The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-17
Rirbmunh q.spattt.
TUESDAY MORNING
Personal Anecdotes.

Personal Anecdotes.
Autobioeraphicai Recollection OF the late
Amer,co- English artist, Leslie, have been pub
iished. The following are among them
Washington AHsfon -" He directed my attcn-
tion," says Mr.. Leslie A" TO the Venetian schooI !,
particularly TO the works OF Paul Veronese. and
taught me TO see, through the accumulated
dirt Of ages, the exquisite charm that lay De-
meath. Yet, for a long time 1 took the merit
OF the venetians on trust, and II LETT 10 my
self should have preferred works which now
feel TO be comparatively worthless. remem-
Der when the picture OF The Ages, oy Titan,
was first pointed out to nue. by AHston as an
exquisite work. l thought he was Laughing
at me-"
Chantysy, the Stuipfor.-"I had painted the
portrait OF a nohleman, o. whom ChantTey
had Just made bust, and l asked him II
could do nything to make my picture more
like. He had not formed very nigh opinion
Of the inside of his I.ordship's head, aha
pointing to the ears. he said, MAKE eae"
longer"
Lord Mel6ourne.-" He asked me bow it wa ~
that Raphael was employed by 0e rope 20
paint the walls of the Vatican. ! ss,u, no,
cause of his great excellence pa p"ns D..
his uncle Bramante. architect 10 NHe ope
l replied L believe Bramanse was h,s anei ',
Then, il was a Job, you may be sure ne saio'
with his hearty laugh ,.,. 3
which he told many, were very pretty. The
prettiest was of a little girl, who was great
fayorite OF every one who knew her Some
you so much She answered, think 1t is
because ioveevery body much"
SIR Walter Scott" never" he said, knew
a msu Of genius, and have known many who
could be regular in all his habits, but have
know many q. btockhead who could"
As Sir Walter was leaning on Purdey's arm
in one of his walks, Tom said, Them are fine
novels OF yours, Sir Waiter they are Just IN.
valuable 10 me-" i am glad 10 hear 1t, Tom ="
"Yes, sir for when / have been out all day
hard at work, and come home very tireo, IL
sit down with n pot OF porter by the iire, ana
take up one OF your novels. I'm asleep d.
rectiy."
Speaking of his lamene.s, he said, When
was OF the age at which lads like 10 shine In
the eyes of girls, have felt some envy IN a
ball room of the young fellows who had the
of their legs but l generally found when
L was beside the iasses had the advantage
with my tongue"
Sidasy Sm,th.-"When a discussion took
place among the clergy of st. Pauis, as 10
The expedency of surrounding the ca'neoiai
with n pavement of blocks of WOOD, smith
said If the bishops would lay lnedi H1 1his
together the Thing would be done ana tliis
was so often repeated, and win SO WuCu
JUNCTION, by the Bishop OF LONDON, lhat ne
was sus pee ted of having invented It,
MANY things were invented TOR MIN, winch
he never said-among them the story OF Land
seer asking TO paint him, and his reply, is thy
servant a dog, that he should do this thing =
This was in the newspapers, and Sidney
Smith meeting Landseer III the Park, SAID
Have you seen our little Joke in the papers =
Are you disposed TO ackn owiedge il i have
no objectIon.'"
MIR. Rogers told me that Smith received in
yitations TO dine with Whitbread and some
peer at the same time. He accepted WHIT
breads, and wrote TO the peer that he was
engaged TO dine with the great fermentator IN
Chs we'll street But. putting his answers
into the wrong covers, his excuse 10 the peer
went to the brewer, and Lady Elizabeth whit
bread replied, The great terRaenfdt0r Is mucn
obliged TO Mr.. Smith for giving him the pre-
ference He answered, Il have received your
ladyship's note, and kill myself on the spot.
"Mr Luttrell men toned an Irish clergyman
who was much Offended III being called Il Pile
Tahst' and SAID. IF you don't take care you
Will find ME a duslist.' Smith took thls up.
and said. i suppose there is scarcely clergy
man IN Ireland who has not been ont. am
told they settle these matters when The AFTER
Moons service is over. / have seen parsons
halange-Sir, meet me on the first Sunday
after the Epiphany"
Stuart, The PaiaEsr.-"When Stuart, the paint
err died an eulogium on his character ap-
pearei IN one of the American papers, In which
IL was said that he left the brightest prospects
IN England and returned to his own country,
from his admiration of her new institu lions
and desire 10 paint the portrait of Washing
ton. On hearing this, Sir Thomas Lawrence
said: i knew Stuart we'll, and 1 believe the
real cause OF his leaving England was his
having become tired of the inside of some OF
our prisons Well, then, said Lord Holland,
after all, il was his love Of freedom that took
him TO America
Tie Duke Of Wellington. -" When l had
sketched Tor his figure, L asked him to look at
large and this is what all the painters have
done 10 whom L have sat. Painters are not
aware how very small a part OF the human
figure the head is. Titan was the only paint
er who understood this, and by making his
heads small he did wonders"