, is the Grand Ducal burial vault. Göthe and Schiller are here interred. The

late Duke, Charles Augustus, their patron and friend, intended that their remains should have been deposited on each side of him; but it appeared that courtly etiquette would not permit this proximity, and they have, therefore, been placed in one corner, at a respectful distance!

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JOURNEY FROM FLORENCE TO ROME.

"Iter ad Brundusium."

ALTHOUGH the road between Florence and Rome, via Siena, has been passed and repassed so often as to be very well known to travellers, there may be some few, perhaps, who are not unwilling to go over the ground again with me, on my solemnly declaring that I will enter into no lengthened description of churches, or other road-side lions, which are generally the staple of modern travels. We quitted "la bella Firenze" en voiturier, with the intention of sleeping the first night at Poggibonsi, but the Archduke of Russia having engaged every room in the inn, we were obliged to push on to Siena. We were not sorry to travel a considerable portion of the dreary and monotonous route after dusk, as the constant succession of barren hills, and uncultivated valleys, became wearisome and ennuyant; we, therefore, dined at a small village midway between Florence and Poggibonsi, and reached Siena about eleven o'clock at night. When arrived, we considered ourselves fortunate in getting any rooms at all, owing to the shoals of travellers hurrying towards the Eternal City; and surveyed our huge brickfloored salle à manger with considerable satisfaction. Next morning, as we had an easy day's journey before us to Buon Convento, we took a bird's-eye view of the town, and a dull-looking place it is. Good provisions are very scarce, and everything must be procured from the capital; though one or two of the residents, by means of highly coloured representations of its coolness and salubrity, contrive to take in divers of our countrymen, and induce them to leave their snug apartments at Florence, for the purpose of enduring