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hument, is an immente quarry of ftone to 
the memory of Lord and Lady Strathmore, 
fo placed as to fhoulder the f{pectator out 
of the only place in which he can proper- 
ly contemolate this exquifite piece of art. 
The fine fhrine of Edward the Confeffor 
is totslly hidden by the altar-piece of the 
choir ; before that was erected, it was feen 
Over the old altar-piece, and added much 
to the magnificence of the view. The frit 
monument in the Abbey—that to General 
“Hargrave, is deftroyed by the want of a 
back ground ; it is furrounded by trifles. 
The heap of marble which is wafted. in 
Admiral Tyrrell’s waves, which, after all, 
remind the fpectators of a thip toffed in a 
blanket, might, without any lols to the 
arts, be pounded in a mortar. 
There was once an idea of decorating 
St. Paul’s Cathedral with paintings, and 
during the time that Dr. Richard Terrick 
was Bifhop of London, Sir Joffiua Rey- 
nolds, Mortimer, and feveral other great 
painters, offered to adorn it with fome of 
their moft valuable works ; but the propo- 
fition had to encounter the gothic preju- 
dices of a taftelefs prelate, which were 
found infuperable, and the propofal was 
rejected. 
Confidering ‘that Scripture Hiftory in 
piéture may fometimes have an influence 
on thofe who pay little attention to precept, 
itis a little fngular that a bifhop fhould 
object to it.. He would probably have had 
the fame objection to ftatues; he did not 
with true hiftory, which 2s Philofophy teach- 
jug by examples, to be introduced, but be 
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made no objestion to falfe hiftorys Z. Py 
epitaphs, where flattery and fallehood 
(tains the walls, tothe mortification of all 
honeft men. 
Claude Chanzpion Crifpigny, Efg Painted, ene 
 graved and publifbed by F. R. Smith, Kings 
firect, Covent Garden. 
Of Mr. Smith we have had frequent 
occafion to fpeak, and generally with ap- 
probation. His poriaits in the lat exht« 
bition were honourable to his tafte and ta- 
lents. This is defigned in an eafy and 
unaffected ftyle, and, as Mr. Smith’s por- 
traits almoft invariably are, has the lead- 
ing merit of beng a trong refemblance. 
It is extremely well engravid im mezzo 
tinto. 
Portrait of Mr. Henry Sobnfow. Painted by W, 
Owen, and engraved and publired by Fobr 
Yeung, hifforical Engraver to bis Royal High- 
nefs the Prince of Wales. 
A fpirited portrait and extremely well 
engraved in mezzotinto. Tr is infcrvibed 
tothe Right Hor. Lord Reay, and the 
Corps of Loyal North Britons. 
The celebrated cartoons of Raphael 
have been removed from Windfor to 
Hamptons Court, which circumftance af- 
fords another inftance of His Majeity’s 
attention to the profperity of the arts and 
the gratificationof the public. The Royal 
Family being about to occupy the apart- 
ment at Windfor in which they were 
hitherto placed, thefe inimitable paintings 
would ina great meafure have been loft to 
the public. 
REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS, 
Two Sonatas for the Piano. forte 3 compofed and 
_ dedicated to the Right Hon. the Countefs of Ox- 
ford; by Charles Kelly. 6s. 
HESE fonatas are written with con- 
fiderable ability, and difplay more 
{cience than is generally found in the 
prefent numerous piano-forte compofitions, 
We, however, cannot in fairnefs difguife, 
that the paffages are for the moft rather 
too. long, and do not always by their con- 
firuction befpeak that facility and cannec- 
tion of idea which only long babit in writ- 
ing can command. Still rhe thoughts fe- 
parately confidered are intrinfically good, 
and the general effect of the compottion 
is-fuch as to convince us of Mr. Kelly’s 
talents, and that with further exercife of 
his fancy he may become a firit-rate in- 
ftrumental compofer. 
MonTuiy Mac. No, 120, 
The celebrated Pollacca 3 ** Thine eyes, my Lowes 
Jo brilliant beam ;” compofed and dedicated to 
the Right Hon. Mifs Dillon, by Auguftus 
Voight ; the Poctry by F. Bryan. 15. 64. 
‘This Pollacca does much credit to Mr. 
Voight’s fancy and judgment. ‘The pal> 
fages are airy, tafleful, and appropriate, 
and befpeak talents for this {pecics of com- 
pofition which ffrongly claim encourage-~ 
ment: yet we cannot wholly overlook the 
little lapfe of a falfe accent in the fourt 
bar of the melody, where only the /atte7 
of the two quavers applied to the word 
< of,’’ fhould have been affigned to that 
prepofiticn. This error, we grant, is tri- 
vial, and in a foreign compoler highly ex. 
cufeable ; but is neverthelefs noticed by 
us, that Mr, ae may avoid the fame 
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