The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-30 00:00:00

For more than forty years 7,1-r, ITaydun fr;llowed hi s
profession as an historian! painter, in London, with an
amount of enthusiasm and industr-: seldom equalled—
produced pictures which. were an 11AL:in' to his country
and to the age; and yet he wai not krtunate, but, on
the contrary, was ever struggling with e;itliculty. This.
ro doubt, arose partly frcrn the fact, that during
the greater part of his artistic life he was
at variance with the leaders in the art, and
more especially with the loyal Academy. his
zeal early excited prejudices in the authorities, and this
exasperated him (who was, a; Dr. Johnsen would say,
" a good hater"), and he revenged it, and unfortunately,
when one party was disposed to conciliate, the other re-
sisted, and thus the contention has ended only with Hay-
dons's death, if indeed it be pet mitted to end now. Like
most men of strong and original minds., Mr. Hayd on had his
eccentricities, and these were, by some, regarded as faults
so grave as to obscure th,, prilbance of his genius—but
this was assuredly a narrow and most unworthy view, for
his eccentricities principally lay in the sterling honesty,
and in the force of his most energetic character. Oppo-
sition but urged him to surpass and repel his opponent,
and thus the mere fact of his being opposed by the
Academy, gave him an isolited reputation, which in
other circumstances he neler could have attained ; it
urged him to give the country a sa.oel of art which will
not be " willingly let die." •
• As a husband, father, and friend, ITaydon was tender,
affectionate, and faithful ; his loss is therefore most
acutely telt by his tfamily and in his immediate circle of
friends.

He ever rrtsined his love for Plymouth and the neigh-
bourhood, and when on a visit to the scenes and friends
of his youth last summer, he exhibited the warmth,
constancy, and depth of his nfie;.tion in a way that the
few favoured ith his friendship e..id not hrgct. Had he
lived, it was his intention to visit Plymouth during the
present summer, and to tkis effect he wrote a letter to Mr.
Johns, towards whom he always entertained a friendship
the most glowing. Re rated, with his usual good taste,
Mr. Johns's ability as an artist, much higher than he
has hitherto had credit for; and would trequently chide
him for his timid and retiring disposition.
In a further paper we hope to give a list of Mr.
Haydon's works, both in art and literature—among the
latter, we believe the most distinguished are the article
on Painting in the Encyclopadia Brittanic.t, and his Lec-
tures on the Art of Design and on Painting.
The deceased has left to mourn their painful bereave-
ment an amiable and affectionate widow and four chil-
dren, on the behalf of Whom we trust an immediate sub-
scription will be commenced in Plymouth. As the na.
tive place of the artist, Plymouth owes it to his memory
to be foremost in the exercise of liberality towards his
mourning family. We shall be happy to receive any pro-
position or hint as to the best way of carrying this ob-
ject into effect.

RETURN OF Sift MOSES
MONTEFIORE.

The following was the prayer and thanksgiving offered
up irt the Great Synagogue, Duce's-place, on the occa-
sion of Sir M. Montetiore's return from Russia:—

TRANSLATION.