The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-05-09 00:00:00

LADY' H. HAMILTON'i FUNERAL.

On Friday morning last, as early as seven o'clock,
the remains rf this much-lamented and beautiful
lady were removed, with great funeral ponip, from
her father's house, the Marquis of A Er. aro aN's,
at the Priory, to Stantn ore, where she was interne.; in
the same vault as her mother, the late Marchioness,
the original family vault being at lluddleston, in
Scotland. The solemn procession Moved in the
follow ing order
Twelve servants in ..tate livertm, with black cri:te shzetc-baiids,
awl white hat-band., two and two
Two clergym•ii, with bibisks hi their hands, the Rev. Mr.
Huoiity, and the Re.... Mr. Lovell.
Eighteen doin-stics stipptirti,g ti:e coffin, with white Let-
hai.d • and g.,oks.
Six female diyinestc, in whi.e, rs.
The lido. John and Lor I George Ihresford, brothers to the
M trqnit of Wat rri..eipal moorneis.
G. AndeMoil Esq. hinse-stowartli in wnit.! scarf, ha bands,
and ginv.s; follow d by a.l the Is iter servant,t, two and two,
/Wowed b: thirty c:iaity Minnie orphans, which het ladyship
elsprotted since she v. a • sixteen year; oht .
Her ..offin was covered with erinss .n velvet, silver nails and
haadia.

Yesterday morning their YAJZSTIES and the
Pt iNc esses attended by Lady Stnr xv and daughter,
Lady M AT1:1 DA WIMYARD, Mrs. DILA:Li General
G rims., and the Hon W. PRICE, walked to St.
Geerm's Cathedral. Two military bands played
" God Save the King," as they passed. The Royal
party walkzd two and two, it formed a very pleasing
and grand procession, which attrafted a great num-
ber of spedators. A most excellent sermon was
preached by Dr. HALLAM, from the First Epistle of
St. Peter, chap. iii. verse 8. After Divine Service
the Royal Party took an "airing to Frogmore, and
walked in the beautiful gardens till near four
o'clock. •

On Saturday morning her Royal Highness the
Princess ANILLIA, attended by Lady MATILDA
%VINYARD) and Mrs. Dit x, took an airing in a
sociable, through the plantations of Virginia Water.
Her MAJESTY gives a grand ball at the Queen
house, on the evening of the Installation of the
Ki!Ah:s of the Kith on the I;,th.
Countess of SUTHIRLAND presented the
Earl or Gowta, her husb..nd, with a son ou Thurs.
d.t y List.
Mr. B--.RT has paid 800 guineas compromise, to
the Hon. T. W. Covekritv, finding upon trial that
he had no chance of winning against the four-footed
iialaata The pig was of the real wild kind, and
the distance to have been run, a hundred and fifty
yards, up hill.
Late on Saturday evening arrived in town, at Mr-
Ste-seta SMITH'S, in George-Street, Hanover-
Nnift`, Commodore Sir Sin sEY SMITH. Sir SID..
NET c..me post from Harwich, in the neighbour.
hood of wh.ch place he left uis ship, the flatelope,
stationed for the protection of our eastern coasts.
Lord and Lady ISTLWAR c, and the Honourable
Mrs. PIERRI POINT, dined on Saturday last with
General Ross, at his house in Saville-row.
Colonel WHITE:S, of Manchester-street, dinner
and rout on Friday, was both numerous and fashion-
, able.

Viscount WENTWO*TH gave yesterday a grand
dinner to a selett party of friends at his house in
Edward-Street.

Names of the !pcakers in the House of Commons
on }Friday, during the exclusion of strangers
Mr. Bnrdors, Mr. Dawkins Browne, Mr. Carew, Mr. Bur-
roug'ts, Mr. Rielurd Ryder, M:. Hoblnnis., the Attorney Ge-
iterril, Sir hu Wmttesley. Mr. Grrpr, Mr. Sturgexs, Mr.
LasceVes, Mr. Dull .v Ryder, Dr. Lrirrelot, Mr. ShenLn,
Mr. Windham, Mr Fox, Mr. Tierney, Colonel Porter, Mr..
Braglen, and Crstrierril Maitland
The Hon. Miss LAM at is dangerously indisposed
at her father's house, Viscount MELBOURNE'S,
Whitehall.'

Sir G. Co it NWALL gave yesterday a grand Dinner
at his house in Stanhope-street.
Lord B itowo tow entertained a fashionable party
last night at his house in Hill-street.
Mr. .1. MANhEkS, son of Lady L. MANNERS, is
perfealy recovered from his late indisposition.
The Dachess of DevoNsulßE gave a grand sup-
per on Saturday evening, after the Opera, to near
sixty of the Nobility, at Devonshire-house. Among
the company were 1..arl and Countess of JERSEY ;
Viscount and Viscountess Mins/woof., Hon. Mr.
LAMBE, Duchess of RUT L AND,Lady CA WDOR, Polt•
TVGVESE AusAssoriox, Lord G. CovEontsit, Hon.
Mr. Covenni su, Karl and Countess of Basso ROUGH,
Lord DENCAINNON, Lady C. PONSONIV, Viscount
and Lady MJapErn, &c. Sec.
The Gentlemen of the Glee Club had their usual
dinner on Saturday at the Crown and Anchor Ta-
vern; Messrs. DONEM, PAGE, LEETE, SALZ, and
upwards of sixty others were present.
Lords CHOI.MONDELEY, LOFTUS, and PONT-
MIWOHAM, Sirs G. WastswELL, and C. BLATtsoN,
and some others, on Friday arrived at Dover from
France.
Sever.il fragments of Roman columns have lately
been divovered, b; workmen who were digging the
foundations of sGme houses at Rath.
/tatty oi s or BATH.—E4rI and Countess Clan-
carty, Lord Harrriwb; , Lady Somerville, Lady Ash-
burton, Hun. Mr. French, Hon. Mr. Brodrick, Sir
Horace fif.utn, Fir Robert Lady, and Miss Cotton,
Bishop of Waterford, Major Taylor, Ste.
The body of Mr. Smyta RAMAGE, a merchant of
eminence ht Dublin, and one of the Direftors of the
National Bank, was on Tuesday found in the Canal
near that city. He rode out on Sunday ; his horse
was found on the day following near the'spot where
his body IV.LS afterwards discovered;
A defence of the condud of Moat,' WOLsTora.
CRAFT GODWIN, which has been long_ in hand, will
speedily appear. is the prodnaion of a Clergy-
man, and .s in a Series of Letters, to a
Lakly•

4torAt. Ac-Aikrirrt
SOK CRSET4IOUIIia
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, • NI. V. .
To animadvert On Abe prochiCtioria of genius is
a very eat), task; and to censure or praise them
without discrimination is equally easy; but to regu-
late opinion by a just criterion, and to award to each
artist a fair and equitable decision, requires much
deliberation, and a familiar acquaintance with his
works. An artist is not equally successful in all his
performances; it would therefore be very unfair to de-
cide on his merits from the examination sofa single pic-
ture. But when we have watched his progressive
movements for some time, and find that he attends
to the admonitions, of experience, and the sugges-
tions of judicious friends, and also exerts both mind
and body in the task of improvement,, such a man
must inevitably obtain a.high degree of excellence.
Absolute perfeClion is not attainable by human in-
telled, but the man who approximates nearest
thereto will be the greatest charader. We have
long observed and admired the improving execution
of Mr. Te lifiLe. His early performances evinced
the possession of an eye to see, and mind to feel the
beauties of nature and art. In his drawings of our
magnificent cathedrals and grand buildings he first
attraCkd public notice, and excited great expec-
tancy, which has been more than gratified by his
sulLequent drawings and paintings.
Be,ide the pidure we have already noticed, Mr.
TI;I6:ER exhibits four others, and two drawings.
These present a singular and studied variety of sub-
``lle 5h and effects, in some of which we observe simi-
litudes CO POUSSIN, SA LVATOR ROSA, and CLAUDE,
whose works our artist has certainly contemplated
to 'advantage. This is not only admistible, but
commendeble in some instances ; for to adopt and
improve upon the excellencies of great masters, must
tend to adwance the arts. (No. 24) is a grand
mountainous scene at Bonneville, Savoy, with the Mont
Blanc. It is a fine landscape, with a rich deep and
forcible colouring, and the remote and second dis-
tances are managed and finished with great excel-
lence and effect. Had the foreground been equally
finished, it would not only be a more perfed, but
be almost an unexceptionable picture. By attempt-
ing great force and depth, this master appears to
exhaust the power of his tones on the distance: of his
pidures, and the foregrounds are consequently left
unde,ailed and undefined, and deficient of corres-
ponding.force. WILSON and GA INSBOROUGII con-
trived to mass their objeds without sacrificing indi-
.viduality of charader, and the landscape-painter,
who hopes for perpetuity of fame, will do well to
take-a lesson from these great masters. Besides,
we must always resort to nature, as the unequivocal
criterion to judge by, from whose work we may
seed the beautiful, the piCturesque, or the sublime,
as most accordant with our own sentiments of
taste. But whichever of these may be the ob-
jet of our choice, we should adhere to its form:
and colour: in representing it on canvas. Mr.
TURNER generally attempts at the sublime, and
though he sometimes fails, yet his failure is like the
fabulous Phaeton's. Thus in his Holy Family (No. 156)
see &serve a bold and daring effort, though that el-
f r_ has been ineffectual. It has been justly remarked
by a man of great taste, that Mr. Tuna els has, in
this instance spoilt a fine landscape by very bad
figures. It is a deplorable fad that genius and judg-
ment do not always agree. When the former obtains
complete controul over the latter, she runs riot
amidst the regions of extravagance and wildness.
This is strikingly displayed in thepaintings of FUSEL!,
and in the crude produdions of some romanic
wri-
ters. The large pidure of Calais Pw, (No. 146)
by Mr. TURNER, combines many great excellencies,
and some defects. The former will be found in the
vessel which is moving 4, in the grouping, action,
and charaderof the numerous figures which are scat-
tered over the pier,and on the decks, and more particu-
larly the distance and righthand corner of the pidure,
where the colouring and management are most sin-
gularly fine and clear. But the Clouds are certainly
too material and opeke ' • they have ail the body and
consistence of terrestrial objects, more than the fleet-
ing vapours of unsubstantial air. This is sadly per-
verting the system of nature, which never makes her
atmospheric vapours of equal density with terrestrial
objects. In the drawing (No. 344) we observe the
same characteristic, and absolutely cannot discrimi-
nate between cloud and mountain in some part of
the distance. Independent of this, the drawing is
extraordinarily fine, grand, and rich ; it represents
St. Hughes denouncing vengeance on the Shepherd of Cor-
mayer, in the Valley of d'zioust.
he works of Mr. TURNER have attracted much
notoriety, and as they are the most prominent per-
formances of the present exhibition, we have been
more particular and copious on them than we
shall be with any others. We know, and can com-
prehend their merits, and have endeavoured to
ooiat out wherein they' consist, wad at the same time
have taken the liberty to notice a few parts, which
we th ni defective. This we were the more parti-
cularly influenced to do, from a knowledge that
many young artists slavishly imitate all his works
without knowing or considering the principle: which
lead to his excellencies. Because Sir Jositea and
WILSON preferred some particular colours, many
students think that by knowing how to prepare, or
to use them, is all that is necessary to be known.
Ita FFA EL Li.. obtained transcendent excellence with-
out the adventitious aid of brilliant colours. -

The extraordinary conduit and proceedings of
the Council as relating to Mr. WEST'S finely painted
pidure of Hagar and Ishmael, has called forth a
very universal and decided opposition from the
Academicians at large ; the greater part of whom
feel themselves insulted by the unwarrantable and
unprecedented condua of two or three of the Com-
mittee'; to exonerate themselves and vindicate their
worthy president, they have determined to inves-
tigate the subject ; and we expert and trust that the
truly guilty and innocent will be justly rewarded :
the first by full exposure to the public, and the
latter by complete justification ; for much nefarious,
clandestine, and illiberal conduct has been employed
by the picky few.
Professor OLivAsi us is returned from his literary
tour through Sweden, and has now in the press, at
Copenhagen, his " General Archives of the North,
comprehending England and Holland."
'We hear, from various parts of the country, that
the late severe weather (and particularly the squalls
of parching wind which occurred on the 19th and
20th ult.) have made dreadful havock iu the gat-
dens, and destroyed all the fa prospea of fru►t.—
In the neighbourhood of Carlisle, there was the
greatest show of blossom ever seen so early in the year.

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Ti,. rl.llowieg Shifts sVew airdt. ele into Lterrus-
sion on Friday,
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be 2apt. Mart% (lo's the Flag
Ville de Paris, tilt ft„., C
of Admiaid (:qn,„,,,114.)
Impetueux; 80 atlipicartith,
!II.!a, florae' s 6 Boyle;• at reontrouth•
Hods (bomb "easel) - Sykcs, at Wo.,ittiirlt.
Sulphur (ditto) - - CAA. M'Leod, at Vino.
Orders were sent by Priday night's post, which wai
detained as long as possible, to all the out-ports, to
expedite thc equipment of our ships as fast as pos-
sible.
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The 17th regiment of Dragoons, whiCh, on Tues-
day se'nnight, sailed from Liverpool for Dublin, 'On
board fifteen transports, on the Sunday following
encountered a very severe gale. The transports
were separated, and mostly damaged ; bat we are
rejoiced to hear that they are all safe.
Vaccination has been found in Turkey an antidote
to the plague ; some Persons who had been inocu-
lated with the cow-pock, have escaped info lion,
ial-
though ptirposely exposed to This progress. lac
been tried on dogs, but does not preserve them from
the disorders so peculiar to them.
The press on the River was hotter on Saturday
than it hat been for a long time:
Early in January, dispatches were received by
mit Government in India from the British Etdory,
at Canton, stating a very sanguinary conaill to have
taken place on the banks of the river Kiam, betwe'en
a numerous body of the rebels and a corps of 5000
of the Emperor'S troops. At the commencetnert
of the at ion, the Imperialists were broken and
thrown into disorder; the Leader of the Insurgenta
was, however, killed at the moment, arid they Aire
not only prevented profiting by their success, but
falling into confusion, the Royal troops rallied, and
obtained a signal victory. Toe rebels, lost upwards
of :;000 killed, and the remainder escaped, under
favour of the night, to a post ten miles front the
Scene of lion;
Sinwithstanding this, and some similar Successes,
the Who:e empire was involved in the utmost alarm ;
and a letter from one of the Company's Supercar-
goes at Canton, states, that the progress of the re-
bels in that vicinage was such, .that the Europeans
as well as natives; were placing themselves in a state
of defence.
Every kind of exertion is used for tte cletedion
of the Forgery and Fraud committed on Thurdzy
morning upon the Lord Mayor. We state the fol-
lowing particulars from thebest information.
On Wednesday night a person took a post-chaise
in the City, and drove to Dartford. Hit then went
to all the Inns, making inquiry if Schaw the
Messenger had passed through. Upon learning
that he had not, he took a chais,.t for Rochester.
Two miles on this side of that place, he met the
mail-coach, and, stopping it, inquired if Mr.
Schaaf the Messenger was inside. He was an-
swered in the negative, but told that a Foreign
Messenger was in the coach. It drove on and he
turned his chaise and followed it to Dartford. The
person here entered into conversation with this Mes.
senger,. a Neapolitan one, and told him that he
would get much sooner to town by accompanying
him in his chaise, than in the mail-coach, The
Messenger, suspeding nothing, acced his offer,
and they came to town nether. They drove to
Lord ilawa ES SU R Y'S Office in Downing-street,
where the Messenger left his dispatch, and they pro•
ceeded on to the White-horse Cellar, in- Piccadilly,
where they breakfasted, Between seven and eight
o'clock, the person asked the Messenger, who, from
having been bete' very often; was perfedly,well ac-
quainted with the town, to leave a letter at the Man-
sion-house. This he agreed to do, and the letter
which the LOAD MA yo a'received was given to hire.
He took it to the. Mansion-house,- and left it with
a servant, and did not afterwards see the person who
had committed it to his care. As this man was
seen by so many people, his person can be readily
identified ; and as a description of it will probably
be published, we entertain a sanguine hope that
some discovery will be made of the persons con-
cerned in so attrocious an attempt to plunder the
Public.

On Saturday and yesterday the impress-service
was nio-4 actively attended to above and below
Bridge on the River. Four strong press-gangs, in
cutters, proceeded to Scotland-yard, where they
left their boats, and went.with a design to take the
coal-porters and different labourers employed at
that place ; those of the latter description immedi-
ately formed themselves into a body, anll made a
stout resistance; they attacked the gang by throw-
ing coals, lime-stones, and Whatever came to hand,
and succeeded in forcing their unwelcome visitors to
retire. One of the party was, however, imprssed,
and conveyed with difficulty to the boat ; he there
continued fighting with those on board, and, after a
long contest, threw the Officer into the water, and
effected his escape by swimming to his companions,
who came over the coal-barges to alTord him assist-
ance. The gangs then rowed away without having
procured a mail. Orders were given to press from all
protedions, and the tear of being taken prevailed so
strongly among the watermen, that mans of them,
on seeing the
.gangs approach, quitted their wher-
ries with passengers at different puns of rate River,
and ran over the barges to the shore.
On Tuesday last a Coroner's Inquest was held on
the body of a labouring man, who unfortunately fell
from the loft of a merchant's warehouse in Creed-
lane, by which he was killed on the spot, Verdi&
Accidental Death Mr.,13--, the master 'of the de-
ceased, humanely raised a subscription for the relief
of the family of the deceased..
On Saturday a numerous Press-gang landed on
the Leith and Berwick Wharfs, and attempted to
carry off several seamen belonging to the fishing
smacks; they consisted of near 100 men, collected
from the different ships in the River. On their ap.
proach, the men who were the objets of surprize,
prepared to make resistance, they joined together,
in all about 50 men, and assailed their visitors with
bludgeons, the gang was armed with cutlasses and
pistols, they used the former in the affray, but did
not tire, the seamen fought with much resolution,
and compelled the gang to retire without impress.
ing any but a few apprentices. On the first attack,
the gangs found they could not succeed in taking
the men, without additional force, therefore p-o•
cured seteral soldiers from the Tower, with Ns/ mu
they returned to the wharf, but were again re-
pillsed. Several seamen were severely wounded,
but none mortally ; one man had a cutlass thrust
into his eye, and several were dreadfully cut across
the face, &c. The' apprentices quietly suffered
themselves to be taken to the Tender, well knowing'
they would be liberated. This upon thewhole was
a most alarming fracas, but happily no lives were

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