The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENMG, NOVEMBER 27,

FINE ARTS.

ART TREABITHRB EXHIBITION, 1867.

In our knew notion of contributing to EN Art
Tressume Eshibition we cu bled panel se to the examen
ties and deseripties of pictures of the ancient and seders
schools whkh base been pissed at the disposal of the am-
mitts,. We have now to mention a scheme which his boa
settled for the classification of anoint and medieval art, In
t►e colleetion of which we ere glad to hem that considerable
progress has been already made.
It will be membered that is the year 1860 the Society of
Arts, at the suggestion, we believe, of His Royal Highness
Priem Albert, brought together an imbibition of works
of this tried, w►isk proved sot only highly interesting
to the general public, but resulted In undoubted MI to
our manafacturers. la the approaching exhibition this idea
will be carried eat on a mach larger scale, and will prove to
be not the least Mammies section of the display of sit
tremens which wilt be congregated in 1867. Historically'
it is proposed that the collection shall include objects of an
from the Angle-Ronan to the present period, Cella, By-
unties, Romanesque, Median', &Jainism) (Begibh sad
Continental) of the times of Louis XIV. to that et Loafs
XVI , and from the period of the Empire to the latest pro.
doetione of modern artistic skill. In sculpture, works Is
marble, alabaster, stone, terra-eotta, wood, we; broom,
lead, &c, will be admitted. In meta► work will be
included the three divisions of military, eccle-
siastical, and demesne, which will be looked to for

some of the wooden of the middle ages, la casting, chisel.
Hog, engraving, chuing, and pouncing. Already, by con.
tribatione from t►e famed oollectone at Goodrich Court,
lent to the Art Treasures }lnhibition through the liberelity
of Colonel sad the Lady Linn Myrick, se also by some of
the rarest spatimens to be sent fns the iiillectlosi of the
Tower, by order of the government, we can promise that
I aim and armour, absolve and defensive, of all kinds, will
be reormested is an almost asparalleled manner. The
admirers of art woramaaship is gold, silver, broom, steel.
iron, and copper, i• eosibiaation also with enamel wor►'
jewellery, end diatom's', will brio g together contribations of
the works of Benvenato, Cellist, and some of the renowned
goldsmiths of Italy and Germany who flourished in the 16th
and 17th centuries. Ia the kerassio art we shall impost to no
specimens loom the earliest Rivas° Moorish, Italia',
French, German, Data, and English manafteteres. Of
sunsets will be admitted specimens of the Byzastine, Ito-
maassqns, Italian, French (Unitise frost the lath messy),
and German period'. In glass, Osman, Bohemian, Praia
and English, fro. t►e 15th 10 the 19th °interim. Stained

glass—ealeshetisal and domestic. Ia feminize, each-
denied sad domestic, is striae, wood, oserqueterie, and bxhl•
la mosaic work, glass sad sub's la Rasta sad holies,
chiefly Pkweadas, hem the Emma period to the present
day. Of jewellery, objens erseleslastical sad pausal. In
textile febries, tapestry, emboldory, lace, de. In leather
work, objects for ocelestestisal, sUltary, sod domestic nese.
Is the section to be devoted to ivories will be ?waived
specimens for ecclesiastical sad domestic wo► s.
end examples in bone, walrus tusk, horn, de. Is
glyptes we shall so doubt have eontribetions of 'Anglia
and cassia; and the 'spidery art per se will not be
unrepresented. Tbls we believe comprises in a penal way

what le proposed to be done to the way of clessifyiag the
collection. In a future notke we shell be a►le to tell out
readers more of this loterestleg section of the eibibitent, by
annonnelsg the 'attributions received, sad it to to be hoped
that the possessors of valuable wor►s of set suitable to each
a eolketfon will come forward to offer their oontribations se
freely as have the owners of easiest and modern picture,.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE NEUFCHATEL QUESTION.

The Correspondan“ Prouienne avers that public
opinion throughout Europe recognises the valid
right of Prussia over Neufchatel, and concludes by
directing attention to the great military power of
Prussia.

The *Suisse of Berne publishes the text of M. de
Bydow's communication, already noticed in the
Express. In reply the Federal Council states that
"It cannot comply with the demand for the imme•
diets and unconditional release of the prisoner.
Desirous of a friendly solution of the dispute as to
Neufchatel, the council is nevertheless ready to enter
into negotiations." With regard to General
Dafour's mission to the French court, the

Shim observes " The intelligence received

up to this date, permits us to infer that this
mission hu not been fruitleu fur Switzerland,
although we cannot at this moment publicly state the
issue." The Procureur-general I. preparing the in-
dictment against the prisoners, but the trial is evi-
dently determined upon rather as an assertion of
right than from a wish to punish the offenders.
Every step which the Federal Council has taken has
been agreed to unanimously.
It is remarked that the Bing of Prussia seems to
hays a horror of a trial, and that this is intelligible.
With a trial comes examination, reading of lettere,
and perhaps confessions.