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(Late the Sans PareiL) Tinder the Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. 2rnre additional accommodation to the numerous Visitors of .nk and Fashion, who have lately honoured this Theatre h titcir presence, a portion of the Dress Circle has been 'canny or Private Boxes, combining a distinct w of the Stage, with the advantage of each party being sew Burietta of LOVERS OF ALL SORTS, t'oe new PANTOMIME, continue to increase in by the nightly plaudits of crowded aid fashionable " . • . :i`; PRESENT EVENING, January 14, and ()Know, will be presented, an entirely new Bur . Tli;ee Acts, entiticd OF ALL. SORTS; or, Not such a Fool as he looks. :er which, an Imitative Burletta, in One Act, entitled AVOLLO DAGGER WOOD. crude with au entirely new, grand, and picturesque Christmas Pantomim e,: entitled ;t:T I. TRY OF TIIR NORTH STAR; or, Harlequin at Labrador. :‘lr. W. KIILIY ; Clown, Signor Pam... Colum v:o Ore-:Err. :ne course of the Pantomime, a celebrated Dance, by the •; : .e :4s iknnetts. ;3e leers to he opened at Six o'Cisek, and the Perform be:in prec is ely at Seven.—Half Price exactly at Hait i,- kithz.—Boxes ts. I'it 2s. Gallery Is. _ _ EMMAtION. MR. BATH, one of . the MAATAns- of READING scHooL, re‘pectfully ihforma Parents and Guardians, that, under the Patronage of the Rev. Dr. VALPY, he receives a limited number of Young Gentlemen, its Boarders for that EstabGshment. •.• The House is airy, commodious, and contiguous to the School and Play-ground.—The • Pupils are subject to the same regulations, and experience the same liberal treatment as those who are under the immediate care of Dr. VALPY. The Terms may be known by applying to Mr. Born, in the FNIIIITRY, Reading; or •to Mr. A. J. VaLrr, Tooke's-court, Chanccry-lane, London. NOTICE is hereby given, .that As . of Oyet, • -----7 1;4 i° aast Terminer and Gaol Deliveri, •for the Trial of Of. Ances comspitted on the High' Seas, within the Jurisdiction of. the Admiralty of England, will be held it Justice Hall, In the Old Bailey, London, on Friday, the 28th day of January nex; at Eight O'CIOCk in the Morning. J. W. CROYER. was owing to the•ridicnioucr error, that they, it . Jibe :same time, imported Greek and Italian genius.' Me Professor constantly pressed the fact, that the ap proach of Art perfection ever depended more upon. the general tendency of public inclination, than .upon individual de s i r e, h owever ar d ent . He enforcedl thatthe Artist should he, as Pliny says thoseof Greece Avere, the property of the Public ?—that private en couragement, however liberal, can no more supply *thfspublic interest, than the hot-beds of the rich can become a perfect substitute for the fertile soil of a re nial climate; that it is ridiculous to suppose, that all the riches of the globe can produce an Iliad, an Olympian Jupiter, a .Paradise Lost, or a Capella Sestina, for that nature herself has placed a barrier between ancient and modern art, and between ge nius and genius, which no mortal can overleap.— With respect to thib country in particular, Mr. Fuseli observed, that it has ever been deficient in a demand for grand productions ; the cities of Florence, Rome, and Bologna, singly, in the space only•of the six teenth century, produced more great works in art, .than England ever produced. Customs, manners, and habits, have stamped the general character of _English Art with apathy. • ARMY CONTRACTS. TREASURY _CHAMBERS,. • _ Commissariat Department, Jmiary 6, 11120. N OTICE is hereby given to All Persons desirous of contracting to supply the following Articles fur the use of the Ariny, viz. BREAD, SIIAKSPEARK Speedily will be published, in fodeeap•Bso. THE SONNETS AND MINOR POEMS OF WILLIAM SIIAKSPEARE. Whltrhaven : Printed and published by James Steel, Printer of the Whitebaven Gazette, by whom Subscriptions will be re ceived, and also by the principal Booksellers in the United Kingdom. As Letters can he attended to unless the postage he paid._ To. his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties and Isiands: ALDERNEY. GUERNSEY. . CUMBERLAND. JERSEY. GLOSTER (including the SOMir.rzesT. City of Bristol). WARWICK. BEEF. AND MUTTON, To his Majesty's Land Form in Cantonments, quarters, and Barracks in the undermentioned Counties and_lsland HANTS. LANCASTKR: ISLE OF WIGHT. YORK. ENGLAND'S LIBERTIES! 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The state of Art (remarked the Professor) was the criterion by which we ever deduce the degree of refinement and civilization of a nation, as it is evn parallel with a nation's habits, manners, and customs. The high per fection which Greek art attained, was owing to its felicity in these concomitant circumstances. The gene ral elegance of mind throughout the Greek nation, their Poets, their contentions in refined accomplish ments, their public games, their athletic exercises, and their serene climate, most auspiciously tended towards the developement of taste. As these never again with equal felicity united, Art has never again approached' so near the verge of perfection. It was to another, though not so powerful a stimulus, that modern Art owed its ascendancy—the general predilection for it, I in consequence of the establishment of Christianity: with this impulse, it reigned successfully during the 114th and 15th Centuries ; but as zeal relaxed, and as public spirit gave way to private splendour, it be came degraded and debauched, and soon sunk to insipidity, while little short of a total revolution can again reinstate it. • During the prosperity of Art, observed the Pro fessor, the Public and the Artist went hand in hand i if we now meet with the epic and dramatic powers of Michael Angelo and Raphael, where is the reli ginus or pnblic spirit to stimulate and reWard thema Nottiitistanalng . exhibition now succeeds exhibition, and panorama, panorama ; notwithstanding the noise of sculptors'-hammers stuns our ears, and monuments shoulder one another in our cathedrals,. no gorgeous display of accidental and partial encouragement, can supply the place of these permanent and universal 1 principles_of encouragement, which, as abe..e stated, have fallen into4de4ay.' •The Prolesier then took a cursory view of French Art, and remarked, that al though their Revolution had elivered them from the yoke of superstition,..it•had precipitated_theen to the depths of irreligion, of which two .morardiseases, the former was most propitioter to Art, as least likely to become incurable; whereas the letter ever exhibited' that .palsied apathy, the cadaterons syantwm ap , preaching dissolution. Tae robbery aryl, 4mportation .of Grp:; and Italian works, Upon. which their confi. '.,tlfE t tce of improvenient ancterfeednn was fnundeiri . - ~'~ ~•. GOLDEN LOTTERY. ON the Eve of King Charles's Martyrdom, the Lottery will FINALLY CLOSE, with, for the few Tickets that remain, the RICHEST WHEEL EVER KNOWN, HAVING TWO PRIZES OF £20,000 1 With an Excess of 41,122 ! . • ALL in MONEY, ai:cl will ALLbe PA IL) in GOLD BARS, or NEW BANK NOTES, at the option of Purchasers, on Saturday, the '29th inxtant, _ WHEN THE WHOLE WILL roam_ _ The Contractors regret the supply of 'rickets and higher Shares was so inadequate to thu public demand on Wednesday, the 12th instant ; anti to prevent a recurrence of such disappoint ment, they earnestly request an immediate. application for the above, as the time is su very Abort. J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT, Sole Contractors, No. 37, Cornhill ; I 11, Holborn; 36, Haymarket ; 141, Oxford -street; • - Who Sold, last Lottery, N0.'1,65;i, a Prize_of_Xio,ooo. A large Picture of the Battle of Hastings, is now on exhibition, at the Great-room, Spring-gardens. It is painted by a Mr. F. WILKINS, whose name has been, hitherto, known to us only as the painter of some exquisite copies, in water-colours,. kom the works of the old masters; and we arc happy to be able' to congratulate him' on this, we presume, his fist attempt, in a very different, and much move elevated, style of Art. Enemies as we ate to copying, in general, we think Mr. Wilkins has proved, that the time he has occupied in that way has not been mis-spent, or at least that he is one of those few who have known bow to draw considerable advantage from it. His beautiful copies from Rubens, are scarcely more perfect as copies, than the present pic ture, as a free imitation of one of the chief charac teristics of that great master's style. We allude to the extraordinary brilliance of effect which the Artist has produced, and in which, while he rivals the most splendid productions of the Flemish master, he has surpassed all other painters of sthom we have any knowledge. We are not certain, however, that this brilliancy is not carried to too great an excess, and we fear that it borders on gaudiness, which the pic tures of Rubens never did. Still, however, it is dif ficult to draw the line, and perhaps, after all, our doubts are unfounded. The greatest defect of the picture appears to.be in the drawing, which is not only every where tame and feeble, but is in many Faits very defective. For in stance, the upper and lower extremities are, almost invariably, too small ; and the hands, though well conceived with regard to action, are ipcorrectjy drawn and more incorrectly painted.. The nine's sion of the heads is in general good, and in some in stances extremely happy.. We would refer, for .ex annple, to the head of the Bishop Odo, who, point ing to the crown which is presented. to his half , brother, the Conqueror, eagerly watches the exprci sion of his countenance, and participates in his -The head of William is not so fortunate : the cha racter is destroyed by the mouth, which is harsh and coarse, and harmonizes ill with the active, penetrating expression of the eye. 'Perhaps, too, its effect, toge ther with that of the other countenances, is somewhat injured by. the unnatural human-like expression which is given to the eyes of the horses on which he and the figure just mentioned are seated. It is the mis taken idea of many painters, that the form and cha racter of the inferior •:ninnils become more perfect in proportion as they are made to partake of 'those Of man on the contrary, we find that the most beauti ful of these animals are those which bear the least similitude to the human form; and the most perfeCt specimens of each species are those which are the most completely distinguished by the characteristiCs of that particular class to which they belong, and least partake of those of any other. Thus the ape, instead of being considered the most beautiful of ani mals, on account of the strong likeness it bears to man, becomes ridiculous from that very resemblanCe —and the horse, which is perhaps as unlike as any, is one of the most beautiful. We wish to be the mote particular in pointing out this inaccuracy, as it is one into which a multitude of painters, either from bad principle or want of attention to nature, have fallen, and from which even the ancients were not entirely free. But to return• to the picture. The dead body of Harold, exposed ..by two Normans to the view of their. chief, is one.of.the worst parts of the picture. The figure is altogether &drawn; the neck is too short, and the legsincalculably too Small, for the immense and uneatural expansiOn. of the . chest. The neck is also deticisett in anatomic it eepris sion, in this and - several other instances. The figures of Count Eustace and 'f'ostain are two additional in stances of feeble drawing and tame execution; the . former, in particular, is disagreeably insipid. r • With all these faults, however, the picture is not destitute of coriderable merit. The story is well con ceived and described ; the expressions are for the most part appropriate ; and the colmu ing is every white good, with the exception of the flesh, which, however, forms btit a very inconsiderable part cf the compoii tion. .The dresses, the polished 'Arms, the floatittg standards,. the•daatling helmets, a re p a i nte d with :t truth and brilliancy we have seldom seen etitialled ; and the judicious sobriety of tone in which the back ground is kept, heightens the effect anti produces alnaost. the brightness of reality in the fore-gl ound.2— On the whole, we consider this pietUre asun exietld iagly promising specimen of the abilities 61'4 youn g Artist, and we do not doubt, that if Mr. Wilkins will continue to prosecute his studies with - viOokht finally attain that excellence, which all A' pretensions to genius mast aspire to. - • • • itiat. .•~. i ~~ ' 1