The Sun.
London, England, 1815-11-18 00:00:00

ROTAL ACADP,MSr.

Monday evening, at eight o'clock, the course
of lectures at the Royal Academy commenced for
the season. , They were opened,: according to
usual custom, lw a,dissertation upon Anatomy, by
A. CARLIFLE, Esq. F.,R. S.
The Learned. Professor commenced by referring
to the extraordinary political occurrences of the
present year, and, their consequent influence upon
the general state of the Arta in Great Britain,
whose example had rallied the slumbering ener-
gies of Europe, and whose valour had mainly led
to the re-establishment of that System of order
and social intercourse in the world, so essential
to the cultivation and advancement of those arts
which embellish life:. The Learned Gentleman
pointed, out, as the principal advantage 'arising
out of this political change, the disPersion of that
emporium of the works of Art, which rapacity had
accumulated in a neighbouring e,tintry; wheie
vanity and frivolity reigned, with uudi4turbed
Tl•e restoration of the parts of this
Collection.to the real owners of them; would give
a stimulus to the different nations of the Conti-
nent, which night re-kindle that genius for,Art
that °nee distinguished those countries.

The Profc,sor ,then went to impress upon
,the minds of. the pupils in the British School,
the necessity of a strict attention to the rules pre-
scribed by the loyal Academy—au institution con-
ducted with as much ability and worth as belong-
ed to any existing association. This School hail
produced men who were ornaments to their pro-.
fession. It were unnecessary to allude to living
characters. Among those who I4d passed front
life; there was an individual of acknowledged. emi-
nence—he had great failings, but he had great
virtues—lie possessed a genius for the highest
.walk of art, and a zeal and iodination to-advance
its station, and with it the character of coun-
try. JAMES BARRY, the friend of BURKE, JOHN--
5014 and GouismiTH, had, by his works in the
room of the Society of Arts,-exhibited the powers
of his bold and loniinous had:lft after.
him 'a monument which would preserve the'pority
of his name, when the frailties which_ overSha-.
dowed, it would_ he no longer remembered. In
his Works, as in those of his distinguished succes7
sors, would be found that solid display of taste
and judgment which characterised the BritiA
School ; amid would, he trusted, -still belong to it,
in preference to tliat ephemeral- anti' trivial system,
which had grown up elsewhere, and been trans-
planted by the whiM of fashion beyond die boun-
dary: of its primitive operation:
After pursuing a general review of the state of
the Arts, their moral qualities and, influence upon
society, and the demeanour which the
.phpils
ought to cultiVate, the Learned Professor ititro-
'duced a few general observations relative to the
more immediate purpose of his dissertation—the
study of anatomy--a study which. embraced three
particular pursuits, namely=the science of
.(11Cili-,
Cif!c, that of natural history, and a close know-
ledge of the• human frame. It Was in this last
view that it was the.n to be considered. The un-
lettered pupil need not he appalled from this branch
of acquirement, by the technical Greek and L3tin
names which were connected with its parts—these
were.casilv surmounted. _

The Learned Professor here took a rapid survey
of the practice of the Anatomical Schools, from the,
time of ARISTOTLE to the present day ; he particu-
larly .and humanely cautioned the student against
the Practice of that barbarous custom of torturing"
animal life for the discovery of its ploperties—a:
practice %ybieb had slibsiSted from the corruption
of Greece till almost the present period : it was
both vain and revolting. To torture the body
for the. developemeo. of its compoifent attri-
bntelz, was as vile and odious as to pursue the
same course to induce a confession from the
human mind. Such a course had met universal
reprobation from BECCARIA, JOHNSON, and other
able writevs.: The pi oper, and indeed the only true
mode to obtain anoinatical information, was by an,
inspection of the figure after death. To the col-
lection of Models in the Academy, had been lately
added, a dried 'skeleton, with all its 'muscular ac-
companinzents—this was peculiarly entitled to the
inquisitive observation of the student, for from it
he could learn and apply all the anatomical infor-
mation which was important for the attainment
•of_distinctiOn in his profession. It was this
study of Nature which perfected' the Arts in
'Greece, and made her Sculptors produce such su-
biithe works as that now exhibiting at the King's
Alews, in modelled representation. - The Professor
concluded his Lecture, which merely contained a
set ies of desultory observations, by promising,, in -
his next discourse, to enter upon the practical
points of anatomical instruction, as connected"
With the sudy of Art, and to accompany the de-
velopement of the principles by a suitable practi-
cable illustration, for which prepared skeletoni
were arranged in the chamber. Almost the whole,
of the Academicians were present on this occ.l-
- and an unusual concourse of Students. .
The room is improved since the list Academic ,
Session, by the removal of the cumbrous and gro
tesqtie lamp, which so long threatened injury to
the roof of the builtting. _ _

CATASTROPHE 1N WELL-STREET.7—The ruins of
Constadt's concerns still issue forth -smoke
and flame, and such is the jinn:Li-Ise heap of rub-
bish, that, notwithstanding the exertions of near-
ly 100 persons, it was not sufficiently removed
at a late hour yesterday for exploring; that part.
(tithe building where the bodies of the three per-
sons missing are supposed to be briricd, Among
°firers who assisted yesterday in clearing the ruins,
was Mr. Constadt himself, dressed as a labourer,
and furnished with a pick-axe and shovel. • His
case has excited the most lively commisscration
fdr -his misfortune, and every assistance has been ,
afforded him by.the neighbourhood. His loss can—
not
:he coMpated under 40,000/. as, independent
of tlie'two warehouses, with all the machinery,
4c. there was also an immense quantity of sugars.
The individuals who had been conveyed to the
I.ondon.Hospital, from tile elfe.6ts of Ihe
skim; are, we understand, in a fair way bf reco-
ery.•
Yesterday morning two watermen'slads having
had a dispute respecting a fare at Bridge-stairs,
c-anie to blows; and fOright forwear half an hoar,
vb eI) one Of them falling on iris bide on the kirb-
stone, broke rib .
_

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 17.

NORTHWOOD V. RYCKARDS,

Tkis was petition on the part of Northwood,
prifing that a commission of bankruptcy taken
mitt against Rickards, in ISl2,•Might be super-
seded, and his certificate recalled, on the grounds
of fraud. The defendants were the petitioning
creditor, two' of the assignees who acted under
thzcoinniission, the solicitor to it, and the_banle--r
rapt himself. •
Sir S. Rommt.T introduced and supported the
petition, and Mr. MoNTAGuE followed on the
same side. •

Messrs. flint and LEACH were heard for the
defendants, when another Counsel appearing-, the
Loaf) CHANCELLO put off the further hearing of
the cause till to-worrow, (this day).

COURT OF KING'S BENCH) Nov.. 17.

•
. Their Lordships were this clay. employed in
'I
hearing
,special arguments lion cases reserved ;•
tltr'e were upon the cons_truction of wills, and
o.u,e upon a case sent by the Chancellor for
artoment, whether .ccrtaiii bankrupts held several
shares of ships as joint tenants, or as tenants in
common. In consequence of the late indisposi-
tion ofillr.ScattLeTT, time was. given to that gen-
tleman to reply to the very able argument of Mr.
RICILAUDSON. • •