The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-26 00:00:00

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. .
A beautiful schooner, of 101 tons, was launched from Nr.
Joseph White's yard, built for Sir Charles Ibbotson ; she
named the Anaconda. She is a splendid vessel, and likely
to be a fair candidate fur the R.Y.S. cups.
In the same yard a schooner of 130 tons is building for the
Dade ;::!ekpool, and will be launched about the middle of
next month.
ton!:
Hatteint's yard there is building a fine cutter of 35
for James Saundersoti, Esq.. of the R.Y.S. ; and the R.T.Y.
cutter Fanny is being lengthened 6 feet 9 incht:S
by the bgift
the property of J. 11. M. Struben, Esq. inn tons
Ratsey has building two cutter yachtf of
earn ; utts fur W. Potts, Esq., of KingstosCit,
the other is fur W. Cooper, Esq., R.Y.S. • they will rr
launched next month ; and also a schooner of 125 tOll5 ""
Captain Ponsonby, R.Y.S.
The annual general meeting of the members of the 101,14
Yacht Squadron will take place at the Thatched Houseitr
VOftli on the Oth of May; there are 17 candidates to be hod"
lotcd fur. The ittospects of this national club never 100
more promising. It is expected they will have more vess-
w
afloat than ever before known ; it Is said they have 96 at P
sent, and 19 more building.
Mr. Joseph White is to build for the Government, bat bit:
his °w it yard at this port, a sister brig to the Daring, Lorene
called the Contect. The keel will be immediately laid d.. 01;
and she is to be completed by the 31st of December.
building and repairing the thllowing vessels:— ritg
At Deptford, a new steamer, to be called the Termsg,so
1,650 tons, to carry heavy armament; and a frigate
grins, to be called the Phaeton. ih
At Woolwich he is putting a new bow to the AMP
42, which is in f.
At Portsmouth,rame the Amphitrite, 42, has been hauled is.
the basin, for the purpose of being razeed to a 26, and
is
have a new bow. eat
It is reported that Sir Hyde Parker will take the COlso:-.0
of the experimental squadron, and Sir William APintagtl "
be appointed the Admiral of Portsmouth in his plaU'•

EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIET
OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS•

(THIS DAY.)
This is the forty-first annual exhibition of this the Parent
of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, and 08,111:
glad to say that the Society still keeps up its pelsee•
reputation. We consider that this Society has d°°e
for art—for British art—(for water-colour Peill'ilnut
is a branch of art which may be called exclusively Britis*":,
—more than almost any other society in existence•
years ago water-colour drawing was merely a pretty
complisbment—to talk of water-colour paintings would he"
been considered absurd—sneered at by the Royal Academy :
looked upon with contempt by the dauber in oils:
artist in water colours was denied the privilege of even
hibiting his productions, so as to show the public of
the
drawing was capable. This Society was „theil,,
founded to give him. that opportunity, and ir°,7
that moment we had water-colour paintings,--t'e
artists in water colours forced the public t:
acknowledge them as artists, and water-colour painting
.7t
takes its rank among the arts as it all respects etle;,,
painting in oils—in some respects even superior to It•
the creation of this branch of art we are indebted to this
that
ciety ; and, therefore, it is with a feeling of gratitude
we enter the portals of the gallery in Pall-mall .
Ctst
The exhibition of the present year is in every respect c•t‘-0
lent. Copley Fielding contributes no less than forty-t,
pictures of various sizes, and, although all are good, of slut:,
ous degrees of merit, the pictures which struck .1
as most worthy of admiration from the
of this artist, are-92, Scene on the South v°—ct
near Brighton ; 121, View of the Summit of Snowdon; arls,
143, View of Lancaster from the coast. This last is as
ceedingly beautiful picture, perhaps the best that CO e„,
Fielding has in the exhibition. Samuel Front gives
several most elaborately finished pictures of medilovel glisr;
chitecture ; they are all fine, and we only Wish but,
had given ua more of them. J. D. Harding gives us ;
few pictures this year, not exceeding half a dozen ie4,
but every one is a gem. No. 26, " Berne, Switzerl;l6
Morning as it sometimes wakes among the Alps," is a rnit Ale
of painting. The 'following description from the caW°764
will give seine idea of the scene. After describing ai lerri
thunder-storm, the writer proceeds : het
" This lasted till I left Berne at five o'clock,- find 11-1-00 ,
distant from the cit about three quarters of an hour, the
oss
broke through the clouds, and presented a sight tail the ".t
gorgeous. Every hue of scarlet and gold mixed
spectral greyclouds, which here and them pal 3-
charged their 3et unspent stores of water.
, •
hegb"
had, as yet, only reached the Alpine pot
the grey and reeking landscape was lighted, hesteet
warmed by reflection from the struggling sky, and alto
erg'g,.e.
formed one of the richest sights nature couldhave pres
We are in doubt whether this picture of Ileralt trot
No. 57, " Coast of Antrim," by H. Gastineau, is luisee
of the exhibition. The following lines are given .11
catalogue as descriptive of the scene
"Where darkness hears the booniing echoes roar
And caverned surges rock the pillared alters
Or where, extended o'er yon dreadful deep, ~
Hangs Reda's aerial bridge from steep to steep' the
The boldness of the rocks—the sweep of the Win bold'
boiling of the surge beneath, all are represented tvit'itighest
ness and vigour which bespeaks genius of the
~nlouring
order. The drawing is perfect and the ."-ictureSt
very fine. Mr. Gastineau contributes several other P—noirlt--
all of which are good. W. Hunt gives some most re
able candle light effects. His" Romish Devotion" 01011 h A
a work of a much higher order of art—it is re t''
fine picture. Richter's " Parting of Romeo and Julie
(No. 203), is a beautiful picture, and displar,
fine Shaksperian feeling. The Juliet is the most beautifo"
the most truly Shaksperian—we have ever seen• tie
late hour of the day at which we write COP;
pels us to close this hasty sketch without even silur,
ing to the many other exquisite works of art in this e",,
hibition. We hope, however, to be enabled to return to
tk`
subject.