The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-18 00:00:00

FINE ARM.

THE INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER-
OOLOUR& -(Til LS DAY.)

The exhibition of this Society, long more fami-
liarly known as the "New Society," was opened to the
public today. The new gallery in Pell-malt is well filled
with many drawing of average merit, while there are
some works which fairly claim rank mow% the highest
efforts of the art. There WY a thee when the Mae of
drawing was restricted ; now, wspresume, it would be peed-
Moto pint upon paper of any breadth, se that here the terms
are equal. Then, as to the resource* of the palette, them
have been so enlarged and improved of late that evidently
there is not much advantage left on the Ids of the oil-
colour painter. We might point to the work of Mr. Cat-
boat to show in this mews what power redden is the
method of water-colour, or to the drawing of flowers by
Km. Marietta, to prove that a purity of tint is possible to
watereoleer superior to anything attaisabie in oiL &PI
the fast remains, that artists in water-colour very rarely
attempt the high subject style ; they iodine to landscape
and the whole circle of the picturemne, and in the former
they decidedly bear away the palm. Is it that they
have no► commenced study with the severe models before
them, end are at length surprised into lading themselves
able to paint with seertain mastery overthe method, without
possessing the mere subtle acquirements which arise from
early and constent contemplation of the highest themes
It would seem as if this line of art were somewhat foreign to
that of the academies ; i► I. unknown in the 'thesis abroad,
and has never been acknowledged here, stowing in the
form of miniature painting, and this bas well nigh become
extinct wider the competition of photography. Yet the
nulunente of art must be as necessary to the water-colour
painter as to the painter in oil, unless be consent to take the
lower grade, or be content with reigning supreme in his
own Articular sphere of leadmape.

MUSIC.
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THE ITALIAN THEATRES.

Onglielino Tell was performed at the Royal
Italian opera on Saturday evening. Wachtel 'curtained the
character of Arcoldo, In which be achieved the greatest sac.
ors that he has yet obtained. The music of the peel is
entirely suitable to his voioe. It demands an organ of very
great power, flexibility, and compass, and no man can hope
for a triumph in it unless he can emit sa ut de
poitrine, each aa that with which Dupre. used
to astonish the habitues of the Rue Lepelletkr and
Tembsrlik those of Coreat•garden. Wachtel seem to have
this same ut de poifrine more thoroughly at his command
than either of his precnnon, and uses it more frequently
and with lees appearance of effort. The house WY crowded
to the doors, and the aadhace were eathualastis in their
applause of the performaaea

At Her Baja My's Theatre Norma was to ban been per-
formed es Saturday, with Titans as the heroine. But the
appearance et the great prisms donna was nememnly post.
potted in coespequesos of the indisposition of Skim
who was to have appeared as PoBM. Marta, which had
bean produced on the previous Monday, was substituted.
To-money evening the perfensame is to be I. bosom of
Garibaldi, who is to visit the theatre. The opera is to be
Lucretia Borgia, with Thiene in the character of the
heroine ; and there is to be a new ballet entitled Bono ed
Amman.. A natimel contsta in komonr of Garibaldi,
composed by Minor Asian, will be performed between the
sob of the imam

Ma. Bnno Rears.—We hear upon good autho-
rity list skeet Woodsy Los Mr. elsoa ROOM boo Imo
forced, by • severe snook of inna so rellegalnk all pre-
fereional enpieroents, and that hubs still under medical
treatment at Dover, where a week ago he was first taken ill.
—Poe.

1% 6.41 rt ENTELLIGENCIL

THE CONFERENCE.

The Nord of to-day publishes the text of the
instructions to their plenipotentiary at the con-
ference of London, adopted by the Germanic Diet
on Thursday last. They are as follows :

I. Taking the naiire cOairlitation and the resolutions
almady adopted by the Diet ea the brie--to act in favour
ef the recognition of the rights' sad the safe keeping of the
istmede of the Confederation and of the Duchies of Hol-
stein, lamenbourg, and Skamig. To haslet especially upon
as wide ea autonomy as pandbie for the latter states.
2. In order to prevent, as far as is practicable, dissensions
from arising between the different reprreatatives of Gm-
, many at the coofessance, the representatives of the Diet
shall endeavour to wafer pres:ously upon all the important
subjects with the pleolpotentiaries of Prude and Austria,
in the cue in which the latter may have analogous Instruc-
tions.

The Bavarian minister proposed to replace the
sentence commencing, "To insist especially," arc.,
by the following :—" To insist especially upon the
recognition of the Prinoe of Augustenbourg" as
Duke of Holstein and of Sleswig, and consequently
upon the complete separation of those two duchies
from Denmark.

The Afelmoria/ Diplomat:iglu says that M. de
Bndberg has received written instructions relative
to the attitude which Russia vsll take in the
conference, and that he has communicated them
verbally to the French Banister of Foreign Affairs.
The St. Petersburg court hors great strew upon the
wish of the populations of the duchies, but at the
same time the peeciple of the integrity of Denmark
must not be lost sight of. It is not that this prin-
ciple has a very great importance of itself, but it
acquires peculiar inipoi lance by the grave compli-
cations which a dismemberment of the Danish
monarchy would occasion. As a compromise, the
Russian instructions suggest the division of Sleswig
into two parts—one of which, situated at the
south, would be attached to Holstein, and the other
to Denmark, with the Dauewirke as its natural
frontier.

(aserrioes masaiuxis.)
FRANCE.

LETTER OF THE EMPEROR TO M. FOULD.
PARIS. Ann, 18.

The Emperor has addressed the folkowing letter,
dated the 15th inst., to the Minister of Finance :
" The happy solution of the Mexican affair creates
in me a desire to see the country profit by the first
repayment of the expenses of the war by diminish-
ing the taxes on landed property. Be good enough
therefore to see if it be not possible to effect the
immediate suppression of the second dacime regis-
tration fee, only preserving of the general law pre-
pared by the Cootie of State those arrangements
which may be strictly necessary for balancing the
budget. This measure, together with the hopes
of peace, which every day become more certain,
will contribute, I trust, to the development of
publics prosperity."
The Mon iteur of this morning publishes the fol-
lowing telegram :

" Vas Crux, March 19.
"There is no military news. The army.of Juarez
no longer exists, Juarez himself being a fugitive.
His whereabouts is unknown.

"There are only some bands of plunderers wan-
dering about the oountry."

THE NEW MEXICAN LOAN.
PARIS, Aran. 18.

The subscriptions to the new DieziCan loan are
already very large. The scrip is quoted lf per
cent. premium.