The National Register.
London, England, 1814-02-06 00:00:00

FEB. 6.

le ailed, would at last tire the ear by which it was caught at first with
rapture.
O'KuErm's comedy of Wild Oats has been revived at this Thuatrc
in a style of superior excellence. If Julius Omar reveals the tri-
umph of the tragic art at Cuvent•garden. Wild Oats displays that
of comic skill at Drury lane. No play has for many years been so
ably got up, or the strength of the company been disposed to create'
advantare. To bring into a focus the fast rate abilities of MA's-
TON, DOWTON, MUNDEN, BANNISTER, Mrs. Gt.ovEn,
and Mrs. Ott ct,a, in the same piece, is a sure mans of attracting
a full share of public favour, which was clearly exemplified by the
entlin ;attic reception of this comedy both on ‘Veduesday art d
day nights.

FINE ARTS.

13RITIqi flOl.

4‘ La eritittee ea aise rt l'art ea difficik."

The To Kalon of the antienta, tile" Bean par Excellence," of the
french, :hat f.ronscendent and esential beauty, the happy result of
combined harmony between ti.: different parts of a whole, never
can escape pen of an exereised eye, and seldom' fails to win the
afteutioo of the vulgar, who look and are pleased* without guessing
at, or te-&:Inot themselves about the hidden cause of the temporary
pleastre they irresistibh fe, 1. The magic charm, that talismanic
poo,er which draws a crowd and fires the eve of the mill!itiole--be-
fore the masterpieces or painting or statuary, originates not in the
glare or gaudiness of colouring. in the gigantic fain of objects.
or the he..uty of composition, but arises from a noble and elegant
oimplieity, which in the tine arts ns well as iu Herature, constitutes
the true iml4liisie Nothing!. as to colourina, is more sober than the
best works m the best of Painters, the cartoons of Raphael; nothing
less affected in forms and attittolcs ; not,:img more quiet as to design
and invention—yet eci.tories elapse after rental ies, and admiration'
stands still gazing before them; it is upon this generally receivc-I
principle that we ought to jud,re of a picture, and wherever these
requisites appear. a !Mike is dne to the Artist and a high value set
upon his work. We know ton well that, in a promiscuous exhibition,
' we are not to expert that every piece will be of the highest order,
and entirely hlaineles.. No work ever isatted faultless front the
hands of our imperfect nature ; the business and fluty of a Reviewer
consist, therefore. lin poi itin. out beauties as energetically as be
ran, and, if unpardonable detects offend his eyes, he might candid-
ly to point them out for the benefit and improvement of the art in
general.
With these impartial maxims constantly pieseut to our mind, we
will endeavour to do justice to every one; speak a strong language
to the strong. and whisper oar friendly advice to the weak ; how-
ever. we have to congratulate the °aversion of this mast useful in-
stitution. upon the visiole improvement in the branches of the cloo-
matte art, admitted for inspection and sale in the it rooms, and we
will dare to it4y, with the rest of the visitors, that the present exhi-
bition contains a murk greater number of goo:I performances than
many of the preceding ones ;—see intend to fill!ow ne particutir or-
tier in our survey, and will take up any sa4jeet as chance may throw
it in our way.

- No. 146. Lit and his family cowl:tett-A by two an...se's from the
burning city, destroyed by fire from Ilea wen. WEST, I'. R. A.
ge And while he lingered, the men laid hold of his hand and niyou the
hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters; the: Lord be-
ing merciful uutu hinr ; and they brought him forth and yet hint without
the city, to go into Zoar."—Gen. xix.
Pegasus does not always (loose to soar above the lofty and " cloud-
cape summit of Helicon ; lie sometimes grazes in tlw vales of Casts
aba, on the Mowry banks of the crystal spring to which he himself
has given birth. Thus the tnnse of an Historkal Painter often de-
scends, with Poussin Ruben—with Titian awl Dorniniclaitto, to
the lower regions ; in the meadows and along the riicts with (laude
and Dughet. Although the subject, tt fated here, by our venerable
esident, Wong, to history, yet the land cape forms a principal
part of the whole. The fienres are well finished, ntsimatcd, etc
Runt, and giaceful, the disk of the moon appearing through the
Pulphureons blaze in which the guilty city Is enytri:Ted, has an
aw-
ful and poetical effect. The whole th;es honour to the mind and
skill of the President.
1)4. Judith, attended by tier Maid, leaves the city of Betholla, to
go forth into the camp of Helopheme-, by Ntiss 11. A. F. J Aextts.
—This youtog aitJ amiable urti3t possesses qullities which cannot