New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-10

never 20 near them; indee6 Dever 90 out at night
apy V h. re / told him | kne thst but thought IL
rchi 10 paw my respects to all the Aesdeneials and
bored wns rot interruptpg him. He sid, :" BY no
meaI g. and asked into his painting room. ~here
be al woi on an equestrian picture OF Oeor. w.
81 large as fife which be must have made up IRON busts
an, pfiur 4" desire he said, 70 paint the
King for there IL DO picture that lie like him Il could
not help contrasting to myself Lawrences pictures OF
his bsjesy with Tie before me, and by no means
10 i aGvnrG gel and ne Ia by far continued North
C. IT, Gle test King OF bis family have bad. IL
has te. MAJ he'd hat this couTy If best gvernedy
won an, for then the rnrnent is carried on oy
able men; and G, orge ~. is hike woman, ior ne
minds oply bis own anusmsnts and leaves the aalrs
Of the country 10 his ministers, instead OF NEEDING
bimsel as hfs father did. He IL JUS what King OF
England should be, something 10 look grand anu "
hang the robts on"
He talked of Sir Joshua Reynolds and | askei him
vheiher be thought Sir Josbna was fully aware of bis
oun great excellence He said, Perhaps not be-
lieve SIR Joshua did not in his own fstimalon rank
himself as high as Vandyke When young artists
asked him TO lend them bis pictures 20 copy he ala not
refuse but was accustomed to say, If you can get
fne Van dy ke il will be much more useful to you.
Northcote shoa ed me what | supposed to be pc
tune by ReyI Olds; but he told me 1t was copy Dy
Jackson sno sad, 81 have been myself deceived by
bic cories.' 49,
asked leave TO repeat my visit, which was readily
granted, and from thai tire we were very good iriendS'
BE tall I'd better than be painted. 80
Wien FIST found myself painting IN the exhibition
rooms Of the ROYAL Academy, where most OF Its mem'
bers were at work, rtouchng their pictures, was
good deal puzzled at the opposite ad vice received
from authorities equally bigh Northcoie came IN, ana
il was tie only rime ever saw him az The ACADEMY.
lie had large picture there and rot hung in the best
of places, at whi-h be much dissatisfied. told
him # ny Difficult les, and that Wilkis and Lawrence
had Just given me extraordinary advice = Every
booy be said will advise you 70 do what he him
sell won DO. but you TO consider and Judse iQr
yoursef whether on are likely 10 do it he would,
and il not you may spoil your picture."
Ncrihcote then complained to Phillips OF the III
usage he had received from the Academy, and said
al have scarcely ever bad picture well hung. l
wish bad never teorged 70 you
Phillips said laughing, g We can turn you out
"The sooner u do 80 the better only think Of the
men you hare turred OUT You have turned ont Sir
Joshua, you turned cut Barry ana you turUed out
West and ] shall be very glad to make fourth IN
such company.
The truth is Sir Joshua and West had each resigned
tie chair for short time, in consequence OF some
displea sure with the Academy; and therefore what
NOTtheole said Ingenious than true; but II
was not had specimen OF his readiness in reply.
When Mr.. Shee paid him some compliments, with
the adrcitness which natural to him, Northcote
said, Very well, indeed; you are just the man to
write a tragedy, Won know how 10 make speech.
At another time EorthcOte compimentet Shee m his
own peculiar manner by saying, " You should have
| been in Parliament instead OF the Academy
Here are come char acteristic "reminiscences of
Sydney Smith, which, if not entirely new, viii bear
repetition:
lat this time became acquainted with Sydney Smith,
through nv friend Newton. His wit and humOr were
always uppremedla and seemed not 20 much the
result of efforts to amse az the overlooking OF mud
full Of image ~, instantly ready 70 combine WITH what
ever parsed IN cCnverdtioD His very eXaggeraflons
took away the 8 ing of his most personal wtlisms,
| and / suppose was ever amusing with 80
tle ofenSei Cor those who were the subjects OF h's
Jokes were often the most ready 10 relate them. W1eo
DISCUSSION toek place among the clergy of St Pauls
as TO the exredencv of surround NJ the cathedral with
n Pavement Of blocks Of wood, Smith said, - Ii the
bishops would lay their heads together, the thing
| vcBld be done;' and this 0tten repea.ed and
with so much uncron by the Bishop Of London, that
| he was suspected Of having Invented II.
| happened to be in NewtOn's ON when Dir. Smith
came in TO st for bis portrait. He looked, IN the arm
and indeed be suspected Newton OF taking hint for
| the pory figure of the Abbot IRON him. " slt here
| he said "a personihcatiOn of pety and abstinence"
Newton told me that at dinner party al Lord
INndhuIst r. AT which he present, the conyersa-
ton turned on Il custom in India OF wfows buroing
| tbemseves-an instance OF viii was recent. When
the subject was pretty well exhausted smith began to
defend the practice, asst ring that no VIE VINO truly
| loved Der husband could wi-h to survive him.
"But if Lord LyndhBrst were y die, tou would be
| cory that Lady Ly ndhuTs. should burn herself.
| LADY Lyndhursl," he replied, "would no doubt,
az an affecti nate wife consider it her ddty TO burn
bertelf but it would be duty to put her out and
ss the wife of the Lord Chanceh r Lady Lyndhurst
| should not be put out ike an ordinary widow: /
should he state affair. First, procession OF lhe
Judges, and then OF the lawyers.
| "But where Mr. Smith, are the clergy :!
| AN gone TO congratulate the new Chancellor
| AT the back of Holland House. window IL distin
guisbed from all the rest by an iron grating over IT,
| This window communicates with Lady Holland Is bed
room and she had il grated when she beard OF gen
teman and bis wife berg murdered IL their bed by
servant who entered their room through back VIA
| dow Sidney Smith gave another account Of this WIN
dow. "Allen," be said, keeps clergyman in con-
| fpement ~ ere upon bread and water. Mr.. Allen
! dislike 10 the clergy was no secret.
met Sidney Smh at dipner party at Mr.; Rogers e
Sidney brother was there and told OF has having
been at sct DOL with the Duke Of Wellington, with
whom be bad the honor Of fighting but the Duke beat
him. He began with you, said Sidney, and eaded
WITH BOnapsrte."
Mr.. Lnttrell mentioned an Irish clergyman who was
much offended at being called plaratist, and said,
if YOU don't take YOU will find me duelist.'
Smith took this mp and said . / suppose there ls
scarcely clergyman in Ireland who has not been OHt.
/ am told they settle there when the after
Moons seryiee Is over / have parsons chat
euge: Sir meet me on the fret Sunday after the
| Epiphany"
raTty az Mrs Baiess house. He had been suffering
from govt and remained seated near the door, watch
ing he arrivals of the guests and their reception by
The bqsss T. it PcsGle he ga sG ~ 70 her VIII Ee1t
then YOU do Il remarkably wei, foryou no. only seem
TO kH5tc them all, but TO hre them all. Can you tell
| an American at first sight I'm sure can't" Add
teen, observing ac7 Win IN uhGoi4Hloh'4 SP'1liN4
urbao on her nead he added, should sag there Il
| a bit Of l. s. :" ard he happened to be right.
| MANY things were invented for him which he never
| said among them the story Of LIDdseer asking to
paint bim and his reply: " Is thy servant dog that
| he should DO this thingl'
This was in the newspapers, and Sidney Smith meet
| inc LaDdseer in the Park, said:
:. Have YOU seen our little joke in the papers T.
| "Are Won Disposed 10 acknowledge it /"
4" have no objection.
Soon after Lis pamphlet appeared against American
repudetion my friend, Captain Morgan, arrived, aud
| brought from Newly 0rk some very fine apples sug
pesled TO him 10 send barrel to Sidney smith, and beg