The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

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manly ascribe, untweitathigly, to the roast Wahiawa on the poet
of the Lords of the Committee of Pray Osamull ter Tads, widel led
.diswebendon, and to a feeling of dealt and tenacity la the
wide fOttlJet tUblennerts Ind so has ptervesad ton kin eon.
Bening their rapport to the erudition. 'Ha Meggekigi Ws es-
erase of their duty, here contracted very sileenhe Meei This
secereerily nteTtllte• the anxiety with whisk they essanwiels a fur-
ther dimmunuo 07 the amount of sebeedgfigell ant year se shook
eeten to result from the proceeding' et the amenetase • d thee..
lege, waiving for the time the question subtle.ladde right to alter
the constitution of the society (whisk IMberasidw it the duty still
snenuomll to dray), they committee to Ml-
pad Use requirement of any themsisof sleeting the prizes
Otte year. They venture to sak tY kre sot el an early reply, as
use con.ider it of the utmost Usporames that the determination
of the committee should be annourged at the ant annual meet-
ing of the subscribers, which le axed to take plan In the 23th lint.
On the 14th the lollowiag reply was ressisail :
"Otitee of tbmaiittee of Privy Council fur Trade, Whitehall, April
14,1575.—To ceorlie Godwin, kaq.,-B.lr, lam Wrested W the LOrdS
of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade se sdarelelge the
receipt of your letter, dated April 11, 1848. My lards sense o law
that the amount of the subscriptions to the Artellien ef lamas Ws
decreaud coneidcralde in the present year ; hat they apgrahmil that
Nis diminution us to be attributed mainly to the iskralmsteass of the
depresoloa of trade, which has so unfortunately prevallail of late,
rather than to any other cause. I am further directed to eats, that
my lords cannot abandon their tatention of desiring to sue the prin.
tilde, which they believe to be a sound one, tatted:red into the
edection of prie, after the expiration of the meat year, into
the Art-Union of Loaders m well as into other Medlar institu-
tions in vicious parts of the Sountry. But that, provided
the principle is recomueed end a beginning made towards lag it
into rfbct, my lonta will most readily madden tlltfof
the attuned with regard to any further modilsatises, b NMI= to
those which they have already avowed their willtagness to adapt, to
which it may bethought advisable that It should be subieeted in thin
instance. I am dirested, in conelusion, to assure the council that
while my lords feel that they cannot abandon the functions with
which the legislature has thought at to invest them for the regula-
tion of Art-Unions, yet that they continue to be most anxious to set
In a point of oa.operation and harmony with the council of the Arts
Union of London as far as they can do 93 consistently with their
public duty.-1 um, sir, your obedient fervent, Joe. Larzval."
The report stated, that the matter had rested et the point
to which the above correspondence brought it, and then pro-
raised to reason upon the question, and to state that it was
the intention of the council to contest with the Board of
Trade the principle upon which alone the association
was based—namely, the right which each prizeholder pas-
seated of as. letting his own prize from one of the public exhi-
bitions of the day. The report says, on this head:—" The
vital question et present, then, between the Bard of Trade
and the Art-Unien of London, is simply whether the council
shall select the prizes for the prizeholders, or the prizehoklers
select them for themselves : and to make the opinion of the
society on this point clear to those who have no: that oppor-
tunity of otherwise learning it which your council have, a
resolution will presently be submitted for your considera-
tion." Loud applause followed the reading of this passage.
With respect to the very inferior engravings distributed to
the subset ibets the council offer the following remarks :
"The council will not shut their eyes to the fact that the
prints last 5i at out have not been wholly satisfactory. (Hear,
hear.) It must he remembered that they are, in this respect,
in the bends of the engravers. It is due to themselves to
state, as regards the engravings for 1817, that the propriety
of refusing to distribute the impressions from tho plates when
finished was seriously discussed by the council ; but it was
thought that such a course would be scarcely consistent with
their duty es trustees. In respect of the engraving for 1845, I
the council considered that when they had obtained one of
the best pictures of one of our most esteemed artists, and had
placed it in the bands of an engraver of the highest reputa-
tion in England, giving him his own terms and his own
time, that they had taken all the means in their power to
ensure a perfectly satisfactory result." (Hear, hear.)
Of the future distributions of engravings the report
states:—
The engraving for the current year, " The Prisoner of
Gisors," b 1 Ale. F. Bacon, after Mr. Withosrt, is at press,
snit will be ready for distribution in the autumn. Very con-
siderable progress has been made in the preparation of the
illustrated edition of " L'Allegro" and " 11 Pcnsereso,"
also due to the subscribers of this year, which promises to be
• very satisfactory production. Some of the illustrations
already completed may be safely pronounced equal to any
similar works ever produced. " Sabrina," engraved by Mr.
Lightfoot, after Mr. Frost, A.R.A., is nearly completed. It
is proposed to appropriate this plate to subscribers for the
next year, who will also receive a series of etchings or wood-
engravings, not vet decided on. Mr. W. Finden is proceed-
ing with " The Crucifixion," after Hilton. For some en-
suing year the council have commissioned the execution of
several plates on steel, as an experiment to test the
advantage or otherwise of such a course, instead of
electrotyping one capper-plate.—the particular print to which
each subscriber will be entitled to be decided by lot. The
number of plates required would, of course, depend on the
number of subscribers carolled. The following pictures are
already in hand: —" The Burial of Harold," by Mr. F. it.
Pickersgill, A.R.A. (which received the first premium in
1817 from the Royal Commissioners of Fine Arts), to be
engraved by Mr. B-.con; " Richard Cccur de Lion pardoning
the Archer, ittc.," by Mr. John Cross (which received the
second premium from the commissioners), to be engraved in
line by Mr. Sbenton . • " The Irish Piper," by Mr. F. Goodall,
to be engraved by Mr. Edward Goodlall."
It also states that —" For the current year it is proposed
to produce in bronze a bunt of her Majesty Queen Victoria,
In commemotation of the grant of the charter. The opinion
of Prince Albert being taken, the bust by Chantrey, depo-
sited in Windsor Castle, was adopted as the best, and a cast
having been obtained for the society, with her Majesty's
gracious permission, it was reduced, and will be executed in
bronze forthwith. Thirty of these busts will form part of the
distribution." (Applause.) Four new members of the council
have been added to the former list—namely, Earl Compton,
J. Martin, Esq., Capt. B. Vernon, and Mr. Serjt. Tenoned.
The reserve fund amounts to 2,8071. The receipts for the
year have amounted to 12,8371., being upwards of 5,0001.
short of the last year's subscription.
The disbursements are stated as follows :
Set apart for the purchase of pictures
Ditto for the execution of bronzes, mcdala, 755
Cow of engravings, including copper-plates, paw, Sc.
Nice ezpenditure, clerks' salaries, stationery, klta of reams
and gallery, arc.
Amount of reserve 521

Making n rough total of
These accounts, the report stated, had been duly audited.
The sum of 5,3351., set apart, according to the foregoing
statement, for the purchase of works of art by the prize-
holders themselves, will be thus allotted : 15 works of 101.
each, 1501. ; 21 of 151., 3151. ; 18 of 201., 3601. ; 18 of 2.51.,
401. ; 14 of 301., 4101. ; 14 of 401., 5601. ; 10 of 501., 5001. ;
8 of 601., 4801. ; 6 of 701., 4101. ; 6 of 801., 4801. ; 4 of 1001.,
400/. ; 2of 1501., 3001. ; 1 of 2001., 2001. ; 1 of 3001., 3001.
To these are to be added : 30 bronzes of " The Queen," 50
statuettes of " The Dancing Girl," 30 medals commemora-
tive of " Hogarth," and 300 lithographs of " St. Cecilia,"
making in the whole 554 works of art. The total sum ap.
propriated to the purchase and production of works of art,
including the cost of the engraving and illustrated book is
9,8991. The bronzes will be allotted to the first 30 names
drawn consecutively at the close of the general distribution,
the statuettes to the neat .50 names similarly drawn, and the
medals to the following 30. The lithographe will be appro-
priated to the names standing fiftieth in the list preceding
and succeeding after each of the prizeholders in the general
distribution, and to the name standing the fiftieth in the
bet after each of those entitled to a bronze. Notice will be
sent to the subscribers entitled to the lithographs in the
Mint of two days. The other prineholders will receive in-
timation of the result by to-night's poet.
With regard to the selection of prizes, the council were
given to understand that the uifficulty with which informa-
tion concerning pictures was obtaibed at the Royal Academy
by prizeholders had prevented many purchases there, and
had led to the return of fine works to the studio of the artist,
which would otherwise have been bought. They accord-
ingly addressed a communication to the council of the Royal
Academy, pointing out this feet ; that body, in consequence,
resolved that a room in the u per hall should be given up
dining the exhibition, and that a clerk should be specially
employed to answer the inquiries of subscribers to the Art-
Union. (Cteers.)
The remaining passages of the report consisted of general
observations on the pounrese of art in England, and on its
influence over the minds of a nation. When the report was

emeluded,
Mr. J. MARTIN rose and said he knew nothing of the re-
port beyond what he had learned during its perusal by the
secretary. He lamented the interference of the Board of
Trade in the affairs of the association—(hear)—and in order
to give expression kis opinion on this subject, he begged
to move the following resolution
That this wetting cordially concur* in the efforts made by the
Maned of the Art Union of London to maintain the fundamental pm-
eiplea of that institution, and that they hope the council will persevere
In their endeavours, and that the thanks of the association are due to
the council for their conduct during the past year.
Mr. B. B. CAMIELL seconded the motion, and in doing so
observed, amidst the loudest applause, that the royal chair-
man was entitled to the warm thanks of the meeting for the
constant and unflinching friendship which he had shown the
institution. It was to his perseverance that the Art
Enloe was indebted for its prolonged existence. The
impediments interposed by the Board of Trade were neither
eanetionPd by law, by propriety, nor by that very doubtful
course called expediency. As well might the committee of
the Board of 'trade claim a right to select for each lady her
?Om in the matrimonial lottery as that of selecting her
price picture. (A roar of laughter rewarded this parallel.)
The principle upon which the society was based was that of
investing each prizeholder with an indefeasible right to
choose that work of art which pleased him, and that right,
lie trusted, would be secured intact. (Cheers.)
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE put the resolution, when
A SthSCILIDER rose, and after stating that he was the
inouth.piem of some ten or a dozen other subscribers,
Proceeded to amount for the falling off in the amount of sub-
"i'lfdions by referring to the very bad class of engravings
distributed by the council. lie then characterised the report
m being deficisnt in plain, honest speaking, for not having
'Wed this fact more broadly, and concluded by moving an
amendment xpr, solve of his sentiments. •
lir. G. GULIWIN directed the last speaker's attention to
the terms in which the report (as will be seen above) referred
oxprewly to this subject, upon which the gentleman with-
drew his am, ndment, and expressed himself satisfied that
the wholnome castigation suggested by him had already
been administered.—The resolution was then agreed ta.
Mr. berjeant Tnomrsox nest proposed (in a very length-
ed sPeeeh) a vote of thanks to the secretaries, Messrs.
0. Godwin and Poozck, which was carried and afterwards
acknowledged by those gentlemen.
The Duke of CAst liftman then rose, and excused his
leasing the chair previous to the conclusion of the business,
on the plea of an engagement elsewhere. He fully
Iclinted in the report, and regretted that the
Board of Trade should have created any difference
with the Arts Union and the executive govem-
!!ol. His principle was to let well alone, and he
washed that maxim had been a little more attended to
latterly, (Cheers and a laugh.) Ile hoped next year to have
1.2._ pleasure of 'gala meeting them, and of announcing that
Ike hands were on the ineretsg. (Cheers.) lie wished them
7.±( good fortune. He got a good prize last time, but he had
fs,ed ao tricks to obtain it. (Loud laughter and cheers.)

His royal highness then left the chair, which was taken by '
Mr. B. B. Cabbell.
The drawing of the pponwam than commend. The follow-
in is • list of the prise-holders:Mr.
Mr. Taylor, 11,114181. A. Hatt std, meet,
Yiddlera H0i.164 ; 1 reinnim. Gensainal. llmhem. 150 L ;
C. MA Nerwiela 1301.; 196. Coassa. Ma; Mr..
Bialim.itt MAL •F. Noire% MS.; 1. Manila. Rork
71= Asolhaniggilragigg:
Iseell, Atte B. A. Moak Bewaii.litl. I M1W.‘79195=14
Mom am" 13L ; Awe BerrwrseYwat, ROL;
W. ilswird. abisiseel. 991.; JIM 111hItstiell.1.7
60t.; B. Yenliewma. Clowaliebessl, OIL ,• W. et
70t. •J. IL Jars. MAR MA% OM; J. Jain" Llesela, ;
L. if. Petty, lAseabesalml, 904.; AWleate. 411.1 Vi• P•
Brown, CaMbdilip.llllLl Ital Basta blerekla; Dr. , 2514
Met. Revett, ard.llo, Indlard,
onia=4in
601.; Rev. H. Gardner, Meta, 901.;
Hackney, 601. ; Capt Berattbee. 101.; L. PowlielakillimkaMarliade 104;
Mote. Mr. Ration at, 104; J. W. Freemen, Trey, Sew ark. 701.;
lies. W. Lee, Norwich, 701.; O. Saviors, llferleJsma, 301.; P.
Croable, Liverpool, 151. ; Rev. W. H. Yam^ estblkAterfel, SOL
J. Routh, Faster-lane. 254. ; 7. Joan, Patslems, Welsbpoo‘ 251. ;
J. Powell, Wenn, Sol.; R. Tvrentyman, Wwwl-etreet, 601.; T. Martin,
Jaramestreet, Buckingham-gate, 301.; Mutes Steltart, Trinity-atneet,
Qunbeidge, 601.; W. Digby, gigs Dorset-street, 255.;
W. Hogg, C'rutcbed.friare. JoinhOlniA, Carmarthen,
251. • S. J. Wood, Tradegsratquare, 201. ; 0. Lamb, St.
205.; D. Roberta, Old Kent-road, 411.;
R. Allen, Trinity-house, 705.; A. Search, Whitehall-place, 505. • F.
W. Oaks, Liverpool, 1344 W. FAwards, Leeds, b 01.; the }lei. C.
Remble, 30/.; James Cherry, Post-oeke, Derry, 255.; Mtea Gold.
York, 605.; P. Green, North Buxton, 238.; A. Lewis, King William-
street, City, 305.; J. Davie, New-road, Lewis,
605. • Mr.
Sherwin, Hackney-road, 251.; C. Roberta, Minci-lane, 40/.; L.
Mapleton, Newton Abbott, 401.; John Beckett, Destine. 304. • IL
Turton, Way.oface. Wt. ; W. W. Parry, Cardigan, 231.; Thomas
Chamberlain, Winchester, 231. ; E. Calver4 Walton, near Preston,
204. ; H. J. Hare, Leeds, 505.; John Botta, Gateshead, wl.; James
Maurice, Denbigh, 501.; J. W. Jewett, East-street, 501.; C. Clarke,
Twickenham, 801.; W. Brown, katbourne,John Hayes, 251. ;
W. Hoppington, Derry, 301.; D. R. Note, Ireland, 40J. ; J. C.
Walker, Hobart Town, 701.; J. A. Davie, Boston, Msarseburetus, SOL ;
Mr. Murphy, Dublin, 801.; J. Cloves, Great Yarmouth, 361. ; W.
Squire, Lie 01 Wight, 201. ' - R. Bambara, Regent'wpark, 101. ; A.
Hawkins, British Mantua, 505. ; Dr. Cenquert, Yinaleury.spare,
2171.; H. F. Rom, Cowes, 3' 1. • W. F. Hob!" Cl'llehefter, 205. • J.
Winkfleld, Leeds, ISt.; J. Bedney, Pancrawlane, 401., R. Duck,
Higb-street, Manchester. 401.; Mile Baker, Stratford, Pars, 301.;
Dr. Keene, Limerick, 104 ; I. H. Burk, King's-parade, Cambridge,
601.; 8. Pilbrow, Newry, 2.51.; Mine Bedford, Perebore, 151.; Mrs.
Beale,
l'Ass T:utelor bronzes,
deni.
engravings, and bunts, were also
awarded, after which the meeting broke up.

TILE SHARSTRATFORD-UPON APEARE BIRTH DAY. FVON.ESTIVAL
AT S
The twenty-fourth festival of the Royal Shakspe-
', rein Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, a club instituted to ob-
serve the natal day of William Shakspeare, " who was born at
Stratford-upon-Avon on the 23rd of April, 1564," was held
on Monday last, the 24th inst., In the town-hell of the
ancient borough.
This year's festival drew a larger and more distinguished
gathering than the club had been able to bring together on
any previous anniversary, many of the London committee
for the purchase and preservation of the poet's house resolv-
ing, on this oceseke, to re-visit Stratford, to inspect their
recent purchase of the poet's house, and after a stroll in the
pleasant fields of Stratford and its neighbourhood, to dine
with the members of the Royal Shaksperean Club on the
reputed anniversary of the poet's birthday— for it is unfertu-
netelv nothing more thane pleasant fiction to suppose that the
"immortal bard" of the ancient borough was really born on
the 23rd of April. In truth nothing more is known about
the precise period of his birth than the date of his baptism,
the 26th of April, and it was Malone's conceit in pleasure
to suppose that the poet he delighted to illustrate was really
born on Sr. Grorgi 'a day, the 23rd of April, so that the day
of his birth and the day of his death might be one and
the same. It is a pleasant fiction, however, which the
Stratford people delight to maintain, in common with
their right] of using the ordinary appellations of "im-
mortal bard," "sweet swan of Avon," and other epithets
and descriptions which are usually Mond in the
handbooks to Stratford and its ioteresting neighbour-
hood. There were, however, very few expressions of the
kind indulged in on the present occasion. Lord Brooke,
the eldest son of the Earl of Warwick, and one of the
county members, occupied the chair; and (to use the re-
porter', stereotyped phrase for such occasions) was supported
by Viscount Morpeth, M.P. : Viscount Villien, M.P. ; the
Earl of Buchan, the Hon. Mr. Leigh (the eldest son of Lord
Leigh), Mr. Lucy, of Charlecote, Mr. Mark Philips, of
Soitterfield, Mr. John Payne Collier (the editor of " Shale-
spears "), Mr. Peter Cunningham (the treasurer of the
London committee), Mr. Ouvry (the honorary solicitor of
the committee), the Mayor of Stretford (Mr. Sheldon), Dr.
Thomson (the chairman of the Royal Shaksperean Club),
Mr. C. Rohe Bracebridge, Mr. Flower, and many other gen-
tlemen, constituting the London and Stratford committees for
the purchase and preservation of the poet's house. About 160
persons eat down—an extensive gathering for &small and still
inaccessible borough. The hall was tastefully decorated.
Gainsborough'a fine full-length portrait of Garrick, and
Northcote's copy of Sir Joshua's "Duke of Dorset," had re-
ceived a canna cleaning from a " London hand." Single-
ton's series of paintings in illustration of Shakspeare (some
one hundred and twenty in number) were tastefully disposed
about the room. A lady's gallery was erected for the occasion.
The identical cup, made of Shakspeare'e mulberry-tree,
which the corporation of Stratford presented to David Gar-
rick in 1769, was brought from Bath by the Misses May, and
placed again upon the very table from which it was originally
given. After the loyal toasts usual on such occasions, all of
which were rapturous]) received by the loyal people of
a loyal borough, the Chairman gave, with a few prefa-
tory words, modest and to the point, " The Immortal Me-
mory of Shakspeare."
Mr. J. PAYNE COLLIER now rose, and in a speech replete
with knowledge, feeling, and occasional eloquence, proposed
" The Drama." After a pleasant description of the past
glories of our stage, he turned to the present depressed state
of our drama, and contrasted the patronage extended to
dramatic literature in the reign of Queen Elizabeth with that
which it receives now in the reign of Queen Victoria. The
great size of our patent theatres—the use of gorgeous scenery
and equally gorgeous dresses, had done much, he said, to
depress dramatic genius. When Shaaspeare wrote there was
very little scenery on the stage, and it was fortunate that our
theatres were then so bare of what is now so profusely com-
mon ; for we should certainly not have had so many fine
descriptions of castles and towers as be was obliged to give
to eke out the imperfections of the stage in his time. These
descriptions gave an additional charm to the reader, and,
therefore, we had reason to be thankful that the stage was
then so very unlike what it is now, for assuredly had it been
then as we now see it, we should never have had Shakspeare's
drams' so complete as we now enjoy them ; and as he was
in this way obliged to make them. When he reflected,
therefore, on the past and present condition of our drama,
he certainly could not give the toast entrusted to him with
the usual honours of " three times three," but would wish
to adopt the suggestion of a friend on his right, and
to request that " The Drama," on this occasion should
be drunk in silence. The suggestion thus impres-
sively made was at once assented to, and the
toast of "The Drama" in Shakspeare's native town,
and on Shakspeare's natal day, was, on the recommendation
of the best historian of our stage, and the beet biographer
of our greatest poet, drunk in solemn silence.
The toast of " Wordsworth and the Poets of England,"
was proposed by Mr. WREN Hositoss, and very warmly
responded to.
Lord MORPETIL followed next, with " Moore and the
Poets of Ireland ;" and, in a well-considered and well.de-
livered speech, won rapturous plaudits from all who beard
him. It was a great treat, he observed, to escape as he had
escaped from the dirty streets of the great metropolis, and to
find himself on the banks of Shakspeare's Avon. He was
not about to pass any eulogium on the great poet.
He trussed that amid the crash of nations which we had now
to witness, the Rialto at Venice, and the Castle of Elsinore,
would be spared to the readers of Shakspeare. The go-
vernment, of which he had the honour to be a member, was
far from insensible to the claims of genius. And Lord Or-
ford's memorable application of a well known passage in
Virgil to the case of Congreve, the poet, he would wish to
have thought as a true representation of the feelings of go-
vernment in behalf of literary men. His lordship concluded
a speech of great eloquence, filled with happy quotations
from the plays of Shakspeare, by concluding that in giving
on this occasion the toast of " Moore and the poets of Ire-
land," he was asking for nothing more than " equal justice
to Ireland."
The next toast, "The Memory of Burns and the Poets of
i Scotland," was proposed by Mr. P. CUNNINGHAM. After •
few words explanatory of the toast he was called upon to
give, Mr. Cunningham solicited the permission of the chair-
man to digress a little from the particular toast, and to offer
in his capacity of treasurer to the London committee a few
observations on the state of the fund and the present condi-
tion of the poet's house, The fund, he said, was still defi-
cient, but he felt assured that the profits of the ball at
Willis's Rooms on the 22nd of May, and the prod uee of cer-
tain amateur performances by Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr.
John Forster, and Mr. George Cruikshank would be
fully sufficient to complete the purchase-money, and to
°sable the committee to do something for the endowment
of the house before banding it over to the nation in her
Majesty's name, as the committee had been recommended
to do by the solicitors of the Woods and Forests. lie was
sorry to observe, he said, that some Wardour.street curiosi-
ties—he could give them no better name—things quite
trumpery is themselves—were still suffered to remain in the
house of the great poet. He weuld rather see bare walls
and bare floors. lie could furnish and people the place for
himself. This, however, he did not wilh to do. He should
like to raise a supplemental fund for the purchase of the
Chandos portrait of Shakspeare, to be sold at Stowe during
the present season. That was a fit and proper
relic to place in Shakspeare's house, because it
was, as he believed, the only genuine portrait in colours
of the great poet. He could wish also to see in the same in-
teresting house the very handso m e round table
.madeof of
f
Shakspeare's mulberry tree, and now in the possession h
friend Mr. Hunt, whom he was delighted to see present on
this occasion. Perhaps Mr. Hunt would think of what he
said—he could gather from his smile that be had half given
it to the house already. He should a'so like to see Mr.
Wheler's very interesting collection of documents relating to
Shakspeare's property in Stratford, preserved in the poet's
house. No better place could possibly be found to receive
them; and perhaps Mr. Wheler, whom he was equally de-
lighted to see present on this occasion, would look upon the
house as the proper repository for such treasures. Nor
could he emit to observe in an enumeration like this of real
Shakspeare curiosities that he should like to see in the same
house the Garrick Cup from the famous mulberry tree which
they were permitted to have upon the table before them,
by the kind permission of he Misses May, who had it !nought
from Bath for this very occasion. He was glad to think that
the Mines May were among the ladies who had honoured
them with their pretence, and he really hoped that they
would not deem the hint he had thrown out in behalf of the
nation as too boldly made. Perhaps, also, when a few good
examples had been set, the Duke of Devonshire mit be
induced to give us his matchless collection of 11.emble P ghlays.