The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-05 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY.

Yesterday eve.`-,it►g the Prcofessor of Perspecr
live, Mr. TURNER, A. tkikered th.e o,q-ning
!,ecture to his Course upon that Scie►;ce. Mr.
TURNER having remarked the peculiar didiculties
of his situation, observ,,:d, that the Science was
nevertheless comparati,ely of humble appear-
ance. It was branch of geometry, and though
he necessary pursuit of it was attended with
n►any and great difficulties, it was but sti'►s"rcient
to nobler purposes, not possessing a decided and
stii:►ing ciiar•act'r of its own. In maiking the
progresS of tie Science, the Professor observed,
th3t some traces of it might be per•ceivecl in
PLINY, at►d a feW other Latin Authors ; but that
its full exposion did not take place until the
fifteenth century; when in the lime of VAN DICK,
the celebrated inventor of oil paint ing , the
brother of thiS ingenious man, with some con-
ten►lror;tries, taught the world the necessity of
this science towards an adequate representation
of nat tire, and contributed most considerably to-
wards the advanctment and perfection of it.
Before entering, into the practical part of tl►c
study, the Professor particularly enforced the sit-
perio►ity of a picture correct in ii perspective
and anatomy, over that whose only beauty is
good colouring. " Nature," added he, " con-
tinually varies in her hues and colours; bitt never
pi ()duces any Tirctinist nces differing front the
same ptincipie of perspective and anatomy."
►'llany beau!iful drawings were exhibited, among
whicli were represeotations Cyrlion-house, the
Adutirdiy, the Monument, and Si. George's, Ha-
nover-square.

To our FRIENDS, Numerous CUSTOMERS, and to the
PUBLIC.

LADIES AND GENTt.;t:tgtLiltaving made gaud
our promise of reply to the base ealuntries
against us, we featlessly, but most respectfully,
solicit your pationage according to your opiniott
of us, and beg leave to inform you, that we shall,
front time to time, in &fiance of any Secret
IVine Committee, or of any Man, Alen, or Set of
Men, who would wish to keep one of the great
Comforts of Life at high Prices, continue public-
ly to advertise our regular Lists, and the names
of our ,Agents, and we Shall, as we before stated,
every Tuesday advertise in all the Public Morn-
ing or Evening Papers alternwely, such Wines
as we can afford, at much lower prices th In our
general List, being in part Wines that we are
()vet stocked with, tind also what we buy front
Merchants Nvho are induced to sell to us at very.
low prices for ready-money ; they are honourably
though cheaply bought, anti they shall be liberally
and cheaply sold, and we will continue to sell
good and cheap. We ore not to be intimidated ;
success has made us bold, you have made us in-
dependent, and earnestly soliciting a continuance
of your favours,
We remain, with the greatest respect,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
• your most obedient Servants,
THOMAS and RICHARD ABBorr.
Skinner-Street, sth Jan. 1819.
• N. B. For Particulars of Wines offered this
day, see Advertisement.

clisToNl LIST.
Entered Inward,, Jan. 4.—Hope, Love, Seville; London.
Packet, Aspill, do. ; Sal us, Thompson, Hamburgh ; Henry,
Scott, tlo.; Allegooda Killetiina, Kuileunt, Antwerp ;
Nep-
thous, Strait, do.; New Harmony, Humphreys, do. ; Vrow
Geordina, Sok, Amsterdam ; Pititce Leopold, Smith, Hnt•una;
Paimballin, Muller, Altona: Jungfer Anna, Henkel!, Cara-
litterziel; Vrow Wilske, Viers, Delfzyl ; John,
Leghorn; Fanny, Fry, Naples ; Mar4aret, Clark, Rouen ;
Lcs Trois Antis, Mocairs, larseilles; London Pachet,Tracey,
Boston.
ERtered Outwards, .lern. 4.—Friends, Barclay, Jamaica;
Neva, Farquhar-no, tlo. ; Nelly, Garb, Plamburgh ; Margaret,
Nairne, Genoa; Reliance, Harrison, Buenos Ares.
Cleared Outwards, Jan. 4.—Matilda, Brightman, Lisbon ;
Harieston, Thornhill, Antigna ; Editha, Allen, litletiois
.lyres; Symmetry, Dwarris,.lamaica ; Loyalist. Herbert, St
Vincent's; Lark, ()Hear, Messina; Glory, Scott, Cadiz;
Elizabeth Eltunor a, Ruse, Rotterdam.

TWELFTH NIGHT —G. CARROLL, in gratitude
for past favours, and desirous of promoting the
hilarity of the present festive season, has the ho-
nour of informing his juvenile Wends, now at
home for the Christmas holidays, that he has pro-
vided for their atutssetnept a set of Twelfth-
Night Characters, which will be given to them
gratis, at either of his Fortunate Lottery Offices,
No. 19, Cornhill, or 26, Oxford-street ; where
No. 2357, the Ticket which was tirawit a Prize
of 30,000/, in the present Untery, was sold.
Sir SAMUEL RoMILLI's Will, with eleven Co.
glicils, was proved on Saturday afternoon by.
JouN WirtsHAw, of Liticoln's-ino, Esq. one of
the survit log executors. Personal property swore
under 60,0001.
The persona! property of the late Mr. JOHN-
Cut:Totes (formerly a hair-dresser) amounts to
between 2-10,0001. and 250,0001.
I• was with regret we stated in our last that
the Reverend Mr. PORTEOL'S was hurt in the pro-
ceedings of 'Wednesday ; we are happy to learn
chat the report, so very generally circulated, was
unfounded, That Gentlillllol, after leaving the
unfortunate man, 'went immediately, in com-
pany with the It-very:id Mr. Tait, to administer
comfort to his rafilictyd parents, who are decent
people, and keep a shop in this. city. They visited
their unhappy son for the last rime on Tuesday,
'when he expressed himself fully resigned to his fate.
The mother has since then been in a sate al-
most horderiog on distraction ; and hg r feelings
may be better judged of than described, N.vluert
sonic part of the crowd on Wednesday ran and
informed her that her son bad been rescued and
bad escaped. ‘lrre understand that the Magistrates
have dismi,sed the execntioner.--. (Edinburgh Cou-
rant, Jim. 2.)
CHILDREN BURNED:—A woman of the name of
Moysev, of Boat n, a few davi a4o left
.two of
her children in her house whilv she went on an
errand to a neighbour's : on returning, in a quar-
ter of au hour, and opening the door, a dread-
ful spectc'e presented itself to the distracted
mother-6.e eldest girl, aged five years, 1.1 v•
ittretched.on the floor a lifeless corpse, every part
of her clothes being entirely burnt, too; the
child sc ()roiled in a m )st dreadful manner : tt e
younger child escaped. How the acculent hap-
pened is not known, hut it is supposed that a
chair with some linen on it caught tire, and that the
deceased in endeavouring to extinguish the flames
fell a victim to the devonriug element.—Verdict ot.
the Coroner's Jul y—" Burned to death by
1 accident."_,