The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-15 00:00:00

TRANSPORTATION.

Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be given to
brin!, in a Bill to repeal that part of the Act 5 Geo. IV.,
which empowers her Majesty, with the adv,ce of her Privy
Council, to appoint any places in her Majesty's Dominions
for the Transportation of Felons and others under sentence
of punishme,..t." The House divided:—
MINORITY—AYES, 32.
Aglionby, H. Gooch,:E. S. Napier, Joseph
Baillie, H. J. Greene, John Prime, Richard
Baring, Francis Halsey, T. P. Falwey, Colonel
Best, John Hervey, Lord A. Scholefleld, W.
Blair, Stephen Hume, J. Fimeon, John
Chatterton, Coleael Keating, Robert Sullivan, Michael
Christy, Samuel Lewisham, Viscount Verner, Sir W.
Cobden, R. Lushington, C. Walmsley, Sir I.
Cocks, T. S. Molesworth, Sir W.
Wilmer, Sir E. Mundy, William
Fox, W. J. Kuntz, G. F.
Fuller, A. E. Naas, Lord

TELLEIIII.
Adderley, C. 13+
StafTerd, Augustus

MAJORITY—NOES, 110.
Abdy, Thomas N. Goulburn, Henry Perfect, R.
Alcock, Thomas Greenall, G. Plowden, W. IL
Anstey, Thomas C. Grey, Sir G. Plunaptre' J. P.
Armstrong, Sir A. Hatchell, John Power, Dr.
Baines, M. T. Hawes, Benjamin Power, Nicholas
Baring, Sir F. T. Hayes,,Sir E. Pusey, Philip
Barnard, E. G. Hayter, W. G. Itawdon, Colonel
Bass, M. T. Heald, James Romilly, Sir John
Bellew, R. M. Heathcoat, John Russell, Lord J.
Berkeley, Admiral Henley, J. W. Scrape, G. P.
Boldero, Henry Herbert, Sidney Scully, Franels
Bouvorie, E. P. Heywood, James Seymour, Lord
Brockman, E. D. Ilobhouse, Sir John Sidney, Alderman
Brotherton, J. Hood, Sir A. Smith, R. V.
Brown, W. Howard, Lord E. Smith, J. A.
Caulfeild, J. M. Jervis, Sir John Somerville. Sir W.
Childers, J. W. Keogh, William Stanford, J. F.
Clay, James Labouchere, Henry Stanton, W. H.
Clerk Sir G. Lucelles, E. Talbot, C. R.
Cowan, Charles Lascelles, W. S. Tennent, R. J.
Cowper, W. F. Law, C. E. Thompson, Colonel
Craig, W. G. Lennox, Lord H. G. Thornely, T.
Crowder, R. H. Lewis, George C. Trelawny, J. S.
Drumlanrig, Vis. Littleton, E. R. Tufnell, Henry
Duncan, George Lockhart, W. Vane, Lord H.
Duncan, John WTaggart, Sir.T. Verney, Sir 11.
Dunilas, Admiral Matheson, Colonel Wall, C. B.
Dundas, Sir David Monte, Fox Willcox, Brodie
Ebrington, Lord Melgund, Viscount Wilson, James
Ellis, John Milnes, It. M. Wilson, Matthew
Elliot, John E. Moffatt, George Wellesley, Lord C.
Evans, Sir De Lacy Monsell,;William Wood, W. I'.
Evans, John - Moody, C. A. Wyvill, M. _ .

Fagan, William
Ferguson, Sir R.
, Fordyce A. D.
French, F.
Frewen, C. 11.

. .
Mulgive, Earl Young, Sir John
Norreys, Sir D.
Takington, Sir J. TELLEU.
Parker, John Hill, Lord M.
Peel, Sir Robert Grey, R. W.

NELSON'S DAUGHTER, Hostsm.—Such conflicting
statements have been given to the world relative to this
interesting personage, and so much has been broadly as-
serted by Mr. Pettigrew in his recent work on Lord
Nelson with respect to her origin, that no privacy in do-
mestic life is violated by venturing on the following re-
joinder. The lady in question does not believe herself
to be the daughter of Lady Hamilton. She repudiates
the idea that Lady Hamilton was either directly, orin-
directly related to her. It is her firm conviction that
Mr. Pettigrew is mistaken on this point, as well as on
others which refer to the state of abject want in which
he supposes Lady Hamilton to have closed her last hours.
Horatia, now Mrs. , resided with Lady Hamil-
ton to the last. Her means, it is true, were limited;
but of that abject wretchedness' and positive want which
Mr. Pettigrew imagines to have ultimately overwhelmed
her, there was none. She declares that Lady Hamilton
never once gave her to understand that she was her
mother—never lavished on her any mother's caresses—
never hinted that such was the relation in which they
stood to each other. Oa the contrary, she has strong
.
grounds for believing that no such relationship !meted.
Mr. Hazlewood, a solicitor, then residing at Brighton,
and far advanced in life, was known to have been much
in Lord Nelson's confidence. Ira him Horatia wrote.
The purport of her natural and eager request was, that
he, as the confidential adviser of Lord Nelson, and the
depositary of all his secrets, would tell her who her
mother was. Mr. Hazlewood replied, that she was quite
correct in her conjecture that he was privy to all the
circumstances, and was completely in Lord Nelson's con-
fidence on that and other points; but that the information
she so ardently desired he must decline affording. He
was bound by the most solemn promise to make no dis-
closures whatever upon that point. One assertion he
would make. To Lady Hamilton she did not owe the duty
of a daughter. Of that she might rest assured. Her
mother was a lady who had never been suspected. She
had married well, and was now the mother of a family,
and a person of considerable consequence. To reveal
lloratia's origin by the mother's side would do her
(Iloratia) no real service, but would cause infinite
misery to a happy, united, and distinguished family. He
thought, therefore, he was taking the kindest and wisest
course in putting a negative on her request, how natural
soever it might be in her circumstances, and in main-
taining the unbroken silence to which he had pledged
himself on the subject to Lord Nelson, her father! Mr.
Haslewood was throughout life regarded as a man of the
strictest honour and veracity : and his statement is
entitled to implicit respect.—From the forthcoming Life
Book of a Labourer.
RAMSGATE, FEB. 14.—The Quatre Fralelle, Hull to
Naples, is on the Seven Rocks, with four feet water in
her hold, cargo discharging, and will possibly be got off
this night's tide.

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND HIS
COMPANIONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I enclose herewith the copy of a letter I
have received from Captain Sir John Ross, offering
to take the command of an expedition intended to
proceed via Barrow's Straits in search of Sir John
Franklin and his companions, provided the necessary
funds can be raised fur its outfit; and I trust I am
not asking too much in requesting that you will, fur
the sake cf the object, give it publicity in your
widely-circulated journal.
Feeling, in common with the country at large,
that nothing should be left untried that holds out the
most distant prospect of. relieving the missing expe-
dition, or even of ascertaining its fate, and knowing
the eminent qualifications of Sir John Ross for the
task which he so generously volunteers to undertake,
I have great pleasure in recommending his proposal
to public attention, and am ready to receive subscrip-
tions, at the Hudson Bay Ibuse, for carrying it into
effect.

The outfit is limited to the amount of 3,000/., any
sum received beyond that amount to be held for dis-
tribution to himself and crew on their return.
I beg to add, that the Hudson's Bay Company have
voted 5001. towards the equipment of the expedition.
I have the honour to be,
Your obedient, humble servant,
J. IL PELLY.
Hudson's Bay House, 4, Fenchurch-street, Feb. 14.
267, Strand, February 12, 1850.
Dear Sir Henry,—ln the grateful remembrance
of the kind and humane interest that you and other
members of the Honourable the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany took in my rescue, at a time when, with my
devoted companions, I appeared doomed to end a
miserable existence in the frozen regions, and well
knowing that your sympathy extends also towards
my gallant friend Sir John Franklin and his crews
of 138 brave men, who are in a position still more
distressing and perilous than mine, while the en-
deavours which have hitherto been made for their
relief have been singularly unsuccessful, I venture
now to lay before you my statements, which have
been delayed to this late period principally by the
sudden and untimely death of my truly patriotic and
ever-to-be-lamented friend, the late Sir Felix Booth,
on whose further munificence I had on this occasion
depended to enable me to perform the sacred promise
I made to Sir John Franklin on his de-
parture, namely, that if he was still mis-
sing in February, 1847, I would volunteer and
do all in my power for his relief. That I consci-
entiously did offer my services to Government then,
and in each subsequent year, is sufficiently notorious,
but although they were declined, I can impute no
blame to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
who were unfortunately misled by the numerous
opinions adverse to mine, both as to sending early
relief, and more particularly as to the size and de-
scription of the vessels to be employed on that im-
portant service. It is now but too evident that unless
success crowns the endeavours that obeli be made
during this season for the relief of the imperilled na-
vigators, any further attempt will be utterly hopeless.
Impressed with this conviction, I hold it to be the
duty of all who can in any-way respond tcy this im-
perative call on their humanity to lend their implored
aid; and it is with this feeling I now come forward
to offer my humble services, which I tender without
fee or reward, either by additional pay or otherwise ;
and having fully ascertained that the whole expense
of the expedition I propose will not exceed 3,0001. (of
which a detailed estimate is enclosed), I trust that
that will not be found extravagant.
I have now the honour to state that I have not made
this application without having consulted the First
Lord of the Admiralty, and also that lam on terms
of intimacy with the gallant officer who is appointed
to command the Government expedition, with whom
it will be my earnest desire to act in the common
cause with cordiality and friendship, although we act
independently of each other.
The object of the expedition I propose being solely
to search for and relieve Sir John Franklin and his
brave companions, my proceedings must be guided by
circumstances ; among which I may mention the in-
formation I expect to obtain at the various headlands
in Barrow's Straits. I have therefore only to men-
tion some of the advantages I possess over most of the
officers of the royal and merchant navy.
1. An excellent constitution, well adapted and ac-
customed to a cold climate, and a perfect knowledge
of every precaution necessary in an arctic voyage.
2. A perfect knowledge of the Danish language,
by means of which, and by procuring a Dane at
Greenland who understands the Esquimaux language,
I could, through him as an interpreter, obtain valu-
able information.

3. Dr. John Lee has offered me his excellent set of
astronomical instruments, formerly lent to Colonel
Chesney, which saves that expense.
4. I have engaged an ice-master, and an excellent
crew of fourteen men, brought up in the whale fish-
ery, and now ready to join.
From having been six years consul in Sweden I
am well acquainted with sledging with dogs, which
can be procured in Greenland.

It is indeed true that I have not youth on my aide,
but, besides excellent health, I have that experience
which I maintain to be paramount to every other
consideration in the navigation of icy seas, where
cases of difficulty and danger suddenly and continu-
ally occur, requiring that prompt decision which ex-
perience alone can teach,

- I have only to add that if the public will aid me
with 3,0001., no exertion shall be wanting on my part
to-accomplish the great object which is in view, and
I shall be for ever grateful for your compliance with
my humble but earnest request.
I have the honour to be, with truth and respect,
Dear Sir Henry,
Your most obedient and very bumble servant,
(Signed) JOHN Ross, Capt. Royal Navy.
Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., Governor of
the Hudson's Bay Company.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, THTJRSDAT.--W0 are requested to
contradict the statement that Mr. T. T. Grant, F.R.S.,
thEstablishment, Gosport, is about to vacate that office
for e
the
rappointment theof
CR.
oonytar
ot Clarence Victualling
Controller of Victualling at
Somerset House, vice Meek,

The Niger screw steam-corvette, navigated by the
officers and crew of the steam ordinary at Woolwich,
arrived at Spithead to-day, to join the steam reserve
in this harbour. The same navigating party will re-
turn with the new steam-sloop Argus to get her ma-
chinery.
The Sidon steam-frigate, equipped for sea, and
compasses adjusted, was removed into the steam
ordinary from the lower moorings in the harbour to-
day.

The Serpent, 12, Commander Barker, arrived at
Rio from England, en route to the Bast India and
China station, on the 21st of December.

PORTSMOUTH GARRISON, &C.
The establishment of the depot battalion at Park-
hurst BArracks, Isle of
on the 31st of March next.
Wight, will be discontinued
Instructions have been issued for discontinuing re-
cruiting for the army until further orders.
The following regiment
move :-4th Foot, from Portsmouth, and 23d (1 bat-
talion), from Winchester to a
82d Regiments, from Plprlernunnudtehr; o2rBdtehrs
and
ymouth to Portsmouth; 77th
Regiment, from Portsmouth to Wales; 91st Regi-
ment (1 battalion), to Dover; 50th, from Dover to
Portsmouth ; 7th and 95th depots, to Winchester.
SOUTHAMPTON
Tntritsnaz. Captain George
Smith, R.N., the Admiralty superintendent of
packets at this station, to-day exhibited before a large
assemblage of officers of the navy, army, Peninsular
and Oriental, and Royal West India Mail Companies'
services and men, his system of training for naval
gunnery, so that the volunteers of these latter com-
panies' men desirous of perfecting themselves in the
science of ship gunnery for their respective services
might do so without expense to themselves, but with
great benefit to their interests, and those in which they
are employed. To achieve this desirable object, the
Lords of the Admiralty have granted Captain Smith
the use of an iron 18-pounder gun, and the necessary
tackle and gunnery implements for successfully work-
ing it, together with the services of a gunner's mate,
from her Majesty's ship Excellent, at Portsmouth,
who practically exhibits the system necessary to be
acquired. To-day, for the first time the practice was
publicly exhibited in a long shed, at one extremity of
the dockyard at this port, admirably adapted by size
and situation for the attainment of the object con-
templated In this shed the gun is mounted behind
a port-hole similar in size and construction to the port
of a ship, and, by means of a moving target similar to
that invented by Captain Smith in 1826, and which he
brought into most effective play on board the Excel-
lent in 1832, when he commanded that ship, the
science of practical gunnery is simply conveyed to
the men, who seem to take an earnest interest in the
instruction. In a few week, by means of this drill,
the seamen of the above companies will become expert
gunners, thereby considerably enhancing the value of
their servics to their employers, and rendering them
far more capable than at present of defending those
valuable cargoes (in case of need) which they navi-
gate from the Indies to England and outwards. Too
much praise cannot be awarded Captain Smith for the
energy and enterprise manifested by him in this en-
deavour to increase the useful knowledge and benefit
the crews of our principal mercantile steam marine.
It has been his own exclusive work, undertaken with-
out emolument, and at much pecuniary loss to himself,
but the officer who has invented those inestimable
adjuncts to steamers—their paddle-box boats—and
numerous other important matters for the benefit of
the service of which he is so distinguished a member,
was not likely to stop at trouble or expense when hid
talents and fertile imagination could benefit others.

An elegant dejeuner wai served on the spot, which
was partaken of by about 100 guests invited.

APPOINTMENTS.
Wool.wicu, FEn. 14 —Mate—john E. Doran
(1849), to the Wellesley, 72, flag-ship of Vice-Ad-
miral the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.13., on the West
Indies and North American station.
Assistant-Surgeon—George H. Edwards, (1847),
to the Adventure store-ship, at Deptford.
Clerk in Charge—George 11. Whillier (1845), to
the Medina steam-packet, on the Meditterranean
station.

Navel Cadet—Elgar Cookson, to the Sphynx
steam-sloop, at Portsmouth.
Intelligence was received in town to-day stating
that the Olin steam-frigate, of 560-hOrse power, Cap-
tain Hon. P. I'. Pelham, went to sea on the 19th of
January, and very nearly proved another Avenger,
having gone on the rocks on the coast of Greece,
about nine o'clock r.m , and did not get off until
nine o'clock next morning. Fortunately, when she
got off she made very little water. The divers were,
however, sent down to examine her bottom, and the
result was that she could not go to sea without a
convoy. The main keel is reported to be very much
damaged.

TIM ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

Captain Austin, C. 11., attended at the Admiralty
to-day, but up to a late hour the vessels selected to
proceed on the expedition, if they hare been decided
upon, were not announced. It has been said that
Captain Austin's opinion is that it is immaterial whe-
ther the vessels leave this country in May, or even in
June; but the statement is at variance with the pre-
sent exertions of the gallant officer to be ready to
proceed on the expedition at the very earliest period
it is possible to complete the necessary arrangements.
The Rev. W. Scoresby, D.D., who has just pub-
lished a pamphlet on the Franklin expedition, states
that when her Majesty's Government offered a pecu-
niary reward of 20,0001. in March, 1849, with a
view to a further stimulation of enterprise, it utterly
failed in producing any effective efforts for search
on the part of the whalers, as it was not promul-
gated until the 23d of March, after most of the
whalers had sailed, and were, therefore, without
orders or authority for departing from their usual
fishing-ground.
Captain Austin, whatever may be said to the con-
trary, is not likely to let the grass grow under his
feet in a matter he has so cheerfully and energetically
undertaken, and will no doubt proceed on his enter-
prising voyage at the earliest possible moment the
vessels destined for the expedition can be made ready.
The Rev. W. Scoresby is most urgent on the early
dispatch of such vessels as may be appointed to pro.
ceed in search of Sir John Franklin and his brave
companions, and expresses his opinion that they ought
to be at the ice by the middle of June. He illustrates
his views by giving the earliest passages of vessels into
the western water of which he has records, by ob-
serving that the leading ship of the year 1849 was
the St. Andrew, Captain Dring, which entered the
western water on the 12th of June; the Neptune, of
Aberdeen, Captain Penny, June 13, 1838, was con-
sidered an early passage, and several other vessels en-
tered at equally early periods in previous years ; and
he considers the passage should be attempted earlier,
as it was made by Baffin, in his gallant little vessel
the Discovery, of 55 tons, on the Ist of July, or
almost a fortnight before the average passage of the
earliest ships of the present day. The new expedition
is in excellent hands, and the most sanguine results
are anticipated from the known energy and persever-
ance of the gallant officer who is appointed to the
squadron.

OWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
EAST COWES, FED. 14.—DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—
Our town was thrown into great alarm this afternoon
by a report being brought that Norris Farm, in Nor-
ris-park was on fire, and that two men (Buckett and
Jerrom) were killed, and that the father of Buckett
and another man were seriously injured. There
being no fire-engines at East Cowes, expresses were
sent to "West Cowes, and in an incredibly short time
three engines were brought over by a number of men,
well supplied with fire-hooks, buckets, &c., but fortu•
nately their assistance was not required. All that
we can at present gather is, that there was a consider-
able quantity of gunpowder in two copper canisters
(the men described it as two bushels, but the quantity
is doubted), which Mr. Bell had had landed from his
yacht, with other yacht stores, and placed in a room
at the farm (better, perhaps, known as Norris's sta-
bles) ; Jerrom was painting on the premises, but how
the powder took fire is not known. The explosion
was tremenduous ; the roof was blown off, the mate-
rials of the building being blown to a great distance.
The men injured were at work outside. The premises
are ♦ery extensive. There were also two very large hay-
ricks in the yard, near the building, but the fire was
got under without any damage beyond that done by
the explosion.

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.—The superintendent-in-
spector has given notice that he will open his court al
the Medina lintel, at East Co we!, nn the Gth of March,

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and the
Princess Helena, visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe (Lady in Waiting), and Colonel Buckley
(Equerry in Waiting).
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester-
day at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the pro-
motion of the exhibition of the works of industry of all
nations, to be held in the year 1851.
His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace of
Westminster at three o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-
Colotel the Honourable Alexander Gordon. The
Commissioners present were Earl Granville, Lord
Stanley, the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, tho
Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, Sir Archibald
Galloway, Sir Richard Westmaeott, Sir Charles Lyell,
Mr. 'l'. Baring, Mr. Barry, Mr. T. Healey, Mr. Cobden,
Mr. William Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. J. Gott, Mr.
Jones Loyd, and Mr. Philip Pusey, M.P.
The Secretary to the Commission, Mr. Scott Russell,
was in attendance. The meeting broke up at a quarter-
past fire o'clock.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Hay-
market Theatre with their presence last evening. The
Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edge-
cumbe, Hon. Elizabeth Lennox, the Marquis of Ormonde,
Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.• Colonel the Hon. Alexan-
der Gordon

The Countess of Mount Elgecumbe has relieved the
Countms of Dena in her duties as Lady in Waiting to
the Q Leon. _ _ _

The Queen's private band was in attendance in Buck-
ingham Palace on Wednesday evening, and played the
following pieces:—
Overture, Adolph von Nassau Marschnor.
Invoeazione all' Armonia ILEX. Prince Albert.
Chorus, Viva Enrico Pucitta.
March, Prometheus Beethoven.

The Hen. E. Joy Morris, United States Charge d'Af-
faires to the kingdom of the Two Sicilies (with his lady),
has left town for Paris on his route to Naples.
A deputation of shipowners had an interview with the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere, yet terday, at the office of the
Board of Trade, on the subject of the present state of the
shipping interest. The deputation consisted of Mr. G. F.
Young, Mr. W. C. Harnett, Mr. George Marshall, Mr.
J. Richardson, Captain Gilmore, Mr. N. Gould, Mr. J.
Allan, and Mr. W. Tindall.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday. The Lords present were the Master of the
Rolls, Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Dachy of
Cornwall, and the Judge of the High Court of Admi-
ralty. Sir Edward Ryan sat as a Privy Councillor. An
appeal from Bombs), was heard, " Spooner v. Juddow."

THE DiscteLlNE or LtrE.—The readers of this
charming work, which appeared two seasons ago, will
be glad to hear that the distinguished authoress has been
occupied in writing another story, which is to be pub-
lished very shortly. The new novel is entitled " Pride
and Irresolution."
ST. MARTLEBONE BANK FOR SAYINGS.—The 20th
annual general meeting of this institution was held
yesterday at the office, No. 76, Welbeck-street, Caren-
dish-square, the Rev. John Hume Spry, D.D., in the
chair. It appeared from the several reports road to the
meeting, that the progress of this bank, during the past
year, had been of a very satisfactory description, no less
than 2,487 new deposits having been made in the last
year; 20,382 deposit accounts remained open on the
20th of November last, of which 15,495 held balances
averaging lees than 3/. Is. 4d.
The sum in the bands of the Govern-
ment on the 20th of November, 1849,
as per receipt from National Debt
Office, signed by Mr. Higham, and
laid before the meeting was
In the hands of the treasurer, Sir Claude
Edward Scot, Bart., whose acknow-
ledgment was likewise produced
In the hands of the Actuary

1,026 15 10
33 9 5

£312,154 7 6
The balance due to depositors at that
date, as per balance-sheet produced... £311,447 4 3

Surplus 707 3 3
Tho balance duo to depositors has since risen to
316,2101. 15.. _

facLosuns Commtastott.—Frorn the fifth annual
report of the Inclosuro Commissioners, just presented by
the command of her Majesty to both Houses of Parlia-
ment, it appears that the number of applications of all
kinds to tho otlice, since the passing of the Act, has been
498; and the number of acres comprised in the applica-
tions f,r inclosure and conversion, is 273,967 a. Or. 2p.
Since the last report there have been 129 cases, of which
51 aro for the exchange of lands, 3 for partition., and 3
in respect of proceedings under local Acts, and the
quantity of land comprised in the applications is 48,065 a.
2r. 29p. The average expense of the inclosure pro-
ceedings, as far as the office is concerned, up Co the time
of the assents of the provisional orders, and including
any expense that may have attended the assents—leav-
ing the case thus ready for Parliament to deal withor
for the Commission to signify its intention of authoris-
ing the inclosure—is 181. 17s. 4d. The report further
testifies to the peat and continued disposition of the
country to avail itself of the provisions of the Incloeure
god Amendment Aote.

FEBRUARY 1.5, 1860

LITERATURE.
SIR FRANCIS CIIANTREF, R.A. Recollections
of his Life, Practice, and Opinions. By George
Jones, R.A.
We deem it the highest privilege of talent, not in-
deed that it creates wonder, excites admiration, or
even stimulates in others a noble spirit of emulation,
but that it gives rise, in the heart of all its true
admirers, to a certain degree of personal interest
which incites them, not from mere inane curiosity,
but from sympathy and gratitude, to seek a nearer
acquaintance with, or a better knowledge or, the man
whose works, in whatever range of science or art his
rzenius may shine, they love to contemplate or study.
IC this be true with regard to the great and good
men of our own times, still more forcibly does it
apply to those whom den'h has snatched from among
us, and for whom our interest seems rather to he in-
creased than diminished by the close of their earthly
career. Thence our eager desire for the more or less
f4ithful representation of their features, our anxious
search for narratives of incidents and occurrences
connected with their lives, arid our proneness
even to be otters led away by an easy
belief of, and confidence in, every record,
whether artistical or graphic, which makes
them present to us. No wonder then that we
should at all times be ready to welcome such a work
as that for which we are indebted to Mr. George
Jones, and that we should hail with applause the
attempt made by a friendly pen to acquaisit the world,
within certain judicious limits, with the rise, pro-
gress, and signal success of a man who was enabled,
by the sole force of the love of art, to overcome many
difficulties, and raise himself to a degree of eminence
which procured fur him many admirers and no
enemies. Well pleased are we then to be thus put in
possession of much in connexion with the private life
and opinions of so great, yet so unassuming, an artist,
which would prove, if proofs were wanting, that high
worth in any station of life and modesty are always
found united. Impressed as we arc with the forego-
ing thoughts, we can hardly help expressing some
regret at finding that much of the work in question,
particularly the first portion of it, is exclusively em-
ployed in recording opinions so completely artistical
in their nature as to entitle them to the serious con-
sideration of artists, but less likely to come home to
the feelings of the general reader : this, which we
would not call a fault, is less the case as the work
progresses, and we are happy to concur, corre-
spond, or commune with that excellent man, and
to find ourselves at home with him, and, as a
consequence, with the Bost of eminent men, in every
rank, and station in society (and be it said as much
to their credit, as to his own) his friends. Still
more are we disposed to admire the spirit of genuine
liberality, and in some instances (see page 127 et
seq.) of munificent generosity which he evinced to-
wards fellow-artists and friends, but most of all we
were pleased to be introduced to the man himself, so
far as not only to. become acquainted with his pecu-
liarities and very foibles, but to be compelled to ac-
knowledge a greater treat than we had antici-
pated, by the perusal of some cf his letters. Of
course, while descanting on the merits of his friend
as an artist, or his worth as a man, the author may
well be supposed to treat his subject with a certain
degree of partiality, nay, more, to give us occasion-
ally his own views in common with those of the hero
of his record; but those letters are Sir F.
Chantrey's own words, his own views, his own wit
and humour ; the acts he treats on are his own acts,
and over the selection alone of those letters could
friendly interference have any sway, and they not
only afford a clue to the real character of Sir Francis,
but tend to prove the soundness of the writer's judg-
ments and opinions, which, we are glad to say,
are further confirmed by the interesting details con-
tained in the appendix. In conclusion, we congratu-
late Mr. G. Jones, on having acquitted himself of
his task with credit to himself and advantage to the
world and the arts.

ROYAL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE
AND ART.
An institution which promises to unite on the
largest scale imaginable all the features of a public
exhibition, a private society, and a school of instruc-
tion in chemical science, mechanics, mining, geology,
and manufacturing processes, though much wanted,
has never yet existed. Such an undertaking is on the
point of accomplishment in the metropolis, the mother
of boundless wealth and enterprize. In addition to
lectures on the various sciences, illustrated by draw-
ings, models, and experiments, a laboratory, acces-
sible at moderate fees, will be established, and students
may receive instructions in the different branches of
chemistry, conduct operations, and make experiments,
which under the present system are possible only to
persons in affluent circumstances. Besides a complete
school of chemical science, there will be an engineering
department, in which will be taught mining, geology
applied to mining, and the principles and construction
of machines and agricultural implements. To this
department, which will be furnished with a powerful
steam-engine, there will he annexed a library, con-
taining drawings and scientific works of eminence.
Manufactures of various kinds will be exhibited in
all their stages, from the first product of rude in-
genuity to the highest state of perfection which they
have attained. The galleries will be furnished with
specimens, models, and drawings ; and lecturers will
explai❑ the construction and purposes of new in-
ventions.

Jo the theatre, Mr. Clarke's Patent Optical
Diorama will ba employed for scenic representations.
This process is a very great improvement on the
hydro-oxygen dissolving views, invented by the same
gentleman. It imitates nature on a larger scale than
any yet exhibited, and represents objects in motion,
such as the waving of trees, the flashing of lightning,
the effects of wind—from the gentle breeze to the
terrific hurricane.

Whether we regard the Panoptiaon as a public
exhibition of a scientific character, or as a school of
chemistry, arts, and manufactures, accessible at mode-
rate charges, while we applaud the intention we
cannot but feel astonished at its magnitude. The
undertaking is national, and if there were no other
reason kfor expecting success, the company, at the
head of which are some of our most illustrious men
in social and scientific life, deserve, and will no doubt
meet with, public encouragement.