The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-12 00:00:00

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DARER AlltlOßD.—P"in, Ii; Vsuriord, 4; nonitaille
dee, 2 ; Guernsey, 1 ; French, 2 ; Flanders, 2; Holland, 1.
LONDON, June 12.—Wind this day at noon, E.N.E.
moderate breeze, and cloudy.
StIEERNZAB —June S.—Arrived: Maria Francisca, Rio
Janeiro, for Bremen.
DEAL, June 10.—S. W., strong and squally; Pvt., S.W.,
moderate. 11, S. W. fresh ; P.K. B,W. moderate.—
Arrived 10th : Harrison Chilton, Ceylon ; Eden, Mauritius ;
Betty, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Stockholm;,
William Tell, Venice. 11, Minerava, China; Mary
Ann, Algoa Bay. Arrived from the river: Hops, Calcutta;
Conquering Hero, Montreal ; Ann, Newfoundland. Arrived
from the river and sailed ; Agnes, Belize ; Sir Robert Peel,
New York. Sailed : William Metcalf, River St. Laurence.

PROPOSED CHARTIST MEETTSGS.—At Manchester
the chartists have given notice of another out-door meeting
in Stevenson.square, to be held this evening. for the purpose
as they state, of " throwing back the foul statement made by
the prime minister of England, wherein he said he believed
the people did not want the charter." The invitation asks
the people to come in their " thousands," but to come
" peaceably." The auttorities, however, are in possession of
in'ormation, it would appear, that the object, though pro-
fessedly one of peace, is called in reality with a different
view ; and on Saturday morning, at a very numerous meeting
of magistrates, it was deternotne.l to prohibit the meeting.
A notice, founded upon the resolutions passed at this meet-
ing, and signed by the mayor, has been issued. Lieut.-Gen.
Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, the commandant of the district,
was in close conference with the magistrates for some
hours both on Friday and Saturday, and has
made arrangements to place the military in garrison there
in a position to aid the civil force. Judging from the pre-
parations made, the magistrates must be quite ready for any
possible emergency. Besides the large force of constabula, y
at their command, they have issued notices to the wh..le
body of special constables, 10,000 in number, to muster by
three o'clock this day, and arrangements have been made
that besides a gen,ral central depot for the military at
Tib.street, in consider. ble farce, guards of soldiers are to
strengthen the police divisions to be stationed at the three
points inset likely to command the entrances to the city, and
prevent processions coming in front Oldham, Ashton, and
Stockport. A very large force of police is to be stationed in
Stevenson-square, which is also to be supported by a military
guard.
A CHARTIST " SPECIAL. COSSTARLE."—On Monday
James Bland, of Bingley, hawker, 6UI rendered to the magis-
trates at Bingley, and cot, red into recognisances, him-
self in 1001 , with two sureties in 1001. each, to an-
swer the charge of riot and rescue in the case of John Kil-
vington ; and also entered into a like recognisance, with
sureties in the like sums, to answer the charge of rescue
in the case of Wm. Smith. Mr.,,Ferrand, the ma tistrate,
observed that his ea e was a very aggravated one, inasmuch
as he had only a very short time before taken the oath of
special constable; consequently it was his duty to have
assisted the constables at the time of the rescue, instead of
having taken part in rescuing the prisoners. All has been
quiet at Bingley, since the 31st ult. The red and blue coats
seem to have completely damped the ardour of the " National
Guards."

BRITISH INSTITCTION.—The usual summer exhibi
tion at the British Institution, of a ciliection of picture, by
old and established masters, or by artist, recently dead, opens to
the public this day. The mere sightseer will think it inferior
to former years ; but the artist and the connoisseur curious
in the history of art will look upon it as one of the most in-
teresting and instructive exhibitions of the Denton season.
The most curinu, picture in the gallery is the Wilton diptych,
representing Richard 11. and his three patron saints praying
to the Virgin and infant Saviour. The picture belonged to
Cherie' 1., was engraved by Holler, and presented by
James 11. to the Earl of Castlernaine. It is exe-
cuted in distemper, and is thought to be the work of
a very able Italian painter of Richard's time. The
finishing is as delicate as a miniature, and the heads and
partially-opened eyes are in the manner of Giotto. The
ground-work of geld is extremely ci.rious. Some of tke
works of the ear:), Italian and Flemish masters are assem-
bled is the same room, and may be compared together with
ease and advantage.—Mr. Rogers contributes two half-
figures by Giotto, fragments of a fresco painting in the
church of the Carmelites at Florence, executed by Giotto
about 1295. The two heads St. John and St. Peter are
full of that earnest and devout feeling which the early
painters never failed in giving to their pictures. Of Ange-
lico da Fiesole there inn small and curious specimen, the Sevres
about four inches high, representing Salome dancing before
Herod.—No 55, a small altarpiece, is a good example of
Loren so da Cri di, who studied with Leonardo
da Vinci in the school of Andrew Verocchio,
and wroueht in the manner of Leonardo and Peru-
gino.—No. 100, the head of a female in profile, is without
the painter's name: the face is full of earnest d enity and
feeling, and the style and colour quite in the early Florentine
manner. It is the property of Henry Seymour. Esq., and
in its way a picture of importance.—No. 76, " The Virgin
and Child," seated brneath an elaborate gothic canopy, is a
small but very good Van Eyck. It belongs to Mr. Rogers,
tl.e poet, an inip.irtant contributor on this occasion of the
examples of early art. A very clever head of liemmelinek,
by himself, dated 1462, deserves examination, and the portion
of a cartoon, by Raphael (also the property of Mr. Rogers),
will be found to exhibit many of the great qualities of that
, master. But the collection is not confined to the works of
the early painters. The Earl of Carlisle contributes two
large landscapes by Am ibale Ceram', both tram the Or-
leans gallery, and to which she influence which Bril had on
him as a landscape painter is very evident. The Duke of
Wellington has sent a large and good Jan Steen, "A Wed-
ding Feast," dated 1667, and a companion picture, "A
Merry Making," in which the hand of that master is hardly
visible. Baron Lionel de Rothschild contributes a third-
rate Cupp, " A Square Tower, with figures skating before
it," and Mr. Wells the capital Ruysdael, bought at the lied-
leaf sale. In the English school we have two large views in
Wales by Richard Wilson. the property of Vie Wynn family,
for whom they were painted; two good female portraits
(full lengths), both by Gainaborough ; one or two second-
rate Sir Joshuss ; the orieinal study for the Cassandra, by
Romney, sold this season at Christie 's ; a bold dashing per.
trait of Hoppner, by himself; Barker's long celebrated
picture of "The Woodman ;" and a large landscape by
Loutherbourgb, in which the hand of the artist and the scene
painter are equally apparent.
lionsas MR toe. WORKING CLASSES.—A scheme on an
extensive scale for providing dwellings for the working
classes in Edinburgh is presently in contemplation. It is
said that about 20,0001. will be invested in the undertaking.