The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-12 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

WEIGHING THE DEER. By Frederick
Tayler.
We have been favoured by Mr. Squire, of Cock -
spur-street, with an inspection of this chef d'oeuvre of
Mr. Tay ler's pencil ; indeed, we may say of the Bri-
tish school of water-colours ; for nothing in that de-
partment has hitherto appeared on a similar scale, o
comparable in design and execution to the "Weighing
of the Deer." Perhaps, the gem of the picture is the
female figure in the foreground on the right, but the
drawing is in every detail faultless, the expression
vivid but unstrained, the grouping masterly, and the
colouring perfection itlelf. In the dogs and slaugh-
tered deer we could discern no inferiority to Landseer,
and paramount as has been our admiration of the
"Bolton Abbey " of that eminent artist, we venture
to predict that the forthcoming engraving of the
" Weighing the Deer " will be even a higher favourite
with the lovers of the arts. The original is, we un-
derstand, already disposed of for three hundred
pounds, a price not too high for so rare a specimen of
British genius. We trust it may be permitted to re-
main a little longer on view at Mr. Squire's, as we
shall not easily look upon its like again.

LINES FOlt MUSIC.

SUNG AT THE SHEFFIELD ATHENEUM, NOVEMBER 6TH,

1849, ON THE OCCASION OF OPENING THE MECHANICS'
INSTITUTE.
The sweetest lays that man can raiso
Should greet the spreading light of Reason,
A 6 bee and bird aro ever heard
The loudest in the bright spring season;
And let us gladly hail the day
That sees us here with goodly will,
That sheds another helping ray
To make Truth's sunshine wider still.
God speed the esuse, and let the laws
Of Peace and Knowledge rule our land;
God guard the walls whose temple halls
Are filled by Wisdom's Christian band,
No blood-stained spear—no orphan's tear
A blending with our simple glory;
It laurels grace this favour'd place,
They will not tell a carnage story.
But higher far the mortal fame
That we would bravely seek to win;
Man gains his noblest hero name
By quelling Ignorance and Sin.
God speed the cause, and let the laws
Of Peace and Knowledge rule our land;
God guard the walls whole temple halls
Are filled by Wisdom's Christian band.
-Weekly Dispatch. ELIZA COOK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE.-2 to 1 apt Sir
Arthur (t), 4 to 1 apt British Yeoman (t), 5 to 1 agst
Vain lope, 8 to 1 agit Maria Day (t).
CHESTER CUP.-50 to 1 agst Prep-o'•day Boy (t),
50 to 1 agst Melody, 1,000 to 15 agst any other.
DERBI.-25 to 1 agst The Nigger (t).

His Royal Highness Prince Albert will leave
Osborne at an early hour on Thursday next, and
proceed by railway to Slough, where he will be
joined by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George,
who will accompany the procession of the late Queen
Dowager's remains to St. George's Chapel. His
Royal Highness will return to Osborne immediately
after the melancholy ceremony.
OPENING OF THE MARYLIASONE BATHS AND
WASH-HOUSES.—YeEterday the interesting ceremony of
opening the public Baths and Wash-houses erected for
the great and opulent parish of Marylebone, on the site
of the late Tea-gardens, attached to the Yorkshire
Stiogo, New •road, took placs in the presence of the
Churchwardens, Vestry, Baths and Wash-house Com-

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missionert, and a vast -assemblage of ladies and gentle-
men. This institution, which is the largest of its kind
in the metropolis, and which from the vast improvements
which have been effect:A in every department under the

superintendence of Mr. Christopher I: ales, the architect,
may be ranked as the model establishment, has been
erected urvier the superintendence of a 11.1 th and Wash-
house Commission, appointed by the vestry of Sr. Mary-

Lebone, who adopted-file Bath; and Wa;h-houses Aci

soon after it came into operation in 1347. The cost of
the entire building, which is a very neat structure of red
brick with Bath facing, will :amount to very nearly
20,0001. The establishment contains 107 baths, with
shower and vApour baths in addition, for first and
second-class customers. There aro also two capacious
swimming baths surrounded by dressing boxes, and the
washing department canton's eighty-four pairs of tubs,
with separate drying closet for each, and a large ironing
room—each class having separate entrances. The
whole of the baths are so constructed that whilst the
greatest privacy is preserved they have also the- advan-
tage of the open area of the whole building, at the top,
for the purposes of ventilation.
THE WHEAL CONCORD MINING COMFANT.—Yes-

terday a meeting of parties interested in the winding
up of this enterprise was hell at the Cornwall and
Devon Mining-uflices, in King-street, Cheapside. Mr.
Morrison was called to the chair; and from the pro-
ceedings, which extended over nearly three hours, it
appeared that a petition to wind up the affairs had been
served on Mr. G. W. Snell, of Callington, the purser of
the mine, which had turned out an unproductive space-
letion, and that it stood for adjudication before Vice-
Chancellor Knight Bruce on the 14th instant. As the
expense of the proceedings before the Master in Chan-
cery would be heavy, and fall ou all the shareholders,
the purser now appealed to them to come forward with
an equitable contribution to defray outstanding liabili-
ties, and so avoid the expense of an inquiry and pro-
ceeding in Chancery. As there appeared to be no ob-
jection on the part of the meeting to this, provided the
parser would give a clear account concerning the ape-
cifie appropri :tiou of a sum of 5181., resolutions, after
some lengthy observations from Messrs. Bridgeman,
Pocock, Ileddle, Croft, and others, were passed, calling
upon the purser to make out a full statement of receipt
and expenditure from the commencement of the under-
taking, and instructing the committee of liquidation to
endeavour to induce the parties, on payment of their
coats, which was estimated would amount to about 201.,
to postpone the proste.ution of the petition before the
Viet-Chancellor, until the account was ready.
UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF Da. JOHNSON.—The
following letter, written by Dr. Johnson nine weeks
before his death, is published with a facsimile of his
handwriting, in the Literary Gazette :—" To Mr.
Ryland, merchant, in London.—Dear Sir,—l ern glad
that so many could yet meet at the club, where I do not
yet despair of some cheerful hours. Your account of
poor dear Payne makes me uneasy ; if his distemper
were only the the true sea scurry, it is incurred eusily,
and I believe iniellehly curable. But I am afraid it is
worse, not a vitiation of Funicular humours, but a do-
bilitetion of the whole freme, an effect not of casuality
but of time. I wish his recovery, and hope that be
wishes and prays for mine. I have for some days, to
speak in the li,,,htest and softest language, made no ad-
vances towards health. My breath is much obstructed,
and my limbs are wells of water. However, I have
little cause to complain. My mind, however, is caltre'r
than in the beginning of the year, and I comfort myself
with hopes of every kind, neither despairing of ease in
this world, nor happiness in another. I shall, I think,
not return to town worse than I lett it, and unless I gain
ground again, not much bettor. But God, I humbly
hope, will have mercy on me.—l am, dear Sir, your
most humble servant, Sum. Johnson, Lichfield, October
6, 1784.