The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-14 00:00:00

Actor' dui _ isior . insidious; but it is not null d propos to observe, th a , iliac Smith's character will, perhaps, be better liked, when time plot is understood, as on the . first representation it appeared rather disgusting to see the supposed !File of Algernon, co quetting with Capt. Modern, and suffering him to kiss her ' hand, &c. There was another actress, whose general mode of Whir and evi.lent efforts to please, ought al waN s to screen her from illiberal tcti-ure ; ;wt ue hope bhe will not be offended at a .. , friendly hint, that, although a frequent extension and even 1101 . Violent action of toe arms, may he allowable in tragedy, yet it is rather unnatural in the einiple Country Girl, the protegee of to cottage, nfuwithstanding she teas just come from a Boarding Pcllllol. 1. - lion the whole, our general opinion is in favour 'Of this Iseee, et we strongly recommend much curtailment, particu larly in the two first Atli, where the action seems to hang very much 4 and also in the common-place puns, and sentimental clap-traps: otherwise the authors attempt at wit, upon the Parliamentary Debates may be turned upon himself; and we may be tempted to congratulate ourselves, " th;“ although forced to /scar, it is fortunate that we arc not ohlivd to read." 1: CITY. BRFAD.—TurAay the Lord Mayor ordered the prirc of Errad to reinaiu the sine as last week, viz. 11d4. the quarrn loaf of Is beaten, and lOd. household. TINE marked with a ;!eloi.rat smoothness and equality of brownish tint, that destroy the effects, and is by no means consonant ta pentpecti ve. So. 471.-ou/tiller descabin. Fortification to Horses. S. S. Cli.riN. R. A. As a CAM:. Painter, Mr. Gilpin has often ;:tined the meed of applause at former exhibitions, and in this piece, his Horses are certaiiily well grouped, st e ad spiritedly executed as Horses hut were it not for the figure of Gulliver in a corner tracing out 1 square redoubt on the land, they might pass for EngHAI horses in a Park, as ouch 7 for the Ilotilmlims of Swift.. Them is something so bizarre, and beyond nature, in the ori•- tiiial idea, that we can aft-tal only to the satire contained !n it we are nut surprised, therefore, if Mr, thlpin has failed in hilt. attempt to embody an idea on canvas, to which the most In %%IH:tot fancy cannot give personification, and where the ex. pression of wooder or delight might as well arise from the .fight of a good feed of corn, as from all the horn works and half-moons of a Pleydell, or a Vauban. We looked round with anxious expectation for some specimen! of Beechey's pencil, but vi ere rather disappointed at boding only some pretty little laanl•c;iptsc, with the exception of a Monk's Head, No. 329. In this there is much character and eNpres sion : the mixed tone t7f relLious Hope and llcsiglintion is well. marked, the light:: are well nmoneed to aid the general etfect, and there is nothing of that st which might be expected from a pencil so much accustomed to Portr.tit paiothre. We shall lie happy in 1 future Number, to notice the nume rous efforts of pencil, together with Westally Thomsno, Drum:no:id, and a long ,tretera. ... _., ... . .- .. . . .• , . ... . • , .. ~, . - . ~. •% , • - : 1 40 , - . 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' 4 40w1.4 4 ,. hick Alla ' puns, some of which, we -,. dently copied from nature, and not us we are often forced to wit- . APpeS 'Abe public will be excused from listening to in future. ; !less it,. as if the Artist bed formed his Ideas from a storm in a lathtlicalarly where Lewin, In Modarn, expresses his dislike for washing-tub I—The effect produced by the Setting-Sun, gives a wonits as arising from his love of novel( y ; and also where pleasinpglow to the fore-Around, and marks that thelticrerl ob- I t . ' Solace talks of having got tipsy, and being liable to a tineaer- Neu ri ty in the distance, so cheracteristie of an evening gatle,when moving Wine, without a Permit, beyond the quantity allowed.," the anxious hlariver watches the declining Sun, doomed, per-i .. ..... lay the Excise. . . It also deIIIfININIMUCC, that Algernon, the hero of the piece, did not appears-410P the last Act ;,this, perhaps, was in lull- , , Ittaslon of lisreaet, in his " Fair s Andrian," where Glycerium . the heroine, is never seen, but is heard, by the audience and the old fathers, crying out for assistance, on a very I ocCaftiou, to Juno 'Akins, the patroness of ladies inte i t n est t i h ng e straw. . To analyse each Actor's exertions, would be beyond our • - Jim...its, and where all did well, to notice one or two might ap. TIM., int Mimic t ti...:. :. ....s -..../ • " Is h . a b ii, to see him rise no more. With such acknon ledwed skill as Mr. Pocock possesses in this b line of paintinr., we eanLot hitt feel regret when h .! turns his at. tension with less effect to other subjects. This obfervaiion is drawn from us by No. S3B-4 landscape and Banditti-1u !I there is a tame, uninteresting accuracy of outline, rendered even more displeo.ing by an affected contrast in the colouring. The distant mountains int‘e a darkness of purple which nature never gives, n hitt the trees and rocks in thr, fore-grounds, are marked with a reneral sintinthnoot nmi nni.fll:r. ..e 1........_!..1. LA \V REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. le, OPERA 140U4N. Friday the Opera Howe disputes were azain submitted ter the cowideration of the Lord Chancellor, and an application 'as made to enforce the late award of the Marquis of Ifeadfort and Mr. Ogilvy, F hject to the tempernge of the Duke of Bed ford. The case was stated at great length by Messrs. Eon- Marque, !fart, and Johngon, and the old topics of Catalani's enormous sol-try, the discharge of the Trea‘mrer and Sub-Trea surer, anti the misapplication of the fon& en the part of Mr. Taylor, were again urged ; when the Chancellor observed, that h.• would hear tile other side next week. In the course of the. faroreedings hi: !airship al , o observed, that it was next kin to madness to submit the sliputes in question to the Court. Ile conld do nothing unle,s ail the parties were before him , and itt; that case it would probably involve tine concern in utter ruin. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, 1 - LB. 8. FRAUD. William Tacker was brought up rram Eveter to plead to ant indictment, charging him witlt feloniously and fraudulently cutting nif a stamp from one piece of paper that had served irr purpose, and a.h xing it to another,- whereon the contents had tot been executed,. with a view to defraud the Itevenue.—The defendant pleaded Not (.uilty.----The trial was fixed for the nest I)'von At;izes, and, in the mean time, the defendant stando committed. 1:11 RULE OP COURT. Lord Ell( nboroogii sail, t oat in .consequence of the Owec. load prevailed in ActionF of Traver, the Court bud pine , • I BRITISH INSTITUTION. We are happy to announce the re-opening of this truly patrio tic aa4 useful Institution, for its original purpose, under a most brilliant Patronage, and with a brilliant display of British taste and 'genius. 'Our limits will not allow us to notice ever} t work of excellence; we shall. however, from time to lime, pre sent a few to our Readers, with observations, in which it shall be our study, that candour shall walk hand in hand with the 'le , e c sar y severity of critical censure. The Paintings of this :,e;.;., amounting to 400, are, in general, Lancl , icapes, with the usual sprinkling of sea, and fancy pieces; the historical specime n = are but few, and we never recollect at any former Exhibition 'itch a number of candle-light subjects. No. 33.—Ifereults resting from his labour. J. F. RIGA In), R. As the most remarkable trait In the character of Hercules wit bis strength, am! the most interesting incidents in his poetical tire, arose from his almost miraculous exercise of it, we arc ra ther surprised that the artist should have chosen to represent bins in a state of repose—it is as unnatural as representing ;: strar-isorse a-leep, or a frozen cataraeb. In this composition, consi•ting nulti or Hercules and his Club, the pyramidal outline, and the anatomical tilling up, are well preserved, yet there is it c o ld sameness of colowriug, like a work dune in bbtre, which though it produces relief, yet. from the want of contrast in the 14hts shadei, presents to the mind the idea of a bronze bass, ittlevo rather than a painting. In other respects, th e e i pres• il ia c' of countenance, and the lassitude and relaxation of tilt man les,,xtnirably deoute a state of repose, whilst the fore , shortenir4 Wf the right thigh chews act iotimate acquaintance it.ll aaatoiniatl perspectivs. t , 1