The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-17 00:00:00

FINS ARTS.

Sketches afler the Lawbeape l'aint,rs of Englund. By
L. Native; won linen N Aiwa by W. 31. TH .1 el.: EIC 1/41f.
Mr. Many has evidently been Wog conversant
with the W.EIII of our favourite masters, though his
name now appears foe the first time imrue stately
counseled with them and in the pr, er'nt work, con-
taining the whole range of our Lndscal,e art, Mr.
ivy has been, wit h • rare excepi.on or two, singu-
larly trio:lto:is in wiring the etearec'eristics of each
painter, with nit a'.y touch of that mannerism which
is often attributed to the continental artist. Amongst
the mows of those selected, twenty in number,
the re are none vi hie° original works are
nu: a source of pleasure and wonder at their
poetry and skull of hand. The sob-
je c•s, it is true, have nut that peculiar interest
which attaches t., well-known and marked spots,
but s much the beveri as they more fully
convey the mind of the artist. We like
shy, to trace the haunts of each painter, to ramble
in the woodland 'suer! at Ipswich with Claim-
baroagh, or the more open groan& of subsequent
painters,—to God one satisfied with a moat or a ram•
part us m eterial Lc an effective pietute, while
another reeks the picturesque in the East, and as we
look from one to tbe ether, It becomes impossible to
.prooouneo between the stay-at-Lowe artist and the in-
trepid but erratic riinter. It may. however, fairly be
ace:, that not the losst grrefial to a i her miud or eye-
• ght are these tamiliur scenes of a purely home
Laracter. The ini.Lense interval that rxia's between
e del idealistic ectiosls and the more rational, honest,
nd ti.ishcd performances of the p: tient day, must be
pp-rent t 3 the most camel observe-, as In instance,
wean the works of the two Nitwits, and those of
table. The cease, however, of this difference has
itterto moped no•ice, though as clearly traceable in
tin works es in the den ument ery evidence of their
citing.. The Powsios Slid their subsequent ieui:a-
. may ho clawed as indoor men; thus the
grapheme of N.cilss represent him gather-
; the weeds and dowers of the Tiber-banks
be broug'tt how to his domicile: on the PinCLUI
chi there elaborated on canvas. Constable, on
e contrary, had big stadil on 'be downs er.cl in the
e Lanes of England; bosh may be said to have
venally attained their code, as Poussin shoos that a
rn soil may be redeemed by the beauty of its
that, which by the exuberant fancy of Constable
deemed meagre and eootemptible. The pages of
r. Navvy, whilst proving this to be the cease, also
aerate the wiecesetiel c nnbination of the two
first nobly achieved by Turner, and after-
r.ls carried on by Denby in oil. and De Witt in
t. r colour. The Web scenery, by its mingled
age Insley, its clustering women its eocir-
ng lakes and wreaths of mist, seemed almost
..ugly to ktd itself to the innovation.
r process employed In this instance by Mr. Marvy
to have novelty to nen:mend it, as well as a
in and healthy tinge not dissimilar to that of the
menaotint eregravir4o. What would not Ram-
ndt have given for some such effective and seem-
. 3 expeditious method ? Yet it may Norio be
• how comes it that with new me'hodi and con-
y reinforced experience the secret means of

etching, adopted by the great Dutchman, still elude
oar grasp ? And how is it that his darkest points
reveal everything but the way in which they were
achieved, a two-hundred-year-old and stubborn puzzle
to these who wield the etching point ? That Mr.
Matey bad not only a decided predilection for Rem-
brandtism, but that he ceught its true spirit, at least
as far as woodcut can meet the etching plate, is
evident as well in these sketches end their
predominating sombre lona, Si in the skil-
ful illustrations, which are facsimiles of the
etchings, and which have appeared in the
Journal of this month. Mr. Thackeray, in his
prefatory notice, briefly mentions how " the revo-
lationary storm which raged in France in 1848 drove
many peaceful artists, as well as kings, minister., tri-
bune., and socialists of state, for refuge to cur coun-
try; and amongst the former was Mona. Louis Maxey,
a friend of the writer, who passed many happy
hour. in the French artist's atelier, which, with his
friends and his family, and its constant cheerfulness
and sunshine, the Parisian was compelled to exchange
for .dingy parlour and the fog of London." To the
liberal.ty of Sir Thomas Baring, who threw open his
gallery, and to Mr. Thackeray, who consented to in-
terpret its wealth, we are mainly indebted for this in-
troduction to Mr. Marry and him pleasing labours.
On the eminent fitness of the describer for his task,
it would hers be supererogation to dilate, as in matter.
of art Mr. Thicken), has had the rare felicity of com-
manding the suffrages of thou more immediately
concerned in his decisions, as well as the no less &su-
chen. public. In the nice, though perhein too lenient,
discrimination of each painter% worth and style will
be found not the least instructive and charming por-
tion of this work.

FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE REGENTS

CANAL DOCKS.

Yes'erday (Thursday) afternoon, about one o'clock,

_ .
as • man named Rnbert Ablitt; wss heaving up the
wised on board the Lively, a v.s•el recently strived from
Germany, a discharge of firearms was heard, and Apltng
'Waimea, "My God, I am elm," telling back fame-
di .tely a come. A surgeon was immediately in attendance,
and discovered that a 'hot heel entered the right breast,
leaving an orifice the size of a shilling. Up to lest night all
Aunts to aevrtain whence t►e shot came, or by whom it
was tired, have bees fruitless. The Dock Company propose
to offer a reward for the discovery tithe perpetrator of the
i fatal deed.

Immediately before ping to puss with the above, we
herd that the that wu fired in London-street, Riteliff,
260 yards from the dock, by • mischievous and foolish
youth named Wiliam East, who was taken into
autody lest night by the polio., and made a
full coofession of hie guilt. 11> was amusing himself with a
gun, and, firing at an earthenware jug fitted on a post. He
missed his aim, and the s►ot reached the poor man Ablitt.
Soon after 12 o'clock to-day, William East was put at the
bar of the Thames Police-court, and Potter, 212 K,
deposed to the apprehension of th- prisoner last night, In
bed, at 39, Leradon,treet, and to finding In his bedroom a
gua,powdkrfiuk and she,. The prisoner admitted that he
placed • jog on this top of • post in a yard at the rear
of his premises, and fired at it, and missed it. lie turd
of the death of Ablitt at 3 o'cl,,ck i t the attercoon.

The prisoner said he bad got no more to tap than that he
fired the bullet sad was sorry for it.
_ _

Wary Dean, mate of the Lsvely, said he was about five
feet from the deceased when he heard the report of firearms.
The deemed put his burl to his b:east, and said, " Oh,
G.,d, I am shot," and fell deed.
Mr. Samuel Taylor It we, ► surgeon, said the ball entered
the man's body just below the right breast, in an oblique
direction, and that It had been fired from an elevated spot.
Mr. 1141111111 Ordered the greeted to be measured, and is.
mended the primmer, ampule' bail.

-BI'ORiING.

TATTEREALUE.—TEDRIDAT.
LIVERPOOL :STEEPLE CRAM.
12 to 1 arm Vatab-p+ (t)
CHESTER CUP.
15 to I gut Mr. Trewt's Wow (t 16 to 1)
30 to 1 Lord Chidatt's Wallflower (t sad aft off.
33 to 1 Mr. Meklan's The (talks (t)
33 to 1 Mr. Pedley's Corn* (0
1,000 to 26 Mr. J Brows'. Haricot (t)
1.000 to 25 Mr. Combo's Troancrr (t)
LOW to 25 lord Clutter/14W. Ltd, Evelyn (t)
1.0 0 to 26 Lord EJlintcm's K. iglu ottereurl (t)
1,0)0 to 20 81. J. Hawley's Voltam (•)
1,000 to 20 Mr. Howard's Droller to Dough (t)
600 to 10 Mr. Glees Mama (•)
1,000 to 15 —11 r. Carw's Era (•)
THE GREAT MATCH.

500 enn Idl b;tw-t-cu-lrulis-ieur-a7niiititni Dutchman,

not p. p.

WINDING UP JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.

MADRID AN!) VALENCIA RAILWAY.

Yetterdap Mager 11.ur.t again set fur the farther in-
vegigetiGn ot the throne ot tte oftidal manager against the
directors, by which that (tutelars., 'mkt t. r:cover from
the but. r the sum of about 106,0001. elliged to have been
appropriated by than ta their own nee. Mr. John Master-
ma, jun., a partner in the bath of hlastermso end Co., was
examined sad ernes-exam'. d at great length. His testimony
c.rroboreted that given by Mr. Daniel Mildred on the
previous day. He deposed, however, to some additional
fees, one of which was, tke ►oan GU .i.e Till of May, 1847,
ai 30,000/. to the 8 4t.h Weeder., It dlerey Company, by the
then managrn of the Madrid and Valencia Railway. This
he had learned from conversation with Mr. Chadwick, the
chairmen of the latter coxpany, and also from there being
an entry in the 1.-Nicer rf the bank debiting the Madrid and
Valencia Railway with that 'motet. (The circumstinees
of there having been sevh a loan was snbeequently proved
by d her wan. seem.) Witness birnee'f had been a share-
holder In the Madrid and Valencia Railway, bat did not
remember whether it was 100 or 00 snores he bad Geld;
however, he had dispie.d of them I,ne since. 81reral
bankers' clerks were examined to 140 ell then factor moneys
having been received and paid by the managing directors of
the raiaray; and alter a heating of five hours, the muter
'stands adjourned.

INCEN ft I RISM . —From all pane of the country, the
most alarming replete rean us of the prevalence co inc,n-
diaries. A corresnondent from Theme, in Buck urchin:shire,
writes, " Inca odium's' is ternbly on the ten:ream in our
neighhourlimil." Is Hertfordshire, on the estate of Mr.
Dickinson, the ostensive papas manufactures at Hemel
ltemp•tca.l, a veep *mere lone has been Mesterei from an
incendiary lire; and letten from the same locality inform
us that this terrible crime Is Inereaaing in that dli net.
A genvemsn, who was last week in the village of Thrapston,
between Northampton a-. d Peterborough, reports that in.
,endisty firm wa re of a:most nightly ,OCUltrenCe. and •he
engines constantly driving about the country. Even t
metropolitan counties are not en .mpt, u the Ism Sr. at Mr.
Jacob BU's, Eats Hill, Wandswonb. Burley, and thst at
Lord Abingdon's fuze, at Contuse, Birk., ify. That
the leading Bet sometime companies should ham dons d,
in eor.sequtnee of this sestom outbreak, a Licher scale of
premium than ordinary ei=eams•anees have hereto( re
r. quire I for the risk of Cane;r4 rot k aid farm bu ►rises, is
nothing more than reasonable, and cor.siatent with prudence
and foretighe. But even the Witt which a ►srg- increae•d
rate of premiers should have given to the farmers generally
seems to have had hitherto little effect; the incendiaries
seem alir.,:at invariably to escape detection, whi:c so It tie
attet.:pt le made to put down Otis fearful crime that we can
pear,ly mention one among the miellsed, *sateen, and
soothers counties •hich has not, within the last quarter,
bean disgraced by Inceniharisni. We say ciiseracee, for it
c►nnot be supposed that the supprenien of this infamous
crime tironli be, eel% proper activity among the constabu-
lary, and detensinatikm .. a the part of the telid•nt gentry,
Maser isprariesble or eve ditkeult. Ti.. end sod übj.ct
of the insurance is to guard against the ir,liamy and no=on.
seen itinalties of lin', bat when it prey, eats or restrains
amen trot a rae ocabl- care of tiarir property, and from
adoptiogtits ordinary preaaations ofprndence, the system of
insurance, whether life, Marine, or lire ceases to be a
blessing, and speedily becomes a carte. The nobility and
ctustry gentlenatn f Euglatd ehoald at once exert them
mires to crest this feet-aptettaic., calamity; Cr, to 001011103
peudenee, the lire assoranee einem will be compelled to
adopt totally prohibitory rates of premium upon farm pro•
party. The mere increase of the rats on ordinary term out-
buildings from 3.. 11) de. per ant. was, we always conceived,
perfectly seeker either as a hint to A. insured to um great
peaegares and circumspection, or as a remuneration foe the
amend risk to which the prevalence of inoeudiariam had
subjected icsursete aon agremiteiral property. We feel con.
'Laced that a general consinsusiation to the insurerce agents
la the country, to the effect that the offices decline all further
Maranon cm the desaiptlas of property, would immedi-
ately cause a goatee' activPy, and a determination to repress
inceodiarists. How is it, then. that the delay of anon an
order is a-tended with the eminent, slaws daily, tscertrnoe
of incendiary fires I—Poet Ifier.sine.