The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-01 00:00:00

PONTYPOOL STEEPLECHASES.—TnuRsamr.

The Open Handicap was won by Lord Strathmore's
The Roarer, lOst 91b (Mr. Rowland), beating Mr.
Potts' Bold Davey, 9st 121 b (G. Vivian), in a canter.
The second chase was won in a canter by Mr. Iron's
Hope, 9st 12.1 b (Mr. Rowland), beating five others.
The third chase was won easily by Mr. Potts's White
Stockings, lOst 91b (Mr. Rowland), beating Redmond,
Major, and several others by three lengths.
The Newmarket Railway will be opened for general
traffic on Tuesday next, so that the frequenters of the
races will now be enabled to make the journey in little
more than two hours, without change of carriages. This,
no doubt, will indnce hundreds to attend the meetings,
who have hithcrto found the journey too long and ex-
pensive.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(THIS DAY.)
BODMIN.

The Bodmin Election Committee re-assembled this
morning; Mr. Hamilton in the chair.
It was engaged the whole morning in hearing evi-
dence to support the charge of treating brought against
Mr. Wylde.
The Committee was occupied till its rising with the
evidence of several licensed victuallers of Bodmin, who
supplied the voters with drink and refreshments to the
extent of 53. each, on their producing a ticket autho-
rising them to do so.

TEo Committee adjourned till Monday morning at
eleven o'clock.

EXHIBITION AT THE SUFFOLK-
STREET GALLERY.-(THIS DAY.)

No inconsiderable amount of enterprise has been
evinced during the past 12 months by the distinguished
Society of British Artists, whose productions are
annually exhibited in the Suffolk-street Gallery.
Schools of Art have been permanently opened, and,
according to the official announcement just published,
it would seem that already " nearly one hundred
students have entered; and the classes have been
regularly and well attended." Beyond this lectures of
very superior ability have been delivered at intervals,
one course of which lectures (namely, the course on
the anatomical studies essential to an artist, by Mr.
Strickland), we had lately occasion to notice in terms
of deserved eulogium. Notwithstanding all these
additional labours, the principal members of the Insti-
tution have displayed an unusual amount of applica-
tion, and in some instances a remarkable degree of
ability. Only two have revealed any disposition to-
wards idleness—namely, Josi, who has produced
merely one picture, and Herring, whose name for
once appears on the catalogue :without a single
piece for display. The latter circumstance we
cannot but regret, as his delineations of animals
arc generally characterised by genius. On the other
hand, we have in the exhibition for 1848, ten paint-
ings by Clint, nine by liomerton, twelve by Hassell,
nine by Childe, nine by Payne, ten by Pidding, ten
by \Voolmer, twelve by Shayer, eleven by Wilson,
eight by Ilurlstone, six by hill, nine by Clator, ten
by Allen, and nine by Baxter. Without intending
to prejudge the entire collection from our first rather
hurried survey of this day (the first day of private
exhibition), we cannot but remark that the
works for the present year appear to us
rather inferior in ability to their predecessors.
Among those which particularly arrested our atten •
tion, either from their defects or their excellences,
were the following :
No. 1. " Our Saviour," by Count D'Orsay, an
ideal figure, peculiar for the affected stiffness of the
left band, and the brilliant colouring of the garments.
The countenance of Christ is without one gleam of
divinity; and in the general simplicity of the attitude
it is manifest that the gifted painter (in some respects
the Crichton of our gperation) has not forgotten the
sublimity of the up-raised arms of St. Paul in the
glorious cartoon of Raphael.
11. "An English River Scene," by Tennant,
one of the very ablest national landscapes in the
Gallery. Every portion of the canvass glitters with
naturalness. The ducks, " rowing themselves with
oar'y feet," on the surface of the current among the
bulrushes and waterflags, are clever; the team of
hwohroslees
an
n a crossingg ree
at
bh
le e bridge
animation.
the foreground gives the
masses
30. " Sunset—Coast of Yorkshire," by Clint, is
of rocks are
bold, but over-gaudy. The
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worked up admirably
63. " Frolic and her Puppies," the
by
by Nightingale,
gives considerable promise ; two of the puppies, espe-
cialy in the conception of their cha ranters, are hardly
Woolmer, is full of
unworthy of Landseer.
seLblekaeuty such as Boccaccio would have loved.
of Pergusa, by
light introduced between the sombre massiveness
Tbeha7isiityi
of the walls is infinitely truthful.
81. " Shades of Evening," by Boddington. The
sunbeams are slanting up from the valley, and bathe
the top boughs with lustre, throwing the bulk of the
scene in a cool, delicious shadow. The whole picture
is suffused with the peacefulness and suavity of
evening.

93. " Shepherd Boy," by Hill. The dog is inimi-
table, glancing up with half-dubious, half-interroga-
tive air at the young shepherd.
Another sketch by the :same artist (No. 193.
" Mother and Child") is exquisite in point of colour-
ing, and not by any means deficient in sentiment.
287. " Fishing Boys on the South Coast," from
the same easle, is life-like; we remember, however,

the attitude of the one stooping ; it seems to be a re
petition of one by Hill, in a large garne-piece ex
hibited two or three seasons back.

No. 296. " Gipsy Life," is the most animated and
gracefu:ly-grouped picture we can remember hy
The dancer is beautifully conceived, and has
an Italian daintiness in the drapery, though the pos-
ture is of the robust manner of her country.
108. " Pallanza, on the Lago Maggiore," is a
noble picture by Pyne, such as Pyne alone could
have composed and as such is worthy of his genius in
the art. The distances are wonderfully expressed
—the lucidity of the lake—the picturesque
dimness of the Italian buildings, the sprink-
ling of the clouds, the filmy dapple of
_the
cirrus in the celestial blue of the heavens, are all
exact and admirable. No. 245, " Saint's Day at Ve-
nice," also by Pyne, is a circular: sketch, :brimming
to the very framework with beauty, but still not to
be mentioned with its predecessors
No. 547. " Little Hampton Pier," from the same
master, is worthy of study—it shows how far the
imitation of Turner will carry a genius, even as in-
disputably great as that of Pyne. The very waters, as
well as the heavens, seem blazing with a conflagration
of green, purple, and damson.coloured flame, instead
of exhibiting the refulgence of sunset. Of the other
paintings we can only speak very briefly.
197. " The Victim of Sin and Death," by Latilla,
is a daring composition such as Paton might have
imagined, and such as he would have embodied with
yet more extraordinary effect.
475. " The Futile Disguise," by Woolmer, is a
graceful incarnation of loveliness, and will, we doubt
not, be represented in that exquisite material which
seems a sort of compromise between marble and por-
celain.

564. "Amy," a little sketch of female countenance,
by Dicksee, is delicately beautiful.
There is a capital copy of Gerard Dow (No. 694)
by Aane Brimmer, in the water-colour room; and
among the specimens of sculpture we must mention
"The Wanderer's Home" (No. 798), by Stevens, the
home being the cross of Christ.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 11, 1848.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Anthony Horrex
Roger Micklefield, of Stoke Ferry, in the country of Nor-
folk, Gent. to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for
taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed
by married women, under the Act passed for the aboli-
tion of fines, and recoveries and for the substitution of
more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county
of Norfolk.

CROWN OFFICE, MARCIE 31.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVH IN THIS PRESENT PAR*

LIAMENT.

County of Monmouth—Edward Arthur Somerset,
Esq., in the room of the Right Hon. Granville Charles
Henry Somerset, commonly called Lord Granville
Charles Henry Somerset, deceased.
Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
2d Regiment of West York Militia—Streford Chandos
St. Leger (and not William St. Leger, as inserted in the
Gazette of the 10th instant), Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 28.

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDE-D.
William Norley, cattle dealer, Paradise-street, Fins-
bury. _ _

Samuel Prentice, licensed victualler, Boxford, Suffolk.

BANKRUPTS.

Alfred Octavius Tanner, fruiterer,' Edmonton, to sur-
render April 7, at half-past one, and May 12, at half-
past eleven„ at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan,
official assignee, Birchin-lane; Towns, Devonshir,-street,
Bishopsgate.
William Beach, cutler, Salisbury, April 13, at half-
past one, and May 12, at half-past twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Jones, Quality-court.
John Bates, watch maker, Kettering, Northampton-
shire, April 13, and May 12, at one, at the Court of
F °
Barnkruptcy. Whitmore, officiAl assignee, Basmghall-
earnhead, Clifford's Inn.
steet;
James Green, wholesale hat manufacturer, Barbican,
April 7, at two, and May 12, at twave at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Depree, Law-
rence-lane, Cheapside.
George Dugl.as, linondraper, Brunswick-place, Old
Kent road, April 11, at halt-past one, and May 12, at
eleven, at the Cuurt of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official
assignee; Cooper, Hatton garden.
Daniel Greenaway Porter, wine merchant, Great
Tower-street, City, April 7, and May 18, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Fullett, official assignee,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Tilson and Co.,
Coleman-street.

John Coward, schoolmaster, Sloanc-street, April 8, at
two, and May 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy:
Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-
street ; Hughes, Chapel-street, Bedford-row.
Charles Edward Collis, draper, Poplar, Middlesex,
April 12, at two, and May 13, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder-
manbury; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
William Patrick, builder, Farnham, Surrey, April 12,
at half-past twelve, and May 13, at half-past two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street ; Johnstone and Co.,
Farnham; Temple, Farnham; Nicols, Farnham.
Adam Potter, butcher, Pekeaham, Suffolk, April 12,
at half-past one, and May 18, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street; Galsworthy and Nichol, Cook's-court, Carey-
street.

William Pell, merchant, Upper Thames-street, April
11 and May 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry;
Marten and Co., Mincing-lane.
Frederick Elphick, glass cutter, Castle-street East,
Oxford-market, April 13, at two, and May 16, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Dyer and Quick, -Ely-
place, Holborn.

David Gilby, coach builder, Bures Saint Mary,
Suffolk, April 11, at half-past two, and May 16, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Gooday, South-
square, Graff lon.

William Edmunds, tailor, Wenlock-road, April 11, and
May 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Wilson, Furnival's
Inn.

Richard Bayes Perkins, currier, Coventry, April 13,
and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Trough-
ton and Lea, Coventry; Austen and Hobson, Gray's Inn.
R. Ireland, wine-merchant, Wem, Shropshire,
April 12, and May 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Walmsley and Co., Wem ; James, Birmingham.
John Aldersen, druggist, Tunstall, Staffordshire, April
15 and May 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Wil-
liams, Hanley.
_ _ _

Simon King, dealer in cutlery, Cheltenham, April 18,
at twelve, and May 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Sabine, Bristol.
Edward Christopher Holland, surgeon, Honiton,
Devonshire, April 13, and May 11, at one, at the Exeter
District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Cox,
Honiton; Daw, Exeter; Church, Bedford-row, London.
Felix O'Hanton, linen draper, St. Thomas the Apostle,
Devonshire, April 3, and May 12, at eleven, at the
Exeter District Court. Ilernaman, official assignee,
Exeter; Geare and Co., Exeter; Finch and Co., Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, London.
James Dawson Green, plaid manufacturer, Leeds,
April 17, and May 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co.,
Bedford-row, London; Shackleton, Leeds.
William Henry Spurr, builder, Liverpool, April 14,
and May 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co.,
Bedford-row, London; Duncan and Co., Liverpool.
James Smith, slate merchant, Birkenhead, April 19
and May 5, at eleven, at the Liverpol District Court.
Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; VVilkin, Furnival's
Inn; Brown, Liverpool.
John Roberts and William Hammill Roberts, iron-
mongers, Liverpool, April 19 and May 5, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee,
Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple ; Grocott, Liver-
! pool.
Manchester District Court.
May 4, at eleven, at the Mane N
District April 11, and
Manchester; cams and Cu.,
Richardchester,
Smith, corn merchant, Preston, April 1 .9 and
Hobson, official assignee,
Bedford-row; Turner and Son, Preston.
b.acleuaunadpside. Man-
chester;MuEy_l%3va,radt
Co.,
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at eleven, at the Exeter District
eleven,
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P"t'officaeldasasni assignee,
Friday Manchester; street,
Samuel Curry, brick maker, Taunton, Somersetshire,
Hall,ele
Court. klernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon,
Exeter; Brace and
Surrey-street, Strand.
Edmund Hender, ironmonger, Bodmin, Cornwall,
April 12 and May 3,
April 13 and May 11, at one, at the Exeter District
Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Commins and
Son, Bodmin; Smith, Southampton-buildings; St dog on,
Exeter.
Martin Cawood, iron founder, Leeds, April 20 and
May sat eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds ; Hawkins and ;Co., New Bos-
vvell-court ; Atkinson and Co., Leeds ; Blackburn,
Leeds.

Daniel Bradshaw, merchant, Aldmonbury, Yorkshire,
April 11 and May 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow and
Co., Bedford-row; Floyd, Huddersfield.

. , .
(Dividends, &c., in our next.)
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending : March 28
1848, is 245. 2 d. per cwt.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

.
SlR—Some of your readers may be able to answer
the following question:,---
__

Whom does athe present House of Commons represent?
Not the masses of the people. Every proposition for
their peculiar relief or benefit is invariably and unhesi-
tatingly rejected.
Not the middle classes. The debates and divisions on
the income-tax remove this from doubt.

But whom, then, does the present House of Commons
represent?
__

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ONE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES.

March, 1848.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 31.—The trans-
actions of the jeek were chiefly confined to a few sales
of Mauritius, it easier rates. The market closed with
a dull appearance,—BristolMercury.