Star.
London, England, 1829-09-03 00:00:00

THE ARTISTS.

The Morning Chronicle had an entertaining notice yes-
terday on the motions of these gentlemen. Our learned
contemporary sets out with stating that—as that which
MOORE, in his Almanac, and in his "March of Intel-
lect," is pleased to call " pluvial precipitations," by
which, we presume to think, he means heavy rains, has
rendered excursions to the coast perfectly unnecessary—
every place being, this summer, a watering-place—many
of our Artists have not emigrated.

"Sir Tnowas Lawagees remains at his post, and is seen at his
door as the day declines, smirking and simpering set a stray
Duchess, or deserted Countess, to her carriage. To give by-gene
bloom and unknown beauty to these flowers, and leave those in
the country to waste their sweetness on the desert sir, may be
bad taste ; but Sir Thomas bas, doubtless, weighty reasons to ex-
cuse this, " the head and field of his offending." A similar feeling,
inspired by his tender regard for engravers, may also tend power-
fully to reconcile him to Ids town quarters. This face-painting and
millinery is dogged work, and knows Do season of rest. The
golden harvest and green fields have no fertility or charm for melt
artists, as all their plants flourish thick and most profitably amongst
bricks and mor tar.
" Lama seems to think Covent-garden the best garden in the
world, and keeps his feet front catching cold, by leaving the
orchards and gardens in the country unvisited.
" Not content with his reputation as a fruit-painter,which might
content any artist, if genius were ever satisfied, he has betaken
himself to a different class of still We, which latter however will be
potently ancillary to the former in point of grace, elegance, and
beauty of composition. Having in hand a picture for Mr. Few-
carr, the actor, which requires the rich ornaments of the table,
and another, the Robber showing Gil Bias the plunder in the Cave,
he has, with the kind permission of Masan. Rundell and Bridge,
been engaged for several weeks making sketches from their gar-
gem, specimens of jewellery and plate. His success in the jewellery
is of surpassing excellence, and we question whether silver and
gold, with theirelauic designs and exquisite execution, were ever
so brilliantly and truly depicted on canvass. The King's Wino
Cooler, which weighs 8,000 ounces, and which is unique not esiy
in its size, but in its admirable design and ornaments, as perfected
ender the tasteful direction of Mr. Bridge, he has also been am-
miseloned to paint. It will be of the size of the original, with err-
tain accessaries and adjuncts of colour, &c. to form a picture,which,
u a work of an, as far as the materials will allow, promises to be
perfect. It will be particularly interesting and valuable to the in-
genious inventors, when the original takes up its lasting abode in
that Palace of Kings—Windsor Culls. He has also on the easel,
end nearly finished, a beautiful group of fruit for Mr. WILLI.
" K Melia is vulgar, but FIRAZIR is the most polished id his sex ;
the former having continued in town, while the latter went to
Paris. His stay was very short, but short or long, we cannot see
bow France, to kik France, could have done hint any earthly ser-
vice. Cunt Scenes and Coillish are in greater perfection at home.
and he may rest his fame on these, in which be has few rivals.—
Kaunn has been very busy In the higher branch of his art, and in
painting portraits. When an artist can do any thing better, and
for the profit paints portraits, the latter are, in their conventional
phrase, termed " Pot Boilers." We wish such artists as Keane:,
who could paint such a delightful picture as the Auld Robin Giuji,
would not pop these calves heads into their pot.
" LAIIDUZIL is no doubt hard at work—but where be hem. what
piece he is now upon, we can't pretend to say. Hoarse is still
at home coining—not the King's head, but one that may be a
King's bead—the Duke of Clarence's. Scotia, after his marvellous
exertions within a short time on the Pandemonium and the Pano-
rama of Cbautantinop/e, is gone to Brighton. We have a proper
horror of puns, or we should say that if some of his brother artists
thought of going to brighten. and actually did, we should rejoice
at their success. Mr. Swamis an artist of eery excellent talent,
and we grieve to see it spent on such perishable works as pano-
ramas. As the coadjutor of Lance in the Gil Bias picture, we
look to see bins to advantage its a better and a nobler style.
Though not exactly pertinent, but as relating to the arts In this
country, and a curiosity, we shall tack to this article the original
order given by the Empress of Russia to Count Bezborodko, at
St. Pecersburgh, June 1790, fnr the bust that was here executed
of Charles James Fox—

" &rives au Comte de Woroorm qu'il me 'raise avoir en mar-
bre blanc le Butte restemblatit de Charles Fox. Je yam le 'ochre
sur ma Colonnade entre mu: de 'Demostene et Ciceron. Ii a
delivrE par son Eloquence ea patrie et la Bunk dune ;mem°
laqueUe ii n'y avait ni justice ni raison.
(Signed) "CATHERINE."
• If the reader should not know what War this relates to, he
will be desperately puzzled bow toand it out, and identi'y it, by
the Exraus's comment.

A negro woman being asked for her ideas of an earth-
quake, teplied, "she thought the Diety was passing by, and the
earth made him a curtsey."
Lieut. K. DA v !SUN, It. N. who commands the Coast
Guard at Holywood, has communicated the following distressing
facto relating to the loss of four men during the storm of Thursday.
" Holywood, Aug, 2T.—lt is With feelings of regret I have to
communicate to you the melancholy loss of the pilot yawl,Thomas,
of Belfast. The boat was observed from the Coast Guard station
at Cultra, last night and to-day, lying.astem efs sthoonerliding at
anchor off Cakes. At about live, p. m. I observed the. yawli with
four men in her, leave the schooner, .and, when she was about
twice her own length front the vessel, she svatystpletlay a heavy
surf, and I could not perceive her any more with my gYss. The
boat and materials have been saved by the Coast Guard crew.
From the heavy gale and surf Which prevailed, co Coast Guard
boat could have been launched to save' the unfortunate men, who
so imprudently left the vessel. A-life-boat might have gone dr,
but even before the could have reached half-way to the schooner
the'peoPle mvii b'svh=d." The following aro the names of
the sufferers; viz. : pilot ; Wm. Kelly, Archi-
bald ll'Donnel, and Wm. Callan, boatmen.—Belfost amuck.

`POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Juba .Thern. a labouring coal meter, appeared on gammons yes-
tared Word the Loan Karol', to answer the complaint of Mr.
Solomon% a coal merchant, arising out of the following circua►-
stances :

,---lia.4)lsmleod. the mincipal coal meter, said be bad. brought the
defendant before his Lordship in consequence of Mr. Solo:nuns
basing complained to him that he was absent from his duty at Hat-
notes wharf. Wapping, oa the 18th of the present month, from the
hour of three o'clock in the afternoon andl between five and sit
o'clock la the main( ; and that when he returned be was intoxi-
cated, and unit to attend to business. I. the MC= time the busi-
ness of the wharf went on In the absence of the coal meter, who
was too drunk to write his name.
Mr. Weems corroborated this statement, but evinced great
reluctance to mower the questions of the Lord Mayor.
The Loan Masca—Did you state to Mr. emceed, that no
tickets were signed by Thorn, for the coals measured and sold
at the wharf on the afternoon of the 18th instant?

Mr. Solonrons—My Lord, I shall be eritninating myself if I
answer that questkm. If your Lordship will guarantee that I
shall not be proceeded against, I will answer it?
The Loan MAroa and Mr. Bounstead both assured Mr. Solo.
mons that no such intention was entertained. _

Mr. Solomono—l hope, my Lord, you will not press the
question.
The LORD ILUMS...4 MDR call you to IDIOM it; it is neces-
sary to the ends of justice that you doss
Mr. Solomon. at length yielded, and said none of the coals mea-
sured that afternoon, and for which Thorn signed tickets were
measured by him. Mr. Solomon' than reloctandy produced the
tickets and proved their identity.
Mr. Welder, for the defendant, said Thorn had that day en.
gaged to perform the duty at Harnott's wharf u well as his own ;
and thinking business was over for the day, had guns with some of
bU breaker meters to share a pot of beer. He had been in the ()f-
-ace for eleven years, and he had always conducted himself with
propriety; and he hoped his Lordship would not inflict the ex-
Creme penalty named in the Act—that of flnal dismission from his
situatioo.
The Loan Maros said the case was one that requited a severe
notice, and adjudged the defendant to be discharged from his
situation as a coal meter.
Mr. Wooller to vain endeavoured to induce his Lordship to
alter bis anions.
• BO W.-STREET.
• Yesterday two young fellows, of a very suspicious appearance.
named Juin and Wright, were charged by Mr. Orme, a linen-
draper. in Little Russell-street, with attempting to steal a piece
of silk handkerchiefs, value 20e. his property.
Mr. Ono, stated, that the two primeness came into his shop and
asked to look at some silk handkerchiefs ; not liking their looks,
he stationed himself end a bey where they could watch them un-
observed. They remained tumbling the goods over for three-
quarters of an hour, without bidding for any thing. At Smith me
of them polled a piece *I handkerchief, off the Minter, sod the
ether, who sit OD a chair, cried to pull it towards him. and to get
it into his lap, under the apron thathe had on, but it came unfolded,
and he could not manage it. The other one, then finding the young
woman who waited on them was alanned.piched it up, and giving
it to her, said it had fails. en the floor. They were then taken into
custody, and, on being searched, a piece of silk handkerchiefs, ap-
parently stolen from another shop, was found in the hat of one of
them ; but they had only 61. in between the two.
The prisoners were remasdedattilln;Yeesday next.
Tuesday night, a decent-looking old man and woman applied
for assistance to recover their daughter, a girl ism fifteen years of
age, who had been induced, they said, to quit her oarTice, and to
withdraw hendf from her friends without any caw. . She was a
girl of great beauty, and they muck feared SID had fallen into bad
hands. Mr. HALLS directed Upson to promente the inquiry, and,
after great pains, be yesterday succeeded lo ascertaining that the
unhappy girt was au inmate of a house of ill-fame in &log's-Court,
Piccadilly, where the had been induced to take up her .hods by
the persuasions of another female, who bad made her represent
herself as a homeless wanderer, in order to obtain admission. On
going to this house, Upson found the deluded girl attired in a
splendid manner, sad a more lovely creature, he said, he never
before saw. He represented to her the consespences of the life
which she was pursuing, and at length brought her to consent to
return to her distracted parents. They accordingly set out for bee
father's house, and oa their arrival there, found seventeen of
her relations anxiously awaking her arrival. To describe the
ism that followed, be mid, would not be possible ; it was
the most affecting he had ever witnessed. The girl, he said. was
alternately clasped in the embrace of her father, mother, beethen,
and sisters who, as they clasped her in their arms, wept for joy
that she returned, and appeased to have buried the past in
oblivion.
M A RL BOROU H-STR SET. .

Messrs. awry sod Simonds, ettensive col merchants in Aran.
del-street, &rand, yesterday appeared before the presiding Magis-
trate, H. M. DYIIII, Esq to answer an information laid against
them at the instance of Mr. Tourquand, principal coal-meter for
the county, for obstructing th► meters in measuring some coals
which were deficient.
Mr. HARMS& attended for the defendants, and submitted, be-
fore going into the case that the proceeding was Wept ; the sum-
mons did not set forth the place the coals bad come from.
Mr. Torquand said it was necessary it should be worded to part.
ticular information.
Mr. Hassan replied that there should have been by the Act
an information lodged, upon the merits of which the summons
should have been taken out, but in this case no information bad
been laid. . . .

Air. Dram. after referring to the Act, coincided in opinion with
Mr. Harmer, and the case mas issined.lately dismissed.
MARY-LA-BONNE.
IPm. Henry Taylor was yesterday brought before the presiding
Magistrate, Mr. ilawmenn, charged with creating a riot at the
house of a gentleman named Brown. It appealed that the defen-
dant went to Mr. &OULU'S house, miters has (defendant's) wife was
engaged at work, and made a riot about the door, and was given
into custody.
Mr. Rowunson inquired what the defendant had to say?
The defendant replied, " my eyes, Mr. Hewitson'', I'll
shoot him."