The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-20 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS.
We were admitted on Saturday to a private interview of
this Exhibition, which, however, was so crowded, that it was
with difficulty we were enabled to get near enough to mall
of the pictures to form a correct estimate of them. Our
notice must, in consequence, be brief.—No. 41. rico
in the Bay of Naples, is from the pencil of Linton ;
it is beautifully coloured, and is highly picturesque
in its effects.—No. 199. The Prisoner of Chilton 111
taken from Lord Byron's well-known poem of that
name. It is a noble production, especially as regards
the boy, who, day by day, was ," withering in the
stalk away." The child is here represented in nearly ths
last stage of pining atrophy ; and the expression of 114
emaciated countenance is such as it is impossible to witnesss
without emotion. Mr. Hurlstone is the painter of this
striking picture, which is unquestionably the greatest
triumph he has yet achieved. No. 337, a Girl of Frar
cati offering Flowers, is by; Miss Weller. This painting
is finished with remarkable care and attention to propriety
in all its details. The attitude in particular of the femal°
who is offering her flowers, is full of ease and grace ; and her
upraised hands is as delicious a bit of colouring, as glowing,
spirited, yet perfectly in keeping with nature, as is to be
met with in the whole exhibition. The countenance of
the boy is equally impressive—and, from the life-like
air,.is evidently no creation of the fancy, but a portrait
from some Italian original. But the great charm of this
painting is the air of repose that pervades it. It is as se-
rene and peaceful as a midsummer noon, when the light
clouds hang poised in air, and every breeze is lulled. Isle.
132.—The Valley of Mexico does credit to the artist,
Mr. Egerton. It is a most picturesque landscape, replete wit'
animation; and of a cheerful complexion. 334. Portrait Of 6
Nettunese, is another picture by Miss Weller, and shows si
much promise as her Girl of Frascati. The,figure pf the fail
Maid of Nettuno teems with unstudied grace. Nom.
On the Coast near Margate by Clint, in addition t°
its other merits, has this singular one, of giving to a heavy,
monotonous reach of brown sea-sand, quite a cheerful, and
even picturesque, aspect—and this without verging on the.
extravagant. No. 7.—Boys of Serra Genes co is sin'
rited, but parts of it appear to us to be slurred over in haste.
34.—Portrait of Edwin Forrest is not so good a likeness a 5
some that we have seen in the shop-windows. It is, hovvever,
ably coloured. No. 65. A Conference in the Shades, re.
presents Napoleon, Byron, and Scott conversing together.
Scott's countenance is characteristic enough ; but that Of
Byron is far too theatrical ; and as for Napoleon, he has
mouth whose expression is the very reverse of that attrk
buted to it. Mr. Davis, the artist, can, we are sure, paint
better than this, as the shrewd sagacity of Scott's countenaec°
betokens. 283, Study of an Old Favourite, is a clever
picture from the pencil of C. Josi. 413, A Venetian Girl
going to Mass, is a quiet, unaffected bit of colouring, Yet
by no means deficient in vigor. There are many other abir
pictures in this exhibition, which, on the whole, is of more
than average merit ; but we are pressed for space, and moll
defer our notice of them to some more leisure day.

A horse belonging to a farmer at Bradfield, St'
Clair, Suffolk, was lately choked by the servant passing do/ill
his throat a whole egg, which stuck in the gullet. It is a cony
mon practice with servants to treat horses thus, with the view
of producing a glossy coat.
Saturday a gentleman left his horse with an urchio
in Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, when he stripped it of di.
bridle and saddle, and left the animal wandering about We
street until it was traced by the owner. The thief was sub'
sequently taken into custody, and was remanded at Hatton'
garden police-office.
On Saturday sennight, a human skeleton vr4s
found in a sort of grave in a field near Abergavenny, wh,„eff,
some men were digging for stones to repair the road. ."'"
bones were surrounded with stones, and a large flat stone,
about five feet long, covering them ; they lay exposed for the
day, and were then buried.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
At a late trial at Agen (Lot-en-Garonne) a worn of
named Ann Capoulenn was found guilty of stealing a seek °,
wheat in an inhabited house, and was condemned to two Yeart
imprisonment. It appeared that one of the jurymen not 1)0;,
able to write requested a brother juryman to write on bis 134
letin the same verdict he wrote on his own. The sccon:',
juryman complied without asking the individual who made Pg
request whether he wished to record a verdict of " Guilty' 0_
" Not Guilty." The woman having been found Guilty
majority of only one, her Counsel, in consequence of the cis,
cumstance above stated, protested against the verdict, and
mended a new trial.
The panic respecting the saving banks is not On;
fined to Paris. At Lisle a run upon the saving bank in °bac
town had commenced, and was proceeding at the date of
latest accounts. The sums drawn from the metropolitan still
bank within the last three weeks exceeded by 1,0:25,00?..
(41,0001.) the deposits made in the same period. This elorg
cumstance is attributed in a great measure to the pressure.re
distress on the lower classes, and unfortunately that pressuthe
does not appear to approach its termination. From Lyn:ls tor.
accounts received in Paris were still of a most melancholy e"
ractcr ; but it is not the silk trade only that suffers. ~10
woollen manufacture of France is said not to have been wr'ta"cto
40 years in so deplorable a state as at present. These the
would, it was believed, influence the impending votes 0,
stet
Chamber on the grants for the Royal family and for the sec
police.—French Paper. ale
On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, A fe,.rilgr•
of rather shabby appearance knocked at the door oced
Elgin, in Adam-street West, and, on being admitted, Vil' sst
with the most perfect nonchalance into the parlour, anyttoti
down on a chair. She was then questioned as to the " spa
of her business, when she replied that she felt very ill'
was unable to walk back to her home in the country.
immediately went out to procure a cab, in order thath the
might be taken to the workhouse, and on his return githad
vehicle, found, to his great surprise, that the stranger due•
forsaken the chair and was lying on the carpet, where,
tbto
ins his (Mr. E.'s) temporary absence, she had given birt the
a fine female child. The parent and her infant are still triso
said dwelling, and arc properly attended to by the P"
authorities. .tlita
In the early part of the week, the bills in 0,01
neighbourhood were thickly covered with snow, and at pr
remain so. Sharp frosts have characterised the nights. tbo
terday the sun shone out resplendently, and at mid-dila...oe
balmy air bespoke the approach of a more genial seas
Kendal Mercury. Of
The trial of Hearsum v. Cook, for the recoVer:etea
five hundred pounds penalty for bribery, which was,„e„,sPod'o,
to come to trial at the next assizes at Bury St. Ed having
has been postponed, in consequence of the defendant .0 be
put in a plea in bar, which contains matters requiring
proved previous to trial.—Suffolk Chronicle. J.
A horse belonging to Mr. Bullock, farmer, of of
field St. Clare, died on Sunday week, from the effee;ll;o its
flammation, produced by thrusting unbroken eggs '';'„,t egg
throat for the purpose of producing a sleek coat.Tho.°) son
given was stepped at the entrance of the stomach lactic°
natural obstruction, and could not be removed. The Phough
of giving eggs to horses for the purposes above stated,
eolith.
attended with much danger, is, notwithstanding, very 6
—Suffolk Chronicle.