The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-13 00:00:00

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sailor's wife looking fr.= her
at the raging sea as it thunders on
supplicating that her husband r
perils of the deep. Some of the incidents 4 higWy
dramatic, as, for example, the rescue of a family
from fire ; a night scene in Oxford-street, where a
wretched outcast, -clasping a sickly child to her
breast, passes a glaring gin palace, through the open
door of which " gay" women and fast men are seen
tippling; and, perhaps more effective than either, the
meeting of a girl with her intended seducer, who
points to the carriage in waiting and urges her to fly
with him, while the chime of the village church-
bells calling to evening service awakens her better
feelings, recals to her mind the happy, peaceful
home she is about to abandon, and prompts her to
pray for strength to resist the tempter. The story is
perfectly told.
The foreign pictures are exceedingly numerous,
but the imperfect state of the catalogue, and the
fact that the works are not yet numbered, prevents
me from noticing more than a few. The French
contributions are small, but make up in quality
what they want in numbers. There is a splendid dog
by Rosa Bonheur, a large white animal, with a few
brown spots, chained to an iron staple driven into a
wall. The dog resembles a Russian terrier, but is
huge enough for an English mastiff. He is sitting
down, looking out towards the spectator, with a
calm and placid aspect, but there is a lurking devil
in his eye, which shows that at the slightest provo-
cation he would spring at your throat. The boldness
of the artist in painting a white dog against an ex-
ceedingly light background is only equalled by the
success with which she has made the figure stand
out in the strongest relief. The foreshortening
is admirable, and altogether this is as good
a specimen of animal painting as has ever
been accomplished by the French Landseer. A
portrait, by 111. Jannot, of the eloquent Dominican,
the Abbe Lacordaire, clad in the white robes of
his order, is a very .good example of French
portrait painting, - and- in quite another style,
but just as effective, is the figure of a monk, by the
lady who paints under the name of Henrietta
Brown. The " Widow's Mite," by Dubuffe, is a
large picture, full of feeling, and handled with much
delicacy and power. The gem of the French col-
lection, however, is a delightful little painting by
Edouard Frere. It represents a group of French
schoolboys dressed in military uniform, and fully
equipped with mimic implements of warfare, rush-
ing tumultuously through a village street, while an
old veteran, leaning on his staff, looks on with in-
tense enjoyment, and thinks of the days when he,
too, was young. The grouping of the figures, the
masterly drawing, the delicate discrimination of
character, the life,variety, and movement which are
depicted on a canvas not more than two feet long
must be seen to be adequately appreciated. The
Exhibition contains upwards of 50 Spanish pictures,
the greater number of which come from the National
Museum of Madrid. Three of these possess con-
spicuous merit—viz., " Isabel, the Catholic, dictat-
ing her testament," by Eduardo Rosales, a life-
size picture, painted with singular vigour ; the
" Ancient Hall of the Cortes of the Kingdom of
Valencia," by Pablo Gonsalvo, one of the finest
interiors I have ever seen ; and " The body of
Beatrice de Cenzi exposed on the Bridge of San
Angelo," by Lorenzo Valles, a powerfully conceived
and ably executed work. A monk in a black
domino reads an office for the soul of the victim
of unnatural lust, another seated at the head of the
bier tells his beads with an expression of solemnity
and awe, the Roman matrons and maids gaze with
pitying eyes at the mournful spectacle, and sympa-
thising hands cast garlands of flowers on the
corpse. Two or three of the gamins of Rome,
perched on walls and on the base of the columns
near which the bier is deposited, look on with
the thoughtless curiosity of youth, and a " swell"
of the period casts a careless glance at the
scene as he passes by in his sedan chair. The picture
is remarkable also for its good aerial perspective. I
must reserve a notice of the German, Belgian, and
Scandinavian schools.

DUBLIN, Friday Night.

The Prince of Wales was entertained at a ball
last night by the Lord Lieutenant and Lady Wode-
house at the Viceregal Lodge.
He proceeded from the Viceregal Lodge at a
quarter to 1 o'clock this day to visit Lord Powers-
court at that nobleman's seat in the county of
Wicklow, accompanied by the Lord-Lieutenant and
Lady Wodehouse, Earl Spencer, General Knollys,
the Hon. J. Wodehouse, Major Teesdale, and Capt.
Arkwright, A.D.C., in waiting.
The distinguished party had accepted the invita-
tion of Lord and Lady Powerscourt to a dejeuner at
the family mansion.

Their Royal Highnesses, the Lord Lieutenant,
and suite travelled by road, the distance being
something under 14 miles, the Prince occupying an
open carriage. _ _

Although no public announcement of the visit was
made groups of spectators occasionally thronged the
route, and by them the Prince was cordially cheered.
Prior to the departure of the royal yacht from
Kingstown, at 7 p.m., the Prince entertained the
Lord Lieutenant, LadyWcldehouse, the Lord Mayor,
the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, the Duke
of Leinster, and a distinguished party at dinner.
The Prince, who appeared on the deck just before
departing, was loudly cheered, and an immense
concourse assembled at the Castle Pier, the guns of
the Black Prince, the Liverpool, the Royal George,
and the corvette Thor firing a royal salute as the
vessel steamed out of the harbour. There is a ball
on a magnificent scale in the Exhibition Palace to-
night for the benefit of the Irish Academy of Music.
Naval and Military Intelligence.

Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, Inspector-Gen. of
the Royal Marine forces, has been engaged during
the week in making his spring inspection of the
Royal Marine Artillery and the Royal Marine Light
Infantry at Portsmouth. On Tuesday and Thursday
Gen. Stransham was engaged with the Portsmouth
division of Royal Marine Light Infantry at the
headquarters of the division, Forton Barracks, near
Gosport, inspecting the officers and men on paradez
in theirs quarters, at ship gun drill, &c., together
with the schools and regimental accounts. On Thurs-
day the General proceeded to the headquarters of
the Royal Marine Artillery, at Fort Cumberland
and Eastnay Barracks, and made a close inspection
of the men in quarters, and at practice with guns,
mortars, &c., of different calibres. Yesterday the
artillery and light infantry brigaded together on
Southsea-common, for a joint inspection under arms
the artillery under the command d otfheLilieguht.t-Cinfolsan.
infantry
Schomberg and C. Barnard, and
under the command of Col.-Com. W. H. March.
The artillery mustered on the ground in a strength
of 8 companies, and the light infantry in a strength
of 12 companies, and about 3 p.m. were formed in
line on the common, parallel with the beach, Major-
Gen. Stransham, accompanied by Capt. J. C. Tra-
vers, A.D.C., and a staff of officers, arriving imme-
diately afterwards on the ground, -and receiving the
customary general salute. After inspecting the force
in line, the general, accompanied by his staff, gal-
lopped to the saluting point, and the troops, break-
ing into open column, marched past, first in open
order of companies in slow time, and afterwards in
grand divisions in quick time. A series of field ma-
noeuvres followed, comprising the usual infantry
movements. They terminated between 4 and 5 p.m.,
when the troops were dismtissed—the artillery march-
ing to their quarters at Eastnay and Fort Cumber-
land, and the light infantry to their headquarters at
Gosport. The general appearance of both corps
under arms and the individual smartness of the men
was all that could be desired by the most fastidious
military martinets.

THE CLYDE PORTS.—The amount of Customs'
duty collected at the Clyde ports Glasgow,
Grqenock, and Port Glasgow—during April was £146,642,
as compared with £141,135 in April, 1864, and £185,387 in
April, 1863. The total for the past month was made up as
follows :—Glasgow, 55,218 ; Port Glasgow, 4,217 ; and
Greenock, £87,207. The corresponding figures for April,
1864, were :—Glasgow, £69,157 ; Port Glasgow, 5,766 ;
Greenock, £66,122; and, for April, 1863, Glasgow,
£79;988 ; Port Glasgow, £873 ; Greenock, £104,526. The
increase at Greenock was attributable to the greater degree
of prosperity prevailing in the sugar-refining industry of
the port.

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