The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-10 00:00:00

ROY AL ACADEMY.

No. To 6. Portrait of Whitbiead, OPIE, R. A.
Mr. Opt w. hAs flar,ily ever produced a Work
rn.lre distinguished by a pure, chaste, and harmoni-
ca colnuring than the present, it is a very close
and spirited re,einhlance, ana is a very fine or..
trait.

No. 183. Boats carrying out Anchors and Cables to Dutch
Men of War, in i 665. —I. NI. W. TUICt4ER, R. A.
We 11.ive before entered nur protest against the
new stile which this Artist is labouring to bring
forward, and which has already dotle much Mischief.
amo4vg Students who have not bense enough to look at
Natnte for simplicity anti grandeur. It seems alivayt
to he the aim of this Artist to do things out of -the
common way .; and he may excite the wonder of
/go ,r,wce, but people of true taste will only regret
to see him so much mis-employ good talents. Why
the scene before us should be placed so, far back as
in 1665, it is difficUlt to conceive, except by refer-
sing to that afteEtation which almost invariably ap-
pears in the w nks of this Artist. There is nothing
in the subjtei to excite an interest. the figures are
very indiffetenily form:A:and the sea seems to have
been pai•lted with a hirekhroom and whitening.
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No. 133. VieiV in Wales: Noel Si ;hod I, at a distance.—
SitG.BEAemoNr, I-1.
We have here a fine speconerr of that true style
()fart, which the Artist we have noticed should al-
i,. view, matted of wandering In, pursuit
of a bnitard grandeur. This scene is marked by
germin:. simri,rity, force, and beauty. This Gen-
rlernat., etiml-Ns his tittle and talents with so
much ci-dir ti, himself, and so much pleasure to the
Pwilic, looks at the face of Nature with taste, and
ielras with ititletiienti The whole is chaste and
picturesque.

'Portrai't of General Tonyn.—;..M. A. SttEE, R. A.
• This is a very fine Portrait. It is painted with
a firm pencil. The colouritrg is clear, vivid, and
I,,leible. The likeness is exact, and the resreetable
original appears with a sedate charaaeristic dignity,
very iinitthle to a Military Veteran.

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No. zo7. Narzissu and Echo.
If the I. M. 0/, tt; it, R. A.
Artist had n,,,t thought proper to tell us the
isuoijr:Et of the present work, it would have been
Impossible. fol.. the most penetrating intelleCt to have
'dgo‘vered it. There are triore figures introduced
than Might ne eicpetled in stick a scene, and, except
tAlareisstr, they all appear like -statues that had fallen
rOtn' their placeS. The general aspea of the co-
louring is like clay, and the trees are much of
the same hue as boiled Teietables. A part of the
tn.)ori.t.iio is ko strangely detached front the bcdy,
that it seeMs to be the filing store which dropped
iorne years ago is Y Irksh
however, isood ; ire. The general dtsikn,
g and if the taste of the Artist
were not so perversei he alight have rendered it a
scent of .soleNn granaetir.,

1! E 1 HEATR The Tragedy of Dcagbri tv.at
fast night represented at firtiry.lane Theatre for the
lient'At tl4 Mrs. Powtt.. : Mrs. PowEi.t. on this
iPccasion. assunied the Ctiaraft-r of Young Norval.
n point of she appeared to More adVantage
than mist Terrentativea of the pail foi many years; and she gave a very interesting portrait of
the ity:enile hero. Her
.deportment was thiongliotit
graceful arid easy; and the only drawback Upon her
pea. n-nance in th'e minds of the Auditor;, wa, the
eoncinusness that she is ore of the most agreeable
A(lresses of the p're'sent day. Mrs. Afasprir., was
an odd compound of elaburite pathos and solemn fa.
itiliatity, in Lady Randolph. Het buest4 of feelings,
were much too vi, lent, and she too evidently ender,.
Voored to imitate Mts. St bbo&s. The part 01.01 d -
2Vorni,l was very well supported by WR6tYCHTO:*.
Afl'r the Play, Mrs,Pow ELL delivered an Address,
iv►
ritten by herself, by way of apology for assuming
virile habit, alledging, that her motive was a
desire to plealiei a motive, indeed, that seems al-
'vs to be the governing prin6ple of her con_ duct on the Stage.
The 'Oct ta ot Ink/e Yi o, wilith Was tier_
farmed last night at C;:vetnt.Gartlen Theatre,
foil not attraft a very nuni,-roui audience. BRA-
}i Ahi made much more of die part of Inkle than
expeded., lie spoke with good sense, and
acted altogether, very decently. He introduced
&nate additi.,nal airs, and sung with all his tisual
science and Kincy. Mrs. H. Stnn();,.zi rendered
the 1 gent of Yariea very interesting. In the
earlier parts she was very dull and flat. She oinit..
ted the songs, though. she can sing very prettily.
ST 'RAC F. was by. no means the best IVoquiki we have
seer ; she danced and chattered like an ideot.
'''LL/ND'N
.made the charaEler of the Governor very
te"."P4'uouL and diverting, particularly to the gal-
leries.
A cause vrassault, between two Aflors of Co Vent-
Garden Theatre, was ex'
pefteA to have been tried
yesterday in the Court of C
ommon Pleas, but' by
advice of, tile Plaintiff's Counsel, was refd t
Arbitration. It appeared
that one called theerre othero puppy, and that the latter inflided the summary
Punishment of a knock.a'ortun blow,. This mode of
• taking the la
Farr an te w into a man's cezun hand, though not
and dby formal statute, saves much expence,
is a sure way to obtain substantial justice.
An Aelor of Covent-garden Theatre, who fan.
cies that the House would be shut if he were to
Yleave it, refused a
part lately, and expressed his re-
..eCtinn in the grosseit terms to the Manager.—
The latter heard him with patience, till his
anger had exhausted his strength, and then calmly
laid, that he might refuse or accept parts as he
Pleased, but desired that in future he would ne-
ver speak to him except on matters of business, and
then only in such terms as a Gentleman was entitled
to receive. Finally, he observed, that if this warn-
ing should be disregarded, the reftanory Alor
:Thishould have occasion to repent of his insolenCe.
s address, delivered with unaffeaed composure,
had • !n eft-et% that he, who before had been jab-
Ate a jay, was in a moment as mute as a

id r.r, We find, is composing new music for
of The gudgment of Paris, which is
ng at the Opera, the aaiolt only being
rt) the piece as reptcaented on the French

gad Such a
i
• tiering Ilk
ariackerei.
ST
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the Ballac
forthcomir
taken fro:S
Stage.