The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

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results ni private entt %lain,. as exhibited in England. Nu
government assistance 6a. hien ask, d or required fur the
promo ion of an utak. finking which has added, and will add,
thousands on thousand. to the MUMMA of the state ; which
will ti.m et br.dtin the llutther, which will bring Hull
within .ix bourn of La:won—within a day's journey, and
much leis, to ors ry town hs tenth the Humber and the
Mersey. erivaie individsol. conceived the scheme; en-
gineers, eductitt d and r. wanted by private menus, have de-
vised ,ho plans; as arme of workmen, salaried by a private
company, have vushsd tntwartl the works to their preseht
Schema d mace, in spite of couvult.ions, financial and politi-
cal, such as the world has seldom seen.

KENT.
TILE NEW FoIiTIVICATIONB AT SIIEERNI.ifI.
These . eon wo Its, together we h the repair and heighten-
ing of the old tem& ow. s, or. now complete, and the gun.
are all rooiouteddlie lest gun hiving born hoisted on to its car
riage ••444ut •w. rk ran. The entire line of fortdication is
one m.le ant. a roarer. and the mower. of guns 11/4, iota.'
of winch ere of y else, weighing (ruin 80 a9O
cat. 'the wade line is sort routoled by a deep moat, which
is versed at onlyonr puce, where the furtiMationemoss
the high road; rid hex thorr is rome outer work, consortia
of a bus,ion ai al a nether, and a sweated moat rite re there
are also two olniethri.lne., and tso pain of ',terms( gates. A
concrete foundation h.is Men hod down for the a ration of
new barrack,. end piles are now b log driven for the erection
of several powder norgainee.
IiCOKINGUANISIORE.
THE SALE. OF ActtTllflt PORTION OF TIIE DUKE
OP Bt. CA I.s 011 AWS Pal I I'LltT Y took place recently at
Aylesbury Ihe lisle WWI toy order es the directors ot the
Nor. ieh .Union F.re Office, who ere the mortgagees. It wan
dival. al into 16 lota. Lot I was the advowson• and right of
preeentation to the netts, of llorsendon (*object to the life
of the Iry gent ineumbent, now aged shr-t 40 yeas), armee -
ing rf about 20a. of glebe land, and a rent.ehergo et 135/.
peranuum Alm, the nranor ol Hors, ndun, w sth llorseud n-
house, with lawns, plea. en -ground% end farm, co..tainina
106 a. 2r 37p. ; an I a cupit..l fern contiguous thereto of
153 a. Or. 31p. of sup, rite land This lot which lies in liar-
sendnn, Prince. Rio eseongl., and Sannderton, erns put in at
7,0001, and et er several hr 'dieter reached 11,2001. ; the re-
serve Wilding was then annouticed as 12,0001., but no person
advancing 4.14 that sum the lot wus not sold. It weir,
however, stared that att r the sal.• the lot was drcps.l
of to the Rev tend sir. Partridge, the occupier, at
12.0001.-2. Was a farm, also in llorsendon and r,jA,.s
Rishotoug r, call, cl the duke 'arm, containing 46a. 3r. 33p.
of pasture land, in • ecupaii nat 701. per annum. This let
was Ilair dat 1, 110!., and sold to Mr. White, the occupier,
at 2,1001. 3. A farm at Loegwick, in Primes Ilislarough,
containing 1180. 3r. bp., and let ut Id 'l. per y sr. Tierce
was e- aid. rsb'et comp. t Min tor tel. lot, which was put
iu
at 3,0001, was kn eked d• own at 3 9001 , but bought in.
After the sal ir war eispoad if at 4,0001. 4. The ...Iron-
son and right of presentati in to the perpetual curacy of
Princes litehorough (ou'sject to the life of the present Memo
bent, no.. mull about 33 'ears), consisting of n residence and
about 79a. ct elehe. The pr reetual curate has the r ght of
nomin Jag tr.e n.iniet. rto the Lacy Oran Chapel. Also,
the person 4,44 firm, lying re ur the church of Primes Itts-
borou,rh, co 4t,irdeg 284 r. Ir. 2p. of arable and pasture land
in occupation at 5801. per year; and a water corn mill,
house, awl premises, arid 3 Or. Op. of laud on 1: ass at
701, per annum, and two pieces of accommodation hind,
c,intairring 3, Ir. '.:90 This lot was put iu at 10,0601 , and
the hi gs re.,er est 11.3001., when it was announced that
the reserea wan 14 5001.; it was bought in. Aft. r the isle,
it was said to hive Men dieposcd of at 14,3001.-5. A
piece of pasture land of 3.i. 3r. 10p., at 2701. Some of the
lots weer not sold.-13. Was the motors of I'rincea Mi.-
bor..neh and Abbot's Rieheroug',, extending over about 130
menu pea and hoT.esteachl, and nearly SOO acre, of land, all
heriotable, and lying in Princes Hishorouah. of the annual
value of upwards of 2,0001., now held by 130 tenants; the
average annual fines and quit-rents received from which,
during toe last' en years, emir:sot to upwards of 2201. Also,
the eerenl woods, miutaining, toeethrr, 273 a. '2r. 7p., in
hand; and a cottage, and several parcels of meadow and
garden ground. Tnis lot, ram-Henri of some pT Heal int-
pertauce in it. connexion wilt the borough of Aylesbury,
was witirfrawn, only 5,000 guineas Mitre odereil for it.
Atter vo sale is was, however, sold to T. Tindal, heq.,
for 13,0001.

DEVONSII I RF-
FP. tb Y. EMIGRATION. —A body of !Indy 200
young women took thi ir departure from Plymouth lest
week, in the Rgal George, for Sydney. They go out
(free 01 xpense) undo. the auspices of the Au,tratan Lund
and E.ui ration entarnitainneni, arid have beta selected by
them hr to tha unions cf Ireland. llalf-rodoten matrons
have the charge of the girls; end as tne Royal Gorge is
well fired up and pecvii!ed, there is little doubt but that
they will have • provertius voyage, as well as • hearty
welcome. at the r destination. The ship Oriental is toted
for the Cape of Good Hope, with 200 emigrants on board.
She is likew:sc chartered by the Ratieration Commissioners.

CIIANSEL IiIANDS.
Tim MAILS.—The Lords of the Admiralty have
consents d to the request of the inhabitants of Guernsey and
Jersey, to allow Ole Channel Islands mails to have J h-
mouton at one o'clo.k in the morning instead of seven in the
evening, provided that the Postmaster-General consi ere it
practica'sle. This will be a great boon to the Channel Islands,
because the mad packets in present use are so poserful in
spud that, although they wil leave Southampton six hours
later than they do at present, they will reach Jersey and
Guerra. y in time for the It tiers to be distributed rally in
the forenoon. The inhabitants ut those is'ands will, by this
arrangement, in additiou to the letters they get at present
on mail dale, receive corrctp ndence from London up to 7
o'clock the pr. ceding evening, sod the letters intended for
them from all parts of the country that arrive in
London the preceding day by. the day mails.
The request also of the inhabitants of the
Channel 1•Ionils, not to allow the rasa packet to leave
Guernsey and Jersey on Surdas.s has also been acceded to.
The Admiralty hag fully de•ermined to employ government
vessels to carry the Climb I Islands mails, and had even given
public twice o! this inteidisn. Just previous, however, to
the contract with the Sou'h-tt est rn Company expiring, an
arrangement was made fir gnat company still to convey them.
It is still contemplated to connect the isle of Ald2rney with
Guernsey and Jersey by means of a regular mail communica-
tion with England.

flnf ans.
MR. MCeßfieriT's PicrtitEs.—The Mulrcady cot
leetion of pictures leeted for exhibition at the Sc, kip of
Arts, in the Adelpki, " iu aid of the formation of a Natioral
Gallery of British Art." and opened to the public on Nlendiy
bet, terms an admireble exhibition, calculated to nib° and
extend Mr. Mule ally's reputation and the dignity and cha-
racter of the Eogl:sh school. People complain that Mr.
Mulready has been en idio artist. This exhibition will re-
move so erroneous an impreseien. He has ban a hard-
working artist—only of late year. sufficiently eneeuraged,
and not till now sufficiently understood. There are few, in-
deed, to whom many of pictures to th:s collection will got
be entirely new, for Mr. Mulready has been for four-and-
forty yews an exhibitor at the Royal Academy, and hie
werlu have never before been brought together. The grace
of bestowing on a livi g artist what has hitherto been deemed
a posthumous honour bee been reserved for the Society of
Arts; culd all who love to m e good pictures will feel them-
selves indebted to that body for the novel and interestingexhi-
bition thus opened to the public. Our first ingression then, on
entering the great room at the Adeiphi, was, that of delight-
ful surerise The pictures are more numerous than we
had 'epee ell ; the sty!, e are very varied ; and the character
and finishing, and in many. the stories, are admirably made
out. The earliest paietcd pic'ure in the room is N. 12,
" St Peter's Wel! in the Vestry of York Minster," painted
in 1803, and exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1906. It
deseivee to be lo,ked at car, fully, for it contains much faith-
ful painting, and shows how son Mr. Mulrcady began to
copy with the feeling of a complete pointer the particular
of et or place wl.ich he had eel. cted for the exercise of his
pencil. No. 13, " 01.1 Heuer' in Lambeth ;" No. 25,
" The Melt, Kensington Ci aerl-pits;" and No. 27. " Near
the Mall," are as ge.d uany Dutch pictures of their kind—
equal to Hobh'ma or to Vanderhcydes. Another little
p:cture, hardly hipster than the palm of the hand, painted in
1809, and entitled, " Utensils and Vegetables," is as fine as
any will life of the two ()stades or any little bit of the kind
in Wilkie. No 10. "The inadsiae Inn," and No. 42,
" Gip.iec," bnth the property of Mr. John Gibbons, are
early pictures in the rame style. "The Kitchen Fire," and
" T tie Dinh, r'e Shop," are cap tsl rod uction. of the year 1811
—the boy under the barber's hand-is full of humour—oozing
out Puck-like through his long head of hair. A rather scat-
tered end mewhat disprointing picture anti' It " l'unch,"
was painted in 1812. '(wont Mr. Mulready's very best werke,
" Idle Boy 4." pain ell in told, and " Lending a Bite,"
pained is 1818, are the property of Earl Grey. The ex-
pression of the Idle Bey, who has received a arn,,rt rap over
hi, knew-ice—s for the wrote/ cum which he has put WI his
slate, is fail of exelisite eh erecter, while the caution and f• ar
of the boy who lends the b be. are exicersed with masterly
precisior. The vi.i.or will do well to contrast " The Lend-
ing a Bite" of 1418 with the " Giviog a Bite " of 1834, in-
asmuch as he will find very nearly the same incident told al
meet io toe HUM rummer, but paint. din atylee xtremely
different. Mr. She, pehenke will excuse us if in some r.cp, cis
we prefer the earlier picture, though the ardour and eager-
nese cattle le/ won borrow, " the bite" are better (elm a-ed,
in Mr. Sheepahank's picture than in the .picture belonging
to Earl Gra y. Ihe Wolf and the Lamb," perhaps the
most popular of all Mr. blulreadye, works, (in some measure
owing to Mr Rehinsen's excellent line engraving) le 'taiga
to the year IRA and is the property of the Queen. It leeks
well. "The Canvalenent," painted in 1822, has been very
unjustly tenured in he reputatinn by the recent Art Union
priat. There is much b feeling in parrs entirely I at
in tee we, 'chi d engraving. 'l'ne distance is especial!), good.
" The Widow," rather coarse in its sentiment, was smutted
in 1823 t and " The Cannon," the property of Sir R. I'. el,
sod in its glezings iik • o.tede or Gerard Dow, in 1817. 'f be
boy firing the mown is over-viol. nt in his attitude ; but the
careful aceeseories atate f,r every huh. The " Peregrine
Touchweod " picture, front s t Ronan's Well, wasp anted
in 1832 ; we can almost 1 ear Mr. Peregrine " hem, h. en,"
to catch the attention of the Rev. Josiah Cargill. The
" Giving a Bite " was ',Rioted in 1834; and the series of
worSui eenclieling with the three famous incielents frem
The Vicar of Wakefield ; "The Whistonian Centrov. ray ;"
" Choke iner the Wedding Gown," and " Haymaking." All
excellent lithrgraph, "The Bonnet," by the younger Liti-
nell, from en a xouitite picture by Mr. Mulrcady, is exhibited
in the same room.

PIIIIIIARMONIC SOCIETY. The Philharmonic
Concerto, this 'ear, imnrove in quality u the season ad-
vances. The last but one, which took place last evening, is
entitled to great and unqualified praise, both for the g. od
juefpnent sho■n in the selection and arrangement of the
mule, sad for the admirable style of its perfvrmanco, Teo

se mpbonies were the 0 minor of Mozart end the Pastorale
Beethoven. In the termer. the lovely minuet and trio
were loudly encored. Beethoven's unrivalled piece of
musical deticription was given with marvellous t tfect. The
orchestra seemed inspired by tbr genius of the author whose
poetry they were reciting, and played with • warmth
and animation which excited corresponding feelings
on the part of the audience. The overture to
Oberon," whieh closed the first part, was also playoff eon
&Imre, and, being encored, was repeated with even addi-
tional fire. Mendelasohn's overture, called " The calm isea
and pr. apterous voyage," produced very little effc et alter the
masterpieces we have mentioned. It beers the stamp, in
many places, of the great artist, but cannot be rester .eel as
ono of tie happy efforts. Asa piece of musical painting i is
RR entire failure ; its calm sea is as boisterous as the storm
in Beethoven's symphony ; and it is deficient in melody,
clearness, and simplicity. 'rho last orchestral piece was
Beethoven's fine overture to " Fidelio." is r. IL. C. Cooper
played on the violin • concerto by Maurer, and delighted
tin audience by hi. beautiful end finished perform-
ance. The composition was of a superior order,
and executed with • richness of tone, • vericty
..f expression and a brilliancy of execution which wo
hive rarely heard euipaued. Indeed, Mr. Cooper has
• power of making hie violin sing, and almost speak,
which we have rarely heard equalled. It is surprising that
a performer of such high attainment.% should he altogether
ut known to the London public, more especially se he is a
performer of many years' standing; having been, as we are
ieformed, • pupil of the late Spagnoletti, whose beautiful
Italian style he has ccitandy caught But this is a cones.
(pence of the system so constantly acted upon by the
olorectors of our concerts, of seeking foreigners and
overlooking our own artists, of equal or superior
merit. The vocaliss were Madame Viardot aercia
and Millie. Corbari. The latter sang the line scene,
" In quali receesi. U Monti," belonging to the character of
Print in " Don Giovanni," and wa.v must warmly and de-
enrvedlv applaud. d. Metlame Viarilot sang the scene from
Ilanders ff Armida," which contains the air " Lucia ch'io
with great beauty and truth of expression ; hut
the effect of the air, we think, was injured by hlclerbees's
adilitional accompaniments, which, thomth ingenious and
rich, were at variance with the great simplicity of the me-
lo ty. In the tomtit. air, " Ombra allot ate," from Zinga-
rc `• Romeo e Oiu.ietta," Madame Via• dot displaytil
powers of the highest order as a dramatic singer, and re-
ceived great applause. The last vocal piece seas the duct,
" Ah guards morello'," from Mozart's " Cosi fan T otti," which
the two ladies savg very elegantly.