The Press. — London, England, 1853-07-02 00:00:00

THE PRESS. JULY 2, 1853. FINE ARTS. SPECIMENS OF CABINET-WORK NOT SENT BY Him MAJESTY TO THE EXHIBITION AT GORE HOUSE, KENSINGTON, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR BEING IN PRESENT USE. Tuts collection is very cu►ious, and possesses some of the most in genious specimens of ancient and mode►►► joine►y with which we have for a long time met. No. lis a Cabinet of ebony, and of great antiquity. It wears ex tremely well, the material being very hard ; though its cal►ucity is limited. These pieces of furniture are often found in old Scotch cha teaux. Their style is still' and contntetAA ; though they sometimes bold more than would seem at the first glance, from the secret drawers and places of reserve in which they abound. This piece of furniture was sold to the late King of the FRENen. in the year 1843, and depo sited in the Château d'En ; but, after his Majesty's fall, was repur chased by Monseigneur the Due de NEmoras, by whom it was pre sented to her MAJESTY. No. 2 is a very fine Seeretaire of Marqueterie ; the favourite manu facture of the eighteenth century. This specimen has been richly restored, but in somewhat too showy a taste : gilt metal ornaments are not in keeping will► this style. The present specimen is decorated with a large Cupid, dressed as a Militia-man, and holding a pen in stead of a musket, while his knapsack is an inkstand. No. 3 is a Foreign Neeretoire, in the Romeo style. There is also a modern Seerehrire which should be notieed. It is made of Colonial wood, and was presented to her MAJESTY by the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, who was in the habit of using it. Its materials, however, seem ill seasoned, and appear to have already split and given way in several parts. No. Bis a Pembroke table of malachite. Though the materials are Russian, the maker, we understand, was one of our own countrymen. Nos. 0 and 11. A large and smaller Chance/Her; so (dled after the. ChanceHier d'Aguesseau, who used them in Court, where he suffered much from cold feet. Both of these specimens are richly carved and decorated, but the snudler one is more highly finished, and imbibes and retains heat with much greater quickness than is usual. No. 12 is an Indian Cabinet, and of very complicated contrivance. It is furnished throughout with double locks and springs, but dues not work very satisfactorily. No. 13. A case for the QUEEN'S PHI; Seal. Too small ; but the in terior richly lined. No. 14. A grotesque figure of DIANA bounding through the Woods and Forests, with a bow and quiver, and a glass in her eye. This figure opens, and is, in fact, a bookcase, made fan• King CHARLES 11., to hold his copy of the works of the famous Mr. Helms. There are several clocks, inkstands, bureaux, and tables, in the method of veneering brass and other metals on tortoiseshell, which was invented by ANDRE Bun►.. Among these very choice specimens is what, from the subject of its inlay, is commonly called the staff of the HIGH ADM►RA►., being covered with ships and matters pertaining to the. Arsenal; but it is, in fact, an Ell-measure belonging to the Royal wardrobe, and its proper title is " A large measure ;" it is, how ever very deceptive, and cannot be t►usted, In the ?WM room is L pair Of artn-chairs fruit► Windsor Castle (No. 4r,), with gilt frames, attributed to the eighteenth century, and Venetian manufacture. Neither of these chairs, however, has any scat. A NEW IRISH MELODY. The BRIGADIER to the Whigpt hie: on e , In the " great Concrete" you'll tin►l him lie has taken his billet from " Mummery " JouN, And his pledges Hung behind hint. " The Income-tux. and the Tenant Right, It's vain," says he, " to remember; And unwelcome. in these days of June. To meal ' the nights of November.' " If you limey, PAT, you've a chance of a place. As I dreamt myself. when in liquor. The fashion is not to be true to pair race ; There's a better way, and a quicker:— Regard the Aet which your QuKEN has signed. Lest a foreign priest surprise her You must tnunple that Act with Her 11818 e in the dirt, To become her LEON. ADVIBKR ( 4 WNTRETEMPS. Ai Sir JOHN YOUNG'S public dinner, Mr. FRENCH, in consequence, RS he said, of the unfavourable state of the atmosphere, proposed " SomEns' [Summer's] Return " as a toast. Before, however, even Mr. HAYWARD could drink it. Mr. lii:oaan detected the quibble, denounced Mr. FRENCH ate a Palmerston spy. and gave " SADLEan for Sligo," the Aberdeen candidate. The contest between the respective nanninees of the Prime Minister and Home Secretary is expected to be a tough one, but the friends of Lord PAt.mmorroN arc very confident, and boast that he has beaten " antiquated imbecility " before now. GLADSTONE'S DISABILITY. FORETON Governments, wisely cautious, fin.bitl the submarine telegraph people from transmitting "unintelligible messages." Mr. GLADSTONII'S " explanations" are, in consequence, obliged to travel by the blower medium of the post ! I • THE SHOE ON I I Ii•. oTIIEIt SIMPLE I►rrrun: rah• it was thoughtless of Lord NA V 4 to go about. inquiring for NI r. Others observe that the " want of address" was exclusively Ott the I►►trt of her Majesty's Solieitor•t;oueral for Ireland. ADDIIESs OMITTED IN THE coultT (DIME I+::r2. Wn.i.tAsi—take a cab and drive generally—inquire on both sides the street. ANOTHER VERSION OF A DIALOGUE WHICH TOOK PLACE IN-1841. Where is LOrd Dznny, NAAR. my NAAri, lily Moe. NAAR, my blade lie is in office, KEOGh , he mill, liEtata, lie said, he said. What will ho give me, NAAS, my blade? &e. Won't give you nothing, limoan, he said, t te. Then 1 won't help you, NAAS, tub• blade, &e. Nobody asked you, liEutin, he said, &e. IIAcKING VO(it► IF the Duke of NEWC.IIS4TI.K will lend his acceptances to his Irish adherents he must nut he surprised if the duns incommode him. 140 W DOM:Es. THE Honourable and Learned Member ti n• Kidderminster, happen ing, in the course of conversation, tolienr an I lxti►rcl friend remark, that, notwithstanding the now examination statute, many bur dodgem were still made use of by private tutors in c►amming tin• the schools, %vas no far deluded by the high appreciation in which he holds his own abi lities as an instructor of youth, that he fell into the error of sup posing that his friend wins passing an eneinnium on certain stale and long-exploded crotchets which he used to instil into the minds of ten successive pupils in ten successive hours, term idler term, 101 he him self informs us in his letter to the Oxford University Commissioners. With this misapin•ehenesion acting strongly on IL well-developed organ of self-esteem, he proceeded to the house of Commons, where, in the debate on the India Bill, he delivered himself of the following digni fied ► u sd elegant remark: " I can happy to think that m►nsy dodgem of " my own invention are still taught at Oxford under my moue.."rhat there are many /ow dodges still prevalent in Oxford is by no means improbable, but it is highly amusing to observe the Naircti with which the Honourable Afember takes upon himself the responsibility of being their sole inventor. NEW MOTTO FOR THE FIRST LORI► (►F THE ADMIRALTY. " I take my stand a,' I rayrems."—Vide Sir .1. Graham's Speech al Carlisle. " or wild ambition loves to Mule, not stawl. And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land." aid 11111.11.11111.11111111111 W. K. 1