The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-31 00:00:00

[THE TIMES.]

Public attention will be more than amply re-
paid by the perusal of the proceedings at the Suf-
folk Meeting, contained in this day's journal.—A
connty meeting of more importance, for the ta-
lents, dignity, and general character of the people
assembled, was, we will venture to say, /hardly
ever held since England was divided into coun-
ties; and the result was such as might be expect-
ed from such men—speeches pregnant with good
sense, liberality, and candour,—and resolutions
embodying the sentiments of the speakers, ex-
pressed with clearness and vigour, and compre-
hension. The speakers deprecated, with manliness
and courage, any offer of that false and fraudulent
relief which was to be held out at the expense of
other classes of the community—a relief, we will
venture to say, that would itself have need to be
relieved ere many months had passed : the as-
sembled Gentry and .Freeholders of Suffolk cal-
led for a relief by retrenchment and economy—
by a curtailment of the public expenses, and a
diminution of the public burdens ; a relief in
which all may participate, and by which none
can be injured. It was said, though the remark
excited, as it merited, but little attention, that,
as the manufacturers received eight orders from
home customers for one from abroad, they
ought not to prefer the foreign one order to
the native eight. But by what logic can 'it be
proved, that if the cue is gained, the eight must
be lost ? Why may not both foreign and do-
mestic orders be retained ? It is unquestionable
that.it is chiefly through the subserviency of the
Country Gentlemen as a body (we do not mean
to comprise iu our remark all individuals,) that
the country has been reduced to its present state
of distress. Useless Lords of the Admiralty,
useless Lords of the Treasury, extravagant grants
to the Royal Family, immense standing armies
in time of peace, have been supported by them.

FORCE OF LIGHTNING.—An article in a De..
marara paper describes the violence with which
lightning acts on the sudden explosion of electri-
cal clouds. The brig Susan, of St. Andrew's,
N. B. on the 16th Oct. while all hands were on
the foretopsail-yard, was struck with great force.
The fluid ran down by the wedges of the fore-
mast, which it carried away eight feet above the
deck, along with every person aloft, and split the
maintop-mast and jibboom into splinters. One
of the crew was annihilated' by the thunderbolt,
no mark remaining of him but spots of his blood
on the sails and rigging. All the crew were in-
jured and thrown overboard ; hut succeeded in
regaining the vessel, and, by erecting a jnrymast,
were enabled to reach Dealarara. (N. L Daily
Adv.)

The varied expression in the countenances of the different
characters introduced into this picture, and the arrangement of
the figures, are its chief beauties. These excellencies are of an
high order, considering the great difficulties which were to be
encountered, in delineating •so • complicated anti so attractive a
subject. The wounded Atys is reclining on his shield; partly
disenCumbered of his armour, and still holding his broken
sword within his grasp. Ismene, overcome at seeing her in-
tended husband thus untimely slain, and at hearing him bid-
ding her a last adieu, is kneeling at his side, and on the point
of fainting in the arms of an attendant. Behind her is Jo-
casta, turning from the scene, and covering her faCe with her
mantle. Antigone is rushing forward with outstretched arms,
with frantic grief depicted on her face, which is drawn in the
finest Grecian taste. The stern countenances of the warriors
who brought the dying hero to the spot, half yielding to 1. lings
of a more tender order, are well pourtrayed. The soldier whose_
head is raised, and whose eye is fixed on the Standard, is finely
given. The grief of the hero's friend and brother warrior is
well contrasted with the contemplative brow of the Priest of
Jupiter, which receives, and adds effect by being contrasted
with the timid curiosity of the child on the opposite side cling-
ing to his mother, whose head is buried in her husband's
bosom. The parts of the figures separately taken are well and
clearly drawn, but in every instance they do not agree with the
size of the persons. The costume is well understood, and evi-
dently studied from the most ancient accounts we have. The
draperies are in general broadly cast, and well painted; we
must except the heavy puckered and folded load of cloth on
the Priest; the dress of the child is particularly beautiful.
In this picture the attention to costume is to be highly
commended ; no figures half naked are to be found in it, with
red and blue rags tied untastefully about them ; but truth 'to
the customs of the country, the climate, and circumstances have
taken (as it ever should) precedence of the vanity of displaying
anatomical knowledge, and rendered this picture in that respect
superior to the generality of historical pictures exhibited in our
galleries. The light and shadow is broad and skilfully ar-
ranged. We think that a more subdued tone of colouring
would have been better suited to the subject ; also that greater
softness in the flesh tints would have added to its beauty, and
that a greater degree of finish in some parts would have added
to its value. It may be justly considered as a great and success-
ful attempt in a very difficult line of art by a young Artist, for
whose sake we regret that it was not brought nearer to the eye,
where its beauties might be more distinctly seen. •
No. 285. A Thunder Storm.—R. R. REINAGLE.

When Mr. Reinagle was occupied in making his.spirited
copies from the works of Rubens at Antwerp, the Connoisseurs
of that place could not believe that one so eminently capable of
multiplying the Scripture pictures of their Prince of Art was a
Landscape Painter. lie gave them the highest human proof
thathe was, the evidence of their senses, by making a magnifi-
cent drawing of the picture now under review, which quickly
changed their credulity into admiration at his great and versatile
power. In this picture the lightning has rent end scattered in
ruin round the. branches of a tree of the largest size, beneath
which a team of horses had souqlit shelter from the storm, who
are either killed or rendered wild with affright and dismay by
the lightning, the thunder, and the mighty crash of th.- splin-
tered tree. This wreck is magnificently pourtrayecl; and with the
group of horses may be truly said to have been
.conceived
with a poet's fire and executed with a master's hand. The
trees farther removed are brilliantly illuminated, and yet' by
dexterous management keep their place. This work is ar.
ornament to the gallery, and would have deservedly, borne
a more conspicuous situation. Mr. Reinagle's other works' we
have not yet. had an opportunity of examining, but hope we.
shall have that pleasure at a future period.

No. 17—Sabrina and Nymphs.-14. HOWARD, R.A.
Mr. ;Howard very justly -holds a distinguished place among
the artists of his country, and has in numerous woks shewn a
very elegant and a very poetical taste. :Rut re are at a loss to
guess what could induce him to call a Lady sitting benn`l:
a substantial tree, before whom a chorus of Nymphs Sdancing,,
Sabrina, when Milton in the 859th line of Comus (from which
the subject is said in the Catalogue to be taken) has

" Sabrina fair
Listen where thou art sitting,
Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave."
Milton Elso tells us that Sabrina is called on
"By all the Nymphs that nightly dance
" Upon all thy streams with wily glance."

But the Nymphs in this picture are dancing on terra firma.
We therefore conjecture that when the artist had amused him-
self with paintim the picture he took a book from his library
which perchance proved a !hilt n, and cut for a name for his
picture, and luckily cut where he found something about
Nymphs dancing. Of the intrinsic beauty of the picture, of
the lovely Nymphs, &c. ive cannot say any thing until a more
fortunate cut in some ether author provides a more appropriate
name for this gay and seductive assemblage. Mr. Howard's
picture ofAscanius carried by Venus to the bowers of Idalia pos-
scs&:s in parts great merit ; many of the attendant lovers are re-
plete with sportive beauty. We think the Venus rather large, and
not as happily conceived as Mr. Howard's females usually are.
When we call to our recollection the " Setting of the Pleiades,"
we long to see its fellow in the gallery attracting attention, and
gaining Mr. Howard that approbation which his talents
serve.
No. 271, The Pelivery of Prometheus.—CliAßLES LAND-