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lishmcnts of that ancient and sacred edifice, the cathedral,
wete effected." This declaration of the Right Honourable
Gentleman was followed by cheers throughout the House.
iVe wish the Prelates and Clergy of Ireland would adapt
their conduct to that of the Prelacy and Clergy of this
country, and they would then be free from reproach.
They have a chinch establishment, possessing three times
the wealth of that of England ; and how are ha revenues,
administered? the Catholic Church was charged with the
same laxity and abuses at the period of the Reformation ;
and the Revolution in France, and the short-lived reign of
! the Constitution in Spain, brought with them from the
same causes the destruction of the overgrown wealth and
influence of the Catholic Chuich in these countries• Both
were overturned from their notorious abuses, soil the great
force of public opinion which warred against them. The
memorable decision of the Commons Ilouta on Monday
night will not, we mist, be lost on the Prelacy and Clergy
of Ireland ; and we hope to see no more diseuiaions such
as we have had to record on that occasion.

THE 9f the ROYAL ACADR:Ift

[Continued from the British P►ai of iVedneaday last.]

12. Portrait of a firoorite Pony, the property of Lady
Ellice (preparing fur a fishing party) 0 , A.
We know not exactly whether it is intended to describe the pony,
or her Ladyship as preparing for the fishing party. As the latter id
not introduced into the picture, we must take it for granted it is the
former; and we certaiuly cannot my that he does not put his best
"rot Prrmost. Bet unluckily,—this, however, is the artist's fault,
and not the pony's,—his fore and hind quarters are not in the same
course of motion, for while his fore legs are oft the long trot. the
hinder ones arc coming up in a walking pace. We doubt. indeed, if
Me ibraoritr has had justice done him ; the eireutestanee, if
it should lie so, is not without precedent. We have no doubt but
the make and NOOK of the living original is good, but he certainly
does tot slew of to advantage on Mr. (larrard's autumn
28. Portrait of ISc Right irott. the Earl of Sarney, in hie
robe', as the First Page to his Majesty George the Fouith, at hill
Co d tation-0. !TATTER.
The portritit of a Par, thus magnificently attired. is a fortunate
subject fi:r a painter, if be has talents Stied to do it justice; and
these talents Mr. Hat ter possesses in a vary eminent degree. The
countenance, too. in the present instance. as in his favour; its ex-
pression is marked, and has meaningln it, Physiognomy, it seems,
is a science of king standing. " A man," says the son of Sirach,
"• may be known by his look, and one that bath understanding by
his countenance." And it is well for the artist, when he is not driven,
as is often the can?, to draw upon his own invention for the featurei
of intellect, but finds them in his subject, ready furnished to his
tiaras. The exquisite richness of the iiatin and gold in the robed
is given with great beauty of effect.
34. Aleville, a Jaggier exhibiting his Tricks.—G. Jo&rti,
R.A. Elect.
The purity and spirit which this artist always exhibits in his plc.
cures, give him fair title TO be admitted among the Eke?, in
which fortunate clam we are happy to find him. flit groups, how-
ever crowded, ire never heavy, and hit leaks are always full of
life. The present picture displays the tame warm colouring, the
same correct perspective, and the same animated representation of
real life, which distinguish all the productions of his easel.
311. Portrait of Lord Stowell. by Sir T. Liwaenci, wants but
little of being a perfect portrait. We shoUld, indeed, have been
inclined to pronounce It perfect, had not rihr ge rested so long on
his admirable picture 1119) 1110) of the Dnehess. Gloucester, which
VANDYKE, had he been mill living, woe have contemplated
with delight. The Pn Dime appears to us to reserve his best
powers for fiatiak portraiture: whether It is that the sex create a
deeper interest. or excites a livelier sympathy, or to whetter other
cause of inspiration it into hi tweribed, we cannot undertake to de-
cide, but the fact is so. The &Whole of the present portrait is ex.
tremely graceful, and the dmpety is well cast ; but we think the
left arm might be improved ; it struck us as being somewhat too
snort and teat square. This might easily be pained over where there
is so much that is excellent ; but we would ebb such a portrait as
this to be free from defect.
The Po, trait of Mrs. Borridge, No 57, by Mr. Sugit, pre.
sent.% a very pleasing face. put on the cancan in his best manner.
Among the portraits of leading excellence we rank 64, Sir W.
DEFUNCT'S portrait of Sir Georg.- Cm Moire. The position of the
figure is good, and the tout ensemble may be clamed among the
most successful efforts of this admired artist.
73. liese from the Perk at Arandel, the seat of his Grace the
Doke of Not:foils—W. DANIEL, R.A.
Views from a Park very rarely possess any of those beauties
which constitute the charm of landscape: the tbreground is
usually too niuca enclosed ; the enthusiasm of the painter has no
senile; he must copy the fiat field of herbage on the right, and
the stiff range of hawthorn on the left ; his pencil is not free to
make a single ad libitons movement,--and hence that tea-tray style
which the view before us eichibite.—Arundel Castle, aiS, by the
same Artist, is a production of a far superior cast, both in subject
and execution.
93. Sancho Parma in the Apartment of the Duchess—C. R.
Lesbie, A.
We have here a performance, In all ha parts admirable. DON
QUIXOTE ranks so high among the master-pieces of elastic
merriment, and our love of laughter lies under obligations so in.
finite to the renowned SANCHO PARKA, that we greet his petsoni-
fication with the heartiest welcome. and our enjoyment is still
more lively when we find him placed before us in all that magic
representation of reality eith which this artist has conjured him on
to his canvass. Ile is here the real, intelligible, anti &twat tan.
Bible Soneho. His head it a study for a taanio`ogist. His eye,
the whole expression of his face, full of shrewd sett:aim
,uence
his attitude in complete harmony with acharacter, and with the as-
aumed conceit of his narrat'or --all is matchlew. There is not ajot
more of extravagance about his apatarance than belongs to it; every
trait that is given to him, tends to make his character better tnd:r.
stood. He is the finished model of oddity and selfiimpor aux,
ground in with an ample portion of wicked wit and proverbial
wisdom. We hail him—so fixedly is he before us-..with all the
familiarity of an old acquaintance. The figure of the Duchess is
full of attractii n ; her mild brow smoothed to the most placid
attention, while she lends her ear to Sancho's volubility. The
black female, grinning in the spirit of honest frolic, and the listen.
ing attendants sharing the humour of the scene, were all selected
and grouped in the happiest In intent of conception. The detail of
the picture is appropriate and well imagined. The china jar, and
the appendages of the Duchess's toilet, are penciled with great
taste. The whole scene is inimitably delineated ; it is a master.
piece throughout.
11)7. Portrait of a Young Lady in the Florentine costume of
11 ow All 1). R..t.
This painting is an imitation, and a faithful one, of the old
I school ; it is in its true spirit. The style of countenance is suited
to the character. and the costume of the fifteenth century becomes
It. The fan of feathers is esilti,idtely coloured; the entire per-
formance is manifestly finished with great care. Mr. Howard has
done equal justice to the subject of his picture and to his own
reputation.
110. Siringgkrs offcritaw run goods fir sale or coneealment—
D. WILKIE. R.A.
• If Mr. Wilkie had rot accustomed us by degrees to the
declension of his fame, it would have been difficult to make
us believe that this erformance was the production of his
atee.alebrated pencil. Who does not remember when the
pictures of Devitt WILKIE were the theme of public admire-
don—when the visitants at the Exhibition wee obliged to
;peep ()niche shoulders of each other, six deep, to catch a sight of
his Card-players, his Blisidman's Bet and other works of the
suns high cast, which made ,Sibtlaid proud of their countryman,
and exalted the British school of art ? Ws look in vain for the
traces of this transcendant genius in the works of Mr. Wilkie, the
Royal Academician! The composition of his pictures, and their
execution, rank him is a quite different clam. He has no preten-
sions—not the slightest—to his former celebrity. Is it that he has
been spoilt by patronage ? Or is it, that having attained his acai'e-
mical hotfoots, his love of fame has no further stimulus ? Certain
it is, that for several years past he has produced nothing that would
bear any comparison with his earlier works, much less sustain
the splendid reputation which those works had procured fur
Mr. Wilkle's genius is not of the staling kind, or he would not,
after having filled so wide a space, be content to shrink into such
contemptible dimensions. Even the very title of his picture be.
mays great carelessuess—" Smugglers Wilting Run Goods for rile
or f'oncealment." Ile could not, it seems, be at the pains to settle
in his own mind which was intended, and leaves us, therefore, to
construe the design of his picture either way. This marks an un-
pardonable negligence, since a little reflection would hare taught
hint, that whether men offer ponds for ask. or bring them formic, eal-
next, should make a wide differetce to a painter in his manner of
treating the subject. The result is very dissimilar, and must be
differently exprmsed, because the relative situation of the pettier., re-
quires that the design of the pictureshould be explained to the Tee-
-1 tator, and that which would express the one would not be suitable
to the other. His " Cottage Toilet, from Allan Rantsay's Gentle
Shepherd" (115), which satins to be meant as a companion to the
former, is a better picture ' • but to be bestir as compared with what
is had, is no great praise. It is rot the kind of praise Mr. Wilkie
was once accustomed to receive ; but that praise, we fear, he will
never receive again.
We shall return to this Exhibition the first opportunity, as there
are many pictures, as we proctel in the:Catalogue, which we carnet
permit ourselves to pass by.
wmagi,wwwesweeregasseso
Kelly's benefit at the Opera House, upon the 17th, ih
itrate one of the most brilliant assein-

Havannah Papers to the 2311 ult. reached us yesterday.
Their columns are principally Occupied with local infor-
mation of an uninteresting. nature. These ;journals men-
tion the arrival. of Lieut. Hobson, commanding the Lion
schooner, who hail come overland from Battbano, with
letters from Captain Harris, of his Majesty's ship Hussar,
to the Captain-General. The contents of these letters wire
unknown. ,tt the Isle of Pines, the Hussar, Icarus, and
Speedwell, were in search of a notorious pirate, who had
taken shelter in one of the numerous creeks of that island.
Whilst engaged in this service, the boat of the Speedwell
wa tired into by the pirates, and the Lieutenant, Midship-
man, and several of the crew, were killed. Captain Harris
with his squadron had Surrounded the island, and it was
understead had landed a body of men, with a determina-
tion to capture the lawless ruffians; and every hope existed
of the complete success of the undertaking. It was sup-
posed at the Havannah, that the communication brought
by Lieut. Hobson to the Governor of Cuba was to request
his sanction for landing a body of British seamen on the
Isle of Pines, in order effectually to destroy the nest of
rates that had been formed there.

WI N Degß, MAY 11 —On account of the unfavourable
state of the weather, the King did not leave the Castle
this day. Sir (Isaacs Long arrived at the Castle yesterday,
on a visit to his Majesty.
Yesterday afternoon, soon after four o'clock, the Duke
of York, as Commander-in-Chief, held a levee at his
Office, in the llorse-guards, which was attended by
The Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Wiltshire. Lord Dunalley.
Generals the Marquis Bundy, Sir David Baird, the Hon.
Robert Taylor, and Calcraft ; Lieut.-Oen. Sir George Anson,
Lieut.-General Robert Brown, 31ajor-tieneral Sir Colin Halkett,
Major-General Hanford, Admiral Markham, and about twenty
other Officers.
The Duke and Duchess of Clarence visited the Duke of
Sussex yesterday, at his residence at Kensington.
Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess
Sophia paid visits to the Duke of York.
Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke
and Duchess of Clarence.
Prince Leopold, atlended by Baron Storkmar, kft town
yesterday morning, about twelve o'clock, for Claremont.
Prince Leopold honoured the party at the Duke of
Wellington's on Monday evening with his presence.
Yesterday afternoon, at half-past one o'clock a Cabinet
Council assembled at the Foreign Office, Downing•street,
which sat till half-put three o'clock; most of the Cabinet
Ministers were present. ,
The town and pier of Margate, together with the town
of Ramaggte, are preparing to be lighted with gas, for the
ensuing season.
On Wednesday last, about four o'clock in the evening,
a gentleman, accompanied by a young lady, in a chaise
and four, arrived at the Bush in this city, on their way to
Gretna; and, after having changed horses hastily, res.
ended with great speed to the temple of Hymen. 1 hey
came by the way of Peoria], and travelled from that town
to Carlisle (eighteen miles) in one hour and a half. About
eight o'clock they returned to the Bush, where they re-
mained all night, and on Thursday morning set off in the
same style towards the south. The gentleman, apparently
about 48 years of age, had the appearance of a naval ot-
Geer ; the lady, about twenty, is truly beautiful.--Carfisk
Joarmal.
The denouement in a late case was porduced by the fol-
lowing incident:—On the arrival of the lady at Dover,
the Custom-house officer insisted upon searching her jewel
ease, which she resisted. She said she had brought no-
thing back from France which she had not carried with her
to it, and had undergone an examination previous to her
departure from England, and that a second examination
would be an arbitrary and unnecessary exercise of autho-
rity. The officer, however, felt it his duty to persevere;
but being aware of the rank and consequence of the lady,
proposed to proceed to London, carrying the jewel-case
with him, for the purpose of having it examined there
The lady feeling herself fatigued by the voyage, and the
peril she had encountered at sea, travelled but slowly up
to town, while the officer completed the journey with ex-
pedition; and on his arrival, presented himself 'at the
house of the husband, and stated his business. The hies-
band, without hesitation, opened the case for the satisfaction
of the officer, when, to his own great dissatisfaction, he
found a letter from Captain W—, which made a deep
impression on his feelings. Ile immediately ordered a
chaise, and scl out on the Dover road ; and having tree
the lady at Rochester, en interview took place, and the
arrangement was made which we have stated.—Kent
Ilf Levu, y.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
The Duchess of Wellington opened Apsley House on Monday
evening to the haul ton, with a splendid rout. The magnificent
and spacious suite of apartments were most brilliantly illuminated.
To enumerate the company present would be to name all the lead-
ing._and distingulahed fashionable' in town.
The Countess of Suffolk has issued cards of invitation for a rout
on Tuesday, the 18th instant, at her house in Park-place, St.
James's.
Lady Grantham has issued cards of invitation foe a rout on Mon-
day next, at het house in St. James's-square.
The Duke of Gloucester had a grand dinner party yesterday, at
Gloucester House, Park-lane.
Mt. Secretary l'anning will have a grand dinner party on Sunday
next, at Gloucester Lodge.

Viscount Melville entertained a distinguished party at dinner
yesterday, at the Admiralty.
I,ord Bexley had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Great
George-street, Westminster.
The Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis will have a grand
dinner party to-day, at their house in Spring gardens.
Earl Gower entertained Count and Countess Lieven and a large
party to dinner on Monday, at his house in Hamilton-place.
hoed Sharborne, Lord Barham, Arthur Stanhop., Esq. and
the Ladies Fitzpatrick, had dinner parties yesterday, at their respec-
tive residences.
Mr. and Mts. Egerton gave another grand dinner on Monday to

expected to concern.._
blages of rank and fashion ever known within those spa-
cious walls. The attractions of the night are indeed su-
perlative:—the combined forces of the Kings Theatre
and of Brary-lane--an Italian opera—an English comedy
—a grand ballet, and (to crown the spell) Catalani, in
the most celebrated of her scenic efforts. The talents of
this transcendant artist a British public have long known
how to appreciate; but upon this occasion the kind and
generous qualities of her heart ought to inspire an equal
Mr. Kell' ill be

Lady Warburton, —Sir Lord Liltind and the Misses
Powis. Sir W. Toules, Bart. Mr. and Mrs. Gray, Mr. and Mrs.
Antrobus, Mr. and Mrs. Cast, Mr. Canon, &c. at their house in
St. James's.square.
Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield have arrived at the St. Georges Hotel,
Albermarle-street, from their scat in Hata.
Mrs. and Miss Bulteel arrived yesterday, M the Pulteney Hotel,
Albermarle-street, from their seat, Fleet House, Devonshire.
The Countess of Rothe* and the Ladies Leslie have arrived at
the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover-street, from their seat in Surrey.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowndes arrived yesterday, at Read's Hotel,
' Lower Grosvenor-street, from their scat in Hocks. W. Drummond,
Esq. left ditto, for Oxford.
Capt. and Mrs. Meyriek have left town for the Continent.
The Earl of Radnor has left town for his seat, Longford Castle,
Wilts. - -- . .

respect. .ter appearance upon .fr. night w
purely an act of the most disinterested friendship. and
as such was offered to him, even at a time when a regari
to health was inducing her to decline engagements of Lite
very highest pecuniary consequence.
The I,ierrpool Meresiry says, " Mr. Kean has offered
to guarantee Mrs. M'Cibbon 1.0001., clear of all expenses,
provided she and her husband will accompany to
America."
The gold medal belonging to the Thistle Call (lob wm
played for on Leith Links on Saturday last, and gained by
John Ogilvie, Esq. Leith, at 63 strokes.—Calerlonten
Mereu ry.
t There are some persons who emerge from obccurityot

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Lord and bad, !whey arrived on Monday. at their house in
Lower Grosvenor-street, from their seat, West Dean, Sussex. I a sudden, and from being known by -nobody becerne.the
Lord and Lady F. 1,. Gower and family have arrived at thei, i leading topic of conversation and the centre of a brilliant
house in Alhemarle-street, from the Continent. circle. There is a lady now at the west-cud, who, not
Sir Hubert Gunning, Bart., has arrived in Devooshire-street, many months since, was a musician's daughter at Palermo,
from a trur. lof little or no property ; within the last few days she ha.
The :Hisses Orimston have arrived at their house In Upper Gros-
venor-strart, from a tour.
W. lo Fox. Esq., has arrived at his house in Ter,terden-street, : beento
presented at Court by Sir Everard Home, since whirl)
from Newmarket. I period she has eclipsed must of the distinguished fa,liio
1 able the morning calls of the Royal Family, the Nobility,
Lord G. 11. Cavendish has arrived in town from Newmarket. I the Foreign Ambassadors, and the highest netilliero , t
Arrivals at the London Hotel, ,11bemarle-street :—Mr. and Mrs.
Drake and family arrived yesterday, from their seat, Amershant,
Bucks; John H Ise, Esq., from his seat, Devon. Departures:— queut Y .C‘C
The Dowager Countess of Lismore and the Honourable Miss I retied two hundred, and the number of pre-
the Faculty, and others of rank and fortune, have f/ e-
O'Callaghan, for Hastings, Sussex. 6shenetsbaswhniohotlsikerte titleh
threceanitvhelit eotcrislain ablilir l'e.'racidella)tm. i.V't