The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1851 . ~ • - LI RATTIRE. -.• • zechtt,he'dunidnerrinietarentbyenfstiPll4l.l briptelywTeiclisneraltltsel I ------ the return of the embassy to Meseow. lie died of typhus i Catherine Frio! A soeel. By Mae. STSWARTi. Atstior flier on the lit of March, 1699_,:in the 44rd year of his ege t . I , of " The.PrOletkog;" a..r.. rye. T. C. Newby. et but one son cw ftsnry. young man of grca , proinise, who died in 1:92, in his 19th year. A certain dims of pas t writers a.l . con - The Emperor was residing at Woronege during Lefort's 1 stantiv turning to the past for their golden inkier', ants" and sent messengers reealarls,' every day to bring and tfieir poetic sighs. Charitably they weep over hjus an account of his health ; but, from unwillingness to the present, as though it disclosed butt he ashes of a grieve his master, Lefort concealed his danger until the glorious world faded away. They shut their eyes to very lait moment. W , hen Pet a e n r d hear the sad news, he reclaimed, in a voice the stern facts of the " good old days"—to the blots bur? brostenintyaWnhS, io.hitve lost my best friend! Oh, how that blacken its every page—the dire deeds, the wrongs necessary he was to me! Where can I ever again find a and murders which are often its only landmarks- second self?" Without waiting to settle any of hi s a.ffsim, Pleasant and clever, yet full of this spirit is the lady he went at once to Moscow, where, braa public funere. as writer of these volumes. She thinks her sex were magnificent as if a great sovereign died, he testified his .ffireatteufnuelirrembcsresfloncegethLibelovedt friend he had . lat • better off once than now. " Submissive and reserved T in private life, in public, woman was supreme—at I ' I the captains, and P walked with a Pe pike in his s gand, as • tilts and festivals, on the battle field, her favours lieutenant, which rank he had held in Lefort's regiment. I were displayed, and she would have rejected with Those ministers who happened to be Russians by birth contempt, in lieu of this stately homage, . the elegant were not very sorry for Lefort's death. They would have 1 left the house of . the deceased before the Emperor wss dis ,-- 1 flippanmes of familiar intercourse, and the lisping posed to quit it, had he not prevented them by *gyms adulation of a gilt-edged beau." This longing for " You did not value him while he lived, and now von want I the spirit of by-gone ages, can only be received by thhee to go home to rejoice over the high admiral's death. You I really familiar with medimval history, as the yearning are afraid to stay in the house of mourning. lest your prc of all excitable, half-educated mina. As, however, tended grief should betray your h ypocrisy in my presence; f?rey,imitrhejoor myin yoturhe we art. probably indebted to the romantic tendencies an d a m rts as faithfuliu were gainers b y i of Mrs. Steward's mind for " Catherine Erlof," it th It was greatly to Lefort's honour that he never abused I would ill-become us to criticise severely the founda- the confidence of his sovereign. Ile might easily have ca tion of so plc-aoing • result. Catherine Erlof is a ricked himself ; but hen id not leave money enough for his 1 work far alcove the common run of novels. It is an fu ne cal expend , whichwere ter th atp d by the state. lie was i impassioned, thoughtful , eleg antl y -written story of so truly devo to mashe never thought I had merged , en personal interests. llis habit of invariably s p eakin g 1 when religion. , wars the stirring times , a wn simple truth, without the slightest approach to flattery. I into in ganisesl robberies, and refugees flocked from whenever he addressed the Emperor, gave him such inttu- Germany and Irelaud to foreign countries. The race over his mind that he very often controlled Peter's I story of "Catherine Erlof," is one in which natural irritability by a word, or even a look, of judi- the fortunes of a refugee Irish merchant and cious remonstrance and, from their being so constantly 1 frequent opportunities of exercising this 1 • remarkable member of the " Sacred Band" r i t e r t ai hr co r, u h ruz eb e ad . ' are linked. The plot is intricate, well-sustained, and - The humility with which Peter the Great could ' I carefully worked out. The character of the heroine receive a merited rebuke is shown in many chase- I , is well balanced; not altogether original, perhaps, teristie anecdotes. Ikre is one : but so well proportioned as to give a strong human I interest, which never abates through the various for Lis d ius i zz u :is airsso. Proclamation requiring : " The Emperor A tunes which are her lot. In too position of one the nobles to send their suns to Soukheroff's tower , i wrongly accused, Catherine is powerfully painted. moicow, to be instructed in naval tactics. Notwith- I viii °allele or Tile mesenritest. standing this order some of the parents placed their eons 1 " }'all hack; the l'rinee of Holstein enters. Saints in the school at the convent of Zaikonoepaek. Peter, irri- I guard us!" he ejaculated, in an under-nine, "the crosier is bated beyond measure at such open defiance of his com- reversed—she is doomed !" monde, sent the young nobles to St. Petersburg, and, to 1 With step,. measured to the solemnity of his announce- mark his displeasure, employed them to drive in the piles e ment, the bishop entered, preceded by combs-hearer, in the Moika, which is the name of the great canal there. I and followed by the renatore—The eta was reversed, and lie was deaf to all remonstrance and entreaties ; Apmxin , grays din the left hand. Although the awful signal was alone could appease his anger, and to do so he had re- , generally under•tood, yet was every eye fixed upon the couree to a stratagem. Ile ascertained the precise time i tribunal, when the prelate took his seat. when the Emperor was expected to pass near the place 1 " Catherine Erlrof," said the president, " prepare for where these young men were at work, and managed to be I doom ; you are adjudged guilty of having compiewed this himself near at hand. The moment he perceived Peter atrocious murder, by means of a subordinate agent, whose approaching be took off his coat and began to work like escape you favoured. Death—public death, is awarded by the rest. the hand of the common executioner!" " What !" cried the Emperor in astonishment, " is that I The falling or fainting of some pereon near the tribunal you Count ? Can it be an admiral and a knight that I 1 interrupt's) the sentence. Several of the foreign deputies tee ' driving piles ?" 1 left their stalls, and, crowding mend the throne, hid the " Sire," answered Apraxin, "my nephews and my object of eueli emblenly-awakined interest from the general grand-nephews work here; why should not 1 ? Relation- I gaze. Hugh l'irrel had been foremost in tendering assist- ship admit* of no privilege. &sides which, Ido not dis- I since ; be bad caught up the prostrate figure, and now, aided honour either my uniform or my order, for I have taken 1 . by the link, of Friedland, bore it, still senseless, through a them off, and there they lie." ' t he sid-don , from the hall. Peter instantly pardoned the young nobles, and sent I t 1,11.1•0 . of this disturbance being removed, and order them to pursue their studies in foreign countries. 1 restored, the president again Wetted to the amused, who Vl' e chance which threw the ball of Fortune at ' the had riven and advanced to rail. 1 the foot of Prince Menchiko ff —which converted the i " In pity to your youth, and because of your sem 'dance of conipunetion, the extreme de of torture are confectioner's apprentice ultimately into an aspirant 4 r-mitted ; hut pa y's u are sentenced to the conscience-teat, for the dukedom of Coarland—lS another illustra- i which you will undergo during the n i g hts that intervene tion of the Romance of Real Life : I betwe, n doom and execution , until y ou absolve y ourself Tile CUNFECTIONEIeiI APPIteNTICE. i from further test by discovering your associate in this Lefort was one day walking in the streets of MOSCOW . .... when he met a conlettioner's apprentice selling cakes. Catherine listened like one suddenly braced to meet the There was something in the boy's appearance that attracted harshest crisis.: extending her open across the rail, she said, his notice and induced him to spea k to him. Ilia intelli- with an energy, touching, yet rep , roachful." gent answers to a few common-place questions convinced "M y petition is then rejected. Lefort that he was born fur some better occupation than ' .It is : because we perceive that you have no fear of that of selling pastry, and he at once offered to take him death in itself, bu t only of its manner and kind. Confess, into his service, to which his new protege gladly consented• and your request is instantly conceded—you shall have This boy was Alexander Menchikoff, the son of a peasant. ' hut one witness of your dying agony—a female executioner." The Emperor was in the habit of frequently visiting Lefort " And the eonscience - test , " sai d Catherine ; " may I at his own house, and there he accidentally saw the young know what it means?" Mencliikoff, who was about his own age. Ile was so much ' " It is a test," replied the president, "long fallen into struck by his appearance and demeanour that he inquired disuse, but now revived, in order to extort the confession who lie was and whence he came. Lefort immediately gave you so stubbornly withhold. You shall be conducted at an account of his first acquaintance with the young man, and midnight to the scene of your crime, and there remain till added that he was a remarkably intelligent servant. This daybreak." was quite enough to excite Peter's interest. lie took him Catherine shrank and cowered. Every word seemed to home to his palace, and made hint his valet de chambre. strike her lower and lower to the earth. The ghastliness In this capacity Menchikoff was in daily attendance upon of horror darkened her face. the person of his sovereign. lie had a most tenacious me " In tin- name of Oud, ye cannot mean it!" she faltered. mory and great natural quickness, which enabled him to "To that chamber ! ye cannot mean it," She tamed a execute commissions with extraordinary fidelity and prompt -1 rapid look around the hall : it expressed neither humility nem ; his temper, too, was not easily ruffled, and he pa nor entreaty, but the silent appeal of an oppressed woman tiently bore with the Emperor's frequent bursts of violence. to the common feelings of humanit.—" Ye will not suffer All these qualities ingratiated him with Peter so mu ch that me to be tiniest. il thither, will ye ? " in a short time he became the depository of his master's in " Until eonfession be extorted, you will pass every night, most thoughts; and as Peter's affection for his new favorite alone, within the chamber of your murdered uncle," said the grandees of . Catherine rose from her kne es ; there was something associate resented his appearance in their company us an intrusion, awfully grind in the flash of her dark eyes— but others sought his frienilsliip with the hope of turning it I shall meet a softer judge in yon mild heaven!" she to their own account. On more than one occasion the de ejaculated. tails of a conspiracy against the Emperor were con fi ded to " Lead her away," mid the president ; "she oat h °heti- him by some of the conspirators themselves ; he pretended nately refused our mercy." to approve of all their plans, but without losing a moment The word "sentenced" rang through the hall, and was wentstraight to his sovereign anddenouneed their treachery. received by the rabble with an uproar of applause. l'eter, warned in time, defeated their intrigues, and a deep How the clouds pass away after the storm, it is sense of gratitude henceforth added to his sincere re • the province of the authoress to tell for herself; but and f a or m - ark e co l ; i ti n s good opinion Peter placed him in his we may commend her irupaasioned and eloquent fie- new company of guards. called Poteschnais, which was lion to lovers of imaginary pictures of the past almost exclusively.com ski posed of persons of high rank ma, and --- when the Preobrajen guards were organised he de him • one of its sergeants, in which capacity he served at the taking of Asof, in 1696. aleuchikoff accompanied Peter in his travels, as his per sonal attendant and companion. When they were in Hol land he learnt the trade of a carpenter, in imitation of his sovereign, and the certificate that his insider gave him, stating his progress in ship-building, is still preserved in the archives at Moscow. But he was by no means so good a workman as the Emperor, who, on account of his handi ness and skill, acquired the name of " Master Peter" in the I workshops at Saardam, a title which fluttered him more I than that of Majesty. When Lefort died in 1699 Menchikoff took his place as Peter's greatest favourite, and rose rapidly to be the first potion at the Russian court. Kamen.ski draws a very graphic .. portrait of I Golovin, so well known fo r his avarice and his meanness ; and in the course of his biography quotes from the memoir's of De Berkholz that description • the west of England will take the lead, while the coarser fabrics will include tartans from flalashiel. a nd the High lands, blankets from y and Itochafale, ` an boric cloths and railway raga from Chipping N a orton and Kendal, The Y.xhibition, as far as the silk trade is con cerned, has laboured under some disadvantages, especially those arising from the pr,nie superiority sod supeority of Yrench ma nufacture* in this department- Ibe diaplay, however, will, it is said, he more satisfactory than could have been anti cipated; and Manche ter anti Miseeltitield will be worthily represented by their !eluting houses. In leather, skins, and fun the exhibitors are numerous, although the spare occu pied is not gnat. The chief feature in this class will be Nicbulay's collectiou of (um, which, it is expected, will attract much notice. The shoemakers will muster in great tome; and. included in the show of paper manufac tures, will be displayed a very beautiful envelop! machine by the Messrs Delano:. In glass and pottery, Jut in the latter especially, out principal native manufacturers have come forward, and will worthily support the industry and skill of the country. 'Mineral manufactures, including bricks, tilts, and other substance., are aid overlooked in the general display. Hardware, the most tatenOve of all the artmanufacunng classes, will be re presented by the leading housta Birmingham and Sher held, and will, it is said, amply vindicate the reputatian we enjoy in the products of the forge and the anvil. The display of goldsmiths' work anal jewellery is expected to be very coretidemble, and, in certain kinds of barge and costly work, such as racing plate, to be excellent; but, in the more cunning and artistic products of this class, our weighboare acne. the Channel will, it is believed, greatly surlier us. lu Winery, Nottingham and Leicester put forth all their strength. In the hat trade we are pro mixed a highly interesting illustration of the process by which our Leads are made !Allowably hideous. Hair dressers and tailor. in the general representation of in dustry are not to be forgotten, and at is satisfactory to' think that a /int to the Ealtibition will enable the world to know how Lest luddness an he C 01143 4lvd, and nakedness clothed. The fair sea will he delighted to bear that e manufacturen of Coventry inteud making a splendid t d is- play of ribauds. Let us now glance briefly at the contributions from abroad; and first of Switzerland. Thence come embroi dered mush., yacconets, east P. muslius a es. in coluurs rers a to Jacquard, merino., silk stuff-, from 42 manufactu of the canton of Zurich, 2,bl l speihnelis of ribbons from Dade, curious a pplications of leather mid straw, vk aryisngad , ca binet work, and last, but above all the rest, cluc watehmaking. The licrtusin collection includes mineral product. from Prussia, aud chemical preparatious used in maaufactur.; also porcelain and stoneware • glue from Frankfurt, with speciaimis of typefountling and letterpres printing. 'fhere as a large display of textile fabrics, tusnu factured in some it...lances trout British yarns. Speull ci mens of dressed leather mad paper, and a f illustration of the Ile din iron manufacture, and of high.class works iu bronsc. Front Saxony vans rich silk stuffs for tapestry, furniture, carriages, satius, damreks, brocatelles and couture, laces said em broideries, woollen manufactures, llama Manuel.. oilcloth*, hosiery, and gloves. There .111 be a great displ ay of musi cal and philitoophical austrutucnts, and speciineus uf por celaiti loon the royal manufactory at Meissen. Nt 'n ieces:rig sends watches, clocks, and musical instruments, various slim:Mama of textile fabrics, manufactures in leather and paper, curious toys, and coufectiuntry. liens minds, among other dump., iuterestifig specimens from the salt and peat works at Salzhatran, and from Darm stadt and oth utoich we have urolaniental iron, gold, and silver work. The Gentian collection includes stained glass, and carving in wood and iv o ry among the crimples of fine art. From IlatiuSer the einitrilnitionli are mull select than numenius. From Nassau conies a great dis play of mineral wealth and miuing industry, also mineral I manufactures, such as 'licked, silver, marbles, and clay pipes. llamburgh shines is the Hermon collection from the multifarious character of its contributions ; those include kettle-drums, printed and painted tablecloths, oil cake, pianofortes, mousseliu de trine cravats, birdcage., elect:wilco/utile clucks, and embroidery. From Lubeck aiine preserved Vegetables and eatables, embroidery, guns, leatlo-r. Tu.% besiile• a hlie display of interestmg ob. jecis commuted with the habit, auk imailieri of the country, sends user a splendid display of dried fruits and other yew, tahle productions. &tribute contributes merino wools, raw silks, olive oil, and mineral productions in great variety: velvets, silk plush or bats, eiuloruidertst cambric handker chiefs, ornamental furniture and sculpture, from ( Seoul'. Watches, musical instrUilielits, and specimens of carving, from Turin. Greece scuds marbles from llytuettus, Fenteli ism, and 'fripilima, nog entice. from Scutari, emery pots's. hou, lithographic stones, ilicenieluillui and soap earth, silk sashs, mosquito carte"us and handkerchiefs, specimens of silk in the raw state or 1,1 thread, and dremes and works of art from Athens. From Denmark the leading features of the coutriliutions is a rich aasortrocot of purr...lion, from the Royal manutactory at Copenhagen. Rolland send; raw materials and machinery til a must useful and practical cha racter. Among other thinlys torisarded thence is a power ful steel magnet, with an attractive force equal t041.101b. Its linaiiMactures are ropes, blausca, woollens, coverlets, bed ticking, with a few carpets, awl slat:inn:us of embroidery and mill. The United :Oates' contributions to the F;xhibe bition have, fur the most part, arrived, hut have not at pre vent Weil unpacked, and the feeling am ong the eshibiturs appear. to be rather to hang back %Mut to push forward their preparations. howls is hardly in motion yet. The Austrian collectiou will be strops it' furniture. LONDON PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. O,II , IfIuNALLT. Greenwich lllnpital, free 011 Monday and Friday ; Society of Arta Sluacum, W. thicaday ; Untialt Muecum, Great liamacll..tret, M.milay, Wcdmaday, and Friday ; Sa Muamint 14 Geology, Alderm,ati.-atreet, Thurathry; Eaat India ('ompany). Mmamiu, Saturday ; Museum o f Econo mic Geology ; tina.ham Wedneaday, Thunday, and Friday ; Hampton Court, Monday, 'faraday, Wednes day, Thurmlay, and Saturday; National Gallery ; Monday, Tuimday, and Thuraday ; Venom Gallery, Marllmmugh Ilutne ; Kew Gardena, daily; Loudon Mis on.try Mitacuin, Illnonitichltrect, Finahury ; l'antheon, Gaford.atrect ; St. Kathcrine'a Docks., London Mali., West India Dodo., and Cuatom (IitATV Ey trcket., to br ert.unr.l I re-tociAble rtalionerp, of meiribris of tby vernal lorUtotrums. Cul- Antiquarian Museum, Guildhall, daily: Achburton daily; Siwieuni. New Burlington loco, Monday, NV cilncrilay, ;11l Friday ; Botanic Gardens., Chcbaa, daily ; Botanic. Garden+. ItegroCr-park ; College of Simplot., 51%104'11111, Monday. "tutialav, Nmin...lay, and Thumilay ; Dulwich Gallery, Monday, fuendAy,WtAuculay, Thunalay, and Saturday ; Entomological Humans, Bond atreet,'Cuciolay : On wri. wir iallery. I lige, irir•rc tior-ctrivt, daily ; Horticultural Gardena, (lin." irk, daily Ilutitcrian Museum, t'ollege of Surgeon., daily: lannaan Collections, Faihwiquare, daily; Itoyal Inctitution MU,clllll, Ail/VlTATlV atrvel, ; United Service Muwinn, Egotland-yard, daily Sir John *one ei Toenail and Friday; Hall and the Hulvum. University Conk*? ; Noncom of fillnl• College ; ltoyal Veterinary College, MUIR.= ; Anti quarian Society's 'al .. on .um, Scerict ; Geological Society, Sosuerwt CM•IIUR rug AUlll.ltlllO,l, Botanical Garden.. iit'AVV,nol. Chelwa Military Academy, Friday; British hastittaion, Pall Mall, daily; daily; Cosmorama, C o lowauni, Diorama. and S.civty of Arta, Adelnlii; Monday, Tuesday. Thursd ay, Friday and Saturday ; Molame •rus.aud 111211 SM.., Baiter strret ; Burford' , l'anorama. Polytechnic Institution, rano rams of the Nile, St. Paul's Cathedral. told Thames Tunnel, itotherhithe, daily; the Tower, daily; Westminster Algal, daily ; Woolwich Ananal, daily; landogival Gardens, Re- Wt'wpark, daily ; Surrey 'Zoological tiardeua, daily ; Dank England ; thuldhall Couusil ROOM. Kamensk Preface b y Ives 00LOTIN. e T. C. Newby. The age of Peter the Great was in one respect like the age of Napoleon — it called forth from the lower walks of life men destined by nature to be ever- nor , . Napoleon ' s generals and counsellor., all picked by his keen eye from the vast crowd of gaping aspi. runts that constantly surrounded him, remind the historical student of the similar men, with minds shaped in a massive mo uld, who were b eckoned about the imperial throne of the first Peter. I.cfort, the son of a wholesale druggist of Geneva, was picked from behind the chair of the Danish ambusaulor at Moscow, by his imiterial master ; Prince Menchikoff I was first met by .efort selling cakes as a eunfec -1 tioner ' s apprentice, in the streets of Moscow, and, I through Extort, attracted the Emperor ' s attention ; . Peter the Great fi rst met Baron Schatfiroff sere- oi eland shop, whence he promoted him. A RUSSIAN CHANCrLLo it'S 110UsEM0Lis. lag in a Moscow On the sth of July, 1721, the Duke of Rolando paid a The following is an amusing anecdote, illustrative of visit to the Chancellor Golovkin, who came out on the atair the terms of intimacy the Emperor maintained with his confidential ad v i sers, and the readiness with case to meet his Highne s s , and conducted him into his room, the principal ornament of which was a long red wig, which he admitted their propositions : hanging upon a nail in the wall. From motive. of economy the count never wore his wig in the house. This wig had oatois or 105 sn'Astini 01 Ton POTESCHNAIA. foreign been brought to him from some country. sa dly All parties being satisfied with this arrangement, Lefort against hit will, by one of his sons ; perhaps, tors, it was took up his abode with peter, and very soon became . the • present ; for , whe n the conversation turned upon this friend and preceptor of the young monarch. One morning, famous wig, he said that he was n ot only too poor to when he was describing to his p u p il the court of Denmark, have bought it himself, but that he credit not make up and more particularly the king's guards, Peter ad him his mind to wear it constantly lest it should be worn out to tell him frankly what he thought of the Russian too soon. Count Golovkin ir. tall sad extremely thin ; sunlit 1 . he dresses very sh abbil y , an" , seldom wears anything hut •'I think." said Laud, "that they are fine-looking men, an old coffer-coloured coat, made iu the French fashion. and that if they were properly trained, they would be as If ha does not surpass Mo . :111 . 0'r Piarpagon by his parsi good soldiers asi any in Europe; but their long robes,which molly he is at least his equal. Ilis wife is still mor e are more Asiatic than European, are not well calculate d for penurious ; but he has 'two - charming daughters, ono of Rine 811 oOIeGSI6. —The ecylsos Timex OTC% the m ilit a ry .„;„..- whom is said to be the b ,:st dancer in St. Petersburg. following acisoint of rifle ahooting by Comte de Belloy and .• But can you not give me an idea of a more suitable hi. friend., Wawa Salaman. rehard, and Oilier, in that kind o f afto, , • demanded Peter . Mond • " The two Mks us e were made in Paris, and o 1 wince what can be done," was Lefort's answer. The learned Dolfis wouki was a man whom Peter the Great thor i zb ly appreciated, anti to whom he had each four grooves, and did not appear to differ in me went directly to the tailor of the Danish embassy, willingly defe in matters where he felt that his of uniform • o . weight or length from the rifles in common use. A target, and had himself MCAMITed for two, suite . . ,bo ne y subject was more competent than himself to judge. about 6 feet square, woi pitched on the wa-road of the like that wo w by the Danish pains of the king s Gable face , which was, when we approached, placed at the guard, and one like a private soldier's. That Dolgorou , our distance of 9.00 yenta from where the gentlemen Two days after this he dressed himself in the captain's thoroughly, ar ,si felt the greatness of his master e¢erm d had faith in the nobility of his cha practising stood. Of course a tripod stand was used, on unifuem, and presented himself to the young emperor,. who every act of his career amply testifies ; but which, in a groove, the rifle we. placed as a rest. After did ass recognise him until he spoke. Pet v laughe o d , witoenitie several shots from the stand. we left for the heartily at the change in his appearance, thanked hire f r .‘,riacrthaerin ....... woo c mom than the following : target, near which three artillerymen wive stationed. To his promptitude, and admired the style of his new r e p sdss. isoLOoIiOURI AND TILE ESIrEROR. oar surprise, we none. d that afihough the bull's eye was A few days later Letort appeared in the uniform of ri- On one • ~,,aiioo, when there ~,,,, a not pierced, there were several shot holes in a good directio n vete soldier, which pleased Peter so much that he readily in St . Pir Leesburg. the senate resolved to levy a tax of so great scarcity of corn above it, as well as below. Perforating the inch planking of , entered into his friend's plan of forming • company of nil many PO an& of flour a head upon the inhabitants of No. which the target was made with a well-defined round hole. I young men, to be trained and clothed in the Danish angora , the province nearest to the capital. The Em similar to what a common rifle would make at a distance of `so m e shon. Lefort purchased the necessary materials from tk . rot. overwhelmed with business, and fearful of not 100 )reds -- e proof of the enontioua range and power of the Iso foreign tradesmen who bad shops in Moscow, and en- bares , a supply in time, went to the senate on the day of 4 is decision, and consented to the measure without rifle. end. Vs'e may instance a curious fact in acoustic" on gaged as many tailors as he could procure capable of work this invasion. On leaving the firing place for the target, \mg under his direction. When all ybe went at caw Ay comprehending its nature. The nece s sary prods nilf don was prepared and signed lay all the senators, ex when stoat 200 yards off, we heanl the rush of the ball. the head of his new company to the kremlin, and had the who on that day happened to be followed at a perceptible interval by the sound of the rile; drum beaten before the door. .Peter came to the window, cm kit D , ) 40 next .:nt. Theday, so soon as he appeared in his place, ruins (wilier off , OK Pcri'id h c twcin the t w o 10,11,4'60,1Y and was most agreeably surprised with th appearance of sr ecreased, until at the target the sound of the explosion ' the youthful band. Heappointed Lefort to be its first capsi • the proclamatiaa eeeeeth i etz t h e tat was handed te him leached us before that of the bell. Sound of course would I min, aud all the other sateen were selected from among* , f„, his signature . Re read it over, asked fee some ...Hun wax, and, without tasking any remark, sealed it up, with trawl at its accustomed rate of 1,080 feet a second, but , the highest nobles. The Emperor also declared is Mbar_ guard 1 "liiir a all the papers connected with it, put the packet deliberately where the balls had, it a range of 900 yards, the velocity ' non of becoming himself one of the near necessary to pierce an inch plank, and fly far beyond it. a'. ;was see anxious to gain his own promotion step by step th at into his pocket, and went to mass. ne- The other senators, surprised, and even o ff ended, by such would be a fair preaumptiou that the velocity would even . he put his name on the list of private soldiers, and ease be greater than sound. We state, however, the fact, which gun try being a drummer. unaccountable conduct, sent to inform the Eumetor of what - may be learned at future experiments by any one : laded called his little troop " the guards of the The zsch. had axurred. Peter, who was just then occupied at the who has no objection to p lace himself with those who nala,“ which in the nomi,at language means " hoer RUM' Admiralty, went wit hout loss of time to the senate. Not woes\ the et, albeit in rather close proximity to the ment." At a later period this tempany was me s sy anted seeing Dolgorouki there he sent to look for him ; the of nage the yr ' ' messenger . The marvel of the test ! with the regiments called Sentionovski and rreener sielarlsi, messenger found him in church, and explained to him mi• cm, c.dNt i n t h e form sad make, of the bell used. ' which last took its name from Peter's country taw e, where that it was his sovereign's pleasure to see him at tho lligie Inn Weis the shape of • fir cone, rather smeller it was first organised. senate. *est& loss, awl with • hollow orifice in the NOM ma- i The anecdotes of the magnanimity and Before lame the tall ia !Ma the Win I° the a P " ' Be P do ,of the Emperor's character, of his respect greatness I hear," said Dolgoronki, but without showing any in for moral clination to move. theprose s moll ego& of iron is slightly Peter sent again, and received no other answer. At last, - -Lar glf Or Yellow is **boil, which is t hee Sows. crowns and intellectual capacity, " - his steed ). a third messenger went to announce to Dolgorouki that he . ads fie Adz? Illidesian of course forces the AM friendship toward. all who served hips err the state, would incur the Emperor's displeasure if he did not muse abound in Hanionskis biographies of 0 is op dio Med* of the hollow in the boa, and lc Emperor's diately attend to the summons. , da w a .E.A. the .4 , 4 whisk of .......,012*„..t. associates and advisers. Peter's cod e act upon the .. Render unto Corsar the things that arc Omar's, and Seems eikd o la^ Im P ai n th. wild e kis.' e'"'"'"'"" death of lA:fort—to whom his deb; of gra tit u d e was unto God the things that are God's," answered he, conti =silage "the "et 4 th=eil: wilkell4 Ordinary anrdill tillos. sr auth ike diligi" efilis oertoWAY largo—W worthy of the orterion : Wog his prayers. The rarer charged to deliver the Emperor's orders M inns Olin poosist. Thu invades le eimple,but Tau InarnliOß At TSB attli10.:11 GRAIIII. gaited what answer he should take back. highly semis*, es we 'have shown." Convinced of Lefort's prude's°e mat sincere affection, " Tell his Majesty exactly what you have seen and ADMIZALTY, MAIM 28. ArrourraLSTs.—• Peter made it • rule never to embark. in any undertaking heard," said Dolgorouki. • Ideal George Colville, to the Emilia's. without find consulting him ; but he vas not destined long When mass was ended he quietly walked to the senate as Clerk W. J. Stevens to the Peoskr. to mat by the counsel* Of this eulleateued friend. Lefort's if nothing unusual had happened. Peter met him at the door with a drawn sword in hiss Now, Doctor Twaddles was a gentleman who had fortu- ± group as one to be viewed at every point of the corn , band, and cried in an angry voice, 1 nattily been Meowed with a remarkably imposing appearance. pass, and for having been chary of minute orna. o You shall die for having disobeyed your sovereign." I :Nature had been most bountiful to the Doctor. Ile had me ntation the sole of de • stittite sculptors. 'Ellis .. Here is my heart," answered Dolgorouki. "I am not an intensely " • fine bald head of his own"—round and hair- •' • beli •v refuge destined to stop the art y afraid to die in a just. cause. Strike ; but remember that less as an ostrich's egg ; and this attractive exterior had Muhl° is, M e Cer ' - yOU will be Alexander and I shall be Clitus." : been wortio S thousandfold more to hint than the interior sightly gap left be the vacant and companion pedestal At these words Peter .drew back, and gently inquired ever could base been, even liss 4 it bee n " full of brains as •to that on which lieorgelV. stands erect in Trufulgnx who had induced hi m to set the imperial summons at de- cm,. vgg is said to be full of weat. Had the Doctor de- • sauare . pendW foor his advancement in h.': *wee ? •ithout a crust ; hut, I c rit on his skill, he might 1 -. --..- . You yourself, sire," Dolgorouki replied. " have you have remained without a patient and Ss..h e 1 b ees able to' NaR. J. .:TATT'S EQUESTRIAN STATC/t OF ERINefl Bat ordered your ministers to tell you the simple truth, and so to speak. standing on his bald head, ALBERT.—" Days follow, but unlike one never to think of anything but the good of your subjects, ; drink his wine dmly, although he certainly was ." no con- another," is , the Gallic adage. The same is apparently the case which is in reality your own happiness. 'Sou know my , juror." motto. ' Truth is the monarch's r e fse iend.'" I 'the head, to which Doctor Twaddle s owed so much, in sculpture. Evidently alive to the inconvenience, He then so ably explained his rasons for opposing the and which had won for him such a number of hatbands .in an artistic point of view, of having a statue placed decision of the senate that Peter, convinced by the justness . from departed patients, was fringed with silver, for the 'on a lofty arch Mr. Wyatt has this time endea of his remarks, thanked him cordially, apologised for his little hair that still lingered round it was white as driven , 1 Toll to design a piece of s cu l pturalequestrianism, red y - own violence, and ordered the proclamation, of which the snow. His features were prominent and statuesque. His legality was questionable, to be at once set aside. I coat, which was always scrupulously clean anti dustless, 1 which, to be seen at all, should he seen on The career of Count James Bruce under the pro- i was black and glossy as that of a mourning-coach horse ;In level with the eye ; the consequence must and b e so far clung to the manners of the old school, as to' b e tee lion of Peter the Great will be interesting to an !inevitable. The horse. a pure .I.rah, scents in the net of foundering. Minus this drawback. the English public ; and to the historical student it will ' a wTe w r e h t i li c nt 'sv . th e re e r f l aTe= t 6 • to o d ms e i sc r e nT i snl oill' to air Fol t d ‘i bu k cZl ' e 7 s , horse is executed with considerable spirit. The same be csp ecially welcome, as additional evidence of that 1 Ms legs, y which—to do ?Sect i on. Twaddles justice—were lofty pa triotism which marked every action of one of I exceedingly well shaped, and perhaps accounted f o r the Doc- i cannot be said of the figure of the Prinec, which has the greatest men who ever grasped the reins of tors still clinging to the obsolete fashion of exhibiting them, • all the lack-c.-daisical air of those diminutive litho were veiled by a pair of very thin gossamer•like black silk I graphic effigies which embellish the newest Polka. power. stocking", through which the flesh showed with a pinky hue ; I nit.. boots, the coat, and other garments, the sculptor so that the medical gentleman's calves, as he sat with them i has we sive the foremost an I enst we believe, had from the most authentic and un- Finally, the impression this .. . exceptionable sources. . performance leaves is that a single caper of the spi• cited animal would instantly eject the rider fro:a his scat. COUNT JAMES DRITIL Count lame.' Bruce was descended from one of the most ancient families in Scotland. Two of his ancestor's the celebrated Bober t Bruce and his son David, were kings of Scotland at the beginning of the fourteenth century. His father quitteel Eneind for Russia in the time of the coramonwealth—e ntered the Russian army, became a colonel, and died at M oscuw in 1680. He left two sons— Romanus, commandant of St. Petersburg, who died Ia 1717 ; and James, who we s born in the year of his flither'il death. James Bruce entered the army as an ensign, and made the two campaigns of Crimea mat Azof. In the first siege of Azof he served as an engineer officer, and in the second he wait employed in the navy. While yet very young he rose to the tank of colonel, in consequence of his services. When Narva was attacked by the Sweden, Bruce received I orders to proceed thither, by a certain day, with all the troops under his command. It so happened that his soldier' were at that time dispersed in different quarters, which made it impossible for hint to collect them together and conduct theta to Narva within the prescribed time. His enemies took advantage of this apparent neglect of duty to injure him in the opini on of their sovereign. Peter be came irritated, and Bruce wa s q uickl y deprived of his military rank. But the firmness and dignity of his cha racter never gave way under these trying circumstances ; before a year had elapsed his innocence was most satisfac torily proved, and the Emperor restored him to his favour, openly acknowledged his hastiness, and, to make amends fur his injustice, appointed Bruce governor of the province of Novogurud, whit:ll,Am he held during the next tour years. In 1701 the Emperor placed Bruce at the head of the artillery, with full power to reorganise it thoroughly and Bruce acquitted himself so well that he raised that branch of the service to a far hig her de g ree of perfection than it had ever attained before. Bruce commanded the artillery at Kalish, Lesno, Put lava, Riga, and on the banks of t he Truth ; and during the campaign in Pomerania and Holstein he added greatly to his reputation by the skill he showed in superintending the Saxon and Danish artillery, besides the Russian. Peter had the most perfect confidence in Bruee's inte grity and good judgment. lie sent hint into Germany on a private mission to select as many experienced officers and artists as he could prevail uplift to enter the service of Russia, in order that they might contribute, by the exer cise of their several tektite, to the improvement of that country. On his return Bruce was elected member of the senate and president of the school of mines and manufac tures ; he also received the title of Count of the Russian Empire, and in the course of the same year he went, in the capacity of prime minister, to the congress of Aland, to mke a treaty of peace with Sweden. At u later period he assisted at the congress at Neustadt, when a second and final treaty of peace, on very advantageous terms for Rus sia, was concluded between the two countries. When the treat of Neustadt was ratified the Emperor presented Bruce with a large sum of money, and an estate with five hundred houses and peasants upon it. A short time after this period, when Catherine the First succeeded to the imperial throne, she instituted the order of Saint Alexander, of which Count Bruce was the first knight. Early in the following year Bruce perceived at the court some symptoms of t4te dissensions that arose at a later period amongst the nobles, and especially . amongst the offi cers of the crown ; and not wishing to join any party, he determined to ask permission to withdraw altogether from public affairs. The Empress acceded to his request, and at the same time conferred upon him the rank of marshal. Being now at liberty to spend his time as lie liked best, he retired to one of his estates near Moscow, where he em ployed the remainder of his life in assisting his poorvaer. neighbours and in improving his own mind by prite study. lie died on the 10th of April, 173 i. 'lbis excellent man contributed more than most of his contemporaries to improve Russia by peaceful mensares. The Emperor, for whose use he wrote an abridgement of the rudiments of geometry, commissioned him to translate several elementary English and Dutch works into the Russian langu age, for which he was admirably fitted, from , his extensive information on scientific su b j ects. Bruce also I planned the publication, on his own account, of a detailed geographical description of the Bosnian empire, illustrated by accurate maps of each province ; and, with the hope of rendering this work cues perfect, he proposed to the senate that each town should be ordered to furnish the necessary materials; but his other occupations were far ten au =mous and important to admit of his carrying out this useful idea. In compliance with the Emperor's wish Bruce began a correspondence with the celebrated Leibnitz, upon the origin of the Russian nation ; but the death of Lei b n itz oc curred before either he or Bruce had arrived at any impor , tent conclusion. The group of eminent men who helped the Em peror to fight his battles and cousolidate his empire, who followed hint to Saardum as cheerfully as they waited upon him in the Palace of St. i Petersburg, are dwarfed by immediate contrast 1 with the great and brood man they served. athe life of Peter the Great we have • of kingly biography almost unparalleled. marriage, his pure youth, his ready forgiveness, Ma lofty simplicity of character, make up a life the more remarkable for itagreatness front the atmosphere of systematic despotism in which it was nurtured, and which it vanquished. Kam enskis " A g e of Peter the Great," illustrating as it does these characteris tics, is therefore a book which all who can dwell with pleasure upon the career of this great matt will welcome. We may heartily say that Ivan Golovin has done most acceptable service by translat ing this book, and Mr. Newby 13 entitled to thanks for presenting it in an English dress to an English public. 18.51. The Adventures of Mr: and Mrs. Nandboys, he. By RESAT Meeitew an Ozonise CILUILIAnIiANK. No. 111. Rogue. The third part of the amusing . adventures of this couple shows them in divers comic and " effective" situations. The farce proceeds apace, here and there interspered with legitimate touches which redeem the coarser character of 80111 e of the incidents. The opening character of this number, for instance, is de voted to a description of a makule imayitirtire of the present day, with svhom Mrs. Sandboys comes in con tact. Here is her portrait with that of her doctor : A PATIENT AND NED DOCTON. Mrs. Blanche Quinine certainly dressed the part of the invalid to the life—or, rather, to the death. Robed from head to foot ia the purest white, she managed to look ex tremely well and ill at one and the same time. She wasgot up with the greatest possible regard to medical effect ; for, although Mro. Quinine was naturally a plump and strong built woman, she was costumed so artistically, and looked, as she languished on the couch, so perilously delicate, that one could not help fancying but that, with the least shock or jar to her nerves, every bone in her body would fall asunder, like the skeleton in the k'antoceini, at the sudden " bomb" of the drum. Her complexion—which could not have been called florid, even at her healthiest moments, was rendered still more pale by the " bloom" of " babies' " powder with which she never failed to indue it, previous to leaving her chamber. Her eyes—they were of the Irish grey kind—she always kept half-closed, as if from lung want of rest —put then Nature had blessed Mrs Quinine with long, dark, sweeping eye-lashes, and these were never seen to such perfection as when brought into contrast with her white skin. Her upper lip was drawn up slightly, as if in continual pain— but then Mrs. Quinine was gifted with a "remarkably fine set of teeth," and was sufficient " woman of the world " to know that there was no use in her having such things unless she showed them. Moreover, the fa- of vouri te, because the mast touching, posture Mrs. Quinine, was with her head slightly drooping, and her cheek resting on her hand — but then the l ad y prided herself on the smallness of her extremities (die tips of toes could be just seen at the end of the couch, peeping front beneath her robe); and, with her arms raised, she knew that the blood could not circulate so freely in her fingers, and, coasequently, that she would be saved the trouble of continually rubbing them, in order to improve their whiteness. And, truth to say, the illness of Mrs. Quinine was as agreeable to herself as it was interesting to her doctor and acquaintances, and inconvenient to her husband. Mrs. Blanche's prevailing belief was, that she was buffering from extreme debility, and that if she had nut the very best of food to live upon, accompanied with continual change of air and scene, she felt satisfied she had but a short time to remain in this world. is this conviction Mrs. Quinine was fully borne out by theerefound opinion, most gravely delivered, with the hid a pulse in one hand, and • his goldxepeater in the ether, by r medical adviser--ehat "dear, loveable old man," Doctor Twaddles—who Added, that ante* she mesa keep herself quiet, and refrain from making the least exertion, and omdd at the um time bo mewed perfect pesos of miss { at home, without being thwarted in the slightest wish—u he said this, the doctor knitted the grey, bushy brows ' which hung down about his eyes like a Skye terrier's, and looked death-warrants at the husband of the lady—he would not take it upon himself to answer for the consequences. crossed one over th; other. so as to extra plumpness, bore a strong resemblance iu colour to black currant jam. The only ornaments that the Doctor wore, were a diamond pin, " set transparent," and so pellucid as to be scarcely visible on the white neckcloth that it fastened; and a aeries of mourning rings on his third and little fingers, as osten tatious marks of respect from some of the most illustrious and wealthy patients he had buried ; while from below his waistcoat their dangled a bunch of gold seals, almost as big as the tassel at the end of a bell-rope, and these the Doctor delighted, as he leant back in his chair, to swing up and down, like a muffin-WI, while delivering his opinion. Doctor Twaddles was wont to increase the importance of ' his opinion by multiplying himself into many, and suhstitu ting, in his discourse, for the plain, humble, and honest I, the pompous. imposing, and presumptuous We,---the special prerogative of monarchs and editors. Certainly this style of discourse was fraught with souse few attendant adViLa tages, oven beyond that of leading the bearer to believe that the verdict pronounced was not the judgment of one soli tary individual, but the unanimous opinion of an indefinite number; for when the doctor, after due feeling of pubic and knitting of brows, said to his patients that we must take blue pill and black dose, it appeared to the invalid as if the generous physician intended to swallow half his own medicine. Itut, on the other hand, some of the doctor's plural edicts had a particularly shwa's . sound with them Inc when he told his lady-patients that we must put our feet in hot water, it seemed as if he intended indulging in a joint foot bath with them. Equally strange and %turtling did it sound when he said, that " we really must go out of town ;" or, stranger still, when in a mysterious manner he declared that " we really must go to bed as quick as possible." Dr. Twaddle% was a great favourite with the ladies, by whom he was invariably described as a "loveable old man." His manner was gentle and polite as a well-fee'd pew opener. His voice he always subdued to a complimentary sympathy, and he was especially tender in his handling of hi, tale patients pulses. He was, moreover, " remarkably fund of children." for whom he generally carried in his pockets a small canister tilled either with acidulated drops, "refined liquorice," or "black currant lozenges." In his habits, too, he was quite a family man, and never failed, if in his visits he found the more healthy members of the family at a " hot lunch," of seating himself good-humouredly at the table, and declaring that he mast really have a bit of the pudding, for he was happy to any that he was still quite a boy in his " love of sweats. Nor was the "advice" usually given by Dr. Twaddles of a less attractive character. 'rho Doctor invariably acted upon the apparently disinterested plan of objecting to the use of physic—excepting , of course, in the moat urgent cases. Formerly, according to the old fable, corners were prone to insist there was nothing like leather, but of late the contrary, and far more lucrative, practice has sprung up among us ; and now-a-days lawyers counsel their clients on no account to " gu to law,"—with the greatest possible success ; and physicians rail at the exhibition of physic—to equal advantage. - With Doctor Twaddles, "diet was everything " —all maladies proceeding, accoraing - to his popular pathology, from the stomach; fir patients, he had lung ago discovered, never objected to being fed into good health, however strong an aversion they might have to being dosed into con- ENGRAVING.—Messrs. Lloyd, of 22, Ludgate-hill, have just issued a large print, executed in the line manner, and representing " Harvey demonstrating to Charles I. his theory of the circulation of the blood." The novelty of the subject, and its effeetivo treatment, were some two years since the admiration of those who visited the itoyal Academy. The pe culiar crispness and finished execution of the original, painted by Mr. Hobert Hannah, have been very faithfully rendered by Mr. 11. Lemon; while the in tense expression in the several faces eenterinF round the venerable anatomist, brings back to mind the minutest details of the original composition ; we arc, at the same time better enabled to judge of the value of its chiaro-scuro. Indeed, on the whole, we arc rather inclined to give the preference to the mere black and white me dium, fen• an abuse of greenish tones threw a melancholy veil over Mr. Hannahs otherwise beau tiful picture. The strong contrasts of light and shade enabled the artist to work out all details of the dresses of the period, and so faithfully handed dam to us by the graver of Holler, and canvass of Van dyek. The bland king, the young prince, the prosy courtiers and scientific enthusiast all are here, true to the historic page. Tut: ROYAL ACAOEM Y.- —Now is the active time with painters; now is the time of finishing strokt , :, of heightening seumble and subduing glaze; it is said that CAIIVASSCA of unusual dbuensions, and in unusual numbers may be expected. Rumour abo asserts that Landseer further displays his ver satility this year by the choice of "Oberon and Titania" for a theme. While on Shakespearian themes, we may add that a " Hotspur and the Fop," by Mr. Elmore will, it is also said, he found to cx ci,ed his former gallant deeds. Mr. Frith has chosen for subject, " Howarth brought before the Justice of Peace for sketching the Gate of Calais." All will remember the incident which has been treated by himself. Mr. Daniel Maclisc is paint ing a life-size subject from Caxton's annals. Mr. Ford Madox Brown, whose " Death of I,ciu" and " Death of Harold" are fresh in the remem brance of exhibition goers, has chosen a snltject of the same epoch, " Chaucer at the Court of Edward the Fourth." In size and skilful treatment it is said this work will be conspicuous. valescence. Another mode of insinuation that the Doctor adopted was to explain to the invalids, in language that they rout.' wit possibly understand, the cause of the malady for which he was prescribing, and the reason for the remedies he adopted this he did in short family physiological lectures, which he loved to illustrate by the most ordinary objects. Ile would tell the astonished and half-affrighted patients how tho greater part of the food taken into the system acted simply as coals to the vital fire,--how the lungs were, if he might be allowed the expression, nothing more than the grate in which the alimentary fuel was being e,,n.umed, and keep ing up a continued supply of caloric fur the human frame, tor, that the selfsame operation was going on in the human chest as in the stove beside him. George Cruikshank does right manfully his part towards making the Sandboy family popular. This mouth he gives a some before the curtain of the opera, such as manager never dreamt of or actor ever played. STATUE OF NICOLAS Poussts.—The little town of Andelys, in Normandy, which all travellers will easily recollect as that in which the very loftiest ' feminine head-gear is reared, has at length deter mined to erect a statue to the man to whom this little town is indebted for lasting celebrity, Nieolas Poussin. The Lith of June is announced as the day of inauguration by the French journals, and a Mr. Brian as the sculptor of the statue. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR TILE ENSUING WEEK (Pram the Inser's (.7trorskle.l PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Speech of Sir Robert Pert. delirereci us the Home qf C ommon s, March 15, 18 51 , on the Pepsi Agresiion. Westerton. Belgravia, a Poem. Weßtertion. Tlba Flax Vorrosent, Important-0 andl Ad*Warn. By eLLIA4IO4. Effingham ronetNo ligealtragar. VINEILIF-a.—Attend regularly to stopping and tying the shoots and thinning the berries. In regulating the bunches, it is well to consider whether a few very largo ones will or will not he more desirable than a greater num ber of smaller bunches. Gardeners usually find Geis, of a moderato size, averaging little more than a pound in weight, more generally useful than very large ;taws, frau the greater facility with which they may be set on the (b i sert dishes. For this rewein the long, diffuse shoulders ~f very large show, should be removed ; and the loss in Oa, weight of individual bunches will be amply compeie.g. a for by the greater number of useful ones, and the lore r 'nee of the berries. Examine the state of the lushly boob is as regards moisture ; and in this do not be atitiai• A with the Appearance of the surface, which is e•— quently kept moist by syringing, but examine the ail I i or 12 inches lower down. If necessary any water is h• • BY MR. manure water at ISO deg. If the border has become trial. r EQUESTRIAN STATU E or ' TIIE QUEEN, TtiottaliCtion.—Mr. Thoritycroft, whose mune has dry, the impulse given by this will be itnmednitely vb(!.., hitherto been completely merged in the labours of in the vigorous and rapid expansion of shoots and p. Ceach-houses.—Take care that the in borders do (, '.. g ,,,, et t t h u: s la z o tnittaipply them with liquid manure as oft. n t r ,i x u a y m i t x, re , s w i tra t, iteirearliloin,al.l,,,rifauthlitinbogrt., Mrs. Thornyeroft, the graceful and talented scut trews of the Royal Children, has just completed a surface that th i e th w e aTe i r l ilittis%jazieieeme°dote' ls:tu.lapntuelreueisstrit'lTtimstaatteuley ° to r th bo ° ( Ctl au s t t " i l i; equally. The period between the sitting and the stoo.1.:: ,y d during e t r h r a i t ur t , i ,„ in c e ,,t t , l(? , ° stett e d f i r i u o!' t be i s l a iur e ri ri t t.i d eal fo ' rMrd aa l bronze—a Suit which mast be borne in mind, in order fairly to estimate the relative merits of the composition. So many of our is he s y ee a u n r . eZ "y asia lialib t • l t i t i t ca w s i t u tti n r d fzi m it .. ; t hlt m afte r r h tl i i ,, is t ott, 'They delight they a high, humid atmo a aphert:!l ‘ .. as equestrian effigies have from time immemorial been /An .. made subservient to the perpetuatitm of hideotta cos- tompanied with abundant ventilation. Cherries and air , . tumes and mire execrable art, that we hail with Where fruit is swelling, maintain a nit tempi ra pleasure a successful attempt to lift the noble art of tare of 511 deg. Give abundance of air, donm tine after brass-ctetting from its degradation and but too well a w n° at r e s r clThta•stes°fnisitics"rtrilin7riongiewin t i so m n r , d i tately wit!x i t i ( r n arid • high night temperature should be . calar;: ' aeoid't merited contempt. Those pitiable performances which ,Stelons.—Pits or frames heated by linings, will require disgrace our stretts and sq uares have nevertheless they l e ave a warm state should always he in readimAs to natee one great merit, which is, that by their marked in- to be well watched, and some stable-litter and leaves a the are, wholly the heat is perceivial to he declining. feriority and resemblance to each other, back . an . d . 3 .4 k t: e . t. d . ' t t llt r, lif . s t h , o.uldilfieniatauliciitit.feet;t theypaths are , pit welcomed here a few weeks hence can, with the most assiduous gaze at our Ix:pedestaled notabilities, carry should be bout eat deg. toe 70 deg. by night,nh with litho away with them but very imperfect and hazy notions ventilat nanod HO deg. 9O deg. by S at durt of our successive kings and successive statesmen. day, with a freer admission of air, acconling to the 4.a , of the extreme atmosphere, and with a bottom heat of ma d' z. This is not the case with Mr. Thornycroft's right to 87 deg. The soil, which should resist of fmili loans of royal performance, in which majesty is written in medium strength, that has been sweetened hy capeute to the atmosphere for two or three months, should not la: every line. It is intended, we believe, for the Great l'Altibition of all nations, and may well side with sLatcwrtidwam,uncich, the soilthis early ,o peri.sl u r 1 thr t . ,,,, v , a , :o u, n . Baron Nlarochetti's best equestrian statues, though moisturt, the health . the becomes snared m wi r ll . soo ) ii ' sutli r ism' he hus not, that we arc aware of, vet attempted medially. l'revious to watering ascertain the ~ t.,..• of the surface only requires feminine ones. He will , however, doubtless, sustain the soil to some depth, and if, us it will generally to. :. : und the finite of France in this departm ent at the forth- moistening, it should be ..pr.:.slcd li coming Exhibition. with a syringe or ne-ronal pot at shutting-up tine but hut when the entire lied of soil becomes too dry, it shoe: now of those which are l th, n Mr. Thornycroft has manifestly striven to combine be thoroughly watered. Attend to the thinning And P guy the severity characteristic of Greek sculpture, parti- hating of the shoots ialv i....ue eularly in the Phidian ern, with the bolder imugin- keeping the t f h ni e i l t 'i t l i t te s ra l l a s ts a considerable di ; bl u Ti; * ~.:,..',',.. Tugs of metal-casters. The capabilities of such an had hew, as A pl te it r , a : n u Ifi d sufficient nsuemenl:crtsofbyferugiutitshossaltee, nlewtitr L amalgamation, and on so large a scale, large surface of foliage exposed yet untried, at least in Englund, and they seem justified spread freely, so as to cover the space allotted to them • e a by the result. The lines and forms ars executed to the full action of i tto . ..i, with due regard to the utmost requirements of severe Lits,h,:umrttlo'etii7,.g fruit. dedouwirilolwgniyelagrriettetrasizact ° L i . 1 :„.1: sculpture, and a life-like boldness is given by the lofty bearing of the queen, and the erect pos- under the centre of each light until they reach the to:. .1 in close to the ' front of the pit, anfl train the Tembn,l ,!," . 4 tare of the horse, both of which, form a their trellis, when they arc stopped, and the laterals all-. graceful whole. Her Majesty is represented in the act of riding, and is not a mere lay-figure shadows its neighbour. to flll up the remaining spaces, taking care that no leaf ‘e•:' placed on a hobby. The figure of the Queen, with rcowra GAIRDEN A 141) slitttlißElLlP. , ‘ , . out-stretched arm, has the air of commanding an I dividing large hatches of herbal , 'i affectionate homage. The costume is that of a rewr j,, e R l ; r l t,!,', a e i tti l kinds, including hollyhocks... - simple riding habit, only . rendered fully subservient Finish planting out biennials and perennial% from . t! li a i n nin . ms, dre., must be carefully guarded •sgainq t , to sculpture at once by . its yielding folds and the attacks of snails, by forming a ring of soot and 1 . .;', tight-fitting body, girt with the rind, which thus round the plants, and scattering a little over the.sau,rtt, ..., assumes the shape of a corset -vierge. faithful transcript of a recent portrait executed front Th e h ea d, a of o the soil., be decaying ' 1 and ten levelledonfeartf r.: life by Mrs. Thornyeroft,evincesin the treatment of the ma ' destro e y nw a v n; ' N a rking ' places se:job t eno,.! y have about the crowns of the platita. The bor.!: them, w as be Ihair and delicate chiselling of the features, intimate hoe k is now becoming a general favourite in the 1.1 . *::. acquaintance with the fairest proportions, and strikes garden, owing tu the pains which florists hv:! _le' 'i 7 , one by . its impress of truth, like those unfading marble images of former empresses, which are now grow taken to improve upon the old comm o ot , t ra:::::'', r? and w l t f h Tt e gin perfect ion aboutun a dos"t'lll'evpollrteplarsitsii ot art. , the tenants of the Roman Capitol. The horse, which is an accurate representation of her Majesty's pet well-rotted dung; and, during the growing Se UV , fl, Yl . , , he s akarer, " Hammon," is, perhaps, too anxiously dig plants have frequent watcrings of liquid manure. ~ , C ! . to this description, let it be improved by Mining in ‘''''' playing his fine points, and the hind lege seem too o,l.Tied ber,bove.or Pants 1 att a t e stc ftilly arranged h o w r feeble to support the superinctmibent weight. This, height and t of L o u, colour, and season ofnnita; however, is a defect which the more endurable but, ow i ng te.a want of attention to these partifolo l , , b r ... material of bronze may mitigate to a certain extwat. of this kind ars generally coloidered dull aod u niet , „ •• • •, ,, r4 .. , Phidias only dared to employ the caracOl in the bear It is impossible to effect a proper arraement of the 1 . 1 ,; reliefs of the Panathenaic prize. lir. Thornycroft unless some means be adopted of dis , %g r t e n r s t t i lt wi l l : ja when they are in a dormant state, by goes the whole animal, so to speak. Lands .1 them an they come into flower, and taking mem ~.. But if for naught else, Mr. Thorn croft would their height, colour, season of flowering, and otherP , deserve high commendation for considering his liarities. cry appropriate and Mau :ll~llJ twist la dr car& is se 6 wogs Is lbw mobs Weal Au at Cle FINE ARTS.