Star.
London, England, 1807-05-29 00:00:00

SCO rLAND.

EDINBURGH, MAY 23—An anfevertohisMAJESVV'S
letter WAS re,id and approved of, and his Grace the
Cornmiffi.,ncr undertook to trinfmit it to Lord
HAWKESSURII, to be by him prefented to his MA-
JESTY.

draw ht of an Addrefs to has MAJESTY on the
prefcnt lituation of public affairs, was alto read; and
a motion made and feconded, to approve of it.
An Amendment .was propofed to the following
paragraph cf the Addict's:
r. It is the happineft of rim- people, that during an tufpicious
reign of forty-(even years, the cosidutft of your Majefty has been
uniformly governed by the principles which placed the Houfe of
brunfwick upon the throne of thefe realms: and the Minifters
and Elders of the Church of Scotland, attached to thofe principles
from convielian, as well as by their habits and inftitutiona, recoi-
led, with peculiar fatisiadion, that your Mika, has exhibited
the bright& example of a facred regard to the Proteftant Reform-
ed Religion. While, in the (cries of indulgences to your Roman
Catholic fubjeds, which have marked your Majefty's reign, we
rt cognize the enlightened operation of a mild and tolerant fpirtt,
we have always found your Majefty the faithful guardian of
the Proteftant Fltaltlilluncnt. We have lately feet. that elta•
blifhment upladd by the firm and dignified exereffe of the confti-
tutional prerogative of the Crown, and, feeling the fecurity which
all our rights and privileges derive from the folicitude with which
your AlaHly difeharges the duties of the Sovereign of a free
people, we unite vela our fellow fui.jeets, in offering the affec.
tionate tribute juftly due to the royal cares for the public welfare."
The Amendment, which was alfo feconded, was
as follows :

" We venerate the concern which his Majefly manifefts in all
his conduct, and at all times, for the religious interefts of the
people—yet, confiftently with our principles as Prcfbrerians, and
as Members of a National Church, which has the fame legal eftab•
liffinient with the Church of L•ngland, we cannot but contemplate
with regret, the continuance of thofe ciccumitances which exclude
Prdbyterians front civil and military offices, without a public pro•
(vain of rpifecpacy ; and we truft that the time will loon come,
when the Nienibcri of the Prefbi terian and Fpifcopal Churches,
will lv placed sn an equal footing in all parts of his Majefty's do
mir'•ins."

After a long debate. a vote was put, and the roll
being called, there appeared for the Addrefs, 158 ;
for the Amendment 53—majority 105. The Addref►
was therefore approved nf.
Sir HENRY Moucttivir Wat.Lwooo entered his
diffe.it, and thole who thould adhere to him were
allowed to do fo at an atter diet.

Sir HENRY MONCILIEYF then propofed an Addrefs
congratulming his MAJESTY upon the final abolition
of the African Slave Trade, which was approved of.

Yell et day the Anniverfary Affemblage of the Cha.
thy Children took place at St. Paul's Cathedral, and
was very numeroufly attended by auditors of
all ranks. It was altogether a very gratifying fpec-
tack. The number of children prefent amounted to
neatly roo.
SOCIETY OE AVM—Various rewards were dillri-
buted on Tucfday, for ingenious fpecimens of art
and indult y, at the Anniverfary Meeting of the
Society, at their Room in the Adelphi. Soon after
' the N .ble Prefident took the Chair, the platform
afcending to the back of the room, crated for the
accommodation of the company, fuddenly gave way,
and the company all fell to the ground. Great con.
fulion, of courfe, followed, and the (creams of the
females excited much terror and apprehenfion ; l'r
tunately, however, no very great injury was fuflained;
a gentleman was cut in the head, and a young lady
received tome bruifes; but neither of them were hurt
dangeroufly. We do not underhand the accident
was attended with any other ferious confequences.
LONG Leass.—A Mr. Woodley, near Cork in
l'lreland, has advertifed a mention and demefue not
far from that city, to be let on leafe for the term of nine
thoufand nine hundred year: !

The Journeymen Tailors, at Sheernefs, have Paid,
in ordet to obtain an increafe of wages. The Maller►
appointed a meeting at a public houfe to receive,
and, if pnffible, adjuft, their claims, which coming
to the knowledge of tome Naval Officers whole (hips
arc fi!ting at that Port, and in want of hands, they
paid them a vifit, and, feleding ten of the (black
took them on board.

The cutting of the Glafgow, Paifley and Ardrofran
canal, is now going on vigoroufly within two miles of.
Glafgow. This is a barge canal, the firll in Scot-
land, on the plan of thole inland navigations which,
in the manufafturing counties in England, have been
produaive of immenfe advantages to the country and
to canal proprietors:

A barble of an uncommon fize, weighing g pounds
and a half, was caught at Putnerbridge, on Satur-
day tall, by a gentleman of Thames•Qreet. This
extraordinary flub run out so yards of line, and em
ployed three quartets cf an hour before it could be
fecured. A dog jumping into the river could not
have agitated the water more.
In the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, was lately
tied an aftion of damages, brought by a Mr. M.Vitie,
an Officer of tht Monaghan Militia, againft Stephen
Dejor.court, Efq. Chief Conflable on the Watch Elia-
bliliament. The declaration contained two counts,
one for a trefpafs, vi et armie, and the fecond for falfe
imprifonment.—Damages were laid at soool. ; and
the defendant pleaded the general if ue.—The Jury
gave a •erdia for sool. damages, 6cl. colts.

Lail Friday, as Col. Powea, and Mr. Maartu, of
the 3:d Regiment, quartered at Worcetler, were rid•
ing in an open carriage, owing to the horfe proving
reltive, they were thrown, near the London Turnpike,
to a confrderable ditiance, and greatly bruited. It
is remarkable, that after the carriage was completely
demolilbed, the horfe, with the fhafts affixed to him,
abfolutely leaped over the turnpike gate, which is of
a ♦ery confidcrable height.

Ror4L ACADEMY'.

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EXHII3CTION iBo7.

to6g. Dyignfor a Yilla.—To thole who are firnck
only by the glare of furcharged colouring, or the
magnitude cf a gilt frame, this modeff drawing may
efcape notice; cfpecially as it is fo unfavourably.
placed. It is evidently, however, one of the bell, if
not the very belt architedural compofitions in thefe
'rooms. The forms of the windows are truly grand,
and the idea of afcending to them by a flight of tleps
mull have a dignified and impofing effed. The Ikv
outline and general grouping thew the building to be
intended to unite with fcenery, and confidering
Mr. Lourro:'s profeflional excellence in Landfcape
gardenery, we wonder he did not give this defign in
perfpedive, with the addition of trees and fcenery.
216. Part of the arolen Tower of Conway Capt.!
with a Balladfinger selatinz the I ale of gellert.--P. J.
Da Lours attactv a G H, R. A.—As a landfcape, c.,m•
bining great truth of 'delign, and ideal grandeur of
colouring, this pidure (lands very high among the
exhibited works of the prefect yea.: but as a compo-
fition expreffive of the Rory introduced, not much I
is to be Paid in its favour. The figures are not cha- j
raderiflic of the Welch nation ; and there is no mind j
exprefted in any of the faces. The broken ground on
which the figures are placed, is finely painted, as atei
alfo the fky and diflance.
251. 744.4rrival of the Poll.—H. HOWARD, A--t
The bufinefs of this pielure is well managed. The'
fubjed is that of a young lady impatiently reading a
letter by fire-light, while a fenior female relative occu-4
pies the table, on which candles are placed, in ano-',
titer part of the room.—The drawing of the principal ,
figure is coned, but its attitude is not gt aceful ; the
features, however, are animated and exprellive ; and
the diflribution of the light from different four ces is
happy.--a-The colouring of this work is not equal to
that of fume of Mr. Iloward's Comer productions ;
bin it will lofe him no repu•ation.
74. Portrait of 14 Royal 11;ghneft ibe Prince cf Miles.
—J. Hocra Ea, R. A.—This Portrait is not htltly
complimentary to the perfonal appearance of his
Royal Highnelc. The outline of the figure is' flit
tered away by a profufe difplay of drapery, and the
feature, of the face are ludicroufly difguifed by a
head (,f hair, which would be more appropriate to a
drummer boy, on a windy day of review : otherwife
the general management of the pidore, as a work of
art, exhibits the hand of an able mailer. -
29. lkeptune's Grotto, contiguous to Tivo'i,
FRP ESAIRN.—This view is painted with all the deli
cacy of execution peculiar to the artist; but though
the Mallet c•f light and shade are well difpifed, and
the pencilling of the pidure throughout manifells the
hand of a mailer; the colouring. wants variety, and
the general effect is tame. It has more the appearance
of a finifhed drawing on paper, than a painting in oil.
48. Portrait of earl .vt. incent —Sir W. Bsscasy.
R. A.—An animated tefemblance of the noble ye.
teran, and one of the bell coloured portraits in the
Exhibition. We could have wished that. in fa fine a
pidure, more of the figure had bean introduced :
and why is Lord St. Vincent always painted in pro
file I—lt is rita part of his charader not to 10.4 c peopl:
in the face !

191. Diligns from 05an.—S. DROMMOND.—Otran
is the Poet f young Painters, and fo h.ng as his
wering Mufe does not lead them nut of lightof Na-
ture and Truth, we have no nhj-ehon to their taking
a flight with him on Icarian wings, but let them nu
trail too much to fuch artificial aids as he can fur-
nifh.—A Poet, who always fpeaks in the laugnage
of Painters, will not long be allowed to give laltv to
the artilt who himfelf feels the gennine gl w cf
poetry.—Mr. Drummond is at liberty to apply as
much of this remark to his own cafe as may fuit it.
—Thefe companions are mallet-Iy, and not badly
coloured.

248. Cleopatra lynlving the Pearl.—Mifs H. A. E.
Jac xsox, H..—A defign highly creditable to the
talents of this young lady. .1 he figure of Cle• patra
is elegantly conceived, well drawn, and coloured
wi.h c nfiderably brilliancy. More certainty might
have been made of the fubjed, by enlarging the fcene
of action.

246. Lavinillgenint to her Mother': mournful Tale.—
Mifs SPILSBORY.—PrettiIy executed, but not equal
in deign or expreffi,m, to lime others of Mils Spill
bury's produaions, which we have noticed in this ex-
hibition. The colouring is, moreover, ratite: cold.
242. 7be tiobin.—SAME LADY.—Here the fair
artitt is again quite at home. The offemblage of
happy faces round the cottage table, is beautifully
conceived and expiefted, and an agreeable tone of
colouring prevails through the whole piaure.
15. Furnefi Ahey.—G. ARNOLD.—A very correa
refemblance of thefe venerable remains. The pen-
cilling of the plaure throughout is mallerly, and the
colouring challe and appropriate. We are particu-
larly pleated with the handling of the light clouds
over the walls of the building, as alto with the fober
tone of the fky altogether.
68. Una, from ;tower's Fairy Ryeen.—R. WFS-
TALL, It. A.— fliis is a challe dclign. The wooJy
back ground is very poetically conceived, and the
figures of L'na and the Lion form a pleating groupe
the face of the former perhaps rather too nearly re-
fernbles a number of Mr. Weltall's ideal beauties, and
the light of the piaure is not fufficiently ditiributed
in fmall fubordinate putts through the whole, but
confined too much in the centre. The pencilling of
the fore ground is Mallet ly.
32. lie kizarel.—J. J. HALES.—This artift ap•
pears to have Iludied with Come attenti in the (tile of
Fufeli. We congratulate him on the progrefs he has
made in his profeflion, and with him Life out of the
hands of the Inchanter !

3 t. Pot trait of a Lady of .Znality.—J. Hoy rma a, R.A.
—The gaafity of this lady does not ftronglv appear
through the garb in which the is dreg.—lt is, how-
ever, a well painted piaure.
30. /..artdjeate, Cattle, and Figura.—Sir F.Bn u Ito ac Is,
R.A.—Remat kable for all that glitter which diftin•
guilbes the' works of this Arlin. The cattle are finely
drawn, and the whole colouring of the pi Lure is
beautifully tranfparent, but there is no &inners in the
touch, In any charaaeriaic markings of particular
nature in the defign. Sir Francis Burgeoi,'s land.
fcapes are all alike.
39. 7be Fourth of
f Tune.—MiffSIPILSBURY.A
pleating fpecimen o this Lady's abilities in what may
be called theforid fiyle of painting. The figures in
this pidure ate prettily grouped, and the whole Cub
jea is well conceived as a cabinet piaurc.

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• 14.2. Marius famed by the Terror ofihe Soldier fail to
Jill him —J. Mowsom.—The auth-r of this defign
has fo far fucceeded in catching the fpirit nt Plutarch's
tar, as to have produced a head of Marius terrific
enough to frighten the Derr! hiinfell! The fubjet4
before u', however, is well managei, as a (Ludy tg
the h;glier department of the art, on which not much
'About has been bellowed.

749 Thetis and Acbi.les —T BA XTE iS a
finely execute.' enamel, alter the celebrated picture
of Mr. Well, exhibited two years fit:cc. The corret
drawing, and rich colouring of the original, are
faithfully pttfeived, and the whole pinure is finifbed
with a neatnefs and ptccifion, which, in this difEctllt
kind of painting, are the mere t t be a.lmit ed.
754. Hercule: (banging a Lion —755. Hercule: and
Beßca. K. A.— i'wo other admitable
Ipecitn-ns of enamel painting, bit in Jehich there is
not fo much challi4 of tint preferved as in the pre-
ceding article
.08. 74e &join in Danger.—A. WATTS.—A
well-
coloured little design, fomething after the manner of
Digg ; but we do not Linda (land the conceit of the
title.
676.
.Chifmartz.—J. C.twas.—This is exhibited as
a derfign for a larger pißure, but from which we are
jutl as able to judge of the profellional meths of the
painter' as we could of thole of an architdt, why
were to prefent us with a fpecimen of his mafonic
p )ivers in the form of a hod of mortar ! We are noc
nd of having mere intimations of what a man means
to do obtruded upon our übfervation, except by thole
who have alseady proved whit they can do. A little
piture of a Cairn, by. this attic, N. 32g. it., how-
ever, very well of its kind.
684. Inlide of a Peal:rat': with lone Re-
main: of ancient Architettare. in Kent —W. C Avow.—
Tilic is a pietuterque fittration, the healities of which
are delineated midi an accuracy and minutenefs
which befpeAlc an arti I of patient refearch and good
knualcdge of atcliitcetitral antiquities. Mt Capon's
general stile of drawing is, however, 'rater hard,
and his colouring 11,4 vet y mellow.
703. .1321 tail, tb: property ofthe rani cf gre-mont.—r-
-71 2. Parafol, properly of the Dale raison.—
J. WHISSSLL. There hitries ate painted in a bold and
animated (lite; which may challenge competition with
any of the ptndu&ions of a fimilar chat a6ter in the
ptefent Exhibition.

Llp, 63 t. Porira:b.—H.EDß Ino c—Thece are very
fine likeneffes of the Right Hon. Genre Role, and
the Earl of Bridgewater ; hut their chief merit can-
Ili; in the fi•m and mallerly Hilt in which they are
,Itawn, in chalks.—Btit why not, now and then, friend
E. try your hand at an oil pietttre ?

648. Rare 11.7w:ft.—Mit; M. LAWRENCR —A good
fpccimen of h aanical drawing, managed with an ap-
,;arently correk theoretical knowledge of the Icienee.
This lady has exhibited feveral writ ks of the firre
kind, which al.: uniformly deferving of much praife
or neatnefs of execution.