The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-22 00:00:00

GREECE.

The Augsburgh Gazette has the following from
Athens, dated the 6th :—" The Minister of Finance
presented to the Senate a Bill, demanding a credit of
113,420 drachmas, to increase the salaries of the
Ephores and other employes in the finance depart-
ment, which measure was rejected. The father of
the Minister voted against him, and the Minister
then tendered his resignation, which was accepted.
His colleagues told him that they must seek a better
support than he was able to give them, since even his
own father voted against him. General TzlvELLus,
who also voted against the Ministry, has had his
pay reduced by one half ; it is said that he
will be sent into Acarnania, to fight against the
brigands."

Never has the truth of the old adage, " extremes
meet," been more clearly exemplified than in the cases
of Mr. GUSTAVUS ROCUFORT CLARKE, the Iconoclast,
and Messrs. MILLAIS, HUNT, and COLLINS, the Pre-
Raphaelite brethren ; not more naturally does Pro-
tectionism, when carried out, run into Socialism
(witness the speeches of BUSFEILD FERRAND and the
letters of RICHARD OASTLEE passim) than does
Clarkeism run into Pre-Raphaelism. Mr. ROCHE-
FORT CLARKE objects to the generality of painting and
sculpture, that it is either voluptuous, and calculated
to excite impure ideas, or that it is blasphemous, and
to give vent to his indignation he actually did public
execution on a print of MURILLO'S magnificent pic-
ture of the Trinity by tearing it up, amidst, as he
tells us, the applause, but, as others who were pre-
sent tell us, the contemptuous laughter of an Exeter-
hall audience. At this point the Puritanism run
mad of Mr. CLARKE meets with and joins the Catho-
licism run mad of the pre-Raphaelites ; they would
have joined him in this act of wanton destruction.
lie upon principle objects to the represen-
tation either in marble or by painting of
"the likeness of anything that is in the heavens
above, or in
the earth beneath, or in the waters under
the earth."
They carry out his principle into prac-
tice, and boastt.hat
The sublimity of Muand.o being
they carefully avoid painting any
such likenessesabove the'ceraasprebhlension of Mr. CLARKE is by him
stigmatised
but the picture by Mr.
which is exhibited rhem
MILLAIs entitled ti sb y ;
Dove returned to the Ark,"
dale year in the Exhibition of the
of Mr. CLARKEdoubtnot, the object
ratiweon. It Royal Academy,
admi
isboessentially Clarky;
'S
it represents two children in bedg
litter of straw (as if NOAH had
packing ham-
pers), cuddling a dove. Again, the picture of 111 A.
•
bythesamear
as aye artist, would
marllously proper
no doubt be
lint
mostitiAN uA com-
mendedn' by Mr. CLARKS
voluptuous picture, for even Mr. CLARgz,high DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR THE ISLE OF
excuse
sWorI,GHT.—(THIS DAT.)..-Her Majesty and the Prince Con-
Puritan and rigid moralist as he is, might almost e
; at in g ,pah7oe in,
apna ida iLdu
cbt3ire
stsh eoifr
Sane illustrious
C o
bu childrenr,
tha,a nadntdh
attended
Reign-
Lord ei
n .
all events, his subsequent condemnation to pass the re-
Lord ANGELO for his desertion of such a MARIANA
lastsll3liscountess Jocelyn (Lady in Waiting), the lion.
minder of his days in her society was, if she bore q.b,EarlesYde3 (Maid of 11)o nr ),
Lieutenant-Colonel
the
Hon.
, ti Lieutenant-Colonelse•m our
the slightest resemblance to the MARIANA limned by iierclatil. ezywflo the Princye), the Master of the Household) (Ge-
Alr.
.MILLAts, quite punishment enough for any Palace this :20,rahnidngthaetub!ulafl domestic suite, left Buckingham
faults of which he could have been guilty. Equally ;oreoemetdeedt°toOtt Osborne Palace, Ipleator
Weilgvehto.'clTohcke
august for br
party
Would Mr. CLARKE admit the propriety of Mr. party of the BethNirues Elms terminus, escorted by an officer's
to her carriage v
thesars; and her Majesty was concluded
Howes delineation of tbe " Two GentlPmen of Verona ;"
Waiting (the Marquisgreat officers of State and the Lord in
the v
, are gentlemen such as were never seen received with the usl of Ormonde). The royal party were
in the flesh from tho days of ADAM down-
min us, and embarkedainhetrilloeurs, at the Clarence-yard ter-
Coves, under salutes from Ships }airy royal steam-yacht for
wards, and who, should they ever appear on the expected to return to town on on Tuesdayin harbour. The Court is
stage of life; would continue single gentlemeN all It is with great pleasure We next.
their days, seeing : ' Christian Knowledge sate
have thaht. the Society
that their appearance is a perfect for Promoting
cure for love. Les extremes se touch tand here we mined upon closity; their repository altogethetr la
year deter-
en ; .
week, and keeping the Feast of the A on Thursday
.have the Bigotry of the 1 scension a close
concclast and the Bigotry of 1 holiday—an example we hope to see ext •
eraorelY falowed,—
the Ultra-Catholics in art • • in Guardian,
uniting a repudiation of 1

ITALY.
A letter from Romo says that every day brings a
new event. On the 11th a French soldier was
stabbed in one of the most populous quarters.
General GEMEAU has published a proclamation, of
which the following is the analysis. After mention-
ing the different attacks upon French soldiers, the
General suppresses all permissions to carry arms.
Fire-arms, swords, and poniards, were to be given up
before the 17th. After that date domiciliary visits
were to take place, and every inhabitant found in the
possession of arms is to be tried by court-martial
Owners of houses are to be held responsible for the
arms which may be found in them. Persons carry-
ing sword-canes are to be arrested by the patrols,
and kept in prison until they have paid a fine of 15
Roman crowns. On the day when this proclama-
tion was issued a person was assassinated at the cor-
ner of the Vin Condotti, only 100 yards from the
residence of General GEMEAU.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 17th publishes the
law on the accumulation of offices. By this law a
functionary cannot fill two offices paid by the State,
unless in the following cases :—When the salary of a
public office does not amount to 8,000 fr., an office
depending from the department of Public Instruction
may be added to it, provided it does not encroach
upon the time allotted to the former one. Professors
may enjoy two offices belonging to the department of
Public Instruction. In such cases the smaller salary
is reduced by one-third, when the sum total of the
salaries exceeds 5,000 f. The Members of the Sani-
tary Corps may also enjoy two offices on the same
conditions. Non-commissioned officers and soldiers
of the corps of veterans and invalids are not subjected
to any restrictions with respect to the places they
may have in the various public bureaux. No func-
tionary in active service is allowed to enjoy, besides, a
life interest or pension payable by the State for former
services. Professors' fees, however, are exempted
from these restrictions, as well as salaries attached to
theo rder of St. Maurice and Lazarus, and other orders