44h Lilirary and MisceUancous Intelligence. [June I, 



*' Pride sli:ill liavc a ]'"ail j" Kcmlilc's applause to wliicti lliey won* onlitlcd. 



FaUtaff aaAQMi\w\:'ii I'rince nfWahs, 'J'lioxo strong invitations, enforj^cd l)y 



ill "Henry the Fourth;" Miss M. Tret's tiie spcclacles of "Zoroaster" and (lie 



(Jlari, in llie opera of (!iat name; the "Spirits of the Moon," wliicii still 



excellenee of Sinclair, Miss Palon, and maintain llieir sway witli the hivers of 



IVIiss Love, in "Native Land;" and brilliant seenery anil splendid dceora- 



Kemble's i?eiT/7f2/ and Miss Chester's lion, have j^iven an cr/ffMo the month's 



Lady Restless, \n " All in the Wrong- ;" career, which must have respon(lc<l to 



— have drawn fnll and respectable the most sanguine hopes of the lessees, 

 andiencesj aad been received with that 



VARIETIES, LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS 



Including Notices of Worlis in Hand, Domestic and Foreign. 



TPIE Exliiliition of the present year 

 is a splendid proof of tlie r;ipid 

 progress of the i'ino Arts towards a 

 higher degree of perfection than they 

 «'vcr attained in any country. In every 

 department there are nnnicrons cliefs- 

 d'ceuvres. The rustic pieces of Collins, 

 the historiettes of RippiuKille, Leslie, 

 Mnlready, Wilkie, Constable, Dighlon, 

 Ncwlon, Arnald, Allan, Clater, and 

 others, are of the first order of merit 

 and iugcimity. The Landscapes by 

 Callcott, Collins, Daniell, Rcinagle, 

 Nasmyth, Landseer, Howard, and 

 others, are unrivalled in any school ; 

 while tlie pin traits by Lawrence, 

 Eecchey, Phillips, Fallen, Slice, Lons- 

 dale, llajler, Keynolils, Oh en, Ward, 

 and others, exhibit the perfection of art. 

 Nor are the arehitccls in designing, the 

 miniature-painters, and the sculptors, 

 liehind their brethren in otlier depart- 

 ments, \Ve himciit o!ir want of space 

 to speak of them in detail. Archilecture 

 nourishes in a Iii;;li dei;ree as well in 

 jtractice as theory, wliile its kindred art, 

 sculpture, keeps pace in the cxrpiisile 

 performances of Cliantrey,\V'eslmacott, 

 IJehnes, Flaxman, and Garrard. In a 

 word, tiie present year's Exhibition 

 proves an attainment in the arts far be- 

 jond what the founders of the British 

 School conlil ever have anticipated ; 

 and, though patronage was once ascribed 

 to liberality, the works of our native 

 artists now force themselves on public 

 tittcntion, and merit and patronage go 

 hand in hand. Splendid as is the Gal- 

 lery in Coekspur-strcet, noticed in our 

 last, and as the collections at the Btilish 

 Institution, yet the Exhibition at the 

 Academy has lost none of its attractions, 

 while each of them are equally interest- 

 ing and astonishing. Such of our read- 

 ers as desire to peruse a particular ac- 

 conntof the principal pictures, may con- 

 sult with advantage the Critical Cata- 

 3 



logne, piibiislied annually by Mr. 

 Westmacott. 



Mr. John Nicholson, son of the 

 Mr. W. Nicholson, is preparing for 

 early publication, a Library for Prac- 

 ticiil Mechanics, consisting of full and 

 correct descri|)tions of all machinery 

 now used in the manufactories of the 

 British empire. It will embrace ma- 

 chinery used in the cotton, silk. woollen, 

 and flax, fabrics; thosr in the iron, cop- 

 per, and ofiier met:illic manufactories ; 

 all kinds of mill work, time-pieces, 

 steam ensrines. and other engines of 

 power. The whole will be illnstiated 

 with nearly .300 engravings, and be sold 

 at a moilciate pi ice, fur the use of 

 Meclianics' Instilutcs. 



Our notice of the new ReTiew, the 

 Monthly Critical Gazette, in our 

 last, extorted by the palpable excel- 

 lency of its plan, has drawn ol)serva- 

 tions upon us from other critics; but 

 honi soil qui mitl y pense. We arc not 

 interested parlies, and we endeavour 

 honestly to perform our duty between 

 the public and all ihe randidates for its 

 favour. The march of time tends to 

 bring our jiersonal labours to a close, 

 and then our only satisfaction will be 

 our pure intentions, and our well-em- 

 p!o}ed opportunities of doing all the 

 good in our power. If mankind are 

 still imperfect, and in many countries 

 still very ignorant and wicked, we are 

 persuaded that in Britain, at lea.st, they 

 are much improved and enlightened 

 since we began these labours in 1795. 



For some days after the announce- 

 ment of Lord Byron's death, the public 

 were led to expect that Memoirs of his 

 short career, by himself, would make 

 their appearance. It appears that he 

 had given them to Mr. Moore, but that 

 gentleman felt it his duty to submit 

 them to Lord Byron's sister, by whom 

 tliey were consigned to the Hamcs. It 



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