The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-15 00:00:00

BRITISH. INSTITUTION.

The second division of tisee;h7ibiticTn-a; the British
Institution for 1816 opens to-day. We were admitted
to the private view on Sitturday, and it certainly is the
most interesting exhibition, both in historical and in
artistical points of view that has perhaps ever been pre-
sented to the pu3:itio The nature of it will ba best
described in Ole words of the directors themselves in
their__
Er. short
ilavilhe Prefatory notice to the catalogue :
ality of her Majesty and other patrons of art,
en'-,pled the directors this year to exhibit a collection
fsportraits of eminent persons, which they think cannot
1 to prove highly interesting to the public, from their
r`
-station to the history, literature and arts of this and
other countries."
The pictures exhibited are 213 in number, and there
are specimens of almost every master, and portraits of
almost every illustrious person who has flourished from
the days of Holbien to those of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Among the Holbiena is the celebrated picture of Henry
VIII. granting ale charter to the barber surgeons,
Which has been. lent by that Company ; the portraits of
dward VI. and of Queen Mary—the first the property
of the Eati of Hardwicke—the second that of the Hon.
C. C. Cavendish, M.P. ; a portrait of Erasmus, and a
portrait of Catherine de Bose, the wife of Martin Luther,
both the property of the Duke of Sutherland. There is
1,4 Portrait of Luther himself, which is full of character-
-49 S. Perdioni—the uroperty of Viscount Alford, M.P.
There is the celebrated portrait of Queen Elizabeth,
Zucchero, which has been lent by the Marquis
Salisbury; and a portrait of the unfortunate Earl of
117,z, by the same artist, the property of the Duke of
`csr€l. There is a portrait of Shakspere, by R. Bur-
1-get the property of W. Nichol], Esq.; and Sir Antonio
,_ses) celebrated portrait of Sir Philip Sidney,
l'uith has been lent by the Duke of Bedford.
88.Ivator Rosa's celebrated portrait of himself (an exqui-
ra picture) has been lent to that Institution by the
„..rquis of Westminster ; and in the same room we find
Titian's magnificent picture, the Cornaro Family, the
Property_ of the Duke of Northumberland ; Tintoreto's
Portrait of Cosmo 1., the property of Earl
'Amherst ; Rubens's portrait of Old Parr ; Van-
dyke's portrait of Lord Falkland, the property
of the Earl of Clarendon, and Rembrandt's por-
trait of Van Hooft, (a remarkably fine picture), the pro
party of Viscount Alford. There are also fine specimens
of Lely, Keener, and the portrait painters of the first halt
of the eighteenth century. Her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased to lend the directors the portraits of Lord
Rodney, of William Duke of Cumberland, of Admiral
Barrington, of the Marquis of Rockingham, and of
It awl Moira,' by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and those of Earl
St. Vincent and Lord Nelson, by Hoppner. The col-
legation is very rich in Sir Joshua's, having, in addition
to 'batty of his best portraits two celebrated groups, the
property of the Society of Dilettanti. The Trinity
'flOuse have lent their portrait of Lord Howe,
i
Gainsborough
l and among the works of the artists
Succeeding the age of Reynolds, we have a portrait of
William the Fourth, when young, by Sir T. Lawrence,
tho property of Lord de Lisle. Owen's portraits of
Lords Eldon and Stowell, the property of the Earl of
Eldon; and Phillips's portraits of Chantry, Scott, Byron,
and Crabbe, the first lent to the institution by Lady
'-""trY, the last three by J. Murray, Esq. This exhi-
bitiongaiey of
r the British Institution. constituting as it does a
of worthies of all ages and countries, is perfectly
Would it be impossible to have engravings
t,altee of all these portraits ? " The British Institution
tkiiallery of Portraits for 1846," would he an excellent
wtle, for such a series of engravings. Its publication
"Ilid forward the progress of art, and, from the inter
"tie
, g- nature ef the portraits, it would be a safe specula-
'son fur a publisher.

SPORTIN ti INTELLIGENCE.
TEN-BURY RACES.—Tuunsnay.
The West Worcestershire Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs.
each, h ft, with 40 added, the second to save his stake.
Two miles. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Parr's Slipshod, 7st 101 b (Francis) 1
Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 5 yrs. Bst 121 b 2
Mr. Jones's Sailor, aged, Bst 31b 3
Mr. Knight's The Jolly Beggar,
5 years, Bst 41b
Mr. Shepherd's Mudlark, aged, Bst 51b
5
Won by a length.
The Tally-ho Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, the
second saves his stake. Heats, one mile and a quarter,
over three hurdles. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Herbert's Shipmate, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Turner) 4 1 2 1
Mr. Scott's Adrian, aged, list 91b.... ..... ...
Mr. Williamson's Thurgarton, 5 yrs, lOst 71b 1 3 3 3
Mr. Powell's Cracksman, aged, 1 Ist
dr.4 4 dr.
Mr. Palmer s The Bird, aged, lOst I llb ...... ••• 3
Mr. Walker's Graduate, 5 yrs, lOst 71b............ 6 dr.
The Witlev Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, the
second to save his stakes, two miles (4 subs.), were won in
two heats by Mr. Parr's Slipshod, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Francis),
beating Mr. Kitten's Beggar-girl, 6 yrs, 9st 41b, and Mr.
Davenport's Chester (late Step-and-Fetch-it), 4 yrs, Bst 111 b.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added, the second
saves his stake. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (9 Subs.)
Mr. Jones's Charity, 6 yrs, lOst 41b (Turner) ... 4 1 1
Mr. Walker's Tipton Maid, 5 yrs, lOst
Mr. Pearce's Florine, 4 yrs, Ost 31b 6 6 '2
Mr. Palmer's The Bird, aged, lOst 41b
Oat
Mr. Thrift's Glideaway, 5 yrs, 21b
Mr. Tranter's Boa, 4 yrs, Sat 81b
Mr. Taylor's Linnet, 3 yrs, 7st I llb
Mr. Morgan's Brewood, aged, 9st 61b 3 8 dr
Mr. Davis's Mermaid, 6 yrs, Oat I 11b.. .............. 5 7dr
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THE FATAL ACCIDENT IN CHELSEA REACH.—On
Saturday, Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, opened an in-
%airy at the Red House Tavern, Battersea fields, into the
circumstances attending the deaths of three persons, a gentle-
marie
aand two married women whose lives were sacrificed by
accidental upsetting of boat on Thursday evening
last. The names of the deceased are James Clark, aged
seventeen, a highly respectable young man, articled to a
civil engineer, Charlotte
Collinson, aged twenty-seven, the
wife of a cab-driver, and Elizabeth Bunce, aged twenty-
eight, the wife of a fishmonger,
the room cleared, returned verdict of Accidental Death in
each case.
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IMMENSE STEAM FACTORY. The central
art
, which is 204 feet long
of the Portsmouth (American) martto?,
s 3 lx stories high, the
feet, of the other
is now two-thirds up. The contra pis
wings five stories. Height of the lower steorb;
stories 12 feet. The length of the front will be 504 feet, or about a
tenth of a mile. There will be about fbtr acres O
factory. Number of spindles, 50,000 ; number of operatives rflaoing
Itvri.2oo to,in the
1,500. In the rear, two parallel buildings, two stories p ill be ex-
tended 800 feet back, from the junction of the main
with the wings ; and betv,•sen those buildings, 50 feet from the mabl
building
structure, the boiler house is to be erected. The foundation of
the
chimney, which Is to be 140 feet high, is laid, and is in progress of
erection. A gentleman who has been travelling the last year, in
pursuit of information respecting manufacturing establishments, and
who has *visited more than a thousand factories, informs us that the
largest factory building he has seen or heard of is at Manchester, in
this stale, which is 440 feet in length. There is no factory in England
to compare with it for size.—American paper.
HOMEWARD-BOUND INDIA MEN.—Several large vessels
passed up Channel on Tuesday, having been delayed by easterly
winds and calm. The ship Vernon, Captain Voss, from Calcutta,
with a cargo of sugar and silks, landed 15 passengers and some letters,
at the Brighton Custom-house. by the Eagle pilot-boat, of Deal.
The Carnatic, Captain Hyne, from Bombay, landed a few letters.
The Hydrabad, Captain Harrison, from Calcutta and Jamaica,
landed several passengers by the Twin, pilot-boat, of Dover. The
gountstewart Elphiastene, Captain Hotten, from Calcutta, bound to
London, also landed passengers.
EARLY DELIVERY OF LETTERS.—On Wednesday
night a notice, of which the following is a copy, was put up in the
letter-carrier's branch of the Inland-office :—" His Lordship the Post-
master-General has given directions to 'stop the admission of any
more subscribers to the early delivery, and to forbid the letter-
carriers to receive such upon pain of dismissal.—June 10, 1846."
`• The head of LeCiirnt says one of the Paris

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fournals, " has been examined by the phrenologists. It presents the
external formation which, according to Gall and Spurzliehn, indicates
4 a propensity to murder. the forehead is depressed, the posterior
Part of the bead is strongly developed, and the ears aro largo."