The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-13 00:00:00

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THIS adMiral4e sananary ,fur Eritisl . genius via;
opened yeSterdav, tat the' late Sliakspeatep4ery, in
• Pall-Kill; for the ,private-gratification of the-Sub-
scribers, and Airzatturi of taste.. It, is, with :much
pleasure wt;, state, that the Artists who contributed
• last year have on: :the present oecosion,manifested
very striking marks, of improvement, and we may
. defy any Nation on the Continent to produce an
equal proof of general talents. Many of thc.
are.not new to the Public, but, they are so excellent
that they will always afford pleasure, however Olen
they may be seen. Among these arc produaions
WEST, OPIE, - LAWR,ENCE., NoiV:C2:4
co,TE CUPLEY, SINGLETON, VVrESTAk../..„
DANIEL, TURNEE, and.rnany other Artists of • di4-
tinguished merit. • - •
Cook is, we believe, the.only new artist that has
comb forwardillis zyeakt, • He is a pupil, we under-
stand, of SMIREE, add possesses great abilities. llie
two pi 'cures, Nathan reprouiu and the
Death of Abel, are much in
.the style.ot Matter;
but contain a considerable share.of original merit. in
conception and execution.
BARKER, of Bath, who first distinguished himself
by the piEttire. of The ,Tc'oodnian, appears to great ad-
vantage at the British Institution, and-dispigys a va-
riety of talents: .PococK,may.,be ranked Rtl3l.'ng
Most promising young artists of the present day.
STILE, in a pie-ture of A Cottage ,given
most beautiful speeimen of the variety of.his • pov. ers.
It is ,a delicious pi6lure for taste, and
harmopyof colouring..
Nownico're. has sent his Series of iVoral Pic,-
tures on the. Progress of The- Good and ".17,•e
Girl.

There are many pleasant works of domestic and
rustic life, from BIG& from Miss Spitsßuny.

COPLEY'S fine PlatAre6l,King Charles the Fir q,
demapding the Five impeached Men bens,
,gracci'
the room.

But among the most interesting works in the
place are the Models for .the .N 36011111 Aionoments'
to tho memory of NELSON, the greatest of our No.;
val Heroes, and WiLinAm the first of our
Orators, -:and the most wise- and Virtuous of out
Statesmen!. Thee Models. have Lie'elh submitted to
the Committee. of Taste, appointed'bt Government
to seleathe best specimen of genius z`nd Mol.t eat-
eulated Io" do honour to the iilustriOns dead. The
ComMittee have not yet made their choice, and it
would not become us to deliver any! opiriionupon
the subje& at preset-IL All we shall 'say is,
that there arc admirable proofs cc the talents cf
BAcoN, GARRARD, W4STMAG6TT, FLAX-
MAN, Rossi, and other -Artists. Upon the' whyle,
the three rootns.of the Institittitm abound ;ititli such
proofs of British genius as afford c high :wati-
tieation to these who are alive to the itztp;:ei,s. of
taste,.and the nobler feelings of patriotism.-

MIIRLBOROUGII-STREET.. fourte*.i Fer-
sons of tli,! lowest order were :charged ‘Yith
.I.)'(fing
concerned in taking for the St'ote
Lottery.

. _
1146z-illation was given againt thepcfmlants'hy
-the Parish Officers of St. Lun;-2.s's, in onsequenct vi,
the poor of that parish having repeatedly ekpended
their allowances in insuring. The Louse who're
theSe insllTC:nees were stated to have been taken,
and which is completclylitted Op as an office, is
Situated in Marlborough-court, .Carnaby-market.—
The principal conduaors in the 'business were al-
ledged to be two-then of the"` Harder of Russel, one
of whom was taken. The Defendants were seve-
r:Llly questioned as to their being found in the house,
and they severally made c7;.cuies of on inconistent
nature. Three reluaant witnesses were braight
forward to 'prove insurances having taken place in
the house, one of whom had insured numbers with
Russel, who was not ta:en, but they denied ever
hating.any transaEtions with any of the,Delendants.
There not being- sufficient .prOof before the Magi-
strates to warrant the commitment of the Defend-
ants, they were liberated.

Bow-s runs.T.—Yest eaay Elizabeth G`lrlircy was
brought in custody by Adt:_ini, one of th',t Officers,
who apprehended her, on. sus:picion of having been
guilty of the wilful Murd,:r of Richard Prince, on
the evening of Christmas Day, in Charles-street,
Long Adre, by stabbing him in the eye with a knife.
The Prisoner's person being identified fi- the fa&
and the House Surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital
proiine, that the deceased died in consequence of the
wound, the Prisoner was fully cornmitted for trial at
the. next' Old Bailey Sessions.
The Prisoner is one of the number of those un-
fortunate women who infest the streets, and was
well known at the (Mice.

Two Soldiers, belonging- to the 3d Regiment of
Guards, were re-examined, on a charge Of violently
assaulting, beating, and wothWing, James Lockie, a
Constable, belonging to the Police-Of-Tice,' Union.,
Hall, Southwark, on Tuesday afternoon last, on
Highgate Fill ; and it proving to be a most violent
and. unprovoked outrage, the parties were bound
over to prosecute the Prisoners at the next Middle-
sex Sessions.

smtniFi EL D MARKET, Fail, 13.
This days markl was but thinly stipplied with
different kinds of Cattle ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork
sold at last. prices ; Veal is rather cheaper, and the
trade for the most part was but inditTerent.----TH
sales in the Haymarket were not lively; HAv 'ob-
tained last price ; Straw has fallen in price ; dioer
fetched a better price than Monday's marke.t.H-We
subjoin an accurate statement of theprices and num-
bers :

Beet 45. od. to ss. od.--Mutton 4s. 6d. to ss. 0.--vral
6s. ,-(1. to 7s. oci.—Lamb'os. od. to os. o..—Pork is. ed. tc)
65.. 6:1.
Beasts, 670.—Sheep and Lambs, 2.76o.—Caires, rot.—
Pigs, 401.
k..ORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 13.—The Market td-day
is again almost without fresh Anis,4ls of Gpin iit
general ; .fine Wheat is in reyiest, anzl it . here,
would obtain an advance ; other qualities-ful!y ta;€l,
np their Prices.; B:irley and Malt -likewise ; v(4
White'Pease are rather dearer; and Beans of earl
description support last Currency ; Oats ;.tre in
middling remaining Supplies, and good Satr,ples in
this Trade fetal rather better Prices ; the terms of
Flour remain with little variation.

Wheat sos a 64s a 8:s od
Fine ditto - 84% a 86s oe,
R -44 s a 48. s cd
Barley - -34 S 3 4.S od
Malt . 64s a 7oi od
White. heart 8.4 S a 91S Ott
l; rev -!;.tto 42s 3 46's od

Beans -42 s a 4gs o-. 1
Tick Jeans 33,, a 4eS od
uats 23s a 27S a 3), .74.
Poland ditto 3(S a 32g od
Rare Seed 241. 291. to>l. cd
Fine Flour 65S- a 7os Ld
Seconds tos a 6;• od