The National Register. — London, England, 1813-06-20 00:00:00

Ti /sin, I nca boar spiel --11 p!ly Lail Gar sou dert pro] ami and x NP. 2, . t ! TIM isTATIONTAL StiRREV THEATRE. The last new piece brouvht out at this Theatre, called " Lletrel or lite Faithful Dog " in point of intrinsic excellence, approaches er the legitimate drama than most performances off the regulai. • rds:: the scenery is truly picturi , que,—the pageantry no less them appropriate,--and the performers all entitled to praise. BEVETILE character, although not requiring a full dis. ,y c.f her powers, hears a prominent feature in the Piece. This. tiv, who is wel; worthy the notice of the. Drury Lane and Covent rlrn Manaver-, rlo-es her engagement to-morrow, and is to b&. w e e:icl by Miss SVDN tY. We must not pass, in silence, the won_ sagac:ty of the Doz, the Mitlithl Gillet ; in order; however, perly to appreciate it, it must he witnessed. TINE ARTS. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. WAR DE4' tRtMENT. • • DOWNING•STREET. JUNE 15, 1813. A dispateli f of whith thc foliowivr, k nu extract, has been terek e(l this inoming by thy *Fart I,atiiart. oddres,ed to his Lo t • • Ail) by the Marquis of Wellington, and dated Carva.;ales May ;-.1 181.3:-÷ • • The troops arrived at Salamanca on the 26th instant, and via • .:fotintl•the enemy still in the town, with one division of infantry aod thate squadrons of cavalry, end sonie cartoon, of the Army of the South, under the command of Geheral Vdlatte. The enemy evacuated the town on our approach, but they waited longer titan they ought open the high ground in the ueighbout hood, and atfarded an opportimily tin. the cavalr y , fouler 'General nom and General Victor :Alto), (the former of which crossed the Formes at the Ford of Santa Martha, and the latter at the bridge) to do them. a good deal of iiijury in their retreat. Many were killed or wounded, and we took about two hawked prisooent„ seven tumbrils of ammunition, somebaugage, provisions &e. The enemy retired by the road of Habil,' Fnento, inA near 'inert* was joined by a body of infantry and cavalry, on their march traits Alba. I then ordered our troops to discontinue their pursuit ) tau infantry not being up. Major General Long, and Ilrigadier-General Morino, in coin... mend of the Spanish division, attacked Alba, from which place the enemy retired. fa the eonrse or Me 971 h and 9mtio estawi.hed the tro ps which hail marched troll) the Agneda and Upper Estremadora, bet ere the Tonnes arid Douro, under the command of I.ieritenant-Generat Sir Row hunt! Hill ; and 1 set off mpelf, on the to join the troops here, and arrived that day at Miranda de Diono. and hem 00 the 31st. I found the troops 011 the Esla under the orders of Sir Thomas Graham, as I had intended, with their left at Tabara, sod • in communication with the Gallician Army, and their ri;yht ut I this place, and all the arrangements mule for passing the Esla. The greatest part passed that river this morning, the cavalry by fords, and the infantry by a bridge, which it was accessary to throw ovo r that river, as it was so deep that some taco: even of the cavalry, were lost in the passage. The English hussars, who crossed tirot took an °Ricer anti ;10 men prisoners oval Valdeperilices. The enemy have evacuated Zamora, and our patroles have bees in that town ; the troops which were there have fallen back upon 'Pero, where I understand they have one division of infantry and a brigade of cavalry. It appears that the many have joined at La Nava del Rev, y the troops which retired from Salionauca, Avalia, 6.:e. with thitiFe which were at. Arevalo and Dledloa del Campo ; and I imagine that as this part of the army utivaioa, they will retire across the Douro. The enemy's troops were still at Madrid, and on the Tagus, Ott the •! , zil ; but I conclude that they will have evacuated that pat of the country on bearing of our movemets. This Gaz-tte contains several inclosures transmi:ted to the Admi ra!t}-, by Vice Admiral Sir Lilward Periew, giving zicoiutit4 !it flog c:tpture of the island of Ponza, ill the Gttlith of Venice, by the Thatove and Furiuttse frigates, a sisyd by the vd battalion of the loth regi ment, ucder the orders of Lientenran-toknel (2„rilu. It appeary by the letter of Captaht Napier. of the Thatt.es. that the . two tri4aios arrived oil' Pottri on the t 3.1 of Febtuaiy, mrd oa t s he Oar wind having become f.Noulable, they bore up and entered the harbour, which is about a ;patter of a mi e wide, e•learlino , as they tris•ed the liar b ,tteries c , nstructed to derend it. These h4ttetirs were passed wiLit but lit le ; the ships then anchored i:voss the tuo!e head ; and - Co!oa•-I Coirta and the troops I „ nii tino t h e ' , amt in . static. pushed for the h t of a strong, tower int.) which the enemy had ten eated ; their appeatance, together wi . h the sercic tire from the ships, 'minced the Govern host a fhe of trice, and agree to a capitulation. by which the izarri,on were made prisoners of w: r, and a 1.1r , 4e rpnattity of oolitary s ores t..ken. 'fins service was petforit.eri •.ritheut the fuss of a neat 02 0111 The Gazette like‘ rontni.. Iwo it.:ters frOM Witi(lC!!rnVe• the Vokittaire, and C.pt ant U,her, of tit- Undanwod, sujdre , sed Vier-Admiral Pt-Slew, del:Cs:in, the intrtictilars of tlic des•rticiion of two batteries, and the rain arc of several swall vcs.,eli near Alarwilles. —Also it biter from Captain Cadman, of t h w 11,:v.ztInah, s:atitlT the capture of an armed ye:st.l hi the honii of that iq the A hiatie; :itld another letter fiom tht. ;lon. Captin Blackwood, of the ‘V the csigl t re uC the lean titer of rQripie PAINTING ON )LASS. • 'r is art of painting has long mutinied under the sentence of ex• !slut froni churches, pronounced at the time f the Reformation, most barbarously enforced under the short reign of puritanism ; rod s if it begins now to steal gently into sacred places, it is cer tainly owing . to that respect which has been paid of late to chastity anti classicality ot - subjects, by our fiist historical p ,inters, J os h ua Rey West, the late and present presidents of the Royal Acadetey ; but c Veeirilly by the . last, whose w i nks at Windsor, St. Stephttes Walbrook, Greenwich, and other places, have met the approbation of the most scrupulous partizans of the iconoclastic prohibition. Two sister arts, as innocent as the other, have been involved in the same proscription ; one was in the habit ' of enlivetting tli windows orsaerrd ed:fiees with the glowing magic Of the pallet tfausierred upon eb - - • other used to hang the in• side of churches with lestiv..i tapestries, the wonderful aehiet e melds of the mode. The lattP, rely forgotten, or humbly centintul to the ),ervile .ise Of d tea-urn, or of being trodden upon . nefore the 011t-ShOillg filightill SS of a highly-burnished fits gr.de; but thanks be given to some of our cotemporaty artists, the thrinei begins to rev ive, anti gives ns the most substantial hopes of an entire, if not improved, Palingenesia. '1 he soccessful vancements .oade,ot late years, in the ar of Ntaining glass, are asto 111-hin', noel b:d Ctne to outdo whatever has been pert - tamed beflire. Our intet,tion is not to give, at this t dile, an account of the hand some pieces which have been played lately in several churches and gentlemen'slionses, as a new node of decoration, we may, in stir.- ceetlin;;; numbers, expatiate upon the it respective merits, but we 4v ii! merely intuition, at this moment, a very excellent performance, a sight of which we veers ills a !I -A. class ago. The sub .feet is simple, hit at the same time eme of the most suitable that cats he selected 14 a church, and in a - church f ,r an altar-piece- -it is the ASCENSION OF Cit PlS'''. :Wet/ ding to the text in the Acts of no. Aposiles (yap. 9.) •‘ Aid when lie had spoken these things whi!e they beheld, he was taken op, and a cloud t eeciveil hi m ou t of their iiroportion of the picture is 11; feet by 10, and this excellent specimen of the rev). nig art is destined for the ('!lurch of St. tiltlwe 11, at Exeter 'Ube Loire of Christ possesses that divine chat acter of meekness blended with ui. jests, %%Inch is peen %OitOble to him, a'ul the whole figure seems li:erally in the act of ast•ending. The Tetragnaninaton at top, the glory which sun outdo it, the clouds and part of the skies, which cover the rest of the glie-s, all is tone:nil with great spirit and verity, and the selh"le 410e' muck hOle:111* to Mr. Collms, vvi.o most liberally indulges every admirer finite alt with a view of this pert!,! mance. We have seen also in Mr. Collins's laborat.,ry, the sketch :vat outlines of a large painting on glass, intended for Lot d Breadalliane. The subject is St. CECILIA, SIOTOOIIdId will angels, anti placed in a most vie gala and classical gothic tribune, under a group of other angels, assembled upon the clouds, and whose heavenly nwlooy seems to have attracted thy attention of the Virgin Sint. The compositi(:n is exceedingly t•ing, the outlines are &whi, anti elegantly cor rect, and the whole will undoubtedly produce d most admirable effect. Thus we hail the re-appearance of a pleasing science which has been too long neglected, and conceive the v;urest hope of its arriving . soon to a stili greater - degree of perfection. The artists etiip:oyed by Mr. Collins'svent to have canglit the Hanle of his zeal, and to sh.tre with hint that generous warmth which enlivens ti:e mind, :u ile4ht, the l!eatt oft very votary of the chrieguatte nurse.