The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-04 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

We have here the seventh number of George Cruick-
shank's Sketch Book, which is ingenious and fantastic,
though too much an imitation of its predecessors. The
" Gin Juggernaut"—a capital idea—represents a vast
gin temple moving slowly along on wheels, formed of
barrels, and beneath which thousands of the lame and
the old,-of either sex, are hastening to throw themselves.
The humour of this sketch is not light or farcical, but
grave and stern, like some of the moral satires of
Hogarth. Its object is, not to create a laugh, but to
engender a deep feeling of disgust and horror. The
"Design for an Album" is in a wholly different style.
A lean artist, scraggy as a neck of mutton, is sitting in
an unfurnished garret, sketching some illustration for
an Album, for- which, judging from the-forlorn expres-
sion of his countenance, he will be rewarded with
nothing but thanks. A pile of these elegant nuisances
lies heaped up at his feet ; and on the crazy, naked
walls, which look as though they were in the last
agonies of the dry rot, hangs a picture of a skeleton,
which we suppose is intended to be a flattering like-
ness of the artist. Modest merit is here sketched to
the life. With the exception of these two engravings,
the present number is little, if at allothovecommon-
place.

The number before us forms the seventh of " Finden's
Byron Beauties," and contains four engravings, of
which the most delicately and gracefully finished is the
half-length portrait of Adah, who is represented as
watching, with all a mother's anxious fondness, over
the slumbers of her infant child. The face of Adah
is exquisitely beautiful, though the chin is rather too
prominent and decided in its character for the rest of
the countenance. The engraving is by Mote, and
does him credit.

This part (the thirteenth) of " Finden's Landscape
Illustrations of the Bible," is better, both in choice of
subject, and skill of execution, than any that have
preceded it. The view of the Mammertine Prison,
in which St. Peter was confined, is very happy in its
display of light and shade. The Temple of Thesus
at Athens, with the Areopagus, or Mars' Hill, and
the vast, solitary plain beyond, backed in remote dis-
tance by a range of bold, craggy mountains, is also a
spirited engraving, executed by E. Finden, in his most
artist-like manner. Each print is accompanied by
brief, pertinent, literary explanations.

THE TEA SALE.—The sale at the India House,
which commenced yesterday, is proceeding with great activity.
Low Congous realize an advance of 4d. per lb. About 22,000
chests have already passed the sale.
VALUE OF SLAVES.--The following is a state-
ment of the value and number of slaves in Jamaica, to the Ist
of August, 1834, as per return of the valuers, communicated
by his Excellency the Governor to the House of Assembly, on
the 19th December

Negroes. Value. Under 6 yrs.
Surrey 81,245 ... £3,961,591 10,118
Middlesex 120,836
Cornwall 107,386 5,334,258 13,205

309,167 £15,352,306 33,754
This is at an everage of 401. 13s. 11/2d. for each apprentice.
A sudden death occurred on Friday to Charles Oliver
of Spalding, aged 59, a clock-case maker, who had been
poorly for some time. On Thursday night he ate a hearty
supper, and went to bed much better in health than usual.
About two o'clock his wife heard him moan, and leaping
out of bed found him in the. agonies of death ; in ten minutes
afterwards, and before any assistance could be procured, he
expired. An inquest was held on the body by Mr. Edwards,
on Saturday. Verdict—" Died from some natural cause, and
by the visitation of God."—Boston Herald.