Star.
London, England, 1829-03-26 00:00:00

SUFFOLK-STREET EXHIBITION.

The S ciety of British Artists opened their rooms
7esterday for a private view of their collection of paintings for the'
present season. The number of pictures appears to be somew►at
less t►an it has been on former occasions; but there is a decided
improvement in the general quality of the exhibition.
The ►liniatute•room contains some good specimens of water-
colour painting and engravings, and there are also some works of
merit in the sculpture-room. The exhibition is an extremely its
tetesting one, and in no respect more an than for the satisfactory
Indications of improvement which it presents. The rooms wets
very numerously attended by -ante of the most distinguished patrons
of art, and we were glad to .ec that a large proportion of the paint-
lap were bought in the course of the day.

FASIIIONABLES IN ITALY.

NAPLES, IbLtacm 4.

The demise of his Hoarier, Leo XI I. carol an immense num-
ber of foreigners of all nations to descend here. to that if our Car-
nival was less brilliant than formerly, it was st least fully attended
• Tee fetes which Ladies Downslaire, Durham, and Drummond gave
two or three ye.rs ilsOk. have however spoiled us, and made vs
difficult to please. Then Naples appeared aMs months Carnival,
and the crowd of rank and fashion of those days have since been
Every thing tended to make Naples agreeable the last Mx weeks.
The weather, though rather cold, was beautiful. Excavators at
Pompeii, Hercidaoeurn, arc made the most interesting discoveries.
Vesuvius, at intervals, casts forth are, which gives as bore of a
Oat kiwreer at us distant day.
Your Royal Highness, the Prince Leopold of Size-Coburg, gave
two or three dinner parties in Madame de IF4iielniesit's
wbkb be occupies, in the Paktum) Torrelia; and as some
Ledies came in the evening, more than one piano dance was got
ay,' and made Of remember the agreeable waives given there last
Par, by the beautiful Countess now at St. Petersburgli. The
rince did promise Its • magnificent As, and actually contracted
for the music and refreshments; bat your English Ladies, Moray,
laodely, Crawford. Drummond, Mrs. Malone', tee. bad taken
every evening of the Carnival upon which the Prince had flied,
Ind the brilliant fide is comequesply deferred, am 44
In the crowd of English here are—
Lord and Lady Moray mid the Ladies Stuart, Lady Lindsay
IC:twined, Lord and Lady Bridpert. Lady Drummond, Sir M.
W. Ridley mid (sadly, Lord and Lady Barham, Sir George Tal-
bot and daughters, Honourable Mr. Stuart, Admiral Taylor.
Colonel Gooch, Lord and Lady Belhaven, Lady Mary Merlon*,
Lord Augustus Hill, Sir Edward Stepford, Colonel and Mrs. Ban-
bury, Lord and Lady Berwick, Colonel and Mrs. Cbaloner, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Hastings, Anderson. Lady Lubbock. Ur. and Mrs.
Hugh Brown.
many of the above are going to Rome for tke Holy week, hop-
ing the mew Ponuff will be elected by that done, to officiate at thr
sereoundes

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Yesterday a Court 61 Directors was held at the Est
India Roan, when Lindens+. COlOll,l air Wn.t.tax Young, Bart.
tea the oval oath and his seat as a Director, • in the room of Sir
`®macs Asascaonatz R0w..., Ben. who lad withdrawn from
she Itresilaa.