Society Of Arts.
Yesterdoy the annual meeting of t;heSodety for the Encourage. 2fnet of Asi, Manufactures,and Commerce, took place at the King'i eatre, when the prizes were distributed for proficiency in the several departments of science and art. The theatre was lighted in theusualmanner. and crowded in every P a His Royal Highness the Duke of SussEx asrived at one o'clock, and took the chair. Near his Royal Highness, General 3ina, the Greek Deputies, and several personages of distinction wrere seated. TheRoYAL CHUAIRM3AN congratulated the Society upon the I numerous and elegant assemblage which he had the honour oi witnessing on the present occasion, and caled upon the secretary (r.& AiklD) to reed the report. Mr. AlSK then read the annu'al report, which conveyed a very farourable account of the progress and extension of the objects of the Society1 and enumerated the meritorious individuals upon whom the prizea 'sadh,een conferred. The Dukeof SussEx, in distributing the rewards, paid several compliments to the individusls who received them. In presentin the silver Ish medal to Mr. Johnson, for a portrait, he remark upon the palpable value of this Socety, which developed merit in so forciblea nanner; theindividual whonowrecived thereward being deaf anddumb, and having had his talents cultvated by their patronage. In presenting the large Fold medal to Henry Blyth, Esq., Burn- ham, Norfol, for embanking 253 acres of marsh land from the sea, h p complimented that gentleman on his valuable effbrts in the pro. motion of rural and agricultural economy. He alao npoke in t'h hihest -term of Mr. ?urd's services,in -raising oaksfor timber, for wich the Society hatl rewarded him with a large gold medal. In presenting a youth 10 years of age, Master Passmore, with the !ilver palette, for an historical subject n pencil, his Royal High- ness held out to the successful candidate the prospects which the Society had opened for him, and which he trusted he would realize tno the utmost of his sanguine expectations in future years. The presentation of the prizes occupied the Cnairman untit Pest four '< ck; and nianyof thecandidates, particularly the ladies, werei 2adlgapplauded. In agriculture and rural economy, there were 3 prizes; in che- mistry, 4: fororiginal oil paintings, 14; for copies moil (honorary class), S; for paintings in water colours, and copies, 15; for chalk drawings. 18; for drawings from statues and busts, 10; for plaster models, 4; and copies from the antique, 4; for arthitecture, 11 f.rdrawings of machines, 2; for engravings, 6; for manufactures, 18; for mechanics, 20; and for colonial improvements, 4. The Duke of SussEx, in conclusion, cong.-atulated the Society on the benefits which they had conferred u n the public, and the encouragement which they held out to the deerving in every depart_ ment of art. TheSociety celebrated their anaiversary byadinner in the evening at Freeiaasons'.hall. SOCIETY OF ARTS.