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

COWER, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM 005. OW2I CORRISIPONDENT.
fldrAt YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
A beautiful scilothtf, 0.4 101 tons, was launched from
Joseph White's yard, built for Mir Charles lbbotson ; she was
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 Wilding for the
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Dud tie ntAtispool, and will be launched about the middle
next month. •
In Hansen's yard there Is building a fine cutter-of 35 tong,
for James Saunderson, Esq., of the R.Y.S. ; and the R.T.Y.S.
cutter Fanny is being lengthened 5 feet 9 inches by the bolft
the property of J. H. M. Struben, Esq.
Itatsey hat building two cutter yachts of 100 tons
each ; one for W. Point, Esq., of Kingstown, Dublin;
the other is for R. W. Cooper, Eaq., R.Y.S.; they will be
launched next month • and also a schooner of 125 tons -for
Captain Ponsonby,
The annual general meeting of the members of the Royal
Yacht Squadron will take place at the Thatched House TV
vern, on the 9th of May ; there are 17 candidates to be bal-
loted for. The prospects of this national club never looked
more promising. It is expected they will have more vessels
afloat than ever before known ; it is said they have 96 at pre-
sent, and 19 more building.
Mr. Joseph White is to build for the Government, but in
his own yard at this port, a sister brig to the Daring, to be
called the Contest. The keel will be immediately laid down,
and she is to be completed by the 31st of December. lie $
building and repairing the following vessels :
At Deptford, a new steamer, to be called the Termagant'
1,650 tons, to carry heavy armament ; and a frigate of Du
guns, to be called the Phaeton.
At Woolwich he is putting a new bow to the Amphicl4
42, which is in frame.
At Portsmouth, the Amphitrite, 42, has been hauled into
the basin, for the purpose of being razeed to u 26,
and is to

have a new bow.
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It is reported that Sir Hyde Parker will take the comam d
of the experimental squadron, and Sir William Mcmtagili""
be appointed the Admiral of Portsmouth in his place.

EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY
OF PAIN I'ERS 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 're ere
glad to say that the Society still keeps up its priAins
reputation. We consider that this Society has done
for art—for British art—(for water-colour Paintieg,
is a branch of art which may be called exclusively British'
—more than almost any other society in existence. FM
years ago water-colour drawing was merely a pretty ee'
complishment—to talk of water-colour paintings would We
been considered absurd—sneered at by the Royal Academr"
looked upon with contempt by the dauber in oils: the
artist in water colours was denied the privilege of even e%'
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water-colour his productions; so as to show the public of what
water-colour drawing was capable. This Society was
founded to give him that opportunity, and from
that moment we had water-colour paintings,'" the
artists in water colours forced the public t°
acknowledge them as artists, and water-colour painting NJ:
takes its rank among the arts as in all respects equal to
painting in oils—in some respects even superior to it. Far
the creation of this branch of art we are indebted to this Sa".
ciety ; and, therefore, it is with a feeling of gratitude that
we enter the portals of the gallery in Pall-mall East
'The exhibition of the present year is in every respect exe
lent. Copley Fielding contributes no less than forty-twe
pictures of various sizes, and, although all are good, of veri;
ous degrees of merit, the pictures which atrock
as most worthy of admiration from the Pe_...ne
of this artist, are-92, Scene on the South D°7_7;
near Brighton ; 121, View of the Summit of Snowdon; 1'-
143, View of Lancaster from the coast. This last is an
ceedingly beautiful picture, perhaps the best that C°Ple,"
Fielding has in the exhibition. Samuel Prout gives
several most elaborately finished pictures of mediaeval a'
chitecture ; they arc all fine, and we only Wish bus •
had given us more of them. J. D. Harding gives us iv
' few pictures this year, not exceeding half a dozen in _ll.,
but every one is a gem. No. 26, " Berne,
Morning as it sometimes wakei among the Alps," is a Ilar •
of painting. The following description from the estnifillo
will give some idea of the scene. After describing a tell
thunder-storm, the writer proceeds :
whet
" This lasted till I left Berne at five o'clock, and ,--„as.
distant from the city about three quarters of an hour, tu„-ost
broke through the clouds, and presented a sight the the
gorgeous. Every hue of scarlet and gold mixed---leir'd
spectral grey clouds, which here and there pot
Switzerlana;
charged their ”t unspent stores of water. ;
had, as yet, . only reached the Alpine beignoi
the grey and reeking landscape was lighted, but tbst
warmed by reflection from the struggling sky, and alte
formed one of the richest sights naturecouldhave presenor
We are in doubt whether this picture of Harding t
No. 57, " Coast of Antrim," by H. Gastineau, is the etlis
of the exhibition. Tho following lines are given 'n
catalogue as descriptive of the scene:—
" Where darkness bears the booming echoes roar
And caverned surges rock the pillared shore
Or where, extended o'er yon dreadfuldeep, „
Hangs Recta's aerial bridge from steep to steel" the
The boldness of the rocks—the sweep of the bridge;id-
boiling of the surge beneath, all are represented with
- aheit
ness and vigour which bespeaks genius of- the 10-ariog
order. The drawing is perfect and the rtepres,
very fine. Mr. Gastineau contributes several other Pi— alt.
all of which are good. W. Hunt gives some-.neat re °1:-A
able candle• light effects. His " Romish Devotion" (No.
$
a work of a much higher order of art—it is really
it It •
a...e picture. Richter's " Parting of Rousso and Juliet
(No. 203), is a beautiful picture, and displays "
fine Shaksperian feeling. The Juliet is the most beautiful"'
the most truly Shaksperian—we have ever seem Die
late hour of the day at which we write CO
pels us to close this hasty sketch without even all
ing to the many other exquisite works of art in this en'
hibition. We hope, however, to be enabled to return to the
subject.