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pencil is simplii it..., retiring into a cold chastity of tint, and a
limier mistiness of effect. One of his best pictures, if it were
hung against tae crimson* %s all of the British Institution, would
melt aw ay into air. It is cruel, therefore, to place this excel-
lent pnifflitig- by :lie side of those which require not such a 3arri-
fire. What jeweller would he so lavish of the beauty ef an
wort h rst as to set it in opposition to the glowing fires of a ruby ?
In all the present pictures of Mr. Callcott, we find the distance
enveloped with a sil.ery mist : this gives much more vivacity
in his fore-ground objects, and is itself a pleasing example of
the delicate oAscure so much resorted to, in more open subjects,
by Ct.Aunr. DI 1.0 RAIN E. It differs materially from that in-
distinct cloudiness with which some of the greatest masters have
invested their distant mountais, and thereby produced a bold
undetermined sublimity congenial to the majestic character of
their subjects: the mistiness, of which we now speak, is the
intervention of intense light between the eve and the depicted
object. Without warmth of tint, all the effect of the warmest
tints i:•produced on the fore-ground objects, by the clearness
W !tit Whirl) they present them-elves. The bright browns and
serfs of Pousst N would rather overw helm than increase
the brilliancies of this sty le of colouring ;and the:cline instead of
blaming thii artist, wit h many of our votemporary critics, for hi;
pertinacious ad het once to the enldness of his gregs and his .:freUnN,
we congratulate him on having discovered the art of be.:tait
warmth on the col Jost hay aml of display iag the most animat-
ing lustre w ithoui t resiia,sirg beyond those modest boundaries of
tint. tv hich uatiireseldnin exceeds. To us, the crimson hills, the
red trees, the saiVron sk ant: t he ornege fore-grounds of s.one of
the w ould be-Iniltators or 1;:e or DE I.•s I! ill I. it isoellf: are
4lrealfullv :are bold enough to aver, in spite of
the prevalence of the cozirary critical opinion, that there is as
linnet jl::lginent, as much; correctness I.f taste, in the colouring of
CA I.I.CoTT as in that of I),: Lou raEn no u rtes. They are both
masters of to o distinet sehools.and each deserves our ttOYairat inn.
Yet rte are willing- to aihw, that the latter approachos nearer
to the perfection belonging to his peculiar style, than the farmer.
Anal in strength of conception, igour of pencilling, and unity
of subject, DE Lotrin nit is far superior to any land-
scape painter of the tiny. His picture of a Watersporit in the
Mountains of Strii:erfane! (No. S 7) is one of the finest Fpecimook
of the post ens of genius : it unites grandeur it pathos. The
subject is itself both no% el and tsu bli ale ; but even that sublimity is
increased by the a rti-t's wive tion of images front those tt it:: hick
the contemplation ofsuc'a ti scene must have crov, clod his iiNagi-
nation : the broml-light that breaks through ilits c:owis ; the
heavy gioem of the t I alas !I.enimlvcs, and the fearful mist
created b', the v.:ill-r•00ot amid the toonat.tins, are all bolitly
imagined. The ;,,ol the de‘;!tation oc..a.ioncd by it, tills
the foreground w ith ttifecting in ail the l'eaturcs of ex-
quisite distress. A tt oaein am: her hosha:nl vatted by the tor-
rent, yet in sight of each other's certain detraction, claim
pirticular attentioe.
BATE's View on the Thames, near (No. 35.) is 3
landscape in w hich richness of.tooe and judicious management of
broad shade, and a long sameness of no IL!: t 4,!..• non! nricL•
compensate for the poverty of composition. tre....a taste, by a
happy selection and combination of 1:;;i:: sl;;:ilots , lit.staws
beau! v on a scene so deficient in cvccy i'ccn on, %%e etin-
gratu!ate the Art on its potters, but tt talc A::N a better
choice of subject.

Ocean Scenery does not certainly Kill tr:der the ilesignatim of
I,nettl -cape, but it parti.linoez. so uthch ot. the general character
of this department of the Art. That tee shall not hei late to nn..n..
(ion Tuft tv La's Spithead Boat's Crew, I.i:co.:es:A,: ..1,4e1!0r.
The general effect of this piece is cicarnrsi anti Oril.ianc. The
distant objects in tttis dearness are strong!y marked, but the
warmth and animation of every appearance the front of the
picture, require no contrast of obscurity. It is the talent or
Mr. Turner to represent the real •coantenance of a scene more
correctly than any dither artist. Nn artificial shad-arc, no unna-
tural strength of light, no violent balance of tints, no dazzling
discord of attractist colour, forces a precarious efiect, and en-
deavours to catch the eye of the beholder ; yet his pictures al-
ways fascinate. Their richness of tone is so manifestly bor-
rowed from nature herself, it is so undeniably her own vivid
smile, that we catch the delightful sentimeut and forget to criti-
cise. Indeed it WA mid Rot be easy for the strictest critic to point
out in a regular technical manner the reason that Mr. Turner's
excellence is ache* wledged. Correctness is the characteristic of
bis pencil, and be pleases universally because that correctness is

• It Is scnecety credible, yet it is fact, that the tasteful con-
Jaclyn of thew ifittr-rooms !save bungthura wilt, a bright red 21

JUNE 11.

directed by taste and animated by genius. in the piece before.
us, there is not a touch which the coldest copier of viers might
not carefully admit, while every touch is accompanied- sl forci-
bly by that masterly freedom, Which none but thy most favoured
votaries of geniuk dare assume, that Mr. Turner may bid defi-
ance to imitators. Imitatorsalways stick the msel ves to the tail
of a mannerist : forced effect at once excites their false emula-
tion and directs their skill ; but where an Artist like Nir. T. of-
fers them nothing but Nature, they decline being of his

1, .4 117 II I: PO R7'S.

N.

BISHOP OF LONDON'S COURT, DOCTOWE,CONIAIONS,

JUNI; 6.
HA Si. Aid (falsel3 calledMAy) v.m Y.

This was a proceeding or eatte of nullity of mart inge brought
by the father of the wife againg the hu-band by rca-on of mi-
nority.-1t appeared that the mat i iage between the parties
took place w ithout the consent or even the knowledge of the
lady's father. 'i'l►»se facts being fully e.lahli,hc•d by the ori-
titwe, produced in the cause, the (our! (Sir W. Scott) wag
clearly of opinion that the party %%AS entitled to the remedy
praved,and accordingly pronounced the marriage to be null and
void.

COURT OF KING'F-BENCII, Fitia.tv, JUNE 2.
EARNET V. JACOB.

This was an action brott;:ht by the plaintiiiagninst the defer,
dant, to r: cover ilarna2es for the re:lnet ion of his daughter.
Mr. Sei: mat Shepherd stated the rase to the Jury. Both parties,
ho are of th,..! Jewish relizino, were related to each other by
marriage. The tlef,laint had heel: the apprentice of the plain,
till', and by his intimacy in the fou.ily, obtained the confidence
of leis master, who treated him in every respect as a son. Miss
Ulf aep the phintia-s daughters a ,orttig girl aged only fourteen,
engaged the attention of !he defendant. who proposed to marry
her, but at the snex time paid hi.; addresses unknow u to the
plaintiff. These' attentions at length terminated in the complete
dishonour of the 3 oung lady. At this time the defendant's ap-
prewieeship expire.t, and he quitted the plaintiff's house for II:et
parpoe of setting tip in bosincs:, for himself. The young lady's
imfortenate connection sit% her seducer was still carried or.,
anti; the pal p.lble consequences of the illicit amour proclaimed
her dishonour to the family. Iler family, of course, attributed
Cie !del:melody affair to the defi-ndunt, who. it then appeared,
had heer. tune time married to another. All hopes of a matri-
monial reparation of the injury being thus removed, the father
was content to avail him,elf of tiie compensation the law afford..
ed him in recovering damages.
Miss Barnett being called to sustain this statement, %vas exa-
mined at coiniderable length by Mr. Serjeant Vaughan, and
eros4-examined by Mr. SeKjeant Best. In her evidence, how-
ever, she evinced sistnuch inconsistency and unblushing prevari-
cation, as called for the strong animadversion of the Learned
Jude in adverting to evidence. instead of her being seduced
by the gentle arts of love, it appeared from her testimony that
the der2tidant had been guilty of sneb outrageous violence, as,
had he been tried at the Old Bailey, unist have materially afPcted
iris

)Ir. ScrieaLt Best add re‘sed the Jury on the part of the defend-
ant ; hut as he did not call any witnesAes, he contented himself
with corunleta tog on the testimony of Cie Noting lady, whose evi-
dence he maintained was not entitled to the slightest credit.
Sir James Nlansfi.ld having summed up the evidence, the Jury
returned their verdict for the plaintiff, damages I:1. and costs.

'TUE GOVERNORS AND GUARDIANS OF TUE
FOUNDLING HOSPITAL.

In the Strictures which appeared in the NATIONAL RtilGiftg•
TER some time since on the oundling Hospital, signed ON Est-
m us, avil which gave such serious offence to those indivittuals who
compose that Society, as to occasion them to file a criminal infor-
mation against the Proprietors of this Paper, we have to ehew,
that at the time the alledged libel was written, we belieyed the
facts stated to be true, and that our statement of them, therefore,
could not proceed from any malice against the Charity at large.
We are now satisfied that what was then alledged against
the Gentlemen composing that Society, believing it at the time
to be true, is NOT so; and we are desirous thus publicly to ex-
press our sorrow that we should have unfortunately been led by
erroneous information to make observations mot founded its fast.