The National Register. — London, England, 1809-06-11 00:00:00

382 pencil is simplii it..., retiring into a cold chastity of tint, and a limier mistiness of effect. One of his best pictures, if it were hung against tae crimson* %s all of the British Institution, would melt aw ay into air. It is cruel, therefore, to place this excel lent pnifflitig- by :lie side of those which require not such a 3arri fire. What jeweller would he so lavish of the beauty ef an wort h rst as to set it in opposition to the glowing fires of a ruby ? In all the present pictures of Mr. Callcott, we find the distance enveloped with a sil.ery mist : this gives much more vivacity in his fore-ground objects, and is itself a pleasing example of the delicate oAscure so much resorted to, in more open subjects, by Ct.Aunr. DI 1.0 RAIN E. It differs materially from that in distinct cloudiness with which some of the greatest masters have invested their distant mountais, and thereby produced a bold undetermined sublimity congenial to the majestic character of their subjects: the mistiness, of which we now speak, is the intervention of intense light between the eve and the depicted object. Without warmth of tint, all the effect of the warmest tints i:•produced on the fore-ground objects, by the clearness W !tit Whirl) they present them-elves. The bright browns and serfs of Pousst N would rather overw helm than increase the brilliancies of this sty le of colouring ;and the:cline instead of blaming thii artist, wit h many of our votemporary critics, for hi; pertinacious ad het once to the enldness of his gregs and his .:freUnN, we congratulate him on having discovered the art of be.:tait warmth on the col Jost hay aml of display iag the most animat ing lustre w ithoui t resiia , sirg beyond those modest boundaries of tint. tv hich uat ii reseldnin exceeds. To us, the crimson hills, the red trees, the saiVron sk ant: t he ornege fore-grounds of s.one of the w ould be-Iniltators or 1;:e or DE I.•s I! ill I. it isoellf: are 4lrealfullv :are bold enough to aver, in spite of the prevalence of the cozirary critical opinion, that there is as linnet jl::lginent, as much; correctness I.f taste, in the colouring of CA I.I.CoTT as in that of I),: Lou raEn no u rtes. They are both masters of to o distinet sehools.and each deserves our ttOYairat inn. Yet rte are willing - to aihw, that the latter approachos nearer to the perfection belonging to his peculiar style, than the farmer. Anal in strength of conception, igour of pencilling, and unity of subject, DE Lotrin nit is far superior to any land scape painter of the tiny. His picture of a Watersporit in the Mountains of Strii:erfane! (No. S 7) is one of the finest Fpecimook of the post ens of genius : it unites grandeur it pathos. The subject is itself both no% el and tsu bli ale ; but even that sublimity is increased by the a rti-t's wive tion of images front those tt it:: hick the contemplation ofsuc'a ti scene must have crov, clod his iiNagi nation : the broml-light that breaks through ili t s c:owis ; the heavy gioem of the t I alas !I.enimlvcs, and the fearful mist created b', the v.:ill-r•00ot amid the toonat.tins, are all bolitly imagined. The ;,,ol the de‘;!tation oc..a.ioncd by it, tills the foreground w ith ttifecting in ail the l'eaturcs of ex quisite distress. A tt oaein am: her hosha:nl vatted by the tor rent, yet in sight of each other's certain detraction, claim pirticular attentioe. BATE's View on the Thames, near (No. 35.) is 3 landscape in w hich richness of.tooe and judicious management of broad shade, and a long sameness of no IL!: t 4, ! ..• non! nricL• compensate for the poverty of composition. tre....a taste, by a happy selection and combination of 1: ; ;i:: sl;;:ilots , lit.staws beau! v on a scene so deficient in cvccy i'ccn on, %%e etin gratu!ate the Art on its potters, but tt talc A::N a better choice of subject. Ocean Scenery does not certainly Kill tr:der the ilesignatim of I,nettl -cape, but it parti.linoez. so uthch ot . the general character of this department of the Art. That tee shall not hei late to nn..n.. (ion Tuft tv La's Spithead Boat's Crew, I.i:co.:es:A,: ..1,4e1!0r. The general effect of this piece is cicarnrsi anti Oril.ianc. The distant objects in tttis dearness are strong!y marked, but the warmth and animation of every appearance the front of the picture, require no contrast of obscurity. It is the talent or Mr. Turner to represent the real •coantenance of a scene more correctly than any dither artist. Nn artificial shad-arc, no unna tural strength of light, no violent balance of tints, no dazzling discord of attractist colour, forces a precarious efiect, and en deavours to catch the eye of the beholder ; yet his pictures al ways fascinate. Their richness of tone is so manifestly bor rowed from nature herself, it is so undeniably her own vivid smile, that we catch the delightful sentimeut and forget to criti cise. Indeed it WA mid Rot be easy for the strictest critic to point out in a regular technical manner the reason that Mr. Turner's excellence is ache* wledged. Correctness is the characteristic of bis pencil, and be pleases universally because that correctness is • It Is scnecety credible, yet it is fact, that the tasteful con- Jaclyn of thew ifittr-rooms !save bungthura wilt, a bright red 21 JUNE 11. directed by taste and animated by genius. in the piece before. us, there is not a touch which the coldest copier of viers might not carefully admit, while every touch is accompanied - sl forci bly by that masterly freedom, Which none but thy most favoured votaries of geniuk dare assume, that Mr. Turner may bid defi ance to imitators. Imitatorsalways stick the msel ves to the tail of a mannerist : forced effect at once excites their false emula tion and directs their skill ; but where an Artist like Nir. T. of fers them nothing but Nature, they decline being of his 1, .4 11 7 II I: PO R7'S. N. BISHOP OF LONDON'S COURT, DOCTOWE,CONIAIONS, JUNI; 6. HA Si. Aid (falsel3 calledMAy) v.m Y. This was a proceeding or eatte of nullity of mart inge brought by the father of the wife againg the hu-band by rca-on of mi nority.-1t appeared that the mat i iage between the parties took place w ithout the consent or even the knowledge of the lady's father. 'i'l►»se facts being fully e.lahli,hc•d by the ori titwe, produced in the cause, the (our! (Sir W. Scott) wag clearly of opinion that the party %%AS entitled to the remedy praved,and accordingly pronounced the marriage to be null and void. COURT OF KING'F-BENCII, Fitia.tv, JUNE 2. EARNET V. JACOB. This was an action brott;:ht by the plaintiiiagninst the defer , dant, to r: cover ilarna2es for the re:lnet ion of his daughter. Mr. Sei: mat Shepherd stated the rase to the Jury. Both parties, ho are of th , ..! Jewish relizino, were related to each other by marriage. The tlef,laint had heel: the apprentice of the plain, till', and by his intimacy in the fou.ily, obtained the confidence of leis master, who treated him in every respect as a son. Miss Ulf aep the phintia - s daughter s a ,orttig girl aged only fourteen, engaged the attention of !he defendant. who proposed to marry her, but at the snex time paid hi.; addresses unknow u to the plaintiff. These' attentions at length terminated in the complete dishonour of the 3 oung lady. At this time the defendant's ap prewieeship expire.t, and he quitted the plaintiff's house for II:et parpoe of setting tip in bosincs:, for himself. The young lady's imfortenate connection sit% her seducer was still carried or., anti; the pal p.lble consequences of the illicit amour proclaimed her dishonour to the family. Iler family, of course, attributed Cie !del:melody affair to the defi-ndunt, who. it then appeared, had heer. tune time married to another. All hopes of a matri monial reparation of the injury being thus removed, the father was content to avail him,elf of tiie compensation the law afford.. ed him in recovering damages. Miss Barnett being called to sustain this statement, %vas exa mined at coiniderable length by Mr. Serjeant Vaughan, and eros4-examined by Mr. SeKjeant Best. In her evidence, how ever, she evinced sistnuch inconsistency and unblushing prevari cation, as called for the strong animadversion of the Learned Jude in adverting to evidence. instead of her being seduced by the gentle arts of love, it appeared from her testimony that the der2tidant had been guilty of sneb outrageous violence, as, had he been tried at the Old Bailey, unist have materially afPcted iris )Ir. ScrieaLt Best add re‘sed the Jury on the part of the defend ant ; hut as he did not call any witnesAes, he contented himself with corunleta tog on the testimony of Cie Noting lady, whose evi dence he maintained was not entitled to the slightest credit. Sir James Nlansfi.ld having summed up the evidence, the Jury returned their verdict for the plaintiff, damages I:1. and costs. 'TUE GOVERNORS AND GUARDIANS OF TUE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL. In the Strictures which ap peared in the NATIONAL R t ilGiftg• TER some time since on the oundling Hospital, signed ON Est m us, avil which gave such serious offence to those indivittuals who compose that Society, as to occasion them to file a criminal infor mation against the Proprietors of this Paper, we have to ehew, that at the time the alledged libel was written, we belieyed the facts stated to be true, and that our statement of them, therefore, could not proceed from any malice against the Charity at large. We are now satisfied that what was then alledged against the Gentlemen composing that Society, believing it at the time to be true, is NOT so ; and we are desirous thus publicly to ex press our sorrow that we should have unfortunately been led by erroneous information to make observations mot founded its fast. THE NATIONAL REGISTER.