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FINE ARTS.

•GRARb SERIES OF MEDALS.

When a private individual is engaged on hi's tiePs
reeposisibility, in a work so expensive, useful, laid
il" that it would be an undertaking worthy
ofthe uatirmKl administratioo, it becomes a plea-
sure, and we may add a duty, in every one who
can promote its success. There is a outlet and
• public-spirited feeling excited by giving a help-
lug hand on Cu important au occasion. For these
reasons we take advantage of the progressive stages
in the publication of Mr. NluniE's Grand Series
, of Medals, to solicit -for it the praises and patro-
-1 siege of the public. Though war is a theme at
•
which reason shakes the head and humanity shod-
' ders, II gh the majority of wars, including the
last, have been waged fur the selfish purposes of
the governments of the conteuding parties, and not
far the good of the governed, yet a very extraor-
dinary portion of talent, of active virtue, privation,
of prin. of industry, of 'Leff-denial, of courage,
was called forth iii our countrymen during the
eventful campaign of the Let war, and as throw
campaigns constitute part of our national history,
and these medallic commemorations of them are
beautiful productions of the Numismatic Art, and
constitute a work altogether novel and valuably, ae
repeat our sincere and earnest recommendation of
it. We hail its advance to two-thirds towards its
completion, having readied to thirty oat of the
forty of' which it will consist. France and Italy
have hitherto borne away the ,paliii or supe-
riority in this Art, at least since the time of our
Smote. But why should this boast still remain
with foreigners, since it is evident it is occasioned
nut by any inherent deficiency of native talent, but
by deficiency of native encouragement ? On a large
scale, in Busts for instance, Mr. WEnn widths ns
successful a tool whims as any in Europe; and
the able Reverse of St. Sebastian iis this series,
evinces an improvement so greet in a very yaw;
Artist, Mr. Mutt, that were the Medallic pa-
tronage iii ally degree proportioned to his
we feel confident that Ire would very soup equal the
exactness mid elegant finishing of BRUNET. and
the admirable drawing and outside execution of
DF.PAU LIS. IN bust of Sir S. Smith, his het
work, is au improved and no distant approach to fir.
reigo excellence. We mention these present ex.
amides as sufficient, without the necessity of rern'.
nog to the metnurahle one of the Englishman, Si-
mon, who lies, perhaps, been squalled by nu
modern Eugraser of Medals since the time
in which lie flourished, that of CROMWELL and
CHARLES the Second. That selfish, 'rostra!,
and arbitrary Moisarch, neglected him for the very
inferior services of two Flemish Artists, named
BOETTIERIL, Our Princes ever since that time.
with Ilse exception of Queen ANN., have given
this delightful Art scarcely a thought; and even
his present MAJESTY, distinguished as lie has been
for his countenance of the other Arm, never paid a
visit to the publi•• Mint. In France, on the con-
trary, attention to the Nlint is interwoven, end has
fur malty years past been interwoven in the very
bowies* of the State, and it is often humored with
the inspecting presence of the Monarch.
NAPOLEON, whose attachment to the Fine Arts
showed itself in r patronage worthy of their beauty,
their intellectual and co 11111 l erciol impintance, who
raised their professors to the Peerage, and who was
not outdone by the MEOW, themselves in his devot-
edness to them, paid due respect and furnished em.
ploy mesa to the professors of this noble class of en-
graving, frequeistly visited the Mint, mid had his
example followed by the greeter part of the Princes
of Europe who ensiled Paris, as appears by sonic of
the Reverses in the celebrated NAPOLEOX Series.
li England, then, where there has been no approach
even to such etscouragement, but while every oilier
branch of engraving lies beets highly promoted, this
has been confined to an occasional publication of a
Bust, or some indifferently executed Reverse, it is
110 wonder that the capabilities of our Medallist*
hove been but partially brought out—capabilities
which, as in every other species of superior excel-
lence, require a considerable portion of ;promotive
agency duly to develope. Let us then, ye gene-
rous and enlightened Patrosis of British Art, ye
STAFFORD'', and Mimi's, and LucAsEa, aid
LiticEsTEas, let us give our respective aid towards
the furtherance of our native powers Milne exqui-
site Art ; let us second, with our best endeavours,
the laudable efforts of our owe countryman. Mr.
MUD'S, who has done so much in the veistrous
publication of this noble Series, the first and only
one of its kind in Euglaisa, to establish a taste for is
species of Art, which, in portablentris and durabi-
lity (for it " exults its voice to ages"), has proper-
ties peculiar to itself; and which, in delicacy of
execution, vigour and. elegance of deaigii, poetical
and elessioil allusion, histosical record, and ex-
pression of passion and thought, as resulting from
attitude, action, and general composition, holds a
close relationship with the other admired Arts of
Poetry and Design. Medal Eirgr*sing, as includ-
ed in Sculpture, is one of the charming family of
the Muses. The family resemblance is strong and
beautiful, both in the linear and the iiitellectual
features. Her charms, like Pointing, are seen in
her display of the symmetry and truth uP exterior
nature, and, like Poetry and Painting, she gives

" the high expression of the mind.
Life's•boly dame and piercing seiist,"
and attracts by various imagery with which fancy
drevsev the otherwise naked•and unadorned thought.
Since our last notice of this work, the following
medals have been added :

1. Admiral Sir Sidney Smirk 30t1 Obverse 4ty
Mr. Miu.s, in which most of the purls are an im-
provement upon his former heads, by being cat
with more decision, especi.illy ii the hair and tar.
A free hand, an outline and tit nog up delicate yet
decisive, a naturalist's truth to the suds kiog of the
muscles. 'onto, mid skins of animal., Imolai) [nib
reN•Cilli for •BIENIOr'S high celebrity, and keep the
li'vrerse of this Alrdal long tutor in our bawl for
iuspretiou ; it exhibits a •cainrl, the t) pe of Syria ;
• Imo, of 17.1441416,1 ; and a sager, Frai.ce. The
boo is sitting brfurr a Mandl-14 Calla.' in the ',mouse
of protsi t tin ; the tiger is skiiikitig away with a
'limit of sulky ilisiippoiiiimei.t, it benig prevented
✓eizitig the CAltiti. Ott the I..eergne
Acre fiffrailed, Bonaparte replotted. Syria sure&

e. Ou me- 'text Obverse. nue. Howl."'
a 41tIoneled %um of Erighord tablets of

laws; behind ik s fignre Of Neptune. Below is the
inscription, England Ores a Constitutinn to--
winch is intended to be read in continuation with
the following inscription on the Ezergne of the.
Reverse—The lonian lilands.—On thus Revers,
are seen seven beautiful women dancing round
British Standard. The idea is novel and pleasing,
It boasts the highly-finished workmanship of
DEPAU Las.

5. The lZererseon this Medal exhibits Britannia
with is and hurling • tlititsdrrhisit as she
stands with Erin attitude on a ship. Knowl the
face of the Obverse is. this Ang.
1798. CopenPaem, 28 4r. Intsi. Trafalgar,
21 Oct. 1803. It is the liorly-executed work
of Daoz. On the Obverse is AO excellent head of
Lord NELSON, by WEBB.
4. Here the design of. the Obverse, filling almrst
the whole brill, displays a teat with purt at its the-
pery gracefully festooned on a tree, with VIrEl. LING-
TON within, sitting in a thoughtful and elegant at-
titude. and reading. lie is in a Roman
habit. resting one hand on a shield einho.sed with e
(oilmen ; near it is a helmet. The grouping is high-
ly tasteful, and the composition, design, and isieimos
ing of the whole highly classical. Underneath is
the motto, Fabius Cunt-tutor—Fabius the Delayer,
moot appropriately alluding to the similar 'huts of
delay, by which FABIUS baffled 114Natssi. in
Italy, and WELLINGTON MA'SEN4 to Portugal.
This admirable Obverse is by PET! r. 'floe Re-
verie has a personified representation of the T -
gutl—alo old man with an urn. Bel s lis us,
orange tree, denoting Portugal. The British clamp
finishes the group. On Ilse Exergwe is inscribed—,
Lines of Torres redras. The English Anna on
the Tagus, 1810, 1811. The subject, the magni-
tude, and masterly performance of this nook. will
place it as 11111 l g the most distingsliAril Series cf
Modern Medals, and will lecomasend it to the
cordial elocouragrmrist of every one whose innagitia-
tioa is susceptible of felicitous iinpre-ts;ona boon
these stamps of genius. Suds encouragement will
add a Sits grace to the character of the pro-
fessedly tasteful. Where their finances ail' per-
mit, this character will be inoperfsct without it; for
st love of one class cf Art will alwaja he
accompanied with an littaCillOCOl to every trilirr
dn.% inasmuch as the Renewl principles of the
Pulite Arts are its the [MOO homogeneous.

DUKE OF NORFOLK'S TO-SHEFFIELD.

The isocorporated Company of Oak's held their annual
festival Thnrsd•y week at their Hall, Cluireh-soreet, Slwf-
Seidl, on which ilfellsion the ;Hamer Cutler, Mr John Fox,
had the honour of entertaining his Grace the Doke of Nor-
folk, the Earl of Surrey, Sir Arthur Piggott, Hugh Parker,
Esq. &c. in addition to the mural membe►s of the Company.
The introduction of Mr. Nowill, Mr. Newbottlil,Mr. Rhodes,
and tAlwrs, to his Grace, by Hugh Parker, E.g. affortkd an
occasion for the display of great altability sod polite cour-
tesy oil the part of his Grace in particular, whir, ate bis health
being drank, expressed himself in the must handsome man-
ner relative to the town of Sheffield, and of the interest he
Felt for its prosperity, rendered still more powerful by the
circumstance of his being a native. The healths of the
other ilistimiguisherl characters above mentioned. were seve.
rally proposed and drank with great applause. Sir Arthur
Piggott owned that he was 001 • tratural.bosu townsman of
She& hl, but he hail IRA the /east disiticlination to be con-
sidered an adopted one. The whole of his address was lit-
trowel to with she utmost attention, being expressed in a
mariner that indicated a clear head and a most benevolent
heart. Earl Filzwilliam apologised for sonmaiteudance, in
• letter to Ike Master Cutler, the substance of which was re-
pos test by him to the company. The Duke and his friends
retired • little after seven o'clock.

The carriage in which were the Doke of Norfolk and Sir
Arthur Piggott, Kong! to dine with the Cutlers' Company,
Thursday week. at Sheffield, came in contact with a child,
at the turn of Norfolk-row, where one of the wheels pamerl
over it■ body. The two iliatineuiiheel characters imuntly
alighted and administered inch c. 11l ll !ration as wee proper
on 0.1 unfortunate au occasion. The child, it a believed, is
recovering.

Lint week his Grace the Duke or Norfolk impeded the
debtors' gaol, in Scotland-st►eet, Sheffield, after which he
gave to the primmer, fen guineas, which were di bbb ibuted
amongst them by Mr. Smith, the gaoler. The prisoners,
thiety.five in number, together with mull of their wives,
rat down and drank gued lieglib and lung life to the Duke
of Norfolk.

At length the official dirpetches from the ships
emploved on the discovery of the North-west l'as-
sage have hero received, and we understeml are
most satisfactory. They are dated July 28,11. at
is hid) time the Isabella and the Alexander were in
lat. 75 deg. 30 min. N.. long. 60 deli. 30 mitt. W..
well over to the American caw, the weather serene
and perfectly elver. The variation of the congress,
by accurate observations repeatedly wide on board
troth ships, was 89 deg. and the dip 84 deg. 30 mils.
which led them to conclude that they were ap-
pioaching very nearly to the magnetic pole. It had
beep perfectly calm; the sea was as smooth as glass
for three or four days, and the current drifted them
to the South-eastward, which raised their hopes of
an open passage mood the point of America, from
which quarter it appeared to proceed. All the way
up the middle of Davis' Strait they skirted an un-
broken field of ice on the left, but as ti►ey proceed-
ed it became thinner. and :apparently rotten, and
they were sanguine that the moment the breeze
sprung upy the ice to the .weotwirti would open to
them a passage, and allow them to moth the nertherit
altesessrf America. The utmost harmony prey .oleri
ainong the officers, and everyiuurt of the ships' com-
panies, and all were'in perfect health. Such is the
substance of the simulate' winds we have been able
to learn, There ass abseticletice of private letters to
the friends 111141 reletiositrtif those who have enikark-
ed in this, must intfoietent emit Interesting enter-
prize.
" fife Majesty's ship lortibefts, at sea, Lat. 95.
tone. ern. 7. variation 88 48 —July 25.
" Dnaa D—, This la our last uppu tunny this year, there.
fore I could nut let it pas. without oritioe, oltlsough Hulking
lots passed since my lam. We are now to the sur.thward of
MI the ships that etre fishing; we see shine a lour way
*ltem : the heat with dispatch.. is piing itoftediately to one
a theta ; they have followed a peal *ay this year, soul have
been very kind in giving us ever, assistance *hen Ili the
see ; I sincerely wi►h them all rate back ; they have a long
way to go though lb. ice. The coast heains to look more
and Moramu.erable; ns we gel north, it ties more Ike ap-
iwarenee of a chain of lee mountains than sand; the sea is
one solid field of ire as tar as the eye eau reach. When the
wind hh.we from the worth, we Hod aa►raw passages in it,
nod Oliva gli them we pus un monetimes the whole if our
men dre on she ice, drugging the ship Moog tlw edge of the
4131,10. Front the very great vs,iatiou, we Clllllllll be a great
Way from the magnetic pule; you will See 11w variation by
vat Isirobstrvatiou on Nu lee at the bold of lbs letter."

CHESHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES.

STOCKPORT RIOTS.

*HE RING v. liiNcticmm.

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The indictment against the Prisoner contained
several 'counts. The first was fur riotottaly osseina
Wing on the 14th of July last, and divers othe►
days between that and the 17th, at Stockport, will►
divers other persons, amounting to upward of WO.
The second count cha►ged a riot in,d
for the purpose of advancing wheea. The third
was for assembling, with intent to intimidate Tho-
nuts Gartide, the owner of a cotton-factory, and to
force him to discharge certain of his weaver;; and
the fourth count Wile for an asvault upon Thoinas
Garside.

The Oefenrlant pleaded )%., Gorifty.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAI. (lienyon) stated the
case at great length, and then proceeded to 'call
his

Thomas G4rside 'sworn ere:mined ty Mr. CitoSs.

•• I have a factory at Stockport, at which there
is weaeteg by michinery. I employ both spiiiners
and %venters to the amount of between two and threi
hundred. Ii r last I bud 'only what are called
power.loton west/ere ui my employ. About 35 or
36 of the power-loom weavers quitted me at tliet
tone : previously to their leaving me, about a week
before they turned out, they cattle ui a body, and
gave ow a week's notice. They told me they would
leave me immediately at the week's end without au
advance of wages; they cattle in a body, but ad-
dressed me one after another its quick successien ;
with the exception of one or tea, the %%bole did so.
In consequence or thir 1 seta to liorton-uponsTretit
for some hoods. I had shout six !raids. I hail
employed some Burtmi-upon-Trent girls before ;
they came and worked in the factory. and are there
still. I found them a place of abode as well as ten-
Worse's% I was obliged to do so, because I had
employed two purtoit girls the week he fore ; they
were in lodgings in the town on the Monday pre•
vious to the 14th July, and were abused. I wag
obliged to lodge them in the factory its. It'. I durst
not take them out; one gill sera beate4 Hid abused
in the street, and coveted with mud. Ois Tuesday
the 14th July tier six girls came by the coach.
Between four and live o'clock in the often:otos
twin, who was a aerv.est of mine, took them to hill
5,,w the tool) coirtiog down to the factory
between five and six o'clock ; the than who had bete
to bring the gills down was covered with mud ; the
mob continued round the factory ; the whole plac!
was tilled with them, so that I durst not bring tile
girls out. My carter came unit a heel of cotton to
pass into the warehouse of the factory ; on rerurnitee
with Iris empty cart to go home t was attacked ; the
cart was stopped; they came and told me the ooh
were beating Gestry, the carter. I went up, met
found that this mail, Fbercheltfle, rite
had held of Gestry; they were scramb;iug
ther, and minty more were round them. 1 seized
hold of Mtn:hell& by the collar, and took I • off;
be was very abusive ; he dirtied and swore what he
would do ; he threatened the tarter. The riot
continued the whole evening till midnight ; they
threw stones at the girls through the 'windows,.
Hint-betide was amotig them, hut I cannot fix hint
w.th being perticoludy active that night. The
next evening, at the request of the Magitrerittli,
took the girls nut of the factory to a lodging-houses
stopped the factory half all hour sootier that the
the mob might not see them ; the mob collected
again; they began to kick violently at the house-
door, where the girls were. saw that myself. I
sent two men to the door to keep them olf ; there
were us many assembled as the street would con-
twin; it was filled with people. 1 was obliged to
go to them myself; they were noisy and shouting;
they threw their greasy caps in my flee. At this
time a procession came down with an empty chair,
slid a blind fiddler with them. I stood opposite
the place where it stopped ; they made a ring. so
as to include me in it; Hinclichlre had a stick in
his hand, and assisted in forming the ring. The
men held their arms round, and the women and
girls who were with the met) crept under, and then
they began singing what they call a knob-stick
song; those who stick to their employment are
calhd ktiob-sticke—thst is, those who do not
turn nut with the rest. At this time those who
were at work were working for the usual wage%
the others having turned out for en increase ; the
song was in -derision of those who stuck to their
work. After they had finished their song they
shouted, and the fiddler went off; they then begun
to he riotous, and threw stones, which broke the
windows over my head. No constables came; my
own man was much abused and beaten ; they
knocked him down and kicked him. They began
to shove me, and I was beaten along the wall ; just
st dusk I escaped from them with great difficulty ;
they got held of my coat and collar to keep me
down ; I was struck several times with fists by 50
or 460 together. Just es I was escaping, a man
standing with a large stick threw it st tare; it struck
me, hut it had not its full effect. I kept them at
bay till I get to the main street; I then pulled out
my truncheon, having been sworn in a special cone
stable; they shouted out to take it front me;
•cleared the whole street; I tan into a 'shop; they
broke the windows after me ; the tootles followed
me into the shop; I reinsured there till Mr. Harris.
Pon, the Magistrate, fetched me away; I saw one of
the cavalry knocked off his horse and beat very ill;
• the stones were brought by boys, and faiddown be-
fore the men. Whenever a gentleetatt or a 'soldier
appeared, they threw at them trollies of stones:
heard them say, 4-- him, we hate dime lor Lon ;'
they said they would pull the house down unless
was greets up; a woman servant said, r I caulk do
because lie has gone out the back way.' I
he aid them say, t fie won't be at the factory vet-us
while ; we have done his business for hisn ; he
won't watch his factory to-night stair..' 1 had
hero obliged to watch the factory all night. The
De feudant was present ; he had arranged the tid-
dler, and was taking an active part. 1 had beet
bested' off the ground, and did not ere what Imp-
sword to Mr. Ilarrisots. They broke the cottages.
door open, where the girls were; they broke site
window shutters. and windows all to pieces, and
threw the down on the ground; the girls were
acres. g elven the cavalry armed ; they were on
the lwd; some were saying their players. TIM sot`
then' came up just et the instant the mob week tweak.
sag in upon them; Sir Joins Hostrind Coat op aitli