The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-10 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE CLUB.

The followiaglethemsuit of iestetdaii play, at Lord's
itULTIII.I,I6 CLUB.

C. Cia ---.
b- W. lilebolsoe, Esq., b ri; ti was. Faq., e and b
J. Dews, 1 HAI" 2O Hillyer lll
T. N11011, b tuuyer
A. Ilsyswlh, Eat, 1 1 sr b V.ll. Wilson, Esq., not net
Clarke
0. Ckattertan, run out 1 I Sir V. B.ithers., b Clarke
J. Grundy, ti Miler .. —...1281,1b 6, w 1, a b 2 .....
E. 14.16tven, Faq., 1 Hilly's . A -
E. Beeves, Esq., OClarke 0
T. Sewell,. Ika, b Hillyer ... b
E 3,01.0111,.
- - - - - .

W Wife, 1) Gruads is
N. Felix, kp., Tae oat
O. P rr, rot oat
V. Viten. b Nita
W. Nutlagell
T. Hoz
J. Wiaden

.I.our
.. . .
W. dotes
133,1 bl

Total

ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. SIXTEEN OF OX.

This match was resumed on Saturday upon the Christ
Church ground, Oxford. The result of the first hands was,
that the " Eleven " were in a minority of 78 runs.
The " Sixteen " then embarked upon their second ven-
ture, and it will be found that they had lost four wickets
for 23 runs only. The ultimate score stood thus:
----- -"

Earns, b Winans ____.—
II b Clarke
Murat, o Wadea, b Clarks l9
W. W. Parker, Esq., run out l7 not out 4
11. Peel, EN., a Du, b Clarke
M. Wyatt, EN., b Martlagell
C. Henry. EN , e Caffys, 0 HiLyer
P. Edrn, Eq., b Clarke
Y. I). Longa, EN., b Clarke
hale, Eq.. s Box, b Martingell
Wallkee, Eq., b UMW not out II
W. Riddma, Eq., b Clarke
E. Balfour, E.g., b Wl.dett
11. Aitken, EN., not oat ..
C. A. Nortb, Eq., b Wireles
H. Whim, Esq.. b w, 0 Clarke
burns, e and b Winds ......
BO; lb,. B ...... 2

Hillyer, e Nardi, b Burris —4
issiz, b Willis 0
Cstfy•,, b Willis
Parr, c 11.014ine. b Purrba 0
Pii. Is, c Parker, b Willis I
lurtiagell, b Aitken
71. Willis Ft la, Fig, e itidillas, b
0

fiat, t WalLoce, b Bonin l7
A. Glynn, kat , a BAwm,
Bur. in
WiNten, I b w, b Aitke• ..... 4
Carke, not out._..
Lb,l;w, 6 7

CLACKMANNAN AND KINROSS ELECTION.—RE-
TURN OF THE FILEE.TRADE CASDIDATZ.—The polling in
connexion with the election for the united counties of

Clackmannan and Kinross terminated on Friday, and the
result has been the return of Mr. Johnstone of Alva, by •
majority of 6.3 over his opponent, Mr. Adam, of Blair-
Adam. The contest throughout has been conducted with '
great keenness; and very great doubts were entertained
as to the issue, till about mid-day on Thursday, but after
that time the chances of success were the reverse of favour-
able to Mr. Adam. His friends continued to struggle on,
however, in the hope that the electors who had reserved
their votes would come forward and support him. The
polling places were Allua and Kinross—the former being
for the electors of Clackmaananshire, and the latter for
those of Kiurms-shire. In the county of Kinross Mr.
' Adam carried all before him; but in Clackmannan things
were just the other way Mr. Johnstone, from his ex-
tensive local influence, being the general favourite. At
Kinross, the excitement, except on the forenoon of Thurs-
day, was not great ; but in Allot, during both days, the
interest manifested in the result was very considerable,
large numbers of the inhabitants of Tillicoultry, Alva, and
other places in the neighbourhood, having flocked into that
town, eager to witness the success of Mr. Johnstone, who,
whenever he appeared among them, was loudly ap-
plauded. At the close of W.: poll the es.ult was ufol-
lows _

CLACIMANNANSIIIRB (ALLOA).
Mr. Johnstone

Dlr. Adam

Majority for Mr. Johnstone
KIN itohB-Bli IRS (ILlNiwas).
Mr. Adam
Mr. Johnetorte

171

Majority for Mr. Adam

Majoriti for Mr. Johnstone on the
gross poll
__ . .

AROYLESHIREELECTION.—The election of a re-
presentative for the county of Argyle, vacant by the eleva-
tion of Duncan M.Neill, Esq., to the bench, took place on
Friday, at Inverary, the county town. The hustings were
erected in the usual place, in front of the Argyle Hotel.
The election commenced about 1 o'clock, immediately after
the arrival of the Dunrubin steamer, which carried passen-
gers from the principal districts in the county. Mr.
M'Lachlan, the couvener, proposed Sir Archibald Islay
Campbell, Ind the nomination was seconded by Mr. Colin
Campbell, jun., of fitonefield. No other candidate having
been proposed, Sir Archibald Campbell wee accordingly de-
chard duly elected.
THE PROPOSED SYNOD.—PAROCRLIL PnfifEeTtleft
lizerisios.—The vestries are beginning to move, and we
anticipate an almost universal protest from the different
parishes in the diocese against the synod. If some of the
clergy still follow the bishop's misleading, the protestant
laity will express their dissent in a voice not to be misun-
derstood. Stokeinteignhead.—The parishioners of this quiet
rural psrirh met on Thursday evening. Mr. Wills, the
churchwarden, presided, and stated that he had convened
the meeting in consequence of a requisition signed by
nearly every influential person in the parish. Mr. Thos
Itendell observed that after attentively considering the
proposed synod, he could see no possibility of any good
coming Irons it whilst thorn was every prospect that it would
do very much harm and injury to the church. Happily,
they had not the misfortune of having a tractarian clergy-
man in their parish ; and he thought, therefore, the best
step they could adopt would be to send a respectful address
to their minister, asking him to take no part in the bishop's
synod. He moved an address to the Rev. N. Gould, asking
him to take no part in the synod. Mr. Steckler seconded
the motion, which was carried unanimously. St. Mary
Major's (Exeter).—A meeting was held is the church on
Thursday, to protest against the synod. Mr. Churchwarden
White in the chair. Mr. H. Healey moved the adoption
of a protest. He thought everything connected with
this synod had • sinister appearance. It infringed
the nghts of the sovereign, and arraigned the de-
cision of the highest court of judicature is the kingdom.
The bishop had formerly protested against the errors of
Rome, but for the last fifteen years he had been the nurs-
ing father of thou men who had eventually gone over to
Rome, and the patron of those opinions which were en-
tirely Romish in their tendency. He concluded by moving
a vigorous protest against the synod, which was seconded
by. r. Churchwarden Tour and adopted. A committee
was then appointed to co-operate with other parishes, and
the meeting separated.
SHOCKING SUICIDE AT BRlGHTON.—Yesterday a
coroner's inquest was held at the Crown Inn, Grafton-street,
on view of the body of Mr. Thomas Jeffrey Hodges, a
gentleman who had been more than 10 years connected
with the firm of Levick, Brothers, King's Anna-yard, Moor-
gate-street, London. A female relative of the deceased was
the principal witness, and she stated that the deceased,
within the last twelve months, had shown symptoms of in-
sanity, which appeared soon after his father's death. On
Friday night he became very.ill, and, during her tempo-
rary &belies from his room, he jumped through the window,
falling from • height of 30 feet. He lingered till Saturday
night, and then died from the injuries he received in the
fall. Verdict—" Temporary Insanity."

FINE ABM .
OF THE BRITISH THE

The British Institution again opens this year with
its usual exhibition of paintings by old masters, the
private view of which took place on Saterday, Fe-
proton' to being thrown open to-day to the public.
It is of more than average excellence, and if, contrary
to general anticipation, the British school does not
cut such a brilliant figure as it should, in this anima
mirabilis 18.51, ample compensation will be
found in the productions of the Dutch and
Flemish masters, which arc of an unusually sterling
ct erecter ; some Itembrandtesque heads especially are
amongst the finest that were ever exhibited. The
picture, however, which first arrests attention in the
North Room, old which deservedly beads the cata-
logue list, is the " Adoration of the Magi," by Jean
do Mabuse, formerly one of the gems of the Orleans
gallery. The opportunity thus afforded of viewing
this highly-wrought performance, in immediate juxta-
position with the works of Rembrandt, who two
centuries later worked on precisely opposite prin-
ciples, is invaluable as a fair means of testing the
relative value, merits, and tendencies of both; the

more so as they seem to bear immediately on the
subject of the pro-Raphaelite controversy, which
has lately engrossed a singular amount of
interest ; an interest which is only ren-
dered warrantable by the important stake at issue.
This subject of the " Adoration" was a favourite one
with those early Flemish masters: Van Eyck has
treated it in a lengthy composition which is now in
the Munich Pinacotek ; Jean de Mabuse, on the con-
trary, chose an upright panel, probably to exhibit
somewhat pedantically his study. of architecture and
perspective. There is even some incongruity between
this architecture, which seems to be Italian, with
the personages, which are unmitigated Flemish
types. This picture was probably painted at
Rome, whither Alabuse had followed his friend
and patron, Philip of Burgundy, who was Maxi-
milian's ambassador at the court of Julius 11.
While superior to the Van Eycks in point of finish,
the harmony is of a more daring if not questionable
kind: the angelic host hovering above the scene are
arrayed in apparel the colour of sulphur, which has
hitherto been connected with other regions titan those
in which they soar. It is satisfactory to note, that, in
more senses than one, the affectionate patrons of the
artist were " wise-men ;" in return for their liberal en-
couragement, Mabuse has bestowed on them an im-
mortality which they might otherwise in vain have
courted. The same may be said of the principal
patron of Itembrandt, Burgomaster Six, whose por-
trait, with that of his wife, are here. Jan Six is not
here represented as in the etching, immersed in the
cares of his secretaryship, but his glance appeals con-
fidently to the spectator. The contrast between the
fair complexion of this picture and the dark
traits of his wife is exquisitely rendereiL Item-
brandt's well-known different styles arc found
represented. The portrait of Martin Looten (13)
belongs to his mellow early manner, such as is found
in the picture of Professor Van Tulp. And at a later
period, ho aimed chiefly at surface texture, and
as such the " Head of an Old Man" (19) affords a
striking example. Bordering almost on Rembrandt-
ism is a portrait of " Sneyders" (43), by Vandyke,
with however a freer use of grey, a tint valued by
both, though differently employe a to subserve their
different purposes—by Vandyke as a foil to his car-
nations, and by Rembrandt as a means of sober-
ing the glow of his colouring. By Sneyders
himself, there are two /Fp representations of
still life, admirable no doubt, but though mon-
strous, still they are but poultry and vegetables.
The boldness of Sneyders in adopting such dimen-
sions is pleasingly opposed by the more modest com-
positions of G. Benin', Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Bar-
tolomeo, who were all fund of "undersizing" their
figures. The specimens of these musters seem to be
duplicates of some that are to be found in continen-
tal galleries ; such is the .‘ Vierge aux rechers " (41);
another of identical size is to be found in the
Louvre. Belongin,,,, to the class of pictures
also to be found in this treasury of art, is
"Juno transferring the eyes of Argus to the pea-
cock's tail" (13), a subject which none but a Itubens
would dare to select. Amongst the pictures which
till up the stray nooks with their minor graces, are
numbered Munllo, Holbein, Greuze, Miens, &c. The
" middle room" is principally taken up with Dutch
pictures; one of which, a liolibinta (83), comes, if we
mistake not, from the late King of Holland's col-
lection. Contrary to the usual practice, which is
that two or three collectors should by turns
display their artistic treasures, the number of con-
tributors exceeds forty; and the 142 pict arcs exhibited,
have been gathered from the collections of Blenheim,
Knowle, and Castle Howard ; Mr. Holford and Mr.
Hope have also largely contributed. The Rem-
brandts arc the property of Lady Dover, the Mu-
rillos of Lord Overstone, &c.
The transition from the " North Room" to the
" South Room," where the British school is exhibited
is, in a measure, like wandering in the Great Exhi-
bition from the compartments devoted to the wealth
of all the world into the scantily furnished American
division. Here, too, are to be found libels on taste

near works of great and real value. Not only are
the honoured names of Hogarth and Gainsborough
altogether omitted out of the list, but Reynolds even
appears merely in his character of portrait painter.
Those who have written the life of Reynolds tell
us that his picture of " ligolino and his Sons" re-
mained for a long time unpurchased in his studio,
though executed at the height of his fame. Poor
" Ugolino" again finds himself here in the same for-
lorn condition in which he found himself in Leicester-
fields, surrounded by some dozen cheerful, smiling,
and beautiful pnrtraits by the same hand. The fact
is Reynolds himself was in reality much in the
same predicament in which ho has pictured
his friend Garrick, vacillating between tragedy
and comedy. Every successive work from Itey-
nolds's easel, shows which muse finally got the
uppermost hand ; there is a vast sense of humour
lurking beneath the genial colouring of such works
as "Master Bunbury ;" an intimate acquaintance with
roguery in the mellow composition of the " Nymph
and Piping Boy" (114), and (113) "The Fortune-
teller" is perhaps. prettier for its harmless mis-
chief than for its pictorial qualities. Wilkie, on the
contrary, us Ilazlitt tells us, never made but one joke,
and that was a bad one, the boy scraping thebellows,
in the "blind tiddler." Indeed, if there is one trality
more visible than another in the Wilkie' contributed
by her Majesty from the Royal Collection, it is their
extreme earnestness. The principal one, well known
by the print of it, represents the " Maid of Saragossa."
If we recollect right, the historian of the Peninsular
war questions the truth of the legend ; it could
scarcely be more splendidly impossible than the com-
position invented by Wilkie. Some passages arc re-
markably fine, such as the man driving the field-
piece—a field-piece on a rampart! The two other
pictures represent a " Guerilla council of war in a Spa.
nish Posada," and the " Return of the Guerilla to his
Family." Wilson. Webber. and Hodges seem to coun-
tenance the unobtrusive monotony of one another. Of
Lawrence we would rather not speak, the more so
as his works are placed near those of Reynolds, and
challenge a comparison by no means flattering to the
former. A fact the more to be regretted, as they
usurp a place we had hoped to find worthily filled by
the sterling works of Hogarth and Gainsborough.

ROME, MAT 24.

A magnificent work of art has TustCe'enloio4ht
to its conclusion in this city, which would have been
well worthy of a conspicuous place in the Crystal
Palace, and would have been forwarded thither for
exhibition by its author had it not been executed
solely for the Emperor of Russia, who desires to
have it sent to St. Petersburg without loss of time.
It consists of an octagonal mosaic pavement, about
six metres in diameter, containing twenty-eight
figures, a colossal head of Medusa in the centre, and
an immense variety of ornaments, the whole enclosed
in a rich garland of fruit and flowers. The design is
taken from an ancient pavement twice the size in the
round room of the Vatican museum; but the drawing,
the colouring, and the style of execution of the
modern one are such us to demonstrate the
high pitch of improvement to which the Chevalier
Barber' has brought the art of mosaic. This
pavement is valued at 25,000 dollars (about 5,2001.),
and has been completed by the chevalier's Russian
pupils in very little more than three years. When
the Emperor of Russia paid a visit to Rome, four or
five years ago, he expressed a wish to the Chevalier
Barberi to establish a great school of mosaic at St.
Petersburg, and reque-ted him to execute a mosaic
copy of the St. Nicholas at St. Peter's Church, and
to teach six young Russian artists the art of
mosaic at the same time, four years being allowed for

this ehjeat ; bet by the improvements and eating of
time to the artist which %rheas experience and in-
genuity have allowed him to introduce into the
mechanical pert of the art, the St. Nicholas was
completed in twenty months, although a similar work.
at the Vatican studio of made recently required -
from five to six years for its completion. The pupils
and the works executed by them under the Cheva-
lier Barberi's superintendence, are about to be des-
patched to St. Petersburg, there to form the nucleus
of the future imperial mosaic establishment; and
the princely munificence of the Emperor will no
doubt be exercised in justly remuuerating the
zeal and talent of the Chevalier. The
works completed during the four years consist
of four colossal scenic masks—the pavement above
mentioned—the four Evangelists, from the paintings
of the celebrated Bruloff, one of which is admirably
copied by Itubicondi—the St. Nicholas, upwards of
two metres high—the Russian arms on a gold
ground (unpolished) to be placed over the imperial
establishment at St. Petersburg, an L finally, a large
specimen of the ornamental Byzantine style of mo-
saic. A copious store of vitreous mosaic tablets of
every possible shade of tint, skilfully composed by
the Chevalier's head workman, Giustiniano Buona-
fide, will be also forwarded to the Emperor, in order
that, having well instructed artists and all the re-
quisitc materials, he may start upon his own account
forthwith. The difference between the works I
have described above and those exhibited in the mo-
saic line at the London Exhibition are, that the
latter arc all small or fine mosaic adapted for tables,
paper-pressers, brooches, &c.; whereas the former
are in the larger style of execution, fitting fur pave-
ments, cupolas, architectural medallions, and the de-
coration of palaces and churches, which are the more
L rare as few persons hlye it in their power to order
such expensive work!!

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