1807.] 
miserivt which has been already quot- 
ede “A Detail. 12 Hens iV: . In‘ isto 
anno unus aurifaber London imterfectus 
cum suo servo, nocturno tempore in Hos- 
picio Due’ Bhoraci extra Lempallbarr et 
jactata subt? pontem vocat’ ‘Temple 
brygge,” 
LONDON PRISONS. 
The following description is given of. 
‘ghem in Monit Lupton’s Characters of 
London, 1632. 
“ Ludgate and Counters. 
“ Tle joyne ‘all these together, because - 
their natures are net much di Foren, some 
of the othcers make the places worse 
then they would be, if a man cannot by 
monies or good security pay his debts, 
yet hee may lye for them here: the pri- 
soners are like ¢ apprentices, desire hartily 
to bec freemen: certainly, they have been 
men of great credite, fur they have been 
mach trusted : they hate three persons, 
an extream creditor, a cunning lawyer, 
and a biting serjeant: these three are all 
fishers, the creditor ownes the net, the 
lawyer places and spreads it, the serjeant 
hals and drawes it to @ purse: the ser- 
jeant seems to be most of trust, for hee 
hath the whole businesse put into his 
hands, and if he can, concludes it: the 
lawyer next to him, for hee is trusted 
Account of the Life and Works of Canova. 
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with the bonds: the creditor himself is 
of least’ note, for hee will not be seene ia 
lis owne businesse; yetthe creditor is lord 
of the gaine, the lawyer is lus hunsman, 
the yeoman nie beagle, and the debtor as 
the wild hare. If hell beet taken, most com- 
monly hee is tamed in one of these 
meuses. A serjeant is worst wher most 
implored, and a lawyer when most. trust- 
ed; the creditor when without pity, and 
ae debtor when prodigality and. ill 
courses have procured thiscage. ‘The at~ 
tourney and seryeant may be termed hang-~ 
men, they procure aiid serve so many ex- 
ecutions, ‘Lhese places are tullest whea 
‘men break them bonds; and make forfei- - 
tures; they may bee called dens, the sers 
jeants lions, and the debtor the prey.” 
Ludgate “ is an ancient gate, yet not af- 
fected by citizens though a closet for 
safety. For the Counters, they teach 
wandring nightingals the way unto theic 
nests, and learne them to sing the couater- 
tenor. The Counters seeme very cour- 
teous, for they will open almost at any 
houre in the night, they would, not have 
men lye ip the streets: wel, they are 
places that are too full, tie more pitty 
that men eyther have not better estates, 
consciences, or manners, to pay their 
debts, and live uprightly and orderly.” 
MEMOIRS AND REMAINS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 
account of the tire and works of M. 
Canova, the celebrutéd ITALIAN SCULP- 
TOR. 
(Concluded from p. 48.) 
HE works of Canova are so nume- 
rous that he can do no more than put 
the finishing hand to the performances 
which are executed in his shop. He is 
perfectly acquainted with antiquity, from 
having the works which it has left us read 
to him while at w ork, so that if it be not 
discoverable in all his pr! Sy ae this is 
only to be ascribed to his particular taste. 
His Adonisis an imitation of that in the 
Museu Pio-Clementinum, babited i the 
modern style. ‘The indilierence percep- 
tible in his features perfectly corresponds 
with the idea we have been taught to 
form of him and forms a contrast with 
the ardent desire of Venus; but in repre- 
senting that goddess, the arust has not 
been so happy as we should have ex- 
pected; she has neither the graces, the 
beauty of figure, nor the expression of 
love adapted to her character, This 
eroup, of the natural size, belongs to the 
Marquis Berio at Naples. a 
The Mausoleum of the Chevalier Emo, 
executed by the order of the republic of 
Venice, is intended te adorn the side of a 
hall. On a tablet of white marble on 
which are represented the waves of the 
sea, appears a gun-boat, of the form of 
that invented by the Chevalier E mo, in his 
expedition against Algiers. The bust of 
the admiralis placed ona column about 
three feet high. At the base of this co- 
lumn, the Mase of History is engraving 
the ane of the chevalier in letters of 
gold. The Genius of Renown is placing 
on the head of the bust a crown, the em- 
blem of the glory which immortalizes the 
hero. This genius is executed in an af= 
fected and eta akite style, and the bust 
of the chevalier exhibits nothing remark- 
able. 
The idea of Psyche, looking with satis- 
faction at a batters ly which she j 1s holding 
by the wings, is executed’ with much 
grace: the butierfly de snotes the charac- 
ter 
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