Star.
London, England, 1818-01-17 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

r The new Pantomime was last night pricedest-bly,
• Lillipia," and " The Children in eke Wood." Mr.
H. JOHNSTON in the latter played Walter with much
pleasantry and spirit. Though some of his exertions
were superfluous, they were not much at virianee
with the eccentricities of Walter, and were not merely
trierated but honoured with thunders of applause.
HARLEY as Gabriel gave an admirable drunken scene.
IYIGSIT'S Apathy was very amusing, and Mrs. pso,mm,
ai Josephine, warbled with a tasteful simplicity,
which afforded more real delight than many of the
most laboured efforts which sometimes astonish the
frequenters of a Play-house. Mrs. BLAND is the only
toe of the original characters that remains. Sic
transit gloria Insindi. Mr. T. P. Coofce was the re 4
presentative of Rowland, and proved a most exquisite
ruffian—The other characters were respectably filled.

In the course of last year, five hundred and forty
thousand barrels of flour were imported into Liver-
pal from the United States of America.
It is a curious fact, that not less than three hun-
dred stage coaches pass daily through the turnpike
e Hyde Park corner.
LADY MORGAN'S FRANCE.--It must be extremely
gratifying to all liberal minds to learn, that notwith-
standing the ferocious attacks of numerous Critics in
France and England, a Third Edition of this Work
is already called for. We hesitate not to say, that it is
a production of great national utility, and has power-
ful claims on public attention and encouragement.
TRUTRICAL Box Mor.--The late zood-natured
man, and respectable actor, ROIIRRT PALMISR, was
the son of -- PALMER, who in the tine of Mr:,
haute was the head bill 'tick. -of the Thinre,
221 in the evening the aisdatertaker at the Upper
Gallery; in the former of which °emigrations ROBERT
PALVER, when a youth, wasalso employed. • Al night
parts
dotf
At
te ength he dwhasimsu
entrusted N%ll t.ith hee
small csOnse-
ream. One of these being that of a young Gentle-
man, Boa resolved to dress highly in character, for
viaich purpose he procured a pair of stone shoe and
knee buckles, in which he appeared with his sword
ty his side for the first time in the Green-room. He
was immediately quizzed by the other performers,
and CHARMS 13weintsrert, eyeing him significantly
from top to toe—exclaimed, ise te, all pastel Boa
Lying his hand on his sword, *id indignantly," Sir,
upea that again, and 111 stick you through the body"
—64l's right my dear brother brush, said Old PAR-
SONS (who had been a landscape painter) " stick him
against-the uwll r
Rot AcADescr.—Wednesday.liir. TURNZit deli-
vered his third Lecture upon Perspective. • Mr. RP-
stu, IL A. was in the Chair. The Professor had as
yet only entered upon the science, as it influenced the
art, and had not treated of the more geometrical
parts of the subject. This discourse comprehended
architecture, to which its geometrical parts *ere
mostly applied, though it must be acknowledged, at
the same time, that a department, where the doctrine
of mere-lines was studied, (without any regard to co-
lour or aerial Perspective), was the lowest state of the
science. Before the Professor entered more particu-
larly upon Architectur?, he offered some remarks
upon aerial Perspective, (the effect of colours in Per-
spective), the general principles of which and of lineal
Perspective were the same, though they differed in
their particular practice and application. The union
ci the two formed the perfect science so requisite to
art. Mr. TORN= next remarked, that it would ap-
pear that most of the Cartoons of Raphael, and his
Last Supper, (a print of which was exhibited 4 as well
as the St. Jerome of Corregio, were painted upon the
supple elemeats of Perspective, as we may qbserpe in
each a point of sight, to which all the ling verge.—
The Professor then entered minutely into the iempli-
cated study of the nature of vision and its reception
of objects, and shewed drawings for particular illus-
tration, from the ideas of Lanseitier and Mown, and
from his own. The doctrine of Perspective, with re-
spect to curves, or as they are generally called cur-
vptairriniutzentpecti;ersanpdwaive, wasp thearticular mostly
apdiffiplciculabt
loef, ano jande;
was applicable) to the human body ; though Du
FICSNOY was of opinion, that the science of Ferspec-
Cse was not at all necessary to complete an artist of,
genius. The Professor pursued the detail of the doe-
cf curves, and afterwards that most difficult

part of science, Conic Sections. In his remarks upon
Perspective, as applied to architecture, he principally
cwelt upon the ill effect of a row of pillasters, in a line
frosting the spectator, and parallel with the line of
beriron: of that particular pillaster, which is directly
before the spectator, no part of the sides will be seen,
ht as the row recedes sideways in Perspective, the
eve takes in part of the sides, and consequently they
c?perr to increase in bulk, as they recede from the
view: the same ill effect prevails in columns, which
a:e no more than pillasters with the corners taken on.
Xstrc.q. says, this is no error of the science, (being
`llictlY.roasistent with nature), but of the person,
t:ers his not choosing a differont and better point of
which this elect would not occur.