The National Register. — London, England, 1816-05-12 00:00:00

WAY v. • LITERARY 4 SCIENTIFIC TL`4.LIGLAC I. • LORD ELGIN'S MARBLES. Our read-..re will rx.oll,ct, that artintion Vll-1 mad: some time ago in the Boost: cf`l'orairons rtupecting the purchase of the Elgin marbles, as eley are call.d, and that the proposal was tgarred to a Wert Com mittew of the limos.. After exiettiir.itA smne of the must celebrated artist. arolmen of taste in the kin;;elext, the Committee have lately given in a report un this subject. which deserves the putt* atten tion ot,those bold of the arts. These warbles acre trail a con siderable expanse by lord Elgin, during the time he resided as Am bassador at Constantinople; and. one of the chief object; of enquiry was, to aseertabi their merit as r.mehas of ancient sculpture, and the utility lik.ly to arise from their beet•tring the prop-rty of the public. On this P', , int, the Conmaittec offer the following remarks:—" The testimony am:lend of the most eminent arM is in the kingdom, who have been caaininesl, rates Case marbles in the very tirst class of ancient art, some placing them a little above and others a little below the Apollo Belvidere, the 1.111..'0411, and the Torso of the Ilblvidere. They apesk sff them with rultsiration and enthuiasm ; and, notwithstanding. the rottnifold injuries of time and weather, and those mutilations which they hare sustaiml'from the fortuitous or designed injuries of neglect er mischief, they enetsider them as among the finest models, and the roost exquisite monuments of antiquity. The general cnrrent of this portion of the evidence makes no doubt of referring the 'date of thctc works to the original building of the Parthenon, and to the designs of l'hidins, the dawn of every thing which adorned and ennobled Greece. With this estimation of the excellence of these works, it is natural to conclude that d ey are recommended by the Faille authorities, as highly fit. and admirably adapted, to fern) a school of study to improve our national ta.te for the line arts, and to diffuse a more pafect knowledge of them throughout this kingdom. Much indeed 1114 be rcasonelay lupal and expxted from the general observation and admiration of such distintuishial examples. The end of the fifteenth and the begin ning of time sixteenth centuries, enlightened by the discovery of oever.4l of ti:e nohiest remains of antiquity,producial in buoy an abundant ha , est of the mot eminent men, who made gigantic advances in b.t. path of art, es paitueni, smlptors, and art:Mums. Caught by the no vent. attemt.ii ny the beauty, and enamoured by the perfection of those newly-dlolosed treasures, they imbibed the gamine spirit at the ancieat excelictice, and tr.:infused it into their own composoroot." The last object of tile repot tar the value of these marbles, the aqui slam ea which was attended with an expellee to Lord Elgin of more than 74,0n.iL The Committee, nosvever, fixes the Juice to be given for thou at 53.0001. Toe salue of them, as stated by Mr. lianulton, Lord Elgin' s private secretary, is as follows: Thu sees, or Ile:cutest - - .C3OOO Ilissus - - 4600 Female group - . . . 41001 .-- ditto - - - . 4onti Iris - - - . Vino Threw Horse.: Heads . - - !!.Au Torso of Neptune - ' .. -30 i) Iternainele.Tut the Pediment . - tete Metopes - • - - 10.000 1 . Fitts -three pieces at 400 L each - - go AO j Haegllius - lux, t'aryatis - - - - TnO ('..•etc l.om the Parthenon - - Iwo ?)uric Columns and Architravi ... . 44o} lonic ditto and ditto. ton - .. I nseriptions - - YU* Ftrus.an Bas-Reliefs • - - - re Vil e, from Athens - - -. 4uo Bronze Vase - - - .• • :sin j Medals - - - - Sou Drawings - - • ' 500 .-CCtvoo Thr. valuation of Mr. Payne Knight. the author of a work on Taste, A tc . i s oily 25.(cu1. ic.eimtmg several articles l.ut above p.uticularised but this di.faenec art.ses eisietly foot the Mlles - cum of (minion inragard to the antiquity of the:it: ant icianum ins. Int :ad of beirk.s ork of Pinstias, in the time of Perielcs, m 111,4411. AiT. Kni s ;ht considem Mein wily as productions of the age of ilailrian, the restore? of Athtna. - Wethall module this article with the following train - may given in their farms? oy Mr. Flaxman, an ingeniorsand learneilsenlptor, whose work ; arc well kolati to the public s•—••• The Eigir ciarld:s are mostly bassarelievo-, shad the finest works of me alt I have seen. Those in the Pole's M.uscum, and the other Gallelies of Ital!t s were the Laosson and the Apollo Belvidere; and the miler nimt cat brated woks ail •tquity were groups .. and statues. These differ in the respect that tl•ey ::11.5.11Q-MlICIO; and fragments of statuary. respect to their exe.hence they are the eat excellent of tht:r kind that"! have cans and 1 have every reason to believe they were executed by avid those employed under him, or the general design of them even by him at the tittle the temple was built: as we are informed, he was theartist principally employ esl by Pericles, and his principal scholars mentioned by Pliny. Aleamenes, and :Mont Mar others, immediately ucder hisn ; to which he adds *catalogue of c:ecn or eight ethers who followed in order, and he mentions their succeeding Eddies i t the emus': of twenty years. 1 beheve they I/72 t! se works of those estists; and in this respect thet axe supzrior almost. to any of the work: of an. ti,mity,exeept the Lawson anti Torso Parnest, because they am known to have btssn executed by the artists whose names arc recorded by the ancient authors. With respect to the beauty . of the basso-relievos, they are as perfect nature as it is possilde to put into the compass of the marble M worth they are executed, and that of-the most elegant kind. TM re i ; one statue alto which is called a Ili:miles, or Thesem,, of the tirq ordtr merit. The flantenti of groaps of 'women arc finely ex. scutxl; but I do not. in my Paul estii ation. think their merit. is so great." Tht testimony of tae other atists examinel was nearly to the saitsc purnose. DISCOVF.RIES. We I^r.rn from New South Wales, that our Iz s rlowl.}ke of that coun try is to be extended. in consi..ittcnce ct a tour ttrale last year by ttte GOVernor over the Western or flue Mountains. for the purpose cf being able, .iser-onally, to arpriscitue the talue and importance of tl.e to ct of ea:ntry lying bevond them, whi,", had been esplortsl in the end of the par istl end the beginning of 1814, by Mr. Evans, de v surveyor oflunds. favoura! , iC aceennt given of the country by Mr. !irons, in• duets" the Gove,nor tact-y:4n rend to be construct's" for the rasseire and cony • yiince of outdo Ind provisions to the inte,ro; and men of good chanteter sa..a d front a Lumber of convicts who had volunteered their ft•iiii!eS. were employed to perfomt this Jalluous task. on the condi:joy of being fiat and clot:.ett dur . .ng the continuance of do It labour. and In Mg ;;ranted etwinciot.tion on the completion of the troth. The thief direct tom of taus work wan to a .;t•ntltlnan rained COX. under Voirt sup:lint-nil:wee it was.colopkt nto.vithlsnding t h e diiii r aies encountered. in the apnea of six monthi. without the hrs of n man. of any serious o..eident. Ile one piney the road ;Scut out in the face of a r,vp:ndiculir preciriee 67; leer in height. acconiim; to ectra lmeasurmient and this part. in all its wimlings. is no less tbar. o r c• f; mails of 1.11;:le in I. NAIL In 01142 in p.npetVilt the mcnt,ry of Mr. Coss s,rrices. the governor darned it a. ttl ate justly due to vin, to give hi. name to this grunt" and "xtrirwditcuy rusi, and lie az eove.i.tly eared it. (!ox's Pass. Tb ,e!: being complettal ou the 21s: of Jaanary. tlr Coot/nor, aee ,,, r p bv Mr. M.,,quarr;e4r./1 r. E.:lnure:reed his tour er. t'. , e 2trt o' v at: cfterthod,. joined by the Governor's • cretary, aid-cf....satrap, and 0th,...; and en ..the 4th of May. arrived at a champagne country sererul in lc n g hairdo" sn both sides by bent:} fining hilt', and inu m etcd by.the Maranusit river. Hay. 14IP NATIONAI. REGISISR: ing encmpcd on the left bank of this river, which pursues a winding erlltE", the governor remained here for n week. making eKeuisions in tlittlavut directions through the adjoining country on both sides the river. A. the sail appeared to be exceedingly fertile, he made choice of this spot for the erection of a town at some future p:•riod, to wh;cli he gave the name of Bathurst, in honour of the present Secretary of State of the Colonies. _ _ . The site desikmed tor the town of Bathurst, situat , al by observation, in lat. 33 deg.. 27 min. 45 sx. nub; aad longitude 140 deg. Z 7 !MIL 45 Ev. East of trecnwieh; the measured road, distance from Sydney to it. being 1444 English mils. With;:t a distance of about ten niff• from the site of Bathurst. there are not less than fffty thousani acres of land clear of timber. and fully one half of that may elas'lersl excellent son, well caleutttcd for cultivation. Neither coals nor liintstoac have yet been disaivenxl; but the surrounding districts abound it. game of varicas kinds: told tilt two principal rivers contain a quantity of fish; but nil of one de nominaton, re.erabling the perch in apor“rance, and of a most delicate flavour: it grows to a large size, and is eaceettngly voracious: one caudot during the gmernor's suty at Bathurst, weighed 171bs. and the people stationed there, reported that they had caught :Sonic weighing 231'w. The field game are the kangaroos, emus. blank swans, wild geese, wild turkeys, bastard du-k; of variant kinds, quails, bronze and ether pigeons, &c. Too water-male orparalo:: ahountLi also in all the rilags and ponds. LA IV INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday the Court of Kine s Iti'Nal and common Pens nt Westmittster were occupied in attending to the justification of bail, the w hide of the day. COURTS OFKING'S T3ENCH, GUILDIIALL.-SATVRDAY. BITTING AT NISI UllllOll V. KINFICAR. This was an nation brought by the proprietor of an academy ut Present, in Cauca+hire, to recover from the deft mlant, a merchant residing ut Liverpool, the sum of 941. is. I Id. beim_ the balance of on account due for the board and educathin of a ruing :wink man named Dau son, who had been placed tin der the este of th.. plaintiff. The boy, it appeared, %la. , sent to the academy in Feb. Dill, and continued there until D e e. 11.112. 'flue amonnt due sip to this period was 1121. and the pl:' was in the habit of sending in his account every halt ear. several sums of money, it also appeared, weir paid on account by the defrudatit, leaving the balance now sought 14 due by the latter.—Verdict for the Plaintiff, 941. tea. 11J. and ROME V. !INUIT,. 'Phis was an action to recover the sum of 121.104. the price of a piece of cloth, bought at a sale where the plaintlf was auctioneer. The defence set op was, that the article was damaged, and that rite lots were described in the catalogue as the property of a batArnpt. To contravert this, however, it was pins by several witnesses, that the plaintiff, during the -ale, had frequently mentioned the imperfection of the oloth ; AM' it apt eared also that ther.2- was a mink affixed to the denoting it as foully. Tliejury, in consequence of this i•viiteni c, returned a verdict for the plaintiff-121.105. and f•Jsts. COURT OF CHANCERY, May ♦. NEW JUDGE. James Burrows, Esq. appeared in Court, supported by fir. 'tt . reef Genera; on the one 44(11`, And qtr. Topping, on the ...her, with A number of other Gentleinen of the Bar. He then ok ;he oaths 11.4 Serie ant at 1a•.•, after which he presented - ot• with auld rings for her Majesty; the motto av LlgiLus emeudes. He was afterwards sworn in as one of the Justices of the Comm m Pleas, and took his seat ou the Bench. POLICE. MANSION •OOCSE; DAR IN:7A ROlSTlrßY.—Yegtenigy I nia4 Philiipe an Coeheerne Nietintafe were charged with being concerned in a desperate assault and robbery upon tie person of a Sir. Dotizlas,•ra trader in the city, a few nights since. The attack, it aprears, was one similar to those which of late have proved r 0 damtcrons and so ilisgraccfnl to the city. The prosz.eutor seas returning home alinot ten o'clock, when he was met by . the female prison er in Ilisitopeate-street, and who succeeded in drawdig him u p a 'dare called Aldertnan's Walk. Here he found there was no thoroughfare ; and, upon his returnina• towards the 'public street, lie was met by three men, who suddenly knocked hint down, beat him immercifidly, and, while in a senseless state, robbed him of ',:;s watch and appendages, together with all his property.. The primmer was taken by a patrole a few moments afterwards, running from the place mentioned, and was identified by the prosecutor. The others escaped ; but the woman having frequently• come to visit Phillips in prison, she was taken, and was also recognised by the prase • rotor, In her loth:Me:also were found a snantity ofcloth and list, which, from ci.rtaim information. 311111.11 ES to have been stolen from a house in Thames-street, a short time since, w here a burglary was committed. The prisoners were both re manded. 110W-STHEET. Yesteray se'nnigbt, in consequence of an information laid by the joarneyiner..carpenteis against the masters, fee con spiring to lower the wages of the :onto r, a hearing 4.;-ase on at this odiec.—'flie Niagistrates, after listenitic; to the areii nients of Counsel, the same as detivered at Ilatioil-earden, iMssed th!hiforination. Sir N. Comint obserscd, in deliver. ing opinion on this question, boat pruhally lie had coin untied tare journeyance for coaibitsitatoits ihall any other Ma- I. in his time. He had in general dane it reluctantly when they bail acted from mistaken notions ; hut not AU a hen their masters had entered into contracts which confmcil them to time, nut the journesmen then tceas .als enter or eir enmstanee, and demand. d exorbitant wages, or refused to werk, and deterred others by three and threats !loin working, 'telling their masters they knew tl•ev must eke the wages or be ruined. The 'Magis.teutes had ilways allow e.hothe jour neymen some latitude, to meet and. talk over their aSairs, so onq as it was dune with moderation. He Jonfessed he did nut set' why elaster; should nut lie allowed alimilar hititade to .nett at a tavern and talk over their affairs. In the ease just styli di he did not see any thing ilkgrd in she proceediries of he tonatera. They had beer frerntesstly called mica by persons C3uducting large wo..ha to reduce their char_'., particularly Tor labour, eviiiith was in general at the rate of six shillings ii illy, which wits a reasonable protitoon h 'sit they ra:d dirk men.. '1 he meeting complainett of„ on the 3th of Fent nary, by tie masters at Fieemasons Ta•Fiam, was according to pub lic advertisemeht, for taking into consideration the present price of laaonr, The meaning of which was obviowo; crepes ers not twin:: like many trades, knew , what •tiess in hete t ley 11-41 got fur sale had lost them, and therefor krear what profit to coarge. I)tii tit y• were celled upon to give eso mites, and then fore had to ealenlate, rig a certain price per ; Li ) for men; and in consequence they met to agree upon the pr.ces, to iotbeir estimates they should Lc untionn... 'r/texo 111 were uo proceedings at this meeting relative to jotirne:. men 01 their wagc‘; every master acting towards them in the way they thought tight, indiv Mit illy. They did not addre ss lilt journey men in ntunbers or bodie. but individually t o ld th em o f th e i r intentions. Some had reduced their men fourpenee a day, some sixpence, and some eightpenee.—lt is bilid to be the in tention of the master-carpenters to prosecute some of the jour. ucvnrro fur perjury. 601 RINATION OF JOCIINE:YMFIi.—At the Sessions for So tnersetshire, at 11'ells curveoll before J. Ackland, Esq. Ch a i r . man, and a full Bench of Magistrates, the trial of J. 'loner, A. and G. Gales, Journey Olen papecanakers, fur a violent assault on the foreman of Messrs. (idling. and Alford, paper manufacturers, of Cheddar Slll.ll.—lt appeared in evi dence, that list above men fat 1111. d part of a combination•r:ub of journeymen of the trade, also h, we, for the space of four immths past, been living in a state of insubordination and ' idleness, in consequence of their cultdo era etideavotOng to loner their wages to a ratio ailh the reduction in the pike or provisions; which these self-taught legiAttors thought proper •to resist; not only by assisting each ether in contiiinitiotia, Mit rernige on those who a ere more in-lined to walk. prosecutor's foreman, thedefore, bet-eine ea object ofa lack by the defendants, who voluitteeted Vim?' Ihr rfath- coot) to put him in a vat of heeled water, itsrul in the procos% of the 1114- iinfactury.—The Jury, after a ne.tt animated clia!ge flout the lasarned Chairman, expatiating on the cum mity of their crime, and the great injury society in general dented from such en wfiti Rode:oldie% found the Elden lents guilty who vivre ha inediately seateneed to six 'flooded solitary cuolinemeht. Piegsocße.Ts AND SwlNßLEal.—The pickporl.ets and cheating fraternity have been very active during Lincoln busy week. Several horses were bought by .he k; pa:d iu a deseriplitto of drafts; awl whilst the sufferer was going to the Bank, some part of the gang rude the horse off. The fol lowing triek, dies.of some that have come to our knowlelge, is' wroth mak hie public, to prevent the like imporitmo again. A young man sold hi--mare, after what is celled a hard bargain, . and ear rertc,,ted been to the Magpie. lon, where lie should ecive the money : Oil enlering the house, the buyer addressed another man (no doubt a colleague), with, "Arc you goiug tw pay ine for t h at horse I sold you? I its it the money to pay tier one I have just bought." " Yes," was the reply, " here ts a theft for 211. odd."--" No, I will not have it ; I 'de not like. - them ; but let's look at it- oh ! fiat; I has trno objection to that, it's ar good as the Batik of EnalanJ." It was then handed over to the pour countryman, with ' lake it to the Bank, nod it is ih be cashed directly."—Seciug the man take it of enothee, , the pthl. seller of the mare felt perfectly - satisfied, till Ito reached the Bank, and time found his loss. On his ceturning to the inn, horse and buyer had boll' dirappeared. A reward of iooa guineas has been offered by the public office, Bast -4trect, for the apprehension of any or all thu utf.ntleis. who, sin Wednesday last, plundered the Curomandef Fast (what hay ut an immense quantity of dollars, upon the liver Tleanyr. A reward Of 50 guineas has been off, red ,Cbr the apprehen sion of lin HARP -HOGA SI, for the miirler of a wontau, with ko it he cohabited, in Dritr:!..lane. A Much-warrant has been issued at Peterborough Stations. against T. Kino, accomplice of W. Ralgson, of Stanifosd, who was convicted and sentenced to a month's imprisonment, for cruelly killing a swan iu Burghley Perk, .by pelting and beat ing it to death, whilst it was attending the female bird as she sal on h...r eggs, and afterwards stealing, skinning,and hiding it. - A ino.t diabolical attempt war made hy some villains on Sunday night last, to set fire to tile house of Mr. W. Hunt, of Milton, near Sitiingbourn, by tying a large comonstible sub *dance (resembling a ha:nit-shell I to the door, which, on the fire reaching it, exploded, doing considerable damage to the lactose. Just published, (by authority) by Clement, it,g, Strand, in leo closely printeel sm. derny pages, pike 7: THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT on MAD HOUSES for isift—NE.VER BEFORE PUBLISHED. Ordered by the !louse of Commons to be Printed. AFROS, 1816. This new and very interesting Reenter oil (at)Houses„ contain: numerous ca.cs, and some si4eular and saucking details : it was IlladC by the following Noblemen anthGentlermen, who were appointed by the House of Commons, as a Select Committee, to enquire ..rd consider of provision being made bin the better regulation of PUBLIC and Pm-- VAT I: MAPII 0 I`SES in Engla:;d: lit. I lon. Lord Binning, Rt. lion. Wm. Sturges Bourne, Rt. lion. Lord Lascelks, Hun. 11 , nry Grey Bennett, Rt. lion. Lord !tabu Seymour, ('harks ('. IVestern, rcq. lit. Mon. lord Compton, J. A. Se wart Wortley, t.sq. R. :Son. George Rose, Thomas llionipton, lt. lion. C'harle's Wm. Wynne, . William Smith, Esq. Consisting of the important Minutes of Evidence of drJ. Newport —Sir Henry Raiford, Bart.—Dr. A. Baird—Dr. J. Vvitch—Dr. IL Powell—Mr. E. Wi.ketield—Mr. W. Ricketts—Mr. J. B. shark-. - Mr. J. thislam. senior—Mr. J. W. Rogers—Mr. J. Priam junior— Mr. T. Warbtrrtoa—Mr. T. Dunston—Mr. J. Watt—Mr. S. E. Ftn•hcs—Mrs. M. Ilumiere.--Mr. J. Sim:noes—Mr. .1. Blackburn, and Mr..l. IVoodhag. Including Tiro Lawn, one from W. If: Lyttleo, Esq. Member for Worersterikire, nunteinin.• an • Account of the Lunatic Aivlum. kepi ,by :Me Itieldetts at Oroitivicht thecenr from !tr. sobeivir, of Ilicldemtinsti., detailing the case of Powel, a pauper lune tie. who was cliained to a kitchen• Hour, and •• liwral like a pig," in au unoecupielhowie atCheiterion, Cr.rnbrielge.„ ANOTLIF.It OnXl-4. PERRY, No.. I, Holborn Bars, be-, to nnnouhee to his Friends and the Public, tl..t ALL Ticket* •lad S'oarcs bought ax his Office between 17121 of April and Next :Put , sksr.., will hale their proportion of the Prizes • amino from Avari,: Hu. as of YOU wh•ole Tickets, which miry inciudz Prizes amounting •a. XlMsollos • .1.70,0XV,.0r even Xx 0.000.- 1. he Sche.toscontsins Grand Prizes of (ZO.OOO, and Fifty other Capitals. Perry Sold and Shared in the Lottery drawn .:fore in May No. a t'rizc of • 4/Iva* tun hi the Ft•hruary lAgiery s,r.W 9409 lo the kat NoveiziLvr Lette ledn:es him to solidi th: - ecr:y o..ri of his t rareP, Ott hie fi.rtu• • Date Office. No. 1. 1;041m BIN, ti:e Untidy begitu.ect silt:every icket tirarm.sttli be SIVEWRIOFIPiewats Eh PriNsdt, the Public,, early att....ntice , to the NC,/ Lortury uf 140+0 Tititti, mithc—ich titere Ito U.OO Ticktts Patthwitietlao.l ottery ; it udateiate let.i;edlft roar Knacks in value anal tu.tuabt.r. • self E ME.. PA'« csomo I .... . loco ....... 5 . 3440 . 38.... ....... • .i4UU., r"utir (900. 3,5511' Xithe4o I l oin having lead the geed fortune tolitate•the ever sukt ; .in addition to the many of • A:4o,liod • I Leo. 61 i5.0n0 tri,no , lie t:usts•tc a rqietitien therwe at bit Old ilia. Onnhill I XI, Hrylnarket. It. liclbenn 141, Ixfeed-etr W. ere a l rure . ee.te before Tucettay next a.II I wed 114.a1w ti ;KV :l'iti.tt" .I:.'i 10,0 0 2,.1. • I • 011:10. etc. 1 ob. 1 1714;* e Sint-Price of /..;* to he. ke. .vg pp, Vitablishra Off • unmet. rabetrect. 111 .•Ne shoo of —ll'