The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-11 00:00:00

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the bird: ground, in the set of Besting his pipe, appears
.saloon not t• lute a weis 4of the subject in agitatism. Next
to this but nientiliord figure, and directly in the centre of the
picture, *tautly erect the fie(, e of an old soldier, with the left
timid resting tic his hip, while in the richt he brandieltem
aloft Isis walking•st irk, et ilifillC plainly, by his manner, that
he-is then iu the art of illaatrati g the Good News by a reel-
pitulatimi of former scree,' in which he lend taken an active
suer, eili;se in the service of his country; we understand
. that tlos figure is the emit% likeness of au old soldier ehs
served eit.l;lT el, meal {Volk: its America. Next to thin old
martial hero is thr highest finished figures in the piece.
and the precise delineation of a son of Crispin be is poor-
frayed !tilting negligently upon the table, one leg dangling en-
der it, while the (Aker foal reads Upon a chair, the toes of the
game turned rather. newer& to skew a listlessness of manner,
Kul a total contempt fur the refinements of dancing. His
es...nitro ance, a high is averted ft? the newspaper, is beyond
every thing natural, as a pewit:sit expiessiun is the ey ea is
ohm 'Table thruugh the spectacles, %bleb is equally apparent
thrtingtiou• every feature of the face,shewing tits coiner** die.
ad. isfartimi at tieing interrupted by theism, bawling of
to his right,whe is just explaiuing the Good Nrav to a deaf
penning at the same time with his left thumbs at the Colder,
by way et adding tome energy to hi. esphotatuat, while the
deaf listener with his left b.u.d clapped b, hied his ear, is ie-
reiviiig the inforiuntion with all that apathy and inatteution
to surronilding objects, *hick is kJ observable iu all tiersons
trictrac hard of hem Thr::c two figures, for accuracy id
evict-salon, high finishing, and brolly of colouring, hove very
rarely (writ equalled, and we a ill venture to utliren te::er ear-
ptavrtl. In the fore ground of the picture, is a boy a ills his
heck tosards the spectator, and his lia,he behindhiw, whose
attitude is PO admirably •tioinsgrel, that oureithstandir.g the
buck of the head is alone visible, yet no one can possibly
mis-
take the tutention of the Artist, who hair infused thr.oighout
his whole design nu mock of tiatdre, that you perceive .it once
the liaising auentiou of the lad, to the eoneetsalisu linen go.
i,,g fornaol, mid can akmolutely poortray his altered phy biog.
many to your CriatiVe imagination. Twu 'logs sere also in-
troduced, and very well palmed, while the suneek.jack, cup-
board, plates, aid in short, all the etcetera of a public-house
kitchen, are nut only exertited with precision, but as.disptnied
as to convince tit, spectator, that leery article •as studied
from Notetre.-111.1, regard to the 'tumid effect of Alt. Bird's
performance, it has been stated, that the picture!_ poetesses
too ooze, beatair. anti is rather spotty: with respect to the first
remark, ,It certeitily eanuot be eletrimental ; and as to
the t atter, kt its for a m tent consult the red effect of such
a group placed in the ',more Litchea of. aconutry put-Louse,
mid I believe it well then appear that Hie culunriug in not
Ivry aepreliea,tibir oil that trona, an.t.cv,at P. 14 1111jert4NI of
that maitre, -the hand of net will gelid to rectify, which al
ways :mellows the to of new colouring; it is
also neccesmy to observe, that as no erintlow appetite, sod
thruitghout the picture it must be suppeired to be placed in
AU Asiule of die chamber la hele the ObbertCr of the painting
stand,, he which caw a strung light comiequeutly darts mum
the whole group wthirli would produce as effect equally
strong with that which is repreeelteri. With respect is
colowirg, Mr. Bird, without bring a copyist, certaiuly ap-
proximates to the lendwit• excellence of Mi. • Wilkie, and
in some instances sirs with, bum in this particular : his
design is very correct throughout, the diseriusinatiou of
character itibnitably goal, arid. the finishing In•inany pert%
1.10111 .to any. filing we ever remember to have seen, either
from the pencil of the ancients or the Modems, with tine
peculiar difference, that the'Llutett tont Flemish bums are nut
east in* British mould, whereat' the figures of Mr. Bird are
exact delineations, nail contain the very noel and essence of
our nariunal chararter.

eery promising genius is.upwards of thirty—quite
• rtra in huu mauvers--asid possesses that dthidenee, on
uenie of his attainments, the certain httentlaiit of real
teGatr-wilicb WO eV+ hail with infiude pleasnr,: in the pic-
ture of Gowi A'ear ; and will therefore concaide,!,aineerely
wishing Pala-aril Blvd all' that bisects. and
.ihtsre Cued
Nem+. to theantaiument of such qi.rliorg reconopenee as +merit.
ao coming:idly convieemis drluau.la at the hand of a anal,
ditriiiiinating, and a Mend peddle. ''

C.IOII4IES- PO E

111LTWILIN
11l JOAN 210f)RE AND MR. FRERE.

(Cautioned from a former Paper )

I take the liberty to state these particirlars to
you.sr, perhairs. by.tuertn. of the Junta, remedies
tni.arlit be applied.
rshalithaiik f 011.0 t to mention any direction in
which Iducan to more. but to say. in general, that
the British army will act hi conjunction with dm
army of La Romans.