The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-23 00:00:00

WEST'S GALLERY.

This splendid Gallery, from unpropitious eircum-
stancesitot to be inquired into, has been doomed to
be dispersed, instead of ornamenting, for ages yet
to come, the national depository of England. The
Sale commenced yesterday, and by means of the ju-
dicious arrangements not to admit any one without
a catalogue, instead of the insufferable heat that had
for days past been endured by the thousands who
had congregated there, it was very much diminished.
Notwithstanding this precaution, however, the
rooms were crowded by all the admirers and pa-
trons of the fine arts in London. At one o'clock the
Sale commenced,and Mr. George Robins proceeded
to address his splendid auditory in a long exordium,
which our limits prevent us from giving at full
length. The following is, however, the substance :--
. _

It is my good fortune," said Mr. Robins, to have
been honoured by the disposal of the Gallery of Pictures of
,the late President of the Royal Academy of England. It
would indeed be affectation were I to hesitate in declaring
that I am proud of the distinguished honour that has been
conferred on me. Referring to olden times, when the gr. at
Mr. Christie (the ornament of his profession) lived, he
would vesture to say, he would encounter the task in fear
and trembling; how then could he approach the task with-
out feeling his incompetency? However, one circumstance
encouraged liitn in the belief that he might not fail, anti
that arose out of the Catalogue R tisonne, wherein the pic-
torial excellencies were describtd in a manner so infinitely
beyond any previous attempt, that made the task, instead
of one of difficulty, quite refreshing. He then took the op-
portunity of paying a just ti ibute to Mr. Pyne, the talentel
writer of Mr. West's Catalogue, whose personal knowledge
of the late President, his thorough appreciation of the extra-
ordinary merit of the artist, and his great literary acquire-
Ments, had qualified him in an eminent degree to do justice to
this Gallery. Having entirely waved the credit that had been
so generally coneeded. to Mr. Rebins, in respect to the Cata-
logue Raisonnet, he said, ' an exordium to an auction has
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Robins, smiled.) lie would say, as it regardtd hims,ll,
and a conscientiousness of his own inadequate talent, that
the usual exordium would be ' more honoured in the
breach than in the observance ;' however, it was a custom,
and he must submit to it ; it should, notwithstanding, he
short, and for the best of all reasons, that surrounded as
be was by so much rank and talent, and by such an over-
whelming host of the' admirers of native talent, he was
persuaded that to such an enlightened assembly he need
only direct their attention to the Pictures, and they would
speak infinitely more in praise of themselves titian he could
venture to hope from any observation of his own ; thia
made his duty both short and easy. He would entreat
them to remember that Mr. West had never (save mile on
a very few occasions) consented to sell any of his pictures
during his life ; he preferred leaving them as an entire
collection for the benefit of his family. Large and muni-
ficent sums had cor.stantly been refused during his long
life, and this would account for such a splendid exhibition,
and the entire works of one individual, being presented to
their kind and fostering care. It would he perceived that,
however numerous, it was equally varied in subject, in
character, and in style ; and let it7to
(con-
tinued Mr. Robins) the genius of the illustrious dead is at
length duly respected in England. This is daily mans,
fested, to the exclusive honour of the present age.
The deceased Masters of our native Schools are appre •
ciated justly, and in proportion to the met its of the
great Schools of olden times. Witness the works of
Hogartb, Reynolds, Wilson, and Gainshorough ; they are
as eagerly sought after by the truly learned in the art as
those which were painted centuries ago. Thus happily it
may be said, with patriotic pride, that under the protect-
ing influence of our venerated late S.ivereign and the
benign auspices of our gracious King, his present Ma-
jesty knot forgetting the British Institution), we have at-
tained to that epoch, when taste is so universally diffused,
that judgment has t sken the seat (too long occupied by
prejudice) and merit is honoured and rewarded accordiog
to desert. He would venture to add (under favour) that
this appeal to public taste will manifest that regard fur
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It is not perhaps generally known that when
an apprentice quits his mashes service witliout leave, the
master can claim any 0,,;k441,Ags the apprentice may get (hir-
ing the time he hhnself.---Stockport Advertiser.
E EN On last Saturday morning,
D— eloped from Enu's with the accomplished Miss
The youthful couple proceeded in the directleu
of Loughrea.---,DwAlin Freeman's Journal.
The following remarkable case occurred very
lately At Yiniien, Pwlihtli:—Ll a [tense where earthen-
wares are sold, a hen was OUP morning accidentally missed.
But after a disappearance of 2thictecti Orrys, as the inmates
of the house were removing son\t4 Pans that sv,re tuniv.o
upside down, they beheld 4sni, not dead, but a,v4„
though almost reduceil iNiither and skin and-hone; It:w
ing sustained h054i2,4 that period by eating the es which
she laid, cif 44 lay In her dark prison. That this is the:
case, la evident by the pieces of shell of about three or hair
eggs found scattered on the floor. She is still alive, and
rapidly recovering from the effects of such an immoderate
fast,and lonesome coafinevacot.—.NorthWales. arcutsele.