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1 PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. NOM OF 0031)10NF THIS DAY. ORDERS OF THE DAY. Apothecaries 11111—Committer. Juries 11111—Fertbsr Oessideraties of Repprt. Jodieenne (Beatbadls4l-81nood reading. quarantine Lane M—Semen reading. }sheers madieg. Police MagistietreSill—Seccnd reeding. • • Thremening Letters Punishment Bill—Second reedit/. Felonies Pardee BRl—liesond reeding. Small Debts (Scotland) Bill—Occorvitter• Debts Recovery (Sestland) Bill—Committee. Customs and Stamps Ceesolidation, &c. Acta—Report there- Pc". Canada Trade Act—Committee thereupon. Prison Lane (Ireland) Bill_—serand reading. Sheriff Courts Fees 801--::eport. taupply—COMMlllet. Vey, and Memos—C,onerntitee. • Owns laws Bili—Donsasittee. County Treesarets (Inked) Bill—Third reading. Arrests fat Debt Bill—Committee. Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill—Second reading. NOTICE OF MOTION. Miscellaneous Eedmates. (In Com- 111 r. [ferries—Rl lilittee of Supply.) PRICES OF RR ITISII pa Cent. Chas. 921 98 plus Acct. 935 14414 4pa Cent. lON I Lodi* Bondi 76 77 pm Iltata foe Aca. '4794 SATUftDA v. Est. dips, lid. 1,4401. Sb it 55 - 62 pm Ditto. 5001.55 52 Pm Ditto, Small 56 52 pm Lottery Tickets. 151.1%. 10C10.3 ON SAI IJKI/A &lexicon Bonds 80 1 80 Ditto Acct. 791 301 80 Ditto Scrip (1026) la pm Ditto Acct. 1 1 1 pro Peruvian Banos al 7 Porvguess Bonds $4l Ditto Acct. 901 Pruaian Bonds 1.1392) 1001 Russian Boobs Ditto Acct. 941 4 Spanish Cons. 24 31 4 1 Ditto Acct. 24 1 Ditto Cons. (1023) It Ditto Aect. 101 'RS P,lccs llr rUltalluN os Asuman Rends es fruilion Bonds Ditto Scrip (1121) If pm • Ditto Acct. If 2 pat Chillian Bonds 811 Ditto Acct. 00} Colombian Bonds 10 1 4 Ditto fonds (1824)1111 Ditto Acct. gi awash Bonds fOlf Preach Kontos 1021.M1e. &odunge lk. °rook Bondi 2sl Mi. Ditto Saip (826) a 4 dis PRICES OF SHAR. , ON SATURDAY. WIVES. Sbare. Pa W. Prerslum Per Share. Anglo-Mexican.' IGO 16 BO no Anglo.Chiliesu WO 6 b 7 4 asasillan...i. 100 4 1$ 16 116 17 lee Chaim' 100 5 114 11 13 4 Colombian 100 0 29 30 Cbilian and Peruvian Company 4 67874 94 9 General Mining Association 1 - 00 5 104 10 Hibernian OO 4 Pose., Peruvian 140 I 3418 i 204214194 Peruvian 100 6 I 4fOn 4 34 Royal Irish 1 9411 des pa 10 _lo 1 i Ric; de la Plats 400 24 WC United Mexican a 20 Ditto New 4O 5 25 24 27 Welch Iron and Coal 26 6 It 2i ......- ...-- ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Alliance Brit. and For X 100 10 9 OAS LIORT AND CORE CO3IPANI9S. Conenental NO 8 104 II IRON RAILWAYS. London and Bristol 2O 1 4 4 MISCELLAXIOVS. Atlantic and Pacific 10) 10 lOf 14 Rakish Iron Company 100 5 14 34 3 Canada Company 100 10 20i Gana! 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The debates on the reduction of the Five per Cents. were continued on - Wednesday and Thursday. The first two articles base been adopted. On the third, by which it was enacted that the Sinking Fund should in future operate only when stock was abcve par, several amendments were proposed and re jected; but the feeling of the Chamber was so strong, that M. Da Vlt.tttS judged it advisable to modify the article, by adding to it a provision, that the purchases of the Com missioners of the Sinking Fund should be made by ge neral agreement and with rublicity (avec concurrence et puldicite). One of the Papers states, that the coronation of CHARLES X. will be postponed till the beginning of June. On Wednesday then: was a conference at the hotel of Prince Ids ?red .rcu, at which were present the Nuncio, and the Neapolitan, Austrian, Russian, Prussian, and Bavarian Ambassadors. In the evening a courier was despatched to Rome by the Nuncio. The Muniteur repeats the confirmation of the surrender of Patras on the 6th of February. The geographical situa tion and natural strength of this place render its fall of the greatest importance to the Greek cause. It is the !my and capital of Westeni Greece. The Austrian Observer of the I6th inst. observes, that— " It is not possible to doubt of the defeat and total dispersion of the party which had taken arms against the Government at Napoli di Rumania. Some cr the Chiefs have fled. Nikita Lando and a son of Sissini attempted to 3?.V . 2 thell.SelVeS in the fule Isle of Ca lamp, demi/kilt on the lonian trrtitory, but thy have been con. vvy-d back m Afissolonghi." FRLIICH FUNDS.--PAats, MARCH 25.—Five pee (tents. opened •at 1031. ; closed at IC3f. 10:. ; Sunk Stock, ; Rente de tws, C.etitirst. Fau-punct, uof. Voe-: Rente d'Esp4fre, Royal scantsh boon, 1325, fdli. Exchange on London, one month, 2Uf.; three ditto, 24f. 82: —Coi:st u , /wit:i?ue, March 23. We have received the Brussels Papers of Saturday. Through Vienna we leant that Constantinople Ls still agi tated by the turbulenec of the J:inissaties. It appears that they . had disc:wered the design of the Porte to reorganise them on a plan which would have subjected them to a stricter discipline. The fallowing are the extracts to which we refer:— fnat:urove, Maims( 21. The Alsttian 31ihister, Baron 11:111:Ighatisen, President of the Diet, has ball since his return to this city several con ferences with the princmal Members of that Assembly. It ap pears that in the next cona!ent;al sitting of the Diet communi. cations of some importar.ce will he mnde In the name of the Lmperor of Austria s-. 1 of tti. Celine: of B.." 1, by the Minister Plenipotentiary, Baron Ntyitr. It %. also rail. that the Diet sill have to tliscass a new Revrit, mad: the Central Committee at 11 , 1syence, relative to the ye:sons OirCUSNI of revolutionary intrigues, who Dave been deliv:red ap at afferent titros at the desire of the *russian Government. V ItStsa, Manger 14. The general atttr.:.tin is cow fixed or, C,nsianttoople. The Ottoman Oovcrnmeh. icec!ied, s hy the ad-ice of the English Ambassador, Lord liLrangfutd, regress tne insolence of the Janissaries. by pleciag them under a new orgari ation, which would Bare subjected them to s •trieter dis::.p:ine. It was also proposed to send from the capi:sl s :eos i n rottr.hr of ease troops to incor. porace with other corps. Thin F lan,whichvirs so is been secret till after its entire execution, hls been distilied. The Janisstariee are earriged at it, sod they P.:eat present in siich a temper that a atrium' mutiny might be sprehenat ). if the Ministms of Cie Porte per. tasted, in ihtanducing the suial:est inno,stii:n in their present or. gsnintion. By acto:tats received yesterday it appears that the French Govtn-tmelt, pret.ve6ng it: the course cn which ' 3~ ~. THE ARITISO ORESS. w they bias entered, have resolved upon a gelaal rectßan ba " Lion of the twiny, so as to render it as nearly as poseible similar to what it was before the Revolution. The camp now forming at Luneville will consist of regiments esta blished on the ancient principle. The corps of carabineers, which used to be one of the finest in europe, composed of men selected from all the other cavalry regiments, will be immediately res Sered to its former pre-eminence. It will be increased to 1,200 men, and divided into two batta lions. At least four new regiments of dragoons wilt be raised. There will be a diminution of the chasseurs, but to compensate, a new corps of lancers will be formed. The horses necessary for there changes are now purchasing in Germany at high price, and for ready money. Some spe culation as to foreign politics has been excited by these pro ceedings, which, however, are wholly referable to the inter nal poiicy of the French Court. The declaration of the Earl of Livaaroot. on Friday evening with respect to the probable continuance of peace, was so clear and explicit, that no rational apprehension can be entertained. " I never knew a period," said his Lordship, " when there was a better foundation for the hope of a permanent pate." We have given in another part of our Paper a sum mary of the proposed reductions on articles of foreign produce and manufacture. We observe with great satis faction, that as much as public opinion can as yet bare been exprrsed it is decidedly favourable to the liberal measures of his Malawi's Government. Indeed we should disparage the information 'and understanding of the commercial interest if 'we supposed' that any con tracted notions of peculiar benefit would operate so power fully on their minds as to disable them from arriving at a sound and rational judgment on this highly important question. The mode too in which it was stated by Mr. Huserssow would of itself go far towards removing any unfounded alarm which this general revision of the pro tecting duties might have excited. In the speech of the President of the Board of Trade they find a cogent and irresistible address to their judgment, founded on no vain or untried theories, but on the ascertained results of suc cessful experience. We gave on Saturday a very full report of the Right Honourable Gentleman's statements, to which, clear and convincing as they are, it would be imprtinent in us to add any observations for the purpose of rendering it more easily intelligible. For those to whom the labour of perusal is too great it would be useless, and for others it would be absolutely superfluous. Mr. HusIMPION reposes with confidence on the principles of his system, which he well knows will be supported the more firmly the more thoroughly it is investigated. He has, therefore, brought forward the subject at this period of the Session, in order that it may be duly examined and approved by the country before Parliament shall finally give it the sanction of legislative authority. CITY, SATURDAY Evawixe. The Money Markets were lighter on Saturday, the rumours that had been put forth with a view to depress them being quite forgotten. In the English Market Con sols were steady at 924 934 for Money, and for the Account 934 4. In the Foreign Market Greek Scrip was much better ; it was done at 5 44 discount. The fall of Patras, so confi dently stated in the French Papers, had necessarily a good effect upon it. We have no doubt, as we have always stated, that this stock will turn out ultimately one of the best things in the market to the holders. The cabal against it must give way; the confidence of the public is clearly not shaken, and the worst is now gone by : all that remains for the Greeks are ftesh triumphs. South American Securities were firm : Colombian Bonds were done at 904, Mexican Scrip (1826) at 1 premium, and we must give Brazilian Scrip at the same price, although we did not hear of any hargaina '..wing done in it; but that we understand was about the quotation. The Old Spanish Bonds were steady at 244 ; and as the Times has backed oaf of its denials of the new loan, and all doubt on that subject is now at an end, we may expect the Bonds to advance considerably; those of 183 were at 184. Advice. were received yesterday that the Danish Go vernment bad approved the terms of the loan contracted with Meesrs. Thomas Wilson and Co. It is expected to be issued to the public in the course of a few days. The amount of this loan is stated to be three millions and a half of three per cent. stock, of which five millions are to be advanced in the present year at 75, and the remaining two millions and a half in the next year at 78. The object of the loan we have already stated to be the reduction of the present rate of interest on the Danish debt. The Globe and Traveller of this evening announces as from authority, that " the United States of North America will immediately follow the steps of England, in reducing the interest of that part of their national debt which consists of stock of a high denomination." A loan for this purpose is represented to he in a forward state. In the Share Market every thing was improving, not withstanding Lord Lauderdale's speech. The New Pearl and Coral Fishery, however, still continues to attract the great st attention. The Shares rose to-dav from 21 to 24 premium, and the opinion was that a - further advance would take place. Pasco Peruvian averaged about 20, and cemed steady at that price. The Mexican Trading Com pany's Shares bore a pr, 'Dim of 74 to 8, and the New Pe ruvian left off at 34 premium. Nothing was done in Co lombian Agricultural Shares, but there was a great deal of bustle in the Australian Company, the Shares of which were as high as X 5 premium. Two new Companies are forming, both of which are well spoken of ; a New Zealand Association for commercial purposes, and the Borneo, Soo Loo, and Banca Company. If the latter should realise half the advantages expected from it, it will be one of the moat valuable speculations of the day. The Stock Exchange had an additional cause of agitation to-day, by reason of the election of the Committee of the Foreign Market. The contest was carried on with a degree of electioneering spirit unusual in this place. The ballot closed at two, after which there was a scrutiny. Not a single bargain, that we heard of, was made either in Coffee or Sugar. About eleven o'clock on Friday night the Duke of York left town, in his travelling carriage, for Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, on a visit to his Grace for a few days. His Royal Highness is then expected to pro ceed to Newmarket, for the purpose of attending the first week of the Spring Meetings. It is understood that the whole of Isis Royal Highness s household, together with all the furniture, &c. in York House, will be removal by the 3d of April, in consequence of his Royal Highness's resi dence bcing about to be pulled down, and the materials sold in lots. Part of the Royal Duke's collection of pic tures, &c. were packed up and removed on Saturday to his Royal Highness s temporary residence in South Audley street. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, travelling under the name of Count de Munster, 1.-. sided on Tuesday last at Oatend with his family. He arrived at Ghent on the day following, and set out again on Thursday on his way to Germany. On Saturday the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augmta. Yesterday divine service was performed to the King's Housabold, at his Palace in Pall-mall, by the Rev. Dr. Blomberg. On Saturday afternoon a Cabinet Council assembled, agreeably to summons, at the Foreign Office, Downing street. - Three o'clock was the hour appointed for the Meeting to take place, but the Members did not arrive till past that time. There were present the Duke of Welling ton, the Earls of Liverpool, Harrowby, Westmorland, and Bathurst, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Secretary Peel, Me. Secretary Canning, &c. The Cabinet sat in de li e:Taloa till ne...rly five o'clock. AReAt-LANE THEATRE. There was an overflo;74 4lll ahouse very early on Sa turday evening, to witness what the bills bad announced to be " the last appearano of Mr. Kean." It had previously been circulated with ne small industry, that several years might elapse before the actor would re-assume his profes sional duties, and the anxiety to witness his performance was commensurate with the fear which this rumour bad excited that be might possibly not return to the English boards. However, weliave his own assurance, and that of Mr. Elliston, th at he will re-appear on the stage before the close of the present summer. The interval will be oc cupied in the fulfilment of several continental engage ments. He commences at Brussels, and is expected to play there in the course of the present week. OF the play of Othello, and of Mr. Kean's delineation of him who " loved not wisely, but too well," we have only to repeat, that his performance is perhaps the finest and , moat powerful representation that can be imagined of a character, perhaps the most interesting in the whole range of the drama. In the third act of this play he displayed the very perfection of the art :—the con flict of the powerful passions of love, jealousy, and revenge revealed in those close denotements working from the heart" was pourtraved with a force, fideity, and Intense ness of feeling that we almost hesitate to call it acting. His Othello is a masterpiece ; it has been termed, and not undeservedly, " the greatest e'en of genius on the stage." Mrs. Bunn performed Emilia, and performed . it better than we ever before witnessed. It is a part sus ceptible of great interest, and it lost none of that in terest in her impressive delineation of it. Mrs. West's Desdemona and Mr. Wallaek's Ingo are below their respective reputation in other characters. Mr. Kean had no sooner fallen on the stage (and the death scene was one of the best) than his reanimation was in stantly required by the trumpet-tongued crowd in the pit and gallery, and no sooner was he thus summoned back to life than he prepared to address the audience in a speech which we subjoin. Various opinions may be entertained as to the propriety of his making any address on this oc casion; but as to the impropriety of several of the topics which he thought proper to introduce into it, there can be but one opinion. It was *either discreet nor decent to bring again before the public that subject, which his facetionsfriend Mr. Elliston told the audience had "soured the mind of Mr. Kean a little." It would have been wise, we should have thought, in Mr. Kean not to draw from oblivion an affair which "bath no relish of satiation in it." As to the boast of "a grand dramatic triumph having been achieved," there was a coxcombry and silliness in the boast which betrayed an equal want both of manly sentiment and moral prudence. Mr. Kean's attack upon the engine that he describes " as placed for his destruction," by which we presume he meant the Press, is bath injudicious and unmerited. The Press—the liberal part of it at least— discriminated between his character as an actor and his conduct as a man; they separated his public from his pri vate station; they distinguished Othello from Mr. Kean, and denied the justice of driving the . former from the stage, for an offence fbr which the latter had already paid the penalty. But we will let Mr. Kean speak for himself. IL.; addrees was to the following effect:— •• Ladies and Gentlemen—ln the powerful conflict of gratifying sensations with which sty bosom glows, you may easily suppose that I cannot possibly express or give vent to my feelings at this moment. To a London audience am 1 indebted fur my first and only sup port ; and by their protection have I been enabled to combat against one of the moat malignant attacks that was ever made on any indi vidual. (Applause. and cries of Bravo.') Without adverting to past circumstances I cannot but feel that a moat powerful engine was placed for my destruction. (Loud cries of • The Times, the Times, aye the Times.)' It was endeavoured to enlist your displeasure against me. But under your patronage and kind countenance I have successfully fought those who appeared as my professional enemies. (Applause.) I should have sunk under the power which was thus raised against me, were I not protected by the shield of that libe rality which is the characteristic of the British nation, and which should be an example of imitation to the world. (Much applause.) To you, Ladies and Gentlemen, am I this moment indebted for my professional existente ; and may I take the liberty of adding, that in the part you have acted you have achieved a great dramatic triumph. (Much laughter and partial approbation.) In reference to the liberal management on this occasion, I beg to express my most grateful acknowledgments. The Manager has acted towards me in the hour of my adversity with the affectionate kindness of a father, a brother, and a friend. With the renewed expression of my gratitude for all your favours, I beg respeetfull- to take my temporary farewell of you, and hope to hare the hon Our of appear. fay before you again early in June." (Applause, mingled with slight disapprobation. ) As Mr. Kean was about to make his final bow and re tire, Mr. Elliston, who stood at the corner of the curtain during the delivery of the speech, came forward, and proved his fatherly and brotherly attachment to Mr. Kean by . a most fraternal embrace. After this theatric exhi bition, which excited bursts of laughter, they, like two waltzers, quitted• the stage. After the storm of mingled disapprobation and applause which followed this speech had subsided, the ballet proceeded, but the audience evinced a disposition to postpone the pirouetting, of Mr. and Mrs. Noble to the appearance of Mr. Elliston, whom, from his late deportment, they rightly judged to be in a speech-making mood. Accordingly, a pretty general cry of " Manager ! Manager !" was raised, principally in the pit, and Mr. Elliston stepped forward to the front lights, and, in a rapid tone of delivery, said, " Ladles and Gentlemen—You have ordered me here ; I am--as I always am..-at my post. What is your pleasure ?" A long pause here ensued, which was only interrupted by some good-natured person in the pit exclaiming, " Good night, Elliston, they only want to make a fool of you." No reason was assigned for the call of the Manager, and as thus no materials were given for making a speech, Mr. Elliston was obliged to fall back upon his own resources. He pro- •• If there be any person here inimical to the interests of the I theatre (Cries of %o, no') ; I ens sure there are none who can be' insensible to the merits of Mr. Kean. (Applause.) Circum stances have occurred, Ladies and Gentleman, which have soured his mind a little. (Laughter.) It might be any man's case ; how ever, Gentlemen, it appears you have agreed to bury all that is past in oblivion. Mr. Kean feels the same I.:whittle now for your tint patronage that he ever did ; I know it. (Laughter and ap plause.) I now have the honour to announce that he will absolutely return in Jne—that he will then perform fur twelve nights, and I hone that for many years afterwards you may hate the opportnnity, Ladies and Gentlemen, of receiving him and me too." (Shouts of laughter ar.d applause.) Mr. Elliston then retired, and the merriment which this eccentric oration excited seemed to keep the audience in perfect good humour for the rest of the evening. We understand that Mr. Kean has entered into a new engagement with Mr. Elliston for twelve nights, at fifty pounds per night. ADELYIII THE•TRE.—This elegant little Theatre closed • on Saturday evening, after a very successful season. At the fall of the curtain, Mr. Lee, the Stage Manager, came forward and addresse d the audience as follows: " Ladies and Gentiemsn—This evening terminates the present brilliant and prosperous season; and I am deputed by the Pm. j prletors to offer a few inning words to their kind and liheral patrons , Ladies and Gentlemen, I am grieved to say, that in consequence of the death of our beloved and lamented proprietor, Mr. lodwell, and the domestic arrangement of his friend and brother proorietor, Mr. Jones, this is, in all probability, the last time I shill have the honour of appearing before you as the representative of the pre sent proprietorship. Under these circumstances, Mr. Jones avails himself of this opportunity of expressing, t"rough me, his heartfelt gratitude to the public, to whom he is proud to acknowledge hill:- self indebted for the uninterrupted sucress with which you have crowned our endeavours to please t and of paying public tribute to the memory of his deceased friend, Mr. Rods ill, to whose superior talents and unwearied exertions he attributes the superior rank which this Theatre now holds in public estimation. !laving performed the duty imposed on me by my proprietor, it yet remains for me to discharge another debt of gratitude. It is customary, at the close of a season, for the Performers, through the medium of their Stage Manager, to express their acknowledgments, and bid farewell to their patrons—but this is no common occasion. The Perfortners of this establishment have for six years been as one family, and we are about to separated. We are about to quit the spot which, for six years, has been the scene of your approving smiles and plaudits. deeply regret it ! I assure you, in the name et my professional brothers and sisters, that however fortune may dispose of us, we shall never cease to remember, with pride and gratitude, the many, many happy hours we have passed in your presence. I now, Ladies and Gentlemen, conclude; and, in the name of the proprietor and performers, respectfully bid you farewell, and may God bleat you! PIIRENOLOGY.—TIie great pressure of matter of a tem porary interest renders it absolutely unavoidable to post pone our notice of Dr. Spursheinfs lectures for another day. The following epitaph is on an old tomb-stone in a church-yard at Sheffield : Here lies the body of SARAN SgXTOX, Who, as a wife, did never vex one— We can't say so Much for her at t'next stone." THE EXHIBITION (IF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS. When we announced in the British Press of Saturday. the opening of the Second Exhibition of the Society of British Artists, we had only room to remark on what struck ns as its most prominent feature of. improvement; via. the absence of that meretricious taste for hill' colour ing which had hitherto prevailed in the British School, to an excess which obscured much of its excellence, and detracted much from its praise. The great hotly of our artists have here shown themselves capable of higher in tellectual exertion. They have shown themselves adequate to performances which may appeal to the meat ligaments judges, and deserve the admiration of the most fastidious. It is a singular fact—but it is not the less true—that the Fine Arts follow the character of nations. In France, in Italy, in Germany, in England, the style of music, of poetry, of painting, are as different as the character of the different nations, and by an accurate observer can be as readily distinguished. We shall at present confine our illustration to Painting, as furnishing a proof immediately connected with the subject before us. The great masters of the Foreign Schools excelled in historic painting; and England is at present, as it always lies been, greatly inferior to them in this department ; but it would be unjust to ascribe this inferiority to any inherent want of power in our artists to attain to the same rank of excellence in the historic branch of the Art. The true cause is to be traced to a very different ori,iin. Religion, in Roman Catholic countries, very early opened afield of exertion, that not only called forth all the talent which could be pressed into its service, but furnished patrons of rank and seeahli to every scholar gifted with the inspirations of his art. Hence proceeded all the grand and sublime compositions which wrap the mind in holy meditation in all their places of worship—the painted ceilings arrested the eye when turned upwards to heaven—the magnificent altar-piece struck the beholder with awe, while it presented to his de vout imagination the history of his faith and the sustained suffering of its martyrs. All the creative powers of genius were called forth in aid of the Catholic church. and to con firm and strengthen, through these means, the reverence exacted by its priesthood. A perfect knowledge of the human form, and a facility of drawing it gracefully in ail its situations, and of fore-shortening it correctly in all its attitudes, was manifestly essential to all historic painting, whether the subject were sacred or classical ; therefore it is that this branch of the Art has been cultivated from the first in the Foreign Schools, and still continues to be cul tivated, though with abated enthusiasm, yet with far greater encouragement; and therefore with greater suc cess than with us. The style of the Dutch School is peculiar and national: it partakes of the coarse habits, and marks the rude unre fined character of the people. The Hollanders had no leaning towards devotional enthusiasm, and no taste for religious magnificence. The productions of their best mas ters—excellent as they are in their way—deal in aeries; of vulgar life, of that bind of life which we may be quite sure made up the popular manners—dancing, elr;mcing, playing at bowls, and all the low excesses of vulgar merri ment. The minds of the painters themselves—it is gas to collect from the want of : lieacy observable in their pictures—were of the sante gross stamp with the common herd, whose manners they transferred to their canvas. We are aware that liesess was the chief of the Flemish School—in whose mind, by the way, there was enough of grossness—and that several names of note are exempt from this reproach ; but these found their chief support and encouragement in a different walk or the Art ; anti they had, moreover, an inherent attachment to the more moral and elevate d conceptions of nature, which a well regulated mind, in every situation, and whatever be its pursuits, will always preserve. In the English School of Painting—whidi is but of modern date—the peculiarity of the national character may be observed to take its own direction. The domestic affec tions are stronger among the English than is any other nation ; they - discover more anxiety to preserve the resemu blance of those to whom they are nearly connected by the ties of kindred or the claims of friendship. Hence portrait painting, from the encouragement it thus receives, is car ried to greater perfection in England than in any other country. The same feeling shows itself with equal activity in the encouragement given to miniature painting, which is no where carried to such a height of excellence. Its influence is in perpetual operation, and occasions a demand for likenesses, from the shadowed profile to the most finished enamel. The fondness for Lang scope is generated by the same na tural tendency iu die English to connect the social feelings with the beauties of rural scenery, and with all those emo tions of the heart and of the mind with which the ho.III), ties of nature are associated. Our favourite poets err those which excel in romantic description ; and we turn eftenest to those pictures which place before us the village church —the bridge—the cottage—the coppice-wood—the hill side clothed with moss and fern—the old barn enriched with weather-stains :—these, with all the local beauties of pastoral scenery, will be found to excite a stronger and more general interest amonoet us, than any other depart ment of painting taken separately. In England, when walking through a gallery of the ancient maters, the visitors, male and female, will pass historical suhosets with little interest, while they dwell with delight on the exqui site productions of Cul- r, and RUYSDALI., and HUB BIMA. This strong preference to the beauties of Land scape arises from the fact that they are more congenial to the national feeling, and consequently produce a more im pressive effect than any pleasure afforded by allegorical, historic, or purely cles.tdcal subjects, however superior their abstract merit may he as works of Art. In what we hare here said we must not be understood as intending, in the slightest degree, to depreciate the labours of those admirable artists who have devoted themselves to the latter branches of the Art. To give for th all those powers of the pencil of which they arc capable is the pre rogative of the highest genius, and may well confer im mortality on its possessors. In truth there is no branch of the Art in which the attainment of excellence does not confer a reward sufficient for the pursuit of ambition. We have been led to the above remarks purely frail a desire to defend the artists of our own country from the imputation which foreigners are but too apt to test upon them, of being inadequate to all the higher efforts of the Art ; by shoving to what causes their superior succos in this department is to be ascribed, and by what peculiar cum stances their superiority Lea been fostered and mrintained. We proceed now to the pictures which most attracted our attention in the present Exhibition, without meaning by this to undervalue the many works of merit which our limited space may oblige us to pas•:. over. . We were struck at our entrance with the burst of sun light which gleams on the mountains of Borrowdale,in G V Xleli extraordinary picture. The effect is magical, lied one which, till now, we had conceived to be beyond the power of the Art to produce. We actually hesitated for some time to decide whether it was not the sun itself bcatniwg on the picture. Many other persona we know were equally in doubt. We consider this picture alone— had he painted no other—as sufficient to rank his name with the very first masters. But this picture wad meet us again as we proceed ; we shall leave it, therefore, for the present, and follow the order of the Catalogue. 13. A Study of John Bold, one of the crew of Paul Jones, who escaped with lira !run: a French pi isca—nowl;ving at the advanced age of 87. C. J. Ox The portrait of This veteran pirate is drawn with great force; the features bespeak his character; they are ex pressive, even in advanced age, of all that ferocity and firmness of purpose which marked him in the vigour of life. It may impart additional interest to the picture to state—as the artist in jnatice to it should have done—that the red flag which ha bears in his hand was meant by the bearer to testify that he gave so quarter ' and that the black skull-cap which he wears upon his head was called— among the desperate crew to which lie belonged—the cap' of death. 14. The West Front e j - Not re Dante, Rouen. D. RoBIRTs.• This is a composition which, with several oilmen of a Similar kind in the *sent Exhibition, displays this Artist's talent to great advantage. The rictute is fultof lite and activity. whieh add much to the attraction of its principal subject. The colours distri buted in the difftsent dresses of the assembled troupes contribute greatly to the liveliness of the seem If the building itself were of a less cold and sandy hue, we should like it better, as being more in harmony with church architecture, and more specially with that style' of it in the represeutralea of which Mr. tiobetr, rt elm - witty netts. (To be eon& twil.) ae ,. SOCIETY OF ARTISTS. The Second Anniversary Bineer of this Associatien took place at the Society's Rome, Suffolk-street, Pall-tuall East, so Sour. "T A. Chair was taken at halt past six o'clock by T. C Horr. LAND, Esq. President of the Society, who was supporta& en the right by Sir Francis Burdett and the honourable Agar Eli* and on the left by the Honourable Douglas Kinnitird and C. B. Wall, Esq. M.P. After the cloth am removed, and "Benedict us sit Dens" IMPS by the professional gentlemen present, The Cnstitstste gave "The King," which was drank with three times three. "Ood save the King." "The Duke of York and the rest of the Royal Family." Glee, " Now the bright morning star." The Hon. AGAR ELLIS said, he felt pecpliar pleasure in pro posing the neat toast, connected as it was with the gratification he tirrised from the very brilliant display of an that covered these walls. Ile berNed to propose " The President and Society of British Artists." _ The Cunt n MAN said. he felt himself inadequate to the task of expressing his gtatimde and the gratitude of the Society for the manner in which the last mast had been received. He begged to take that opportunity of saying a few worsts respecting the notices which led to the establishment of the Society, which was the mote necessary. as it was of vital importance that their views and obiccta should not be misunderstood or mi. , prescnted. The Royal Aca demy, which bud been established or out late revered !Rom reh, inigiat be considered up to I.st year it's the only lastitution for the encouragement and promotion of the Arts in this cruutry No one could be rnore ready to acknowledge the benefit derived from that . . frottitutiou than hi - veself; but..frOm the great increase of artt'sts and the growing taste for the Fine Aua, the Royal Academy be. came inadequate to supply the wants created by the increase to which he had alluded; consequently they had been obliged to look around for means proportionate to their increasing wants. They were obliged to leave the Parent Institotion.a: d c doniae, from wain of room. 'I hey had come here to build a hive of their own, and that was the canna which gave birth to the "Society of British Artists." Their real motives in originating the Society had been, to obtain an opportunity of placing their works before the public for exhibition and sale; and they wished it to be understood duet they were not opposed to any Institution for the promotion of the Fine Arts in the country. Ile was happy to he able to say that, their success had surpassed their moat sanguine expectations. This was only the second year of their existence, end the liberality of their patrons had already enahled them to pay off I.OOW. of the 6,000 i. incurred by their occupation of those rooms. All future do nations and the profits of exhibitions would be devoted to the com pletion of the purchase. He again thanked the literal and et:tight. tined patron% of the Fine Arts for the encouragement they had extended to the Society, and begged personully to return his warmest thanks and those of the Society f or the honour row done them.—Gite--" The spring. the spring, the pleasant spring." The CuatitMAx said, previous to proposing the next toast, he wait desirms of submitting to their attention a communication he hid jitst rective I from a gentleman. whose name deserved to be al ways mentioned with respect and admiration, connected as it was chit the Arts, and every generous and litters' principle. He thought it hardly necessary aft-1i this to mmtiert the name of Mr. Soane. " Mr. Soane presents his best thanks to the President of the So ciety of Britis h Artists for the honour done him by the invitation to their second annual feitival : lie laments his inability to attend, but begs :o offer his be.' wis:tcs for their prosperity, a... 01 as Prates sir of Architecture to the Royal Academy, he encloses a cheque for 25 guineas to a•sist the objects of the Society." This was the seentid donation of Ord liberal and enlightened Artist: he hed be fore presented the Society with a sum of 50 guineas: but this was only one of the many instances in which Mr. Soane had shown himself ready to patronise and support the Arta. Mr. Swine's li berality was the more gratil'yieg on the present occasion, because it In-oval he was wilting to consider them as not opposed to the Royal Academy. bid only a branch of that Institution, formed for the furtherance ore common object He begged leave to give, " The President and Royal Academy," with three. Glorious Apollo." The Ctratl.MAN said, Gentlemen could not but be aware how much the Fine Arts were indebted to the exertions of the Noble men a•ld Gentlemen composing the British Institution. That So ciety had formed the first School fir painting in this country ; they' first exhibited pictures with a view to their sale; and by their an nual exhibition of the works of the old Masters. gave to young Ar tists an opportunity of looking at mute throuiet the medium of standard a orks. The exhibitions of th • British Institution, which had been previously kept open till August, were now cloud in April. This abridgment of the customary period had formed one of the grounds and motives for the establishment of the Society of British Artists. During the months of flay, June, and July, they had no opportunity of coming before the public except by the means now afforded by this Society. They were notwithstanding anxious to contribute to the support of the British Institution, and spare them as many pictures as possible, because they felt grateful for tho services that Society had rendered to the cause of Art in this country. He would conclude with proposing " The President, Governors, and Directors of the British Institution." The Hon. AGA! Ettis, an one of the Directors of the British Institution. begged to return thanks for the manner in which the last toast had been received by the assembly. He could not avoid repeating his congratulations o" the display of talent he saw around him. It held nut a hope that this Socioty would mainif contribute to what had sieve formed the object of the British Institution—the promotion of the progress of the Fine Arts in England. " Hail, smiling Morn." Toast—" The Water Colour Painters of Great Britain." Song, by Master S pith—" Home, sweet home." The CHAIRMAN said he had now to propose a toast which be MAN sure would warm every heart in the assembly— " The Donors and Subscribers to the Society of British Artists." —Drank with three times three. • klr. C. B. WALL, M.P. said, his subscription to the funds of the Society was so small in antotint, as hardly to afford him a claim on their attention fur the new observations with which he should trou ble them. But in the absence of many gentlemen who had sub scribed more liberally, he felt he should be wanting in his duty to them and to himself, if he forbore to state how sensibly the honour conferred by the Society was felt and appreciated. No individuals in the country could have the cause of British Artists more at heart than the Duke of Bedfotil nrd Sir Gerard Noel, as their conduct on this and all other occasions hail proved. His Hon. Friend on his right (Mr. Ellis) had already complimented them on the nature of their Instimtion,and the high talent displayed in the present ex hibition. It was unnecessary for him to allsl any thing upon those points ; but lie avid not avoid commending the good feeling that appeared to pervade the Society on the ' , abject of other similar in stitutions. Ile thought that feeling, seconded as it had been that evening by the discretion and good taste evinced in all the observa tions that had fallen from their worthy CI airman, more likely to add to the prosperity of the Society titan any other c 'arse that could be adopted. Their grand object should he union, and to nuke as many friends and as few encodes u Glee—" %Vint equals on earth the delights of the horn." The Cues haus/ then gave—d. The Visitors who haze honoured the Society with their prosence this day." The ilarantrable IS. KIN NAI RD said. he was requested by their Amiable and Worthy Chairman to prepare a toast which he felt great pleasure in giving. At the sane time he was de sired by his brother visitors to acknosledge the honour they had conferred upon them in drinking their health. He assured them the pleasure they enjoyed in the display that surrounded them bad more than compensated their attendance, without this additional ninth of their respe.i. Ife thought the toast he was about to propose, though last. would rot bc least in the recollec tions of that evening. Ile withal to give the health of a party most deeply interested in the success of the Institution. and in ob taining patronage from the public. for the Arts. Already had they pail a tribute of gratitude to all those individuals who had assisted in the present honourable elide:taking ; it remained for him to ac. knowledge the liberality of these artists who had slept forward and ventured their hard-earned gales for the benefit of the Arts, and to assist the exertions of their less successful brethren. They had already drank prosperity to the donors and contributors to the So ciety. There was a set of men more deeply interested—he meant those artists who depended on this ssiociety for their livelihood. In giving the health of the Exrabitors, he did not do it merely out of 1 gratitude for the amusement to be derived (rein their labours, but front a deep conviction of the utility of their ettrtions. In nut pictures an individual not only grat:fied himself, but he incited a meritorious and ilseful net of men ; and he trusted the effect of there exhibitions would be to cause gentlemen of fortune to purchase pictures fmm artists who were not as )tat in a sienotion to command success for their works. In drinking the health of the Contributors to this Exhibition, he considered himself as having to do with many men who were likely to go down to pee terity. Ile could point with satisfaction to the picture on the of the Chairman. as me production of a Royal Academician (Mr. Northcutt:), and he keret rn man more distinguished by Ids talent: and his virtues. But there were film.) other names in the list of ORR tributors which need not fear corn:minims with the most c e lebrated artists in any other irocieiy in the kitigdoin. Ile thought the com pany would feel rewarded io drinking the health of " The Exhi bitors," by a sense of Inc merits ef these indivithials. Sir F. fII!RDE T rose amid loud and continued cheers and said. their Chairman had pet a toast into his hands which he felt himself unworthy of soopesing, but if wishing well to the cause of Art could entitle hint to the honour for which he had been se lected, be was free to say no man could feel a warmer interest in the success of the Fine Arts generally, andin the triumph of British Art in particular. He did not pretend to pease , ' the ability or Se formation necessary to constitute a judge of theArta, but lie heartily wished them success, becamie lie cersitered them an honour to the country. lie would merely purp ose—" Prosperity to the Fire Arta," adding his own sincere wish for their success. The CHAIRMAN said these moms had, net Thursday last, been honoured with the presence of her Royal Highness the Princess Augueta. liar Royal Highness examined every pic:ote. and ex pressed lien high admiration of the Exhihi•ioo. She had been fur ther pleased to say she would report her favourable opinion in the highest quarter. He thought this communication could not fail to be gratifying in the highest degree to the, assembly. Ile had now to give it tuat, which lie was sure would warm all their hearts— " The Ladies. Honortry keembers of the Society." The Crtalnsisw thin proposed " the health of Sir G. Noel." " Mr. roan" " Mr. Lintot, Secretary to the Society," alto returned thanks. " 3lessrs. Kinnaird and A. Ellis." " Sir F. Burdett." " Alr. Glover, Vice President." Mr. CLOVER returned thank.. Sir F. Bunlett, the Hon. A. Ellie. and several of the guests re tired at an early hour. but the hiderity of the evening was outlawed a ithout abatement up ft., twelve o'clock. -. _ ...-, .1 Ft ." ~- ~, ~~ .I• 1