The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-04 00:00:00

DEATH GIP MIS. GORE.

The death of Mn. Gore will excite a lively
feeling of regret in a great number of readers, who are in-
debted to her for assay a pleasant hour. She died on
Tuesday last at Linwood, Lyndhurst, after a week of severe
suffering. Of her pemosal history, little more is knows
to the public than that she was the wife of chariot; Arthur
Gore, of the lot Life Guards ; that at the time of her
death she had attained the age of 61 ; and that ■he was
one of the most brilliant women of her time, whose talk
overflowed with epigram and jest, and whose most common-
place remarks were mom witty than the best wit of others.
Her literary career is better known, although she departe
from among us at the time when it is least appreciated.
Her descriptions of fashionable life are not so highly esti-
mated now as they were when that species of novel had •
certain amount of originality, nor as they will be hereafter,
when, through the men lapse of time, her descriptions
will attain somewhat of taw dignity of historical pictures.
She has written fmui 60 to 70 different works, extending
to nearly 1160 volumes. It is • little library in itself.—
Times.

Pans FANAY ON CANADA.—The first number of
the Journal of the Beard of Arts mid Manufactures gives a
notion of the transactions of the board, from which we notice
with great Oman" that they offer a first and second prim,
of MO dole. and 75 dole respectively, for the best essay
"Ow the manufactures which are beat suited to the drama-
Maimea and capabilities of Upper Canada," sod that they
have organised a system of examinations for members of
Mechanics' Institutes, and granting certificates of merit and
cliplmuu, of which full particulate are siva—Canadian
Nears.

COMPLETION OF " NEW KINO-STREET," COVENT-
GARDEN.—During the last week the short street leading
from the bottom of Long-acre to King-street, Covent.
garden, has been opened for foot-pasengeni. The paving of
the roadway for carriages will be finished to-day or tomer-
roilr_, after which the street will be thrown open for general
grate- By the construction of this new thoroughfare the
narrow and inconvenient New-street will be avoided by
passengers and traMc between the Strand, Coventry-street.
Leicemerequare, Piccadilly, or Holborn and Oxford-street.
The new street commences at the junction of Loogacre
with St. Martiile-lane. At this point there are Cranbourn.
street leading to Leicester-square, Lower St. Martin's-
lane to Charing-cress, Upper St. Martin's-lane communica.
tins with Holborn sad New Oxford-street. The eastern
smi of the street leads into King-street, Covent-garden,
directly opposite Bedford-street, so that carriages and
vehicles may proceed from the Strand to the streets jest
named without passing by way of Charing-moss and Pall-
mall. New King-street will be a short cut between Pion-
dilly and that portion of the Strand near Waterloo-bridge.
On. important feature of this sew street is that the road-
way will on no occasion suffer 11,m Astructions caused by
I the various gas and water comminies taking up the pave-
' meet, as there am anb.ways or tunnelled passions in which
the pipes am laid, and access to which can be attained
without disturbing the paving. The new street removes
morns poor peeped, which formerly existed In the narrow
thoroughfare known as Itoseeteeet
Cosrealatcs os Carsca Rarng.—A conference
el the opponents of the church-rate system is to be held at
Norwich on Wednesday, to consider the present position of
the question, with especial reference to the meeting of par.
Bement. The conference will be followed by a soiree in the
evening.
THE BRITISH GARIRALDIAN LE6ION.-011 Friday
meeting another detachment of the British Garibaldian
Legion arrived at the Victoria Docker, from Gibraltar, where
they had been 15 days subsisting upon subscriptions, and
had boon sent home by the Briti.h government. On arriv-
inkia London the men were perfectly destitute.
MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD AND SOUTH YORE-
IMRE RAILWAY& —Neg0(40.100.3 an proceeding between
them companies, and are likely to have a successful termi-
nation, for a lease by the Manchester, Sheffield, sad Lis-
colueltire of the South Yorkshire undertaking. In all pee.
bability the subject will be laid before the proprietors la the
course of two or three weeks.

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CRYSTAL PALACL —HALI•II•CROWN DAY.-BA-
?VIDA; Fn. I—Ai:Wake on pigment, 594; &So by
macs tickets, 2,183 ; total 2,777.

must be admitted that in the present anomaloua position
of artists in relation to the public, in the absence in this
country of governmental sad eocieriastiad paronsp, such
men es Mr. Wallis ate quite indispensable. Indeed, twe
may go so far an to say that Mr. Wallis and
Nome few others have been more efficient in
placing British art is its present prosperous condition than
any other single mime. The love of art so extensively de.
veloped in the manufacturing dietrieta finds a powerful
auxiliary in the instrumentality of the picture epees-
lator. Added to this, Mr. Wallis certainly enjoyed in the
days of his prosperity an exemption from the allegations
which may easily be supposed to attach too may to Stir
somewhat invidious position of a 'liiHure dealer. All his
transactions Mere conducted with fairness, and his specula-
tive Masai frequently bordered, to the uninitiated, urtion
recklessness. Of course until his late heavy losses, which'
we undeestemd were such ae are incidental to any description
of enterprise, Mr. Wallis found his own sonsunt
in this, ehe from the originally not lucrative pro-
fession of engraver he would not hive advanced to
occupy the position he has enjoyed many yeses, and
been the pomace of pictorial treasures to the valued away
thousand pounds. Were it necessary toprove that wearespalt-
ing entirely hi the iotereet of art we might point out may ways
in which the picture dealer is operative for good, sakes re-
lieving the artist of the care, and trouble, and precariousome
of disposing of hi works, by placing • market always
open to him, and frequently giving him the incentive of a
commteeion which he could not afford to execute were ho
not assisted by advances. In one way, however, the
" middle-man" is peculiarly serviceable, and that in a rind
partionier—ire allude to the encouragement be finds II
his best Interest to extend to the young and the promising
artist. The works of • mature painter have something like
a knows value; they are sometimes subject to de-
preciation as well as lactase, but rarely to any
groat fluctuation. The productions of the promising
and young painter, on the contrary, almost invariably
advance in value—in many well known instances they have
done so ten-fold. The picture dealer being neomearffy pos.
sessed dram connoisseurship, and perfectly aware of this
fad, is therefore always eager to find out ► " rising* man.
Then again the painter of assured position may perhaps se
an undue value upon a commission executed for a pieta*
dealer, which the comparatively unknown artist would not
dare to do. So that here is another reason why the picture
dealer feels it to hie interest to encourage the arti4 of pro-
mise, and thus indirectly promote the advancement of art.
Some of our most eminent painters were, we believe,
brought before the public years perhaps before they would
otherwise havebeen recognized through the agency of Mr.
Wallis. In fact free-trade is found to be the best policy in
art as well as in affairs respecting which statistical informs.
tion is more easily attainable.
The importance of the subject upon which we have bees
digressing has left us little room for speaking of the present
collection in detail ; as, however, several of the principal
works are already well known it would be to some extent
supererogatory. We may, notwithstanding, enumerate •
few of the most important works, premising that as many of
the paintings exhibit transitional styles of the various artists,
a visit to Messrs. Foster's rooms is highly instructive.
" Uncle Tom and his Wifefor Sale," by Sir Edwin Landsat',
the celebrated humorous picture of black "Dutch Pugs.*
The proof engravings of this picture, for which Mr. Wallis
is said to h►ve pad 8001., are already published, and it is
announced in the catalogue that the prior will be dedicated
to the purchaser of the picture at this auction. " The
Opening of Waterloo Bridge," by Constable, with the
wonderful sky composition and showery effect. Two heads,
by Leslie. A good example of Frith, with dogs by Ans.
dell, a picture of very sweet tone. Among others by Stan-
field, a view by moonlight on the Medway struck us as one'
of the most highly finished and precious examples
of the master we have seen. " Solomon Eagle,'
by Poole, the painting which established the
artist's reputation, and a choice small work by
the same painter. "Circe and the Byrom," by
Etty, in • lunette—painted we believe for the pleasure-
bona in the gardens of Buckingham-palace, and respecting
which an awkward anecdote is related in the Life of Etty.
One large and some smaller specimens of Sidney Cooper.
Three or four choice cabinet pictures, the combined pro-
ductions of Creswick, Goodall, and Ansdell. "Tbe Bathers,"
by Media, is interesting, as indicating au effort for colour
by the great draughtsman, in the direction of Etty. " A
Coast Scene," by Collins. " Roslyn Castle" and " Pisa,"
by Roberts." " The Legend of Montrose" and "The
Duet," by Frank Stone." "The Marini," a very careful and
expressive picture by H. O'Neil. Three excellent late
works by J. Lionel ; and examples of Frost, Hart, Web-
ster, Calkott, Sant, F. Goodall, Mailer, and Wyburd.

ATIONILL RTPLZ ASROCIATION.—It has been
decided that each competitor shall, on the morning of tie
12th instant, by 9.30 a.m., produce to a committee of the
National Rifle Association at Hythe, six rises, the whole or
any number of which shall be subjected to such trial as the
mid committee may deem fit. The mean figure of merit of
all the rifles of each set that may be tried shall decide the
position to be assigned to the particular description of rifle.
Although it may be found desirable to try the shooting of
the rifles from the shoulder, to test to a certain extent the
amount of recoil, the shooting to determine the figure of
merit will be made from a fixed rest. Each competitor,
therefore, is recommended to bring with him his own rest,
from which his rise may be shot. Competitoes may enfee-
ble at Hythe on the llth,when every facility will be offered
them in preparing for the next day's trial.
Tux BISHOP OP LONDON AND THE RZY. H.
Dorinaa.—Alderman Thomas Diann and Mr. George
Moore, the two gentlemen to whom the Bishop of London,
on the solicitation of the Rev. H. Douglas, entrusted an
inquiry into the disposal of the vast amount of money sub-
scribed towards the spiritual and temporal necessities of the'
district by thisVictona Docks, to the supervision of which
Mr. Douglas was appointed, three or four years ago, by the
bishop, have held several meetings, and have at length coo-
eluded their labours. "As the result of our imniry," they
observe at the close of a very long report, " we beg to rate to
your lordship that we see no reason to differ from the opinion
above given by those who know Mr. Douglas so much better
than, as perfect strangers, we can do. We would estimate
character more by the amount and activity of its virtues
than by fte freedom from defects. We have felt it right, in
the important discharge of the anxious duty committed to
as, to point out some defects of administration, which, in-
deed, Mr. Douglas himself has admitted to us ; but we on.
hesitatingly affirm our belief in the purity of his motives
and in the honesty of his conduct, sod we trust he may be
spared for many years to labour in a district where an much
requires to be acme, and for the accomplishment of which
he u.en s peculiarly fitted."