Star.
London, England, 1811-05-03 00:00:00

ROr.dL .ACAD'Emr.

EXHIBITION FOR THE YEAR MDCCCXI.
No. 891. Principal front of the Theatre Francais, at
Paris, Rue de la Lei, ci.devant Rue de Richlieu. —G.
GOODWIN.
When the Theatre Francais was destroyed by fire,
during the Revolution, the Royal Comedians moved
to a Theatre near the Palais Royal, in this street,
though they are now removed to their old quarters
in the Fauxbourg St. Germain!: but this drawing is not
taken from that Theatre, but is the principal front of
L'ileademie Imperial de Musique, which is in Rue de la
Loi, where the Operas and grand Ballets are perform-
ed before Napoleon and his Court.
No. 36. Portrait of P. Howarth, an extraordinary
Boy, aged four years, in the character of the Infant Herr
cales.—G. Daw E, A.
sows as he bekeld
The snakes twist round, and gaping o'er the shield, •
The young Alcides stretch'd his infant. hands
And grasp'd the rolling snakes with fatal bands ;
tie sciz'd their swelling throats, where stor'd by Fate
'I heir poison lies, which e'en the Gods do hate.
iach twisted round the Babe a dreadtul fold,
But still he grasp'd and took the firmer hold;
At last tied out, they both extended lay,
1 he infant's spoil, big first auspicious prey."
Vide CR LEcti'S .1 beocritus, Idylliuns 23.
There is a considerable portion of spirit in this
groupe, and the body of the infant is well drawn '
but the arm of the Hercules, which grapples
v. the
reptile, is too marked and determined for so young a
subject ; the deltoid and biceps muscles are not ren-
dered visible by exertiop, at that early period of life.
Flamingo, who understood the infantine anatomy
better, perhaps, than any other artist that ever lived,
would not have given such a prominent marking to
the proportion of so young an arm.
No. I'2. Macbeth consulting the Vision of the Armed
Head.—H. FUSEL', R. A.—(Vide Macbeth, Act 4.)
—Every age bath its characteristics, and the broad
feature of this zra is an affectation of new reading,
in regard to dramatic subjects ; and this novel spirit
is now as prevailing on canvas as on the Stage ! In
treating this theme, Mr. Fuseli certainly displays
strong symptoms of genius ; but it is a kind of ge-
nius that is sometimes at odds with probability. If one
might judge of thi; enchanted scull, as we do by
privilege, of mere mortal heads, this armed sconce is
making a response to the regal murderer, in thorough
bass. The Wierd Sisters look like three washerwo-
men en dishabille, who are threatening Macbeth that
he shall not have his linen from their laundry, in the
garret, until he bath liquidated his last bill.

Wednesday se'nnight, whilst one of the troops of
the 4th Dragoon Guards was assembling for exercise
in the 13igg Market, Newcastle, a mischievous dog
flew at the nose of one of the horses, which imme-
diately began to plunge very violently. The dog still
continuing to torment it, the animal rearing up, fell
backwards, and either from breaking a blood-vessel,
or receiving some other mortal injury in the fall, bled
to death upon the spot. Its rider escaped unhurt.
Monday se'nnight, five French prisoners of war
were discovered in the wood of Charleton, ne.ir Mon-
trose, and apprehended. On their examination, it
appeared they were part of those who lately escaped
from Edinburgh Castle. They were in a most deplo-
rable condition, without food or clotltes, and emacia-
ted and spent with fatigue. Of the nine nights which
had elapsed since they left Edinburgh, eight were
spent either in wandering about, or in sleeping, with-
out any cover, in the open air; and during the dread-
*/ fill storm on the preceding Thursday night, they lay
in a ploughed field in the neighbourhood of Aber-
deen. One of them is a first Lieutenant in the French
marines. Another has suffered much from the bruises
suestained in dropping from Edintourgh Castle.