performance the Transfiguration of Raphael, fined and graceful qualities seldom found united but it is also said, that an attachment to a in crayons was appreciated by his judges; in one person. Of music, the drama, and daughter of Mrs. Siddons (who died in the one of whom, the chairman of the committee, poetry, he was particularly fond; and, as we bloom of beauty) had a strong influence upon was Valentine Green, the celebrated engraver. are informed, no mean adept in their cultiva- his histrionic efforts, as well as upon his real exMrs. Cocking, the well-informed housekeeper tion. A gentleman of sound judgment, to istence. His latest performance (as we observed of this Institution, tells us that she remembers whom he has read some of his poetical compo- on Saturday) affords countenance to this statethe occasion perfectly; that her mother (as sitions, writes to us-" Sir Thomas occasion-ment: in the Fanny Kemble of another geneevery body else) was much struck by the ex-ally tried his hand in the sister art of poetry; ration he, perhaps, revived his slumbering symtraordinary beauty of the young artist, whose and some of his pieces he has read to me, pathies: we know that he painted this portrait light hair hung in profusion around his fresh which, although in my opinion not devoid of with intense ardour-that he threw an air of and charming countenance. She also describes secrecy over it and that when finished he his father as a tall, large, and eccentric person, spoke of it as one of his most successful works. dressed in the style of the old school, in a fullWe are not too fond of romance in this dull bottomed wig, with a small cocked hat perched round of life; but there is a charm in the simon the top of it. ple fact just recorded, which we should regret to see dissipated by sterner truth (if the truth be against it). We like to imagine that Law. rence's first love and last picture were connected by so fine a tie as the dark grave of buried affection and the bright dawning of young female genius. sufficient merit, he was too diffident to suffer From Bath, as we observe it stated in the "His last public duty (says the Foreign Linewspapers, he appears to have gone to Sa-terary Gazette, in its weekly précis of domestic lisbury, while yet in his teens, and practised intelligence) was the delivering of the Acathere with considerable success. A Mr. Han- demy's biennial medals, which took place about cock is mentioned as the possessor of portraits, three weeks ago: the affectionate eloquence of in coloured chalk, of his grandfather Dr. Han- his speech on that occasion will never be forcock (a physician at Salisbury), and his daugh- gotten by the students, who, alas! little imater, which were painted at this period, and gined that he was then addressing them for the previous to Lawrence's removal to London. last time for ever." In this grand mart, and scene of enterprise, he had flourished more than forty years, nearly ten of which at the head of the fine arts, as President of the Royal Academy, when his brilliant career was so prematurely terminated. So late as the Tuesday preceding his decease, Sir Thomas was busily employed in the committee of the Athenæum, making arrangements for the opening of the new house: he was particularly animated on the subject of internal decoration, and took a great interest Richly endowed by nature, and gifted with in procuring works of art to adorn the interior. various talents, it was impossible that such a He had himself promised to paint and present man should not attain to eminent distinction; a portrait of his Majesty, to be placed in and concurrent circumstances were also very the library; and was at work upon it even on favourable to him. The opening of the Con- Wednesday, within thirty hours of his death tinent may be reckoned one of the most auspicious intending, (alas, for human intentions!) as he events that could have happened to an artist of declared, to finish and have it in its place next his celebrity; and the splendid commission week. We last week mentioned a portrait of Sir Thomas by himself, a sight of which was seldom granted even to his intimates: it was sometimes a jest upon him, that he had painted it from his likeness of Canning, to whom he was, and well might be, proud of bearing a resem blance. Besides this, a portrait of Lawrence, with those of his two brothers and his sister, exists in a well-known series of prints, after Westall, illustrative of the ceremonies of the church. As the subject of portrait reminds us of autographs, we may notice that his hand-writing was peculiar, and very similar to the style of Titian and Dante, as we have seen in their manuscripts. In conversation, Lawrence was most at home which he received from his royal patron, the To his townsman Baily the sculptor, Law-in matters connected with the arts. "Almost King, to paint the Sovereigns and most ex-rence seems to have been much attached; and the last time I was with him, (says a friend), alted individuals of this extraordinary age, was he certainly could not have shewn his pre- was on a Sunday morning, when I rode with another of those rare instances of good fortune ference for a more modest and admirable artist. him to church in Regent Street. The article which it can be the lot of few indeed to enjoy. He had not only assured him that he would in the Edinburgh Review had just appeared, His pleasing manners, too, gave him access to never sit for his bust to another, but, having in which there was a comparison made between the best and most polished society-an in- postponed it from time to time, he only a few him and Mr. Martin: he observed the article estimable advantage to the portrait-painter, days previous to Thursday the 7th, (on which was written by some one who knew but little and one to the value of which almost all his he died), appointed Tuesday the 12th for his of the arts; and the comparison put him in productions bear striking testimony. A first-first sitting. Mr. Baily, instead of modelling mind of the old inquiry-How far is it from rate portrait-painter ought, if possible, to be a the living, has taken a mask of the dead, and the first of January to the top of St. Paul's p man of education; but, at all events, he must is now employed upon this posthumous bust. be a gentleman! But we should observe that Sir Thomas Lawrence was ambitious of the still higher honours of his art; and if we recall to memory the evidence which he gave to the committee of the House of Commons touching the Elgin Marbles, we shall find that he ardently aspired to the glory of an historical painter, though the calls of an inferior branch held him bound in trammels through which he could not break. On this subject, the following letter, for which we are indebted to a friend, throws new light: Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, Jan. 11. It was Sir Thomas's declared purpose to have Reverting to his dramatic tastes, in these The common saying, that comparisons are odious, was perhaps fully substantiated by this review, with which, we gather, neither of the parties were pleased: for Martin could not relish a compliment paid at the expense of justice to a part of his labours in which he has taken infinite pains to remedy his original deficiency-we mean in the drawing of his figures; of which the reviewer, in spite of notorious amendment, spoke as if he had never improved one step from his first to his last productions. We have already described the late President as a man of winning address and gentle manners: there were but two persons of the lamented death of the late President of the Royalton," a quarto volume published in 1781, the author, considerable irritation. One of these was our Academy, have represented him as never having assayed speaking of the early proofs of musical genius exhibited beyond the line of mere portrait painting-in which it is by the Earl of Mornington, father to the Duke of Wel- regretted favourite Harlow-with all his afadmitted he was pre-eminent. It is, however, known to lington, takes occasion to mention the talent for a sister fectations and little eccentricities, an artist of many, that years have elapsed since he selected from art displayed by a boy in the ninth year of his age. This the highest order, and one who, had he lived, Milton a subject for a grand composition, and that his boy afterwards became Sir Thomas Lawrence. Mr. Bar- would have been, when the follies of youth had thoughts have been recently and anxiously employed on rington's words are-"As I have mentioned so many the reconsideration of it. An accidental circumstance other proofs of early genius in children, I cannot here pass been long discarded and forgotten, an honour alone prevented the work to which I allude from meeting unnoticed Master Lawrence, son of an innkeeper at the to himself, to the arts, and to his country. the eye of the public, at this place, during the last season; Devizes, in Wiltshire. This boy is now (viz. February and had his valuable life been spared but for a few 1780) nearly ten years and a half old; but at the age of Like him, we fear, and like too many of the months, I have no doubt it would have made its appear- nine, without the most distant instruction from any one, sons of genius, Lawrence had himself been ance in that which is ensuing, and that the lovers of art he was capable of copying historical pictures in a masterly would then have had to lament that his increasing occu- style; and also succeeded amazingly in compositions of extravagant in his youth;-anticipating hopes pation as a portrait-painter should have precluded him from his own, particularly that of Peter denying Christ. which, though realised by success, generally cultivating the higher, though far less lucrative, branch of n about seven minutes he scarcely ever failed of draw- fail to satisfy the claims it was calculated they his profession. I am, &c. GEORGE LACKINGTON. ing a strong likeness of any person present, which had would more than extinguish. So true is it. generally much freedom and grace, if the subject perWe have alluded to the various talents with mitted. He is likewise an excellent reader of blank verse, that a guinea beforehand is worth five to which Sir T. Lawrence was gifted: his mind, understands and feels the striking passages of Milton or and will immediately convince any one that he both come. With all his immense receipts, it is indeed, was stored with a combination of re-Shakspeare." understood that Sir T. Lawrence has, from SIR,-The public Journals that I have seen, in noticing In the "Miscellanies of the Hon. Daines Barring-whom he could not speak without displaying memory. JOURNAL OF THE BELLES LETTRES. early encumbrances and a profuse expenditure, | self to the grave: while, towards a man-ser- fessing that this was a mere oversight in the which difficulties always aggravate, died poor. vant who had spent some time in his employment, hurry of throwing our brief remarks into form His noble collection, however, especially rich his conduct was of a still nobler description; for the press waiting to receive them, for we in drawings of the old masters, is estimated to and such, perhaps, as is rarely paralleled. This have a very high opinion of Mr. Jackson's be worth above £50,000; and as his executor, person was seized with a lingering illness, the talents. In the course of the week, we have Mr. Keightly, is not only well versed in busi- nature of which rendered it evident to the heard almost every other eminent artist in the ness, but a friend, it is probable that affairs medical attendant, that though a few months Academy mentioned as a fit candidate for the here, his decease might yet be retarded by Westmacott and Chantrey, sculptors; Turner may be wound up in a way respectful to his must inevitably put a period to his existence presidency. Soane and Wyattville, architects; That Sir Thomas ever indulged a passion for quiet and country air. Sir Thomas, on the and Calcott, landscape painters; and all men play, is a calumny which, to those who knew fact being announced to him by the physician of deserved celebrity. The difficulty seems to his habits and feelings on the subject, requires he had called in, not only went himself and be to unite the great artist and the man of the no refutation; at the same time, it will not ex- took a comfortable lodging for the invalid in world; for the duties of the president require cite surprise, that among others who heard of the neighbourhood of Kilburne, but subse- a knowledge of society as well as a prominent his large receipts, and were aware of his occa- quently gave up no small portion of what to station in art. In this union Lawrence was "the sional embarrassments, an opinion should be un-him was more precious than money, his time; pre-eminently happy; which makes the choice advisedly adopted, affording a ready solution to and would frequently hurry away from his more difficult. The golden medal with which the question, what became of his money? His academical duties and professional pursuits, to our King adorned the breast of the president ardent passion, however, for the fine arts in pass an hour by the bed-side of the sufferer, could not shine upon a nobler-looking form: general, and especially for that branch of them in reading to him the Scriptures of truth, and in the mingled conversazione, such as display the urbanity and kindly feeling which to which his own time was more particularly smoothing his passage to the grave by personal Artists' and Amateurs'," which he had prodevoted, caused him to expend immense sums attentions, this, too, during a protracted mised to attend on Friday evening, few could The funeral is to be public, and on the same seemed natural to him: and in such speeches in their encouragement, and in the purchase period of many weeks. of the works of the first masters, of whose drawings he gradually accumulated his un-scale as Sir J. Reynolds's. The body will lie in as were demanded from him at public meetings rivalled collection. His benevolence towards state at Somerset House on Tuesday or Wed- which duty or benevolence led him to attend, the sons of genius, less favoured by fortune, nesday-(what a contradiction in terms! a cor- he displayed a degree of judgment, taste, and The President of the Royal Academy derives was also dealt out with no stinted allowance. rupting corpse lying in state!)-and the burial eloquence, which always made a powerful imThe procession is to move from Numerous instances of this we could adduce will take place at St. Paul's Cathedral on Thurs- pression upon his auditors. and substantiate, were we not restrained by day next. motives which must be obvious: it is, how- Somerset House at half-past 10 o'clock; and it no emolument from his office, and very little ever, gratifying to know, that since his de- is supposed that the ceremony will occupy at patronage-such as having a few more tickets cease, the right feelings of many of those who least four hours. The arrangement embraces for the private views of the Exhibition, and profited by his kindness have overcome the the family relatives of the deceased-the Aca- the annual dinner. It is a place which denatural reluctance to publish their obligations.demicians-the students of the Academy-and mands considerable attention and assiduity, as We are not aware of the situation of noble and distinguished persons to close the he has to take the chair at all councils, and his kindred and relatives: his dearest con-line. The site selected for his last resting-place generally direct the multifarious business of nexion, it is reported, though irreconcilable is in the vault beneath the south aisle, in the the Institution, besides addresses, and other with the strict rules of morality and virtue, immediate vicinity of the grave of Sir Chris-public employment. The election is appointed was not long since dissolved by death; and topher Wren, and only divided by the late Pre- for the 25th, and rests in the entire body of the melancholy which has from that time sident West's from that of Sir Joshua. The the Academy-i. e. all the Royal Academicians. preyed upon his spirits did not escape the ob- remains of Opie, Barry, Dawe, (at whose fu- The keeper (Mr. Hilton, now,) is usually at servation of his friends. A noble marchioness neral we ourselves saw Sir Thomas acting with the head of the Academy during an interwrote two months ago, that he (who was then the Russian Ambassador as pall-bearer, only a on a visit to her) looked deplorably ill, few weeks since), and other distinguished artand like a broken-hearted man: on another ists, occupy the ground adjoining. His MaAdducing the unceasing pressure upon our occasion, while conversing about some losses, jesty has given orders that his private carriage a friend observed " This is not enough to shall head the funeral train. The spectacle will, account for your depression." The tears started we presume, be very imposing and solemn. to his eyes, and in profound dejection he al- The students, in particular, will have cause to time, we must commit this paper to the canluded to a severer calamity. The lady, we meditate deeply. It is a few short weeks since dour of our readers with all its imperfections have heard, was Mrs. W., the wife of a foreign their President and great Example addressed on its head. We could have wished it less which, beginning their career, they had en- preferable to offer what we had, than to wait minister, whose brutal treatment threw her them on delivering the rewards and honours to sketchy and more matured; but thought it apon the protection of Sir T. Lawrence. But though, no doubt, his health might be titled themselves: they may now behold the for farther inquiry and elaboration to enable us affected by this sorrow, yet we are informed end of the dazzling course. He who spoke to to write a better digest. We have, however, that the immediate cause of death, as ascer- them so affectionately and so encouragingly; other materials in view; and in the mean time tained by Dr. Holland and Mr. Green,† on a he whose talents led him through flowery paths have only to append a few observations from an extensive to fame ;-he will, on this occasion, point a far the pen of Mr. Pyne, whose long and intimate post-mortem examination, was Precocity of talent is, perhaps, never more disease of the heart. On Thursday, after bleed-more useful moral, and, it is to be hoped, not acquaintance with the arts gives value to his ing, the former gentleman left him in an without its effect on the ardent and enthusi- sentiments. The President has left many pictures unfi- rarely exhibited than in painting, which, alarming condition; and when sent for again astic minds that may contemplate the scene. Infant poets, nished, which throw much into the hands of though one of the professions mainly dehastily at night, his visit was too late-the patient was no more. his survivors. His prices were very high-six pending upon imitation, is included within the moiety was paid at the first sitting. Were we infant musicians, infant orators, infant linhundred pounds for a whole length, of which a pale of the imaginative arts. It is true, that many schoolboys among the fortunate possessors of such produc-guists, and infant mathematicians, have aptions, we would more cheerfully preserve a like-peared, not unfrequently, in every civilised ness where the features were completed, with- country. out its draperies and accessories, than give have been supposed by their fond parents to heads merely painted in were exquisitely fine. from their propensity for scribbling on the thrice the sum for the finished picture. His have evinced an intuitive genius for painting, did the illustrious Sir Joshua Reynolds: his Among his latest portraits thus painted, is one blank leaves or margins of their lexicons, as The question of succession to his chair still father, however, who was a man of sense, In our last wrote upon one of these attempts at pictorial of Moore, for Mr. Murray. "This was done by Josh in pure gives rise to much discussion. Gazette, on enumerating the parties named, imitation which his son made in his tenth we are anxious to set ourselves right, by con- idleness!"" we most inadvertently omitted Jackson; and year, Sir Thomas Lawrence's kindness to his de- In his youth he was one of the best billiard-players in The putem examination, since published in the newspapers, has confirmed this. It is a curious coincidenne, that a Mr. Green awarded Lawrence his first hour in the arts-that Mr. Green was his own dramatic wrap and that Mr. Green performed the last surgical office on his corse. regnum, as the present: he presides at the ballot, where every name is eligible; and the final choice is made by a second ballot on the two Academicians who have the highest number of votes at the previous scrutiny. 1 The late George Morland, and some few duction of works in every style, from lofty Would that the pen now held o'er this no less other clever artists, it must be acknowledged, epic composition down to the humble study of fond memorial could render like justice to the gave demonstrations of graphic talent in their still-life, comparable with those of any ex- honoured manes of Lawrence !-but public infancy; but these were the progeny of painters isting, and in many branches superior to all sympathy needs no excitement. A man so or engravers; and it is not uncommon for contemporary schools, and not inferior to the rare as he, may be said to hold consanguinity children, urged by that passion for imitation with all the great and good; and a whole which seems to be instinctive with the human nation now mourns his loss. race, to exhibit in their infancy a sort of aptitude for doing of that which is ever doing before them. greatest schools of olden times. From the commencement of Sir Joshua Reynolds's practice, after his return from Italy, the English school took the lead of all others in portraiture, and maintained it whilst he lived. His illustrious course almost ended, the highly gifted Lawrence arose, who was destined to continue our national reputation, by becoming his illustrious successor. The late Owen, of esteemed memory, decidedly one of the brightest stars of the Royal Academy, once complained to the writer of this, that Lawrence, though deserving of his high reputation, owed much of his fame to the fortunate circumstance of that monopoly of personages most distinguished for rank, beauty, and elegance, which was exclusively reserved for his pencil. Such superior models, in every sense, gave him the advantage over his competitors; for every one knows the difficulty of competing with him who is borne to fame upon the full tide of fashion. DRAMA. DRURY LANE. MADAME VESTRIS has commenced her en gagement here, and Artaxerxes was performed, with her Young Prince, on Tuesday last. The farce of The Citizen was revived, in which she made a lively Maria. The pantomime followed, to the great delight of the Siamese Youths, whose first appearance, in conjunction with that of Madame Vestris, had attracted a very numerous audience! The lamented Sir Thomas Lawrence may be quoted as one rare instance, in whom a decided predilection, or precocity of talent, for the art in which he became so great a master, developed itself at an early period of his infancy; Lawrence's first appearance as an exhibitor and this is the more memorable, as he had seen at Somerset House was in 1787 (when 666 nothing of that art. He may be said to have pictures, &c. &c. formed the collection); and been born with an almost intuitive capacity the catalogue was comprised in 26 pages. for portraiture; for he wrought obvious like- Here we find T. Lawrence, at No. 4, Leinesses with the pencil and the pen, whilst cester Square, with seven productions, namely, a child in petticoats; and before he had No. 184. Mad Girl; 207. Portrait of a Lady; It is likely now that we may witness no completed his tenth year, he drew portraits 229. Portrait of a young Lady; 231. Portrait small improvement in the taste of those paintwith decided character, taste, and spirit. Of of a Lady; 234. Mrs. Esten, in the character ers who have not hitherto participated in this early ability, numerous anecdotes are in of Belvidera; 255. Vestal Virgin; and 258. these advantages; for patrician elegance, grace, circulation. The following, however, is one Portrait of a young Lady. Next year, the and beauty, will of necessity be driven to seek very little known; but our readers may artist resided in Jermyn Street; and sent six the studio of these afore-named; and such prorely on its authenticity. The late Lord Ken- of his performances, all portraits. In 1789, totypes thus diffused, we may reasonably expect yon, some twelve years previous to his ele- still 41, Jermyn Street, he exhibited no fewer to see begetting a generous competition amongst vation to the peerage, was passing with his than thirteen pieces, and was evidently ad- the portrait-painters for the prize of pictorial lady through Devizes, in his way to Bath; vancing rapidly in his profession, as three of elegance and graphic beauty. and stopped at the Bear, then kept by the the portraits are of " Ladies of Quality," befather of the embryo President. The host, sides his Royal Highness the Duke of York, -as we have elsewhere noticed-a remarkably and a head from nature. In 1790, among well-formed fine-looking man, but with great twelve pictures we notice the Princess Amelia, eccentricity both of dress and manner, was Her Majesty, a Nobleman's Son, a General particularly fond of reading aloud the works of Officer, and a celebrated Actress. In 1791, his Shakespeare and Milton, especially the latter, abode was 24, Old Bond Street; and Homer which he did uncommonly well, and was de- reciting his Poems is the first subject we lighted when he could get any of his guests to meet with in his name. listen to him. On this occasion he was very fortunate in his auditors, who not only heard his recitations with approbation, but took a still livelier interest in his son Thomas, then a fine little fellow about six years old, who was riding round the room upon a cane, and whose When the beautiful whole-length portrait of talent for sketching likenesses had, at that Miss Farren appeared, Lawrence was only in early age, become the theme of his father's his twenty-first year: it was exhibited at Sopanegyric. The skill of the young artist was merset House as a pendant to Sir Joshua's at once put to the test; and in an almost in- celebrated whole length of Mrs. Billington, as credibly short period, he produced two portraits, St. Cecilia. The noble candour of this great in profile, of his visitors, no less remarkable man was then manifested by the unqualified for the ease and spirit of their execution than for the accuracy of the resemblance. Indeed, Lady Kenyon always declared, that of all the portraits of her husband which she had ever seen, none came up in point of fidelity to The career of Sir Thomas Lawrence may in this juvenile sketch. Sir Thomas himself, in many respects be likened to that of his great after life, was, as is well known, distinguished predecessor. They both led a life of celibacy; for the elegance with which he read and re-the talent of each was no sooner demonstrated cited. We have even heard it asserted, that than it at once was appreciated, and it was he, on one occasion, appeared under an as- throughout life the fortune of each to be hosumed name (that of Green, we believe,) on noured and esteemed, not only by all the great the boards of a patent theatre. It is difficult and the enlightened of every rank and class, now to determine how far this taste for re- but to experience the rare felicity of being citation may have originally received its direc-equally respected and esteemed by the members tion from the influence of paternal example or of their own profession. No competitor for instruction. public favour expressed envy, nor took offence at the praises bestowed upon either, on the score of their acknowledged pre-eminence. In England, it may be asserted, that with all our most celebrated painters, the art has commenced, proceeded, and attained to maturity, by the native mental strength and perceptions of each individual master; for few indeed have been disciples of others; and we have no public or private academies in which the art is taught, as has been the practice in all other countries wherein painting has been cultivated with success. In 1792, the prosperous record runs, "Thomas Lawrence, a Principal Painter in ordinary to His Majesty;" and his chief pictures are a Lady of Fashion as La Penserosa, and a Portrait of His Majesty! applause which he bestowed on this work of COVENT GARDEN. MR. WADE, the author of that very dull but cleverly written play, called Woman's Love, or the Trial of Patience, has produced a new farce here, called the Phrenologists, which is in exact converse to his play,-full of bustle and insufferable nonsense. Judging from this second specimen of Mr. Wade's dramatic writing, we should say, he must be either utterly ignorant of theatrical matters, or impressed with a most extraordinary belief in his own powers, as we defy him to choose two subjects more uncongenial to the stage than the story of Patient Grizzle, or the Science of Phrenology. As we had, and have still, hopes, from a smart line here and there, that Mr. Wade may one day write something worth hearing, we shall not enter into a detail of the present abortion, which, from the oaths and obscenities with which it abounds, we should imagine can never have been read by our immaculate Licenser. To use the jargon of his own dialogue, we should imagine the developement of the dramatist's head who could produce such a farce as the Phrenologists, to be nearly as follows: Constructiveness.. small. wanting. wanting. approaching deformity. enormous! The humble historian of these facts knew Sir Thomas well, even from the period of his first drawing at the Royal Academy. He had the honour also to know Sir Joshua, and well remembers the sensation that was universally felt on the announcement of his death. He can never forget the intense feeling which was excited by the beautiful apostrophe which ap-! So much greater, then, is the merit of the peared in the public journals the day after his self-taught painters of the British school;-decease,-the prompt effusion of the pen of Voyage of Discovery. The French sloop of that school, thus unaided, can boast the pro- his affectionate friend, the illustrious Burke. | war, La Dordogne, Captain Mathieu, is about VARIETIES. immediately to proceed on a voyage round the The Royal Society of Antiquaries of France bare, we observe, elected Mr. Ellis, the Principal Librarian to the British Museum, one of their Foreign Associates. and that salt water has not, like fresh water, who would otherwise pay for admission to a maximum of density previous to congelation. inferior situations. Life Restored.-Among other curious inqui- Method of Preserving Vinegar according to ries carried on by the savans of Paris, we the process of Scheele. Put the vinegar in a were lately struck by the details of success well-cleaned vessel, and let it boil a quarter of which had attended the experiment of inflating a minute; then pour it into bottles, which the lungs of a still-born child, by blowing into should be properly corked. Or it may be put them. A case was reported of a still-born in bottles, and warmed in hot water, when the infant, which was taken to M. Portal, who, water is in a state of ebullition: it may then be when about to dissect it, conceived the idea of kept for several years without changing, and blowing into its mouth. At the end of two or without its being necessary to keep it from the three minutes warmth returned, the blood cir- contact of the air, or in vessels entirely filled. culated, the heart began to beat, and the child was sent back alive to its parents. A similar thing was stated to have occurred to a surgeon at Lyons, who communicated it at the time to M. Portal. Spontaneous Generation.—In a report made to the French Academy on a memoir submitted to his opinion, M. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire states that he does not consider the question of spontaneous generation as entirely set at rest. He readily admits that facts may shew that what appears to be so, is a fallacy; but he maintains that those facts have not yet been observed. Cuba. The white population of Cuba is estimated at 259,267 persons; the free blacks at 154,057; the slaves at 225,131; giving a total of 638,455. Russian Literature. The second edition of University Honours.-The Hulsean prize at La Méthode Jacotot.-A new system of uniCambridge has been adjudged to Thomas versal instruction, which has originated in the Myers, Scholar of Trinity College, for his essay Netherlands, and which is called, from the on the following subject:-"What was the name of its alleged inventor, the Jacotot extent of the knowledge which the Jews had method, is at present undergoing much discus- More Monsters.-Another bicephalous child of a future state at the time of our Saviour's sion on the continent, and especially at Paris. was, it appears, born in France, in the departappearance?" The following is the subject of To give some idea of the contrariety of opinions ment of the Pyrenees, two months after the Hulsean prize dissertation for the present on the subject, it will be sufficient to quote the Christina-Ritta, perfectly resembling the latyear :—“* On the Futility of Attempts to re- conclusions of two pamphlets which have been ter in its organisation. present the Miracles recorded in Scripture as published respecting it; the one by M. Joseph Effects produced in the ordinary course of Na- Rey, of Grenoble, the other by M. Durivan, a ture."-Cambridge Chronicle. retired colonel of engineers. M. Rey says,The Fire-King. The Fire-King, M. Cha-" To recapitulate: I think I have proved, first, bert, has been assailed upon his throne. A that M. Jacotot's method rests on principles as printed disclosure of his secret has been ad- certain as fertile in results; secondly, that it a pamphlet entitled "O Vouigodakh i Pradressed to us; and as we are more willing that may be advantageously applied to the acqui- vakh Rossüskikh Pissateleï, &c." (the Advansome of our resolute readers should assay the sition of every description of knowledge.' tages and the Rights of Authors in Russia), process than ourselves (seeing that the damage" Hence, on the other hand," observes Colonel signed with the initials P. K., and attributed of our writing hand, were it only for six Durivan, "it is evident, that so much inco- to M. Pierre de Koeppen, to whom Russian weeks, would be extremely inconvenient to us), herence in the elements of this method, so literature is already indebted for several works, we give it publicity without fee or reward. If many capital errors in their selection and com- full of erudition, and calculated to throw great you anoint your hands with two ounces of bol bination, must render it a pernicious concep- light on her history, has been published at armenian, one ounce of quicksilver, half an tion; the direct tendency of which would be to Moscow. The author examines the following ounce of camphor, and two ounces of brandy retain students in an eternal childhood, after questions: first, will the cultivation of let(well mixed together), it seems that you may having thrown upon them some false lights, ters in Russia ensure an independent and hosteep them in a pot of boiling lead. If you calculated to dazzle the ignorant multitude." nourable existence to a man who has no other prepare yourself with liquid storax (a juice Robert Burns. An original portrait of this source of income? secondly, can the author, produced from a tree called casper bauhine in glory of Scotland has, it is stated in papers translator, or editor of a work, as well as his Italy and elsewhere), you may enter a fire from the North, been found, and is about to be heirs, protect it from piracy; and what is the eat fire-have a seal put on your tongue (we engraved. A good likeness of this extraor- extent of his rights in that respect? From advise no female to try it)—or, “ finally" (to dinary man is a great desideratum; the usual this and other publications of a similar nature use the author's words)" swallow boiling oil." portrait of him being heavy and common-place. it would seem that Russia has done more for This storax also enables you to undergo baking To make a beautiful Liquid Green.-Take a the benefit and protection of literary men than in an oven; and as for taking poisons, the pound of verdigris, and half a pound of white many nations who long preceded her in the author says, it is easy enough if you have tartar in powder, mix them well together, and career of civilisation. an antidote afterwards;"- to all which we soak them during one night in two pints of beartily subscribe, though we cannot in our strong vinegar, which are to be boiled until mathematical consciences add Q. E. D. the quantity is diminished one-half. When it Science. The voyage of La Chevrette has been left for two days, pour it into a glass (French vessel, which has returned from a sci- bottle, or filter it.-Journal des Connaissances entific mission) has produced a fine collection | Usuelles. LITERARY NOVELTIES. LIST OF NEW BOOKS. [Literary Gazette Weekly Advertisement, No. III. Jan. 16th, 1830.] January. Thermometer. 29. - 37. Barometer. 29.75 to 29.84 29.98 30.06 27. 40. 30.06 29.89 31. 37. 29.76 29.73 30. 37. 29.66 29.56 of natural history, as well as interesting facts Theatres. We received last week, delivered relative to the improvement of geography, the with our morning newspaper, orders for six magnetism of the earth, and meteorology. The persons to one of the minor theatres, who were experiments on the horizontal needle will, it to be admitted to any part of the house on is said, determine many points of the line paying a shilling. Surely such practices must without declination; and the observations not only make the place a blackguard resort, METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, 1830. upon inclination will serve to trace the mag- but do general mischief to the Drama. Our Thursday.. 7 From 36. to 43. netic equator, whose position in the Indies can neighbours in Paris do not go so far in the 8 Friday only be founded on old measurements, which road of degradation, though it appears they Saturday 9 are in general very imperfect. It is thought have their evils too. It is stated in a Paris Sunday.... 10 Monday .. 11 that these measurements will confirm what paper, Le Journal des Comédiens, that owing Tuesday .. 12 has been already discovered, relative to the to the system of issuing tickets to performers Wednesday 13 movement which gradually conveys the line and others connected with the Théâtre Port without declination from east to west; and it St. Martin, the proprietors sustain a loss of is considered probable that they will also decide more than 1,000l. per annum. a still more uncertain problem, viz. whether one hundred and eight in number, are disposed the removal of the line in question is or is not of by theatrical agents at a reduced price. It accompanied by a change in its formation. should be observed, however, that but for this The meteorlogical observations are also highly concession to the possessors of the privilege, important. Two conclusions of much interest the amount of salary would be much greater. are drawn, viz. that the rays of the sun pro- The chief evil is the introduction, into the best dace a diminished effect near the equator; places of the theatre, of persons of a low class, Prevailing wind, N.W. Latitude...... 51° 37' 32" N. Longitude.... 0 3 51 W. of Greenwich. TO CORRESPONDENTS. **We have given our pages so largely to the most striking literary work of the day, and to the interesting topic of the late President, Sir T. Lawrence, that many other papers, not of so pressing a character, are unavoid ably postponed. ADVERTISEMENTS Connected with Literature and the Arts. SCHOOL of DESIGN, for the Education of Artists, and Instruction of Amateurs, in the Principles of Drawing and Painting; forming also a probationary School for the Royal Academy. The System embraces the following Studies: The Art of Design, in its most simple and specific mean New Flute Music. 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