The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-15 00:00:00

BRITISH INSTITUTION.

The second division of the exhibition at the British
Institution for 1816 opens to-day. We were admitted
to the private view on Saturday, and it certainly is the
most interesting exhibition, both in historical and in
artistical points of view that has perhaps ever been pre-
sented to the public. The nature of it will be bast

described in the words of the directors themselves in

their short prefatory notice to the catalogue :
"The liberality of her Majesty and other patrons of art,
have enabled the directors this year to exhibit a collection
of portraits of eminent persons, which they think cannot
fail to prove highly interesting to the public, from their
relation to the history, literature and arts of this and
other countries."

The pictures exhibited are 213 in number, and there
are specimens of almost every master, and portraits of
almost every illustrious person who has flourished from
the days of Holbien to those of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Among the Holbiens is the celebrated picture of Henry
VIII. granting the charter to the barber surgeons,
which has been lent by that Company •, the portraits of
Edward VI. and of Queen Mary—the first the property
of the Earl of Hardwicke—the second that of the Hon.
C. C. Cavendish, M.P. ; a portrait of Erasmus, and a
portrait of Catherine de Bose, the wife of Martin Luther,
both the property of the Duke of Sutherland. There is
a portrait of Luther himself, which is full of character--
by S. Perdioni—the property of Viscount Alford, M.P.
There is the celebrated portrait of Queen Elizabeth,
by Zucchero, which has been lent by the Marquis
of Salisbury; and a portrait of the unfortunate Earl of
Essex, by the same artist, the property of the Duke of
Bedford. There is a portrikit of Shakspere. by R. Bur-
bage, the property of W. Nichol], Esq.; and Sir Antonio
Moses' celebrated portrait of Sir Philip Sidney,
which has been lent by the _Duke of Bedford.
Salvator Rosa's celebrated portrait of himself (an exqui-
site picture) has been lent to that Institution by the
Marquis of Westminster ; and in the same room we find

Titian's magnificent picture, the Cornaro Family, the
property of the Duke of Northumberland ; Tintoreto's
portrait of Cosmo 1., the property of Earl
Amherst ; Rubens's portrait of Old Parr ; Van-
dyke's portrait of Lord Falkland, the property
of the Earl of Clarendon, and Rembrandt's por-
trait of Van Hooft, (a remarkably fine picture), the pro-
perty of Viscount Alford. There are also fine specimens
of Lelv, Kneller, and the portrait painters of the first half
of the eighteenth century. Her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased to lend the directors the portraits of Lord
Rodney, of William Duke of Cumberland, of Admiral
Barrington, of the Marquis of Ro3kingham, and of
Earl Moira, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and those of Earl
St. Vincent and Lord Nelson, by Hoppner. The col-
lection is very rich in Sir Joshua's, having, in addition
to many of his best portraits two celebrated groups, the
property of the Society of Dilettanti. The Trinity
House have lent their portrait of Lord Howe,
by Gainsborough; and among the works of the artists
succeeding the age of Reynolds, we have a portrait of
William the Fourth, when young, by Sir T. Lawrence,
the property of Lord de Lisle. Owen's portraits of
Lords Eldon and Stowell, the property of the Earl of
Eldon ; and Phillips's portraits of Chantry, Scott, Byron,
and Crabbe, the first lent to the institution by Lady
Chantry, the last three by J. Murray, Esq. This exhi-
bition of the British Institution, constituting as it does a
gallery of worthies of all ages and countries, is perfectly
unique. Would it be impossible to have engravings
taken of all these portraits ? " The British Institution
Gallery of Portraits for 1846," would be an excellent
title for such a series of engravings. Its publication
would. forward the progress of art, and, from the inter-
esting nature of the portraits, it would be a safe specula-
tion for a publisher.

COURT

CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the ladies and
gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household,
attended Divine service yesterday morning in the private
chapel, Buckingham Palace. The Bishop of Oxford
officiated.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
airings in carriages on Saturday. The Royal Family
took their accustomed walks and rides yesterday in the
garden of Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service yes-
terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers
were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the lessons by the
Rev. Mr. Helmore, and the Communion service by the
Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preached by the Rev.
Dr. Hook, who took his text from Ecclesiastes, chap. 7,
verses 16 and 17. The anthem was, " I will seek unto
God." (Greene.) Sir George Smart presided at the
organ.
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Marchioness
of Ormonde, and the Hon. W. Ashley. The Duchess of
Kent was attended by Lady Augusta. Bruce. Among
the nobility present were the Duke of Cleveland, the
Duchess of Beaufort, the Ladies Somerset and Palmer-
ston, Marquises of Salisbury and Ormonde, Lords Ban-
don, Cawdor, St. Germans, Be-ssborough, Gosford,
Hatherton, Palmerston, Cantilupe, Cowley, Canter-
bury, and Byron.
The Dukes of Wellington and Rutland, Lords Talbot
Dartmouth, and G. Paulet, and Sir Fred. Trench, at-
tended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal.
The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the
sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook.

The Rev. Mr. Andfrson will preach the sermon on
Sunday next in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George, visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday at Marlbo-
rough House.

Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, took an airing in
a carriage on Saturday.

Her ]S,iajesty the Q-ueen Dowager, her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, and her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge, honoured the Italian Opera with
their presence on Saturday evening. The Queen-
Dowager was attended by the Marchioness of Ormonde,
Hon. Miss Seymour, Earl Howe, and the Hon. William
Ashley. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady
Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper ; and the Du-
chess of Cambridge was attended by Lady Augusta Ca-
dogan and Mr. Edmond Mildmay.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the
Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yesterday.;
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House.
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A meeting of the Radcliffe trustees was held on Satur-
day at the residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Downing-
street. There were present Sir Robert Peel, Mr.
Cartwright, and Mr. Bucknell Estcourt.
Captain Pipon had an interview with Mr. Secretary
Gladstone on Saturday, at the Colonial office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
committee meeting on Saturday, There were present
the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, Gloucester and
Bristol, Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, Rochester, and
Salisbury ; the Earl of Bessborough, the Right Hon.
H..Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. J. Nicholl.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Gambia were
received on Saturday at the Colonial office.

IBRAHIM PACHA.
DEPARTURE FOR BIRMINGHAM.
On Saturday afternoon, at five o'clock, his Highness
Ibrahim Pacha, accompanied by Major Dickson, Suleiman
Pacha, Ibrahim Bey, Colonel Bonfort, Carabe tEffendi,
M.
Nubar (his Highness's interpreter),
and other members of
his suite, arrived at the Euston-square Terminus, and took
his departure by the express train for Birmingham.
His Highness reached the station about half-past four
o'clock, and was received by Mr. Ledsham, the deputy chair-
man, the Hon. George Anson, ALP., Mr. Young, and Mr.
Malluish, directors, Mr. Creed, the secretary of the com-
larnyi,3aarn_derl:lr. Berry, the chief of the locomotive department.
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Precisely at five o'clock his Highness entered the carriage
built for the accommodation
smoking, and the train started amidst the cheers of those
him, having been previously conveyed to the
assembled, the thanks of the Pacha, for the atentiodnirselicotwo.ris
through Major Dickson.i
Prior to the arrival of the Pacha and suite a large rumba
of persons had assembled in the grand quadrangle of the sta-
tion, by whom his Highness was loudly cheered.
In the morning
Park barracks, where he was received by the Hon. Colonel
his Highness paid a visit to the Regent's
Cavendish, the Colonel commanding the Ist Life Guards,
and other officers. Having minutely inspected the barracks,
his Highness returned to Mivart's, and thence proceeded to
Chiswick, to witness the horticultural fete, with which he
was much pleased.
His Highness, it is stated, intends taking a tour through
the whole of the manufactur:fip, districts, and will also viit
the Highlands of Scotland. He will return to London in a
fortnight,