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From JANUARY 28, to FEBRUARY 25, 1823.

By T. BLUNT, Mathematical Instrument Maker to his Majesty, No, 22, CORNHILL.

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PRICE OF SHARES IN CANALS, DOCKS, BRIDGES, WATER-WORKS, FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS, MINES, &c.

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Messrs. WOLFE and EDMONDS, No. 9, 'Change-Alley, Cornhill,

EUROPEAN MAGAZINE,

MARCH, 1823:

PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF

APRIL.

Embellished with an excellent Engraving of

THE GROUP OF CHILDREN, FROM THE MONUMENT IN LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL, BY FRANCIS CHANTRey, esq. r.A.

AND

AN ENGRAVED outline of mr. georGE HAYTER'S GREAT PICTure of THE LATE QUEEN'S TRIAL.

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LONDON:

Published for the Proprietors,

BY LUPTON RELFE, 13, CORNHILL,
And Sold by all the Booksellers in the United Kingdom.
[TWO SHILLINGS.]

EDITOR'S NOTICE.

We feel it due to certain of our Readers to apologize for some faulty impressions of the Lithographic Plate in our last Number; we allude to the Engraving of the SCAFFOLDING, &c. from whence Mr. Hornor took his View of London. In our desire to illustrate a portion of the Letterpress by a sectional representation of that grand scientific structure, the time was too limited to admit of every impression being as faultless as could be wished. To supply this partial defect our next Number will contain a similar sectional View, but executed in a far superior style.

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Copy of a Letter from Mr. Ferguson.-The Orphan, from Maria Anne. Love and the Rose.-A hint relative to Greek and Latin quotations.— Poem from R. E. I. I.-Invocation to Fancy, from W. T.-Ellen to Emma.-Lines from Mrs. Hughes. -Prose and Poetry from S.-The Shipwreck, from I. M. K.-Fragments from B.-Letters from Lichfield. Letters from R. D.-Fragment composed like Lightning.

Several other Correspondents, who have favoured us with their addresses, will be answered by post.

EUROPEAN MAGAZINE,

AND

LONDON REVIEW.

MARCH 1823.

THE GROUP OF SLEEPING CHILDREN,

BY F. CHANTREY, Esq. R. A.

With an elegant Engraving,

Drawn expressly for this work by H. CORBOULD, Esq. and engraved by J. THOMSON.

We have the pleasure this month to illustrate the European Magazine with an engraving, which we trust will very vividly recall to the imaginations of our readers the exquisite little group from the chissel of Mr. Chantrey, which was so deservedly attractive in the exhibition six or seven years ago, and which is now a principal ornament of Lichfield Cathedral. Beauty, in one of its most delightful shapes, that of infantile grace and simplicity, is its distinguishing quality. It is the beauty of pure nature viewed by the eye, and transferred to marble by the hand of refined art. A celebrated philanthropist, who was remarkably fond of children, used to call them "innocent little men and women,' and, certainly, if the innocence of their character is at any period more especially visible than at another, it is during their hours of peaceful slumber. The exuberant and unsuspecting gaiety of childhood is full of charms, but the real interest of infancy is perhaps never so irresistably felt as in the contemplation of a sleeping cherub-countenance,

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in which neither guilt nor sorrow has yet laid its unsparing hand. The perception of what it is, is inseparably combined even in the most sanguine minds, and under the most auspicious circumstances, with the anticipation of what it may possibly become, after years of vicious indulgence or of worldly difficulty and misfortune have impressed their deep and deforming traces; and we are almost tempted to wish, that the present moment of delicious tranquillity might be perpetuated. That moment -that transient moment, Mr. Chantrey has fixed and perpetuated. Whether we consider the sweetness of the composition and the perfect ease and repose which breathe through the whole, or, regarding the work with a colder and more critical eye, examine the well-selected and felicitous forms and details of the various parts, we are alike sensible of Mr. Chantrey's extraordinary powers; and find it difficult to determine, if they have been more successfully manifested in the conception or in the execution of this most interesting subject.

* This interesting group forms part of a Monument erected during the Autumn of 1816, in Lichfield Cathedral, to the memory of two children of a Mrs. Robinson, now Mrs. Acland.

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MONUMENT TO MR. FOX.

We have the pleasure to give, in our Magazine of the present month, a representation of the Monument to the memory of the Right Hon. Charles James Fox, which has been recently erected in the north transept of Westminster Abbey; within a few yards of the spot where his mortal remains almost mingle with those of his mighty contemporary and rival. The expense of this noble testimony of veneration for departed greatness has been defrayed by the principle members of that political party of which Mr. Fox was the acknowledged and powerful leader; and it is highly creditable to the warmth and generosity of His Majesty's feelings, that he contributed no less a sum than a thousand guineas towards this memorial of one of the most intimate and attached of his "early friends." The following distinguished noblemen and gentlemen were appointed a Committee to carry into effect the object of the subscription, viz.

THE DUKE OF BEDFORD.

LORD HOLLAND.

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W. ADAM, ESQ.

GENERAL FITZPATRICK.

It is a singular fact, and one very honorable to the individual, that the same accomplished sculptor has been selected to commemorate, in the same sacred edifice, the two most eminent statesmen of their day. The monument to Mr. Pitt, placed over the principal Western entrance into the Abbey, has long been known to, and admired by the public; and it is with great pleasure we express our conviction that the present production of Mr. Westmacott's masterly chissel will add to his well deserved celebrity.

The monument consists of a finely composed group of four figures, of heroic dimensions. The dying Patriot is supported in the arms of Liberty, towards whom his last and tenderest regard seems to be directed. The resemblance of the features to

those of Mr. Fox is very striking, and the languor of approaching dissolution which pervades the limbs is admirably expressed. At his feet reclines the figure of Peace, lamenting over the fate of her invariable and eloquent advocate. By his side kneels an African, his hands firmly knit together, and his countenance and manner strongly indicative of grateful interest towards the benevolent being, one of the most memorable acts of whose brief administration was the atchievement of that object so long desired by every friend to humanity-the abolition of the slave-trade. We consider this African to be one of Mr. Westmacott's master-pieces. The anatomical details are exquisite; and we were especially struck by the skill and taste with which the expression has been softened, and even dignified, without the abandonment of the distinguishing traits of national character.

We were much surprised however, and dissatisfied at the situation in which this fine marble is placed. We said that it had been" erected;" we recall the word. It has been merely "deposited." Squat on the pavement, huddled into a corner, and with the varnished wood-work of the choir serving as an incongruous back-ground, it seems as if it were still in the exhibition room of the sculptor, rather than in its appropriate station in our venerable abbey. The injurious effect of this degraded position is much increased by the almost ostentatiously lofty bearing of some of the neighbouring monuments. The verger told us that, at the coronation, one of the temporary platforms passed over the place in which Mr. Fox's monument is situated; and, therefore, that it was necessary the monument should not exeeed its present height; which is, in all, eight feet from the ground. If this be the case, let the monument be removed to some part of the abbey where no such impediment exists to its assuming that dignity to which it is in every respect so justly entitled.

This plate was included in our last number.

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