The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-06 00:00:00

might, we should imagiso, &met short ausaiptions gam-
dog to the Wel important mislatium fo ho *old is oigih

ease.
To enter upon the historical and biograpbteal features of
' the exhibition would occupy a volume. We have maw.
wound to afford some sort of indiarikar es to the history de.
the art ;we Oa wily am mist lea seers of the most later.
Mktg miniature., with the hope if rebating in kin*
them more readily to the adios of the visitor.
In the wall rams at the sod of the roam will be found
the hoe coliseums of the Duke of Buoctmch and the
Duke of Marlborough, of Mr. Seekville Ball, Sir W.
F. ileibeame, Mr. John Steam* Mr. Beek, Lord
Wherlsoliff% lard Ehaftestary, and others. On the walls
to this right sad lett are many of it. most interesting Maier
toms. In the upright eases neer the end of the room ere
the Hon. Mr. Ashley's end Mr. Addington's, amongst which
are the portraits of Cromwell (314), Richard Cromwell (302).
I Q4llllll Mary Crodce), the rare work in oil by More ; Sir
Walter Raleigh (No. 481), by J. Oliver —e most intermits(
fees—.haring hies a young sad mey handsome man, with
olive omplexio• rather, aid dark heir ; Enemas (484),
•
tad and indecisive has, but finely printed, also by Into
Oliver ; Lady Arabella Stuart, by Oliver (486) ; Quires
Elisabeth, by Oliver (482). Amorist the Deasy/ Rurisad's
miniatures, is OW 0, is • most interesting portrait of
Raleigh (336), inscribed zEtatis sue 65, Ammo D. 1618,
s.Cdis," " Pied," which should be seen after Mr. Ashley's,
es it shows his hair end beard grows quite white. Here too
Isle most mime full.leogthsof Lord Borlingb (W illYmoectl).
Elizabeth's treasurer (339). and (341) Lady Rachel Remelt,
wife of Lord William, meribed to &Cooper. In the eamecees
will be found Mr. Polbilre eollectioo, with the beautiful mi-
-1 nature of General Ireton on vellum by S. Cooper, and one
of Richard Cromwell by J. Hoskins, listed sod dated 1659.
In aaea G, 671,1 s • portrait of John Liszopdes by 8. Cooper,
sad sear this in case F, Mr. Magnieo's collection, with
peer:rite of Henry VIII. (662) sad his first wife, Catherine
of Arnim (648), by Holbeiri, with me of lin Archduke of
I Austria, by Sir Antonio More (653). In division 3.
er. Lord Wherneliffshi miniatures, amongst
which ere (1,562) Henry IV. of Fames; (1,563)
pram Catherine of Ramie ; and (1,571) Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu. Near them are the Doke of Bineleuoh's Mids.
tures, *nitrides (1,587) the Drachms of Richmond, "La
Belle Stuart," by Si Cooper ; Catharine of Arregoo, by
Holbein (1,590) ; Francis Beam (1,594), by P. Oliver ; Mon-
Liget (1,007), Thomas Otway, the dramatist (1,611), Alger.
non Sidney, by J. Hoskins (1,622) ; Admiral Byag,
shot in
11,75/ ; Nall Gwynn., • beautiful miniature, by S.
Cooper (1,616).
In Loyd Derby's eollectina (wall space IX.), should be
Dotieed —1616. Henrietta Maris, by J. Hoakina. 1817.
Sir Francis Drake, a very fine work, by Nicholas
Hilliard. 1818. Robert Earl of Sae=, by J.
Oliver. 1819. Ben Jammu, isseribed, "Ii Roma,
1604," • most Wending though unedgeed minis.
tare in oil, sad 1825. Andrew Marvell, by Vandyke. The
list of the most interestiag portraits might be extended,
but we meet leave the visitor to puzzle out for himself the
wheresbouts of melt unique mriceities as the miniature eyes
of M. Fiteherbert and Prince Norge Auguries Frederica
of Wales, with the weals; AIMS; Nehea's looket mimic
tare of Emma Hamilton, which was takes from his Deck
after his death ; and • droll miniature celled " The Coali.
ties," with the half feces of Lord North sad Charlie Fox
joked, the two different eyed looking with the oddest
expressioe, like Hamlet describes the Hines, " with ore
dropping and one auspicious eye."
We cannot pretend to have referred to bell the hiterestiog
miniatures in Ibis harness' eolleettoo. which mut be seen
again end spit to thoroughly appreciate its many mad
varied sources of interest. TM exhibition wee epeted yew
terday to the public, under the usual regulations. and we
may add OM themawgells costeinier the Repluiel cartoons,
remedy removed from Hampton Omit Prime was sae
thrown epee on Whit Monday ; so that the etimatioos el
South Keneingtoa will now at least amply reward the
troubled the journey.

IMMICIAL RXHIBITION 01 PORTRAIT Mill &TUII
AT SOUTH SENSINGTON MIISECM.
The exhibition of thew saialetures, which now amount'
flet mere due three threes& is apnea is use of the new
moms at lir Sean lamer Muram, sad it will be
Nord caposidll istanstag, as oestaidu nearly all those
retrain thin were sibibited is 1802, with the
oddities el may may representing the art se
it has been preetinsi rep to the rased time, when
unfortusetely it =IA be said te be so far volgarbei
by the popular rip for photographic adulator
Out the belt artists have relispished it in despair or din.
gad. Carried te its lights* pert of emoilleace some filtures
yam age ia the heads of gaieties like ROM sod Therbur;
Mout teems sinew roe Mbar iodised, set Wears it re
oatrivaMed, but that its direr Ives approached—my
humbly we rod& say, however—by tie host of photo
graphs and those ainiatesiets who emend above wading
with them se pietas apes the Odors* Hy am MOM
the least isterwidag paid in the present inlaibies is that
we are endied to see =III mew eras el those emprits
weeks with which the at ealmiselid—ei, for execute, is
the foilleagda pe drafts es MIS Well ivory of the
Osentess et Obedadehl sad lady Near Stanhope—sad
tetra the geseted abeam le this grander and more abr.
drily beindiful style, from the annisable portrait sand-
bores proper of Holbeis, Asked. Mow, Hilliard, and lame
Oliver, of the sixteenth 'eatery. These zees were great in
their day, sod so far as the art of portraiture of men is con-
owned they have sever bees Nombre! ; but their portraits of
I.OIIIOD wanted the delicacy, the rellsemeet, and the nett
inset of our time. The method of painting io mieistere
which was adopted by them wee darned ability from the
Nominators of manuorideorke were infect the Ant midi-
tors painters, and we nes that, both to style and colouring,
it closely tesenaled the work of the missal painters. who
were a fraternity trade( their effete through the middle
spa to very early Christian thaws primps era to Ronne
serer Giulio Okido, to the middle of the 16th retry,
serried miniature to a paint ri perfection never surpassed'
111111fil enamel palatial isd the snot ivory were istrodord. I
As Mr. Snarl Rodgers points out in the intro-
Artery notice to the catalogue, "The ulniaturist began
by using the opaque odors of the missal painter, and
like him he intredand geld to heighten the effect
of his dresses and onameate ; but u the art pro-1
pined we God kin resting the tees, sad then other
pests of his worlswith losaspenat odor." Several bean-
Wel examples of this period of the art are to be foal oat-
turd throughout the seen cd the exhibition, by Bothell'
Ors 1496, voided till 1643), Hirsh* Hilliard (torn 1547,
died 1619), lease Oliver (bon 1566, died 1617), Sir Antonio
Mere (bees 1519, died 1576), betides ethos of the greatest
barred by fudge painters, as in those bobteging to roDas
d'Alene's by Leer Feud, Itsejamda freedom and rein the
Isesous Philippe de Chanspegne—a small oval portrait is
Si es copper of Louis XUJ. The Weer painter, however,
was of Murat period, being bon is 1603 and dying 1674 ;
and this Sr miniature nada& us that the great portrait-
palates se teatimes ahem te pint I. little, sad not in the
style of the nisiaterish proper, bat precisely se
they would paint one of their life-size portraits.
There en examples el this kid in the °dirties
which throw asytkiag that M. Maimoner hid
weer *shire& Jan the shads 01 these might be moo
as or of the ascot remarkable for ingress of style
sad extraerdieary bolindrlity, the small oval perleen
from Mr. liaskelfs cellestion, by Sir Antonio More, of the
Regent Murray at the aged 33, as abeam by the date span
On picture. This Jamas Stead, the prior of St. Andrew's,
was the natural sae of Jura V. ot Soothed ; he was
einembieted in 1570 by Hamill= of Botherelhogh. There
is one miniature in oil by Holbsia, of Aar of Olives mush
Inger than Awake panted in water other, though not se
Niger ease mall pertain is ail admitted into this ma-
ladies, which is a striking simple of the perfect mastery
el hand he pommeled ; but it is not equal in fins colour and
aspreedon to the miniature by Sir Aston° More. The elder
method of painting es vellum or eardbeerd sod with water
minor, ambled the artist to give gnat effect to the ditto-
ado costume sad oreassitate worn la the sixteenth rotary;
we sin this is tkeIIiIIZMIKOSS portrait miniatures of Quote Eli-
sabeth hyNiehalse Hilliard, which see serially relieved oar
a bright bine mud, with a good deal of touching with
geld, and the some mad date inscribed upon the bias bask-
ground. Whoa enesed was brought to the perfection of
mieting subjects and portraits by the famous Leered
Limousin sad his pupil., is about the middle of the Itleh
eistery, the art of minutes painting received a very
beautiful odergenmat et its press. The promos of wri-
ng Was the same es on vellum, bet by the fusion of the
'slows is the firing much beauty of tint and transparency
was Anima, and, above all, the advantage wee pined el
arida thew delicate woks dawn impetrate. It is
basessahle to see bow many at this miniatures in this aoL
loathe have been allowed to be exposed to direct relight,
sad to damp watll they have completely lost the colour, sod
lescre mere ghats of what they ware as painted by the
*disk These are many good examples of enamel insiders I
by the misheard Jess Pintos who came from Geneva I
tents country arty in the sereeteenth century, and was
patroeised much by Charles L, baring apartments allowed
him et Whitehall. He was one of the Ant sod best of the
saisisturints is eased. His son, of the tame name, also
painted lees is Beg Lad. tharies Boit, a Peacetime, also
eame-to London, sad was court rind painter to Quer
Asap ; and Christian P. Rinke, his pupil, followed him, and
semaiped without s rival aa an enamel painter in the 18theso
is y.,Heary Boas, ILA., earned his position entirely by this
kends of the art, and his works, of which there are many
in the exhibition, may be *amerced with those of soy
el the enamellists in Europa, for rigors of colour and beau-
tiful finish, but most ol his best works are copies of large
pictures. It was, however, the iIIVIIIRtiON of ivory as a
posed for the zoiaidate, affording quite as Sue • sodas*
with • far richer tone of odour, that led both to a great pa-
vanes in the art sad to a vast iserease in the demand for this
beautiful form of portrait. Ivory in said by Mr. Rodger'
M have been substituted for vellum sad paper in the time
el Jesus 11., but we find most miniatures parted au lard
loss after thin time, and it was of worse very much latse
Nat ft become so generally preferred, and only within the
last twenty years that it has bees used la the large piers
employed by our great miniaturists, Rom, Newtos, sot
Thorium There ea, be no queen* as to the grad
beauty which is gives to the picture by the peed*
itch tor of Oniony ; sad if welch from one of Therbarvirs
or
Rae's miniatures use to work so beautiful se Hoibein's
er any of the Oliver. or that which is Dearer to it in the
seethed—or of the portraits of Cromwell by Samuel Cooper,
we an exquisite miniature of Corral Ireton, who married
Cromwell's dOughter, belonging to Mr. Polhill, signed S.
C., 1649—it must be admitted that the modern portrait
painter owes very mach more folds materials. In justice, hoe'
ever, to the moderns it meet be repeated that they deserve ,
the merit of having perceived this, and of having turned it
to the highest possible advantage.
It is impossible not le feel something like bewilderment
is first pies through as exhibition of this extent, with
the hope of finding out the distinctions which mark
the origin, the progress, and we mast say now, the
debeeendat of the art. The teak of anemias snob a
eeneetios epos any plea of illustrating the history of .
°mania or eras NAVAL Rseaays TILLINIWG
lea art la a difficult cue, satt it ham bees giaa° up 911/P Panunntr. —A serious disaster bee happened to her
without the attempt. It was impossible to prevail upon meitetyre must. premeet, mead re a drill ship for the
the crm-sof thaws precious works to let them be separated, Royal Naval Reserve of the port of Leedom, lyiu
do
sad, even had this bow snowed, it would have resumed the City Oral of the West Wit peek.ose _
awls the Lum-
pier time in waiting till all bad been received which were bones esannZatti aPinel„thalitsjo totsdkosgspe .1
been
M form the exhibithe. Still, vs must confess that very pinheeded ever
up to 11.1. d few day.. bee. dose to bon Is. the
Nttle has been dose to enable the mineral public either to oowoo of loss week shipwrights were supra in manioc
discover the most hesitating portraits in these three her, sad the 32 sod 36 pound guns on the middle deck were
therand small pictures which stud the glass cuss ea thick i sent forward in 'tit .tern
rward beridelebrettfoo‘lail
se the eters, or to understood the sequere of the different , WT.
slog the *hip to spies :Lk is the mores of Saturday
styles of miniature' The Istsklus absurdly large, and ms" isg. Although there were between twenty and thirty
estrageotudy experair ; and, after all, it affords but • Tray heeds, including cams. ors lboard, the feet of the ship
troublesome means of referring to any particular portrait I making water was not discovered until as reported she had
r toe
we wish to see. There is so fads: to the portraits of 1. -et e• wavi;a by :re dock- 0. Pi
of c_s,t Noble' rendered
sefsbestsd peruse, tad we is" t° "Isis Wee Pm' what aid they ld towards releasing the ship, bat she
Maits out, either by the name of the eoltatbeeier, if we gradually retied deep sad took the bottom of the canal.
happen to know him, or by the same of the artist, which As sem as precramble the guns wen moved from the
is an equally uablely thing to be familiar with. As than head. and in order to prevent any adadrophe by the reed
was a very much better endow pabllabed at the time of treitlff.__°7l7L nb
relob wen atwould have bmitt the era
the '62 exhibitioo, and sold mine one shilling, lest etsofifth oo.7,toosnewat7tboo brought to boor to ;at the wertsl=l
Ike price of the sew ow, we coned see wby this should sio,fty **wow had loos eseeidtrebj, Tama she was
set have bees enlarged and made available sow. The new set floated yesterday morning, fled the ship bees is the
Waken* is interior to the old one in everything but die- aim (be oeseeleeeirea le all probability would byte base
veer/ fearful.
Play; rarely gin. net dustftsfam d the .4611.1.4 sad Pinter 011,11t11 MVSIIIK Board Bffeendrrolt.
arse say diessesisse, wit& the old one gave bar with
—Number of viiitora too the west todioi June 3, mu.
gnat volunteers The visitor who has as a catalogs* lads Total mmbee, dais the "yews d the Mumma fr., daily
so oat of guide, ad salmi he happens to know a Haber Wu:24M , •
Irmo Cooper, se he will humanity lad a hair esateislag • heath restating Revalendi
.1k,40:1411,41t wilted medians er beireelsardist
et every dote and miseer, ettelele ), Adams, onesessyllsk
enjoy the exhihilies mill he begehme. Is the a* gueogg.-ggloisk Mom. asa ammess
semis el say eseedspe err table he nederlog the exhiht• mow time He met M Mbar remedies. MV:art
wares —Da sied Ks. 71, Itepoatormet. lesdnit. w
fits samba to the rabbi ea pert at s great same yi it gib lM.isaroAs as goomo,—,
elpsialme alerlirs, the dipadmost et taw peed hhdmrlwmwW

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TAITF:RBALL%--MoNDAY.
It may possibly be considered by the unieltiated that
the tense so *flee applied of late yam to the "settlings"
at Tatiana mob for instance es " good." " easy," hc..
have blame, from frequent am, stereotyped. But without
fear of ineurriag so doll a chair, we may safely say that a
more satisfactory " squarieg" of, accounts over the Ep•OCI
Bummer klestiag bee not been known for at least thirty
yews. Indeed, both bookmakers and bookers assured us to.
day that they over remembered hsviag seen so large a flow
of money without the semblance of any &Panay or even
effort on the part of those who were "drawn." Oa. large
and Influentlal bookmaker informed us that of 40,0001. which
he had to receive, he bad at the aloes of bemuses netted
38,0001. of it, and that to-morrow, Tuesday, he expected to
realise the full mount. We heard no instabass of rad&
man or profesairmals asking for " time ;" on the contrary,
payers and receivers were equally reedy and anxious to have
the magic "cross " affixed to their games in the " hooka."
Time was no legitimate attempt at betting, for sabered'
Gladiateur was meationed for the Grand Prise of Paris, we
beard no marketable price in coooexioa with his same.
Omani Peel had the call of everything for the depot Cup,
but the spirit of speculation will be allowed to lie dormant
until within a few days of the grand sweat, wheo them will,
doubtless, be some very spirited speculation themes. The
enteoriplion room will be open again this day friaseday), for
the grand and Saslaattbas on the Derby and Oaks.

• BrITING AT —MONDAY.
miatcsisTre UNION CUP.
Ito 1 apt Donaptwook (t 1 10 So 1 apt 111oi Arthur (t)
and PP 100 to 8 Wll4 Poppy t)
7to 1 Filbert (t) 108 to 8 autrotlag o-
-10 to 1 Notate, (11 Pao (t)
TLADMILIINIS CUP.
7 tot apt Baits (t) I 4to 1 apt Catleadral (t)

UXBRIDGE RACES.—MoIDAY.
To! Titsmnerszes Firers (Handicap) of 20 move., for all
ages. About three-quarters of a mils.
Mr. Boatiatra 19ra BoommUle, by Llnytoe—Alt/tede
pa, let MO (J. Smith; 1
Mr. C. Bomees Calmat the Jester. 4 yrs, ret7lb (Frisby) 2
Mr. 11. Milking ma Musketeer, SM. 444 41b.. (L Hordes)
The follewing also ran :—Vlrka, Klag el Greece, Noisy colt,
and Blue Bell.
Tex JUUNILL PLAT! of 25 mos. for 2.yr-olds ; *ate,
Bet 101 b ; fillies, Bet 61b. The whiner to be mold for SO
ems. About ire forlosp.
Mr. Jobs Graham's Truant, by Ignorant ne—Roulle,
Bet lab (Nlghtlngall, 1
Mr. itartee's Meuse, Bet Ob IT French) 2
tar. Illea's Masequao, Bet both traphbrit)
Cavendish also ran.
Bettie( : 5t04 on Frilems, 6to 4 apt Truant, 4 to 1
age asy otter.
Tim Ootnerecs' ems:us of 15 sacs.: gentlemen Men
list 7lb each ; estrum, 1 soy. About one mile sod a Ulf.
Mr. B. Clayton's Diana (O
,71:1 1
Mr. Menley's Physician
Mr. lidlefs Whtteritooldap (Mr. Hodpon)
The following also ran :—Cheetuut mare, Bolero. Florida,
Hotspur, Anningtoo, Truth, c by Daniel ditearke, and Rem-
' aeration.
Ton HANDICAP 1101DIJI limn of 5 son. each, 2 ft, with
23 added ; about use mile sod a WI, over six flights of
bindles. (15 subs.)
Mr. Previa'. Burner% 6 rm. lost 6lb slghtingall) 1
' Mr. Chino's Lieette, yrk 9st (Beets)
Mr. Bacull's Vision, 722, 10s, 12lb (T. Price)
The following also ran :—Vinelletive and Truant.

()RICKEY.-ALL ENGLAND V. UNITED &MEC-
This match wu committed at Lord's yestsrday, before as
sassanbisge of about 5,000 spectators. It is payed for tke
Waage of tits Crkketen' Feud Society, sad will be resumed
this owning, if the weather is Sew The following is the
wince et the Bret day's play :—All Zealand. first instep,
907 ; United, first innings, 4 wickets down, T 2.