The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-28 00:00:00

JUNE 28, 1847.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25.
STOCK EXCUANGE.—The sales are—Chester and Birken-
head, Halves (issued at 5 dis.) 19%—East Lancashire,
par—Ditto, New Scrip, par—Eastern Counties, 20%—Great
Western, Fifths, 281/4—London and North-Western, 181
—Ditto, Quarters, 163,6—Ditto, New Quarters, 1111 A—Ditto,
Fifths, 1514—Manchester and :Leeds, Halves (late Hud.
and Sheff.), 2—Ditto, 324 Shares, par—Ditto (late West
Riding Union), 1-16—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
89%—Ditto, Quarters, No. 2, 23—Ditto (late Great Grimsby
and Sheffield), 1% dis.—Midland Stock, 127—Ditto, 401.
Shares, 63/4—Ditto, New 50/. Shares, 3%—Newcastle and
Berwick, New, 2%—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4%—
South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 2, M dis.—Ditto, No. 4,
34 dis.—Yerk and Newcastle, 38—Ditto, Preference (guar.
6 per cent. till 1850), 41/6—York and North Midland, 86%
—Ditto, Halves, 43—Belfast and Ballymena, 101/2—Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction, 7%—Huddersfield Canal and
Railway, I—Ditto, Extension, %—Leeds and Think, Pre-.
ference (6 per cent. guar.), 3/4—North Staffordshire, 23/4—
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, I%7Dutch Rhenish, 3 di a.

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LEEDS, Jnxi-25.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 245. 6d. c. dis.—East Lancashire, New,
13s. dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), ls. p.—East and West York-
shire, 1% dis.—Great Northern, 345. dis.—Huddersfield and
Manchester, 15s. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 114 c. p.—Ditto,
Halves, 255. p. —Leeds and Think, New, 5% dis.—Ditte, Pro
ference, 16s. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, ss. dis.—Malton
and Driffield Junction, 15s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, 32/.
Shares, par—Ditto ( \Vest Riding Union), Is 6d. p.—Man-
chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, ss. c. dis.—Mid-
land, Preference, 31,6 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 8% p.—
North British, Quarters, 114 p.—North Staffordshire, 2:yi p.
—North-Western, 28s. 6d. c. dis.—Shropshire Union, 1% dis.
GLASGOW, Ana 24.
&vox ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Direet Bombay and
Madras, 2s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 64s.—Edinburgh
and Glasgow, Halves, 221.—Edinburgh and Perth, 21s.—
Ditto, Halves, ss.—Glasgow General Terminus, 113,4—Glas-
gow, Barrhsad, and Neilston, New, 41. 14s.—Glasgow,Kil-
marnock, and Ayr, 1201.—Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 4134—
Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 614—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle,
51. 6s. 6d.—Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 34s.—Manchester and
Southampton, 10s. 6d. —York and Newcastle, Preference,
111.145.

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 on Friday 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 Waiting, 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 followed, 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.

Kinong 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 5001.; the
"Burial of Harold at Waltham Abbey, A.D. 1066," by
Mr. Pickersgill, to which also a prize of 500 i. 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 ber 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
liouse 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 atter the departure of the Queen his Royal
Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke or• Saxe Weimar,
attended by Count de Beuat, 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 5001.
Burial of Harold at Waltham }
Mr. F. R. Pickersgill.
A bey, A.D. 1066 (No 17.)

Alfred inciting the Saxons
to prevent the landing of
Mr. G. F. Watts.
the Danes, by encountering
them at sea (No. 28)
The Battle of Meeanee,fought
on the 17th of February, Mr. E. Armitage.
1843 (No. 31)

PREMIUMS OF 300 L
Richard Cceur de Lion for-
giving Bertrand de Guer- Mr. John Cross.
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)
Christ bearing the Cross Mr. J. Noel Paton.
(No. 97)
PREMIUMS OF 2001.
_ _ _

Parable of Forgiveness
(No. 93)
Wisdom (No. 95)
The Departure of the I'rimi-)
tive Puritans, or Pilgrim _ _

Fathers, to the coast of i• Mr. Charles Lucy.
America, A. D. 1620
(No. 34)
enry V., when Prince of
Wales, believing the King
Mr. J. Calcott Horsley.
to be dead, takes the crown
from the cushion (No. 46)

The parenthetical figures apply to the number
of the respective works in the catalogue.
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 300/. for
his drawing of " Caesar's First Invasion of Great
Britain ;" Mr. Watts also obtained a similar premium
of 300/. 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.

PRICE SD.

Picitersgill was the recipient of one of the after premiums
of 1001. in the same exhibition.

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,
from a cartoon designed for the compartment to be de-
voted to the " Allegory of Justice in the House 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. Riviare ;
and " The Defeat of Kellermann's Cuirassiers and Ca-
rabineers by Somerset's Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo,"
by Mr. T. S. Cooper, A.R.A.
It was stated on Friday 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. Haydon's
family applied to the commissioners some time since to
know it they would purchase this picture for the 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 who have
visited the Royal Academy during the last two or three
years will be familiar. Whether these have been im-
posed on the commissioners. as original subjects it is
impossible to say. Fortunately, they are of so unim-
portant a character as scarcely to deserve observation
or remark.
The private view, for which a large number of tickets
have been issued to the leading members of the aristo-
cracy, takes place this day.
This day the Exhibition will be open to the public
on payment of ls. each. This charge will be continued
for three weeks or a month, after which the admission
will be free.

It should be added that the price of the respective
works may be ascertained on application to Mr. Peck-
ham, who has so ably superintended the minor details of
all the exhibitions which have taken place under the
commission.

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