Star.
London, England, 1815-02-03 00:00:00

RordirL siCAIDEMT:

Last night Mr. FUSEL; delivered his Leetnie
on Painting, at the Royal Academy. The present
discourse consisted of an able and Philosophical ana..
lysis-of that branch of the art which is classed Wider
the head of Invention ; the great leading features of
which, together with dioseywhich are essential for its
attainment, were clearly and eloquently laid down
by this eminent Professor. He powerfully impressed
upon the student the necessity of arranging his sub-
ject, so as to constitute one whole, carefully keeping
in mind the firm basis of the story. Four branches
grew out of the present classification of his discourse,
and, to these it *tame necessary -in their order to
advert..
.kirst, the delineation of subjects of animal
and common life, which were familiar to the eye ;
next, historic subjects ; and then landscape and epic.
In illuitrating the magical force which genius was
capable of infusing into the first of those divisions,
Mr. Fuseal pointed out the unrivalled merits of seve.
ral.paintings •of the Italian school ; also the Nisbe
and the grolino, which owed their sympathetic influ-
ence to the assimilating power of their design, not to
the names which respectively characterised them.—,
The second branch was that of history, which by the
leave of the pencil, embodied the passing topics of
the time, and gave to each 46 a local habitation and
• name."—The professor pointed nut' tbegreat ex-
amples which the Italian Masters exhibited,- of that
caannand of subject, which, in its display, elevated
as it informed the • mind. He particularly dwelt
upon that masterpiece of human genies—Rarmaies
Cartoon of Paul isreachieg before the Athenian: The
simple dignity of the Apostle's attitude, shed an int.
posing and reverential awe upon the Mingled and.
diversified auditory, whilst the distinct representation
of Charaster which the Artist preserves! aMong'the
Stoics, Platonians, and Other classes oldie sChools
then assembled. in the Areopagus, conveyed'in lan-
guage trumpet-tongued the whole history of the cit..
cumstance which it was his object to'record.
The. Professor took a rapid review, of the other divi-
sions which he had laid down : in the course of these'
he touched upon the use of Allegory ; the objections
to which, in his opinion, were often.the subterfuge of
dullness—as an example, how fir allegory may be
made, lint only subservient to the work, but a strong
ingredient in its general embellishment, he adduced.
some of the productions of Pousstx ; these fully
chewed its advantage, When in the hands of a master,i
'and still without any deviation from the strict Cha-
racter of the story in which it was embodied.

In the 'course of his Lecture, Mr. Fuseu took,
'occasion to shew the degeneracy of modern Portrait
'.rair.ting. In Pormer times, it had been cultivate
•by paper selection, with extraordinary 'success, -an
In the Portraits of that, tilay were' to be found th
`Mental energy, and philosophic atttihutes of the ori.
gipals, whose names they bore ; but in modern times;
bbikty and• commerce bringing wealth in their train,
ltd diffused so general a inama for this branch of the
Arty, • that it had Passed from Lords and Ladies'
through all the gradations of society, and no person
-who had a guinea to command, would overlook the
Vain gratification of having a likeness to perpetuate
the outline of his face.

oh was the same in Landscape—a few trees and a
small insulated spot of land formed the while sub-
ject ; nothing of CLAUDE was to be seen —nothing of
the great phenomena of nature was Visible—in fact,
nothing of that strength and force of vigorous repre-
sentation, which gave life and animation to the en-
larged sphere of nature's works.
It would be in vain to follow Mr. FUSZLI, even did
oqr liMits allow it, through a Lecture as replete with
glowing eloquence as it was full of sound and pow.
Awful principles, for the guidance of the pupil's pro-
gtess in the study of his laborious art. He was
repeatedly interrupted by-bursts of applause ; his
Ideas teemed to have been taught by a simultaneous
Acks'' Diet throUghout the chamber, and the strength of,
Age/intellect. , and influence of his laborious example,
well doekless be operative in no small degree in the.
totombtlon of taste and judgement anteug the Agog
`etitifordit Oiva-artime. •

MEL'INCHOLr SHIPWRECKS.
ABERDEEN, JANUARY 28.
Thursday last, after a very intense frost, a thaw
commenced, with a.gale from the E. S. E. which, in_
.the course of the night and yesterday, increased ter
Whine violence, occasioning the most tremendous'
sea on this coast we have witnessed for many years. I
Three unfortunate vessels were wen yesterday fore.
noon, when two of them, a brig and a schooner, ap,
peered standing to the Southward ; but from the
strong flood tide, were carried near the Girdleness,
when it was too evident their situation was extremely
'critical and perilous. The brig having wore, before'
.one P. M. stood for the harbour, and for some time
a hope was entertained of her being able to gain the
port in safety, but this was most unhappily frustrated,
by the awful catastrophe which the many assembled'
anxious spectators, with painful and agonised feel-
ings, soon witnessed ; for a few minutes the vessel,
in hauling to the ncrthward, was struck on the broad-
side by a tremendous wave, which, breaking over her
as high as the tops, threw her on the hrsba&ide, with'
the to sails in the water. The vessel, after being thus
for sAse time overwhelmed, again righted, wizen the
sails being, to appearance, tore and flying loose,
owing to the sheets giving way, she was no longer
manageable, and lay until the succeeding wave, by
which, melaneholT to relate, she was immediately in-
gulphed, with all on board, in the • merciless ocean
'The kchooner having got to the southward of the
Ness, was, tiy signal of some pilots, and others, di-.1
rected to the Bay of Nigg, as affording the only re-
maining chance of saving the crew, of which, gni;
the greater part were doomed to suMbr the like Imlay.'
choly fate of the former ; for, before the 'vessel struck,
the unfortunate seamen betook themselves to the rig-
ging, from which afterwards two of them, and one
from off the deck, were successively washed ; while
the Master, with the utmost difficulty, reached the'
shore by clinging to the main boom, and wee con-
veyed, in a very exhausted state, to the Rev. Mr.
Cruden's house, by whose characteristic humanity and
attention every comfort his situation required, was
administered, and he is, we learn, in the way of re-,
covery. About two hours afterwards, while these.
calamitous and distressing scenes filled every mint
with the most painful emotions, the third vessel, un-
der circumstances similar to the former, appeared
standing from the south eastward, under the square-
sail,ttry-sail, and storm-jib, and for a considerable
time steered with a favourable prospect for the har-
bour, until One Of those tremendeius seas, with wbich
she was now surrounded, laid the vessel on her beam-
ends, and the mast nearly in the water. The smack
after some time rose again, but only tq exhibit, by
her torn sails and sheets, the certainty of that dread
fate that was no longer to be avoided, owing to her
being thus rendered unnavigable; and after yawing
round and running to the southward, she struck
among the rocks in the Grey Hope, near the fatal
spot where the Oscar, Greenland ship, suffered. Six-
or eight people were seen in the rigging, and imagi-
nation alone can paint the anxiety and sorrow which
pervaded the minds of the numerous spettators as-
sembled near the. spot, during the short, period of
their suspended fate. it ,being impossible to render
them any assistance..., The unfortunate men were
soon washed off; two of them, however, clung some
time to the rigginikand- ‘ibeti dick fate seemed at
hand,. were seen to shake hands by a number of those
who witnessed the heart-rending scene, and socia alter
disappeared, the vessel being now a total wreck...-
This vessel proved to be the Thames smack, of this
port, &eat, with a valuable cargo of goods, from
London, part of which, in a damaged state, is expec-
ted to be saved. The crew consisted of nine per-
sons, exclusive of two steerage passengers, all of
which, with certainty, were known to be on board
The other too ill, fated vessels were the brig Caledo-
nia, fienderson, and schooner Providence, Findlay,
the former supposed to have six or seven persons on
!'bard, and-the tatter four or five, and both vessels
coal loaded. Captain Findlay reports that he sailed,
from Sunderland on Wednesday morning List, with
several vessels, for whose safety the most serious
prehension; are entertained. The gale continues!
to blow hard from the east. 1

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The following are the latest arrivals and departures,
at the York Hotel, Dover :
Mr. and Mrs. Maitland and servant, Mr. Holmes Hardy, I
(from Liverpool,) Mr. Brackenbury, Mr. Rolls, lad Mr. Am-
herst, to Paris; Lieut.-Gen. Caper and servant, sad Major Don;
kin, from Paris to London; Mr. Quinsted, from Fiance.to Caa.
terbury ; Mr. T. P. de Rouse and family, from Ltsitdon to Port
tugal; Mr Stoke*, from Paris to London ; Colonel Colgtiftt
'family to Paris; Mr. &bow, Messenger, to Vienna ; Col. Muria
and family, to Paris; Lad Buie and servant, sad Mr. Williams
and son, from Paris to London ; Contain, with dis-
patches to London, from France y Mr. Cabala and Lady, from
Paris to Dover; Mr. Mount, from Paris to London ; General
Holly, from France to Landon; Col. Baird and servant, from
Paris to London; Chandos Poole, Esq. and family, from Paris to
London ; Count Luna, of Epphay, to London ; P. Collins, Esq.
M.P. and F. Cross, Esq. from Paris to London; Mr. and Mrs.
Dundas, from France to London.
*A Gentleman's house, at No. 21, Nottingham-
street, Mary.la.bonne New Road. was broke open on
Wednesday night, and a quaptity of plate, watches,
&é. were stolen. The robbers effected an entrance
by getting over a wall, and afterwards forcing the
shutters of the back parlour. The Lady of the house
-slept in the back robin, first floor, and she had fastened
ii, which was rather unusual. The adjoining rooms
were all plundered. • .
Fitz—A few minutes before nine o'clock, on
Wednesday night, some persons going •along Red
Lion-street, Holborn, perceived a quantity of smoke
issuing. from the shop of Mr.' Lewis, linen•draper, in
that street ; they gave the alarm, and the patrol.,
constables, and several neishbours, came and knocked
at the'dbor to alarm the inmates, bat to no purpose.
It* was obvious'that the shop was on 'fire, and the ap-
prehension was the greater,' as the next shop was an
oil shop, and fifty barrels of oils had beet; laid in' the
same d ; one of the patrole broke thelandight over'
the door; and the fames rushed out vety
The doar was so strong that it resisted all their
strength to force it open at length a neighbOnring
butcher tame with his pole-ate and cut •it down.
Some of the constables guarded the door, whilst others
Went in at the risk of their lives. The shop was on
fire ia three different places, but after palling down
the goods that were on fire, and throwinglitioral pails
h of water, which they brought from the butt in the
ptd, °ter the place, 'With much difficidty aid dam-
gel...succeeded in completely putting it out. The two
pillars which supported the floor Geer '4lads war
muck bursted, and a smoky of the goodtattlit7t4.

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