The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-31 00:00:00

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[For the • follow-ing judicious, lib:ral, and animated, tri.
bute to, departed genius, we.are indebted to A Gentleman
Who fs.not only pe. rhelly conversant in ." The Elements of
Art,". but who unites the powers 'of the pen and the pencil
in such a manner as to do honour to both :3 - • •

In the death of HOPPN Eli, which has so soon fol,-
lowed that of Ovi a, the Acts and the Academy have
again, to lament one t;f their most conspicuouisorna-
rneu,ts:, not falling full of years) and in the gradual
iteay of nature, butctit otf in the vigour
,of his
poVM-s, when ripe for great exettion, and not less
zealdus in the pursuit of excellence, than qualified
to obtain it.

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Thouth
,arrested 'preMatUrely in his career, how.
ever, Hopper, like Opie, tad time and oppprtuni-
'ty CutliCient 64ablish his.-frifte, and give him just
pretensions te.an ekalted station amongst those who
shall hereafter be, considered as fort-I-ling the English
School of Painting.
.With ambition ..Anda't)ilityto
distinguish hiMself inahigher sphere, the peculiar,
taste. of his time confinedhim almost entirely to
portrait painting, a branch of art -Which, as,prattiseil
in this country, tequires a :combidatiort, of poWerS
that includeSa wide range oltalent3, and which the
gettins and example'ofltciNOLVs haVe elevated al-
Most to the dignity of hiStOry.

1"n this department Hoppner arrived at great emi
lieneo, thebest of his competitors Were content to
allow him to be theiregnal, and, the public tor some
yais past alpeared hi4apreterence. Not,
hoWever, fo enter invidiously into any .thinecessary
cothpatison of merits, it may be asserted without
partiality,, that no porkrait'painter .of his,titne-enjoy;
ed more'nf the,public favour, or can he said to..have
better deserVed it.

As an artist, lie followed with affeetion and reve-
rence in tb6.t.rack'bf ReynOlds,.Whose highest -
me-
rits be felt, admired, and ithitated. Though fie
formed himself, however, upon this great model, he
was by, no means a se/vile. imitator. The freedoth
of genius qualified the euthusiism of admiration ;
his was the sengibility. and not the superstition of
taste; and he never suffered the merits of the great
founder of the British Seliciol to supersede in his
'estimation' the study 'of nature.
The stile of Reynolds lie often successfully adopt-
ed, 'but. his manner was generally his own. His
strength lay 'principally in .colouring, and chia,'-
oseuro; but, perhap4,.the quality which particUlarly
.charaderi!ied Eim -is taste ;_ taste as well in thecoo-
"ception ay iii the execution of his works. The deli-
*cac'y of his feeling- always secured birn..from glitter
and atfeclation, o.,*en when it dia not condu& hint to
simplicity and fruth; and it' his pencil was some-
times'Coarse or fei-ble, it could never be said to be
Vul.-ar'ertrieritricious. . .
fa freshness Of hue', anil'fiillnesS of of ea, he has •
been surpassed by no artist amongst thoSe who now
'so conspiCtiousiy.display. those eaFivating qudities
and kin,: of his gtudied prodoti ions 'W,ll' cherished
as.ekamptes'ot 'colouring and vx.centiort highly. ha-
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nOnrable, to. the charat:l. r of English art.
As it leader Of taste in his ti,tie, the student will
look up 'to him with Jeveience and attention':
• thciugli. 'generally jtegligcip 4) deta i, and ofteu' in-

correct its design, he will Lind in the best Worits 4 .•
Hopp:ter merits of a pure and legitimate. cbaraler,
tliore than sufficient to c,Ainterbaiance those de-, i.
feet's.; Merits •founded on the true principles of art,
unperverted by quackery or vice, • Witioh he, who
would be a :painfer, may admire :without danger,
and imitate, with advantage.
The Merit's of Hoppner were not confined to his
profession; he was a man Of general talents, with
great .
natural strength of understanding, and, many
of the attainnients of cultivation.
I a literature his taste was good, and he ,has often
exercised his pen, both in poetry and prose, 'with
'consPlenous ability. tae touched the piano forte,
.and sung With great feeling, and was well skilled in
'the principles of music.
Ag a.companion, his qualities were such as' occa-
sioned him to be considered as an acquisition in the
'• test social circles .of his time ln the vigour of.
health and spirits,. few were more coalpetent, either
by vivacity of remark; or quickness of repartee, to
." set the:tible in a roar ;" and no man perhaps
possessed in a much higher degree the power of
placing his. thought in a strong light by the peculi-
arity of its expressiou. His cuneersaiion 'when Ull-
infbienced by an irritability which but too often cha-
racterizs hi's profession, and 'w Lich sometimes im7
paired the pleasure of his. So.!ie y, was highly tuning
1 and aeitnated ; rAti3iy at-fedi:lg the depths of philoso-
phy,,or tire dissertations of a:gun-lent,' he skimmed
lightly over general topics, aed Seldom failed to pre-
sent something new either in tartan or substance. •
His sarcasm w.ts powerful, and sometimes un-
sparing,, but thOugh it occasivilaily f... 11 with tinme
rited seventy, it was generally employed against
those whom h*e considered as the charlatans and pre.-
tenders of 'his day.
As an artist, the name of H",pptier his many
claims to be, remembered with res;,ect ny his bre7
thren.. As a companion, 't he writer .of this *short
sketch.of his character will loop; recollect him with
those impressions which result from Hie !baby pllea•
sant hours he !vs passed in his society Boring, a long
course of prolessioh4 emulation' and private friend-
ship..

A shocking accident happened at the house Mr.
Bagster, at Calcot-End, near Colnbrook, on Sunday
night-last. • The 'paid-servant had put two 9f Mr.
Bagster's children to bed, the one four and the other
six years old and, as v.•'as't he customary indulgence,
a candle was lett in the root-it until they had gone to
sleep. In about, a quarter of an hour after
.the sei vdpt
came down stairs, the room in which 'the: children
slept Was•disvorered to be on tire by a siran,Or p),+.
ing,. and alarm.was instantly given. Mr.. Bagster
succeeded, at great risk, in rescuing 'the elder child,
but the youngest fella viatirn to the flames. - The
fire was afterwards got under.
An inquest vas held, at twelve -o'clock, vt:sterday,
at the Blue Posts in Ft'!wood's Rents,-Holb..rn, by
Esq. on the body of Win. Jone,•,, a por-
ter at Ow White Hart Inn, who hung
himself, on Mdnday, at his house in Fulwood`s
Rents. It appeared in evidence, that the dece:isecl
fras forty years of age; and had a family of six.di l-
Oren, but in very encumbered 'cireuthsanees. Tin
Jay returned a verdit pf Lunau

TO COPtETT.

SIR,

Colchester, 1211. tfi, tile..
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As.you promise. to be wiih any partisan of Lord
,CASTLEREAGH In a moment, if he stirs again, I
.take yott at your word, and expect you to keep
.yotir promise next week.--ln your Register of the
21st.qran. itidij, you . stated that Viscount CASTLE:-
ilEAdil and some of his Relations he'd places to the
annual amount of 36,6911. aud on the
,2mh

JBlO, gallantly det::E.r...; that that sfatetneut

true, with the
_exception of a ate: e error in casting

of tonul. and a trifling error of 3001. in thi
amount Of one salary. 'lt should seem, however,
that you for of ,another little .errr)r of 3e571:
when,yOu stated that the Naval Officer and Harbour
Mastar of.jSt. Croix received. 40001. instead
cji 7331. In this same true statement, you asserted

also, that, three.. of the SEY!‘“WitS were
twat receipt of 2 I ,4•7:,;t: from all their places ; but
from an authentic sta:emerit: lately given in the
liapers, it clearly appears from (I,Numents, which
you. may deny, but cannot .conta”ert, - ili t the
amount Of • the whole, in Ireland, England, ar,ci St.
Croix, 'is. iv,s tdl. 154. only .1.0,56.51. ss. nader
your statement tiat was true. ' But you ityt that tl:e
"PrOthonotory's Ogice in Ireland yield, 1,2,5111. a
year; that you are now told the SEYMOVItS pocket
08491.'; and then particuirrly ask 'w hat it is to you •
what becOmes of the reni:dning ASO. ? Woy no-
thing at all, if you had not told us distindly, Mr.
COi3tETT, that the SEYMOURS b;.k4gerl the whole
12,51 11: and that. the total sum drawn by thetas
from the Otlices in Ireland, since On, including
the compound interest, is•iwo ruiliions one hundred
and sixty thousand and •filty-six pounds. You
'added too, did.you nbt ? that; in all, three mil-
lions ff the putlic money' h4ve been drawn from the
public by them, and three or four other persons,
Viscount CATLE REAGH and sorhe of hisß,litions,
during the last 30 or 4u yearn? There's a statement .
for you 1.- Do you persist in asserting the truth of
it., except in the casting and in the amount of the
Connuissionership of Excise ? You cannot, dare not
do it, fOr it is take in.every particular, in the emo-
luments of the Prothonotory, Clerk of. the Crown,
FiLizer, Whartinger., and Na% al Officer in St. Croix.
You *Claim to be Open anlmanly—and.if you are
'what >on affect to be, you will retract Your -state-
, went, and tell the delti&d, public, that your whim-
sic 11 calculations of. three. millions, b,ing founded
upon false rrinciples, are Pettedly incorre6l, and
that you are sorry, very sorry, tor having deceived
en4eavonte,t to prejudice .antt inflame
tb,,ht against Lad CASTLEYMAGii and. some of his
Relations, • ,
A plinodia of this kind I confitiently expeEt to see
with this n>y letter :a your rrext Register, happily •
blended won some ,-.of,your spirited- observationst
and the -usual Cobbettisms of " Clitoris, stone-
hearted, bloodless," &c. &c. ilentifully interspe.rs-
ed. Such flowers ,ot speech may be sczteted ;by
any blackpard, or even by any bl,,Cl:llt-itif.; bUt as
had rather prove, titan call a Use accu,er mean,
mischievous, walignam, and mendacious, I am,
Mr.COLBETT,.
Your humble• Servant,
• . . C. S.
By way of rricooriTgement,' I tell you, that, if
you pubitsit and,notice this le ter, I- mean to stir
again, and •to ondeceiye the public wherp-ver you
mislead them. This is t:tir; is-it not ?•eh !

AGRICGLIVRE;

MONTHLY REPORT FOR JANUARY.

The large importations of Fre .ch.Wh at, und:r
license, have\ kept the markets tolerably steady in
the prices of bread-corn. Government will no
doubt exercise a sound discretion on this occasion,.
in balincing the rightful interests of the grower and
.consumer; The growing plants of Wheat have
ge:?erally stocked, and continue their healthful ap-
pearance, proniising an abundant produce. The
early dibbled Beans in Kent and Essex are above
ground, and spew well. The Barley counties. of
Norfolk and Suffolk will be backward' in their
Lent seed sowing, particularly on the heavy soils of
the latter, from the• rains that have fallen in the
course of the month. Clover Seed cobs and rises
bad in most parts, from the damp state in which it
was got up. Potatoes turn out a much shorter crop
than was expelled, particularly in Ireland, where
• they are risen to tod. per stone, and, in consequence,
.the Oats and Barley of that country have risen in
, 'proportion; and the Tares, Rye, and Winter Bar-
i ley. The Turnips keep sound in most counties,
promising pl,iity of spring feed.—Lean Stock has
not declined in price in the central coUnties, which at
this season is the piincipal depot. Smithfield. has
been well supplied for the three last weeks with
well-conditiobied horned cattle and Sheep, on reason-
able terms, of which, however, the butcher has had
'almost the sole advantage, -House Lamb comes
plentifulry, but the price is not correspondent.—
•The Wool markets are brisk, and. fine fleeces of
Southdowa and Merino readily fetch more money.

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MANUFACTURES,. &C.

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FOR LAP ir C' and GENTLZMEIV:,

rtOM ACKERMANN'S REF(..,i'l,ollY OF. ARTS FASHIONS-

Lv EN I NG,OII. F u t. Da purple.), el vecround robe'
',a flu; and long bleCVe, bordered round the hot:.
tons nos;-iii anti waists won narrow' gold 'A Spanish
.hat, ~111 of purple sill: or velvet, the sanx as the obi,
in front wilit brilliant., and ornamented With
' feathers. A capuchin cloak of white satin,
•:, rr.und with lull swansdown. I)iainoiid
chai•l cioss ; drop tor.rin,,s• and bracelets of the same ;
gold chain and opera glass., Qrecian slippers of white satin,
tii:rned will% silver. • . . .

Or tR A Vit BSS.-,A round robe of white or coloured crape,
impeliat net, or Muslin, with white satin bodice, trimmed
with rot(' or silver or a border of small flowers. A wrapping
I...triti'e of lawn-coloured Satin, tritynnecl ,:nthely round with
twao,,ctown,
_Neck-lace, ear-rings, and, bracelets of pearl.
1 Lai iii; disheVelled curl i, confined with a diaiiiond comb, and
-orc.::4l,..htat wit!, a "Version wreath of h:etidett pearl and arne-
_fh) Nis. -,- Slippers of lav‘ rr,colcLrred satin, with silver clasps.
0}: era fan ot, c.irvea ttmtv:... , .
FASHI9NS FOR GENTLEMEN.

r-chATs.---t;reat-coats are in general worn of olive,
oltae wown, bottle. green superfine cloth, or superline-
- Bath 'coating; shigle-breastcd, wit 'three or four straps in
t: e front ; oross-tiaps, and the. pockets' outside, under the
latter;, a shun flap in the plaits,_ pointed with three but-.
tons ; round cuff's; the collar to conic up high in the neck
padded; the tall-down collar only an inch. and a half
deep: The waist is worn long, three inches below the hip-
bone, and the skirts must reach to the bottom of the calf.
Some fashionaOles have furcutl's,collar, lappets to their
great-eoats, with kstand-ap collar, faced with fur inside, so
• as toturn-.back to trona I; fall down collar.
'The leaders of the twin rat appear at the Opera in great-
coats edged with Russian lamb-skin, with culls, collar, and
/ lappets of tile.sanne, and loops in frOnt ; made after the Po-
. lishfashion, and lined thrOughout with silk serge. •
L7.4-'la/uit INc-coArs.-,--The most fashionable colours for
:•tuvino.g-wats are riliVe,, or olive-brown, and blue, Like
tne preeec!ing„ they are long wasted, but must not
he io,;,:sr than two or three inches above the knee, according
to the size of the wearer. The lapells comedown very low,
that is to say, to tie hip-button; pockets outside, under
• the cross-flaps; small (or habit size) plain gilt buttons ; five
holes in the lappek to button all the way ; Frenchfiding
-sleeve; with three I irge li,oltuns ;the collar to come up high;
the tall-down an inell and a.quitrter deep, according. to the
he igut of the collar.

s.V„ts-rcoA, s.--" The prevailing colours for waistcoats are
White,, India rib patent,green priut, buff, with blue or black
- stripes,
,wineasonner. They are bound with black or blue
. 'silk galloon, double-breasleti, with five or six hole;, accord,
iugto the length, to biltion all the way up..
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PANTA cooNs—are of blue or drab : coloured stocking,
fiuored.. For brcech-zs, drab
.colours are in highest request
- they ate made to conic low under the knee.