The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-29 00:00:00

FINE .ARTS

SOCIETY OF PAiNTaiti IN WATER COLOUR,.
There isms picture in this exhibition which so far
transcends the ordinary level of eater-colour art ince, as
well in its originality as the beauty of its conception,
as to attract attention to it at the first glisten" It is
the work of Mr. I. F. Lewis, who thus reappears as
a lost friend after a long siourn in a foreign land. It
L simply entitled the " Hhareem." A swarthy
Nubian ucc3vers the charms of an Abyssinian virgin,
who shrinks before the pee of a voluptuous Pasha
reclining on a sumptuously embroidered divan,
surrounded by his favourite slaves, in the most lan-
guid attitudes of repose, who in their different modes
of reviving the new comer give charming glimpses
of feminine weakness: one poets in disparagement;
another expresses her compassion, while • third
mimicks her modest demeanour; a fourth, the hand-
maid, grins good-humouredly at her tribulation. If the
composition bears the closest analyeation, what shall be
said of the technical skill with which it is conveyed?
Whether we gaze on the gorgeous raiment, embossed
with gold ; on that marvellous porcelain dish of
choice traits; on the intricately traceried walls of this
fairy pelage, or on the chequered light and shade,
which rents through the jalousie and plays on the
garments of the young slave, we at once woeder at
the marvellous skill condensed in so small a space.
One might ommeive that the etherialised spirit of fan
Eyck had descended on Mr. Lewis, who seems to have
used water colours much as the old masters used oils,
that is, modeled in body colour and afterwards laid
on transparent tones.
From this unique work we turn to that of an artist
who also shows an appreciation of nature, though at
the opposite extreme. Mr. W. A. Nestield's "Giant's
Causeway" will augment the reputation already
earned by his delineation of lashing surges and ',fish-
ing waters. Tee billowy trar.spareacy is beautifully
rendered ; and the search after form, though careful,
just stops where, if pushed, it would become irksome.
This water-piece, as well as the " Swan's Nest,"
have passages of great beauty, but there is too great
an abase of illegitimate artifice. It wall not bear
comparison with the " Eddystone Lighthouse," by
Copley Fielding, where n 3 body colour hes been
used ; and which shows how much can be done with
the simplicity of one neutral tint. There are other
felicitous bits of Californian-hued scenery, by Mr. Cop-
ley Fielding, which may challenge approximation to
his best wo,ke : his " Bee Crauchen, looking over
Loch Awe, Argyllshire," is distinguished by its warm
glow and a vegetation touched with mote richness
and lass hard outline than usual.

Amongst the numberless haat of painters who deli-
neate the Welsh mesery, D. Cox stands pre-eminent,
igeragizialter year retreating to the same etillies, yet
back an ample Mock of new subject., new
effete, and ever home leadaimpes, truly English in
their azure distances, the tender greens of their fore-
grounds, and greys of their clads—thee am conspi-
noes in a " %slab Funeral," with, perhaps, an
extra tourhof the mournful in the handling.
Mr. Nesb is still unriva:le.l in those seems of in-
teriors, which be alone can render tolerable by the
life he iestiis kite a chilly and starched architecture.
The "Banquet at Hampton Court" particularly is
alive again with bustle : that and numerous other
interiors evince a hand unerring and all-powerful in
the minutest details of internal structure; but at the
ease time a want of aerial perception, which makes
every object, as it were, irrevocably glued to its per-
manent position.
While we lament the elegem of De Wint, his
rippling streams, and undulating groves, we is, none
that can succeed him ; and we are glad of this : when
the man goes, it is worse than melees to hunt after
his shadow. Imitators are only bunglers; every man
is !mod to smirch for originality, rather than cling
to the fag-end of another 's reputation. What can be
said of Mr. Carl Haag, who, we believe, has been
chosen in his steel ; he mutt himself see the mistake
of thrusting foreign leaden hues .n the midst 4.1 oar
brighter colourists. Yet his works are not without •
certain vigour and artistic sanity. On the whole,
with one tare morsel, end numberless tit-bits, which
were rapidly set upon by purchaser., there is amply
wherewithal to eke out • feast.

Sabi Intelligence. •••
EQUITY COURTS.—SaTviDoTa 1.-
Baas VICL•CIWICULLOS Wif • •
BS Pints SANcEL UNISON Noes.—ls TIIN
Of Till VIADILL VALLEY RAILWAY AND CANAL CON
riser.
The spastics in this wee was, whether a sampan for
staking • railway shoal the Valley of the Danko tram Atha
to Teraseudep, and • amid from Mese le the ilisholdt, by
Jemmappes and Aloes, case within theism' of Joist
Soak Companies Wisdierup Ave, IMII sod IMO. The
company was formed is 1815, under two ordlessiee, signal by
the King elßeyiam, J nee,1846. by whit& the debt ea asks
the railway aM mail, and to take lane he debt perm was
granted to the company, and the sejelieest of Oat right
spewed to them for 'tasty years. It wee stipabdedlry the
ordinances that a dividend of seven per cent. per amass
should be paid oat of the net profits to the ebereholders,
and that the remainder should be MAMA equally
between the shareholders and the Wmemelemairte
and their nominees. It wee ales etlyblated that
two millions of francs should be paid into the
treasury of Belgium as caution money to fame the perform.
ace of the contract. The stain of the company were to be
managed by a board of directors in London ; but the capital
wee to be suaibed for, half in Belgium sad half in London.
The compeny •es formed on the principle of the aided
anonym., is which the liabilities of the individual share,
holders were limited to the amount of their subscripdose ,•
and the "Batas, by the letters of application for shares, had
undertaken to conform to the statutes, rules, and ritenlations
of the company, as duly authorised by the laws of Belgium,
' upon such conditions as the directees shoed swept from the
Belgian government. It misstated by lb. withies that the
greater proportion of the shares @newts*" fee Belgian
shareholders had not been taken up, and that the Belgian
government had refined to allow ea laildileedem of the un-
dertaking inconsequent* ofthedeldee
respital. In Jaly
sad August, 1847, at was rewind at s alesting, held
a Brussels, that the discos,. should emparered to take
the neossury mearlifie fie dimeleing thme.Fase and
liquidating its debts. Bison thee elms the fixed for
the completion of the railway ma and bed aspired,
and the caution money had hemme ferbfbed. The eem lo-
tion of the undertaking hates Mame
the present petition was Yid ifie
its affairs. The Bolisiateasnoral and Mr_ . Box ap-
peared in support of Me Wipe. Mr. Hams (with ;bout
was Mr. Bogen) teatemiti that the company was a foreign
company, and to he gemmed by the law of Belgium ; and,
therefore, not withht the Mr tli the winding up sets. The
company,;they mewed, wee ea encinemons company, accord-
ing to to. provisions of contintatal law, and therefore to be
governed by that law in all its particulars. The argument
for the respondent was not concluded at the rising of the
court.

huoto Tws-Cersuciusa LIMIT BAWL
BB LYNN, PIITMINOIIOI7OII, AND BOSTON JUNCTION
RAILWAY CONPANY.—WINDII4O-CT ACT.
Mr. J. li. Palmer supported the petition, width sought
the usual order Glider the Joint Stock Companies Winding-
lap acts, sad was unopposed. This order was sae.

COURT OF QUERN'S BIOCH.-SATIIIIDAL
Swims ix BANco, _ _

THa Quium V. /11aErAiVII 1.141;1.OWN COUNCIL OP
LICHFIELD.

A mandamus had been obtained in this case, oommandiog
the eurporation to pay to the prosecutor of the writ, a party
aimed Simpson, who had been town clerk, the arrears of
comps:Nation due to him for the lon of his office, which
occurred is 1344, some years after the passing ot the Muni-
cipal Corporations Act. Ile had applied for compensation,
but, beteg dissatisfied with the decision of the corporation,
he appealed to the Lords of the Treasury, who had awarded
him a sum of 601. 18s. 2d. a year as oompensation ; but the
award specifying 1835 as the commencement of the annuity
the wirporation returned the order, suggesting to thou
lordships that &open had not been deprived of
kis oats until 1844. Their lordships made the ne•
semary alteration is accordance with the facts, but
Simpson complaints, that he bad been pet to needless
'spines in prosccatiag his claim, and that he had been un-
justly charged with misbehaviour in his pffiee, insisted on
the Firmest of the annuity from the date awarded by their
lordships, desyiag their authority to make the alteration.
These laces were returned as an answer to the application,
and the sole question now wee, as to the authority of their
lordships to make the alterstion.
Mr. Whateley was heard in supported, and Mr. Seating in
epposition to, the rule.
-She Court held that their lordships bad no power to make
an order Apr corapeaution, to commence from a time anterior
Ito the low of onto., and that an order a wardiag compensa-
don from en exterior period would, therefore, be bad either
for the whole cr teethe excess. to either case, the mandamus
would sot Ile. It was not now necessary to decide whether
their lordships had a general authority to make alterations;
be the alteration han was net one of judgment, but the
mere correction of an error in detail, in making which their
lordships had not exerisied their powers.
Judgment for the de!eadanta.

BAIL COURT.-847171DAT.
Brieleoe a Beilem—lieries Ni. Juence (blamed
Tan Qvaas v. J. J. LAW.IO2I.
Mr. Serjeant She* applied to hie Istiabip fora rule raffia,
aeon Mr. J.an Joseph lasses, prate/ end publisher of the
Timms newspaper, to show eases why a aiaisal infonsatioa babes
should not be filed against his for sin publi,hed in that
panel certain lib ?does reports &letting epos the character
of Mr. Clines N ah.
The cows refused the tale.

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
EXCHEQUER CHLIABBIL—SATratom

BOOM Jars
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Ma. au Is. haws Cansirtu.

Txi

This was acase reserThed by BaronAldereoa,7nTie Northern
aren't, la which the defendant, a clergyman of the church
of Eastland, was found guilty of a misdemeanour in refusing
to perform the marriage lifl4oo. The point nisei did not
teassplre, u the ease was not rand.
The Attorney-Oeneral applied fora postponement of the
ease In order to afford time to eoaselt inns importaat
siaatical authorities necessary to be cited is the sentiment.
He made the application with the COCCILMISOII of his learned
friend on the other side.

Baron Alderson said it way desirable the point should be
decided before the nest utive, to which period the defendant
wee bound iv sr to appear.
Lord Campbell—Let it Amid over till asst term.
TH3 QUINN v. JOHN SANSOKI.-11LIOISTNILIAL CAUTIONS.
Mr. Mellor appeared to support the point raised in this
cue. The prisoner win tried before Lord Campbell at the Not-
' tingheni Assizes on a charge of wilful murder of a female, by
introducing a certain substance into her womb for the par
pose of procuring as abortion. The defendant sow lies under
sentence of death. The point raised en the trial was this—
that the deposition, admitted in evidence did not show that
the second mug cerisl caution provided .by the litter clause
of the 11th section of the act, had been sdnioistered—that he
bad nothing to hope or fear from any promise which mieht
have been made to inducts him to make any statement vele-
iv, to the chug*. The depositions were admitted by hie
lordship, end the point reserved foe the opinion of this
court.

Lord Campbell—l reserved it because there were contrary
opinions on tea subject, and it was &likable that the law
should be clearly laid down by this court.
Mr. Mellor proceeded to cite various eases to 'how that a
contrariety of opinion existed prior to the paining of the
statute reterred to, which embodied the rule laid down by
Lord Denman in the cam of the "Queen v. Arnold" (8
Carrington and Payne, 821,) that a prisoner was not to be
entrapped int+ any statement, but that it was the duty of
the magistrate to admit any statement he might wish to
make, after disabusing his mind of any impression that the
statement could be used in his favour at the trial. Hs sub-
mitted in ratolusion that the adaleietration of the second
caution, provided for by the statute, wan a condition prece-
dent to the admission.
Mr. Dinison was about to reply on behalf of the renew
tion when

Lord Campbell interposed, sad mid that the court wee*
of opinion that the objection wee groundless. To the depo.
@Won not only had they the signature of the =mien**, but
of the prisoner likewise. It was, therefore, clearly sash-
tittle at common law, unless there was something in the
statute expressly excluding it. There wee no evidence of any
promise or threat, sad no necessity existed for showing that
any caution bad been given. There wee noth'ng in the
statute to exclude the reception of the deposition.
The other judges having expressed their concurrence in
this opinion,
. . _

Laid Csaipbell said ha might take that opportunity of
saying that the court wen di agreed that when the depo-
sitions bon that the first nudes bad been given, they could
be admitted as evidence.

The easetetion was, therofere, affirmed.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-BATURDAT.
Ix RR GUSTAVO@ V. BROOII.-.-111. GUSTAVUS BROOIII,
TH2 ACTOR.