The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-08 00:00:00

rounu oi tee papers a little while ago, telling how
the father of the Marchioness, Mr. Cunliffe Brookes, the
wealthy banker and cotton-spinner, wishing to have hie
daughter painted by the illustrious Jerseyman, asked
him his price, and the latter, wishing to get out of• the
job, replied £,OOO, and was greatly surprised to find the
terms accepted. Mr. Leighton, lam sorry to say, will
not be represented after all. Mr. Holman Hunt will be
absent in every sense of the word, for he has been far
away in Palestine these many months, and has been
engaged on what he expects to be his greatest work. Mr.
Frith, whose portrait of Mr. Sothern two years ago
was so much admired, sends a portrait of that
most charming of actresses, Mrs. Wybert Rousby, dressed,
as The Princess Elizabeth, in " Twixt Axe and Crown.'
The same artist sends "Sir Roger de Coverley and the
Widow," " Yorick in the Glove Shop," and " A Sketch
at Homburg." Mr. Calderon and Mr. Orchardson have
. struck out new styles. The first has a series of half-
allegorical pictures, representing the seasons, but having
an interest of their own beyond the subjects which they
symbolise. Mr. Orchardson has entered into competition
with Mr. Hook, and shews a fisherman's boat in a stormy
sea, " The day is done," a Scotch working man's cottage
and family at bedtime, is Mr. Faed's chief contribution.
Mr. Ward's larger picture is that of "Baxter before
Judge Jeffreys," and his smaller one that of the
Duchess d'Angouleme sweeping her prison floor. Mrs.
Ward's subject I mentioned in my last—an interview
between the divorced Empress Josephine and the son of
her rival and of her husband, the young Napoleon. 11.,
the Bonaparte whom M. Rochefort loves best of all,
because that one never reigned. Mr. Goodall has a large
picture of Moses among the Bulrushes, Mr. Armitage,
likewise, has a Scriptural subject, Gethsemane, and also a.
scene from ./Esop. Mr. Elmore's chief work is the death-
bed of Louis XIII. Sii Edwin Landseer has a life-sized
portrait of a famous Derby-winner " Voltigeur," Mr.
O'Neil has a scene from " Don Juan," _
scene from " Pericles," and a picture of Michael
Angelo at work. Mr. , Yeames has a large
picture with more than twenty figures, the subject
of it, "Ladies Washing Beggars' Feet on Maundy Thurs-
day," and another picture called, " The Haunted Room."
Mr. Poynter has forsaken his usual style, and will shew
us what he can do with the nude. His subject is Andro-
meda. Mr. Val Prinsep sends two very different subjects
—" Queen Cleopatra" and the " Parlour-maid." Mr.
Marcus Stone keeps to history, and, in the largest work
that he has yet painted, shews Queen Katherine watch-
ing, with jealous eye, a flirtation between her husband
and Anne Boleyn. Mr. Marks, humorous as ever, repre-
sents St. . Francis preaching to the birds. Mr.
Poole has a highly romantic subject, in which a lover
attempts to frighten his obdurate lady-love by spewing
her the vision of a princess enchanted as a punishment for
her hardness of heart. Mr. Story, sculptor, novelist,
poet, and artist, whose " Dancing Lesson" everyone will
remember, shews two pictures—" A Singing Lesson,"
and " Only a Rabbit," the latter a picture of two women
laughing over the solitary contents of a sportsman's bag.
Mr. Watts sends " A Will o' the Wisp " and " A Moun-
tain Scene." Mr. Wynlield, Mr. Pettie, and
Mr. Simeon Solomon are all contributors. Land-
cape will be represented by Mr. Vicat Cole,
Mr. McWhirter, and Mr. Peter Graham. The Pre-
sident, and Messrs. Knight, Sant, Weigall, Hodges, the
Hon. H. Graves, and others send portraits. Among the
foreign exhibitors are Flize, Tadema, Duverger, and
Madame Bodic hon. Mr. Erskine Nicol and Mr. Sandys
are, like Mr. Leighton, prevented by illness from exhibit-
ing. Before leaving art matters I may mention that Mr.
Holman Hunt's " Finding of our Saviour in the Temple"
has been purchased by Mr. Matthews, and that Mr.
Barry is reported to have resigned his post as architect to
the Houses of Parliament on account of a difference with
Mr. Ayrton,induced by the First Commissioner's economi-
cal ideas.

This evening there is much talk of Ministerial changes,
and all the rumours of the last few days are revived, with
considerable additions. It is said that the Speaker,
who is deeply afflicted by the loss of his nephew
and heir, the member for Newark, will re-
tire, and that his post will be taken by
Mr. Cardwell, who is weary of contending with the ob-
structiveness that thwarts all his reforms at the War
Office. Of course , the Liberals are strong enough
to place whom they plase in the 'chair, and if
Mr. Cardwell, wishes to go there, he will obtain his wish.
Lord Northbrook will be his successor at the War Office,
and the Under-Secretary for War will have to be found in •
the House of Comthons It is not improbable that Mr. Baxter
will be transferred to that department, although in a
higher capacity than that at present filled by Lord North-
brook. Mr. Bright's friends are most anxious that he
should resign. This I can state on the highest authority,
and it is believed that he will be succeeded by Mr. Ayrton
who at preseist is certainly the square man in the
round hole. This change should leave room for
Mr. Stansfeld or Mr. Forster, to be taken into the
Cabinet. Finally, it is once more said with confidence
that Lord Ilatherley means -to resign, that Sir Roundell
Palmer will be his successor, and that the title of the new
peer will be Baron Selborne, of Selborne, Hants. The
last announcement seems less likely than the others, for
Sir Roundell Palmer has lately been criticising the Land
Bill with some severity. Still it is not an
_improbable,
event.

BOYS' COSTUME.-TWO novelties of the anion are

illustrated by a plate in a well-known journal of fashion,
" Le Beau Monde," under the immediate patronage of 11.R.II;
'the Princess of Wales, published in Paris and London. They
are to be called the " Albert Victor" and the " Ernest Albert.
Specimens of these costumes are at present only to be seen,
by the general trade on presentation of business cards, Rua
through them they will be exhibited- to the public. TO
two costumes form an improvement on knickerbockers, which
style of dress originated with Messrs. Nicoll, and, as a boy s
dress, was highly praised by the late
_Mr. Thackeray in 00
" Cornhill Magazine." Those two new costumes are re-
gistered under the Designs Act. They afford great freedom
of action to the limbs. The material is woollen, and durable,
and, together with its trimming of braid, will wash without
requiring to be remade ; thus the original pleasing appeal'
mice may be renewed till the dress itself is finally worn out-
A boy's outfit from three years to five years of age, with belt
and satchel made to contain either a waterproof cape or hand-
kerchief, is obtainable at a very small cost. For youthig
from five to eight years of age the Albert Victor style, hag
trousers completely covering the stocking, while the knicker-
bocker style, showing the leg, is used in the Ernest Albert
costume, and no doubt in future will form, generally, the
first dross on a boy leaving the nursery. These articles are
the invention of D. Nicoll and Co., who recently have intro-
duced the new celebrated rug paletot, and other useful
articles of dress, which can be obtained of their agents in
London and every important town throughout the country.

Raggiero, who not long since made his escape,
after having robbed Senor Marfori, late secretary to the
ex-Queen Isabella, of a quantity of money and jewellery►
has been sentenced by default,un the Court of Assizes of
the Seine, to ten years' hard labour.

THE TROUBLES IN DALMATIA.—The Emperor
of Austria appears to have abandoned his intention of
visiting Dalmatia. According to the latest accounts tlia
malcontents are far from being pacified. They still cheriol.,_
the idea of war, and it is thought that in a few weeks,
when the weather improves, they will recommence bon"
tilities.

The steamer Harrard, of Gray mouth, from 68
South of Spain, with copper ore, bound for Glasgow, 131.1,24
in to Waterford for coals on Wednesday. The pilot diuk
not reverse her engines in sufficient time, and she took On
ground, swung round, damaged herself on the rocks, (1
sunk in deep water.

FRENCH EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE.-41-.
Liegeard has proposed an amendment to the French
Budget to the effect that a national offering of 1.00,00f*
may be made to M. Gustave Lambert, in order. that 11,6
may successfully carry. out his expedition to the North
Pole. The Corps L4gislatif will in all probability agree
to this proposal of the representative of Moselle.
POPULAR EDUCATION IN RUSSIA.—The officitt
reports which have been received at St. ;Petersburg, frm'
various parts of the country, shew that great resistanc6,
has been made by the peasants, to the measure adopted
for the spread of popular education. They will not con,,
sent to pay the poll-tax which had been decided upon P-1
the provincial assemblies and refuse to send their
children to school. The Government are, it is said, Pre-
paring some severe measures, which will make educatl6P4
compulsory through the empire.
PRUSSIAN ETIQUETTE.--kt ten o'clock 11,,,et,:
n-
arrived that the Prussians had gained the victory.
Kin sent round the joyful, tidings, and the whole to e 1
was in movement to assemble at the Palace. A conked
had arrived with a note from the aide-de-camp of W.'.
King,,stating that he had great intelligence to corarallnii
cate, but that he was earning on slowly from the 13;/
post because lie had lost his hat in the battle, and eoulc,
not appear before his Majesty in that state. Was then
ever anything more ridiculous? What an extraordinarY,
trait for the nineteenth century ! Twenty-four postilion,
and a hat were sent out to meet the aide-de-canl
and about twelve o'clock he dismounted at the
amidst the acelanw.tions of the populace.—Life of
ilchert Wilson. •
OPENING Or 5041 •i'aRTUGUESE CORTES.--Thd-
King of Portugal, in opening the Cortes, referred 01'17:
daily to the system of Parliamentary Reform. In 3`11.4
tion to the bills specified during the last I,2gislatist
session, the Government had, he said given attention `h
ll the reform of the_ouse of Peers' in conformity
constitution with the improvement of the Parliamentari,
institutions. They had ci:inpleted this task in the 0,03
competent manner. The Government intended to 111t!-
duce a bill for the definition of Ministerial responsibil
and several bills would be presented for the reorga?
tion of the finances,