of their blowing-up; the gold medal, or one hundred guineas.

Certificates and accounts to be produced on the first Tuesday in February, 1801. Any attempts on this fubject, though not fully adequate to preventing explofion, will be confidered and rewarded according to their merit.

222. MILL STONES. For difcovering, in Great Britain, a quarry of flone equal to the French burr, for grinding wheat; the gold medal, or one hundred pounds.

A pair of mill ftones, three feet eight inches diameter, with certificates that two pair of fuch mill ftones have been used, to be produced to the Society on the first Tuefday in February, 1801.

NUFACTURERS.

224. HEATING ROOMS FOR MAFor inventing and difcovering a method of heating rooms, fuperior to any hitherto known, and at a moderate expence, for the ufe of painters, japanners, &c. fo as to prevent the neceffity of iron or copper funnels; the gold medal, or forty guineas.

A model, or drawing, with certificates, to be delivered on the firft Tuefday in March, 1801.

PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR THE ADVANTAGE OF THE

BRITISH COLONIES. 225. NUTMEGS. For ten pounds weight of nutmegs, the growth of his Majefty's dominions in the Weft Indies, or Africa, the gold medal, or one hundued guineas.

Certificates to be produced on the first Tuesday in December, 1800.

227. CINNAMON. For twenty pounds weight, the growth of the islands in the West Indies, or the fettlements in Africa belonging to the crown of Great Britain. imported in 1800, the gold medal, or fifty guineas. Samples and certificates to be produced on the firft Tuesday in January, 1801.

228. CLOVES. For twenty pounds weight, the growth of the islands in the Weft Indies, or fettlements in Africa belonging to the Crown of Great Britain, imported in 1800; the gold medal, or fifty guineas.

Samples and certificates to be produced on the first Tuesday in January, 1801.

230. BREAD-FRUIT TREE. For a plantation of not less than one hundred bread fruit trees in any of the colonies of the Weft Indies, or Africa, fubject to the Crown of Great Britain; the gold medal, or thirty guineas.

Accounts and certificates, with famples of the fruit, to be produced on the first

Tuesday in January, 1801.

233. KALI FOR BARILLA. For culti vating two acres of land in the W. Indies or Africa, with Spanish Kali for making barilla; the gold medal, or thirty guineas 234. For one acre, the filver medal, e fifteen guineas.

Certificates, with famples, to be pro duced on the fecond Tuefday in Novem ber, 1800.

239. DESTROYING THE INSECT CALLED THE BORER. For difcovering an effectual method of deftroying the infect called, in the W. India iflands or Africa, the Borer, fo deftructive to the fugarcane; the gold medal, or fifty guineas.

The difcovery to be afcertained, and delivered, with certificates, to the Society on the first Tuesday in January, 1801.

241. BOTANIC GARDEN. For inclofing and cultivating five acres in the Bahama iflands as a botanic garden; the gold medal, or one hundred guineas.

Certificates to be produced on or before the firft Tuesday in January, 1801.

PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR THE ADVANTAGE OF THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS IN THE EAST INDIES.

242. BHAUGULPORE COTTON For one ton imported into the port of London in the year 1800; the gold medal.

N. B. Cloths are made of this cotton of a nankeen colour without dying.

Certificates, figned by the fecretary of the Board of Trade of Bengal, with famples, not lefs than ten pounds, to be produced to the Society on the laft Tuesday in February, 1801.

245. ANNATTO. For not lefs than five hundred weight imported into the port of London from any of the British fettlements in the Eaft Indies in the year 1800; the gold medal.

Certificates, figned by the fecretary of the Board of Trade of the refpective fettlement, that it is the produce of that fettlement, with famples, nor lefs than ten pounds, to be produced to the Society on or before the laft Tucfday in February, 1801.

248. TRUE COCHINEAL. For not lefs than five hundred weight imported into the port of London from any of the British fettlements in the Eaft Indies in the year 1800; the gold medal.

Certificates, figned by the fecretary of the Board of Trade of the refpective fettlement, that it is the produce of that fettlement, with famples, not lefs than ten pounds, to be produced to the Society on or before the laft Tuefday in February, 1801.

SPOKEN

THAIS.

་

Magnanimi heroes, quibus ætas integra, vires,

Veftitus, vultus, forma, colorque nitent: Eia agite! utque viros dece', his attendite dictis.

Hic facti dux eft fœmina, cede Thrafo, Scilice. edidici quæ fut certamina Martis, Vincere me docuit jure Magiftra Venus. Vexillum accipite hoc, noctes feftina diefque

Ipfa quod exegi, quod mea pinxit acus; Acceptum fervate; juvet fpectacula rerum

Hæc, vos & veftros fæpe delere patres: Cernitis hinc illinc quali fplendore figuræ

Difpofitæ apparent ordine quæque fuo: Hic bicolor rofa, & hic curfu properante leones,

Hic Edoarde tuâ lilia rapta manu ; Infra Crux avibus quinis ftipata renidet; Summum opus in patriam vos populumque vocat,

Quis tam pectatos inter fua figna relinquent? Quis dabit indecori terga inhonetta fugæ ?

Nemo.

OMNES.

TO MISS PYE,

ON HER BIRTHDAY, JAN. 9, 100. EEN blows the wind, and biting rains defcend; [fire: By fet the cheerful log improve the Here too invite my fair, my lovely friend;" Meanwhile, from yon tear afpin bring

the lyre.

vain;

her train,

Oh, lyre belov'd! I touch thy strings in [fled, Fancy, with all her flattering dreams, is Which once, with Hope and Pleafure in [youthful head. Twin'd her gay wreaths around my Yet once, once more at the Poet's art, When Friendship calls on MARY'S natal [impart, Once more, thy stronger, fweeter founds For then, were Grace and Truth and

morn;

Pity born.

Hark! Or does aught beguile the liftening ear?

Or does the lyre affift the Poet's art? A fofter minitrelly I feem to hear,

Strains not unworthy e'en of MARY'S

heart.

Whilft Grace and Truth and Pity's felf are dear, [MARY'S breaft, Which thine in MARY'S form, and The

When Mufick gives to Vice her flattering

ftrains,

And fierce Intemperance revels in the veins; The joy that owns not Reafon's juft controul Smiles on the face, but ne'er can touch the foul.

Not thus when honeft zeal our mirth infpires, •[fires, When Pleafure fhines illum'd by Virtue's When generous feelings, generous deeds, impart

That facred joy which vibrates in the heart. 'Tis then, exulting in the glorious cause, The humble Mufe, that feldom courts applaufe,

May own th' infpiring theme, may wake her lays, [praife. In Learning's aid, in heavenly Mercy's How just the pride, on this aufpicious day,

When Pity triumphs, and afferts her fway, That prompts remembrance of her nume[glory rofe!

rous foes,

And counts the toils from whence her How pure the joy that speaks her perils o'er, And bails her landed on the deftin'd thore! Faint 16fe the dawn, by doubts and fears o'ercaft, [labours past; The glimmering dawn that cheer'd her While, to the eye of Hope, its feeble ray Scarce gave the promife of a brighter day, Could Greatnefs, stooping from i's lofty throne, [known? Attend to fuff'rings, which it ne'er had Or Wealth, allur'd to tempting Luxury's

arms,

Hear Pity's gentle voice, or feel her charms? Elate with Fortune's gifts, or vainly wife, E'en Learning fcoff'd at Kindred Merit's fighs,

With fpecious art decried each bounteous deed, [lead.

And fcorn'd to follow, while it dar'd not Yet, in the purpofe which their virtue plann'd,

Still perfever'd the firm, the faithful hand, By fmall, but well-tim'd aid to worth oppreft, [breast; Dried many a tear, and lightened many a Till favouring Britain fmiled, till Mercy found [nown'd; Her fons applauded, and her deeds reAnd Bounty, long reftrain'd, now gladly pours

Her liberal gifts from ftill increafing ftores. .Thus Thames, unnotic'd, in his early courfe

Flows a fmall corrent from a fcanty fource, Till, fed by tributary rills, his stream (The Painter's fubject and the Poet's theme) Wafts Britain's wealth through many a fertile plain,

And bears her floating thunders to the main. Then, may fome Mufe, that boafts a loftier lay,

Of hail with rapture this returning day i

And Learning deep in Cloisters veil'd her A Gothic age no Patrons could afford,, Where ev'ry Man was Vaffal, or was Lord; Fierce was the temper, barren was the mind,

And War the only business of Mankind :Till, Leo rofe, to fofter ev'ry art, [heart; That charms the fancy,, and delights the On him each Mufe was eager to attend, And Learning found a Patron and a Friend: So, when ftern Winter reigns, all Nature fighs,

The cheerful Green of Vegetation dies; One dreary wafte the eyes of man behold, Delug'd with rain, or blafted with the

cold!