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Giacomo Meyerbeer, perhaps the most illustrious of mo-
dern composers, died at Paris yesterday, at the ago of 69,
He was a German by birth, was born at Berlin September
5, 1794, and, as we learn from Vapereau's valuable work,
was the son of a rich Jewish banker named Jacques Beer,
whose three children became remarkable men, without bring
urged to acquire fame by the stimulus of needy circum-
stances. William, the first of the brothers of the composer
(whose christian names were Meyer Liebman, but were sub.
sequently modified into one compound name), who died on
March 27, 1850, and who during his career occupied himself
with the business of the bank, distinguished himself as an
astronomer, and studied jointly with M. Maedler. The se-
cond brother Michael, was a dramatic poet, whose first
works, " The Paria" and " Struensee," caused his prema-
ture death, which happened in March, 1833, to be greatly
regretted in Germany.
Giacomo Meyerbeer displayed from an early age the ut-
most taste and aptitude for music. At seven years of age he
was a famous pianoforte player—indeed he was justly re-
garded as a prodigy, But, as his parents were rich he only
exhibited his talent as an amateur, and had abundance of
leisure to cultivate his genius and devote himself to compo-
sition. However, at the early age of nine, his name and ta-
lent were widely known ; and an article in the Leipszq Ga-
zette, in 1803, held him forth as one of the best pianists in
Germany. Up to this time he had only received lessons
from great masters indirectly. Lausk, a pupil of Clementi,
had been his professor of the piano ; and Bernard Anslem
Weber, leader of the orchestra at the great theatre of Berlin
an old pupil of the Abbe Vogler, taught him composition.
His first fugue having been sent by Weber to the renowned
abbe, the latter clearly foresaw the great lame in store
for the young Israelite ; and, wishing to personally direct
his studies, he in 1809 sent for him to Darmstadt, where
the abbe was organist at the cathedral. M. Meyerbeer
fouud worthy fellow-students with his master, and amongst
them were Gausbacher, afterwards chapel-master at
Vienna; Charles Maria von Weber, the author of "Der
Freischutz ;" and Godefroid von Weber, his brother.
Between these a happy emularicn and a sweet friendshlp
were formed. For more than two years M, Meyerbeer
familiarised himself with the theory and practice of church
music, and was initiated into all the mysteries of the science
of harmony, Amongst his religious compositions of this
time his first oratorio, " God and Nature," obtained a great
success at Darmstadt, and gained for him the title of com-
poser in ordinary to the grand ducal court.
His first opera, " Jephthah's Vow," was represented at
Munich in 1812. The music in this work was serious and
severe, but cold and without movement, more like that of
an oratorio than of a drama, and it was more esteemed than
applauded. In the following year M. Meyerbeer met with
more success at Vienna, but as a pianist; and, passing at
will from the school of Clementi to that of Hummel, he was
alternately applauded for his new and brilliant traits and
for the grace and purity of his style. But he preferred the
more solid glory of the composer to his ephemeral triumphs
as a virtuoso, and he wrote a comic opera, " Abimelech, or
the Two Caliphs," produced at Vienna in 1814. Unfor-
tunately Vogler's pupil still preserved the gravity and the
coldness of religious music, and the clever composition,
though giving proof of much genius, met with no success
at the hands of the public.
At this time Salieri, author of the " Danaids " and of
" Tarare," advised Meyerbeer to seek in Italy another
method and other models; and he accordingly repaired
thither in 1815, passing through Paris on his way. Rossini,
with his music still thoroughly Italian, then reigned
supreme, and, above all, " Tancredi " had raised the public
enthusiasm to the highest pitch. M. Meyerbeer remained
for more than two years without finding a libretto or a
theatre ; but, thanks to his fortune, he waited patiently and
studied at leisure that music so lively, so light, and so
different from the German school. At last, at Padua,
on July 20, 1817, he caused to be represented his first
Italian opera, " Romilda e Constanza." Pisaroni sang the
principal part ; a graceful melody was united to a large
and brilliant instrumentation, and the success was complete.
At Turin he produced in 1819 " Semiramide Riconosciuta,"
and at the commencement of 1820 the city of Venice, where
his first Italian works had been rejected, heard at the same
time his "Emma di Resburgo," and " Edouardo e Cristina,"
by Rossini, and both masters received the same ovations.
M. Meyerbeer then returned to Germany to receive the
applause of his countrymen, when at Berlin he was treated
as a deserter from the national standard of music, and at
Vienna as a plagiarist of Rossini, but a better reception in
some portions of the kingdom consoled him in some degree
for the severities of the two capitals. After having written
the" Gate of Brandenburg" for the Berlin opera, but which
work was not represented, he hastened to return to Italy,
where " Margaret of Anjou" was produced at the Scala,
Milan, in 1820. Afterwards appeared the " Esule di Gre-
nata," the success of which was ensured by Lablacho and
Pisaroni, notwithstanding many cabals, and also " Alman-
zor," written for Rome, but which was not produced on ac-
count of the illness of Hide. Bassi. At last in 1825 the chef
d'acwore of his works in the Italian style, "Il Crociato in
Egitto," was represented at Venice. The success was im-
mense. It was applauded at all the theatres in Italy,
and in a short time the opera was heard throughout Europe.
In Germany all old discords were appeased, and even in
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A period of repose in the life of Meyerbeer took place at
this time, during which his genius prepared itself for a
new transformation. He was married in 1827, but the two
ehildren born to him died soon after their birth. In the
midst of his retirement and his sadness he returned to the
study of religious music, and wrote a stabat, a misere, a to
deum, twelve psalms, and his eight Klopstock canticles.
But his inspiration at last found a career in a poem which
offered for a subject, under all the phantasms of a marvel-
lous legend, the great, the eternal struggle between good and
evil; and on Nov. 21, 1831, "Robert le Diable" marked a
new epoch in dramatic art. This profound and psychologi-
cal music, while still giving to sentiment and passion their
proper place, united in an exuberant orchestration the grace-
ful melodies and powerful choruses to all the mysterious
and strange effects of German supernaturalism ; and, though
it rendered criticism difficult, the public wore delighted, and
the work immediately obtained an incredible popularity.
The Opera at Paris, where "Robert" was interpreted by
Nourrit, M. Levasseur, Mesdames Derus, Damorean, and
Falcon, owes its best days to the work; and its representa-
tions there are to be counted by hundreds. Dr. Veron, who
hesitated to receive the work, owes part of his fortune to it.
The work was immediately translated into many languages,
and it was produced not only in France and throughout
Europe, but in most countries of the world.
After this effort of creation M. Meyerbeer again sought
repose, and during five years he only produced some dra-
matic melodies, the " Vow during the Storm," the "Monk,"
&c. ; but on Feb. 29, 1836, while public expectation was
raised to the utmost, appeared the " Huguenots," announced
under the title of " St. Barthilemy," and it proved a worthy
pendant to "Robert." The success of this work, still in-
terpreted by Nourrit and Madlle. Falcon, was great no
doubt, but it was less prompt, less electrical, so to say,
The " Prophets," which only appeared 13 years after
(1849), and which also counts its representations by hun-
dreds, excited more surprise than enthusiasm, and did not
obtain to the same degree of enthusiasm. The equilibrium
between inspiration and study, maintained in " Robert,"
already compromised in the "Huguenots," appear broken;
passion and sentiment give place to science; melody, except
in the ballads, is more- rare, and disappears quicker in the
harmony. The pupil of Vogler reappeared. Religious
majesty, which finds a place in all the works of Meyerbeer,
still encroaches even on the dramatic situations and deadens
the movement; the voices are lost in the orchestra, and the
instrumentation governs everything.
After this period the author sought to confine himself to
the comic opera, and in 1854 " L'E toile du Nord" obtained a
success in France and abroad which succeeding years have
not diminished. Another comic opera, often announced,
and not produced for a long time, but produced at last with
great care and costliness in the decorations, the " Pardon
de PlUermel," was represented in Paris, on April 4, 1859,
and since then at all the principal theatres in Europe. The
success of this work was decidedly great, but its merit was
more contested.

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Gibraltar since the 18th :—The Excel, schooner,
from Neath ; the Mountain Lass, brigantine, from
Cardiff; the Visitor, schooner, from Cardiff; the
Globe, brig, from Gardiff; the Conqueror, steam
tug, from Liverpool ; the Osiris, steamer, from
Liverpool; the Eagle Eyed, schooner, from Cardiff;
the Persian, steamer, from Liverpool ; the Sydney
Hall, steamer, from London ; the John Bell,
schooner, from Newport; the Gibraltar, steamer,
from London; and the Tripoli, steamer, from
Liverpool.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 2.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE BILL.
Amendment proposed, in page 6, to leave out from the word
" if," in line 13, to the word " behalf," in line 15, both
inclusive." Question put, "That the words proposed to
be left out stand part of the bill," The house divided—
Ayes, 161; Noes, 124.

AYES-IM.
Adam,W. P. Fitzroy, Lord F. Monsell, W.
Agnew, Sir A, Forster, W. E. Morris, D.
Alcock, T. • French, Col. Morrison, W.
Ayrton, A. S. Gallwey, Sir W. P 1 Naas, Lord
Aytoun, H. S. Gibson, T. M. Neste, C.
Bagwell, J. Gilpin, C. North, F.
Braille, 11..1. Gladstone, W. E. Northoote, Sir S. H.
Baines, E. Gower, F. L. O'Hagan, T.
Barin,o- T. G. Gower, G. W. L. Padmore, R.
Bass, M. T. Greene, J. Paget, C.
Bathurst, A. A. Gregson, S. Palmer, Sir R.
Baxter, W. E. Grey, Sir G. Paull, H.
Beaumont, W. B. Grusvenor,Lordßd. Pease, H.
Beaumont, S. Hanbury, R. Peel, Sir R.
kinooldlgansodEli..
Bellew, R. M. Hankey, T. Peel, F.
Berkeley, H. F. Hartington,Marquis Potter, E.
inlliooewaoddarl,aBdm,ir,CAT..W.B. Powell, F. S.
Henderson, J. Price, R. G.
BBBLek,drkdeullePAYll;(36°Pl: P.
Hennessy, J. P. Pryse, E. L.
Sir B. W. Herbert, H. A. Proby, Lord
Jermyn, Earl Ricardo, 0.
Robertson, H.
Rothschild, Baron II
Buchanan, W.
Buller, Sir A. NY. Hutt, W. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Butler, C. S. Jackson, W. Smith, Augustus
Caird, J.
Layard,iii A. H. Smith, J. B.
Cardwell, E. Jervoise, Sir J. Stacpoole, W.
Kinnaird,glake A.
Wir..
Steel, J.
J.
.G. Russell, A.
CBillarrrrs!ter'eslio:j's.isA;°,ryd:s.t.T. Johnston; Sir J. Staniland, M.
Cave, S.
Leatham, E. A. Tite, W
Langton, W. H. G. Thompson, H. S.
Sykes, Col. W. H.
Clay, J.
Colthurst, Sir G. Lefevre, G. J. S. Tottenham,Lt.-Col.
Lefroy, A. Tracy, C. R. D.
Craufurd, E. H. J.
ailednelriss,hil. C.
Lee, W.
Trefusis, C. H. R.
Crawford, R. W.
Clifford, C. CL."II;d.G.
Legh, W. J. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Dalglish, R. Lewis, H. Vane, Lord H.
Davey, K.
Denman, G. Locke, J. Villiers,C. P.
Lindsay, W. S. Verney, Sir H.
Dent, J. D.
Lowe, R.
Vivian, H. H.
Dillvvyn, L. L.
Disraeli, B. Lysley, W. j. Warner, E.
J. J
, Cann
Duff, M. E. Br Watkins, Col. L.
maguire, J. F.
Duff, R. W. Western, S.
Dunbar, Sir W. mainwaring, T. Whitbread, S.
Marjoribanks, D. C. White, J.
marsh, M. 11, 'White L.
Evans, T. W.
Dunlop, pA. M.
Marshall, W. Wickham, H. W.
martin, P. W. Winning-ton Sir T.
Ewart, W.
martin, J. Wrightson, w. B.
Ewart, J, C.
Miller, W.
Ewing, H. E, C.
.-r -pt,
Fenwick, E. M. Mills,ALX' '' ' ..." TELLERS.
Fenwick, H. Moffatt, G. Brand, H. B.
Iloncreiff, J , J. Fermoy, Lord linatehbull-Hugess
NOES —124,

ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets
prepared.—Finanotal operations organised and Banking fa-
cilities arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock,
Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.—
The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken.
Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20,
Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C.

Astell, J. H. Griffith, CQL D.
Pakington, Sir J.
Bailey, C. Grogan, Sir E. Palk, Sir L.
Baring, T. Hadfield, G. Peel, Gen.
Barnes, T, Hamilton, Lord C. Pennant, Col.
Bar ttelot, CoL Ramilion,„l T. Peto, Sir M.
Bateson, Sir T. nartopP,n E. B• Pilkdngton, J-,
Beach, W. W. Harvey, n. B. PowYs.Ly
J bbe, P. L.
Beecroft, G. S. Hassard, 11 •D. Pugh, D.
Bernard, CoL Hay, Sir J. run, P.
Blake, J. A. Henley, J. ePtcn, G. W. J.
Sinollett, P. B.
Bramston, T. W. B ibbert, J. T. Rogers, J. J.
Bremridge, R. Hodg-klnson, G. Rose, `P, A.
Brooks, It. Holmesdale, Lord Scott, Lord H.
TB:l:airlburloefity,:ll:,:.. J. li,
a
Bruce, Sir H. Horsiall, T. B.
Bruen, H. Howes, E. Selwyn, C. J.
Cecil, Lord R.
Cargill, W. W. Hilumuraeo,ewrrsto.
Wns.e.,TFP... S.
Cochrane, A. D. B. Inn'estre, Viscount Sornes, J.
Cole, H. Jaffe, Sir W. Stracey, Sir H.
Cole, J. L. Jones, D. Stewart, Sir M. R.
Cox, W.
Dawson, It. P. Taylor, Col.
Du Cane, C, Kennard, R. W. Taylor, P. A.
Dunne, Col. linightleEß, Thynne, Lord H.
Du Pre, C. G. Lawson, W. Tollemache, J.
Egerton, Sir P. Leader, N. P. Torrens, R.
Egerton, A. F. Leighton, Sir B. Trollope, Sir J.
R r Egerton, E. C. Long, R. F. Turner, C.
IliCeeklleyr Scinr'F.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Long-field, It. Vansittart, W.
Farquhar, Sir M. Lovaine, Lord Verner, B. W.
Ferrer, J. Lyall, G. Walcott, Admiral
Fleming, T. W. Lyg-on, r. R. Waterhouse, S.
Flyer J. l'SracaulaY,_-14-• Whitmore, B.
Forde, Col, MacEvoY,v,. Willoughby Sir IL
Forester, Gen, Manners, Lord J. Wyndham, lion. H.
Franklyn, G. W. Mills, A. Wynn, C. W. W.
Fraser, Sir W. A. Mittord, W. T. Wynne, W. W. E.
Gard, It. S. Moor, H. Yorke, J. R.
George, J. Morgan, 0,..
Goldsmid, Sir F. Mowbray,
Gore, J. R. 0. Mundy, vv...;
Gore, W. It 0. Murray, W.
Gray, Capt. Noel, Li. J.

TELLERS.

Maling, R.
Runt, G. W.

BALLOONING.—M. Nadar announces that he will
shortly make another anent in his balloon, the Want,
somewhere on the Mediterranean, and that he will attempt
t 9 gran Wit pga•

Exchanges are quoted on London, 90 days' date,
50 to 7-16; Paris, sf. 32c. to sf. 330.; Marseilles,
51. 33c. ; Genoa, sf. 33c.

A Shaksperean Discovery.

Mr. J. 0. Halliwell writes in the Athenfflum under date
Stratford-on-Avon, April 26,1861—They who are listening
anxiously for every whisper which may tell us something
to increase the collection of facts that are by slow degrees
substantiating a chronology of the main incidents in the
material life of Shakspere, will gladly welcome the an-
nouncement of a curious addition to them.
The new fact to be now published is imbedded in a large
folio manuscript volume which has been kindly confided to
the care of the Rev. J. Granville, the respected vicar of
Stratford-on-Avon, by the authorities of the Lord Cham-
berlain's office, and is now being publicly exhibited for a
time, by their permission, at the birth-place in Henley-
street. It contains a minute account of the expenses in-
curred for the materials of the dresses for those who took
part in the procession at the visit of James the First to tho
City of London in the year 1604—and amongst the entries
is one to the effect that our great dramatist was furnished
with four and a half yards of " skarlet red cloth" on the
occasion. His name occurs at the top of the list of the
same company to whom the patent was granted in 1603.
The following is the title of the manuscript—
" The Accompte of Sir George Howme Knight, Master
of the Greate Warderobe to the high & mightie Prince, our
gracious soveraigne Lord James by the Grace of God Kings
of England, Scotland, Fraunce & Ireland, Defendour of the
Faith, &c., as well of all his receipts as of his empcions
& deliveries of all manner of furniture & provisions
whatsoever by hym bought & provided for his
Majesties use & service against his royall Entrye & pro-
ceedings throughe his honorable Citie of London, togeather
with our soveraigne Ladie Queene Anne his wief & the
noble Prince Henrie his sonne, solemnized xv.th dais of
Marche, 1603, & in the first yeare of his Rain° of Eng-
land, Fraunce and Ireland, &of Scotland the seaven &
thirtith."

The date 1603 is 1603-4. The King's Players aro entered
in the list of the household, occurring after the Falconers,
and appear thus in the MS :

Scarlet red cloth.
r'William Shakespeare .. iiij. yardes, di.
Augustine Phillips ilk). yardes, di.
Lawrence Fletcher iiij. yardes, di.
John Hemminges
PLAYERS, < Richard Burbidge
William Slye
Robert Armyn .. iiij, yardes, di.
Henry Caudell
l. Richard Cowley
Whether the position of the name of Shakspere in this
document proves anything is a subject for further delibera-
tion ; but it is clearly demonstrated, at all events, that the
great dramatist had not retired from the King's Company
on March 15th, 1604. I have no book on the subject to re-
fer to at this moment, and leave it to others to tell us the
nature of the brilliant costume in which Shakspere appeared
in the procession, and whether there is not some contempo-
rary engraving of the pageant in which the actors are in-
troduced. If there be, its interest would be highly enhanced
by the discovery, a note of which is thus hastily transmitted
to you.

M. LINDENSCHMITT'S CARTOON OF "STIANSPERE
AND THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND" has been placed for
exhibition in the Crystal Palace.

Between the "Huguenots" and the " Prophete," M.
Meyerbeer, in 1844, produced the " Camp of Silesia" at
Berlin. This was a patriotic opera which owed its success
to national feeling, and to the great talents of Mdlle. Jenny
Lind. His celebrated " Marche aux Flambeaux," written
for the marriage of the Crown Prince of Prussia with the
Princess Royal of England, and his gorgeous overture
played at the opening of the last Great Exhibition, are
amongst his latest works ; but the Parisian public have been
long looking for his new opera " L'Africaine," which,
though ready for some time, has not been produced because
the composer could not find a prima donna to whom he
could confide the music of the principal part,
M. Meyerbeer enjoyed the highest consideration, and was
decorated with the insignia of many orders. He was Com-
mander of the Legion of Honour, foreign member of the
Institute of France, foreign associate of the Academie des
Beaux-Arts since 1831, and member of various other die-
tinauished societies,

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AMERICAN TROOPS IN BRITISH TERRITORY.—The
11-or'- Wester publishes a letter of Major Hatch, com-
manding United States troops in Minnesota, addressed to
Governor Douglas, and asking permission to pursue a party
of Sioux " murderers," who had fled before tho military
forces of the States, and were supposed to be near Poplar
Point, Assimboine river. The major represented that he did
not feel justified in moving in pursuit towards the point
without the Governor's consent, because he might by chance
place his men in such a position that they might appear as
trespassers on British soil, the locality of the 49th parallel
never having been officially defined ; but influenced by his
desire to prevent a renewal this spring of the barbarous
r
scenes of 1562 and 1863, and the murder of innocent women
and children upon the frontier of his country,ted he
that,
asked
believ-
ing e
mission to pursue and capture the savages with an armed
force wherever they might be found. Governor Douglas
in his reply, dated Fort Garry, March 7, sta
it of the utmost importance for the safety and well-
being of the civilised inhabitants of this part of the world
generally that a powerful tribe of Indians, inhabiting the
borders of an undefined and unprotected frontier of large
extent, should be disabused of the belief that they can with
impunity commit their depredations and murders in one
territory and take refuge in the other in safety for the time
being, ready to renew their operations when it may suit
their inclination to do so, he had no hesitation in comply-
ing with Major Hatch's request, stipulating only that in the
event of active operations taking place within the settle-
ments he would communicate with the authorities and take
such measures as would prevent bloodshed or violence in the
houses or enclosures of the settlers, should any of the Sioux
Indians take refuge there, The Council of Assiniboine, a few
days afterwards met and confirmed and approved the grant
of pormisaion.

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(Front the Building News.)
As Sir John Falstaff was deemed not only witty
hinself, but the cause of wit in others, so the versa-
tile author of that humorous creation was at once
. the best word-painter of the human passions, and
the originator of food for the delineative arts.
The subscription monument erected to his honour
in Westminster Abbey, from a design by Kent,
sculptured by Scheemakers, is not, it may be said,
inferior to many similar works of its time, though,
having been effected in an eminently sarcastic age,
it was keenly satirised when finished.
The celebrated Chandos portrait, now in the
national collection in Great Gcorgerstrect, bolds
" the mirror up to nature," only so far as the fea-
tures, collar, fashion of the hair, and earrings are
concerned.

A memorial, on the most comprehensive scale of
any yet matured, and by no means the less truthful
in the character of its testimony because it was a
commercial conception—a memorial that, having
in one sense served its purpose, was disintegrated,
yet has left undying results on the arts of this
aldermen,country—was
hh nthaendS
Josiahha kspere Gallery of the late
Boydell.
John Boydell was the son of a land surveyor at
Stanton, in Shropshire, and was born in 1719. He
came in due time to London, and bound himself to
Toms, an engraver, under whom he appears to have
worked with assiduity, and in 1745 published some
landscapes on his own account. Civilisation was
not at that time in a state of active upward pro-
gress. Men in the higher ranks were chiefly en-
grossed with the sports of the field, and the few
cognoscenti obtained most of their acquisitions from
the Continent. Perceiving the higher recompense
obtained by dealers, Boydell became a printseller,
at 90, Cheapside ; was elected alderman of the ward,
and in 1790 passed the civic chair. By the intelli-
gence he carried into business, a fortune was rea-
lised; and by enlarged and liberal views he ren.
dered essential aid in the furtherance of art, causing
the tide of admiration and commerce to turn in
favour of British works.
Before the mayoralty of Boydell took place, his
nephew Josiah had become a partner, and it was at
the house of this latter gentleman, at Westend,
Hampstead, that the happy deed was suggested
that not unworthily associates the humble name of
Boydell with the illustrious Shakspere. While
entertaining at dinner his uncle and a party, mostly
artists, it happened to be asserted that an opinions
prevailed abroad that England possessed no talent
for historical painting. John Boydell maintained
that, so far was this from the fact, that suitable sub-
jects and adequate remuneration were alone want*
ing. With this debate was interwoven a notion,
long entertained by Nicol, the King's printer, that
the incidents dramatically rendered by Shakspere
were especially worthy of illustration by the painter.
Out of this table-talk sprang the design of that
noble series of prints which, for size, number, and
excellence, stands on a pinnacle that has no
parallel. Separate engravings have coat propor.
tionably more, but some of these examples reached
fifteen hundred guineas; and the entire work caused
an expenditure of more than a hundred thousand.
pounds.

These stupendous volumes were accomplished in
March, 1805, and dedicated to the King. His
Majesty's portrait, by Benjamin Smith, after Sir
William Beechey, forms the frontispiece ; and the
title-page bears a fine chalk etching by W. Lowry,
from a classically designed bas•relief by the Hon.
Mrs. Darner. The list of engravers shows that
exotic talent was extensively introduced ; and the
name of Caroline Watson asserts the skill with
which female hands could guide the burin.
This book, by calling into action the powers of
the best artists for a period of eighteen
years, tended to place the reputation of English
engravers upon a footing of permanence and.
elevation it could not, in all probability, have
otherwise attained.

But a school of engraving, however essential to
commercial objects, and intrinsically valuable for
its power of disseminating thought and taste, can-
not exist alone. The initial vigour, the sustaining
power, must be derived from the parent art of
painting. Fortunately for Boydell's admirable
purpose, such names as West, Romney, Minh, and
Smirke are but as points in the circle of contem-
porary genius; and amateurs might be named
whose success has rarelysince been equalled.
The pictures obtained from such eminent sources
had, in their collective form, the highest possible
interest; and Boydell, having obtained posses•
sion of Mr. Dodaley's house in Pall Mall, built a
suitable gallery for their exhibition. This was in
1789. The principal external feature of this edifice
was the relievo of Banks, representing Shakespeare
between the Muses of Painting, and the Drama
costumed with a double mask, to manifest the gift
of both tragic and comic powers to her favoured.

When the illustrations had been issued, the first
object of the paintings was served; and although
lohnßoydell appears to have nursed at some period
the hope of presenting them to the nation, changes
in the current of events, and the stagnation in his
own department of commerce, contingent upon the
French revolution, obliged him to abandon so munias
ficent an intention ; and the Government accorded
to him the privilege of disposing of them by lottery.
Thus, in 1804, were distributed the paintings and
drawings of the celebrated Shakspere Gallery; the.
collector, or rather patron, by whom they had been
called into existence, and who had, on the whole,
laid 0utX350,000 on the arts, being then in hisBsth
year. Besides the original works so disposed of,
his stock of copper-plates was so immense that all
the printsellers of Europe could not, he thought,
purchase it.
Most of our readers may hardly require to be
reminded that the building in Pall Mall was pur-
chased by th 9 British Institution, and that the front
of No. 52 displays, as it has done for threesquartere
of a century, the apotheosis of Shakspere.

The Spectator says very finely this week, but veil
erribly also, because with fearful truth :—" We
have been reading the details of the slaughter at DuPPRI
990 ft in length, and the upper
with the feelings of a man who reads the particulars of a
murder that he might and ought to have prevented.''
THE TEMPORARY BRIDGE AT BLAcKFIUARS."'",
ae
eS
The temporary bridge is no mean structure. In its
it deserves to rank as a respectable wore of art, °spew
.
daily considering how quickly it has been Put up, and hoopit is adapted by its solidity, and the safe mechanical prin.
ciples of its construction, to last long and bear
quite
heavy a traffic as the old bridge, which has so long tottered
upon crutches hard by. It was an ingenious device to con-
struct this bridge in two floors or stories, the necessary
accommodation for carriages and foot passengers being
thereby secured at the least
. expenditure of space and mate..
16ft above that designed for carriages. The upper
srtiaolr.y
iTs his wooden bridge !ti
story will accommodate foot passengers by means of two
each 9ft 111 width; the footways of old Blackfriara
The lower floor is 26ft in width, which,aforoetewalayys7,ft wide'
is the same width as the roadway of the old bridge. Ws
are the more Particular in giving these figures, in order to
forestall the complaints which usually abound when 'Jae
public, are required to conform to new usages, and bear rtitit
some little inconvenience for the furtherance of some object
of utility. That the wooden bridge will bear all the bu:dens
put uponit are tolerably certain, for its foundations aro re-
markably
substantial. The lower piles are only 18ft a parts
ane, are driven loft into the bed of the river, and the trans-
verse piles which carry the roadway are only 7ft apart from
centre to centre. These parts aro braced together with great
firmness, so that the vibration common to wooden bridges
will be reduced to a minimum. The openings for the river
are each 70ft span, formed of iron girders Oft, in depth. As
regards the gradients of this bridge, horses have the hest of
it. The incline of the old bridge is 1 in 24, but f:or the
roadway of the wooden bridge the same gradient as that of
the new Blackfriars-bridge has been adopted, nam,Ay, 1 in
40; but, as the footway for passengers is carried 161 t a bevel
the roadway, pedestrians are here placed at a cons ides -able
disadvantage ; they will, in fact, have to ascend F;radi enta
of lin 10 at the approaches, but, that difficulty over, the
remainder of the journey will be almost a dead level. ' The
first pile of the bridge was driven on the 11th August I as:
year, and the bridge was finished in a period of less tb zia
eight months; the result is a noble specimer. of engineeriu g.
The number of piles which support the bridge is 300, a a
the depth of the timber below high water mark is 4 Oft.
Messrs. Rennie and Logan, the contractors, and Mr. S eat,
the superintendent engineer, deserve the highest praif a for
the very satisfactory manner in which this provision I or the
traffic during the construction of the now bridge b' N 4 toeell
carried out.—City ram'