The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-06-13 00:00:00

BRITISH livsTlTUrt,i.V, PALL•MALL.

Various circumstanc % hAvc hitherto prevented
Vs from calling the attentiou of the pubic to this
elegAnt and useful estaidishinent ; and before we
roaced noti..e its suci-essfol progress. and the
important asivAntagts which our na ;ye artists have
already rsceived from its didii,6ed co uronage, w^
shall scam it: origin and objeds. The importance
of the Arry, whether considered in an indsvidu
or oatiottal pr-mt of view, is welt known; and in
order tr %ire encoaragem •nt to liritish Artists,
an &a. • .y was f .ortded very early in the preselt
• t 1.. h the King gay • his royal siinai
and p•• age This sid muc'i ; hot something
more •ill wa tong, especially in the higher .tc•
p atm- • if gain .ng. fo accomplish thi several
N' hiersosi And Gentlemen, of kilown tastr and
neid public meeting, and. with the saneat,,,n
et Hit 4,lij.esty, who is now the Patron, formed
an Institutton fa, the p.frpose of promoting the
Fir Area it t4e Unita Kingdom. And, in order to
give puldlsity to the r plan, a very able Prospeftus
was drams up, from which we shall conclude the
t resent article, by inserting the following extra&
from it :

" Convinced that the pre eminence which the
imitative Arts at-ained in certain distinguished pe
nods of eu.cient Greece and modern Italy. Was pro-
duced, not by fortuitans circumstances, but by great
and splendid patronage, and persuaded that our
own countrymen are capable of the same excel-
lence in the Arts, as they have attained in every
I, _lei. of _same' and literature, we solicit ciat they
n.ay be encouraged to consider those excellent and
immortal examples of the Grecian and Italian
schools, as tie (Mien, not merely of imitation, but
of riropetition. fn a ormnrry where native ener-
gy n u.n.t tomndseu, wi alt that professional taste
a.:d talent, and national Patronage, be no longer
confined to inferinr ob,ieek, .; but that our artists
may be encouraged to duet their attention to higher
and nobler attainments ; to paint the mind and
pA31;0115 of man, to it ;enure his sympathies and
and to illustrate the great events which
Lave been recordeJ in toe hissory of the sem Id.
" The Fine Arts are et. :bled to respell and re-
wsrJ, not simply on aceoun, of t;iss i and
i, ielleEletl gratiheatinn winch they afford, not
nettely because they cultivete and civiuse the hu-
niqn mind; in a country like our own, the; essen-
tially and* abundantly contribute its tae national
Prosperity and resew e" . It aus,t L. obvions, that
the present dottr'slang state of our MallUiaallfeS
and export trade, k greatly owing to the progress of
the leMe Arts under i lit Maksty's judicious patron-
age; and that in n e :ware, cotton, and porcelain,
and in eve ,other article to ethics, :be industry and
attenriort oT the B rash art:san has base applied,
soperioi beauty of f e-rn, and refined e,tgance of or-
eament, have contributed to or•lke onr manufec-
tures coveted throughout -he world, and to intro-
duce them into e. ry coe,ttrv, in despite of political
warfare, and g prolibition.
" This pre-erninence, hievev -r, Cant' .t be retain-
ed, but by the at:. esetivatton oft& klis Arts.—
From those original ~,11 e taste of the cows-
try must be chetished .11 i renewed ; as as at the
same time to produce inexlcet, •J v.aiety, and to
preserve classical beauty and chair; y of design.
And it is, in this re. p warclsy et ebservatinn,
that if we do not adv.,"-::e, We most recede ; nud
that when we cease to • wove, we shad begin to
degenerete. These con. aerations are of increased
i...lhatatice at the
.pre,era moment,. when it ap-
pears to be the reled of other power;, to form
gre.t establishments for Painting and Seenture,
arid to extend, by the arts of peace, the itiffuenee
which they have acquired in war. We feel, how.
ever, no apprehension, but that the spirit of the
B.hish 4rtist will he awakened and invigorated,
whenever a free and fair scope ah oil be given to
his talents g whenever he shall be stimulated by the
*Wine patronage, as that which raised anti rewarded
Cie Italian and Grecian mailers ; a patronag-,
without whir*, it we refer to historical evid-nce.
we shall find, that no sigh excellence in art ever been obtisined, in any age, or in any country."

In cot, Dente of the lanienied death of Mr.
Cutctuuois. a run has hem made opcn the Rosa
Bank, in wbich he WAS a partner. This attempt,
he understand. was fneeteen, and precairtirlf were
fallen to defrat it. flx Wearrferd Mirror nta ins a liit of Arrnticruen. with Si, Jon Nawrcooar, the
High Sheriff of Wexford, Rc. at its head. who
h 4" 0.18, fnrward to support the Bank. The list
whlrmted to 186 tignatures mt the Bth instant.
ilia Maims' has persented a superb service of
Sacramental Plata. and Candelabra, of the most
curious workmanship, hr th- attar of the great
cburei at Queb,e, whi.•ll th B;s; ',P of that Pre`.
tin:, is to take r.ver with t lis MAJISIT's
*rhos are richly fett,,,is4.-J •11 .dr, and the
whole eviler it cur. u.ly aria • mahngany
g*e. With a Breen sill cutiain t • -is,. I.•tfore