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insted, Mr. Whitefoord being bis first 
acquaintance i -London. In reply to 
Mr. Flaxman, who had complimented 
him for his patronage, the venerable. 
President observed, that genius, or ex- 
traordinary abilities, always excited his 
attention, and that the surprismg genius 
ef the youthful sculptor, first attracted 
his notice; aud as such, Mr. Flaxman 
was indebted only to his awn powerse 
Gentlemen, said he, I have been called 
the tather of the present British school 
of painting, by my friend opposite ; (Mr. 
#.) and I certainly must say, never had 
a father such a promising progeny. 
fimn sure, (as [ have in another way 
stated) that 1 * know of no people since 
the Greeks, who have indicated a bigher 
premise to equal them in the refinement 
of the arts, than the British nation. I 
was, Gentlemen, one of the four artists 
who presented the plan of the Royal Aca- 
demy to his presentMajesty,and traly hap- 
py have I been in observing the progress 
ef the five arts in our country, in defiance 
of the assertions of foreign writers, that we 
are placed in too cold a latitude for the 
refinement of the fine arts, which, I 
trust, have struck such deep root in Bri- 
tain, that they never will be eradicated, 
He eoncluded with thanking the com- 
pany forthe honour he had jast received, 
and hoped to meet them-again that day 
twelvemonth. 
Among other appropriate toasts were, 
* Letter tothe Committee of the Northern 
Society for promoting the Fine Arts. 
[July 1, 
—“ The Royal Academy, the Earl of | 
Dartmouth, and the. British | Iustitu- 
tion”—“ the Most Noble the Marquis of 
Stafford”—“ Thomas Bernard, esq. the 
founder of the British Institution”? — 
*“‘ those Gentlemen whio, as artists from . 
Ircland and Scotland, had favoured the 
Academy with their works and company. 
Among the company present were the 
following gentlemen: Benj. West, esq. 
Caleb Whitefoord, esq. Rev. Mr. Fos- 
ter, Professor Carlisle, Messrs. Britton, 
Nixon,SirF.Bourgecis; Messrs. Weodford, 
Philhps, Dawe, “Drummond, Thoinson, 
Owen, Green, Ward ,Callcott, Sass, Corb- 
bould, Singleton, C. Heath, Marchant, 
Flaxman, Westmacott, Turnerelli, Soane, 
Busby, Klmes, Byfield, and may other 
professors and amateurs, are 
The first part of the Artist has made 
its appearance, and the second is forthe* 
coming.- Another number of Academe 
Annals, for 1805-6, 1807, 1808-9, is 
also published, and contaims the history 
of the fine arts for those years, Mr. 
Hayley’s Life of Romney the painter is 
also published, with engravings, and is - 
hkely to excite much interest; it is from 
a. provincial press (Chichester), on which 
it reflects typographical honor. 
The Work, enttled “ THe Five 
Arrs or THE Ewnerrsn Scttoor, &c.” 
which was announced in a former Mayva- 
zie, is postponed to the 1st 6f November 
next, By this delay the Proprietors will 
be enabled to make such spreparations 
and arrangements, as ‘to seonrea regulat 
quarterly publication. 
oe 
REPORT OF DISEASES, 
Under the care of the late senior Physician of the Finsbury Dispensary, from the 
x 
20th of May, to the 20th of June, 1809. 
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A Roman emperor, who had exhausted 
the stock of known and ordinary en- 
joyments, offered a reward for the in. 
vention- of a new pleasure. A writer, 
who, with small interruption, has,’ for 
nearly the tenth part of .a ceutury,. pub- 
lished a monthly essay upon the subject. 
of haman maladies, might, upon a similar 
principle, wish for the discovery of sone. 
new disease; a descriptionvof, or remarks 
upon which, would help, to diversify the, 
sterile and too unifurm ground upon 
which he had so long trodden. Repe- 
tition 13 not te be blamed, where it can- 
not be avoided ; and for some time past, . 
it has been the réporter’s ambition tu — 
place in aclearer and a stronger light, 
some of the opinions which he has leng  _ 
since given to the world, rather than to. 
add to the number of facts ‘and. obser-; 
- ier, _¥auons, 
