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THE PRESS. ►SEPTEMBER 17, 1853. LORD ABERDEEN'S PICTURES. PRIVATE VIEW. Os Monday next will be opened to the public the collection of por traits of eminent statesmen and distinguished characters in polities' life which the present Prime Minister, following the example of his illustrious friend and predecessor. Sir ROBERT , has recently. formed. We were favoured yesterday with a private, though hurried, inspection, and shall take an early opportunity for a more prolonged survey, and of offering a more mature criticism, of these interesting works of art. No. 7, Portrait of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT in a Cossack dress, with SEHASTAPOI. ill the distance, is a very masterly performance, by it native artist, whose talents have been developed by the munificent patronage of the Russian relations of the Right Hon. Gentleman. No. 13 is a portrait. by 6raiit, of LOM PALMERSTON, in a Militia uniform, guarding over BRITANNIA; who, on this occasion, is repre sented as a piece of " antiquated imbecility," in the shape of a very old woman frightened by a gun going off. No. 20 is a portrait, by Pickersgill, of Lord Jona Ruounni. between Dr. CUMMING and the Rev. Mr. liEmixTr. Though the treatment. of this picture is evidently borrowed from Reynolds's portrait of Gar►iek between Tragedy and Comedy, the execution is felicitous and forcible. No. 22, " The Expulsion of Mr. the present Solicitor- General, from the Conservative Club," is a fine historical picture, by Maclise, and contains nearly one hundred likenesses Of members of that respectable society. The expression of the learned gentleman is very happily caught. The air of mincing fanaticism is striking. He looks very much like a man-milliner going to the stake. No. 64, "Sir WILLIAM Moi.y.sworrn Trying on his Court Dress," a fine piece in the genre style. The operation is taking place before a cheval-glass in a richly and fantastically furnished boudoir. The attitude of the Right Hon. Baronet, somewhat resembling a prelude of Cerito, is very happily conveyed. TEMPORA MUTANTUR, ETC. Of a change for the better MAoutRE declares O'FLAnaart and MURPHY are evident eases, Since those bellieose hawks have diverted their cares From picking out hawks' eyes to picking Hp places. MR. BERNAL OSBORNE'S LAST. I'm like yet unlike Russia's Czar, And thus may it be shown, 0, We both can scent our prey afar, And keenly hunt it down, 0. Yet, though we run on equal lines, This difference I divine, 0 That while he for the Danube vines, I care but for the Ithin-O. MR. Axing hexperienced hall the benefits of resent heducational i feel capacitated to tell you ow disgusted i am at the bin akerate discription you gave first Sebtembur of my master's sport. It is true that is hown dogs wer bad uns, and I kuowed it when he tried 'em ; but wet does i do? why, i goes over and brings im a bout-and bout young pointer, Ben: and then didn't master kill everything young Ben pointed at? He did, on the honour of a keeper. i don't mean to say master was satisfide. Quite the converse. He was in a orrid bad temper, when he got ome, even with me; for when he remarked that his boots was grievous muddy, I felt bound to remind him of all the mire he had gone through after his game. Well, then he went boil* in a !lite against all sorts of sporting. In fact, he stated to me quasi (mark that for edication) confider shally, that success seemed so opeless, that, had the times not been so good, he should have given up sportin altwogether; and that even with the times, be had been obliged to do a little in the advertizin line to get a lease of a manor as sewted im. At the same time, Mr. Heditor, my only object was to call your hattention to the fact that what my young pointer, Ben, found, and put up, my master managed to bring down.—Your obedient servant, Tux GLADSTONE AND THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS" NEWSPAPER. SIR ; INTERCEPTED DESPATCH. it is not necessary that we ahotdd state h o w the a c c o mp a nying parr caw l*lo oar hands, or by what art we found a key to the cipher in which it was written. To show, hitwever, that it is an euthenisc document we publish the author's name, M. Casnkibally. koff; and, as we think it tolerably plain that he is hem on no good errand, we dare him to pniceed against our publisher in any way M. may think pniter. There won other papers in the despatchist: front which this was taken, and we mean to woke vast* such use of them as we think Inst for the public interests. " With profound humility I tender to your Imperittl Modesty my since►Ye congratulations On the prosperous state of your M‘jesty's atti►irs. If I may venture to allude to any predictions of so humble a person as myself, I would remind your Majesty that everything which has ►xcu►red ill this country for several months past has turned out exactly as I predicted. I hesitated not to assure your MAjesty that your old and trusty friend, Lord ABEREEN. would not resign ; that. with the admirable skill for which he is celebrated, he would, after humiliating that Pagan dog, the Sultan, by negotiations, sneak back from supporting him, when he was committed to a quarrel with your Majesty ; that your just pretensions would be abused by the most influential newspapers hem, to please the ignorant vulgar, but in the end would be supported. as the I ;internment desired ; that you could have the illustrious milloeraey, nearly all-powerful in this country, entirely with you, as they invariably hold that there is no object in the world worth thinking about but the sale of cotton. "Amongst those circumstances at p►esent most favourable to your MAjesty's all-wise designs I reckon the adherence of the great Mr. CORDER, whom your M‘jesty may have heard of, as ho once visited your dominions. lie has now-1 felicitate myself to say—become one of your Majesty's h►unble admirers, and I have heard him boast that he can lead this people, who are in many things incredibly silly and credulous, by the nose as he pleases. It is true that he once did audaciously threaten to crumple your empire up like a piece of paper, but that was while your Majesty was on excellent terms with this Government. No sooner had your invincible soldiers commenced a holy crusade against the Pagans than he candidly acknowledged the virtues of your rule, and soundly abused the infidel dogs whom your Majesty, in the fulness of your gracious benevolence, intends to exter minate. The great Mr ConnEs is at the head of a very powerftd Peace confederacy, which hum vowed never to rest until it has put down the fleets and armies of this country. They have not yet succeeded in depriving the soldiers of muskets and the ships of cannon, but it is understood that they have come to all agreement with the Government that. they shall be used only for parade and review, as there is a prejudice at g the vulgar against any complete disarma ment at present ; the great Mr. Cosmoi and his illustrious associates hope moon to get the better of what they term these bigoted notions. I have had groat pleasure in contributing largely to the funds of this excellent association ; and as it is calculated that one moldier will be disbanded for every ten tracts issued, and that a ton weight of those little papers—which seem to have an astonishing influence in this county—will dismantle a 100-gun ship, I assist to the extent of my power in distributing these excellent little sheets, knowing how ad• vantageous they must prove to your Majesty's service. "As your Majesty is so well acquainted with the characters of the Ministers, I need say little about them ; but it is rumoured that Mr. til.AusTeNK is in what they cull here a flurry, as he has promised t►► pay off a great many millions of the National Debt ; and the people, who are very sagacious in all that concerns their pocket, would certainly tun► him out of his place if he did not keep his word, or if he made bad bargain for tl►em. "The admired Paper here, which is most opposed to war, and which tells all the people every morning what they are to think for that day, has had a great tax taken off it by the very excellent Mr. GLADmrosir. ; and I am told that in ease of war that tax would certainly be put on again. So, as the people say here, put that and that together. " In short, there are so many circumstances entirely favourable to your Majesty's designs that I cannot embody them all in this despateh. There is but one little thing which troubles me. When I get away from the Government offices, and the newspapers, and the peace. folks, and the millueracy, and converse with the people who are to be met in the streets and every place of general resort, I am shoeked to find how irreverently they speak of your Majesty, and even of their mil Government. I hope there is no danger ; but I am really afraid that, if any accident should rouse them, they would kick their excellent Ministers out of place, read any newspapers which flattered them with a notion that they could be honourable, courageous, and true to their engagements, and send forth their fleets to blockade your Imperial Majesty's ports, and sweep your Imperial Flag from the seas as effec tually us your Majesty, in your infinite condescension, proposes to ex terminate the Turkish Pagans." TO " CONSERVATIVE LIBERALS." AT the next general election the colours of the Coalition candi dates will bc Oxford mixture. 469 I