The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-11 00:00:00

K3lly's Pas t- Office Directory for 1867.

One of. the great facts that bring vividly to mind
the rapid approach of the new year 1867 is the pub-
lication of the annualedition, by the Messrs. Kelly,
of the "Post-office Directory"—a work that has now
become a positive necessity to all persons engaged
in the trade and commerce of the metropolis. Year
by year various improvements have been introduced,
until at last the work is as near perfection as human
ingenuity can make it. As the goodly
volume lies before us, with its cheerful
cherry-coloured binding, what an extraordinary
catalogue it presents of the busy thousands engaged
in trade, and what a record of the multitudinous
" callings," the following of which by some one or
other leads to imperishable fame or gigantic for-
tune. It would be a great curiosity in its way if it
were possible to collect together the various matters
during the year on which the " Post-office Directory"
is consulted. What tales of happiness and woe, what
hopes and fears, and what success and disaster
often occur through the want of a lost address ;
but with " Kelly's Directory" at hand the chances
are a million to one but that you find the required
information. That the Directory is cor-
rected down to the latest possible moment, the
following alterations, consequent upon the recent
legal changes, will at once show. Sir Fitzroy
Kelly, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, appears in
the Law Directory, in the list of Privy Councillors,
and Official Index. The name is taken out of the
Parliamentary and list of Queen's Counsel, and cor-
rected in the Court Directory; Sir Daniel Gooch, the
newly-created baronet, gazetted Nov. 13, appears as
such in the Parliamentary Directory and Court Di-
rectory ; Mr. Yardley, late magistrate at Maryle-
bone police court, who died Nov. 18, is taken out of
the Police Courts, the List of Barristers, Official
Index, and Court Directory; Mr. Vesey-Fitzgerald,
the new Governor of Bombay, gazetted on the 20th
of November, is inserted in the Official Directory;
Mr. Kavanagh, the new member for Wexford,
elected Nov. 27, is inserted in Parliamentary and
Court Directory; Mr. Chas. Lanyon, M.P., for
Belfast, elected Nov. 27, is in Parliamentary and
Court Directory ; Sir Hugh Cairns, Lord Justice of
Appeal, is inserted in the Law Directory, List of
Privy Councillors, Official Index, and taken out
of Parliamentary Directory as M.P. for Belfast,
and list of Queen's Counsel ; Sir John Rolt,
Attorney-General, appears as such in the Law
Directory, in the Chief Officers of State,
the Official Index, Parliamentary and Court
Directory ; Mr. William Miller, the late Chief
Cashier of the Bank of England, whose death was
announced November the 30th, is taken out of the
Bank of England and Official Index ; Mr. Lenon
Conynghatn, late Chief Clerk of the Foreign-office,
whose death was announced Nov. 28th, is taken out
of Official Directory ; Sir William Bovill, Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas, gazetted Nov. 30,
appears in Law Directory, Official Index, is taken
out of the Parliamentary Directory as M.P. for
Guildford, List of Q.C.'s, and corrected in court by
striking out M.P. ; Mr. Karelake, the new Soli-

citor-General is in the Law Directory, Cv in
Officers of State, and Official Index ; and Mr.
Malins, the uew Vice-Chancellor, gazetted Dec. 47
is inserted in Law Directory, Official Index, and
taken out of List of Queen's Counsel. We can only
again repeat that which we have had the pleasure of
doing so frequently before, viz., our congratulations
to Messrs. Kelly upon the successful completion of
the " Post-office Directory for 1867"—a book of
reference without an equal in the world.

Institution of Painters in Water Colours.

The winter exhibition of sketches and studies by
the members and associates is now open, and offers
as usual many attractions to the visitor. There is
variety enough in subject and in style to suit all
tastes, though the tour of the rooms may be yell
quickly made if we look merely to their size. There
are landscapes, figures, pieces, sea-pieces, flowers,
and fruit, in short, every description of " Sketches
and studies," some evidently intended as the designs
for larger and more ambitious works ; others con-
taining promise and performance all in one. There
is every variety of treatment, too, from the careful
finished picture to the mere outline ; every degree,
also, of taste and talent. Some pictures, imperfect
in themselves, give promise of higher excellence,
others leave little to be desired, while, naturally
enough, there are others which afford neither pre'
sent pleasure nor future anticipations. The Presi-
dent is liberal iu his contributions-taking his sub-
jects, as usual, from the far East, to whose gorgeous
scenes and figures he owes so many of his earlier
inspirations. Two of. Mr. Warren's pictures,
especially, are in his best style. " The Prayer of
the Fedgr " (No. 462) shows us a desert scene by
night, with the camel standing in the foreground,
and the Fedgr bending at his prayer, while the
eastern moon is rising in all its radiancy in the
distance, -contrasting the brilliancy of the back-
ground with the shadowy group that stand in front
of the picture.
.Such scenes realise the poetic aspect
of Oriental life, " when the caravan halts in its long
course over vast deserts, and the turbaned travel-
ler bending in the sandpays his homage to the sacred
stone and the sacred city." " Shade" (No. 3),
which hangs on the opposite side of the doorway
from No. 462, is another beautiful painting by the
same gifted pencil. Louis Haghe contributes but
two pictures (Nos. 83 and 100), both bearing the
same suggestive title, " Interior of an Artist's
Studio." They are in Mr. Haghe's .characteristic
style, and even without his name could not fail to
arrest the gazer's attention. Edmund Warren'
who inherits his father's talent, has a pic-
ture which cannot certainly be overlootent
if only fur the gleaming holly berries that
surround it, reminding us so pleasantly that
Christmas is at hand. " Bringing Home the Yule
Log," No. 48, is a snow scene in the woods, no very
easy subject, but delicately and effectively treated.
Of landscapes in all styles there is indeed no lack,
and they have as a whole the advantage over the
figure pieces, an incident not uncommon at the
Water Colours. No one, however, can pass un-
noticed Mr. Augustus Bouvier's charming heal's'
which smile upon him from all parts of the roan.
This young and gifted artist, who has already ob-
tained a promising reputation, has eight pictures, 0'
which "La Bella Procitanon," No. 309, "GI
Eyes," No. 195, in the inner room, and "La Sorel-
lina," No. 386, are perhaps the best. i; The Muse
of Comedy," 498, and "Thoughtful," 502, are els°
excellent. "Is He Coming ?" 299, by W. Lucas,
is admirably painted. " The Reverie," No. 437, by
John Absolon, is a somewhat similar subject -4
girl standing in a country scene thinking of her ab-
sent lover, though the one is passively musing, the
other anxiously expecting. The difference between
the two does not end here, for in Mr. Absolon's
" Reverie" the corn might as well be meant for
wood. It is only fair to add, however, that this is
a " study," not a finished picture. Of sea pieces
and coast scenes we have several good specimens.
No. 434 is a set of clever sea sketches by Edwi,ll
Hayes, and the same artist's " Blowing Fresh," 311.,
is very spirited. Mr. Skinner Prout's coast
.of
St. David," No. 78, is good, and Mr. Campion's
" Scarborough Castle-Mist Clearing," 77, which
hangs next it, is effective, but must not be looked at
too closely to catch its effect. No. 97, " Heavy
Ground Sea on the Manacle Rocks," by James
Philp, is another good sea picture, but Mr. 310g-
ford's, 409, " Flowing Tide and Stiff Breeze," is
intended to commetuorate a very extraordinary state
of things, if we are to judge by the desperate green
of the sea. Mr. Hine has several good subjeets,,,
mostly drawn from the sea coast. "At Eastbourne,
No. 37, is perhaps his best, though the still beauty
of the scene does not .at first remind us of the
stormy coast close by. It is a beautiful land-
scape, and fully confirms the claims of Bast-
bourne
bourne to an inland beauty., exceptional t 4
watering places on the coast. No.
" Twilight, Littlehampton,,, is another admirable;
though unpretending, study. It shows one a sunset
scene with a ship in the foreground. Several 01
Mr. Hine's fishermen are very spirited. " Fisherit;
man Mending Nets" (124), and " Study of an °,,e
Brighton Fisherman" (362), are both capital, 7
latter especially is evidently drawn from li-Lei;
" Lugger on the Beach, Hastings," is a sketch
cleverly and effectively done. " Coasts near Little-
hampton" (No. 225) is among the best of )1
sr•
line's contributions this year. " A Hastings
Fisherman" (638), by E. H. Welwert, is another
good piece of sea-life, and "An Angler" (519), by
G. Kilburne, is well done. Charles Vacher has some
admirable pieces, " Santa Croce in m
Jerusale,
his
the Walls of Aurelian, Rome " (425), is one of,.
most ambitious and also most successful effortt
" Old Palace, Linlithgow" (227), is another g° a;
painting by the same artist. 247, in the inn 0
room, represents a scene from the Lake of Cora,
and is another of Mr. Vacher's best. It wants dis-
tance to be seen to:advantage ; the blue hills ill the
e
background are rendered with all the effect of t9h,,
softening atmosphere. A Scotch landscape (10
by Mr. Pidgeon, is good, as is also a Bradgati,e,
ir
Park," by J. W. Whymper. " The Vale of 1-113,,ea
gollen," by T. Boys, cannot certainly be ran''
Jolla
among the best landscapes, nor can Mr.
The
Chase's very stiff and unattractive " Amalfi."
0,
same artist has, however, some much better PI
tures, his " Hadleigh Castle" (144), and sev:,
of his architectural paintings being really eli'd
cellent. No.. 254, " Study in Richt ica
,
Park," is very nicely done, and p.
On the Shimna,Tullymore Park, Ireland," 11 et
H. M'Kewan, is a very effective landscape.
is
and moonlight are two favourite effects ,
painters, and we have two very agreeable illustrilet
tions of them in Mr. Maplestone's `iSunset °9 +s
the ruins of Melrose Abbey," and Mr. Cher
" Terrace at Haddon, Moonlight." Harrison Wei
represents the animal kingdom with all his aectii:,o
tomed skill and vigour. His " Pigeons," " Thrilso
and' Rabbits," are all capital. The ladies are
represented, choosing their subjects for the 1;
part from the gay and graceful studies most ciog
genial to their tastes. Mrs. Duffield has lost nothing
of her skill as a floral artist, as her " 5r,,36,
Flowers," 515, and her " Study of Roses, 'alio
and " Sketch of Roses," 439, amply prove.
ore
colours in the latter group might have been a'
so .-
,„e
judiciously varied. Miss Fanny Harris has of
excellent fruit, and Mrs. Harrison has a " Gl°lo
roses" very prettily done. Miss Murray and „
Corban have some nice paintings, the latter s
very
Busy," 198, a mischief-working grey kitten, is 0,0
cleverly done. We cannot say so much for ca,
Sarah Setchel's " Little Boy," a rough cl°%ro
who looks nearly as like a boy as a dog
..os
omitted to mention among Mr. Chases's ir att„lea
very beautiful representation of °` The Mag el'i
the
Tower, Oxford-Evening," 469. Altoget,-,;clers
exhibition is quite'up to the average, and °1.,`,0
this unattractive season a most agreeable p"
resort., -t
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TILE FENIAN RAID.-A memorial window basit, of
been placed in the Convocation-ball of the linine_ oorsr
Toronto bearing the namesof three young men-fir' /ph
burn, Mr. M'Kenzie, and Mr. Tempest-members Julie
versity College; who fell at Limeridge on the 2d oet.:'d by
fighting for their country. The window was unv Ile the
foursame oofectahseioirn.felTlohwe-sptiu.edseindtes,ntw,
Dr.
wue:•ceair
sutnactl:ad 'trrtroi,f
these three young men had been spareidonthosuYrol7it'i,_ to,
bably all have obtained the highest
college had to bestow.