The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-25 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, MIDNIMIT.—The Peninsu-
lar and Oriental steamer Jupiter, Captain F. Meehan,
has just arrived, with the usual mails from Gibraltar,
Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo.
Our advises from Lisbon of the 19th inst. mention that
Portugal was perfectly tranquil.
At the Jupiter's departure the Ministers and Finance
Committee wero in conference, and had come to an under-
standing as to modifications in some of Senhor Lopez
Branco's prtjects.
Increased estimates for the war department were to
be agreed to, and the full complement of 24,000 men
kept up.
The political news is not of much importance.
Russian, Danish, and Swedish ships had been relieved
from differential tonnage dues in Portuguese ports.
Exchange on London at three months, 54 ; Lisbon
Bank notes, 41 discount.

King Charles Albert arrived at Oporto on the night
of the 19th iust., en route to Lisbon.
Our Gibraltar letter quotes the rate of exchange on
London, at 00 da3 s, at 494 to 49i.
We have advices from Tangier, confirming the intelli-
gence brought by the Indus, that the French Consul-
General in Morocco, having failed to obtain reparation
from the Moorish Government for the insults ho had re-
ceived, had terminated diplomatic relations with the
Emperor's Government, and had hauled down his flag.
The French residents were placed under the protection
of the British Charge d'Affaires.

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MANCHESTER TRADE It !wow'', TUBSDAr.—Wit
are sorry to hare to report a continuance of dull trade.
Not more business, if so much, has been transacted this
week as fur some weeks past. Depression is tho cha-
racterisirg feature of our market. The Danish dispute
is said to be operating most injuriously. Heavy goods
are dull in the extreme, and the long continuance of cold
theebetn future prospects of
inactive,quite
wintry weather has seriously injured the spring trade,
but it is hoped that the ri.cent genial charge Hill bo
be-
neficial.and seem
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nig for the continental affiirs are more promising than at present.
Amongst the Indian buyers there has been a Might ilea-
in
seem convinced that no
the commercial circles
general
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settle-
ment
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abroad,
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till our foreign politics are more promising of future and
settled peace.
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let TUESDA MORNING. —By the
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market tlws at, we hear that the
two o'clock amounted t very animated. Sales to
favourable ad vices 0260 bales, and, owing to the
ad-
vanced from 50c to lf brought by the Canada, prices ad-
days no • ' .on all kinds. For tha last two
P particular arrivals • -
excepting the George P.
fatten, Captain 6 tenson, from Mobile, with 2,678 bales
of cotton.

EXHIBITION OF THE YEW SOCIETY
OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.
Having attended on the occasion of the private
view of the collection of paintings now banging in
the gallery of this very rising society (53, Pall-
mall), we may briefly endeavour to express the
impres-ion made upon us by the first inadequate
inspection of the four hundred and two pictures pro.;-.
duccd by the different contributors. Our recollection
of last year's exhibition is so vivid, and out ad- •
miration continues to be so sincere for some of
the works of art there submitted to public
scrutiny, that we cannot but regard the pre-
sent exhibition (the fifteenth in the career of • the
association) as aff.irding us considerable cause for
disappointment. When contrasted with its immediate
predeeessor, it appears to us of a decidedly inferior
character; though when viewed simply in regard to
its own merits, and altogether irrespective of our
recollections, it is in several instances not by any
means disentitled to comniendwion.

Several of the most prominent contributors have
either retired from competition this spring, or have
shown themselves to have been remarkably indolent.
Mr. If. Warren, the President, has in only one instance
evinced anything like the ability which haualready
gained him his very eminent reputation. In this
one instance, however, he has proved more than
meritorious ; he has produced a during and ambitious
painting in that simple purity of style which Mr.
Herbert, the Royal Academician, has borrowed from
the early Italians. The work is No. 276, " Joseph's
Coat brought to Jacob ;" and the statuesque figure of
the patriarch with the kneeling forms of the brethren
who have made away with the youngest and the
best beloved,, are singularly bold and beautiful. The
story is told in one glance, with all its force, its su-
dentless, its pathos, and its solemnity. Mr. L.
Ilaghe, the Vice-President, has in like manner one
picture (No. 102), not unworthy of his pencil—
" Vespers in the Church of St. Anne, .Bruges
rich in architectural beauties, in depth and transpa-
rency of shadow, and even in such minor excellences
as the vivid delineation of the marble masonry. Mr.
Corbould is scarcely so felicitous in 1849
as he was in 1848. His " Happy as a Queen,"
though charming, is in no degree compa-
rable to bis exquisite " Water Lily" of
last season. No. 160. "The Murderers of Thomas
Chase, of Amersham, drawing up the Letter to the
Clergy," is, we take it, more of an experiment than a
labour of love on his part. As an experiment is is,
nevertheless, marvellously clever and effective, the
gleaming armour of the knights and the gorgeous
episcopal robes of the bishop standing boldly out
from the sombre darkness of the apartment. - Mrs.
Margetts has several agreeable fruit pieces in
the manner of Lance, such as No. 228;
" Quinces, Pomegranates, and Grapes." H.
Maplestone contributes one inimitably initenieua
sketch (No. 223) of " The Express Train—
Twilight," with the distant lights of the titer*
twinkling under the arches of the viaduct. C. H.
Weigall's " Pere de Famille" (No. 243) is a
scrap from Nature. So also is the pic-
ture of " Eliaabeth et Fefine" (No. 360)
by William Lee. " The Servant of all Work " by
Harrison Weir (No. 281) is worthy of even Herring
or Landseer—small and unpretending as it is. One
of the most charming landscapes in the
whole exhibition is that of the "Windings
of the Wye," by George Campion. Admirable
also is that of "Spearing Salmon in North Wales,"
by J. H. Mole. Among the works of W. Rehnert,
the most conspicuous, and in all respects the most
meritorious, is that of the "Precincts of a Large
City—Evening" (No. 36). A number of other
clever productions are unavoidably overlooked from
the brevity of the space which we have allotted our-
selves for the present notice.