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ous public galleries devoted to the arts, and open gratuit ously to the people. The larger towns of France are gene rally adorned by such institutions. In this country we can scarcely boast of any. Our exhibitions (where they exist) are usually periodical. A fee is demanded for a dmission, and modern works only are exhibited. From such exhibitions the poor are necessarily excluded. Even those who can afford to pay seldom enjoy the advantage of contemplating perfect specimens of beauty, or of imbibing the pure principles of art. If the recommendation of the Committee were adopted—that the opening of public galleries for the people should, as much as possible, be encouraged—casts of the best specimens of sculpture might be advantageously trans mitted from the metropolis to the different towns. Casts are cheaply supplied in Paris under the superintendence of an artist, and a tarif, indicating their several prices, is issued, for the benefit of the public. This example is worthy of imitation. But, besides casts and paintings, copies of the Arabesques of Raphael, the designs of Pompeii, specimens from the era of the revival of the arts, every thing, in short, which exhibits in combination the efforts of the artist and the workman should be sought for in the formation of such institutions. They should also contain the most approved modern specimens, foreign as well as domestic, which our extensive commerce would readily convey to us from the most distant quarters of the globe. It appears that among our workmen a great desire exists for such public exhibitions. Wherever it be possible they should be accessible after working hours ; and admission should be gratuitous and general. A small obstruction is frequently a virtual prohibition. The vexatious fees ex acted at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, and other public buildings are discreditable to the nation. In the Abbey at Westminster not only is a fee demanded at the door, but supplementary fees are extorted in different parts of the An intelligent witness, Mr. Nasmyth, suggests the great advantage which manufacturers would derive from them selves encouraging a knowledge and a lore of art among their workmen. The exhibition of works of proportion and of beauty in rooms connected with factories would have a beneficial effect on minds already familiar with geometrical proportions. Scientific improvements in machinery, and economy in the construction of it are both intimately con nected with perfection of.form. The geometrical forms of the works of antiquity (especially in their relation to the ellipse): are referred to by Mr. Nasmyth, and more fully developed by Mr. Reinagle. Mr. Cooper has shown that the application of art to a material not only encourages, but sometimes creates a manufacture. Were the arts more extensively diffused among our population, many articles, such as marble, terracotta, wood, and ivory (a material to which art is much applied in France) would give additional employment to the people. It has been generally admitted, both by artists and by manufacturers, that access to botanical gardens would have an excellent effect on our industrious population. Tiie French study more closely than we do the living flower, and their imitations of plants are generally acknowledged to be more correct than ours. Mr. Hay, an intelligent practical witness, from Edinburgh, has dwelt on the im portance of the study of the natural flower, even in its simplest form. Among the advantages possessed by the manufacturing artists of foreign countries the attention of your Committee has been directed to the " Books on Art," published by the Governments for the instruction of their workmen. Among these, the works issued by M. Beuth, Director of the Getc'erb Institut at Berlin, particularly deserve to be men• tinned. There works, printed at the expense of the Prus sian Government, with copper-plate engravings, make known to the manufacturing artist the most bcaatiful mo dels of antiquity and the era of the Renaissance, as well as Oriental and Moresque designs. Architectural illustrations, both for the exterior ead interior of buildings, vases, tri pods, paterm, patterns for various species of manufacture, farm one of these volumes. The other is devoted to plans and illustrations of the construction of the public warlzs of Prussia. The chief excellence of these works appears to consist in their general correctness and classical purity of taste. In is gratifying to observe that British capital and intelligence, unaided by the Government, have been turned in the same direction. Cheap publications upon art are studied with interest by our workmen. The " Mechanics' Magazine" figs, in this point of view, as well as in its more scientific character, conferred lasting advantages on the manufactures of the country. The imniensly-extended publication of spe cimens of art by means of the steam-printing machine is justly commemorated in the evidence of Mr. Cowper. The " Penny"' and " Saturday" Magazines, the " Magaisin- Pittoresque," the " Magasin-Univcrsel," and other cheap works issued in France and Germany, are mainly indebted for their success to this great instrument of knowledge. - Nothing is more cheering than to find public instruction, and consequently public happiness, thus extending with the in crease of national capital, and conveying intelligence and civilization in so cheap a form to the remotest cottage in the kingdom. Such instruments may be said to form the paper-circulation of knowledge ; and while the friends of education lament that the people are yet most insufficiently provided with places of instruction, they are somewhat con soled by the reflection that these works convey instruction to the very dwellings of the people. But though cheap publications are thus circulated by in dividual enterprise, there are works, such as those issued by the Government of Prussia, which probably require too great labour of design and are too expensive of execution to be profitably undertaken by individuals. It is stated on the the high authority of Baron Von Klense, that the influence of Professor Beuth's publications is already perceptible in the shops and dwelling-houses at Berlin. Encouraged by the success of this experiment, the Bavarian Government is about to issue similar, but cheaper, works for the benefit of the workmen of Bavaria. It appears to the Committee most desirable, with a view to extend a love, a knowledge of art among the people, that the principle of design should form a portion of any permanent system of national education. Such elementary instruction should be based on an extension of the know ledge of form, by the adoption of a bold style of geome trical and outline-drawing, such as is practised in the na tional schools of Bavaria. The Committee further would suggest that if proper machinery for accomplishing such an object were supplied, the progress of the people in the arts should be reported annually to Parliament. This part of the subject, however, is involved in the much greater ques tion of a responsible Minister of Education, which the li mits imposed on the Committee prevent them from doing more than alluding to. It is with regret that your Committee notice the neglect of any general instruction even in the history of art at our Universities and public schools—an omission noticed long ago by Mr. Burke, and obvious to every reflecting mind. The Committee turn to another branch of the subject connected with arts and manufactures. The difficult and deli cate question of copyright has already engaged the atten tion of the House, and numerous complaints of want of protection for their designs have been laid before the Com mittee by artists and manufacturers. Mr. Smith, an emi nent manufacturer of Sheffield, states that the piracy of his designs will compel him altogether to abandon designing as connected with his trade. A similar or corroborative state ment is . made by architectural sculptors, modellers, manu facturing artists, and artists generally. Mr. Martin has been seriously injured by the piracy of his works ; and Mr. Papworth attrib u t es t o th e wan t of protection for inven tion the abse nce o f or i g i na l ma tt er i n t a bl e t s , vases , a nd foliages, of which in England we possess few specimens, and perhaps none worthy of observation. It is well known that a short period of copyright is extended to printed cot ton patterns. A doubtful protection has also been afforded to the arts by the statutes 38 Geo. 111. cap. 71, and 54 Geo. 111. cap. 71, 56. The copyright given by these statutes extends to metallic figures of men and animals, to figures combined of the two, and t o w h a t i s somew h a t loosely styled " matter of invention in sculpture." Me tallic foliages, arabesques, vases, candelabra, and similar works are unprotected by them. Whatever b e th e l ega l latitude of these Acts, the expensiveness of a remedy through the Courts of law or equity is a virtu a l b ar to invention, and almost affords i m punity to piracy in art. The most obvious principle of any measure enacted for the protection of invention appears to be the constitution of a cheap and accessible tribunal. The French have long possessed a prompt and economical Court of Judgment for cases of this kind. The constitution of the Conseil des Prud'hommes, prevalent in the manufacturing .districts of France, is a subject of interesting developement in the evi dence of Dr. Bowring. These local tribunals form a kind of jury or board of arbitration, composed of master manu facturers and workmen, empowered to decide on priority of invention in design, as well as on many other subjects connected with manufactures. It has, however, occurred to concerning the committee, that whero a dispute arises originality of invention between designers residing at a dis tance from each other, local tribunals would not readily af ford a final adjudication. In . addition to cheapness, the greatest promptitude of decision another obvious element in the constitution of such a tr!bunal. For this and for other reasons a system of registration appears to be indispensable. Another element in the consideration of this subject i s the varying duration of protection t o b e e xtend e d to diffe rent inventions in manufactures. The varying periods of protection form a question o f m i nute an d exact d eta il, fi t for separate inuestigation, and dependent on evidence too specific to be co mprehended in th e more genera l i nqu i ry undertaken by the Committee. The Committee consider the elaboration of any compre hensive measure for the protection of designs in manufac tures to be well worthy of the serious attention of the Go vernment. The arts, both generally and in so far as they are con nected with manufactures, have shared the common suffer ing under the baneful influence of fiscal duties. The ex THE SITN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1836. Gallery should be dedicated to the perpetuation and exten sion of the British School of Art. Pictures by living Bri tish artists of acknowledged reerit might, after they have stood the test of time and criticism, be purchased for the national collection ; especially such paintings as are more adapted, by th e i r st yl e an d su bj ec t, t o a ga ll e ry than a cabi net. A room might also be devoted to such engravings as have undergone a similar probation of public criticism. This encouragement appears to be due to the higher branches of engraving. It would be a great public benefit if the celebrated Car toons from Hampton Court could be deposited in the Na tional Gallery. That they could be preserved there with safety is the opinion of several eminent artists. Your Committee observe with regret that the great pic ture of Sebastian del Piombo has been exposed to the ha zard (from the incursion of insects) detailed in the evidence. With respect to the future extension of the national col lection, it has been suggested that individuals might be encouraged to bequeath to it money as well as paintings, by inscribing over the works purchased with their bequests the names of the donors. It has been recommended by more than one experienced witness that the pictures particu larly sought for in our national collection should be those o f the era of Raphael, or of the times just antecedent to it ; • such works being of a purer and more elevated style than the eminent works of the Caracci. Paintings of the Raphael era, form the best nucleus of a gallery ; they have been sought for on this account as the basis of the new National Gallery at Berlin. The capability of the persons appointed to make pur chases for the National Gallery is a very important question. It would seem that the majority of trustees ordinarily selected for such purposes in this country are chosen rather on account of their elevated rank and their possession of pictures than for any peculiar professional ability. A private collector m a y b e an exce ll en t jud g e of cabinet paint ings, but he may not have the comprehensive knowledge required in the choice of a national collection. In the Committees appointed to purchase paintings for the Na tional Galleries of France and Prussia there is a greater admixture of artists and of experts, or persons who have devoted themselves to the study of the value of pictures. A similar admission of practical and professional critics is, in the opinion of the Committee, desirable in this country. The composition of our Commissions for deciding on plans for public works has also been, with great apparent justice, complained of. In France, the tribunal which decides be tween competing artists is less limited and more professional. The opinion of the public is also there called in aid of the tribunal. It appears from the evidence of Mr. Cockerell that, on occasion of a recent concours for a public Com mission in Paris the plans of the different artists were sub jected to general public criticism for eight days; after which a tribunal, consisting of artists in general, as well as of those belonging to the Institute, assisted by persons professionally acquainted with the subject of the work, pronounced a final opinion on the merits of the different designs. It has already been submitted by the Committee that an occasional outlay of public money on British works of art of acknowledged excellence, and in the highest style and purest taste, would be a national advantage. It has also been suggested that in the completion of great public build ings the arts of sculpture and painting might be called in for the embellishment of architecture, to the advancement of the arts and the refinement of the people. The habitual contemplation of noble works in fresco and in sculpture is worthy of the intelligence of a great and civilised nation. It will give your Committee the sincerest gratification if the result of their inquiry (in which they have been liberally assisted by the artists of this country) tend in any degree to raise the character of a profession which is said to stand much higher among foreign nations than in our own ; to in fuse, even remotely, into an industrious and enterprising people a love of art, and to teach them to respect and ve nerate the name of" artist." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Td T TER SALL' S— YESTERDAY. TIIE DERBY. The room was again thinly attended, nor was there any im provement in the character or amount of the business transacted on the Derby. The favourite at present would appear to be Jereed, as an offer was made to take 9 to 1 about him, while those odds were betted to a small sum against the other two. Dardanelles, so many weeks stationary at 16 to 1, sprung a couple of points, the highest offer against him yesterday being 14 to 1 (an offer was made to take 16 to 1 i❑ conjunction with the one about Jereed). Clifton and Wintonian are precisely as quoted in our last, and Mungo at 30 to 1 (bidders), the same price at which he has stood since his de feat at Newmarket. Sambo (the Itosalia colt) and Miss Clifton were each backed at 40 to 1 at small figures, and 40 to 1 offered against Critic. Closing prices :- 7 to 1 offered agst Lord Exeter's lot—take 8 to 1 8 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jereed—take 9 to 1 9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler 's Defender—taken 14 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Dardanelles—take 16 to 1 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian—take 25 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Clifton—take 30 to 1 30 to l agst Mr. Greville's Mungo—offered 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sambo (Rosalia)—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Miss Clifton colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Critic—offered. 10 to 1 offered agst Lord Chesterfield's Nomination. No others were mentionod Our letter containing the latest quotations from Manchester show a few variations from the London prices. There Jereed is backed freely at 8 to 1, a point more offered against Brother to Bay Alid dleton, 10 to 1 agst Defender, and only 25 to 1 agst Sambo. ST. LEGER 10 to 1 offered in town on the field ; and offers to take 600 to 500 that Henriade beats Cardinal Puff. At Manchester they take 9 to 1 about either. CHESTER CUP, P.P. (COUNTRY I' RlcEs.) Offers to bet 10 to 1 on the field. We are enabled to state that the Portland Handicap, which created so great an interest this year, will be continued, his Grace the Duke of Portland having announced his intention to place 3001. at the disposal of the Stewards of the Jockey Club, under the same conditions as before (a free handicap of 100 sots. each, h. ft., three miles for four years old and upwards). The Jockey Club, following his Grace's munificent example, will give 2001., to be added to a handicap, ditch in. Both races to come off in the spring. Besides making sport, these stakes are materially calcu lated to improve the stamina of the race-horse, as there can be lio complaint now of want of inducements to train horses forlong courses. The Steeple Chase for which we gave the entries and riders in our paper of yesterday, will come off about noon on Saturday, seven miles beyond Barnet, on the Hatfield road ; the ground chosen is nearly four miles in length, and includes a large number.of fences. COURSING. NEWMARKET (NEW CLUB).—WEDNESDAY. Allington Hill Stakes, for Bitch Puppies. Mr. Dobede's bk. Delia beat Mr. Baildon's by Liska. Mr. Finch's bk. Guess beat Mr. Edwards's w. Ann Page. Captain Daintree's br. d. Kathleen beat Mr. Vipan's bk. Vivid. Mr. Dobede's bk. Dirce beat Captain Daintree's r. Kindle. Mr. Fyson's bk. Faithful beat Mr. Dunn's r. w. Bellona, Mr. Inskip's r. w. Ivy beat Mr. Gillett's 1. Gem. Mr. Saberton's bk. Smart beat Mr. Vipan's w. Violet. Mr. King's bk. Rachel beat Mr. Saberton's Susan. For the Cup. Mr. Carter's r. d. Cardinal beat Mr. Edwards's bk. d. Assassin. Mr. Saberton's bk. d. Sovereign beat Mr. Thorpe's bk. b. Niobe. Mr. Finch's r. b. Gavotte beat Mr. Moody's br. b. Miss Junket. Mr. Dunn's bk. d. p. Baronet beat Mr. Gillett's f. w Glee. Mr. King's r. d. Royalist beat Mr. Inskip's bk. b. Imogene. Mr. Baildon's w. b. Dyra beat Mr. Fyson's br. d. Farmer. Mr. Vipan's Vanish beat Captain Daintree's r. b. Kate. Mr. Vipan's w. b. Verity beat Mr. Dobede's br. d. p. Dillatnore. Chippendale Stakes for Dog Puppies. Mr. Fyson's r. Francis beat Mr. King's f. Regent. Mr. Dunn's w. Balloon beat Mr. Gillett's f. Go-Cart. Mr. Saberton's bk. Sulky beat Mr. Finch's bk. Granby. Mr. Baildon's r. Levitt beat Mr. Inskip's r. w. Jupiter. Mr. Baildon's bk. Lunardi beat Mr. Dobede's bk. w. Duncan. Mr. Dobede's bk. Dolphin beat Mr. Carter's f. Clinker. Mr. Vipan's r. Valiant beat Mr. Edwards's br. Adam Brock. Port Stakes. Mr. Dobede's bk. w. Diamond beat Mr. Edwards's f. b. Au Fait Mr. Saberton's w. d. Sailor beat Mr. Gillett's br. b. p. Gaiety. Mr. King's r. b. Regina beat Captain Daintree's r. d. Knapsack. Mr. Baildon's bk. w. d. Luck's All beat Mr. Carter's bk. b. Crafty. Mr. Fyson's br. b. Fanny beat Mr. Inskip's bk. d. Indian. .Mr. Finch's r. d. Grenoble beat Mr. Vipan's f. d. Venison. The coursing took place at Allington Hill. ASHDOWN MEETING.—TUESDAY. For the Cup and Sovereigns. Captain Delme's br. Dormouse beat Mr. Pettat's Pedigree. Mr. Fleetwood's d. Fitzalpine beat Mr. Chamberlayne's b. Coal. Mr. Etwall's f. b. Esler beat Mr. Harri s ' s bk. d. H ar d w i c h. Colonel Newport'a br. d. Nickbottom beat Mr. Goodlake's f. b. Glee (two hares). Mr. Cripps's bk. b. Confidence beat Mr. E. Cripps's d. Eagle. Mr. Parr's br. d. Pilate beat Mr. Morant's br. b. Magazine. Mr. Pettat's f. b. Preserve beat Mr. Fleetwood's d. Flapdragon. Mr. Etwall's bk. d. Eilwagen beat Mr. B. Harries's bk. k. Holly. The Derby Stakes for Dog Puppies. Mr. Goodlake's Geoffrey Gambado beat Colonel Newport's Nym. Mr. Parr's bk. Plymouth beat Captain Delme's bk. Dardanelles. Mr. Chamberlayne's r. Champion beat Mr. Browne's w. Bumper. Mr. E. Cripps's Ernodorff beat (by a toss) Mr. Harries's Hollyhock. Mr. Neeld's f. d. Nebuchadnezzar beat Mr. Etwall's r. Eblis. Mr. Fleetwood's Farmer beat Mr. Etwall's lEronaut. The Oak Stakes for Bitch Puppies. Mr. Goodlake's f. Destiny beat Colonel Newport's w. Nina. Mr. E. Cripps's y. !Etna beat Mr. Etwall's y. w. Erne Nymph. Mr. Parr's r. Primrose beat Mr. Cripps's bk. Chapeau d'Espagne. Mr. Pettat's Philomel beat Mr. Fleetwood's Fancy. Mr. Chamberlayne's bk. Curious beat Mr. Browne's y. Brisk. Mr. Harries's bk. Planet beat Mr. Neeld's bk. No Matter. Mr. Goodlake's Golden Plover ran a bye. Mr. Etwall's w. y. Elfurtot beat Mr. Chamberlayne's hi the fourth course for the Cup Glee ran the fresh hare and killed her, closing her course without competition. The Marchioness of Ailesbury, Earl and Countess of Craven, and many other fashionables were present. The hares ran stoutly DIE GREAT METROPOLIS. — We are requested to state that the new work, by the author of " Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons," entitled " The Great Metropolis," is now ready, and may be had of the publishers, Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street ; of their agents Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; and J. C umm ing, Dublin ; and of the Booksellers throughout the kingdom. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, several of the Court of Aldermen, and the Under-Sheriffs, had an interview with Lord John Russell on the subject of the im provements suggested by the Sheriffs in the Gaol of New gate. After some conversation Lord John acceded to the proposed alterations, and the deputation retired. cise laws, in their restrictions on the manufacture and the form of bricks, have obstructed the exercise of art in that material. The window duty acts injuriously on the pro portion and. beauty of our buildings. The paper duty has been extensively detrimental in its effects on periodical pub lications, on the arts, on the use of drawing-paper, on the employment of cards in the jacquard-loom, and in its op pressive application to the whole trade of paper-staining. The glass duties have fettered the arts in their endeavours to restore painting on glass, in which (contrary to common belief) we are able to surpass the artists of former times. The same duties have restricted the adoption of engravings as ornaments in dwelling-houses. The lower cost of glass in France has encouraged a much more extended use of en gravings in private residences. In reference to the diffusion of a knowledge of the arts your Committee have already adverted incidentally to ex hibitions. Among exhibitions connected with the encou ragement of art their attention has been called to the in stitutions established in Germany under the name of Kunst-Verine, and now becoming prevalent in this coun try. These associations, for the purchase of pictures to be distributed by lot, form one of the many instances in the present age of the advantages of combination. The small ness of the contribution required brings together a large mass of subscribers, many of whom without such a system of association would never have bean patrons of the arts. Messrs. Waagen and Von Klense highly estimate the ad vantages conferred on the arts by such associations, which appear to have been introduced into Prussia by M. Von Humboldt. From the subject of exhibitions the Committee have na turally been led to inquire into the constitution and manage ment of those institutions which have prevailed in Europe for the last two hundred years, under the name of Acade mies. Academies appear to have been originally designed to prevent or to retard the supposed decline of elevated art. Political economists have denied the advantages of such institutions, and artists themselves, of late years, have more than doubted them. It appears, on the evidence of some of the witnesses, that M. H. Vernet, the celebrated Di rector of the French Academy at Rome, has recommended the suppression of that establishment. It is maintained by Dr. Waagen that what is called the academic system gives an artificial elevation to mediocrity, and that the restriction of academic rules prevents the artist from catching the feeling and spirit of the great master whom he studies ; like the regulations of those literary institutions of former times, which set more value on scanning the metres of the ancients than on transfusing into the mind, the thoughts, and feelings of the poet. Many of the witnesses concur with Doctor Waagen in the opinion that academies ought properly to be schools only, wherein such instruction may be given as is not attainable in the studio of a private master. When academies go beyond this, their proper province, they dege nerate into mannerism, and fetter genius ; and when they assume too exclusive and oligarchical a character they damp the moral independence of the artist, and narrow the proper basis of all intellectual excellence—mental freedom. It seems probable that the principle of free competition in art (as in commerce) will ultimately triumph over all arti ficial institutions. Governments may, at some future per . oi, content themselves with holding out prizes cr com missions to the different but co-equal societies of artists, and refuse the dangerous gift of pre-eminence to any. It is more than probable that our Royal Academy is indebted for the distinguished names which adorn its an nals to the necessity of competing, as a private society, with other institutions, rather than to the extraneous dis tinctions and privileges with which it is decorated, and perhaps, encumbered. As it stands, it is not a public rht tional institution, like the French Academy, since it lives by exhibition, and takes money at the door. Yet it possesses many of the privileges of a public body, without bearing the direct burthen of public responsibility. The artists examined by the Committee frequently con cur in admitting the eminence of the present and of former members of the Royal Academy ; but they complain of the exclusive nature of its rules, of the limitation of its numbers, and of the principle of self election which per vades it. Among its exclusive rules has been named one which prohibits the members of the Academy from belong ing to any other institution of artists in London ; and ano ther which restricts a candidate for academic honours from exhibiting beyond the walls of the Academy. It is true that the inexpediency of the former of these regulations is acknowledged on the part of the Academy ; but it still exists, and has recently been carried into execu tion. The private and irresponsible nature of the pro ceedings of the Academy ; the privilege enjoyed by the Academicans of exclusively consorting with the patrons of art at the annual dinner ; their preroga tive of retouching their own works previous to exhibition (a power denied to the other artists who exhibit) ; and the monopoly of the best places by the pictures of the acadarnecians, have been adverted to by various witnesses. Of the privileges above-named some have been denied to be exclusive ; others have been claimed by the Academy as essential to the nature of such an institution. It is certainly to be lamented that artists so distinguished as Mr. Martin and Mr. Haydon should complain of the treatment of their works within the walls of the Academy ; and particularly that Mr. Martin should declare that his paintings have found that encouragement in the foreign ex hibitions of France and Belgium which they have been denied at home. Sonic irregularities have been noticed in the delivery of lectures at the Academy. The neglect of architecture has been complained of by several artists extra mares ; and the inadequacy of the instruction given in that important branch of art is admitted by the President himself. The exclusion of engravers from the highest rank in the Academy has often called forth the animadversions of fo rein artists. In the French Academy engravers are admit ted into the highest class of members. So are they in Milan, Venice, Florence, and in Rome. In England their rise is limited to the class of associates. This mark of de preciation drove such eminent men as Woollett, Strange, and Sharpe far from the Academy. Such a distinction seems the more extraordinary, because British engraving has attained a high degree of excellence. Foreigners send pupils hither for education ; and the works of British en gravers are diffused and admired throughout the Continent. The remarks of foreign critics have frequently been elicited by the u nusual predominance of portraits over other works of art in our annual academic exhibitions. It appears (from the returns appended to the Report) that fully half of the paintings annually exhibited have been portraits, which often inconsistently obtrude themselves before ideal and historical compositions. In the arrangement of a national exhibition a more appropriate classification ought surely to be adopted. The plan annexed to the evidence of Mr. Wilkins will explain that fully one-half of the new National Gallery has been given up to the Royal Academy. Against this apportionment of the national building a large number of artists have remonstrated ; and two bodies of painters have petitioned the House of Commons on the subject. They declare their inability to compete with an institution so favoured at the public expense. It is true that the Academy may be compelled to quit the National Gallery whenever public convenience requires their removal ; but the great body of non-academic artists contend that a society which possesses not only this but many other public advan tages ought to be responsible to those who contribute to their exhibitions, and whose interests they are supposed to represent. A strong feeling pervades the artists generally on this subject. They are uneasy under the ambiguous, half-public, half-private character of the Academy ; and they suggest that it should either stand in the simple position of a private institution, or, if it really represents the artists of Great Britain, that it should be responsible to, and eligible by, them. Few circumstances can more fully exhibit the hitherto ex clusive nature of our institutions than the fact that we have only just begun to form a National Gallery. The new building, now nearly completed, has been thrown back to open the facade of St. Martin's to Pall-mall—an alteration in his original design which the architect much deplores. It is to be lamented that the whole edifice is not fire-proof. The portion allotted to the Royal Academy is not so. As, according to the plan, the officers and servants of the Aca demy reside on the premises, there will be fires in the acade mic portion of the building ; a circumstance which must more or less endanger the adjacent national collection. In the construction of the new picture gallery at Munich (des cribed in the evidence of Baron Von Klenze) the removal of all danger from fire seems to have been particularly at tended to. The description of the magnificent galleries of sculpture the and painti ng at M un i c h , g i ven b y B aron Von Klenze, at end of the evidence, will be read with interest and in struction. The subject of a catalogue, or descriptions Of the paintings, is an important element in a national collection. Besides a catalogue raisonne, Mr. Waagen, in the Berlin Gallery, and Baron Von Klenze, in the gallery at Munich, have placed in each compartment of the gallery a descriptive map of the walls, by reference to which the spectator de rives some brief information respecting the several pictures and their painters. It appears to the Committee that the most ready and compendious information would be given to the public by fixing its name over every separate school, and under every p ict ure the name, with the time of the birth and death, of thepainte r ; the name also of the master, or the most celebrated pupil, of the artist, might in certain cases be added. This ready (though limited) information is important to those whose time is much ab sorbed by the mental or bodily labour. For their sakes also, it is essential that the gallery be opened, in summer, after the usual hours of labour. It is far better for the na tion to pay a few additional attendants in the rooms than to close the doors on the laborious classes, to whose recrea tion and refinement a national collection ought to be prin cipally devoted. It appears to your Committee that some portion of the FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PORTUGAL. RETROSPECT OF THE HISTORY OF THE THREE DAYS. (Abridged from the Supplement of the Nacional.) LissoN, Nov. B.—We have given within the three days just passed away the greatest proofs ever given by any people of love of liberty and devoted attachment to na tional independence. The brave old Portuguese, whom our enemies believed to be buried at Aljubarrota, and un der the lines of Elvas, have risen again more gallant and valiant than ever. Our share, the greatest in the achievements of Oporto, Algarve, Lisbon, Santarem, Almoster, and the Asseiceira, which the foreign faction have usurped from us, and attri buted exclusively to themselves, has been vindicated, and in the days of the 3d, 4th, and sth November, we have shown to Europe to which side belongs gallantry, honour, and love of country,—whether to the side of the party of the new Count Julians, who call upon foreigners to assist them in their impotent vengeance, or on the side of the people, who, in the presence of all the tremendous appa ratus and pomp of war, in the presence of the standards of the most powerful nations of the earth, though betrayed and sold by their chiefs and threatened with an overwhelming power, in their indignation, said— " Then let us make a finish here ; our native land may be laid waste, but let the memory of Portugal live ; fo reigners may then lord it over its ruins, if they choose I" The citizens of Lisbon having called for the Constitution of 1822, the anti-national faction endeavoured to consum mate the long meditated work of iniquity—" the selling us to foreigners." Their libelists and intriguers constantly threatened us with the approach of a foreign force. From that moment the question of institutions and forms of go vernment was put aside, and nationality and independence became the sole question. No honest man hesitated for a moment. No good Portuguese asked how many chambers or how many vetos there were in either Constitution. The one Constitution was Portuguese, the other was foreign. These characteristics put an end to all doubts, and the ge ral exclamation was—" We will die for our own Consti- ution." When the Queen, carried captive to Belem, was corn pelled to require that all the troops of the line should be sent there, the Ministers, to avoid affording the pretext which the faction wished to have for the landing of a foreign force—namely, that the Queen's person was in danger, re solved to order to that palace, not the whole of the troops of the line, but only a part for her Majesty's Guard. Thus it happened that there were in Belem many officers and soldiers as firm supporters of the cause of their country as any of their comrades. One corps only, the Marine Brigade, marched to Belem without being regularly ordered, on the following morning. These troops, and a few (at most not snore than 30) of the Volunteer Cavalry of the National Guard, alone cast a blemish on the unshaken patriotism of the garrison of this capital. As the scheme of getting possession of all the authorities could not be realized, the next thing resorted to was the dismissal of the patriot Ministry. The Queen was coerced to perform this act, and to name another Mi nistry, imposed upon her by that foreign faction. Thus, the oaths taken on the 9th and 10th of September were regarded as nothing, and the charter was to be restored by the gentle means of persecution and extermination. But here the generous heart of the daughter of Don Pedro showed itself. Her Majesty protested against every kind of persecution, and the malignants were obliged to re nounce, for that time at least, their hopes of vengeance. Amidst so many foreigners of all countries the Queen was the only Portuguese there ! The new Ministers, whose names have already been given, were appointed, and on the morning of the 4th they sent a notice of what had hap pened to their friends in Lisbon. There was now but one cry—to hasten to deliver the Queen, and expel the foreigners. The corps of the National Guard beat to arms, and marched to the Campo d'Ourique. There they declared the Queen a captive, and deliberated on the mea sures to be adopted. It was proposed that they should maintain themselves there until the commanders of the corps of the line in Belem should come and declare whether they were free, or, as was said, under coercion. Colonel Barreiros undertook to conduct them thither in the course of an hour and a half. In the meantime positions were taken, and the line was extended to Alcantara. The Cap tain of the frigate Rodrigues Franca posted a brigade there, consisting of a battalion from the Marine Arsenal, and the 15th of the National Guard, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Moracs. The impatience of the citizen soldiers could no longer be restrained. The cry of all was to go to Belem and set the Queen at liberty. In order to tranquillize them, it was suggested by Senhors Soares and Julio Sanches that it would be proper, in the first place, to exhaust all legal means, and that a message should be sent to her Majesty explaining to her the state of affairs, and soliciting the prompt remedy which that state demanded. The idea was approved of, and Senhor Passos Manoel commenced drawing up the proposition in writing (which he intended should be accompanied by a private letter from himself) ; when Senhor Luna and Jose Maria de Sousa arrived from Belem, charged to communicate to the commanders in the Campo, on the part of her Majesty, that the persons around her now recognised the necessity of compromising with opinions which they hitherto had not judged so well supported or so general ; she desired that some one should be sent, on the part of the people, to Be lem, to confer with the Commissioners which Her Majesty for this purpose would name. Immediately Senhor Passos Manoel offered himself, and was accepted ; and to him was joined Senhor Sousa Sarai va, both of whom set out without delay. Then it was agreed to appoint, ad interim, a commission which, in the absence of any other superior authority, might dispense the necessary orders for the maintenance of the public tranquillity and of the institutions which had been sworn to. There were accordingly chosen for this purpose by the commandants of the battalions of the National Guards, Senhors Bareto Feio, Sousa Saraiva, Salve San ches, Alexandre de Compos, and Costa Cabral. _ This Commission conferred on the Viscount Sada Ban deira the command-in-chief of the national forces, and im mediately every necessary arrangement practicable was adopted. Senhor Soares Caldeira was appointed Commandant of the National Guards. Senhors Passos Manoel and Sousa Saraiva having ar. rived at Belem, entered into conference with the commis• sioners appointed by her Majesty, who were—the Marquis of Saldanha, F. M. Trigosa, and the Duke of Palmella. Our Commissioners received the following propositions, which they took, ad referendum, that is, to be presented to their constituents, in order that they might deliberate upon them. PROPOSITIONS OF THE BELEM COMMISSIONERS. " 1. That the General Cortes be immediately convoked, and the representatives furnished with special powers to make in the charter of 1826, and in the Constitution of 1822, such alterations as they may deem necessary to se cure the legal liberty of the Portuguese nation, the prero gatives of the Crown of her most Faithful Majesty, the Senhora Donna Maria 11., and which may be conformable with the principles adopted in the other Constitutional Monarchies of Europe. " 2. That the Chamber of Peers, as it was constituted before the 10th day of September last, shall vote upon the said alterations, with the exception of such as may relate to the organization of that Chamber. " 3. Respect and love for the Queen being sentiments which flow in the breasts of all constitutional Portuguese, whatever differences of opinion they may have held up to the present time on the subject of political organization, they consider themselves equally united for the future in the desire to maintain peace and to consolidate national liberty on the basis of a representative monarchy. 4. These articles, agreed upon by the Commissioners, remain for future approval. " Palace of Belem, Nov. 4, 1836." (The signatures follow.) Before and after these conferences the furious partisans of the faction attempted, notwithstanding the efforts of the Marquis Saldanha, the Duke of Terceira, and other gentle men, to assassinate our Commissioners in the basest manner, but the coolness and courage with which they beheld the daggers of the assassin raised against them struck terror into their cowardly souls. The noble independence with which Senhor Passos ad dressed the foreign Ministers who surrounded the Queen, the respect and dignity with which he tempered that inde pendence when he directed himself to his captive Queen, are among those establishments of rank which elevate a less na tion to a level with a greater. Intelligence of this having reached the camp, it is impos sible to give an idea of the indignation which was excited ; all were eager to sally forth to save or avenge the Commis sioners of the people. But, in the mean time, Senhor the Marquis de Ficalho arrived with a letter from Senhor Passos, in which he described himself as in a state of per fect liberty, and about to arrive with propositions of recon ciliation, and recommended order and tranquillity. The reading of this letter by Senhor Julio Sanches to all a n d each of the battalions tended to tranquillize their minds. The Commissioners soon after arrived with the proposi tions, which we are now about to transcribe. The com mission proceeded to deliberate in conjunction with the commandants of corps and the most distinguished citizens, who assembled together in order to have this grand act pre sented to them. (Here follows the text of the reply, which was signed by the parties who deliberated, and a copy of which was sent for the like purpose to all tho commandants of corps who were in position in the line.) REPLY TO THE PROPOSITIONS OF THE BELEM COMMIS. MISSIONERS. " 1. The General Cortes convoked by the decree of the Bth of October are to meet as before directed : but the re- presentativcs will be furnished with special powers for making in the constitution of 1822, and in the charter of 1826, such alterations as they may deem necessary for se curing the legal liberty of the Portuguese nation, the pre rogatives of the Crown of Her Most Faithful Majesty the Senhora Donna Maria 11., and which may be conformable with the principles adopted in the other constitutional mo narchies of Europe. " The modifications admissible and fit to be adopted in the Charter of 1826 aro not to be rejected unless contrary to the oath last taken. Thus far the undersigned volun tarily agree to the same. "2. The acts of Government since the 10th of Septem ber, and especially, the decrees, the execution of which is in operation, shall be guaranteed. " 3. Her Most Faithful Majesty is besought to be pleased to appoint a Ministry possessing the entire confidence of the nation. _ "4. The general desire of all the Portuguese is to se cure the public liberties, and to preserve the prerogatives of the Crown, and the dignity of the Throne. " These noble ends attained, no sacrifice will be consi dered of any moment in lending Government all the support which citizens are enabled to afford. Harmony among all the Portuguese, public order, and individual security of all the undersigned citizens, whom the purest national interest preserves united. " JOSE VICTORINO BARRETO FEIO. " L. R. SOUZA SARAIVA. " VISCOUNT SA DA BANDEIRA. " A number of other persons of rank, command ants of corps, &c." The reply was given to the Viscount de Sa, who had established his head-quarters at the bridge of Alcantara, the extremity of our line, to be forwarded to Belem. Our mes senger on his way met the foreign advanced posts, who seemed not to understand the business, nor to wish to re ceive the letter. The truth is, that the spirits of the fac tion had been raised by the presence of the foreign troops, and it was now intended to prevent the reconciliation. On learning this between three and four o'clock on the morning of the sth, the Commander-in-Chief, the Commissioners, and some citizens of distinction, whose opinion it was wished to have, assembled, and came to the resolution that it was impossible to treat in any way whatever, while the Portu guese territory was violated by foreign troops, and the Queen evidently under coercion. The Viscount was then desired to communicate this decision to the Marquis de Saldanha, which he did by a flag of truce despatched with all formalities between six and seven in the morning. 4" Illustrious and Excellent Senhor,—The official reply upon the bases agreed to by us for conciliation was by me despatched during the night to your Excellency, but the foreign forces which occupy that part of the Portuguese territory did not please to receive it. I now send again to your Excellency a flag of truce. But the landing of these troops, and the warlike attitude which they have assumed, have entirely altered the state of the question, which is not now simply between Portuguese and Portuguese, but between Portuguese and Portuguese supported by a foreign force. Wherefore the Commission appointed to sustain the insti tutions sworn to by the Sovereign and the nation is of opi nion that her Majesty is not at perfect liberty for delibera tion, nor councilled by her natural counsellors. The Com mission has then determined, and it is my duty to commu nicate to your Excellency, that, as a preliminary to any negociation, it is required that the foreign force shall re emark, and leave her Majesty at full liberty. " God preserve your Excellency. " Viscount SA DA BANDEIRA. " Head-quarters, Alcantara, Nov. 5." About ten o'clock Lieutenant-Colonel Barreiros brought a verbal reply that her Majesty had ordered away the fo reign troops, and immediately after the Marquis de Sal danha came with full powers from her Majesty to settle everything. Everything was terminated by the declare of the Marquis de Saldanha, made in the name of the Queen, that her Majesty agreed to the programme of the Campo d'Ourique, appointed the Viscount de Sa Presi dent of the Council for the formation of a Ministry, and confided to that patriotic Administration the preparation of the decree for ratifying the convention then concluded. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Nov. IG.—The King's answer to the address of the Chamber of Representatives (presented to him to day), was as follows : " I receive with satisfaction the address of the Chamber of Representatives. I hope that the session which has just opened will be fruitful in results. I am happy to see that you have appreciated the flourishing condition of commerce and manufactures. Nevertheless there are still some branches of the public wealth which require all our soli citude. I take pleasure in saying with you that the amity of views between my Government and the national repre sentation is an essential condition of happiness and pros perity. Let it be our business to preserve this unity. It is agreeable to me to receive the assurance of your sincere and active co-operation in the maintenance of public peace and the happiness of the country." The Chamber ordered the address to be printed, and af terwards proceeded to the discussion of the articles of the project of law on the salary of curates. BELGIAN 1 UNDS—ERUSSELS, Nov. 16. Actual Debt, 23ti per Cent. Ttothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO Loan of Thirty Millions 92.4i Loan of City, 15:32, 4 per Cent lOO Society of Commerce, 4 aper Cent. 1463, Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 125 Brussels Papers, Nov. 17. DUTCH FUNDS—AurrEussm, Nov. 15. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2.14 per Cent 5l l, 51% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A tnort Syndic, 43.; per cent 9214 93; Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent. 73. 14 7434 Commercial Company, 4L4 per cent 17014 174, Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 0234 Two months TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 19.—The announced change in the Ministry has not taken place, and the reports on the subject have wholly died away. The Austrian Ambassador is engaged in active negotia tions with the Minister of the Porte, with a view to re-open the ancient mouth of the Danube, which enters the Black Sea, almost in a straight line from Tschernavoda. This undertaking is of extraordinary importance for the naviga tion of the Danube, as ships would be relieved from the necessity of taking a very circuitous course, full of obstacles, inconveniences, and dangers. The plague is very severe ; the number of victims increases. It is said to have amounted in the last week to above 2,000. VIENNA, Nov. B.—Five per Cent., 1028 ; Four per Cent., 99 ; Three per Cent., 73i ; Bank Shares, 1,352. Allgenzeine Zeitung, Nov. 13. SIR HENRY PARNELL IN DUNDEE It was generally rumoured on Wednesday, that Sir Henry Parnell, the Representative of the Borough, was expected to arrive that evening ; but he did not arrive till the even ing of Thursday. At the meeting of Council held on Thurs day forenoon, Provost Kay announced Sir Henry's expected visit, the object of which was to give "an account of his stewardship ;" and suggested that, as a mark of respect to their distinguished Representative, the Council should meet at two o'clock on Friday, and arrange with Sir Henry as to the most convenient day and hour for holding a public meeting. This was unanimously agreed to, and Sir Henry having attended the meeting of Council, Monday, at two o'clock, was fixed for the public meeting. PREPARATORY MEETING OF THE NON-ELECTORS. No sooner did the non-electors hear of Sir Henry's visit, than a meeting was called for Saturday evening, the promi nent object of which was, " to consider Sir Henry Parnell's votes in Parliament, and public affairs in general." The meeting was numerously attended, although the weather, the day, and the hour, were alike unfavourable. Mr. James Whyte, weaver, was called to the chair. Mr. JAMES Buis, weaver, in moving the address, said that, as regarded Sir Henry Parnell's votes, there were two with which especial fault was to be found. The first re ferred to the ballot question, and the second to the abolition of flogging. Sir Henry's private opinion is in favour of the vote by ballot ; but still he absented himself on the two oc casions when the question was brought before the House. The answer he gives to this is, that in consequence of the Government having resolved to oppose the ballot, he, as a member of that G overnmen t, was o bli ge d e ith er to vo t e against it, or a b sen t hi mse lf.—(Hi ss i ng .) Si r H enry ex plains further, that he had used all his influence with the Government to allow the question to be an open one, so that each Member might vote in accordance with the pledge given to his constituents. The Chairman and himself had waited upon Sir Henry Parnell on Friday afternoon, to as certain if he would receive an address ; and he naturally in quired the purport of it. They stated, that one of the points referred to the ballot, which led to a conversation on the subject. He said he would leave it to the people of Dundee to say whether they should compel him to abandon a Government pledged to the support of so many great questions, merely because on the question of the ballot it had hitherto been resolved that members of Government should oppose it. He (Mr. Buik) at once stated that the great majority of the people of Dundee were decidedly in favour of vote by ballot. Upon the subject of abolition of flogging, the deputation did not enter ; but the meeting were aware that Sir Henry had voted for its continuance. He (Mr. Buik) considered flogging in the army a most brutal and savage practice. Besides, as matters stood, it was the aristocracy flogging democracy. None of the offi cers were flogged ; and why should such an irritating and invidious distinction prevail ?—(Cheers.) The a ddress like wise treated of another important question —Peerage Re form. " We have got a fair trial of Parliamentary reform, but it is not found to work. We find that only mischief has been accomplished—we must bring about the reform of the other half. We cannot expect a machine only one half constructed to work well.—(Cheers.) In the Commons the representation has been much improved ; but no im provemcnt has taken place in the constitution of the Lords. It is the same as it was 800 years ago ; and the Members of that House have no more right to their irresponsible power than highway robbers have to their ill-gotten wealth. —(Cheers.) It is an insult to the common sense of an en lightened people, to see a handful of landed proprietors wielding, without controul, the destinies of their fellow men. We should not tolerate any such thing, and determine to adopt resolute measures to secure our emancipation."--- (Great cheering.) After some further remarks, an address was read, and unanimously agreed to. On Monday, the weather being favourable, Sir Henry addressed his constituents from hustings erected in High-street. The attendance was good, amounting in all to from 3,000 to 4,000. Sir H to . P appearaaN E LL before said his that constituentsit o render r e an factionac count of his conduct as their representative in Parliament. If he had failed in availing himself of such an opportunity, he would have considered that he was betraying the trust which had been reposed in him. His principles had under gone no change since he was first returned to Parlia ment as their representative. When he last appeared b efore them, he justified his acceptance of office from the expecta tion which he entertained that Lord Melbourne would eon duct the Government of the country fairly and honestly. He told them that he knew Lord Melbourne personally, and that, from the firmness of his character, from his pro bity and talents, he considered him qualified for the situa tion of Prime Minister ; and, he trusted that he could now fearlessly refer to every part of Lord Melbourne s conduct during the eighteen months he been in office; to prove the accuracy of his anticipations. Lora Melbourne was not in office so as to commence opera: rations until June 1835, when the Session was far advanee Ql ' but he lost no time in bring forward measures for the Pub lie good. He had taken pains to make up an accurate list of those measures ; and he thought that when the m eeting heard that no less than twenty-one great measures had been entered upon by Government in one session, it must strike them that Government was not remiss in fulfilling the hoe entertained. There was the English Tithe Bill ; the Ms; senters' Marriage Bill ; the Registration of Births an d Deaths ; the Bill for the Reduction of Taxes on Know" ledge ; the Charitable Trustees Bill ; a Bill to a mend the . English Municipal Reform Bill of the previous Ses sion ; the Jewish Disabilities Bill ; the Post Office Reform Bill ; the Prisoners' Counsel Bill ; the County Elections Bill ; and the Imprisonment for Debt Bill. Neither wer e the interests of Scotland neglected. There was the Court of Session Bill ; the Sheriff Court Bill ; the Bill called the Diligence Bill ; the Bill regarding the voters in Conn: ties ; and a Bill introduced, although not persevered in, for reforming the Scottish Municipal Corporation s. For Ireland there was the Irish Municipal Bill ; th e Irish Church Bill ; and a Bill of very great consequence re garding Irish Police. Now, if all these measures be ja" quired into, it will be seen that they are founded on the principle of extending the original measure of r eform through all the branches of Government. He believed that no measures were ever brought forward less liable to ob jection. With regard to the careful manner in which the measures had been prepared, he was able to quote an autho rity which, in this town especially, would be of high value —he referred to his friend Mr. Rintoul.—(Cheers.) Si r Henry here read an extract from the Spectator, in which lt, was stated that Ministers met Parliament with a stock of useful and digested measures. Now, continued Sir Henry , I refer to this authority the more readily, because MT' Rintoul has all along acted a most independent part, a nd is as ready to do justice to Ministers when he can conscien tiously do so, as to find fault with them when occasion requires.—(Loud cheers.) Now, though he had dwelt flus Jon; on the advantages which the iGovernmei,t ha d conferred on the country, it was clear that Ministers had not succeeded in carrying many of their measures through the House of Lords. Having mentioned the House o f Lords , he would not allow the subject to slip.—(Cheers.) But in stating his opinion, he begged it to be distinctly understood that he only gave it as an individual, and not as a Minister of the Crown. He only gave his opinion as their repre sentative. He was not acquainted with the views of the Cabinet on this subject. With regard to his own opinion, he had no hesitation in saying that it appeared to bim that the time was near at hand when something mus t be done to put an end to the state of disunion which exists between the Houses of Lords and Commons (Cheers.) Four Sessions have now passed since the Re form Bill was carried, and in every one the House of Lords had resisted the House of Commons by rejecting the most important measures sent up ; and who can say that it does not appear, from this circumstance, that the constitution of the House of Lords, as now existing, is imperfect, and cannot go on with the new order of things as created bl the Reform Act—(Cheers)—and therefore something has arisen for correction out of the Reform Act ? N o d o ubt could exist, that if the Lords persevered in their conduct , . legislation would come to a stand ; and not merely the le gislation of the country, but if resistance was extended , the business :of carrying on the Government might also come to a stand. Now, with regard to a plan of Peprarie Reform, he had only to put them in mind of several, In connexion with which it would be found that the advo cates of the measure had not agreed on any one plan. N" plan bad been proposed which had not met opposition. Until some distinct and intelligible plan was brought for ward, it would, in some degree, be premature and impro per to pronounce an opinion on the course which should be adopted. He had thought it necessary to say this much on the important subject of Peerage Reform, as he knew it would be satisfactory to know what his senti ments as an individual were on the topic. Sir Henry nex t adverted to the great success with which the administratio n of the Government had been carried on. With re- gard to foreign affairs, the Melbourne Government have done everything to promote the cause of liberty, by ev deavouring Ito establish liberal and enlightened instittv tions in Spain and Portugal. After referring to the trail: quillity which prevailed in the country, he next alluded to what had been done in Ireland. For that country 1 ; 11 : only were new laws required, but a better administratio n of the existing laws was necessary. With regard to th e intentions of the Ministry, he felt quite certain that thci meant to go forward. They would not stop because P tially defeated. They are not conquered or vanquished by the House of Lords. They know they are supported .b 1 the people ; and it re m ai ne d w ith th e cons tit u encie s throughout the empire to support them by increasing on f the first opportunity the majority in the Com mons ; and this be the case, they will succeed in carrying all their measures. They will again introduce next Session th e measures rejected in the last, and add others, amon,,,,gst which will be one for the settlement of church-rates. l ie had felt it necessary, as a Minister of the Crown, . t '" enter into these details. He" next referred to the feell which he knew existed as to his conduct on the Ballot ; an he felt convinced he could refer with confidence to it. S ir Henry then referred to a letter which he had received frol the Secretary of the Political Union on the subject, an d to the reply which he gave. That reply satisfactory to the Union. He had stated in his letteri that if the friends of liberal measures were to push a l points to extremity, it would lead to a breaking up of the Government. Now he considered that the same thing He was consider s plied to his other votes which had been objected to. li t would state, however, in connection with this session, that whenever he found the Government bringing forward a bet_ measure, he would at once vote against it and abancic.! office—out of office he would vote for every measure which he was pledged. Sir Henry then left the hustings. Dr. Granville has arrived at his house in GraAO' street, from an extended professional tour on the Continent, during the summer months. In the midst of his active oe; cupations the distressing news overtook him of the death 01 his eldest son, to whom he was fondly attached, who was drowned while bathing in Dampton Bay, Broadstairs, le the Ist of September last. Mr. Granville had, through, his own merits alone, before he was 21 years old, at tain en the rank of Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 89 th reg imea ' in which he was about to resume his duties , after a severf and protracted illness, on account of which he had obtained from Lori Hill a leave of absence of some months. Yesterday morning, as Mr. James Paulo (son of the celebrated clown of that name) was crossing the irlin mes i near Gravesend, in a small boat, to rejoin some theatrics friends in a vessel not far distant , the wherry, owing t° some mismanagement of the waterman , upset , and A t li'. Paulo was precipitated into the water ; not being ablargee o swim, he was just on the eve of drowning , when some b': meo, who had observed the transaction, hastily off to his deliverance. Mr. Paulo was sinking for the third time, when one of the bargemen threw a rope to him , which he caught ; but he was taken out quite insensible. Some restoratives, combined with a little care and atten" tion, q uickly relieved him, and he was a ble soon after at return to London in a post-chaise, and resume his duties a the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. The late Earl of Dunmore is succeeded in his titles put a boas and estates by his eldest son, Viscount Fincastle, who vi d.. recently united to Lady Catharine Herbert. His L o , r , 0 ship and his bride had arrived at Dunmore Castle, from 1 ,. death , Continent, Continent, about a fortnight previous to the Earl's The Earl was in his 75th year, and married Lady 5 Hamilton, daughter of Archibald, ninth Duke of Haina u t • Recent letters from the Neelgherries mentiono that - Sir Frederick Adam positively quits India in , u _ o j a They state that " he is broken very much in hea_ltn. e _T is very much out of humour; that he resides a good d e _ 3 : ise, g reat ex r ipen . the most retired way at Kotagbery, takes no transacts no great business, but grumbles horribly." .4' gal Hurkara.