The Sun.
London, England, 1805-08-30 00:00:00

THE ARTS.

"ritn communications resulting from the
inter-
:urse wlfteh has been established between the Royal
•adewy in this Country and similar Institutions in
);h:tr States must, afford high gratification to the
i'huirers of those Arts which tend, to polish and re.-
...lie Society. For this useful and elegant intercourse
V,V are indebted to Mr. PRINCE HOARE; . Secretary
t:g Foreign Correspondence td the Royal Academy,
ptlice that was a mere honorary appendage to the
Institution till it was assigned to that Gentleman,
zeal for the Arts ,has rendered it a' source of
..tnicable connexion and interesting intelligence from
.6ther Countries in Which- the Arts are tuanifestly
intro-Yin under the encouragement of Royalty, and.
...timulated by national -emulation. From Mt.
!'lo.lan's Academic 'Annals We have extraated the
!,Ilowitig Account of.the Establishment of the Royal
‘,..ademy of St. Ferdinand.
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The first proje& for a Public Academy of the Fine
Arts at Madrid was formed in 16 t ct, When the Pro-
fessors presented a printed Memorial to Philip 111.
petitioning that he would establish in his,Court an
Ai ademy of Painting, in the same manner as he
had already established one.of Mathematics, and that
-he would he pleased to aired the statutes by which.
it. should be governed. The design, however, proved
abortive. Nor did better success attend the renewal
of these instances on the part 'of the Profeister's in_
the reign of Philip IV. when the Government, per-
suaded of the utility of the preje& in an Assembly.
of the States, named four Deputies, who were or-
dered to'discuss the .subje4 with: due deliberation,.
Meeting.; were held, forms and regulations for the
inanagemeht and security of a proper Itthitution
were settled, and approved by the Government; but
the execution of the Whole scheme was suspended"
(aaysyhicencioCarduche), " not on account of the
Att of Painting, nor of the 16vers of
.Painting, but
of the opinions and partif'.uLr sentiments delivered
by the Professors themselves."
Ate,
.alflioligh' this .inaY be justly said to have been
the principal oceasien of the decline of the Fine
Arts in. Spain, other canses concurred to their down-.
fall. Precisely at this .epoch our Artists began to for-
: IVA road, and'to. abandon the, sound prin-
ciples which Berruguete, Bicerre, Vigarny, and other
great Foreign and Speniah 'Profeesoray had brought
teem Italy ; and they Art.s, • in the beginuing of the
a-Oat:en:l:o.y, slink to the most deplorable degree of
ignorance and disrepute.
th;s' state they were found by Phillip V, of
whom ft.haa.:bedn 'said by' a celebrate d orator, that
When he passed the Pyrenees he was alreany
iit-
fanned with 'the desire of restoring the Arts and
Sciences. Ttf fait, no''Sooner. 'had he surmounted'
the. :obstacles which "lay in 'his way-to the throne,
than he 'turned his Attention' to the reestablishment
of the ArtS, ;inkwell this view ch'e'w from Italy
aid France the mosteminelit Artists of his time, and
brought thence dike Wise the yaluablexolleelion of
statues 'which had beldngcd to'QUeen Christina.
Among those foreign Artists was Olivieri, a na-
tive of Carrara, in the Genoese State, whose reputa-
tion in Sculpture wasalready considerable; •anis who
now, on the, invitation of the Marquis De Villariaa,
Minister of State, caine to Madrid. in quality of
. principal Sculptor to 'the King. Olivieri became
seatttachal to Spain, that he resolved never. to quit
the kingdom, and obtained an att for his naturaliza-
tion ; after which he devstned himself, with truly,pa-
-triode zeal, to the education and instruction of the
youths entrusted to his.care. He established a Pub-
lie School of Design in his house,, and continued it
.at his own expence for several years. 'At the same
time he urgently ;solicited the establishment of a
Royal Academy in Madrid. His high reputation,
added to the favour which he"constantly experienced
from Villarias, again' procured. the dikession of the
project during. several sessions; and the Goyermnent
quickly began 'to take
.his School under its proted-
Lion. general meeting was appointed at the house•
of the ..Princess be &Jive, at which Villariaapresid-
ed ; and an inaugural oration was spoken amidst a
numerous concourse of Artists and lovers of the
Arts.
Olivieri, animated by idle general mplatre be-
ate,eed on his endeavotirs, ad by thcegreat increase
of, his Seheel under the favour of the'Governmenit,
presented a proposal to the king for the :establiali-
. anent of a Pehlic Academy, and obtained 'his. assent;
Ana, iron scale ditricultiea which • occurred, it was
net until the I atie of July, 1744, that the Prepara-
tory. Assembly met to determine the means of per
1e 'the. Plan 'of the 2V:ink:My, ,andofcoetitming
the Pid)lie Studies of the Fine Arts., The house of
the Panaderia waa •ti vd on, and 6-cry requisite pro,
vicied fbr thepelposea of the meeting., • ,
tt ahoelde,howeeer, be Mentioned; that:before'
arrhe.ll in . Spain , great efforts.. had been
made for the est;thlisinuent of it l'uhlic .N.e.adeniy in
Madrid, by D. Juan De Villanueva, a Sculptor of
Astoria, eminently zealous ter the national;lonorir
and- the' advancement of 'the Arts. He obtairre.d a
meeting of the Artists, but the disturb noes of War
in 1709 put a total stop to his aueftil projeds.
Previons also to this attempt of VillenueVa, ano-
ther Asturim, Fe:cloak:o Menendez, Miniattire
Painter 111 Phd p V. ha', jug for 1114ny.yeArs• witne`sied
the prnwss of the AcAtternic,s,of Painting in Italy,
printed, in ryee, ~•/,iotts representation addressi
to, the. King, I,.!ii.ins.trating the advantzte3 which
kingdom weultlakeive froth a similer establish-
Ment, and in -4e 11131111e1 proposing the Panaderia
tbr the conveninice of the public studios. He als6
plan of general. re-
olfered to draW op and petalishsa
guiatithis; bat he was unahle to pri Klwe'attention
and the honour of carrying thk.: scheme into extcu
tion was reserved .tier a fbreleyer, both Villanueva
rid. Menendez ee contting themselves with t title:
a
Asseeihly tie. the
of Direetors in th Preparatory e
establishnient of an Academy they so anxioesly Le.

sired. ,
.
The first public meeting,was held September 1,
17.44,. and the second on July 15, of tie tbliowing
yeari but the death of the King, in 1746, again
stisp,o4ett the .wishcdzt:or sanaion, . Ile glory of
coufetring it was destined to his st.)li, I). Fordin;md,
WhO, approying 4, all that, had hem done, ordered
the regular arrangetuents. to be funned.

(Tg br cot:aimed.)

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As the death of the Duke of GLOVCESTER, besides
the regret which that moltmcholrevent has generally
exeited, has turned the public a:t :ration towards Royal
Interments, the tollowing Extra& from Sir JOSEPH
AyLotTE's Account of the Opening of the Tomb of
EnwARD the FIR sT, four hundred and sixty-seven
ye,ars attar,. its interment, may be acceptable to our
Readem,

110Y.1L,

'TS.

After deseribing tile manner of opening the
.toniti and cottin; which \vas done with the utmost
car, in the presence of the itev. Dr. THoMAs, then
1Yeall: of We,tminster, Of two of the Reverend Pre-
lx;ndaries, and of the President of the Society of An-
tit] narians; the writer. says, •
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On. lifting up the lid, the ROYAL CORPSE v.•as •
feend wrapped up within a large square mantle of
strong.; coarse, Nand thick linen cloth; diapered, of
a au' 11, ,pale, and yellowish brown, colour, and was,.
ed on its undei-,:icle. •
• " The,head and face were entirely covered with
a ,yudariym, or face-cloth, of crimson sarsedet, the
substance vvhereof was so much perished as to have
a cobweb-like face,
.and the appearance .of a, fine
sudarium was formed into three folds.---,
When, .the folds. of. the external wrapper were
thrown back, and the srtdoriuin removed, the corpse
was discovered richly habited, adorned with ensigns
of royalty, and althost entire, notwithstanding the
length of time that it had been entombed. Its in-,
nermost covering seemed to' have
_been .a very fine.
linen cerecloth, dressed close to ey.ery part of the
body, and superinduced with such accuracy and, ex-
a&ness, that the fingers and thumbs of both the
hands had each .of them a separate and distin& enve:-
lopeof that material; The face,' which had a similar
covering closely. fitted-. Theteto; 'retained its exa&
form, although part of the flesh appeared to be
somewhat wasted.' It 'vas. of a dark brown, or cho-
colate colour, approaching •to black,. as were the
' hands and fingers. The chin• and lips were entire
but without any beard ; and a sinking, or dip, betwee
the chin and tinderlip was very conspicuous. Both
the lips-were prominent ; the nose short, as if
shrunk.. but the apertures 9f,tlio, nostrils were visi-
ble. There Was an m 1.1146111 fall; or• cavity, on that
part of the bridge, of the nose which oparOes the
orbits of the eyes ; and some' globular substance,
possibly the fleshy part of Cye.`ballS, was move-
able their sockets under .the''envelope. Below
the chin .and under-jaw was lodged. a,onantity of,
black' dttst; which had neither smell nor co-
lerence ; but whether the sail* had been flesh;
or spites, '.could • not *be asc?.rtnitied. One of the.
jolnts'of 'the middle finger 'of the right-hand was
loose, bnt 'those of the left hand' were onite perfe6t.
Thu corpse, from 'the waist doWnWard, was covered
.::i!Vith a large piece: of rich figured clOth of gold,
which was loose over the lower part of the tunic,
thighs; legs,. and, feet, and tucked down behind tLt
soles of the latter; There did not remain any ap-
pearance of gloves • but on. the back of each hand;
and just beloW the Luckle of the middle finger, lay
a •tittatre foil 'of the -mine _Metal. as those 'on the
,Stc.)le. The feet, with their toes, soles,. and heels,
•seemed 'to be perfeelly entire, but whether they
'have sandals en theM; or not, is uncertain, as the
elOth tucked over them.w.o not removed. Un mea-
'sating the body by ti'rod,
,quadrated into inches.,
!vided into-quarters, it appeared tube ekaaly six' feet
' 'and two inche4 in length."
*.Of fillagree-Work:, in metal gilt, eleprttl, chased in.Ogure.

Anrtic.nrilmn.--The following Extraa of a Let-
ter from J. C. ,CUAVVE!Z, .14.,,(1. dated Workington-
I [all, August 180,5, cannot fail being. highly
acceptable to all those engaged in agricultural.pur-
suits : , '

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1 this day commenced cutting my Beans, which were
• sown the end of Uehrtiary". As soon as the Bean has shot the
black eye, it is arrived at pertedion, arid m\ay be cut without
any injury t it contititites to receive what further nourishment
may be necessary.from the.stalk and pod. After cutting, they
remain two days exposed to the sun`; they are then bound,
and removed to an 'open pasture, where they remain ter a fort-
night, when they are fit for 3VAL*.iing.,-The present crop is'
the third which has been so cut, and (torn the same seed. The
straw is equal to any Oat straw: This method frees wet
trindi,itiodesi nutc:
ittneex
exhaust
ug:tt
ithhee
gWr
pi!
cdFuorrinmg
.liecguortVe-nsittarli
year's experiment of thus cutting Beans, he received a gold
medal (rem the Society of Arts and Sciences] —" Tfie BC4lls.
are drilled at 3o inches distanee, and kept perfectly clean with
the plough', which prepaies the ground for the succeeding
cropof Wheat ; .a moderate crop will repay the whole 'ex-
pence. lex pea to have my %Vheat the ground where
the Beans were as soon is any fill low inithe neighbourhood.
The last year's Beans were shown at the Duke of Bedford's,
and 'much admired. Tile ilitrVeht here will become very
general next week... I fear there will be, very little Wheat
exempt from smut; I see it all over this County.

The followir.g Extraas 'of two Letters, which
Ixiere mently received by two of the first Mer-
cantile Houses -in London, prove most satis-
fatiorily to the Public how much the YELLOW FE-
VER REMEDY is in high repute in Spain, for the
ktlqo has gracinusly stepped forward to support its
claims to popular estimation, and, with a degree of
magnanimity which does him infinite honour, he
has fidly stamped its reputation, by giting his own"
personal direCtions'to have set at liberty Five Thou.
swid Patina worth of that valuable Article, which,
-in consequence of the War, had been seized and
condemned with other goods of British ManufaCture,
at St. Ander°, on their way to Malaga
TranAation of a Letter from Messrs. Vial, Sons, and Co. of
St. Andetu, dated the 3ath of

[The Original to be seen at the Warehouse, Ncr. 4o& Charing.
Cross.]
"In consequence of a representation by the Governor of
IMaliga, an 0rd,...r has been issued by the King, commanding
that the Nineteen Cases of YELLOW FINER REMEDY,
marked P. are to be given up. We therefore waited on the
Notary of Sub-Delegation, who informed us that, on appli,
catkin, they were to be delivered to us. We shall do this
to,niorruW, and hold them at the disposal of !Messrs. Pewee.
'and Co. to whom we th day give advice, that they may pass
IA their orders on the subject"

Troislation'of a Letter front Messrs. Aguirre, Brothers, and
Co. of St. Ander°, who have been applied to for a Certi-
ficate of Condtitingtion wt"ihe y t, cow Fxvsk Rusoy,
answers as tolluws : (Dated May 12, ilios.)
Ellie Original also to hi seen at the Warehouse, No. 40,

Charing-Cross."
si We Have not demanded of the Governer of this Town
the Certificate of Confiscation of Five Thousand Boxes of
IZEMi DY.fOr the Y 1. 1,0 w Ftv 6A, because that Gentleman
has passed an Edict that declares, that the House of Power
and Co. of M-alaga, 'nay (in consequence of an express
Order. by the King to that cad) give orders respellog
the 'recepti ..n of the said Boxes, and iludost4nd theni-
seivei 4,101 :uittlinistration I ihis CustUtn-hothe. , his:we
cditt.httrikale thk. dAy.to Messrs, Power, and Co. who Vial
let you ittlow the result."

Li 1: u!)l,:rilM 11) lt; 1.1.1 AM Alt Mucv ricv..l4., a, of howl, Niotti
1r tile, Pape', Letters for tho &c, (post purl), 11

18.
G.% t3/4 V Irsll4At AUGUST
vi;l
ilrown.atid fon
Archangel ; V WerotAgring, Wiliiims, trim Stettin ;
gomerLinc, Harris, and Fastalin, Midaleinas, from "Norwai•
Sailed —the Three 13rollvrs, Parin;k, tor Oporto ;
zabeth, Robefts, for Dublin P 3%, Harper, frt. Noel! ;.
°emit, Noble, Helena, flarrii, Zahn, Nickolorm, GPO,' In•
tent, Crosby, and Twe Geuroders, Leites, TotininiCAr

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BIRTIIS.
On Tuesday evening, at Betstyle, the Lady of facOh La.
ItuSk, Esq. Oa son.
ing, id Spnish.place, Manchester
Oh Wednesday even
square, Mrs. Webber, ola Sot2:.-1.----:-------*
. MARRIED.
yesterday moring, by . a special licence, at St. George's
Church, Ituusver; square, klia, Marquis of Waterier]; to Lady
SUSan Carpenter, only daughter of the late Earl of Tyrant.
nett.'
The same day, the Kw?. Dr. Hawley, w Miss Belli, eldest
daughter of the late G. Belli,. ESq.
On the 16th inst, at Utford, in Sufrolk, William Talbot
Morton, E 4. icl Royal Lancashire, to Miss Catherine Man.
sting, late at fiatighley, buttblk.
.011 Sunday morning the as diinst. at l're.sot, Lancashire,
Thomas Hodgson, Esq. Nlerciant, of London, co Miss
Hodgson, of Liverpool: ' . n of
On Thursday, at Lambeth Church, Mr. Lilley, Nn'
.
Peckham, to Miss Medlycotts, of F1ant...............2i.i..1, 5t.,......
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DI.ED ,
.
roysquare, Captain lona Stukcly Soineiszt, of the go:• L
On Mondry morning, at his house in Lon of
Tit-
.Navy.
of
the Royal.
sam e day,
Navy, at EAlgseoinit,
forCa ptraiinisoSnierrsE reorii,vcakr I;:thie,suigt..etsrt.
mouth. ' . .
mOyrsen.s'
LtWeordledvat)iner,
is,nrd,oarsylilspitoviivniigir,l:eathi:bakieltrke.
isi:e3,a,..,tsaatt
11:1111.4c:ciliktionnico,yrid, , One 110.
don.
T ~
he same morning, Airs. Tryphena Birch, ',
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late Mr, Lucas Birch, of Cornhill, in the 78th ' car
20.
On Saturday last, at London Fields:El' achk.nev::)l.4l:rf:llll°E
mast lead aged 67. . Nor.
On Sunday the asth inst. at his seat at floveton, in pc,
falki in the Seth year. of his age John Illated, Es(l,.a.ott
puty Lieutenant, and more than 4'6 )cars an MAW Na" '
for that County. sql; .
On Monday itiording, at Islington, Robert Carclen!
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aged 67 years.
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