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, 1 . LIT r d `l'u lu Lif e W ILLIAM ETTY. Alexander Gil °, William Etty, B.A. By , christ. 2 vols. David Bogue. g i t l f t i 15 difhellit to comp;ehenil how any one could Ilike own„deliberately to the composition of a w . ork . , 1 1:- t t he one here submitted to our consideration • ~.. . but that the subject chosen by Mr. Gilchrist . '-'', :a i tself, . . '." .. tin.-- aufßciently attractive :. namely,: the • 4-61-aPhY of William Etty, 4 abstract cadeui* • is, in th e ician. Not but that an art-memoir.. ~n.. the late distinguished aLtereat ,at all times fraught with , to the more intelligent among the analytical ia. peculiari lige "te of literature. 11 ,, pecially when it soi before P ! i ) eus that the art-inernoir, as in the instance posii:,sioiis:eletidrtteieocsinaptepecodt.ra.ltrtshe celebration of a man' Seat. beyond .No--the 0 1 la t I N: average r aegpee species a rf man g y i e f e o t m e m d i _- which bY right, the present volumes 4PPertain •ii "' ' men we admire ; we 1 ~as an ioustrative speci • , to b a( Mire the selection herein made of the , tlie e an e e s r e treated of as an example in this same sp . 1 . (I°-n e+inlMeition. Wliat we reprehend in the ,p u r , i . ) y ;ILdi.-eu under notice is something w"der a l s to i tiodweritnetr; niThe source of our bewilderment, as any ~V4adel7ssiblY l in his Sober senses could—we have come to pass thatrepeat it liketrwn iL" rately to the composition ofa t • , e one here submitted to our consideration— °k cie is d i b o ,secvera,we _ o w i o l_ rk not • the general character of I Tetereas an artfbiograluphy, not - in its particular , _ . cha -1,48 a Metilerlal narrative of the ' Life ofWif tl y," let Etty," b t b • “ u rieoy and simply, and candidly, its Ils aeknowled e it , in the style of the work a ;,4 literal-. more --., Lnp( ! )sition. Anything Pretgezal, anything more affected, anything more esuin e ,, rB6 , l Y, and yet, we must . admit, too, mor,rthe ,„0,-"',Y, preposterous than the mannerism,o, Pre flee,,e production, from first to last, reeelle„t°s Appendix we cannot easily f r r e o c m all_to l o e n n r P ea lion, It is as if the two volumes had ea ce ,, - 1, 0 7 a sort of a Brummagem of the reeZrie celebrant of Teuffelsdroch, and 6,,-,4.er, i n a imitator o that, 7ziation. moment of more than ordinary hoarlk tlonestly spoken of, the entire work lees % re gard to style, literally nothing more ome. toe inn Carlyle fairly out-Carlyled. Wilf u l - letters, distinguished by mor A e ? torting leiy eri • antl Utterly needless, and horribly dm curt Pj f eli those an trii i "e of phraseology, by more of those idiomatic coactriP„e4ted sentences, by more of those is cithadities, . of wit" and 44d -48 ° f language, more of those idle a„crti on of those ,"sooterkine . h fl aw as with str 3 ot lingual extravagance, b ciuirks, ell rrellt 414 ' aud flies, and mud lum w ps i t c h . the amber ,e reteersi,?fthe Philosophy of Sartor Resartu . We (11_,ife'er nothing in any way comparable to the h i t i :ae to t.helifir,:eirilliayienarEstatygor,in these particulars,unless ktae t • "rdly-less caricature mannerisms .. adopted bin an °f the Lord Protector, by an anonymousterton. from the writings of the ties ' e r of the boy -poet, Thomas Chat , _ e dis c i 1 ap his as thous,P es of Mr. Carlyle would actually . aiS abs,h they recognised his b e it Nerve ,!rilities. We speak of their gen . i d u n s l, only in of hi s i n ct ,..7", with reverence for the scope and depth (I temptcen "`adeet, but with something very li A tt f le te s r h t r h , r e t „ , for his style of composition. t lassi `3841131a --had they been among the votari w es o o r_ f ehippeelPatigatlistn—they would . infallibly have . . 4 0t for L'-!-813hceitos, and the lerg e , 'le being the spouse of Beauty, not for his god-like vigour— iseetl; for the everlasting thunderbolts, but,_ — ftohre resiii l ' e l . the splaw foot and the bandy leg—the of 4, 11 8 of that little accident of his on the than of Etty, more ridiculously even t ll lle g i : P B lier 4liri 8 ° has it fallen out that the is e a n a vowed emu lateerPYlnous biographer achatterton, lilly,,XloMas Carlyle (save the Mark!) y_ ; b f t a e ks and eVauorated mimi cry o f his dramatic re h as care -1 affeetaiOnS. 4 , justification of everything written e arl - th e • of eu - t Carlyled .• s*„. grotesque affectations here I keei'i a l l ; on the part of Mr. be very readily eitteetcohlost the mi g ht lier' It were invidious, however 4 it - a; Unnecessary as ver, and alto- Gilchrist, pas uote more Our f illustration. tlitter, few se ntences by way " it ma y be rem em red 8 tnaternal grandfather, invidious, to q. present biography, Na abed he readers of the village of Hayton, 44 e;k,Peinaker at I ll eet - *l.t i re---his paternal hamlet of Holnie a a the grandfather being a o,_-u•thii4.6ll,t at the neighh"--rik9e'„, o f the former IlYillia,„P,alding-Moor. SPea'-',Jane, as the pro teeitor,7 ualverley) and his wife_ (fi let tor, Redstone 1 h st writes affec tedly. -"er reentioned), Mr. Gilchrist . Redstone, Esq. t4teo.ra-1,11"Ileir unique claim, G l a c n trti -"'enersa lay i n authorship of seems, their only this brivht, th,..sad iie „ , , 1 5 1 ._ ire , whomti'liwa,itheoountldany lee 'llLeg,4l:o‘l6 rill. been.b'e"ingThthaeny, I.:ili t ,w il riti o. 4 fil! more . prep , ost b e i r o o g u r s ap ? he N r eev,tenrtylieet tliBju Pereuioo this, Etty a _. ~..s . act z\r,t l' Over his hero's D ii i t a t r i 80,4114 e s (I hertne,"o, as ,i . ihB ), adding a 'ow iILCO- It, e.4ti6ev, NO Journal with of ieesfuarsth"entr `mere fr y mot thillah- p i tyingly)' as any tirl st (al ,:`, Mid talking yet later of our accountant cg no e lsewi; 1114,ster -, . 9N nimarian, or logiciau l . k T thus, , ~his elai n „ e re (ii. I,,°„' rhetoric who could Etty . " l' - ' wer e io j 9, of "a man like EJ - 1 ,, jail ty ,.....ti 0 rinß; - 8 , not extrinsic ; Y an . based a th m eproxy or whose B ' B ' l l ieri ntit erf . quack or Pretender, nor the . ' e of th A c 'r a boadfi de 'Notable. Arid whose 1 - 4s e - Pron..: • 1%, ere: il.c7ieties of punctuation (ii. Pea, c ,, e buri n , , c , ll as the one here subjoined of his life the seul 6 the last ten years - t e ,, u ld result as c ore hou r , th from constraint te) Wag reitoo_ ere spent, free lib e net Atollfaud he cared . not to visit of hie rt Y'•••-- Yat his ease and master i • y eati , haaib__ • it of his res 3 ' retirein ered among the where happiest _ em , ,_ fces 1, eat. On whose style could m: ,:illopro littl e lower down e • • to the the same page into qteivtter tOgh::\trl. floridpi•ose, an excerpt from a A era lik e : 1 lee° of uncertain dat e , may represent 415 11 0 0 th e wriete ebrating Autumnal pleasures the , e." „it ttt,., ,ter of nits " fl orid pros: be j oco s e er his Wl°,,copiou, iY II B O `` disjunct notes," sorrowful _e_vabeing gatia, °llerenee,and stipercilinis at hi se vo, , --Lariarip, dip, "le eo • Protesting against all this follati r i e rgY and fervour of an unaffected 1 'ue im e- ' we naust the ‘'llstry w i th n.evertheless . heartily commend .. w . i n tl_i l Uat e • , which Mr. Gilchrist has collected 4144 nal s of l' together; er o which us narrativo, and the materials he has grouped those •t;g ar , s ? Of piet,ne,d serutinisinright skilful point aly from the ~,t e4! to .. ' the ,lteuloir st, - William Etty will re-. . the ariaiii ha te attentive reader, through tip 8 ola,z e the 1 4-like of the writer's mannerism a s l , l )!tn(le, tic. qttL, , b . -- Pe of his 1., w" of the artist's genius through rise in the - A k e • -- ilie, from its obscure al . or 1. after tlttit !ore Cod Feasegate to the period when, c l hi e 1 1 ., 44.aq expandine• as it advanced, nt the th e current. I , ll4o r ea otclrY became en ul hed, on the inevitable i' a rrath: `tei.atii, by the ocean gP of eternity. It is . the N il th' e (31 BiXty-two ( pia th e 1 0th ef March, 1 787, when William Etty years and upwards--viz., I. t a 3 1) 0 41 a fatnily of ten, fourth among °ti t at bro. 20 Fease , Yate, in . the city- t 1 e ii:aol_t tinthe 1 3th five s of) life " city f , of irovembei• 1.819 . , ' peacefully after a of e x ork he expired . almost4rernittin labour d rein when in i remunerative fame 811wi,tri g an tieieZu_i arr his birth-place. ow-shot of the spot henceforth to em,laith 'n 0,! art classic as that of 0 4 %Stahl used tl 0 tub art and more recently with our of Etty (he himself . . It peek with e, the father coincidence) t 4 t 4 rililler4 a plintees pride of the Y vra e, ~, • Besides being a miller, baker of ginger old Matthew aa. lt, seen", moreover, a CS ' Oelebrate • oa Rerhreto d gingerbread,parts, dweight o - L eaar 0 .7 . , bought Plentifully by the poun in those . ii‘ e le 1( 1,i - 1T', a Yst and carried home by turdy '"tle )°-Ling and all, for the delight of theirs me the Yorkshire r4ill lItY611"w-haired rosy-ebeeked children. Tt the kito4 walla it). °°(l °ll the "Mount," - not far beyond being 11 0 ted as gingerbread war ,... eh t o_us w e alls, at 1 ,, ~ 2 0 , i afresaid, within the uL b Y cc poetic enat e ,, ," the Feasegate. There te Gilchrist „s4ely „i?' hire liiirean Form," as Mr.may t e h t ° ,!' i iil;l; B ,.._ ,? not only first drew t breath, but .a this on `Vte ;here. also. " first ried ,, his H 'p o r * en e t a ue paternal ginfferbread. 1111 fie 41 , -Y i have been there William remained, IVi te r l e care of his :mother, Mistress Esther, ht °f ho nest ...- 1,. •nger ead 6 , matthe i r Etty, the Yorh . gi ~....1 , iltreerley. alcer, and datigh ter of plain - William U , l e t! roPeinaker of Hayton but cousin, at the . ': lll af tree t 1 4 no leas mai ;•lificent a personage than a gre a v ' a h e ealy I I , e r•eY Redstone, Esquire, of the mighty, ' l l , l p • - :,, - ,.se '' in the same village—high., 13 ss r 111'3- "" °le b of the county squirearchy ! arti,,,.. , mer his ns Cho' fi.ketch of i mother's face has revealed I NO 8 Vlsage of a sibyl, rett,4„--t e,euntenance with lips compressed, 'et atillken, and nose almost hookedly aquiline. t ti 0 be ~ , ' deemed by Sir Thomai'Law °ugh 1 , 4 face for a Madonna." Inco . ngruously ti le li ' "°wever, With, which description comes be ken("elier one of Mr. Gilchrist, to wit, where Pairr e rll t s ils with the fact that Mistress Esther, h rll the - i,',..` l e squire, cllild of the ropemaker, spoos -."4/Yal A 'lt B ,r °E . ging, •rbread, !lot oni-',_ ealelnician, wore the breeches ; ' and and mother o , f the' _ 'llall y 4 ,v s rore th em, wore t that the said breeches ex t:(10111 ,r,ame her," at, l'east so far as that incon- Y linlrreent can fairly be said to become in any , , beilv of the tili a feminine. From the fostering care of 6reechc," 'd Parent -- beloved in spite de_ -. tPatchel----, at appears , to have been first ”pt 1,,,, . a ...‘ th e school 1 , 11 t hef , :11'5* Munn hard ' tende r eve of three, to a i'v the paternal bakery_ 'l.('‘'i,l e."Begate- Later on, he seems to have b . e . en _., () r thoe°tlY re (1 ) . 111 , moved from the hornbook tuition •KtYar,,,,„l3._,°-- scnoohnistresa to somewhat more Ih n'e "'"' a eaile rn •' 1 ' reputable, but now 4 Pntab ie Y lu. tie then a ePti e i 7 Court of B e a m% where . one Mr. I tith t\-1 kept his little flock order in a Daltor,at niore formidable implement than . 'ketal,4„e''ok, the elastic ferulein - kje‘la'g°4ll4i Thence et hater, t ilt s ern ' , y bryo Titian was promoted to another.academy pre sided over by a certain Mr. Hall, at Pocklington: after remaining in which retreat for about two years William Ettywas taken home to be —appren ticed. Apprenticed he really was, when between eleven and twelve-years of age, on the'Bth of Oc tober, 1798, to a Hull letter-press printer ; Etty's master in the craft being Robert Peelci publisher of the Hull Packet, a local Mereley newspaper. Wonderful now is it to remember( if the future artist; renowned among so. many living painters of cele brity, that no less than -a tenth of his life was passed (inertly for his artistic fame) in Mr. Peck's Hull printing establishment. The 'happy day of his re lease arrived, of course, at last—the "golden hour of tselve " struck at length on the 23d Of October, 1805, when William Etty was entiancipated from the uncongenial thraldom of his apprenticeship.. Not, however, before he hail faithfully discharged every duty requiring to he fulfilled " to the satis faction of the Master and the credit of the Ap prentice," as was set forth in so many words by Robert Peck in his endorsement of the youth's in dentures. Nearly a month after the date of that endorsement, Etty was still working as a journey man printer. At length the signal came or the dawn of his ambition— the summons arriving at Hull from a beneficent uncle, Mr. Bodley, of the firm of Bodley,. Etty, and odley, gold-lace merchants. Thereupon in his nineteenth year, William Etty fairly commenced his career of fame, arriving in the winter of 1805 and 18)6,• in what he calls the " dear city" of London, whence he was ultimately to return hOme to die in his native York, with the ripened and lasting glory of having established his name among the blazoned catalogue of our more illustrious Academicians. Although his parents were Methodists, and possi bly may have been Whigs or Radicals into the bar gain, William Etty was, it appears, in politics a Tory, and in religion a member of the Church Establishment. We all know what he was in Art. More particularly all those are aware of the posi tion Etty really attained as a celouris', and as a delineator of the " human (form) divine" who en joyed the luxury we well remember to, have par ticipated in ourselves, during the summer of 1.849, when so many of Etty's paintings were collected together in the Adelphi, within the compass of a single exhibition. A glorious • show—the last of the artist's triumphs—the crowning one among all his many brilliant successes—for, as we have eeen, before the close of the November of the same' year he had expired. Orthodox we have already describ:d Etty as being both in regard to Toryism and the Church Establishment. Nevertheless it is impossible not to observe throughout his correspondence the evi dence of a romantic attachment to the genius of Roman Catholicism. His tender love of his Art was something extraordinary. His ever-gentle and ever-lively affection for his native city, "dear old Ebor," was no less remarkable. Yet to neither of these can we assert his devotion to the abstract ideal of the Papacy to have beau subordinate. As to his Art—we know how William Etty ex ultedover his escape from the printer's office 'to the painter's atelier. How be rejoiced over the first presentation to him of a box of water-colours. How his heart was gladdened when Uncle Bailey paid down a hundred guineas on the 2d of July, 18)7, for the privilege of placing him as a pupil for one. year under Sir Thomas Lawrence. How his toil was lightened on the 29th of October, 1814, by his nomination as A.R.A. ; and yet more, how his whole soul became sunned with joy on the .19th of February, 1828, when the magic initials A.A. marked his elevation from the honour of Associate to the dignity of Academician. Nay, yet more, we cannot but remember in reference to the last and greatest of his artistic successes already parti cularised—we mean in regard to the collective exhibition of his works in 1849 at the So ciety of Arts' Gallery in John-street, Adelphi— we cannot but remember, we say, in reference to that noteworthy occasion, how the painter (writ ing to one of his friends) proudly acknowledged that sitting "down in a chair in the midst of these my children "—" I then felt it to he something to be William Etty." Beyond all which we cannot but recognise his enthusiastic passion fir his Art as perhaps most significantly testified, am.mg all these especial indications of it, by the circumstance tha: a little later on in that same year, 1849, as he stood in the midst of his works—his " children," as we have seen he tenderly designated them —Etty was observed to be "in tears"—on the morning of the clearing away after the close of the Exhibition. Again, as to York. Etty's unflagging affection for his birth-place, and everything • relating to it, was manifested during his life by a multitude of incidents of which we have here preserved to us the commemorative particulars. How continually he spoke of his native city as having been the na tive city also of Flaxman, the sculptor, and of Alcuin,the!earned. How he struggled hardearel, in some measure be it said, successfully, to secure the preservation of the ancient walls surrounding Ehor, together with the four antique bars and barbicans —the North Bar of Bootham, the South of Mickle vate the East 'of Walmgate, arid the West of' M.nl—treasures to Etty, though rubbish to the York Corporation. How genially he cried out, through a sanguine letter to a favourite correspon dent on the 21st of July, 1843, in the then vague but cherished anticipation of ultim ttely removing from London to a permanent residence in his birth place— " Happy Willy Etty, in the thought of living in dear old York !" A dream realised in the end, but, as it unhappily chanced, only on the very eve, as it were, of the painter's dissolution'. Further than this, Etty's love for'York we find betrayed in the most copious effusions of tenderness through every reference male by him, and such references are frequent—to that archaeological cynosure of neighbouring eyes, that (to him) architectural pa ragon of perfection, his beloved York Minster—to his travelled, Yorkshire, fancy, T 1 blest, and grandest of all God's cathedrals. demon Thus we og find de. Etty execrating, as a fiend or struction, the cc crackbrained fanatic Martin (brother of the celebrated painter), who set tire to his glorious minster in the February of 1829. Thus, again, we find him " bursting into tears" when, years afterwards, he hears that, on the 22d. of Allay, 1840, the same magnificent edifice was partially destroyed by a second Con flagratien. While, nine years further on, we rind hinvapostrophising the saute holy structure, in im passioned hyberbole, as his " Bride—she " whose Breiw is bound round with rubies and sapphires, with amethysts, with emeralds"—she " who is so lovely to mine eyes, so _dear to my heart, so captivating to my imagination I" It is indisputable, however, that, besides bid Art, besides his birth-place, possibly we should rather say because of his tender affection for both York and Painting—William Etty cherish d a deep, and earnest, as we have renaarkedalready, a "romantic and enthusiastic love of Catholicism.' Although to the last a staunch and orthodox Protestant ! And so we find Mr. Gilchrist talking of his (Etty's) "pre dilection for the Catholics." We find Etty himself dilating warmly upon "that ancient and truly pd.etic religion"—the Roman Catholic. We- find him " attending mass," and reading with gusto the " Ages of Faith"—in fact, as .his biographer him, "an Amateur Romanist." Indeed, Mr.. Gi lchrist candidly avows, in reference to Etty's ethi cal predilections—" His sympathies were all with the religion of the Old Times, with the builders of York and Westminster, the painters of the Vatican, - of the Sistine, and.of the Palaces. of Venice"—the " Ancient Faith," as Etty himself called it, " that of Alfred, St. Augustine, St.'Bernard, St. Brtino, and Fenelon—not forgetting Michael Angelo, and a host of other good an great men." To it he was wont to insist the world was indebted for the second existence of " sculpture, music, painting, and archi tecture." To it, moreover, he maintained that we (English) were indebted for the " introduction of Christianity." Wherefore, knowing all these ardent sentiments of bid in reference to Catholicism, it is assuredly not by any means marvellous to over bear Etty at one time exclaiming indignantly— " They call those which -produced obese noble works (such, of course, for example, asYork Minster) the darker ages ;" adding, " with all tlieir gaelightl defy them to prove theirs lighter." Neither is it; wholly bewildering to hearken to him at another. ejaculating passionately, "Oh ! Holy Mother Church ! dear Catholic Church ! how deeply I venerate thee—thou who produced such glorious efforts"—as (say) the beloved York Cathedral.-- It is observable in all this how strongly the enthusiasm of the artist burnt through prejudiesa,-- hoive ver seemingly incombustible in their nature, through hereditary methodism and individual orthodoxy— , religious antipathies and political predilectiona— burnt, so to speak, perennially upon the altar of his heart, the vestal fires of homage. to the Sublime and Beautiful. As the hiogripher of William Etty, as the nar rator of his p-rsoual history awl the celebrant of his arti s ti c genius, Mr. Gilchrist has the indisput inritalrikfeall3tieefore us, vividly able merit of bringing the man - as lie actually was l e ) o r m oa n c i ti e i l i n l in his more or less re characteristics. Everybody who reads these two volumes, however cursorily, before 4.- g or t a h t e i i t r e. William has acquired an intimate acquaintance with the individual of Whom they are short, broad. and avykward dress d propria persona—ltia lovenly—his frame Etty stands before' tes give;as his face long t c his .arge; and sandy : " one of thegodu'es'tl-aloiotkii'rn pitted . in pith the his brow small-pox ; his eyes hlit?al7 gild • says Mr. Gilchrist ; what "a sight"—yet with a " revelation of egneeirigiuysatrhue a young lail oddest-looking I creatures,'l w i c o k ud lv i c i a c s " a s z i o g u n man ual a veri ti :f b e y koh l . co l untenance, too, ;diving , : ,s n a l u e othr w u iiit s- i bot t h i r i ne e , 3 or William Etty with whom Mr. - Gilchrist renders his readers agreeably familiar. Bolwell-like he reveals his hero to us even in reference to his little homely, domestic peculiarities. Such as his insa tiable thirst for tea, or his delight in perching hintiself, in the Life Academy, ' upon a high hard stool, even when grown old and asthmatic. Beginning with his arrival in London, We follow Etty into all his various lodgings in the metropolis, finding him housed in' 1811. at 15, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, in 1812. and 1813 at. 23,' Pavement, Moorfield.s., ,in 'lBl4 atSurrey- street, Strand, whence herremoved in 1820 to 16; Bishop's, otherwise Lambeth, otherwise S'otngate Walk, Westminster-bridge, whence again in 1824 he finally removed to Buckingham-street, Strand. • Finally, we say, because there Etty re mained to the last during his protracted reeidence in London—faithful during 23 years to that one abode, namely, from 1824 to 1847. Here it was in 1843 that we find him regaling Sir Robert Peel . in his studio upon a luncheon of beef and porter" —here during many a cosy evening he re freshed a gathering of brother artists with his favourite . " dish of tea," and what Mr. Titmarsh calls the "domestic muffin," together with 'other the like frugal accompaniments. A glimpse is caught every now and then during the course of Mr. Gilchrist's narrative of the life of our great Painter, of one or other among his congonial con tempararies thus linking together the times when Fuseli, and Lawrence, and Stothert, and Hayden, and Hilton, and , Collins, and Con stalde,• and Wilkie, and Leslie, and Turner, and Mulready flourished, bringing us gradually to our own days when Maclise and Stanfield, and East lake are among the more conspicuouS of our art celebrities. The biographer of Etty of course makes due mention of the great Colourist's method of painting—recording in this way more than one of his noticeable habits and peculiarities. It is thus, for example, we learn that Etty bought his forty - guinea lay-figure from Huot of Paris, pro curing his brushes from Dagneaux, of the same capital, and having his canvass invariably prepared by Brown, of Holborn, from whom also he Obtained his colours—those colours productive in his hands 'of ao many miraculous masterpieces ! Although Etty, once upon a time, when bothered to reveal some supposed trick or artifice of his in regard to a "Medium " declared banteringly to his querist, " The only Medium I use is Brains"—we here discover that his canvasses were really always prepared "in a peculiar manner" with • a " rough absorbent ground, tempora or fresco-like" his vehicle being composed of one part satu- palette to go .when he beard :the roar.of cannon at a distanc:3, and the rattle of musketry - ! " In which picturesque situation—a, situation expressive of his all-absoroing - devotion to his art—let us close the door on our great Colourist. CIVIL AND MILITARY REORGANISATION OF THE ME DIOA L PROFESSION. ELEVATION 'OF THE MOST 'EMINENT TIONRRS TO - SEATS-. IN THE PRIVY COUNCIL: • TO THE EDITOR. OF T.-1111 SIB,—I have to thank you for your courtesy in publish ing my letter of last February to Lord Panmure. It is true, his lordship has suffered from the " embcirrasltte richesses," for his volunteer advisers- might", well -be called " legion," but we may hope he has the discrimination and the courage to carry out- the right measures. His infirmity of the "gout " be basin less degree.than had the " great Earl of Chatham," the most energetic and success ful War Minister that England ever possessed. It is to Lord Yaninure's credit, us a lilmeral Scotchinan, that ho disapproves the " Scoticism " introluceil tiy tors. W. ire gor and Burnett into the medical staffs of the army and navy ; a system of fitvouritisua towards ome province - of the empire which has proved highly detrimental to both services. This is an evil whi c h canbe swedily removed. My recommendations t o th e G ove r nmen t nosy be reduced to the followi ng t op i cs : - 1. The forw a , i on of a "National Sanitary I 3 oard," • to be invested with a " vo i ce potent i a l" i n the medicalaffairs of war a n d o f peace, and to be forme d b y th e eleva tion of several of the most eminent physicians and sur geons of the United Kingdom to seats in the Privy Council. By this measure the Government would be relieved from the sycophants and sciulists who have hitherto imposed upon their ignorance.. 2. The Government ought to ply " the market:price " for medical skill by the creation of ,valuable staff appoint ments, and by raisin..' the rate of, remuoerationdu every grade of the public medical s e rvice. The highest rem unerat i on accorded . to any me di ca l ap pointment under-tho Government is LAO/. a-year. Such an income is very commonly earned in private medical practice, whilst physicians and surgeons of eminence gain five, seven, ten, fifteen, and twenty thousand pounds per annum. "The reason why" is plain, therefore, •of there being no Hollands, Fancies, Brodies, Christisons, and Fergusons found in the army and navy. 3. The opening of all eminent positions in the naval and and military medical departments to the competition o f the whole profession. Such a prospect of distinction wou:d excite the emulation both of civil and military function. aries, and' consequently lead 'to the attainment of great personal skill and the improvement of the science. An anonymous writer, under the signature -of " Philo- Medicus " (recently noticed with favour by the Tines), whilst adopting some of the views previously urged by me on the atteution of Lord Pan mere, recommends his lord ship to continue the separation of the military from the civil branch of the medical profession. He is evidently deceived by the old mistake that there is something in mi litary surgery which is not to. be learnt in civil life. The late war, while it produced but one military surgeon of enduring repwatiou, John Hennen, who was carried off by an epidemic in the prime of life, gave birth to a delusion that practitioners who might be dextetous in the use of the knife, must necessarily possess all other medical excel lences. The public partook of the error, and a chair of " military .surgery " was founded in the University of Edinburgh. As well might the Government have endowed professorshipa of " nplitary bootinakieg.' Since; then, society is better informed. The university has petitioned for the suppression of this useless chair; and it is now known that, even in war, the army does not supply any lessons in surgery which are not equally afforded by the emergencies of common life ; whilst during peace, paradoxical us the statement may seem, the sur geries of the manufacturing and mining districts constitute much better schools of military surgery than the medical establishments of the army. Toe questions of primary and secondary amputations are perfectly familiar to these prol vincial surgeons; and as to the subjects of gnn-shot wounds and general "hygiene," do not the works of Hunter and Herman, and the suggestions of con:it - J.lon sense, supply all the doctrine necessary ? rated sugar-of-lead water, one part • mastic var.-, nish, and one of linseed oil, to which were occasionally added a few drops of turpentine. Upon this he obtained his effects "by passing a glaze over a solid painting, and when dry a scum ble of opaque colour over that ;_when dry a glaze here - and there," &c., &e.—taking off the glaze sometimes with his thumb, sometimes with a dab of his pocket handkerchief ; painting, in fact, says Mr. Gilchrist, " with nails, handkerchief, palette knife, as neither Model nor Connoisseur ever saw man paint before." After this extraordinary fashion, Etty, it seems, conjured up his miracles of art, and wou his high fame as the greatest of Eng lish Colourists. The only man, besides Rubens, who has been able to paint flesh, according to Mr. Gilchrist, during two centuries. Such flesh too ! that at Venice, in 1823, Martini signs with the point of a knife, " that if he was to prick Etty's painting of the figure, it would bleed." Such flesh that Constabb avers, in London, in 1837, smacking his lips like a cannibal— You might eat it !" Astonishing though it may appear to us amateurs, it is no less true that Etty, in painting as he did, employed very few colours, deemed a very few all sufficient—Naples yellow, Indian red, light-red, lake, terra verte, raw umber, burnt ditto, black, and a little vermillion. Armed with which, his brush and_ his palette, he painted, according to the notion of the Italians, " with the fury of a devil and the sweetness of an angel." So that we find him gaining. many a soubriquet ex pressive of good-will, or wonder,' or admiration, as the case may he, during his stay in Venice—called now, in regard to'his rapidity, " Il Diavolo;" now, ia reference to his colouring, " Tide English. Tin foret;" pow, in pleasant allusion to his slipping one day into a canal—punningly--41ana-Etti. Alto other Etty was upwards of a year a sojourner in that island city of the Adriatic, "sucking the sweets," as he said, from the efflorescence of Titian, Tintoret, Giorgione, and Paolo Veronese. Returning homewards from Italy, from France, and ultimately from Belgium, he became what his biographer happily terms " a successful anachronism"—the translator to canvas of glowing flesh and blood—the inter preter of Nature's glories in colour—" the Painter of Nude Form—in its exhaustless varieties of out hie," its "shifting phases of beauty and splen dour." This, moreover, in spite of so much " prudish , or," saya,Mr. Gilchrist. delicio us ly,— "which is the same thihg—pr urient delicacy" a tu.•:n,g his contemporaries! So truthfullrand pathetically, moreover, with all this, could Etty paint when be so pleased that a working man standing opposite 'tis picture of illogd,tlen could say to its exultant ~wner—"l see, sir, what it is : I could look at rt This idea of making - a distinct profession of military surgery has a ineanin4 at its root. The absurd arrogance of the " Peninsular" surgeons has descended with theta into the " Capitlet vault" of obdvion. Of the dead, what ever we may think, we should feel nib nisi bonura ; but, the half-pay list, of the medical, as well as of other depart ments of the state service, whilst burthening the nation with a heavy expense, is one aniongst. many other means of Parliamentary influence 1 How is a minister otherwise to control refractory votes?' 4. The reconstruction of the Army Id.edical Board ex elusively of physicians and surgeons of eminence.—Such men have a congenial sympathy tor merit. Sordid fears of being eclipsed do not haunt, them, whilst they possess the intelbgeuce and spirit necessary to the fair regulation' of promotion, and for the utilisation of the professional re ports with which they are supplied:' Their immediate concurrence with the Secretary fur War would be obtained by his occasional presidence. 5. The filling all the primary appointments in the lowest rank by successful 'competitors in " concours" before the examining "courts" of the medical colleges. affords so ob vious a security for the supply of good men that it is un necessary to back the proposal by a single argument. ti. The relief of the medical officers from all but purely. technical duties will obviate Many inconveniences. The valuable time now consumed in minor and irrelevant occu pations would be devoted to the greater care of the patients, and by the studious practitioner to original speculations. 7. The concentration of all the ine,aca.l departments of the army into one organ, and the proper articulation of each member of this service into lee"ilar subontination to one chief, is iudispensab:e to it s elliciency. The principal medical officer should be absolute over his subordinates, and he shod t be independent of all authority save that of the general-in-chief, the dictator en the spot. The inter ferences of commanders of 14, ; imeets.of quartermasters general, of military secretaries, of adjutants-general, uud of g , oierals of divisiou, &LI., seriously iMpede medical functions. 8. The auxiliary duties which I have proposed fo transfer to a new est Lb, ethinent, to be entitle-1 "The Hos pital Cominissatiat," I have explained at length in the subjoined letter, for which I hive received the acknow ledgments and thanks of Lord Paninure. I,roe, sir, your obedient servant, Cambridge Villa, May 1. 1). 0. E. DA h• ny eyes run over." Gittel with the poetic or creative power capable of real ng visions or pathos and beauty such as the one thus appealing directly to the soul of the untutored artisan, Etty enhauced the potency of his inherent genius by the acquisi tion, through study, of many redoubtable artiAi - ,1 itecomplishinents. These were evidenced by tie rapidity .and precision of what may be called broadly nis ample and remarkable powers of mani pulation. Capacities like those enjoyed by Etty were only, however, the fruits, of, la borious and consistent application—sedulous at teutiou to the skeleton, to the origin and inser tion.,,, of - the 'muscles—sketching from Albinos, drawing in the morning, painting in the evening, practising perpetually in the Life School of the Abademy. His modus operandi he thus expressed in a few-suggestive words cf recommendation : "First night, correctly draw awl outline the figure, only : second night, carefudy paint in the figure (with black, and white, and Indian red, for instance): the next, having secured it [what has been done already] with copal, glaze, and then scumble on the bloom ; glaze in the shadows, and. touch on the lights carefully." That was Etty's method: to the detail of which he added—" And it is done"—triumphantly. After such a fashion,. he painted—and painted too, how much, and how Magnificently ! It is calculated that altogether in sketches, studies, single figures, groups, composi tions, still-life, portrait, landscape, Etty covered with his rapid pencil and brush—of panels, mill hoards, and canvasses, not much less (Mr. Gilchrist thinks) thau " two thousand." Almost enough as Etty 'himself conjectured to fill the great hall at - Westminster. Among this prodigious variety of pic tures - " Three times Three"—Colossal: Namely the three illustrative of the history of the Judith, together with The Combat, and Benaiah, and he Sirens, and ultimately the other three illustrative of the tragic career of Joan of Arc. It can scarcely be woneered at in the presence of such . habitual industry and sus tained powers of productiveness that Etty was enabled to leave behind, as the material products of his toil in art, his house in York, 17,000/.,in the funds, and an almost invaluablii collection of pic tures and other personal possessions. As an appropriate motto for the record of a life thus calmly, but resolutely, and energetically am bitious—a sentence scrawled by Etty in chalk at the side of one - of his studies (representing "an Athlete striving upwards")—" To faint or loiter, when only a little effort"—has been here intro duced upon the title-page of his biography. Its significance is that inspiritingly comprised in the "xcelsior" of Longfellow. Occasionally, in these memorials, we have caught glimpses of-some among Etty's immediate contem poraries. We find our artist, for example, avow ing his profound " veneration" for the. genius of Turner, but protesting against his later works as "-fiery abominations." Another moment we have him commending Frost (then an unknown student, not as now au eminent associate), apeaking of him as " a very clever, modest lad." While in mentioning the name of the late lamented and gifted Pugin he exelitima enthusiastically, " There never was but one Pugin, one of the most remarkable men of his age. Architecture, painting, drawing, music, sing ing,: all come alike to him. Besides, he is one of the best fellows iu the world." An unaffected and deserved admiration, which must have enhanced the pleasure with which Etty, during the summer of 1838, attended the opening of the Roman Catholic church of St. Mary, Oscott, near Birmingham —an exquisite specimen of Pugin's skill in ornate deco ration: It may he interesting possibly to particu larise as among the number of Etty's patrons one of the reputed originals of the famous "Brothers Cherryble" of Nicholas Nickleby— William an 1 Daniel. Grant, of Springfield, near Manchester. And interesting in another way to some among the connoisseurs of art .to learn that about the only .engra,vi ug after one .. of Mty's pictures, really prized and admired by that painter, was Sevier's (larm ing stipple engraving of Venus Descending. As the one solitary incident of anything like import ance, c ipable of being recorded in the equa ble . narrative of our artist's not very stirrin... or chequered career, the July Revolution is, o' course, duly celebrated by Mr. Gilchrist—Etts having sojoucnedat the time in Paris, an quatrame No.'4, Rue Michodiere. During the crisis of the revolutionary outbreak of 1831 in the • French capital, we are admitted for a moment into the glorious galleries of the Louvre, where we observe our artist tranquilly sketching in the midst of th 9, din of civil battle—" once or twice cleaning his' THE RIGHT HON. LORD PAN3WRE, &C., Ste. Lou. lon, April 5, 1853. MY LORD, - As the startling disclosures of Mr. Roebuck's Committ , e will probably irmuce your 101%18144) to hasten the conclusion of sour prrj,cte , l reforms in the constitu tion of the army, I am 0.,g tin e mboldened to trouble , you with a few obs , rvat.ous relating to the construction of the " tfa kcal Staff." In the present temper of the Western nations we may safely dismiss all apprehension of a precipitate peace. The war will contiuue till great events have occurred ; and we may, therefore, rejoice th your lordiihip's labours will not be t uspended till the machinery of your wide department is perfectly readjested. In my last communication I took the liberty of urgieg her Majesty's Government to follow up, as an indi•pensable means of success, tha'appeal of your lordship to the gene rosity of the medical profession. by a simple act of justice to that body—the elevation of several of the, most distin guishedamongst them to seats in the Privy Council, and the formation, in this manner, of a National Sanitary Board of great dignity and authority. Such a proceeding, whilst forming agraceful act of cour tesy to the medical profession, would call into existence an agency fitted to confer immense benefits on the entire po pulation. I also pointed out the great assistance to be derived from such counsellars in remouldine. ' the army medical depart ment, a measure now rend e r e d immediately necessary by evidence published in the face of Europe, and exposing not only the apathy and incapac:ty of official persons, but the fatal ineptitude of the existinc , system. Your lordship's attention should be attracted to the fact, so discreditable to the GoVernment, that no medical man of pre-eminent abilities or of European reputation holds a place either in the land or sea service of Great BLUME' ; and that, consequently, no greater care is evinced for our devoted and expensively-trained fighting men than was formerly taken of our parish paupers. The frightful calamities that have occurred at Scutari and Balaklava., the fruit of inferior professional ability con joined with culpable negligence, would have had no existence had the executive been instructed on the choice of officers by such a comp e t en t b o dy as " the Medi ca l Com mittee of the Ps ivy Council." Such eminent men would have exacted from the ruling powers a agree of deference to their opinions equal i t,) what is yielded to the Opinions of the bar in the selection of judg-e and of the law officers of the Crown. Parsimony and prejudice would not have been permitted to alienate from the service of our gallant troops, "the flower of the nation," the most ascompliehed siedical artists. I our confident your lordship will not misunderstand the Motives of this free animadversion en the conduct of for mer Ministries. You are naturally anxious to remove from the Government and the nation the stigma - which the late failures of the military . medical staff have imprinted upon us, and you wilt kindly permit me to occupy your attention again with "a proposed new arrangement of the Army Medical Staff." I suggested that the ruling board or council of this branch of the military service should consist exclusively of eminent physicians and surgeons, presided over' by her Majesty's Secretary of State for War, in whom the whole patronage of the department, modified by the agency of the Me•ltcal C nuanittee of Privy Council, and the examining "Courts" of the Medical Colleges, should be vested. The new board, thus restricted, could be safely intrusted with the issue of regulations, the direction of promotion, the distribution and division of duties, the collation of re cords, an , , the pea odical public a ti on of historical state ments, showing to prince and people the sanitary condition of the army. The want of unity in the old medical system was produc tive of great inconvenience. The Guards, the Ordnance, and the Line were subject to different medic it authorities, and effective co-oir,..ratian was consequ en tl y i meract i ca bl e . The efficiency of the department requires that it be i»oultied into one organ,free in its motions, ueembarraaseti by the permanent attachment to particular regiments and corps, of its members, who should be moveable from Jut' to did; at the pleasure of the p r i ac i pm med , as orncer, y himself independent of all control but that of the General in-Chief. The Parliamentary inquest has a l so thrownout relief another fruitful pare it of iniechief, in th upon the medical wan of dutie s no t Strictly tec e ihnnl ic p a o l L a i ° i n s energies, which should, as in civil hospital, be exclusively expended in investigating and watching, Cas es ,in prescrib tug and in operating, are now dis-ip s s, ei t in minor employ • moo t s , in eomportn• moilicinem, fi ti a l a li a % L ip returns, con 7 structingstati-tical tal7les, and in calculations- 7 functions that ought t o b e f u l filled by officers, by an ancillary dedart•nent, which IBl3VOeuxlTannsixvie-• onsly recommend your lordship to estabdsb. The proposed simplification of the me:li -1 depa r t men t and the more rigid, definiti on o f t h e dutie Suggest th e lubmtitution of general for legimental and 4rticular hos pitals. A single medical s t t tf demands al system. L arger es t a bli s h mentS into which le hospit a l officers as well 18 privates are admissible, adapt e d i n size and situation to each the present districted aggrg ate of + . trea tment melons of the siA. The treat s P=.t.y tegimental re of the p a t ien t s wool(! he more effectual, and excellent schools would be opened for the surgical novitiates. The duties of the me-lie-al staff being accurately limited,, and the ancillary functions bei ng i mpost d up II a new de partment, a more perfect co ncurrence of exertion . would 'ensue, and a more stringent economy would be insured. The care of the sick arid wounded; hitherto undertake n by a medley of authoritie s , wou ld b e thus di , ide d i n t o two distinct provinces of duty. To prescribe and to operate Would occupy the physicians and surgeons ;- whilst to pick TITP SUN, LONDoN,_MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7. 1855, up the wounded on the field, to transport them thence to the hospital, to cleanse, clothe, : and feed the patients, to dispenie medicines and comfort 3, to preserve order and peace ;in short, W meet all the requisitions of-the medical, officers, would constitute the functions of. the ni3w co/obi:. nation to be named "the Hospital Commissariat." In order to make the proposed arrangement perfectly clear, I will consider - it as applied to' - a division of the army. . . The method of the Romans, imperfectly copied by some of the moderni, of regarding armies, as composed of large integers, has many :advantages. over • the • - English .plau of ,loosely iointing such atoms . as ~ regimanti'-"intO teliiporify brigades and division,. The Roman legion was, - .in•factra. small army;_ complete'in all its members, perpetually exer cised-as one machine; As noarruissariat .and " meclicariat" perfeet, - according to - give sciencee - Ofi the ago. So nicely. :were Its.teveral parts aril - di - date& -together;LAhat it was as well adapted for duty in the field as in garrison; for large 4 ‘ corps d'armee,"'ss for small detachtrients: . - . .. - - If we suppose a brigade enlarged to, the diniensiOint•Of a Roman Legion, or of late "Ring's German Legion," and consisting of 7,500 men of all arms ; . it•would be ne cessary to provide au hospital capable of entertaining all the probable casualties of such a forceduring a campaign --,not less, consitering the augmented de,tructiveness of the recently improved ordnance, than a thoUsand sick and wounded.' To relieve such a mass of patients would occupy one physicias, one eurgeou-general, eight surgeons, and twenty :assistant-surgeons, i f the. patients were accommodated in ~ne building, or in contiguous edifices; but if they were dispersed, a larger number should be supplied at the dis cretion of the medical principal. • At Alma the want of discipline and experience rendered a much larger propor tional staff unequal ti) its work. " Besides the ordinary establishment, to meet the Coin missariat wants of such a force, the exigencies of the hos apital would fully occupy 'one medical commissary and too ass'stants, six clerks, and ten dispensers. To satisfy the subordinate - necessities of the "He cadet," or Hospital Departm e nt, " company , or corps of ' orderlies," should be formed; consisting, for such a divi sion of the army as I have described, of not Jess than two hundred men. These should be placid under the absolute command of the hospital authorities, and would supply ward-masters, cooks, ward-attendants, ser vants to the officers, ambulance drivers, and daily guards for the protection and police of the establishment. Con stant exercise in their duties would teach them dexterity and method, and the order and efficiency of the whole machine would be thus insured. The segregation of these men from the purely military service would produce colla teral benefits. Straggling, under pretence of assisting the wounded, would be prevented. At Waterloo, in the lat ter part of the day, nearly ten thousand men had fallen out of the ranks under this excuse. The conflicts of autho rity now frequently occurring between the medical staff and the commanding officers of regiments would also cease. According to this scheme, every corps or enlarged bri gade would thus possess its hospital. When several of these corps were united, the control of a general medical in tendant, and superior hospital commissary, would furnish the additional intelligence and authority necessary to the successful conduct of the combined machinery. From these moveable hospitals, convalescent or incurable pWents should be regularly drafted to permanent military hospi tals, th..t should be maintaine,l in our foreign garrisons, and at any convenient points in the three kingdoms, and placed in charge of medical men distinguished for their scientific acquirements or services to the State. In the case of small detachments occurring occasionally in the colonies, or on outpost duties generally, the medica care of the invalids could be accomplished by Assistant. Surgeons, furnished with medicine-chests, and, of course, all serious cases would be transferred to the general hos. pital. The concetitration and insulation of the army medical service into one independent system, would afford occasion for restoring to the army, the old office of " physician to the Forces; the suppression of which arose from the per nicious error of supposing that the high therapeutic skill of the physician in idioptiatie diseases is necessarily pos sessed by the surgeon. The habits of thought cultivated iu the two divisions of the profession are entirely different, and the excellence of one is no substitute for that of tbo other. The proposed mode of recasting the Army Medical Staff, though implying a higher remuneration for each official, would secure a more effective care of our soldiery at 'a less expenditure of the public money. To secure economy, it is not necessary to adopt the method of divided responsibility, which bas been named "the system of check and counter-check," and which, by producing a perfect dead-lock in the entire mechanism of the army, has caused such dire calamities, This scheme of documental evidence is based on the theory that every einplOye of the British Government, civil and military, except the gentlemen of the Audit-office, is a knave. It ignores , all the nobler elements of human nature, patriotism, professional honour, zeal f. , r the serviee, and even common, honesty ; and rests for safety on artifice and cunning. • ' • True economy is 'realised by a speedy attainment of the object in view. The Crimean expedition, impeded. and all but ruined, by the pedantic rules of the Audit-office, ex hibits an amount of waste and loss, exceeding by many times the value of all the peculatiuns perpetrated during the laSt war.. Simple tabular statementa, and accurate records of ull transactions, assisted by a little faith in the truth of men, would be i.ufficient to prevent all delinquency and serious embezzlement. As an apology - for speaking with so much firmness, I can only adduce the fact of haviro , had opportunities of in forming myself of the want s of the rank amt file under all circumstances, and of witnessing in ooeration the merits an l defects of all departments cf tae army—an institution to which the nation is deeply indebted for its safety and its glory. * * In conclusion, my lord, I beg to. say that I shall not ce,ise to feel an interest in your lordship's arduous under taking, and, as an obscure unit in the social multitude, seek opportunities of promoting the welfare of a noble service to which I had once the honour to belong. I am, my lord, most respectfully, your obedient se: vent, I) U. EDWARDS. DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PARRY It is with feelings of the sincerest regret—feelings which we are sure will be shared throughout the length and breadth of the land by all who value the estimable qualities of the gentleo,ao without fear and without re proach, the consistent politician, and the sincere •Chrie thin, that we hare to announce the death of Sir Robert flurry which melancholy_ event took place on Saturday night, at his town residence, 7, Bedford-square, a'ter a short and painful illness. The deceased baronet was the eldest son of the first baronet, Sir flue Inglis, by Catherine, daughter f Harry Johnson, Esq., of Milton Bryan, county of Bedford. He was born on the 12th of.Janusry, 178 G, aod was consequently in his 70th year. In 1807 he married Mary, eldest daughter of J. Seymour Briscoe, of Peuhill. Surrey, and succeeded his father in the barnnetage August, 1820. Sir Robert Harry Inglis first. entered Parliament as member for Dundalk,.which borough he represented until 1826. In that year he was returned for Ripon, and continued. its representative until 1828, when the !atl Sir Robert Peel, having changed his . opinions on. Catholic emanciPatiOn, accepted the Chiltern Hundreds in order to, give, his. constituents of the University of 0 xford an o pportun i ty of expressing t heir op i nion upon 'his conduct. On that occasion the Conservatives of the University, seeing the truly Protestant character which Sir Robert H. Inglis had even then achieved for him sm'f, brought him forward to oppose their former repre sentative, and returned bum by a large majority. Never since that date until his retirement from Parliament through ill-health, - ab Out two years ago, was Sir Robert Inglis's seat contested, for at Oxford, as everywhere else, he reigned in the regard, the esteem, and the affec tions of all who knew him. (From the Times of this day.) The death of Sir Thrbert Hitrry Inglis, which it is our, melancholy duty to announce toAay, is art event which will scarcely surprise those who were acquainted with the circumetances under which the last two years of his life have been spent. It may be remembered even by the general reader that, so far back as the time we have named, Sir -Robert felt it his duty to resign his seat for the University of Oxford, feeling Imnselt no longer phy sically equal to attendance upon his Parliamentary du ties. With him those duties were not discharged in a careless or indifferent spirit. As long as be was equal to his task he performed it in a manner which might have put to shame many an aspiring senator young enough to be his eon. Whatever may be the differteic of opinion as to the political doctrines of which Sic Robert Inglis was the embodiment rather than the repre sentative, there can be . no hesitatio n i n say i ng that a more conscientious man never entered the !walls of Parlia ment, or one who acted a more consistent or honourabl, part. It is needless fur us to say that, from many of his opinions we entirely disagreed, but we ever found him an adversary with whom contention did not mean a broil, nor argument ill-feeling br ill-blood. The expla• nation of thia phenomenon—for so, we fear, it must be called—was simply this—that Sir - Robert Inglis was es sentially a gentleman—prejudiced arid doginitie enough at times, but still a gentleman, who respected others be cause he respected himself. There was in him a fund of good f id cygisvanfeieiesrrgiol:yt:Rlixl academicief. i. s :onibmg e arl en,;iHr:srtleearereetisntaw, differently iivmlyciheiefe.h:rar,u University laet fistldteein v erieir, di s md:stnl aie s il tslby a i. eas v h;Ooys e eotipf d o:nffpunnt h tootiti eet i xetc n : tufihpee in f )leior r eil f:d o l ttytti)yr m sarlahetuf sotEetrhft level urged oei stating eeef old odsUniversitylfidanger r csEyoonpur common oasna nir:i theiroesy o . sounded it sense be the unaccustomed stimulus of political discus sion. The disappearance of such aana,of front the scene should, then, be a source of regret even to those who were consistently opposed to him in politics, inasmuch as in him a ` c representative man" h as disappeared from among us who, in all probability, can never be replaced. Destroy fifty "able politicians," and twice fifty able ad ininistrators, and it needs but five minutes' search to re place them ; but we much qnestion if there 'be any mail in England who can take the place Sir Robert Inglis filled as representativeqif the University of Oxford. He belonged to Oxford as completely as the Bodleian. Passing from public to more private 'considerationsy . t Is but fair to his memory to atll that he was an t e r t , . , gant scholar, both and, what is far more important, in l eve b r e y neoleut privet.- relation, an upright, charitable, nn i'e mory is for man. It will be long indeed before r hi t s iie e io,,,oher, of gotten either by his privwe fr en t d i s ni o now fot rolling, down the Legislature. We seem to see to his owe Li in else and English literature, to Westminster,. or sau.tteruig t u. a genial static and cmirtors for he deserved regr4. will be regretted univer.s i a Ira Y.' will be found a portrait eat this year's Exhibition ! odoluo,,iy characteristic of hire by ll ' ichin"nd' whie well to recall his features and ex the man, and will serve I loved and respected Sir Robert ihr preisien to the many w house, with the fresh 11 , iwer at w Iris buttonhole, word f o , t , o cornyl hl e one. vr l i 'Flurry Inglis. The directors of the Bulk of London have effected a pureliaße of the ekten4ve and central premises called the Hall of Commerce, in Threadneedle—treet, for their thielevi h L tm a d n o k n in a g n -h r 4e. Count l‘ y ir i Frith,auk late vice,habectn cilirnn of eldeted la vice chairman of the Bank of London. THE ROYAL ACADEMY DINNER. The inauguration dinner of the exhibition season of .1655 attracted, on 'Saturday, a brilliant assemblage within the walls of the Royal Academy. From two , o'clock, at which hour the doors were opened, until six, Ministers of State, Many munificent patrons of a r t among the nobility, and others distinguiShed in politics, law, literature, and science, con tinued to arrive, and to , apply themeelves with keen artistic relish to the inspection of the paintings in the various rooms, The " fusion" of rank, wealth, and Parliamentary eminence - with-the artist world: WitS no . -lesi-eomplite than gratifying, „and m any - interesting ; -groups might be seen, in - which politi cians of most opposite opinions were discussing - with ar . tists, .whose names are. household words, the. merits - of The mpre remarkable paintings._ Atfii.x o'clock about 180. ge ntlemen sat down to dinner-in the - east - roent,Ahe chainjeitif taken by...the - . - Prnsident ofh . t...e . Royal Academy, Sir 7 0. -- 1.4.' Eastlake. It is a - noVel sensati on to find oneself dining in s noTol - e — apar - t - : men t filled to the ceiling with paintings fresh from the easel Of the artst and resplendent with gold and colour, but when. the company rise. to drink the toast of "the Queen," hun dreds of gas jets around the ceiling suddenly start into flame. and astonish and bewilder the guests with the dazzling splen dour of the scene. `The list of guests included the following ::—.The Lard Privy Seal, - the Lord Chamberlain, the First Lord of the-Treasuri, the , -cretary of State for the Home. Department, the Secre tary for War; the Secretary of State for the Colonial De , p ar t_. Mont; the Chancellor of. the Exchequer, the Duke of Beau fort, the Duke of Northumberland, the Marquis of "An s .., downe, the MarqUis of Bath, the Marquis of Westniinster, the Marquis of Northampton, th e G enera l Commanding=in-Chief; the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Cardigan, Earl Stanhope; Lord Wrottesley, Lord Seymour, - Lord Overstone, (te. The members of the Royal Academy present included most of the Royal - Academicians and As4ociates. The PRESIDENT said—My lords 'and gentlemen, I have the honour to propose to you as the first toast, " The health of her Majesty the Queen." ' • . .. - The toast was warmly received, and " God Save the Queen" was sung by the vocalists. The PRESIDENT—I have now to propose to you the " Health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the health of his Royal 'Highness the Prince of Wales, and that of the rest of the. Royal Family." (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT then rose to propose " The healths of his Majesty the Emperor of the French and our gallant allies." He said, the cordial English welcome which their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French recently received in this country, and the full justice which has been rendered by public opinion to the bravery and perseverance of our allies, are evidences of national feeling which may conduce to the happiest results. The feeling has been reciprocated by the great satisfaction which that welcome has excited, and by the high appreciation on the part of our allies of the intepidity, and, to use their own term, the solidity of their British com rades in arms • (Cheers.) • " Partant pour la Syria," was then sung by the vocalists. The PRESIDENT—The toast which I have now the honour to propose is, " The Army and Navy," connecting with the army the name of the Commander-in-Chief. and . that of the Earl of Cardigan; with the navy, that of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The toast was received with enthusiasm. . Viscount HARDINGE—I have great pleasure, On the part of the army, in returning thanks to you.. It is true that when ever I have spoken on that subject before the war broke out I have always anticipated that when the day of trial should come, after a peace of 40 years, the British army would not be found deficient in those great gratifications by which, as soldiers, they distinguished themselves in the Penin sular war. I feel that if I were to speak of the dif ferent arms of which that army consists, each has a dis tinctive character, and if I were to enumerate them in .the Order of their precedence, I should show, first that the British cavalry have at all times bee n reahy-to ale every danger, and, although I am not a cavalry officer, there is one here who distinguished himself in the highest degree in the charge of cavalry at Balaklava. (Cheers.) In that remark able charge my noble friend near me gained a name that will descend to posteritx. (Cheers.) Yon will hear his thanks for that distinguished arm of the service, and for having his name so app , opriately connected with the British army.. I now come to the infantry and artillery. I have 'not the pleasure of seeing an officer of the artillery, but; as an in fantry officer myself, I may express a confident opinion that the British infantry is second to none in the world—(cheers) —and, as a proof of the intrepidity and solidity of which our president has spoken, I may say that the British infantry has a system of its own, which, unless it should be adopted in the present war, is not practised by any other nation. They fight in attack and defence. in two ranks, or what is called in their order of battle, while the infantry of o th e armies fight in columns. The British infantry have that in trepidity and solidity which can alone enable them to adopt that system. It must be evident that it would be difficult to elopt such a system "unless your soldiers were men confident in their courage, knowing that the honour of their regiment, 'ui,l even of the army, depended upon their individual coolness and courage, and that upon their acting the part of steady soldiers the fate of the battle depended. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the artillery, I may truly say that I know no artillery which can be considered superior in all its parts to the British artillery, I sly say so because during the last 40 years almost every power in Europe has applic d to the British artillery for instruction. The improvements they have intro- . :laced have been copies of o ur s, an d if I wished for evidence to attest the opinion of their skill, I should refer to the scene so beautifully described by an artist in another room. (The noble viscount referred to a picture by Mr. Stanfield, of the siege of St. Sebastian; with the British troops under Welling ton taking possession of the heights and Convent of St. Bar tolomeo.) lam sorry to detain you upon military subjects, but the Emperor of the French has noticed the bravery and good conduct of the allied troops. During the last six months the soldiers of the two countries have been in the same camp living like brethren, and nothing can exceed the cordiality and goodwill that exists between the French and English armies. (Cheers.) 'We have had during the last week a proof of the good feeling between the two courts. The same feeling exists between the two camps, and, as this cordiality is founded upon mutual sentiments of re leneet and regard one for the ether, it is likely to be perpetual. (Loud cheers.) The Earl of CARDIGAN, who was warmly received by the a'ssenibiage, said he was fully sensible of the high honour done him in coupling his name with tile profession of airak, I l i• which be had always felt a deep attachment and devo:ion, and with the name of a noble lord who had distinguished himself in every part of the world—(cheers)—who had held `the highest civil. as well as military appointments, and who hal exhibited the greatest prudence, judgment, dis cratiou, and knowledge of his duties as well at home ;is in the East. Ho felt sensible of the kind and flattering manner in which his services on a late occasion had been spoken of, but he had done, nothing but lead a body of troops against the enemy aceJrdine• to the orders he had re ceived. He could not, however, but feel highly gratified at this and many other kind receptions which had been given him since his return. (Cheers.) Sir C. Wool:, returned thanks for the navy. The PRESIDENT said that the next toast which he begged to introduce was the " Health of the foreign ministers who had deigned on this occasion to be their guests." (Cheers.) Mr. Bum/ma—After what fell from my noble friend . (Lord Palmerston) on a former occasion, who said I had no right to call myself a foreign minister at all—(a laugh)--I am inclined to think I.have no righttoaddress you ; but although I might plead this privilege, I am not disposed to do it outhis occasion. The foreign ministers who represeut . the different nations of the world at this court must be very ungrateful indeed if they did not feel sentiments of deep gratitude towards the British people and the numerous noble societies that adorn this country.. We have received the kindest attentions from all, and it is a natural and ne cessary consequence that this should produce feelings of response, not only on our own part, but also on the part of the countries we represent. (Cheers.) We feel it to be a great privilege to be present on occasions of this kind. The arts have been brosight to great perfection in this country, and when we review th e p & ges o f hi story we find One thing to be constantly the fact—that civilisation and, above all, liberty, are the best foster-mothers of the arts. (Cheers.) Painting and sculpture sprung into existence almost at once, like Minerva from the head of Jupiter, when Greece became free; and I believe it may be said to be a remarkable fact that they sprang almost at once to a point of excellence which has not since been exceeded in any 'country in the world. For my own part, not having hal an opportunity in my own country of seeing expensive galleries cr many speci mens of the perfection to which the arts have been brought in this country, everything wears an air of novelty in this exhibition that has inspired me with delight, and I shall re member the present evening when I return *to my native land as one of the most agreeable and instructive of my whole life. (Cheers.) But, although the taste and imagination may be gratified by the specimens of art here collected, .I cannot help admiring that noble institution of England, an English dinner. (Cheers and laughter.) I have enjoyed the priVilege . of feasting with you, and, after enjoying the feast of reason and the flow of soul, in surveying the pictures hung up on these walls, I have been highly delighted to enjoy a more material feast of this sort. I return you the thanks of .my, colleagues and myself, and I am sure 1 may also thank you in the name of every member of the diplomatic corps. - The PRESIDENT then gave " the health of the noblemen and gentlemen who this day honour us with their presence." The Duke of Anorm,--In the absence of the Lord Chan cellor, who expected to be here, I may say, in acknowledg ing the toast on behalf of the strangers present, without departing from the strict language of truth, that the open ing of the Royal Academy is looked forward to by all of us as the beginning of one of the greatest and purest enjoy ments of the year; and when I say that I may add that it is an enjoyment not unconnected with our highest and deepest interests. Those who may enter these walls for the purpOse of spending an hour of relaxation, and who wish to avoid all grave thought and reflections upon the serious business of life, will find here that it is the high province of art to ad dress itself to every and any subject. I cannot look around these walls without seeing h ow h a p py th e opportunity has been appreciated by the members of the Royal Academy of depicting the virtues and glories of military character and military life; and I need only point to the picture behind me (Mr: Cope's picture of " Consolation") to show that they have also keenly felt the miseries and calamities of war. Mr. Pre sident, I am not competent to enter into any criticism of art in this country, but I believe the state of art can never be dissociated from the . state of civilisation of the country in which that art is produced. I beg to propose that we dri nk _ e to the " Health of the President, and Prosperity to the Royal Academy." (Cheers ) for the menit He said—Permit me, my lords and gentlemen, t to thank you The PilksinErr, on rising, was received with lend cheering. hers of the RoYal Academy and on my own p the indirect means honour, it is no less gratifying to me . t i o ttoaa for the honour you have dons us. While b d e ui7se , d judgee to many of communicating the praises of enlightened fans, if verse. a young artist and many a caud idtatncerefasing`v ho,. favour hereafter. veriug, will be recognised with b nsiblo of that d put forward works of this exhibition has bever en ti , G ,f re m at o contributed. Would that those confided to the, arrange menteffortsr t a: h e o been soe t h_o t s te e cessfal ; would that such workl, nately efforts had boon more e 8 have been made as prominent as and con equent . perplexities a c r a e m i l l o on st y a t a h e e hone • but want could, interfere wita our wishes .. in this respect, and I may 'not omit Majesty's Mi•iisters, as the they desienrveeve(y instantc of, opo„:,o, f r s L cl rd p t tu t l h e a . t N l Ve h isplay o propose . , • , to repeat thertoolonfrioihlisaot ,meters of art, science, and enw• . Ation. P " The Health of her ',rem() Viscount PALus am); —Before I proceed to re t urns tl.. l en behalf of my colleagues and myself for the t • , • "A' • the I,..c. , ident has been so good as to propose, I may be in Parliamentary language, 'to " rise in ex. ) )l .listinguished friend the Minister for the trArati°ll." been pleased to sapthati on 's. reer.•nt occasion, ted States has the character of a foreicm a minister. To a col . ••• is true, for . at a dinner at which it w tale extent that the health of the fereigu a 3 my duty to propose minister friend was the only 'foreign • 5,, where my distinguis'!ed hardly recognise him a s a f •ragninister present I said I coulct ;ether an Englishman, for olrel-er although h ' e was not alto sentatives of a nation can never allow that the repre- VmPatihics, affections, are foreigners whose language, with our own. , and interests are so closely identical of my colleagues, (Loud cheers.) ,Mr. President, 'on behalf With regard ' to I have 'now to return you my thanks. sident, who One part of what has fallen from the Pre.- has alluded to an opinion expressed by myself tux late Sir Robert - Peel as to the inadequacy of the .......„. space for exhibition of some of lbe noblest works of modern art, I can only say that, entirely adhering to the opinion I then expressed, yet if the observation had the meaning which right iasuc io l _ y r a r ODD May presume to attach tait i lanay observe that, although you have wisely provided us with an ample banquet in Com. f ac t sh e e ei gn o uf committeee s r up w p o l u y admit th a t n t d h d- a be t mittee of supply, yet in the parliamentary sense of a commit idm dye o l thi s . th ep properly o Chancellor staiyc h proposeda o resolution the andE x carried. -(A laugh.) No doubt the Government of this coun try ought to be the patrons and encouragers of art, yet I :apply the-language of:old ; ~ and . say, " The blood of Douglas can protect itself." When I look around and see upon these walls the results of rising and mature geni us , I cannot help thinking that, after all; artists May ,find their 'met patrons in their Own' genius, and the 4PPieelation of that genius by th e cultivated intellect of tile esanstry.. - (Cheers, )-- I cannot re _ strain Myself from eki , tesilig, 6'4 the Pait Of theeGove ant that deep interest in the success Orart that has ever animate d the GOVerninent of this countl7- - 11 would b e s t range indeed if any . man intrusted with the Administration of affairs in this country should' be insensible of the great value o f th e ..pro secution of the fine arts. It is impossible not to see how the fine . arts contribute to the honour, the dignity, and the re putation of a country. 1' may say also that they contri bute to the rower of a country, IZeanse •-tby power of a c suntry depends upon the development of mind in that country, an d thns those who cultivate the intellect o f t h e country contribute to its power as a natien. In looking round at the magnificent display which we have assembled here to witness, var i ous s o urces of interest necessarily present themselves to the mind, it is interesting to see such proofs of the triumphs of the genius of the country. his interesting toanticipate the intellectual enjoyment that will be derived from the contemplatien.of these works of art when distributed among their purchasers, and "when they are. exhibited to others. I hope that the sight of these noble works, when they are scattered over the country, may serve as a, spark to kindle a bright frame of genius in many a yottiliful mind, in which ( the elements of celestial 'fire might otherwise remain unde veloped and lost. (Cheers.) e. The PRESIDENT next said—The toastarbich:Lhave now the 1 sonour to introduce to your notice is " Success ta the Paris Exhibition." That such an ente rp ris e , ' ' i f or times fitted as i t . i s of pea ce , and calculated as it is to promote the objects of commerce, industry, and art , should be ' ` uslprosecuted at tbivmoment ie,ono ant * f og manyprOofs of the extraordinary energy of the Sovereign France, while it is an evidence, and by no means a solitaryo one, of the importance which his Majesty attaches to tl and the progress of t'elsedevel°Pment of commercial activity with the toas t re Success toallse. Ibeg, theretore, to connect " The health of the Eight H Par is Universal Exhibition," on. the President of the Board of Trade." Lord STAMM' of ALDERLEY said that the department over which he was placed had earnestlyendeavoured those who were connect e d with art and andth to induce fine works of modern art t o send their r e who possessedo Paris for the a t admiration of the people of F rance; works and there, he understood, they were likely to produce an impression'infinitelybeyond what might have been expected. At first, wheel th placed upon the walls of the Exhibition, whe at they a ey di w s ere sition to - sneer at the English school of art as of inferior Lod insignificant character. But as these critics gaz e d and be.. cams more familiar with the genius and skills)/ English artists that feeling was materiallyaitered, and he had no doubt they Would appreciate English art as it deserved. He was con vinced that the more the •works of our artists were seen, the more highly they would be appreciated-in Europe, and the higher the reputation of the school would stand. .(Cheers.) The PRESIDENT-4 have - long felt that the votaries of the fine arts have a debt to pay to those distinguished members of the legal profession who, on this and on 'other occasions; _have honoured us with their presence. I have now the honour to propose the " Health of the Lord Chief Justice." Lord CAMPBELt was afraid the lawyers could not be con sidered as engaged in cultivating a sister art, although they were no doubt.a good deal employed in giving colour to tbat in which they were concerned. (A laugh.) But still they did. assist the sister art, for Chief-Justice . Gascoigne had fre quently aderned these walls while committing the Prince of Wales to prison —(laughter)—and no longer ago than that year he (Lord Campbell) might be considered as engaged with that refractory jury who would not snake up their minds in finding a verdict. But lawyers were not such barbarians as not to take pleasure il the divine productions of their art. For himself, he was roeased with the progress of British art, and was delighted to see it thus advance from year to year. During the long vacation a taste for the fine arts could be somewhat indulged, and during his rambles upon the continent at these periods he had seen the picture exhibitions at Brussels, Berlin, Dresden, Milan, and Naples. He was proud to compare these with what' he had witnessed in Trafalgar-square, and although 'it might he flattery to say that our artists had excelled or equalled the great masters of former days, yet he 'thought thal the English school was equal to any existing school of painting, and• in some respects ex celled them all. (Cheers ) The PRESIDENT next said—Thu next toast which I have to submit to you is "Prosperity.to the City of Loader, and tl • health of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." In .spressing our sense of the services which the Lord Mayor has formerly rendered to 'the fine arts, I take this opportunity of con gratulating his lordship on a recent , memorable event, when he had the houthir of 'entertaining their Majesties the Em peror and Empress of the French in the City of London. (Cheers.) The visit of- their Majesties to this country and to the City of London may be regarded 'as a pledge of alliance between two generous nations—au alliance no less important With reference to the future advancement of the arts of peace than for the immediate object of united energy in war. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR had ever felt that to be a citizen, and a useful one, was a noble position, and be hoped that by in tegrity he had arrived at his present proud post. The citi zens of London desired to be distinguished as patrons of the fine arts. (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT next proposed " The Institute of British Architects, and the health of its noble president, the Earl de Grey." Earl DE GREY returned thanks. The PRESIDEXT—The toast which I have now to recommend to your notice is the Royal Society and the health of its noble president, Lord Wrottesley. Lord WROTTESLEY returned thanks for the compliment paid to the oldest and most dignified society in the metropolis. This toast, from the lateness of the hour, was the last, and the company dispersed, many remaining to inspect th e pic tures in the variou s rooms, . al of which were brilliantly no minated for the occasion. 3 AP7.4.1 AND MILITARY INTELETG.ENCIL Tho Agincourt, 72, is ordered to ho fitted' as a receiving ship at Plymouth, for the instruction of newly-raised seamen and !Joys. The American merchant ship Amaion, of 2,000. tons, Capt- Hey. y, from New York, the 12th of April, for London, was off Plymouth on Saturday. Her cargo consists of a quantity of bacon on Government account, wine, tobacco, °Hoak°, resin, staves, oars, &c. Of 180 passengers, 47 latidAl with a small mail at Plymouth. The screw steam-transport Tynernouth 202), Lieute nant Adam D. Dundas, R.N., Commander, arrived at Ports mouth on Saturday, from the East, and went into harbour in the afternoon to land her invalids. ' This is one of the squa dron of 'Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M.P., and is admirably adapted for troop or sick transport service ; the medical staff who have inspected her state that she shows more cleanliness in her arrangements than any ship yet arrived at Portsmouth. The number of sick is 219, more than have been brought home in any transport since the War Icommouca The fol lowing officers also came home in the Tynemouth. Capt. E. Faulkner, .30th Regiment ; Capt. H. A. Vernen, 'Royal Artil lery ; Captain B. O'Brien, of the 77th ; Capta4.:Pureell, of the 51st ; Captains Carden and Kent, of the rth ; Lieu tenants E. C. Antrobus, of the 50th; .T. L. Irby, of the 90th; the Hon. R. Ilarbord, of the 71st ; Lieutenant W, A. Cam bier, R.N., from her M a j es t y ' s .ship DLniond.; ' lieutenant W. R. Boulton, from her Majesty's ship Vulcan ; S. W. Delme Ratcliffe, from her Majesty's ship Hannibal ; Messrs. J. -11: Treleaven and H. Purchase, second-class Royal Naval Engineers; Mr. A. Markham, pas ed midshipman, from the Royal Albert ; all the latter on promotion. The sailing -transport Lancashire Witch, Captain Mollison, embaiked at Portsmouth dockyard on Saturday, for the seat of war in the East, the following :-- -Captain Murray of the 10th Hussars (commanding officer on beard), .Captain Daven • port and Lieutenant Fitzgerald Of the Ist Royal Dragoons ; Lieutenant Bird, of the 10th Hussars ;• 66 men and 125 horses of the Ist Royal Dragoons, and 50 men and 5 horses of the 10th Hussars from Hounslow and Canterbury cavalry depots. The ship Nes to sail this morning. The sailing-transport Dunbar, Captain Scott, from London, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Friday v.ftertnoOn, with the third detatchment of the Polish legion, under command of Captain Kostecki. The hospital ship Belleisle, Commander Hosken, was towed on Saturday, from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, and is appointed to sail to-day for the Baltic. The new screw steamer Oneida, belonging, , to Messrs. W. J. Fairelough and Co. which recently arr i ve d a t Li verpoo l from the Clyde, as well as the screw steamer bido; belonging to the Cork Steam-packet Company, are about to be surveyed by the Admiralty agent at Liverpool; with a view to their appropriation as troop and , store-ships,. Th screw-steamer Kangaroo, repairing at Liverpool, has been re-engaged by Government. • The steam-transport Medway, belonging to the Royal Mail Company, will embark horses at Southampton this day. She has been fitted w,ith boxes for 221, by the Me,srs. White, of Cowes. A corresponding number of artillerymen, together with the necessary accompaniment, will leave in this vessel for the Crimea. The Medway will get away to-morrow. THE DAPPER. On the Port-Admiral at Sheerness being informed on day last of the situation in which the gun-boat Dapper was last seen, he inameJiately ordered the steam-vessel Lizard, Lieutmant Christopher in command lima arrival , Commander,ss h i o s assisted d were b y t as o S v h e in e r e b izez pilot Mr. George Brockman, Master of the Wildfire, as charge, to proceed in search of her. The Lizard-fell in wits the Dapper near the Gunallsdseeteealt,tiotohngoeeit, strength a th n he d er t h h e e a y o a f rrived at Sheer. ness at 11.30 p.m. on the same day. The D a p t p h e e r . ro w She i w n e a re very leaky state. c The saving of the Dapper is'entirely Twin to th e indefati. gable, zeal and judicious management a the engineers, officers, and crew of this vessel, a ll of liisinnu'3.tvua,7oPc.viieeirra:figettteetttmoloYPatetcTicleothteur:sltevii it. TAE SEA SEA SERVICE MORTAR VESSELS. The four sea service mortar vessels, destined for the Black sea, in company, and under .charge of the Odin steam-frigate, captain James Wilcox, arrived at Sheerness yesterday from Woolwich. Captain Julius Roberts, of the Royal Marine Ar tillery, under whose directions and on whose design they have been fitted, is expected there to-day to inspect them previous to their departure. These vessels are all cutter. rigged in a very substantial and seamanlike style, and appear well calcu lated to carry their intended armament, ammunition, shot, shell, &e. TAE A POOL, sh'AirlSjiTmlle.lt.ll....l.AN,AND AMERICAN •IVIAItS:—LIVICR I , !it, el, vez , ~,__ , i be A tl ' t " -ba T''" 3ll4 w*ttY;(lispatchod 1 ,_.:_, ~,.., 10" a ." I., 1.3" t e Royal Mail stoatn-ship Oliver -i",, ,4 ' i l i - J , u a.,. In Crawl,rd, belon7ing tO'-liftisrs. James . i.acke s ts. , i' , l , Co .. inpany's I:dank Balt line of lAustrahan lac May mails cairied out by tbj ship are 1 1124:_nally larize, alllouaing to about 350 t0..,4,;,0r nearly 7t/ tone: weight. She also carried-SElo..Pissengi re, allot git whom. wire the new Solicitor p.eneAr e al of Van Dietwn's Land, and Sir George SiPheii'itiO lady, who intend j iini . ng the portion:of,their famityiaittddy settled in AV-tralia,. Sir George Step h e n ha., for.a lengthened period, resided and practised a, a barristenLiverpool, and leaves with the respect and. egteetn - nf.all the inhabi tants. He i. 4 brother to the popular lectured author, Sir 'James Stephen , but mord generally known to the literary and cottuucrcial world as the author of " The Principles of Commercial Law," and " Al:di-Slavery Reco ll ec tions," The Oliver Lanir-had 'About 3.000 tons o f cargo, and being in capital sailingriin one ii expected to ma ke a fast vqyage.. At p.m, the:United States Captain ma il steam-ship Baltic, Comsteck,,sailed for New York with tae weekly mail::,- for the We - stern eon tiuent ; 163 pusengers, and a full cargoon.freight. li ce olPiv; .st:e ° ?", 1 ,