FINE ARTS. MRS. MUSS. STATE OF THE FINE ARTS IN EUROPE. [Concluded.] the bird in the air is sadly put in. The style presented, in a small size, scenes borrowed of the engraving is admirable. 3. The mo- from the middle ages; from that period HIS MAJESTY's feeling for the fine arts-a ther and truant boy asleep is a beautiful spe- which may be called the chivalric time of our sentiment which stands as high above pa- cimen of Westall; and 4, peasants and ani- history. The name of anecdotal pictures was tronage as patronage stands above disregard mals, is one of his sweetest compositions, to given to them; they became the fashion; -was never more graciously displayed than which entire justice has been done in trans- and M. Richard had imitators. Messrs. Beron the occasion recently recorded in the Li-ferring it to the copper. 5. Jaqueline leav- geret, Coupin, and Revoil, gave to this deterary Gazette; when to the munificence of ing her home, is appropriate and well de- scription of painting a kind of historical imthe Sovereign was added the nobler sympathy picted. 6. The death, attempts, we think, portance; and M. Coupin carried into it the of the man, and the King was pleased to be more than could be expressed. The whole character of severity and grandeur which he stow fifteen hundred pounds upon the widow will add a new attraction to Mr. Rogers' po- had imbibed in the school of M. Girodet. of the late Mr. Muss, as the price of certain pular poems. of his admirable productions. It is a me. Jancholy circumstance to have to state that this royal bounty has been lost! Among all the distressing events connected with the forgeries and bankruptcy of that miserable person who has since expiated his guilt by a shameful death upon the scaffold, we have not heard of one so truly distressing as that of his having misapplied the poor widow's support in this instance, and reduced her to want. By the secret sale of the exchequer bills which Mr. Fauntleroy was engaged to purchase for the deceased artist's family, His Majesty's benevolent intention has been entirely defeated, and they are rendered more desolate than before-more a prey to anguish, from having all their hopes of comparative comfort crushed by the unexpected blow, In this situation, we learn with great satisfaction that, unknown to Mrs. Muss, a Subscription has been set on foot for her behalf. That it will rise to an amount sufficient to repair her misfortune, it would be a suspicion of British humanity to doubt; and we hasten to be the instruments for making the case public. We know not where the contributions are received, but the Literary Gazette will forward the charitable undertaking to the utmost of its power; and we earnestly call upon those who admire the example of their King, and those who love the Arts and pity the Unfortunate, to consider this appeal, and aid this affecting cause. ROYAL ACADEMY, Presently, M. de Forbin exhibited pictures in which the interest of the site added to the charms of the execution. Thence, pictures of interviews; the principal merit of which LET us now look at our own country. What consists of effects of light; more or less powother can be compared to France with regard erful. At the head of this class are Messrs. to the importance and the number of its pro- Granet, Bouton, Daguerre, &c. ductions? For it is not at Paris alone that But while the mass of artists, despairing of taste manifests itself. In most of the tolera-establishing themselves in the line occupied bly considerable towns in our departments, by the great masters, sought new means of museums have been opened, antiques have attracting public attention, David himself been collected, schools have been established. changed his course. He abandoned the beauRouen, Lisle, Lyons, Marseilles, Nantes, ideal to approach to more positive nature; Grenoble, rival one another in these respects; and those who immediately followed him and the arts of industry become enriched by equally compelled themselves to represent the progress and the development of the their model with truth, study of the arts of design. This was calculated to lead, and actually But it is above all at Paris that the culti-did lead some young people, solicitous to vation of the arts is carried to the highest make themselves remarkable at whatever point. If in this respect we compare the price, to abandon every kind of ideality, even present with the past, the result is astonish- of beauty, and to seek for vivacity of colour, ment. In 1765, Diderot, speaking of the energy of expression, and dramatic character Exhibition of that year, said, "I greatly de- without elevation or dignity. There are some ceive myself, or the French school, the only works of this kind in the present exhibition. one existing, is yet far from its decline. Assemble, if you please, all the works of the painters and statuaries of Europe, and you will not equal our saloon. Paris is the only city in the world in which we can, every other year, enjoy such a spectacle." But of what was the Exhibition of 1765, one of the finest of that epoch, composed? Of 233 pieces of all kinds; paintings, en. gravings, statues, &c. In this number there might be eight or ten large pictures; the rest were easil pictures, or portraits. Things are very different now. The present school, which exhibits 2180 pieces of various kinds, may well assume a superiority over the ancient school; not only on account of the number of works, but also on the ground of the difference of talent which they display. Sir Anthony Carlile, after doing justice to the anatomical lectureship of the Royal Academy for eighteen years, has retired from that station to devote himself entirely to his medical practice. His successor is not yet mentioned, but it is to be hoped that some very able individual may be chosen, who to the spirit of novelty can add intellectual vigour and extensive knowledge. Such offices are apt to fall into mere routine: few men, like Sir A. Carlile, retain their zeal and en- The revolution which David brought about thusiasm through a long-continued series of in the arts of design was entire and complete. years; and yet, it must be acknowledged, that, The whole French school for a long time trod with all his exertions, our school is more de-in his steps. The taste for the antique even fective in the anatomical branch of the art wasted itself in researches into the forms of than in any other. Is it to be apprehended that our present school will allow the superiority which it has acquired to evaporate? That is the question which I am about to examine. vestments and furniture; but if the ardour On the other hand, the young painters who are at Rome (I do not speak of the pupils, but of those who, having completed their term of study, continue to reside there) have drawn from the manners of the banditti, who are the scourge and terror of the country, subjects for pictures which form a distinct class. Desirous of appearing by our side, some English and Germans have sent several very remarkable works; which appear to me to possess the greater interest because they are of a character different from ours; and which it seems to me that it will be useful to meditate on and investigate. Such are the auspices under which the saloon has been opened, To say, as some critics have said, that our school is declining, is an error. It is divided; one part of it changes its direction; that is the fact. But every where I perceive talent and skill; and if justice requires that I point these out where they exist; so does the interest of the art demand that I reprehend their abuse. Before examining any work in particular, I shall enter into some details to show the number of productions in each branch of the arts of which the exhibition is composed, diştinguishing those which are the result of previous encouragement. Illustrations of Rogers' Poems; engraved by Of the 2180 articles in the catalogue, there Charles Heath, from Drawings by Richard are 1761 paintings, 165 works in sculpture, Westall, Esq. R.A. Hurst, Robinson, & Co. Unhappily, the impulse given by David 140 engravings, 97 lithographic works, and A pretty vignette, especially in the foliage was arrested by events. Necessity [here 17 architectural designs or plates. Among branch of engraving, introduces us to these there is a blank in the Revue, occasioned this number there are doubtless many which six subjects, designed to illustrate the Pica- probably by the discretion of the Editor in are the free production of the artists by sures of Memory, Epistle to a Friend, and striking out some passage that might be po- whom they have been created; but the numJaqueline. In the first, the old man pointing|litically offensive]-worth to us battles ber bespoke (and they are the most imto the tomb, and inciting three sweet boys to without number; and the artists who, for portant) is equally considerable; and convirtue and emulation by his record of the direct gain, relinquished heroic or historical veys a just idea of the protection afforded to dead, is exceedingly touching; and the fel-compositions to represent charges of cavalry the arts in France. The pictures, statues, lows at taw by the church aisle, in the dis- and manoeuvres of infantry, could not return bas-reliefs, and historical busts executed by tance, a good incident, insinuating a con- to the style which they had quitted. The order of various public authorities and insti trast. The second, a personification of Want public is desirous of novelty. Several pain-tutions, amount to 128; viz. 43 for the admi. clinging round Valour, is a fine conception; ters offered new tracks, and obtained de- nistration of the King's Household, 30 for the though the child detracts from the effect, and served success. M. Richard, of Lyons, re-administration of the Interior, 84 for the THE LITERARY GAZETTE, AND and that it City of Paris, 9 for Monseigneur the Duke of of the birds of the Turra Calliente, nearly 200 and this is my voucher; I will have mercy Orleans, and 12 for the Society of the Friends in number, many of which are quite new to and a third time I give it, and rely on my of the Arts. I may add, that according to the the naturalist. These are added, with many word." "May God Almighty return to you a marks in the catalogue alone, 182 of the ex- others, to the interesting spectacle at the thousand fold for whatever you may do for hibited pictures belong to various individuals, Egyptian Hall, which already begins to be me and my family." He then bowed and who either bespoke them or bought them in thronged with juvenile Christmas visitors. the painting-rooms; and if to these are added the portraits, which are always the most eighteen of the Swiss Cantons, which not long it coming from the wife of Professor Gaudin's celebrated Model of letter come safe into your hands?" "Direct productive works to the artist, we shall have since excited so much interest at Geneva, is is to be delivered into my hand, and I am said, "Write to me." a tolerable idea of the vast number of pic- just opened at the Egyptian Hall, and is likely sure to have it." He then bowed, and said, "I will, but will the tures executed in the course of two years; to be an attractive and fashionable resort for" May God be with yon," and drove off. whether in consequence of the love which the season. rich individuals have for the arts, or of the solicitude of various authorities, who conceive, with reason, that the splendour which the arts Accordingly I wrote much in the same terms and literature spread over an animated, for his gracious kindness. Do you not think enlightened, and refined nation, and the I have done great things? study, emulation, and activity which they excite, are among the chief elements of its intellectual triumphs and its true prosperity. ORIGINAL POETRY. I've a house well secur'd from the easterly wind, With a friend go to chat, [rout. And arrive, to my sorrow, just after he 's din'd. Till that business is done; And a fit of blue devils completes my despair. MUSIC. Sweet music breath'd-from sleep I started, RUSSIA: THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER. DRAMA. DRURY LANE. A CORRESPONDENT, after bestowing high commendation on Mr. Holman (whose letter we gave in our last,) from whose Travels he anticipates great gratification, favonrs us with ON Friday we visited this Theatre and found the following interesting letter from Russia, every thing at "sixes and sevens." The perwhich not only relates a remarkable anec-formance was The School for Scandal; but dote of the Emperor, but presents a curious Mr. Elliston, who was cast for Charles, had picture of Russian manners. Navy, and the conversation between the lady and and Mr. Archer, who looked as if he had just omitted; but the person alluded to is an lack, therefore, who was to have performed The name is been seized with a sudden illness; Alexander was carried on in English. Englishman, who holds a commission in the Joseph, had undertaken the part of Charles, Mr. Walcome from behind a counter, had assumed timental Joseph. All this was bad enough; the character of the smooth-tongued and senbut as a sort of winding-up, Mr. Downe, from the York Theatre, had chosen to appear as Sir Peter Teazle; a part for which he Coriolanus or King John. To the most indifwas as much fitted as he would have been for that he had greatly overrated himself, and ferent observer, it was evident from the first stale and unprofitable," that in the fifth act was quite unequal to the task: so dull indeed did he at last become, “so weary, flat, he received a gentle hint that he was not approved of; and this produced a speech, in which he talked of want of rehearsals and a bad cold, and a great desire to please, and expressed a wish that the audience would suspend their opinion of him till a future opportunity. This of course quieted those who were dissatisfied, and the murder of one of the finest Comedies in the language was finally perpetrated in solemn silence. My dear Father,-For many months past Oranienbaum, 1823. I have written very doleful letters, but I trust this one will make you some reparation for the uneasiness I know I have caused you. the Emperor myself in regard to our melanYou will scarcely believe I have spoken to thing to expect from him. I will give you choly situation, and, I bless God, I have every is always kept here in commemoration of the word for word what passed at our meeting, and how we met. Last Friday is a day which palace church, which is dedicated to the saint of this day. The imperial family being at Peterhoff, came here on this day to dinner; I was apprised of it, and thought it was the only resource left on earth, as a mitigation of the sentence, to apply personally to his Majesty but the difficulty lay in the great concourse of people who would be present out of curiosity to see him, and I knew, were there many persons present, I should not have courage to speak. However, with the advice of a friend, I thought to meet him on Musical Farce was produced, called My Uncle After this unfortunate business, a new the road, a little way out of the gates, would Gabriel. The plot and incidents of this trifle be the best. I therefore, without a moment's are so like the plots and incidents of half a hesitation, dressed myself and children, and dozen other trifles that are familiar to the went; and I only prayed he would not pass Stage, that any thing like a regular account with the rest of the imperial family, as in this of it would be quite unnecessary. It is sufcase I thought it would be improper to stop ficient to observe that Gabriel Omnium is an him; and I bless God my prayers were heard, old stock-broker, who has a niece with a forfor he was alone, the rest coming after him tune of 20,000l., and he very wisely resolves about half an hour. I stopped his drojeka, that no man shall marry her unless he can lay to listen to a few words I have to say." Lieutenant Sutton is the lady's lover, but, and what passed was exactly in these words: down the like sum, or produce his consent to "I beg your imperial Majesty will be pleased the marriage in his own hand-writing. A "Certainly," replied his Majesty. whom have I the pleasure of speaking to?" is obdurate, until the sailor's friend, Jack "But wanting sufficient ballast, the old gentleman "To the wife of and the sentence which is passed on him, the parties are then forgiven and made happy. Majesty forty years faithfully, but within the assistance of one Tacit and his wife, gets who has served your Ready, by the help of various disguises and these six months has come under the law, possession of the uncle's sign-mannal, and without your mercy, will be the utter ruin of This Farce, which is from the pen of Mr. Parry me and the four children now before you, the composer, is chiefly remarkable for the besides two sons I have in your Majesty's antiquity of its jokes, its want of character, service." "What is your husband's name?" and its general insipidity. Harley, as Jack Mr. Bullock, jun., who has lately completed life, and if you disgrace him we are all ruined; the burthen. He frisked and curvetted about your Majesty, and he has served you Ready, had the principal weight of it upon a journey through some of the least known pray take it into consideration, and have with his huge load, and wriggled and danced, forty years, which is no short time in a man's his shoulders, and most ably did he sustain parts of Mexico, down to the Pacific, has mercy!" Drawing off his glove, he said, and laughed and sang, until he got the ausent home much valuable information on the "Come, give me your hand, I will have dience into perfect good humour, and for his natural productions of the country. He has mercy.' also transmitted a most splendid collection you give it him?" "There is my hand again, talkative innkeeper, Mrs, Orger as his na "I only ask for mercy, and will sake much was forgiven. Knight also as the As happy childhood's langh of pleasure. His song was lost in sighs of sorrow! SKETCHES OF SOCIETY. ROSA. 66 ་ Mr. Sinclair resumed his station at this Theatre on Wednesday, to the delight of all the lovers of song. POLITICS. less talkative wife, Terry as the credulous pourtrayed. Fawcett's Touchstone, Blanch- The Phonix.-A work on the Phoenix has uncle, and Miss Povey as the valuable niece, ard's William, and Mrs. Gibbs' Audrey, are lately been published at Paris, from the pen tried to be as amusing as the author would all good of their kind. Mr. Chapman's Adam of M. Métral. The author has enriched it permit them; whilst Horn, as a lieutenant in is too juvenile. In our recollection, there has with a number of materials extracted from the navy, very properly and very consistently been but one actor who could make any thing both ancient and modern writers. He has sang a hunting song; and Bedford, as the son of this little part, and that was the late levied contributions on above sixty authors: of the old miser, always came on with a bot- Mr. Murray. Mr. Pearman was the Amiens; among whom are, of the Greeks, Herodotus, tle in his hand, that he might chant a toast but he does not sing Arne's music half so Lucian, Plutarch, and Strabo; of the Romans or sing a drinking song. There was some well as his predecessor, Mr. Duruset; we Ausonius, Claudian, Lactantius, Pliny, pretty music scattered about the piece, but hope, therefore, to see the latter gentleman Ovid, and Tacitus; of the Italians-Dante it was as harmless of any thing like origi- reinstated. Some of the scenery and almost and Tasso; of the French - Boulanger, nality as any other part of the performance. all the dresses are new. The costume is, Larcher, Mionnet, and Champollion. A sciOn Saturday The Cabinet was acted, when we know not exactly why, of the period of entific writer of great reputation, M. Marcoz, the fifteenth century. Mr. Sapio appeared for the first time as proposed to himself to consider the phoenix Prince Orlando, and was received in a very in an astronomical point of view. M. Métral flattering manner. The Beautiful Maid' regards and considers it purely as a literary was delightfully given, and called for a second question. To him it appears, that in the history time: the Polacca likewise was much apof the Phoenix is to be found that of Egypt, proved of, but his friends, in spite of the and he devotes ten chapters of his work to general wish of the House, were injudicious A DREADFUL inundation has destroyed much for its basis the allegorical genius of the East. prove the truth of this discovery, which has enough to insist upon its being sung three times: his Fair Ellen' was too much loaded of St. Petersburgh, and drowned thousands A German Hoax.-A pilgrimage used to be with ornament. He is, however, rapidly im- of the inhabitants.-Mr. Canning has gone annually made at on the Rhine, to reto Paris.-Farther accounts from S. America proving, and upon each occasion acquires an turn thanks and make offerings for deliverseem to confirm the successes of Bolivar. additional portion of confidence and ease. ance from a plague of mice with which the Miss Stephens was very fascinating, and neigbourhood had been overran. Upon one more than ordinarily lively and animated in of these occasions, a wag played off a trick Floretta, and Harley's Whimsiculo was as Anecdote of Marie Antoinette.-Among the upon the inhabitants: as the procession apextravagant and whimsical as ever. Mr. many interesting little stories of the unfor-proached the town, he went about and reDowne again presented himself to our notice tunate Queen of France, the following is not ported that each pilgrim carried a mouse in in Peter; but we saw no reason to alter our the least touching. Having been informed his hand. Numbers flocked to behold this opinion of him. He is a poor common-place that Garnier, the French historian, was in pe- singular spectacle, when they soon found actor, as dry as "the remainder biscuit nury, she employed the Abbé Guyot to carry that they had been the dupes of a punning after a long voyage," and quite unfit for him some relief, and accompanied her in- hoax. In German, the part of the hand inany thing beyond a fourth or fifth rate cha- structions with these words:" I desire that side the thumb is called the mouse. racter. The rest of the parts were not very you will not tell him from whom this assistadequately filled, nor were they very pro-ance comes: historians are unable to keep perly dressed. A little more attention to costume at this House would be very acceptable, ance. COVENT GARDEN. secrets." VARIETIES. Anecdotes of the present Dauphin. - The Dauphin has from his infancy shown himself to be good, modest, studious. The admirable remark that he made, when a boy, to Suffren, when the latter was presented to him at Versailles, on his return from the Eastern seas, is not yet forgotten. The Duke d'Angouleme had at the time a volume of Plutarch in his hand: "I was reading the history of a hero," exclaimed the young Prince, embracing Suffren; "I now see one." Henry the Fourth, when a child, could not have said a better thing. SHAKESPEARE'S As You Like It, arranged ac- LITERARY NOVELTIES. In a forward state, a supplemental volume to Pope's Correspondence, from original manuscripts. A new translation of Bishop Jewell's Apology for the Church of England, with his Life by the Rev. Stephen Isaacson. A.B. of Christ Coll. Cambridge, is in the press. pher, including the Correspondence between him and Lavater on the Christian Religion, is announced for next month. Mr. Hugh Campbell has prepared for the press The Rival Queens, or the Case of Elizabeth Queen of England and of Mary Queen of Scots; legally and historically stated: with a true Picture of the Queen of Eng Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philoso land's Amours and Private Life. Lord Byron.-Madame Belloc's "Lord Byron" is talked of by the Parisian critics as a work recommended Frederick Schlegel's works have been published at A Romance, entitled "L'illustre Portugais, ou les Amans Conspirateurs," has appeared in Paris, as a translation from the Spanish; and the production of the late ex-Emperor of Mexico, Iturbide. This, we presume, is a mere device to attract notice; but the book spoken of as a short and not uninteresting Spanish story, about the middle of the 17th century. is Piracies of French Books.-In consequence of the number of piracies of French works which are constantly taking place at Brussells, and which are very destructive to the legitimate trade, several French booksellers have proposed to Messrs. Firmin Didot to establish a printing-office at Brussells, to print in concert with them the books which are their property, in order to prevent the introduction of counterfeits. The Parisians seem to forget how unconscientiously they pirate English works. LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED SINCE OUR LAST. 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Also, by the same Author, The Juvenile Songs; a Work for Children To be had at Mitchell's New Bond-street; also at Mr. Pearson's Contents: High Tory Principles-Sketches of India-Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and in Italy-Price of Foreign Cora, Abolition of the Corn-Laws-Tour in Germany-Scientific Edu cation of the People-White's Voyage to Cochin Chinn-Me- CONUN-A MARRIED CLERGYMAN of the Establish Barometer. 49 Tuesday........ 39 47 Wednesday..... 15 42-50 30-00-29-80 Prevailing wind SW. Alternately clear and cloudy, with rain at times.-Rain fallen ,35 of an inch. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Fitzjohn requires improving: he shapes well. W. E. is very pretty, but not quite the thing. In acknowledging H. B.'s letter, we have at the same time to acknowledge the employment of his paper on the Education of Children in our Review of Dr. Dunglison last week. 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