The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-15 00:00:00

I had hopes-1 know that they have proved to we,
founded, but I cannot admit that they were unreasoePt of
I had hopes that I should have been able to avail 13394/660
the privilege of free admission conceded to exhibitors•
fo rt unately, I do not exhibit I tore)t
I sent three pictures: 1 (a pre-Raphaelite bit of 11-0
"Docks and Marsh Mallows ;" 2 (an attempt to deP—to
really unhackneyed historical situation), " Ch,„,arnies(
Second in the Oak," 3 (a genre painting), "
Crinoline." a euv
If it were becoming (which it is not) I could sayWoto
deal about these works; but I forbear to do so. The/
all three r.jected by the Hanging Ck mmictee. O.
I have accordingly paid my shilling, and I mean
it out in criticism. The Academicians have exercise' 00
rights; I shall use mine. There will be plenty of b'ro blot
fawn upon the imbecile canvas-spoilers, the rili6ei sei
crass, cringing, dull, feeble, superannuated, if:40°11;0
abject Forty. Of those hacks I decline to be one.
truth (uninfluenced by passion) is what the vire-G
dotards shall hear from me. fat
I Mon nrowlint,, -.bout Aterai,

saw men prowling a, (there was Mr. Thao._ for
instance, as large as life, and a host of other " suncelbeir
men—l hate success 1) who had evidently made 1-117.ethi'
minds to be pleased with this, the most disreputable ""z-itit
bition that ever degraded British Art. Let them. Tll°,,llloo'
is free, as Mrs. Brown said at the play; and 80 are -Job
It is all very well to get a set of literary time-servos tO
and nob with Academicians at the annual orgie whit ids
graces Trafalgar-square, and on which hundreds of I)",it of
are spent that ought to be devoted to the develofant;
talent such as that of—well, of some I could name; :7it
was never invited to the so-called banquet. Bahoooo
deed 1 I would rather maintain my honest incloPali"„-or
though I had nothing to eat but a polony—and this jO16",11
bo
times the case I Look at Young Mr. Marcus stone• is
bound to say he never eats polonies—and yet all Lon .e
talking of his " Napoleon," whilst my "New critialill
has not yet met even with a dealer I
Look at Mr. Ruskin. What do they do to him F
they asked him to dinner i What was the result F Npt
His Critical Notes have never appeared since!!
that it matters much. et
Exhibition, indeed I Why, you can't see anythingoo
that there is much to see—for the crowd of gaping domes
that block up the hideous and uncomfortable roomsol •
their propisterous crinoline—and yet the Aoademtnieno: or
jetted mine I Then, the "swells "—a set of lounging e'
sipid imbeciles, drawing out their vapid
and the old fogies, wagging their stupid old be d ale
should like to knock a few of them together I--aet
smug, smiling fellows whose pictures have been anceP:ezott
and the "Art-Critics," who pretend to sea power in 'air;
like Millais, and poetry in a man hke Hook, and ht1133,:y,
a man like Marks, but who are far too high and toig-nka
promise you, to come up four pair of stairs and egepre
" Marsh Mallows,"--and if they did, they couldn't 72.--eia'
ciate them I There, I'm tired of the whole concertr";#
tures and painters and visitors and all—and Mrs. to
is bothering me for the rent—and, unless you print I
tarp,
show up the impostors, and send the money Or rf one,"
shall have to paint signboards. David Cox Painte":O e
and I dare say did it badly—for I never thought 111-°
him I Or any other man I—Fun.

TH E —ORTII-EASTERN POEM—The castorfi
ton 9 :to
house returns for April show that 202,731
and 12,188 tons coke were exported over sea from Ne,11,31011e
in that month, as against 163,334 tons coal and coo
coke in April, 1862; Sunderland exported 102,::,98 t°lleitoli°
and 1,924 tons coke, against 104,951 tons coal and 2,6441001
coke in 1862. The Hartlepools exported 59,817 t°ollg-/ tone
and 3,819 tons coke, against 63,096 tons coal and 4,"00g11
coke in April, 1862. With the exception of Middlesh°'-f 030
and Shields, the latter, with Newcastle, being a porot:corte
Tyne, the smaller ports show a falling off in the 'ci-otge
oversea during April. Of goods other than coal 911,,....0a
exported oversea in April the returns are as nutler;poolof
Tyne, £129,130; Sunderland, £6,017; the Vert;y72s;
£252,194; Middlesborough, £31,165; Stockton, 7,7.25 at
showing an increase of £33,881 on the Tyne ancl:3s2B°
Stockton, and a decrease of £370 at Sunderland, '45,4/4
at the Hartlepools, and £2,731 at Middlesborough. 1 Noe
tons coal were shipped to London and coastwise fre473/01 tono
castle in April, 128,057 tons from Sunderland, 9°''' 000?
4f from thetwaHs a
fromrtlep o
a,
hla2m,4,lsantdon 57,8fr505m
tons fro° -I'
s'.:so
29,301 tons coal, 2,193 tons coke, 30,623 cwt iron, allavoce
cwt alkali were exported from the Tyne last week no coke'
returns show an increase in the shipments of 147 L°— 4, the
13,848 cwt iron, and 485 tons alkali, and a decreala;t fur-
shipment of coal of 16,962 tons. The state of the hind
naces in the Cleveland district on May 1 was %%lice oef last
In blast, 61; out, 19 ; total, 80. During the ec)--t,- °bed ell
week a considerable number of new ships were la3l, ire°
the Wear. Messrs. J. H, Oswald launched a lard fop
screw steamer of 1,200 tons register; Messrs. rile
_wen'
an iron ship of 1,050 tons, fitt d out for Droop errand co.,
get ship, and the property of Messrs. G. • TYer' ma/lolled
of London. Five timber-built ships were 11150 a wooden
from otiux yards, one of them a clipper-brick,
vessel with iron

Mr. Bright and the Enemies of England'

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin.,—Mr. John Bright having volunteered the
assertion that " Wherever an Irishman plants til:
toot, there stands an enemy to England," I ;3.80
your permission to make " a very few replan_
upon his statement in general and its a
to
this country in particular. h
Although Mr. Bright is Member for
afl
and a man of prominence in what is called the PTs
tical world, I do not believe he has ever been in tu..l
an Irishal,:
country. But as it so happens that I,
not only "planted my foot" in this "foreign lerich
some three years ago, but have travelled Milo.
therein, it is possible that your readers may cc'.o2
application
sider it not presumptuous in me to give an 'Vino% I
on the subject in question, notvvitlastanding der
neither being a prominent man, nor coming 11°
Mr. Bright's definition of " an Irishman,"
Undoubtedly there are many of my ceuntrYule:
residing in this country who are, or at least 0;0
loudly that they are, "enemies to England*" I ha
met such, and asked them why they were s°' efl
never having received any definite exPtalia"nciner
answer to that plain question, it really is un ec
sat y for me to dissertate thereon. • lion
On the other hand, I have often met Irteß
who told me they bitterly regretted havitigied
former times, when in the old country, been saf
away by the specious speechifyings and writing id
demagogues and trading politicians into Pinivgd„,.,
that system of political agitation, es it is 011%4
which they now see was contemptible--censi
chiefly of senseless abuse of " the Saxon," andto
practical whining and threatening about cer od
stated grievances that are now passed avfel',:of
with practical neglect of the material inteter"-
Ireland, both present and future. rtbet
However, it is not my purpose to remark fn cur
on strictly Irish topics. Indeed, it does not +top
to me that Mr. Bright, who pronounces they.
opinions with his usual dogmatic powers ofi'ver
tion upon Irishmen in "foreign lands," hitii.ettea
appeared to take much interest about them v-.611t
at home. It is true he took an active part "are
that section of „liberal members," as the/ tial
called, who, without having been entitled to no,
credit for suggesting or originating that;getBo
rally excellent measure, the Encumbered ES-
by
Act, helped to cause injustice to many Pere°/3„
the unnecessary urging on of an immediate ler
cation of its most stringent provisions—or, ill c)o
words, the uncalled for forcing of much proPerrtris
the market, lowering prices abnormally, withuespd
ment to the legitimate interests of individtn"s'oc,
with no actual adNantage whatever to the PIO
It is true, however, that some English spect,oo4
bought estates, as the term goes, "for a song'
toe
it was generally reported in Dublin at theth-jog
that Mr. Bright tried to "do nelneryo
in that way" himself, but that the Irish atr°—,, eta
were too 'cute, and secured the " bargains

their clients or themselves. the
Be this as it may, Mr. Bright has of courseretbe
feet right to give his opinion about Irishmen in
abstract; and as assuredly as I am not an " e°13,10
to England," so certainly do I believe him to be trot
his public capacity of speech-making, as an 003`fte
ill-will between all classes at home, and as the c°oo.
spondent and congenial friend of the trading 1;0
ticians and professional stirrers u 2 of anti-1311
feelings in this country.
I can assure Mr. Bright, however, that the 'Ate;
rican people—not the "politicians"—are, i 0
tbo
humble opinion, beginning to see through hoe
" organised hypocrisy" of these raisers of al 01,
and cry for selfish, sordid reasons against Baglor
And ere long the people in the aggregate will rethe
nise the fact that the material interests n` they
two countries are nearly identical, and that
roe'
will submit no longer to be plunged into int' 00
tional " difficulties," and brought periodically °who
verge of a war consequent on the acts of these '°
:
either seek the temporary aid of an " election vo
or strive to merge the disasters and crimes °f'
tLy
unnecessary domestic war in one equally 11°
righteous.—l am, sir, your obedient servantf.e,
AN IRISH TRAVOLP.-
New York, May 2.
Poking « Fun',
at the Royal Acadeala
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