The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.
THE ART JOURNAL.

Two beautiful numbers of this publication (Nos.
CXXIV. and CXXV.), for October and November,
are lying before us for consideration. As specimens
of the progress of art, they are more than satisfac-
tory. Nor will the assertion appear exaggerated
when we enumerate merely the principal engravings :
" There sleeps Titania," drawn by H. Huskisson and
engraved by Frederick Heath. " The Evening
Hymn," engraved by Lemercier from the painting of
Charles Gleyre. Thorwalsden's " Hebe," drawn by E.
T. Parris and engraved by E. Finden. " Pilgrims
in sight of Rome," engraved by C. W. Sharpe, from
the original picture of C. L. Eastlake. Baily's " Eve
at the Fountain," andi Greuze's " Innocence." The
last mentioned is a lovely circular picture, which
would be exquisite as a mosaic or a cameo,
but especially as a cameo. Beyond these
we have a portrait and biographical sketch of Dela-
croix, and a continuation of the pictorial narrative
of the fluctuations of costume in ancient France.
The original designs for manufacturers—so faceti-
ously distorted in a recent number of Punch—present
to us many graceful and ingenious contrivances for
symbolising the implements of the cuisine, or for im-
parting elegance to the most commonplace pieces of
furniture. Instance the " Gas Brackets,' by B.
Smith ; the " Toast Rack," by H. Green ; the
"Lucifer-match Box," by H. Fitz-Cook; the
" Asparagus Tongs," &c. We are gratified to ob-
serve that the representation of the paintings in the
Vernon Gallery will commence with the first day
of the new year. Some tribute of this kind, at least,
is requisite to mark the gratitude of the public to
the munificent gentleman whose generosity has been
acknowledged in no adequate manner by the Govern-
ment.

THIRTY YEARS' PEACE.
HISTORY OF=-) DURING THE
ENGLA
In this carefully compiled continuation
,hle of the
Charles
Knight
K i
" Pictorial History of England,"
is recording the various events willerh. (d
havear transpired
in the United Kingdom between 1815 to 1845 in-
elusively. Each part being accompanied with an
embellishment, such as an engraved likeness of the
_
M•
benevolent Wilbeforce, is thereby materially enhanced
in value. Some portions of the history are penned
with considerable eloquence. As, for example, the
comparison of Canning's oratory to the conflagrations
in the Savannahs:—
" Never," says the historian, " did the fires of western
forests run through the wilderness more gloriously than
the speeches of Canning through the political wilds of
thoseE urop e,
western under the deep
wildernessesnight
theo the
unaccustomedo y
theln
timid tremble and shriek, and hang together as
they see the speading same, and hear the
rush and roar, and think of the waste of ashes
that will be seen to-morrow : but the hardy free-
man enjoys the sight; enjoys the sprinkling and scatter-
ing blazes which seize upon decay and rottenness, to
turn them into freshness and fruitfulness. And so it
was when the utterance of Canning in the British Par-
liament ran over Europe, kindling as it went. It was
hateful and terrific to despots, because it leaped upoir-
their abuses, and scorched their vanities, and lime- of
their antiquated dogmas ashes for a new 6rsrith of
opinion."
The Third Part terminates with •
by prance in 1822. Wh- invasion of Spain
will, be of singular - completed,
the Volume
ATL '

--4$ ALISONIS HISTORY of EUROPA',
Parts -X Vin nom'
This splendid publithitihh has now approached to
within a single .itstrilber of its conclusion • and we only
€rrd additihhal reasons for reiterating all our former
nulogiums on the undertaking. In the two parts
before us we have representations of the battles
of Vimeira, Vittoria, Champ Aubert, Vanthamps
Nivelle, Quatre Bras, Wavre, and Waterloo
with a sketch of the Passage of the Beresina,
and maps of India, France, and Belgiuth.
The plate . representihg the thethorilble field bf
Waterloo---with every detail distinctly visible, from
the Bois die Paris to the Bois de Soignies, from
Hubertnoht to Braine de Lend, from La Belle
Alliance to Haye Sainte, from Hougoment to Beau
Chene—is alone worth half-a-dozen of the numbers.
The first sheet alone has, as yet, been published, and
conveys to the mind an excellent notion of the rela-
tive positions of the hostile armies on the morning of
that sanguinary battle.
S.

,ALPORD NOVIMBER FAIR.--A memorial has
been very numerously signed by inhabitants of the
borough, farmers, horse dealers, and others who attend
this fair, praying the authorities to extend the duration
of the cattle and horse fair for two days, instead of one,
on the ground of the time being too short to enable
dealers to dispose of their stock, or to remunerate them
for the risk of bringing large and valuable stock to the
fair. It is owing to this that the fair for horses and
horned cattle has fallen into decay, and the inhabitants
have been obliged to travel to distant fairs to purchase
horses and cattle.---Manchester Courier.