The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-28 00:00:00

BRITISH INSTITUTION.

This fine collection of paintings, by old masters of the
Italian, Spanish, Flemish, and Dutch schools, was opened
yesterday for a private view. There are some splendid
specimens in the gallery, among the. best of which we may
mention those few bylllll6llo,Wllo9e SPANISH COURTESAN
is a masterpiece, and the LANDSCAPE WITH A FARM-
HOUSE AND CATTLE, by Paul Putter, which, by the bye,
is nat new, having been exhibited, if we remember rightly,
in this same Institution, so recently as last year.
No. 2. Trir SPANISH COURTESAN, is fuller of a certain
arch expression than any thing we have seen for years.
The figure in the back ground, with a handkerchief held
up before the lower part of her face, is admirable; laughter
seems literally running over at her eyes—and such eyes,
they are not to be speedily forgotten. _

No. 9. PORTRAIT OF A SPANISH GENTLEI/A.N.....ThiS
is by \Vasquez, and possesses considerable spirit.
Nu. IS. THE DEATH OF REGULUS, by Salvator Ros.a.
—An excellent paintiag, but by no means so characteristic
of this master, as some others in the collection.
No. 19. LANDSCAPE WITH TRAVELLERS, by Salvator
Rosa.—There is no mistaking this painting; the wild
gloom of the lanolscape, and the picturesque and daring ap-
pearance of the travellers, particularly of the one wko is
stationed near his horse's head, at once betray the famous
Bandit Artist.

No. 36. SEA PORT, EVENING —Claude.—A pretty,
but by no means first-rate, production of this artist. The
colouring, though good, is far feebler than usual. The
landscape, too, wants character, an unconanon defect with
Claude.
No. 27. ST. PETER—Guido.—This is one of the finest
heads we have ever seen, whether for expression of coun-
tenance, or for:e anti minuteness of colouring. It is
Guido—who, as is well known, is famous for his heal—
all over.

No. 71.—A MAnoNlgA—Carlo Dolee.—A beautiful
and characteristic painting-.

No. 91. RivaitVlEW ;iv AIOON LIG T--Vanderneer.
There are some superb specimens of this artist's talents in
the present collection, but none finer than the present. It
is bold, and true to nature.
110. LA NDSCA PE, WITH A RUINED BLTILDING.-+—RilyS-
dael.—Tbe old grey look of the solitary tower is the best
feature in this little gem.
No, 127. A WOODY SCENE WITH SroursmEN.---The
disposition of the perspective is admirable : the old elms,
too, beside the foreground, have a truly natural appear-
ance : the opening shade, in the distance, affords a
striking relief to the picture.
No. 135. A FOREST SCENE.--flushed and sylvan,
with a sweet cottage groupe beneath the trees ;in front.
It is in Hobbima's best style.
The collection, on the whole, as we said before, is good,
though somewhat scanty ill point of numbers.
The disposition of the pictures reflects great credit on
Mr. Barnard.

The World newspaper of This Day contains
an Extraordinary Speech, delivered by Moses Maas LEVY,
Esq., on Thursday last, at the King's Head in the Poultry,
relative to the present state of Jews and Christians.—Sold
by all Newsmen, and at 25, Ludgate-hill.
At the General Assembly held on Saturday
last, at Edinburgh, Doctor CHALMERS' motion for an
Address to the KtNc on the Repeal of the Corporation and
Test Acts, was negatived by a considerable majority.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 26.—We had a good
supply of Beef and Mutton which met a ready sale at our
last quotation. We had also a middling supply of Lambs,
which were in good demand. Beet; 51-d. to 61-d. ;
Mutton, 6Y. to 7 d. ; and Lamb, tad. per lb.
On Tuesday last a very valuable blood colt,
two years old, the property of Sir ARTHUR CHICHESTER,
being in an enclosure with some bullocks, was unfortu-
nately gored by one of them, so that his bowels protruded
through the wound. Infuriated with the pain, the poor
animrl galloped round the field, with his intestines trailing
on the I;round, and stepping on it with his hinder feet, a
considerable portion of it was separated from him. At
length he lay down and rolled on the ground, till his bowels
became literally wound like a band round his body. An
end was then put to his sufferings, at the command of his
owner, by shooting him i❑ the head. Two hundred guineas
had been refused for him a short time since.—Exeter
Alfred.

G tuLDUALL.—In our Paper of yesterday we
gave an account of the examination of PETER CRAWLEY
and MARY ANN SULLIVAN at this Office, but we are
happy: to find that it is not PETER CRAWLEY the pugilist,
of the Queen's Head and French Horn, Duke-striA West
Smithfield.

The advantages of steam navigation are now
so universally appreciated, that there is scarcely any place
of notoriety to which vessels can proceed in which steam-
packets are not employed ; there was, however, one
delightful tour, the Cumberland Lakes, that could only
Le accomplished by a circuitous course, and it is surpri-
sing that it has been so long overlooked by the many spirited
individuals on the west coast. We are happy to observe
that it has at last been undertaken, and that a packet has
commenced plying beetween Dumfries and Whitehaven,
from whence the lakes are only distant 10 miles.—Edin-
burgh Evening Courant.

The trial of MAGARRAIIAN and MAGUIRE,
will certainly be proceeded in, and the legal preliminaries
have not been neglected.—Dublin Patriot.
The cold has been so intense in Siberia during
this winter, that at Krasnoi-Jansk quicksilver remained
frozen during 40 days. It was with much difficulty that
people could breathe in the open air.
A melancholy event took place at the village
of Roskestat, in the parish of St. Levan, on Friday last.
Early on the morning of that day, 0 man named LEMON,
• and his wife left their cottage for the purpose of working
in a field at seine distance, leaving two children, a boy and
a girl, in bed. On returning to breakfast, about eight
o'clock, the woman was horror struck, at seeing a dense.
body of smoke issuing from the cottage; she opened the
door, and rushing to the bed, succeeded in dragging the
children from it, but unfortunately too late to save their
lives ; both ;,:.re suffocated, and every attempt to restore
animation was found unavailing. By great exertion, the
fire was got under without destroying the premises; it is
supposed to have been occasioned by a -.;park alighting en a
hag which was ?laced on a stool near the fire-Om-T.--
Exeter Alfred.
THE PACKET-SHIP LEEDS.—No intelli-
g.nee has been received of the London packet-ship
Leeds,
which sailed from New York on the first of April, in com-
pany with the Pacific for this port. There is now, there-
fore, too much reason to suppose that she has
.hed. founderedat,e
'
perished. sea, and that every soul on board of her hashear, that a gentleman, his wife, (who was in an ad-
vanced state of pregnancy,) and their two t•ltildren, were,
with another individual, cabin passengers; and that there
were several in the steerage. The lady had been wishful,
we believe, to come by the Pacific; hut, as she was near
the period of her expected accouchernent, it was deemed
better to come by the Leeds, in order to avoid the journey
front Liverpool to London by laud. We stated, a fortnight
ago, that the missing vessel had on board 200,000 dollars,
On merchants' account. The Leeds was commanded by
Captain Seam-tut, who formerly commanded the L'a-
pbrates.--Liverpool Albion,