1808.] 
dominates through the whole, both in the 
drawing and the colouring. 
Lhe Holy Family, by Giorgione. 
This piece possesses much harmony of 
colouring, and warmth of the carnation 
tints: the drawing, however, is very de- 
ficient in many respects. The landscape 
in the distance is very pleasing, and re- 
minds the spectator of the works of 
Rubens; the colouring undoubtedly is 
equal to Titian. 
David and Abigail. 
Tt is not size, but merit, which at- 
tracts the regard of the critic, else we 
should have noticed this picture much 
sooner, which is one of the most conspi- 
cuous in the room. ‘he colouring is 
chaste, the attitudes of the figures are 
well varied, but still somethmg is want- 
ing, to give expression to the whole; per- 
haps the figure of David and his associ-~ 
ates, who are in armour, have too much 
uniformity. The attitudes of Abigail and 
the other female figures are graceful and 
pleasing ; and the expression of the whole 
is suitable to the best style of the art. 
Descent from the Cross, sy Tintoret. 
This picture is much in the style of the 
Venetian school; the drapery is well con- 
ceived and coloured, the variety of the 
attitudes and figures is pleasing ; the ar- 
rangement of the whole is agreeable, and 
the harmony of colouring perfect; never- 
theless it does not move the mind nearly 
so much as the works of Raphael or Cor- 
reggio. 
The four Ages, by Titian. 
This piece is finished in a very brown 
style of colouring; the landscape is exe- 
cuted in the masterly manner of Titian; 
but the drawing of the figures and com- 
position, is arranged without his usual 
taste. It appears to have been one of his 
earliest productions. ‘The next five pic- 
tures close the series in this room, name- 
ly, the marriage of St. Catharine, by 
Carracei; Christ with the Cross, by 
Domenichino ; the Entombing of Christ, 
by S. Del Piombo ; a Madonna, by Gui- 
do; and.a small piece by Turchi, In 
these there is nothing very particular to 
attract the attention of the connoisseur 
or the artist: we Shall proceed, there- 
fore, to describe the landscapes and his- 
torical pictures contained in the drawing- 
room upon the left Hand. 
( To be continued.) 
On Humanity to Animals. 539 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
On susriceE and HUMANITY to BRUTS 
ANIMALS. 
REQUEST your indulgence, Mr, 
Editor, and the favourable attention 
of your numerous readers, whilst I per- 
form the indispensable duty of a son of 
humanity, by offering my mite in behalf 
of the dumb, subordinate, and helpless, 
although sensible part of the animal cre- 
ation; many of them endowed with,an 
instinct, which it is impossible not to 
identity with a certain degree of the 
reasoning faculty, and with a bodily sen- 
sibility and irritability, on a level with 
our own. In the sequel, without assum- 
ing the consequence of an answerer-ge- 
neral of queries, I shall do my best, as 
being aw fuit and practical, to satisfy the 
enquirers(No_ 149,vol. xxu. p.353), on the 
Lungs of Cows and Sheep, Horse-chesnuts, 
the best Mode of Relief for the Miseries of 
Eels, and of giving their Quietus to Fleas # 
In the first place, let me pay the tri- 
bute of my respect to Capel Lofft, a 
name dear to liberty and humanity. In 
critical times Lke these, the people in 
their apathy ought not to be suffered to 
forget that such men exist. ‘The period 
approaches when honesty and talents, so 
long neglected, and even superciliously 
derided, may be our only refuge. A list 
of honest, independent, and capable 
men, would perhaps be the best Christ- 
mas gift which could be presented to the 
country, and their advice, through the 
medium of the press, the safest which 
the people could take. I wish, most 
heartily, Mr. Lofit may not be disap- 
pointed in-his expectations relative tothe 
abolition of the slave-trade; and I also 
wish that I could assign a more nonour= 
able motive to some who now concur in 
the abolition, merely, as I too well know, 
in consequence of their fears. Let ava-~ 
rice and profligacy, and they will strain 
hard in the attempt, but defer the abo- 
lition of the slave-trade fora little sea- 
son, and the negroes themselves will 
abolish it in thunder ! 
Mr. Lofft also expects a bill will be 
brought into parliament, for restraining 
wanton cruelty to animals! J should, 
indeed, rejoice, could we advance so far; 
but i apprehend such would be only a 
step, and that nothing short of a recog- 
nition of the jus animalium, by the legis< 
lature, with regulations grounded there- 
on, can be thoroughly effectual. Unless 
beasts have a right to justice, and a re- 
medy 
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