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State of Public Affulrs in OSfoher^ 1805. 



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The Rev. If''m Cilfin, Vicar of Boldrt, and 

 Prebendary of Halijbury^ from a ficJure (the 

 onli one) painted m the year 1781, in the foj- 

 jejfion rf Mrs. GUpin, to •whom this plate is 

 dedicated. H. fValton, Efq. pinxt. G. Chnt 

 fculpt. 



The iiigli ertimation in which this wor- 

 thy and very ingenious clergyman's name 

 was held for a very long life, will r^ecef- 

 farily give a circularioii to this iist't me- 

 morial of his countenance, which bears a 

 Very Itrong refeinblance to the original, oS 

 tile countenance is animated, and tne gene- 

 ral effcft intcfelting ; confidered as a whole, 

 it is a very well engraved mezzotiiuo. 

 There is a very g 'Od biilt of Miv Gilpin 

 by Garrard. 



Mr. Kemb'.e. M. A. Shee pivxt. W. Sharp 

 f:u!pt. 



Mr. Sharp is now become a veteran in 

 !ine-ei giavmg, and we have lung confi- 

 dered him as holding a very high lank in 

 his profclficn. His print oi 'The DoBors 

 of the Church, though not qu te etjual to 

 Jachira's Fieiis', does him great honour ; 

 and his li'tle engraving ot Zintibio, is in 

 the very firit rank of the arts, It is there- 

 fore with regret that we fpeak unfavour- 

 ably Of the print now before us ; but it is 

 engraved in fo coarfe .and violent a llylej 

 lines fo obtrullve, fo overwhelming, «nd 

 ia deftruftive of all the principles of 

 jfcience, that it may be cited as an evci- 

 ^i^ftjng canon of The Bathos in engraving. 



On the whole, \ve think that Mr. Sharp 

 could have engraved a better print from 

 Mr. Sh';e's pifture; for Mr. Shee is a 

 great painter, and has lately proved his 

 right to tlie title of a great poet alfo, as 

 his"Khymes on Art, with Notes, &c. ' 

 dii'play a Itrong juflgmcnt united with a 

 vigoro'is imagination, and breathing ail 

 the inlpiration of genuine poetry. Wit'i 

 a fpirit that entitles him to the thanks of 

 every Britifh artift, iic fupporis the dig- 

 nity of his profellion, a.id vindicates the 

 hoi»ur of this co.intry by repelling the 

 in'blent infimution of Abbe Winckle- 

 munn, and lome other foreign ciitics, 

 who, cot.lidcring the mind of man as tney 

 would a hot-h;ui'e phnr, almort expref-ly 

 afJert, that this illand is in a latitude too 

 far north f r the produftit;n or culture of 

 genius. This ridiculous ablurility Mr. 

 Shee indignantly liigmatizcs in mcll ani- 

 mated lines. 



It is intended that all the capital pic- 

 tures which are at pre ent fcaiteied in the 

 different royal palsces, flioiild be concen- 

 trated at VV'indl'or CaltSe, which is now 

 fittini; up for their reception, and where ii 

 is ititended they flmuld be arianged under 

 the immediate direction of his Majefty. 



When Mr. HoUoway has (inilhcd the 

 engraving of The Cartoons, the origir.iil 

 piltures will be iciit to Windi'or Cflle, 

 where a place is already allotted t(? 

 thero. 



STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 



In Oaober, 1805. 



CONTINENTAL WAR. 



IT will be pioper, at the commence- 

 ment of a war, to put our readeis iu 

 poirelTion of ar» abridged account ol tlie 

 li^veral manifelioes, and other i,tficial cor- 

 relpoiidcnce, which have jlRied from the 

 CKUtending powtrk previously to aftual 

 hoitilities. This will be a loitof key to 

 the fubfequent conduit ol the (tveral llatt;. 

 tngaged in warlare, and in our fubltcjuent 

 Numbeis we {}>all H' t fait to recoid the 

 adual progreft that is made in this im- 

 portant contclt. 



The firft of thefe papers, in point of 

 •ime, is the declaratirn of Talleyr.>nd, 

 delivcied the 13th of Augult. The ni dl 

 material part of this < tticial documer.t is 

 that which txpreflTes the Itnliaients ot the 

 French Court with rcfpeil to Ruflia, Eng- 

 land, ana Piufiid. Of Ruflia the dicla- 

 fation (ayn, «« Inftead of beingdcfiitiu* of 



MoMTHLy Mac. No. * J5- 



peace, ihe finds her intereft only in war, 

 and founds |on its renovation hopes 

 wiiich (lie in y.iin endeavours to conceal. 

 Fur a twelvemonth palt, the French Em- 

 peror has received nc hing but infults fiom 

 the Ruffian Cabinet. Being thuk attacked 

 in his h'nour, he has no longer any thing 

 to expeft or itquire of Rufiia." 



With regatxi to Englai d, it pioreeds— 

 " It canni.t lie hoped that fuch«i poAer 

 wiilliltcn to the advice of m'deri'tiou and 

 jurtice. The voice ot pcrluafion wdi here 



avail nothing. The Court ot will 



not think ot peace till it has loif :ill hope 

 of 'et'iiig the continent in flames, :jn<l 

 covering Italy with blood ?vA cainage." 

 — " Pruflia h?.8 declared at all tunes, that 

 file AJJll ill no cafe enier into ary hoftile 

 projeil agalnll Fiarcc." The declaiatioii 

 cochides with calling on Auliria for the 

 iUru>>ii:ce of iier neutrality. " A peace 

 Z z will 



