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

WANDSWORTH.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH.--
After the disposal of several uninteresting charges, Mary
Anne Austin, a young woman apparently belonging to the
gipsy tribe, was placed in the dock, where a chair had been
provided for her accommodation, as she was in a very ex-
hausted condition, charged with concealing the birth of a
child in the parish of Croydon, or near thereto.
The first witness called was police-constable Wm. Burton,
who stated that he was on duty at Streatham, on the 10th of
June, about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, when his
attention was called to the prisoner, who was lying in a ditch
by the road side for some time. He questioned her, but
could get no answer, but at last she said she was going to
the other side of London, and that she had walked from Croy-
don that day, which is distant about four miles from where
he found her. As witness could get no other information
from the prisoner he got a woman to talk to her, and this
woman afterwards told him that she believed she was in the
family-way, and about to be delivered. Dr. Stewart was then
sent for, and by his orders she was removed into a neigh-
bour's house, where he examined her, and stated that he
could not ascertain that she was enciente. As the prisoner con-
tinued in great pain, and was evidently growing worse, wit-
ness procured a cart and horse, and drove her over to the
Wandsworth Union.
Mrs. King, the matron, proved that she received the
prisoner about eight o'clock the same evening, and, sup-
posing that she was in labour, had her immediately removed
to the lying-in-ward, and sent for the surgeon to the union.
During the interval that elapsed the matron examined the
prisoner and told her that she was not with child, and that
if she did not tell her the truth she could not assist her,
and the prisoner then said, she had given birth to a child a
few days since in the Salt Marshes, on this side Sandwich.
The next day she told another tale, and said, that she had
delivered herself in a field, seven miles the other side of
Croydon, that she had laid all night by the infant, which
was born dead, and had left it the next morning covered
with leaves.

Mr. Clement Edkins, assistant to Dr. Connor, said, it was
his opinion that the prisoner had been delivered of a child
about four days prior to her being brought to the union.
It would seem also that the prisoner's delivery was premature.
A lodging-housekeeper at Croydon stated that on Sunday
night, the 7th inst., the prisoner slept at her house in a room
in which there were three men, a woman, and thre► children ;
that the next morning she laid in bed until all he others
were up, and went straight to the water-closet that she

afterwards washed some articles of clothing. She remained
till Wednesday morning and left.
Sergeant Dayley, 33 V, proved that after hearing a va-
riety of statements from the prisoner, and making inquiry
and searching for the body in various directions, he at last
obtained information which induced him to believe that the
prisoner was delivered at the lodging-house at Croydon, and
he subsequently told her that all her previous statements
were falsehoods, and that he had traced her to a lodging-
house at Croydon, where he had every reason to believe she
was confined. The prisoner then said she did deliver herself
there on the Monday morning, about ten o'clock, having
been all night tormented with the pangs of labour, but which
she concealed from the other inmates; that she afterwards
wrapped the infant, which was dead, in a sheet, carried it
down stairs, and threw it down the privy.
The nurse at the union proved that 'the prisoner had also
made the statement to her.

Inspector Bilson, stationed at Croydon, said the privy had
been twice emptied, but nothing had been found.
Mr. PAYNTER said that it was possible the prisoner might
have been delivered, as she had at first stated, on the other
side of Croydon, and afterwards walked to the lodging_
house. This would net be a solitary instance of extraordi-
nary exertion shown by women under similar circumstances.
It was evident that no other evidence could be procured ;
therefore he should commit the prisoner to the assizes for the
concealment of the birth.
The prisoner was then removed.

HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.
(From the Nottingham Journal.)

The cotton hosiery trade can scarcely be considered
worse ; the hands have in general some, though in many
cases not full employment. In some few instances there
is a slight demand for extremely fine eyelet-hole or lace
hose ; but, upon the whole, this fancy branch is but in a
very dull state, both in silk and cotton, scarce a third of
the former and not more than a half of the latter being
in full work. The cotton drawer, pantaloon, and shirt
branch, is yet in rather a depressed state ; but, upon
the whole, a sort of calm prevails as to the rate of wages
in most branches, nor do we hear of those har-
rassing encroachments being practised to the extent
to which it has been our painful duty so often to allude.
The passing of the Ticket Bill has not been without its
results, since it has made many of the hosiers rather
cautious lest the Legislature should interfere with a
sterner and more efficient measure. However low the
present state of the English hosiery trade, we must again
repeat that a very slight change, either in fashion or in
the restrictions put upon hosiery when imported into any
foreign state, would make this extensive manufacture in
a flourishing condition, as the moment the labour of the
workmen came into demand, so as they could have the
least control over the market, they would make open
war upon cut-ups, which they loathe and detest ; and,
by so doing, they would in a few months lower the
quantity made a full fourth, independent of an extended
demand.

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The cotton glove trade is still in rather a flourishing
condition, the hands in every instance having fall work,
though at low wages. The silk glove branch is not
worse, and, if anything, in some quarters it has a shade
improved. The same remark applies to this branch.
Should the journeymen get a control the cut-up thumb •
hole system would be attacked, and that with effect.
We are sorry to state that the lace fancy mitts, gloves,
and other articles, have become very much depressed,
the market being glutted with foreign productions.
The silk stocking trade is now scarcely ever men-

tioned, and is this Week worse than ever; this once ex-
tensive manufacture in almost every part of Europe
being on the decline. It is best in Paris, Madrid, and
Rome; in the latter city it is rather upon the increase,
making Tyrian purple silk hose for the clergy. The
number of frames of all kinds in the once mistress of
the world exceeds 1,000. The exportation of frames to
the United States is not abated; this has caused some
description of frames in Leicester to advance in price.
The fancy bobbing net trade is yet very dull. All
appears gloomy, even among the best informed, as we
are assured that London is now filled with French
machine-wrought laces, got up in a manner quite supe-
rior, in every respect, to the .English productions. At
Manchester, so strong is the feeling upon this point
that they do not hesitate to say that the free-trade tariff
will act as a sponge upon Nottingham, and will wipeit
out of the list of manufacturing towns. Upon this
matter we advise them to look to themselves, as the
extensive export of spinning and power-loom machinery
by the eastern ports will be, ere long, felt by them, and
they will bewail in dust and ashes their late infatuation.
The machinery of Nottingham requires skilful and inge-
nious workmen to manage it, in addition to its heavy
cost; but very few clever men can keep a spinning factory
going, the greater part of the process requiring only
children's and unskilled labour. There was a time when
it required more skill than it does at present to spin by
machinery, and they must look for the day when Russia
will prohibit cotton twist as rigorously as she now pro-
hibits cotton stockings and cotton lace. Manchester
now having most ports open to receive her cotton threads
has been long laughing at Nottingham, whose pro-
ductions are blocked from almost every shore. But her
time will come next, and the name of the League will
be held by them in execration, as they have been made
the dupes of Russian diplomacy.
The warp-lace trade in Nottingham and Stapleford
is not by any means amended ; it is, however, rather
upon the increase in London. In Leicester the lace-
trade is extinct, though it once employed 200 frames.
Still the looms, as they are called are not idle, being
turned to coarser gauges, they are making Berlin web
for gloves, and by various modifications many other
fancy articles ; amongst the most prominent in demand
is the worsted jacquard shawls.

Marwakrearsran ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ACKERMANN's,
STRAND.—APPREFIENSION of TUE THIEF. —For a consider-
able time past serious robbenes naves_ _

Messrs. Ackermann's, and the individual supposed to beim-
plicated was taken at a late hour last night. He has been in
the service of the firm about nine years, an last night, from
suspicion entertained, he was locked in a back room of the
shop in the Strand till a police-officer could be called in. He,
however, managed to jump out of the window, and escaped,
but on arriving at his lodgings in Pentonville last night he
was taken into custody. Several valuable prints have been
found at his lodgings. The prisoner was conveyed to Bow-
street station-house. _

BAHIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The annual
meeting of this company took place yesterday at the George
and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill. Mr. Saunderson in the chair.
It appeared from the report, that the directors had endea-
voured to make arrangements for the transfer of the com-
pany's property to the Brazilian Steam-packet Company on
favourable terms, but had not succeeded. From the last ad-
vices they had learned that some of the Brazilian capitalists
had started another company, many of whom were share-
holders in this company, and had been successful with the
provincial Government, se that this company was looked upon
as having forfeited its claims to protection. The directors
had sent in a memorial, but no reply had as yet been received.
Under the present circumstances, the directors were unable
to advise the shareholders how to act, but he hoped to do so
in a short period. It appeared from the accounts, that the
paid-up capital in this country was 46,4404 and in Brazil
7,783/., making together 54,2231. There was a trifling balance
at the bankers, and considerable property abroad which could
not be exactly estimated at present. After some discussion,
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the report was received, and three directors were re-elected,
when the meeting adjourned.
A horrible case was ,brought before the Court of
Assize of Chartres on the 20th. The circumstances, as proved
by the evidence, are as follow :—At the end of 1844, Louis
Clairet, a soldier of the 2d Regiment, obtained an indefinite
congd, and returned to the house of his brother, a labourer,
but with a property of his own, at La Plesse. Louis Clairet
was well: received by his brother Jacques, although his
conduct had been very bad, and he had been detected in
adultery with the wife ofJacques. This crime had been forgiven,
and the two brothers worked together as labourers on a neigh-
bouring farm. One evening, in January last, as they were
returning home from labour, Jacques in front, and Louis
some paces behind, a pistol, loaded with small shot, was
fired, and the charge struck against the head and shoulders
of Jacques, but, the shot being of small size, no mortal
wound was inflicted. Jacques turned round, and, not sus-
pecting that his brother was the criminal, called to him
for aid, but Louis Clairet ran off. Jacques recovered, and
still pretended to have no suspicion of his brother, but the
authorities made inquiries, which convinced them that he
only could have fired the pistol, which was subsequently
found near the spot, and which belonged to Louis Clairet,
and had been purchased by him only four days before
the attempted murder. It was also ascertained, soon,
after the arrest of Louis, that he had previously en-
deavoured, but in vain, to purchase some arsenic, and
failing in this mode of getting rid of his brother ha
resolved to shoot him. Not long before the attempt,
Jacques Clairet had been induced by his wife to make
a will, leaving to her the whole of his little property; and
there was reason to believe that this was done by her in an-
ticipation of his death. Several witnesses were called, and
amongst them Jacques Clairet, who did every thing in his
power to exculpate his brother, bat the proofs were too
strong for his generosity to be of any avail. The prisoner
could say very little in his defence, for he could not bring a
witness to disprove that he had purchased the pistol, and
was compelled to admit that he had endeavoured to obtain
arsenic; but this, he said, was at the request of his sister-in-

law, and for the purpose of destroying iats. He was found
guilty, but with extenuating circumstances (the verdict of
nine Janes out of ten, from the increasing dislike to the in-
fliction of death, no matter how heinous the crime), and was
sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for life.—French
paper.
TELEGRAPHIC JOKE.—The Washington Corres-
pondent of . the Pennsyivanian Inquirer says that a few
evenings since, in Baltimore, the people were anxiously
waiting for news from the army, and there being none to
send, the operator on the Washington line sent on letter by
letter—" T-h-e-r-e a-r-e a g-r-e-a-t m-a-n-y M-e-x-i-
-c-a-n-s"—here there was a full stop, and the Baltimore
operator made signs to proceed. The Washington operator
soon did so, and ended the sentence with the words " i-n
M-e-x•i-c-o." A great rattling followed from the end of
the Baltimore line, as much as to say—" When I come on I
will pitch into you like a thousand of bricks."
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.—One of those dreadful occur-
rences, at the very mention of which the blood runs cold,
arising from the use of intoxicating liquor, has taken place in
Dublin. The unfortunate victim to the fury of a man mad
with drink, named Jane Boland, resided in Loftus lane, near
Capel-street. It appeared that she was confined on Tuesday
morning last of a dead child ; and a witness swore that
she
confessed her husband, when in a state of intoxication on
' Sunday, came into the room where she was lying
struck her with a stick several times across the belly,
he
pointed to a stick that was used for drying clothes ouio'f the
window ; she added that immediately after she was struck
she was seized with severe vomiting and acute pain in the
belly; that she had felt the movements of the child imme-
diately before that, but never felt it afterwards. The coro-
ner's jury returned the following verdict :—"
We find that
Jane Boland's death was caused by extensive peritonitis, Pro-
duced by blows inflicted on her by her husband, William
Boland, while in a state of intoxication." ~„
FOLKESTONE, JUNE 27, The South-Eastern and
Continental Steam-packet Company's steam-vessel the Queen
of the Belgians arrived here this day at forty minutes past
twelve o'clock, with sixty-six passengers and two carriages ;
and at twenty minutes past one o'clock left the harbour
again for Boulogne with 115 passengers, his Excellency Lord
Cowley and several persons of rank being on board.
JESUITS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—Arch-
bishop Magee, the predecessor of the present Archbishop of
Dublin, made the following a.sertion to some clergymen of
his diocese, some time previous to his death :—" There are,
(said he) at this moment, many jesuits—concealed, of
course—.but still acting as Church of England clergymen,
and in th• possession of parishes, who are silently but surely
/Tinting its downfall.— Church and State Gazette.

THE LATE B. R. HAYDON, THE
HISTORICAL PAINTER.

(From the Plymouth Times.)
It is with feelings of regret we record the death of Mr.
Benjamin Robert Haydon, the historical painter, whose
mortal career was brought to a sudden termination at
his late residence in Burwood-place, London, on Monday
last, under particularly melancholy and distressing cir-
cumstances, the nature of which we give appended to the
following historical details relating to the deceased,
which, through the kindness of some of his friends and
admirers in his native town, we have been enabled to

compile and place before our readers for their gratifica-
tion, and, perchance, for their information also.

Mr. Haydon was a native of Plymouth. His father,
at the time of his birth, kept a bookseller's and book-
binder's shop, on the premises in Whiinple-street, now
occupied by Messrs. Cornish and Lewin, chemists'and
druggists. He was a lineal descendant of the BAydons,
of Cadhay, in the parish of Ottery St. Mar r,. in this
county, which estate was in the possession of the pain-
ter's progenitors for several generations ; but was sold
by order of Chancery some time early in the last cen-
tury. Cadhay House was built by John Haydon in
the reign of Elizabeth, and shows that an artistic taste
has been possessed by the family for several generations.
Robert Hayden, the great-grandfather of the deceased
artist, died in Ottery in 1757, and was buried in the vault
of the Ilaydons at Cadhay. By the sale of the estate, the
family became reduced, and the son of the above, Robert,
was bound to the late Mr. Savery, of Slade, the pre-
sent residence of the Pode family, near Pl)mpton, with
whom he conducted himself with so much propriety that
he became steward to the family, in which capacity he
saved money, and about a century
ago came into Ply-
mouth and opened a bookseller's shop.
Benjamin, his
son, and father of the painter, succeeded in the busi-
ness of bookseller, &c., the premises in Whimple-
street, as before state, and here the great historical
painter was born in January, 1786.
The remark made above about the John Haydon, of
Queen Elizabeth's time, shows that a love of art was in-
herent in the familiy ; and this is further shown by the
recollections of deceased, who remembered his grand-

father's painting, and mentioned more especially an old
head of his. He used also to relate the following inte-
resting reminiscence :—" Northcote told me my grand-
father consulted his father as to the colour of elephants'

ears, and he told him they were pinkish ; my grandfa-
ther painted them a fine brilliant vermillion." The North-
cote alluded to in the above recollection was the distill-

guished:Academician, who-was also a Plymouth man.
The love of art was very early manifested in Haydon.
Amongst his early recollections. he used to mention the
fact of his being placed by the nurse in a chair to the
table, with a brush and some colours for his playthings ;
but what more effectually contributed to develop and
strengthen this love of art was, that whilst yet a child,
his father had for an apprentice Thomas Williams, who
afterwards attained considerable reputation as a painter.
Williams had, with a great love of art, sound taste and
feeling, and, when an apprentice, he used to draw on the
walls of the binding-room, and, amongst other figures,drew
that of the embryo historical painter. These efforts were
never forgotten by Haydon; but being conducted on sound
prineiples, and being afterwards confirmed by the study
of the great works of the masters of the art, may be
reasonably supposed to have had great influence in the
young artist's early perception of the leading points of
objects. In consequence of his perpetual devotion to
drawing rather than to book-binding the elder
Haydon gave up to his apprentice, Williams, his
time ; who then went to London, and drew at the
Academy, and returned to Plymouth, and set up
a drawing-school. Among his first scholars were Hay-
don, S. Prout, and the lamented William Gandy, who,
according to Haydon, drew the best of the whole.
Under the tuition of Williams, his scholars made some
progress; and Haydon made copies from some small casts
from the antique belonging to his tutor—among which
were Hercules, Actaeon, and a series on the pas-
sions. On showing these drawings to Mr. Samuel
Northcote, the brother of the Academician, who
lived a few doors from the shop of the elder Haydon,
Mr. Nortcote observed to the youthful artist, " My
dear boy, you do not know the construction of the
figure ; have you no book on anatomy ?" This was an
important, and, as it appears:to us, the grand turning
point in the history of the artist, and we shall, therefore,
give this portion of his experience as much as may be in
his own language. To a correspondent in this town,
in a letter now before us, referring to the remark of Mr.
Northcote, he observes :—" I immediately went home
and hunted my father's shop, and found an Encyclo-
predia, with plates of the muscles ; studied them
well, and made another drawing of the figures ;
and my patron said, 'Now you know more of the
construction of the figure ; for do you not see anatomy
is a word to the wise : you understand a hint above
the skin if you know what is under it.' The basis of all
my future practice—and, perhaps, I may be permitted to
say, the basis of the reform in English art, as shown
in the works of my pupils, Eastlake, the Landseers,
Lance, Prentice, Harvey, and others—may be dated
from the sagacity of this worthy man. He certainly
gave me the right scent, which I have followed since
through every obstacle, and which made me ready to
comprehend the Elgin marbles the instant I saw them."
The Mr. Northcote alluded to above, and who ap-
pears to have exerted so powerful an influence on
the character of Haydon, was by trade a watchmaker,
and the elder brother of Mr. James Northcote : he
was a most estimable character, and is gratefully
remembered by many of the older inhabitants of Ply-
mouth. He was intimately acquainted with all the
branches of Natural Philosophy, and possessed a com-
prehensive mind, a vast fund of information, and a
:1707Ffillemin:nftly 'for. agmuict htwoidoethr esrpsh:ereb3
operation, he never quitted the small circle of friends by
whom his society and valuable qualities were appreciated
and honoured.

Haydon went to school to Dr. Bidlake, who was then
master of the Grammar School. Dr. Bidlake was a man
of considerable talent, not only as a divine, but also as
a poet, painter, and musician. "He was," says his dis-
tinguished pupil, " fond of painting; but he had not the
ballast of Northcote; he was a sort of miniature Lorenzo—
Williams, Northcote,Johns, and Rogers, were always with
him; he inculcated a love of nature and idle habits—he
hated labour, the price of everything valuable on earth."
The following was also told by Haydon of Dr. Bidlake:-
-" On the Doctor's painting days, Elias Dunsterville
and I were his attendants : Dunsterville was once sent
to cut off the skirt of an old black coat to clean the
palette with ; without the least care he cut off the skirt
of the Doctor's Sunday coat ; so that when he came to
Stonehouse Chapel on Sunday and took off ii 3 neat
coat, the clerk exclaimed, " Good gracious, Sir, some-
body has cut off your skirt. Oh I said Dr. Bid-
lake, it must be those wretches Dunster-
vine and Haydon ; and I, who was perfectly innocent,
was kept on Monday, as well as my friend, at
a severe task." It does not appear that Haydon made
much progress in the Classics under Dr. Bidlake ; but
this deficiency was afterwards supplied by the Rev. W.
Rayne, of Honitun, who came to Plympton, and where
Haydon and Eastlake completed their studies ' • and,
curious enough, in the very building which has the
honour of being the birth-place of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
With all his pupils Dr. Bidlake did much to give them
a love of nature : he used to take them to Bickleigh Vale
and to other lovely spots in the neighbourhood to sketch.
Mr. Johns and Mr. Prout contributed to the instruc-
tion of Haydon in painting. Prout used to tell him he
did not touch with sufficient spirit—at the same time
giving him some of his remarkably vigorous examples
in the use of the brush. It was through Mr. Johns
that Hayden became more intimately acquainted with
the Antique, who in 1802 brought to Plymouth some
small casts, and to purchase two of which the youthful
enthusiast exchanged a two guinea piece given by
his godfather before his remembrance. Mr. Johns set
up a library, which was used by the young men; and
here it was that the deceased artist first met with the
Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds. These were read
through by him in one night, and the next morning he
came to his breakfast with new feelings and new ideas—
in his own language, it was "as if a fury had seized
me: my mind had expanded • my nature was altered ;
I bore down all opposition by the bitterest sarcasms."
His father and mother became alarmed with respect to
his state, and not a few of the parties with whom he
was brought into contact thought he was going mad.
The father sent his friends to reason with him, but with- i
out calming the uproarious state of his feelings ; and
his mother sent for Mr. Northcote and Mr. Eastlake,
as melt of intellect, to converse with her son. To
these gentlemen Haydon at once explained the nature of
his feelings—laid open his soul before them, telling them
he had made up his mind to introduce a better method
of study. Mr. Eastlake said, "My dear boy, you are
right ; I say to you as Horace says, Habet and God
bless ye with success." Northcote was calmer, but
decidedly approved of the plans of the young enthusiast.
These friends having talked the matter over with them,
the parents became calmer, and it was eventually agreed
to send their son to London with 201. in his pocket, at
the same time predicting that he would be glad to come
back again. This was during the MayfouftlellrtBeoi4p.apr. We have at present neither time nor space to follow
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must suffice for the present to say, that among his
earliest pictures were some quite equal, if not
surpas-
sing, anything of their kind accomplished by either his
competitors or predecessors among English
painters ;
as a proof, we will now merely mention the "Judgment
of Solomon," than which it is almost impossible
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to find, in
the range of English art, anything
conceived in a finer or more correct taste, or
executed with a more vigorous or masterly touch.
This picture ought at the present. moment to have
town which bad the honour
being the birth-place of
but, alas while Plymouth con-
graced the walls of one of
otfhepu public buildings of the
the highest talent, she has been
eitherhigh artor
little disposed to patronise
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‘,„,„ Mainly through the influence of Mr. John
opapirnotdeurscedofit;
gsiifrtew7E-liord and Mr. Tingcombe were induced. to spur-
chase this picture, we believe at a cost of 800/. This
purchase was made in London, and the picture was
brought to Plymouth; but instead of two-thirds of its cost
being raised to reimburse its purchasers, who had gene-
rously offered to subscribe the remaining third, only
about 501. was subscribed, and the picture was conse-
quently sold again, and so removed from Plymouth—much
to the discredit of the good taste and public spirit of the
inhabitants. It would seem as though the inhabitants
were then, and we fear they still are, most miserably in-
insensible to the honour which the productions of such
men as Haydon, Northcote, Prout, Eastlake, and Rey-
nolds, bestow upon them, or they certainly would be
desirous of possessing some of the matchless works as-
sociated with these distinguished names, and of showing
them to visitors, and of handing them down to posterity
as mementos of what Plymouth men had done. We do
venture to hope, that we shall soon find that at least
some effort is being made to remove this stigma, by the
establishment of something like a public collection of
pictures in Plymouth.

For more than forty years Mr. Haydon followed hi s
profession as an historical painter, in London, with an
amount of enthusiasm and industry seldom equalled—
produced pictures which were an honour to his country
and to the age; and yet he was not fortunate, but, on
the contrary, was ever struggling with difficulty. This,
no doubt, arose partly from 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 Royal Academy. His
zeal early excited prejudices in the authorities, and this
exasperated him (who was, as Dr. Johnson 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 permitted to end now. Like
most men of strong and original minds, Mr. Haydon had his
eccentricities, and these were, by some, regarded as faults
so grave as to obscure the brilliance 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 isolated reputation, which in
other circumstances he never could have attained ; it
urged him to give the country a school of art which will
not he " willingly let die."
As a husbaud, father, and friend, Hayden was tender,
affectionate, and faithful ; his loss is therefore most
acutely felt by his family, and in his immediate circle of
friends.

He ever retained 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 affection in a way that the
few favoured with his friendship will not forget. Had he
lived, it was his intention to visit Plymouth during the
present summer, and to this effect he wrote a letter to Mr.
Johns, towards whom he always entertained a friendship
the most glowing. He rated, with his usual good tastes
Mr. Johns's ability as an artist, much higher than he
has hitherto bad credit for, and would frequently 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 Encyclopadiaßrittanica, 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 SIR MOSES
MONTEFIORE.

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

TRANSLATION.

" Shepherd of Israel ! Verily, like a scattered flock
was thy people in the far north ; there was none to
bring back the missing sheep, none to restore the strayed
lamb, until thou didst raise a help from amidst our
brethren in this country, to the succour of an afflicted
and dejected people. Even as on a former occasion, so
did thy chosen one, Sir Moses Montefiore, again stand
boldly forward to speak to the heart of royalty, to the
Czar, to his ministers, and to the governors of the land,
and his words have fructified ! Wherever he turned his
steps, the serene countenance of Moses enlightened the
dark abodes of antiquated prejudices, and mitigated hos.
tile feelings,
"In thy presence, 0 Lord, we now appear to give
thanks unto thee for thy exceeding gco. ness ; for thou
didst protect him, and graciously guide his steps in his
going forth, and in his coming ; on his journey thither,
and on his return hither.

" Thou who tendest the outcast lambs, though thou
do afflict, thou also relievest ; though thou do wound,
thine own hand healeth ; as thou halt begun to
deal kindly with our brethren, so mayest thou con-
tinue to magnify thy mercy, and to realise the pro-
mises of the Emperor, in order that thy children may
dwell in safety and tranquillity, under the shadow of un-
interrupted peace, and live in brotherly union and
harmony with their neighbours.
" 0 All-bountiful Lord, who payest every man ac-
cording to his work, remember, we beseech thee, what
Sir Moses, and his eminently distinguished consort,
Lady Montefiore, have done; how they did hazard their
lives, in order to bring relief to the iedigent, to ad-
minister comfort to the afflicted in mind, and to revive
the spirits of the broken-hearted.

" We beseech thee, 0 Lord, let them enjoy the fruit of'
their deeds, and delight their souls with the quickening
consciousness of success. The father shall tell his
children of their pious and self-imposed missions ; the
memory of their nobleminded advocacy in behalf of the
many shall be perpetuated, and the lustre of their names
continue unfaded, throughout all generations.

"Accept, 0 Lord, our prayer, and let thy countenance
shine upon us. Amen."

COURT CIRCULAR.

Sir Robert Peel took leave of the Queen yesterday
morning, crossed from the Isle of Wight in the Fairy,
and arrived at his residence in Whitehall. Gardens at
half past two o'clock in the afternoon. The Right
Honourable Baronet was visited after his return to
town, by the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham,
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge honoured the performance of the French
Plays with their presence yesterday evening.
Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. French had an interview with Sir George Clerk
yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade.
Sir Thomas Fremantle had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Dowing-street.

The Ecclesiastictil Commissioners for England had a
Committee-meeting yesterday. There were present the
Bishops of London, Bangor, Gloucester and Bristol,
Oxford, Rochester, Salisbury and Worcester, and the
Right Hon. H. Hobhouse.

Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada,
and also from the Governors of the other North Ame-
rican provinces, were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office. Dispatches were received on Sunday at
the Colonial-office from the Governor of the Cape of
Good Hope.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
ISSDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING _ _

The performances will commence with the New and Original
Comic Drama, in Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known
event, called THE DUST-MAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr.
Keeley; Sally Bromley, Mrs. Keeley. . .

Atte; which (for the second time), a New and Original Farce, en-
titled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. Frank
Matthews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yamold; Mrs. Wool-
lidge, and Miss Howard.
To conclude with the burlesque of ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE
JOHN Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. Wigan, Kinlock, and
Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Miss Mary Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley.