The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1866.

Sint Arts. -` / '

lIIEBTOHES OY

ANH.J.APAN.
This vay interest* ooilectioa of seater miner
drawing and thetas, is sow athiisited in the °allay, el
the Isstitate of Nisi= ii Water Oakum is PellmalL It
demists et about lio dewier, which, however. *sly repre-
sent a indeolige et the massive series which HOW Bade-
hermit pasted daring his travels. The whole eallestioa
would Make • larger gallery, as it mataios 111C441 then
doable the number now exhibited; we may analade, boo-
mer, that the artist bee not omitted any of the mere ire-
, eeriest drawls.. Ire its essoplete state the collection has
already reosived very high praise from writes as the fine
sale in the French press, when it was exhibited last
Far in Paris ; Y. Pad de twat Viiidt 111)(1
Theoptile Umber especially lia,:ng stielta
be very laudatory terms of the artist for his
genies as well es hi...eta:prise, in eaderithing • Janney
mod the meld in search of new and striking scenes and
tharacteristis people to employ hie pencil. Heir Hilde-
brandt therefore makes his first may before his geglhh
entice with a very favourable Mirodectioe ; and for ear owe
part we are happy to recognise in his works • Wait for
sketching of the highest order, with an appreciation of the
capabilities of water-colour, and • power of enmities rarely
observable out of the &gash schooL
As a timelier, But Hildebrendt meet be as bold and
daddies as be is as an artist, and hie meal serves to record
his °Wareham with a mint end truth which strike the
mind perhaps more &early and with a more Isaias impres-
sion than many written dem:Minos. An artist traveller,
indeed, lays us snider dem obliestions for many teachings
which we should never get is any other way, and we can
never my too moth fl make of tuedertakings like
this of Herr Hlldebraiedt, especially when at the same
time thaws, are learning se muck that is novel and strange ;
we are delighted with the 'Lanai, feeling for beasty that is
shown universally in the treatment of every scene. Of
course the general purpose of Herr Hildebrandt in making
a journey in search et the new pichusegge, of such extant
and neeemarily so rapid, was to make characteristic and
truthful sketebes, sot highly flunked drawings. Hut there
are ameept his works several which are remarkable for
the best qualities of the art. such es the drawing of the
famous Masque at Asra, is which the effect of the glaring
sunlight epee the white pertebleis reechoed to perfection, or
some of the esily moraine esed evening views on the rivers
in Chios, end espeeially the Octane of the
awful typhoons of the Eastern sees. The smell
drawing (106), a Taifoon on the coast of Japan,
is as fine • specimen of the art of water-colorer as anything
that Copley Fielding reser psioted. The Chinese Undone.,
however, we could imagine, does not offer any very tempt.
ing wear to the printer. except in the mountains= pate
of the country, and Her Hildebrandt has game* pre.
ferred to plsot his sketehdng stool in the streets of the
cities of Canton and Pekin, on the banks of the rivers, and
is the ports of Memo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. He ap-
pears, from the &avast of his trash, prefixed to the
eatelogue, to have made an Incursion epos lathe, v lag
Oryloc, Calcutta, Cawapore, Luciano, Allaltaked, and
Bewares, but there are very few drawiags of any of these
plasm included in the present exhibilios, All this pound,
sad mach more, tip to the very blase heights of the Fliffia.
loran had been gone over by an English artist, Mr.
ammo°, and with a completeness and artistic ability
which left little to be desired, as all will acknowledge who
remember the exhibiting of thatepetleman'seolleatiosiat the
German Celery. Herr liddebeandl, however. has mate-
bated • very valuable and exceedingly interesting series of
views and theracterinie sketches of the people of China,
Japan, and Manilla. Never before have the straits of the
cities of Canton and Pekin been so well painted ; the
artist's eye for acacia and kale perception of character have
led him to seise on everything descriptive, eignificant, and
picturesque. The crowd outside the "Sing Sorg' theatre
at Memo, and the interior of the same place, with its
strange audience of apelike Malays hanging on epee the
bamboos that ere placid across the theatre for seats, are
most curious pictures of Chaim vulgar life. The people I
are such inveterate theatre-goers that they take pomesion
of the pia/need keep it all day if they an, in mite of the
managers, who attack them at the end of each two hours'
perform's°, with " jets of water end showers of small pro-
jectiles." The large drawiags (77, 78, 79) of the main
street is Tientsin. with the long strips of colosseff
cloth bonging down before every shop from the
top el the house to the grimed, blaring the
bright Chinese symbols, ea we bass ant ear nor
boards, and crowded with busy Chiamess, are some if
the best of their kind in the exhibition. The circular
street in Pekin, and the views of the Imperial Palace and
the Summer Felice, me also noticeable for the same ex-
cellent truth in the general appouence of these singular
plans. The palaces, however, in them drawings suggest
but little of the fancied aplsadoer we have attacked to
them ; they show very little bright colour, and no sort of
architectural pretensicen. The pagodas also do not tare
very well et Herr Hildebrandt's hands, appearing 'gene-
rally as very tnnible-down strecturee, and with now of
the brilliant ornaments that we expected to see. The river
scenes, with the various forms of births, the boatmen and
the flower-boats, which are the sort of floating Creinorne pm.
Tided for the Chinese of the great cities, are all touched with
the genie picturesque feeling, and at the same timer°
evidently tree. There is an admirable view of Nagasaki,
with its gulfs and sandy beaches, running up far into a
pretty country of %adulating hills and distant mountains,
abounding in • luxuriant • gro*th of low shrubs sad bees.
The streets in Manilla are surprisingly neat, thiamine

quite European. sad ver► like some of our old timber
houses is the old towns, with the addition el a good deal
of green, red, sod yellow en the woodwork. The people of
Manilla are a great improvement on the Chinese, some of
the women being really dark bombs., but Herr Hilde-
brandt has not introduced any figures that do justice to
their reputation in the drawings exhibited, whatever his
portfolio may contain. Herr Hildebrandt has, it appears,
extended his tour to San Francisco, and we can only re-
gret that his sketches is this bisarre quarter of the world
are not exhibited with, aces we have noticed ; indeed, such
is the interest of the rolieedoe that no part of it should be
left out.

SOME ORIGINAL TiinrireEs. —I remember once-- I
it is a good army years now—haviag formed a chasm ao-
quainiance with a gentleman at a watering-plaoe, whose
manners were sufficiently pleasisg, and whose cone cation,
besides being that of a oultivated and sesomplisked mind, I
displayed a vein of originality that made him amazing. He
was evidently one who formed his owe °pinkie, and took
nothing on the score of its general acceptame by others.
It is not impossible that, seeing how I relished his turn for
independent observation, be indulged the taste to its full
extant ; for, certainly, in the few weeks we passed to-
gether, there was scarcely a topic oa which we talked that
he did not eavess some new and remarkable judgment
When we parted, he gave me an invitation to " his little
place in Staffordshire ;" but I mislaid the addrem, and
forgot him. Years afterwards there came a letter from
him presenhug his friend. Mr. Somebody, who, he said.
had been speediog some time with him, and whose "tone of
mind and temper he thought I would like. resembling so
strongly those traits I was once so kind as to be attracted
by in himself.' His friend was, however, by no means to
my taste, and I was sot sorry to say adieu to him. Various
others came after this, with letters from the same quarter'
they were all "original thinkers," and he only regretted
he " could not make bee of us in those delightful conver-
sations he knew we were enjoying." It is not enough to
say that these people were chstutefol—they were positively
odious to me. How I bad been represented to them by
soy Staff ordakire friend I know not; but they approached
me at ones on terms of easy intimacy ; they made them-
selves at borne, in the most atrocious acceptance of the
word, and repaid me by "original thoughts"—that is, by
the most extraordinary license of opinion on every subject,
and by exsemes of language which I oonld only regard as
outrage. Driven at lest to the utmost limit of endurance,
r wrote to my friend a very civil but determined note, sm-
earing him that he had not taken a just measure of my
testes or habits in he late letters of presentation, and de-
claring for the future that I desired to assert my privilege
to choose the persons of my acquaintance, and not incur
the doable disappointment which might, and did often,
arise from uncongenial intimacies. I received the following
reply :—" Sir —I respectfully beg to return the letter which
was addressed by you to Mr. Thomas Lethbridge, and which
a severe relapse renders him totally unable to appreciate or
reply to. As his awe is only mania, I hope a few weeks'
' care and treatment will restore him to comparative calm
and intelligence. Meanwhile, sir, I will take measures
that you should not be farther molested by the patients of
' this establishment, who very frequently are withdrawn
by their friends before the perfection of their cure, and
' while still labouring under many of the delusions which
formed the ground of their admiseion.—l am your respect-
L fill servant, Onorraxv Winer; Directing Physician of
i St. Kitt's, Staffordshire." This accounted for the " ori-
I rinsl thinkers" at once."—Binckwood's Magazine for
6 Notch.
) BOUTS KiNnweTox Museum. —Dozing the week
11 ending March 10 the visitors have bees as follows r—
r Oa Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday free dayyss,, open from
, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 11,542. On Wedneday, Thursday,
r endepee s' Friday, student days (wimiseire to the pahlie,
from 10 a.m. till IS p.m., 1,824 •. told, 13,368 ; from
. the opening of the museum, 5,862.641.

11 let t.graniiiyt ZM',

. . DRIIa7•LAIPS.
King .Lear, with Mr. Phelps in the princiral
obeenoter. was endorsed at tbis boned last sight bawls a
crowded aadisacsa The play will be repeated daring the
week.

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OAUIZIUDOI, limos ft

Tas Comma or =a 81sArs.—The place of a
bead of a soilage in Gomel of the mate has bosoms vomit
by the death of the Rev. William Wheirell, AD., Nester of
Trinity College. The Vi:e•Chancellor has Riven notice,in
accordance with the movisioee of the 11th section of the
Cambridge Unlireesity Act, that the election of a bead of a
college to fill the seminey will take place in the &sats
house on Friday, Marsh 16. The bead af a Dollen elected
will bold office as a member of the council until November
7, 1868. The Vice-Chancellor and proctors will receive the
votes of those members of the senate, whose names ars on
the electoral roll, from twelve o'clock at nocn till half-
past MN o'clock, when the Vioe-Chancellor will declare
tee elitelion.

1 aiiarting **enigma.
PROGRESS OF THE SPRING CAMPAIGN.

TO TRX EDITOR OP TR/
Su,—Whether oft account of the difficulty and
expense of getting horses to Aintree, or of the new "
ing" law, or the fear-inspiring hoot that held .way up to
Monday last, the Liverpool Spent Meeting came to sod
gnef, so far ea ite manor mete were sioneened. Mx of the
amen raese—fin of them selling—left meekeed Mes time
last week west to the wall, se many of the intim aotaally
derided were very nearly doing ; and the ally meat to
whieh importune attached was the Grand National Steeple.
ohms. This, however, was a host in itself, with its thirty
sinners, startling result, sad perils* meted, the handi-
capper being* off • meat signal triumph of doll, whisk
was the mesas of bruising out an extraordinary sad
almost unprecedented field, whilst the struggle ended
in favour of one of those despised outsiders the donned
of the talent would not believe had • chance, despite his
eviler investing in his favour at 1,000 to 15, 1,000 to 20,
sad 1,001 to 25, until he had backed him to win the nice
little sum of 27,0001.—perhaps the largest amorist say one
petty stood to win on any horse in the ram, although
same Diners had their thousands on. Bat Mr. Studd
beaked his Salamander like a pntlemas, doing the principal
part of tits bansess himself ; and the way he got on teaches
• wholesome lesson to those witless wiseacres who think
there must be some mystery or trickery before a " good
thine can be properly backed. The very fact of there
being no one of note " put in" to back Salamander kept
the public off, and ninety-nine out of • !notched spoon-
talon had no ides of the horse visaing, for his per-
formances were hitherto most arretehel, and those
who saw Mr. Studd getting on thought he was
backing the hone manly because it belonged to him,
as be put just as much, or more, money on the
Dwarf, always • very bad horse last year. The only ap-
proach to a " trial ' he bad was at Belem when Sala-
mender ran in the nee won by Hornets whose measure he
'got, It sinners, in an early part of the enoouster, though he
was nowhere at she finish, having been amiss such a short
Huse previously that ft might have ruined him to run the
whole distance. There was a deal of luck, of course, in
the matter, for in so large a fad the miebaos were bound
to be numerous, and Salamander area one of the few that
went the four miles without • blunder or disappointment.
Not so the second and third to him, Cortolvin and Creole,
who were seriously hindered by the riderless Philosopher
and Hall Court keeping up with the leaders throughout,
after pitting eompsey with their jockeys during the first
mile, the latter not only running straight tome sae-
taking all the leaps, but finishing In the same plate
as last year, second. There were many tumbles besides
those of Philosopher sod Hall Court, with "De
end "of eannen and refuels, Ibex, Ace of Hearts,
West-end, Reporter, King of Heads, Laura, Stalk,
Sir William, Milltown, Stanton, Columbia, Outier,
and Garotter, having all 'been thrown out before they bed
goes half the journey, and only two of them (Stella and
Sing of Hearts) taking the waterjump—a most exciting
performance to witoess—opposite the stand. la the second
circuit of the course Alcibiade and Tkomestown swelled the
number of casualties to about twenty ; and oa jumpier into
the racecourse for the aim-furlong sun home there appeared
but two In the rane—Salamander and Creole. A short spirt,
and the latter was beaten, and his place was taken by Oar
tolvin, who, however, never approached Salamander, the
outsider winning as easily as the Grand National ever was
I won. The race altogether was s nee facer for those who
I will have it the genuine steeplechasers out have no charms
with racehorses over Aintree, for the four that ran home
first were never heard of on the flat, though both the sire
(Pitmen) and grandsire (Charles XIL)of Salamander wars
. knows.

Steeplechasing will form the feature of the clement
wwrik."whabusitDeal'withpltenhety Garen" dhaMvi2gilltaryto tehoklediper th ae,irWtarwo
days' revels there, instead of Rugby ea last year. In the
programme of the meeting proper there are several chases, !
all of which have to costs off on the third day, as nothing
more Illegitimate than hurdle or hunters' races will be
found on the first or second day's Gard. We shall net
have a more interesting race than the Trial during the
whole week, if Saccharometer is met by Archimedes,
, Attasbs, Griader, end Kangaroo, all of whom are
se stn at home over the mile, that the victory of the old
horse is no certainty, allowing that the fact of his having
recently shown in tip-top form, which the others may eat
be in, entitles him to the prefurenee. The Stand Plato is
bat • question of health for Gordian Knot, whose stable
may also carry off the 501. Hate, if Queen of Trumps can
heat Mr. /3rayley's Viceroy; sad there are SOD*
better treated than Sidewiad and Ethelred in
the Willoughby Handicap, the former being scarcely able
to rive Lord Westmoreland an idea whether ho can win
the Great Warwickshire Handicap over the same distance .
(a mile and a half), on the second day, wherein he has AS-
ditor and Mary Hart, besides the illy. The hest of the
trio must be about doing the trick, it being just Auditoria
course, and if beaten the feet will probably be performed
by her or Staghound. Both the two-year-old rime are in
the dark, as the beet of the public horses engaged in them
is but moderate; sad the only illmiMmite affairs I ma I
meddle with are the two principalsteeplechases. The
Grand Ascual, four miles, will be pretty beady
a repetition of the Liverpool Grand -National, so
as farconcerns the colours p for Mr. Staid has
Lord George to mist Salamander representing his red
and white garter, zed Lord Perak* Imiellan to displace
Cortolvis, if he pleases, whilst Mr. Welfitt's Creole is in
at • weight rather more lenient than that be carried
the other day. The contest may show how meek'
Gortolvin and Creole were hindered when succumbing to
Salamander ; but I do not impost either will turn the tables,
and shall be surprised at anything beating Mr. Seudd's
Irish-bred hero beyond 'ensiles, who will prove the beet
outsider in the race, if backed in earliest. The Grand
Military Gold Cup, throe miles, has Merrimac and Glen-
cairn, of the Liverpool performers, engaged ; but there are
acme novices MODS their opponents, and it strikes •
me neither can give the wMght to the steeling Bolingbroke
gelding.
Doncaster unavoidably clashes with the two find days at
Warwick, or it would prove a brilliant swum the pro.
Femme being such as must keep all the Yorkshire Unites
in the north, for it is a most attractive one. We are pro-
mised • sight of • greatly improved 3-yr-old, Loch's', in
the Trial Stakmancl Spring Haiadiespotad if he has made all
the progmss he looked capable of last year he should just
about win the two, Valiant being the only horse of
repute among his opponents that meets him with much the
best of the weights in the long race, and he ran dreadfully
bad at: Limed'. The Lima illy may be the only one to
jeopardise his chance for either event, and what sheen
of enveloped in mystery es yet. Few of the
01. ttt"coripleted races are worth discussing now, it being
more than probable that a "dark" two-year-old will win
both the Hopeful and Betting-room Stakes, whilst until
the Loodeeborough Plate, wherein Skylark meet run well,
is decided, there will be no other legitimate event in a
condition to receive notim. The Greet North of
Steeplechase ought to attract Alcdbiade ; still, he declined
' to accept for Warwick, and in his absence Church Militant
may carry the prize into Golby's stable.
Crouton Park has sot, improved by taking to the Friday
before. instead of after, Northampton ; and ail I eatsay
of the poor programme is, that Lord Wilton in the Granby,
and Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Craven in the other handicaps,
look like winners, and that Loehiel, in the ammo of
Memanate, ham little to fear in the Belvoir Conk imam
am, METEOR..
L P.B.—lneellan having broken down on Thursday last,
there is nothing but Creole to jeopardise Salamander's
chance for the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warwick,
' as Cortolvin (who was at least a stone worse than Innellas
at the weights when they were tried together) cannot hope
to improve the position he occupied with Mr. StuM's
I horse on Wednesday last.
Warwick, Monday.

TATTERSALL'S—M=6T.
The settling day on 'great race is always a special day at Tot-
tersalre ; bat never since the Duke won the Liverpool Grand ,
National in 1867 has that event been productive of such grand
and signal results as in 18641. Here was a horse (Salamander)
pooh-poohed and despised by "the Talent," even at the dart,
that came and won as he Wred with, odds of 40 to 1, and in
I several instances 10 points more sgahart him, as the Geld of 30
i were being marshalled to the port, and yet he won as easily as
Gladstone carries his Animas' measures. We have witnessed some
sensailonalscenceatAisetim•-honouredrendezvons,butneverbave
we been spectators of inch en amount of crisp bank notes and =-
questionable cheques being pitched into the lap of a West
chase winner as on this occasion. A cool 00.000 .
been the portion of the owner of Salamander, to taytrolitudm of
the " bet " which his Mends have sacked at equally extrava-
gant prices. The arrangement of accounts was mfilcient
to occupy the attention of members almost until the
room broke up, and such was the excitement and furore
i anent the great event at Aintree, that hardly any
bosinew. comparatively s'sf. was done OD any of
the forthcoming events. certain short Intervals of
repose Um favourites for the orthaniptonshire Stakes and
City and Suburban wore on everybody's lips, each being in great
i force. For the former Mall Train commanded the support of a
strong .muty," who took 4 to 1 to all the money they could get
I on. 7to ! being the highest offer finally. Out and Outer im-
proved upon his early prestige at the Victoria Club, inasmuch as
that 100 to 16 was laid ten times, and although a sem-
i Mance of hostility sent him subsequently to 7 to 1
i (taken to 1001). we-may safely say that the demonstration
was not made by any of the Woodyeates nparty." It was
a 'nice point between Student and Lord Lyon for the Two
Thousand, bat cm examination it was found that Student hal '
the call ; still there were frequent offers to take 3 to 1 want
either Mr. Merry's colt or Lord Lyon. It Is certain that the
' pubic have a strong fancy for both. else they would not offer to
lay 1.000 to 800 on the pair, which they did to-day. The
remainder of the quotations will be found fully detailed below :
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
7to 2 *get Mr. W. Day's Mall. Train, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (off to
4 to 11
100 to 8 Mr. F. Pryor's Raglan. 6 yrs, Sat (off)
11 to 1 Mr. W. S. Cartwright's &amender, 6 yrs,
fad 9th (t)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
7to 1 apt Mr. W. Day's Out and Outer, yrs, lot 61b (t)
100 to 6 Mr. A. Taylor's P r's Ghost, 4 yrs, Ost Mb (t)
16 to 1 Lord W 's Brahma, • yrs, 7st (t)
to 861.)
CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Mr. B. May's Gong, 3 yrs, fit 12Th (t)
20 to 1 Mr. J. icon's Barsish, 6 yrs, Bst7lb (t)
as to 1 Mr. W. Days Mall Train, 6 yrs. eigilb (1)
TWO THOUSAND.
6 to 2 agat Mr. Merry's Student ((off, 3W 1 wanted)
6 to 2 Mr. B. Button's Lord Lyon (off, 3to 1 wanted)

- -
DUST.
to 1 aisid Duke of Beaufort's Rustle (olI)
It to I IL Sutton's Lord Lyon (t 100 L)
10 to 1 Hr. Verry's Itudout sto SOL)
18 to 1 Lord 81. Vtuosat's Sedan (8 to 1144
1080 to 10 Mx. O. Brysa'slessorst (8 tad 'rabid)

33irrrnva AT 11[AN011191112—kanAT.
CULT WAIWICTIHIZI HANDICAP.
to 1 apt Jambe (4)
icurnwaremannu emus. I
6to I apt Malt Tula (2) I 103 to 1 apt Marta (4
100 to ItaPaa (t) II to 1 Watoldna.)
130 to 6 • gomulaor (t)
CITY AND 811131711.12 AN HANDICAP.
oto 1 apt Oat and Outer (off) 100 to 1 apt Mass Op
16 to 1 PoppeoGost (ii
CHM= cur.
100 to 8 apt Go
tng
7) (off, t {0 to 1 apt lalpinotaa (t)
TWO TR
6to 2 apt Student (off, t 1.1 1 Ito 1. apt Lord Lyon (off)
to 4) 1100 to 8 " bar two" toff)
MANY.
13 to 2 apt lodic (off) 160 to 1 apt Apaley (oft. t
1000 to 1.45)

WARWWIE SPRING xsiernio.
House dienTVlD.—Tartar. Berawit Ace of Rants, Coda-
' via, Nu. Misfortune, Boodle, Late, Mongrel, Stilton Princess
Three, Anatomist, 8 e,whirlidg, Trisnido.Goodimeigoir Ibex.
italamender, Antoinette, Goons. Coialoa. It •
Sabrina, Claxtoo, Kaagaroo, y, eaccharometer. Denny.
brook, Archimedes. Bklewind; Merry Heart, Ring Clittetian.
PsnWomi, Cataluna% Attache, Gordian Knot, Sir Bobby,
Queen of Trumps, Portland, Convent, bldrmish, Polio'. Soap-
stone, coil by Pearl Dana, Prima Donna. Cutler, The Clown,
Cutaway, Helen, Gamecock. Acolyte, Balornock, Rochester, St.
Albs'. colt, led, Craven. Plying lions, Greenland, Newman.
Alpheus, Meg Monilles, Mongrel, and the Master begot 11117.
Many Others are rerpected this (Tuesday) mondng.

DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.
Howe Aserezn.—Lady Sykes, Lochiel, La Mechante.
the gym, ?Dream, Leila itooldi, Yeeby,clr;:
Cknhesszabireti, Ceramique, Lady of the Tees, Hiss Haworth,
?herbslda, Fitzroy Roderick Rand Sycee, Duty Free, Ilia
Williams, Festival, Huguenot, Lady filly, twitcher,
Mostagiard, Tomos, Confederate, Rambling Katie filly,Clair-
voyante, Warwick, Stardom. Stephen Langton, Vigorous, %Wa-
ddler, Scipio, Ester to Kinghorn, Suez, end The Coma. Many
others are expected this (Tuesday) morning. Mod of the
hunters are trained In the neighbourhood,

AU Mr. Button's bones incept Jezebel were etrock out of their
Northampton eapireaionta at 9 am. on Monday, March li