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

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, MIDNIGHT.—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 advices from Lisbon of the 19th inst. mention that
Portugal was perfectly tranquil.
At the Jupiter's departure the Ministers and Finance
Committee were in conference, and had come to an under-
standing as to modifications in some of Senhor Lopez
Branco's projects.
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 inst., cn route to Lisbon.
Our Gibraltar letter quotes tho rate of exchange on
London, at 90 days, at 494 to 491.
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 ilag.
The French residents were placed under the protection
of the British Charg6 d'Affaires.

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TUESDAY.—''
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continuance of dull trade.
MANCHESTER TRADE RSPORT, T
are sorry to have to report a
f eat someufeature weekso
lfsc) much, has been transacted this
past. Depression is the cha-
Not more business,
week as for
our market. The Danish di►pute
racterising
most injuriously. heavy goods
is said to be operating
extreme, and the long continuance of cold
are dull in the _
seriously injured the spring wintry weather has
...trade,
wut it is hoped that the recent genial change w ill be be-
neficial.b Our fore•gn buyers have been quite inactive,
and seem disposed to wait till the future prospects of
continental affairs are more promising than at present.
Amongst the Indian buyers there has been a slight acti-
vity. All parties are anxiously waiting for the settle-
ment of disputes abroad, and seem convinced that no
general move can take place in tho commercial circles
till our foreign polities are more promising of future and
settled peace.
SOLIIIAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. —By the
steam-packet just arrived from Havre, we hear that the
cotton market was yesterday very animated. Sales to
two o'clock amounted to 1,260 bales, and, owing to the
favourable advices brought by the Canada, prices ad-
vanced from 50e. to If. on all kinds. For the last two
days no particular arrivals excepting the George P.
Patten, Captain Stenson, from Mobile, with 9,675 bales
of cotton,

EXHIBITION OF THE NE TV SOCIETY
OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.
Ilaving attended on the occasion of the private
view of the collection of paintings now hanging in
the gallery of this very rising society (53, Pen-
man), e may briefly endeavour to express the
impression made upon us by the first inadequate
inspection of the four hundred and two pictures pro-
duced by the different contributors. Our recollection
of last year's exhibition is so vivid, and our 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 affording us considerable cause for
disappointment. When contrasted with its immediate
predecessor, 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 commendation.
Several of the most prominent contributors have
either retired from competition this spring, or have
shown themselves to have been remarkably indolent.
Mr. 11. Warren, the President, has in only one instance
evinced anything like the ability which has already
gained him his very eminent reputation. In this
one instance, however, he has proved more than
meritorious ; he has produced a daring 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-
denness, its pathos, and its solemnity. Mr. L.
Haghe, 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 his 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 ingenious
sketch (No. 223) of " The Express Train—
Twilight," with the distant lights of the town
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 " Elizabeth et refine" (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 uotice.