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verts, in which, after expatiating on the 
criminality of their praétices, and parti- 
cularly on the injury they offered to the 
immaculate mother of their Saviour, he 
fuddenly drew up a curtain, and exhibited 
an image of the Virgin, having a dagger 
ftuck to its heart, with blood flowing co- 
pionfly from the wound. The poor crea- 
tures fell into tranfports of grief at this 
difmal f{peftacle, and promifed obedience 
to all the good father’s injunctions. 
A ROYAL PICTURE. , 
‘ The Portuguefe at Macao, when they 
had received intelligence) of the revolt of 
their countrymen under the Duke of Bra- 
ganza, from the Spaniards, exhibited, in a 
public. place in the city, a picture repre-. 
a 
Retrofpet of the oe Arts. 
[May], 
fenting the Kine of Spain hanging upon a 
gallows, and the King of Portugal offici- 
ating as hangman. - 3 
EFFECTUAL PROTECTION. 
* On the conquest of China by the Tar- 
tars, it was apprehended by the furo- 
peans, at.Macao, that they fhould' receive 
a vifit from thefe ferocious conquerors. 
A convent of nuns of the firt families, 
greatly alarmed for their honottr, petitioned 
the governor sof the city that they might 
be removed toa place of faiefy. He told 
them they: might make themfelves per- 
feétly ealy ; for it was his intention, the 
infant the Tartars fhould land at Macao; 
to go to the convent with a couple of 
barrels of powder, and blow them all up. 
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‘MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF THE FINE ARTS. 
(Communications and the Loan of all new Prints are requefted.) 
S+. Paul's Cathedral, London. A Seéction of 
this magnificent Building, engraved by Rookers 
wf Ground-plan of the fame, engraved by 7. 
Green. Scale of each 11 Feet g Inches to 
x Inch.’ 
N an accompanying advertifement we 
{ are informed that A. P. Moore has 
lately purchafed thefe plates, and, having 
thus refcued them from negleéted obfcu- 
rity, begs leave to fubmit impreffions to. 
thofe gentlemen who have not already fur- 
nifhed their port-folios with thefe inefti- 
mable prints. 
the beft judges to be an unrivalled {peci- 
men of architeétural engraving. 
This work was originally publifhed by 
the late ingenious Mr. Gwyn, whofe 
_ drawings for this purpofe were laid down 
from actual meafurements and documents 
communicated by Chriftopher Wren, efq. 
fon of the famous architect. The impor 
tant information which may be derived 
from the fe&tion, relative to the admirable 
confruéticn of this noble edifice, and the 
f{plendid decorations which are introduced, 
conformable to Sir Chriftopher’s origjnal 
intention, muft render it peculiarly in-, 
terefting to architeétsand amateurs. The 
plan contains numerous general and par- 
ticular meafurements, figured to the re- 
fpective parts. : 
An Englifh gentleman being one day 
at the India Houfe, met. with a Dutch 
merchant who had never before been in 
London. The Dutchman had occafion 
to go the weft end of the town—the Eng- 
lithman offered to accompany him, and, 
‘withing to -affonyh him, by an advanta- 
The feétion is allowed by 
geous view of St. Paul’s Cathedral, took 
him through tke back ftreets into Doftors’ 
Commons, and came out at the arched 
gate; when taking his Dutch friend into 
the corner by the fpotted dog, defred 
him to léok up at what might juftly be 
deemed the eighth wonder of the world, 
St. Paul’s Cathedral! 
Dutchman, ‘is it fo? ‘Well, it is four- 
teen days fince I did tet my watch in 
Amfterdam, and look here—it is within 
half a minute of that church dial!’’ Thus 
ended an attempt to a/foxi/b a Dutchman, 
by a piece of architeéture, -and one would 
almoft think it was equally difficult to 
attract the notice of a native, when it 
ig confidered that of this fuperb building 
there has no other print of any confe- 
quence been engraved. Riuayae 
Tt is well known that Sir Chriftopher’s. 
original plan was in feveral refpeéts fu- 
perior to that which was executed, and 
the decorations which he intended are 
here delineated. Could the fpirit of this 
great architeét contemplate the fcene, 
when the monuments which are now in — 
hand are erected, it would, gratify him to 
fee, that what was denied “by the. ill- 
judged parfimony ef the day he lived in, is 
likely to take place at a fucceding period; 
as part of his plan will now be realized, « 
by the introduétion of monuments to the 
memory of our mof diftinguifhed cha 
racters. The progrefs of improvement 
is in this country’ rather flow, but it 1s 
furee There are four monuments now 
preparing: that to the memory of Sir 
Ralph Abercrombie, by Flaxman ; three — 
others by Banks, Roffi, and Wefimacote, 
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