approach nearer to the proportions of Lord Elgin's admirable Theseus than any other known model), correctly dividing the abdomen, and its region, into more accurate proportions, than by former methods, and every artist is indebted to the learned professor, for the ease with which he may now acquire this elementary branch of the fine arts. Professor Carlisle has wisely promised to abandon technical terms as much as possible, which will certainly make the science more easy of acquisition. Mr Carlisle has since continued his lectures with unabated success. The Exhibition of the Works of Living British Artists was opened on Monday, the thirteenth ult. at the rooms of the British Institution, Pall Mall, and reflects great honour on the English school of art, though not so numerous as in former years. England wanted but a school of art to seat her among the most civilized na tions of Europe; and to the honour of the present reign, this desirable end is at length obtained. In the present exhibition the enquiry is naturally directed to those pictures that the learned committee of the institution have stamped with the reward of merit; although by the competition of Sharp and Mulready; Dawe and Hilton; Linnel and Chalon; the utmost abilities of the committee were certainly called forth; yet, perhaps, never were works of art more nicely balanced, and certainly never was the decision of an institution more just; and, as only one in each class could be victors, the unsuccessful candidates have most honourably failed. In the class of history and poetry the powers of the mind are nearly equalled. Hilton, in the Red Cross Knight, has soared into the regions of ideal horror, and has successfully wielded the baton of Raffaelle. This monster is, perhaps, the most horrific on canvas, after the dragon of Raffaelle, now in the Napoleon Mu seum, at Paris; but in choice of subject, and in finishing, has his rival beaten him. Dawe has wisely chosen bis subject from Nature and Britannia's favourite son, his Imogen is as charming as imagination can suggest; the surrounding spectators admirably grouped, the landscape well contrived, and the whole finished just to such a point, as not to destroy grandeur of style. In the class of familiar life, the superiority of mind is due to Sharp, and of finishing to Mulready. The mechanism of the art cannot be carried farther than the furniture and parts of the latter's carpenter's shop. It is merely a shop, kitchen, and some figures; no story is told; no action is expressed. Sharp's music master, on the contrary, is all ac tion, all mind; the foot of the boy and the finger of the master are both in unson; their eyes and attention are directed to the same object, and the archness of the female stopping her ears from the dull monotony of a juvenile learner of the violin, is wit-it is "true humour to advantage dressed:" the society is too refined for low humour. It combines the excellencies without the grossness of the Dutch school, from which may the litany of the British school ever be, "Good Lord deliver us." Every true lover of art will be pleased to hear that Mr. T. Hope has purchased this beautiful picture for 100 guineas. Of the landscapes less shall be said, as they possess a lower degree of excellence, as operations of the mental powers than the two foregoing classes. They are even more on a par than those, but the promising appearance of such a youth as Linnell deserved, and has obtained, its just reward; however, Chalon's landscape must not be forgotten as one of the best in the room. At the request of several Correspondents, we shall, in future, give notice of all large sales of works of art; und therefore solicit information on that head. REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. Three Quartetts for trus Violins, a Tenor and Violoncello. Composed and dedicated to His Excelency Count Raisoumoffsky, Privy Counseller to His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, by Louis Fan Bratkovin, Eig. HESE learned, highly-ingenions, Tand valuable Quartetts, abound in original and bold ideas. Lovers, however, as we profess ourselves to be of sciace and sound theory, we must in candor say, that this great master sometimes indulges too far in chromatic and far-fetched evolutions in his melody, and evinces in the almost constantly elaborate disposition of his parts, a determination to be original, even at the expence too often of being also crude, quaint, and dissonant. In saying this, however, we do not suffer ourselves to lose sight of Mr. Breethoven's high pretension to our commendation as а сош a composer of the first order of merit, and a profound harmonist. The pieces before us, are so far proofs both of the native force of his imagination and his rich stock of resources in harmonical erudition, that they alone would be sufficient to maintain the reputation he has so justly acquired, or to raise into notice an unknown name. The whole of the present work, with the exception of a few passages, falling under the objection we have been making, is worthy of the greatest abilities; and at once dis plays a command of fancy and mastery of combination and arrangement that must delight every tasteful and cultivated ear. Studia per il Piano forte, and its Cantinuation, in Two Volumes, each consisting of forty-two Exercises; intended to facilitate the Progress of those rubo study that Instrument. Composed, and the leading Fingers marked to each Passage, by J. B. Cramer, Esq. First Vol. 11. 1. cond sl. 65. We class these volumes amongst the most useful in their kind, that have, for a long while, come under our critical notice. The variety and variously-turued passages by which the pages are occupied; the happy solution of practical difficulties; the comprehensive field Mr. Cramer has taken; together with the equal distribution of exercise to both bands, and the useful hints thrown out by the fingering affixed to certain intri cate changes of position, give great value to the publication, and lay the arduous and emulous practitioner under no trivial obligation to the ingenious author. A grand Sonata for the Piano-forte. Composed and dedicated to Mr. Wolf, by C. Neate. This Sonata consists of three movements, the styles of which so far accord as to fall under the same general observations; the same disapproval, and the same commendation. They are all ingenious, but all stiff and crampt; scientific, but affected and dissonant; cannot be rejected for any thing that is wrong, nor admired for any thing that is beautiful. The car is now and then, especially in the minuet, attracted by a bar expected to lead to something melodially satisfactory and conclusive, hut is as often disappointed. We are led through a variety of foreign keys, obviously hunted after by the composer; and after a wild evolution of modulated eccentricities find ourselves at the close, without any atisfactory or consistent impression. But to want of natural ability, no lack of science, are any where preceivable; so that, notwithstanding these objections, we shall be led to expect much from Mr. Neate's future efforts, when he has simplified his ideas, and regulated his judgment. "O Fairest of all Creatures;" a Song, with an Accompaniment for the Piano-forte. Composed by J. Elliot. 1s. 6d. This little ballad possesses much beauty of melody, and bespeaks no small degree of taste and feeling. The subject of the air (though not particularly happy in the expression of the words and smooth, and the passages succeed that fall under the second bar), is round each other with an easy, natural and connected effect. Indeed, we see so much promise in the composition, taken en masse, that we hope Mr. J. Elliot will, by the extent of its circulation, be encouraged to proceed in the cultivation of this species of composition. Sonata for the Piano forte, with an Accompani ment for the Violin (ad libitum). Composed and dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Prin cess Charlotte of Wales, by Mrs. Miles. 55. A fertility and sprightliness of fancy form the chief characteristics of this sonata. Of its profound science, or hap py choice of bass, we will not speak; but the variety, attraction, and analogy of the greater part of the passages, demand our commendation. The composition, taken in the aggregate, is certainly very creditable to Mrs. Miles's taste and ingenuity, and, when well performed, cannot but ensure admiration to its fair authoress. A grand Sonata for the Piano-forte, as performed by the celebrated Miss Randles. Composed by J. Blewitt. 55. This sonata, in which we find intro duced as its middle movement. the favorite Welsh air of "Ar Hyd y nos," is not without merit. The passages have a natural and easy flow, and are not wanting in connection. The subject of the rondo is pleasing, the movements relieve each other, and the aggregate effect is by no means discreditable to Mr. Blewitt's taste and fancy. Military Divertimento for the Piano-forte, with an Accompaniment for a Flute (ad libitum). Composed by J. Hook, Esq. 25. This divertimento consists of a march, an andanto in triple times, and a short presto movement, in two crotchets. The march is bold and open in its style, and is well relieved by the second movement, while the third possesses a pleasantness and gaiety which cannot but very gene rally please. Four Four English Arietttas. Composed, with an Accompaniment for the Harpor Piano forte, by E. Phelps. 55. These ariettos are written in a smooth, simple, and familiar, style, and will not fail to please those who are partial to natural, unaffected, and expressive melody. The accompaniment, which, perhaps, altogether consists too much of the arpeggio, is not without taste and meanng; nor does it add inconsiderably to the general interest of the compositions. Three Sonatas, with six progressive Preludes for the Piano-forte. Composed and dedicated to Miss Louisa Dillon, by F. Fiorillo. 65. Mr. Fiorillo, has, in the publication before us, presented juvenile practioners on the instrument for which it is designed three attractive and improving exercises. The passages are well disposed for the inexperienced hand of the tyro, and an easy natural flow of ideas qualify the whole to gratify the general ear. A Sonata for the Piano-forte, with an Accompanivent for the Flute or Violin. Composed and dedicated to the Rev. C. Macarthy, by S. F. Rimbault. 45. We find in this sonata considerable ingenuity. The melodial part of the For composition is easy, pleasant, and spirit. ed; and the bass and accompaniment exhibit science and contrivance. practitioners who have not arrived at the higher stages of execution, Mr. Rimbault's sonata will be found both agreeable and useful. The Shepherdess, a Rondo for the Piano-forte Composed by Julian Busby, Nius. Bac. Oxon. 25. 6.4. The introduction to this rondo is truly pastoral, and the movement to which it leads is of that light, airy, and fanciful cast which cannot but gratify the general ear. To all those practitioners who have not advanced to the higher stages of execution, the Shepherdess will prove highly acceptable, as being not only agreeable to the ear, but improving to the finger. Air Militaire and Polacca for the Piano-forte. Composed by T. Hangle. Ss. The first of the two movements comprised in this publication is boid and nervid in its subject; and the second is conceived with sprightliness and taste. The passages, in both, are connected and conformable, and bespeak invention and a well-regulated imagination. REPORT OF DISEASES, Under the care of the late senior Physician of the Finsbury Dispensary, from the 20th of January to the 20th of February, 1809. 1 7 2 3 3 1 ous, but has stretched and strained his faculties by a laudable exertion to secure for himself and his family the reasonable luxuries of life and a dignited indepen dence. Labour is the lot of man; and, per9 haps, his most genuine luxury. It is ne@cessary to his health, when it is not es4 sential to his subsistence. But as a person may be righteous over much, so he may be industrious over much; which, however, is not an ordinary error. We more frequently die of inertness than of excessive action. If the motions continually going on in the interior of our frame were for a moment stopped, death would ensue; and the voluntary is equal. ly required for our nervous welfare as involuntary action for our physical presepvation. The patient above alluded to ob served, that it was very strange a man should be so ill and not know it." The doctors whom he saw, and the medicines which he took, were to him the only indi A case of palsy has, this last month, been under the Reporter's care. It is a most melancholy disease, and more especally as it in general occurs in persons of vigorous minds and habits of intellectual exertion and activity. Intemperance is sometimes a cause of this compinint, but frequently it is not an itemperance in intoxicating liquors, but in business which requires a peculiar degree of accuracy and laborious recollection. This is the second instance which the Reporter has been witness to, in which the subject of the paralytic attack has, rough life, beec emailably abstemi "vations cations of his disease. But this is very frequent in paralytic affections. A man may have the muscles of his face distorted with out being aware of it, except from the testimony of a friend, or the reflexion of a Taror; unfortunately, or perhaps, fortunately, there is, in these cases, no mir For for the mind, which, on that account, is seldom conscious of its own decay. A withering of the memory is in general the earliest symptom of incipient imbecility. Next to paralysis, ranks that meIancholic depression of the spirits, a kind of mental palsy, which is often marked by an inaptitude approaching to an incapacity for the most trifling exertion. In such instances, the possession of that opulence which affords a man the exterior conveniences and accommodations of life, is an unfortunate circumstance in his fate. To use exertion for the valetudinarian purpose of gaining health seldom succeeds; but, on the contrary, indulges and confirms that hypochondriasis which it is intended to cure. The more a man's mind is drawn off from himself, the better is it for his comfort and well-being. By not thinking of our own interest we most effectually, although indirectly, promote it. Not a merely sentimental, but an acting benevolence is required to avert those attacks of unrea sable dejection, which are most apt to oppress amiable, but at the same time indolent, minds. Some of our finest writes have regretted the completion of their most elaborate works. When Gibhon bad finished his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which will ever remain a monument of has genius, his taste, and his intellectual energies, he laments rather than rejoices at the conclusion of his task; this emplayment, combined, perhaps, with a prospect of fame from the result of it, Constituted the happiest moments of his life. The gigantic author of the English Dictionary complained of his morbid in dolence. Johnson fancied that he had done nothing when he had achieved the greatest literary work that had ever, per haps, been executed by any unassisted individual. But after that edifice of talent had been completed, he almost wept over its accomplishment. Some passages in the preface to his great work are the most perfect models of the pathetic to be found in the English language: they exhibit the heurt, rather than the art, of eloquence. Johnson was a most exquisite specimen of hypochondriasis, and is sufficient to make hypochondriasis respectable, although the subjects of it may be objects of compassion. Johnson, had he not been himself rich in the faculties of conversation, would have been a mendicant for society. But society fortunately courted him. latter part of his life he seemed almost to live upon tea and talking. In a less advanced stage he was self-indulgent ia the exhilaration of the bottle; but thar, by the advice of his physicians, he afterwards resolutely resigned. This reforma❤ tion, however, did not abate his relish for social intercourse. This account of Dr. Johnson is not a literary anecdote merely, but a medical case-an instance of the morbid phenomena which may be produced by the influence of the imagi nation acting upon, and perhaps partly produced by, an enervated corporeal constitution. In the The Reporter prescribed the other day to an hypochondriac of some talent, and much refinement of feeling, to be a hermit in abstinence, but not in solitude; and this he has recommended in many former instances; in some of which, the practical adoption of the maxim has been attended with signal and speedy advantage. STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN FEBRUARY, Containing official Papers and authentic Documents. SPAIN. Tanty-Fifth Bulletin of the Army of Spain. BENEVENTE, Jan. 5.-His Majesty being informed that the English army was educed to less than 20,000 men, resolved upon aving his head-quarters from Astorga to BeRevente, where he will remain some days, and from whence he will proceed to take a central position at Valladolid, leaving to the Duke of Dalmatia the task of destroying the The rear-guard of the English, by accepting battle at Prievas, had hoped to enable the left column, which was chiefly composed of Spaniards, to form its junction at Villa Franca. He also hoped to gain a night, în order more completely to evacuate Villa Franca. We found in the hospital at Villa Franca Franca 300 English sick or wounded. The English burnt in that town a large magazine of flour and corn. They also destroyed several artillery carriages, and killed 500 of their horses. We have already counted 1600 of them left dead on the roads. The amount of the prisoners is considerable, and increases every moment. In the cellars of the town we found several English soldiers who had 'died from drunkenness. The head of Merle's division, forming part of the Duke of Dalmatia's corps, came up with the advanced guard on the 3d. At four P. M. it reached the rear guard of the English, who were upon the heights of Prie vas, a league before Villa Franca, consisting of 5000 infantry and 600 cavalry. This position was a very fine position, and difficult to attack. General Merle made his dispositions. The infantry advanced, beat the charge, and the English were entirely routed. The difficulty of the ground did not permit the cavalry to charge, and only 200 prisoners were taken. We had some 50 men killed or wounded. General Colbert advanced to see if the cavalry could form; his hour was arrived-a ball struck him in the forehead, and he lived but a quarter of an hour. There are two roads from Astorga to Villa Franca. The English took the right, the Spaniards the left, they marched without order-were cut off and surrounded by the Hanoverian chasseurs. A General of Brigade and a whole division laid down their arms. The head-quarters of the Duke of Dalmatia were, on the 4th in the evening, at the distance of ten leagues from Lugo. On the 2d his Majesty reviewed at Astorga the divisions of Laborde and Loison, which form the army of Portugal. These troops see the English flying, and burn with impatience to get up with them. Since the 27th ult. we have taken more than 10,000 prisoners, among whom are 1500 English. We have taken also more than 400 baggage-waggons, 15 waggons of firelocks, their magazines, and hospitals. The English retreat in disorder, leaving magazines, sick, wounded, and equipage. They will experience a still greater loss, and if they be able to embark, it is probable it will not be without the loss of half their army. We found in the barns several English who had been hanged by the Spaniards-his Majesty was indignant and ordered the barns to be burnt. The peasants, whatever may be their resentment, have no right to attempt the lives of the stragglers of either army. His Majesty has ordered the English prisoners to be treated with all the respect due to soldiers who have manifested literal ideas, and sentiments of honour. On the 4th, at night, the Duke of Dalmatia's head-quarters were ten leagues from Lugo. We have received the confirmation of the news announcing the arrival of the 7th corps, ander General Gouvion St. Cyr, at Barcy lona. He entered that place on the 17th. On the 15th, he fell in with the troops com manded by Generals Reding and Vives, and completely dispersed them. He took from them 6 pieces of cannon, 30 caissons, and 3000 men. By means of the junction of the 7th corps with the troops under General Duhesme, we have a large army at Barcelona When his Majesty was at Tordesillas, he had his head-quarters in the outward buildings of the Royal Convent of St. Clair. It was to this convent that the mother of Charles V. had retired, and where she died. The Convent of St. Clair was built on the scite of a Moorish palace, of which about two halls remain in fine preservation. The Abbess was presented to the Emperor. She is 75 years of age, and for 65 years she had not gone out of her cloisters. She was considerably moved when she passed the threshold; but she conversed with the Emperor with much presence of mind, and obtained several favours for her friends. Twenty-Sixth Bulletin. After General Gouvion de St. Cyr entered Barcelona, he proceeded to the Lobregat, and forced the enemy's intrenched camp, and took 25 pieces of cannon. He then took Tarragona, a place of great importance. The troops of the kingdom of Italy have covered themselves with glory-their conduct has sensibly affected the Emperor. They are in truth chiefly composed of the corps formed by his Majesty in the campaign of the year five. The Italian picked men are as wise as they are brave; they have given rise to no complaint, and have shewn the greatest courage. Since the time of the Romans, the people of Italy had not made war in Spain. Since the Romans, no epoch has been so glorious for the Italian arms. The army of the kingdom of Italy is already 80,000 strong and good soldiers. These are the guarantees which that fine country has of being no longer the theatre of war. His Majesty has removed his headquarters from Benevente to Valladolid. He received to-day all the constituted authori ties. Ten of the worst of the lowest ranks have been put to death. They are the same who massacred General Cevallos, and who for sa long a time have oppressed the better sort of people. His Majesty has ordered the suppression of the Dominican Convent, in which one Frenchman was killed. He testified his sac tisfaction at the Convent of San Penete, whose monks are enlightened men, who, far from having preached war and disorder, of having shewn themselves greedy of blood and murder, have employed all their cares and ef forts to calm the people and bring them back to good order. Several Frenchmen owe their lives to them. The Emperor wished to ree these religious men; and, when he was in |