Star.
London, England, 1830-05-10 00:00:00

racter William Brandon had established, and such wa‘ the fame be
joined to the unsullied purity of his moral reputation. But to his
friends:he seemed only the agreeable, clever, lively, and, if we may
use the phrase innocently, the worldly man.—never affecting a su.
perior sanctity, or an over.anxiety to forms, except upon great oc.
cartons; and rendering his austerity of manners the more admired,
because he made it seem an unaccompanied by hypocrisy."

The following Stanzas prove that Mr. BtJLWtR bas
not been an unsuccessful votary at the shrine of Par-
nassus :
When I leave thee, oh! uk not the wor!d what that heart
Which adores thee, to others may be !
I know that I sin when from thee I depart,
But my guilt shall not light upon thee !
My life is a river which glasses a ray
That bath deignl to descend from above ;
Whatever the banks that o'ershadow its way,
It mirrors the light of thy love.
Though the waves may run high whcn the night-wind awakes,

And hurries the stream to its fall ;
Though broken and wild be the billows it makes,
Thine image still trembles on all I

THE FINE ARTS.

MR. LOUGH'S EXHIBITION.

It is most gratifying to perceive, by the experience
of every new season, that the opinions we have more than once
given, as to the rapidly advancing improvement of our artists, that
the British School is destined to become a successful rival to the
most favoured schools of the Continent: our observations on this
subject have hitherto more especially related to painting. It is
now our pleasing duty to call public attention to the works of
Mr. Lotion, whose progress in the sister art of sculpture, is cal.
culated to excite equal admiration and astonishment—admi-
ration at the style and execution he displays,--astonishment,
that a young man, still much under the age of thirty, and without
having quitted England, should have imbibed such a pure and
classical spirit, as strongly to remind us of our visits to the Vatican,
and the Medici Collection at Florence.

Of the thirteen specimens now exhibited, all excellent is their kind,
we shall limit our remarks to the "Betide of the Standard," a crag.
Son of the artists own, and modelled for the Duke of NORTHUM-
BERLAND. We have no hesitation in pronouncing this group to
be one of the most extraordinary compositions hitherto produced by
an English artist. To those who recollect the exalted merits of
Fr..txuare, our assertion will doubles appear bold. But few will
deny that his great claim to immortality, must ever be derived from
his illustrations of DANTE, lIESIOD, &C. It should also be borne
in mind, that, independently of his natural talents, FLexstare passed
thirty years of his life in Italy. What a striking contrast does
the ease of Mr. Louoir present ! As yet little beyond the period
of manhood, and almost self-taught, his first essay, the group of
Sampson, also in the present exhibition, developer; a knowledge of
art, which has, in most cases, been only the result of many years
study. Of the " Battle of the Standard," we shall merely add,
that it abounds in beauties of detail and execution, sufficient to
establish the fame of the oldest veteran in art, while the conception
is full of originality and genius. No wonder, therefore, if we call
publib attention to the productions of an artist who seems
destined to shed a new lustre on the British School.—
We understand that the late lamented President of the
Royal Academy, who saw this splendid group in its earlier
stages of completion, expressed his admiration in the most un-
measured terms. It is no trifling honour to the Noble Duke, under
whose auspices it has been produced, that his name should be
associated with a work that will, we have little doubt, be admired in
after times. This is one of the cases in which the honour is con-
(erred
rather on the patron than the artist. While the writer
of one Morning Paper recommends that the Battle of the Standard
should be executed either in bronze or marble ; another compares
the genius of the artist to that of Mr. Thom, the author of
" Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnny." To the latter we should
exclaim, without any disparagement of Mr. THOM'S fine
talent, 66 Hyperion tol a Satyr l" With regard to the former
recommendation, we trust that the Noble Duke will cause it
to be cast in bronze, the most durable of all substances. If
we had a voice in such matters, we should say that the
" Battle of the Standard" deserves to be erected u a national moms.
meat in Waterloo-place. The area between Pall-Mall and St. James's
Park is admirably calculated for the introduction of such a group,
while the balustrade in front might be advantageously decorated
with a few statues of such warriors and statesmen who have deserved
well of their country. We shall return to the minor objects in this
exhibition on an early day.