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Satorthy ,44..'n0.0.r1tt5, N. Tresliam, E4q. Yt. t.
afol 11141811(r thi• Ativfoo!y of H •
lo4tot, Itliartr•l this life, tt% lii stioarttounts, ut Howl-
sheet.

Mr. Treat/tat lmil been fer some Years in a very
infirm state of hettlth, moil lee gradually declined.
till the powers of Vitus. Retain,. wholly exhausted.
His noised tnetilties enntiwtril nnnulsurrd to the
test momeet of his i'tiisteisco, used he beheld the ap..
proisch of death with a ectinors. oast restestation,
which have urea, perltape, hut rarely surpassed.
A-- an Artist, !Kr. Treshasa possessed very consi-
derable talents, end, whit hi, health !permitted I •
ti' exert then% they *ere honourably directed to the
higher ilepastesents of he art. .1 long residence in
Itchy, together tsith the thligreit study of the An-
tique, lad given I • a lasting predileetion for the
Raman Selaml —and Ins works display many 1,1 the
powers and pecelittitirs which distinguish the pro-
ductions of those greet Master., whom• taste he kid
ad opted. had emelt facility of campsoitims.
mod his film,. was well stored with materials; Istet
Isis nil l'lrtures are deficient in that richness of 1.11
louring sial spirit ex.-cuticle which characterise
tee 'Venetian piled, and which have teen display-
-41, us malty instances, with rival excellese..e iu this
country. kis Drawitigs with pen *nil ink, anal is
black chalk., evisice unteminon alsilit, the latter,
fiepartietlar, are executed 'tills a .spirs.. Isoldnesas,
and I..terulth, algid% sire not often to be found it,
sac% pew hictions.
Ist that which rosy be termeil the erudition of
nests, Mr. Tresham was deeply skilled; a Ion;{
mice:tint:wee with the must r 1111 l tent AliPlter% of the
ttnliass Sitiosols made hint familiar with their me-
sits oral Illefrrtp.; lie could discriminate lietweess sill
their varieties of style and matuter; mid as to every
estimable qoality itl a picture, he was considertsl as
ore of the ablest critics of his day ; in the just tai.-
also, of those various remains of min.
which colee nntler the elawsilieatione
of fiefs., his ep.titott was sought, wills eagerness, by
the Cootetnissear and Ilse .Irti,tt anti lids! es an
atatlwtrity, fmns which few would venture Itghtly to
dissent. Bat the talents of Tresltain were not co
tined to objects immediately comiected ss itls hi:
tr....inn—he had considendile taste for pus try, and
his pwbhishtvl ps.rfortisaisees in that art betray a
Ittely lattet , used powers of xersilicati 111 l of no ordi-
nary deseription.
As a stuns, there are few within the sphere of
life in which Its rte that %% ill be more getter:illy
re.gletted. In secitty, ulnas Ise loved and enjoyed
to the last, he was always considered as an acquisi-
tion by his friends ; staid sunongst those friends were
iswheiled massy of the most elevated and respect-
:llde diameters of the time. In conversation, hi.
was (theist, Issitsionnts, and animated, alms hug
in aiwedote, null 'fluty of reply.—lhttring the lat-
ter years of Isis life, the contrast exhibited between
the playful vivacity of his 'painters and the 041.11
SlOllll, 4.ml:intoneu of agony, pri► itives! by demon:-
emetic alrectioses %%Ali which he mass° long afflicted,
gate ass interest to his appessrunee %Well enhanced
the entertainment winch his colloquial powers af-
forded. Its existence ...twined to lung upon ru
slight a therasl, that those alio enjoyed his itiwiey
were commonly under ass impression that the plea-
sure derived fruit, it might not lor amnia renewed,
and that ale .so treble could scarcely survive
the esertion which the vigour of Isis spirit for is mos
mod sustained. The principle of lift., however,
was in him so strong, as to contradict sill ordinary
niche:aims', and Ist• lived on, through many years of
iiitir • y, as much to the surprise as the gratification
of his friends, 141, spirits itesulelueil by pain, and
his toils! t 11l i l if!nribred by the dein of Isis body.

Thom.,li partaking', in some degree, of the pro-
rerbial or the I'twt and tlw Painter, no
man Wall more free from envious mid malign:tot
f...lieers, or eould be More ready to .lo justice to the
claims of las c pentors. So true a relish had he
for the sallies of wit and lau 1111 l or, that he could en-
joy them even at his own expense ; and he has been
frriptentle known to repeat, with unaffected glee,
tlw jest tied had heti) 'Kilobit against himself.
By his death the Koval Academy has been de-
!lrbil! oh one of its most eilli.4litenell Members, 11,141
prOre.Sioll 63 lost a liberal and accomplished
artist.

In (sit private connection. the memory of Tre-
sham will he long a hrri.h el w itl, affection, for
massy Estisualtle (politics of la sal 551141 heart, US sin
tab...lt:aping companion, and a 13:411JUs friend.
M. A. S.

The pla;rie esorti tttt es its ravages in Constanti-
nople. Ism not oith violence. At Smyrna, on the
contrary. from ..lno to 150 'senora' di. daily.
Tlw folloning is a copy of her Royal Highness
the Princess of WA! ,as Letter to the lireakaa
tlw Constomr:—

Prim-rut of WALL* Arnim% Mr. fietAKIR Mill A.'.
quaint the Nuns e ot Com that •lw ha• rive from
rismourd Cmitlrrrazli. the Cop, of a Ur...lotion voted ye,.
trolly is a Comm, etre of lhr hole Hiiii.e, rualitinc his
11.ijeld, In grant out of the Coirailidated Fund of Great
Ilrllaln thr afill• al • 00000 Putout., (or low
laminas name; awl the l'riiiress WALIS desires r.
rill value.% to Ito !louse of 000000 non% her r,
thanks fur this marmot-dinar). and unsolicited mark of its
won dirt-our.

.
I IM. AJA. of %V.%1.F. Al thou • •nir lime Nlr.
‘l6, ‘.lll iutuuu the MA..r of loy sky). reign 1, litAt
11w !Wilkens of thy P. opie wliou hI lw at all infolowtl ou
Orr 1 or Ow riot ilisistances in which Aw hus heyn
and that slw cannot etinweut any iiihlition to those Wor-
ths ul lisy I Mint lo -r 96111116. M may appear to require.
.1 hat she Own G.n lopes lb. M.o.r will re-tolisidyr lIA
II solution, for dor porrot of linotiog 11w ))))) • now
proposed In hr •ft tll, sl upon the Ps tures, of s, lu
Ike annual sons of 'Thirty-lice l'hotorintl Potisols ; %hid.
will hr quite suOirsent, 14•111 Will lA. mrersityll with the Ii diem
Iratigestar. so au unequirin al proof that Ihr l'risioss 04
W Ml* fin• seeniyil the good 11p1111011 and prutvet of thy
of 4' 44444 AlotAs
flow', July I, 11111."

On Saturday se•insight the Scans') of the Schools
ut the Belfast Arndt. lltied Institution closed.—The
boys were YII te,sensbled in Ownennn 1(,11 I, AAA!, their
re/al:tire ‘lst-terv. When the Ilarquis )f. 1)411k I:-
1., the PreAiaent of the Institution, entered the
followed by the joint lioareft of Managers
unit Vi4itora, and atuteutteerl to ten of the boys that
silver nulls& bad !wen 'Mated to theirs, iu te*ti.
t y of their toi;funu good conduct during the
St:lblwo e.

£7.4TE or TIM C.JOIA Or 1I CITY
(IF LO MN.

(rondoJr.l (rum nor Paper of Fria-ty, tbr lifli utt )

Thee Ciiieuit.tfee hate, since th. it sitting, heck
inforotril that this allowance is now oltroSnt d.
This prisoit, a 4 dinAhrtuettitely is frequently the
rase with small totem's in privileged jarisdic
tions, has liven singularly 11r;41eeted, and the clau-
se-pivot-es of that twglect cannot he better
t by the 'team,' of the gaoler, presented
tip the Lord Ntavor 1 Court of Aldermen, an the
of List March. fly that petition, and it is
!mold by eviilettre before your Committee that
tlit st stetnents whirls it coataius are well founded,
it appears, that the windows Were *nisch broken, rite
flooring in one of the warill destroyed, and the miler
wants mush damaged and decayed ; that there were
not noire than rugs, and a less nitinher of Maus
kets, to frequently Jo venoms sleeping on the boards ;
that the daily allowance was oitly a twopenny Ilia 1.
that 1111 could acre allowed. our Woluse pads, and
brooms : tool that the sick hail no medical attend-
ac,. to toldition to whirl', your Co 11111 l ittee have
to lament, that tin Divine Service is performed in
the prism': or any person appointed to (1111 that
ditty. Sitell are some of tlw eel's which halve re-
suited from the negligence of those whose ditty it
was to inspect old provide fur this vision ; a neg-
ligence the more culpable, all ignorance of its state
tbe pleaded ou its eNell4e. Sir Wittkin
Lewes has been for :to years the Bailiff of tlw
Ro-
rough, and keeper of tlie gaol; though of tins last
fact he himself appears lint to hive Meer Maitre, he
has $011111111111.% Xe:•Il the distress of those coati
it, and has hailAtitity repo- eentittions made to I
of their distress, and has even °era ally taken
preliminary steps for cletaitting relied.; yet it does
not appear that upplwatiou a: ever simile by I
to the proper Committee. Ahout two years ago,
upon the request of the gaoler, twelve rugs and
twelve blankets were sent from the City, and at the
same time the Sheriff sent two chaldrous and u half
of you Is. _

On the Mb Septemlwr last, without the know-
ledge of the gaoler. a petition to the Lord Mayor
was sent by the prisoners, and Mr. Kirby was stilt
'o make inquiries, and upon en %dims with
him, Mr. Law deter ed himself to present an-
oth• r petition. tie drew up one for that•purpose,
and move a copy of it to Sir %Viol:in Lewes, who
objected to it on the ground of some informality,
mid it was never presented. But on the 2-Ni of
March, Mr. Law ;tonally did, after some slight al-
terations, present our; and your Committee have
seen, with pleasure, that the best atonement has
since that tissue been made for past negligence. Or-
ders were immediately given for the repair of time
building. Mr. Law, on the sth April, was autho-
rised to give to every prisoner in his custody four-
teen onowes of Irreasl daily, mid two pounds of
meat weekly, mill to provide for the use of the
prisoners it bushel of coals daily. A Surgeon has
been appoitited ; sisal your CorriMittee, upon visit-
iug the Prison, tionsol that canvass ticks, with straw
and rugs hail been given, and that workmen were
employed iu repairing every part of the prison. In
addition to which, they recommend the appoint-
ment of a clergyman, the adoption of rules similar
to those of the Lusioste !onapter, the abolition of
the small garnish of es. 6.1. which is very impro-
perly paid to Mr. Law ; and souse other mode of
remunerating tlw gaoler, than one so improper in
other re-pests, and whirls compels him so much to
neglect his gaol. A material improvement might
too, with little difficulty, he made in the distribu-
tion of the building. The ward for the female
Debtors has a free couiutuuication with the rest of
the pris,bii, and beat one court-yard is given to both
men :ass! %mitten—which arrinevesuent is productive

of toasty ire 'miens-vs. But if the present door to
the women's ward %sere closed, and menus of access
made to a small yard, inemat for the use of felons,
but IWVYt ley these inconveniences
amid at once 1w removed. It appears also de-
sirable that the C 'ssioners of the Court of
Conscience in the Borough of Southwark, who
have, under the local Act giving theta that power,
'elected tilts Prison its that to which they commit
their prisoners, should themselves occasionally su-
spect it.
The plans for the new prison have been bliewn to
♦niar Committee ; but tlw bullshit.' is now in a state
of s4l 111111'11 11113CortInrs, that thew fire) that ally im-
p Imola now suggested could aids difficulty be
adopted. It is meant to contain 54 prisoners ; and
the outer wall encloses a space of ground less in
extent than one acre: part, tow, of this space, will Ike
'Mt little beneficial to the prisoners, it Iwing left as
an interval hula eels the outer wall 111111 the prison.
It is much to he wished that more ground could be
acquired ; last difficulties have arisen, rlOlll un
agreement mole with the neighbouring. Mit:o-
bit:olds, that no part of the 'orison shall front
Ho oleross-street ; last Ito opesare entertained that space
may be obtained in another direatiomo. The build..
111.4 I+ not fire-proof, and is others ise faulty, its
the gaoler's house placed at one extremity,
from a hich the access to foram parts of the prima*
is distant and itwouveisient. The rooms, too, are
.natty of the oi boo large; a greater number of WIWI I
MUMS t% nail! tend 1/10t only to the comfort, but to
the mailer also of those coutiuerd its them. Your
ttttt mitto.e oarject, too, to the various subdivisions,
a holt are tliou;;lit nece•sar. The separatiom,
the freemen sof oado* might be pro-
perly contimetl; but tat reason exists for the this-
tinetiout 'between the Caltspur-street and Poultry
debtors. It foormerly depended alma choice, 1,101
• coolly on the alternate arrests; and it materially
straitens the spats., already too narrow for air :eel
exercise.

The 4- pposcr ut Nut: t ru's I` k, owl other ex-
peettml failures. hove excitt:ll eunaielerable itlartet at
Lincoln, tlitilsby, Grimsby, owl otlwr parts of Litt.

Ire-idles the advancement or 31 Post-Captains to
the rack of Flag-011ieerto hitt smooth, 71 (.11111-
111:11111efb were promoted to the wok
thin, lls lietthataiih. to the rank of ('oomi.oolci.,
and -24 :troh•liietoli hu the r.tok of Lirutemoit.
The Pitt ou Tuedity hut, gate a gnuol
ilintwr, at the City of 1.01111011 l'aireniii to Field
Alar.led Prime 81.14. ut En, of Wuliktudt, Field Mar-
shal Prince PLATuw, and to their owe illuttraiob
member mai countryman, Field Mundial the Duke
of WEL urtutus.