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bushels ditto, 157 barrels Oatmeal, 44,748 bushels Oats,
7,420 bushels Rye, 160 bags ditto, 116 barrels Beans,
3 tierces ditto, 219 packages ditto, 124 barrels Peas,
121 barrels Lard, 120 barrels, 1,171 tubs, 542 firkins,
and 935 packages of Butter, 112 casks and 1,931 boxes
Cheese, 2,204 barrels cured Provisions, 1,686 barrels
Pork, 51 tierces ditto, 640 barrels Beef, 1,004 tierces
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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the Ilause of Commons.)

FRIDAY, JUNE 25.

THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL.

Report further considered ; Motion made, and Question
proposed, " That the " Bill be re-committed :"—Amend-
ment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to
the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this
House will, on Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee,
to consider of an humble Address to be presented to her
Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to take imme-
diate measures for carrying into effect the requisite improve-
ments in the River Thames, and to assure her Majesty that
this House will supply the means for carrying into effect
these most necessary improvements," instead thereof:—
Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out
stand part of the Question." The House divided :

MAJORITY-AYES, 92.
Aglionby, IL A. Eimonde, Sir T. Mostyn, E.
Anson, Colonel Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Brien, J.
Baldwin, Barry Floyer, John O'Conor, Dpn
Bankes, G. Gibson, T. M. Ogle, S. C.
Bannerman, A. Gore, Robert Palmer, R.
Barnard, N. G. Gower, Leveson Parker, John
Bellew, R. M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pattison, J.
Bentinck, Lord G. Guest, Sir J. Polhill, F.
Berkeley, Captain Hastie, Archibald Price, Sir Robert
Borthwick, P. Hawes, Benjamin Rice, E. R.
Bramston, T. W. Henley, J. W. Rich, Henry
lirotherton, Joseph Hill, Lard Marcus Ross, David R.
Brown, W. llobhouse, Sir John Russell, Lord J.
Burke, T. J. Hodgson, F. Rutherford, A.
Bus feild, William Hodgson, R. Sandon, Viscount
Byng, G. S. Holland, Robert Shell, R. L.:
Callaghan, D. Howard, E. G. Shelburne, Earl of
Chapman, Aaron Howard, P. H.' Somerville, Sir W.
Courtenay, Lord Humphery, Ald. Stanley, W. 0.
Cowper, W. F. Inglis, Sir R. Stansfield, W. It.
Craig, W. G. Langston, J. 11. limit, Edward
Cripps, William Lindsay, Colonel Trelawny, J. S.
Dalrymple, Captain Lygon, General Troubridge, Sir E.
DawsonAT. V. Macaulay, T. B. Vane, Lord 11.
Dennistoun, J. Macnamara, Major Villiers, Charles
D'Eyncourt, C. T. M'Taggart, Sir J. Vyvyan, Sir R.
Dodd, George Masterman, John Wodehouse, Edmund
Douglas, Sir H. Matheson, James Wood, Sir Charles
Duke, Sir J. Mania, Fox
Dundas, Admiral Monahan, J. H. TELLTRIL
Dundas, Sir David Morpeth, Viscount Tuthell, H.
Ebriugton, Lord Morison, General Ward, H. G.

MINORITY-NOES, 24.
Baine, Walter Forster, Mathew Wakley, T.
Blake, Martin J. Granger, T. C. Williams, W.
Bowles, Admiral Lawless, Cecil. Wood, Colonel T.
Browne, W. M'Carthy, Alexander Wortley, J. S.
Collett, John Martin, John Yorke, R. H.
Dickinson, F. F. Mitchell, T. A. Young, John
Duncan, George Molesworth, Sir W. TELLERS.
Fielden, John O'Brien, C. Hume, Joseph
Fitzroy, Henry Spooner, Richard Ewart, William

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
JUNE 25, 1847.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
June 19. Heroine cutter, Sir J. R. Canac, Bart.,
from Lymington ; Dryad cutter, William Delafield,
Esq., from Portsmouth; Resolution schooner, Duke of
Rutland, from Troon and Southampton.
21. Noran cutter, Sir LH. B. Hoghton, Bart., from
Tynemouth.
23. Peterel cutter, Earl of Ilchester, from Southamp-
ton; Maud schooner, T. Legh, Esq., from Cherbourg.
25. Dream yawl, George Bentinck, Esq., from Ports-
mouth; Flirt schooner, Sir B. H. Graham, Bart., from
Lymington.

ROYAL COMMISSION of FINE ARTS
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert and the King and Queen of the
Belgians, and attended by a numerous suite, honoured
the exhibition of oil paintings in Westminster-hall with
a visit yesterday afternoon.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Lincoln,
Viscount Canning, Lord Colborne, Lord Ashburton,
Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, and Mr. T. B. Macaulay,
were among the commissioners who arrived at the
hall early, in order to be in attendance to receive
the royal party. Lord John Russell and Viscount
Morpeth came at a quarter before three o'clock, and
were shortly followed by the Right Hon. the Speaker,
Sir James Graham, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. T. Wyse,
and Mr. Vivian.
The royal visitors arrived from Buckingham Palace
at ten minutes past three o'clock, in four of the Queen's
dress carriages. On intimation of the approach of her
Majesty, Lord J. Russell left the hall, and, together
with Viscount Morpeth, advanced to meet the illustrious
party.
Her Majesty rode in the first carriage with the Prince
Consort and the King and Queen of the Belgians.
The royal party were attended by the Duke of Nor-
folk, Master of the Horse, Earl Spencer, Lord Chamber-
lain, the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole, the
Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting, Lady Caroline
Cocks, Maid of Honour, the Lady in Waiting on the
Queen of the Belgians, Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting,
Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in \Vaiting, and Major
Moerkerke.
On alighting, her Majesty was received by Lord John
Russell, who conducted the illustrious party to the en-
trance of the hall, where the other commissioners had
assembled.
The Queen entered the exhibition first, resting on the
arm of the King of the Belgians. The Queen of the
Belgians followe, with the Prince Consort, the mem-
bers of the royal suite coming next, and the commis-
sioners bringing up the rear. Mr. Eastlake, the secre-
tary to the commission, was in attendance within the
hall, and as her Majesty entered that gentleman placed
in her hands an elegantly bound catalogue of the exhi-
bition.
Her Majesty then proceeded to inspect the paintings,
passing first up the lefthand side of the hall, returning on
the opposite side, and subsequently making a second
circuit of the exhibition. The works to which premiums
have been awarded by the commissioners were pointed
out to the Queen by Mr. Eastlake, and with several of
them we understand her Majesty expressed herself
greatly pleased. The visit of the royal party was any-
thing but formal.
Among the works which evidently attracted the
'greatest observation by the royal party were those of the
" Battle of Meeanee," by Mr. Armitage, to which the
commissioners have awarded a premium of 500/.; the
"Burial of Harold at Waltham Abbey, A.D. 1066," by
Mr. Pickersgill, to which also a prize of 500/. is awarded;
and Mr. J. Noel Paton's picture of " The Reconciliation
of Oberon and Titania, which is placed in the second
class of the commissioners, entitling the artist to a prize
of 3001. The first of these three pictures is a very large
subject, measuring 21 feet by 16 feet. It illustrates a pas-
sage in Napier's conquest of Sinde, where, speaking of
this battle, he describes the " van to have been a chain
of single combats, where no quarter was given—none
called for—none expected." The delineation of such a
scene by an artist possessing Mr. Armitage's acknow-
ledged talent, could not fail to produce an admirable re-
sult, and such, indeed, has been the case. The " Burial
of Harold" is a fine subject, and has been very well
treated by Mr. Pickersgill. Mr. Paton's picture, which,
among its colossal companions, appears quite a cabinet
subject, is eminently beautiful. Her Majesty was en-
gaged in admiring the beauties of this work for a very
long period, and she more than once called the attention
of her illustrious relative to it. A small picture, by Mr.
Jacob Thompson, illustrating " her Majesty reviewing
the Drummond Clan in the Courtyard of Drummond
Castle, Perthshire, the seat of Lord Willoughby D'Eresby,
during her Majesty's first visit to Scotland, in 1842," was
also especially noticed by the Queen; as were two com-
panion pictures by Mr. John Wilson Carmichael, the one
depicting Captain Cook in the Tropical regions, and the
other, Captain Parry in the Polar regions.
Her Majesty and her illustrious relatives having com-
pleted their second circuit of the exhibition, and ex-
pressed to the commissioners the gratification they had
experienced from their visit, left the hall at a quarter-
past four o'clock, attended as on their arrival.
There was a large concourse of spectators in the vici-
nity of the hall, attracted by the royal visit, and as her
Majesty left she was loudly and repeatedly cheered by
the crowd.
The royal party drove from Westminster-hall to the
New Palace,- her Majesty being anxious to afford the
King of the Belgians an opportunity of inspecting the
House of Lords. Mr. Barry was in attendance here, and
had the honour of conducting the royal party through
the completed portions of the building.
Shortly after the departure of the Queen his Royal
Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar,
attended by Count de Beust, the Baron Zigesar, and Cap-
tain Taylor, paid a visit to the Hall. His Royal High-
ness was received by Mr. Eastlake, who had the ho-
nour of conducting the august Prince through the ex-
hibition.
We subjoin a copy of the judges' award:—
PREMIUMS OF 500/.
Burial of Harold at Waltham
Mr. F. R. Pickersgill.
A bey, A.D. 1066 (No 17.)S
Alfred inciting the Saxons
to prevent the landing of
the Danes, by encountering Mr. G. F. Watts.
them at sea (No. 28)
The Battle of Meeanee,fought
on the 17th of February, Mr. E. Armitage.
1843 (No. 31)
PREMIUMS OF 3001.
Richard Cceur de Lion for-
giving Bertrand de Guer- Mr. John Cross.
A ir
don (No. 44)
Edward's Generosity to the
people of Calais during the Mr. P. F. Poole, A.R.A.
siege of 1346 (No. 11)
...
The Reconciliation of Oberon
and Titania (No. 24)
Mr. J. Noel Paton.
Christ bearing the Cross
(No. 97)
PREMIUMS OF 2001.
Parable of Forgiveness
(No. 93)
gDt.h the
Princeil of
King
vm
Wisdomerv3si:4(.ab;
henry (No.
eowli.eh9vAeeinn).
The Departure of the Primi-1.
tive Puritans, or Pilgrim I
Fathers, to the coast of } Mr. Charles Lucy.
dead, takes the crown
from the cushion (No. 46)
The parenthetical figures merely pl
of the respective works in the catalogue.
. Ja.pCayl c
t oot tt
hHe o
nrisilme Horsley
to ab e r
The notices issued by the commissioners limited the
number of works sent in by each artist to two subjects.
Of the successful competitors, Mr. Watts, Mr. Paton,
and Mr. Lauder alone contributed two pictures ; the
other gentlemen exhibited only one each. The award
in the cases of Mr. Paton and Mr. Lauder are made in
respect to the merits of both their works. In the case
of Mr. Watts only one of the paintings sent in by that
gentleman is alluded to in the judges' award.
The judges were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir
Robert Peel, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Sir Richard Westma-
cott, Mr. Etty, and Mr. Cook, and we are enabled to
state that when the final award was made all these gen-
tlemen were present.
In the award the several works are mentioned in the
order of merit they are considered to possess.
The names which appear in the above list include
those of four gentlemen who have previously obtained
prizes from the commission. In the cartoon exhibition
of 1843 Mr. Armitage obtained a premium of 3001. for
his drawing of " Caesar's First Invasion of Great
Britain ;" Mr. Watts also obtained a similar premium
of 3001. for his cartoon of " Caractacus led in triumph
through the streets of Rome ;" and Mr. Horsley received
the award of 2001. for his carthon of "St. Augustine
Preaching to Ethelbert and his Queen Bertha." Mr.
ofo
Pickersgilllot i
n the
same
was th recipient
exhibition. of one of the after premiums
The exhibition altogether is, we believe, considered
very satisfactory, by the commissioners, though it doubt-
less contains many works of an inferior degree of merit.
Among the subjects which have not obtained premiums,
though considered to show great excellence on the part
of their respective authors, are an unfinished painting,
voted ts"-;.he"."riAllueVy c'of #.7tiss Were- r *The- 'go:;W'of
Lords," by Mr. W. Cave Thomas ; " The Wreck of the
Blanche-Naf, or White Ship off the coast of Normandy,
with the melancholy fate of Prince William, son of
Henry the First, and his sister Maude," by Mr. T. A.
Woolnoth ; the " Acts of Mercy," by Mr. W. Riviire ;
and " The Defeat of Kellerruann s Cuirassiers and Ca-
rabineers by Somerset's Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo,"
by Mr. T. S. Cooper, A.R.A.
It was stated yesterday that the late Mr. Haydon's
picture of the " Banishment of Aristides" had been ad-
mitted to the exhibition, although not strictly in accord-
ance with the notices issued, which required that all
paintings sent in should be prepared for the occasion.
We understand the representatives of Mr. laydon's
family applied to the commissioners some time since to
know it they would purchase this picture for tie nation.
The commissioners did not feel justified in acceding to
this request, but they have permitted the painting to be
sent in for exhibition. There are two or three other
subjects in the Exhibition with which those vho have
visited the Royal Academy during the last two or three
years will bo familiar. Whether these have been im-
posed on the commissioners as original subjects it is
impossible to say. Fortunately, they are of 4) unim-
portant a character as scarcely to deserve observation
or remark.
The private view, for which a large number tf tickets
have been issued to the leading members of tie aristo-
cracy, takes place this day.
On Monday the Exhibition will be open to tie public
on payment of is. each. This charge will be emtinued
for three weeks or a month, after which the almission
will be free.
It should be added that the price of the espective
works may be ascertained on application to Me Peck-
ham, who has so ably superintended the minor (Ardis of
all the exhibitions which have taken place slider the
commission.

TO SAVE INFECTED ,POTATOES.----MT. Robert
Joseph Biggs, in a letter to the Bristol Mirror,iays
On examining shoots arising from diseased fibers, I
have seen that the rottenness of the cuticle 40ea not
always extend up to the top, and I have cut slay the
lower part diseased and replanted the shoot ; I ind that
it takes root, and will, no doubt, bring good Init. It
must be well earthed up.
Mr. Muggridge had an interview with the Earl of
Clarendon yesterday.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, went
yesterday afternoon, to Westminster Hall, to inspect the
Exhibition of the competing Oil Paintings. The royal
suites consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, the Coun-
tess Vanderstreten (in waiting on the Queen of the
Belgians) Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, the
Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom
of the Stole, Lord Byron, Admiral Sir Edward Codring-
ton, Major de Moerkerke (in waiting on the King of
the Belgians), Lord Alfred Paget, and Col. Bouverie.
The august party arrived at Westminster Hall at half-
past three o'clock.
The Commissioners for Promoting and Encouraging
the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westmin-
ster, assembled in the Hall, and attended her Majesty
and her Royal Consort and their Belgian Majesties dur-
ing their inspection of the collection. The Secretary,
Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance, and also conducted the
Queen and the illustrious visitors round the Hall.
The Lord Steward had the honour of joining the
royal party. The Commissioners present were the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Willoughby de Eresby,
the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Canning, Lord Colborne,
Lord Ashburton, Lord John Russell, Lord Morpeth, the
Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, the
Right lion. Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. T. B.
Macaulay, Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., Mr. Vivian, Mr. Samuel
Rogers, and Mr. Wyse.
Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yes-
terday at Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and his Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, visited her
Majesty the Queen of the Belgians yesterday, at Buck-
ingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent also visited the Queen of the Belgians yesterday.
The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians, accom-
panied by the Frince of Wales and the Princess Royal,
took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four.
The Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget, attended
on horseback.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, Colonel
Bouverie.

The Royal dinner party, yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, included their Majesties the King and Queen of
the Belgians, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the
Countess Vanderstreten, the Countess of Westmoreland,
the Earl and Countess Fortescue, the Earl of Liverpool,
the Earl and Countess Granville, Le Vicomte de Yonghe,
Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, Major de Moerkerke, and Dr. Carswell.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in atten-
dance during dinner.
Sir William C. Ross, R.A., had the honour yesterday
of taking the last sitting for a miniature of her Royal
Highness the Princess Alice.

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took
Alfred, ltfhreeidr,
usualthe
Altiche,eiarndßothyealpHriingehensessuseeslePnrai
yesterday in the royal gardens.
We have authority to state that the two royal pictures
by Winterhalter, will be removed from St. James's Palace
on Thursday next, the Ist July.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Saxe Weimar went yesterday to the Court of Queen's
Bench, at Westminster, and also visited the other Law
Courts. His Royal Highness inspected the collection of
Paintings in Westminster Hall.
A meeting of the New Bishopricks Commissioners
was held yesterday, in Whitehall-place. There were
present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Earls of Chichester
and I'owis, the Bishops of London, Durham, Winches-
ter, and Lincoln; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Lueca visited the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House,
on Thursday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls,
Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn-
wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. An ap-
peal from Bengal, " Mussumat Gholab Khoonwur v. tke
Collector of Benares," was concluded.
CAPTURE OF A SLAVER.

We have been favoured by a correspondent at Sierra
Leone with the following account of the capture and de-
struction of the slaver Tres-Amigos, a Brazilian brig of
415 tons, with 10 officers and 46 men, by her Majesty's
steam•sloop Devastation, R. Levinge commander:—
"On the morning of March 16th, being in lat. 5.30
N., long. 3.10 E. of Greenwich, the Devastation chased
_a suspicious-looking brig, which, on seeing her, imme-
diately made alt sail, and ran in towards the land. After a
chase of sh. 30m., with all sail set, and making eighteen
revolutions in the minute, firing the long gun, loaded
with shot, at 10h. 45m. the stranger hoisted a Brazilian
ensign at the main, and in a quarter of an hour from
that time she ran upon the beach near the river Lagos,
in lat. 6.20 N., long. 3.10 E. of Greenwich. Two boats
were seen to leave the brig, filled with men, who es-
caped to the shore. The steamer having come close up
and anchored, immediately manned and armed her boats
and sent them to board, under command of First Lieut.
P. M. Godfrey, with Acting Lieut. J. Carmichael and
Mr. T. Coutts, boatswain. They found the brig well
armed, two long 18-pounders on pivots, one between the
masts and the other abaft the mainmast; two broadside
guns forward (18-pounders), and two brass swivels on
the bulwarks of the quarter-deck; also nettings to repel
boarders, ammunition, muskets, cutlasses, blunderbuses
—in fact, every kind of weapon for defending a vessel.
" The surf was very dangerous, one of the boats of
the Devastation being dashed to pieces alongside the
slaver, and the crew washed ashore; one also upset, and
was driven ashore by the rollers, and the brig in a short
time became a total wreck. The officers and men, after
cut:ing away the masts with their cutlasses, found it
necessary to swim ashore for their lives. The brig
parted amidships. One marine was lost in trying to
swim ashore.
"The man who had been looking out at the mast-head
of the slaver was seen in the surf, heavily ironed, having
been thrown overboard by the captain for not keeping a
better look-out and seeing the cruiser before. The
Devastation's crew tried to save the poor fellow, but his
irons took him down. The surf ran so high as to make
it quite impossible to get off to the Devastation, so the
men had to remain ashore till the next morning, when
the paddle-box boat was anchored at the back of the
surf, and the dingy being well buoyed up with cork
fenders and bunkers, was veered ashore by hauling lines.
After various attempts, which proved successful, in em-
barking the men, they were all got off. The French
man-of-war brig Leger rendered every assistance in
trying to get the men off. Too much praise cannot be
given to the captain, officers, and ship's company of this
brig for their valuable services.
" All the prisoners, ten in number, who were found on
board the brig were saved.
" The Devastation has also taken an American brig
under Brazilian colours, with 520 slaves on board, bound
to Rio.
" The Tres-Amigos had made several successful trips
from the coast. On the last voyage she landed at Bahia
1,400 slaves."

DEATH OF ADMIRAL THE HON.

SIR ROBERT STOPFORD,

This venerable and much respected naval officer ex-
pired yesterday forenoon at his temporary residence at
Richmond, at the advanced age of 80, and after a service
in the P.oyal Navy of a period close upon 70 yearn.
Latterly the gallant officer has been best known as
Governor-General of Greenwich Hospital. Sir Robert
Stopford was a member of the noble house of Courtown,
and was born in 1768, being the son of the second Earl
of Courtown. When at a tender age he entered the
navy, and after a probationary service as midshipman,
was appointed to a lieutenantcy on the 15th of July,
1785. His further commissions were thus dated :
Commander,, and er,
vice captain,
admiral,Aug At
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1812; and Admiral, May 27, 1825. The career of the
rear-admiralm , JuneApri
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deceased was distinguished by circumstances of more
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than ordinary brilliancy. In Rodney's action of the
12th of April, 1782, he was midshipman of the Prince
George. In Howe's action he was captain of the
Aquilon, and in Cornwallis's retreat he commanded the
Phaeton. At the battle of St. Domingo, where he was
wounded, he was captain of the Spencer, 74. He sub-
sequently received a medal for his conduct at the latter t
engagement. In Gambier's expedition to Copenhagen,
which followed, ho commanded the same vessel. In
1809 he was rear-admiral in command of the squadron
Als.,•A‘ a:.l Lh,. e TI eLAA..h rA under the bat-
teries of Sables d'Olonne. He next distinguished him-
ththee Scorpion
capture
him-
self while commanding the second shore squadron during
the attack upon the French fleet in Aix Roads. He also
c(7o47;aannddesdabaseciusqueandaryonthe naval at tvhael Cape, in
forces
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Com-
mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, he superintended
the operations on the coast of Syria, and bombardment
of St. Jean d'Acre, for his services at which he received
the special thanks of Parliament.
On the Ist of May, 1841, Sir Robert was appointed to
the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital, an office now,
of course, vacant, the salary being 1,5001. per annum,
with residence, Sus. He held the Orders of Knight
Grand Cross of the Bath, also that of St. Michael and
St. George. In 1841 he received the Order of St.
George, second class, from the Emperor of Russia, and
the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle from the King of
Prussia. He received the Order of Maria Theresa in
the same year. The deceased married, in 1809, Miss
Fanshavv, by whom he has had issue several children.
Two of his sons are in the navy, and his second daughter
is the relict of Lord H. Russell, who died in 1842.

DEATH OF MR. RAWLINSON, THE MAGISTRATE OF
MARYLEBONE POLICE COURT.—Yesterday morning,
between the hours of five and six o'clock, the above gen-
tleman departed this life at his residence in town. The
deceased was the oldest magistrate in the metropolitan
district, and had not been ill more than a week or ten
days.
THE SEAL FlSHERY.—lnteresting advices have
come to band from Newfoundland respecting the seal
fishery. One writer states—" The sealers continue to
drop in ' slow, but sure,' there having arrived since our
last announcement 15 more vessels, bringing, in the
aggregate, somewhat over 50,000 seals. Up to the pre-
sent time no vessel had arrived without seals, nor have
we heard of any being seen or left behind but what wore
doing well. This is indeed encouraging, and leads us to
hope that the most sanguine expectations that have been
entertained will yet be fully realised."—Greenock Ad-
vertiser.
ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—We understand it is
her Majesty's intention to proceed to Scotland before
the end of the season, and that during the royal progress
the Marquis of Abercorn will be honoured by a visit
from his *overeign.—The Britannia.

rbtrb EVttlon

EXHIBITION OF PICTURES AT
WESTMINSTER HALL.-(THIS DAY.)

Government is at length eliciting the artistic genius
which has hitherto remained comparatively dormant
among our fellow-countrymen. The screens in West-
minster Hall sufficiently testify that the munificence of
the Legislature has not been misdirected. Only one
question forces itself upon us as still problematical, after
a prolonged inspection of the paintings—What will the
into
development? do with the intellect it has thus summoned
development? Will it, like the fabricator of Franken-
stein, abandon the spirit it has evoked at the very mo-
ment when the power and ambition of that spiritis
attested? We carrot think that this generous movement
will be productive of such miseries as a conclusion like
that would necessitate. There is a glorious but mournful
warning on the wall.—No. 15—one of the latest, and
certainly one of the best of poor Llaydon's—" The
Banishment of Aristides, illustrative of the Injustice
of Democracy !" With that visible manifestation of the
woes incident to the atelier before us, we cannot dream
that the Government will encourage merely to forsake.
From the multiplicity of the productions suspended in
Westminster Hall, one hundred and twenty distinct paint-
ings, it would be impossible to give an accurate analysis
of the merits of the collection from the recollection of a
single inspection, and within the compass of a
single notice. The remembrance of a first visit to
an exhibition so novel and so copious in pro-
mise as the present, is necessarily one of the most
embarrassed and confused that can be conceived. Sup-
posing due attention is paid to each individual composi-
tion, the recollection of the whole would necessarily be a
combination of excellencies and blemishes, of incidents
and emotions, of hues and distances, and groupings and
passions. Bearing this in mind, we principally confined
our attention to those pictorial creations the predominant
talent of which has been in a very signal manner pro-
claimed by the combined judgments of the Marquis of
Lansdowne, of Sir Robert Peel, of Samuel Rogers, of
Richard Westmacott, of Richard Cook, and of William
Etty. Looking then to these directly, we were irresist
ibly reminded of the proverbial impossibility of making
any selection of this character in such a manner as to sa-
tisfy any single individual,with the exception, of course, of
the successful competitors and their particular friends.
Taste is so variable in its nature, so diverse in its mani-
festation, and so impossible to reduce within arbitrary
rules, that its definition has baffled even the astuteness
of Alison. It has even pronounced its own fickleness
by merging into the adage, champs a son gout—that
adage, moreover, showing in a remarkable manner that
each man has son gout—his particular taste. Art, how-
ever, is anything but simply a thing appreciable by what
is commonly called taste. Taste cannot make an exe-
crable picture a masterpiece, nor distort a masterpiece
into a monstrosity. The genius of art appeals irresis-
tibly to persons of all imaginable tastes (so-called),
though it appeals to them undoubtedly through an ex-
traordinary number of different channels. Still wherever
the genius of art is imprinted upon the canvass, there
be certain is attracted the admiration of those who are
competent to appreciate the productions of that art; and
precisely from such a consideration are we prepared to
express our supreme astonishment at the classification
of the nine pictures to which prizes have been awarded.
We are amazed at the particular classification, and we
are satisfied the public will be amazed likewise. Fore-
most among the " Premiums of Five Hundred Pounds''
is No. 17, " Burial of Harold at Waltham Abbey," by
F.R.Pickersgill. Supposing the visitor were taken blind-
fold from the entrance-gate of the hall, and relieved from
the bandage opposite this Prize A, No. 1, we do not
hesitate to say, that his surprise would be that the pic-
ture by Mr. Pickersgill is considered by the Fine Arts
Committee as the best painting in the exhibition—nay,
we do not hesitate to say that his predominant sentiment
would be a sentiment of disappointment. For
a moment we do not deny that the " Burial
of Harold" is clever—comsummately clever—but
we do assuredly protest that in our estimation it is very
far ndeed from being the masterpiece in the exhibition'
The grouping is anything but graceful, presenting as it
does the curve of so many buttocks around the corpse of
the slain monarch; and, saving the sombre green of the
female dress and glittering mail of the soldier, the colour is
feeble. Immeasurably beyond this in point of subject,
in point of inspiration, anchin,point of -drawing, is the
painting by G. F. Watts, No. 28,- (Alfred inciting the
Saxons to prevent the landing of the Danes, by en-
countering them at sea." The vestures of the great king
as he steps upon the plank of the galley, seems to be
caught up in the storm of heroism, and the Saxons
respond to the trumpet tones of his voice by the daring
visages and the appropriate energy of their movements.
The conception is grand and truly historical, bui the
colouring is miserably deficient. No. 31, " The Battle of
Meanee," by Edward Armitage, is a spirited battle
scene, suggested by the school of Horace Vernet,
but for anything in the shape of poetry, of ingenuity, of
truthfulness to nature, or of power in the portraiture of
passion, it is a blank. Very different is the 11th
pic-
ture as marked in the catalogue, " Edward"
Generosity to the People of Calais during the
Siege of 1346," by Paul Falconer Poole. The
incident chosen by the artist is one of the noblest in the
history of our common country. Edward 111. and the
Black Prince are represented in the centre of the pic-
ture distributing alms to the poorer inhabi-
tants of Calais who have been thrust out of the city
gates, to the number of seventeen hundred, by Jean
de Vienne, the Governor. The composition of the
entire picture is masterly, and domestic passion shines
out conspicuous in the different groups. The
whole is conceived in the loftiest style of art,
and the combination of colour is marvellously beautiful.
J. Noel Paton has a dainty and imaginative picture
(No. 24), " The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania:'
it is swarming with invention, both bewitching and
fantastic. Another noble limning is that of " Wisdom"
(No. 95.) by James Eckford Lauder. Several of the
unrewarded painters struck us as evidencing superior
ability.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room A.

EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION (CAM-

BRIDGE TO BEDWORD).
IMPORTANT DECISION.

The Committee met at the usual hour this morning,
and after a short consultation, declared that the pre-
amble of this Bill had been proved.
This line will effect a continuous line of railway be-
tween the Eastern Counties and.the North-Western lines.
Adjourned till Monday.