The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-07-02 00:00:00

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On •SRtjlr.4 Tr*?ARK *O. 41ew serious, opera. of
lure( rag As skis, theatre, we lament to
biy, to en aediiiiieewhiels-sfforded a most chilling
*curet of tht deiref enConragement which this
ilitiectes Ofseitispositibit,gliltely to meet at the hands
F. the Pubrtc, :Barra, pit, sad galleries,
ire alit" bO-thinly peopled, and althounh soave
3ef the weSelltatiwn airs of MOZART and Rossi*,
idld not Ail iii eall.fortheunsiderahle *polka*, y
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.the leagnage and *afoul();
the ae;ace,ay marring theeepressina, 'widest
ad much from , the delight they in general
. Miss Wizaow was in excellent ether, and
acted with her accustomed grace and impressiin
dignity. wiltikuxit *ti also in One order, and gave
the uittietitre,elfgeg to his pin. Mr. MAW
RNIPiIIed.4,IIRAAIr .to admiration; Miss Canes.
gave. aagsfietory evidence of application mid im-
provement ; hut Madame l'arritis was the Charm
of the • evening. In the tinge, ti j isk 'no mote
140 Oat heft sigh" (Itiflitae, , air, I'
pincer"), she we. raptmoimirmad meritedlr mesiii;
the 'only inseam/ in *Web lbst• boamir was CAM-
feted throughout aft' piece. ,The Falls a) tilde
was the ahifigeice *hide' Jonarron sip.
neared for toys Ant time ia4Protaid shave 14 severs
occident, ink' jive great seetight• by his Ifinnorous
yet faithful delineation of • the character. The
homely, natural feeling of farmer .4ailfeld,
admirably potutrayed by. Ke tame. and Miss
Sorenson imparted 'the fullest affect to the deep
and touching Interest of Ellen.
ituntosu orsza-uouss.
Saturday night the comic entertainment, entitled
The Bee Hive, was presented at thin interesting
therire, which introduced that old -fairenrite of the
public. Or. HAILE*, in the part of Mingle. His
himcirous representation of the bustling innkeeper
kept the andieuce in constant laughter. Miss
•KELLT played Cicely with great archness and viols.
city. Belles withota Beaux, and the Vampire, fol-
lowed. In the latter Mr. I'. I'. COOKE sustained
the character of the demoniacal itaitievess with his
usual excellence.

FINE ARTS.
MONUMENT OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE,
By Mr. Wiwi?, 19, Henrietta-street, Cavendisi-square.

This, very how/dont patio*el work, we are happy to .ay.
is in estate of forwardness, se creditable to the assiduity of
the seislistor as it is certairi (after the cabal which has been
fomented ore the subject) to surprise mod gratify the public,
and the sialbecribers in particular. How there cams to be
Any imputation of negligee., is a oneetion the solving of
which would disgrace the propagators rather Shea the ob-
jects of the remour. Of the Waterloo Meamiseits, which
lours bees ordered these six years, the public have sees
but two 1111011611111011. Nelson's IlibOnswiest ass foamea years
from lie time of ordering to that of erecting M. MV.
Wo•wr has four Aid figures heisted, for deist( whish.* hes
.sly bed the dear roe of the last nine useatha.
meal amid eserei.eikase him from every hist of bisese, ea
it saver us Om alhmmieealsis trait of *awing farther Whey
disairembleartAiltereation as tint to which we have. Iller -
sake of dein jantioe to his mil end teleste. lbw
Time Mal work for And es he asemtde thediell=l
be will hear less Dribs cesseesioss tempist billietth at
wisp he ha.. The desire Maim...we
lees she public ; it is a difficult matter he criticise dedeldwil
is say case, as there is no divisive of art which admits of
such feasible variety of opiaion. Though very mach in-
died le praise it, therefore, we shall emir., AM the pub.
lie at large will bestow upeo it high apprehalies. Onet
character it has (that of beldam.) which ivade he en sash
cases either to ekvste or depress the fame of the amereter
in a considerable. degree. The attempt to reinvest the
dead body, and the. spirit whichfa rectally dwelt is it, by
the same form and materials* sad terrain to the play of
the chisel for realising the difference, was AS eutapeins
which it is difilicelt duly to appreeiste. But It is in ...-
lion that the triumph of art is to be established, sad sot in
the aptitudes chosen for it is the subject. Mr. WYATT
must have wrought under this impression. The responsi-
bility of his task pressed upwards his isnagiaatioa, and be
has succeeded in the spiritual aid corporeal identities of the
manse being. The boat lies-ice mortal retie, eaveleped in
• sepulchral sheet. The repose, though perfect, appears
a recent effect—as the left lower extremity is draw• cep
acutely under the right, which seems that initial to
have relaxed from rigid teneion. The upper side of
the waist has seek with deadly gravity between the hip •
mid ebewhierr while the right arm, mewl, bereft of vital
friction, depends over the bed of marble. The windiag-
sheet wraps the face with such strictness that the features are
discernible, and the spectator is led to expect that he will
see the litse breath escape. The mere article of death admits
of so higher illustration. The figure mingles the truth of
Grecia• with the elevation of religious desigoing. The
other figure represents the *seta.oa of the pmt Inns the
earthly maa.iun beenth it. The face is heavenward. The
/gave robes are noloosening as the sew being rites to the
beatific regions which she sees. to have is view. There is
some exquisite chiselling in this figure. Notwithstaading
the full donersions imparted to it, and the reluctant nature
of the material to comply with sack . a purpose, it bias per-
feet aerial buoyancy. If it is open to any charge it is that of
having toe much bulk is its proportions, or (to speak with
more fairness to the intention of the Attlee) of resembliag
too closely the symmetry of the figure before described. The
effect is einaplete, and iron otter respects fully accomplishes
the desire. The two other figures are prose sad over-
whelmed with grief is front of and just below the mortal
figure. Their emotions have thrown them into unconefert.
able and graceless attitudes, which set off the repose of the
object which they are Lamenting. The (Negation of the
back, the drOopieg of the head, and the uneasy positron of
the hips, serve to impart a touch of their imaginary sorrows
to the mind, and lay it under that agreeable state of silk-
tion which is necessary to the right estimation of a solema
and melancholy subject. We shall say little in praise of Mr.
WYATT s perfection iu anatomical research and display, as
his fame is in that respect wet to he benefited by tanteloey.
He has bee. long known fur his great cy in deli.
ucation, and specimens ape to be seen in his rooms, both in
sculpture and painting, which prove how strictly he has
studied and how rigorously adhered to nature's precepts.
We have only further to add, that the work is to remain
open to the inspection of subseriliers during the next fort-
night, aid those of them whose triads may have been irri-
tated by any thing which has transpired with respect to this
monument, may go and satisfy themselves, like St. THOMAS,
with seeing, touching, sod believing. We understand that
the site choice fur it is one of the dispels of St. Pant's,
where it will he folly open to the public view. Mr. WYATT
may, perhaps, have to wait till it is erected before all the
clatterer of hostility reused arrest him will cease--but no
longer.

lo the list of the Majority against Mr. Huus's
motion on Wednesday night, the name of Sir
MILES NIGIITINGAI.L was omitted by mistake.
Sir THPUSS LAVIE. 1i.C.8. late Governor of
the Royal.:Naval As) loin at
.Greenwich, is ap-
Prnrited ter {int ifisidsor Castle. 74. guard-ship at
Plymouth. vice C•U ['FIELD. deceased. The Royal
Naval Asylum has been iucorporuted with the
establishment of Greenwich Hospital, and the
school department placed under the superintend-
ence of Cuptaia Gs° zaa M'XIS LIT.