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of the human heart which a great painter equally with a
great poet can make)—or setting up in marble memorials
of their good and great men, and so shaming vice by
honoer to virtoo. And dr, not lot it, he said that
is o. •4 e capabl, produet.ons. 6-enitis
requires an incentive. The great artists of past times
produced their finest works when they were called on
for them, and because they were called on. The display
of power on their part did not create the opportunity and
the demand, but the demand led to the display. Great
efforts will not be made without the prospect of cor-
responding reward either of honour or profit. The
cost of one civic banquet might be made to produce a
work which should long remain to advance the best in-
terests of society, and to bring applause to those who
thus applied it. At all events, let us give our artists the
opportunity—they have not had it. yet—and if they fail
to avail themselves of it the blame will no longer rest
with ourselves.
The advancement of the Fine Arts is an object in
which all are interested alike. Apart from their great
general power over minds and manners, by the warrior
and the statesman, they are seen to be the means of per-
petuating worthily their deeds and memory ; by the
author, the only exponent of his ideas with universal
significance ; and by the Christian, the most powerful
illustrator and exponent of the truth. As affecting
our commercial relations, too, the promotion of taste is
nationally important. Improvement in this respect
amongst our operatives would remove a great disadvan •
tage under which we now labour, as compared with
foreign manufacturers.
By the power of art, that which is evanescent and
fleeting is arrested and made permanent, to minister
constantly to our delight and improvement ; from her
works4we have obtained sonic of our most distinct im-
pressions of the past—our best knowledge of things re-
mote : moreover, admiration of what is beautiful is not
far remote from an admiration of what is good. Every
effort, then, however humble, to increase the influence of
these powerful civilizers, the Fine Arts, and to extend
the elevated enjoyments which they present, is condu-
cive to the general happiness and prosperity, and de-
serving of applause.
His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN then called
upon Mr. WTyse, M.P., to address the meeting, add-
ing—" Recollect, Ladies and Gentlemen, that this is
the Member of the House of Commons to whom we
are all indebted."

Mr. WYSE, M.P., then came forward, and was re-
aceived with the most rapturous applause. He had
been intrusted with the grateful task of moving
that the report be received—a report which not
only did honour to the institution, but held
a well-grounded hope of the greater extension
and general improvement of a society which
had already done so much for the interests of art.—
(Cheers.) With regard to what had recently oc-
curred, it appeared to him that the Government when
called upon by individuals to uphold the law, had no
other course to pursue, but to put that law into execu-
tion. They had no choice left as long as the law
remained on the statute-book.—(Cheers.) It would
have been easy to have introduced a measure legalizing
art-unions, but he thought this a favourable oppor-
tunity for directing public attention to the subject, and
for correcting what needed correction in the constitu-
tion of these societies, for improving what was good,
for fixing them on a firmer basis, and for making
them what he believed they were destined hereafter
to be, the great instrument in extending a love of
art among the people of this country.—(Cheers.) An
inquiry had accordingly been instituted, not
only into the management of art-unions in this
country, but also into the management of those
on the Continent; and he felt bound in justice
to say that Sir Robert Peel had given every facility
to the inquiry, and had throughout acted in the most
candid and conciliatory manner.—(Cheers.) The
evidence thus collected would dispel the doubts which
many persons entertained as to the utility of these in-
stitutions. His Royal Highness was aware that in Ger-
many the art-unions had grouped around them all that
was most illustrious in art in that country.—(" Hear,"
from the Puke of Cambridge.) He had heard it
said in the House of Commons that the cultivation of
art tended to corrupt and demoralise the public mind.
Such opinions could only be occasioned by an im-
perfect knowledge of what art was, and an inade-
quate conception of what art ought to be.
(Great cheering.) Art was only another mode
of language—speech was the language both of the
reason and the imagination—mathematics was the
language of the reason alone. Art was the language
of the imagination, and it would be just as reasonable
to throw aside the use of our own noble tongue or of
the still nobler tongue of ancient Greece, because all
the writings in those tongues were not moral, as it
would be to throw aside art on such grounds—the
fault was not in the language but in
the writer.—(Cheers.) They should not change the
language, but improve the writers in that language.—
(Cheers.) This could be done by inducing artists to
devote their attention to the illustration of the two
noblest subjects that could engage the attention of
the human mind—religion and history.—(Cheers.)
He would not enter into any peculiar views on
the subject of religion; but, he would ask, could
any one deny that he was not moved by the
illustrations of religion of Raphael, of Rubens,
or of Michael Angelo, although he might not agree
in every religious opinion, or with the peculiar views
of those great men. If we could not admit works of
this description into our churches, there were many
buildings of a charitable and high moral character
in which they would be most appropriate. There could
be no want of subjects—there was a large portion
of the Old Testament untouched, and the religious
history of the period of the Reformation had been
almost as yet uncultivated, although it might be
seen by the recent illustrations of the History of
Knox, that Protestantism had her artistical
glory as well as Catholicism.—(Cheers.) With re-
gard to history, there were many public buildings of
this metropolis, which might be most appropriately
made receptacles for historical paintings; and he
trusted that the example set by those who had
the management of the decoration of the two Houses
of Parliament would be followed by the City of
London and the other cities of the empire. The arts
to prosper must be patronised by the Sovereign, the
aristocracy, and the people. We were happy in the
possession
of a Sovereign who not only en-
couraged art, but who knew by what means
that encouragement might be made most
effectual, who herself enjoyed the noblest aspi-
rations, who loved, valued, and understood the art.—
(Cheers.) As a Royal Commissioner he could state
that he had never seen more enthusiasm in the
cause of art, or more devotion to its encouragement,
than had been exhibited by the Sovereign.—(Cheers.)
The aristocracy had long since given all their patron-
age to art—it was the encouragement of the people
alone that was necessary, and that could only be ob-
tained by diffusing among them a general love
for it. That that love was becoming diffused
among them, he thought their conduct during the recent
exhibitions in Westminster Hall gave proof. Not the
slightest injury had been done to any of the
works of art, and the assistance of a police-
man had had never once been required on any occasion.
Was it not possible but that the country which had
produced Shakespeare and Milton, Scott and Byron,
must also produce great artists ? and all that was
wanted was to popularise art in order to bring them
forth. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving
that the report be received.
Mr. W. Tocaz seconded the motion.
After a short speech from Mr. EWART, M.P., the
motion was carried, and the drawing commenced,
which was not concluded when we went to press.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY..—.OII Sunday
last, an excursion cheap train to Brighton and back
(being the first of a series of four) left London with
thirty-three carriages and about one thousand persons,
arriving at Brighton in time to enjoy the entire day
there, and returning in the evening to London. The
journey both ways was performed with perfect safety,
and the arrangements made by the company appeared to
give every satisfrction. 1t is worthy of remark that the
utmost order and decorum was observed by this large
concourse of persons at Brighton and during their transit.
Information was received at Clerkenwell, this day,
that a set of well dressed fellows were going about, levying
contributions on the nobility, gentry, and charitable
persons, by falsely representing that they belonged to
the Society for the protection of Italian Boys,
there being no such society in existence. In too
many instances they have succeded in obtaining money
but the police are on the alert to check the imposition,
93 !hey have received a description of some of the parties,
WELLINGTON AMONG THE PEERS FOR THE FIRST
TIaIE.—It happened to be my duty, when I was Chan-
cellor, upon the Duke of Wellington's first coming into
the House of Lords, to return him the thanks of the
House for his great services to his country. I am not
aware of any other instance in the peerage of an indi-
vidual being, at his first entrance into the House, a
baron, viscount, an earl, a marquis, and a duke, having
had from time to time each title conferred upon him for
distinct services to his country. I made the singular
fact a distinct and leading topic in my address to him.
Individuals of the royal family may have been intro-
duced, having by patent all the dignities of one moment
conferred upon them by royal favour. But this noble-
man rose, from time to time, from one dignity to an-
other, until lie had every dignity, each conferred by dis-
tinct grants, and upon different occasions for different
services, and all those rendered to the country before he
could return to it to take his seat after the grant of the
dignities.—Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon.
SUDDEN DEATII.--,<Mp Bauduin, for many years
director of the Academie de Musique of Douai, whilst
waiting a few days since to attend the marriage of his
daughter, sullanly expired. He was sitting in his chair,
when some one handed him his gloves, when he ex-
claimed in a faint voice, " want nothing more ; lam
dying !" and, drooping his head, instantly expired.
the
SUDDEN DEATH AT KETTERING.--.-AFROIIg
spectators to witness the interment in the parish church
-4tering, of the late Mr. T. Lamb, on Saturday last,
--eed Bailey, who, before the funeral so-
- - observed to fall back, as if in
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was a widow n—
lemnities were closed, wa.
a swoon. Under the impression tau. .
she was carried into the open air, where she ww
by a medical man, who pronounced her to be in a fit of
palsy. Thence she was borne to her residence, and she
expired in about three hours from the time of her being
attacked. The deceased was in Iva forty-third year.—
Northampton Mercury.

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