The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-17 00:00:00

EXHIBITION OF THE NEW SO-
CIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.
On Saturday afternoon the annual and fourteenth
exhibition of the New Society of Painters in Water
Colours was opened for private inspection. With-
out any question or reservation of opinion what-
ever, the collection for 1846 is the most excellent
within our remembrance of this Association.. For
fulness and accuracy of drawing, for richness and
suavity of colouring, for poetry of conception, for
ingenuity of design, several of the productions are
almost beyond praise, and are certainly superior to
any water-colour paintings we ourselves have seen
during the past twelve months. Not that we are by
any means disposed to lavish this eulogium indiscri-
minately upon the whole abundance and variety of the
exhibition.
No. 253. " The Two Marys at the Sepulchre," by
Henry Riviere, for example, is at once meritorious
for the luscious depth of the hues, and execrable for
the awkwardness of the grouping.
194. " Returning from the Beach," byl. H. Mole,
is almost worthy of George Cattermole, for the per-
spective over a level scene, as well as for the do-
mestic meaning imparted to the rustic figures in the
foreground.
127. " Sebastian Gomez, commonly called El
Mulato de Murillo, discovered by his Master at
Work," by E. H. Wehnert, is one of those bold and
capacious masterpieces which render the very name
of Wehnert attractive. Who does not remember the
story of Gomez, the mulatto-slave of Murillo—that
story which Georgio Vasari could tell with a zest
—of the helot being surprised one morning
at his artistic studies by the great Spanish
maestro P The daring and successful delineation of
this anecdote by Wehnert, will remind those of the
incident from whose memory it might have escaped.
The painting is harmonious in every respect, and tells
the tale of the biographer in an instant.
143. " Julian taking his Leave of the Hostess of
the Cat and Fiddle," by Edward H. Corbould.—Can
any one forget who has ever read " Peveril of the
Peak"—and who has not ?—that sly whisper of Dame
Whitecraft's in the ear of Peveril " Beware of tre-
pans ?" Here is the whisper—visible ! Peveril him-
self is looking down from his elevation on the fore-
shortened horse, with a sort of roguish admiration at
the face of the saucy witch—the hostess. There is
admirable skill in the anatomic difficulties of the horse,
or rather of its posture.
110. " The Rape of the Lock," by Charles Wei-
gall. One of the most felicitous pieces in the gal-
lery. The gallant, with the Sabine curl in one hand,
and the scissors in the: other, is an idea from Hogarth,
full of impudence, fun, and breathlessness.
Here, however, are the two gems-of the exhibition ;
they are a match in size, in conception, and in their
consummate expression of grace and delicacy, but
they are at opposite extremities of the catalogue.
No. 11. " The Lily of the Valley," and No. 342,
" The Water Lily," by E. H. Corbould. These are
literally and absolutely exquisite. When we looked
at " The Lily of the Valley," the naturalness of the
surrounding scenery, the: lithesomeness of the young:
girl's figure, untrammelled by the whalebone broidery
of fashion, beautiful in the lip, the eye, the very parting
of the hair, bending too with such sylvan coquetry on
one side—we gave it the preference. When, on the
other hand, we turned to " The Water Lily," and be-
held that incarnation of loveliness, naked to the waist,
pedestalled by such inimitable waves of drapery,
suffused with such a golden glow of chastity, re-
minding us of that episode in Thomson's " Summer"
of the virgin bathing—
" In youth wild throbbing on thy lawless gaze," &C.
when we looked upon all this, and remembered all
this, we felt that the brush of the true Artist is almost
as magical as the wand of the Poet. Edward Cor-
bould has evinced great genius in these two exquisite
pictures.
We shall resume this notice at an early opportunity.

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WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.
We regret to announce the probable loss of the Eng-
lish emigrant ship Omega, 1,277 tons burden, belonging
to Stromness, Mr. David Carrick, commander, which
sailed from Liverpool on the 16th of January last, with
313 emigrants for New York; and also that of the Bar-
bara, of Nova Scotia.

The subjoined details have been received at Lloyd's:—
The Omega, besides 313 emigrants on board, had a
crew of about 30 hands. During the first two weeks of
her ♦oyage the weather was extremely fine, On the
4th of February she encountered the first of a succes-
sion of heavy gales, in which she lost her spars and
sails, and eventually her rudder. The vessel became
unmanageable, and for a week drifted at the mercy
of the waves. On the 17th of February she was
fallen in with by'the barque Aurora, from Wales, bound
to St. John's, New Brunswick, in ballast. It was
decided that the passengers and crew of the Omega
should be put on board of the barque; about 130 of the
passengers got on board, but the weather became tem-
pestuous, and one of the boats of the Omega, containing
the second mate and four of the crew, was swamped, and
all in her perished. For several days more the Omega
continued to be driven about, when she was fallen in
with by the brig Barbara, of Nova Scotia, on her
passage to Cork from New York, with a cargo of Indian
corn. The master instantly offered all assistance in his
power, and, to render that assistance most effective, he
caused part of his cargo to be thrown overboard to
make room for the emigrants, of whom 150 were
got on board, together with two casks of water. This
had hardly been accomplished when a gale. spang up,
and the Barbara, for her own safety, was obliged to
leave the Omega, with the master, mate, eight seamen,
and twenty-fire passengers still on board. The Barbara
was soon lost sight of. Two days afterwards a third
vessel bore down to her assistance, namely, the British
barque Higbland Mary, from Liverpool. With consider-
able difficulty the remainder of the emigrants, with Mr.
Carrick:, the commander, anti' his crew, were rescued
from the ill-fated vessel. She was then in lon. 52. 24.,
and little doubt is entertained of her having afterwards
foundered.

The moat distressing event, however, is yet to be
detailed. When the vessel Barbara met with the
Omega, the former had but a few days' supply of
water; and as they succeeded in getting only two casks
from the wreck,
her crew caused thee large addition to the number of
to be immediately want of this most necessary article
wearnd severely felt—so much so,
indeed, that many compelled to eat ice and drink
salt water. At this criticalsight, period a homeward-bound
steamer hove in
made. The steamer bore down
signals of distress were
of the Barbara, when the own to within 10 or 15 yards
quainted the steamer that ther
master of the latter vessel ac-
dying for want of water. The:ere /30:persons on board
was, " There is land—go the:PlY from the steamer
wind was blowing off the land e and get it." The
that it was impossible to retake its.o strongly at the time
the srsall harbour of Rencios She then bore for
; but in
the night, in wearing ships, she lost t the course of
weather somewhat moderating, she suwcoc boats. On the
the harbour; and the captain, seeing several boats in
gaining
requested them to obtain the assistance of some pilots,
order to place the vessel in se.fe anchorage. eThe °"3"n
boats
went ashore, and on their return announced the refusal
of the pilots to come off. The captain then attempted
a course for St. John's, and in doing so it is
sup-
posed mistook Heart's Point (near Petty Harbour)
for Cape Spear, where they became becalmed, and were
carried by the current ashore. Twenty of the pas-
sengers contrived to gain the cliffs by crawling along the
bowsprit. The tide and the wind carried the vessel
further up the coast, she struck heavily on the hedge of
a rock, and stove her bottom in. Thirty more passen-
gers managed to reach the rocks in safety, but imme-
diately afterwards the vessel fell over on her side, went
down, and carried with her 113 men, women, and chil-
dren, all of whom met with a watery grave. Many
of those who succeeded in gaining the shore before the
Teasel struck perished in the course of the following
night from exhaustion and exposure to intense frost.
About 70 bodies had been found up to the time of this
information being dispatched.
Resvecling the Aurora, which took off from the wreck
she arrived ship 130 of its passengers, we learn that
Upwards of
ul 7t_
lislifax about the 29th of February.
the dreadf peit the emigrants had, however, died from
dered impossible for'()08 they endured, and it was consi•
Most of the several others to survive.
perished were fro unhappy. creatures who have thus
survivors cannot lit the stdiand c . -
ties A list of the
The Omega, pr„°btailled for ril •
underwent thorou Irma teii,r de_aome time.
emigration agent: jexaminatioLTre from Liverpool,
the extent of 20,000/. t is stated that" the Government
she is insured to

WAKEFIELD CORN'
ARXE
an improved demand for wheat this d PR/Djy...._we have
titles of which have in some instanca
ithe better qua_
advance of ls. per quarter over
la4t
een sold at an
eYs
Spring corn of all sorts remains unaltet!edineevkle P, with
rics,
but a few sales made in any kind of it.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 14 S rem
any business has been transacted:in our raw ;11,,a c•
a
this week, owing to the want of a supply; the art.:Take:
importers being exhausted. Refined goods are dull off
sale, and rather lower.—Bristol Mercury.
THE REGULAR ARMY.—A return obtained by Me.'
Hume, M.P., shows that the regular army of all ranks
in the United Kingdom on the Ist of January last con-
sisted of 66,417 men, of whom 35,421 were stationed in
England, and 30,996 in Ireland. The grand total (in-
cluding the Colonial forces) amounted to 123,992 rank
and file. The number of recruits last year amounted to
18,632 against 23,878 in 1846.
GREAT NONIIIINSE.—It has been foolishly remarked
w that the pr-sctice of laying wagers is likely to increase
with the spread of education; as at present many persons
refrain from it solely because they don't know any
biAter,—puppet