The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-27 00:00:00

FINE. ARTS.
THE NA Ti INSTITUTIO2V:
A prireae view of the aiicttits collected _ingather
io the Pan:lead Gali,,ty (316, Regent-street) enabled
I/P, on, Saturoey, to okerve the'profir!ea nine by the
; .
':cited coatributues ere Retiqtat iostitutiora
tie,veral of the wort.-s of art ilieeiayed-f.in,the walls of
the principal dpartmentsi lioaour upon the
.E_agliShschool orpainting, e'speeiilly in that departa.
it nr in which our artists t.:5 at body, have longs proved
tbeeaselves_unrivalied--thaa of landscapes. Produc-
tions of. various merit--esome, at adinirable -as, it .must
, be admitted, others are execrable—to the number
' altogether of 381; serve at once to demonstrate that
our cultivators of art are industrious at least, if not
all peCuliarly gifted, and thst tMa'patroxis Of art are
munificent, if not in every instance. diacriminating.
6em-likeenleewy,
Foreign scenery is in 'the present' e'ihibition as fre—
quently pourtraYed as ttshai, the Py
of Tun in Switzsrland, CM, bYI A. an nI
to the Venetian Sketch, by W. Oliver (119), show-
ing the Canal St. Frenaro. Happily there are others
of a more honita:drawn character, such es H. B. -
Willis's (67) " Sunny' Scene on the Severn an Glou-
cestershire"—an exquisite. English landscape, painted
with poetical truthfulness to na.turet'asidtith a sense
of the characteristics of rurbflife [Alp island,
indicative of a nrAculine subtle
appreciation. Another painting 'freim fffee same
hand, small though' it is,- - and Consequently
restricted„ in vigour, is nevartbeleafo:; eXprefisite
of the SiIIDIO admiraW cepsciieS, re'ree,o4g,(76) " A
Sketch from Natnre bra L;atle .Nook near the Lover's
Sear, Sassex"—a name appropriate tii':'fiLe :salvan and
levee:.; a seat ftCithC tryst or coareiaiplation. Yet
a third comjiosition from the easle of .R. Willis
(302), " The Pleasant Time of harvest,"" demands .
from us a no less earnest expression of oar admiration.
His partiality for these two horses we cannot regret,
seeing how marvellously well he depicts them always,
bow exquisitely the whole scene harmonizes, and
how charmingly the artist, in developing his own
original powers, can emulate simultaneously the
very opposite excellences of Collins and of
Herring. One of the Lauders—J. Eckford
to wit—has a singularly clever and ingenious
representation of (23) "Master Walter Scott and his
friend Sandy Ormistoun." Child though the future
romancist is—in every feature, in the serious, earnest
expression, io the lofty forehead, and quaint mixture
of severity and good humour (traceable possibly to that
long upper lip—a sign of wisdom according to some
physiognomists), a striking resemblance
is the acknowledged portraittshocofotshttei,ceGosrnestaar
traceable to
toe Lthe bttasutdbeyr,,Cthhaisnttirmeye to
R.eti lua tt .eksAnttiwootp her eforr of
s
of considerable dithension, of sublime purport,_ of
enormous; pretension. Yet both are, to' our thigh:4,
not merely signal but absolutely
(72) "The Crucifixion," a subject too astaittl
to be lightly treated in the style of mere p'ctii'rial
melodrama, and (168) " Christ teaching Humility"
—(pity Mr. Lauder could not take a lesson in that
same virtue of- humiiity)--ein—which the faces are
weird sand unearthly as corpses , galvanized into a
semblanae of life, 'and in which the very raiments also
partake of the unnatural in their. Piebald variegation.
Not less raw in colouring is the little river-side
study, .near Battersea, of F. W. Halrae (34), called
" High and Dry." A triple. piCture, somewhat in the
_ _ _ _

rigid style of .11iltaio, eulogized by Ruskin, represents
the 6kill of J. Zephania Bell and (24) the story of
" Ellen of Kirconnel." Incomparably the most gifted

coatributor

to the welli

the Portland

Gsllery,' and to the Catalogue of the National
Institution, is Sidney R. Percy. Several of his paint-
ings this season are perfect masterpieces—especially
that exquisite composition (39) "An Osier Bed on
the-Thames,' which should henceforth be always dis-
tinguished by the bird with the metallic blue plumage
on the gnarled limb of the fallen timber—as the
kingfisher. Another work by Percy Sidney (101)
the " Eagle's Nest, Killarney," a third (294) entitled
" Willows,” and a fourth (149) delineating the " Llyn
AlStiribyr,Y. W." reveal his extraordinary and ver-
satile pwers as an artist, capable of representing with
Equal truthfulness the scenery of England, IVales,
and Ireland. Edward Armitage has a droll
picture (60) called " Sunday Trading---a hard eat,e,"
which, with its phantom peliceinan and timid little
orange girl, we would earnestly commend to the Sets-
batarians. 'ine'Williamses as usual are in remark-
able force—" Cernarvon Castle, Moon Rising," by
E. Williams, sen., - being a wonderful revelation of
darkness visible, the same artist's (74) "Heath Scene
—Storm clearing off," being as iutid as Alfred W.
Williarris's (69) "Pass of Naut Francon," is sunny
and exhilarating. R. Burchit; has an admirable
portrait in his likeness of (88) the Right Rev. Dr.
Ullathorne. There is, of course, another " Burning
of the Amazon" (139), this time for theitenefit of
Miss Smith, and froth the hand or Captain
Inglefield. "An Attractive Tune" (204), by
Daniel Passmore, represents aril: old fiend
of a fiddler scraping diabolical discord from
the catgut, with an eldritch look, enough in its
ugliness to frighten any sensible infant into fits.
" The Highlands" (245), by Mrs. M'lnn, would be
excellent but for the water, that looks like a conglo-
merate of mud, gravel, and shavings—in fact, as un-
like water as anything we ever saw depicted. A
really extraordinary effect in the way of perspective
is produced by J. W. Glvs in his (255) ' Free
Companions." - Such a " London Sunrise" es that
painted by H. Dawson (296), no mortal ever wit-
nessed from Battersea Reach to the Isle of Dogs—
with its raw gamboge glare, and its lacework clouds
similarly tinted, giving one the best idea imaginable
of the aspect of the golden fleece. During the prin-
cipal portion of Saturday the rooms were sufficiently.
crowded: to indicate the popularity of the National
InstitutiOn.

NAVAL IN
Asl.LETl4heLß%iocofic.,yN, C9IOE,
PORTEMOUTII, MOND Captain
Grabam, G. 8., is ordered to.complete with four months'
provisions. and will leave Spithead about the latter end
of the week, preVious to which she will be paid advance.
It is reported she is going to Plymouth and Queenstown
in tho.endeavour to make up her complement, of which
she wants about 150.
The EoConnter; 14, 'Captain Gordon, has been taken
le. _.shifted
cijitetoathaanaiyot
a to-dayf
erjrio
otno.
into the eagle dock to-day to refi;....
Ihe.Sampson,. 6, steam-frig3te, CiOin T. W. Jones,
2:
ql
el i
tr
gars;
ull7sag na
,Captainsdns,
uf,e:Viilaoi
mare
gnhpi morning,
complimentsa n
altf
from
m her
which left .on Saturday 'to look for thlitiavQinugeento,ulclh6e,area-t
tu r n t-. cl t o 8p i t head
m o
Nthis
ye:Le afternoon nuwai
jtehsotuyt,sse,esjcihnriegewh eyautrtwheraiEe_g_d_
S.S.E., ancilerefcroshe may be expected hourly,
PLYMODTIE,
°Eichlihrp:r.auk: Falmouth, But Conflict, the
f from. South . Siodu
arrivedthhAsa-asd ums mtuel:readaer ielrotePhs:
yesterday
General Hoses is on board.
were d
mar Zwat, ig
guanZCNaocttahienrlaroaordlluayjnenycosmsloßoavptilsavif.tia.,on usbleyinoyamniaredortkuenitoehwyis,
Majesty's.dal with
John Luscombe, the
anidamaanazt.fficial e •
Superintendent S'
Saturday. •
pilre-
sumedowdgCPgt morning.eilemacknow-
ledged
histanfConsul,
a(x
ioobnadn:us: utehyl I ' in
the dockyard n1 r • Michael
, from Calcutta, for The French ship Louis lIV
Dun-
kirk, arrived here yesterday. 'Left Calcutta on the 7th
of December. On the 26tb
loyf
S., long. 28 11 E., the English ishjsahniapalrnydsiapno
16th rased St. Ileleyntze; on ,Irfer,oimn let.
Penang,33 8
emu, (25th
tor London. February
the 19th, in lat. 12 14,
I,r 29then c
ho fdoubled The .Cape. On the
of No. veraher), for Liverpool; on
It.,ng. 12 16,i spoke
shidlliPS la Apgaslaseed
barque Vilore, from Cal-
the 23;1 of February
... February, at. 136 luny 21 35 IV., spoke
forA s'Bceoursdieoanu_;x,onwhtichhe
vessel had previously i., '
sp-en the Cyrene, from Bor-
deaux for Monte Video, in let. .1 47 N., long. 23 4•; on
the 19th of March, in lat. 15 44 INT , longf36 24 W.,
spoke theiFrench ship Sarah, fro lieauien. April the
7th in lat. 46.31 N., long. 20 5 W. passed a ship with
'` Grectipoint " on her larbeard qaarter. April 14, in
i 3:.t. 43 47 I'., Lug 15 40 'W., passed a Russian ship
!r .z. .
from Singapore, which left on the 15th of November,
1 tor Cowes. •

APPOLNTMENTS.
WOOLWICII, APrat. 26 —lStastor Joseph Wallis (1850)
to the Argus, 6, stetm•sloop of 3007hoise power, ad-
vanced war steamer, at Davenport.
Surgeon William Webber, M.D. (1852), to the Brito-
mart, 8, brig, at Devonport,
The Torch iron steam-vessel, tender to the Herald,
for surveying service in the South Seas, will be ready to
proceed down the River on trial on May 8, and both
vessels are expected to be fully ready for sea in about a
fortnight from this time. While iron vessels are con-
tinued in. tho Royal Navy, it is necessary to employ
them, but it would be a source of satisfaction and con-
fidence were each of the officers and crew supplied with
life preservers. These useful safeguards might be sup-
plied as fittings, and returned into store when iron ves-
sels are paid off.

. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Lobserve that Captain Penny bas published in
your valuable journal his opinion that the waster and
mato of the. Renovation saw only what ho calls "country
sbipe" It it is his wish to prevent a further invests
gn.
tioa into the truth of this extraordinary narrative, it
shoukl he known that wary of my brother olli nets, >;g
will a 5 myself, Who have
,navigated the Artie; seas, are
of quite a diff,reut, opinion ; and we can east)" (OSUMI
that Captain Penn i'PfactisP`l - eye insist have been
thirt- e
Directed towards the sn-ealled Viateria Channcl.
There is no such illusion, as t...- i'euks of, neat, the
Banks !of Netvfotindlend. The i- -mien of
forty years to produce such it nae , ie., i, 11,:‘, lor
_ 0
_,
~ . a‘ruare of that the n -
}quid all comment ;on the e„,rz:rary, ,r, vre •-',117d be-
that Wit; far more prob3.l:! ot opinion
th 911 that
captain and mate of 6 1-A,n.,vati,,,i.is . the
th.: missing ships went up t;l6 yi.*. . true,
tee Polar Sea. "-,orlo. har!:,,,i into
vve bops and trust that the Athot • i .•
in the investigation they hitv . 1- a•ty vii.! no:. relax
interesting .subject. ' ' . • have 6-o latlL:ly '' - - this
interesting otin on 13
Lank Sir,
your;
ent se

ervalit, • • ~-7;
.i
•
JOI-IN ROSS, Rear-Moll/11'0
Norih•Weet casttr, Stt%.• nra, Ap-i1,63 • '
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On Sunday, April $5, twenty-tour persons re-
nounced the errors of Popery in the ehigelt of St. Paul,
Bermondsey, London.