The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-10 00:00:00

7HE EX-LORD MAYOR PHILLIPS.

Yesterday an influential deputation from the
Jewish community in the City of London, at the
head of whom was the venerable Sir Moses Monte-
fiore, presented two magnificent candelabra of solid
silver and of great value to Sir Benjamin Phillips.
Each of the testimonials is constructed to carry seven
lights, and much skill is displayed in the arrange-
ment of the figures in relief and inthe general design
and ornamentation. They bear the following ins'3rip-
tion :—" Presented to Sir B. S. Phillips, Knight,
Alderman of the ward of Farringdon-within, by the
members of the community, in testimony of their ap-
preciation of the admirable manner in which be sus-
tainei and graced the office of Lord Mayor of the
City of London from November, 1865, to Novem-
ber, 1866, thereby eminently maintaining the high
character of the Corporation and entitling himself
to the support and thanks of his brethren." Sir
Moses Montefiore, who was the spokesman of the
donors, said he was deputed by their common friends
to represent them on the occasion. He had to pre-
sent to Sir Benjamin a memorial of the appreciation
of their whole community of the able and successful
discharge of the arduous duties of chief magistrate
of the City of London. He was sure he expressed
the gratification of others as well as his own
when he said that in the fulfilment of his high
office it was Sir Benjamin's especial object to
show that the exercise of their municipal func-
tions was compatible with their reverence of their
holy religion. The energy and intelligence mani-
fested by him in the discharge of his high magis-
terial duties had conduced not only to his own honour,
but also to that of the community
to which both
of them had the happiness to belong. They did
' not call upon him to look upon the gift as having
any value beyond the respect and regard of their
I co-religionists, which it was meant to indicate, and
they invite.! him to accept it in that light. Sir
Benjamin Phillips, in reply, said he knew by long
experience how grateful members of his community

were to any one who, in however small a degree,
contributed to advance their social and political con-
dition. There was no phase of their remarkable and
touching history that did not reveal an unbroken
and an unalterable sympathy with each other, and
the beauties of that faith which in every country

and under all circumstances bad bound them
together for one great and sacred purpose. lle
should try by every act of his life to justify the
esteem in which he was held by the great'and an-
cient community to which he belonged, as symbo-
lised by their munificent gift, which was greatly en-
hanced by being presented by,one so eminently dis-
tinguished among thorn as Sir Moses Moutefiore.

FINE ARTS.

Mr. B. F. Reinhort has just finished a pic•

turn which it is a pity, for the sake of American
art, was not completed in time to obtain a place in
the exhibition of the Royal Academy. The sub-
ject represents a party of Pennsylvanian emigrants
on their way to tho Illinois prairies. The sun is
setting, the day's journey completed, and the en-
campment arranged by the side of the State road,
which before railways were general witnessed many
scenes in the prairies such as Mr. Reinhart has so
graphically and truthfully depicted. The halting-

place is near a creek, of which the artist has
availed himself to group his figures in a manner
which, though testing his powErs to the utmost,
gives a fine effect to his picture. On the
slope from the road to the water the people are
gathered, and above them the teams of horses are
picketed by the waggons. The great attraction
is the sluggish stream, into which a cow, with its
fore-legs well immersed, has dipped her nose, and
from which another has raised hers all dripping. A
flock of sheep are in the act of descending the em-
bankment. One man is filling buckets for the team,
while another comes along the road with a bundle of
prairie grass on his shoulders. The horses, painted
in the most lifelike attitudes, are awaiting their
evening meal, and the women are cooking the supper
in a pot suspended from a tripod over the fire. An
old man is sitting by with a pipe in his mouth, a
gun in his hand, and his dog lying by hislide. A
yoke of bullocks have come up just loosened from
the waggons. Figures of women and children are
clustered on the slope. The waggons comprise all
descriptions of vehicles used by travellers in the
prairies. The picture has been worked out with
the greatest elaboration, yet the artist has succeeded
in combining a bold and striking effect with this
exquisite finish. Mr. Reinhart's great forte lies in
his admirable delineation of animals, and this sub-
ject is well chosen tc display his power. His picture
is one of which he may well be proud, and we hope
that he will so use it as to attract to him the atten-
tion it deserves, and enable this Virginian artist to
repair some of the losses he has suffered from the
cruel ravages of the war.

Two pictures are on exhibition at the Royal Aca-
demy, from the hand of a young lady, daughter of
a well-known American gentleman. Both have
been favourably noticed by the Press, and the red
star signifying " sold" is already affixed to one.
Miss L. Starr takes for her subject a scene from the
" Taming of the Shrew." Bianca is seatel at a
table with her open book before her, and Lucentio
standing leaning over the table at her side. llor-

tensio is in the middle of the room with his instru-
ment in his hands, and the story is well told by the
attitudes and expression of the figures. The heavy
antique furniture, the well-painted window, and
the costumes, are all in keeping with the pe-
riod. The young artist has not shrunk from a
difficult task, nor feared to place
her picture by the
side of those of the greatest masters of the art in
England. Miss Starr does not rely for effect on
bright colours and accessories,
and of this " La
Pcnsarosa "is a striking instance- It is an un-
adorned head, with green back-ground. The fawn-
coloured dress is of the severest style of simplicity,
without ornament of any kind,thus concentrated attention on the face. Miss
the right direction, and the artist has
Starr is evidently in
her power to one aim. Thought was the object she
endeavoured to portray, and she has thrown the
effort of her mind into a female bead, sketched as
if absorbed in her own musings, forcing all
which must be
carried to an extreme when dress and all the vanities
of life are neglected.
" Bradford has made some changes in the
to the Librador
ar-
rangements for his proposed voyage
coast. Instead of going in a steamer, as originally
proposed, the artist and his party gill embark in a
schooner, taking their departure on the
28th of the
present month. Several fine iceberg pictures are
now to be seen in Bradford's studio ; and he is at
work upon a very striking composition of rock, sky,
and sea, from materials obtained
by him in the Gulf
of St. Lawrence."
The London correspondent of the Round Table
alludes as follows to the picture in the Royal
Academy, by Mr. Dix :—" One of our countrymen
who is now settled in London, Mr. Charles Temple
Dix, son of our representative at the French Court,
has a picture in the collection representing a rocky