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BRITISH INSTITUTIOIV--(THIS DAY.)

The murky atmosphere of this day'of drizzle and
darkness has somewhat marred the enjoyment of
those few who, like ourselves, attended during the
course of this forenoon, in spite of the weather, at
the Private View of this most delightful exhibition !
The annual exhibition, that is, of the works of
ancient masters and of deceased British artists dis-
played year after year towards the close of the
spring season on the walls of the British Institu-
tion. The collection for the present year is in some
respect more varied than usual--but, in being so, it
is deprived of a characteristic which has not unfre-
quently of late lent a peculiar charm to these perio-
dical gatherings of works of art selected from the
Royal and other collections. There is no individual
artist, we mean, who is now in any one of the
three rooms of the gallery more particularly illus-
trated than another. Who that saw it has yet
forgotten—can very easily forget—that wonder-
ful accumulation of paintings a twelve-
month back from the hand of our great
English master, Gainsborough ? We look in vain
for any pre-eminence of this kind to be accorded to
the 1860 Exhibition: Yet are we by no means
doomed to traverse the length of the suite of
rooms at the British Institution with any sense
of disappointment. On the contrary, there are
productions now hanging upon the walls there,
that can hardly fail to prove for many weeks to
come specially attractive to the lovers of art,
whether their preference be for the ancient masters
or for our native artists recently deceased. Is
there not—to begin at the very beginning—a
noble Vandyke (belonging to the Countess of
jersey) in the place of honour (No. 1) One of, we
believe, the three pictures by this Prince of Por-
trait painters, representing (under an arch—bear-
ing his truncheon) " King Charles the First on
Horseback," one of the other two being in
one of the Royal Palaces, and the other
hanging in the centre, over the dais of the beauti-
ful old hall of the Middle Temple. Is there not—
near this—an exquisite Raphael (No. 21)—a por-
trait of Giulio Medici ? Are there not two delici-
ous Carlo Dolces—(No. 31)—" St. Mathew with the
Angel" and (No. 25) " St. John" the Beloved Dis-
ciple? Is there not a wonderful specimen of Gior-
dano, in (No. 29) " Moses Striking the Rock " in
the Wilderness ? And along the " line," upon
a wall of the middle room is there not one of
the most curious collection of Madonnas with
Children, that ever enthusiast for the earlier schools
of art brought together—a collection of ten pictures,
entitled " Virgin and Child," by various hands, all
belonging to A. Baker, Esq.--a series of paintings
about as fantastic, and grotesque, and eccentric as
ever we remember to have looked upon. Turning
from the two rooms devoted to the ancient masters,
however, we are in the south room among works
by our own native artists, very recently or more
remotely deceased. Conspicuous among these are
seven delightfal examples of our gifted and lamented
Charles Leslie, R.A. There is (No. 126) " The
Proposal"—in a garden—by a very double of
Malvolio ! There is the famous little sketch (No.
132) of " Sir Roger de Coverley going to Church"
arm-in-arm with Mr. Short-face the spectator !
There is (No. 118) the memorable " Reading of the
Will" from the Roderick _Random of Tobias Smollett !
There is (No. 190) a "gullet." There is (No. 146)
that charming little cabinet protrait of Sir Walter
Scott—the magician of modern literature ! And
last and best of all the seven, there is (No. 144)
that glorious example of Charles Leslie's sense of
the graceful and the humorous " Don Quixote an-
swering the reproof of the Ecclesiastic !" The
stoutish priest—so flushed with indignation—
sweeping out of the apartment; a slice of lemon
(which he has just been cutting) tumbled under the
chair he has risen from abrupt—suggestive of
the tartness of the temper of this particularly sour
old gentleman ! Then the Don himself so gran-
diose in look aad bearing—haughtily breathing
forth his wards of Hidalgo-like wrath—wrath
scornfully recalcitrant ! Every face is worthy of
five minutes' study—the whole picture being the
production of an artist who, as a student of human
nature, was nothing less than Shakespearian. One
of the greatest curiosities in the whole exhibition
we would particularize before closing our present
notice—namely, a very large and daring Scripture
painting (No. 185) " Our Saviour casting out
Devils," by Sir William Charles Ross, the late
delicate-handed miniature painter and Royal
Academician. It will be enough if we observe, in
regard to this singular production from such a
hand, that for wild daring of conception and
vigorous treatment, Fuseli might have painted the
two demoniacs !

LITERATURE.

The rt Journal.

The three plates of this month's part of this
admirable journal are taken from very celebrated
paintings. The first is from Van Dyck's portrait
of the Lady Digby, now in the Royal Collection ;
the second is from Turner's picture of " Dido
Building Carthage," now in the National Gallery ;
and the last is from Wilkie's famous " Penny
Wedding." The engravings are good, and the
general character of the prose contents fully equals
the artistic excellence. The illustrated articles are
always one of the most attractive features in the
journal, and the criticisms of the various Exhi-
bitions will naturally engage the attention of the
reader at this season. Many subjects of interest
are discussed, and the journal, as usual, offers
irresistible attractions to all readers of refined and
cultivated taste.

Charles Knight's Publications.
" The Popular History of England" is un-
doubtedly the best work of the kind that has been
given to the puhlic. Although when completed
the price will not be low, yet, by the system
of
publishing in monthly parts, readers of limited in-
comes are enabled to secure it. It has now reached
the deeply interesting and important epoch of the
close of the last century. Fox's India Bill, Pitt's
Financial measures, the Prince of Wales's debts,
the insanity of the King, are all discussed in this
number, and at its close we come to a subject of
still deeper and more thrilling interest. The first
page of that tragic record which closed with the
Reign of Terror is turned, and a general view of
the French social system prepares the reader for
the subsequent narrative.

" The English Cyclopwdia of Arts and Sciences"
fully maintains its character. The names of the
contributors warrant the authenticity of its infor-
mation, and as the comprehensiveness of its range
includes all branches of the arts and sciences, more
useful volumes of reference could scarcely be placed
on the shelves of a library.

Routledge's Illustrated Natural History. By the

Rev. T. a Wood, M.A.

Part fifteen contains the conclusion of the history
of the sheep, all the varieties of which are care-
fully described. The first lines in this number
contain information which shepherds in general,
whether at home or in our colonies, or in other
parts of the world, would do well to take advice
by. It is well known that sheep have been known
to jump successively down a precipice merely I. e-
cause the leader happened to set the example. In
the East, where the shepherds lead, not drive their
sheep, they take advantage of this propensity in
managing the vast flocks over which they are set
in charge. They have a few pet sheep which will
follow at their heels, and come to the musical call
of the shepherd's lute. These privileged animals
act as leaders of the flock, and wherever they go
the rest will follow. Next comes the deer, camel,
and all that family. The mustang, or wild horse
of America, introduces the equine race, which it
is
unnecessary to dilate upon. The elephant, and a
description of the mode of capturing him, the hog.
and the thick-skinned animals, concludes the first
volume, to which is appended a compendium of
generic distinctions. The first volume has realised
the promise of the first number, and we may now
look forward with confidence to the completion of
a valuable augmentation to our works on natural
history.

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men encounter having taken place.

2HE TREATY BETWP,EN SPAIN AND

MOROCCO,

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the text of
the treaty between Spain and Morocco. The fol-
lowing are the principal articles :
Art. 2. The Emperor of Morocco agrees to extend
the territory of the Spanish town of Ceuta to places
more suitable for the complete safety and defence
of the garrison, in the manner determined in the
following article.
Art. 3. The Emperor of Morocco cedes to the
Queen of Spain, in full possession and sovereignty,
the territory comprised between the sea and the
Sierra Bullones, as far as the ravine of Anghera.
Hence the Queen of Spain possesses " all the terri-
tory from the sea near the eastern point of the first
bay of Handaz Bahma, on the north of Ceuta, fol-
lowing the ravine or brook which ends there, which
runs up to the eastern part of the high ground in
which is situated the prolongation of Monte Rene-
gada, which then follows the same direction along
the coast, slopes towards an escarpment strewed
with slate, descends along the coast from the nar-
row passage which is formed there by the slope of
the mountains of Sierra Bullones, on which are
situated the redoubts of Isabella 11., Francisco
d'Asis, Pinies, Cisneros, and Prince Alfonso—in
Arabic Uad Aniat—and then runs into the sea; the
whole forming an arc of a circle ending in the Bay
of Prince Alfonso, or Uad-Aniat, on the south side
of Ceuta, as determined by the Spanish and Moroc-
can Commissioners in the convention of April 4."
To preserve these limits there shall be established a
line of neutral ground as stipulated in the conven-
tion above-named.

Art. 4. A mixed commission of Spanish and
Moorish engineers to mark out the abovementioned
limits as soon as possible ; meanwhile the Queen of
Spain's authority to be recognised in the ceded ter-
ritory.

Art. 6. Within the limits of the neutral ground
shall be placed a caid or governor, with regular
troops to ward off and repress the attacks of the
tribes.

Art. 7. While the Emperor engages to enforse
the observance of the treaty on his subjects, the
Queen of Spain may fortify and defend these ter-
ritories as she thinks best.

Art. 8. His Majesty of Morocco concedes in per -
petuity to her Catholic Majesty sufficient territory
along the ocean, near Santa Cruz, for a fishery such
as Spain formerly possessed there.
Arr. 9. His Niajesty of Morocco engages to pay
her Catholic Majesty as indemnity for the expenses
of the war, 20,000,000 piastres, or 400,000,0100
reals, as follows :-100,000,000 of reels on July :1;
100,000,000 on August 29 • 100,000,000 on October
29 ; and 100,000,000 on December 28 of the pre-
sent year. On payment of this sum the Spanish
forces to evacuate Tetuan and its territory.
Art. 10 authorises the establishment of a Spanii;h
missionary station in the town of Fez, and confirms
to it all the privileges and exemptions accorded b y
previous Moorish sovereigns. The Spanish mil -
sionaries shall, in whatever part of the Mooris h
territory they may be, freely exercise their minis-
try, and shall enjoy all necessary personal security
and protection.

Art. 11. When the Spanish troops shall evacuate
Tetuan, ground may be purchased adjoining the
Spanish consulate for the erection of a catholic
church. His Majesty of Morocco promises that this
church, its priests, and cemetery, shall be respected
by his subjects,
Art. 12. The Spanish representative in Morocco
to reside at Tetuan, or wherever her Spanish Ma-
jesty may choose.

Art. 13 stipulates for a treaty of commerce.
Art. 15. His Majesty of Morocco concedes to
Spanish subjeets the right of buying and exporting
freely the wood of his forests, unless it should be
thought proper to prohibit all nations from such
importation ; in which case, however, the conces-.
sion made to Spain, by the treaty of 1799, shall not
be censidered as affected.