The Sun.
London, England, 1816-01-16 00:00:00

itorm, ACADEMY.

Iti.titiati Mit-0..6110s flrst Lecture on Pdint-
nk eveiaiol..c.. eoitimetv:A.,l %vitli
ibserving, that the sank iiiozess ‘rhielt SO ttis-
logii7,oeli the ,riFe"ana pro,ress of Ole' art among
:he Greeks,
,ch}iracttHzett its, restoreition among
,he ttxiian9. 'rind process is the pitrsnit of
Na-
ui!`_t(tlpruivt. _Religion aril liberty (continued

he Pilcfet*si;r) were the chief iciltigatot:i and sti-

imilators of the Art in aticitiit tinie9 ; religion anti

commerce the priucipti impulse in ino:itirn ones.
Leonard' (la Viaci the:`fir'st that displayed
the light of genius, after.the first. dawn in the

iinie of Ittnracio ; the,•pritiqip future of, his

chat4cter, which perl►Hps he ortett
carried ii,to•the extreme. Thus *as tl►e state of

tlie-att before the tiulC of whose

astonishing jserlormaneei may "Well ite cutropisred
‘rit4,-the Eine %Vorks of Homer and Pisithas. The
learned. Professor, after &veiling • much upon the
sublimity and gra kthyur Ailgelo al-
vays isurs'ned., proceeded .to offer some judicious
critteissns upon Isis%vorks, the folluwing
.ructt:of 'whieh, it is hOped, will suffice
1:11e ptiheipM defect of MickaerAngclo, i, a
heaviness amt unnatural bulk in his ?ignres, which
is• not to be found in the antique. The litreoles
of ,Glyeßn is u striking specimen, which, though

of sa gig Antic a size: appe4rs light itts A. deer,
elastic 4s t;t VIII._ The joiiits of his figures are

rather stitr, the forms of his l!esh too round, and
the whoic iphere of Irk inusehto too mucia brought
into action,

. . .
Michael Angdo borrowed much from Leonard'
da Vinci, 'hut still more 'the -anti/oe, which lte
studied' virrormrsly ;• a miecithvn.of his early talent -
is a Micelin%) nearly equal in beauty and form,ta
the ‘eorlts of the greatest masters.
The'lcarned Professor then prole',:ded to Ra-
trinket; whOse Cakoons he considp ed siieciinens
of energy, which had never Veen ecrailer!, Some'
Of the rat this great painter, however, tare
not wholly
.faultlesi ; his Madonas have an insi-
pid character, owing to the circularity of the fore-
head, vord,the setnicircidar arch of the eyebrow.
The.works of
,Corregio possels peculiar grace ;
the feature in his S: ;le', is. the continued
:surce,!:n;ii of .the concave Aiot convex, to which,
.perhapi; he ha sometimes' sacrificed correctness
and troth..
:The ProlessOr then prricceded to discourse upon
,vorions subsequent artlsts,,-partienlarly Ponssin,
Parmegiano, and.caracci, ‘vho founded,
in the iiitter parr of the I Gth century, that school.
which, by ,c6rrecting fault; selecting beauties,
and avoiding the e.“retrics of the different man.
.ners„ atteinpted' to compose a perfect system of
their own. ,
-Mr. then, towards the conclusion of his.
Lecture. delivered Ohre judicious udyice to direct
the -conduct of the stitch:lmi, the principal of which.'
.Was the following
He first recommended them slowness, and
.eertadutyin all theiti pei.fortrouc'es, facility
sign of genloiy nor is the:contrary a mark of inn«
buity. He next tolvi.4ol them not to ,waste top.
much •time in exquisite touches and high hnish..
ing ; he then ceuriured too Much copying, and 're-
commended the student to depend upon himself,
rvlier:thon the' works of his master ; for what
wouldhuve been the ease, if no one hall exceeded
predecessor ? gr. ruscii conclndc4l his exw
cenent'iliiconrie with well Merited coniviinieot
upon .the..veneruhle I;reFsitt:...nt, who ssusrin then

Ci air.
Yesterday evening it, Ttitttiatt Esq. R. A. tie-
livered his second lc tune .on
," The Principles or
Perspective," at the goyal Academy. The learned,
'Professor commenced by 'stating, that, 'in his
former and opening lecture, he had laid down tint
roles of cubical, hori4outal, and Vertical' lines,
and made-.reference, in,sopport of his opinions,
to certitin works of theGerinsti School. Indeed,
those principles were found, to pervade thc best.
woks of 3,,art...,; in the cartoons of Itsphakl, thin:
laws of.Geotnetry and the lines of PerspectiVe %Vert:
clearly and yrec4ely laid down. In fart, the, n-
ttf each work.of re,nl. and lionctficfchurac-
ter,
,shewed the exemplification of the ndes
insertion, contraction and expansion, aCeordini;
to the trecgcometical,scale it, art.
ProtessOr here pointed out the decisive and
*pre-eminent iit(iv,intageb of those prineiples in the
iill4 01 sculpture, anti ids° architectural pur-
suits, dud spewed time necessity of citltiutiAg the
roles• of''gtiometry, both intheii• positive and in-
verAn-prineiples.: 11,e also introduced a variety of
drawings (row ,antiOtte and moilern,ssulpture
architecture, to eAablish the, necessity ctilti-
vating,first principles iti art in the outlines of his.,
torical subjects. "
Mr. Turner's Lecture was principally attractive
from the excellent drawings he introdueett of this
Preek..and ituntan odium's, which were in this
fullest degrec'elticidatory of the technicalltilcs he
ittid.dowii in the course of,iiis Leeture.

iit'e'presient 'amount of the subscriptions for the.
Wellington Column on Blackdown is 1510/,•
. At the 1-I,itnts Sessions, Mr. BrRD was discharged.
tronr, 1114 reCog,nizanCea to anirver a charge made
by the Marquis of Bvcitrclumu, of his having
instigated his Lordslap to.fight a duel ; and it is
said to be Mr. Bran's intention to proseeu:e ti e
.Magistrate, and sit concerned 'in executing the
*arrant, for false imprisonment;--(S,il4bury
`J'ournal.) • .
Siamore.—The late stormy weather' on tire
coast, ,though productive of much damage in.
other fespeCts-,' was Very propitious for the cow-
menCement:of ,Salmon fishing, which took place
fist „tvtejc.. 'Clic weather drove the fish up the
rivers, and in the Eden, at this season, they were
uevcr known to be finer or more plenty,—(Car..
I;sto Patriot.)

About half-past twelve o'clock, in the evening •
of Monday se'unight, a dreadful noise was heard ,tt'
Ayr, Scotland, somewhat resembling the shock of,
an Eartliquaka, It IA as accompanied by a very
vivid tight, and tbook the doers and windows of-
tbe houses where the inhabitants were awake
the time, 410 had the effect to awake some-who
. Were asleep, and make.-them start trots 'their
'Io some
.it bad the appearance as if a large 'quan-
tity of moues,' .or heavy body, act fitllvo on ti)e
ground, and to others, as if a- accond. linnet.,
distely took rlitce