Star.
London, England, 1825-04-26 00:00:00

71HE LATE MR. FUSELI.

Henry Fuseli, Esq. R.A. attained the great age of
87, in perfect possession of his faculties, his mind re-
maining as completely vigorous and firm as at any
former period of his life. Mr. Fuseli was a native of
Zurich, and came to England at an early age, more
with the intention of making literature his study than
art. Indeed he published a few works; but while he
. was yet undetermined, and *speculating, as he said, on
the great resolve of life, he took some of his drawings
to Sir Joshua Reynolds, add asked his candid opinion,
whether he thought he had any chance of success as an
ariis• ? The President *as 'to struck With the concep-
tion and power disPlaied'in'therii, kfter 'hewing
theM attentively, he said, " Young man, were I the
author of these drawings, and offered ten thousand
• a year not to practise as an artist, I *Mild reject the
offer with contempt ;" ibis decided hitni—but it Was
not until the opening of h*s Milton Gallery, about the
year 1798, that the extent of his intellectual acquire.
meats, his lofty imagination, and unequalled fancy,
were fully appreciated.
None who witnessed it can ever forget the diet pro-
duced on them by-that sublime exhibition. The pic-
tures he painted for the Shaltspeare-GaMery Must also
'be remembered with feelings of the hi heft admiration.
His Ghost of Hamlet, unquestionably the grandest
work in the collection, can never be forgotten While the
art exists. Mr. Fuseli en Dyed the friendship of litany
of the most distirtguished literati of the' ge. Ttfe high
opinion entertained of him, even in youth, -bytis -tete
brated townsman Lavater, was 'hewn Wy his putting
into his hand at parting a Small piece of paper,
tifully framed and glazed, on :Which hefotind Written
in German-;-" Do but the tenth part of what you tan
do." Hang that up in your bed-room, my frSend, said
Lavater, and I know what will be the result. The
result did not disappoint him ; their • friendship ended
only with life, and on the part of the 'Artist, was con-
tinued to Lavater's son, with unabated fervour. Mr.
Fuseli enjoyed excellent health, probably the result,of
,his habitual temperance. He was also a Very early
riser, _and whether in the country or in town, in sum-
mer 9r winter, was seldom in bed after five o'clock.

POLICE IAtTELLZGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Ilaocroas' atagens.—Two Melt, twined Thresh, Wind' Mans
Lie*, were charged, under the City Sewers Act, with obstructing
Mid incommoding the free passage of the footway in Doctors'
Comment.
Dyball, the beadle, stated, that about eleven o'clock yesterday
forenoon, he saw GW cross over from one side of Dean's-court to
the other, and accost two Ladies by touching his bat. They con-
versed for a moment, but they were too far off for him to hear what
passed, and their Gill and the Ladies Went away torther. Little
came op to the same spot, and accosted three Gentlemen, one alter
the other, in precisely the same !MOM Hi subsequently took
Gill and Little into custody.
Mr. Alderman Warrnseax—l feel a dificulty how to interfere.
The Act was intended wily to reach ballad.eingers, fruit-venders,
hawkers—persons who, by collecting crowds, or by covering pit
of the causeway by their baskets, ice. obstructed the street. The
question appears to be—Do the passengers find diticulty to piss
along in cbinequente of the practices et these defendants ? It Is a
new Act, and before Igo any further, we vrM take the City
Sdid-
tor's opinion.
Mr. Charlton—The (Weedlike were *Wire of the Act, becatte
they have been convicted under it for this very 'Catty ; have ap-
pealed against the conviction, and their appeal has been disallowed.
The Cit Solicitor having arrived, and after a' kihg discussion.
Mr. Alderman W.liiinllllAN laid, the Proctors wbo employed the
defendants placed tbasiirlwe on i footing with the dealers and their
barbers in • Illainnow&swerm It was an evil, and extremely an-
noying, that nos wt et Proctors, by auglaybrg thew men, should de-
plie the rest el their fair *bare of Tbedefendants made
Ott their only-46y work to ply there, sad If a Prows bad a right to