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JUNE 7. rate and vulgarise the brightness and sublimity of his mind ; and thus, i t happens, that the most lucrative fields in the department of Painting are the best cultivated. No. 89. Eros reriving Psyche. No. g 6. The Witch and the Alloidrake Uljsses and Ajar ire Tar!arns.—By H. FusLi.i, R. A.—We cannot help admiring the deep thong:it, the lively fancy, and the know ledge of the art, which coalesce to ensure to this Academician, the fame of a great Painter, but he has not yet found that extralyv:ncics are oat of the boundaries of good sense; forced attitudes, unpleasing ; and anatomy pronounced with more than Michael-angelic boldness, more pedantic than natural ? • This nonsense has been publicly lic:d out to young artists as a great fund of instruction. INSTALLATION OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE BATH, AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY, ON MONDAY, JUNE 1. (Exclusively written for the National Register.) We do not intend to fill the columns of uur paper with a long account of the ceremonial of this solemnity; we intend merely to place in a proper light the intent and effect of it, and to consider it in a na tional point of view. It is almost imp!)ssible to describe the magnifi- cence of the sight; the chapel of Henry the Seventh was overflowed with ladies in their most fashionable attire, and with ientlemen in full dress. An organ had been erected for the occasion, and the orchestra united in performing several appropriate pieces of sacrtd nitvoic in the best style. Under the royal canopy, rlaced a little above the altar, two sons of our venerable Monarch, two of his daughters, his grand-daugh ter the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, and the Duchess of YORK, were the principal ornaments of this fete. The elegant dress of the Knights, Cie plumes waving over their heads; their Esquires in their chivalresque costume; the Officers of the Ord, r with their mantles of white silk lined with crimson, with their golden sceptres and badges; the Kings of Arms and Heralds in their rich tabbards—all contri buted to give to this solemnity a pomp and a magnificence which few nations can display, and none can boast of, wi:h such a sense of public and individual satisfaction :—for, when we consider the personal merits of those who were present in their stalls or installed on the occasion, we cannot help congratulating the nation at large upon so many worthies, so many brave defenders of our laws and rights, so many heroes who, stealing for a few moments from the dangers of war, in the field of bat tle or at sea, came to receive at the foot of the :liar of the God of Hosts a seemingly trifling, but highly esteemed, honour, in compensation for the loss of their blood, and as a reward for their patriotic valour ; and • to deliver their sword in the hand of Reli•,:,ion, who makes them swear never to use it but in her behalf, and for the &fence and prosperity of the country who gave them birth. Surely, consid:_x.:(l in this point of view, nothing can be more solemn, more impressive than this ceremony. We were present : and never losing sight of the glory and welfare of our country; we enjoyed the splendid spectacle with deep interest_; heard every thing with patriotic feelings, and conceived not a little pride at be ing on the same area, and under the same roof, with such a noble col lection of worthy individuals ; but, when the band struck up the Dead mlrc's iu Suul,we could not help looking around ; and the awful thought, that in a few years the very banners of the Knights there present would Le buried like those of their predecessors, when, like them, they are cold in the grave,brougitt tears into our eyes ; yet, we soon recovered, when we considered that, if man must die, his worth will survive him in the unnals of history, and be, for ever, the object of the admiration and gratitude of posterity. Mortals, like oltrselves, but made immortal by their deeds, they all seemed to us at if soaring ab.ve the vulgar, and ready to assume, in our view, a majestic, and more than humor ap- Varalice. When the King of Arms summoned clown fom his stall every one of the Knights, Fame seemed to fly :.Dove the respective ban ners, and tl unfurl an immense scroll, succes4ive:y desert:Jaye of the exploits which had merited these signal henours to the brave. At the names of Howl:, Sr. - VINCENT, MALM/.51:01tY, WHI I WOW! n, of all the formerly -installed Knights, a thousand livt-ly icoaF:es of patriotic k• dS, of valuable services, arose in our astonished inernory—when 11 '-' named Sir DAVID BAIR D, We thougitt we heard, the treinen oLus - - t —La ing of Seringapittain, and Lril.ved that lic should have left uggi7ir THE NATMNAT, REGISTER. on the plains of Corunna oue of those undaunted arms,- ti so much to prostrate the pride of Mysore.—When Sir Ji was called out; his prudence, magnanimity, and cony reminded us of the services he rendered his afflicted Mutiny convulsed the heart of distressed Britannia at the sounds of Sir EYRE Coo - rE, and Earl LUDLOW, Fgypt w; before our eyes: we saw their eminent achievements juiced at being witnesses to the fultyonerited reward. coped the fatal bullet, but Providence had decreed that tl leave one of his noble limbs on the shores of the Nile, rafidgar, NELSON what names, what ideas, crowd b; mory ! The Noble Earl was third in command at the and seems to have been spared on purpose to bring py altar the thanks, and te.,ra of all those who witnessed victory, and the death of the lamented conqueror. Si FORRESTER CDOURANE, Sir BRENT SPCNCER, Sir JOHN IRORE, reminded us of Spain, of Portugal, and of the their courage and patriotism endear them to their cou, were called to the Chapel to receive the honourable ackto their Monarch and of the Nation. When he bowed to Visy FORD, we thought Bath King of Arms a deputy world, offering to the brave Knight the warmest emigrated part of the Portuguese nation, as to the illustrious house of BRAOANZ A. We could not with sincere joy, when we heard the name of the rited LoRD COCHRANE; his noble atehievemenn Roads, thundered in our ears and filled us with admit youtig and undaunted eagle of Jove., he faces the blaz, .ipain, Portugal, and Egypt, were quickly brought to 01 with the na..oea of ROWLAND II Li. E. and BERESFO KO—al time we heard the trumpet sound the charge at Albuera, call out the defeated Genera! Girard. Moo RE bad fa, walls of Corunna !—W'e greeted here most cheerfully, the man whose presence recalled, nnforted, and led, tc sistanee, the afflicted legions of Aibiou, whilst Sir Je ceived the thanks of his country at the altar of his Gt hands of the second son of his venerable Sovereign, iles of encther Hem:sphere, yen have bravery of Sir GeORGE fa, and Cie name oi which pleases us here, frighttced the islands of the Soul the Kings of Java bow to the British sceptre. Sir It: STRAcaoN was celled; he, odor, tiowili;ng to give up Trafalgar, took the remreint of the fleet defeated at the Nelson was nu more. The Hero and Count of Maida, there; he is the first warrlor before whom the French ca rod= and dismay; and GRA u. I, W:10 fought the rosa, received with hill an additional honour to his wy never fading laurels. The name of KEA i s struck our heard the thanks of the Spanish troops in Zealand, whet utmost gratitude at being released by hint from a forei SAMUEL Hoop was called, and the loss of one of his an battle for the independence of his country, has attested daunted courage. The Here of 'Talavera, the noble Earl of Wr.ouNcruN, could oo - he there; but had a sentative in General Sir ALEX: , OCR CAmraELL, who gers and glory on the banks of the Ganges. Lord WH ARTHU:t. PAGLT, Sir lIENRY WELLESLEY, and sever ceived our thaok.-, for their skilful negociatte. and thy Jos Ern Ildstetts, who, in spite of age end iofirmiti, past, arid enjoyed the solemnity t;) which his crest nee a , siderable lustre, could not but confess in his heart, that cuomovigated. the Terraqueous Globe, be never witneas , so imposing a sight. This grand ceremony was performed by the Dux!: of Grand Master for the; oecasis:m s ;di that noble, yet p) meat, which ensures him the love of all his Kin .ho, cons) we nut cant - Lied by the limit-. cO oor Paper, we oil& sketches to a great length, atol inns upon ever y Knight of rited encomiums; we have merely seed a few w to our recAlectioo, persuaded that our silence upon tf not he ccootrued in an invidi ius sense. There es as not that did not contain a Mali whose ?none will Lo., lung pesterit y. To conclude s let us seriously and pintedly obAsrvP rAc . 351 that contributed JOHN COLPOYS, ,nciliating spirit, country, when e Nore.—At the vas soon brought there, and re- The former es- the other should C. NORTILESIL back to our me- , famous conflict, iersonaily to the the memorable 'lir ALEXANDER N COAPE SHER.. le West Indies; untry, and they • nowledgment of scount STRANG.. from thu new thanks of the Saviour of the help exulting e bold and spi- ts, in Basque iration—like the ze, and dares it• our recollection and at the same 1, and tke drum 'Alen under the y, the name ot to victorious re- JOHN Hoes re- and at the t e a n.—Ouadaloupe, 4,. witnessed the %;t: of AUCHMUTY, . und, and made RICHARD JOHN ) the contest at moment when 3, S CLIART az' d in con- battle of Bar- vell-earned and ✓ ears, and vhe en they knelt in ein yoke. Sir -ti rms, in a naval 1 enough his un- and successful . worthy rcpre- shared his dan- Hl7 WORTH, Sir oral ethers, re- Le venerable Sir ics, was at his dried no imon- : thoiteh he cir- any where if YORK, acting pleasing deport- vanious. Were Lt enlarge ti.e the Order me. ,vlro came first • the others will ot the 'nails remember.d by f. ) t t : a 1 w cer:.- ..,