The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-01 00:00:00

SUFFOLK-STREET GALLERY.

On Saturday we attended the private view of the col-
lection for the present season, opened to public inspec-
tion, by the Society of British artists, on Monday. W ith-
out recognizing any perceptible improvement in the
general merit of the pictures here collected together, and
without perceiving any remarkable displays of genius
on the part of any one among the contributors, we
nevertheless observed on the wells of the Suffolk-street
Gallery sufficient merits, and those merits sufficiently
varied, to excite the interest of the intelligent
visitor if they failed to secure his admiration.
Mannerism in many instances, of course, still
reigns triumphant. There are the same invariable
sketches of Hungarian peasantry by Zeitter, with the
clattering sledges, and furclad drivers and the ragged-
coated horses jingling, like Poe's lyric to the perpetual
refrain of " the bells, bells, bells:" this year, however,
happily varied by a graceful and somewhat pretentious
group (23) of " Vineyard Girls," and by an eccentric
representation (330) of " Collard's Pianoforte Factory
on Fire," giving one the notion of a sort of Brum-
magem Pandemonium. There are the same ever-
lasting studies of Spanish life in the streets, by
Hurlstone, after the fashion rendered popular throughout
Europe by the master-hand of Murillo, there aro the
mantillas and the muleteers, the ragged urchins and the
I,dies, and the watrr•carriers, and through the whole
catalogue of faces the same undeviating regard to the
charms of an olive-complexion—calling to memory that
couplet of Tom Ingoldeby, which informs the reader of
the L nds that
" Hairy-faced Dick had a swarthy hue,
'Twist that of gingerbread-nut and a Jew."

Among the present works of Mr. Hurlatone, however,
there are several unusually meritorious—such'as (259)
the merry watchers on the balcony, bight " St. John's
Eve at Seville," and the picture of (39) the Gitana
"Foretelling to a Spanish Mother the destiny of
her Child," not to particularise the excellences
of (89) the " Arrieros," or of the " Lace-maker of Sierra-
Morena," or of the " Aguador of Valencia." Certainly
not less conspicuous among the mannerists than the
foregoing is the most gifted of all animal painters—after
Landseer (always after Landseer)—Herring. Tnis
season he contributes more than one of . his really mar-
vellous farm-yards, with those sheen-tinted peacocks,
and soft-feathered ducklings, reminding one of beastly
old Ribellais, and extremely naked looking pigs, and
horses so glossy with good condition that one longs to
saddle them for a canter. Besides these, he gives us a small
picture (38).0f an "Arab
,and his Favourite," the man as
ugly and unoriental as the animal is the reverse, and
(191) a larger one of " Cromwell's. Soldiers Stabling their
Horses in Arundel Church," perhaps his most successful
effort for a considerable time past. Woolmer shows
himself as industrious as ever, though scarcely in a single
instance as felicitous in the revelation of his unquestion-
able abilities. His representation of (9) " The Expul
sion" is as unhappy an attempt at pictorial poetry as
.can well be conceived—our first parents being as un-
satisfactory in their anatomy, as the where-
abouts of the "flaming seraphim" is incomprehen-
sible. ; There is an overloading of colours, again,
rather painful to witness in (227) the portraiture
of " The Bride," as well as in the (326) " Lady in the
Glass Case," the paint protruding in lumps from the
canvass. His best effort for the season is as unques-
tionably (337) " Florence in the time of the Medicis."
The best picture this year from the hands of Pyne is
(178) his wonderful " Screes on Wastwater," with the
sudden and startling atmospheric effect—the gush cf
sunlight half-way down the mountain side with
the floating mists towards the base and sum-
mit. Mere glimpse though the picture is into
those realms of scenic magnificence, it calls
very vividly to our remembrance the various
charms of his " Lake Scenery" in Cumberland. The
Norwegian views of West are according to custom full
of merit; more especially (243) the one representing a
scene near " Hardanger Fiord." The landscapes of Bud-
dington prove to us, if possible, more exquisite to see
than ever, and we are happily enabled to rejoice again
in the green meads and gorgeous sunsets of Clint, and
the lovely coast-views of Tennant. Hill adorns the
walls of the gallery with a very beautiful rustic group,
as well as with an admirable and life-like portrait of " Mrs.
Woolmer, in her 81st year." In (314) the "Lake of Thun"
there is perceptible a venture on the pathway opened
up by Turner, which, if not speedily forsaken, will bring
disgrace upon yet another head, in the instance of Mr.
klammersley. Yet more intolerable (and to our horror
we have seen the thing praised by one of our contempo-
raries)is (236), " The Timid Bather," by Mr. Mog-
ford, the said Timid Bather being a most wonderful
specimen of long-legged ungainliness. Most wonderful
of all wonderful things to us, in the annals of the
Society of British Artists, is the popularity evi-
dently enjoyed by Mr. Anthony—every one of
his pictures, big and little, at once finding
a purchaser ; the magical " green ticket "
SOLD glittering in the corner of each individual speci-
men. That his landscapes are admired it were ridi-
culous to deny. They are bought—that is proof suffi-
cient. Yet to our taste, we can conceive none more
disagreeable to the eye from their hardness, the abrupt
interminglings of lights and shadows, and their micros-
copic, their painfully microscopic minuteness—a minute-
ness descending to the particularity of each separate leaf
on trees the most umbrageous. Still —though
intolerable to ourselves, and we believe to others
also, these pictures, such as (230) the " Ferry
Twilight," or, as his largest work this
season (200), " The Village Bridal," are SOLD, and Mr.
Anthony of course, like a wise man, takes new energy
in his path at the encouragement. A variety of other
contributions of various excellence from the easels of
Allen, of Dicksee, of Shayer, of Baxter, Pidding, Fran-
tie, &c., are distributed through the different apart-
ments—Williams displaying considerable skill as a por-
trait painter, and the Duffields excelling marvellously
with their fruit pieces. A few meritorious water colours
and one or two specimens of sculpture complete the col-
lection. Among the distinguished visitors attending the
private view were, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Marquis of Winchester, Lord J. Russell; Earls Grey, St.
Jenny e, Sheffield, Clanwilliam, Fitxhardinge, Lovelace;
Lords Viscount Galway, Strangford, Castlereagh, Mahon;
Lords Truro, Radstock, Seymour, Sondes, Crauworth,
Robert Grosvenor, Charles Townshend, Claude Hamil-
ton; the Bishops of Hereford, Lichfield, Gloucester and
Bristol; the Dean of St. Paul's; Sirs Augustus Clifford,
Bart., J. Johnstone, Bart., R. P. Jodrell, Bart., W.
Keith, Bart., G. Strickland, Bart., George Walker,
Bart., James W. Hogg, Bsrt., Henry Webb, Bart., J.
Strachan, Bart., J. T. Birch, Bart., Felix Agar, Bart.,
M.P., G. R. Phillips, Bart., M.P., E. Fanner, Bart.,
M.P.; H. T. Hope, M.P., H. Lowther, M.P., H. T.
Baring, M.P., the Hon. J. Fortescue, M.P., G. Repton,
M.P., A. Matheson, M.P., W. 0. Gore, M.P., the Right ,
Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., C. B. Wall, M.P., the
Right Hon. H. Lennox, M P., T. C. Russell, M.P., the
Right Hon. Edward Strutt, M.P., Joseph Hume, M.P.,
W. T. Egerton, M.P., H. Tufnell, M.P.. C. G. Du Pz6,
M.P., R. Bernal, M.P., Wynne Ellis, Esq., &c.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPSOM SPRING MEETING.

The following additional arrivals have taken place
since our last:—The Puritan, flungerford, Harp, Lady
Alice, Harrier, Blood Royal, Alonzo, The Italian, Jack-
in the Corner, Stilton, Mary Ann, Green Gage, Julien,
Butterfly, Surprise, The Clown, Grand Duchess, Sabra,
Heliotrope, Czirine, Amoroso, Faux Pas, Knight of the
Thistle, Incurable, Nautch Girl, Miss Ann, Backbiter,
Officious, Achyranthes, Sister to Clothworker, Sally
Warfoot colt, Joe Miller, Ingratitude, Ethelwolf,
Gloomy, Middlethorpe, Estelle fitly, Stapleton, Kil-
meny, Edward of York, CEdissus, Kate, Cosachia, Sister
to Iracundus.
LATEST BETTING IN TOWN.
CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
3 to 1 agst Surprise—taken
5 to 1 agat Mary Ann—taken
6 to 1 agst Alonzo
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
5 to 1 agst Stilton—taken
15 to 2 agst Kate—taken
10 to 1 apt Miss Ann
10 to 1 *get Backbiter
11 to 1 agat Kick-up-the-Dust—taken
12 to 1 agat Ingratitude—taken
13 to 1 agst Joe Miller—taken
15 to 1 agst Sally Warfoot colt—taken
33 to 1 agst Ethelwolf—taken
CROX.TON PARK R ACEST-WEDNESDAY.

The Farmers' Handicap of 50/., and 5 soya. tor the se-
cond. Gentlemen riders. Heats, once round.

Mr. S. Wright's gr hby Plantagenet, 12st
Mr. G. Parr's Cropwell, 13st ...(Mr. Sempey) 3 1 2
Mr. Foster's Militiaman, lOst 12Ib (B Clifton) 2 3 3
Mr. Smith's Seaweed, 6 yrs, llst (Capt. Little) 4 2 4
Mr. Kirk's Cadvan, 5 yrs, 11st (Mr. Berkeley) 5 5 5
501., the gift of Mrs. Fletcher Norton, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old and up-
wards. Once round. (12 Subs.)
Mr. Payne's Fledgling, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr. Berkeley) 1
Mr. Walker's dEolus, 4 vrs, list (Mr. Towneley) 2
Mr. Crawford's Darkie, 5 yrs, 12st 81b (Capt. Little) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Fledgling. Won by three parts of
a length.
The Gold Cup, added to a Handicap of 20 sm. each,
10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; two miles. (19
Subs., 10 of whom declared.)
Mr. Williams's Chief Justice, 12st llb (Capt. White) 1
Lord Wilton's Herbert, 6 yrs, list 51b (Mr. Clarke) 2
Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 6 yrs, 12st 41b (Mr. Scobell) 3
Lord Clifdcn's Harpsichord, 4 yrs,- lOst 71b, Captain
Little, bolted.
Betting-7 to 4 eget Harpsichord, 2to 1 agst Her-
bert, 3 to 1 agst Chief Justice, 5 to 1 agst Clothworker.
Won by a length and a half.
The Croxton-park Plate of 100 sous. Gentlemen
riders. One mile.

Lord Clifden's Harpsichord,lost 11 lb (Capt. Little) 0 1
Captain Little's Agis, aged, 12st 61b (011iver) odr
Mr. Darling's Sir Robert, list 121 b ...(Darling, jun.) 3
Mr. J. Little's Whetstone, 12st 51b...(Mr. Towneley) 0
Mr. Atkinson's Careless Fanny, list lib ...(Scobell) 0
Mr.G.Chapman's Faint Heart (late Ormsby) 10st 131 b 0
Mr.Wildusan's Exchange, lOst 91b ...( Mr. Bromley) 0
chord
Mr. Dawson's Cyclops, 4 yrs, 10st slb (Ld Cardross) 0
IT. R. E. Oliver's Ischia, lOst 2lb ... (Mr. Berkeley) 0
,!.. Stokes's Folly, 6 yrs, 9st I Ilb ...(Mr. Boynton) 0
'"-`revoyne's Cotton Lady, 3 yrs, 9st 1 Ilb (Dockeray) 0
when Lord
tthg-2 to 1 agst Cotton Lady, 4 to 1 agst Harpsi-
. 5 to 1
Harpsichord and c la'
I' h' and 6to 1 agst Whetstone.
oAgis ran a dead heat, Sir Robert third,
and Captain Little agreed to divide
the Plate, and len
Harpsichord walked over.

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Rev. Lord Henry Kerr, rector
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fei 0 report that the
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has been publicly
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