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he was unhorsed; he gazes with intenseness and reg
the features of the Douglas, dying by his hand. At Glen-
dinning's feet is a dead soldier, his face to the earth—an
aged woman is striving to lift him. Nearly in the centre of
the tableau is the yew tree before mentioned, under the
spreading boughs of which Mary chose to stand " spectatress
of the fight." Those peaceful boughs, brightly green in the
sunlight of a May morning, o'ershadow the whole party.
On the left is the distant battle ; on the right Crookstone
Castle, with its square and..embattled towers. where with
the beloved Darnley the honeymoon was spent, and where
he died—a place teeming with, to Mary, such happy and
mournful memories. The middle ground is occupied by two
flying horsemen, bearing the royal banner, looking back with
curiosity to the group. Such are the characters in the scene
of an eventful drama. The management of the figures is
admirable; there is no confusion : every one stands as a
principal, without detracting from that which gives the main
subject. The grace, loveliness, and tenderness of Mary—the
manly beauty of the Douglas—the sternness of Avennel—
the distress of Lady Fleming—the charms of Catherine
Seyton—the elastic youth of Roland Grmme—the heartiness
of old Woodcock—the venerable appearance of the eccle-
siastics—the feeling of grief which pervades the whole
group—give the picture a truthfulness and fidelity to nature
that cannot fail to be admired and acknowledged as excel-
lent. When completed this etching will be converted into a
noble engraving—and one that must and will be eagerly
sought after. It is replete with the spirit and soul of Land-
seer. The poetry and genius of the original have been
caught by the engraver. How Sir Walter Scott would have
been delighted with it ! Would that that great man had
been living for Mary Parkes to have had the honour and de-
light of sending him a copy for his approval and acceptance !

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The sale of the library of the late Marquis Wellesley pro-
duced between £1,200 and £1,300. _ .

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LORD HAR.ROWBY'S TEN ANTRY.—The present Lord
Harrowby was at one time vexed with, perhaps, the most
troublesome village in England. The little community had
been for years thoroughly disorganised. Almost every la-
bourer was a poacher, and during the winter time there were
never less than eight-and-twenty of the finest young fellows
of the village doing nothing, and exacting from the parish-
officers what they called " relief." The noble earl cut off
from one of his best farms a piece of land, arid divided it
amongst the labourers. Poaching ceased ; a stimulus to ho-
nest industry was created ; the poor-rates were relieved ;
and—to shame selfish farmers as well as utilitarian philoso-
phers—we must ask them at what expense this was done?
The parish to which we allude contains more than five thou-
sand acres, and only thirteen acres were appropriated to this
benevolent experiment, which answered so well ; in justice
to the noble earl we may add, that he has since appropriated
more of his land to secure and complete the fulfilment of his
intentions.

DIFFICULTIES ATTENDING PICTURE DEALING.—In the
Bazar St. Honor 6, where there was a permanent exhibition
of pictures, appeared a" Descent from the Cross," attributed
to Van Dyke. An Englishman offered 30,000 f. for it ; but,
as no less than 35,000 f. would be taken, he called in M.
Henry, the sworn appraiser to the Royal Museums, who, on
examining it, declared it to be a copy not worth more than
150 f. or 2001. at most. Soon afterwards the owner died; and
Messrs. Perrier, having advanced money upon it and other
paintings, had them sold by auction. The catalogue was
drawn up by M. Henry, who put down the " Descent from
the Cross " as a copy, and it was knocked down to M. War-
neck for 316 f. who relinquished his bargain to M. Bedotti,
who gave him to boot a picture he had bought for 180 f—
. sold the " Descent from the Cross" to the proprietor
of the Galerie Lebrun, Rue du Gros Chenet. Here it was
seen by M. Aguado, in company with several connoisseurs,
including M. Lahante, the son-in-law of M. Errard, the late
celebrated collector, and whose judgment in paintings was
held in high estimation, and also M. George, *ho, on the
death of M. Henry, succeeded to be one of the appraisers of
the Royal Museum. They all concurred in pronouncing the
painting to be an original Van Dyke, and M. Aguado pur-
chased it at 40,000.—French paper.

THE LATE AFFRAY AT BEWSEY.-It appears that the
name of the young man who inflicted such serious injury upon
his brother, as mentioned last week, is Henry Crosby. The
one who suffered, Thomas Crosby, on Saturday afternoon,
wanted to go shooting again, instead of assisting his brother
in the business of the farm. They had both had some drink ;
and, on Henry remonstrating with his brother on the impro-
priety of using his gun, and neglecting other matters of mor
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importance, ... .ot._ dray ensue) _he lock of the gun
caught Thomas just at the back of his head, and inflicted a
most dreadful wound : several pieces of the skull were driven
into the brain, a portion of which protruded from the wound.
Mr. Oki.ll, the surgeon to the Warrington Union, was the
first medical gentleman in attendance : he was quickly fol-
lowed by Mr. Sharp and Mr. Hunt, two other surgeons.
They found their patient in an insensible state; but, after
bleeding, he rallied and came to himself. On Saturday
morning, Mr. Davies was called in to attend him ; and on
Monday, Mr. Wilson, of Manchester, visited the patient.
Up to Monday, no serious inflammatory symptoms were ex-
hibited. The distress of Mr. Crosby's family may easily be
imagined, but not so easily described. They are highly
respectable, and connected by marriage with the family of
Messrs. Stubs, the celebrated file and Lancashire tool manu-
facturers. Henry Crosby has hitherto been suffered to go at
large. The offence being committed out of the borough, Mr.
Jones, the active deputy-constable, did not feel himself called
upon to take the offending party into custody.—(Manchesitr
Guardian, of Wednesday.) Mr. Thomas Crosby, of Bewsey-
ball, we are happy to be enabled to state, has, since our last
publication, been going on as favourable as his medical ad-
visers can wish, although he is not pronounced out of danger.
—lbid, of Saturday.