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TUESDAY, NO

EDWARD BIRD, ESQ. R. A.

We tiid not•know till we saw. the following
character of this excellent Artist in the •Bristol
Journal of Saturday last, that the world had been
deprived of his talents.
" The memory of the late Mr. BIRD will be
preserved by all who intimately knew him, on ac-
count of the sincerity of his manners and philan-
thropy, as well as. generosity ; independently of
the admiration his pictorial attainments excited,
be was a' good son, -affectionate husband, kind
father, liberal master, and loyal citizen ; and no
man, while he enjoyed health, was more social or
amiable [n- society. The last five or air years of
his_ life were
.11 continual struggle with disease,
latterly producing hypochondriacal affection, till
At length medical assistance could only alleviate
pain;—for the last -year he could not -averrexercise•
his beloved art, and that alone was sufficient to
affect him poignantly Naturally he bad a. strong
mind, and superior natural parts to conduct him
to success in the arts, and long practice in its in
terior branches Wad confirmed him in the—mecha-
nical part of its great powers. Coutrary to most
men who possess the comic powers of the pencil,
be ever avoided satire in his compositions beyond
what was general, and on no consideration would
lie allow a licentious idea to appear on his canvass.
His success in his profession fully corresponded
his 'abilities and virtues ; the Marquess of
Stafford, early in his progress, patronized him ;
and his first picture Of arty consequence WO, to
serve him, placed in his celebrated. ga'llery
among the old masters. The Prineesi Charloire
of Wales gave him the title-of her painter, on the
slightest recommeodation. For the Prince Regert
he executed the " Psalm bingers" in a Country
Church, and hod a commission for its " Pendant,"
which he never liven to execute. Lord Bridg-
water ordered his ". Debarkation of the King. of
France," which lie munificently rewarded; and
also the " Embatkation," on an equally grand
scale. in Bristol, Mr. &nigh employed him to a
very considerable extent ;. and Mr. Hilhouse was.
early his admirer and liberal paymaster. He seas
a Member of the Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospi-
,tality, and the superb Freemason's Hall, in 13ridme-
street, bears upon its ceiling a fine specimen of
his taste .and talents, .'The Aeademy elected hits
almost without application ; Mr. West entirely,

patronized bins ; the Public vie Wed all" Ill's firm-
ductions with partiality, and could he but have
preserved his health, there is no doubt he might
have
.left a considerable fortune behind him ;
which, as the love of money never made any part
of his composition,• and he has died in the prime
of life, is not likely io be case.--A great deal of
his success arose from his good understanding,
which enabled him to profit by the observations
of others; and although, Rs is natural, he would
shrink at severe criticisms at the moment, yet the
next day he would own. be had benefited by them;
and he went through this ordeal better than most
artists of very inferior merit All his Pictures,
especially his comic ones, were closely studied
from Nature ; he employed models for every thing,
and chose his models with superior judgment;--
having many acquaintances and friends. and be-
ing rapid with his pencil, few would refuse him
a sitting, and his best pictures abound with actual
portraits—on such a foundation his canvasses must
acquire value with time,forthe basis is hunian!nature.
His mode of painting was perfectly singular ; any
room was his painting-room, and any Lour the
hour of execution. The writer of this has seen
him painting by candlelight in oil, during the time
his tea was pouring out, and beginning and finish-
ing a little study before that meal was compleat-
ed ! He painted his portrait once in 15 minutes,
during the time he was making a hasty breakfast;
and it was no uncommon thing to see hint begin
a large picture without any previous drawing, in
two or three parts at once ; vet the scale in his
eye was so just that all harmonized in proportion
at the termination.—Nobody was more liberal of
his sketches, and-for some years he was the-centre
of a society assembled to make drawings in the
evening before supper, where the greater number
of members were amateurs, and the result of their
labours went into the scrap-book of the party
whose turn it became to hold the Meeting at his
own house : on these occasions his contributions
were often the most ?likable, and an infitsite
number of his designs'are thus scattered about

Bristol, among his oldest acquaintance.—Like all
men of genius; be possessed a fund of simplicity
and faith in other men's professions, and was•pro-
bably often the dupe of his own good nature and
innocence of the world ;—his morals were pure
and be did not want for sagacity, but many causes
creditable to himself, contributed very often to his
being a loser where others would have made great
gains. It has been-the follyof some who have passed
for his friends to pit him against Mr.Wilkie, a thing
he never approved ; always allowing that gentle-
man's great merits, and knowing well that their
systems of execution were entirely dissimilar, he
never vaun►ed over him, but enjoyed his compo-
sitions in common with every good judge of art.
He liberally patronized abilities wherever he found

them, and took pleasure in bringing forward ta-
lents in others,—his scholars were always his
scholars, and for years he promoted the advances
of many who had long ceased to benefit him in a
pecuniary way. For himself, his discoveries were
all his own ; and if ever any man might be allow-
ed to be self-taught, it was Bird ; no one ever
made so great progress with so little help ; am-
bition in him supplied every other want. A great
deal more might be said in his praise would the
limits of your pages allow it, or could the voice
Who in losing him are not
of his family be•heatd ;

only deprived of his support and the friendships
he created, but of the most indulgent and tenderly
affectionate relation that ever existed.
" Eristul, „id Nov. 1819.

G. C."

EMBER 9, 1819.

LONDON JOURNALS:
FROM T MORSING PAPERS OF FATS DAY.

- [MaiOng ChrOftiCk.l
The BEINCESS OtAVALLS is gone:to Marseilles
to reside there for the winter. It is not. true,
therefore, that.,bWßoyal 11ighttess, is expected
borne in the beginning of next month, as stated in
a Morning Paper.of yesterdaY; nor has any order
been given to fit. up her apartments in Kensington
Palace. Indeed' they are totally disruintled.—
Colonel Sr. LEGER has requested to/resign his,
situation, solety on' th'e score of ill-health.

Letters, dated 20th ult. were yesterday received
from Seville, which state, that the fever .there
bad diminisbed;and the alarm subsided so much,
that the persons who had fled into the country,
were prepartug 0-rcettirt3,49,

,Worning Post]
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

LEEDS, Nov. 6.-1 mentioned in a former let-
ter; that ten pieces of artillery had arrived in this
District. Out of this number, two field-pieces,
with a proportionate iwinber of'inen; arrived here
to-day, and are to he stationed in this town ; the
otberS are to be placed at .M4kefielii, Hudders-
field, Halifax, &e. in the immediate vicinity ; so
that all, if •wanted, may' be' brought to one
point of action, at a short notice. In
tion to the two floors of the 401, or Royal Irish'
Dragoon Guards, already stationed hcre,
other troop arrived this and, in order that
we may be better protected,' some ektrnsive btrib.
hugs have been inspected, and are ordered to be
fitted up immediately ns Barracks for a Regiment
of infantry, shortly expected. It is also confi-
dently rumoured, that the Regiment of Yorkshire
Hussars; co tnniatt letl by Loud Grantham, and the
other Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps, are to be
iminediately'cailed out.