The British Artists will doubtless be preferred in this Work; but we shall frequently give OUTLINES of the most celebrated Paintings of the ANCIENT MASTERS,-especially when they are confined to BRITISH COLLECTIONS; and more particularly when they are of a super-eminent reputation, and can be given in COMPLETE SETS; of which a Specimen is now laid before the Public, in the SEVEN CARTOONS OF RAPHAEL IN THE PRESENT NUMBER. This will be sufficient to give a taste and knowledge of the Plan of OUTLINE Ex GRAVINGS. The next Number will contain a correct and vigorous Outline of the celebrated Picture of the Death of General Wolfe, by B. WEST, Esq. President of the Royal Academy; copied from the original Picture in his own possession, and under his special superintendance. 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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ILLUSTRIOUS LADIES. The Twentieth Number, HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF RICHMOND. CHARLOTTE LENOX, the present | independence at the hazard of his inDuchess of Richmond, is the third daugh ter of the Duke and Duchess of Gordon. Her Grace was married September 9th, 1789, to Colonel Lenox, now Duke of Richmond, by whom she has a very numerous family. Upon the death of the late Duke of Richmond, who died at an advanced period of life, and without legitimate issue, his title and fortune devolved upon his nephew, General Lenox, the present Duke. His Grace represented the county of Sussex in several Parliaments, and had always been warmly attached to the party and politics of Mr. Pitt-in truth, his attachment was of a nature more close and affectionate than political alliances generally are. He maintained his connection with Mr. Pitt at a time when his uncle, the late Duke, was extremely hostile to the conduct of that minister; and though General Lenox was chosen member for the county of Sussex almost solely upon the Richmond interest, he did not on that account hesitate to vote against the opinion of his uncle, or to preserve his tere terest. Upon the dissolution of the late ministry, when the friends and adherents of Mr. Pitt were again called to the helm of power, the Duke of Richmond was not forgotten. An offer was immediately made to him of the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland. His Grace accepted the office, and his brother-in-law, the Duke of Bedford, was immediately recalled. It may here be remarked, that the recall of his Grace the Duke of Bedford was softened to his feelings as much as possible; and in being thus superseded by a near relation, the dignity might be considered as still continuing in the same family. The Duchess of Richmond accompanied her husband to Dublin a few months since; and is, of course, still in the Irish metropolis. As a public character we have little to say of her Grace. Her conduct is worthy of her rank, and her affability and good humour make her equally beloved and respected. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE PRESENT QUEEN OF SPAIN. LOUISA MARIA THERESA, Queen of Spain, was born a Princess of Parma on the 9th of De cember, 1751; she was married to his presen Spanish Majesty, Charles IV. on the 4th of September, 1765, and is the mother of three sons and three daughters. Had her royal consort the character of his ancestor, Louis XIV. his people would have been happy, and the independence of his kingdom respected; he would not then have suffered himself to be rul d by a weak Princess, governed in her turn by a still weaker favourite, the imbecile upstart, the Prince of Peace; whose pernicious influence has brought disgrace on his Sovereign, and ruin on his fellow-subjects. As this personage is by the im politic partiality of the Queen become of great consequence in the actual concerns of Europe, some particulars respecting his origin, the progress and the causes that have contributed to hi advancement, must necessarily find a proper place in this sketch. the commission of a colonel in the life guards, and orders to repair to Madrid without delay. Almost immediately after the return of Louis the elevation of Manuel commenced A new appointment was created for him, that of adjutant-general of the life guards, with the rank of a major general in the army. He had not held that situation long, when he was raised to the rank of a lieutenant-general, and created a Grandee of Spain of the first class, under the title of Duke of Alcadia, the King granting him the royal domains of Alcadia, together with the revenues of the most valuable of the four military orders. His power soon became so con. siderable, that the proudest Grandees found it necessary to solicit his influence to obtain even ordinary favours from the court. Even the grand council of Castile, with the philosopher and patriot Count D'Aranda at its head, could make no stand against him. At the commencement of the war with the regicides of France in 1795, Don Manuel Godoy de Alvarez, Prince of the pusillanimous opinion of the council of Peace, was born on the 8th of March, 1767, at Castile was in favour of def nsive operations; Badajoz, in the province of Estramadure, of very || that the several passes of the Pyrennean mounobscure parents. Early in life he was sent to tains should be strongly guarded, and the army Madrid with his eldest brother Louis, to serve in considerably augmented, before a thought should the King's life guards as common soldiers, his be entertained of sending any force into the French family not having sufficient means to support territory. But the Duke of Ale.dia thought otherthem as cadets in the army. Don Manuel rewise, and his opinion prevailed. The council of mained in the guards in obscurity until his Castile was dissolved for presuming to resist it, brother's banishment. It took place in conse- and Count D'Aranda was banished to Saragossa. quence of information received by the late King. The war with France had, from its beginning, which induced suspicion that the Queen, then been badly conducted by Spain, and the critical a Princess of Asturias, was particularly attached situation of that country, in the year 1795, comto him. So much was Charles III alarmed by pelled the Duke of Alcadia to change his plan, the intelligence, that he ordered Louis to be exiled and to think only of the means of repairing the from Madrid for life, and he was allowed buttwo injury the nation had sustained through his rashhours to prepare for his departure. ness and folly. A peace was called for by the strictly enjoined never to approach within twenty people, as they seemed to, believe that it would five leagues of the court. He obtained, how-heal all their wounds. Peace, upon any terms, ever, a company of the provincial militia in the appeared to the superficial mind of the Duke of place of his birth, with a cross of the military Alcidia the best expedient that could be adopted. order of Alcantara. During his exile, which con He, therefore, precipitately conclu led a treaty tinued until the King's death in 1788, Louis had with regicide France equally disadvantageous and many valuable presents sent him by the Princess dishonourable. It left the Spanish monarchy at of Asturias. These presents were conveyed to the mercy of the French republic, with a terhim by Manuel, who was introduced to the ritory abridged, her resources considerably di Princess by the Duchess of Alva, under pretence minished, her army almost broken down, and of hearing him play and accompany on the guitar, her spirit nearly exhausted. The popular joy which he did, as the Spaniards term it, con gracia. and gratitude, however, was extreme; and the On the death of Charles III. the same courier King, instead of punishing an ignorant and pre who brought this news into the district where sumptuous minister, conferred upou the peace. he resided, also brought him his pardon, with maker the title of Prince of Peace! He was |