The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-06 00:00:00

concession has always been indignantly refused.
Peussi a seems through its Government no longer to
aspire to any dignity, for even of the secondary
States of Europe it may with confidence be said
that not oiie of them has been weak or wicked
enough to incur such a reproach. When the Turk
was called upon to surrender Kossuth and his com-
rades, in 1849, he peremptorily refused, and the in-
stances are fresh in every recollection of the like
national integrity and independence on the part of
Bwitzerlaud and Saxony. We put the matter,
therefore, at once upon ground of European law,
and we say plainly that nothing can warrant the
people of Prussia in passively aiding and abetting
the surrender of a single Pole to the Muscovite
murderers.
ATHNEUM.—The collection of the National
Portrait Gallery—which is to be thrown open to
the public on Monday next—continues to increase
notwithstanding the difficulties that seem to beset
it. Since the period of our last record the trustees
have purchased several authentic portraits of
distinguished men ; btn, only two or three of the
number deserve notice as works of art. A clever
miniature of Dr. Wolcott, more generally known as
Peter Pinder, by Lethbridge, is a truthful but very
favourable transcript of that selfish man and un-
sparing writer. As a piece of rich and honest paint-
ing, it is deserving of high praise. Bishop Horsley,
the opponent of Priestley, also by Lethbridge, the
miniature painter, has likewise found a place in the
Gallery. King Henry the Eighth, a small square
picture on copper, is from the Lee Priory Collection
and welcome as one of a class of portraits in which
the Gallery has hitherto been somewhat deficient.
The swarthy countenance of King Charles the
Second, in large black wig, with steel cuirass and
buff sleeves, is shown to considerable advantage in
a clever bust-portrait by Mrs. Beale, whose imita-
tions of Lely frequently pass for the work of her
master himself. General Monk, poor as a picture,
but valuable as a piece of accurate portraiture, re-
sembles in many respects a well-known miniature
of him by Cooper. Lord Chesterfield, taken at a
comparatively early period of life, and probably be-
fore the commencement of his celebrated Letters, is
a clear and well-painted picture, superior both in
colour and in drawing to the other more generally
known portraits by Hoare, of Bath, by whom this
alsa was painted. The round, placid countenance
of Richardson, the author of ' Clarissa Harlewe,'
with a pimple on his cheek, just sufficient to mark
identity, without producing a disagreeable effect, is
highly favourable as a specimen of Highmore's
powers ; whilst another portrait, exhibiting the
fiery eye and flexible mouth of Dick Steele, with a
sudden movement of the head, affords a striking
contrast both in character and treatment to the
former picture. Richardson, the painter, is cer-
tainly not seen to advantage in this picture
for the conception and execution are by no
means fairly balanced. Bishop Burnet puts
in an appearance through a heavily-
shadowed picture by Riley. He has a
sullen and obstinate look; neither the eyes nor form
of the lips would prepossess any one very strongly
in his favour. He wears the blue mantle and in-
signia of the Chancellor of the Order of the Garter.
Many of the pictures in the Gallery are now hung
of necessity in the darkest places between the win-
dows, and several of the smaller and very interest-
ing portraits are put out of sight round the corner
of a projecting wall, where few persons would think
of looking for them. The terra-cotta bust of Oliver
Cromwell has been carefully cleaned, and is worthy
of being seen in a better light. The pictures and
busts now amount to 159 in number.

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